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A tale of two chiefs: Two announce retirements University police chief to retire after 32 years of service By Kody Mashtare staff writer
After 32 years with the New York State University Police and a challenging spring 2018 semester, Plattsburgh State University Police Chief Jerry Lottie will retire May 24. “This semester was a very difficult time. There’s no doubt about it,” Lottie said. “It established a level of mistrust and distrust. I saw that with students we’ve had relationships with for a long time, but I get it. All of a sudden, their world exploded, and now, you don’t know who you can trust.”
Lottie said campus unrest and student protest in the wake of racial issues did not prompt or influence his decision to retire. He had planned to do so in 2015, he said. But when the previous chief, Arlene Sabo, left PSUC that year for another job, Lottie postponed his retirement and took the position. “My thought was to do this for three years, so this spring, the three years was up,” he said. “It’s not something I wanted to announce early on because I think if people know you’re retiring, they perceive you as a lame duck, and I didn’t want people to perceive
me as a lame duck or perceive the department in that way.” The search for a new chief is under way, said Vice President of Student Affairs Bryan Hartman. The position was posted last Friday. A search committee has also been formed and held its first meeting last Tuesday, he said. Hartman said he plans on holding a forum with PSUC students and the potential candidates to get student feedback. No date has been set. Cardinal Points/Nathanael LePage University Police Chief Jerry Lottie and the rest of his force protected protesters See CHIEF, A3 during February’s Blackout Protest. Lottie, who announced his retirement last week, will spend his last day on campus May 24.
President’s chief of staff Ettling: ‘I’ve ready to go in new direction changed.’ By Kody Mashtare staff writer
Plattsburgh State President Ettling’s Chief of Staff Keith Tyo will retire this July after 22 years at PSUC, leaving Ettling to find a replacement. “I’m kind of long overdue for a change,” Tyo, 61, said. The votes of no confidence in PSUC President Ettling, Director of Student Conduct Larry Allen and Chief Diversity Officer J.W. Wiley did not spur Tyo’s decision to retire, he said, noting that he had made his decision last December. “I had been thinking about it for some time,” he said. “I’d been kind of waiting for (Ettling) to make a decision because he’s been
here just about 14 years, and that’s a long time for a president,” Tyo said. Tyo waited until recently to announce his retirement “because I turned in my paperwork then,” he said. “Turning in a piece of paper that says I’m resigning effective this date, and you’ve been here 22 years, is a tough decision.” He thinks the PSUC administration has done the best job it could this semester in response to racial issues and student calls for change. “You try to encompass as many as many diverse issues and areas,” he said. “[But] you’re never going to make it right. You can try your best.” Tyo said he thinks variables make it hard to
predict which way to go sometimes but added that all colleges are facing the same dilemmas. Ettling said Tyo’s retirement will affect the administration “significantly.” “There are so many things he handles that we are going to have to distribute across other people,” he said. “I don’t know how I’m going to put all these pieces together. Each piece is important, but they all won’t go to the same person.” Ettling plans to have filled the position or identified someone for it by the third week of July. “It would have to be a good personal relationship. And that’s not just picking a name off a list; that’s somebody who I
probably already know and trust,” Ettling said. Tyo started at PSUC in 1995 as the Director of Communications. When Ettling became president in 2004, he brought Tyo into his cabinet. “My biggest things I’m going to miss are going someplace for work in the morning, and the colleagues are my friends,” Tyo said. He plans to help with the website and logistics for his brother’s business, which provides security at large events around the country. “I’m interested in going in a different direction,” he said. Email Kody Mashtare at news@cardinalpointsonline. com
Temperatures rise, but campus climate cools By Rebecca Natale news editor
On a micro-level, Plattsburgh State wants to tackle the nation’s most gripping controversies at home. As an onslaught of race and diversity issues racked PSUC this semester, the college struggled to regain some semblance of stability. Students and faculty offered up a slew of ideas and solutions in an attempt to plug a dam with swiftly widening holes. Namely, the newly formed Social Justice Task Force, headed by Jonathan Slater, director of the Institute for Ethics in Public Life, and Maxine Perry, Plattsburgh Housing Authority family tenant relations coordinator, is tasked with providing President John Ettling with a list of “actionable” recommendations by Aug. 1, Slater said. The group will hold its third meeting Monday, and Slater expects
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members will come away from its round table discussion with a small set of interim recommendations. “We have students on the task force,” he said. “Some are leaving, so we made it a priority to focus on student issues.” In addition to student issues, members are using conversations, interviews and quantitative data to tackle faculty, administrative, and larger community issues and to understand those affected by them. The task force will disband July 31, but both Slater and the rest of PSUC know its work is far from finished. PSUC has a Title IX department, the I Am An Ally Campaign, the Student Affairs Board and the Center for Diversity, Pluralism and Inclusion among others, but it comes as no surprise that one of the team’s recommendations for the university will be to form a long-term entity that advises the administration on social
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justice issues. Where other departments are geared toward sex and gender equality, LGBTQ+ rights and diversity issues, the Social Justice Task Force aims to go broader. “All of us are in the same boat, paddling toward the same shore,” Slater said. “But what we’re looking at is something a bit more umbrella-like, something more comprehensive… Diversity is part of social justice, but social justice encompasses far more than diversity.” While the co-chair is convinced the finished product will be useful in improving PSUC’s grasp on these concerns, “it will really depend on how the recommendations are taken up by the president and the administration,” he said.
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PSUC President John Ettling, backed by Vice President of Student Affairs Bryan Hartman walked down the steps of his home to talk with protesters this past February. By Kody Mashtare staff writer
President Ettling plans to keep his position for another year but has been giving more thought to retirement. “It’s time for me at some point in the near future to turn it over to somebody else,” he said. Ettling expects he will decide on a retirement date and announce it sometime this summer, he said. Though he has “no plans to
retire next year, at least not next academic year.” “I hope that, with the student government, I’ll be able to demonstrate that, whereas perhaps that (vote of no confidence) that was taken in February was justified, it no longer is,” he said. “The situation has changed. I’ve changed. I’m no longer the person in which they should not feel confident.” Email Kody Mashtare at news@cardinalpointsonline.com
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PSUC News Black Lives Matter potluck Sunday evening The Black Lives Matter Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship invites PSUC students to a “meet-and-greet” potluck Sunday, May 6, from 6 to 8 p.m. at 4 Palmer St. in Plattsburgh. SUNY Van Transportation from the Rugar Street cut-in at the ACC is running from 5:45 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.
Congressional debate: #NY21 tomorrow Co-hosted by the Student Association, Student Affairs Board and the Sigma Gamma Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, the #NY21 debate provides the campus and local community with a chance to engage and partake in a conversation between candidates currently running for the seat of the 21st congressional district. The debate will take place at 5 p.m. in Krinovitz Recital Hall in Hawkins.
Ecofest and Slackfest May 11 Environmental Action Committee and Plattyslack are hosting Ecofest and Slackfest 2018 Friday, May 11, from 2 to 6 p.m. outside near Hawkins Pond. Stop by for some environmentally friendly activities, food and music. This event is open to the entire campus community.
Save the date for slam poetry Sponsored by the PSUC English department and “Saranac Review,” the students in ENG 379 Spoken Word Poetry will perform their original poems at 30 City Hall Pl. in Plattsburgh on Thursday, May 17, from 7 to 9 p.m. The event is open to the public.
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Tonight: Concert choir to urge inclusion By Emma Vallelunga associate news editor
Plattsburgh State’s Concert Choir will take the stage tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Giltz Auditorium in Hawkins Hall for their annual spring Choral Fest titled “Draw the Circle Wide.” PSUC music professor and choir director Jo Ellen Miano chose the theme based on a song they are performing called “Draw the Circle Wide” by Mark A. Miller. “I was sensing an unsettled feeling on campus,” Miano said. “There seemed to be so much divisiveness.” Each spring semester, PSUC’s music department coordinates their Choral Fest with some type of outreach program. This year, organizers invited high school students from Clinton County high schools to an open workshop in order to prepare them for their New York State School Music Association solos. NYSSMA is a music organization that strives to advance music education in member schools across New York. Their website states that NYSSMA is the largest, most successful National Association for Music Education state unit in the country, and 100,000 students participate annually in spring adjudication festivals held around the state. “Getting Ready for Your NYSSMA Solo” was held April 28 in the Myers Fine Arts Building. “There are a lot of really gifted young people [there],” Miano said. “It’s a way for us to get them on campus, see our faces, know that we’re approachable and [consider] coming here.” The choir’s longest piece is “Cantata #106” written by composer Johann
Sebastian Bach — a total of 37 pages sung in German. Five soloists will sing different parts of the Bach piece, along with a student chamber orchestra playing in front of the ensemble. Baritone and sophomore music major Michael Hudlin is studentconducting a traditional folk song titled “Shenandoah” by Marshall Bartholomew. Hudlin said he loves performing Bach pieces. “It’s unnecessarily challenging,” Hudlin said. “I really like that challenge. I’m not someone who really likes to just sit back and sing. I want to work.” Hudlin hopes to attend graduate school for conducting. After giving Hudlin a list of possible pieces last semester, Miano let Hudlin use the Choral Fest as an opportunity to hone his conducting skills as a future music director. “I sang a different arrangement of this song when I was 14, and I fell in love with it,” Hudlin said, explaining the feeling of longing for home in the song’s meaning. “It was really nice to come [to the choir] and put my take on the song.” Hudlin said his baritone solo in the Bach piece is taxing but fun to perform. “I think that is one of the most challenging pieces I’ve ever performed to date,” Hudlin said. “Once I’m finished with that song, I usually need to take some time to recover.” Music major and theater minor Mariela Haché Canahuate will graduate this spring, making Draw the Circle Wide Choral Fest her last performance at PSUC. “Draw the Circle Wide [to me] means to be inclusive and let everyone in. We’re all the same even
if we’re different,” Haché Canahuate said. “I love that we’re able to use music to transmit that message.” Haché Canahuate also likes working with Miano in class rehearsals. “She’s very dedicated, devoted and passionate,” Haché Canahuate said. “It sticks with us; it makes us want to be passionate and have fun, but at the same time, [perform] well.” As an international student from Trinidad and Tobago, Hudlin has a personal connection to the concert’s theme. “I don’t expect that we’ll jump leaps and bounds so quickly, but the fact that it has happened is a huge thing,” Hudlin said, confident in the progress toward inclusiveness on campus. “I think that our circle is being drawn in a different areas, but it’s still happening.” Tickets for tonight’s concert are $9 for the general public, $6 for students, faculty and seniors and $3 for Student Association members. The performance will also be in memoriam to three PSUC faculty members that passed away this year: husband of music lecturer Marilyn Reynolds, Roger Andrews, professor of English and Canadian studies Dr. Bruce Butterfield and Educational Opportunity Program Director Kyla Relaford. Despite choosing challenging music to rehearse, Miano commends the choir for their “trajectory of growth.” “They stepped up to the challenge,” Miano said. “They’re hearing the beauty of their own choral sound.” Email Emma Vallelunga at news@cardinalpointsonline.com
CPR and first aid class Sunday A class in American Red Cross CPR and AED first aid for adults, children and infants will be offered Sunday from 1:30 to 5 p.m in Memorial Hall. Cost of enrollment is $45, and questions should be sent to Director of Recreation and Club Sports Karen Waterbury.
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Students enjoyed tables of desserts behind Clinton Dining Hall at the annual Spring Carnival Wednesday afternoon before windy weather forced the event indoors.
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Wednesday afternoon, Plattsburgh State students braved powerful gusts of wind and spells of rain to attend the annual Spring Carnival, hosted by College Auxiliary Services along with the student-run Activities Coordination Board. Kansas’ “Carry on Wayward Son” evoked dustbowl vibes throughout the courtyard behind Clinton Dining Hall, where a celebration of warm weather and an almost-end to classes commenced. Tables lined the courtyard and offered numerous activities and “giveaways” for participants to enjoy. “Last year, we had the carnival in a different location due to the construction being done on Wilson Hall,” said Jessica Falace, Student Association president. “Even though we are not able to do things like inflatables this year, we’re able to have more giveaways.” One table featured blank frisbees and Kanye-style shades waiting to be decorated by rogue splashes of paint bursting onto a spinning canvas in a process known as spin art. Attendees left with fresh bamboo shoots planted in miniature ceramic pots, time-appropriate stress balls, interac-
tive sand art in the shape of hearts, stars and smiley faces, and pictures from the photo booth. “Eve Barnofsky and Tim Miller have both worked super hard to plan for this year,” Falace said. Barnofsky and Miller are co-chairs of the Student Association’s activities coordination board, ACB. “I had people coming up to me today and asking how they can get involved,” said Eve Barnofsky, a senior public relations and graphic design major. “I’m happy if I can bring awareness to the work ACB does,” Barnofsky said. Various clubs and organizations came together to make the carnival possible. “I helped organize getting other clubs involved in this event to help expand it,” education Sophomore and Vice President of Activities for the ACB, Ethan Wilder, said. Campus groups in attendance ranged from Greek organizations, Coffeehouse, Red Zone, FENTS, the Office of Alumni Relations, Institutional Advancement and numerous ethnic clubs. Activities and games were also a feature of the carnival. The brothers of Sigma Alpha Phi sacrificed their faces to “Phi a Brother,” which entailed paying $1 to connect a fra-
ternity brother’s head with a paper plate of whipped cream. The sisters of Sigma Lambda Upsilon/Senoritas Latinas Sorority, Inc. eased tensions by hosting a stress ball toss. Anyone who reached 900 points got to keep a homemade stress ball. “We used a refrigerator box for this game and just cut holes in it,” said Victoria Torres, a multimedia journalism and public relations major. “We painted and decorated everything ourselves. We made the stress balls out of balloons and filled one half with rice and the other with gravel. The gravel is softer.” There was no shortage of food either. Tables were filled with desserts and cold treats. An entire table was devoted to toasting and creating s’mores from scratch. Students used one meal swipe to eat for the whole event, which also offered classic comfort food options such as curly fries, pizza, hot dogs and chicken fingers. CAS food trucks lined the path leading away from the courtyard, sending smells of fried foods into the air, only to be whipped around furiously by the wind. “Campus Dining has set all the food up and have really come together with all the groups here to put on
this great event,” Barnofsky said. Nearly everyone creamed as the gusts whipped sand, gravel, clothing, hair and eventually tables through the air. “The weather was definitely stressful,” Barnofsky said. “When the wind hit a certain speed, we couldn’t set tents up for safety reasons.” The event continued its last half inside the dining hall. According to Barnofsky, activities resumed as normal, with the exception of spin art, which was too messy for indoor use. Some aspects, like the photo booth, turned out better inside than out in regards to the lighting. “[Things] work out in strange ways,” Barnofsky said. This event was an opportunity for students to unwind and enjoy themselves before they find themselves in the thick of finals week. “[The carnival] brings people together in a different way,” Falace said. “It’s also a break from studying and all the stuff that comes before finals.” Barnofsky said it best. “Everyone has spring fever.” Email Sage Lewandowski at news@cardinalpointsonline.com
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SA passes increased budgets for next academic year By Mataeo Smith associate news editor
The Plattsburgh State Student Association held its 12th session of the semester on May 2 in the Cardinal Lounge of the Angell College Center. At Wednesday’s meeting, both the senate and executive council voted on recommendations for the 2018-2019 academic year budget made by the finance board. The upcoming fall semester will have a budget of $693,775, and the spring budget will have of $540,278. Finance Board Vice President Shiyiheeim Nartey-Tokoli watched from the gallery as the executive council passed his budget proposal, with the senators following suit shortly after. Nartey-Tokoli’s proposal to raise the mandatory SA fee included in students’ tuitions from $97 to $110 failed when first presented to the senate. “I’m feeling happy and hopeful as well,” Nartey-Tokoli said. “ I feel that everyone will see the good in the increase of the SA fee - the good that I saw when I first proposed it.” Nartey-Tokoli created the new 2018-2019 academic year budget along with the other
members of the Finance Board: Malika James-Vassell, Omar Diallo, Tim Miller, Rainbow Cunningham, Mahamadou Toure and Vice President of Student Affairs Bryan Hartman as their adviser. Nartey-Tokoli’s reasoning behind the increase was to give clubs under the SA a better chance financially. “I knew that most clubs could not survive another budget cut,” Nartey-Tokoli said. “ I knew if we had another deficit, some clubs would not survive, so my thoughts were, ‘How could we make sure all clubs have space to grow and benefit the campus in their own ways?’” Hartman guided the finance board in the process of developing the new budget. “We have a wonderful relationship,” Hartman said. “They managed their money pretty independently. He [Nartey-Tokoli] intimately gets to know the budget.” Hartman said Nartey-Tokoli looked into past budgets in order to see if there were organizations on campus that had money left over. “One of the things he did, which I think is a huge benefit to the SA, was increas-
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At Wednesday night’s SA meeting, the senate and executive council voted to increase their 2018-2019 year budgets, as well as the mandatory SA fee. ing the additional allocations and increasing travel funds,” Hartman said. “Travel funds we ran out of this semester because they’re pretty popular.” Travel funds, which is money set aside for organizations host off-campus trips, will increase from $23,000 a semester to $30,000 a semester in the 2018-2019 academic
year budget. “Accomplishing that is really significant for the SA, and he should be commended.” Hartman said. Email Mataeo Smith at news@cardinalpointsonline.com
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The college will likely conduct interviews during finals week, he added. “We’re trying to do this pretty quick,” he said. But Hartman has mixed feelings about Lottie’s departure. “I wish he wouldn’t retire. He has been providing some very strong leadership,” Hartman said. “When he told me, especially with the timeline, I wasn’t happy. But I’m happy for him personally. He deserves to retire when he wants.” Hartman said University Police’s support of both planned and unplanned protests, rallies and marches this semester has provided students the opportunity to express their thoughts how they see fit. “It doesn’t mean anything goes, but in that march on Feb. 16, (University Police) gave them room to do what they felt they needed to,” Hartman said. “In reality, (University Police) didn’t have to let them walk in the streets. That’s the professionalism and judgement of what’s best in the moment.” The philosophy of supporting student expression is something Hartman hopes for in the next chief, he said.
“It’s certainly something I will be talking with the candidates about.” Lottie said during his career, a lot has changed in law enforcement. After working in security at St. Lawrence University, he was hired as a public safety officer at SUNY Canton in the mid 1980s. SUNY Public Safety became New York State University Police in the late 1990s. “I started off wearing a brown uniform. People used to ask us when duck season was going to start,” he said. “We went from being unarmed to being armed with patrol rifles. Reports used to be handwritten. Now every car has a computer, and we can track information and vehicles.” Lottie said he will “miss every bit” of the job. “I’m going to miss the people on campus; I’m going to miss the campus,” he said. “[On] May 25 I’m going to be a civilian. I haven’t been a civilian for 40 years. “Initially, I’m going to make up for some lost time with the family, turn off my cell phone for a bit and decompress.” Email Kody Mashtare at news@cardinalpointsonline.com
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Task force members endured a significant blow already with the sudden loss of fellow member Kyla Relaford, director of the Educational Opportunity Program. Relaford was a reverberating voice among shouts earlier this semester through a series of forums and protests against the campus climate and administration. Student Association President and Social Justice Task Force member Jessica Falace said Relaford had played a huge role in the group’s first meeting. “She pushed forward so much with social justice and so much positivity that it’s a huge loss for us,” Falace said. Slater recalls feeling as though he’d been punched in the gut and gotten the
wind knocked out of him, upon receiving the news of her death. “Spiritually, I would say she’s still at the table,” Slater said. During February’s campus-wide forums, students expressed concerns they would not see real, concrete changes from their administration, and earlier faculty meetings grew tense in light of divided thoughts in terms of how to deal with perceived inaction, including the consideration of a vote of no confidence in a handful of administrators. Faculty senator and representative for the biological sciences department Joel Parker listed a number of other solutions the campus is actively pursuing following February’s distress. He cited revisions to the student code of conduct, a new standing committee by
a faculty senate to deal with student diversity issues, plans to integrate mandatory diversity training already moving through the system and both the city and university taking a new look at the reports of harassment by local residents toward students, particularly on Rugar Street. “I just hope that these changes have a chance to have some effect before the next incident,” Parker said. “There is still a long way to go, but we are moving in the right direction. Education happens by trial and error, by making mistakes and correcting them.” Email Rebecca Natale at news@cardinalpointsonline. com
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Who is your personal role model? By Tracey Fox staff writer
Everyone has a moral hero. Having a moral hero in life is important to have when making a decision or solving a problem. It is nice to have someone in your life when you’re going through something rough and you close your eyes and think, “What would my moral hero do in this situation?” Moralheroes.org, a website dedicated to recognizing moral heroes, said, “A moral hero must have intentionally, and selflessly upheld moral virtues, such as kindness, patience, justice, compassion, love or peace while knowing the full risks and consequences of their actions.” My dad is the only person in my life that fits perfectly into that definition. He is the strongest person I know. I don’t mean physically strong, but mentally strong. One of the most important lessons that I’ve learned from my dad
is to never hold a grudge. My dad was taken away from his mother when he was a young child. Social workers found my dad and his brother living in a box in a closet. His mom was sent away to a mental institute, where they found out that she had been abusing drugs. Even though my dad’s mom never realized that she even had kids, my dad still visited her every year to make sure she was O.K. Watching this as a kid was confusing for me because I didn’t understand how my dad didn’t hate her for not knowing who he was and not being there for him as a mother. One day, I asked him about it as we were on our way home from visiting her, and he told me that you can’t stay mad at someone forever or you won’t grow. I always keep that lesson in the back of my mind. When getting into a fight with someone, I don’t let it affect me and make me a negative person. There have been many people that I’ve wanted to constantly hate but I thought
Women needs to stop competing with each other By Lexus Gomez staff writer
A 2013 literature review focused on female competitiveness found that, “women by and large express indirect aggression toward other women, and that aggression is a combination of ‘self-promotion,’ making themselves look more attractive and ‘derogation of rivals,’ being catty about other women,” according to a New York Times article. In our relationships with each other, we women are supportive, encouraging and loving. But we also are in a constant exhausting and silent competition with each other. There’s this weird tendency for women to be on guard around each other, especially those we do not know, and it’s something that’s not spoken about between us as much as it should be. This disconnect between women is evident on our campus. Newly formed club, SUNY Plattsburgh Cares, held one of their first panels “Chick Chat” with the purpose of bringing women together to encourage us to get to know each other because they noticed women on campus were avoiding forming friendships with women they wanted to get to know. Used as her intro to her track, “Flawless,” music artist Beyoncé Knowles features Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie who briefly touched on why women are socialized to be competitors in her TED Talk titled “We Should All Be Feminists.”’ “We raise girls to see each other as competitors not for jobs or for accomplishments, which I think can be a good thing, but for the attention of men,” Adicihie said Certain reality tv shows such as “The Bachelor” and other reality dating shows where women compete for the love and hand in marriage of one man emphasize
Adichie’s point that society encourages women to be competitive through their appearances and household skills solely to find an attractive, intelligent, charming and financially stable man. In her article on Vox.com, journalist Kelsey McKinney quotes Jennifer Pozer, author of “Reality Bites Back,” who shared with her the traditional stereotypes of women these reality shows enforce today. Pozer explains the show portrays,“That [women] don’t want or have any professional or personal goals, that we don’t want or have any sexual fantasies, and that men get to make all the decisions.” Plattsburgh State senior Lévar Francis, a business administration and international business double major, said she can think that as early as the age of four, her family forced her to learn household duties in order to secure a husband later in life. Francis would half jokingly continue to tell her family her plans to hire a maid. “They would then tell me, ‘Watch and see. If you don’t learn to cook and clean, the maid is going to take your husband,’” Francis said. Society at the personal and institutional level continue to encourage girls and women today that their ultimate goal in life is to provide for their man and that any woman who looks attractive and can “do better” for your man is a threat. Mass media is a powerful tool as it has a dramatic influence on people’s perceptions of women, on women’s views of each other and our expectations of gender roles. Email Lexus Gomez at cp@cardinalpointsonline.com
if my dad doesn’t hate his mom, then I probably shouldn’t hate Billy for stealing my favorite pencil in sixth grade. A moral hero doesn’t have to be a family member, it can be a friend or even a celebrity. Frank Torregrossa, Plattsburgh State junior and ecology major, moral hero is Leonardo DiCaprio. “[DiCaprio] is such a huge celebrity,” Torregrossa said, “He takes all his fame and recognition to promote and talk about climate change [and] basic human rights such as clean air, water [and] a sustainable living environment all over the world.” Even though it seems like everyone has a moral hero, you don’t have to have one or even know who yours is yet. You also don’t have to admire one person; you can have as many moral heroes as you want. Email Tracey Fox at cp@cardinalpointsonline.com
Meal plans: yes or no By Abby Talcott staff writer
A case of 24 Aquafina bottled waters in stores typically costs about $5, but they sell the same cases for $13 on campus. “The prices in the nondining hall areas seem reasonable,” Plattsburgh State sophomore Hailey Frey said. “They feel like great deals actually until you see the same product in actual stores.” Sale displays of bulk items are commonly set up in the Angell College Center, but are not deals at all. The signs next to the items don’t specifically read sale, but the large text and the proudly displayed prices lead you to believe otherwise. “The other items the Sundowner sells,” Frey said. “Such as the little bags of chips and their inhouse food is marked reasonably; it’s the beverages set out like sale items that are overpriced.” The Sundowner accepts dining dollars, meal swipes, cash and credit
cards as payment. On-campus students are required to have meal plans and depending on whether you’re a freshman, sophomore, junior or a senior, your options are different. As a freshman attending PSUC, you are required to have the anytime meal plan +125, which means you can eat anywhere on campus at anytime for $2,370 a semester. Freshman are required to have the anytime plan so they don’t have to worry about when they eat and how much on top of adjusting to college life. Sophomores get two more meal plans to choose from and both options cost $2,220 per semester and juniors and seniors get access to the anytime dining and the two sophomore meal plans along with the least expensive meal plan that costs $1,740 per semester. The different meal plan options all have different amounts of allowed meal swipes, set dining dollars and express dollars attached. That’s why some are more expensive than
others. “I have dietary restrictions that make eating on campus a challenging experience,” Frey said. “I find myself not using most of my meal plan because of my restrictions and because I don’t eat that much.” Dining halls on campus open up at 8 a.m., so if an on campus student has an 8 a.m. class, they more than likely have to skip breakfast on that day which means that’s one less meal swipe used that day. The Huffington Post reports 31 million Americans and 10 percent of the U.S population skips breakfast. It isn’t uncommon in college to sleep in and put off getting out of bed at the cost of a morning meal. “I wish I could have the meal plan that’s reserved for only juniors and above,” Frey said. “Since I’m not using my current meal plan to its full potential, it’s just adding to my college debt for no reason.” Email Abby Talcott at cp@ cardinalpointsonline.com
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Task force aims to bring change In the wake of the racist Snapchat incident this past February, many solutions on how to move forward have been proposed by students, professors, administrators and the Plattsburgh State community as a whole. One of the most tangible steps taken so far has been the establishment of a Social Justice task force that incorporates students, professors and community members.
It joins groups like Title XI, Radius, the I Am An Ally Campaign and the Center for Diversity, Pluralism and Inclusion in fighting for a broader inclusionary environment at PSUC. The task force will hold biweekly meetings until they disband on July 31 and present PSUC President John Ettling with a list of recommendations for the campus. Next meeting will be Monday, with members still deal-
ing with the loss of Educational Opportunity Program Director Kyla Relaford, a person who was meant to be a vocal part of the group. The group has the potential to propose constructive ideas to help the college move forward, but right now it is all potential. Here’s to hoping that the force will have something constructive to bring to the table come August 1.
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years ago the Montreal Canadiens 49 swept the St. Louis Blues, capturing their 16th Stanley Cup.
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years ago the National Guard killed four demonstrators at Kent State University protesting US-sanctioned bombings in Cambodia. years ago San Francisco Giant, Barry Bonds, hits his 400th career home run against the Cincinnati Reds. years ago Margaret Thatcher became the first woman Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Infinity War bucks Marvel trends By Ben Watson editor in chief
They went for it, by God did they go for it. Walking out of “Avengers: Infinity War,” one thing is for certain; you will not wonder if Marvel Studios pulled any punches. Ten years, 19 Marvel movies and six years of buildup, ever since the villainous Thanos was introduced in the post credit scene of 2012’s “Avengers,” have all come to this. Years and years of seeing new heroes introduced, years and years of them following the same, admittedly enjoyable, cookie-cutter formula. But not here. All of the usual annoying tendencies of Marvel movies are absent.
The stakes are high. Just because you’re a hero, it doesn’t mean you’re safe. The villain is actually good. The moment you see Thanos walk on screen, you know that no one should feel safe. Hell, you don’t feel safe. And he’s not just a punchit-up villain that exists to just be a big thing to fight. You get to see how his brain works and even how he rationalizes that he is the hero in his own reality. Finally, the movie accomplishes something no other Marvel movie has ever done for me: I genuinely don’t know what comes next for any of the major characters. Not that I’ve ever perfectly predicted what’s to come for each hero, but I’ve usually
gotten aspects right. Here, I maybe have some idea, but there are so many different ways this cinematic universe could move on from here, it seems foolish to try to predict. However, it’s by no means a perfect movie. The pacing is wanting at times, and the nature of such a massive ensemble cast comprised of dozens of competing characters from years of different Marvel movies means some will make decisions that don’t quite fit. But director brothers Anthony and Joseph Russo do as good of a job as realistically possible at balancing all of this in a two-hour and forty minute-long runtime. Everyone, from major char-
acters like Captain America to minor characters like Groot, gets their moments in the sun, making for some of the most epic action setpieces in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The ending will likely be polarizing, but I appreciate it for what it brings back; making people curious about what the future of the MCU is. In two, or five, or even 10 years down the line, I think we’ll be looking back at this as the “Empire Strikes Back” of the MCU. But while we wait, go watch the MCU get flipped on its head in the best way possible. Email Ben Watson at cp@ cardinalpointsonline.com
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How to get over a hangover By Tamiyha Carter associate fuse and opinions editor
Almost every college student has had a night or two where he or she drank a little too much, and felt the consequences the next morning. It’s good to have some tips on how to get over a hangover and how to prevent yourself from getting a hangover. One thing you should establish before a night of drinking or even day drinking is your limit. Knowing how much you’re able to drink can prevent a hangover or worse, alcohol poisoning. If you don’t know your limit, your friends probably do. Before you go out drinking, it is important that you drink plenty of water. You need to be hydrated to prevent a hangover. Also drink water during and after drinking. Be sure not to drink too much water after because you might be getting up multiple time to use the restroom. It will disrupt your sleep and your recovery time, and in my experience, sleep heals most things. Some people prefer to drink at least one bottle of water before and two bottles after drinking. Adding ice cubes to your drink will dilute the alcohol and can also be a way to drink water while you get “turnt up.” The kind of meal you eat before you
drink alcohol is vital. Fruits, vegetables, healthy fats and especially carbohydrates are the best things to eat before a night of drinking. In my experience, anything with starch is the perfect thing to eat before or after drinking. The alcohol gets soaked up into the bread and sobers you up a bit. Fruits and veggies keep you hydrated, so if you don’t want to drink several cups of water before or after a night out, fruits and veggies are a sweet alternative. Salmon and chicken are foods one can eat to fill them up to avoid a hangover. Salmon is a healthy fat that will slow down how fast the alcohol gets to you. If you are one of those unlucky party goers and wake up with all the symptoms of a hangover, one thing that works best for me is Sprite. I have no clue what’s in that soda, but it works wonders. A sandwich, soup and a 20 oz. bottle of Sprite make hangovers go away within two hours. However, results may vary. Spicy food is one thing you want to avoid eating before a night out. Eating spicy foods increases your chances of acid reflux and drinking alcohol contributes to the stomach irritation and reflux. Salty and processed snacks are something to avoid also. Eating these food before drinking can cause you to become bloated. Bloatedness may not
be a problem for some, but it becomes one when you feel too full to drink or eat anything that will make you feel better. You may feel too full to drink water or eat something that will absorb the alcohol. Caffeine should be avoided as well. It can make you feel more awake than you actually are and cause you to drink more than you need to. Drinking caffeine can make one feel like they’re not drunk, and that they’re aware enough to drive home when they’re in no condition to drive. Our college experience is a time for us to get to know ourselves. We learn what we’re interested in whether it be our major or sexual orientation. We learn our limits, whether it be how much homework we can tackle in 24 hours because it’s due tomorrow, or how many shots we can take before blacking out. Hangovers are just one of the many obstacles college students endure, why not prevent it or make it easier to handle? After all, there’s probably a test we have to study for and don’t have time to be hungover. Email Tamiyha Carter at fuse@cardinalpointsonline.com
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PSUC freshman attackman Stephen Kane looks to move past a shove from a Brockport defender Wednesday. The Cardinals won Wedensday’s semifinal to advance to tomorrow’s SUNYAC title game on the road against Cortland.
Cards advance to SUNYAC title game By Nathanael LePage sports editor
Another season of Plattsburgh State men’s lacrosse has led to a game at SUNY Cortland in May. For the fifth time in the last six seasons, the Cardinals will take on the Red Dragons with a SUNYAC championship on the line. The difference this year is that, for the first time, PSUC (7-8, 5-1) enters the game as the defending champion. The SUNYAC championship game will
start at 4 p.m. tomorrow at Cortland’s Stadium Red. While the Cards enter the game on a six-game winning streak, Cortland (116, 5-1) was the last team to defeat them, in a 10-7 game on March 31. In that game, PSUC held a 7-5 lead in the third quarter before a five-goal run by the Red Dragons won the game. PSUC head coach Joe May expects to see tomorrow’s game played just as tightly. “We are going to have to play for 60 minutes,” May said. “We can’t give them
anything. We are going to have to play like we did when we beat them last year.” As a result of this slim margin for error, May will be putting a lot of focus into preparation, but he knows that the opponent will be doing the same. “They are going to want revenge,” May said. “They are going to be practicing very hard. Well, guess what: We are going to be practicing very hard, too.” After watching video from the Cards’ loss to the Red Dragons, May has keyed in on some areas that his team needs to
improve upon. “Defensively, there are a couple things we needed to shore up,” May said. “We were watching the ball too much, and our recoveries weren’t all that tight.” However, May acknowledges that he cannot make too many adjustments in terms of game plan. “We don’t need to rewrite the playbook to beat Cortland,” May said. “We just need to be a better version of us.” See MLAX, B2
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PSUC freshman outfield Erik Matz rounds third to run home in an April 21 game against Oswego. The Cardinals missed playoffs, but will aim to end with wins in reschedule games against SUNY Canton.
PSUC looks to end on a high note By Nate Mundt staff writer
Plattsburgh State’s baseball team ended its SUNYAC season this past weekend with one win on Friday and two losses on Saturday—all against SUNY Fredonia. The Cardinals, who eliminated Fredonia from playoff contention with their win on Friday, finished SUNYAC play with an overall record of 2-16 and in last place in the conference. Friday’s game saw junior Matt Fox pitch 5.2 innings, with two strikeouts and one walk, while also giving up two runs. Junior infielder Jon Craft doubled to left center in the 12th inning to allow freshman outfielder Erik Matz to score to end the game with a 5-4 victory. PSUC was excited after its victory. “We were definitely in a good mood
after the win Friday,” said Kentaro Mori, sophomore second baseman. The Cards will close out the season with a non-conference doubleheader game against SUNY Canton on May 6. PSUC will be using its last few games to assess where the team is heading into next season. “There will be some opportunities for some guys that haven’t played a lot this year to get in a couple of at-bats or a couple of innings on the mound where they can show us why we should count on them for next year,” said Kris Doorey, PSUC’s head coach. The Cards went an even 6-6 on their season-starting trip to Florida from March 9 to 17, but they lost 14 straight conference games after the trip. Eleven of PSUC’s losses this year have been by three or fewer runs and the tying run was at the plate for nine of
those 11 games. Doorey believes the Cards need to pay attention to the smaller details of the game. “We should get better and the season should’ve been better this year,” Doorey said. “Say you win seven of those games. All of a sudden, you’re looking at a winning record and a conference playoff berth.” Weather was a determining factor in how PSUC did at the beginning of the season. The Cards had only two days to practice before starting conference play because of the poor condition of Chip Cummings Field. “From going inside on a gym field to going out to a grass field and actually seeing people hit the ball at you is different,” Doorey said. “The weather always plays a factor here in upstate New York.” See BALL, B2
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PSUC senior outfielder Amanda Tantillo prepares to swing the bat Saturday against SUNY Oneonta. Tantillo hit a third-inning grand slam in game one against the Red Dragons to help the Cardinals to a 9-4 victory before the team dropped game two of the doubleheader 15-6.
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Fabian, Plympton each take conference honors By Ben Watson editor in chief
Two Plattsburgh State track and field team members swept the SUNYAC Track Athlete of the Week honors as both the men and women finished near the top of the Saints Twilight Invitational last Saturday. Junior Brian Fabian and sophomore Elisabeth Plympton won the conference honors, as the men took third place out of seven teams, and the women took second out of seven. “We did pretty well as a team as we tune up for the conference championship,” said Nicholas Jones, head coach. “We had some season’s bests, some personal bests, and we put ourselves in a decent position heading into conference.” Fabian won the 800-meter and was a member of the winning 4x100 team en route to his first SUNYAC weekly honor win, while Plympton won it for the second week in a row after winning both the 100 and 200-meter dash. “I thought it was pretty cool that we both won,” Fabian said. “It was my first time winning it, so it was cool to get to win with her.” Jones was proud of his athletes’ accolades and what they mean for the program. “This is the first time in a long time that we’ve had the SUNYAC Athlete of the Week on both sides in a long time,” Jones said. “We’re getting that award consistently with a few athletes, and it should only help us moving forward with confidence and getting better and better each year.” Other strong finishers for the women on the track included sophomore Marissa Jones winning the 400-meter with a 59.62 second time, freshman Jackie Corbett winning the 3000-meter steeplechase with a 11:44.47 time, and freshman Janyll Barber winning the triple-jump, leaping 34’ 7”. Senior Heather Chapman and sophomore Brianna Coon led the way in the throwing events with Chapman winning the discus, taking second in the shot put and fourth in the hammer throw and
Coon taking the top spot in shot put and second in the hammer throw. Seniors Sobaan Ayub and Zach Grandy and freshman Jordan Kane joined Fabian as members of the 4x100 team that took first on the men’s side, with the group running a 44.58 second time. Kane also won the 110-meter hurdles with a 15.54-second time, freshman Brendon Van Vlack finished second in the 3000-meter steeplechase and the 4x800 relay team finished third. The team of Freshman brothers Andrew and Arthur Horan, freshman Luke Groves and junior Adam Whitehead combined to run an 8:35.20 time. Next up on the schedule for the Cardinals is the State University of New York Athletic Conference Championships today and tomorrow at SUNY Geneseo. With roughly 40 athletes qualifying for the meet, PSUC will be heading to the conference meet with a bigger group than usual. “We’re pretty closely split between men and women, though there are a few more women, but it’s pretty good,” Nicholas Jones said. “We’re going to get close to filling a bus, so we’re happy about that. It’s definitely a positive trend in the right direction, qualifying a lot of people for SUNYACs.” Fabian was happy that the men could rebound from earlier in the year. “It’s good that we have some more men going because for indoor we were slacking a little bit,” Fabian said. “We have more people going, it’ll be better competition. Hopefully we’ll do better than we did in indoor.” Jones understood that his team has done all it can, and now it just needs to compete. “We’re ready to go, the hay is in the barn, as I like to put it,” Jones said. “We just need to stay healthy and perform when our chance comes.” Email Ben Watson at cp@cardinal pointsonline.com
Women’s lacrosse set for jump from club to varsity By Ken Bate staff writer
The 18th varsity sport at Plattsburgh State, the women’s lacrosse team, is prepared to make the final leap to SUNYAC competition for the 2019 season. Recruiting for a new program has its challenges, but head coach Julia Decker has also seen it as one of her largest selling points, giving prospective athletes an opportunity to come and play right away, make their mark and start a tradition. Fourteen women are committed for the fall, according to Decker. “We’re really excited about a lot of these girls and to get this whole group in there,” Decker said. These recruits are coming in as both students and athletes unlike the women on this semester’s spring squad who didn’t come to PSUC with the intention to play, Decker said. The head coach thinks the influx of experienced, committed athletes will help elevate the team to the next level of competition. Not all of the women on the team this semester may make the final roster next semester, Decker admitted, but many of the 15 women who played this semester intend to tryout for the varsity
squad next season. The developmental season, as Decker called this semester of play, didn’t go without challenges. Along with hosting local clinics, they played in two scrimmages against Clarkson University and the junior varsity side of the 2016 national champions, Middlebury College. Getting on the field certainly helped the squad prepare for varsity play but also exposed the holes in the team and the work still needed if they hope to make noise in the conference next year. “[The games] were an adjustment for sure,” Decker said.
“We don’t want to be dead last. We want to compete in every game,” -PSUC’s first head coach, Julia Decker
The inexperience of the team, and the season being a big year for official rule changes in the sport forced Plattsburgh to constantly adjust. Rule changes in women’s lacrosse included allowing teams to restart play more quickly after certain stoppages in play,
such as when the ball goes out of bounds, in which cases the game clock no longer stops. “The pace of play just sped up so much with the rule changes, so it was awesome to see we adjusted well all throughout that scrimmage [against Clarkson], and we definitely had an easier time going into the Middlebury scrimmage,” Decker said. Looking ahead to the inaugural season in the SUNYAC, Decker knows that the team will have a litany of challenges in one of the division’s more difficult conferences. Decker herself is no stranger to the SUNYAC—a former lacrosse player at the College at Brockport, she started her coaching career at SUNY Geneseo. “Next year is about setting the bar,” Decker said. With two SUNYAC teams being ranked in the top 25 nationally, and SUNY Cortland winning the 2015 national championship, it won’t come easy for the young Plattsburgh side. “Ultimately, we want to be competing. We don’t want to be dead last. We want to compete in every game,” Decker said. Email Ken Bates at sports@cardinal pointsonline.com
Lacrosse SUNYAC Championship Sat at Cortland @ 4 p.m.
Baseball Sun at Canton @ noon, 3 p.m.
Softball SUNYAC Tournament Thurs-Sun @ Geneseo
Track and Field SUNYAC Championships Fri-Sat @ Geneseo
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Ryan Hubbard Billy Moller Kevin Litchauer Stephen Kane
39 26 15 9
Jake Carroll Billy Moller Ryan Hubbard Stephen Kane
14 8 7 6
Ground Balls Kyle Smith Travis Mauro Ryan Hubbard Sean Hayes
57 60 40 35
Save Percentage Donald Tesoriero Austin Graham Kyle Dodge
.607 .500 .500
Jennifer Groat Kaitlyn Preiss Amanda Tantillo
Lacrosse School Cortland Plattsburgh Brockport Oswego Geneseo Oneonta Potsdam
.474 .345 .320
Taylor Smith Katie Pitkin Rhea Pitkin
3.14 3.22 5.07
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Record SUNYAC 9-6 4-1 5-8 4-1 5-7 3-2 10-4 3-3 7-6 2-3 4-9 1-4 4-10 1-4
School Record SUNYAC Geneseo 26-6 13-3 Cortland 19-17 12-5 Oneonta 19-13 11-7 Oswego 19-13 11-7 Plattsburgh 18-17 10-8 Buffalo State 11-18 9-9 New Paltz 13-20-1 7-11 Brockport 15-19 5-13 Potsdam 8-22 3-11 Fredonia 11-23-1 4-13
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Batting Avg. (min. 10 AB) Patrick Bryant James Hartunian Keller Kowalovski
ERA (min. 10 innings) Alec Fauvell Jacob Stein PJ Weeks
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School Record SUNYAC Cortland 28-8 13-2 Oswego 21-9 12-3 Brockport 16-16 9-8 New Paltz 14-14 7-7 Fredonia 15-12 5-9 Oneonta 10-20 5-9 Plattsburgh 9-21 1-14
“We’re ready to go. The hay is in the barn, as I like to put it. We just need to stay healthy and perform when our chance comes.”
PSUC track and field head coach Nicholas Jones, speaking about the upcoming SUNYAC Championships
MLAX: Defense seals victory From Page One This will be the second consecutive Saturday on the road for PSUC, after a 10-6 win at SUNY Geneseo (7-7, 2-4) to end the regular season last weekend. Senior attackman Ryan Hubbard notched his 200th collegiate point in that game. Like the Geneseo trip, the Cards will leave this afternoon, ahead of tomorrow’s game. After spending the night at a hotel in Syracuse, affording them the opportunity to sleep in and relax before the championship game, they will once again hop on the bus for the short drive to Cortland. To earn a spot in the finals for a second consecutive year, PSUC needed to win a tough semifinal contest against the College at Brockport (5-9, 3-3) Wednesday. The game was scoreless through most of the first half, supporting May’s belief that the semifinal clash featured the SUNYAC’s two best defenses. The deadlock was broken by a transition goal for the Cards by freshman attackman Stephen Kane with 49 seconds remaining in the second quarter.
“It obviously started with our goalie, Donny [Tesoriero],” Kane said. “Then the defense took it up the field, doing the things that they do every day. Our captain Nick Della Ratta ran it down, drew his man, and I just canned my shot.” A goal that late in the half can swing momentum drastically, but May felt that the goal hurt Brockport more than it actually helped his team. “After going 0-0 that far into the game, giving up one like that can be backbreaking for the other team,” May said. The second half was much more open, as PSUC made slight adjustments to its offensive approach. The Cards scored two more early in the third quarter before the Golden Eagles got themselves on the board, cutting PSUC’s lead had been reduced to one goal, at 4-3. May felt that his team had forced Brockport to make tough plays to get turnovers, and credited the Golden Eagles with doing that on a few occasions. Despite Brockport fighting their way back into the game, the Cards still had confidence. “I knew our defense was going to lock it down,”
Kane said. “They all played unbelievably. They bail us out a lot.” That defense proved essential in the fourth quarter. A goal by sophomore midfielder Kevin Murphy, his fifth of the season, looked like an insurance goal at the time, but proved to be the game winner. “Ryan Hubbard did a great job drawing two defensemen,” Murphy said. “I was in the right place at the right time. The goalie was moving around in the cage, so I just shot it where he wasn’t.” The Golden Eagles pressed for the tying goal late, but a man-up goal by PSUC senior midfielder Billy Moller with seven seconds remaining sealed the victory. The Cards’ ability to make defensinve plays under pressure in the fourth quarter, as shown Wednesday, could be important tomorrow, as May expects the game with Cortland to be just as close, if not closer. “I expect it to come down to the last play, to be honest,” May said. “I would be surprised if it didn’t.” Email Nathanael LePage at sports@cardinal pointsonline.com
BALL: Cards aim for next year From Page One PSUC was the youngest team in the SUNYAC conference this year, with only four seniors. The Cards have been undergoing a rebuilding process for the past two seasons but will have eight seniors and 12 juniors next year. PSUC will be one of the older teams in the conference next season. The Cards currently have six committed freshmen for next year. PSUC will use this year as a learning experience to improve for next season. Jon Craft believes the Cards can improve
upon bunt defense and situational hitting in time for next year. “Next season is definitely going to be one that we just hope to improve a lot and look back and see where we struggled most,” Craft said. When looking forward to next year, Doorey was full of confidence in his team. “We’ll be back in the SUNYAC playoffs next season,” Doorey said with a smile Email Nate Mundt at sports@cardinal pointsonline.com
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Della Ratta balances academics and athletics By Nathanael LePage sports editor
Student-athlete. That role contains two parts. The NCAA will say its players are students before they are athletes, but the ideal student-athlete excels at both. For Plattsburgh State men’s lacrosse captain Nick Della Ratta, that has been the objective from the beginning. The junior finance and economics double major with a minor in accounting is consistently playing well on the lacrosse field while also boasting a 3.90 overall GPA, including 4.0 each semester of his sophomore year. “I enjoy studying and getting better not just on the field, but also off the field,” Della Ratta said. “I see the future, and I see lacrosse has an end date. You have to be prepared for what comes next.” Della Ratta, who dreams of working for a major bank like J.P. Morgan or Deutsche Bank, will spend this summer interning with IBM’s Mergers and Acquisitions team. “I’ll have a week or two of summer, and then I’ll be right back into again,” Della Ratta said. Della Ratta describes himself as a “people person” and hopes to use that skill in his future career in the financial industry. “If I can get into that, I can use my people skills to help people with their finances,” Della Ratta said. With success on and off the field, May believes that
Della Ratta is “the very definition” of the quintissential student-athlete. “He’s an exceptional role model for everybody,” May said. “He shows up to class like somebody else is going to get the internship or job that he wants. He shows up to practice like somebody is going to take his spot on the field. He shows up on game day like somebody is going to outwork him. He just never lets that happen.” Della Ratta’s decision to major in finance and economics was “shocking” to his parents, Carol and Ralph Della Ratta, because the entire family in involved in health care—Carol Della Ratta is a department chair and clinical associate professor at Stony Brook University’s School of Nursing. Their son’s decision to play NCAA lacrosse, however, was no surprise. Della Ratta began playing the sport in kindergarten, although the first equipment he used was certainly atypical. “It was Nick’s idea to play lacrosse when he met a pre-k classmate who had a lacrosse stick,” Carol Della Ratta said. “His first ‘lacrosse stick’ was homemade by his 8-year old sister.” Della Ratta stressed that the decision to begin playing that year was very important in his life. “I definitely attribute my getting to where I am today to the fact that I started so young,” Della Ratta said. “I was really able to hone my craft at such a young age.” Prior to joining the Cardi-
nals, Della Ratta played for St. Anthony’s High School, winners of nine Catholic High School Athletic Association championships since the year 2000. “St. Anthony’s hold a special place in my heart,” Della Ratta said. “It’s really awesome to be a part of something that big. In the school, lacrosse is kind of the end-allbe-all. If you’re playing well, everyone will congratulate you. If you’re not, you will hear it from the teachers and everyone at the school.” College recruitment began in sophomore year, when Della Ratta garnered interest from Division I programs Manhattan College and Lehigh University. However, he decided that Division III was a better fit. May attempted to recruit Della Ratta at that time, although it was for his previous employer, Ohio Wesleyan University. Former PSUC head coach Ryan Cavanagh successfully brought the defensive midfielder to Plattsburgh. Della Ratta recalls making his decision while walking by Hawkins Pond during one visit to the PSUC campus. “We were thrilled because Nick made the decision on his own with very mature interactions with the lacrosse coaches,” Ralph Della Ratta said. “Each of us loved being on campus during his visit day.” Della Ratta’s academic and athletic success started in his very first year. While adapting to the demands of the col-
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PSUC junior captain Nick Della Ratta is a role model for his teammates on the field and in the classroom. Della Ratta has earn a summer internship at IBM. lege classroom at the same time as adjusting to college lacrosse was difficult, it was a turning point for him. “It was the fact that I was thrown into the mix, and I was made to develop my time-management skills,” Della Ratta said. Della Ratta established certain habits that he credits with his performance in the classroom. “It’s the little hours between class,” Della Ratta said. “For most students, that isn’t huge. It might be a nap or some TV, but for us student-athletes, it has to be getting some school work done and getting ready for practice later that day.” In practice, this means that Della Ratta can be seen
taking advantage of the wifi available on the team bus during road trips to catch up on homework. “I do that so that, once we get to the hotel, I can be mentally preparing and getting ready for that game the next day.” In lacrosse, players on successful teams have an even greater challenge academically. While winter sports have playoffs around spring break, spring sports’ postseasons tend to line up near final exams. This is true for PSUC’s men’s lacrosse, who travel tomorrow to Cortland for the SUNYAC championship game. “With finals coming up, everyone knows that it’s a big time of year, but it’s also
the most important time for our season,” Della Ratta said. “What I’ve been doing is trying to get my studying and everything laid out so I can get ahead of schedule.” From the coach’s perspective, May believes Della Ratta has found a key element to success on the field, in the classroom and in life: the maturity it takes to perform well when people are scrutinizing every success and failure. “It’s tough for a lot of guys to find that,” May said. “The sooner they find that maturity, the better they do on the field.” Email Nathanael LePage at sports@cardinal pointsonline.com
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Herring explores different cultures and personal limits By Jasely Molina staff writer
Plattsburgh State sophomore expeditionary studies major Mike Herring finds beauty in learning about indigenous cultures. His open-minded attitude inspired him to step out of his comfort zone and appreciate nature. As a teenager, Herring searched for a major that would complement his love for the outdoors. However, in high school, Herring’s teachers often emphasized the importance of finding monetary success rather than pursuing one’s passion. “The teachers created this one definition of success where you had to be this professional in a suit and tie working inside,” Herring said. “You weren’t successful unless you had a six-figure job.” Herring was determined to find success his own way. One of his friends who majored in expeditionary studies at PSUC told Herring about the program, and it instantly struck a chord. Herring declared his major in expeditionary studies with a minor in photography. He participated in the major’s immersion program, which consisted of travelling through the Adirondacks and parts of Maine to gain a better understanding of the environment. “The more you travel, the more you step outside of your comfort zone and the more you can start to gain your own opinions,” Herring said. Within the last few years, he’s traveled to several countries including Cambodia, Peru, Brazil and Vietnam. Over winter break, Herring visited Colombia and spent two weeks rock climbing in a town nearby Bogota, the country’s capital. During his trip, one of Herring’s friends reached out to him asking Herring to be their photographer for an expedition in the Amazon rainforest. “The expedition consisted of studying this tribe that lived in the Amazon called the Matis,” Herring said. “The goal was to capture their practices, the tools they used and the rituals they have because not much is known about this tribe.” When he arrived to Brazil, Herring took a nine hour boat ride to the Vale do Javari territory near the
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Herring utilizes his open-minded nature while interacting with the Matis tribe while on an expedition in Colombia. country’s border. “There’s this indigenous reserve that’s highly protected,” Herring said. “It’s about the size of Maine and has the largest concentration of uncontacted tribes on the planet. It’s very much illegal to enter this reserve because you’re not trying to disturb the uncontacted people.” However, the Matis people agreed to travel to the border and interact with Herring. Herring started to learn about the tribe’s nomadic practices and tool-making skills. He was specifically interested in learning about the curare vine, a South American plant extract the Matis used to create poison darts. Herring also participated in various Matis rituals, such as taking vision-enhancing eye drops that the Matis people used to hunt monkeys. “You’re instructed to sit on the ground, rub your knees and call out to the jungle spirits to give us their agile abilities and strength,” He said. “The first minute, the drops kind of blind you and it’s very painful, but after 60 seconds you can open your eyes and everything has that nice, vivid and saturated glow. You have this sense of euphoria and
energy come over you.” Another ritual used to strengthen and instill bravery into the Matis people consisted of older tribe members dressing up as ancestral jungle spirits and whipping Herring with canes made out of palm leaf stems. Herring trusted the Matis people throughout this process and allowed them to teach him their way of living. “This tribe has been living in this land for thousands of years, so anything they recommend to us, I had full faith in,” Herring said. “I knew everything they did was going to be relatively safe.” To Herring, visiting the Matis tribe was the richest cultural experience he’s ever had. It made him realize how disconnected modern societies are from nature. “We don’t see how closely related we are to the environment and how truly dependent we are of it,” Herring said. “Here I am living with the Matis people who aren’t wearing clothes, have never been in a grocery store in their life, and they’re thriving.” His favorite memory from the trip was the time when he re-
ceived a gift from a mother in the tribe. He recalled giving a girl his tie-dye headband. The giggling child ran to her mother and showed off her new gift. At first, the mother didn’t seem amused. “The mom walked away, and she goes back to the side of hill,” Herring said. “Then she came back with a ceramic bowl and a mug and she said ‘papi,’ which is Matis for mother.” Herring returned home and shared the gift with his mother when he returned home. He felt moved by the gift exchange and the trust he built with the Matis people. “Some people have asked me ‘when you went over there what did you try to teach them?’ as if I was doing some community service thing to help these poor people in the jungle,” Herring said. “It’s not that at all, it was definitely what I was able to learn from them.” Danielle Quinn, PSUC expeditionary studies major and Herring’s close friend described Herring as an upbeat and selfless travelling partner. “He’s always putting others before himself,” Quinn said. “Going to Cambodia was my first expedition
out of the country, and Mike really went out of his way to ensure I was enjoying myself. I’ve traveled across the country to various states a few times with Mike since.” Associate Professor of Art Sue Lezon met Herring when he took her intermediate photography class last fall. She described Herring as an honest and ethical person with an admirable work ethic. “He cares deeply about a lot of people,” Lezon said. “He has a great sense of humor and really listens to his colleagues and peers. I have a high level of respect for him.” Herring aspires to find a job that focuses on international travel and indigenous culture. He attributes his success to being open-minded, exploring different cultures and meeting new people. “When we put ourselves in this new culture, at first, you feel uncomfortable,” Herring said. “But I strive for putting myself in uncomfortable moments because that’s when you learn the most.” Email Jasely Molina at fuse@ cardinalpointsonline.com
V-Nation shares Vietnamese traditions and friendship By Hilly Nguyen opinions editor
From Moon Festival to Lunar New Year, V-Nation, a student organization of Plattsburgh State, aims to introduce and promote Vietnamese culture to students on campus. The club’s general meeting is from 7 to 8 p.m. every Tuesday in Angell College Center’s Meeting Room 1. Sophomore marketing and entrepreneurship major Hoan Ngo has been running the club as president for two semesters. As president, her role is to make sure everyone completes the tasks given to them. She said the club’s main purpose is to create a fun space for everyone to hang out together, learn more about Vietnamese culture and make new friends. At each meeting, a theme or a specific topic is chosen and presented by the board members. There are presentations, movies, games or activities for everyone to enjoy during the meeting. Ngo said there are usually 15 to 20 people at each meeting. “In our general meeting, we introduce all aspects of our culture from fashion to food, and we cover pretty much everything,” Anh Nguyen, V-Nation vice president and sophomore management information system (MIS) and business administration major said. “We have some special events when we celebrate our holiday like Moon Festival [and] Lunar New Year.” During the fall, V-Nation partici-
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V-Nation has weekly meetings in the Angell College Center’s Meeting Room 1 every Tuesday from 7 to 8 p.m. pates in Night of Nations, a showcase for international students to show their talents and their traditions through music and dance. “Last fall, we had more than 20 performers,” Nguyen said. “We danced in our traditional costumes.” Ngo’s favorite memory during her presidency at V-Nation is also Night of Nations when everyone “had fun together practicing,” and
hung out together after the show. In mid-August, V-Nation presented the Moon Festival, where everyone made lanterns, DIY crafts and enjoyed Vietnamese traditional moon cake. In the spring, V-Nation hosted its own food festival in April and Lunar New Year. All the traditional food and supplies were brought by Vietnamese members who go back home over the summer.
“They [Vietnamese souvenirs] are not expensive but iconic to present Vietnam,” Ngo said. “Just small stuff like candy [or] coffee, and we have a budget.” The club’s goals are also to attract more native students, to spread more knowledge about Vietnamese culture to the community and to host more big events. V-Nation also just won the award for “most interactive club” from the
PSUC Student Association. The only challenge for V-Nation was that they could not find a stable meeting room for members at the beginning. However, Ngo said the board members figured it out, and now the club is running smoothly with each weekly meeting. Email Hilly Nguyen at fuse@ cardinalpointsonline.com
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ASL becoming more present in film By Windsor Burkland fuse editor
American Sign Language is the third most commonly used language in the United States, according to StartASL.com. However, ASL isn’t as represented in the American film industry as it is in the country’s culture. Recent big-budget movies have been including ASL and bringing deaf actors to the forefront more and more including “Baby Driver”, “A Quiet Place” and “The Shape of Water.” In “A Quiet Place,” John Krasinski and Emily Blunt play parents in a post-apocalyptic world where their family utilizes ASL all throughout the movie to communicate to their deaf daughter and hide from extremely deadly monsters that hunt by sound. With a $50.3 million opening box office weekend and sparkling reviews from professional to general audience members, “A
Quiet Place” used sign language effectively to push its narrative to the limit. Krasinski said the entire cast of the movie learned sign language in preparation for filming. Plattsburgh State adjunct communication science and disorders professor Jill Eklof said the film industry should be utilizing deaf actors and actresses for roles that involve sign language. Director, writer, producer and leading actor, Krasinski pushed to cast a deaf actress for the role of the daughter for authenticity. This led to the casting of 15-year-old Millicent Simmonds, who also was instrumental in teaching the cast ASL. PSUC public relations major and current ASL student Kah Mun Lee agrees that deaf actors should be chosen for a more accurate representation of sign language. “It is impossible to pick up ASL in just a few months and portray it perfectly on screen, let alone a
day,” Lee said. “When a hearing actor plays a deaf role, I don’t think the role is represented well enough. I think deaf actors have a deeper understanding of deaf experiences.” Lee saw the trailer for “A Quiet Place” and was extremely excited to see actors using sign language, particularly because it was the first time she had seen it in a highly anticipated movie. “I think sign language is the most underrepresented [language] in film and that is a huge problem,” Lee said. “It shows our ignorance toward deaf culture and the deaf community. I think it is important for deaf children to have more deaf role models represented on screen.” Last year’s Best Picture with 15 nominations “The Shape of Water” also featured a protagonist that communicates through sign language throughout the movie. Sally Hawkins received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress
for her performance. The ASL featured in the film required two coaches to teach Hawkins the 60s linguistic differences. Lee said she believes ASL should be utilized to represent the deaf/mute community, but it is important that they are represented well. “I think it [representation] would get them [deaf/mute people] to recognize that the only thing limiting them is society,” Lee said. “And it would help them realize their disability as an opportunity rather than something that will hinder them.” Although the film and Hawkins’ performance were highly praised, “The Shape of Water” did receive criticisms from the deaf and mute communities for underlying negative tones surrounding disabilities written into the narrative. Hawkins plays Elisa, a mute cleaning woman in a secret government facility that falls in love with
the Amphibian Man currently being held captive for experimentation. TOR.com published a commentary that said the biggest flaw in the narrative was having a disabled protagonist fall for a “kindred spirit” monster, linking her disability with the Amphibian Man’s freakish nature. Lee and Eklof agree that there is no real drawback to using sign language in film because it’s empowering. “ASL is a beautiful language and I believe it can only enhance a movie,” Elkof said. “Subtitles are utilized all the time in movies. I do not think it is a distraction to see a person signing and having subtitles underneath the signer.” Email Windsor Burkland at fuse@ cardinalpointsonline.com
BIKE: Students discuss campus bike safety From Page Six “It sounds like a rule like this may be well implemented in the most pedestrian heavy spots of cities where one would typically find designated bike lanes,” Bronwell said. Bronwell said the New York driver’s permit test doesn’t have nearly enough questions and information on bike safety. “I think bicyclist safety should be involved past law,” Bronwell said. “And be better emphasized in driving courses and five-hours [five-hour driving courses] as part of an overall effort for the heightening regard to pedestrian safety.” Kevin Turchick, another Plattsburgh
cyclist, is in favor of seeing similar legislation in New York State. “I think it’s (these laws) a good idea,” Turchick said. “People should always wear a helmet, and it’ll sort of encourage everyone to pay more attention and cause fewer accidents.” In New York State, only cyclists below the age of 14 are required by law to wear helmets while riding. Justin Courtade, PSUC university police officer, said these bills have the potential to set a precedent for other states to follow. “It’s probably experimental to see if less people get hit by opening car doors,” Courtade said. “That’s the idea, for people to be more aware.”
“As soon as that bike hits the road or is a part of traffic, it’s treated like a car,” Courtade said. “So, it goes both ways, cars often aren’t looking for the smaller targets.” Courtade encourages every bicyclist to pay attention to the rules of the road. “If you’re confident enough on your bike, it’s expected you use the bike lane and stay close to the curb,” Courtade said. “But we’re not expecting kids to ride in the middle of the street.” Email Tess Acierno at fuse@cardinalpointsonline.com
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According to the Center for Disease Control, in 2015 more than 1,000 people were killed and 476,000 injured in bikerelated accidents. The total medical cost and productivity losses collectively cost more than $10 billion. Courtade says the bills could help teach drivers and cyclists the proper way to share the road. “I’ve been involved in a few (bike accidents),” Courtade said. “Oddly enough, sometimes it’s on the bike. People not knowing not to ride in a crosswalk, things like that.” Courtade said he wants bicyclists to realize that they are not separate from the flow of traffic.
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By Tess Acierno staff writer
As the weather warms up, more and more people will be out on their bikes. In Illinois, new bike safety laws are being pushed into action, and places like Plattsburgh can do the same. At the beginning of this year, Public Act 100-0359 went into effect in Illinois and had multiple elements directed at improving cyclist’s safety. The act allowed for the enhancement of “no passing zones,” so drivers can’t pass bikes in certain areas, and allows cyclists to legally ride on the shoulder.
Now, two new laws regarding bike safety are currently being proposed in Illinois’ General Assembly. The first of these new laws would require more questions about bike-awareness on driver’s exams. The second would demand drivers use the “dutch reach” technique for opening car doors. This technique requires that when parked, drivers open their door with their right hand, forcing their body to turn and look out for oncoming cyclists in the shoulder or bike lane.
Plattsburgh State is home to many cyclists in the warmer months.
Many PSUC students use bikes to get to class, work or just for fun. Alumni Kyle Bronwell is an avid biker and bikes in Plattsburgh frequently.
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