March 4, 2016

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SLU’s Dr. Patti Frazier Lock Receives Distinguished Teaching Award

By LAURA GAY STAFF WRITER

Page 2: Getting to know SLU students from a hostbrother’s POV.

CANTON, NY

The world was abuzz for the Oscars this past Sunday, where many were recognized for their outstanding contributions to film. Well, one of our very own, Dr. Patti Frazier Lock, was recently awarded for her own outstanding abilities in teaching. Being students at St. Lawrence University, it is no secret that we benefit from

the enriching teachings and profoundly knowledgeable that professors here possess.

The small classes, the one-onone attention, and the accessibility to our professors also help us to gain from our world class education.

Dr. Lock, a mathematics professor, was honored with the Clarence F. Stephens Distinguishing Teaching Award.

The Clarence F. Stephens Distinguishing Teaching Award

was established by the Board of Governors of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) in 1991 as a way to recognize educators at the college/university level whom have been successful in their effectiveness as a teacher and had influence beyond his or her Institution. The recipient of this prestigious award is automatically nominated for the national award, the MAA Deborah and Franklin Tepper Hai-

mo Awards for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics. Nominees for the Clarence F. Stephens Distinguishing Teaching Award are all nominated by their peers whom are members of the Seaway section of MAA. Associate Professor of Mathematics and Department Chair of the Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics Departments, Dr. Daniel Look, CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

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Page 11: Men’s ski team captain wraps up final race with a top-10 finish.

By CLAY DUCLOS STAFF WRITER

ollowing their first ever presentation in front of the entire Board of Trustees this past Friday, lead members of DivestSLU expressed optimism in how divestment will be carried out in the future of St. Lawrence’s finance management. The club hosted several events this past week leading up to their meeting with the Board to further boost campus awareness and support – over 50 percent of the student body has already signed their petition.

Last Monday and Wednesday two videos were released across social media platforms to call students to action. The

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Apple Takes on the Government: What You Need to Know

By ANDREW WATSON STAFF WRITER This week, Apple will go to court to request that the FBI drop its request for the tech company to hack the iPhone used by Syed Farook, one of the San Bernardino terrorists who killed 14 people this past December. The FBI has been unable to hack the encryption on the iPhone and has requested that Apple build an operating system that could get into the phone, a type of “backdoor” entry that does not currently exist. The Apple CEO, Tim Cook, has said repeatedly that Apple will not comply with the request as it “would be too dangerous” and said it “sets a dangerous prec-

edent for government intrusion on the privacy and safety of its citizens”, according to his official statement to Congress.

Cook and Apple have asked Congress to step into the fight to help set privacy laws more clearly. The Director of the FBI concurred with this, saying the “larger question isn’t going to be answered in the courts, and shouldn’t be” per the New York Times.

The FBI is using the All Writs Act from 1789 that gives the government access to user data. They are saying this includes retrieving data from Apple and other tech companies. Apple refutes this, saying that a 220-year-old law does not fit the parameters of this CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

The Peace CorpsWants More...

SLU Students,That is

By KATIE WILSON STAFF WRITER

For the second year running, St. Lawrence has placed fourteenth on the Peace Corps annual rankings of the Top Volunteer-producing Colleges & Universities-thus begging the question: what gives St. Lawrence students such an edge in the competition?

While our affinity for a school located in the deepest recesses of the NoCo alludes to our general stamina, it does not explain students’ ability to circumnavigate one of the longest, most competitive application processes of any volunteer program. On top of that, they make it out the other side with both an acceptance letter and the prospect of being abroad

PHOTO COURTESY OF JULIA HUBER

Julia Huber ‘15 is in Rwanda as a volunteer of the Peace Corps

for two years.

The Peace Corps, which was established in 1961, has had over 220,000 volunteers in the last fifty-five years, 258 of which have been SLU alumni.

Since its establishment, the organization has been involved

in 140 countries, concentrating on agriculture, business, community economic development, education, environment, health, and youth development. Out of the current 6,919 volunteers, nine are SLU graduates.

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OPINIONS

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Someone Get Trump a n Ic e Pa c k

By ERIN HOGAN STAFF WRITER The GOP debate in Houston, Texas on February 19 seemed more like a fight between petty bickering siblings than a presidential debate between politicians running for president.

Despite the unprofessional and embarrassing squabble that even the mediator could not break up, it was quite funny and entertaining to watch. Many people have been referring to this GOP debate as an embarrassment for the Republican party, although many would argue that the embarrassment is in fact not the debate, but Donald Trump.

After months and months, the Trump-riddled Republican hysteria that GOP candidates could not confront was finally challenged by Marco Rubio.

Throughout the debate, Rubio continually hurled insults at Trump. Rubio was relentless in his attacks, and never missed an opportunity to take a swing.

When discussing Trump’s unfathomable idea of building a wall between the United States and Mexico, Rubio commented, “if he builds the wall the way he built Trump Towers, he’ll be using illegal immigrant labor to do it.” The only thing Trump could think to say (probably because he knows Rubio is right) is that it was “such a cute sound bite.”

Rubio consistently called Trump out on his foolish ideas and proved that Trump is inadequate to be the President of the United States. One of Trump’s primary arguments is that he is a negotiator, and he never fails to let everyone know that. During this debate, Trump claimed that he wanted to negotiate an agreement between Israel and Palestine, to which Rubio responded that it

was not a real estate deal, and that he has not once negotiated with terrorists, quickly shooting down a flustered Trump. With one comment after another, Rubio was tearing Trump apart amidst Ted Cruz and John Kasich talking over them, attempting to get a comment in.

Not only did Rubio flame Trump at the GOP debate, but he also completely roasted him at a rally in Dallas, Texas the day after. Rubio remarks on the fact that Trump claims to be fighting for the little guy but he, rather paradoxically, inherited 200 million dollars and has never faced struggle.

“If Trump had not inherited 200 million dollars, right now he would be selling watches in Times Square or would be doing one of those infomercials on Saturday mornings.” To this, the crowd laughed, and I laughed with them.

After numerous aesthetic insults hurled at Trump that were less than political, Rubio recounts a couple of Trump’s tweets to the rambunctious crowd. We all know that Trump is in avid tweeter, often tweeting controversial and ridiculous statements. However, Rubio predominantly remarked on the numerous misspelled tweets from Trump. To this end, Rubio claims to have come to two conclusions about the serial tweeter that is Trump.

The first, that Trump learned how to spell at the college he went to, Wharton. The second, that just like Trump Tower, he hired a foreign worker to write his tweets. Overall, last week’s presidential debate turned professional politicians into a bunch of suit-wearing children, and Rubio’s rally turned into a Comedy Central-esque roast of Donald Trump. After all those burns, someone needs to get Trump an ice pack (lame joke, I know, but he needs it).

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MARCH 4, 2016

Life of a Kenyan Homestay Brother

By ROBERT GAKUMU GUEST WRITER

The author is a student at the University of Nairobi, School of Built Environment (Construction Management), and a rural homestay brother for the SLU Kenya Semester.

Contact Details: 1. Twitter: @Bobbythe_Boy 2. Email: robbgakumu@gmail.com 3. Facebook: Robert Ndegwa Gakumu One evening in 2013, my father came home and announced that the following January we would be hosting an American student from St. Lawrence University in our home. He was clutching in his hand a passport size photo of her.

As far as I was concerned, it didn’t add up. There were better, richer, and more connected families in our Nyeri who would have been better suited than us to host a student from abroad, if money was anything to go by. The only American my family had known was a Catholic priest who worked with my father in a missionary organization, but who had long gone back to the US. He couldn’t have made the connections.

However, my dad didn’t look like he was kidding. Needless to say, we were all excited and I was especially happy.

It, however, failed to fully occur to me that we would be hosting an international student. For one, my home is located almost two hundred kilometres from the capital Nairobi, in the serene remote village of Nyarugumu, with just a few thousand residents. Visitors, especially from abroad, are rarely seen. Even those who work in Nairobi only visit their homes during Christmas and New Year, then vanish all over again for another whole year.

The residents of our village have known each other since the days of colonial rule in the ‘60s and the subsequent agitation for independence that followed. They settled there after independence from colonial villages that had been set up by the British near the town of Nyeri in central Kenya. Most families, therefore, have to squeeze themselves in the small pieces of land that the government gave them after independence, which were usually less than a hectare. My family is no exception. The only means to get to our home is through a long gravel road and ‘Matatus’ public transport that pick people up and drive them into Nyeri for Ksh50, about 50 cents.

I could not understand how anybody would leave the comfort of his or her home in the states and come to this place that had, by then, not even been connected to the electric grid. That means that everything, from laundry to ironing clothes, had to be done the old way.

It is so remote that you could actually bump into some runaway animal at night from the Aberdare Forest, just some few yards away from our home.

My father insisted that these conditions were why our place was ideal. I longed for that week of January, and prepared my friends for the unlikely guest we would welcome

PHOTO COURTESY OF JONATHAN TENEYCK

Author pictured with SLU junior Jonathan Ten Eyck and a homemade crib.

to our home.

When the day came, I accompanied my father to go and pick up the student, all along not knowing what to expect. Would she understand my father’s or my own deeply accented English? How about my mother who speaks very little of it? What now? How do I say hi? Do we just shake hands or is hugging more appropriate? Do I pretend I don’t already know her name or what? All those simple but complicated questions were just about to be answered. In fact, our reactions were more or less spontaneous and natural. In no time, although we just met each other, we were already laughing and chatting headed to our home for the rest of the week, which was bound to be full of activities.

After two more years of hosting St Lawrence University Students, we have had to contend with questions from people in my village about why we have “wazungus”(white people) visiting our home each year. Study Abroad Program is not usually a very fulfilling explanation. One time, my sister Emma, while on a hike with the first student we hosted, had to deal with a very angry old man, who came at them breathing fire, having mistaken the student for the British he had fought and chased out of our country. She had to cool him down calmly, and explain that America and Britain are an ocean apart.

Although that does not explain the general feeling towards visitors in our village, it does illustrate that visitors do not always bring good things in a place. However, the opposite is true for the St. Lawrence students in the rural homestay program that I have had a chance to mingle with.

I have been particularly impressed by how much I have sharpened my skills in English after only a cumulative three weeks of speaking uninterrupted English. My skills in checkers, and throwing the Frisbee, have also greatly improved too! I cannot speak for my mother, but she now throws in some English words when we talk with her in vernacular.

My deductions could be flawed, though! Believe it or not, now my father thinks it’s easier to listen to an American speak than listen to a Briton speak. That is only to say the bare minimum, though. It has certainly been about more.

I personally grew up in a society where people from abroad, especially white people, were regarded almost as demigods. That

is the case for most of my mates and all those older than me who haven’t had a chance to a good education. It was perhaps because the only encounter our fathers and grandfathers had had with the white man—the British turned out to be so bad. They had to endure decades of oppression and alienation on their own land. Although it was years ago, the wounds have not completely healed, especially since some people who witnessed and went through it first-hand are still alive today.

I have tried, several times, to eliminate that low self-esteem and inferior mind-set from people I talk with, but, quite frankly, it’s still prevalent. It’s a topic we have so often talked about with my friends on campus. St. Lawrence students who have been seen with me, or my family chatting, farming, hiking, doing the fence, dancing in church, or even playing with the Frisbee, have been part of a much larger purpose they probably didn’t even fully realize. It has been a chance for people in our small village, in their own small way, to realize that everyone is all the same and to restore faith in themselves, and you know that these two apparently different people are, in fact, the equals.

Just as much as the students learn our culture and our day to day, we also learn from them. We ask questions bordering mostly on what is it like in America, or how do you do this or that in America et cetera. The seemingly simple curiosities, however, answer a far more complex question: Whether the challenges we face are also faced elsewhere? Although we might have our own problems, other challenges exist elsewhere, even in the US. They are not only problems of Kikuyus or Kenyans only. The curiosities of members of my town have also led them to appreciate what they have, but most often take for granted.

One woman was so surprised that there are people who hadn’t seen a buffalo or an elephant, animals she had seen almost throughout her life. We wake up to the site of one of only a handful of places you see snow along the equator. Mt. Kenya yet we somehow take it for granted.

We get our grocery, cereal, and fresh fruits right from our small piece of land, yet we don’t find that awesome.

Everyone in our village seems to know the other, and they always say ‘hi” when they meet you by the road, yet we think that’s how normal looks like. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

MARCH 4, 2016

OPINIONS KENYA FROM PAGE 2 Those who have personally interacted with the students who stayed at our home probably learned to appreciate what they have albeit, maybe, unknowingly.

The whole experience from the one week is probably most fulfilling because of the warm hearts of all the students who attend it, their discipline, their commitment, and willingness to learn, their appreciation to our culture, and

most importantly, the chance they accord us to make such wonderful friends. The person who invented this program definitely deserves a Nobel Prize. I have often wondered why just one week? Why not more?

We could do better with more.

Since 2014, the year we first starting hosting students from St. Lawrence, we’ve hosted Katherine Lukens ‘15 and Klare Nevins ’16. This past January, we hosted Jonathan Ten Eyck ’17. I call them my two sisters

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They have all been amazing people who have really made my otherwise very boring January’s in those three years memorable. It is particularly my interaction with Jonathan that resulted in the writing of this article.

We spent our evenings discussing Kenya, books, movies, politics, and then finally, the idea of writing an article for the Hill. I am grateful to St. Lawrence University for this opportunity.

Dear Dub: Speak Up for Your Uterus!

By KRISTEN JOVANELLY COLUMNIST

Raise in Tuition Prompts Pizza Spree with the President

By TRAVIS HAMRE STAFF WRITER In a seemingly embarrassing turn of events, President Fox lost his good Patagonia fleece jacket at the ticker last weekend. After a long week of meetings with the board of trustees, his decision to let loose for the weekend turned disastrous.

After a night of furious dancing with Dance Ravis, he looked for his jacket in the booths only to realize it was not there: “It was a very weird Saturday night for me. I definitely busted out some moves when they played Rihanna’s ‘Work.’

Usually I stay home and prank call Jeff Rickey, but a trip to the Ticker was very regretful, especially since I lost my favorite jacket.”

With the shame of losing a precious procession at a college student dance club, President Fox left the ticker into the cold night with only the large blue permanent marker mark on his hand.

Soon afterward, the St. Lawrence staff and student class Facebook pages received the

following post: “Hey everyone! I lost my jacket at the Ticker. It is a black Patagonia fleece. If anyone has it I would love to get it back!” A student then subsequently commented “that could literally be anyone at SLU’s jacket. Good luck finding it.”

After heading to Sergi’s for a late night pizza roll, President Fox realized his wallet was also in his jacket. He finally decided it was time to walk home with any random students he could find heading back to campus down Park Street. The next morning, he looked at his credit card account to cancel the card, only to discover that thousands of dollars worth of Sergi’s was ordered on it.

As he stormed out of the house, he discovered someone had left his jacket on the front porch with a note: “Thank you for the Sergi’s.

The raise in our tuition should cover it. -Sincerely, The Student Body.” When everything was going wrong for President Fox, he reached into his jacket pocket and discovered a pizza roll.

By the time you read this article, a decision will be made. This decision has the potential to weigh heavily upon the minds, uteruses, and lives of thousands of women.

It will set a new precedent, potentially nulling those that have been sought after, fought for, and taken as rights for the formative years of the lives of women and our nation. Wednesday’s case, Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt No. 15-274 concerns a challenge to a restrictive Texas law brought about by multiple abortion clinics in the state. The restrictions, embodied in a 2013 law, H.B. 2, impose new requirements on any facility performing abortions.

First, the facility must meet all standards of an “ambulatory surgical center,” a facility designed to allow low-risk surgery to be performed outside a hospital context. Additionally, any physician performing abortions must have “admitting privileges” at a hospital within 30 miles of the clinic.

According to Judge Lee Yeakel, United States District Judge for the United States District Court of the Western District of Texas, these two requirements “have the ultimate effect of erecting a substantial obstacle for women in Texas who seek to obtain a previability abortion.” These

hindrances on women’s reproductive choices impose an undue burden on women’s right to choose. The decision likely comes down to one man (oh, the sick, twisted irony), Justice Kennedy.

Women’s voices are starting to percolate the walls of the legal system, which have been built dutifully and staunchly by the tool belts of systemic patriarchal views, and those who yield them.

More than a hundred women have filed supporting briefs in the case, each recounting how their right to choose abortion allowed them control, not only over their own bodies, but also the paths of their personal and professional lives. The briefs seek to counter a streak of uninformed paternalism dominating discourse since 2007, when Kennedy held that women who choose to have abortions experience depression and plunging self-esteem.

Supporting briefs echo other initiatives to give long-silenced voices their rightful space in the cursory attempts to derail women’s reproductive rights. #Shoutyourabortion uses social media as a platform in which women can voice their stories.

Although hashtag activism is not the panacea or future of activism, it can change the conversation and build bridges to forge connections across mental or physical barriers. Women can engage in a

community; they can feel a sense of support and overturn the predisposed assumption that abortions will be kept to a whisper— or more likely, silence. A “shout” doesn’t represent a celebration or a value judgment, but rather seeks to create a community amidst intensely alienating stigmatization.

The plunges in self-esteem and lingering depression following abortion cited by anti-abortionists can likely be attributed to the irreparable estrangement women face when trying to assimilate into society while feeling that their choices merit residual shame.

In the words of Christiane Northup, “If we lived in a culture that valued women’s autonomy and in which men and women practiced cooperative birth control, the abortion issue would be moot.”

Restricting the access to abortion would send rippling and treacherous waves that would intolerably influence the rights of women to privacy and reproductive control.

Instead of further denouncing the right a woman has to an abortion, let us strive to create a community where voices and understanding compose the collective experience of being a woman and a person. Those voices need to resound over the slam of a gavel or the belittlement of misinformed and presumptuous politicians in their callous diatribes. Listen.

Apple Vs. the Federal Government

By MATT THIBAULT STAFF WRITER In the wake of the San Bernardino shooting, and the subsequent investigation that followed, Apple was asked to help with one of the shooter’s phones. The phone was locked, with the passcode unknown, so the government demanded that Apple unlock the phone and its contents.

In order to do this, Apple would need to create a key that would bypass iPhone security, especially the feature that would cause all data to be erased after a failed tenth try to unlock the iPhone with the wrong passcode. Apple argues against this, saying that the government wants them to create software that doesn’t exist, and that this kind of technology could, in the wrong hands, lead to incredibly easy hacking of its own devices. The FBI shot back, saying that they weren’t asking for keys

to all the iPhones, just the one.

For what it’s worth, I stand with Apple for a number of reasons.

Don’t get me wrong, I hope Apple is able to help in any way they can as long as it doesn’t threaten the privacy of every American that has an iPhone, iPod, Mac, or iPad. I’m sure that anyone with a brain can respect that sentiment.

But this measure scares me. The government wants unrestricted access to personal information.

I can hear it now. “The phone belonged to a mass murderer, clearly we can do this and not feel bad.” Actually, what scares me more than anything is the precedent this sets. We start here. What if we look through someone’s phone for an armed robbery? After that, we continue going down the list of crimes. Where do we stop?

The fact that our personal information is at stake in this ruling is incredibly important. I believe

that we are all entitled to our privacy, and that we should be able to keep our inner lives private. No matter who you are, all humans have a right to a private life. In this age of whistleblowers and rapidly advancing technology, the issues all boil together. What we do, who we meet. It all comes together.

Google, Facebook, and Twitter are all casting their lot with Apple on this one. Apple was ordered by the court to help the FBI, and Apple appealed the decision. We’ll have to wait and see about the outcome, and the consideration of the appeal may end by the time this gets published. However, I will reiterate what I said before; I stand with Apple. A person’s privacy is, I believe, one of the most important things that we have, and we can’t have that right violated, nor can we set precedence for violation.

I support Apple, and I hope this works out in our best interests.

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Security Blotter Feb 25, 8:47 PM Report of ill student in Priest.

Student transported to CPH; non-alcohol related.

Feb 26, 2:11 AM Report that students stole items from Northstar Café in Student Center.

Feb 26, 4:07 PM Man searching through garbage in a shed off-campus.

Feb 26, 4:53 PM Report of individual with an ankle injury between Kirk Douglass Hall and the chapel.

Alcohol related incident and student transported to CPH. Feb 26, 6:25 PM Report of intoxicated student being carried out of the Student Center by two students towards Whitman Hall. Student examined and signed off.

Feb 26, 7:13 PM Report of individual running up and down hallways of Lee, ripping things off the wall.

Feb 26, 8:13 PM Report of a large party of between 40-50 people in Jenks Hall.

Feb 26, 8:17 PM Drug policy violation in Jenks Hall.

Feb 27, 12:36 AM Individual urinating in public near the highway in Canton.

Feb 27, 12:22 PM Report of student with severe jaw and mouth pain in Kirk Douglass Hall. Student evaluated and transported to CPH..

Feb 27, 2:35 PM Drug policy violation in 50 Park.

Feb 27, 3:00 PM Individual reported that a Go-Pro was stolen at Titus.

Feb 27, 8:07 PM Three subjects throwing food and drinks at each other in Northstar Café.

Feb 27, 11:47 PM Report of party of approximately 75 students in 54 Park Feb 28, 4:26 AM Report of unresponsive individual in Dean Eaton due to alcohol consumption. Student evaluated and transported to CPH. Feb 28, 1:03 PM Weapons violation in Whitman Hall.

Feb 28, 1:20 PM Report of individual with knee injury in Lee Hall. Student evaluated and signed off.

Feb 28, 2:08 PM Officer injured near Chapel due to slippery fall.

Feb 28, 7:06 PM Call from a coach reporting two students collision in Fieldhouse resulting in possible concussion. One individual was transported, one was signed off.

Feb 29, 3:32 PM Fire alarm activation in Jenks Hall due to an expelled fire extinguisher.

SEMESTER RUNNING TALLIES: Bike Thefts: 1 | DWIs: 0 Open Containers: 6 | Alcohol-Related Transports: 5

What is Thelmo up to?

Wednesday, February 24 Office Hours: President Joe Nickerson— Monday, 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Vice President of Senate Affairs Mark Jannini— Monday 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

NEW BUSINESS: – Women’s club soccer - passed

-requesting funds for balls, goals, gas, etc – Model OAS - passed

-requesting funds for conference – Chemistry Conference - passed

-requesting funds – Elections Committee - tabled

-create an election committee MEMBER’S TIME – Habitat - build Saturday – Friday 8:30pm Pub56 Speakers – Theme House applications

NEWS Saint:

MARCH 4, 2016

Saint:

Fucking your way to the We’re stepping up the newstop....or into employment room swagger with some K cups, now we just need a TV if need be. (cough cough Thelmo)

Purgatory: Purgatory:

Choosing frozen pizza over Sergi’s...frugal or fail, as long as you have a big supply of ranch.

Hanging up on your boss who dared to call you and interrupt the Rail Jam. Like really, dude?

Sinner:

Sinner:

When you can’t remember which white powder is which... Classic mix-up in the women’s bathroom at Titus.

When your Titus weekend sex tape goes viral. Next stop PornHub.

Saint:

Welcome back to campus, Laurentians-in-Residence.

Sorry, we’re better than this week’s Saint, Sinner, Purg.

Purgatory:

Codependency is FaceTiming with your S.O. between different Titus busses. It can wait folks.

Sinner:

Chaos in the Pub when the coffee counter register breaks down.

Strong Debate Performance Doesn’t Translate for Rubio; Clinton Sweeps the South

By ANDREW WATSON STAFF WRITER Last week’s Republican debate featured an aggressive, supercharged Marco Rubio who went after front runner Donald Trump with a vengeance.

However effective his tactics may have seemed, they did not translate to any sort of success on Super Tuesday, as Rubio now sits last among the three frontrunners with just 87 delegates in total.

Cruz and Rubio teamed up against Donald Trump at the debate, calling him out on his lawsuit involving Trump University, his hiring of foreign workers for his construction projects, his tendency to be vague and repetitive and his financial contributions to multiple democratic congressmen including Chuck Schumer (DNY). Trump struggled with the barrage and lashed out at both of them, calling Rubio a “con artist” and Cruz a “liar,” per The New York Times.

The other two candidates, Dr. Ben Carson and Ohio Governor Jon Kasich were relegated to the sidelines, mostly spectators of the circus that was occurring at center stage.

Mr. Rubio turned the tables on Donald Trump, saying he was the one repeating himself constantly. Mr. Trump refuted this by saying “I don’t repeat myself ” no less than five consecutive times. It put on full display the level that the GOP infighting has reached, with the establishment desperately trying to slow down Mr. Trump, hurling everything including the kitchen sink at him.

On the democratic side, things were less openly tense but Clinton supporters sensed blood in the water after a resounding victory in South Carolina that saw Clinton take 86 percent of the African American vote. Sanders admitted to his struggles with Black voters, saying that he “got decimated,” according to Politico. However, he has said that he will take his nomination all the way to the convention and that Super Tuesday was not the end of the road. Clinton’s camp played up the importance of Super Tuesday as she expected to win at least seven of the eleven states.

As Super Tuesday came and went, the polls held for the most part, with Donald Trump taking 203 delegates and seven states while Hillary swept the South minus the state of Oklahoma. She also took Massachusetts, giving her a total of 453 delegates.

In second place in each party, Sanders won his home state of Vermont in addition to Colorado, Oklahoma and Minnesota, taking 284 delegates.

Texas Junior Senator Ted Cruz won his home state in addition to Alaska and Oklahoma, accumulating 144 delegates.

In third was Marco Rubio who only won Minnesota but managed to gain 71 delegates based on his popularity in high population counties with lots of delegates in states that he lost. Here is a look at the overall delegate count, according to The New York Times. A Republican candidate needs 1,237 to win while the democratic candidate will need 2,383.

Senator Cruz spun his wins in big states like Texas and Oklahoma as a victory, saying in his speech that he is the only campaign to have beaten Donald Trump in a primary.

He not so subtly called for Senator Marco Rubio to drop out so that votes can be consolidated against Mr. Trump.

Meanwhile, Mr. Trump gave a resounding victory speech and railed against Hillary Clinton and his Republican opponents while saying that he was going to the “make the party bigger”.

Mr. Rubio had a “disastrous” Super Tuesday, per The New Republic. Thus, he will look ahead to the primary in his home state of Florida, where 99 delegates will all go to the winner.

Trump is “comfortably” ahead in the state of Florida.

The path to the nomination is much clearer now for Donald Trump, while Mr. Cruz and Mr. Rubio will be counting on a lot to go wrong for them to secure the nomination or force a brokered convention. For Mr. Sanders, his victories in liberal strongholds like Vermont and Minnesota keep him in the running and with his donations racking up (36 million in the month of February, mostly in small donations) he appears to be in it until the convention.

Although Hillary can claim momentum out of Super Tuesday with seven victories, she cannot yet look ahead to the general as she has a lot of work to do in upcoming states.

Those states included Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Nebraska, Puerto Rico and Hawaii among others.

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MARCH 4, 2016

Coming this Spring: First Ever SLU LipDub Video to be Produced on Campus

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An example of a LipDub by Lakewood High School, as advertised in SLUWire.

By KATIE KULL STAFF WRITER Floor Fiers ’19 is working to organize the first ever St. Lawrence University “LipDub.” A LipDub is a group wide coordinated lip-sync all shot in one take, and St. Lawrence could be the next school to join this new lip sync trend. Videos created by other schools can be seen on YouTube, and Fiers has even attached one to the SLUwire email received by students everyday. This project is still in the beginning stages of development, but Floor has big plans for this video.

Fiers is a freshman this year, coming from an international high school in New Mexico where she coordinated a school wide LipDub consisting of about 200 students. Their song was Uptown Funk by Mark

Ronson and Bruno Mars. “I’ve been interested in filmmaking since I was twelve,” she said.

On campus she’s been making promotional videos for various groups such as ACE and theme houses. Now she’s looking forward to making St. Lawrence’s LipDub even better than her last.

Currently, she is hoping to form a small committee in charge of figuring out all of the details. Fiers says that the actual video making is not hard.

‘It’s just the logistics that are challenging because it’s all one shot and there need to be a lot of people doing a lot of things.”

Once the committee has met, they will choose a song as well as determine the route through campus, find crazy and colorful props, then begin the task of recruiting the talent.

Fiers hopes to get a fairly

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Protestors around an Apple Store in Boston.

case. They have also stated, per the New York Times, that this court order violates Apple’s first and fifth amendment rights.

The FBI argues that unlocking the phone is key to National Security and fighting future terrorist plots. However, FBI Director James B. Comey has also stated that he plans to use this decryption technology in many other cases where encrypted tech is involved. This is what Cook is arguing is so dangerous about the request, that it would be forcing Apple to build a system that does not currently exist and then allowing the FBI to have free use of that technology. Apple would have to create and install a new op erating system on the iPhone that

leaves out key security measures such as locking the phone after failed password attempts.

The argument sets up a larger debate that has been raging for years as encryption technology becomes more advanced. The FBI has been stymied by encrypted data and has hundreds of unbreakable phones in their possession, according to Fortune Magazine. Those siding with the FBI are national security proponents who believe that the privacy of a phone owner does not trump the need to obtain knowledge to fight against terrorists. On the other side are privacy advocates who say that the ability for the government to access anyone’s data sets a murky and potentially harmful precedent.

large turn out and plans to have her committee reach out to various athletic teams on campus as well as theme houses and clubs.

The experience should be “really fun and colorful” according to Fiers. The people who decide to be a part of this LipDub will perform for the camera while the camera is in motion. There are plenty of sample videos online for people to get an idea of what to expect once springtime rolls around.

Fiers says she’s waiting for spring because “it needs to be sunny” and warm enough for people to be outside. If anyone is interested in helping to create the first ever St. Lawrence University LipDub, email Floor Fiers at ffier15@stlawu.edu. She will be sending out emails to interested committee members this weekend.

Major tech companies such as Microsoft, Google, Twitter, Facebook and Yahoo all will be filing legal briefings in support of Apple, according to the New York Times.

Another interesting fact about the case is that Apple claims the FBI had a perfect chance to gain access to the data on their own, through an iCloud backup of Farook’s phone.

However, while the phone was in federal custody the password was reset and the investigators were locked out, per ABC News. This is a key part of Apple’s argument as they say that the FBI had their chance, and now that they missed it, they are making unreasonable demands of Apple. Cook said Apple has “no sympathy for terrorists” but that the larger issue of customer privacy rights is at stake.

A few prominent public figures have come out against Apple, including billionaire Warren Buffett and Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump. Buffett told CNBC that “privacy has limits” and Trump said he’ll boycott Apple until they unlock the phone. Overall this battle seems far from over and is likely to continue for months.

Cook has said he is prepared to take the legal battle all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary.

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While this number pales in comparison to the overall stats, it is noteworthy that out of 3,000 colleges and universities that have produced applicants in the last two years, three students were chosen from our small liberal-arts university.

The Peace Corps currently has volunteers stationed in 63 countries worldwide. While most volunteers (45 percent) are sent to Africa, there are also large numbers of volunteers in areas such as Latin America (22 percent) and Eastern Europe/Central Asia (10 percent). One SLU alumna who is presently involved in the program, Julia Huber ‘15, is stationed in Rwanda.

Moreover, in recent years Peace Corps volunteers have targeted issues ranging from AIDS education to environmental degradation. In 2014 alone, over 3,000 volunteers were utilizing social media in an effort to stomp out malaria in Africa, 16 volunteers were in the midst of filming ‘telenovelas’ regarding life skills and health in the Dominican Republic, and many more DR. LOCK FROM PAGE 1

congratulates Dr. Lock. “The Stephens Award is a competitive teaching award…that [Dr. Lock] was selected is an acknowledgement of her dedication to and excellence in the craft of teaching,” Dr. Look said. “Although we in the department are not surprised by this, we are very happy to count [Dr. Lock] among our rank and we are glad that she was chosen for this well-deserved honor.”

Dr. Lock expresses, “I am honored to receive this award…I feel very lucky to work for this great department at St. Lawrence University, where I am surrounded by so many outstanding teachers.”

Brandon Lustig ‘16, has fond memories of his time spent in Dr. Lock’s calculus II class. “I enjoyed her class; she was really organized in her teaching,

were involved in implementing PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief.

And while not all volunteers go into a field related directly to their majors, many are able to incorporate their educational experiences into their efforts. Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet states: “ The Peace Corps is a unique opportunity for college graduates to put their education into practice and become agents of change in communities around the world.”

So, what is it about SLU students that make them so attractive to a world-renowned organization such as the Peace Corps?

Mckenzie Goodwin ‘16, a soon-to-be Peace Corps volunteer, sums it up best: “The environment here at SLU creates well rounded students that are able to think critically and see situations from all different perspectives, which I would attribute to our close-knit community and strong liberal arts background. When I think about my time here, SLU has fostered growth in me as a person beyond what I could have ever imagined.” kept people paying attention, and was quick to give feedback on homework assignments and quizzes,” he said.

Dr. Lock has not only proved to be an excellent teacher in mathematics, but she has contributed to the mathematical community by publishing several academic textbooks. All of her efforts have been acknowledge in this prestigious award.

She has written several textbooks in algebra, pre-calculus, calculus, multivariable calculus, and applied calculus.

Her and her mathematically inclined family, including her husband and fellow St. Lawrence professor Dr. Robin Lock, and her three statistician children, all co-wrote a statistics text Statistics: Unlocking the Power of Data.

Here at St. Lawrence University, we congratulate you, Dr. Lock, and we are so lucky to have you.

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Dr. Patti Lock, who was just awarded The Stephans Award for teaching.

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MARCH 4, 2016

Thinxing ‘bout Periods

By CAROLINE SEELEN FEATURES EDITOR

Periods. Every woman in the world gets her period and yet for centuries, there has been a taboo surrounding the monthly visitor all women receive. Although the taboo has improved vastly in recent history, there are still numerous problems with the ways periods are dealt with and talked about.

The taboo surrounding periods affects women and girls everyday.

Most girls I know feel the need to hide their pad or tampon on their way to the bathroom. Women often do not announce to the world when they are feeling down from their periods. If a girl gets her period in public, it is usually met with laughing and embarrassment. Last year, when an artist named Rupi Kaur posted a photo on Instagram of a woman in bed with period blood, Instagram removed the post, citing a failure to meet community guidelines. If that was not enough, in developing nations, women do not have the same access to period products as in more developed nations and are forced to miss out on school during those weeks in the year. Why does something as commonplace as a period remain such an off-limits topic of conversation?

Enter Thinx, a fairly new product for women with periods, which is patented underwear to wear on your period. The underwear is moisture-wicking, antimicrobial, absorbent, and leakresistant, which can either replace the use for pads or tampons or assist them, depending on how the wearer feels in them. The underwear also look and feel like a regular pair of underwear and come in multiple styles, such as hiphugger, boyshort, and sport. I was lucky enough to interview the Co-Founder and CEO of Thinx, Miki Agrawal.

The idea for Thinx first came to

Agrawal when she was at a family barbeque five years ago, teamed up with her twin sister in a threelegged race. During the race, her sister started her period, so she had to sprint inside to clean up.

While Agrawal’s sister cleaned her bathing suit, the idea came to them to create period-proof underwear. They thought of the amount of times their lives had been interrupted from their periods and the many pairs of underwear ruined.

Agrawal had the opportunity to attend the World Cup in South Africa in 2010, where she met a young girl who she assumed should be in school. The girl replied that it was her “week of shame,” which meant that while she was on her period, she could not attend school. After some research, Agrawal found out that about 100 million girls in the world were missing school because of their periods.

Along with Antonia Dunbar, Agrawal co-founded Thinx, which took them three and a half years to develop and patent.

Agrawal says it was quite difficult to develop because “it is a small area down there” and “it has to feel like a regular pair of underwear” while also being moisturewicking. They also spent a lot of time going back and forth with a patent lawyer, writing descriptively and reading through fine print. Dunbar has since become a silent co-founder.

In addition to creating the period-proof underwear, Agrawal knew she wanted to aid young girls in Africa who were missing school for their “week of shame.”

After searching the world, she found AFRIpads, a company in Uganda made up entirely of women that makes reusable pads available to young girls to purchase at a good price. According to Thinx’s website, shethinx.com, “AFRIpads trains women to sew and sell washable, reusable cloth pads, turning local women into

entrepreneurs.” For every pair of Thinx underwear sold, a portion of the profits is donated to AFRIpads to help African girls be given the resources they need to stay in school and succeed.

The mission of Thinx is to break the taboo surrounding menstruation. Thinx is committed to creating “a world where no woman is held back by her body” (shethinx.com). The company hopes to provide comfort to women and eliminate the shame surrounding periods, so every woman has the opportunity to succeed. Agrawal hopes that Thinx can be the “leaders in that charge.” She explains that it is “all about creating an accessible feminist conversation that is fun and informative.” She hopes that with a product that works for women, they can continue to spread the message.

The underwear is made by women in Sri Lanka who discovered Thinx, and wanted to manufacture the product. These women also manufacture products for Victoria’s Secret, Spanx, and Lulu Lemon. Agrawal said that this was the “right partnership” she was looking for.

Time Magazine named Thinx one of the “25 Best Inventions of 2015” and Thinx has been featured on several websites, such as Buzzfeed. Agrawal says this has been a “magical experience,” and that they receive hundreds of messages everyday. Thinx currently has close to 30 employees, but they will be “adding a lot of people to [their] roster” in the coming year.

When asked about her next plans for the company, Agrawal says that she is currently developing a product that will “disrupt the tampon category.” According to Agrawal, over 20 billion plastic tampons and pads end up in landfills every year. This new product will be launched in a few months. To learn more about the work Thinx is doing, visit shethinx.com.

PHOTO COURTESY OF ARBEN UKPERAJ ‘16

Bachelor of the Week: Arben Ukperaj ‘16 Zodiac Sign: Leo

What is your spirit animal?

My friends call me the Albanian black bear.

What are your best traits?

I have a good beard and a nice bald head.

What is your favorite weekend jam?

Anything by Pvris or Halsey.

How many people do you fall in love with everyday?

Just about everybody. There is so much love to give.

How many seconds would it take you to eat a block of cheese?

About 10 seconds, if I was starving.

How many seconds does it take you to scroll through Facebook before giving up?

Half a second.

What are your hobbies?

I love writing poetry, reading, and writing short stories. Also video games.

Who would you let punch you directly in the face?

Matt Walsh, because I punched him in the face two years ago. I still feel bad about that.

Do you have any dating advice for the men at SLU? The worst thing a girl could do is reject you.

How could a possible mate get your attention?

Climb a tree with some honey and bear call.

There has been a campaign to make you the Bachelor of the Week. How have you felt about all the attention?

It is sort of hilarious because I said that I hated the Bachelor/ ette of the Week section, so my friends decided to nominate me, which made me feel obligated to do this. They even made a Facebook group with 93 members. I would now like to nominate Jeff Clemente.

Tinder or nah?

Nah, it’s ridiculous.

Tick Tock or Java?

Definitely Java. I haven’t been to the Tick Tock in two years.

ing the slate clean. Second chances can also be loopholes in our interactions with others – when you preface a conversation implying your subsequent cash in on a second chance, the other person is likely to be more receptive and willing to give you the benefit of the doubt, or at least a “why the hell not” reaction.

We all should have the privilege to enact second chances, because more often than not we mess up the first time. Whatever you think of when you think of a second chance is great, so go out there are take advantage of your own capabilities and don’t be afraid to advocate for yourself by asking others for a second chance. Let yourself go to that place and think about all the second

chances you have right in front of you and how liberating that feels!

For this weekend I plan to give the great country of Canada a second chance while leading an adventure to a peninsula (aka scoping out the real estate market and also that island Canada offered up for Americans to move to should Trump ever become elected).

P.S. Here is the last plug for any freshman, sophomores, or juniors who are interested in applying to live in the Outing Club: applications are due FRIDAY, MARCH 4 (so like right now). Come to 58 Park St. and drop off your app, sign up for an interview time and then come inside and have a cup of tea with one of us – we would love to meet you!

Hometown: Brooklyn, New York Major: Biology and English

Boot ‘n’ Paddle: Second Chances

By KLARE NEVINS COLUMNIST Hey lovers, This week the OC is hosting a “Second Chance Dance” so that in the wake of Valentine’s Day we can all get a second chance at finding friendship or love. I’m feeling sentimental, so I’m going to talk about second chances this week. (So what if the extent of Titus weekend festivities left me in a state of controlled wreckage and these past few days of recovery have left me feeling as vulnerable as a newborn lamb in February?) But anyway, second chances. They may be living in America, “the land of second (third, fourth, and fifth) chances”; those

leftovers in your fridge that you are stoked about when you discover they haven’t gone bad; this Tuesday’s spontaneous sleet shower that turned to a dusting of snow; coming back after mid-semester break and thinking Okay, now I will really do all the readings for class; or for the lovers in us all, putting yourself out there for the prospect of a new or rekindled love.

As I pondered what the true meaning of second chances would entail, I asked a few people what they thought about the topic. Fellow housemate Leo got theoretical on me, saying they were to make up for something that was lost, that had not been taken full advantage of, something that you had yet to

quite reach your full potential in or the waters you saw but had yet to delve into. Liam kept it short and sweet: a chance to try again. Isa thought about love and how second chances can mean rekindling old flames, throwing a spark into a dry pile of leaves or the act of stepping into the sunshine and saying, “Hello world, here I come!” Finally, Maria saw second chances as the times when you succeeded at something and you try it again just to make sure that the first time wasn’t a coincidence.

I think part of what makes second chances so appealing is that they encompass the idea of starting fresh, and regardless of what has happened in the past, you are wip-

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Kenya on U.S. Politics

By JONANTHAN TEN EYCK FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT

In 2008, the United States of America elected the country’s first black president. This landmark moment in American politics was celebrated not only within the country, but also in the East African nation of Kenya. The election of a president with Kenyan roots only increased the interest in American politics in a country that was already linked to the U.S. both economically and politically.

The Obama factor has a large part to play in Kenyan interest in U.S. politics, said Abdelwahab Sinnary, one of the directors of the St. Lawrence Kenya Semester Program (KSP). He also said that President Obama is very popular in Kenya, and that many Kenyans view Obama as one of their own due to his Kenyan heritage. This connection between Obama and Kenya has led to one of the most favorable times in terms of the U.S./ Kenya relationship.

Kenya has never had a similar relationship with another U.S. politician, said Matthew Carotenuto, a Professor of African History who is currently working on a book dealing with the Obama/Kenya relationship. Carotenuto said that Kenyans were aware of Obama before he was widely known in America.

Also, while Kenyans have traditionally tended to be in favor of the Democratic Party, if Obama had been a Republican, many would have leaned Republican.

While the interest in Obama has peaked the Kenyan interest in U.S. politics, the fact that the United States is so influential in the world also plays a significant role. Naturally, Kenyans are going to be interested in the politics of world powers, Carotenuto said. However, American politics are of special interest for Kenyans for many reasons.

For one, said Carotenuto, many Kenyans live in the United States or have gone to school in the country, so they have a vested interest in American politics. Kenya also receives a large number of American tourists and the tourism industry is a large part of the Kenyan economy.

This, along with U.S. trade policies towards Kenya, gives the East African nation an economic reason to care about the politics in America, according to Carotenuto.

The government of the United States is also something some Kenyans look to as an example of a mature democracy. It is important for Kenyans to model their politics after the U.S., says Robert Gakumu, a Kenyan college student from the Nyeri Province. Gakumu remarked that things like tribalism and nepotism, which he observed in Kenyan politics, do not seem to occur in the U.S. political system.

When asked about the current presidential candidates, Gakumu remarked that if Hillary Clinton becomes president it would set an example for countries that have a poor record of women’s rights. As a whole Kenyans might lean towards supporting Clinton, said Carotenuto, as she has visited Kenya and is well known. However, he added that Kenyans were not necessarily opposed to Republicans, citing a good relationship between President George W. Bush and Kenya.

As in America, Donald Trump often dominates the headlines in Kenyan papers, making him the most visible presidential candidate. Many Kenyans feel Trump is racist, said Sinnary. The spectacle of Trump interests Kenyans even as the prospect of him becoming President worries them. “That man is definitely not very good for president,” said Gakumu. He continued by saying that Trump does not stand for world unity.

Kenyans view American politics though the lense of their status as one of the foremost nations in East Africa. They share a heritage with America’s sitting President and have many economic ties to the United States. “If I follow Kenyan politics it is most likely I will learn something about U.S. politics,” Gakumu said. While the degree of interest might change after Obama leaves office, the economic ties the countries share and the position the United States holds in global politics ensures that American politics will continue to be relevant in Kenya as they are throughout the world.

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Body Beautiful Week

By RAQUELL MUNIZ STAFF WRITER

Here at SLU, Body Beautiful Week is held during National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. This week has come to our campus to show us the powerful stance against illnesses that are caused by insecurities. SLU is eternally grateful to Madeline Watterhahn ‘15, as this week was made possible due to her grant. She began a group called Healthy Connections that works together with the health and counseling center, and this ‘movement’ has not stopped growing since. Wetterhahn herself had suffered from anorexia her sophomore year and she knew she was not alone in this.

She wanted to raise awareness of all kinds of eating disorders—at all levels of severity—and in all types of people. “Most importantly, we wanted the week to be hopeful, which is why we focused on body positivity and ways to start making changes in the way we treat ourselves—and not just on awareness of the issues,” said Watterhahn.

This simple, yet powerful, project has led into the amazing week that makes up Body Beautiful Week. Being its third year, Sylvie Choiniere ‘16, Marissa Nati ‘18 and Dana Tindall ’18 all had the pleasure and commitment to make it a memorable one. With multiple events happening, such as yoga, movies (Penelope), speakers, and a nutrition workshop, it turned out to be a complete success! One of their main speakers was Jill Catherine. Jill has been working over the past couple of years, with a focus of eating disorders, body images and body dissatisfaction. She became interested in this field after healing from an eating disorder that almost took her life away. She expresses herself through a wide range of mediums. Some include lecture, dances, being a mentor coach as well as conducting an interactive workshop. Over all, she is an extremely inspiring and

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Opinions Editor Emily Liebelt ‘16 bares her soles.

motivational speaker, and SLU was extremely lucky to have her aboard for this amazing week.

The other big event was the a nutrition workshop led by Martha Palmer. Coming from CantonPotsdam Hospital, Dr. Palmer was kind enough to devote her time in giving a presentation on healthy eating habits—especially in college dorms. For those that missed this great session, some snacks she recommends are: Kind Bars, Dark Chocolate, Seltzer and Coconut Water. Any time you find yourself reaching for the chips, switch them off for one of these great options!

Working together with the Dub, the Body Pride Photo Campaign was also included in the agenda. This project is a photo campaign aimed at empowering women to love their bodies. It started nearly five years ago, but really took off two years ago when Raina Puels ’16 was on board as the photographer. With all that goes on in the media, this project aims to make a stand against what has been done to the female body and help people truly embrace themselves. Their goal is to break a historical injustice with photos being the medium. The

wonderful ladies in charge of this event have seen a great increase in the number of individuals that participate each year.

As a current Dub member Anna Carpenter ’17 states, “The project creates such an empowering environment that I really think it unites women on this campus and helps us realize that we are not alone.”

This week was completely successful. With Choiniere being a senior, she felt extremely happy to contribute to such a great event. As she says, “If there was anything I learned from this week, it is from Jill Catherine: ‘You always need to listen to the beat of your heart to get back on track!” EVERYbody is beautiful, so love yourself!’”

If you happened to miss this year’s Beautiful Body Week, make sure you check it out next year because they only keep getting better! Special thanks to both Anna Carpenter and Sylvie Choiniere for providing such great information and for putting on an event that truly makes an impact. Just remember: LOVE YOURSELF. After all, there is only one of you out there, so make the best of it!

worried that despite our best intentions, the theme house community remains an exclusive St. Lawrence institution. Looking around at the faces I see on a regular basis, I am a little disheartened to see how homogeneous our little groups have become.

So here is my plan. Apply! Apply to live in the OC, La Casa, The LIGHT house, BSU, the Guild, Java, the HUB, the Dub, Commons, the Greenhouse, the Arts Annex, or H.O.P.E.! We cannot promise you a spot (it took me three interviews to get where I am now), but even so, we all value people who are willing to put the

time into sharing a bit of themselves in the application process.

And if you are lucky enough to get an interview, well, you’ll see ;D So please, whether you are an athlete, a book worm, an activist, a couch potato, or a happy combination of the four, go to a theme house, take a look at the application, and answer some entertaining and thought provoking questions. We as a theme house community need you to hold us to a high standard, and we welcome any and all thoughts and ideas you might bring through our front door. And who knows, you might just get a cookie while you’re at it!

Feel the Beet: The Joys of Themehouses

By DUNCAN FORT COLUMNIST

What does it mean to live in a theme house? For me, it is waking up to the sound of dear friends gearing up for a day of hard work or play. It is recounting the weekend’s usually unusual antics over a cozy Sunday meal. It is the smell of garlic and onions simmering and adding an extra degree of warmth to the place I now call home. It might seem corny and cliché to say that the friends and memories I have made in the Greenhouse define and make my St. Lawrence University experience what it is

today, but perhaps that blanket statement is untrue. My theme house experience lives outside of the walls of 70 Park Street just, as much as it lives inside.

My housemates know this too, and whether they are running their little tushes off training for the Boston marathon, teaching yoga, organizing Environmental Action on campus, farming down the road, perfecting their vocals, creating juicy rap beats, or just being generally awesome in every sense of the word, their positive energy creates an environment that challenges me to be a better person each and every

day. Yes, there are days where energy runs low. But by sitting down and cracking open a pint of Ben and Jerry’s while curled up on the sofa, you are bound to attract some other poor soul who will happily procrastinate with you for the next 10 episodes of Broad City. No one can argue this opportunity is not a beautiful thing.

Being in a theme house means being included in something larger than yourself. It means sharing a common interest with a group of people who will have your back in times of sickness, anxiety, and crisis. It means laughter. It means family. But I am worried. I am

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MARCH 4, 2016

Monday Magic:

The World of Discover Weekly Add a refreshed, inspired vibe to your soundbites this week with the customized Spotify Weekly

By COLIN KIRKLAND COLUMNIST CATHERINE FLORES/GUEST PHOTOGRAPHER

The Benita Bike Dance Company performs in Kerri Canedy’s jazz class.

Benita Bikes intoTown & SLU’s Dance Classes

By CATHERINE FLORES STAFF WRITER

As the age-old saying goes, March certainly did come in like a lion here in the North Country, so what is a better way to bear the cold than with an evening of good company and good food? That is exactly what I was lucky enough to do on Monday night at the bed & breakfast on East Main St. with some of my peers, professors, and the Benita Bike Dance Company, who have been enjoying a week-long residency at SLU. My leap day was certainly one for the books because it gave me a different and much more proud outlook on the dance world, of which I have been a part since I was three years old.

Mind-boggling experience number one of my time spent with the Benita Bike Dance Company this week: dancers actually eat.

After watching too many of my ballet comrades suffer from eating disorders as early as junior high, I was taken aback to learn that we would be welcoming the dancers from Los Angeles with icy sidewalks, pizza, and Saranacbrewed beer. No sunshine all week, carbs, and cheese? This is going to be awkward...or so I thought. The dancers, lighting designers, and company founder Benita herself all ate normal and

healthy amounts of food, (to my pleasant surprise), and as one of the dancers proudly told me with a smile, “I’m from Michigan. I’ve been taught to always politely finish my drinks.” Dinner conversation ranged from the expected, “So how long have you been with the company?” to “Ugh, I went on the worst Tinder date ever a couple of weeks ago! Guys in L.A. are so self-centered.” After a few more hours of explaining the different vibes between the Ticker and the Hoot and other imperative concepts to know when understanding the SLU sub-culture, Benita joined our conversation, which leads me to my second wildly cool realization about this leading lady and her troupe.

“My mother put me in dance lessons because I had a heavy step,” said Benita of her explanation of how she got started as a dancer.

“By the time I was fifteen, I knew I wanted to be a choreographer.

I just knew it.” With her roots in Arizona, Benita, a modern dancer, teamed up with a companion whose forte was ballet, and they worked together to create pieces for dancers who auditioned for their company, all before she was twenty years old. Clad in all black, thick-framed glasses, and wavy, soft white locks, she

continued to tell us about her brother who frequently calls her for advice and memories with her mother. Listening to Benita was an experience in itself for me and the other students who were just meeting her. She exudes equal amounts of wisdom and humor in each well-thought out sentence, all while remaining colloquial. Her dancers respect her immensely but their comfort with her is also palpable.

The third and perhaps most exciting moment about the Benita Bike Dance Company is the impact they made on us students over the past week. As eager as I was to chat with the dancers over dinner, taking yoga and jazz dance classes taught by company members throughout the week was even more exciting. The fact that I am a student enrolled in an introductory jazz dance class at a school that does not even offer a dance minor, yet I am lucky enough be exposed to professional guest artists, workshops, and performance speaks volumes about our PCA and dance department. Thank you to Benita and her company members, and I am looking forward to celebrating our week together on Friday night at 8:00 p.m. in Guilick Theater as we students enjoy your farewell performance!

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Ellen Bischoff ’16 preps her art work for the senior pop-up art show Monday. The Goreyesque Basterds exhibition premiered at the Brush Art Gallery for a Leap Day-only SYE show.

The vibe of early Monday mornings have recently moved farther from Shiny Toy Guns’ song, “Rainy Monday,” and more toward Mamas and The Papas’ “Monday, Monday (so good to me!).” When I wake up, totally unwilling to start the week, Spotify’s Discover Weekly playlist is the only thing delicately coaxing me to leave bed and chug some orange juice. What is Spotify’s Discover Weekly you ask?

It’s a playlist that is compiled by a complicated algorithm that I will definitely not attempt to explain.

The algorithm takes into consideration over two billion playlists on Spotify, including anything from “Are&Be,” which has over a million followers, and Dylan Murtha’s ‘16 “Trottin’ On a Summer Trail” which should most certainly be more popular. Every week your playlist creations are combined with your recent searches and what tastes Spotify geeks predict you’re going to like.

The beauty of Spotify Weekly is that this culmination of all sorts of mathematical hootenanny doesn’t develop a washed-out bore of a playlist.

Even the tunes that you don’t like at all are still very odd and interesting; and so are the ones you will fall in love with.

Like who the hell are the Moondoggies?! Not only will your Discover Weekly playlist introduce you to incredible left-of-center, out-in-no-man’sland bands, but it will also dig up the wackiest group names.

I’ve been utilizing this playlist sorcery for six months or so and have fallen in love with songs

by Megapuss, Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, Chicano Batman, and Dumbo Gets Mad. You don’t even need to stick to your own Discover Weekly either. As soon as Monday afternoon rolls in, your Spotify page will be chock-full of your buddies listening to their DW playlists; you can click on the

current song they’re playing, which takes you to their DW page. Nick Stenicka ‘16, a big fan of this Monday music madness comments, “I like how I’ve started following other people’s Discover Weeklys.”

Yes Nicholas! I like that too.

He loves getting different perspectives through different people’s personalities, which are usually embodied by their weekly playlist. “When I want to get jacked up, I listen to Snoops’ (Connor Clancy ‘16) Discover Weekly, and when I want to chill out on some acoustic stuff I’ll throw on Harrison’s (Cobb ‘17).”

Being a competitive music fanatic (a.k.a. hipster) in high school, I would spend most nights scanning through as many music blogs I could find online, trying to find the most obscure bands with the best new sounds. Now it almost seems too easy.

However,

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there is no perfection in the compilation system. Making a personal mix is still very much an art, stacking songs that hold memories together, creating a concrete feeling that lasts.

Discover Weekly is either a hit or a miss. Some weeks, I am absolutely stoked on what they’ve delivered to my electronic doorstep. When one song is off, though, it tends to speak for the entirety of the mix. Carli Baldwin ‘16, another avid user, believes that “there’s no in-between,” and Taber Engelken ‘17 refers to DW as a “refreshing, vicious cycle.”

He is referring to the fear that Discover Weekly can instill in its users. On a daily basis, when you’re searching freely for music or are in an angsty mood and can’t pull yourself away from old Sum 41 albums, your choices affect next week’s mix.

This can be dangerous and is what may ultimately lead to those off weeks.

As bad as it can get, though, Discover Weekly seems to always bounce back and redeem itself, ultimately making your algorithmic friend one of your best.

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Behind the Red Picket Fences: The Main Squeeze

By BRIDGET FLEMING COLUMNIST Ketchup. That is the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of ways in which to use the word “squeeze.” That, or when I am trying to claim some couch space between Peter Griffin and Alanis Morissette.

Squeeze in, she has got one hand in her pocket and the other one is giving Peter a high-five. Squeeze is a funny word, one you might say a total of 42 times in your life just based on the fact that it has little to no use when filling out a Pub order.

“I’d like a piece of cheese squeezed in between two pieces of bread.”

That is called a grilled cheese you baffoon, now get out of here before I squeeze ketchup packets all over you and Alanis.

Now just imagine referring to someone as your main squeeze.

What does that even mean, a main squeeze? It is a humorous expression that gained its trendiness in the 1970s, as people began using it as a way to describe the person, out of all their sexual partners, who they liked best and spent most of their time with. A good example is Mozart and his main squeeze Butch Cassidy, or Bob Dylan alongside Joan Baez.

Now, where do you see yourself referring to someone as your main squeeze. At the Science Library? In Rebert North? Of course not, those places do not inspire one to utilize the expression. But at the Java Barn, where some of the dizzying glamour and glory of the 70s seems to have remained, you just might refer to the person you are sitting next to on the piano in the corner as just that: your main squeeze.

The Main Squeeze, the band that trolled through the Barn last

week, is one that Colin Kirkland ’16 refers to as “dude, a quintessential Java band.” They were not just good or okay or alright; they were PHENOMENAL. As the crowd thinned after set-break, and the devoted patrons of the Barn stuck around, The Main Squeeze allowed us to splash around in their enormous puddle of talent.

Their cover of “Bulls on Parade” by Rage Against the Machine was just ABSURD. The keyboard player, Ben “Smiley” Silverstein, went into a solo that had everyone and their cranial space melting onto the floor. And when they played “Still D.R.E.” by Dr. Dre, I swear people have not been that lit on a Thursday since the Watergate Scandal.

Falling in love with this band in the span of a few hours was effortless; it felt so right, like that first date when you wore a Groutfit and it went over better than you thought it ever could.

The Main Squeeze was electric, they infected your fun cells, and it was utterly and absolutely impossible to leave the show.

Believe me, I kept trying, but it just kept getting better and better.

After 40 minutes of dancing in my coat I realized the only option was to keep having my ear drums squeezed by the vocal chords of Corey Frye, the kimono-clad frontman. In the spirit and name of their sophomore album, I must say this; mind your head. Ducking into their musical funk emporium of sound is no decision to be taken lightly. Their soul, their melodious presence, is asking you the same question Wolfgang whispered to Butch as they sat squished on the couch: “Will you be mine, my main squeeze?”

Boom, Serenade in G Major.

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Netflix,Chill & EnjoyA Reunion

By CHARLOTTE CRAWFORD STAFF WRITER If you have television, any interest in witty banter, the endless entertaining complications of a relationship between a mother and daughter, or if you are just a fan of a good ol’ fashioned Netflix & chill kind of night, then you might have heard the good news: the much-awaited Gilmore Girls revival is right around the corner.

Lorelei and Rory are storming back into our lives and hearts in four upcoming episodes, or minimovies, as each installment will be ninety minutes long.

If you watched the show as I did, thinking it of greater importance than the events of your own adolescent life, then you will be pleased to hear that all of our favorite ex-boyfriends are coming back: Dean (Jared Padelecki of Supernatural), Logan (Matt Czuchry, now a series regular on The Good Wife), and yes, yes, yes, Jess (Milo Ventimiglia, not doing much of anything these days).

Everyone is set to reprise their roles, it seems, except for Melissa McCarthy as Suki St. James, who alleges that she was never asked to return—more updates on that as they roll in, I hope.

Obviously this is extremely

exciting news, though not entirely surprising; Netflix has clearly picked up on the immense benefits of nostalgia-mining. Gilmore Girls is only the most recent in a long string of oldie-but-goodie television classics that have seen revivals on the binge-watching, hookup-facilitating platform in the last few years. Think Boy Meets World (now Girl Meets World), Wet Hot American Summer, Fuller House (a sequel series to Full House, more than twenty years after the original show went off the air); Arrested Development; the list will continue to go on.

Of course, this new trend begs the question that we have been asking since the millionth Spiderman movie came out: what ever happened to original content? In the case of a superhero origin story that has been beaten to death so many times, it can be problematic. Let us get some creative juices flowing and start producing new content again.

When it comes to Netflix, however, we see a different side of things. Take this latest revival, Gilmore Girls, for example: original writers Amy ShermanPalladino and Daniel Palladino took no part in the seventh and last season of the show while it was on the air due to contract

disputes with Warner Bros. They have signed on, however, for the revival—meaning that they have been given a golden opportunity to finally write the ending they have always wanted for the show that they created. The on-air ending of the seventh season, in the absence of the Palladinos, left innumerable fans unsatisfied and frustrated for a lack of character and plot resolution. The creators have been gifted the chance to put their characters to bed in the way they had always intended—with regard to Rory Gilmore, let us hope that bed has Jess Mariano in it.

Netflix is still producing original content—and amazing content at that. Orange is the New Black, Narcos, and House of Cards are staples of popular television culture today, the sort that you do not want to miss out on for water-cooler conversations at the office (do those conversations actually exist? I do not have a job). Basically, the entertainment platform has found an instrumental way to enrich our lives with two-dimensionality, bringing original and inventive stories right to our laptop screens, and reviving the long gone-butnot-forgotten stories that still hold real estate in our hearts.

America Finally Gets What It Has Been Waiting For

By ANNIKA WITT STAFF WRITER The highlight of last Sunday night was seeing Leonardo DiCaprio take the stage to accept the Oscar for Best Actor in The Revenant. The second his name was announced, the entire Dolby Theatre erupted in applause and proceeded to give Leo a standing ovation. This was the most talked about moment of the night, with it blowing up Facebook and Twitter. His win was 25 years in the making after he had received 6 Oscar nominations. I expected him to win Best Actor for his role as egocentric Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street or his iconic portrayal of Jack Dawson in The Titanic; I guess it takes getting mauled by a bear to win an Oscar these days.

Each year, the potential Oscar nominees are analyzed so meticulously that by the time the

awards ceremony arrives, there is little room left for surprises. This year, however, there were many.

Ex Machina was the cheapest movie in the category, yet still managed to win the Oscar for Visual Effects. It was up against big contenders: Mad Max, The Martian, The Revenant, and Star Wars, which all had much larger budgets. It was impressive that a film with only a $15 million budget could win in one of the biggest technical categories.

I thought the award for Best Supporting Actor was guaranteed to go to Sylvester Stallone, considering he was the favorite going into the night. Hence, I was shocked when Mark Rylance’s name was announced for his role in Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies.

The award that really blew me away, though, was Spotlight winning Best Picture. Throughout award season it seemed like the race was

tight between The Revenant and The Big Short. Even Morgan Freeman seemed surprised to announce Spotlight as the winner. The film had a relatively small budget, not many A-list stars, and had opened before both The Revenant and The Big Short. It was also the first time in 63 years that a film won best picture with only one other award on Oscar night. I was happy for the film though, because it is a difficult subject and they were able to make it interesting for people to go see.

Mad Max: Fury Road was the biggest winner of the night, taking home 6 awards out of the 10 nominations received. The film producers received their awards in all technical categories, some of which I had hoped that Star Wars would take home, but I was glad the Academy took the chance to honor the amazing achievement of George Miller’s team. If you get the

chance to see the movie, it is truly epic; there is so much to appreciate about the film. The costumes and makeup work is incredible, and I am continually amazed that the majority of the scenes take place on the road. I can not imagine the number of takes they had to get for just one scene considering the number of moving parts Miller was orchestrating.

Brie Larson took home Best Actress for her role in The Room.

As expected, Best Director went to Alejandro Iñárritu for The Revenant. This was his 2nd year in a row receiving the Oscar for Best Director, after winning it last year for Birdman. He is only the third director to take home back to back Best Director trophies. Although Star Wars did not receive any awards, R2-D2, BB-8, and C3PO made a special appearance on stage.

It is incredible that technology has

advanced so far that we can create physical manifestations of these characters and not strictly rely on CGI within the films to bring them to life.

The 2016 Oscars will be remembered for two things: Leonardo DiCaprio winning his first Oscar and the #OscarsSoWhite controversy. Chris Rock did not hesitate in his opening monologue or throughout the show to address the Academy on their lack of diversity in the nominations. His opening monologue was sharp and poignant. I am curious to see if this pushes the Academy to diversify their nominations next year or if this cycle will continue. I hope they put real effort into making diverse nominations next year, rather than trying to make up for it by sprinkling in actors/actresses of color as announcers throughout the show.

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A student worker and customer in Wilson Café, one of the campus locations with the ban.

Middlebury College Bans Energy Drink Sale on Campus

By ELLE LUCAS MANAGING EDITOR In a ban going into effect March 7, Middlebury’s Dining Services has prohibited the sale of energy drinks at campus retail locations. Beverages such as 5-Hour Energy and Red Bull will no longer be allowed for purchase in campus eateries and groceries, however students will still be able to buy the drinks at the local convenience stores.

Dining Services Intern Myles Kamisher-Koch presented the idea in a January Community Council meeting, a group that consists of faculty, staff and 12 students. According to the Middlebury Campus, KamisherKoch cited scientific research of the negative health effects of energy drinks, argued that the sale of the highly artificial beverages went against Dining Service’s mission to “nourish and nurture today and tomorrow by sustaining mind, body and earth,” and furthermore included information connecting the consumption of energy drinks with higher alcohol intake.

According to reporting by Time, Middlebury Dining Services officials said the drinks don’t encourage a

healthy lifestyle for the college’s students, echoing KamisherKoch’s argument.

“Energy drink consumption facilitates unhealthy work habits such as prolonged periods of sleeplessness, contributing to a campus culture of stress and unsustainable study habits,” a flyer in Middlebury’s Wilson Cafe reads.

The issue has received national attention in myriad media outlets, including a television spot on NBC News. Many have focused on the potential effects of energy drinks on students’ behaviors, specifically the “increased participation in highrisk sexual activities.” While NBC reported that there may be no direct correlation between the consumption of the drinks and impending sexual scenarios, the likely combination with alcoholic beverages can make a stronger case for the cause-andeffect argument.

Sophomore Middlebury student Mimi Matthews believes that banning energy drinks is “not a pressing issue to be resolved,” and agreed that the national focus on the unconfirmed correlation has been misdirected.

“If we (the school) wanted to minimize ‘sexually risky behavior,’” she said, “maybe we should focus on trying to minimize rape culture, making the judicial process smoother for those who have decided to report their rapes and sexual assault.”

The growing issue of sexual assault and rape on college campuses has been widespread in recent years, and SLU has actively participated in creating transparency between victims and administrators. In 2015, SLU required all students to take an online training course regarding college hook-up and drinking culture, and promoting awareness of what to do in dangerous situations.

“We should be looking at promoting the importance of consent,” said Matthews. “Sure, energy drinks aren’t good for you, but do we really need to be focusing our energy on protecting our students from drinking something that they know the health risks of?”

The ban will only prohibit the sale of energy drinks and not the consumption, still providing the student body the choice to consume.

first video filmed involved several supporting students speaking their feelings towards climate change and the world’s need for a social movement against it.

Each student echoed the same final line: “The time for change is now.”

The other video was a streamed chat with acclaimed author and environmental activist Bill McKibben, who reiterated the social and financial significance of divesting SLU’s endowment from fossil fuels.

“I look forward to the day we [can] toast each other with good North Country beer the day St. Lawrence decides that it’s going to join everyone else in this work,” McKibben expresses in his closing comment. Both videos of McKibben’s message and of students speaking out can be viewed on the DivestSLU Facebook page.

Last Tuesday, the club held a well-attended showing of “This Changes Everything” in the Winston Room. The documentary, based off Naomi Klein’s best-selling book of the same name, deals with the complex relationship between capitalism and environmental degradation.

On Thursday, the eve of the Board of Trustees meeting, DivestSLU put on a panel discussion titled “Climate, Policy, and the Economy: the Future of US Energy.” Three panelists spoke to the crowded lecture hall: Dr. Dave Murphy, a professor of Environmental Studies and Energy here at SLU; Clara Vondrich, the global director of Invest-Divest Philanthropy and head of the NYC chapter of 350. org (McKibben’s own organization), and Ken Marienau, CEO

of Mission Markets Investing and former VP of E*Trade.

Dr. Murphy spoke of the environmental and climatic issues we, as a capitalist, energy-demanding society, have brought upon the world, and the need for a large-scale transition toward alternative energy sources. Vondrich shared her sentiment that divesting is an effective means of pressuring governments and industries to change significantly.

As an historical example, Vondrich brought up how the apartheid government in South Africa was coerced into disbanding in the 1990’s after US investors pulled out of South African markets.

Furthermore, she and Marienau both emphasized their feelings that coal, oil, and natural gas are currently risky, volatile markets to be invested in. Marienau expanded by explaining the contemporary evolution of ‘fiduciary responsibility’, which should now, he contends, “include environmental and ethical costs in all financial decisions.”

DivestSLU presented a panel talk to the Board of Trustees on Friday morning. The presentation was framed on SLU’s moral, fiduciary, and environmental responsibility to no longer profit off the exploitation of fossil fuels. Receptions from the board members were mixed, but they all seemed to be excited of the student body’s overwhelming support of divestment. Discussions on divesting endowment funds will continue at the Board meeting this coming spring. In the meantime, DivestSLU plans to increase campus support by adding more signatures to their petition. Stay tuned for more divestment events in the coming months.

Center for Civic Engagement: Apply TODAY to Live in the CCE Suites!

By RAQUELL MUNIZ CCE CONTRIBUTOR The Center for Civic Engagement [CCE] aims to increase and enhance opportunities for St. Lawrence students to be agents of positive social change both on and offcampus. Living in the suites gets you a step closer into making a big change in the community. You can go from being just a volunteer, to learning how to be an engaged citizen in the local community.

The CCE offers SLU students the great chance in continuing their community engagement outside of the ‘regular’ classroom. This housing offers opportunities for students to integrate civic responsibility into their residential life.

The goal of this program is for students to work in teams, together with existing community partners, and meet specific needs in the community. Each suite – in Hulett Hall – holds four students and is paired with a local agency to enhance citizenship and meet any specific need in the community.

For example, some of the students this year assisted with NYSARC Fitness, a non-profit membership association in the community in which the students spend time with people who have intellectual and other developmental disabilities.

Another set of students attended The Soup Kitchen, which is another program that prepares meals that later get served to the community

once a week at a nearby church.

However, it is not limited to just these programs. The CCE helps many other placements, and you could get the chance to attend any one of them.

Gather your closest friends and apply to live in a great location on campus and also make a change in the community! Don’t miss out on this chance and apply now. The application can be found on the St. Lawrence Website under: Center for Civic Engagement Housing. Act fast because deadlines are March 7th!

If you still want more information, or have any additional questions-, please don’t hesitate to visit our webpage or email us at cce@stlawu. edu.

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Bill McKibben during his video stream.

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Parity Has Allowed For the Most Unpredictable March in College Basketball History Grant. Syracuse enjoyed the longest stretch at number one during the season, but were tapered near the end and were eventually upset by Dayton in the third round.

Ennis and Grant left for the NBA at the end of the season much to the chagrin of many experts who felt that they needed another year or two in college to improve their games.

With this, Syracuse could not keep up with recruiting and struggled to keep up with the elite teams. The departure of Ennis and Grant has led to

2015 NCAAM Champions Duke Blue Devils hope to repeat last years results.

By GRANT HAFFENDEN STAFF WRITER With the calendar turning to March, it is time for one of the most exciting sporting events in the world, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.

The tournament brings with it people hurryingly filling out brackets. thinking they can find the perfect upset in the early rounds as well as riding a certain team all the way to the national championship. What makes this year’s tournament so exciting is the fact that this

college basketball season has produced no clear cut favorite to win the championship.

The 2015-16 season has brought with it constant change and utter chaos among the top 25 teams. No one can seem to stay at the top for more than three weeks and below that there always seems to be at least three or four ranked teams losing to unranked opponents.

All of this leads to the question, does anyone actually want to be ranked in college basketball?

But how can so many of these elite teams lose to

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schools that ten years ago they easily could have beaten? The answer basically boils down to one rule that makes fans of college basketball cringe, the One-and-Done Rule. The rule allows for players to simply play one year in college and then be able to declare for the NBA. The perfect case study of this problem has occurred at Syracuse University.

During the 2013-14 season, Syracuse had one of the best teams in the country led by star point guard Tyler Ennis and sophomore forward Jerami

By LAUREN WEEKS SPORTS EDITOR The St. Lawrence University football team has announced that veteran Assistant Coach, Dan Puckhaber, will take over for the Saints this offseason. Coach Mark Raymond has accepted the head coaching position at Williams College starting in March.

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Raymond led the Saints to their first Liberty League title since 2010, which earned them an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Playoffs.

Puckhaber has been the program’s offensive coordinator since 2011, and has guided the Saints offense to three consecutive winning seasons, as well as a return to the NCAA

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Houston will host the 2016 tournament.

Dan Puckhaber Named Acting Saints Football Coach

Dan Puckhaber named acting head coach.

Coach Jim Boeheim being left with only seven players who have gotten the majority of the minutes this season as Syracuse is on the fringe of not making the tournament.

This rule has also put the spotlight on teams who have senior leadership, and it has also allowed for more major upsets to occur in recent years in the tournament. Whatever the case, the parity this rule has created has allowed for one the craziest seasons in recent memory and promises for an even more unpredictable tournament.

tournament this past fall following the 2015-2016 Liberty League Championship.

The Saints were ranked first in passing efficiency, passing yards, and completion percentage, along with nine other individual offensive categories in the Liberty League under Puckhaber. St. Lawrence quarterback Mike Lefflbine earned Liberty League co-Offensive Player of the Year honors in both 2014 and 2015.

Athletic director, Bob Durocher, told University Communications, “we wish Coach Raymond nothing but the best, and thank him very much for all his good service to the football program, the department and the University.

We are confident that the level of recruiting we have enjoyed under coach Raymond will continue under the guidance of Dan and the rest of our staff.”

A national search for a new head coach will begin immediately as the Saints prepare for the upcoming fall season.

Men’s Alpine Team Finishes Season With Sixth Place Finish

Ski seniors and head coach Willi Steinrotter.

By LAUREN WEEKS SPORTS EDITOR Nick Stenicka led the Saints with two top finishes last weekend at the Middlebury Winter Carnival at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl in Vermont. The Men’s team finished in sixth place in the Giant Slalom to end their season.

Stenicka’s 10th place individual finish along with Kei Kullberg’s 17th place and Taber Engelken’s 25th place finish landed them in sixth place overall. Stenicka led the men on Friday in the Slalom event as well finishing 25th followed by Kullberg in 29th and Engelken in 37th.

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“This season was a ton of fun!” said Stenicka. “The camaraderie of our team was closer than it’s been any of my years on the ski team.

To finish with my best result was amazing. It validated that I had left everything I had on the slopes. I’ve struggled with giant slalom my entire career, so to finish with this result was my way of getting the final word with my nemesis. It felt amazing to have my team storm me at the finish – I’m going to miss them just as much as I will miss the sport.

My hope is that going forward every senior Larry can finish their season with their best performance. There’s no better way to leave the sport.”

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Saints Split,Earn First Round Bye

#2 Eric Sweetman ‘17 preps the puck.

BY ANDY CAMARRA STAFF WRITER Numerous things happened at Appleton Arena this weekend. The Skating Saints earned a first round bye in the ECAC Playoffs, there was a Senior Night Ceremony on Saturday, and longtime Director of Athletic Media Relations Wally Johnson was recognized for his 40 years of service to the Men’s Hockey program.

Coming into the final weekend of regular season play, the Saints (17-13-4) were looking to secure a top four spot in the ECAC standings. Beating the Big Green of Dartmouth on Friday night 5-2 was the start. After being down early, the Saints scored five unanswered goals to win the game. The Saints, who were in fourth place, needed some help around the league to clinch the final spot for the bye.

With Cornell, RPI, and Harvard all losing, and the win against Dartmouth, the Saints snagged that final first round bye slot. On the final day of the regular

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season, the Saints looked to keep the momentum against Harvard.

Saturday night’s game against the Crimson was a battle for third place in the standings, and was also Senior Night for seven Saints players who wanted to end their regular season play with a win. The Crimson got on the board first 4:48 into the first period connecting on the power play. Saints player, Woody Hudson, got sent to the box for elbowing 2:49 into the game. Harvard had some chances in the first minute of the man-up advantage, but could not get anything through goalie Kyle Hayton and the Saints penalty killers. After the Saints cleared the puck a couple of times, the Crimson’s Lewis Zerter-Gossage connected on a pass from Seb Lloyd with one second left on the penalty.

The Saints applied pressure for the remainder of the period, but went into the locker room down 1-0.

The Crimson scored the second goal of the game 7:07 into the second period. Harvard’s Jimmy Vesey scored his 21st goal of the year just inside the blue line, getting

the puck past a screened Hayton.

The Saints came r o a r i n g back and were awarded a power play with a little over six minutes left to play in the second period.

Harvard’s Luke Esposito got sent off for slashing, and the Saints took advantage. Saint’s Nolan Gluchowski ‘18 rang a shot off the post, which had the fans buzzing.

Then Jacob Pritchard ‘19 got the puck in the slot and back handed the puck on net. It deflected off Crimson’s goalie Merrick Madsen, and then trickled across the line.

The third period came along and St. Lawrence still found themselves down one. They put together a couple good chances early in the period, but were set back when Hudson got a five minute major and game misconduct penalty for hitting from behind 5:36 into the final frame. The Saints penalty killers held the Crimson power play in check for most of the penalty and were awarded a penalty shot late in the penalty. Saint’s Captain Brian Ward ‘15 stole the puck and was on a breakaway when a Harvard player hooked him from behind, giving Ward a penalty shot. Ward missed the penalty shot and the Saints killed off the rest of the penalty. The last best chance the Saints had to tying the game was on a five on three, but the Crimson killed that off. Harvard put two more pucks in the net and left Canton with a 4-1 victory.

For the Saints, Saturday night was not their last game at Appleton Arena. With the first round bye, they will play Clarkson or the next highest remaining seed March 11-13th at home, looking to head back to Lake Placid for the second year in a row.

Three in Top 16 for College Squash Association Individual Nationals

Senior Amr Khalifa reaches.

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BY SAMARA SAUSVILLE STAFF WRITER The St. Lawrence men’s squash team competed this past Saturday against the Yale Bulldogs in the Potter Semi Finals. This was the second match up between the second seeded Bulldogs and third

seeded Saints. The Bulldogs will advance to the Finals with a 6-3 win over the Saints making it the secon loss to the Bulldogs in the 20152016 season. The loss on Saturday prevented the Saints from competing in the Liberty League College Squash Association Potter Division final in the CSA Team Nationals at Yale.

The saints had a solid start from the top of the line up led by senior Amir Khalifia who remained unbeaten with a 11-1, 11-2, 11-3 win against the best the Bulldogs had to offer. Sophomore Ahmed Bayoumy beat the number two Sam Fenwick with an 11-9, 11-8, 13-15, 6-11, 11-6 win. First year Lenard Puski also came out on top with a win but it was not enough to hold back the Bulldogs. Yale then won matches in five games pulling out the overall match win against the Saints. This was the Saints third loss of the year.

Along with the Saints this past weekend, number four seeded Rochester took on the number one seeded Trinity causing an upset with a 5-4 win. Rochester will Play Yale for the National Championship on Sunday while our very own Saints will compete against Trinity in the third fourth place match.

Congrats Women’s Tennis on defeating Vassar for the first time since the last time!

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Women’s Ice Hockey Q & A with Sydney Bell ‘16

By KRISSY DI PERNO STAFF WRITER Name: Sydney Bell Age: 22 Hometown: Cincinnati, OH Sport: Ice Hockey Major: Economics/Business How long have you been playing hockey for?

I have been playing hockey since I was 4 years old.

What inspired you to join the team here at St. Lawrence University?

PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS Two of my past coaches played here: Kevin Ackley ’05 and Kate Michael ’06. This sparked my interest in attending St. Lawrence.

What is your favorite memory of being on the hockey team at St. Lawrence University?

Too many. One is getting to spend winter break in Minnesota with the team.

Did you play any other sports before committing to hockey?

Yes. I played a lot of different ones growing up. In high school, I narrowed it down to hockey, track, and cross-country.

Who is your biggest fan and why?

My parents. Hands down. Words can’t describe the amount of support and encouragement they’ve given me to achieve my goals.

How do you feel hockey is different from other sports on campus?

Hard to compare without being on the other side as well but its just a D1 vs D3 comparison. I would say bigger time commitment and more pressure on winning.

Do you have any big plans for this semester or bucket list fulfillment’s, etc?

Right now securing a job is the big one.

Do you have any superstitious pre-match rituals?

Not really. Not a big believer in that, I like to go with the flow on game day.

Stay relaxed.

What do you think makes St. Lawrence University athletics unique from other colleges?

The camaraderie and the coaching staff are unlike anywhere else. The ability to play a sport and still have the full college experience is amazing.

What is a skill that you have your learned from hockey that you have been able to apply in everyday life?

Time management!!! You definitely have to learn how to prioritize.

Do you have any advice for student athletes?

Just have fun.

What are your suggestions for this weekend’s playlist?

“Work”- Rihanna What is your favorite thing to order from the pub?

Simple. PBJ or Breakfast Wrap