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SUNY extends paid internship program

BY ALEKSANDRA SIDOROVA News & Managing Editor

The year-long paid internship program at child care centers at 15 SUNY campuses was meant to end when 2022 did, but will now continue until the end of the spring semester.

SUNY Plattsburgh’s child care center received $14,537 of the $183,000 sum SUNY provided for 13 SUNY campuses to continue the pro-

gram. Two had enough funding left over from the previous year to sustain the program during the spring semester.

Child Care Center Director Sally Girard said there are currently five student interns, of which one continued from the fall semester, one previously worked as a temporary service employee and three are completely new to the center. All students

are part of the education department, although students in the human development and family relations department are welcome to apply as well. They work from 12 to 20 hours a week, earning $14.20 an hour, a $1 increase in state minimum wage since last year.

Girard started asking Maureen Maillard, SUNY’s manager of child care services, about pos-

sibly extending the program mid-fall, unaware that the child care centers at other SUNY campuses were asking the same.

Maillard said a major reason for extending the program was its success, which she measured in the almost complete use of initial funds granted in January 2022 and overwhelmingly positive feedback she received from both center directors and interns.

Will SAP continue in fall?

BY JESSE TAYLOR Staff Writer

If students are having mental, legal or financial issues, the Student Assistance Program is here to help. SAP launched Nov. 14, 2022. It is a service that students have access to which allows them to connect with counselors and seek aid in the areas of mental health, financial and legal concerns. The program is run by

Business Health Services, a company based out of Maryland that provides for many different colleges. As an example, if a student is suffering from depression or anxiety, has a landlord who isn’t keeping up with repairs, or recently moved off campus and is struggling with keeping to a budget — SAP could help.

SAP was launched using money provided to SUNY Plattsburgh by the Higher

Education Emergency Relief Fund. Since the program launched, 1.6% of SUNY Plattsburgh students have taken advantage of the program. Christy Minck, the assistant director of counseling services, said this number is “an amazing start.” BHS set a goal of 2% student utilization by the end of the year. If the goal is not reached, then SAP will not be able to continue being a counseling option for students.

However, Stephen Matthews, the dean of students, wanted to clarify that the school still does not know exactly what “1.6%” means. Has the program been seeing 1.6% of students, or have 1.6% of students at some point in time contacted SAP? Matthews said that these are the kinds of questions that the school will be asking when considering the future of the program.

The feedback showed the paid interns gained valuable experience in their field, showed an increased investment in their job and sometimes continued to work at the center full-time after graduation. Centers also named children’s exposure to different adults as a benefit.

The only challenges cited in adopting the program were a quick start and the

processing of interns’ paperwork. Initially, interns were required to work at least 20 hours a week, which proved difficult for some students. Occasionally, interns realized from their real world experience that they do not like working with young children, but that can also be seen as a benefit, Maillard said.

Queensbury receives $49k

Writing by ALEKSANDRA SIDOROVA News & Managing Editor

The first Chromebooks have begun to arrive at SUNY Plattsburgh’s branch campus at Queensbury, New York, as part of two county grants aimed to support students.

SUNY Plattsburgh at Queensbury is a branch campus 100 miles south of Plattsburgh, adjacent to SUNY Adirondack, a community college. It offers degrees in criminal justice, psychology and computer security with plans to add a human development and family relations program. According to Emma Bartscherer, director of SUNY Plattsburgh at Queensbury, the campus educates “approximately 300 students annually.”

Bartscherer worked with Assistant Director Michelle Howland and the Office of Sponsored Research to draft three grant proposals to Warren county,

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where SUNY Plattsburgh at Queensbury is located. The county received $12.6 million from the $2.2 billion allocated to New York state through President Joe Biden’s America Rescue Plan Act.

“Over the last six months, Warren County has reviewed dozens if not hundreds of worthy requests for funding,” Bartscherer said. “We are extremely grateful to the county for recognizing the positive impact of awarding not just one, but two grants to SUNY Plattsburgh at Queensbury.”

Two of these proposals have been granted — a total of $49,189. Warren County granted SUNY Plattsburgh at Queensbury $32,335 to award 100 students with Chromebooks and have 20 Chromebooks on loan, approved Oct. 7, 2022.

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Intern Lily Robson plays with a child at SUNY Plattsburgh’s child care center. Robson, a sophomore, is in the childhood education and special education combined program.

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Student Association Coverage Senate sends Dance Corps to Cortland

BY HAYDEN SADLER Staff Writer

The Student Association Senate met in the Cardinal Lounge Feb. 8 to discuss the approval of club funds. The senate also received a presentation about the upcoming 2024 total solar eclipse.

The SA voted unanimously to fund the club Dance Corps’ upcoming competition in Cortland, New York.

The Senate also unanimously approved the allocation of funds in support of African Unity’s Mystic Night happening, Feb. 18.

The Senate approved the request of up to $1,700 for the Dance Corps. The Dance Corps requested funding from the SA so that 19 members could travel to Cortland, attend a competition and afford a place to stay the night of Feb. 24th before returning. Traveling to Cortland for competition marks a big step for the Dance Corps because according to Dance Corps President Catherine Efsathiou, the club has never done anything like this before.

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Cori Jackson, interim vice president of student enrollment and success, said SUNY Plattsburgh is currently “tracking the numbers” to determine whether it is worth having this “additional service.” It may also point that they are “not doing a good job advertising.”

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SUNY Plattsburgh gets promoted

SUNY Plattsburgh is now officially recognized as a university by New York state, instead of a college, President Alexander Enyedi announced in a campus-wide email Feb. 13. This change will not affect any branding and instead serves “technical” purposes. However, the email stated, it “reflects the breadth of its undergraduate and graduate programs and its wide ranging areas of study.”

COVID cases rise on campus

The Student Health and Counseling Center saw a “sudden increase in COVID cases among students,” a campus-wide email stated Feb. 15.

Sundowner hours back to normal

Sundowner opened at 11 a.m. for a few days at the start of the semester instead of 7:30 a.m. — due to “some changes,” Chartwells Resident District Manager Christopher Mihalyi said. As of Feb. 9, though, Sundowner has been operating as normal.

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Next on the agenda was African Unity’s request for $1,000 in funds to their Mystic Night celebration. This funding will cover lighting and catering for food such as empanadas, wings and a chocolate fountain. Catering will be done by Chartwells. This will be Mystic Night’s third year in a row on campus. There will also be music hosted by African Unity with its own DJ in the Warren Ballrooms of Angell College Center. Mystic Night promises to be a celebration of body positivity and showing love to oneself and the community. Tickets are still on sale and can be purchased on tickets.plattsburgh.edu.

On the topic of the total solar eclipse reaching Plattsburgh on April 8, 2024, speakers Genie Babb and Lisabeth Kissner of the North Country Planetarium firstly presented an explanation of how a total solar eclipse works, as well as how rare they are. Total solar eclipses can occur in the same spot only once

every 360 years. When the eclipse comes next year, it should be visible from approximately noon to 4 p.m. Although the eclipse is best viewed in clear weather, the speakers said that even if the weather were cloudy, there will be eclipse-related effects. Babb and Kissner hope to organize a campuswide event for the eclipse. The event would include speakers from a diverse range of backgrounds that will be decided as the date of the eclipse comes closer.

Members of the Senate also presented their goals for the semester. As the final semester for the current SA Legislation and elections for another approach, Vice President Saran Kaba laid out intentions for making a smooth transition for the group that steps into office. Senator Liza Ali explained intentions of setting up a club event calendar.

Execs discuss SA pay policy

BY ALEKSANDRA SIDOROVA News & Managing Editor

The Student Association Executive Council discussed the implementation of an official compensation policy Monday, Feb. 13. SA Vice President Saran Kaba drafted a policy requiring SA members to host a fixed number of office hours weekly: five hours a week for Executive Council officials and three hours a week for senators. Unexcused absences for three office days and three meetings will result in “no compensation.”

The HEERF money is one lump sum. Once the school runs out of the money, it does not get any more — another problem the college is working to solve.

Jackson also said, “We have secured funding for a second year of the contract.” She said that things like this take some time to get off the ground — a decision to continue the program will not have to be made until 2024.

If a student seeks to take advantage of the program they can call 800-327-2251, fill out an online form or scan the QR code on the flyers that are found hung on the walls of many SUNY Plattsburgh buildings. The student will then speak to what BHS calls a “student care coordinator”

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The county also approved $16,854 to equip SUNY Adirondack’s library with a reserve of textbooks required for Queensbury courses, approved Dec. 16, 2022.

The students eligible to receive a permanent Chromebook are Warren county residents who are also eligible for the Pell Grant assisting with tuition. The 20 Chromebooks on loan are available to students with a “shortterm need to use a computer,” Bartscherer said.

“As a professor it’s very difficult to witness the extraordinary efforts and dedication of some students that are unable to afford a text or a computer, yet are giving 100% to their education and participation,” Adjunct Criminal Justice Lecturer Rachel SeeberConine wrote in an email to Bartscherer.

The textbooks on reserve have not yet been

who will connect them to the kinds of resources that they need. They essentially become a student’s personal caseworker, checking up on their progress through what Minck calls “continuity of care.” The program is free to all SUNY Plattsburgh students.

Minck said the program offers students up to eight sessions before connecting them with longterm counselors either in the student’s home town or on-campus.

Minck said, “If you still feel like you need ongoing counseling, then what they would do is discharge planning and refer you to long term therapy.”

purchased, but will serve more than 35 courses offered at SUNY Plattsburgh at Queensbury, and amount to more than 100 copies, Bartscherer said. A similar service is already available at SUNY Plattsburgh’s main campus in Feinberg Library, where students can check out textbooks for two hours at a time.

In an email to Bartscherer, Jennifer Bremser, associate professor of psychology, wrote that graduating psychology students donated their textbooks for their juniors to use.

“We have a shelf dedicated to this in our office, but it’s typically first come, first serve,” Bremser wrote in an email to Bartscherer.

“The work that went into this grant means we can accommodate all of our students and students can use their money on other necessities, such

In the case when a student does not wish to speak to someone directly for counseling, there are a multitude of self-help resources available on the BHS website, including connections to outside resources. BHS does not hire counselors who continually work with students with their needs. Instead, they act as a middle person helping students find the assistance they need through the company’s network of counselors.

as gas, car repairs, the increasing cost of living, or even an investment in self-care like a gym membership or

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This internship program is the first paid internship in the center’s history since it opened in 1985, Girard said, and hopes it will continue into the fall semester. Maillard said that while the funding is “one-time,” she sees herself asking to extend the program by the end of the semester.

Kelly Hennessy, a sophomore majoring in childhood education, is one of the three new interns to start working at the child care center this semester. She first applied for the position in the fall, when all positions had already been filled. Because the program had been extended between late December and early January, Hennessy got the opportunity to join the center in the spring semester.

After her first week on the job, Hennessy said both the children and the staff at the center were welcoming. She said she does a lot of work reading together with her students and helping them make connections through discussions.

Her students are primarily toddlers and so-called “wobblers” — children

12 to 18 months old, just starting to walk and talk.

Hennessy’s favorite part of the job so far is the children starting to excitedly call her name — “Kelly!” — and swarm her when she steps into the classroom.

“The first couple of days it was great working with them, but when they don’t have a connection with you and they have a connection with the other teacher in the room, it’s like, ‘I want you to give me attention!’” Hennessy said. “But I’m so happy because now they all want to play and talk.”

Besides her work at the child care center, Hennessy has to balance class and activities at her sorority Sigma Delta Tau, also trying to frequent the gym. She said an appropriate balance of school, work and personal life is important in working with children because “kids can be a lot sometimes.”

Nonetheless, she sees herself working with young children in the future.

The program provides students with experience valuable to their resumes and the centers with extra helping hands, relieving the financial strain on both parties.

“This work is aligned with their coursework and they’re being paid for it, so it’s wonderful for both students and for us,” Girard said.

A previous Cardinal Points article explores the challenges child care centers face in staffing and budgeting in the wake of wage increases statewide.

“With the state of childcare in America, we’re so fortunate to have programs like internships,” Girard said.

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Additionally, the Executive Council discussed denying members compensation if they do not “consistently” submit required weekly reports. However, SA does not yet have a clear definition of “consistently.”

SA President Taiba Azeem said SA members get paid “very little”: a stipend of

$300 per semester for Senate members and up to $900 per semester for Executive Council members — paid in installments at the middle and end of the semester.

SA has never had an official compensation policy in its history, SA Adviser Jacob Avery said. The policies currently serving as SA member compensation guidelines do not require members to submit weekly reports and are primarily based on meeting attendance.

Azeem and Kaba have both stated intentions of enforcing SA members’ work ethic since October, 2022.

“You made a commitment to show up to these office hours, and if you do not show up, you won’t be getting paid,” Kaba said at an SA Senate meeting Oct. 21, 2022.

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Intern Lily Robson helps her student pick out a book to read. Robson suggests “How Do Dinosaurs Play with Their Friends?” by Jane Yolen.

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Robson’s student decides on the book “Who Says ‘I Love You?’” They are in the “wobblers” room, where children are just over a year old.

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Robson and her student reach the end of the picture book, having learned how all the animals say, “I love you.”

Aromantic Awareness Week approaches

BY BRYN FAWN Opinions Editor & PR Chair

Valentine’s Day has recently come and gone. Many events were held leading up to and on the holiday, such as card making, making chocolate covered strawberries and Create-A-Creature. While couples had their dates and friends had Galentine’s, there is a minority of people who feel excluded from the holiday entirely.

According to WebMD: “Aromantic people have little or no romantic attraction to others. They may or may not feel sexual attraction. An aromantic person can fall into one of two groups: aromantic sexual people or aromantic asexual people.”

Aromanticism is also a spectrum, akin to asexuality. Their identities often are “yin and yang” of each other. For example, the “aro version” of demisexual would be demiromantic. Any sexuality can be used as a romantic attraction, and so attraction is split in half. This concept has been named the Split Attraction Model, (SAM).

Aromantic is often confused for asexual, and while both communities have much in common and find camaraderie, they are not the same. In fact, there is a second layer to attraction forgotten often as well: romantic attraction. SAM best demonstrates this phenomenon: an individual can be bisexual — sexually attracted to both or more sexes — but heteroromantic — romantically attracted solely to the opposite sex. Besides those in the aromantic and asexual community, SAM is not common knowledge.

What’s also not common

knowledge is that Aromantic Awareness Week follows after Valentine’s Day each year. This year, the week of awareness takes place from Feb. 19 to 25.

Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week, the organization, has an informational page on their website titled “Aro 101” at arospecweek.org. The webpage showcases FAQs, social media sites and other resources for anyone interested in aromanticism.

Roscoe Duquette is a senior art major. They identify as aromantic “or at least on the spectrum

of aromantic” and bisexual. Duquette shared that they are not heavily involved in the LGBT community and were unaware of the LGBT resources on campus; such as the LGBTQ+ Resource Committee and the LGBTQ+ Peer Support group.

Duquette feels aromanticism is often overlooked when it comes to attraction and queer identities.

“Most of the time I see it discussed it’s usually with asexuality, which made me take a long time to realize that I am aro[mantic],” Duquette said.

“This One Summer” reminisces on youth

BY ALEXA DUMAS

Web Editor

“Awago Beach is this place. Where my family goes every summer. Ever since… like…forever.”

Ever since Rose Wallace was a little girl, her family spent the summers at Awago Beach. This summer seems to be different, as Rose’s mother, Alice, is on edge emotionally. Once the family arrives, Rose is met by her friend, Windy, who lives nearby the Wallace’s vacation spot.

Although the two girls have spent numerous summers together, this summer is different, as the girls are going through puberty.

Boys, love, loss and plenty of swimming can be found between the lines.

“This One Summer” is a coming of age graphic novel, published in 2014, and was written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Jillian Tamaki.

The graphic novel is illustrated in a simplistic style, with purple lines replacing the regular black lines that are normally found in comics. The color of the lines set “This One Summer” apart

from other graphic novels, as it shows the whimsical nature of both the story and illustrations.

Since puberty is at the forefront of the graphic novel, the girls dive into the drama that some of the teens within the small beach town are facing. Rose and Windy frequent a small corner store whenever they are in search of snacks or peruse the rental movie section, as they both love to watch scary movies.

As the graphic novel progresses, they discover that Duncan, the boy who

works behind the counter, has gotten Jenny, a teen girl who works at the local historical village, pregnant.

The news of Jenny’s pregnancy is almost like a mystery to the two girls. They act like detectives and try to search for clues in order to discover the truth about Duncan and Jenny’s relationship.

Rose then discovers that she has a crush on Duncan, even though they don’t know each other besides the encounters at the store.

Mars Doerr is a sophomore childhood education and special education major and a Community Advocate in Macomb Hall. Doerr does not identify as aromantic or any identity under the aromantic umbrella, yet does wish there were more educational materials out there for aromanticism.

Aromantics tend to be a minority in society, and norms reflect that. Love songs, breakup songs, romance media and other romantic material are rampant. This is a part of heteronormative expectations. Heteronormativity

is the societal expectation that everyone falls in love with a person of the opposite gender, gets married, has kids and passes this onto the next generation.

Heteronormativity does not just affect asexuals and aromantics, as it can target queer individuals, it does include a subsection: allonormative. Allo is the “opposite” of ace or aro, where one does feel attraction.

Duquette commented on the prevalence of allonormativity.

They felt that it can be a destructive and harmful expectation to hold.

“I know personally I had tried to emulate what I thought a romantic relationship entails and it didn’t really work,” Duquette said. “I don’t have this understanding of this separate romantic version of love that everyone else seems to have.”

The societal pressure of finding a life partner can be crushing. “Incels,” involuntary celibates, have swarmed the internet harassing women and spreading overall mysognisitic ideologies. They feel that it is society’s fault they have not lost their virginity.

It does not always have to end in bloodshed.

“It just ends in a lot of hurt feelings.” Duquette said.

Many forget that love isn’t just romantic. There is platonic love, familial love and love that goes beyond words.

“Love isn’t just a romantic concept,” Duquette said “I have lots of love in me for my friends, family, hobbies and passions.”

“Soap maker of Correggio” murders three women

BY BRYN FAWN Opinions Editor & PR Chair

Italy is known for its many delicacies, such as risotto, cheese and wine. However, what if the beloved granny of your village fed you a pastry made of your favorite next-door neighbor?

Leonarda Cianciulli, or The Human Flesh Soap Maker, earned that title rightfully. She was born in 1894 and lived in Italy. In her career of murder, she killed three women. She would turn their flesh into soap and dried their blood to use in tea cakes. She was the first recorded female serial killer in Italy.

Cianciulli had a difficult upbringing. She had many siblings, and her mother was unhappily married. She had attempted suicide twice before adulthood.

Cianciulli was superstitious, and had her future foretold to be devastating.

Her mother also supposedly cursed her, after Cianciulli married a man her parents’ disapproved of.

Reportedly, a fortune teller told her, “In your right hand I see prison, in your left a criminal asylum.”

Cianciulli moved to Correggio, Italy with her husband. That is where she built her reputation as a

doting mother and kind neighbor. She assisted those around her when necessary and was a trusted elder.

Cianciulli had 14 children, but 10 died in their youth. Cianciulli grew overprotective of her remaining children, especially her favorite son, Giuseppe. World War II soon came, and Giuseppe enlisted himself into the war. Cianciulli felt distraught over this news. She could not bear the thought of losing her son to the bloodthirsty war. Cianciulli then became convinced that the only way to save her son was to make human sacrifices.

Cianciulli was known

in her community as a loving mother and kind neighbor. It is unclear, but Cianciulli may have been a fortune teller herself, or was a trusted elder and community members often sought out advice from her. Cianciulli committed her first murder in 1939. Faustina Setti was her first and oldest victim. Setti had come to Cianiulli for counsel on finding a fit husband. Cianciulli told Setti there was a man waiting for her in Pola, Italy and instructed Setti to prepare for her departure.

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DeSantis gives college conservative reformation

Republican Floridia Governor Ron DeSantis, has been in the headlines again. DeSantis targeted New College, a small public liberal arts college.

New College is special in its origins and history. It was founded by civic leaders in 1960 and is known for its inclusivity and diversity.

DeSantis has replaced trustees of the college with ultraconservative individuals, who forced out the college’s president and replaced them with DeSantis’s former education commissioner, Richard Corcoran. One of their first actions was to nearly double Corcoran’s salary compared to his predecessor. This behavior should not come as a surprise.

Last year DeSantis pushed for the “Don’t Say Gay” bill in which public schools could not discuss gender or sexuality. This was a clear attempt to censor and criminalize transgender and queer individuals

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and their experiences.

DeSantis specifically targeted New College due to its leftleaning politics.

DeSantis is running for presidency, on a conservative platform. New College was underfunded by the state, but that may change as it shifts to more right-wing ideologies and practices.

Critical race theory, transgenderism and queer existence are “ideologies” DeSantis is against and refuses to allow to be “taught” in schools. Critical Race Theory is just acknowledging our history and the institutional racism in our nation.

There is no reason for him to stop from doing the same in K-12 schools. While the phrase “knowledge is power” feels rudimentary, it still applies to all aspects of life. What is being taught in schools, no matter the grade, will shape the next generation. Imagine if Hitler was no longer discussed

in schools because “it happened in the past” and “it may upset some.” How would we learn from history?

Upper level education is even more important.

K-12 is funded by the local community through taxes, while colleges are not. This allows colleges to have better resources and overall better education. Better education creates an informed and powerful population.

DeSantis wants us to be ignorant. He wants our racist history, and current racist systems, to be forgotten and ignored. DeSantis wants to ostracize the “other” in our society — queer, trans, non-white and so on.

What can SUNY Plattsburgh students do?

There is not much students can do to directly affect Florida. New York is unlikely to follow DeSantis’s lead, as the state is largely Democratic. However, if DeSan-

Cianciulli also told her to write plenty of letters and postcards to send to friends and family once she arrived in Pola. Before she left, Setti visited Cianciulli one last time. That choice sealed her fate.

Setti visited Cianciulli with much joy. To celebrate, Cianciulli offered her a glass of wine. Unbeknownst to Setti, it had been drugged. Setti fell unconscious, upon which Cianciulli took the opportunity to kill her. She used an axe to kill Setti. She brought the body to a closet, before she cut it into nine pieces. Setti’s blood was drained into a basin.

Cianciulli wrote in her memoir, “An Embittered Soul’s Confessions,” confessing to how she disposed of Setti: “I threw the pieces into a pot, added seven kilos of caustic soda, which I had bought to make soap, and stirred the whole mixture until the pieces dissolved in a thick, dark mush that I poured into several buckets and emptied in a nearby septic tank. As for the blood in the basin, I waited until it had coagulated, dried it in the oven, ground it and mixed it with flour, sugar, chocolate, milk and eggs, as well as a bit of margarine, kneading all the ingredients together. I made lots of crunchy tea cakes and served them to the ladies who came to visit, though Giuseppe and I also ate them.”

It is uncertain, but Cianculli may have received Setti’s life savings, adding up to 30,000 Italian lira.

Cianciulli’s second victim was also a familiar face to the killer. Sep. 5, 1940, Francesca Soavi met Cianciulli. Cianculli spun a story that there was a teaching job for Soavi abroad.

Cianciulli once again instructed Soavi to write letters to family and friends, but delay their mailing. Soavi met Cianciulli one last time before her departure. Again, Soavi was fed drugged wine, killed with an axe and was turned into tea cakes.

Cianciulli had one final victim. A former opera singer, Virginia Cacioppo. Cacioppo was tired of her daily toil, and paid Cianciulli 50,000 lire to help her find a way to the big city. Cacioppo wanted the hustle and

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This perpetuates the theme of puberty within the graphic novel, as both Rose and Windy discuss their budding sexuality and interest toward boys.

As Rose starts to discover her interest in boys, she notices the opposite is happening to her mother. Throughout “This One Summer,” the concept of fertility and motherhood is put into question, as it is revealed that Rose’s parents have been struggling with getting pregnant again.

Once back at Awago Beach, the couple have arguments that stem from Alice’s depression, as she had a miscarriage last year on the beach. Rose

tis becomes the Republican presidential candidate, beating former president Donald Trump, it could become a nation-wide issue.

The time to act is now. Students can raise their voices, create petitions, educate friends and family.

A year is not a long time in reality, and before we know it the

bustle of city life, instead of Correggio.

Cianciulli, again, instructed Cacioppo to write letters to her friends and family before she left. Cianciulli promised a fresh start, but would never keep that promise.

Cacioppo visited Cianciulli’s home for the great news, and never left.

Cianciulli said in her statement to police: “[Cacioppo] ended up in the pot, like the other two. Her flesh was fat and white, when it had melted I added a bottle of cologne, and after a long time on the boil I was able to make some most acceptable creamy soap. I gave bars to neighbors and acquaintances. The cakes, too, were better. That woman was really sweet.”

Cianciulli not only made Cacioppo into sweets, but also soap. Cacioppo was the only victim to be made into soap.

Cacioppo’s sister-in-law, unlike other family, grew worried when Cacioppo disappeared. In fact, her sister-in-law was the last person to see Cacioppo alive before Cianciulli murdered her. Her sister-inlaw saw Cacioppo enter Cianciulli’s residence, and never leave. The sister notified the police immediately, and an investigation was conducted.

Cianciulli at first admitted no guilt to the crimes, when the police had come. The police then accused Giuseppe. Stricken with grief at the thought of losing her son, she immediately admitted guilt and confessed to every aspect of the murders.

United States will be in the thick of the 2024 election cycle.

While New York is safe for the time being, young Floridians are facing a nightmarecome-reality. Extend a hand, donate to causes such as the Trevor Project or shelters in the state. Use the power you do have as a United States citizen.

Cianciulli was reported as showing no remorse, being calm the entire time.

Cianciulli corrected the prosecutor one time, on record stating, “I gave the copper ladle, which I used to skim the fat off the kettles, to my country, which was so badly in need of metal during the last days of the war.”

Cianciulli was found guilty and sentenced to 33 years, 30 imprisoned and three in an asylum. The fortune teller from before was correct. Cianciulli died in the asylum in 1970. Her body was returned to her family for the burial, along with her belongings, except for the murder weapons — including the pot she used to boil down her victims. The instruments of murder were given to the Criminology Museum in Rome, Italy and can be seen on display to this day.

Today, critics and historians claim Cianciulli’s first two victims as lonely. Their families weren’t alarmed at their disappearance. However, Cianciulli’s time was drastically different from our own. There was no way to quickly contact a loved one. Cianciulli would never have been able to commit her murders today.

Cianciulli also was mentally ill. She was certain that she needed to perform human sacrifices to save her children. She believed she was cursed. While her punishment may seem lackluster, she was eventually admitted into asylum and received treatment.

Award

Cianciulli was put on trial in 1946. The trial was swift, lasting only three days.

watches her parents’ relationship falter, and she becomes more aware of how the adults in her life interact and coexist in the world she is just beginning to understand.

The themes of “This One Summer” are simple in nature, as puberty, motherhood, love and friendship allow readers to reminisce on their own adolescence.

It may come as a surprise, but “This One Summer” has been on the American Library Association’s banned books list in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, where it was the most banned or challenged book in 2016.

According to the American Library Association, “This One Summer” was banned due to profanity, LGBTQ+ themes, drug use, being sexually explicit and unsuited for the intended

age group.

Parents and library patrons in Oregon, Minnesota and Florida have called for the removal of the graphic novel from their school and library shelves, but the book was retained and kept in the hands of readers.

The reasons for censoring the novel are perplexing, as these themes are minimal, if one spent the time to actually read “This One Summer.”

Although the graphic novel has had censorship attempts, this doesn’t mean readers can’t enjoy the book. “This One Summer” is an adorable, fast-paced graphic novel that can be easily read in an hour. It feels like a jump back to middle school, where the stresses of the world were not yet apparent.

The individuality of the two girls, their strong friendship,

along with their love of horror movies, makes readers think back to their childhood summers and how they may have been spent. Personally, I loved the reference to the band, Rush, as the authors tapped into their Canadian roots.

“This One Summer” cannot get enough praise. The simple writing and artistic style set it apart from other graphic novels. The author’s themes are subtle but effective. If you are looking for an undemanding read, “This One Summer” by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki is the novel for you.

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ROCK THE RED

Cardinal sports showcase school spirit

BY COLLIN BOLEBRUCH Sports Editor

Cardinals hockey packed the house and honored its graduates as both teams hosted its annual Rock the Red and Senior Night games on back-to-back days. Late in the season, both teams are securing playoff positions and perfecting their games for the upcoming playoffs.

MEN

The No. 7 Plattsburgh Cardinals men’s hockey team (12-3-1, SUNYAC 18-5-2) beat the SUNY Potsdam Bears (5-18-1, SUNYAC 3-12) 5-3 at home Friday, Feb. 10. The game was highlighted by the season’s second-largest crowd of 1,566 and a senior night ceremony following the final buzzer.

Forward Jake Lanyi led the charge with two goals, followed by forwards Paul Bryer, Adam Tretowicz and Mitchell Hale with one each. Bryer and Tretowicz each added an assist for two points total.

“It’s awesome when we fill the building, and I think our team feeds off the fans,” Hale said. “We really love playing at home.”

Defencemen Jacob Modry and Jack Ring were effective, both with a plus-minus of three. Hale and forward Luk Jirousek tallied two blocks each. Jacob Hearne started in the goal, saving 25 Potsdam shots.

“I thought we stepped up pretty good. We had a kind of lull in the first, but we picked it back up in the second,” Modry said.

Eleven different players served time in the penalty box, resulting in 12:54 total of power plays. Both teams were able to capitalize, scoring one power play goal on three shots each. Plattsburgh shot a total of 54 times to Potsdam’s 28.

“I think, for us, it’s always our forecheck. If we do a good job getting pucks in and forechecking, I think we do a good job of having teams in,” Head Coach Steve Moffat said. “We tend to shoot a lot of pucks.”

Scoring opened just over two minutes into the game with a Lanyi goal from the right side assisted by forward Trey Thomas.

Plattsburgh put the puck back in the net 29 seconds later as Tretowicz, from the slot, sent a shot between the legs of Potsdam goalie Connor Green to make the score 2-0.

Potsdam responded, tying the game in the same period. The Bears traded the puck on the Cardinals’ side before defenceman Drew Rose took his shot, deflecting off forward Robert Clerc for a goal at the 6:25 mark. Almost eight minutes later, on a power play, Potsdam forward Michael McArthur scored off a rebound for the equalizer.

Hale scored the game-winning goal on a power play in the second period. Forward Colin Callanan hit Hale, unguarded, in front of the goal. Hale then carried the puck across the goal line and past Green.

After the game, the Cardinals held a short ceremony for the team’s 2022-23 seniors, including

Hale; defencemen Modry, Matt Araujo and Ryan Hogg; forwards Tretowicz and Brendan Young; and goalie Kyle Alaverdy.

“It’s great, especially for the old guys, you put in all that time and work and you hope the young guys can win one for you on senior night,” Araujo said. “I’m really proud of them.”

As graduate students, Araujo and Alaverdy will hang up their Plattsburgh skates following the conclusion of the season. Hale plans to graduate at the end of the semester and leave the team and Young is applying to graduate programs at other schools. Tretowicz believes that he’ll return for his extra year of eligibility and Hogg anticipates being on the ice next season. Modry is unsure of his future plans, but will graduate at the end of the semester.

“This group is a special group. The program was a little flat for a couple years and they really helped reestablish the program, we’ve had two really good years for them,” Moffat said. “They’ve really helped the program get back to the national scene.”

The Cardinals secured a home playoff berth after the game. Plattsburgh will host the first round of the SUNYAC Tournament Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. against an undetermined opponent.

“It’s a feel-good win, everyone in the locker room is happy,” Modry said. “It doesn’t matter if you played or not or you’re first or fourth line. We’re just rolling.”

WOMEN

The No. 2 Plattsburgh Cardinals

women’s hockey team (21-2, NEWHL 15-1) hosted the No. 25 SUNY Canton Kangaroos (13-8-2, NEWHL 7-8-1) Saturday, Feb. 11 and won 4-1. The NEWHL matchup garnered the season’s fourth-largest crowd with 366 fans in attendance for the senior night ceremony and subsequent game.

Forward Sara Krauseneck, this season’s top scorer, added two more goals to her résumé. She stands alone with 31 total points on the season. Forwards Mae Olshanksy and Nicole Unsworth added goals of their own, and defenceman Sierra Benjamin notched two assists in addition to three blocks.

“I thought we came out great in the first, that’s something we’ve been struggling with,” Krauseneck said.

Goalie Ashley Davis started her fourth game of the season, allowing just one goal of the 13 shots in her direction. Goalie Chloe Beaubien also saw time in the net, entering the game with less than 20 minutes remaining. Beaubien was happy with the quality play through high emotions.

“I’m happy with the team effort as a whole. I think it was one of the best games we’ve played as a team,” Davis said. “We looked smooth, we looked collected for the most part of that game. That’s a great thing to see at this point in the season.”

Plattsburgh had a commanding 63 shots to Canton’s 17. Ten total players were assigned penalties, earning 12:46 of power play time across both teams. The Kanga-

roos’ lone goal was scored on a power play and the Cardinals had one of its own.

This matchup was the third game Plattsburgh and Canton have played against each other this season, with the Cardinals sweeping the series. Plattsburgh won 1-0 Jan. 20 and 5-2 Jan. 27.

“They have excellent goaltending,” Head Coach Kevin Houle said. “They have some talented kids and if you give them a chance, they can get the puck in the net. You can never discount them.”

As opposed to the men’s team’s post-game ceremony, the women’s team honored their departing players before the game. The class includes Beaubien, Benjamin, Davis, Krauseneck, Manager and Student Assistant Coach Hanna Rose, forward Holly Schmelzer and Unsworth.

Each senior had custom posters taped to the glass, with some highlighting career accomplishments and others poking fun at the players. Benjamin was named “Skunk Beatz” and Davis had her face pasted onto the body of Kim Kardashian. Krauseneck was featured as “Captain Kissy Lips” and Unsworth was remembered for her “Southern Teen Mom Era #MeeMah”.

A red carpet was rolled out as family members joined the seniors on the ice. Players’ names were announced and each family was given a red and a white rose.

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Cards host first meet of century

BY COLLIN BOLEBRUCH Sports Editor

The Plattsburgh Cardinals indoor track and field team hosted its third-to-last meet of its season Wednesday, Feb. 8, its first home meet since 1999. Teams competing at the meet were the SUNY Potsdam Bears, the Middlebury Panthers and the St. Lawrence Saints.

Seventeen Cardinal athletes established new personal records across various events, including Sarah Smith’s 5:38.33 one mile run, Rebecca Christie’s 5' 1.75'' high jump and Kaitlyn Bjelko’s 12.42m shot put. Bjelko’s number was her first throw beyond 12m in competition and served to qualify her for both the SUNYAC and AARTFC Championships.

“It felt awesome, for sure,” Bjelko said. “I’ve been trying to hit 12[m] for quite a few weeks to surpass it by a pretty good margin.”

Twelve Cardinals posted numbers to qualify for the SUNYAC Championships: Brexton Montville’s 7.06s, Julius James 7.41s, and Jordan Williams’ 7.19s

60-meter dash; Charles Cypress’ 23.89s 200-meter dash; Aidan Masten’s 20' 9'' long jump; Aidan Tous’ 41' 7.25'' shot put; Christie’s high jump; Bjelko’s shot put and 40' 3.5” weight throw; Jessica Landman’s 1:05.89 400-meter dash; Smith’s one mile run; Marissa DeLuc’s 10.53s 60-meter hurdles and 4' 10.25'' high jump; and Michaela Schaffer’s 16' 7.25” long jump. Montville’s 60-meter dash, Christie’s high jump and Bjelko’s shot put all qualified for the AARTFC Championships.

“This was a chance for

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people to do everything,”

Head Coach Andrew Krug said. “Nothing stands out, it all is shining bright for me.”

The recent renovation of the indoor track and field facility at the Field House provided Plattsburgh with the necessary features to support essential events.

Construction began in October 2021 and it was cleared for use in September 2022. The facility hosted its first official meet in December 2022 for local high school teams. It has been used for practice by the indoor track and field team.

“We get to practice here every day, so it kind of gives

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Krauseneck was awarded with a plaque for the “2022-23 Chartwells Fan Favorite Award.”

“I don’t think my dad has honestly ever been in the rink, so that was cool for him to be here,” Schmelzer said. “It’s something we’ve been thinking about since I got here and it’s something we can share together forever.”

Dan Krauseneck recalled his daughter Sara Krauseneck’s journey as a first-year student, from fighting for playing time to scoring a goal in the 2019 NCAA DIII Women’s Ice Hockey Championship.

“From the beginning, I go, ‘You better go take someone’s job’,” Dan Krauseneck said. “[Her goal] was the most exciting part of my life and it had nothing to do with me. It was the highest pinnacle of my life, the joy I had in that moment.”

Krauseneck found herself on the ice after the game taking photos with her teammates. She had the ceremony in mind during both her goals.

us an advantage,” runner

Natalia Castro said. “But it's also really cool to have all these other teams come here, because we always go to them.”

The team used the rare opportunity of home competition to honor its senior athletes properly as the season nears an end.

Senior Cardinals featured by the team include Janyll Barber, Bjelko, Izzy Kocienda, Aiden Masten, Aislyn McDonough, Cody Monnat, Montville, Mikayla Osmer, Jasmine Piper and Tous.

“[The seniors] don’t get that, even at our home cross country meet. They

“They’ve been taking me to every game for 20 years now, so it’s special,” Sara Krauseneck said. “I’m fortunate enough to have gotten a fifth year and come back and play with these girls again. You think about it a lot as a senior, but especially tonight.”

Shelley Unsworth, Nicole Unsworth’s mother, was moved by the ceremony and the commemoration of her daughter’s five-year career at Plattsburgh.

“I think she’s friends with everyone on the team. With this being her senior year on a team that she has this year, has really meant a lot to her,” Unsworth said. “I think she’s a huge mentor to a lot of the new girls this year. To see her start at the age of 4, to now…”

Nicole Unsworth, from Wisconsin, doesn’t have the chance to see her parents at every game. She’s still riding the high of the season and hasn’t mentally shut the door on her career yet.

“It was definitely special having them here, it was nice they could make it out,” Unsworth said.

Despite the graduating class featuring key players on the team, Houle isn’t worried about the rookie group. Houle took

Cardinal fans flock to Rock the Red

BY MIKAI BRUCE Staff Writer

This past weekend was the Rock the Red games for the men's and women’s basketball teams at SUNY Plattsburgh. Both teams took home victories for the Rock the Red event. These games are significant because they promote support for the teams and school spirit overall.

The festivities began with the women’s team facing off against Fredonia. The Plattsburgh Cardinals (8-15, SUNYAC 4-12) dominated the Fredonia Blue Devils (516, SUNYAC 2-14) in a 71-60 win thanks in large part to the defensive excellence of the 6-foot Imani Walcott.

Walcott posted five blocks in Friday’s win and when anyone came into the lane she made it her mission to send them back empty handed. Walcott was also dominant on the glass, grabbing 15 rebounds, with five of them coming on the offensive end. She used her height to overwhelm Fredonia and at times she made the game

look easy.

Another significant contributor to the Cardinals' win was Izzy Wilbur, who had 19 points and three assists with four threes made. Early in the game, she punished Fredonia for giving her too much space and quickly ran up her points total. In the second half, she matched her first half production, leading to a sweatfree win for the Cardinals.

Jaden Wilson and Mya Smith both poured in 12 points for the Cardinals and they were great ancillary scoring options all game long. Although the gym wasn’t packed to the brim for the women's game with 168 people in attendance, there was still an outcry of support from the people who were there.

The men’s team (10-13, SUNYAC 6-10) also faced off against the Fredonia Blue Devils (2-21, SUNYAC 2-14) and came out with an 8070 victory. This game was a bit more dramatic than the women's game. With 407 people packed in Memorial Hall, which is a huge turnout compared to other

games, and commemorative shirts being handed out in the name of school spirit, the atmosphere was electric. Whenever a shot was made, the crowd roared.

Early on it was Kevin Tabb who had the gym rocking.

Tabb racked up 26 points during the game and he began his scoring tear with multiple three pointers in the opening minutes. Fredonia couldn’t stay in front of Tabb on fast breaks either, as he sped past opponents many times down the floor. Franklin Infante was a cool-headed point guard for the Cardinals recording five assists and zero turnovers. He also put in 15 points with two threes, and flashed a couple of nice floaters as well. The Cardinals had a huge lead going into halftime, but in the second half it began to slip away. That is until the story of the night began his onslaught. Sasha Vidrini came off the bench, scoring 14 points in the second half— a career high for him. He had fans out of their seats, and after every three he made the crowd scream,

don’t have that recognition,” Assistant Coach Jordyn Naylon said. “It’s cool that they had that.”

Seniors were rounded up during the meet, awarded with a red and a white rose and had their photo taken. The locality of the meet offered a rare chance for family and friends to come support Cardinals as they qualified for championship play.

“My family was able to come out to this meet, so that was nice. A lot of my friends and other people’s friends were here,” Bjelko said. “It was nice being able to have people watch for the first time.”

The Cardinals compete in a final meet before the end of the regular season at St. Lawrence Feb. 17. The SUNYAC Championships begin a week later on Feb. 24 and continue into the next day. The AARTFC Championships are a week after the SUNYACs on Mar. 3 and 4.

the opportunity to remember all five years of the ‘Covid Crew’s’ time in the ‘Burgh.

“[The seniors] have a national championship, which is special,” Houle said. “They’re a group that certainly means a lot to the program. They’ve had a lot of success as a team and individually. We’re just looking forward to finishing this season off and hopefully get back to the Final Four and making a run at it. They’re what Cardinal hockey is about.”

The Cards are scheduled to play the Roos for a fourth time this season. Plattsburgh will host Canton in the semifinal round of the NEWHL Tournament Feb. 25 at 3 p.m., just hours before the men's game. The Cardinals won the tournament last year and finished the year in the NCAA DIII Final Four and are adamant to return to the big stage.

“We have a tough league to get through,” Houle said. “I think we’re heading in the right direction.”

embodying school spirit.

“I got a lot of confidence from my teammates at first. I came in for a couple minutes in the first half and they told me to keep my head up and that’s where I got my confidence,” Vidrini said after the game.

Support from teammates is often all it takes for someone to be imbued with confidence and this was the case here for Vidrini en route to his career night.

“I think he had the best performance on the court tonight, making his shots, making the right reads and passes,” teammate Levi Delaney said.

Delaney wasn’t alone in this thinking. Murmurs

could be heard amongst the crowd about Vidrini’s performance and just how ecstatic everyone was that he was able to shine.

Head Coach Mike Blaine also gave the crowd some credit.

“Guys were playing hard and were feeding off the crowd — it obviously boosts performance,” Blaine said.

The crowd embodied the spirit of Rock the Red, playing a huge factor in the Cardinals' win. The Cardinals are in a tight playoff race and this win was instrumental to their goal of making the playoffs.

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IN THE CARDS

Ring dons red, white, blue

BY COLLIN BOLEBRUCH Sports Editor

American ice hockey players heard bedtime stories as children about the “Miracle on Ice” game at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. They watched the 2004 movie “Miracle” about the underdog United States team taking down the heavily favored Soviet Union in the waning seconds of the gold medal match.

The tale has been repeated to the status of legend and cemented itself amidst great American feats, next to declaring independence and landing on the moon.

Plattsburgh defenceman

Jack Ring came as close as possible to reliving that moment last month at the Lake Placid 2023 International University Sports Federation (FISU) Winter World University Games.

Ring calls the Greater Boston area home. The region boasts a rich hockey history between the six Stanley Cups the Bruins have won and the rivalry between Boston University and Boston College. Surrounded by greatness, Ring was primed to succeed.

By the time he turned 7 years old, he was already on the ice and handling a stick. Ring took after his father, Ed Ring, a former college hockey player himself. Younger brother Nick Ring was soon to follow. Ed Ring had high praise for their abilities at a young age.

“When they were 8 [years old], they were better than me,” Ed Ring said. “They already had more skill and talent than I did, ever.”

Jack Ring towers over the average person. At 6’3” and 185 pounds, he uses his size to impose himself on his opponents. Good defencemen are usually tall. Teammates and coaches have described him as being an offensive defenceman— a label that requires high skating ability, offensive vision and the ability to control the puck. United States Assistant Coach Jack Ceglarski, from Middlebury College, described Ring as a “fourth forward.”

“I’ve got two boys, one I say is athletic and the other is an athlete,” Ed Ring said. “Jack is extremely athletic.”

He looks like an average hockey player— his sweptback dirty blonde hair falls behind his ears and he usually sports a hockey mustache. His demeanor matches his looks. His father thinks he has a “surfer dude” attitude.

The brothers both started their career with Boston Advantage and were able to share the ice in a few tournaments.

In 2018, Jack Ring left the organization for Tier II junior play. He then spent time between two different leagues in Massachusetts before being drafted by New Jersey Jr. Titans of the North American Hockey League in May 2020.

Ring’s recruitment to Plattsburgh was sparked by a conversation between Ed Ring and Head Coach Steve Moffat, and the Rings agreed to a tour of the campus.

“We both love the campus. We love the area, being from New England,” Ed

Ring said. Within a month of that meeting, Moffat was in Minnesota watching Jack Ring, then a forward, compete in a tournament. Moffat called Plattsburgh’s Assistant Coach Reid Lesswing after the trip, stating his desire to bring Ring on as a defenceman.

Ed Ring recalls Moffat’s enthusiasm to get Jack Ring enrolled at the school following the showcase. The up-and-comer was just as excited. Jack Ring made his debut for the Cardinals in the first game of the 2021-22 season.

It did not take long for Jack Ring to get his feet wet in the North Country. He recorded his first points in the second game of his rookie season, tallying two assists against the Castleton Spartans. Ring’s first goal came against the King’s College Monarchs in the team’s first game back from winter break. After recording 15 points and 11 blocks on the season, he was awarded with the Mike Daoust Rookie of the Year Award, given to the top first-year Cardinal.

“Jack was definitely a treat,” Plattsburgh defenceman Matt Araujo said. “He played really well his freshman year, had a sick year stats-wise, he sparked for us.”

Ed Ring said there’s a tremendous amount of respect the players have for each other in the locker room, and it was earned through barriers individuals or the team had to break together. Jack Ring entered the environment and immediately became a part of the locker room.

The 2021-22 Cardinals’ season ended abruptly with a 6-7 overtime loss to the Brockport Golden Eagles in the first round of the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Tournament. It was just the 10th loss to Brockport in team history and the first playoff appearance without a win since 2018.

Coming into the 2022-23 season, the team had a chip on its shoulder. Araujo lauded the defense for its play to start the season. He felt like it was clicking and all seven defencemen were working well together.

Jacob Modry, teammate

and fellow defenceman, agreed with the notion. He said Plattsburgh’s system utilizes its defencemen in the offensive zone and that the transition game has been clicking. Playmaking in the unit was creating opportunities for scoring chances.

In late November, the team was named champion of the midseason FirstLight Shootout tournament, after beating the No. 9 Norwich Cadets in the final game. Not soon after, Moffat was contacted by the United States’ staff for Lake Placid 2023. In the first year that the FISU allowed Division III hockey players to compete, Plattsburgh had three defencemen in contention to make the final roster.

At a practice before the team’s winter break, Moffat pulled senior Modry, junior Corey Doney and Ring aside individually to inform them of the news. A few practices later, Moffat told Ring that he was chosen for the team. USA’s head coach, Mark Taylor, reached out to Ring with congratulations. His teammates were just as supportive. Modry remembered being “super pumped.” Doney stepped away from the team during the break for personal reasons. Ring made his final appearance for Plattsburgh before his leave from the team Jan. 7 for the Comfort Inn Complex Winter Classic Championship against the No. 8 SUNY Oswego Lakers. The Cardinals were down two of their top defenders as the second half of the season began.

“It definitely hurts. We were all kind of biting our tongues,” Araujo said. “We were going to have to work a little harder.”

With two important conference games in the upcoming weeks, Plattsburgh found itself in an unfamiliar position. Most teams try to perfect its game in the back half of the season, finetuning its lineups before the playoffs. The Cardinals needed to dig deeper into its roster. Modry saw it as “next man up.”

“You can just fit any of us seven guys in that role and someone’s going to step up,” Modry said. “It’s just what we do and we practice every day, we get used to

playing with each other and then make it work.”

The first game on the United States’ slate, against Great Britain, was scheduled for Jan. 11, four days after Ring’s last game in Plattsburgh. The short turnaround gave Ring and the United States just three days of practice before fielding a team. Players from across the country needed to develop chemistry and trust with one another, yet most had never heard of one another before meeting days before the game.

When Taylor built the roster, he said the team wasn’t looking for the best of the best. He aimed to build a group that was disciplined and were fit for the tournament situation. The chemistry created through team building created a group that looked like it had more than three practices.

“It was crazy to watch how on the first day no one was really talking,” Ring said. “Until the last day, two weeks in, everyone knew everybody, you had jokes with all the guys and it was a really cool experience.”

Taylor couldn’t say no to the opportunity of coaching this group. He wanted to provide these players with opportunities that he wasn’t given himself. The experience the players get from a tournament like this is lifelong and will be something they can bring back to their own teams.

Ring’s first game was played at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York. The game fell on an off day for the Cardinals— so the team made the trip to see Ring play in red, white and blue. Modry said the team was proud of him.

Moffat and the team had dinner in Potsdam and made the trip a team night. He said it was important for the team to be there for Ring, like Ring would have been for Modry or Doney.

The locality of the tournament allowed plenty of Cardinal fans to attend. Ed Ring and Jack Ring’s mother, Karen Ring, got the opportunity to watch their son play in-person. The Ring parents were able to make it to various games throughout the tournament.

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ented game creates good balance in the unit.

The Cardinals beat the rival Oswego Lakers 6-1 Jan. 20, a game the team lost just two weeks prior. The next day, the Cortland Red Dragons came to town for a rare back-to-back conference matchup, losing to Plattsburgh 1-2. The Cardinals finished with a 4-0 record without Ring.

The United States’ first playoff game was scheduled for Jan. 21, the same day the Cards and the Dragons faced off. The U.S. played Japan for a chance in the gold medal game. Ring was taken aback, unaware that he’d be playing against his friends from earlier in the tournament.

ed Great Britain by a score of 18-0 in a preliminary round game. Jack Ring’s first appearance of the tournament was a success, logging almost 30 minutes of play time, an assist and a plusminus of three. He called the margin of victory a “crazy one” and that he’d “never heard of that before.”

“We knew they weren’t going to be the strongest team, but we didn’t know it was going to be that bad,” Ring said. “A few of their guys, they didn’t even play hockey last year.”

The teams all stayed in the same complex and ate in the same cafeteria. Ring said occasionally during his career he’d meet a single player on a team from a different country, and the experience of meeting a whole team of foreign players was a rare opportunity.

“We actually played Jenga with team Japan. We got really close with them,” Ring said. “It was just cool to meet all those people, and how they play hockey too. It’s different over there.”

Ring and the United States finished the preliminary round undefeated, beating the Republic of Korea 8-0, Slovakia 5-2, Kazakhstan 4-1 and Hungary 9-1. To proceed in the tournament, the United States had to beat Kazakhstan by three.

“This was going to be the biggest challenge of the tournament and we went out playing our best game, ended up beating them by three and solidifying our spot in the finals,” Ring said. “It was a real special game.”

The initial series of games were played through Jan. 19. Ring missed two Cardinal victories in that time.

“It would have been nice to have some of his offensive touch for those games,” Modry said. “We just played simple, played effective and executed our game plan. It was nice to see everything come together for us, but obviously we were missing a big piece of our lineup.”

Moffat credited Kevin Weaver-Vitale and first-year players Spencer Bellina and Brennan Butler for filling in for Ring. He said they stepped up and the defense didn’t miss a beat. Bellina and Butler’s defensive-ori-

He was admittedly off his game, fighting the puck and receiving less playing time. The U.S. won the match 4-3 and proceeded for the gold medal to be played the next day against Canada in Herb Brooks Arena at the Olympic Center, the same rink the “Miracle on Ice” game was played on.

Ring’s parents made sure they were in attendance for the final game, along with thousands of other hockey fans. The United States lost the game 2-7, but Taylor said the team did a “great job” of achieving its goal.

“The atmosphere, I know it affected us, and there’s 7,000 people chanting ‘USA!’ When those kids experienced that, that’s what we wanted to get out of it. We wanted to make a statement as a group that we can do more than what the USA has done at those games,” Taylor said.

It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for Ring to wear the USA colors in front of a passionate, patriotic crowd. Ed Ring remembers it as “emotional” and he called it his and Karen Ring’s “little world.”

Ring rejoined the Plattsburgh lineup Jan. 27, five days after winning the silver medal. In his first game back, Ring was “eased” into the game against Brockport, Ring logged two assists and a plus-minus of 2 in a 4-1 win versus the conference opponent.

“I think he just stepped right back in and he’s taking things really well and he came back with more confidence, which I like to see, and I get the luxury of playing with him,” Modry said.

“He was a really big piece of our offense and a really vital piece of us scoring goals.”

Moffat said Ring learned how much it takes to win a hockey game from the tournament, as well as the importance of playing the “right way” and not taking a shift off. Araujo said Ring is back to his old ways, providing offense and power play ability for the Cardinals.

Ring came back to Plattsburgh just in time for a chance at a deep playoff run. In the weeks since his return, the Cardinals have secured a home playoff game in the SUNYAC Tournament. The Cards, powered by the chances Ring provides on offense and his power play chemistry with Araujo, hope to make their first NCAA tournament in six years.

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Jack Ring (22) is embraced by teammates during a stoppage of play during the Cardinals’ Feb. 10 Senior Night game.

Gallery expresses art appreciation

BY KIYANNA NOEL Arts & Culture Editor

With a new semester comes a new art exhibition in the Slatkin Study of the John Myers Fine Arts Building. Officially opening Jan. 31, Conscientious Collectors showcases the most recognized and celebrated works in the SUNY Plattsburgh collection. The collection is open to the public from Tuesday to Sunday from noon to 4 p.m.

Angelica Flores, who is one of the receptionists, believes the museum represents helping students identify art pieces and put together a collection. “

I believe that it is our students who learn how to pick out

pieces that are valuable. This exhibit actually is curated from our students when it is usually the director who picks out the pieces,” Flores said.

Museum Director, Tonya Cribb sees this exhibit as a way to bring students together despite different majors and cultural backgrounds. The showing of these art pieces not only brings staff and current students together, but it also gives alumni a way to connect back to their own experiences at SUNY Plattsburgh.

“Each year part of the student association they vote for a person to lead a group of students to select some artwork for the permanent art collection. This has been happening for over 50 years, so it’s a really incredible

tradition. So then you have a student representative that leads a group and they don’t have to be art students, they can be from biology, business, they can be from any major on campus and they get together and they decide what kind of art they want to leave that represents their class,” Cribb said.

Although Cribb has only joined this project in the summer of 2019, she acknowledged what this program means for students who are elected leaders and for students that may not be art majors.

“Even if a student is not an art student you know who Picasso is and be familiar with these names and recognize how significant the art collection is. So

the students get together, they decide what they are looking for, and then they have a budget that is assigned from the student association that they use to purchase the work,” Cribb said.

Throughout the process of artwork being chosen and displayed, students often try to come up with a specific message to connect it with. This semester there are mostly women contemporary artists in the Black Indigenous People Of Color community.

“But in the last few years I’ve noticed that the groups are focusing on BIPOC mostly female not all but mostly female artists, so they’re trying to incorporate these great contemporary artists into the collection which I think

is really good. I just serve as an adviser,” Cribb said.

The Conscientious Collectors exhibition represents pieces that all people can find interest in. Between the antiques and other artworks, the collection has a diverse amount of art.

“I wanted to have in that space a little bit of everything just so the students can see the impact they made over 50 years and what a terrific tradition it is,” Cribb said.

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Theater students attend festival

BY Jeremy Binning Staff Writer

This past January the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival was held in Haverhill, Massachusetts. This conference is designed for theater students in college to give them a chance to showcase their talents as well as work with others in the field.

With a huge selection available such as acting, musical theater, directing and playwriting, these students come to strengthen their skills in these professions through workshops.

ReGina Sutphen is an actress whose involvement in the festival includes scheduling workshops where she “learned so much valuable information.” Sutphen said there are a total of eight regions around the country.

Sutphen was nominated for the Irene Ryan scholarship, a scholarship awarded to exceptional performers, awards twice, but declined both nominations to experience the festival by itself, leading to her being in charge of setting up the workshops at the conference. The annual event in January sets the stage for the national

festival held in April, to which the finalists for the Irene Ryan competition are invited. Sutphen said her favorite part of the festival

was seeing other people perform and showcase their talent.

What caught Sutphen’s attention most is the mu-

sical theater showcase, mainly because she does theater herself. Singing is her instrument of choice, ever since Sutphen began

doing theater in middle school. After taking a break from art, she returned to theater in her junior year of high school. Sutphen has

been involved in theater ever since and is now majoring in music and minoring in musical theater.

The theater life brings many together through their works and the festival is a place for them to expand their horizons in the art. The event originated in 1958 when former president Dwight D. Eisenhower signed bipartisan legislation that would create the Natural Cultural Center.

Four years later, President John F. Kennedy and his wife launched a $30 million campaign to fundraise for the construction of the center. On Jan. 23, 1964 the center was dedicated to Kennedy two months after his assassination signed by Acting President Lyndon B. Johnson.

The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival showcases theater students’ talents. It is also for those who enjoy the arts of theater for entertainment. The chance to make connections in this world and gain opportunities is just one of the many reasons why this festival plays a massive part in the culture of theater throughout the country.

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Provided by ReGina Sutphen

Janiah Johnson, Kaleb Pecoraro, Sebastian Kuhn, Nick Alkobi, ReGina Sutphen, Riley Gully, Lorenzo Johnson and Lydya Felix pose at the conference for a group photo.

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A ceramic work by Pablo Picasso, “Divers” hangs on the wall in the gallery.

KIYANNA NOEL/Cardinal Points Osanyin Healing Staff’s sit tall. They were used by Yoruba priests to cure ailments.

Preview: African Unity hosts Mystic Night fashion show

BY KIYANNA NOEL Arts & Culture Editor

African Unity is hosting their third Annual Fashion Show on Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. in the Warren Ballrooms at the Angell College Center. The theme is “An evening of Cabaret: Mystic Night” representing body positivity and self love through clothes. The hosts for the night are 2020 Plattsburgh alum Yogi and DJ Stonyy.

The expected brands to showcase their clothes are Conscious NYC and Avant NYC. Conscious NYC is a Brooklyn based brand that represents emotions through clothes. One of their messages is “Our brand is not for all, you will know when it’s for you.” Gaining inspiration from magazines and skateboarding, the clothing likely to be shown at Mystic Night is streetwear.

Avant NYC labels itself “The Motivational Brand,” which is represented by the quotes on their clothing and throughout the diversity of their staff. “Consistency

Wins Every Time” is on many of the hoodies and sweaters of their “Coherent” collection, showing a different style than other designers seen at SUNY Plattsburgh’s previous fashion shows.

The clothes won’t be the only body-positive aspect of the show. In true cabaret form, it is rumored that many of the models may be wearing lingerie as well to promote body positivity.

Not only will there be fashion designers, there will be dance performances from African Unity Dance, JEDI Dance Productions, High Voltage Dance Factory and Spicy Island Tings. There will also be a spokenword performance by the African Unity President Abieyuwa Uzamere.

Aissatou Lo, event planner for African Unity, coordinated this event with her team.

“It’s a Valentine’s Day celebration to not only cherish loved ones but our bodies,” Lo said.

Many students auditioned to be models through the House of Divinity Modeling club. Tamia Hubbard, a model in the upcoming show, is excited about getting out of her comfort zone for the show.

“This is my first time, and I have a little social anxiety in front of a lot of people. It will be a new experience,” Hubbard said, “This is the first time I’ll be presenting my body and myself period.”

Not only is this a way for students to get out of their safety zones, it’s a way for them to form new connections with peers and start to feel confident within themselves.

This African Unity event will set the tone for further events on campus due to its diversity in culture, music, clothes and creativity. Body positivity is the intended purpose of this event and will showcase the love of oneself through confidence, stage presence and clothes.

Uzamere said, “Everyone is welcome, but don’t forget to get your tickets.”

For more information reach out to Abieyuwa Uzamere at auzam001@ plattsburgh.edu.

Painting with Avery

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Avery and her dad Zane mixing paint for the duck template.

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Students painting on the same template as instructed.

JAYNE SMITH/Cardinal Points Avery demonstrating to participants where to paint and what colors to use.

EVENT CALENDAR Feb. 18 - 24

ALL WEEK: Black History Month Commemoration - Various Locations

Conscientious Collectors exhibition - Myers Fine Arts Building

Origins: The Evolution of an Artist and His Craft exhibition - Rockwell Kent Gallery, Feinberg SUNDAY

Public Skating

Admission: $3, free for students

Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena

12:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Snowshoe Fest

8023 State Route 30, Paul Smith’s College

WEDNESDAY 2/22

Anthropology Club Weekly Meeting Anthropology Commons Noon - 1 p.m.

SA Senate Meeting Alumni Conference Room 10 - 11:30 p.m.

Literature Club Weekly Meeting Wilson Commons

7 - 8 p.m.

SA Executive Council Meeting

Alumni Conference Room

9:30 - 10:30 p.m.

Chat with the Chair: Hosted by Dr. Lolita Kincade Ward Hall Lounge 10 a.m.

2/23

“Souls of Black Folk” Book Discussion Burghy’s Den 4 - 6 p.m.

Karaoke Night Alumni Conference Room 7 p.m.

Mardi Gras & Carnivale Masquerade Dinner

Featuring DJ Sha

Admission: $10 or one meal swipe Clinton Dining Hall 4:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday Talks: Dr. Stephen Light Cardinal Lounge 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.

2/24

Guest Speaker: Jacqueline Madison Alumni Conference Room 4 - 6 p.m.

Plattsburgh State Gospel Choir Rehearsals

300 Myers Fine Arts Building 5 -6 p.m.

The Wild Center Friday Night Lights & Flights

45 Musueum Drive, Tupper Lake 5 -8 p.m.

More information can be found on the SUNY Plattburgh Calendar of Events. To have an event featured, email cp@cardinalpointsonline.com

BY KIYANNA NOEL Arts

Culture Editor

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ARIES

March 21 - April 19

The Tower card represents getting rid of things that don’t serve a purpose. It’s time to let go of things and people who aren’t good for you.

LEO

July 23 - August 22

The Five of Cups card represents being disappointed in something you had expectations of. You should accept that everything happens for a reason.

SAGITTARIUS

November 22 - December 21

The Ace of Crystals card represents awakening and understanding.

Something in your life will start to make sense.

TAURUS

April 20 - May 20

The Seven of Cups card represents fear ruling your life and plaguing your subconscious. It’s OK to be scared, but don’t let this keep you stagnant.

VIRGO

August 23 - September 22

The Time-Space card represents old habits and karma making its way around. You are creating new ideas that control the direction of your future.

CAPRICORN

December 22 - January 19

The Death card represents the cycle of life and its events. Understand that all things must come to an end and it’s for the best, even if it doesn’t feel like it.

GEMINI

May 21 - June 20

The Nine of Cups card represents that your hard work has paid off and you will finally receive the fruits of your labor.

LIBRA

September 23 - October 22

The Six of Wands card represents trusting yourself and humanity. Don’t be afraid of trusting others, create relationships with people based on the trust you have in yourself.

AQUARIUS

January 20 - February 18

The Universe card represents trusting yourself and using that as fuel to go after your goals. There is no one more capable than you to accomplish what you want to accomplish.

CANCER

June 21 - July 22

The Ace of Wands card represents discovering something that wasn’t known before. Don’t let this new information shift your focus from the task at hand.

SCORPIO

October 23 - November 21

The Two of Cups card represents being emotionally stable. It’s time for you to feel all of your emotions without degrading yourself.

PISCES

February 19 - March 20

The Woman of Worlds card represents being a caring and nurturing person. This is the time to cherish this part of yourself and not see it as a burden.

This Week in Photos:

Valentine’s Day Heart Pillows

Photos by Jayne Smith

Left: Temper Paine proudly shows off their heart, made with purple fabric and blue embroidery floss.

Right: A participant smiles as they display their craftsmanship: a red heart pillow.

Right: Materials needed to create the pillows, such as embroidery floss, fabric, scissors and needles are laid out on a table.

Below: Participants sit at tables in the Myers lobby and chat as they cut, place, sew and stuff their hand-made hearts.