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SUNY Plattsburgh’s independent student newspaper since 1997

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Assistant professor Akanksha Misra smiles with her three children.

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Graduate student Diana Cathcart snaps a selfie with her two boys, ages 5 and 8.

Caregivers hope to receive more support

BY ALEKSANDRA SIDOROVA News Editor

When Akanksha Misra, assistant professor of gender and women’s studies, moved to Plattsburgh from Seattle, she had to balance full-time teaching, research and breastfeeding “with no helping hand” as her partner was finishing his doctorate dissertation. Those challenges were to be expected. The North Country’s shortage of childcare service providers was not.

Misra said she couldn’t get her youngest child into any daycare, whether a traditional daycare like the Child Care Center at SUNY Plattsburgh, or in-home daycares around town. She also found no flexible childcare option where she can leave her child for a couple of hours instead of a full day.

“I wasn’t told when I was hired, for instance, how big of a problem this is,” Misra said. “I just didn’t know that there are parts of this country that are

so underserved.”

A year later, Misra still struggles to find daycare services for her youngest child.

“That is still a problem for us, it’s not an experience I have left behind,” Misra said. “We found a place where we can leave [my child], we’re not very happy — that causes a lot of mental distress when I come to work. And it’s very gendered, so, obviously, you know, as the mom, I feel doubly distressed, right?”

Diana Cathcart, 40, balances work as a clinician for a neuropsychologist up to five days a week as well as several hours at the Global Education Office, graduate studies in clinical mental health and being a single mom to “two elementaryaged humans.” It’s not easy, but she stays positive, determined to show her two children, boys aged 5 and 8, what hard work looks like.

“I think that’s very motivating and that having two sons who look up to their mom and who know how hard she’s working for the betterment of their

futures is a very empowering thing,” Cathcart said. “It’s a juggling act, but I think there’s a lot of very motivating factors with regard to that that really are what propels me forward, even if I have so much going on.”

Cathcart’s move from North Carolina to Plattsburgh has worked out for her.

She found suitable housing in a “beautiful neighborhood” where her children have found friends. Cathcart said she struggled with finding childcare services throughout the summer, but it became easier once her children started school. Once the semester started in the fall, through a paper ad she posted to Sibley and Ward Halls, Cathcart found three babysitters.

“It feels to me like a little family, and my kids love all three of them very much, and I honestly would not be functioning as well as I am without their consistent, trustworthy care, so I am very grateful for them,” Cathcart said.

However, that is $70 that Cathcart

Saving Saranac River, salmon

BY JESSICA LANDMAN Staff Writer

The Atlantic salmon travels from the Atlantic Ocean, through Lake Champlain and into the Saranac River — an essential part of Plattsburgh — to spawn. But since Europeans settled here, the Saranac River has been tampered with to the point of being unsustainable for salmon to spawn.

There have been recent efforts made by people who care about the river and the salmon that use it to correct what has been done in the past. At The State of the Saranac River Symposium, hosted by Trout Unlimited Oct. 28, people gathered to present and discuss the many problems the river faces and possible solutions to bring back the salmon populations.

Carrie Miller, a new employee at the Lake Cham-

plain Basin Program and an attendee of the symposium, will be working on aquatic organism passage in the Adirondacks.

“I just want to understand the status and the state of the river and what the opportunities are for making change and where the needs are and what’s doing really well,” Miller said.

The problems that occur with the Saranac River started much earlier, though. When Europeans came to North America and began settling, they created a huge impact on the river.

The expansion of settlements caused two major problems, the first being logging. Europeans changed the landscape for farmland and made profits through logging. Plattsburgh was a transfer station for logs, making it a point for settlers with the creation of mills being created to accommodate the logs coming down the river.

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The second problem is iron mining happening all along the Saranac.

Joshua Beatty, a librarian specializing in history at SUNY Plattsburgh, said that the exploitation of the river caused a great deal of long-term damage that resulted in smaller, less healthy salmon with flooding along the river.

Another hindrance to the Saranac is the dams found along it. The Saranac was first impounded in the 1800s by the founding fathers of Plattsburgh, the Platts family. The closest operating dam is the Imperial Dam that was opened by Imperial Wallpaper Mill Inc. This is just one of the countless dams throughout the river that blocks salmon migrations from Lake Champlain and stops Atlantic salmon from entering the Saranac River.

There have been initiatives to take down dams to help revive the river. Some

dams, like the Indian River Dam, have been partly destroyed to allow water and fish to pass through. This has had untold positive impacts on those sections of the river. Timothy Mihuc, professor of ecology and Lake Champlain Research Institute director, said that he hopes that even more dams can be removed to open up the riverway.

There are also other ways the river is being restored. The manufactured gas production caused large amounts of tar to accumulate from the Broad Street bridge to Lake Champlain that now has to be cleaned up through the company New York State Electric and Gas. Mike Flynn is a worker there who was actively involved in the tar removal project in downtown Plattsburgh.

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spends per week to attend a single class.

Recently, one of Cathcart’s children caught a cold, which, after two days, spread to her. To take care of her son and then herself, Cathcart found herself skipping every one of her classes that week.

“I had to email my professors saying, ‘Look, I’m being prevented from completing the content for this week’s coursework, can you work with me here?’” Cathcart said. “And, you know, not all people are like me, who will demand or assert themselves in ways that ensure equity.”

Cathcart said most of her professors have worked with her and honored her requests, but she said that a circumstance such as this — catching a cold — can “knock out” someone with “more limited means” than her, potentially becoming the reason they drop out of their education.

“I can’t complain,” Cathcart said about her situation. “I just can’t.”

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College ‘adopts’ 125 local kids

BY ALEKSANDRA SIDOROVA

News Editor

For at least 50 years, SUNY Plattsburgh has been working with the Clinton County Department of Social Services to bring holiday joy to local children, as part of the Adopt-a-Friend charity initiative. This year, 125 children ages 1 to 17 have been “adopted.”

No one can remember exactly when the Adopta-Friend initiative started, but Jim Sherman, now director of Housing and Community Living, remembers participating 20 years ago, when he worked as a residence assistant.

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Vice President of Enrollment and Student Success Cori Jackson passed the responsibility to her assistant Lyndsey Lafountain. Before Jackson, the person coordinating Adopt-a-Friend was Katie Gadway, who now manages reservations for the Angell College Center.

Social Services sent Lafountain 125 lists containing the age and gender of children in need as well as one or two specific gifts they requested.

Children typically ask for toys, LEGO sets, makeup, hair chalk, clothes, and, more commonly requested by teenagers, gift cards, Sherman said.

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A person involved in a motor vehicle accident close to Angell College Center fled the scene.

Oct. 24

A Sundowner employee reported three male students leaving the establishment without paying.

Oct. 25

A male was arrested on a charge of criminal trespass at Moffitt Hall.

Oct. 25

University Police responded to a report of a disorderly employee at Sundowner.

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A student was arrested in relation to a menacing that occurred Oct. 15.

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The Student Association senate meeting Oct. 26 approved $2,546 to Black Onyx for its annual Black Student Union Weekend. SA also approved two new voting members and two provisional organizations.

Black Onyx Treasurer Shaniah Fairweather asked the senators for $2,546 to help with expenses for the club’s weekend events. Wild ’n Out will start its weekend events today, Nov. 4, where students can play the game and win prizes. It will take place in the Angell College Center ballrooms at 7:30 p.m. The BSU fashion show will close the weekend Nov. 5 with three off-campus and two oncampus designers. The theme for the show is “Why would you wear that?”

The event will also take place in the ACC ballrooms at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $7 per event or can be bundled for $12 to attend both.

The club is using the money to help pay for various professionals, such as a photographer, designers and a DJ. The same DJ will play at both events. Senator Aissatou Lo questioned the number of people attending the weekend events. According to Fairweather, there had been 30 to 40 tickets sold at the time of the meeting. However, she expects many people to buy their tickets last minute. The usual attendance is roughly 100 people per event.

Sophomore Kalema Gooding was approved to become a voting member of COAB. Gooding wanted to join because it was a way for her “to learn more about clubs and be more active on campus.” Senator Liza Ali also noted that Gooding was attending COAB for the past two weeks, and she was getting accustomed to it.

First-year Riley Castello was approved as a voting member for the

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Continued from page A1 Participants can either donate money that the college will use to buy gifts or purchase the requested items themselves before the deadline Nov. 18. Social Services then picks up the gifts, and social workers deliver them to the families. If there is money left over after every child’s gift requests are fulfilled, it goes toward Price Chopper gift cards for up to 70 families.

Many departments participate in the initiative: offices of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Student Conduct, the Provost, Global Education, the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, the Learning Center and the Career Development Center.

Groups and individuals alike participate in the charity. Chartwells, the company providing campus dining, is the second-largest contributor.

The largest contributor, collecting $2,000 in donations last year and “adopting” 70 children this year, is Housing and Community Living.

Sherman is the first to take on children because he knows what dorm residents are capable of, Lafountain said.

“I’ve seen lots of people donate quite a bit — specifically students — to this program, because they see it as a worthy cause,” Sherman said.

In past years, the college relied on cash donations to get the money to buy children the gifts they want. That has changed.

“It’s being done a little differently this year, mostly because students are moving less to having cash on them and more to Venmo and things like that,” Sherman said.

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legislative review board. Castello wanted to join LRB because she “wanted to leave campus better” than how she found it. She said she could do this through LRB. Senator Michael Caruselle noted that she has been to two meetings and seemed “very interested.”

One of the two clubs approved was Morgan’s Message. According to Morgan’s Message website, the mission is to “eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health within the student-athlete community and equalize the treatment of physical and mental health in athletics.”

Morgan Rodgers was a college lacrosse player who committed suicide in July 2019 after struggling with a knee-shattering injury.

A SUNY Plattsburgh student-athlete representative said that while it’s athlete-oriented, others can join because they may have been athletes or know athletes. The representative highlighted certain principles that the club will hold like being an upstanding citizen and to be someone people can come talk to about mental health.

Senator Munashe Chikukwa asked if the club would expand to talk about mental challenges in academics. The representative noted they will talk about broad topics like performance anxiety, which can relate to being on the field or taking a test.

The second club approved the Information Systems Data Analytics Club. The mission of the club is to inform, support and inspire college students to be analytical and seek opportunity through creation.

Students will be applying statistical analysis and technology to data to find trends and solve problems. It is open to all students.

The club representative said they focus on cyber security, so they will “look to host workshops and competitions.” They are also

ty and staff can still donate cash to the ACC information desk, there is also an online donation platform for donations of $1, $5, $10 and $50 are accepted at tickets.plattsburgh.edu.

“Any bit helps. A dollar, five dollars, three dollars, it doesn’t matter,” Sherman said. “Whatever you folks can give means a lot.”

Travis Gorham, who graduated from SUNY Plattsburgh in 2009 and now works as a multicultural coach for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, was on the receiving end of the Adopt-a-Friend donations when he worked as a caseworker for Social Services.

“We’d make our list,” Gorham said. “I would go around asking kids, families what they needed for Christmas, what would they like in an ideal world, and some didn’t want much, but there were some that really needed the extra help because they were behind on bills, or some tragic situation behooved their family, so in those cases I really tried to do whatever I can through the generosity of the community members here at SUNY Plattsburgh and just try to help those families out, bring smiles on those faces where, if this program wasn’t in place, they wouldn’t possibly be able to do that.”

Gorham said the program helps a variety of families, ranging from “extremely poverty-stricken” to families who are “welloff” but need guidance in parenting or connecting with their children. While Social Services is able to help families through many resources on their own, Adopt-a-Friend establishes a special connection between the college and the Plattsburgh community, Gorham said.

Gorham jumped at the opportunity to be on the opposite end of the initiative helping gather donations.

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planning on collaborating with other clubs in the field. The club plans to meet on Thursdays and Fridays. Thursdays will be for workshops and coding, and Fridays will be for finalizing projects.

In other SA news, Vice President Saran Kaba is working on an environmental sustainability resolution for campus, and Treasurer Osamuyimen Omorogbe-Akapta spoke with the College Auxiliary Services board of directors about students’ concerns about campus dining. SA is in the process of sending out a campus-wide survey to students for feedback.

In regards to senator reports, there was more campus involvement. Senator Endalkachew Abebe spoke with Biketopia and the Campus Garden Club separately about future ideas. Some senators attended SUNY Plattsburgh’s Open House, fellow clubs or meetings with committees. Adviser Steve Matthews concluded the meeting by thanking those who attended the open house. He also noted seeing three SA alumni at an event in Long Island. They served in the SA in the ’70s and asked Matthews lots of questions about the current SA. Email OLIVIA BOUSQUET cp@cardinalpointsonline.com

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see coworkers’ names, and I’m happy to know that, hey, I’m going to play a role in helping a family get something that they may not have been able to get prior,” Gorham said.

Besides setting families up for a strong start of the year, Adopt-a-Friend also strengthens the college’s relationship with the community. As such, the initiative contributes to one of the goals established in “Plattsburgh Next,” SUNY Plattsburgh’s development plan for the next three years.

“Having good relationships with the city, I think, is a good thing, so whatever we can do to help improve that I think is a good thing,” Sherman said. “I think there’s just this need for us to have that working relationship with the city because we’re directly in it, unlike a lot of other colleges and institutions — they tend to be on the side of the city, not necessarily in it.”

Sherman also recalls personally benefiting from a community outreach program like Adopt-a-Friend growing up in Afton, New York — Toys for Tots and teachers in school getting together to help families.

“It usually meant having a good Christmas versus not,” Sherman said.

“The difference between what I had and [Adopta-Friend] is they never asked, What do you want for Christmas? It was always sort of a guess. You always got something, but as a kid, not exactly what I was looking for. But the thought always meant a lot — that I do remember.”

Gorham is from Bridgeport, Connecticut. He said the area he grew up in was an “impoverished place.” At some point, his family found itself in need and received help from the surrounding community. Gorham said his mother always wanted to help others. Through his experience and his mother’s example, Gorham learned the value of giving, which he hopes to pass on to his six children when he takes them with him to purchase gifts for the children he “adopted” through Adopt-a-Friend.

“That sense of giving and providing for a family, helping them out, will never leave me,” Gorham said.

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NASA discovers ‘fingerprint’ in space

BY ROCCO GOLDEN Contributor

Recently, nearly a year after it was launched into outer space, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope discovered something remarkable. Around 5,000 light years away from our home planet lies, at a minimum, 17 concentric dust rings coming from two stars.

The two stars are known as Wolf-Rayet 140.

The rings are formed by the compression of gas once around every eight years.

When the two stars come close in their orbits, the gasses released meet and compress to form the dust rings. The shape and look of all the rings resemble that of a human fingerprint. The “fingerprint” is about 100 years worth of dust production. It also represents the power of the new James Webb Space Telescope, as it was able to detect several times more dust rings than that of a ground telescope.

Before the James Webb Space Telescope was launched into space back in late 2021, ground-based telescopes could detect only two dust rings. The James Webb Space Telescope can detect 17 dust rings. Since rings are formed once every eight or so years, the amount that can be seen will increase as time goes on.

This discovery represents a new era and stepping stone for humanity. Outer space is the last frontier, if ocean depths

are excluded. There are a multitude of benefits when it comes to space discovery and exploration.

One of the largest benefits of increasing space exploration is jobs on earth.

Thousands of people are employed by NASA, SpaceX and other space-based companies. If the industry continues to expand as it is doing right now, more and also new jobs will be needed in the future. New jobs in the space exploration sector will bring some much needed expansion to the ever changing and evolving job market and economy.

Not only is space exploration good for the economy in many ways, it’s also inspiring for generations to come.

People are naturally curious. Wanting to figure out how the universe works isn’t something that is 100% a choice. With many new modern discoveries, a lot of people, especially those of younger generations, will be inspired to one day accomplish the same or even better actions. Being able to advance the country even further in technology, exploration and discovery is bound to happen if one allows for it.

Regarding the world economy, it is not in a good spot right now. As time goes on, precious metals and natural resources will get more scarce and higher in demand if technology keeps advancing. Many countries around the world are strangled by restrictive

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trade and being able to access certain materials is more of a privilege held by countries. What many do not know is that asteroids are some of the most valuable assets on and around Earth. According to Little Astronomy, a website that publishes articles on astronomy, it is said that the world’s first trillionaire will be made through asteroid mining.

Many asteroids within our solar system contain vast amounts of precious

metals. Some have more gold or platinum than Earth does. With that being said, being able to harvest these asteroids would mean that precious metals would more or less just be metals.

According to the New York Post an asteroid named “16 Psyche,” which was discovered a couple years ago, has an estimated value of $10 quadrillion, that’s 10 followed by 18 zeros. That is well over 70,000 times more worth than the entire world’s economy, and it is

just sitting out there in space waiting to be harvested.

Asteroids also contain lots of ice, which is becoming an ever more valuable resource here on Earth. With the right technology, humanity will hopefully one day be able to accomplish asteroid mining. A lot of problems would be solved by this, and it is rarely spoken about.

Hopefully in the future, humanity can work together for some of these great solutions, instead of fighting amongst ourselves

for the problems these solutions would solve. There is some hope that one day people will not be fighting over gold and water and will instead be making investments in one of the only things in the universe that is an actual get rich quick scheme, save the scheme part, and maybe the quick as well.

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Museums, history of colonialism Adderall shortage

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BY BRYN FAWN Opinions Editor

Museums are amazing additions to society by creating an atmosphere of wonder and allow those curious enough to learn about their subject of choice. Science museums are wonderful for children and adults alike, teaching scientific concepts in enthralling ways. Art museums let us peek into the past, admire the beautiful and feel the emotions of the artists through their craft. History museums let us learn about and perpetuate colonialism.

After the death of Queen Elizabeth, many took the opportunity to call out the blatant acts of colonialism by the royal family. Elizabeth herself still had power in other nations not her own at the time of her death. The attention swiftly turned to museums as well, especially the British Museum. John Oliver released a clip of his weekly late night show discussing the matter of museums Oct. 3. The segment begins with showing Greek statues in their respective museum, Acropolis, and how strangely pieces of them are stark white. As it turns out, those pieces

are within the British Museum, and Acropolis had to use plaster to fill in the gaps for visitors.

Oliver then reveals to the audience that the pieces on display in Britain were never lost, but in fact stolen. These stolen pieces are known as the Elgin Marbles in the British Museum. Lord Elgin was the one who ordered the fragments of marble to be sawed off and then sold them to the museum where they still remain. The British Museum refuses to return the Elgin Marbles to Acropolis. Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister at the time, reported to Ta Nea, a Greek newspaper, in 2021:

“The U.K. government has a firm, long-standing position on the sculptures, which is that they were legally acquired by Lord Elgin under the appropriate laws of the time and have been legally owned by the British Museum’s trustees since their acquisition.”

The Elgin Marbles aren’t the only stolen pieces of history. The Rosetta Stone still resides in the British Museum. It was originally property of France, but in 1801 British troops arrived in Egypt and stole the granodiorite stele amongst other things, according to Matador Network. The Benin Bronzes are also pieces that can be seen in the British Museum that were stolen in 1837. Nigeria has demanded for their history to be returned to them, but the British Museum holds firm on their position to refuse to return the artifacts.

Even the royal jewels, symbolism of the monarch, are stolen themselves. The Koh-i-Noor Diamond, encrusted on the front of The Queen Mother’s Crown, which can be seen on display in the Tower of London. Different groups in India, including the Taliban, have demanded its return to no avail.

The British aren’t the only ones at fault. America has, to no surprise, stolen from indigenous people.

causes uncertainty

BY BRYN FAWN Opinions Editor

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a common childhood disability. However, it does not suddenly disappear once these children hit adulthood. According to the scientific paper, published in 2016, “Hyperactivity Disorder Among Adults and Children of Different Racial and Ethnic Groups” 2.8% of the entire world’s population of adults have ADHD. Many of these children and adults also rely on stimulants to function, one of the most common being Adderall. Yet, the FDA announced Oct. 12 there is a shortage in the drug.

Patients were struggling to get the medication before October, however. Reports of shortages began in the summer, but the FDA did not add the drug to their shortage page until Oct. 12. Teva, a large producer of the medication, reported an increase in demand with a decrease in workforce.

“Although there are other manufacturers, as with most shortages, they can’t simply increase their output and meet the excess demand when the main manufacturer can’t maintain what they are typically able to supply,” Dr. Michael Gano reportHISTORY l A4 ed to Pharmacy Practice News on the matter. “Your

pharmacy may have the drug on the shelf today, but tomorrow when you are allowed to refill it, it may be gone. Anytime a controlled substance is involved with a shortage, there is an additional layer of complication involved.”

While Adderall is not the only stimulant used to treat ADHD, an estimate of 16 million American adults use stimulants according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

These 16 million Americans include those who are addicted and/or abuse the drug while also including those who require the medications to function.

Untreated ADHD can make daily life difficult.

Symptoms include attention difficulties like being unable to focus or focusing too long and unable to move to another matter, hyperactivity and impulsivity according to the Center for Disease Control.

Receiving treatment is also difficult without the shortage, as most stimulants are a controlled substance. That means, patients are unable to refill prescriptions early, and can only receive a month’s dose once every month. Missing dosages can create devastating effects, especially the longer withdrawal goes on.

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November marks Alzheimer’s awareness

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November is full of celebrations and history. It’s the month for the American Thanksgiving, Black Solidarity Day and, of course, Black Friday. However, it is also an awareness month, just like the other months of the year. This November, it is a time to remember and support those who have Alzheimer’s.

Alzheimer’s is often known as a neurological disease that affects the elderly and their memory capacity. While yes, the largest demographic with Alzheimers is 65 and older, according to Alzheimer’s Association, an organization with informational materials on the disease, anyone of any age can be sub-

ject to the disease. It doesn’t just affect memory, either. Alzheimer’s is the most common cause for dementia, but not the only one. Dementia is the slow degradation of memory, being able to form new memories and recall old ones, and can affect behavior.

Alzheimer’s has no cure, but there is treatment. However, the medication can only slow the decay over time. Alzhiemer’s is also not inevitable, and it is not a normal part of aging.

Alzheimer’s Association states on their website: “Scientists believe Alzheimer’s disease prevents parts of a cell’s factory from running well. They are not sure where the trouble starts.

But just like a real factory, backups and breakdowns in one system cause problems in other areas. As damage spreads, cells lose their ability to do their jobs and eventually die, causing irreversible changes in the brain.”

Alzheimer’s Association also releases an annual report of the statistics regarding the disease. The organization’s most recent report shows more than 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s, one in three seniors will die with the disease, fewer than one in five Americans are aware of mild cognitive impairment which can be an early sign of Alzheimer’s

and by 2050 scientists predict that 12.7 million Americans 65 and older will be subject to dementia due to Alzheimer’s.

These statistics demonstrate that the disease will become even more commonplace than it already is, yet the common discussion is silent. There is rarely a space to discuss Alzheimer’s, and doctors are admittedly reluctant to diagnose patients, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. Many patients are often placed into homes if it’s financially viable, or their family members take care of them on their own time. It can be painful to watch a loved one slowly slip from you, as their cherished memories of what and who they love fade away. They can feel “not themselves” as their behavior changes due to dementia. There is undiscussed trauma there.

This month, spare time for your loved ones, especially those that are elderly.

Educate your family, research the options and be prepared if the time ever comes. Donate to organizations such as Alzheimer’s Association to better science and medicine and extend resources for those in need. Wear a purple ribbon, the color for Alzheimer’s awareness. Do not forget those who may struggle to recall your name, or your face, because the love they have for you is still there.

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So many artifacts from several tribes lie in storage boxes beneath the museums, never to see the light of day or to be seen by others.

Museums often also disregard illegitimate paperwork stating the authenticity of ownership of these artifacts in order to purchase them and take them from their native homelands. The Metropolitan Museum of Art had a sarcophagus of a pharaoh that was actually stolen from Egypt and then sold to the states,

Provided by Wiki Commons which the paperwork rePlaster fills missing pieces of the Elgin Marbles in the British Museum. vealed to be illegitimate.

Museums are a great way to learn about one’s history and where we come from, but only when sourced ethically.

Items that are in museums that have no cultural right to own them should return them, allowing for the true owners to see their beauty and history.

The western world has already taken so much from these “third world” nations and forcibly washed them of their culture, there is no need to subject them to more.

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Even one of these symptoms could impair someone’s ability to perform and reduce their quality of life.

SUNY Plattsburgh Students with ADHD commonly have time, note and audio recording accommodations with the Student Accessibility Services.

These might not be enough if these students are dependent on the drug, however. Even with these accommodations, not only will the withdrawal affect students’ ability to succeed, but so will the disability in of itself.

Professors should be mindful of their students who have to face this shortage, especially with little options for students. Changing medications is not always viable, as it can interfere with other medications or cause side effects.

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SALMON Continued from page A1 His presentation at the symposium showed an in-depth look at the excavation projects. Starting in 2012, this has been a long and hard process. There are many steps they have to follow when completing these projects.

First they have to investigate the river to find the exact areas of the major tar problems. Next, they must work with the community and regulatory agencies to design a clean-up plan.

Then, the most difficult part of the clean-up process begins. The workers have to divert the water to expose the till underneath. Then they can begin excavating and cleaning the air from the ground. They have to split the project into three parts. OU-2, which runs from the Broad Street bridge to Bridge Street, has recently been completed and the next phase. OU-3, which will run from Bridge Street into the basin of Lake Champlain, is expected to start in approximately two years.

“I work with the watershed alliance teaching about the river and looking at the different invertebrates in the water to determine the water quality health. Invertebrates can only live in water that is not polluted,” Kayleen Snyder, a graduate student for natural resource and ecology at SUNY Plattsburgh, said. “I get to see the actual effects of the pollutants in the water.”

Salmon restoration projects are also in motion in the Saranac River and Lake Champlain. Within the past five years, an experimental pen-rearing Atlantic salmon has begun in Lake Champlain. Docks with pens that hold the Sebage strain of Atlantic salmon have been set up in Champlain. The effects of releasing these salmon will be seen next year when the Department of Environmental Conservation goes up river to capture and collect samples from salmon.

Biologist Nicole Balk and her team of three that work for the DEC went out to the river Oct. 28 to collect samples. They caught 56 adult salmon in the Saranac, which is quite low compared to the number sampled last year — 85 salmon. These low numbers are cause for concern, and the DEC is going to launch an investigation into the possible causes of this decline in population.

Trout Unlimited has also launched their own project to help increase salmon in the Saranac River. This is a restoration project that focuses on the erosion tearing away at the banks, creating three miles of inhabitable water behind SUNY Plattsburgh’s Memorial Hall, next to the Saranac River Trail. Their plan is to implement JHooks and boulder clusters that will help divert the flow of the river and provide habitat for salmon.

J-Hooks are man-made rock formations that stretch from the bank to the middle of the river at a 20-30 degree angle. These reduce the stress on the bank and increase the stress in the middle of the river. Boulder clusters are used to not only slow down the current and provide hiding cover and velocity refuge for the salmon.

The survey work for this project is still in progress as the first attempt was unsuccessful due to weather. The plan is to get back into the river next week to complete surveying.

Dams that are located throughout the river are also large hindrances to salmon populations in the area.

There are four dams in a three mile stretch from Lake Champlain to Kent Falls.

The first dam being the Imperial Mills Dam. Located 3.1 miles upriver from the Champlain basin, it was built in 1855, effectively cutting off all salmon access to the rest of the river. David Minkoff, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fish biologist, said that a large annual salmon run to the base of the dam, but that raises a lot of questions as to where all those salmon go and where they spawn now.

The next dam, close to a mile up river from Imperial dam is the Indian Rapids Dam. This dam was deliberately breached in the 1950s to allow water to pass through a small gap in the middle freely. This, however, causes just as many problems for the salmon. When the water is low, the salmon can not make the jump over the existing part of the dam and when the water is high, there is a velocity barrier with the amount of water that has to pass through such a small opening. There have been efforts to completely take the dam down, but those have not taken off yet.

The Fredenburgh Dam, located five miles up river from the Saranac, was taken down, however, there are still large parts of debris like steel frames that still litter the water there. This creates unnecessary obstacles for the salmon as well as interfering with the natural stream function.

The dam closest to Kent Falls is the Treadwell Mills Dam. There were different solutions installed at this dam, like a fish ladder that allows fish to bypass the dam and continue up river, but it was never used. The dam removal project that is being launched hopes to tear down all these dams and get rid of the debris, allowing salmon to freely move up and down the river by 2025.

“What happened with the building of dams in the 1800s, we might be able to rectify it,” Mihuc said.

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A collage of photos provided by Diana Cathcart of her and her children.

CARE Continued from page A1 The Cardinal Caregivers are a small group of students, faculty and staff that aims to provide support for those who, like Cathcart and Misra, must balance their obligations to SUNY Plattsburgh with their responsibilities as caregivers to their children or other family.

The idea came to Misra when she was teaching three undergraduate classes in the spring of 2021, while still based in Seattle. Misra said her students were struggling. At least one of them was a mother. At the time, Misra herself was pregnant with her third child. “[Academic spaces] act as if we don’t have lives,” Misra said. “We don’t have family, we don’t have people to look after.”

Misra contacted Michelle Cromwell, the vice president of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the time, who said the topic was “something that would resonate with a lot of people,” and that it was worth starting a conversation on it.

The “genesis” of the group was a discussion titled “Working women’s challenges as caregivers and mothers” held March 8, 2021 — International Women’s Day, Misra said.

Also part of the conversation was Kirsten Isgro, co-editor of the book “Mothers in Academia” and assistant professor of communication studies.

Other people crucial to the Cardinal Caregivers group are assistant professor of communication studies Bridget Haina and teaching department chair Maureen Squires.

“The three of us kind of took the lead to make sure that every semester, we do something, so that we make ourselves visible,” Misra said. “To the administration, of course, but also hopefully to students and faculty and staff that we are here. We are trying to do something.”

In fall 2021, Misra, Haina and Squires sent out a survey “to assess the needs of our campus community when it comes to caregiving.” That semester, Misra was on parental leave, so she could not conduct the survey the way she wanted

to. Nonetheless, she gathered up to 40 responses.

The recurring themes were mental health, lack of support from the system in terms of mental health services and day cares, as well as a lack of recognition of caregiving responsibilities.

This spring, April 22 — Earth Day — the Cardinal Caregivers hosted a family day where faculty could bring their children to campus and participate in art and reading activities. The event gave the group press coverage: an article in Press-Republican and a photo spread in Cardinal Points.

Provost Anne Herzog helped organize the event when Haina approached her asking for support.

“I am aware of this group and the need for supporting caregivers in our community,” Herzog said via email. “I was happy to provide [support] and contacted the President’s Office to see how that office might connect with the parents and visiting children on the day the planners selected. I am the mother of two adult children, and so I have lived the challenges of juggling home and work as well as feeling the stresses of professional responsibilities when you have sick children or some other challenge at home.”

However, Misra feels that the group is “on the margins.” Administration has offered press and PR services to promote the groups activities, and department chairs have allowed faculty and staff to bring their children to the SUNY Plattsburgh for “one particular day.”

“This language — this anti-care language — is really coded in our policy and documents,” Misra said. “We have to check the HR policy that explicitly says you can only bring children to campus with the permission of your supervisor and if it doesn’t impede your work and stuff, so there’s a very clear written clause.”

Not expanding childcare services for students, faculty and staff can be a detriment to the college, Misra said.

“I think it’s doubly difficult for anyone working for institutions of learning such as this because we are also caretakers for our students in many ways,” Misra said. “We care about

our students, right, and so we are constantly torn between our family life, where we are not able to do enough because we have commitments here, and then we come here, and we are not supported enough.

And we are constantly told, ‘Oh my god, we’re struggling, the college is struggling financially, and it’s you guys, you, as the faculty, that needs to make sure that our enrollments are high.’ So it’s kind of a lose-lose situation.”

Cathcart had not heard of the Cardinal Caregivers support group before, but sees value in a support group for caregivers, especially those who, like her, are single parents.

“I can say that as a single mom on campus, I currently don’t know any other single moms on campus, although I’m sure they exist,” Cathcart said. “It would be nice to be part of something where I can connect with other single parents who are in a similar position as me, because it can be very isolating and stressful at times.”

Misra noted that the state allocated money for some SUNY campuses to fund childcare services for students and staff.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Oct. 18 a state investment of $10.8 million to be distributed across SUNY campuses to improve childcare services. Of that amount, $7.6 million will go to the six SUNY campuses with the greatest demand for childcare services. SUNY Plattsburgh is not one of them, but will receive about $71,820 from the pie to spend on childcare services, Director of Budget and Financial Reporting Magen Renadette said.

“I think everybody deserves a quality education, and I think that higher [education] institutions should absolutely do everything they possibly can to accommodate all of the people who attend their schools, even if they themselves do not understand from personal experience,” Cathcart said. “You just have to find a way to work with people, even if it presents challenges or inconveniences for you.”

Cathcart suggested “any type of childcare support”: groups of parents or volunteers together to lead an art activity on campus. Engag-

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ing with parent groups in Plattsburgh can be useful as well, Cathcart said. She also proposed the possibility of engaging students of various majors to work with children for credit or public service hours, especially those in education programs, one of the largest programs at SUNY Plattsburgh. Cathcart noted that her babysitters are all “grateful” to be gaining experience working with her children.

“I’m sure there’s probably a lot of hoops to jump through with that regard, and it’s not as easy as maybe I’m making it out to be, but I do think there’s a lot to say for providing care or opportunities that people don’t have to pay for necessarily, but then also benefit the college community in ways that support their education, too,” Cathcart said.

Another outlet the Cardinal Caregivers are interested in is hosting support groups for parents and caretakers of elderly family members for them to exchange experiences — a need demonstrated by some responses to Misra’s survey sent out a year ago.

“We’re trying to push mainly for very doable action items, like what can the college and administration do immediately to ensure that we have spaces where, as caregivers, we have mental health support, counseling and also actual support for care, and specifically childcare,” Misra said.

The struggle of caregivers in academia is an intersectional topic — one that Misra will be speaking about with Squires and Haina on Black Solidarity Day Monday, Nov. 7. The session is called “But Who Cares about the Caregivers? Discussing Intersectional Challenges of Mothering and Caregiving in Academia and Forging Future Pathways,” held at 9 a.m. in the Angell College Center’s Cardinal Lounge.

“I think that there is value in bringing people together who are experiencing similar things, because it’s not easy to work and to be a good care provider and also to go to school full- or even parttime,” Cathcart said. “It’s just not easy.”

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This Week in Photos: Dia De Los Muertos Paint and Sip Photos by Bryn Fawn

Above: Thais Marie guided students to build the base for their painting. Marie demonstrated what to draw as guidelines.

Above: Students paint at Fuerza’s event Nov. 2 in the H.U.B. in celebration of Dia de los Muertos, also know as Day of the Dead.

Above: Students work on their paintings. The Day of the Dead is a two-day holiday that reunites the living and the dead. Families create offerings to honor their departed family members. The offerings are believed to encourage visits from the Land of the Dead as the departed souls hear their prayers, smell their foods and join the celebrations.

Below: All participants joined together to pose with their paintings from the event.

Above: A participant smiles, showing off the painting of the evening.

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Men’s soccer beats Hawks, loses in semifinals

BY COLLIN BOLEBRUCH Associate Sports Editor

The sixth seeded Plattsburgh Cardinals men’s soccer team (8-7-3) won against the third seeded New Paltz Hawks (9-5-3) 3-2 Oct. 29 in the first round of the SUNYAC Playoffs. The game was Plattsburgh’s first appearance and win in the tournament since 2019.

Plattsburgh midfielders Brian Coughlan, Dylan Shalvey and Cole Weiner scored one goal each.

Coughlan had the lone assist of the game. Goalkeeper Teddy Healy saved six shots and allowed two goals for a .750 save percentage.

Sophomores Coughlan and Healy and junior Shalvey all shared their first playoff experience against New Paltz. Healy said there were nerves “at the beginning,” but seeing friends on New Paltz calmed him down “a lot.” Coughlan gave credit to older players for their mentorship.

“It was exciting to play in the first playoff game, but hopefully there’s many more to come and the older kids are pretty good leaders about everything,” Coughlan said.

Midfielder and senior Christian Garner played in Plattsburgh’s last playoff game in 2019 and had some advice to share with some of the playoff-inexperienced Cardinals.

“I talked to some of the younger guys and told them, ‘Just treat it like any other game but with a little bit more intensity. Just go in there like it’s your last game and play as hard as you can. At the end of the day, just give it all you got,’” Garner said.

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The men’s soccer team celebrates after a goal. The team qualified for a playoff berth this year, its first since 2019.

Joseph DiPreta was responsible for both of the Hawks’ scores, putting in two unassisted goals.

Goalkeeper Christian Micheli allowed three goals and saved four, recording a .571 save percentage.

The Hawks out-shot the Cardinals with eight on goal to its seven. Four New Paltz players took shots on goal, led by defender Tim Kane with four. Plattsburgh had six players take shots on goal. Midfielder John Hayes had two shots on goal and was the only Cardinal with multiple attempts.

The win ends a threeweek streak without a conference win for Plattsburgh.

The Cardinals played the Hawks at home Sept. 21 and lost 0-1. Plattsburgh beat just two SUNYAC teams in the regular season, the Geneseo Knights and the Oswego Lakers.

The Cardinals’ playoff status was put into question by a two-game slide

with losses against the Oneonta Red Dragons and the Fredonia Blue Devils.

Plattsburgh’s last conference game of the season was a 2-2 tie against the Buffalo State Bengals in Buffalo Oct. 22.

The tie netted the Cardinals one point in the SUNYAC standings. Plattsburgh needed Oneonta to beat Fredonia and New Paltz to beat Oswego. Both scenarios happened, and New Paltz punched Plattsburgh’s ticket to the playoffs.

The Cardinals knew it deserved to be in the tournament. Healy didn’t think the results of the New Paltz game “was an upset at all,” adding that he thinks Plattsburgh is “the best team in the league.” Coughlan shared a similar sentiment.

“100% [agree]. I mean, I think we had a couple bad results during the season.

But other than that, we knew the quality of the team and we didn’t want

to view it as such a favored game toward the other team,” Coughlan said.

Plattsburgh quickly sent its message to New Paltz.

Shalvey scored just over seven minutes into the match, assisted by Coughlan. Multiple New Paltz attempts to answer were fruitless, including three shots and two corner kicks.

Weiner scored to increase the lead to two. The Hawks substituted five players, took a corner kick and attempted three shots over the next 15 minutes.

None of its seven first-half efforts resulted in a score.

“It felt easier, in all honesty, to defend them.

The way we set up during practice, we set up in a deeper formation and we all worked together, we were all on the same page, we knew what we wanted to do going into the game and then it was all about executing it,” Garner said.

Plattsburgh attributes its

success to a new style of play it adapted for the game.

“We were maybe a bit more compact and a little bit more defensively oriented, I would say. We tried to make New Paltz be the team with a protagonist in the game and tried to make them open up,” Head Coach Chris Taylor said. “We felt the more we did that the more we create spaces to attack quickly and that’s the way it turned out. We had a game plan in the first half and I don’t want to say it worked to perfection, but it wasn’t far off.”

Coughlan scored Plattsburgh’s last goal with seven minutes left in the half. The 3-0 lead was one of four times this season the Cardinals held a lead of three or more points. Plattsburgh was unable to find the same success for the rest of the game, not scoring again over six shots.

Two New Paltz goals in the second half were not

enough to match Plattsburgh’s total. Healy saved a potential game-tying goal with less than five minutes left in the match.

“Honestly, second half, we were under the gun.

We were backs to the wall under so much pressure, probably the most pressure we’ve faced all season,” Taylor said. “That’s when the game plan went out the window, and it became all about the guys and their heart and their character and their desire. I was just so proud to watch them.”

The Cardinals advanced to the semifinals in Oneonta to play the Red Dragons.

Oneonta beat Plattsburgh 0-1 less than a month before the playoffs began.

The Cardinals felt it was up for the Red Dragons’ challenge without distraction.

“We expected to win that game [against New Paltz], we expected to be in playoffs and we expect to win playoff games. That’s just who we are,” Taylor said.

“People are going to be excited about it but we’ve got a lot of work to do to play another excellent opponent.

We’re excited about that.”

Healy agreed that the team was confident and had a chance to win.

“There’s no doubt in our minds that we can beat them. We know it’s going to be a tough game, but that’s what we want.

It’s playoffs,” Healy said.

Plattsburgh lost to Oneonta in the semifinals 0-2 Nov. 2. The loss marks five straight losses to the Red Dragons and its fourth straight playoff loss to the SUNYAC rival.

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High hopes for women’s hockey Men’s basketball looks to rebound

BY LIAM SAMPLE Sports Editor

Despite finishing third in the country, it still felt like a disappointing end to last season for the No. 3 Plattsburgh women’s ice hockey team.

The Cardinals begin its 2022-2023 regular season today, playing the Morrisville Mustangs on the road at 4 p.m. It will play the Mustangs again tomorrow at 1 p.m., with both games counting toward the conference season.

“The message certainly is unfinished business,” Assistant Coach Julia Duquette said. “The goal is to always be contending for a national championship every year.”

Duquette enters her fourth season as Assistant Coach. The team’s head coach, Kevin Houle, begins his 20th season at the helm.

After the pandemic caused the cancellation of the 2020 national playoffs and the 2020-2021 season, last year was the Cardinals true chance to repeat as national champions.

The team won the championship in 2019, being the fifth title in six years dating back to 2014.

Plattsburgh put together a spectacular regular season last year, finishing 222-1. The Cardinals faced its biggest setback in the Cardinal/Panther Classic, the team’s tournament at home.

It lost to the Endicott College Gulls in overtime to start the

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Graduate student Sara Krauseneck (25) and junior Mae Olshansky (18) set up for the puck. tournament and fell again in extra time to the Elmira College Soaring Eagles.

The team rallied, going on to beat Elmira 4-3 two weeks later and went 16-0-1 to finish the regular season.

“We ran into a lot of adversity last year in a lot of places and we did the best we could with it,” graduate student goaltender Ashley Davis said. “This year we’re more prepared. We learned a lot from those experiences and we have a new perspective on things.”

In the North Eastern Women’s Hockey League Playoffs, Plattsburgh began with a 8-0 win over the Potsdam Bears to advance to the championship round. The Cardinals took on the Cortland Red Dragons at home with these

teams tying previously in the regular season.

After regulation, the game was tied 3-3. Less than a minute into overtime, Nicole Unsworth scored a dramatic breakaway goal for the team’s ninth straight season winning its conference. The win advanced Plattsburgh to the National Playoffs.

In the NCAA Quarterfinals, the Cardinals took down the Colby College Mules 3-2 in overtime, with graduate student Annie Katonka scoring the golden goal to send the team to the Final Four.

Plattsburgh went on to lose to the Gustavus Adolphus Gusties 1-5 in the national semifinals before beating Elmira to finish in third place nationally.

“Everybody’s always gunning for us,” captain and graduate student Sara Krauseneck said.

“Knowing that and that we did get taken out in the final four, it definitely leaves us a bit bitter.”

Plattsburgh had a busy offseason, as the team graduated Katonka and Erin McArdle, who both were CCM/AHCA First Team All-Americans. Katonka led all of Division III in goals last year with 34 and is second in program history in career goals.

“Annie [Katonka] put up a lot of points, no getting around that, but I think it’s going to be a very team oriented game,” Junior forward Mae Olshansky said.

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There’s no debating the fact that the 2021-2022 season was not one that the Plattsburgh men’s basketball team will look back on fondly, posting a 2-23 season. However, the Cardinals don’t have any plans to be an easy win for anyone this season.

A young team has become a little older, a little stronger and a little hungrier. Coach Mike Blaine and the team are looking to make some waves in this brand-new season. No better place to start than in its home opener Tuesday, Nov. 8 against rival Clarkson University.

From the outside looking in, it may seem like last season was a total bust and couldn’t have possibly had positives to it. However, Blaine doesn’t see it that way.

“Last year was helpful for our guys,” Blaine said.

“They got to see what it takes to be successful in the SUNYAC and record aside, it showed us that we aren’t as far away as it may look from the outside.”

Last season, the Cardinals were competitive in the majority of their games despite what their record says. 12 of their losses were within 13 points difference or less.

The regular season had some tough losses.

The offseason had some

tough ones as well.

The Cardinals lost its vocal leader and senior guard, Marlon Todd. Todd was the only graduate of what was a team littered with young players. Sophomore Franklin Infante is one of those young players who is ready to take strides forward this season.

“My individual expectations are to do whatever I am asked to do to help my team win,” Infante said.

“Whatever it takes to help this program win games this year, I’m willing to do.”

Infante finished with a solid first year season stat line posting eight points a game, 3.1 rebounds, two assists, and was second on the team in steals per game with 1.5.

“I’m looking forward to the bond my teammates and I build through the ups and downs of the season,” Infante said.“Whether we are talking before, during or after practice, the times we have together are always special.”

Senior forward Sheriff Conteh shared similar sentiments regarding the team and its’ bond for this upcoming season.

“The chemistry is very different this year,” Conteh said. “We chill and watch basketball and football and just get to know each other better.”

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MBB Continued from page B1 Conteh will be one of three seniors on the team this season and plans on being a leader this year for his younger teammates and lead by example.

“I’m looking to lead vocally and do what my teammates need me to do,” Conteh said. “Whether that’s on the offensive end or the defensive end I’m going to do what it takes to win.”

Kevin Tabb and Erik Salo are two returning starters

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Tabb finished the season averaging 16.6 points per game and 2.2 assists.

Salo had 14.0 points and a team-leading 8.2 rebounds per game. Infante is the other returning starter from last season and was top five in scoring on the team.

The Cardinals added two recruits to the team, Ankush Malhotra and Anthony Williams Jr. Williams’ father, Anthony Williams, is second all-time in career points for the program. He led Plattsburgh to three

consecutive SUNYAC Titles from 2006-2008 and was inducted into the Plattsburgh Athletics Hall of Fame last year.

“We’re still young but we’re getting better and improving every day,” Blaine said. “If we can figure out our details and stay focused on us, the big picture stuff will fall into place.”

Infante put it best when he spoke on behalf of the team saying, “We’re ready to win some games.”

Scoreboard

Schedule/Results Standings Men’s Soccer

Men’s Hockey

Men’s Soccer

Women’s Hockey

School Cortland Oneonta New Paltz Brockport Geneseo Plattsburgh Buffalo State Oswego Fredonia Potsdam

10/22 2-2 tie @ Buffalo St.* 10/28 2-2 tie @ Plymouth St. 10/25 0-3 loss @ St.Lawrence10/29 5-0 win @ Castleton 10/29 3-2 win @ New Paltz* 11/4 @ Oswego @ 7 p.m.* 11/2 0-2 loss @ Oneonta* 11/5 @ Cortland @ 7 p.m.*

Women’s Soccer

10/19 2-2 tie @ Union 11/4 @ Morrisville @ 4 p.m.* 10/22 4-0 win vs. Buffalo St.* 11/5 @ Morrisville @ 1 p.m.* 10/25 4-0 win vs. Canton 11/11 vs. Potsdam @ 3 p.m.* 10/29 0-1 loss vs. Oswego* 11/12 @ Potsdam @ 2 p.m.*

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10/29 Men placed 6th of 10 @ SUNYAC Championship* 10/29 Women placed 6th of 10 @ SUNYAC Championship* 11/12 @ Mideast Region Championships @11 a.m./12 p.m.

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Cardinal Stats Men’s Soccer

Women’s Soccer

Goals

Brian Coughlan 8 John Hayes 5 Juan Velez 4

Assists

Brian Coughlan T-3

10 2

Save Percentage Marcial Vasquez Teddy Healy

.900 .725

Goals

Allison Seidman Kirsten Villemaire Nora Fitzgerald

Assists

Kirsten Villemaire Allison Seidman Nora Fitzgerald

Save Percentage Julia Ennis Lauren Haley

7 7 4

Goals

Matt Araujo T-5

2 1

Assists

Paul Bryer Bennett Stockdale T-6

2 2 1

Save Percentage Jacob Hearne Kyle Alavery

1.000 .929

Digs

Payton Zophy Shannon Fitzpatrick Madison Bolinger

Assists

Emma Rivers Kyleigh Ganz Payton Zophy

Digs

Payton Zophy Shannon Fitzpatrick Madison Bolinger

Women’s Soccer School Cortland Geneseo New Paltz Plattsburgh Oswego Brockport Potsdam Oneonta Buffalo State Fredonia

SUNYAC 8-0-1 7-1-1 6-2-1 5-3-1 3-3-3 5-9-3 3-5-1 2-6-1 1-6-2 0-7-2

Record 13-1-3 11-4-2 11-4-2 11-6-2 9-6-4 5-9-3 7-9-1 4-9-2 6-7-3 2-9-5

Men’s Hockey

7 4 3 .833 .810

Men’s Hockey Volleyball

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SUNYAC Record 6-1-2 12-5-2 6-2-1 13-2-2 6-2-1 9-5-3 6-2-1 9-3-6 3-3-3 9-5-4 2-4-3 8-8-3 2-5-2 4-8-5 2-5-2 5-8-2 2-5-2 4-9-3 0-6-3 5-8-4

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The men’s and women’s socccer team participated in the annual SAAC Trunk or Treat.

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School Brockport Buffalo State Cortland Fredonia Geneseo Morrisville Oswego Plattsburgh Potsdam

SUNYAC Record 0-0-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 3-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-1-0

Volleyball 236 165 135 345 307 32 236 165 135

School Cortland Brockport New Paltz Geneseo Oswego Buffalo State Fredonia Oneonta Potsdam Plattsburgh

SUNYAC Record 9-0 19-5 8-1 19-7 8-2 21-3 6-3 11-9 5-4 17-10 4-6 12-12 2-7 4-20 2-7 11-14 2-7 15-13 0-9 7-16

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Athlete Quote of the Week “[I] just close my eyes and shoot nowadays” - Graduate student defenseman Matt Araujo after scoring two goals in the first period against Castleton University

SAAC hosts Trunk or Treat

BY LIAM SAMPLE Sports Editor

It is natural to get caught up in student-athletes’ work on the field, ice, track or court, but we often forget the work they do off of it. This work was seen recently, when Plattsburgh’s Student Athlete-Advisory Committee hosted Trunk or Treat Oct. 30 at the Field House Athletic Complex.

Athletes, in trunks of vehicles, lined the parking lot as members of the community were welcomed. Kids from across Plattsburgh came in costume and received candy from the athletes as they went from trunk to trunk.

“For us, we like the community service. We want to make sure we’re involved in the community because so many people from the community support us athletes,” SAAC Co-President and volleyball defensive specialist Lily White said.

This event was oversaw by three faculty advisors, Tennis Coach Kelci Henn, Volleyball Coach Kelsea Healis, and Women’s Lacrosse Coach Kelly Wall.

Henn said it was the athletes who “planned it themselves.”

“It’s nice to be an adviser, but I think it’s even better to see our athletes come together and plan these events all on their own and get their teams to show up,” Henn said. “As coaches, we can say ‘hey, show up at this time,’ but they encourage each other to get here.”

Every team had its own trunks, which had unique decorations and costumes. The

men’s hockey, basketball and soccer teams dressed in jerseys.

The basketball team brought a mini-basketball hoop for the attendees to shoot on.

The women’s soccer team donned Dr. Seuss costumes, with most of the players looking like Thing 1 and Thing 2 and graduate student Allison Seidman being the Cat in the Hat. The women’s lacrosse team decorated its trunk with spider webs and hay, while the softball team went for a “jungle” theme, dressing in different cat headbands.

The tennis team was the sweetest of the bunch, wearing different colored M&M shirts, while the cross country and track and field team dressed as “Despicable Me” characters. The women’s basketball team sported pajama pants, with senior Kara Oartman holding a sign that stated “PJ Party with Women’s Basketball.”

This event brought an opportunity for many of the teams to come together and bond with each other. All throughout the day, athletes were visiting other trunks and interacting with players from other teams.

“It’s nice because a lot of the time, we’re all [in] different seasons so we don’t get to interact with one another,” junior sprinter, jumper and SAAC CoPresident Michaela Schaffer said.

“These events allow us to meet each other, get to know one another, and just have fun and give back to the community.”

Healis also spoke of the importance of having the athletes come together to organize and put to-

gether an event like this.

“It’s good for them. It means a lot for them to be able to be together and [for] them to know what it means to be a part of a department and to be a part of a community,” Healis said.

Along with members of the community, many well-known figures in Plattsburgh Athletics attended with their children.

Men’s soccer coach Chris Taylor, men’s basketball coach Mike Blaine, track and field coach Andrew Krug, among others were in attendance. Along with coaches, former women’s soccer player and Plattsburgh Hall of Fame Member Gena(Rosenbaum)Trombley brought her three children to the event.

By being a student-athlete, the effort off the field can be just as important as on the field. Many of the athletes at the event enjoyed helping out the community.

“For me personally, this is why I do it. This is why we all do it. All these people are going to be in the stands, so might as well be good guys and help out,” sophomore hockey forward Luk Jirousek said. “Definitely met a lot of funny kids, made me laugh.”

The men’s hockey team had just finished back to back road games and traveled back from Castleton University late the previous evening. Many members of the team attended despite the busy weekend.

“I think that you get a lot out of it and it’s good to build those relationships with people around the town,” junior hockey forward Bennett Stockdale said.

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Sophomore hockey forward Luk Jirousek hands out candy.

Similar to the hockey team, the men’s soccer team played a win or go home playoff game in New Paltz the prior afternoon.

After traveling back home, the team was still happy to be a part of the event.

“It’s always nice to give back to the people that come and watch us and support us,” graduate student soccer midfielder Trey Ekert said. “Giving back to them in our community service and spending some of our time and our schedule during our season to still be part [of the community] as the team.”

White said seeing the smiles on the kids face, she “holds personal” to her heart.

White and Schaffer said the SAAC has many different events planned, including an Easter egg hunt in the spring and a “giving tree” event for the holiday seasons. Details for upcoming events will be posted on the SAAC Instagram page, @plattsburgh_saac.

“One of the reasons to come to Plattsburgh was because we knew we got a lot of community support from the town,” senior hockey forward Brendan Young said. “It’s nice to come here, give some candy out and give some time back to them.”

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Friday, Nov. 4, 2022

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Graduate student Allison Seidman (left photo) shoots past junior defender Gillian Groth (8). Sophomore Lauren Haley (right photo) takes a goal kick playing in her 13th game this year.

Women’s soccer eliminated in tragic fashion

BY LIAM SAMPLE Sports Editor

Heartbreaking is an understatement to describe the end of the Plattsburgh women’s soccer season.

The Cardinals fell to the fifth seeded Oswego Lakers (9-5-4) 0-1 after two overtime periods at home in the first round of the SUNYAC Playoffs.

“It still feels not real,” graduate student Allison Seidman said. “Playing for this many years and now it just being done, it’s just a very difficult pill to swallow.”

Plattsburgh finished its 2022 campaign with a 116-2 total record and has not won a playoff game since 2019.

The Cardinals entered the playoffs as the fourth seed, which awarded a home playoff game. Plattsburgh entered the playoffs on a five game conference winning streak, with one of those wins being against Oswego Oct. 8, by a score of 2-0.

The nerves were apparent for both sides, as no shots were registered until nearly the 20th minute. Both teams would head into halftime with a scoreless deadlock and only six shots combined between the teams.

“We started off slower [in] the first half,” junior Nora Fitzgerald said. “So going into the second half, we were like ‘we’re going to forget about that half, move on and play better.’”

In between the posts, this game was a battle of young goaltenders. Sophomore Perri Anderson came into the game with a 8-5-4 record and a 1.03 goals allowed average. Anderson is in her first year at Oswego, after transferring from Pace University.

For the Cardinals, sophomore Lauren Haley made the start, coming in with a 8-2-1 record and a .91 Goals Allowed Average.

The second half saw much more offense between the teams. Oswego had many chances to try

WHKY Continued from page B1 “Everybody is going to have to do their part to get there.”

Krauseneck and Duquette said that it will fall on a combination of the returners, alongside the underclassman and transfers to help fill Katonka’s impact on the scoresheet.

McArdle is the all time program leader in points among defenders, tallying 26 last year. Graduate student and assistant captain Sierra Benjamin played alongside McArdle for three seasons.

“It’s going to be different finding someone and creating rhythm with them,” Benjamin said. “I believe in our defense and I’ll be able to play with anyone, they’ll be able to play with me and I think it will all be good.

Definitely missing Erin [McArdle] a little bit on the ice.”

Plattsburgh is welcoming seven first-years and two transfers to the team.

“We’ve got underclassmen that are here and willing to work and to buy into everything that Cardinal Hockey is,” Duquette said.

Krauseneck says this influx of new players will help out with the team’s depth and Olshansky said that they bring a lot of energy.

On offense, the team has 16 forwards, with 12 returning players from last season. These include Krauseneck, Olshansky, junior Rivers Morris, graduate student and assistant captain Holly Schmelzer, sophomore Riley Calhoun, senior Tatem Cheney, senior Ivy Boric, Unsworth, sophomore Bridget Orr,

to go ahead, with one of its biggest coming off a Cardinal foul. Sophomore Emma Rechtrovic was awarded a direct pick from the penalty arc, which she attempted to put in the top corner of the net. Haley punched the ball out of the air, as she finished the half with five clutch saves.

Plattsburgh had its opportunities too, graduate student Kirsten Villemaire had two shots in the last 10 minutes alone, one of which was on goal and got saved.

Fitzgerald had four shots of her own, but could not convert. Ninety minutes would not be enough between the two rivals, and the game went to overtime. The overtime rules for Division III are two 10 minute periods, with no “golden goal.”

“I feel like I worked hard,” Fitzgerald said.

“I obviously would have loved to finish some of my opportunities, but I didn’t leave the field regretting

junior Jordan Kowalski and sophomore Lily Stumm.

Krauseneck had 21 goals and 34 assists last season, the most assists in a single season in program history. Unsworth was third on the team in goals with 20, while Boric put up 47 points last year. Olshansky had the most goals among players in their first year with 14 in 29 games.

Senior Julia Masotta and junior Ciara Wall transferred to the team from Norwich University and the University of New Hampshire respectively. Wall had seven points in 36 games played, while Masotta had 26 points in 23 games last season.

Alongside the experienced players, the offense has two first years, Emma McLean and Grace Yarkosky. Krauseneck said that the forward core is “deep this year.”

“I think that it’s going to be a tough offense to face really.

I think we got it all, I’d say it’s well rounded,” Krauseneck said.

“We got a lot of depth that we might not have had last year and I think we’ll have a lot of contributions from all lines.”

On the other side of the ice, the defensive core saw some change, with only four players from last year’s squad on the roster. Benjamin, senior and assistant captain Kendall Wasik, sophomore Mattie Norton and senior Mack Emery are the tenured pieces of the defensive core.

Benjamin made the 2021-2022 CCM/ACHA All-American Second Team, having 22 points in 29 games.

Wasik led the team in blocks with 56 and had the highest plus/minus last year among returning defenders. Norton tallied 28 points last season, the highest point total between the Cardinal defenders.

MSOC Continued from page B1 Coughlan led Plattsburgh with three shots on goal, followed by two attempts by midfielder Rocky Bujaj and single attempts from four other Cardinals. Healy recorded his career high in goals saved

anything or feeling like I didn’t give it my all.”

Villemaire and Seidman, who scored against Oswego in the game earlier in the season, both registered shots on goals in the first two and a half minutes of overtime. Anderson didn’t crack, saving both.

The Lakers laid the fatal blow 10 seconds before the 95-minute mark when Oswego drew a corner kick. Rather than putting the ball right into the penalty area, the Lakers completed a short lateral pass and then sent it on net. Graduate student Graisa Madden was there for the deflection to break the shutout and put Oswego 15 minutes from an underdog win.

“Once they scored, physically we were exhausted, but mentally, I was like, ‘What the heck?

How are we going to bounce back,’” Villemaire said. “It was just because it was overtime that it made it seem so much more unreal to score.”

The team added four new pieces to the defense, Aizah Thompson, Francesca Caterina, Taya Balfour and Su-An Cho. Duquette, a former defender for the Cardinals, mentioned that the team “lost a lot defensively” over the offseason. However, Duquette said the new defenders bring a lot to the table for the team.

“We’re definitely younger, but I think that’ll work in our benefit. We have a lot of teaching to do,” Benjamin said. “[The newcomers] are very skilled, they’re really fast. We have more of an offensive-defenseman mindset this year.”

All three goalies on the team last year returned this season. Davis, senior Chloe Beaubien and senior Lilla Nease will hold it down in between the posts this season.

“It’s not too often where you see three upperclassmen goalies,” Davis said. “We’ve all had a fair amount of playing time in the past. I think you’ll see us compete hard for that [starting] spot.”

Both Beaubien and Davis played in 14 games last season, with Beaubien starting one more game. Davis had a 1.54 goals allowed average and a 9-1-1 record, while Beaubien had a 1.67 goals allowed average for a 12-1-0 record. Beaubien began the playoffs as the starter until the loss to Gustavus Adolphus, where Davis came in and played the final 37 minutes of the game.

Nease appeared in seven games last season and started the third place game against Elmira, making 18 saves for the final Plattsburgh win of the season. She finished her junior season with a 5-1-0 record.

Davis spoke of the team’s addition of Kassi Abbott as the goal-

with eight for a .800 save percentage.

Oneonta forwards Lucas Fecci and Joe Holder scored unassisted once each.

Goalkeeper Nate Hanna out-dueled Healy, saving nine goals with a perfect 1.000 save percentage.

The match was scoreless for its first 60 minutes. Sixteen total shots blanked before Holder broke the silence. Plattsburgh searched for an equalizer, shooting four times over the last 30 minutes. Fecci’s goal with three minutes remaining was

The goal effectively killed the Cardinals momentum, as Plattsburgh did not register a shot in the remainder of overtime. As the final whistle blew, the Lakers celebrated on the field, while Plattsburgh’s players walked off in dismay.

“The whole game was weird. There was just a weird, different energy that I couldn’t really describe,” Seidman said.

“We should have done better, we should have had that game.”

Fitzgerald spoke of how “in the blink of an eye” the season was over and the upsetting feeling that followed the game.

This was the final appearance for the team’s three graduate students, Spear, Seidman and Villemaire, and four seniors, Nicole Kingley, Julia Ennis, Anna McDuffie and Kieren Ritter.

Oswego, who is coached

by Plattsburgh Athletic Hall of Famer Brian McGrane, went on to lose in double OT

tending coach for this season.

Abbott played for the team from 2015-2019 and was a first-team All American. According to Davis, Abbott has conducted “office mental toughness training” this season for the goalies, along with on-ice work.

“It’s really exciting to have her back on the team and helping out,” Davis said. “That’ll be a new feature for our team and super helpful for the goaltending department specifically.”

The team began its 2022-2023 season with two exhibition games, against the Division I Saint Micheals’ Purple Knights, winning 2-1 on the road and 6-0 in front of a home crowd, where the team scored two goals in the first minute of the game. These games were in back to back days.

The schedule is sprinkled with tough competition, including a game against the Norwich University Cadets at home Nov. 15.

One of the biggest tournaments of the season, the Busters Cardinal/Panther Classic, will take place at home Nov. 26 to Nov. 27. The Cardinals will begin by taking on the No. 7 University of Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons. Following this game, the team will either play a consolation or championship match against No. 4 Elmira or No. 1 Middlebury Panthers, the reigning National Champions.

The team will play in another tournament, the Norwich EastWest Hockey Classic Dec. 10 and 11. It will first be matched up with No. 4 Elmira, before playing in a consolation or championship game against the No. 10 Norwich or No. 11 Adrian Bulldogs. Plattsburgh won this tournament last season and will be the last

the dagger that secured Oneonta’s win.

The Cardinals ended its season with an overall record of 8-8-3 for an even .500 win percentage. Plattsburgh qualified for the SUNYAC tournament in three out of Taylor’s four seasons with the team.

Despite the playoff appearance, Plattsburgh’s win percentage declined from 2021’s .531 mark. Its two SUNYAC wins in 2022 is its least since 1989, when only four conference games were played.

“We had a little bit of a disappointing

to the Cortland Red Dragons in the SUNYAC semi-finals.

Plattsburgh’s head coach, Whitney Frary, led the team a resilient regular season and to the playoffs in her first season at the helm. With the team’s two leading scorers, Seidman and Villemaire, graduating, Frary will be tested this offseason and into next season.

Seidman said that with her and Villemaire leaving, it will give other players the chance to step up.

“I said this after the game, ‘this is a very talented group we have, but people just need to step up and honestly realize that they’re here for a reason,”’ Seidman said. “‘If they don’t want to put in the work and do what they need to do, then honestly don’t be here.

It’s a privilege to be on this team.”’

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games before winter break.

The Cardinals will return Jan. 10 against the No. 1 Middlebury Panthers on the road, a huge matchup. It will return home Jan. 13 for a weekend series against the Oswego Lakers. Plattsburgh plays Cortland at home Feb. 3 and Feb. 4 and finishes its season at Buffalo State on Feb. 18, taking on the Bengals. The team’s last home regular season game comes Feb. 10 against the Canton Kangaroos. Duquette says Plattsburgh will bring “team speed” and play “more disciplined” than last year. It begins the season ranked as the third highest team in the country.

Duquette said the ranking is where the Cardinals should be and it isn’t something the team “harps on.” She added that the team doesn’t talk or call attention to the national rankings and “doesn’t know if our girls are aware that the preseason polls came out.”

“We’re here to play the next game and to win the next battle,” Duquette said.

Going into the season, Plattsburgh has qualified for nine straight national semifinals and looks to extend the streak on top of going after the eighth national championship in the program’s history. The team’s home opener takes place Nov. 11 at 3 p.m against the Potsdam Bears.

“Everyone really wants to take what we believe is ours with the national championship,” Olshansky said. “We all [are] determined to make that happen this year.”

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regular season at times. We spoke after the Brockport conference game, which was a little earlier in the season,” Taylor said. “We said, ‘Get ourselves in [to the playoffs].’ That’s all that matters. It doesn’t matter how we get ourselves in, and we can be a team that moves forward.”

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Strand takes on Plattsburgh production

BY KIYANNA NOEL Staff Writer

The SUNY Plattsburgh Departments of Music & Theatre presents “9 to 5 The Musical,” based on the 1980s movie starring Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin.

It will be held at the Strands Center for the Arts Nov. 10-12 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 13 at 2 p.m. General admission tickets are $15 and available for purchase at the Strands Center for the Arts website.

The stage directors are Julia Devine and Beth Glover. The music director is Pam Lavin, conductor is Daniel Gordon and choreographer is Kathy Koester.

In a press release, Devine said: “The story of ‘9 to 5’ still resonates today. We like to call this musical a form of ‘comedic activism.’ We may have made strides in the workplace but we still have more work to do.”

In light of Roe v. Wade being overturned, there will be a discussion after Friday evening’s performance on women’s rights in the workplace. It’s a collaboration with the Gender and Women’s Studies department at SUNY Plattsburgh.

“9 to 5” is a comedy that explores the life of three women — Violet Newstead, Doralee Rhodes and Judy Bernly — who work for egotistical Franklin Hart, and try to find their place in the workroom. The three leads devise a plan to trap their boss and eliminate the sexism created in a hostile work environment.

Musical Theatre Minor and senior Reg

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Sutphen who plays Violet in the musical explains her role and her own process when it came to auditioning for Violet.

“I am so about like worker’s rights and I love everything that this show is about. Is it really goofy? Yes, but it does talk about

how women are treated in the workplace.

Violet really just spoke to me and I really was like this is who I’m meant to play and this is who I’m meant to portray and I want to tell her story,” Sutphen said.

Theater major first-year Mirren Guzzio

plays Judy Bernly and explains how she feels connected to her character.

“I really liked the message that the show wanted to get across, and I think even though the original movie is getting pretty old now, the things in the show are so relevant, maybe even more so now than they were back then,” Guzzio said.

“As far as Judy Bernly specifically, I find that I always end up getting roles in places that are very reflective of where I am in my life at that moment. And I think as a freshman in college, it’s pretty cool to play someone who starts out as a really shy character and has to come out of their shell and be their own person.”

Graduate student Bella Anderson, a childhood and special education major with a theatre minor, plays Roz Keith.

“Roz’s story really isn’t that helpful to the entirety of the movement behind the show. She’s really I guess comedic relief,” Anderson said. “But she does side with the man which is unfortunate. But, I think it’s still important to show that there are people who don’t necessarily support the cause at first, but as long as you keep trying and going for it they might see that they did mess up and turn over a new leaf. Because by the end she does come around in her own way.”

Tickets are available at https://tinyurl. com/4z28v3dw. If you are a group of 10 or more, call the Strand at 518-563-1604.

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Dining Ambassadors serve students

BY MCKENNA BRAZIE Contributor

Dining services play an important role here on campus at SUNY Plattsburgh, more than many people realize. Not only does dining provide food as fuel for students, but it also creates a fun atmosphere for friends, groups and events.

This semester, a novel program was created within dining services to enhance the students’ experience on campus. This new role allowed certain current students to become Dining Ambassadors, the liaison between students and the people behind the scenes at dining.

The Dining Ambassadors have many tasks, such as polling students to see what they want to see at dining halls, what food or offer works well or what doesn’t. The ambassadors also are active on social media, posting about dining events or highlighting all the food offered.

“The Dining Ambassador program was created to fill the gap between dining staff and students,” Dining Ambassador Grace Ewing said. “The dining staff really care about the students and truly want everyone to feel at home on campus.”

All the current ambassadors are full-time students living on campus — they are the voice of the majority student population. Having this role allows Ewing to relay what the students are searching for in dining halls.

The Dining Ambassadors, as well as posting on their personal social media accounts, also partake in monthly Instagram takeovers for the Plattsburgh Dining account. On these takeover dates, students can follow ambassadors throughout the day and

discover special offers, new meal ideas and more across campus.

The Ambassadors also meet with other dining representatives on campus, such as the school nutritionist, Sarah Yandow. Together, they are spreading the word about Vegan Awareness Month this November.

“We have all these vegan options on campus, it’s just not well advertised,” Yandow said.

Following this idea, vegan-centered social media posts are planned for the future. Vegan events are also planned on campus, such as vegan smoothies appearing in Clinton this November.

They are also planning more social media posts promoting vegan options on campus.

Students on campus are encouraged to download the mobile app Boost, which allows them to pre-order food for mobile pickup without waiting in lines. Locations with the Boost option include Tim Hortons, Einstein’s Bagel Bros, Sundowner and Kent Cafe.

Bygone dining events this semester seem to foreshadow more events to come. One such past event was the successful Fall Festi-ful at Clinton this October. The main dining hall was filled with students, professors, dining staff and the Ambassadors. Dining employees from other venues such as Kent Cafe were also present.

Students enjoyed outside games such as giant Jenga and cornhole, as well as Do-It-Yourself s’mores, free apple cider and donuts. Inside, an array of fall-theme food was available. Besides the meal, pumpkin painting was popular with students all around. The accompanying DJ and photo booth truly made the Fes-

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ti-ful a wonderful experience outside the normal school day.

Another popular oncampus event was the Farmers’ Market, where local small businesses sold goods in Amity plaza, alongside the school bakery. Also present was the school’s Garden Club, giving free kale chips.

Many students were surprised to learn that the kale was grown on-campus, and baked by one of SUNY Plattsburgh’s chefs.

The school bakery sold donuts, cookies and breads, all house made, as well as gave away free samples. The ambassadors and other dining employees were also present to promote Dining Services.

“These events provide students with opportunities to participate in community centered events to support those around them beyond campus life,” Dining Ambassador Lindsey Connor said.

Students can look for-

ward to more future dining events and limited time offers, such as special Thanksgiving-theme food and events, vegan smoothies, sushi bowls and a hot cocoa bar.

Students interested in sharing ideas for future dining events are encouraged to reach out to the Dining Ambassadors, at their Instagram accounts: Lindsey Connor, @linz_ conn19, Grace Ewing, @ gracieheartstheater, McKenna Brazie @macdaddy_

brazie, Plattsburgh Dining @plattsburgh_dining.

Dining is a vital part of campus life. Feeding students, employing students and giving students a place or event to relax and enjoy the college atmosphere is important to all campus life. With the help of the dining ambassadors, dining can make these experiences even better throughout the semester.

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The “9 to 5: The Musical” cast prepares to sing their first song.

Friday, Nov. 4, 2022

Photo provided by Dwayne Butchino

The cast of “9 to 5: The Musical” previewed a few songs in Krompvotz Recital Hall.

Gallery Concert previews musical

BY KENNEDY TAVARES Staff Writer

Students in SUNY Plattsburgh’s Music and Theater department banded together to put on a Friday Gallery Concert Oct. 28, to preview the department’s upcoming retention of “9 to 5: The Musical!”

The Friday Gallery Concerts, which are typically held in the Myers building, were moved to the Krompvotz Recital Hall in Hawkins Hall due to renovations.

The gallery concerts have been going on for over a decade and were created to give students the much needed experience with their stage performance.

“9 to 5” is an iconic 80s musical that supports the feminist movement by celebrating working women. Starring, Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, and Lily Tomlin, the film follows three women

who seek revenge on their sexist and discriminatory boss.

At Friday’s Galley Concert, the cast was present and performed two popular songs from the musical. “9 to 5” and “Around Here” were both originally performed by Dolly Parton. The music and theater department is set to premiere “9 to 5” from Nov. 10 to Nov. 13, at the Strand Theater.

Performing Arts Coordinator Dwayne Butchino had a helping hand in preparing for the concert.

“A lot of the time the students have been preparing for a couple of years,” Butchino said.

“This is part of the repertoire for things going forward. Some of our students have been prepping work since freshman year.”

The concert featured solo performances by students Charlotte Stevens, Brynn Walsh, Georgia Becker and Cody Gool-

LASER JAM Continued from page B6 Displayed on the planetarium’s dome was an orange screen, the bottom lined with a spooky forest filled with spiders in the trees, bats flying in the air and jack-olanterns floating across the ceiling.

Then, the room began to darken as the images above started to fade. A sound as if a door was creaking open and footsteps marching around the room as the introduction to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.”

The words that jumped out of the ceiling, written in a sharp, red and white font, read “Fright Light,” indicating the beginning of the show.

The hour-long program featured many well-known songs, including “The Monster Mash,” “Godzilla” and “The Purple People Eater.” Laser images spread across

ey. Alumni Ryan Mahony was a guest pianist.

While Friday Gallery Concerts are typically on a smaller scale than other productions from the department, the audience takeaway is still huge.

“We want the audience to see and appreciate the hard work the music department puts in and showcase the amazing job of the students,” Dwayne said.

Many students were in attendance, getting a chance to see a glimpse of a show they might not be able to attend at the Strand.

Some students were attending in hopes of being more involved in the campus community.

“I really enjoyed the show.

The talent was unreal and being able to have that breath control is amazing. It’s my last year but I’m making it a mission to go to all the department shows,” senior Kermisha Felix said.

the curved screen, illustrating the stories that were told through the music.

Later in the show, horror movie characters, such as Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger, accompanied by their theme song and their story told through the flashing lights.

The presentation ended with popular songs, like “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” and “Frankenstein.”

The show was put together by the North Country Planetarium staff. This staff is made up by Director Lisa Beth Kissner and students from various backgrounds and majors.

One student, Zahra Burroughs, said that she has been a member of the staff for close to a month now. Learning how all the planetarium equipment works takes a lot of time and practice, therefore, Burrough’s contribution is selling tickets for right now, but she hopes to be doing much more soon.

Stevens, a senior majoring in music and music & arts management with a minor in public relations, performed two solos at the concert. It included the German song, “Das Verlassne,” and “Didn’t I See This Movie” from the American musical “Next to Normal.”

Stevens believes the Friday Gallery Concerts are necessary to showcase student talent.

“Showcasing student talent is important because it allows those students to gain performance experience that helps them grow as a musician. It allows them to gain confidence in their own abilities and learn how to perform in different venues which will help them as music professionals in the future,” Stevens said.

Becker, a senior vocalist, was another soloist at last Friday’s gallery concert. Becker performed

This is a completely student run organization, besides the director. They support the local astronomy club and courses here at Plattsburgh.

With COVID-19, the last show presented at the planetarium was in February 2020.

After the campus re-opened, the planetarium was only used for astronomy classes.

This summer they hosted workshops for local school programs and alumni events.

The staff has begun a soft opening of the planetarium after the shut down and that started with the events that have taken place in October. The events within the last month have been the first time that the planetarium has been open to the general public for shows since the shut down.

Planning a show like this is no easy feat.

Kissner said, “This show, I would say, just the planetarium part, like the machinery, probably took around 8-10 hours. The decorations and everything else they did, I would put another 15 hours on that.”

“Bel piacere” from Agrippina and “Someone to Watch Over Me” from the musical “O’Kay.” “Students want to share what they have been working on throughout the semester. Other than studio classes [kids who do voice lessons perform for each other] we don’t really have other opportunities to perform so when we have things like gallery concerts it is really fun,” Becker said.

As the fall semester continues, SUNY Plattsburgh’s music department is in the midst of preparing for its upcoming shows. The department will put on “Soulful Christmas” Nov. 19, String Ensemble Nov. 30, Symphonic Band Concert Dec. 2 and Champlain Valley Voices Dec. 4.

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It paid off, however, for the community that came to enjoy the laser light show.

One family that attended was Holly Kusalonis, an employee at SUNY Plattsburgh in the expeditionary studies program, and her family of four.

Kusalonis said, “I thought it was great,” followed by the agreement of her children. They particularly enjoyed the music that was played.

The North Country Planetarium staff has planned several other events that will take place in the first weekend of November. They are also in the midst of planning their first astronomy related show in the near future as well. More information about these shows or the planetarium in general can be found next to the planetarium offices in Hudson Hall.

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June 21 - July 22

The Four of Crystals card represents thinking logically and reevaluating your choices. You may want to focus on the best decision logically for the next step in your life.

The Two of Crystals card represents being strong and level headed. Try to keep a steady mind this week and remember there is nothing wrong with keeping your eyes on the prize.

The Five of Cups card represents delusion and disappointment. You may have been led to believe one situation or scenario, but the opposite may be your reality.

The Death card represents something in your life finally coming to an end. This may mean death to feelings, a situation, or a person. Understand this isn’t happening to you, but for you.

LEO

VIRGO

July 23 - August 22

August 23 - September 22

The Two of Worlds card represents reflection and vision. Try to take a step back from your day to day life to get a new perspective on a certain situation.

The Chariot card represents moving on in life onto greater things and overcoming different challenges. You may be experiencing new growth and find new security in who you are.

LIBRA September 23 - October 22

The Nine of Worlds card represents completion and getting the fruits of your labor. You may have a full circle moment in your life and be rewarded for your hard work.

SCORPIO October 23 - November 21

The Woman of Worlds card represents preservation of tradition or life.

You may find yourself working to keep a dynamic strong or outdoors connecting with the environment.

SAGITTARIUS

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

November 22 - December 21

December 22 - January 19

January 20 - February 18

February 19 - March 20

The Child of Crystals card represents learning and exploring new things.

Don’t be afraid to venture into the unknown, it may surprise you.

The Balance card represents having a cause and effect occurrence in your life. Realize that you are not overreacting, you are just reacting to your own feelings.

The Six of Worlds card represents teamwork and cooperation. It may be difficult at first to come together, but once those energies are combined it will be smooth sailing.

The Tower card represents cleansing your being and not allowing yourself to burn with negative thoughts. Life may be tough, but remember not to be consumed by negativity.

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Arts & Culture Editor Sydney Hakes

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ARTS & CULTURE

Friday, Nov. 4, 2022

Laser show illuminates Platts planetarium

BY JESSICA LANDMAN Staff Writer

The small hallway in Hawkins Hall leading to the planetarium was decked out in the Halloween spirit for Fright Night Laser Light Show at SUNY Plattsburgh’s planetarium.

Fake spiderwebs covered the walls and the small statues dressed up like skeletons and witches. The alcove of the waiting room to the left had a photo wall set up with spiders in spider webs framing the purple background.

At the end of the hallway, there was an open door leading into another dark hallway. At the entrance were skeletons and gravestones, a red light was emitting from somewhere just beyond the sight line of the doorway.

The inside of the planetarium was no different, sharing the same spooky spirit as the outside. Small statues surrounded the room representing different Halloween characters, such as a mummy and a witch. Sat in the first two seats of both the rows were miniature blowup astronauts.

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