Issue 8

‘Inclusion benefits everyone’

BY ALEKSANDRA SIDOROVA News Editor

Black Solidarity Day originated as a day of pro test, observed annually on the Monday before Election Day. At SUNY Plattsburgh, it was a day of unity, learn ing and celebration.

Vice President for Di versity, Equity and Inclu sion Allison Heard said the positive energy sur rounding the day stuck

out to her.

“So many times, when you talk about diversity, equity, inclusion, affirming life, affirming Black lives, people get pissed off,” Heard said. “And yesterday, what I felt was the energy: the sun was shining, the weather was uncharacter istically nice, people were happy, they were excited.”

Students, faculty, staff and off-campus guests could choose from 55 lec

tures, discussions, pre sentations, workshops and film viewings to at tend from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7. Students and faculty alike volun teered to organize ses sions on intersectional topics, addressing issues not just of race, but dis ability, caregiving, work, education, faith, repro ductive rights, media and others. Besides the break out sessions, there were

the kickoff event at 8 a.m., lunch activities and per formances at Amitie Plaza and a keynote featuring Nicky Hylton-Patterson, director of the Adirondack Diversity Initiative.

“It was a day that we all came together, regardless of race,” said Osamuy imen Omorogbe-Akpata, treasurer of the Student Association. “It was a day of unity for me.”

While Black Solidarity

Day itself can be traced to the activist and former pro fessor at SUNY Old West bury in 1969, its roots in Plattsburgh start from the 59th legislation of the SA, when its student-led efforts succeeded in adding the day to the academic calen dar in March. The current legislation continued its predecessors’ work by mak ing events accessible to stu dents. For two months, the SA worked with the Black

Solidarity Day Steering Committee to plan, orga nize and bring the event to students in order for the day not to be a “halfcelebration,” SA President Taiba Azeem said.

Learn more about Black Solidarity Day at SUNY Plattsburgh with a time line of events on A5.

$770,000 goes to programs

BY ALEKSANDRA SIDOROVA News Editor

SUNY Plattsburgh re ceived $649,009 from New York state to go toward en rollment and student reten tion, academic programs and operational efficiency, President Alexander Enyedi announced Oct. 28. This money is part of a lump sum of $60 million to be distributed across the state.

such as Student Support Services, Student Acces sibility Services and the Educational Opportunity, Cardinal Achievement and Honors programs.

“So where do you fit in?

Cardinals fly to Chicago

BY JESSICA LANDMAN Staff Writer

Four members of the SUNY Plattsburgh chapter of the Collegiate Entre preneurs Organization at tended the organization’s “Frame Your Future” con ference in Chicago from Oct. 28 to Oct. 30.

The “Frame Your Fu ture” conference featured keynote speakers such as Jason Feifer, editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine; Rebecca White, a former president of national and global non-profit organiza tions, and Cary Singleton, founder of Singleton Foun dation for Financial Litera cy and Entrepreneurship.

Founder and President of Plattsburgh’s CEO club Vladamiere Perry, a senior with a double major in en trepreneurship and busi ness, attended the confer ence hoping to learn more about starting his own business and how to be successful in his career. He left with much more. He made great connec tions and advanced his LinkedIn account as well as learning the ins and outs of the field.

“It’s a great way to meet the other presidents, the other people involved with the CEO, learn how to de velop the club further and gain entrepreneurial skills all around,” Perry said.

Perry was especially

excited to participate in many of the chances to win money to put to ward his business. Platts burgh’s CEO club partici pated in the national pitch competition. Being only a few out roughly 700 pitch es, they did not advance to further rounds, but the experience for them was rewarding. The winner of this competition would re ceive $20,000.

There was also an es ports competition for a business startup that the students would be able to participate in to win $10,000, if they were the top performer. Perry said he stayed on the leader board for about an hour.

Also featured at the

event were networking opportunities with com panies that would attend the conference and set up a table. The goal of these businesses was to promote entrepreneurial mindsets and give away money.

Perry founded one of CEO’s 250 chapters across the United States in Feb ruary together with Nan cy Church, distinguished service professor of mar keting and entrepreneur ship, because he is pas sionate about creating opportunities for his fel low students and learn ing more about becoming an entrepreneur.

An additional $125,000 has been allocated to sup port diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Funds allocated for diversity, equity and inclusion will be used for initiatives to support women, BIPOC students and students in need of support. Allison Heard, vice president for Diversity, Equity and In clusion, said targeted sup port initiatives are aimed at the “middle student” — a student who is not enrolled in any programs that would provide them with additional resources,

Right in the middle. You are the student that’s most likely to be rendered invis ible,” Heard said. “You are a person who has a higher chance of possibly leaving.” These resources can manifest as a check-in with Multicultural Coach Travis Gorham or more ac cessible opportunities to leave campus, but Heard’s goal is creating a “whole support network” for the “middle student.”

Another proposed ini tiative is the Academic Di versity Officers program, where students would be recruited as ambassadors to the schools within the college to serve as a liaison between the office of diver sity, equity and inclusion.

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Sukhpreet Kaur and Mrudangi Trivedi represent the Plattsburgh chapter of their club at a conference in Chicago.

Nov. 3

University Police stopped a car because its head lights weren’t on, but ended up arresting the driver because their license was suspended.

Nov. 4

A male was reported to be tearing down signs and chasing people in front of Memorial Hall. The second time this occurred, in front of Whiteface Hall, the suspect was arrested.

Nov. 4

UP discovered a student had cannabis and a pro hibited weapon, a gel soft gun, while assisting in a room check.

Nov. 9

Spray-paint graffiti was reported on the Myers Fine Arts building.

Weekly Meme

SA passes first resolution

The Student Associa tion Senate approved the 60th legislation’s first resolution, on the topic environmental sustain ability Wednesday, Nov. 3. Additionally, the SA granted a total of $3,041 to two new clubs, one of which has not yet held its first general meeting.

At the start of its meet ing, the SA intended to fill a new position — As sociate Justice on the Stu dent Court. However, the candidate withdrew, their representative said. This resulted in a unanimous disapproval of the candi date to the position.

Then came the ques tions of funding. APOSA, the newly-instilled SUNY Plattsburgh chapter of Apostolic Church Interna tional, asked for $1,400 — a sum reduced from its initial request of $2,000. The funds would go to a banquet to be held Nov. 19 with the goal of introduc ing students to APOSA.

Senators asked a series of questions about the purpose of the event. The club representative said 60 people are expected to at tend, including an emcee, instrumentalists and guest

speakers. The banquet aligns with the club’s goal of providing students with resources and guidance in areas of mental health, career and finance, the representative said. Other “enticements,” as Senator William Donlon said in his question to the representa tive, include food, student dance club performances and singing.

Senators had numer ous other concerns: the timing of the event falling on the weekend before Thanksgiving break, the total lack of general club meetings throughout the semester and the means by which the club intends to “keep awareness” during Thanksgiving and winter breaks. The club represen tative said APOSA’s eboard considered all of these is sues and is prepared to face them.

The SA approved the funding in a 13-2 decision.

The other $1,641 was re quested by Fuerza: Black and Latinx Student Union, to finance a trip to Albany for all 12 of Fuerza’s eboard members. The members would attend Fuerza Night hosted at University at Al bany, an event gathering Fuerza chapters across multiple colleges in the United States. The money

would cover gas, hotel ac commodation and tickets to Fuerza Night. The trip would allow SUNY Platts burgh’s chapter of Fuerza to interact with members of other chapters, exchange ideas and coordinate their values and missions to “be on the same page.”

Senators addressed dis crepancies between the original and newly submit ted paperwork requesting funding, but Fuerza Presi dent Shelby Disla specified the updated information. The cost differences be tween the original request of $2,000 and the amount the SA agreed to grant — $1,641 — was to be used for team bonding activi ties, such as bowling and the viewing of the movie “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” The funding was unanimously approved.

Last on the agenda was the approval of the cur rent legislation’s first reso lution, focused on envi ronmental sustainability.

The resolution, written by SA Vice President Saran Kaba, proposed that the currently optional “green fee” of $3 per semester become mandatory. Other points within the resolu tion included a “sustain ability task force” created in partnership between

the SA and the college ad ministration, as well as the creation of a full-time po sition within the office of Facilities and Operations focused on sustainability initiatives. An SA resolu tion, Adviser Steven Mat thews said, is the “official voice of the SA.”

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The club is currently in its second semester on campus.

Perry has a snack food business that he runs with his friend from the University of Vermont. The idea is to turn insects into healthy and delicious snacks. They have recently acquired a grant that would allow them to further their company and the testing process of their products.

For Perry, entrepreneurship is his ultimate goal. He wants to create his own ideas and start his own busi ness. That is precisely the reason that he went to a con ference in Chicago through the CEO club.

Another attendee of the conference, Mrudangi Purvesh Trivedi, learned quite a bit about business as well. One of the points made by the keynote speaker at the conference really stuck with Trivedi.

“What I learned is to be really honest,” Trivedi said. “A speaker there also told us sitting in front of her that we have to believe in ourselves. That is hard for students to do, but you have to believe.”

Trivedi lived in India for several years and moved to the United States to attend college and create a good life

After the Senate unani mously approved the resolution, it will reach the desks of President Al exander Enyedi, the Presi dent’s Cabinet, the SUNY Plattsburgh College Coun cil, Assistant Vice Presi dent for Facilities and Op erations Tyson Moulton and Associate Professor of Environmental Science Curt Gervich.

“Thank you for agreeing to pass the environmental sustainability resolution,” Kaba said. “It’s been a long time coming.”

for herself. She was never really interested in school or going to college, but her parents wanted her to receive the next level of education.

She chose business because she didn’t really know what she wanted to do, and it seemed like a good option. She realized quickly, however, that she had a fondness for entrepreneurship and business, and it soon became her goal to work high up in a large firm.

When entering this major, she had no idea how to go about starting a business or what to expect when work ing in the business field. This conference allowed her to better understand what the future might look like for her.

She attended the conference to learn more about her major and possible paths for her future. Trivedi is only a freshman, so she has plenty of time to figure out exactly what she wants from her career, but the speakers and events at the conference helped her expand her horizons.

The CEO club offers opportunities like these that help advance the education of students who may be interested in a career related to the field of business or entrepreneurship.

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Sukhpreet Kaur, Mrudangi Trivedi, Nancy Church and Vladamiere Perry enjoy a business lunch.

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Vladamiere Perry and Nancy Church pose with copies of the book “Build for Tomorrow” written by Jason Feifer, editor in chief for Entrepreneurship Magazine.

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Transgender Awareness Week approaches

BY BRYN FAWN Opinions Editor

June may be Pride Month, a celebra tion for anyone who identifies as queer, but November is Transgender Aware ness Month, which includes Transgen der Awareness Week that finishes with the Transgender Day of Remembrance. While transgender individuals may have more rights and liberties than be fore, it is still not where it needs to be.

The current social culture surround ing transgender individuals is hostile and depressing. Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists side with individuals who tend to be misogynistic just to make “safe spaces for real women.” Healthcare for transgender individuals is becoming restricted and more difficult to obtain. The suicide rate is still high, especially for teenage transgender individuals.

The Trevor Project, a nonprofit orga nization to assist LGBT members and youth, states on their website: “LGBT youth are not inherently prone to sui cide risk because of their sexual orienta tion or gender identity but rather placed at higher risk because of how they are mistreated and stigmatized in society.

The Trevor Project’s 2022 National Sur vey on LGBT Youth Mental Health found that 45% of LGBT youth seriously con sidered attempting suicide in the past year, including more than half of trans gender and nonbinary youth.”

Suicide isn’t the single major cause of transgender death, murder is. Trans gender Day of Rememberance, Nov. 20, helps bring awareness to that. Common place activities include holding a vigil for those lost, advocating for transgen der individuals and sharing the names of those lost on social media.

The day’s origins come from Rita Hester, a Black transgender woman

who was killed in 1998. Gwendolyn Ann Smith, a transgender woman and founder of Transgender Day of Re membrance, had never met Hester, but found her story impactful. Hester was only two days away from her 35th birth day when she was killed. Hester loved the night life, going to queer clubs and parties, but also crossing the aisle into cisgender heterosexual spaces. Hester was known by friends and family to be

bold, loving to entertain and perform and her sweetness.

Hester was not the first, and not the last transgender individual killed that year, far from it. According to Human Rights Campaign, 2021 alone saw 57 fatal violence against transgender and gender nonconforming people.

The organization Transgender Europe published to their page on Transgender Day of Remembrance, a total of 4,042

trans and gender-diverse people were reported killed in 80 countries between January 2008 and September 2021.

“It all started one night, when I spoke with a few other transgender people about the murder of Rita Hester in No vember 1998. I talked about how similar the death was to that of Chanelle Pickett just three years before.”

Twitter’s dark future under Elon Musk’s leadership

BY BRYN FAWN Opinions Editor

Elon Musk refuses to keep his name out of the press, no matter the type of publicity. For the last few months, Musk stated he would buy Twitter, pulled out of the agreement, was served a lawsuit by Twitter and finally purchased the social media platform.

Fall flavors underappreciated

BY ROCCO GOLDEN Contributor

Fall is often overlooked when it comes to many of its food staples. These foods are classics in American culture. For some individu als, they look forward to this season to indulge in such delights as pumpkin bread and apple pie.

The absolute definitive food of the fall season is the apple. In and around the North Country, there are many orchards that, dur ing the fall season, always have tons of apples to sell. These apples are some of the best that can be found in the region. New York is the second biggest apple pro ducing state in the country, behind Washington. New York is also home to the largest mcintosh orchard in the world, Chazy Orchards.

According to Apples From New York, an informational website on the propaga tion of apples, New York grows more apple varieties than any other state in the country. Enough apples are

produced each year to make over 500 million apple pies. The apple was also adopted as the state fruit in 1976.

One of the best things about apples is the ver satility. A plain apple is already a delicious and classic treat, but the many dishes made with apples garner the same, if not more prominence.

Apple pie is by far one of the most popular dishes for fall in the North Coun try. Many take for granted the ability to drive to a local orchard and pick apples themselves. Farm fresh apples are far bet ter than store-bought, and the experience itself is enjoyable. Not many people, especially those in larger cities, have such close access to freshly grown, local produce.

While its popularity may not be up there with apples, pumpkin still proves itself enough to be considered a staple in the area. Like apples, pump kins are in season around the area during Septem

ber and October. Another great food during the fall is pumpkin bread. Pump kin bread is similar to ba nana bread, a generally more popular alternative.

The pumpkin itself has a more tourist-like and deco rative reputation, espe cially for the season. While many see the pumpkin as a decoration, its true poten tial can be found in the cu linary department. Baked seeds, pie, cookies, pan cakes and other various foods can be made using pumpkin as an ingredient.

Fall can be overhyped, with individuals looking forward to expensive sea sonal lattes and leaf peep ing. However, the food of this time of year should be appreciated. Food during the fall season is some thing that remains justly rated by the masses. Fall food may not be the most prestigious of all, but it is certainly not the worst.

Nearly the second Musk obtained ownership, Twit ter began its downfall. Musk advertised that Twit ter would be more lenient on censorship. Since ob taining Twitter, the usage of the N-word increased by 500%, according to The Washington Post. The backlash has been insur mountable from both sides. Musk has since changed his Twitter bio to “Twitter Complaint Hotline Opera tor” as of Nov. 11.

Musk also introduced changes to Twitter Blue, Twitter’s paid service. Now Twitter Blue only reduces the ads by half, and gives paying users verification — the blue checkmark. This checkmark used to have to be earned. It was to help Twitter users decipher who was an impersonator and who is a real celebrity or or ganization. Instead, now for $8 a month accounts can be verified. This has led to sev eral “trolls” impersonating celebrities, such as Musk himself, and wreaking hav oc. Some of these accounts have been restricted, which goes against Musk’s free dom of speech mindset.

Twitter Blue has other qualms as well with Musk admitting those that do not pay the subscription will be pushed to the bottom, and only Twitter Blue users will

appear at the top of replies. Users now must pay to be able to be heard on Twitter.

Stephen Gutowski, a jour nalist for CNN who founded The Reload, tweeted: “Elon just compared non-verified accounts going forward to emails in a spam folder.

Sounds like you’ll need to pay for Twitter Blue for people to actually read your tweets. No more of those ‘this site is free’ jokes, folks.”

Those on the right spec trum of U.S. politics tend to side with Musk, and are supportive of the direction he is taking the company.

However, after attending a conference with left-leaning organizations pleading to Musk how his actions could cause harm, conservatives left Musk’s ideas they feared Musk would “pander” to these activists.

Musk also has silenced the voices of workers. In the official announcement, Musk walked around Twit ter Headquarters carrying a sink. The punchline be ing “let that sink in.” Musk then promptly fired several employees. This prompted a class-action lawsuit as

the company failed to pro vide a 60-day notice. Musk has a history of this behav ior. Tesla is known to force fired employees to sign documents so they are un able to discuss their work situation or conditions with others.

This is all in an attempt to profit off of the $44 mil lion purchase, yet, it’s failing. Many advertisers have pulled from Twitter, including L’Oreal. Musk no longer has as many ral lying fans on his side, and those that are, simply re fuse to see any flaw inside the man. Musk has an gered the left and the right, and Twitter has become a sinking ship.

There is no telling how much longer Twitter will survive, or what the future holds for the platform. It is one of the more popular platforms to obtain news, and with the fairly easy abil ity to lie, it’s only a matter of time before misinformation spreads like wildfire.

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Yearly elections are often overshadowed by presidential elections, but they are just as im portant, especially mid terms. Midterm elec tions were held this year Tuesday, Nov. 8. The results of these polls can easily sway the po litical landscape for the remainder of President Joe Biden’s term.

Banners and politi cal ads line the streets of Broad, Cornelia and Route Three asking to “write in” a candidate. Writing in is when a candidate is not on the initial ballot, but voters can write in their name to be counted in the election. This is how presumably thousands of Americans voted for the dead gorilla, Harambe, in the 2016 presidential election.

Joshua Eck, spokes man for Ohio secretary of state, the home state for Harambe, com mented how most of these votes would be rendered invalid.

You aren’t required to physically be there at the polling center to write in names ei ther, as there are ab sentee ballots. Ballots that you mail in to be accounted for. Stu dents can vote in their hometowns with this

method, but any SUNY Plattsburgh student that is eligible may participate in a Clin ton County election.

Manhattanville Col lege published an arti cle which states: “The U.S. Census Bureau considers students to be residents of their college community. Students contribute to the college commu nity in many valuable ways. They work as volunteers in a host of civic organizations, help to create jobs in the community, bol ster the local economy, and pay sales and gas oline taxes.” Manhat tanville College also shared how students can ensure their repre sentation is accounted for in their college town: “If you are con cerned about how you will be treated when submitting your voter registration applica tion in your college community, check with your campus student affairs office, [New York Public In terest Research Group] chapter, or other stu dent organizations involved in political activity. You can also check with the town/ city clerk or the county board of elections.”

Unlike presidents, representatives from the House are re-elected ev ery two years. This term duration leads to the importance of midterm elections. Representa tives are the individu als in Congress who propose federal bills to be presented to the president. Important matters such as bodily autonomy, gay rights, trans rights and anti racist legislature can be hugely affected by representatives in the house and their beliefs.

New York State has 27 representatives within the House. The

entirety of New York and its values fall upon these 27 shoulders. Researching those on your ballot is quintes sential in exercising your right to the full extent. There is also the option to vote for a third party, however third party politicians struggle to establish a foundation in U.S. pol itics and to be elected.

Sheriffs are also up for election or reelec tion this polling sea son. Sheriffs vary by county, with varying responsibilities.

There are other po sitions for election as

well, which is an am ple opportunity to re ally shape Plattsburgh to what you hope and want to see for the future. You, as a stu dent, may not remain here long term, but you do leave an impact for the short duration you do attend college. Make that time count, and vote this election season. If you have not yet done so, regis ter to vote so you can participate in the next election. If you are un able to vote, encourage your friends who can.

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Both were transgender women of col or who lived in Massachusetts, were last seen alive at a neighborhood club and died in mid-November,” Smith wrote in an article published to the Huffington Post.

Smith then founded Transgender Day of Remembrance in 1999. The day is now recognized in the United States, Canada, Australia, Poland, Russia, the Philip pines and South Korea.

“The Transgender Day of Remem brance is not an event for fundraisers and beer busts. It’s not an event we “cel ebrate.” It is not a quick and easy oneday way for organizations to get credit for their support of the transgender commu nity. It’s not something to trot out on the 20th of November and forget about. We should be working every day for all of us, living and dead.” Smith wrote.

Students can do a multitude of things this upcoming Nov. 20. Allies can ampli fy their transgender peer voices,’ share educational material online and in per son and participate in nay events being held that day. Transgender students can share their stories, educate their peers and demand a vigil to be held on cam pus. The use of social media can leave a lasting impact, evident by the “black out” on Instagram for the Black Lives Matter movement.

In the 2021 annual report done by University Police, it was found that “152 students who identified as women,10 students who identified as men, and five students who identified as transgender reported that they were subject to verbal sexual harassment in the prior year.”

Transgender and queer students have many resources on campus. If a hate crime occurs, report it to University Po lice and Title IX. If one witnesses a crime, call 911 and ensure the victim is safe. SUNY Plattsburgh has a LGBTQ+ Re source Committee that can be contacted,

the LGBTQ+ Student Union and LGBTQ+ Peer Support group. Off campus, stu dents can reach out to Adirondack North Country Gender Alliance, the organiza tion that hosts the annual pride in down town Plattsburgh. The organization is run by a transgender woman.

When Nov. 20 comes, take a moment to remember the thousands lost. Thou

sands of bright minds, kind souls and loving hearts were wiped out simply due to hatred. Support local queers, especially transgender youth. Do not forget, say their names.

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A Russian informational poster describing a death of a transgender woman, 2021.

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Officers would work closely with Heard and offer faculty resources such as readings, teach ing strategies and tech nology to create more inclusive spaces within their departments.

“It’s like a flower, it don’t just grow,” Heard said. “You can put it in the ground, but you’ve got to do something to it.”

One of the other initia tives planned is a Racial Justice Summit, which Heard said would in some ways resemble the social justice teach-in held in honor of Black Solidar ity Day Monday, Nov. 7. It would be a day of pro gramming, possibly on a weekend. The sessions would be about advocacy, volunteerism and leader ship, though there will not be as many as there were on Black Solidarity Day. Heard also said she hopes to invite students from other colleges to the event. She also hopes to continue hosting the event in years to come.

However, Heard said she has not done any “legwork” for planning the event yet.

Of the $649,009, $280,000 — 43.4% — will go to enrollment and stu dent retention initiatives. The listing displaying the proposed uses for the money shows initiatives

aimed at gathering and tracking enrollment and retention data, as well as recruiting students from outside the state and abroad. One initia tive specifically focuses on developing educa tional opportunities for prospective students in Vietnam. There will also be efforts to recruit more student athletes and graduate students.

The second-largest sum — $144,159 making up 22.3% of the total awarded — will go toward student services. Three year-long pilot programs are pro posed: peer mentors for Student Support Services, a position for a mental health programming advo cate and a supporting role for the Cardinal Achieve ment Program, which is a program to ease students’ transition from high school to college.

$139,000, or 21.6%, of the money will be invest ed in academic programs. Initiatives are aimed at developing new programs within the next year in areas of high projected regional needs. Money will also be invested in improving existing pro grams, particularly pro ducing an accelerated nursing program to fill the region’s high need for the profession. Other initia tives include professional development and the ad dition of workstations.

The remaining 12.6% of the sum, $81,500, will go toward operational effi

ciencies would be invested in a channel to livestream campus events, updated hardware and software for the Center for Cybersecu rity and Technology and other equipment to be used for promotional materials.

The funding, in addi tion to $2 million of SUNY Plattsburgh’s own funds, will help the college work toward achieving the goals established in Plattsburgh Next, its three-year devel opment plan, Enyedi said in a press release.

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SOLIDARITY

As part of its work, the SA met with the President’s Cabinet and the Faculty Senate to arrange online ver sions of the sessions and encouraged professors to al low their students to attend sessions instead of class. Many professors did just that. Clubs and boards can celed their meetings to give way to the celebration of Black Solidarity Day.

“What happened yesterday was the validation of that hard work,” Azeem said. “We felt that the students would care about this, and yesterday they showed us they care.”

Feedback for the event was mostly positive. Heard said the only criticism she received was that it was dif ficult for some to choose which session to attend, as multiple were held at the same time. At the most re cent SA Senate meeting, Adviser Stephen Matthews re ported that the Black Solidarity Day events were not as well-attended at some other SUNY schools as they were at SUNY Plattsburgh.

“What I saw yesterday was the beginning,” Heard said. “It’s not the end. There’s so much potential, and that really helps me to stay energized and passionate.”

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This Week in Photos: Hockey Season Starts

Photos by Ryan Nista

Above: Forward Paul Bryer (25) smiles back at the camera.

Above: Forward Emma McLean (9) evades Saint Michael’s defenders Oct. 29 at the exhibition match up.

Above: Forward Julia Masotta (7) drives up the rink, looking to pass to a teammate.

Above: Ryan Bonefield (11) takes a shot at the goal. Below: Fowards Joshua Belgrave (10) and Carson Gallagher (28) fight for possession from Castleton defenders.

Women’s hockey sweeps Mustangs

BY COLLIN BOLEBRUCH Associate Sports Editor

The Plattsburgh Cardi nals women’s hockey team (2-0-0) opened its regular season last weekend, beat ing the in-conference Mor risville Mustangs (0-3-1) on the road twice by scores of 6-1 Nov. 4 and 7-1 Nov. 5. The wins mark 83 and 84 consecutive conference games without a loss for the Cardinals, dating back to November 2016.

The introductory regular season games were pref aced by two exhibition games against the Saint Michael’s Purple Knights. Plattsburgh won 2-1 Oct. 28 at Saint Michael’s and 6-0 Oct. 29 in Plattsburgh.

“We were all really ex cited to get on the ice ini tially for even the exhibi tion games,” forward Sara Krauseneck said. “Every one is really excited for that and to get the official game under our belt and get the initial nerves of starting in conference play and our real season.”

Forward Mae Olshansky led Plattsburgh in goals with four over both games, followed by forward Ivy Boric with three. Boric re corded her second career hat trick, netting all three of her scores Nov. 5. De fender Aizah Thompson and forward Julia Masotta added two goals each and defender Sierra Benjamin scored one of their own.

“I think that’s obvious ly a key point every year is trying to get everyone touching the puck, you want as many people that can score as possible,” Olshansky said. “That’s always a good thing. It means you’re probably winning games.”

Krauseneck had the most assists of any Cardi nal with five. Forward Ni cole Unsworth, Olshansky, Benjamin, and Masotta all had multiple assists. Lilla Nease was in the goal for both contests and saved 28 shots, including 17 Nov. 4.

“It’s not just scoring goals. It’s playing valuable minutes, getting that ice time and experience and contributing to the pro gram and to the team in dif ferent ways,” Head Coach Kevin Houle said. “We’re looking forward to how [new players] develop.”

Krauseneck and Un sworth, graduate stu dents, both earned their 100th career point over the weekend. Houle re corded his 450th career win, best for sixth all-time among college women’s ice hockey coaches.

Morrisville forwards Rhys Brown and Allicen Bouchard scored one goal each. Goaltenders Emma Plett and Maggie Jones combined for 100 saves and 13 goals allowed over both contests.

The Cardinals outshot the Mustangs 113-30, but the teams tied in faceoff wins with 55 apiece. Platts burgh scored four goals on power plays to Morris ville’s one. Ten minor pen alties were assigned in cluding four Cardinal and six Mustang violations.

Plattsburgh is now un defeated through nine all-

time meetings with Mor riville, dating back to 2018. The Mustangs joined the Northeast Women’s Hock ey League conference in 2019.

“I don’t think we should take anyone for granted in our league,” Olshansky said. “I think every team in our conference, and honestly every team in the nation, is going to give us their best game, just because we are Cardinal hockey, everyone knows that we’re going to give them our best game.”

The first Plattsburgh goal of the weekend came four minutes into the Nov. 4 game, when Olshansky was assisted by Krauseneck and Benjamin for a powerplay goal. Morrisville re sponded with an equalizer three minutes later.

Women’s basketball enters new season

BY LIAM SAMPLE Sports Editor

It was a streaky 20212022 season for the Platts burgh women’s basketball team, who finished 7-18. The team enters the new season with a new goal, creating relationships on and off the court.

“Last year I think our biggest struggle was team chemistry. This year, the seniors all wanted to come together and just try and make more of a team envi ronment,” senior Hannah Ruberto said. “That’s been really our main focus and just creating good relation ships between our team mates and emphasizing what a team is off the court as much as what a team is on court.”

Head Coach Ben Sar raf, who enters his second season at the helm after spending eight seasons as the assistant coach, said it is clear this team has done work on its own.

“The things that re ally go unnoticed that re ally make a team a team, they’ve done a good job making sure that there’s been a lot of opportunities for the team to get to know each other and spend time together,” Sarraf said.

Sarraf said the message is simple for the season, take it one day at a time and “keep it positive.” He had a busy offseason, bringing in

five first-years, sophomore Izzy Wilbur, who is new to the team and sophomore Bri Brousseau, who trans ferred from Canton.

The team’s forward core consists of six players, se nior Kara Oatman, firstyear Imani Walcott, junior Caitlin Kolesar, senior Han nah Ruberto, senior Misa Dowdell and Brousseau.

Ruberto had the most to tal points among returning forwards with 102 last year. Dowdell finished with 15 blocks last season, second highest on the team.

In terms of guards, the team is running with nine this season, senior Mya Smith, first-year Kortney McCarthy, first-year Silvette Vargas, first-year Jaden Wil son, junior Brinley Inglee, sophomore Koree Stillwell, first-year Kathy PetersonRoss, sophomore Payton Couture and Wilbur.

Couture scored the most total points on the team last year with 271, averaging 10.8 per game and led the team with an average of 6.5 rebounds per game. Smith started every game last sea son and averaged 9.2 points.

Couture said a strength of this team is how it is closer than last season and that the players have built good chemistry. She said she expects players to give it their all this season.

Senior goalkeeper reflects on collegiate career

I don’t know if I’ll ever get that sound out of my head.

With 15 seconds left, I took my final look around the field. From the score board, to the field, to the bench, and to our fans, one final moment to take it all in before the gutwrenching sound of the final whistle.

As an athlete, you know that moment is bound to come, but nothing truly prepares you for it. In a lot of ways, it felt exactly how I imagined it would. Teary eyed and a harsh realiza tion that it’s all over. The hot summer days that were spent training to pass the fitness test, though I un fortunately never did, the long practices, the lock er room that practically turned into a club before walking on the field and, of course, going into battle week after week with my team. The difference, and the part that I never saw coming, was the reason behind all of the emotions.

A few years ago, my fa ther and I took a trip out to Long Island for what would be my final college showcase. I was verbally committed to another school, but had already signed up for the tourna ment so I decided to go. It was there that Frantzy Noze, our former assistant coach, stood alongside the field, in torrential rain, and recruited me.

He insisted that I at least come check out the cam pus before I made my fi nal decision on where I’d begin my college career. Needless to say after com ing to Plattsburgh, meet ing the team and coaching staff and seeing the cul ture that existed here, my

choice was clear.

The three years preced ing that day in Long Island were nothing short of a dream come true. I could talk about every win, ev ery loss and every memory made in between, but this year, my senior year, was like no other. This season, with this team, to put it simply, was special.

In late March, our team was called for an impor tant team meeting. Upon hearing the news that our former head coach Tania Armellino, as well as Noze, would be leaving our pro gram to pursue another coaching position at the University of Bridgeport, a sense of uncertainty sunk in. The vision I had in my mind of what my final sea son would look like got completely shaken. But as I looked around the table that day, I felt a sense of reassurance. I knew that if any group of people could handle a change this big, it was without a doubt, this team. In a text I sent out later that evening, I said: “Tania [Armellino] and

Frantzy [Noze] welcomed all of us into this program and guided us to the place we find ourselves today, and I am extremely thank ful for them and everything they’ve done for us. In say ing that, this team and our goals are not going any where. I have no doubt that this team is capable of not only winning a SUNYAC ti tle, but building a new foun dation for this program. No matter what, have each oth er’s backs, work hard, and focus on what we set out to do, and I have no doubt we will be successful.”

I said it, but the team embodied that message.

As we welcomed our new head coach, Whitney Frary, into our program we were determined to up hold the traditions we’ve set in the past while also opening ourselves to a new perspective — per haps a new system of play and a new mindset toward what success truly means.

Frary unlocked a sense of confidence in each player that stepped on the field everyday, and as a whole,

she instilled a new level of trust in our program, our goals and in each other. She taught us that it doesn’t just take desire to win, it takes hard work, belief, and willingness to step outside of our comfort zone in order to be great. This newfound coaching style was evident at count less different points of the season, whether it was ju nior Zoe Rice scoring an astounding 35-yard goal in one of her first games ever played here at Platts burgh State, or senior Anna McDuffie scoring her first collegiate goal on Senior Day or senior Nicole King sley having the tenacity to score three goals this year after never scoring before. Incredible soccer moments like that not only define the beauty and specialness of the sport, but in our case, define our team’s unique strength, our depth. We bought into the idea that no matter when, no matter the opponent, any of the 19 players that lined our bench could step on the field and elevate the game.

I believe that mindset will not only help this team con tinue to be great, but propel them to a new level of suc cess that this program has never seen before.

On a personal note, this season was certainly filled with some challenges I never saw coming. After 17 years of a healthy career without any injury, besides a few ankle and shoulder tweaks here and there, a strained quad proved to be an obstacle that only time would be able to heal. It goes without saying, time is a valuable thing and prob ably the last thing I wanted to endure during my final season. But, as the season progressed it became more apparent I needed to fill a different role on the team.

I knew I needed to put my individual goals and ambi tions aside, and focus on be ing the teammate and cap tain that this team believed I could be. If I couldn’t be on the field playing, I made a commitment to being the voice and leader that any and everyone could look to at any given moment.

For so long I filled the role of starting goalkeeper, and that was an honor and cer tainly a privilege. But per haps one of the most special things I have witnessed this season is the rise of sopho more goalkeeper Lauren Haley. Haley and I battled day in and day out and chal lenged each other to ensure that no matter who was stepping on the pitch. We would be ready to face any player that stood in front of us. Not only did she rise to the ultimate challenge of SUNYAC play, she did it with poise and confidence, and that can be hard to find in young goalkeepers, espe cially at this level. As I walk away from this team and specifically my position, I leave it in the hands, or gloves, of an individual who has proven to be a fierce competitor with a future that will undeniably be one for the record books.

So maybe that quarterfinal match didn’t go our way, and perhaps we didn’t achieve the goal of winning a SU NYAC Championship, but this team, and this season, meant so much more than a trophy ever could. In a letter I wrote to my mom and dad before Senior Day reflecting on my career, I said:

“From the start win ning was everything, but as I’ve grown up, I’ve learned that isn’t why I play. Yes, champion ships are great, and win ning is a goal, but when I look back on this career, I think of the teammates

I’ve had the privilege to play alongside, the coach es I’ve learned countless lessons from and you my parents who have blessed me with the gift of this sport and didn’t doubt me for a second.”

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Graduate student Nicole Unsworth (20) recorded her 100th career point Nov. 5

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Julia Ennis finishes her career with 43 games played and a 1.19 goals allowed average. Her final record is 23-15-4.

Like I said, winning is a goal, but this career has meant so much more than any win could.

For my final thought, I would like to say thank you.

To my parents, for their endless support and the sacrifices made along the way to make sure my dreams became a reality.

To my coaches, from five years old to now, you’ve taught me lessons and given me tools to navigate life after sports, and I will forever be indebted to you for that.

To Plattsburgh State, thank you for al lowing me to represent you for the past four years. Putting my jersey on and play ing in front of our fans has been one of the greatest honors of my life.

To my fellow seniors and graduate stu dents, what a ride it has been. Kieren Rit

ter, Allison Seidman, Kirsten Villemaire, Sam Spear, Anna McDuffie and Nicole Kingsley, your impact on this program and devotion to greatness has never gone unnoticed. It has been a pleasure to play alongside each and every one of you.

And lastly to my final team, words will never be able to describe the impact this season and each and everyone of you have had on my life. The enthusiasm, commitment to excellence, and overall passion for the game has been both an in spiration and a joy to be a part of.

The sky truly is the limit for this pro gram, and I ask you to keep believing in that, each other, and every goal you set out to achieve. Commit to something ev ery single day, and when it is your turn to hear that final whistle blow, I hope you’re able to say, “I left every field better than the way I found it,” because at the end of the day, that’s what matters most.

Julia Ennis is a senior goalkeeper on the women’s soccer team. This Op-Ed reflects her thoughts on her athletic career.

Schedule/Results

Men’s Hockey Women’s Hockey 11/4 1-5 loss @ Oswego* 11/4 6-1 win @ Morrisville* 11/5 7-2 win @ Cortland* 11/5 7-1 win @ Morrisvile* 11/11 vs. Brockport @ 7* 11/11 vs. Potsdam @ 3* 11/12 vs. Geneseo @ 7* 11/12 @ Potsdam @ 2*

Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball 11/8 76-71 win vs. Clarkson 11/8 61-59 win vs. Clarkson 11/11 @ MCLA @ 2 11/11 vs. Cobleskill @ 5 11/16 vs.St.Lawrence @7:30 11/12 vs. Wesleyan @ 3 11/19 @ Cobleskill @ 1:30 11/16 vs.St. Lawrence @5:30

Cross Country

10/29 Men placed 6th of 10 @ SUNYAC Championship* 10/29 Women placed 6th of 10 @ SUNYAC Championship* 11/12 @ Mideast Region Championships @11/12 * = conference game

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Women’s Hockey

Standings

Men’s Hockey

School SUNYAC Record

Oswego 2-0-0 3-1-0

Brockport 1-0-0 2-1-0

Fredonia 1-0-0 1-3-0

Geneseo 1-0-0 3-1-0 Buffalo State 1-1-0 3-1-0

Cortland 1-1-0 2-1-1

Plattsburgh 1-1-0 2-1-1 Potsdam 0-2-0 0-3-0 Morrisville 0-3-0 1-3-0

Women’s

School SUNYAC Record

Plattsburgh 2-0-0 2-0-0

Potsdam 2-0-0 2-0-0

Canton 1-1-0 2-1-1

Oswego 1-1-0 1-3-0 Cortland 0-0-0 2-0-0 Buffalo State 0-2-0 2-2-0 Morrisville 0-2-0 0-3-1

School SUNYAC Record

Brockport 0-0 0-1

Buffalo State 0-0 0-0

Cortland 0-0 1-0

Fredonia 0-0 0-1 Geneseo 0-0 0-1 New Paltz 0-0 1-1

Oneonta 0-0 1-0 Oswego 0-0 0-0

Plattsburgh 0-0 1-0 Potsdam 0-0 0-0

School SUNYAC Record

Buffalo State 0-0 0-1

Brockport 0-0 0-0

Cortland 0-0 0-1

Fredonia 0-0 1-0 Geneseo 0-0 1-0

I learn last year?,” One of those lessons he said is how important the relationship with his leaders is.

“If you’re out there for 20 minutes, give it your hard est 20 minutes. If you’re only out there for five, give it the hardest five you can,” Cou ture said. “Leave everything on the court.”

Sarraf said it is extremely important this season to be connected with his players. He added that he learned a lot of lessons in his first year, saying “what didn’t

Sarraf emphasized that his seniors have stepped up not only to help him, but to help in building chemistry for the team. He said they have run study halls and made sure the players are on top of their work, along with helping out when re cruits visit campus. He also said that on the court, the team is a bit taller, deeper and more experienced.

Plattsburgh started off its season with a 61-59 win over the Clarkson Golden

Knights at Memorial Hall, fueled by 16 points by Brousseau and 12 by both Smith and Couture.

The team next will host the Cardinal Classic, where the team will play SUNY Cobleskill, and Wesleyan University, with SUNY Pots dam also attending. Four total games will be played over two games at Memorial Hall. Attendance is free for the games, which start to day at 5 p.m. and tomorrow at 1 p.m.

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New Paltz 0-0 1-0 Oneonta 0-0 1-0 Oswego 0-0 1-0 Plattsburgh 0-0 1-0 Potsdam 1-0 0-0

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Men’s basketball takes home opener in nailbiter

BY GARRETT JONES Contributor

In front of a full house, Coach Mike Blaine and the Cardinals went to war with rival Clarkson in what would be a nip and tuck game that the Cardinals won 7671. The Plattsburgh men’s bas ketball team showed there will be no rolling over late in games and that the team is a force to be reckoned with this year.

The first half was all about getting dirty and second chanc es for the Cardinals. A minute and 26 seconds into the game sophomore guard Franklin In fante jumped across the hard wood on defense for a loose ball that would end up going off Clarkson senior guard Ryan Miles-Ferguson.

Minutes later with the score knotted at six a piece, se nior forward Sheriff Conteh would take a crowd-energizing charge. This would lead to an 8-0 Plattsburgh run.

Clarkson didn’t waste much time making up the difference. Going on a 9-0 run of its own, on the backs of senior Blake Gear hart and junior Garret Delany. These two made up for seven of the nine points.

Whether it was getting to the rim for a layup, kicking it out on a drive or banging a three, it didn’t matter, Conteh and senior Myles Jones were doing it all out there in the first half.

“Trusting each other gave us a lot of confidence,” Conteh said. “Executing and staying locked in helped us down the stretch.” Jones and Conteh combined for

15 of the Cardinals 31 points in the first half.

However, Clarkson kept it close to end the half on the shoulders of junior guard Garret Delany, who had 14 of the Clarkson 29 points including two late threes in the half. These points made sure Plattsburgh didn’t end the half with too much momentum.

Coming into the second half Kevin Tabb was zero for three from the field and had more fouls than points.

“In the first half, I wasn’t ag gressive enough coming to the ball,” Tabb said. “But in the sec ond half I had to tell my team I got their back.” Tabb didn’t start the game but he did start the sec

ond half and for good reason.

Tabb’s first five points came in back to back possessions on a pull up a three and then a foul on a nice move, getting to the rim and making both free throws. However, this hot streak would be quickly cooled after Tabb got tagged with his third foul and would be subbed out of the game.

As the second half progressed, the back and forth continued and with seven minutes left in the game it was all knotted up at 56 a piece.

As it got later and later in this one, the Cardinals showed they can make plays in big situations. With just under seven min

utes to go, senior Erik Salo got to the rim and put in a layup on a foul. He would complete the “and one” to put Plattsburgh up three. A few possessions later following a score by Clark son, Salo would hit Tabb for a mid range jumper.

Miles-Ferguson would drop in a layup on the other end for Clark son. However, Salo would be quick to return the favor on the other end by getting to the rim for a layup of his own to put Platts burgh up 63-62 with just over four minutes left in the game.

Gearhart would be the go to guy down the stretch for Clark son. Hitting a jumper and a la yup down the stretch putting

Clarkson up late in an attempt to put away the Cardinals. However, Tabb and the boys wouldn’t go away.

Tabb would have eight points in the last three minutes of play, including a three pointer that would prove to be the dag ger. This came with just over a minute to go in regulation and put the Cardinals up 7368, making it a two possession game for the first time since the 13 minute mark of the second half when the score was 40-45.

Aside from a late game scare when Tabb attempted to grab the ball with his foot on the baseline to give Clarkson a free possession, the Cardi nals closed the door easily on the Golden Knights. The final score would be 76-71 with a clear MVP-level performance by Tabb, who finished with the game with 19 points and seven rebounds coming off the bench.

After the game, Tabb gave much of the credit of the win to the full house crowd.

“It motivated us to go hard because we love to play in front of the Plattsburgh Cardinal crowd,” Tabb said.

Infante added, “There’s a lot to learn from but it feels great to pull the win out to start the season.”

The Cardinals will be travel ing to the Massachusetts Col lege of Liberal Arts to take on the Trail Blazers on Friday, tip off is at 2 p.m. as Plattsburgh will try to pick up another early season win.

“Every team in the nation is going to give us their best game, just because we are Cardinal hockey. Everyone knows we are going to give them our best game.”

- Junior women’s hockey forward Mae Olshansky

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Despite playing for 23 minutes, sophomore Kevin Tabb (1) lead the team with 19 points against Clarkson.

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Payton Couture (33) played 35 minutes against Clarkson, going five for nine from the field.

Men’s hockey splits first conference weekend

BY LIAM SAMPLE Sports Editor

The Plattsburgh men’s hockey team (2-1-1) began its 2022-2023 SUNYAC play on the road by splitting a two game set. The week end started with a 5-1 loss to the No. 10 Oswego Lak ers (3-1-0) Nov. 4 and the team responded with a commanding 7-2 win over Cortland Red Dragons (21-1) Nov. 5.

While the results weren’t ideal, Plattsburgh proved its resilience. Graduate student goaltender Kyle Alaverdy said the team came together after the loss to try to bounce back.

“We said it all day [Sat urday], if we’re going to be a good team, we need to really rebound and play well,” Alaverdy said. “You can’t lose two games in a weekend.”

In Oswego, the team played in front of the “whiteout” crowd, with nearly the entire opposing arena dressed in white. Rather than be intimidated by the environment, some of the players revelled it.

Graduate student cap tain Matt Araujo said that the team doesn’t get to play “in front of a crowd like that too often, no matter what level you’re at.” First year Riley Sutherland said the atmosphere was “pret ty crazy,” and Alaverdy said it was a “cool game to be a part of.”

Plattsburgh struggled

to find its footing against the Lakers, being down three goals after two pe riods. The team hit a roadblock when first-year Ryan Bonfield scored as the second period ex pired, which was taken away due to it not cross ing the goal line in time.

In the third, the Lakers scored another to make it 4-0. Over a minute later, sophomore defender Jack Ring tried to get the Cards back into it with the team’s first conference goal of the year. Sophomore for ward Jake Lanyi led the offense over the blue line, he dished a quick pass to Sutherland who shot it off the goalies pass. Ring rushed the net and put the rebound over the line for his second goal of the year.

Oswego scored one more with eight seconds remaining on the empty net to solidify the 5-1 win. Plattsburgh only had three shots in the first pe riod, but outshot Oswego in the final two periods and finished the game leading 29-20 in shots.

“Overall I thought we had a good game. We showed a lot of character and showed a lot of good things out there,” Araujo said. “We could take good things away from [the game] and learn from that.”

Oswego’s goalie, first year Cal Schell, made his career debut and saved 28. Alaverdy made the start in net, with this game be ing his SUNYAC debut. He

allowed four and saved 15 and said “it wasn’t my best” and will be better when asked upon.

“I need to settle in a little bit and just live in the mo ment and stop pucks,” Ala verdy said. “I know if I just work my tail off, I’m going to put myself in the best position to help the team so that’s what I’m going to do all week.”

Rather than be discour aged by a loss where it outshot a rival and lost by four goals, the Cardinals went into Cortland looking to respond. As a captain, Araujo made the message clear for the team and laid out what the team could have done better.

“The mistakes the night before killed us and that’s how we lost. We beat our selves that night,” Araujo said. “Going into [Cort land], the competition might not be as good, the atmosphere might not be

as good. but we need to take advantage of that. You need to put up five, six goals on these nights and keep them out of our end as much as possible and they responded pretty well.”

The Cardinals took its captain’s message serious ly, as it registered 17 shots just in the first period. The frame was capped off by Lanyi scoring his first goal of the season with 5:14 left in the period.

After that, the Platts burgh offense exploded. Senior forward Adam Tretowicz tallied his first of the season before the halfway point of the sea son. Junior Paul Bryer followed with one of his own less than five min utes later. Cortland got one back towards the end of the period on the pow erplay, but it was quickly responded by one of the highlights of the game, when Sutherland scored

his first collegiate goal.

“[First-year Brannon] But ler made a breakout pass over to [first-year] Ryan Bon field, he made a great play to get around the guy and he just passed it over to me, gave me an easy tap in,” Sutherland said. “I was su per pumped to get my first goal, the guys were great about it and it’s a memory I won’t forget.”

Sutherland said he was able to keep the puck. He was later named SUNYAC Rookie of the Week for hav ing four combined points over the two games.

The third saw more of the same, with junior forward Carson Gallagher netting one before the three minute mark on the powerplay.

Cortland again tried to fight back with a goal over two minutes later, but Bonfield had a moment of his own, scoring his first collegiate goal seven min utes into the period. The game was capped off by Bryer scoring his second of the day, as Plattsburgh finished the weekend with a 7-2 win.

“We came out of the game flying, fixing our mis takes the night before, tak ing advantage of it, learn ing from it,” Araujo said.

Araujo said the young guys “opened themselves up to the team a little bit” and “knocked the elephant out of the room” by getting their first collegiate goals.

Sophomore Jacob Hearne got the start in goal for Plattsburgh and made 26

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it difficult to win.”

By Liam Sample

Plattsburgh’s men’s rugby team fall season came to an end over the weekend, as it lost to SUNY Geneseo’s men’s warthog rugby team at Letchworth Fields Nov. 5. The game had huge implications as the Warthog’s advanced to the Boston Regional, which gives it a chance to advance to the Colle giate Rugby Champion ship in Houston.

The final score of the game was 45-5. While the score appeared a blow out, senior scrum half Mike Barbagallo said it was a close game in the first half and Geneseo brought strong defense. Barbagallo said the team had around 21 penalties throughout the game, making it a tough game for Plattsburgh.

“We actually took a pretty bad loss. It was very close in the first half, we actually dominated possession,” Barbagallo said. “[Geneseo] played very well, [it’s] great de fense paired with our kind of inexperienced penalties really just made

This was the final col legiate game for cap tains Luke Ovadias and Jack Beirne. Barbagallo said that they have been “tremendous assets” to the team and it will “suck to see them go.”

The team will now shift its focus to the spring sea son. In the fall, the game is played with 15 play ers on the field for each team, while in the spring it is seven. Plattsburgh had tremendous success in this format of play, placing third in the Divi sion I club bracket at the National Tournament in New Orleans last season.

“Last year we went to New Orleans, we did very well. This year, I think we’re going to be a lot better honestly. We got some very good young talent,” Barbagallo said.

“I’m not sure how many are going to start on the sevens team, but they’ve been actively learning from all of us and we all just can’t wait.”

If you are interested in joining Plattsburgh Rugby, email mbarb011@platts burgh.edu or reach out to the team’s Instagram, @ plattsburghrugby.

each of the following pe riods for a 6-1 final score.

By Collin Bolebruch

The Plattsburgh Cardi nals’ women’s volleyball season was a step down from last year on paper, but the players walked away with something more important than tempo rary victories. Through the hardships of the season, the Cards walked away with a stronger bond.

The Cardinals finished its season with a 7-16 overall record and a 0-9 conference record. Three of its wins came from the Plattsburgh State Classic, beating the Northern Ver mont University-Johnson Beavers, the SUNY Poly Wildcats and the Elmira Soaring Eagles by a com bined score of 9-2.

The team faced its big gest setback this year when it lost outside hit ter Payton Zophy to in jury. Zophy was held out of eight games. Despite missing time, she ended the season leading the team in digs with 236.

The loss of Zophy hurt the team, but the Cardi nals didn’t submit to its circumstances. Earlier this season, right side Jenn Braun said the injury

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wasn’t an “excuse” to lose and there was still “faith” in the team. Middle hitter Jeannette Ashong said ear lier in the season the team would “win for [Zophy.]”

Braun highlighted the need for the players to push themselves “physi cally” and “mentally” to win. Ashong said building “trust” and “connections” makes each player better.

“The chemistry had its highs and lows, but it even tually turned out for the bet ter. We’re all best friends,” middle hitter Alicia Fisher said. “Our chemistry off the court helped us build chem istry on the court.”

An outside perspective could write this season off as a failure, but the play ers don’t think so. Braun said the team’s “mental strength” is “much stron ger” through difficult sets the team faced.

Setter/right side Kyleigh Ganz, in September, said the team needs to contin ue to “work hard” and un derstand that “things take time.” Fisher said that winning after a tough loss felt “amazing” as a team.

“There were some games that we lost that we still felt good about,” Fisher said. “We lost with dignity.”

By Liam Sample

The Plattsburgh men’s and women’s cross country teams both finished sixth at the SUNYAC Champi onships in Oswego. The men were led by junior Micheal Brock way, sophomore Noah Bonesteel and firstyear Ethan Kahl, who all finished inside the top 50.

The women also had three finishes in the top 50, graduate student Aislyn McDonough, who was the highest finisher among any Cardinal at 23rd, first-year Marissa Colvin and sophomore Sarah Smith.

“It was a tough course but I’m definitely happy where we finished,” Head Coach Jordyn Naylon said. “There’s definitely more in the tank that we have I think moving forward.”

The next step is the NCAA Mideast Regional Championship in St. Lawrence Nov. 12, where the top seven runners on each team compete.

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saves. Alaverdy was thank ful that Hearne was able to come in and play well.

Sutherland also praised Hearne’s performance and described the team’s play as “fiery.” He said the team executed a game plan and a lot of guys stepped up to make plays and score.

Plattsburgh will have its regular season home debut today against the Brock port Golden Eagles (2-10). Brockport made a four goal comeback last season to eliminate the Cardinals from the SUNYAC Playoffs, which the team will be looking for revenge.

The game will be fol lowed by another confer ence matchup against the Geneseo Knights (3-1-0), who are ranked No. 3 na tionally Nov. 12.

Araujo, who will be playing in his final home opener, said there is “some bad blood we’re go ing to have to take care of” with Brockport and Gen eseo is “always a chippy game within itself.”

“You only get to do this once a year, home open er in front of the town,” Araujo said.

“Hopefully the crowd’s alive and they’re enjoying the game and hopefully we can put on a good performance.

I feel pretty good about this weekend.”

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runners currently, all of which will attend with one being an alternate. The men were picked based on times, Nay lon said she wrote all the runner’s times out on the bus home from the SUNYAC Champion ships to help her make the selections.

The top team in Re gionals will automati cally qualify for the Na tional Championships, while a committee will pick the other teams to go from across the country. Some of the top individual runners will qualify on their own for the National Cham pionship, Naylon said there is a chance indi vidual runners on the team could qualify. She pointed at Brockway and Bonesteel as poten tial candidates as long as they “get after it” and “put themselves in the right spot.”

“[The team’s] have been working really hard,” Naylon said. “They’re fit, They just have to believe it in the race, which is the hard est part of running.”

The Cardinals added three goals before the end of the period. Nease saved two shots and Morrisville sent two shots wide of the goal, failing to score before the first horn. The score at the end of the first period was 4-1.

Plattsburgh controlled the ice for the remainder of the game, and Morris ville failed to score again. Nineteen Mustang shots missed the net. The Car dinals added one goal in

“It’s a new team and it’s just the beginning of the season. We’re certainly happy with the start, you know, contributions from a lot of different players, I think that’s what you’re going to see,” Houle said.

“I think we may have a lit tle more depth and a little more speed than last year.”

The Cards didn’t take its foot off the pedal for Nov. 5’s game. Plattsburgh put three goals on the board before Morrisville could re spond. Two of these goals were scored by Boric, on her way to her hat trick. The Cardinals out-shot the

The Mustangs scored its first and only goal of the day with three min utes left in the first pe riod. Plattsburgh smoth ered Morrisville with four goals over the two re maining periods, includ ing Boric’s third of the day. Nease saved eight Mustang shots on the way to a 7-1 Cardinals’ victory.

“We have good control in the offensive zone,” Krauseneck said. “We’ve just got to tidy up things in the [defensive] zone and transitioning into offensive zone. Once we’re there, we’ve had good control and good composure.”

Plattsburgh plays Morris ville again this season, host ing the Mustangs Nov. 19. The Cardinals next matchup comes against the Potsdam Bears (2-0-0) next weekend Nov. 11 at home and Nov. 12 in Potsdam. The teams have faced off 34 times since 2008, and Plattsburgh has won every game.

“We’re still searching for that identity and that leadership,” Houle said. “Looking to see what we’re made out of, each game is a step in that direction, each practice is a step in that direction.”

Boric (19) scored a hat trick against Morrisville

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The team celebrates on the bench. It has a 2-1-1 record.

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Fashion show features student designers

BY KIYANNA NOEL Staff Writer

The Black Student Union hosted BSU weekend at SUNY Plattsburgh. Events included a Wild ‘N Out show Nov. 4 and BSU Fash ion Show Nov. 5. The fash ion show was hosted at Warren Ballroom in the An gell College Center and was

hosted by David Harris and Michael Alston-Johnson.

The designers were 8ight Of Spades, Passé NY, L.E.E.L, K.minitotes and Sovereign society. The show featured perfor mances by JEDI Dance Pro ductions and High Voltage Dance Factory.

The first set of designs was L.E.E.L by Khaleel. He

started his brand in 2019 with the vision of letting people “dress themselves in my merch, so it can speak for itself.” L.E.E.L stands for Levels to Earn ing Every Leaf, which ref erences getting to a new level gets you higher in life and more experience. The clothing brand had a range of options from sweat suits

to shorts and hoodies.

“How many of you think about starting your own clothing brand? When I started my first brand I didn’t think people were going to mess with it be cause I always used to doubt myself because I know it isn’t Supreme or Nike. But when I thought about it I could be Supreme

or Nike one day,” Khaleel said before thanking the audience for attending and showing their support.

The second design was Passé NY which was cre ated in 2020 to bring back looks that may be consid ered outdated and create a new spin on them to show relevance. One of their slo gans is “Crafts Through

Grant promotes environmentalism

BY KIARA MAPP Contributor

The Green Grant, funded by the Green Fee, is awarded every semester to stu dents who submit a proposal on a spe cific idea that can increase the level of sustainability on campus. Students receive assistance with brainstorming ideas, enhancing pitches and polishing their proposals.

The Green Grant surfaced years ago but this was the first time the Campus Com mittee for Environmental Responsibility hosted a Green Grant Shark Tank event.

This was held Nov. 2, in the Cardinal Lounge located in the Angell College Center.

At the opening of the event there was an “icebreaker for the participants to introduce themselves that transi tioned into a presented slideshow with more information regarding the Green Grant,” host Aissatou Lo said.

As the participants learned more about each other and the Green Grant itself, they were broken into groups based on their interests. Interests in cluded “consumer goods, food waste, clean air” and other environmental fac tors that can either be reduced, discard ed or aid in healthier living conditions.

Participants came up with carpooling for students, contributing plastic bot tles for money towards their Cardinal Cash and a need for faculty to clean air vents more often.

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Not only did this event assist with giving participants an understanding of the Green Grant but refreshments and food were pro vided alongside getting students to talk about being environmentally friendly.

Faculty weighed in on the experience as some attended to hear out students’ stand points and students were able to equally understand the staff’s thought process.

There will be a meeting to discuss ev ery participant’s projects — the weak nesses, the strengths, and the next steps that will bring participants’ thoughts to reality Nov. 9 at 1:30 p.m.

After review, all participants and win ners will be contacted. Upon notifica tion to everyone, the winner of up to $8,000 for their campus preservation project will be announced.

As the hosts who made the Green Grant Shark Tank event possible, Lo, Kennedy Tavares and Curt Gervich de sire for this event to be held annually in the future, from here on out they welcome all majors and encourage stu dents to attend this event in the future.

Electronic car gas, the campus garden and bike fixing stations have surfaced around the Plattsburgh community, and as Lo said, “stay aware and do not be afraid to look into more things that we are usually blinded to.”

Colors” because color is what represents the brand the most. The purpose of Passé NY is to create a modernized version of old or forgotten clothes, which was showcased in their buttoned up shirts, scarfs and sweaters.

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Lou Swindle and Kenneth Baez pose back-to-back at the end of the runway.

KIYANNA NOEL/Cardinal Points Phardia Desir and Emmanuel Abankwa in matching Passe NY shirts.

The third designer was K.Minitotes by Kaliyah. Kaliyah has handmade totes since 2020 and has recently been getting into male fashion and creating fanny packs. Kaliyah spoke about the struggles of making each bag and the passion behind it.

“It can be challenging sometimes if I get a lot of orders, but I love what I do and I started it because I have a passion for fashion,” Kaliyah said. Kaliyah’s de signers featured different bag designs, textures and lengths in versatile styles.

The fourth designer was Sovereign society by Shaniah. The meaning be hind Sovereign Society is due to con quering mental health even in struggles you can do what makes you happy and dress confidently.

“No matter what you’re going through you have the power to be successful,” Shaniah said. Through her brand, Shani ah uses her clothes to create a new look using vibrant colors to be expressive.

The final designer was 8ight of Spades by Nick Spade. He considers himself “every trapper’s favorite designer, every designer’s favorite trapper.” His cloth ing brand is sweat suits and shorts in a variety of colors. Spade appreciated the audience for their engagement and en

couraged social media following. Before the night ended there was a game of musical chairs and a best dressed audience member for prize money as well as an intermission to welcome the new members of Zeta Phi Beta at their probate in Amity Plaza.

One-hundred and twenty-two vendors from across the North Country will be in attendance at the fair, selling goods like pottery, quilts, jewelry and decor. Some vendors will include, RaknSak Photog raphy, Ken’s Crafts, Wooly Mamas, Na ture’s Findings and Aunt Jo’s Crafts.

CAS is a non-profit that was created to support SUNY Plattsburgh and its students in 1966. CAS provides scholar ships, program development, campus and community activities.

Catherine Keleher, the executive di rector of CAS, is hoping this event will be a success so CAS can continue to support students.

“The money made at the craft fair is reinvested back into student services, grants, programming and scholarships,” Keleher said. “Although the fair does take a large amount of staff resources to put together, it brings in profit for CAS, which helps us help our students.”

Aside from goods being sold, there is more for attendees to look forward to. Concession stands will be present and serve food at the fair. In addition to typi cal concession fare like nachos and pret zels, Chartwells will be serving salads, wraps, soups and homemade chili.

Nicholas Agoney, director of conferenc es and events for CAS, believes that art is essential for SUNY Plattsburgh students. “Art has been such a driving force dur

ing my time at SUNY Plattsburgh, both as an alum and now an employee. We hope that students venture over to the Field House to check out this event, as it’s a great opportunity for the campus community and locals to bond over a shared passion,” Agoney said.

Project HELP is a student volunteer collective that sets out to provide assis tance to community members. There are 55 student helpers through the program that will be at the fair providing assis tance to guests and vendors.

Aissatou Lo, a student event and mar keting assistant, played a hand in help ing curate the fair.

“The Arts & Crafts fair was always looked forward to before COVID. Stu dents are excited about it this year, and it’s going on at the same time as Open House so some prospective students will be there too which will be nice,” Lo said.

CAS is anticipating that the Arts & Crafts Fair will be a way to unite students as well as the Plattsburgh community.

“We are proud to strengthen the re lationship with the larger Plattsburgh community by providing a platform for local artisans and an exciting event for the surrounding area,” Keleher said.

General admission tickets will be $5 and can be purchased at the door. For children under the age of 12, and SUNY Plattsburgh students with a campus ID entry will be free.

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Arts, craft fair returns

BY KENNEDY TAVARES Staff Writer

For the first time since COVID-19, SUNY Plattsburgh’s College Aux iliary Services will be hosting its 50th annual Arts & Crafts Fair this Saturday, Nov. 12 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sunday Nov. 13, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the newly reno vated Field House.