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Arshita Pandey explains the spelling of names in Hindi.

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Ivonne Diaz, event coordinator for Fuerza, helps Justin Duval read a positive self-affirmation in Spanish.

Cultures flourish at SUNY Plattsburgh

BY ALEKSANDRA SIDOROVA

News Editor

The Global Education Office collaborated with student clubs and college departments to bring to campus a series of events to mark International Education Week, nationally recognized Nov. 14 to 20. These events included mini language lessons and diverse cuisines offered at Clinton Dining Hall.

Students were encouraged to mark places of their birth or cultural heritage by placing a push-pin on a map hung up at the H.U.B. in Angell College Center Monday. The day

also featured an informative session on study opportunities in Canada.

Students of culturallybased clubs — Fuerza: Black and Latinx Student Union, the Muslim Student Association, the Japanese Cultural Association and the Desi Club — tabled and offered brief lessons in various languages Tuesday. Many of the lessons included greetings and introductions, while Fuerza offered positive affirmations in Spanish. Visitors also had the opportunity to see their names written in another language. Languages featured included French, Hindi, Japanese,

Malayalam, Mandingo, Sindhi, Spanish, Tamil and Urdu, among others, exceeding GEO’s goal of five. Ten of the featured languages were brought to the event by the Desi Club, one of SUNY Plattsburgh’s newest clubs. This was the first event they participated in on campus.

Wednesday marked Wear Your Culture Wednesday, a day where students wore clothing that represents their heritage or a place they have been to. If a student followed GEO’s Instagram page (@ geo_plattsburgh) and uploaded a photo of themselves in front of the world

map in the H.U.B. with the hashtags #MyPlattsLife and #PlattsAbroad they would be entered into a raffle to win a gift card to the Campus Bookstore. A Study Abroad session was also held at Redcay Hall, focusing on programs for studying sociology.

There was a Cultural Open Mic Night on Thursday. The event marked one of the first uses of Burghy’s Lounge, also called Burghy’s Den, since the completion of renovations over a month ago. Today, Clinton Dining Hall is offering international food from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.. The switch from lunch to din-

ner will happen at 4 p.m.

Student Association Senator for Global Education Nilay Vaidya from Mumbai, India, said he was the most excited for the food to be offered at Clinton.

The goal of the event is to bring awareness to the international students at SUNY Plattsburgh. International students are a population that has historically made up over 5% of students at higher education institutions, according to International Student Assistant Heather Garcia and Oscar Cedeno, graduate assistant for International Student Services at GEO.

“The purpose of International Education Week is really to celebrate students who come from all parts of the world to seek education in the United States and abroad,” Garcia said.

Vaidya shared his experience with international education.

“I know the value that education brings,” Vaidya said. “When you go to a different country, you explore. You have a different perspective on life, I think, when you return back, and that is the thing that makes me passionate about International Education Week.”

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A table at Clinton Dining Halls displays some nonperishable foods donated to the Thank-FUL Food Drive.

November: Time for giving

BY JESSICA LANDMAN Staff Writer

With the holiday season approaching, many shift their focus to giving back to those around them.

There are several events happening on campus dedicated to giving back.

Joy-FUL, a group on campus run by Chartwells, hosted a campus food

drive. It ran from Nov. 1 to 15. Students were able to drop off canned goods they wished to donate at the Chartwells office located on the first floor of Clinton Dining Hall.

Another event set up by the college is the AdoptA-Friend program. This is where students can donate money to help local families in need for this holiday season. Several sports

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teams are also involved in this program. Each team received a local child that they would “adopt” and buy holiday gifts, such as clothes or toys for.

Along with the sports teams, the residential staff has gotten involved as well. Each dorm building had its own incentives to raise money for Adopt-aFriend. As advertised on flyers in Hood Hall, Com-

munity Advocate Vladamiere Perry will shave his head publicly if the staff in Hood collected $200 dollars for the cause. DeFredenburgh Hall paid to pie the community advocates and Community Director Zane Bazzano in the face with whipped cream.

Mason Hall held a bake sale Nov. 12.

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The day following the election, Daniel Lake, associate professor of political science, hosted a discussion to review the campaigns leading up to election day as well as the election results.

A large focus in this discussion was polling across the country and how it may affect the election. Polling is when a polling office calls people from all age ranges, states, ethnicities and any other defining factors to collect a wide sample of data in regards to who the recipient may vote for in the election.

Lake expressed concerns about the polling process and how accurate it is.

“It is virtually impossible to poll me,” Lake said.

“My home phone will go straight to voicemail and if I don’t know the number on my cell phone, I’ll ignore it.”

Other participants in-

volved in the discussion agreed with Lake in the difficulty pollers face in getting accurate numbers. This is concerning because these polls can affect who shows up to vote. If the polls show that a certain party should win by a landslide, then those in the opposing party may show up in fewer numbers as they will be discouraged, feeling as though their vote will not matter.

There is also the problem of people lying to a poller, giving the polls false data. Participant Genie Babb, an English professor at Plattsburgh, expressed her thoughts on exit polling as well. Exit polls are done in person when leaving the voting building, and she believes that people are more likely to lie in exit polls because they are face-to-face, and people may be wary to say who they voted for if the poller was of a certain race or ethnicity.

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Phishing scams get ‘crafty’ set up their account before a deadline. Another example of a convincing scam is a Google Drive link promptAn alert warning users ing recipients to enter inof scam emails was issued formation into a document. on the MyPlattsburgh Students are especially vulportal at 11 a.m. Thursnerable to scams offering day, Nov. 10. Up to 200 low-effort jobs for high pay, faculty and staff members often assistant positions for received targeted emails professors who do not exist. attempting to scam them A number of protective out of email login credenmeasures against phishtials, Chief Information ing scams are in place.

Officer TJ Myers said.

Within the past year, Scam emails are nothing emails not originating new for SUNY Plattsburgh from SUNY Plattsburgh’s or any other college — five domain contained the to 10 get reported to Myers “[External]” marker in every week. But scammers the subject line. Additionare “getting more crafty as ally, students have been the days go by” with their removed from the pubemails, Myers said. licly accessible university Phishing scams are contact directory, and can broadcast messages now be viewed only upon packed with enticing conlogging into the portal. tent to trick the viewer This measure has signifiinto clicking a link and pocantly reduced the numtentially sharing informaber of scam emails that tion or money with them. make it directly into students’ inboxes. However, this leaves vulnerable faculty and staff, whose information is still publicly available for ease of conducting college business.

Two-factor authentication through the application Duo also improves campus security. Trouble comes only when scammers try to trick people into completing the twofactor authentication for them. No students have been scammed out of money since two-factor authentication has been implemented — a “huge win,” Myers said.

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The anti-spam algorithms built into the Google software which serves as SUNY Plattsburgh’s email platform are usually able to filter these messages.

What becomes harder to filter is spear phishing attempts — targeted messages mimicking a sender the recipient would know and usually correspond with. Myers said he once saw a spear phishing email using the name of a professor who no longer teaches at the university.

Spear phishing attempts are more successful because they can look like regular emails.

The most recent, most real-looking scam email recently sent to 50 to 200 faculty and staff members was one that alleged the school was transitioning to a Microsoft-based email platform and required recipients to

“I know it’s a pain,” Myers said. “We’ve heard various complaints and issues over the last couple of years about the use of Duo, but it actually is a very good protection — it’s another layer of defense to help against getting your account compromised.”

There are also factors SUNY Plattsburgh can’t help. If an account at another college is hacked, the hacker has access to the emails in the account’s contacts, including some SUNY Plattsburgh students, faculty or staff. If a compromised account is discovered, Myers notifies the institution.

While the safety measures help, there are only so many that can be implemented without blocking legitimate emails. The MyPlattsburgh alert is a new mechanism Myers decided to try with the recent scam email attack, but it will not be used frequently.

Myers routinely sends out emails with advice on avoiding scams, but emphasized the importance of user education.

“What I’d really like to see is some sort of mandatory training,” Myers said. “There are so many scammers out there, there’s so much infiltration right now. User education, I think, needs to ramp up.”

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SA fills long-empty position

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News Editor

The Student Association Senate approved three people to various positions within the Student AssoALEXA DUMAS/Cardinal Points ciation, including the longempty position of Board of Elections Chairperson when it met Wednesday, Nov. 9.

The SA also approved a student as a member of the Writing Across the Curriculum Committee and granted the club House of Divinity provisional status. The latter was not originally on the meeting agenda, but was instead suggested to be added at the start of the meeting.

The first person to be approved was Myles Maldonado-McCabe, a first-year who said he is “super interested” in involving himself in the community “and even more in government.”

Maldonado-McCabe spoke of his experience participating in student government in high school. He was unanimously ap-

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International Education Week also celebrates the various cultures represented at SUNY Plattsburgh.

“I think that sharing culture is important also because we learn so much from one another, and we learn from our similarities and differences, and those similarities and differences have a value that’s just immeasurable, really,” Garcia said.

Cedeno said the emergence from COVID-19 is the ideal time to host a culturally-centered event like International Education Week.

“Everyone has isolated themselves from everything and everyone over the last two years,” Cedeno said. “Culture couldn’t be

proved and subsequently sworn into his role as senator of campus health and safety. After taking his oath, Maldonado-McCabe took his seat among the other senators and shook the hands of two senators sitting to each side of him.

Next to be approved was Aidan Masten to the position of student representative for the Writing Across the Curriculum Committee. Professor Michelle Ouellette representing the committee at the Senate meeting said the committee aims to deliver high-quality instruction in writing. Part of the committee’s work is the setting of writing education standards to be met across the college. The committee is also responsible for the advanced writing requirement needed to complete a degree program. Ouellette said Masten is an English student and a good writer, and thus a fitting candidate for the committee. shared the way it should have been. Zoom was optional, but it didn’t capture the full meaning.”

Vaidya also said it is important to bring international students together, especially at a small and rural campus such as SUNY Plattsburgh.

“I feel like the international community in Plattsburgh, as compared to other universities, is quite small,” Vaidya said.

“If you’re in the city, you can always rely on the local community. You will always have someone from your country in the city. But since we are in Plattsburgh, I don’t think that the international people have that support system outside the university, so I think that whenever there are these kinds of events on campus, it is especially important that they are

The position was unanimously approved. According to SA Adviser Stephen Matthews and Vice President of the SUNY Student Assembly Michael Casey, all members of committees within the college have to be approved by the Student Association. However, it is uncommon for these processes to occur at the Senate meetings.

Following the approval of Maldonado-McCabe and Masten was the approval of Sebastian Alexandre as photographer and videographer for the SA. In this position, Alexandre would help with filming government processes and SA events. Alexandre said his work for the SA would help him further build his portfolio, but his work has already won some awards and recognition.

Senator William Donlon asked to see examples of Alexandre’s work, which he was unable to show at the meeting.

In response, newlyappointed Senator Maldonado-McCabe said the awards Alexandre mentioned are a mark of the quality of his work. Senator Dineshreddy Channapareddy stepped in saying Alexandre was selected as the best of three people interviewed for the position. Channapareddy said he believed Alexandre had already “shown everything he needs to.”

Senator Aissatou Lo confirmed this.

“He’s not just coming up here without going through the processes,” Lo said.

Alexandre was unanimously approved as photographer and videographer for the SA. The last position the SA filled that night was the Board of Elections chairperson, which had been empty since the semester started. The position went to Mary Stockman.

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SSS, SAS recognize first-generation students

BY BRYN FAWN Opinions Editor

College has become a large stepping stone in American society. It’s seen as a necessity to obtain a job and climb the social and professional ladder. Yet, with many factors, not everyone can make it.

Not everyone will walk across the stage, diploma in hand. These people do not simply disappear. They work, shop, cook and eat, have families and try to make do. Then their kids go to college, and suddenly it’s so much harder than first imagined, especially when their parents can’t assist.

That’s what Student Support Services and Student Accessibility Services have spotlighted this November. On Instagram, SSS shared photos and testimonials from students who identified themselves as first generation. Each student ranges in their race, gender and major.

“November is First-Generation Celebration month and we wanted to honor some of you! We are so proud of you and cannot wait to see where your futures will take you,” SSS wrote in its Instagram post.

Being a first generation student is something often left forgotten or on the sidelines. It is something you can’t infer from someone’s appearance or mannerisms. Yet, according to Bankrate, an independent publisher with resources on financial literacy, one-third of all college students are first generation.

“Roughly 60% of first-generation students were also the first sibling in their family to go to college during the 2015-16 academic year,” Bankrate states on its website. “Only 27% of first-generation students finish college within four years.”

Twenty-seven percent of students finish within four years. Thirty-three percent of first-generation students drop

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out of college, according to the Education Advisory Board. Too many of these students are failed by their schools, and forced to fall into the same cycle as their parents. The cycle continues on, forever damning the family to poverty as it’s no secret a degree is necessary to climb the socio-economic classes.

SSS and SAS are taking a step to stop that cycle. Part of SSS’s criteria is to be a first generation student, alongside having a disability and/or meeting the financial requirement. SSS provides classes designed and catered to this demographic. SSS offers a half-semester course for college readiness, including

financial literacy — which is knowledge critical outside the classroom as well.

SSS assigns an adviser to a student as well. These advisers can make or break some of these student’s semesters. These students cannot turn to their parents for help or for advice. Their parents have no knowledge of college experiences, especially those for juniors and seniors. These advisers, then, take the place of parents and help guide students to their best ability.

SSS and SAS also constantly hold events in the Relaford Room in Macomb Hall. De-stress events, study halls and seasonal parties are all events they hold

often. The atmosphere at these events is one of belonging and understanding.

The people that host and attend these events fall from similar trees, and know what it’s like to work hard to achieve their aspirations. Many faculty in SSS and SAS are first generation themselves.

Being a first-generation student means something. It means breaking the cycle of poverty. It means fighting against systems that oppress. It means making one’s family proud. It means building a brighter and better future, not just for the student themself, but their children and family.

These resources are integral to prevent the never ending cycle where the poor get poorer and the rich only continue to profit more. Everyone deserves access to higher education, the ability to achieve their dreams and to live comfortably with a job they can at least tolerate.

Even then, these students still face the same pitfalls as more fortunate students.

Debt, crises, burn out, tricky professors, deadlines and all the other stressors of college. It only piles on further to their difficulties. SSS is so integral in these situations, providing resources and support. Quitting feels like such a simple and easy escape, escape out of the hell that is college, yet it only dooms students to a rough future due to how the American “meritocracy” is built.

First generation students deserve recognition, especially with all the hassles and obstacles meticulously placed in their path. They deserve to be understood and helped, and they deserve to be able to walk across that stage for the first time in their family line, achieving such a great honor.

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Black Solidarity Day Combating violence

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Black Solidarity Day was held on campus, Monday, Nov. 7. Students of all different backgrounds and majors gathered in the largest lecture halls and rooms to attend teach-ins and activities.

Students were able to enjoy lunch as food trucks arrived. The day ended with a keynote speaker.

Black Solidarity Day, like many other holidays during our two semesters on campus, was not given off.

Although many would like to see the day given off, it does not need to be.

The day itself was packed full of events and talks that students could attend. An abundance of students

attended different speaking events across campus.

This year’s event is just one of many to come. In particular, this year is the first official Black Solidarity Day on campus. It represents a step forward for many people, including many students and professors of color, in what would otherwise be just a normal day. The day is able to help them better connect and communicate with the community.

The day itself was filled to the brim with a wide variety of different speakers.

The topics were diverse, ranging from science to the importance of religion. Being able to communicate on such a wide variety of topics allows for people to stay engaged

and interested throughout the day, and it also shows just how much unshared information there really is.

There was a lot of focus on historical figures and how their contributions influence people to this day.

On Plattsburgh’s campus in particular, there is always a lot of freedom of choice. A lot of students on campus will, without any doubts, choose to participate in Black Solidarity Day events, regardless of whether or not the day was given off. Classes became redundant because many professors gave the day off for students to participate and to give themselves the chance to partake as well.

against men in society

BY BRYN FAWN Opinions Editor

Feminism is the fight for equal rights between the sexes and genders. It often focuses on female and nonbinary struggles, yet men are still a large part of this discussion. They can be pained as much as they can perpetuate the pain. It has gotten to the extent a day has been created to highlight these struggles. International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Men is Nov. 18 this year.

Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network reports that for every 10 rapes, one victim was a man. Women can rape men also. Yet, the rape of men is often seen as a joke. “Don’t drop the soap” is a cultural phenomenon. It’s in so many American shows and movies, even SpongeBob, yet it’s mocking rape victims.

“No conclusive national data exist regarding the prevalence of prisoner-onSOLIDARITY l A4 prisoner rape and other sexual abuse

in the United States,” Human Rights Watch stated. “Unsurprisingly, when corrections officials are asked about the prevalence of rape in their prisons, they claim it is a exceptional occurrence rather than a systemic problem. Yet a recent academic study of an entire state prison system found an extremely high rate of sexual abuse, including forced oral and anal intercourse. In 1996, [a professor and her colleagues in New Mexico] concluded that 22% of male inmates had been pressured or forced to have sexual contact against their will while incarcerated. Of these, over 50% had submitted to forced anal sex at least once.”

Prisoners aren’t the only men who face violence and abuse. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence reports that one in nine men experience severe domestic violence physically by their partner.

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Americans suffering to survive

In modern times, many on the left side of the political spectrum have gripes with former President Ronald Regan. Due to Reagan’s policies, the federal minimum wage no longer coincides with the cost of living. If it had, federal minimum wage now would be around $21.50 an hour, according to the Center for Economic and Policy Research. That’s an additional $14.25 an hour, nearly two hours worth of federal minimum wage.

Rebecca Parson, a Democrat running for Congress in Washington, tweeted: “The median annual pay during the Great Depression was 22% of the cost of an average home. Today it’s 14%. That means pay relative to home cost made it easier to buy a home during the Great Depression than right now. This is absurd.”

In the third quarter of 2022, the average price of a home was $542,900, according to the Federal Reserve Economic Data.

With the federal minimum wage being $7.25, it would take roughly 74,883 hours of work, not accounting for taxes. That’s roughly nine years of straight work, 24/7. In the demographic of Americans 35 and under, only 38.1% own homes, according to the census. In opposition, 75.7% of those 55 to 64 own homes and 79.3% of those 64 and up own homes.

61.9% of young Americans — 35 and under — rent or at the very least do not own the property they stay on, meaning any money that goes towards the home, such as rent, will never be seen again. That money does not add to the investment of the home, at least not to the tenant. The homeowner, the landlord, profits off of the necessity of a home, and continues to do so while work is being done and the housing market crashes.

Homes aren’t the only luxury either.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the price of food inflated a total of 8.2% from September 2021 to September 2022. Families, students and

SOLIDARITY Continued from page A3 The majority of classes were either canceled, or students retained an excused absence. There are some that might choose not to participate.

Giving everyone the day off might defeat the purpose of the day if some people just see it as a day off, instead of a day to talk to and commemorate the people of color here on our campus. Black Solidarity Day is meant to be more of an informative and educational day, not just another holiday that people wait for so they can have the day off. The integration of Black Solidarity Day into the campus means a lot to our campus, and also the community. There are, and always will be, mixed opinions on the matter. Some see the introduction of Black Solidarity Day as something that might have been missing, something that should

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adults are now struggling to pay for their weekly groceries. The USDA also states: “The food-at-home (grocery store or supermarket food purchases) [cost] increased 0.6 percent from August 2022 to September 2022 and was 13.0 percent higher than September 2021. The foodaway-from-home (restaurant purchases) [cost] increased 0.9 percent in September 2022 and was 8.5 percent higher than September 2021.”

When the pandemic hit, so many were reliant on services such as GrubHub and Doordash to get meals delivered as it was unsafe to go to the grocery store, especially for those immunocompromised or treating the sick. Prices have skyrocketed. What used to be able to feed a family of four might feed two. Nutritious foods are only more expensive, which will inevitably lead to the less fortunate being

sicker, malnourished and in debt to the medical system. It’s a never ending cycle.

America is facing a new recession, again, and there are few signs of what politicians plan to do. It doesn’t affect them. Lobbyists will continue to line their pockets with thousands of dollars, and those multi-multi million dollar corporations will report record breaking profits, again. Meanwhile, the lower classes will scrounge up any penny they can to get crumbs of a meal while killing themself at their nine to five minimum wage job.

Workers need to unionize, even as union busts spread across the nation.

Workers need to stand up and demand better working conditions, better pay, or it’ll be us, the working class, who will pay for it.

have been with us in past years. Many on campus see it as a new way to communicate, and also perhaps educate people on topics they may not know about. Some see it as a day that doesn’t mean too much to them, which is completely understandable. Not everyone on campus is as invested or interested in the teach-ins, some may be too busy with school work.

Many professors across the campus required some form of attendance for Black Solidarity Day, with some having graded assignments associated with talks, and the event as a whole. This is not the right thing to do. Similar to the whole “giving the day off” situation, making assignments and required attendance for Black Solidarity Day may cause a lot of people to miss the whole point of the day.

For the community and the town as a whole, having this day hosted on campus may bring about incentives to make the event more mainstream.

There’s no doubt that Black Solidarity Day has a lot of history, some may want

to be able to share that with a larger base — such as people in our surrounding area — rather than just everyone on our campus.

If students across campus are required to attend, and especially if they have assignments associated with the event, they may see the day as more of a chore or a burden than what is meant to be. Students should certainly not be forced to attend. Having people attend talks for the sole purpose of doing assignments is not what Black Solidarity Day is supposed to be for. It is definitely not the intention of those who brought it to campus.

Many of these forthcomings will be decided in the next few years. The future of Black Solidarity Day, at least here on campus, is solid. Its importance will remain and resonate with many people, yet how it was handled and its future still falls into question.

VIOLENCE Continued from page A3 Still, their struggles and pain are often forgotten and left behind in media coverage and conversation.

After the trial of Johnny Depp against Amber Heard, the masses exploded. Some concluded that Heard had done nothing wrong, as women can’t be oppressors. Some concluded that Heard was proof feminism was somehow “flawed.” Others used it as an example to prove men are victims as well. However, the line is drawn. It reignited the conversation on male victims.

In regards to the conversation of preventing abuse and saving people, men must be a part of the conversation. Most assailants are men, but that does not suddenly shield all men from victimhood. This day also highlights the issue of toxic masculinity. Toxic masculinity is preconceptions such as men cannot be raped, women cannot rape, men must be tough and cannot show emotion and all other factors

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of “manliness.” Toxic masculinity plagues society for both men, women and even those off the gender binary. Dismantling its hold on societal expectations is one of the steps to help support victims and prevent future ones, while also bettering everyday interactions and lives as a whole.

If anyone on campus experiences any form of assault or abuse, they can report to University Police or Title IX. If anyone witnesses a crime of any sort on campus, dial 911 immediately. There are services available to victims, like the crisis counseling center alongside regular counseling in the Health Center near Macomb Hall.

Many carry a scar and a would we are unaware of, and that is why days like International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Men are necessary to witness and uphold.

Activities for the day can include: advocacy, beginning conversations, hosting circles — akin to Alcoholics’ Anonymous — and providing resources for those afflicted.

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ELECT Continued from page A1 Lake also focused on the demographic of people that showed up to vote this year. He said that upon research into the age demographics from voting places across the country, there was a significant rise in younger voters compared to the past several years.

A student attendee speculated that this rise in younger voter turnout may have been caused by the overturning of the Supreme Court decision of Roe v.

Wade. She believes that the younger generation saw what happened and wanted to have their opinions heard in government.

The race for sheriff was on the ballot for Plattsburgh residents. David Farvo ran unopposed for the position of sheriff, winning the election and

becoming sheriff for his sixth consecutive fouryear term.

In state elections, Elise Stefanik won re-election for New York’s 21st district house representative. All of New York’s 26 seats have been decided, earning 15 house seats for the Democrats and 11 seats for Republicans.

Also in New York was the race for governor.

Kathy Hochul won the race with a majority vote of 52.9% followed by Republican Lee Zeldin who ended with 47.1% of the votes. Hochul has been the governor of New York state since 2021.

Nationally, 413 seats out of 435 have been officially called for the Senate race. The Republican party holds the majority of seats with 211 and the Democrats holding 202 seats after the midterm election. This year, the Democratic party has lost seven seats and the Republican party has

GIVING Continued from page A1 However, fraternities and sororities host the most philanthropic events as community service is a foundation of Greek Life organizations.

One event hosted by Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity a couple of weeks ago was nicknamed TKE-saw. This tradition required brothers of Tau Kappa Epsilon to stand in Amitie Plaza outside of the Angell College Center for 24 hours collecting donations in exchange for a ride on the seesaw. According to newly-appointed Tau Kappa Epsilon President David Jones, this event raised a little more than $300, all of which went to St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

Another event involving not only Tau Kappa Epsilon, but every other fraternity and sorority on campus was the No More Cancer Rally Kickoff, sponsored by the Inter-sorority and Inter-fraternity Council. The event took place Nov. 12 from 5 to 9 p.m. In order to attend, every member had to raise $25, which was donated to St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

At the event, there were games such as musical chairs, Connect Four and a Twister competition.

“In-between events, you could

gained six seats. To hold the majority in the House of Representatives, 218 seats are needed.

The other national race voted on in the midterm elections was the Senate race. Each state gets one representative in the Senate. The New York race has been called, with Democrat Charles Schumer winning the majority vote with 56.4% followed closely by Republican Joe Pinion who received 43.2% of the vote.

There are two states that have yet to be called, including Alaska and Georgia. Alaska remains undetermined because there are mail-in ballots that still need to be counted.

The race in Alaska is different from every other in their undecided election. The two majority leaders are both Republican with the next closest candidate being democrat Patricia Chesbro, who has received only 9.5% of the vote. The front runner is Kelly Tshibaka, hold-

play cornhole,” Jones said. “You could go grab food. There was absolutely delicious catering.”

Another attendee, Theta Alpha Lambda Sister Kristyn Penera, said that her favorite part of the event was the informational video about the St. Jude Children’s Hospital that described what kind of work the hospital does in its research and what their donations get put toward.

“I felt like it definitely went over why we were doing what we were doing rather than just walking in and thinking, ‘Oh, it’s just an event and we’re just going to have food,’” Penera said. “It felt rewarding to know why we were getting to be part of the event.”

Other fraternity and sorority organizations that have become involved in philanthropy this semester are Zeta Beta Tau and Alpha Epsilon Phi. They will be hosting a volleyball tournament tomorrow, Nov. 19, from noon to 3 p.m. in Memorial Hall.

Each player must pay $4 to enter.

Half of the proceeds will be going to Alpha Epsilon Phi’s philanthropy Sharsheret. Sharsheret was founded four months after a Jewish woman named Rochelle Shoretz was diagnosed with breast cancer and ovarian cancer. The other half will go to Zeta Beta Tau’s philanthropy, Jewish Women International, which is an

ing 44.2% of the majority followed closely by Lisa Murkowski who has received 42.8% of the vote.

The final undetermined state for the Senate is Georgia. No candidate in this state won the required majority of votes, therefore, the election will go into a runoff election four weeks prior to the general election. The candidate with the lead in the general election was Democrat Rapheal Warnock with 49.4% of the votes. Following close behind, with only a .9% deficit is Republican Herschel Walker.

There were 35 seats up for election in the midterm election, 32 of which have been decided. These results leave the democrats with 48 seats, the Republicans with 48 seats as well and other parties with two seats. The democrats gained a seat in the Senate while the Republicans lost one.

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empowerment organization for Jewish women and girls.

“Honestly it’s just been amazing working toward supporting a great cause,” said Zane Ovitt, Zeta Beta Tau’s chairman of philanthropy, community service and academic committees. “The logistics of this tournament have been challenging, but I absolutely love it because it is allowing me the opportunity to work on something much larger than myself. That is something that I really appreciate and I believe reflects the values that Zeta Beta Tau works to install in all of its members.”

Like Chartwells, Fuerza: Black and Latinx Student Union, is hosting a canned food drive. This event was held Nov. 1 to 17. Any donations can be brought to the donation box in the H.U.B. Fuerza believes that, although the “season of thanks” should occur all year long, the upcoming holidays encourage people to be more giving and this is how Fuerza can ensure the community is taken care of this season.

There are many opportunities to help the local community this holiday season for anyone willing to give.

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SA Continued from page A2 Stockman is a junior double majoring in criminal justice and law and justice, areas related to political science. She spoke of her experience as former senator of campus health and safety and said she personally knew the people who held the Board of Elections chairperson position before her. Stockman also referenced the initial failure of the SA fee referendum, emphasizing the importance of promoting elections and educating student voters.

SA Vice President Saran Kaba asked Stockman how she would handle conflict of interest in regards to SA elections. Stockman admitted she is friends with some current SA members, but said her duties as Board of Elections chairperson would come before her friendships.

Stockman said she would reinstate the use of photos for election ballots because she personally relies on seeing a person’s face to remember their name, as do a number of students on campus. The removal of candidate pictures from election ballots was the previous Board of Election chair’s “personal decision,” Stockman said.

Kaba said the lack of photos promoted informed voting. Senator Nilay Vaidya thought the discussion of the specific policy was unnecessary for the approval of Stockman to the Board of Elections chairperson position.

A vote followed, and Stockman was unanimously approved.

Lastly, the modeling club House of Divinity requested approval for provisional status. The two representatives at the meeting — President Justice Hall and Vice President Lauren Sealy — said the club would teach students interested in modeling the skills for runway, ballroom, hand and face

modeling. Training would occur weekly based on models’ schedules.

The club would also provide student models opportunities to model and do modeling work, in Plattsburgh and beyond, including other SUNY schools. Hall said no one would be turned down.

Furthermore, the club will work to bring out every member’s own beauty without conforming to societal beauty standards.

The club plans to hold its student models accountable through signing contracts for their participation in model shows, but will always prioritize academics over modeling.

The club will offer some academic support including grade check-ins and study sessions.

House of Divinity was unanimously approved for provisional status, and will hold its first meeting tonight at 7 p.m. in the Alumni Conference Room at Angell College Center.

Many senators’ reports talked about the social justice teach-in in honor of Black Solidarity Day Nov. 7. Channapareddy said he heard criticism regarding the overlapping events of the day, which gave students “a hard time attending the events they wanted.”

Senator Munashe Chikukwa said professors were receptive to the events of Black Solidarity Day, and many gave the day off. Chikukwa said he was “impressed with the attendance.”

Matthews said the celebrations of Black Solidarity Day at other SUNY schools were not as “successful.”

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This Week in Photos: Thank-FUL

Photos by Bryn Fawn

Above: Students enjoy a Thanksgiving meal at familystyle tables. Markers were provided to draw on the table cloth.

Above: Student Kaden Douglas-Iaduke makes candy apples to order with different toppings to add like Oreos, M&Ms or nuts.

Above: The DJ enjoys the bountiful salad bar.

Below: A staff member carves a large turkey for guests.

Above: Local resident Eric “Woody” Wood comes to the Thank-FUL event every year at Clinton Dining Hall. It was held Nov. 16 from 4 to 8 p.m.

Below: SUNY Plattsburgh members and locals peruse the diverse selection of food as a DJ plays music.

Above: Campus Dietitian Sarah Yandow hands out prizes, like hats, stickers, notebooks or totes, to those who spin the wheel.

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Plattsburgh’s Joshua Belgrave (10) beats a Geneseo defender and advances the puck up the ice. The team ties the No. 3 team in the country with 1,295 fans present.

Men’s hockey routs Brockport, ties Geneseo

BY COLLIN BOLEBRUCH Associate Sports Editor

The Plattsburgh Cardinals men’s hockey team (3-1-2) began a four-game in-conference home stretch last weekend, beating the Brockport Golden Eagles (3-2-0) 9-2 Nov. 11 and tying the No. 3 Geneseo Knights (4-1-1) 2-2 Nov. 12.

The matchups were the Cardinals’ first home games in almost a month. Before hosting Brockport, Plattsburgh’s most recent game at Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena was an exhibition match against the Castleton Spartans Oct. 15.

“These are really big games for us, really important games

for us,” Head Coach Steve Moffat said. “As the season goes along, the games get more and more important.”

Last weekend also marked parents’ weekend, an event each season where players’ family members join the team for the games and other festivities. The influx of fans led to an average attendance of 1,321 over both games.

Six players scored goals against Brockport, including two each from defenders Ryan Hogg and Jack Ring and forward Bennett Stockdale. Forwards Luk Jirousek and Brendan Young and defender Jacob Modry added one goal each. The puck was evenly distributed, with 11 different Cardinals recording an assist.

Rookie goaltender Eli Shiller was given the start against Brockport, playing all 60 minutes and saving 21 of 23 shots.

His efforts were rewarded with SUNYAC Men’s Ice Hockey Rookie of the Week.

Plattsburgh more than doubled Brockport’s shots, taking 51 to its 23. The Cardinals also led in faceoffs, winning 46 of 81.

The Golden Eagles spent 14:46 of game time in power plays, 10 minutes more than the Cardinals’ 4:46. Plattsburgh scored two power-play goals.

Brockport applied pressure to Plattsburgh almost immediately.

The Golden Eagles took three shots in the first 37 seconds.

Two were saved by Shiller and another went wide of the goal.

The Cardinals responded with a Jirousek goal just 44 seconds into game action.

The goal allowed Plattsburgh to flip the script, out-shooting Brockport 23-14 over the rest of the period. Jirousek was joined

by Young and Ring, scoring goals of their own and increasing its lead to 3-0.

Plattsburgh kept the game out of Brockport’s hands, scoring five unanswered goals in the first 10 minutes of the second period.

The Golden Eagles scored its first goal by the end of the period, but it rang despondent.

“Guys are starting to learn what it takes to win and how hard it is and the little details that you have the correct practice habits day in and day out to

prepare for the weekend,” Moffat said. “You can’t just show up on a Friday, Saturday night and expect to win.”

The teams traded scores in the third period to no effect on the result of the game. Plattsburgh’s 9-2 win comes after Brockport eliminated the Cardinals from the playoffs last season, in a 6-7 overtime nailbiter. The teams meet again Jan. 27, 2023.

Against Geneseo, Jirousek scored his second goal of the weekend and defender Corey Doney scored his first of the season. Four Cardinals recorded assists, including Stockdale’s second of the weekend.

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MSOC coach analyzes season Women’s hockey keeps winning

OP-ED To understand the 2022 season, you need to know what has happened over the past three years.

In 2019, we lost in the SUNYAC Championship 1-0 to Oneonta. Although we were devastated to fall at the final hurdle, we felt it was the beginning of a strong period for the team. We had finished second in the regular season, hosted the semi-final and won it.

We were also going to be returning a strong core of the team along with a good recruiting class.

Things seemed to be going in an upward trajectory and we were excited to get to work in the off-season.

Unfortunately, we didn’t play another game until Sept. 1, 2021.

When we finally returned to the pitch, the team was different. Half of our team had not played in a college soccer game and we had a lot of rebuilding to do, but we had the talent to do it.

We then made history in the SUNYAC by becoming the first team to amass 13 points in the league and not make the playoffs— not the history we were hoping to make.

We were eliminated in a convoluted tie-break system and our off-season began earlier than we would have liked.

I explain all of this as it is an important part of our 2022 season. It was all about playoffs. Nothing else mattered. As a staff, we knew we could not fall outside of the playoff picture for two years in a row, that would have a lasting effect on recruiting.

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Coach Chris Taylor talks with his soccer player Kevin Abbondanza (31).

It was crucial that we rejoined the playoffs in 2022.

There were several notable games in a rollercoaster season. As a coaching staff it is our job to be the emotional regulators of the team. When they are down, we pick them up.

When they are up, we try to keep them humble.

This is something that we struggled to control throughout the season.

As a team we have enough talent to be considered one of the top teams in the league, but the margins are fine. When the competition is so tight, mentality becomes a major asset and this is something we are still trying to improve as a group.

There were several games, mostly away from home, where we showed incredible character and

mentality. Away at Cortland, 3-1 down with 19 minutes left, 3-2 down with 20 seconds left. The group showed amazing character to claw a result back in that game.

Away at Geneseo, we played a team in great form. We traveled without our starting goalkeeper and came away with a 2-0 victory and a “man of the match” performance from our backup goalkeeper.

Away at Oswego, down 1-0 at half time in driving rain and swirling wind.

Several players stepped up to the plate and took responsibility for the game, pushing the team to a 2-1 victory.

Unfortunately, our home form was not to the standard we demand. We dropped points from winning positions in half of

our home SUNYAC games.

A common theme in 2021 and 2022 is playing well, but not winning and this held us back all season.

As I said earlier, this was all about playoffs, and it came down to the final game. We needed points, but we didn’t know how many. It depended on all of the other results and nine out of the 10 SUNYAC teams were still alive in the playoff race on the final day. This meant every single game had meaning.

We traveled to Buffalo State knowing a win would most likely put us in and a draw would mean we needed help. We laid it on the line to the team in training that week.

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It was a testing week for the No. 3 Plattsburgh women’s hockey team (5-0), who kept its early season success going by winning three games in five days.

The stretch of games began with the team’s home opener at Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena Nov. 11, where Plattsburgh beat the Potsdam Bears (2-2) 4-1 in a unique style of play for the team.

The next day, the team traveled to Potsdam for another matchup for the Bears, with Plattsburgh winning 8-2 behind an offensive explosion and hat trick from senior forward Ivy Boric.

Finally, Plattsburgh faced the No. 9 Norwich Cadets (4-1) at home Nov. 15 in a game that could have implications over the national rankings.

Both teams came in undefeated and after a late comeback from Plattsburgh, the team won behind an overtime winner from senior forward Julia Masotta. Masotta played two seasons at Norwich before transferring to Plattsburgh to begin this year.

In the first game of the weekend, the Cardinals, who had scored a goal in the first period of each game prior, were tasked against a gritty Potsdam Bears team. The game was scoreless after the first, with Plattsburgh leading in shots 20-5.

The Cardinals initially struggled to get past junior goaltender Ellie Zurfluh, who made 35 saves in the first two pe-

riods. Once Plattsburgh cracked Zurfluh, the floodgates opened.

“She had a lot of size to her, so I think just moving her side to side and trying to open her up,” Boric said.

“Once we finally did that, she kind of broke down.”

Boric scored 19:35 into the second period, taking advantage of a rebound for the first home goal of the 2022-2023 regular season.

Graduate student captain and forward Sara Krauseneck followed with a goal 21 seconds later, one timing a pass from junior Mae Olshansky. After not scoring for the first 39:25, Plattsburgh tallied two in the waning seconds of the second period.

Potsdam outshot Plattsburgh 13-12 in the final period of the game. Senior goaltender Lilla Nease only let up one goal, finishing the game with a seasonhigh 23 saves.

“With such a close scoring game, pressure’s pretty high, but [I’m] pretty confident in our team this year,” Nease said. “We’ve always been kind of a third period team with getting it done at the end of the game.”

Nease was not without help from her forwards, with Masotta scoring two goals in the final frame to lead Plattsburgh to another conference win.

Olshansky, who played alongside Masotta and Krauseneck over the weekend, said their line has a “really good ability of making really quick passes”, adding they can generate a lot of time in the offensive zone.

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WHKY Continued from page B1 The two teams meet the next day, this time in Potsdam for another conference match. Olshansky said the bus ride after the previous day’s game “wasn’t too bad,” and that the team “had to stop at Tim Hortons.”

From the start, the entire theme of this game shifted, with Plattsburgh’s offense learning from its mistakes and not wasting any time getting on the scoresheet.

Krauseneck opened the scoring just before the eight-minute mark, with the goal coming on the powerplay. Boric then scored two straight in less than three minutes, with the team heading into the first break leading 3-0.

Plattsburgh let up a goal five minutes into the second, but the Cardinals didn’t let up and scored five of the next six goals. Graduate student Holly Schmelzer and first-year Riley Calhoun scored their first goals of the season, while Krauseneck finished with two goals.

Boric went on to complete the hat trick midway through the second period, which is her second of the season. She currently leads the team in goals with seven and said the team came in with a clear message “I think our mentality was to bury them early,” Boric said. “I honestly don’t really remember many of [my goals.] I kind of just blacked them out and moved forward.”

Nease made 17 saves while allowing two goals as the team moved to 4-0-0 in conference and atop the Northeast Women’s Hockey League Standings.

“We came out kind of on fire,” Nease said. “The first game kind of taught us where we needed to go and how we needed to score.”

By picking up this win, Plattsburgh proved it could learn from its mistakes and in its next game, the team would have to prove it could do this against a nationally ranked opponent. Prior to

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Scoreboard

Schedule/Results Standings Men’s Hockey

Women’s Hockey

11/11 9-2 win vs. Brockport* 11/12 8-2 win @ Potsdam* 11/12 2-2 tie vs. Geneseo* 11/15 5-4 win vs. #9 Norwich 11/18 vs. Fredonia* @ 7 11/18 vs. Buffalo State* @ 3 11/19 vs. Buffalo State* @ 7 11/19 vs. Morrisville* @ 3

Men’s Basketball

Women’s Basketball

11/8 76-71 win vs. Clarkson 11/12 60-69 loss vs. Wesleyan 11/11 72-75 loss @ MCLA 11/16 58-60 loss vs. Cobleskill 11/16 vs. St.Lawrence @ 7:30 11/19 at Canton @ 2 11/19 at Cobleskill @ 1:30 11/29 at Potsdam* @ 5:30

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Foward Tatem Cheney (11) pats teammate forward Rivers Morris (2) on the shoulder. the game, Nease said playing Norwich is always a “really cool matchup” and described it as “skill vs. skill.”

Plattsburgh started off by tallying 18 shots in the first period, but it was Norwich who scored the first goal of the game 12:44 into the period.

In the second, Olshansky and graduate student Nicole Unsworth scored before the five minute mark of the period to gain the first Cardinal lead of the game.

Cadet’s sophomore Taylor Girouard tied it up 9:04 into the second for her first goal of the season.

Goaltending was a huge factor for both sides, as Norwich’s junior goaltender Leocadia Clark finished with 47 saves. Nease stopped 18 while allowing four goals.

The third period started with a stoppage when two players collided, causing a Cadet to be stretchered off the ice and ambulanced from the rink. According to Eric Kerr of NBC Channel 5, the player was junior defender Neris Archambault and no further update has been released on her status.

The game remained in a standstill until the final few minutes, where Krauseneck scored the goahead goal with less than three minutes left. Norwich went on to score two goals in the next 53 seconds to take its first lead since the

opening period.

A penalty was called around the time of the goal, leaving Plattsburgh down a player with two minutes left as it now had to tie the game. In the clutch, sophomore defender Mattie Norton tied the game up with 24 seconds left in regulation on a long shot that was perfectly placed past Clark.

The wild last three minutes brought this game into overtime, where a little over three minutes in, Masotta found some empty space going into the offensive zone with one defender in front of her. She used a toe drag to get into the shooting lane and went bardown to win the game and complete the late comeback.

In storybook fashion, Masotta managed to score the game winner against her former team, with the team getting a huge win in terms of momentum.

Plattsburgh stays at home as it plays two more conference games at home, taking on the Buffalo State Bengals (2-4-0) today at 3 p.m. and the Morrisville Mustangs (05-1) tomorrow at 3 p.m.

The team hosts its biggest tournament of the year, the Busters Cardinal/Panther Classic Nov.26 and 27, which will be another test for Plattsburgh State.

10/29 Men placed 6th of 10 at SUNYAC Championship* 10/29 Women placed 6th of 10 at SUNYAC Championship* 11/12 Men placed 15th of 23 at regional championship 11/12 Women placed 18th of 21 at regional championship * = conference opponent

Cardinal Stats Men’s Hockey

Women’s Hockey

Goals

Jack Ring 4 Bennett Stockdale 3 Paul Breyer 3

Assists

Bennett Stockdale Paul Breyer Three players

Save Percentage Jacob Hearne Eli Shiller

5 4 3 .957 .913

Goals

Ivy Boric Mae Olshansky Julia Masotta

Assists

Sara Krauseneck Sierra Benjamin Ciara Wall

Save Percentage Lilla Nease

7 5 5 8 7 5 .905

Men’s Basketball

Women’s Basketball

Points Per Game Kevin Tabb Sheriff Conteh Myles Jones

17.7 11.7 11.7

Points Per Game Payton Couture Mya Smith Kortney McCarthy

13.8 12 8.3

Rebounds Per Game

Rebounds Per Game

Assists Per Game

Assists Per Game

Erik Salo Sheriff Conteh Two players

Willard Anderson Jr. Erik Salo Myles Jones

10 6.3 4.7 4 2.7 2.3

Imani Walcott Kathy Peterson-Ross Payton Couture Mya Smith Payton Couture Kathy Peterson-Ross

10.7 7.3 7 3.5 2 1.8

School Oswego Brockport Geneseo Plattsburgh Buffalo State Cortland Fredonia Morrisville Potsdam

SUNYAC Record 3-0-0 4-1-0 2-1-0 3-2-0 2-0-1 4-1-1 2-1-1 3-1-2 1-1-0 3-2-0 1-2-0 2-3-1 1-1-0 1-4-0 1-3-0 2-3-0 0-4-0 0-5-0

Women’s Hockey School Plattsburgh Oswego Cortland Potsdam Canton Buffalo State Morrisville

NEWHL 4-0-0 3-1-0 2-0-0 2-2-0 1-1-0 0-4-0 0-4-0

Record 5-0-0 3-3-0 4-0-0 2-2-0 4-1-1 2-4-0 0-5-1

Men’s Basketball School Brockport Buffalo State Cortland Fredonia Geneseo New Paltz Oneonta Oswego Plattsburgh Potsdam

SUNYAC Record 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-4 0-0 2-2 0-0 1-1 0-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 1-2

Women’s Basketball School SUNYAC Record Buffalo State 0-0 0-3 Brockport 0-0 1-0 Cortland 0-0 1-1 Fredonia 0-0 3-1 Geneseo 0-0 2-1 New Paltz 0-0 2-1 Oneonta 0-0 1-2 Oswego 0-0 4-0 Plattsburgh 0-0 2-2 Potsdam 0-0 1-1 Scoreboard last updated 11/16

“I honestly don’t really remember many of [my goals.] I kind of just blacked them out and moved forward.”

- Senior women’s hockey forward Ivy Boric, after getting her second hat trick of the week vs. Potsdam.

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Head Coach Chris Taylor and Assistant Coach Geoff Spear discuss strategy. Taylor started coaching here in 2018. more dangerous in the second half as the opposition took more risks. We didn’t close the deal and with minutes remaining we conceded a goal on their first cross into the box.

We didn’t know if this was enough or not. After a 2-2 we had to wait and see if Oswego had lost or not.

We didn’t find out until 30 minutes after the game, an excruciating wait. But, we were in, that was all that mattered.

We were heading to New Paltz in the quarter finals and I believed we could win the whole thing, we had the talent. As a staff, we left no stone unturned in scouting New Paltz,

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Athlete Quote of the Week

TAYLOR This wasn’t about style points or long term goals, this was about winning now. Our staff put the team under intense pressure in training, psychological warfare was the term I used.

How hard would the team try, knowing I wouldn’t let them win in games.

We made every game hard and made sure the rules made it almost impossible to win, but we wanted to see character and a determination no matter what.

Before the game, I addressed the team and told them I was with them. This was all of us. If we failed, I failed with them, and if we were successful, it was all about them. We needed every single player to want it as bad as they have ever wanted anything.

As usual on the road, we fell behind 1-0. Panic set in. Everyone started to think of the worst case scenario: missing playoffs again. We made a substitution, Rocky Bujaj, who had missed most of the season with injury. He came and immediately sparked us into life. He scored twice in 10 minutes to give us the lead.

At half time, we talked of closing things out and being professional as Buffalo State became desperate.

This worked as we were

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knowing every single pass they would make before they knew it. We changed our tactics, for the first time all season. We were going to play on the counter attack and let New Paltz try to break us down.

Their field is the smallest one in the league and it would be difficult to break down a compact block.

We felt they would open up as a team and when we won the ball we would have space to attack.

Before the game, our pre game talk centered around seizing the moment and emptying the tank. Don’t leave anything in reserve, this could be it. As a staff when you are

creating a game plan, you are thinking about all of the different ways it could go, but usually it is never perfect. In this game, the biggest game of the season, it couldn’t have worked any better.

We scored three first half goals to lead 3-0 at half time. The energy and intensity of the team in the first half was something special to watch.

Each player knew exactly what was asked of them and they grew in stature as the game went on. We knew that we were in a great position, but there is nothing scarier than playing a team with nothing to lose. The second

that game were amazing. I have won playoff games as a player and a coach, but they are so much more rewarding as a coach. Seeing the joy and excitement on the players faces gives me a feeling I wish I could bottle up. I know I will have experiences like that in the future, but they may not. This is what it is all about for me. When this group of players interact with each other postPlattsburgh I know this day will come up, it will bond them forever. This is what sports do, they give us unforgettable moments that last a lifetime.

Unfortunately, we fell at the next hurdle against Oneonta, but overall this was a great step in the journey of this team. We lose seniors, but we return the majority of the spine of the team. It is our hope that this experience will enhance our players and they will use this to progress the team in the coming year.

2022 was a rollercoaster of a season, but it could be a springboard for the future. Returning to playoffs was the goal, winning a playoff game checked another box. Now we set new goals for 2023 and challenge ourselves even further— we will be back next year.

half felt like it lasted for 2 hours as New Paltz put us under some of the most intense pressure we have experienced as a team.

We conceded two goals to make the game as tight as it could possibly get, but the team showed the type of character that will define them for a long time. When it goes to the wire in games like this, it is not about tactics or talent, it is about what you are made of as an athlete. This group of players showed that they are made of some of the strongest stuff. They had every reason to wilt and give up, Chris Taylor is the head but they formed one unit coach of the men’s soccer and got through it together. team. This Op-Ed reflects The celebrations after his thoughts on the season.

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Payton Couture (33) drives past Wesleyan Cardinals’ defenders to attack the rim. Plattsburgh (black) played in their home tournament of the season and went 1-1 for the weekend.

Women’s hoops lose first tournament

BY LIAM SAMPLE Sports Editor

The Plattsburgh’s women’s basketball team (2-2) hosted its lone tournament of the year, the Cardinal Classic, Nov. 11 and 12 at Memorial Hall. Three teams traveled to Plattsburgh to participate in the tournament, the Wesleyan University Cardinals (1-1), the Potsdam Bears (1-1) and the Cobleskill Fighting Tigers (1-2.)

The tournament began with the Fighting Tigers taking on Plattsburgh. An estimated 160 people were in attendance as the game started off in a close match, being tied at 26 with

three minutes left in the second quarter. Plattsburgh then scored the next 19 straight points and went on to win 7450, the largest score differential of the weekend.

The team was led by 17 points from first-year guard Kortney McCarthy and a double-double from first-year forward Imani Walcott.

Coach Ben Sarraf said the team was getting “good looks” on shots, but the defense was the key for the win.

“The defense was kind of the catalyst of how we won that game,” Sarraf said. “We were very good on defense. Our press worked, our man to man de-

fense in the half court worked.”

Sarraf added that the team managed to score big points in transition and the rebounding has improved since last season.

The next game was a Friday night showdown between Potsdam and Wesleyan, where the Bears won a nailbiter in overtime 72-68 fueled by 30 points from senior guard Dyamon Hunter.

The tournament resumed the next game by Cobleskill responding to its earlier loss by taking down Potsdam 80-73.

The finale of the tournament was one for the Cards, as the Wesleyan Cardinals took on Plattsburgh. Despite a close first

quarter, Wesleyan found its game and led by as much as 17 in the third quarter. Plattsburgh clawed its way back and tied the game at 47 late in the third quarter.

In a tight fourth quarter where Plattsburgh led by three with 3:39 to go in regulation, Wesleyan scored 10 straight points to win 69-60, handing Plattsburgh its first loss of the year.

Sarraf said its opponent had more experience and late in the game, Plattsburgh took “ill-advised” shots late in the game, which Sarraf said the team will learn from.

Sarraf added that the team gave up too many three pointers early,

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Rail Jam

By Collin Bolebruch

The Plattsburgh Ski & Snowboard Club plans to host Rail Jam Nov. 18 on the hill behind Memorial Hall. Rail Jam is a ski and snowboard trick competition, once annual, that has not been held since 2019. Competitors and judges arrive at 5 p.m., and spectators arrive at 6 p.m.

The club plans to shovel snow on the already-expected snow to create ideal conditions for tricks.

Judges will score contestants with a points system with prizes for the top winners.

Maui North, a recreation store in Plattsburgh, has donated prizes that include a free ski or snowboard tune-up. Rail Jam will also feature music, snacks and food.

“A lot of people just go there to have fun,” Vice President Sa-

sha Baker said. “It’s a very good community-building event, and you get to talk to everyone and it’s just really fun.”

Whiteface Mountain will be providing rails for the event for competitors to do their tricks on. Ski & Snowboard has partnered with Whiteface Mountain in the past, but in recent years, it had become difficult to find a willing provider.

“They’re doing us a very big favor,” Baker said. “We’re very thankful. Whiteface helping us out.”

Rail Jam was originally scheduled a week prior, Nov. 11. Inclement weather forced a reschedule. Ski & Snowboard stressed the importance that competitors are 18 years old or older and must wear a helmet.

Competitors can sign up as late as the day of the event. Sign-up can be found on their Instagram page (@2psu.ssc). Spectators are not required to sign up.

MHKY Continued from page B1 “[We need] a little more patience in front of the net,” Jirousek said. “We had a lot of them where we were just whacking them.”

Plattsburgh and Geneseo locked into a defensive battle for most of the first period. Forty-one combined shots resulted in no scores for either team. It was until the 15:45 mark when Doney broke the ice, scoring his first goal of the season.

“All four lines were competing, if not out-playing [Geneseo’s] first line,” Jirousek said. “We’ve got all four lines going, we’ll stay fresher.”

The Knights answered with an equalizer less than a minute into the second period. The score lingered in the air, as both teams blanked for the rest of the period. Geneseo outshot Plattsburgh 22-17 for the period.

“Maybe it’s a little of not being mentally prepared enough at the start of the period [that led to the score],” Hearne said. “It’s definitely something we’ll look at, but I don’t think it’s a trend.”

Geneseo opened the period with another score, taking the lead 2-1. Plattsburgh followed with a sequence that included six missed shots in a one-min-

Men’s Basketball

By Garrett Jones

The Plattsburgh Men’s basketball team fell to Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts 76-71 Nov. 11 when they traveled to play the TrailBlazers for the first time since 1983.

Plattsburgh, coming hot on the heels of a season opening win over Clarkson, got off to a cold start.

Shots weren’t falling early for the Cardinals, and the Trailblazers jumped out to an early lead. About halfway through the first half, Plattsburgh was down 1728, and that’s when the tides turned in favor of the Cardinals.

Senior Sheriff Conteh took a charge that sparked a run to bring Plattsburgh back into the game moving toward halftime.

The Cardinals would go on a 16-5 run that would give them a one point lead with little time left in the half. It was looking like it would go into halftime

but when the team switched to zone defense in the second half, it helped close the gap. Despite the loss, Sarraf was happy with the “grit” the team showed and the adjustments made.

“I can’t remember a game in the last 10 years where we were down that much and we found a way to take the lead,” Sarraf said. “In 10 years, that’s the biggest comeback. But we didn’t finish.”

Plattsburgh’s next game came against the St. Lawrence Saints Nov. 16, where it lost 58-60.

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with a lead but a half court heave by Trail Blazers guard Noah Yearsley gave his time the lead 37-39 going into halftime.

For much of the second half the Cardinals looked like a better team, including a 10-0 run late in the game that gave it a 63-52 lead.

However, the physical damage on the Cardinals of a full court press and in your face defense by the Trail Blazers began to show with minutes left.

Miscommunication and costly turnovers let the Blazers back in the game and allowed them to steal the game out from under Plattsburgh.

According to Conteh, this tough loss won’t hold the Cardinals down for long though.

“Team morale after the game was good,” Conteh said. “We all know what we have to do as a team to prepare for the next game.”

The Cardinals next game came at home against St. Lawrence this Wednesday, where it lost 65-77, which made the team’s record 1-2.

of the goal and scored the game-tying goal with 24 seconds remaining.

“Everybody was a little antsy,” Jirousek said. “Just to pop that one, it felt unreal.”

Overtime ended without a score, and the game ended with a draw. Geneseo was a team to be reckoned with— before Plattsburgh, the Knights hadn’t won a conference game by less than four points.

The teams play again Jan. 28, and the Cardinals look to break a six-game streak without a win against the Knights.

“We’ve got 28 guys that are all skilled players and when we play together we can be one of the top teams in this league,” Hearne said. “I think it’s playing our top game every night and we proved tonight that we can skate with anyone in the country.”

Plattsburgh finished its in-conference home stretch next weekend, facing the Fredonia Blue Devils (1-4-0) Nov. 18 and the Buffalo State Bengals (3-2-0) Nov. 19 for Poster Night. After these games, the Cardinals will not play at home again until Dec. 10.

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Craft fair successful for vendors

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a lot of time into something that they love then it should be appreciated,” Karester said.

Buvage reflected on the benefits of a craft fair like this one.

“The Arts and Crafts Fair is a good way to bring the community together and promote shopping locally, and it affects us in a positive way,” Buvage said.

Allison Brown and Kerry Burdo, members of Delta Kappa Gamma, had a booth to promote philanthropic efforts. Brown and Burdo were selling handmade cards that were made by women educators.

Delta Kappa Gamma is a professional organization that stands for key women educators worldwide. All proceeds from the sales at the Arts and Crafts Fair MICHAEL HLOPKO/Cardinal Points would go to scholarships Locals and Plattsburgh students gather in the Field House for the 50 anniversary Arts and Crafts Fair. for future educators at SUNY Plattsburgh.

“We are thankful for the field house, they had some students help us set up. This is a fantastic venue and we really appreciate being able to be here,” Brown said.

Aissatou Lo, a student intern who had a helping hand in curating the event, was impressed with the overall outcome of the weekend.

“I think we did a good job this weekend, especially since we haven’t been able to host one in a few years. Over 3,500 people attended and we got positive feedback from vendors and the customers,” Lo said.

SUNY Plattsburgh’s Field House’s gym and indoor track was unrecognizable this past weekend as over 100 community vendors lined booths around the arena.

From home goods to sauces to alcohol, there was something for everyone at last weekend’s fair.

Each year the fair is developed by College Auxiliary Services, and it began as a way for local community members to showcase and sell their artistic works.

Community members enjoy the annual Arts and Crafts Fair for more than the sold goods, but to restore the importance of shopping locally.

Vanessa Staples, from Morrisville, has been selling her homemade hats and neck warmers for four years now.

“It’s better to have something locally made than to have something come from China,” Staples said. “People can buy something locally that they can be proud of.

They can buy something and be proud to know it’s from the area and the money stays in the area.”

The Arts and Crafts Fair is more than a way for people to purchase goods and, for some, it’s about survival, according to Kara Karetser and Aubrey Buvage, local teens that attended the fair over the weekend.

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Project HELP supports philanthropy

BY KIARA MAPP Contributor

In an effort to assist students in volunteer work and community service, the Center for Student Involvement opens the gateway to finding missions that need help on campus.

Project HELP allows students to get involved in day-to-day work that stems from their interests.

Volunteer requests can also be made by student clubs and groups, such as Ski & Snowboard Club, that’s holding a Rail Jam event Nov. 18 and needs volunteers to “load, transport and unload snow on a hill near Memorial Hall,” Director of Fraternity/Sorority Life Allison Swick-Duttine said.

Due to Project HELP, students, faculty and the general public were able to successfully ski and snowboard down snow mounds along with performing tricks in past years Rail Jam was held.

Last weekend Project HELP contributed to Admissions Open House by providing students to “be tour guides and conduct ticketing for parking.” They also worked at SUNY Plattsburgh’s Craft Fair as ticket collectors

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and assisted vendors to complete their setups.

As the fall semester is coming to an end, Project HELP continues to seek volunteers for several one time events and ongoing opportunities.

A table will be set up

at the Champlain Centre shopping mall to promote the Make-A-Wish Foundation fundraiser throughout the semester. Volunteers are needed to help make critically ill children’s wishes come true.

Another event taking

place at the mall involves ringing bells for the Salvation Army between Nov. 19 and Dec. 9. The Salvation Army bell ringers make a difference every time they ring the bells, raising funds that go toward social services assis-

tance, homeless shelters, disaster relief, children’s programs, rehabilitation services and human trafficking prevention.

The City of Plattsburgh Holiday parade will be held Dec. 2, where volunteers will help with

tree decoration and bring something magical to Margaret Street.

“Soup kitchens, nursing homes, campus blood drives and group events like the Adopt-A-Highway program, and the City Parks Clean Up Program are available to students frequently,” Swick-Duttine said.

Students can find all volunteer opportunities by signing up for the app Helper Helper.

The app is available in the Apple Store and Google Pay that keeps track of volunteer hours and allows them to upload photos of what they’ve done.

Once the app is downloaded, email projecthelp@plattsburgh.edu for a temporary password and enable push notifications to be notified whenever a new opportunity appears.

Alternatively, students may visit the Project HELP office, located on the second floor, room 203, of the Angell College Center, as Project HELP welcomes students with desires to integrate into society at any given time.

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SHINE ON Continued from page B6 The first pillar of Shine On! is media and marketing literacy that helps young girls understand how social media is targeted to certain audiences and the filtered background of them. Shine On! Chairwoman Taylor Edgar said: “This is helping children understand what they see in the media, whether it’s scrolling through Instagram or TikTok or whatever it may be or looking through a magazine, what they see in that mediator engaging with every day is not real.

We also try to teach youth, especially young girls that they are marketed on by businesses. They want these young girls and boys to feel like in order to be cool or worthy of respect, they have to wear these name brand clothing or own an iPhone, not realistic at all.”

The second pillar is communication skills, which teaches the students to be “upstanders rather than bystanders in MICHAEL HLOPKO/Cardinal Points bullying situations,” Edgar said. The A vendor sells homemade lamps made from pipping and various lightbulbs. program shows the value behind communicating with one another and with authority. The pandemic made it slightly more difficult to increase communication amongst the students. However, by going to the schools once a week for 40 minutes, it became easier to implement this pillar.

The third pillar is character strengths, which builds an understanding about seven characteristics that students will learn about. These strengths are grit, zest, optimism, self-control, social intelligence, gratitude and curiosity. Edgar explained how having some or all of these traits can bring about success rates

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more than those who don’t. The traits are shown throughout the program and why it’s important to have them.

This year’s annual overnight conference titled “Break the Mold: Be Brave, Be Bold” is known as the biggest sleepover in Plattsburgh and will be taking place in Memorial Hall March 4 to 5. Shine On! is recruiting 40 mentors and there will be 150 3 - 5 grade girls spending the night. After being interviewed and selected, before the conference, there are two specific days in February. Mentor Training-Child protection training will be held Feb. 5, and mentor bonding and training on the 10 different workshops for the conference will be held Feb. 26. If selected, mentors can either gain volunteer hours, one public relations credit or help for fun.

Due to COVID-19, the Shine On! program has changed. They decided that even though classes were virtual, one way to help keep the program going was to send Shine On! In-A-Box, which includes nine lesson plans, videos and instructions for how teachers can still implement the program in their virtual classrooms.

“It also exposes you to the real world and what having a real job and dealing with real children is like,” mentor Zoe Danville said. “I’m not an education major, but I like dealing with kids and this is a good opportunity to see if you really like kids or not.”

To learn more about how to apply for a mentor position, email Lemza at colleen. lemza@plattsburgh.edu or Education Outreach Coordinator Kristen Kavanagh kkava002@plattsburgh.edu.

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Local jam and jelly makers Bonnie and Robert Gonyo sit behind their table.

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ARIES

TAURUS

GEMINI

CANCER

March 21 - April 19

April 20 - May 20

May 21 - June 20

June 21 - July 22

The Empress card represents being nurturing, creative and nonjudgmental. You may find yourself being welcoming to new ideas and people.

The Four of Cups card represents acknowledging feelings of anger. Know that anger is a valid emotion and what you choose to do or how you choose to express it, shows your character.

The Ten of Wands card represents understanding your past. Use your past to guide and motivate you for your future endeavors.

The Five of Crystals card represents having a negative mindset and hostility.

Try to turn this into a positive by looking on the bright side of your situations or circumstances.

LEO

VIRGO

July 23 - August 22

August 23 - September 22

The Nine of Wands card represents moving with integrity. Take what comes with integrity as a positive on how to continue on with your life.

The Man of Worlds card represents using your achievements to motivate yourself. Don’t let your current achievements stop you from achieving greater things.

LIBRA September 23 - October 22

The Eight of Crystals card represents seeing both sides of the brain. Try exploring both the whimsical and logical side of things in your life.

SCORPIO October 23 - November 21

The Sage of Crystals card represents gaining knowledge. You’ll know more about certain things to lead others in the right direction.

SAGITTARIUS

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

November 22 - December 21

December 22 - January 19

January 20 - February 18

February 19 - March 20

The Hermit card represents being focused and balanced. You may find yourself being in a hardworking overdrive, but remember to take breaks and stay positive.

The Child of Wands card represents being curious. Use this curiosity and want to learn more to find out more about your future by trusting your intuition.

The Three of Crystals card represents opening your mind to new possibilities and ideas. Allow your ideas to flow and coincide freely.

The Six of Worlds card represents using your resources to become a better version of yourself. Connect with your higher self through different methods and trying new things.

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Shine On! seeks mentors for 2023 conference

BY KIYANNA NOEL Staff Writer

Shine On! is a mentoring program that was created 15 years ago by Public Relations Chairperson Colleen Lemza that has helped more than 9,000 students across the North Country. The mentorship program allows students from SUNY Plattsburgh to teach young girls from 3 - 5 grade about their three pillars: media and marketing literacy, communication skills and character strengths. The program has started recruiting mentors for their conference in the spring semester.

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