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UPD  Updates  Technology By  Elyse  Hennes  Copy  Editor  |  Ehennes24@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

The  SUNY  New  Paltz  University  Police  Department  (UPD)  recently  sent  an  email  to  all  students  regarding  its  lat-­ est  updates.

The  UPD  launched  a  new  anony-­ mous  telephone  tip  line  in  July.  Students  can  use  the  telephone  tip  line  to  alert  the  UPD  about  concerns,  crime  tips,  sug-­ gestions  and  complaints.  The  tip  line  is  a  recorded  line  that  students  can  call  at  845-­257-­2230,  or  dial  2230  from  any  campus  phone.

Chief  of  Police  David  Dugatkin  said  he  hopes  the  tip  line  will  encourage  stu-­ dents  to  be  more  forthcoming  with  in-­ formation.  “Sometimes  somebody  just  might  be  a  little  more  comfortable  knowing  that  no  one  is  going  to  know  who  they  are  and  if  that’s  what  it  takes  to  get  some  LQIRUPDWLRQ WKDWÂśV ÂżQH ZLWK PH ´ 'X-­ gatkin  said.

Fourth-­year  psychology  major  Nat-­ alie  Felsenfeld  said  she  agrees  that  an  anonymous  tip  line  will  increase  student  input  for  the  UPD.  “People  will  more  openly  call  in  with  tips  and  complaints  when  they  know  it  cannot  be  connected  back  to  WKHP ´ )HOVHQIHOG VDLG Âł6RPH SHRSOH

have  social  phobias  of  talking  to  an  ac-­ tual  person,  a  machine  is  much  easier  to  WDON WR LQ D QRQ HPHUJHQF\ VLWXDWLRQ ´ The  anonymous  telephone  tip  line  is  accessible  24/7  and  checked  every  day   Dugatkin  said.  Callers  can  remain  anon-­ ymous  if  they  wish  or  can  leave  contact  information  if  they  would  like  the  UPD  to  reach  them  for  a  follow-­up  or  the  re-­ sults  of  an  investigation.

In  addition  to  the  anonymous  tip  line,  students  can  send  the  UPD  anony-­ mous  messages  and  criminal  activity  WLSV E\ ÂżOOLQJ RXW D VLOHQW ZLWQHVV IRUP on  the  UPD  website  or  emailing  them  at  Upd@newpaltz.edu.   Considering  that  so  many  students  rely  on  social  media  to  gather  informa-­ tion,  Dugatkin  proposed  that  the  UPD  set  up  a  Facebook  page.  “It’s  very  user-­friendly,  it’s  easy,  LWÂśV VLPSOH LWÂśV TXLFN ´ 'XJDWNLQ VDLG Âł7KDWÂśV ZKDW SHRSOH ZDQW WRGD\ ´ The  UPD  Facebook  page,  at  Face-­ book.com/newpaltzuniversitypolice,  will  provide  updated  UPD  information,  crime  prevention  tips  and  information  regarding  upcoming  RAD  and  other  training  sessions  offered  by  the  UPD. Dugatkin  said  the  user-­friendly  Facebook  page  allows  students  to  view  UPD  updates  on  their  cell  phones  while  walking  down  the  street,  as  opposed  to Â

PHOTO  COURTESY  OF  FACEBOOK The  SUNY  New  Paltz  University  Police  Department  recently  launched  a  Facebook  page.

sitting  on  a  laptop.  “The  students  know  they  can  just  simply  log  on,  maybe  read  an  update  or  give  me  something  that  I  need  to  be  XSGDWHG DERXW ´ 'XJDWNLQ VDLG Âł,W FHU-­ WDLQO\ EHQHÂżWV WKH 8QLYHUVLW\ 3ROLFH EXW the  main  reason  of  doing  this  is  to  help  WKH FDPSXV ´ Although  the  new  Facebook  page  is  an  addition  the  UPD  is  very  proud  of,  fourth-­year  Women’s  Studies  major  Kate  Montelione  expresses  a  different  opinion.  “I  don’t  understand  why  the  creation  of  a  Facebook SDJH LV WR EH SUDLVHG ´

Montelione  said.  “Making  a  Facebook  page  is  much  less  important  than  put-­ WLQJ SLFWXUHV RI WKH RIÂżFHUV QH[W WR WKH names  on  their  website  or  extending  the  frequency  and  convenience  of  the  RAD  SURJUDP ´ The  Police  hope  the  new  updates  will  not  only  help  the  UPD  connect  with  its  student  body,  but  also  encourage  students  to  play  a  larger  role  in  campus  safety.  Dugatkin  said  the  anonymous  tip  line  has  worked  a  couple  of  times  already  and  the  Facebook  page  has  ac-­ TXLUHG PRUH WKDQ ÂłOLNHV´ LQ OHVV than  two  months.

Mechanical  Engineering  Major  Set  To  Open  By  2014 By  Maria  Pianelli  Contributing  Writer  |  N02405903@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

SUNY  New  Paltz  is  planning  to  add  a  mechanical  engineering  program  to  the  School  of  Science  and  Engineering.

Dean  of  Science  and  Engineer-­ ing  Daniel  Freedman  said  the  curricu-­ lum  will  be  a  pivotal  addition  to  the   Hudson  Valley.  “Industries  in  the  area  are  having  a  GLIÂżFXOW WLPH ÂżQGLQJ PHFKDQLFDO HQJL-­ QHHUV IRU WKHLU EXVLQHVVHV ´ KH VDLG Âł%\ taking  in  students  from  the  region  and  training  them  here,  they’re  more  inclined  WR VHHN MREV LQ WKH 0LG +XGVRQ ´ In  2007,  the  School  of  Science  and  Engineering  housed  90  undergraduate  engineering  majors,  and  this  year  the  program  has  doubled  to  180  students, Â

Freedman  said.  $V RI IDOO %LQJKDPWRQ 8QL-­ YHUVLW\ 0DULWLPH &ROOHJH 6WRQ\ %URRN DQG WKH 8QLYHUVLW\ DW %XIIDOR DUH WKH RQO\ schools  to  offer  degrees  in  mechanical  en-­ gineering.

Freedman  believes  mechanical  engi-­ neering  will  give  SUNY  New  Paltz  an-­ other  asset  to  attract  prospective  students. “This  program  will  raise  New  Paltz’s  SURÂżOH ´ KH VDLG Âł1RW RQO\ ZLOO LW EULQJ more  people  to  the  department,  but  it  will  DWWUDFW PRUH VWXGHQWV WR WKH HQWLUH VFKRRO ´ This  expansion  will  provide  under-­ graduates  with  new  class  offerings,  more  laboratories  and  increased  opportunities  for  interdisciplinary  activities,  Freedman  said.  Associate  Professor  and  Chair  of  the  department  of  Electrical  Computer  En-­ JLQHHULQJ 'U %DEDFN ,]DGL VDLG WKH SUR-­

gram  will  strengthen  not  only  the  science  and  engineering  department,  but  the  arts  as  well. Âł%RWK GLVFLSOLQHV GHDO ZLWK GHVLJQ ´ Izadi  said.  “In  our  view,  students  who  have  a  background  in  both  art  and  engi-­ neering  will  be  high  in  demand  by  the  high  tech  industry.  Future  products  have  to  be  technologically  sound,  but  designed  in  such  a  way  that  attracts  consumers.  Students  at  New  Paltz  will  have  the  re-­ VRXUFHV WR H[SHULHQFH ERWK ÂżHOGV ´ Although  plans  for  the  program  are  already  underway,  students  should  not  expect  to  see  any  changes  until  fall  2014. “We’re  in  the  process  of  expanding  Resnick  to  house  lab  facilities  and  fac-­ XOW\ RIÂżFHV ´ ,]DGL VDLG Âł2QFH ZH ÂżQDO-­ ize  our  curriculum,  we’ll  send  it  through  the  SUNY  application  process.  This Â

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time  next  year,  we  hope  to  recruit  some   IUHVKPHQ ´ )UHHGPDQ VDLG WKH LQLWLDO ÂżUVW \HDU class  for  the  program  would  be  by  2014.  Freedman  said  constructing  a  new  program  is  an  exciting  endeavor. “From  the  point  of  view  of  an  admin-­ istrator,  adding  a  new  program  is  a  lot  of  IXQ ´ KH VDLG Âł0RVW RI WKH WLPH QHZ SUR-­ grams  are  created  by  combining  existing  curriculum,  but  this  is  entirely  new.  Ev-­ eryone  is  really  excited.  The  idea  has  been  tossed  around  for  10  years,  but  last  year  ZH ÂżQDOO\ GHFLGHG WR IROORZ WKURXJK ´ Izadi  said  he  is  anxious  to  see  how  WKH SURJUDP EHQHÂżWV VWXGHQWV “Now  more  than  ever,  undergradu-­ ates  will  have  more  options  for  interdisci-­ plinary  courses  and  collaborative  research  ZLWK SURIHVVRUV ´ KH VDLG

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Sojourner  Truth  Library  Offers  iPads By  Danielle  Vabner Contributing  Writer  |  N02607818@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

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Middle School Considered For Government Center

By Maria Jayne News Editor | Maria.jayne17@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

New Paltz Town Council members voted on July 26 to explore the idea of turning the New Paltz Middle School into a government center for both the town and village.

Town Supervisor Susan Zimet said she put this proposal on the meeting agenda because the town and commu-­ nity have been talking about the idea since her last term on the board.

“In the light of consolidation and the possibility of us having to merge and create one building, the town is starting to look at options and the middle school idea came back on the table,” she said.

Zimet said another reason for the proposal is that the current town and village halls are in terrible condition. “[The town hall is] incredibly un-­ healthy and we as a town board have to take action,” she said. “It is going to cost a lot of money to put together a smart-­all-­needs facility but right now we’re always spending money on emer-­ gency repairs and we need a new town hall.”

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courts, a 90 Miles off-­Broadway The-­ ater and many other public uses, Zimet said.

Although she said taxpayers might see this as a costly endeavor, she be-­ lieves over time, New Paltz will save money by having one government center.

“We want to bring the government and police back to the middle of the vil-­ lage where they need to be,” she said.

“We’re paying $65,000 a year to have the police out of the heart of the village and we’re never going to see that mon-­ ey again — that’s a 10 to 12 year lease that’s close to a million dollars just to pay for the police.”

At the last Board of Education meet-­ ing on Sept. 5, School Board President Patrick Rausch invited Zimet to speak about this proposal. However, he said the board has not yet decided to make any changes to their campuses.

“If we’re going to work this, we need to be working the numbers and see if this makes sense before it goes to the public,” Rausch said. “You may work WKH QXPEHUV DQG ¿QG VRPH DGYDQWDJH for the town and village and there may be none for the school — we have to JR WKURXJK WKDW DQG ¿JXUH DOO RI WKDW RXW ¿UVW ´

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“I can think of a lot of great uses for the Middle School if it’s for sale, but if the school board thinks its best use is as a school and they aren’t interested in selling, end of story,” Brown said.

Conversely, Zimet said this propos-­

al is the beginning of many conversa-­ tions and it is a long-­term goal that must be decided by the village, town, school district and taxpayers together.

“I have always believed in my long political career that working together is PHOTO BY ROBIN WEINSTEIN working better and we can’t do things alone and we solve problems better working together,” Zimet said. “I think in these hard economic times we really have no choice anymore, and we need to look long and hard where we need to solve our problems.”

Historic Huguenot Street Highlighted In New York Roadmap

By Ricardo A. Hernandez Jr. Staff Writer | N02003802@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

In a press release on Tuesday, Aug. 28, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the creation of New York’s “Path Through History,” a statewide roadmap detail-­ ing New York’s most important historic sites, their locations and popular events.

Included on the map is New Paltz’s own Historic Huguenot Street.

The map will work to promote tourism and economic development in many of New York’s most enriched his-­ torical preservations. “‘The Path Through History’ will highlight the rich history that exists in New York State by showcasing more WKDQ WZR KXQGUHG RI RXU PRVW VLJQL¿-­ cant sites and historic milestones,” Gov. Cuomo said in the press release.

The tourism plan will include

customized themes for the 200 sites throughout New York State. The themes include arts and culture, canals and transportation, civil rights, colonial his-­ tory, innovation and commerce, Native Americans, natural history, the revolu-­ tion, sports history, U.S. Presidents, War of 1812 and women’s rights.

The press release mentioned a grant of $1 million to implement the tourism plans. Funding will be used to add more than 200 new signs to highlight these historic sites on major state roads, such as the New York State Thruway.

“On the thruway [signage] is par-­ ticularly costly,” Executive Director of Historic Huguenot Street Tracy Doo-­ little McNally said. “The state is going WR ¿QG µ7KH 3DWKZD\V 7KURXJK +LVWRU\¶ signage on the thruway and at exit 18.”

Ashley Trainor, an intern at His-­ toric Huguenot Street and a third-­year

history major, said the “Path Through History” will bring more advertising to the hidden area of town.

“There’s so much history at Histor-­ ic Huguenot Street and a lot of people don’t know it’s there,” Trainor said.

“It’s not a place that’s advertised a lot.”

McNally said she was enthusiastic about Cuomo’s announcement, and she hopes that such a statewide project will continue to bring economic prosperity into New Paltz, especially Main Street.

“Hopefully, more tourists will be getting off the thruway and may want to shop and dine in town,” she said.

“Therefore, this project may contribute to the economic welfare of New Paltz.”

Nally said Historic Huguenot Street was selected to be in the top 200 sites under the state’s criteria. In order to be on this list, the historic area must be an authentic site according to historians

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connected to the “Path Through His-­ tory.”

McNally said Historic Huguenot Street was chosen because it has unique buildings that were created in the early 1700s.

Historic Huguenot Street would like to collaborate with the Senate House on joint tours between the two historic sites, which could create an increase of tourism for both, McNally said.

According to Trainor, students and the elderly from the area are for the most part the only individuals that visit the colonial historic area. However, the new statewide project will hopefully increase the site’s popularity as a place like no other, she said.

“It’s truly a magical place, and I’m glad Governor Cuomo thinks so too,” McNally said.

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H.D. DICK’S SETTLES IN WITH THE FRONT STREET FAMILY

H.D. Dick’s serves up a creative alternative for town dining.

By Katherine Speller Features Editor | Katherine.speller79@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

Who let the dogs out in New Paltz?

H.D. Dick’s, located at 15 N. Front St. in New Paltz, which celebrated its soft-­opening on July 27, offers a frank alternative to the town dining experience, owner Jim Garo-­ falo said.

Garofalo and LuLin Fong, his wife and business part-­ ner, have been in the hotdog business for about 25 years, Garofalo said. Despite no formal culinary training, the two owned and operated a hot dog truck called “Hot Dig-­ gity Dogs” for years before leaving to pursue other business ventures.

It wasn’t until a close friend fell ill that Garofalo said they considered returning to work.

“This guy was just the nicest and funniest guy,” Garo-­ falo said. “When he got sick, he encouraged us, saying he remembered how much fun we had when we did this.”

Their late friend, Richard, known as Dick for short, left such a mark on the couple that they named their new res-­ taurant in his memory and “Hot Diggity Dick’s” was born.

The restaurant’s name attracts the attention of curious students and townies alike as they stroll down Front Street, employee and third-­year sociology major Anna Mazzotta said. Little kids and college students both double-­take and

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laugh at the name she said, but the owners are always happy to rehash the origin story to their customers, a part of their intimate rapport with their clientele.

“We like to take names when we take orders, that way we can personalize each one,” Fong said.

Fong said it is not uncommon for someone to call out IURP EHKLQG WKH FRXQWHU WR HQVXUH HDFK RUGHU VDWLV¿ HV WKH customer. The owners relish opportunities like this that let them grow closer with the New Paltz community.

“Everyone has been very friendly, some businesses have even offered physical help if we need it,” Garofalo said.

Garofalo said the local culinary top dogs have even em-­ braced the small restaurant and created a very welcoming atmosphere. He said he doesn’t want the shop to be com-­ petition to the old favorites, but rather an alternative and creative option.

Garofalo said the restaurant serves an abundance of classic combinations including hotdogs, hamburgers and fresh-­cut fries — what he refers to as the “core” of his menu.

He hopes to expand on these favorites, introducing addition-­ al breakfast and dessert options in the coming months.

Fong said she and Garofalo want to reach out to the campus culture, even shaping their menu to include locally-­ themed delicacies including the “Hawk,” the “‘Mohonk’ Slaw Dog” and the “‘Gunk’ Cliff Hanger.”

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“We’ve taken into account that we’re in hawk-­country now,” Garofalo said.

Garafalo said that — as their walls riddled with athletic-­ themed magazine covers hint — they hope to indulge sports fans and eventually offer the space for game-­watching once their TV is installed.

Until then, Fong said customers can still stop in to eat and maybe take home a doggy bag.

Though the couple has created a Facebook page for the shop, Garofalo said he is better acquainted with a more hands-­on approach to social networking. On certain nights, when students are roaming the streets, Garofalo said he hands out his home-­made potato chips, urging them to stop in some time for a bite.

“It’s awesome, this community and warmth,” Garofalo said. “This is what New Paltz is all about.”

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Most  college  students  only  dream  of  a  road  trip  with  bud-­ dies,  but  the  2012  SUNY  New  Paltz  Solar  Car  Team  made  it  a  reality  when  they  raced  through  eight  states  in  eight  days.   The  annual  American  Solar  Challenge  pits  American  and  Canadian  collegiate  solar  car  teams  in  an  elite  cross-­country  race.  On  July  14,  qualifying  teams  charged  up  their  cars  for  the  unforgiving  course  of  1,650  miles  from  Rochester,  N.Y.  WR 6W 3DXO 0LQQ 681< 1HZ 3DOW] TXDOL¿HG DV WKH WK DQG ¿QDO WHDP ZLWK WKHLU FDU ³WKH 6XQ+DZN ,,, ´ Seven  SUNY  New  Paltz  students  obsessed  over  the  car  WR PDNH WKH 6XQ+DZN VKLQH 7KH WHDP ZDV D PL[ RI HQJL-­ neering,  physics,  business  and  art  majors,  focusing  on  their  specialties  during  the  building  process,  Raymond  Williams,  a  ¿IWK \HDU SK\VLFV PDMRU VDLG  To  optimize  performance,  Williams  said  the  team  de-­ voted   two  years  to  designing  and  researching  an  improved  version  of  the  car  and  an  additional  year  to  build  it. ³7U\LQJ WR GR WKLV LV \RXU OLIH ´ /XNH 6WRYHU D IRXUWK \HDU DGROHVFHQW HGXFDWLRQ PDMRU VDLG ³<RX PLJKW DV ZHOO FDOO LW \RXU JLUOIULHQG ´ Stover  said  one  of  his  teammates  spent  every  day  in  June  ZRUNLQJ RQ WKH FDU HYHQ VSHQGLQJ VRPH QLJKWV LQ WKH ZRUN-­ shop.

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Author:  Professor  of  History  Michael  A.Vargas Title:  ³7DPLQJ D %URRG RI 9LSHUV &RQĂ&#x20AC;LFW DQG &KDQJH in  the  Fourteenth-­Century  Dominican  Conventsâ&#x20AC;?  Subject:  The  book  is  about  a  period  in  the  history  of  a  Christian  religious  order,  the  Order  of  Friars,  usu-­ ally  called  more  simply,  the  Dominicans,  after  their  founder  Dominic  of  Calaruega.  7KH RUGHU VWDUWHG ZLWK D GLIÂżFXOW EXW VLPSOH PLV-­ sion:  they  wanted  to  be  the  most  learned  men  in  ur-­ ban  society  so  that  they  could  teach  others  how  to  follow  God.  That  was  in  the  thirteenth  century.  By  the  fourteenth  century,  however,  the  men  inside  the  order  were  learning  how  to  take  advantage  of  the  re-­ sources  and  status  that  the  order  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  since  it  was  now  very  powerful  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  offered  them.  They  would  sneak  out  at  night  to  play  gambling  games,  to  hang  out  with  women,  etc.,  they  ate  meat  against  the  rules  of  the  order,  etc.

How  long  have  you  been  working  on  this?

The  book  expanded  upon  themes  raised  in  my  doctoral  dissertation.  If  you  go  back  to  my  earliest  research,  then  you  might  say  that  I  worked  on  this  for  about  10  years  before  it  was  published.

When  was  it  published?  In  2011  by  Brill.

How  is  it  unique?  Three  things,  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  say.  First,  I  have  confronted  an  older  way  of  looking  at  religious  organizations.  That  old  story  of  rise  and  decline  is  too  simplistic.  Instead  I  look  at  system  failures  in  the  organization  and  the  FRQĂ&#x20AC;LFW EHWZHHQ LQGLYLGXDO IULDUV DQG WKH RUJDQL]D-­ tion.  Second,  to  get  to  this  understanding  I  drew  not  only  from  earlier  studies  by  historians,  but  also  from  theories  and  studies  by  anthropologists,  cognitive  sci-­ entists,  institutional  and  social  theorists.  So,  my  work  is  interdisciplinary  in  a  way  that  readers  have  found  new  and  interesting.  Third,  part  of  the  book  does  a  lot  of  counting  of  the  activities  of  individual  friars  in  a  way  that  has  not  been  done  before.  All  of  that  hard  work  of  counting  is,  from  a  methodological  perspective,  something  that  histo-­ rians  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  often  do.  But  one  of  the  results  of  that  counting  is  something  really  important.  I  was  able  to  show  that  what  historians  used  to  say  about  the  im-­ pact  of  the  Black  Death  is  not  true.

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Residents  of  Rosendale  should  brush  up  on  the  rules  for  surviving  a  zombie  apocalypse.  SUNY  New  Paltz  graduate,  Lara  Hope  and  co-­organizer  Elena  Brandhofer  were  inspired  by  Newburghâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Psychedelic  Zombie  Fest  three  years  ago  and  decided  to  organize  their  own  festival  to  celebrate  the  living  dead.  The  third  annual  Zombie  Fest  will  be  at  Willow  Kiln  Park  in  Rosendale  on  Sept.  22  at  6  p.m.

A  parade  is  planned  for  the  evening  bringing  together  zombies,  zombie  hunters  and  survivors  on  Main  Street.  Hope  said  they  will  be  providing  a  zombie  facepainting  booth  and  a  costume  contest  will  also  take  place.  Hope  also  said  the  festival  brings  together  multimedia,  OLYH PXVLF SRHWU\ UHDGLQJV DQG ÂżOP She  hopes  to  bring  out  an  older  crowd  to  the  festival  this  year.  The  events  began  at  1  p.m.  in  previous  years  but  after  listening  to  input  from  attendees,  she  decided  to  push  it  back.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Both  years  people  told  me  that  they  thought  it  would  be  a  better  festival  at  night,â&#x20AC;?  Hope  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  saw  the  way  both  the  Newburgh  and  the  Saugerties  zombie  festivals  went  into  the  night,  and  I  think  it  is  just  easier  to  get  more  people  out  later.â&#x20AC;?

Apart  from  organizing  the  festival,  Hope  will  also  be  performing  with  her  band  Tigeriss.  The  Arkhams,  Pitchfork  Militia  and  Nine  Inch  Elvis  are  the  other  bands  slated  to  play.  Actor  Zach  Zito  will  also  read  from  Edgar  Allen  Poeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Â

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Tell-­Tale  Heart.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Zachary  is  a  theatre  professional  who  has  donated  nu-­ merous  prizes  to  the  festival  since  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  start  three  years  ago,â&#x20AC;?  Brandhofer  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  are  ecstatic  that  he  was  able  to  vol-­ unteer  his  talents  to  perform  this  chilling  piece  for  us  this  year.â&#x20AC;?

Lead  singer  for  Pitchfork  Militia  Peter  Head  said  he  WKLQNV KLV EDQGÂśV PXVLF ÂżWV WKH IHVWLYDOÂśV DWPRVSKHUH â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  have  a  particular  upstate  brand  of  music  that  we  like  to  call  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Apocabillyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  and  well...  zombies  and  the  apoca-­ lypse  seem  quite  related,â&#x20AC;?  Head  said.  Pauline  Uchmanowicz,  a  professor  of  English  at  SUNY  New  Paltz,  attended  the  festival  last  year  and  said  she  likes  that  the  parade  is  all-­inclusive.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  is  the  best  part  of  the  festival,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  all  ages,â&#x20AC;?  Uch-­ manowicz  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  just  a  fun  community  event.â&#x20AC;?   Uchmanowicz  said  she  also  enjoys  watching  people  pa-­ rade  down  Main  Street  in  their  homemade  costumes  and  that  the  costume  contest  winner  is  determined  by  applause.  Vendors  will  also  be  selling  zombie-­related  merchan-­ dise.  Hope  said  she  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  know  exactly  who  will  be  vend-­ ing  at  the  festival  this  year,  but  that  last  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Zombie  Fest  included  zombie  jewelery,  comics  and  stickers.  A  baker  also  provided  zombie  brain  cupcakes.  To  end  the  night,  Hope  and  Brandhofer  will  show  the  movie  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Carnival  of  Soulsâ&#x20AC;?  at  the  Rosendale  Theatre.

Hope  said  she  has  high  expectations  for  this  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Zombie  Fest. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  one  will  be  bigger,  better,  scarier,  darker  and  more  fun,â&#x20AC;?  Hope  said. Â

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Romance  novels  are  typically  associated  with  the  idea  of  being  trashy.  Picture  the  dollar  books  on  the  shelves  at  Target  with  dramatically  dressed  women  clad  in  ripped  bod-­ LFHV WLJHUV LQ D ÂżHOG RI OLODFV DQG VRPH Ă&#x20AC;RZHU\ WLWOH VODVKHG across  it,  like  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lily  Loses  Her  Loveâ&#x20AC;?  or  something  equally  terrible.  Sarah  MacLean  is  not  an  author  I  would  associate  with  terrible  romance  novels.

Not  because  there  arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  ripped  bodices  or  awful  titles,  but  because  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  well  plotted  with  brilliant  characters.

Take  a  look  at  the  second  book  in  her  Love  by  Numbers  series,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ten  Ways  To  Be  Adored  When  Landing  A  Lord.â&#x20AC;?  Does  the  title  and  the  cover  scream  stereotype?  Of  course.  But  the  plot  and  the  characters  do  not.

The  novel  opens  with  Nicholas  St.  Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  life  turning  upside  down  as  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  published  as  one  of  the  top  bachelors  to  land  in  London.  In  an  effort  to  escape  from  his  newfound  stardom,  he  takes  a  commission  from  a  friend  to  hunt  down  his  runaway  sister  when  he  meets  Isabel  Townsend.  Isabel  runs  a  home  for  girls  who  have  nowhere  else  to  PHOTO  COURTESY  OF  BLOGSPOT.COM

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The  plot  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  merely  rise  and  fall  with  the  love  story.  There  are  character  faults  the  two  need  to  overcome  in  order  WR XQGHUVWDQG HDFK RWKHU DQG WR Âż[ WKH FKDRV LQ WKHLU OLYHV The  side  characters  actually  have  depth  and  arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  just  stock  FKDUDFWHUV WKHUH WR Ă&#x20AC;HVK RXW WKH ZRUOG (YHU\ERG\ KDV D SDUW So  the  next  time  you  see  somebody  reading  a  romance  novel,  stop  and  think.  Is  it  really  a  senseless  bodice-­ripper?  2U LV LW VRPHWKLQJ LQÂżQLWHO\ EHWWHU"

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Artist  Jan  Harrison  will  perform  her  multimedia  piece  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Animal  Tongues,â&#x20AC;?   as  part  of  the  Dorskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  exhibition  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dear  Mother  Nature:  Hudson  Valley  Artists  2012â&#x20AC;?  on  Saturday,  Sept.  15,  at  2:30  p.m.   Linda  Weintraub,  guest  curator  at  the  Dorsky,  said  the  theme  of  the  exhibi-­ tion  is  â&#x20AC;&#x153;the  condition  of  the  planet  today  as  interpreted  by  members  of  a  profes-­ sion  known  for  sensitivity  and  original-­ ity  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  artists.â&#x20AC;?

Weintraub  said  the  artists  are  creat-­ ing  environmental  art  which  ensures  the  well-­being  of  our  planet.  Harrison  said  that  Mother  Nature  constantly  expresses  herself  in  different  ways.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Mother  Nature]  expresses  things  she  feels  very  strongly  about  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  some-­ times  she  shows  anger  at  the  way  the  earth  and  its  inhabitants  have  been  treated,  and  she  has  a  right  to,  but  she  also  shows  joy,  and  nurturing,  as  well  as  strength  and  vulnerability,â&#x20AC;?  Harrison Â

said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;She  expresses  a  kind  of  wisdom  that  displays  both  parts  of  our  psyche.â&#x20AC;?

Harrisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  performance  piece  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ani-­ mal  Tonguesâ&#x20AC;?  originated  in  a  dream  she  had  in  1979.  That  same  year  she  completed  a  piece,  titled  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Tongue  'UDZLQJ ´ ZKLFK ZDV WKH ÂżUVW WLPH VKH spoke  and  sung  in  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Animal  Tongues.â&#x20AC;?  She  said  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Tongue  Drawingâ&#x20AC;?  inspired  â&#x20AC;&#x153;a  lifetime  body  of  work,  of  paintings  and  sculpture,â&#x20AC;?  including  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Animal  Tongues.â&#x20AC;?   +DUULVRQ GHÂżQHV Âł$QLPDO 7RQJXHV´ as  â&#x20AC;&#x153;different  animal  beings  expressing  themselves  and  interacting  with  other  animal  beings,  as  well  as  with  me,  and  with  the  audience.â&#x20AC;?  Weintraub  said  that  Harrisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  exhi-­ bition  works  with  both  verbal  and  non-­ verbal  language,  and  her  physical  â&#x20AC;&#x153;mo-­ tion  helps  convey  her  meaning.â&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Animal  Tonguesâ&#x20AC;?  involves  sing-­ ing,  chanting,  dancing,  sculpture  and  audience  interaction  and  participation.  Harrison  said  she  will  ask  questions  that  range  from  playful  to  serious,  but  they  will  all  give  the  audience  a  chance  to Â

connect  with  Mother  Nature,  one  of  the  primary  goals  of  her  piece.  Harrison  has  been  performing  the  SLHFH IRU ÂżYH \HDUV 6KH VDLG VKH ZLOO caress  the  surface  of  her  pastel  paint-­ ing,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big  Cat  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Mountain  Lion  with  Foliage  Fur,â&#x20AC;?  and  then  the  animal  be-­ ings  come  alive,  sharing  their  distinct  voice  and  language  with  the  audience.  She  said  the  sculptures  in  her  per-­ formance,  made  from  fusing  wax  and  pastel  together,  portray  the  limitless-­ ness  of  nature.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nature  knows  no  boundaries,â&#x20AC;?  Harrison  said.  Harrison  said  the  dialect  is  not  a  literal  representation  of  animal  sounds,  although  there  are  animal  sounds  with-­ in  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;tongues.â&#x20AC;?  She  said  her  piece  is  not  an  interpretation  of  these  sounds,  but  â&#x20AC;&#x153;animal  nature  speaking  and  sing-­ ingâ&#x20AC;?  through  her  voice. Âł7KH DQLPDOV DUH QRW >D@ VSHFLÂżF species,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  come  from  the  dream  world,  and  they  speak  from  the  collective  animal  spirit  and  soul.  They  are  Mother  Nature.â&#x20AC;?

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Professors  extended  their  appreciation  for  music  beyond  their  classroom  walls  at  the  Fac-­ ulty  Showcase.  The  performance,  sponsored  by  the  music  department,  was  held  in  McKenna  Theatre  on  Tuesday,  Sept.  11.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  want  the  students  to  hear  us  play,â&#x20AC;?  Carole  Cowan,  chair  of  the  music  department  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  want  students  to  be  inspired  to  practice  and  love  music  as  much  as  we  do.â&#x20AC;?

The  eveningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  program  included  a  variety  RI PXVLFDO LQĂ&#x20AC;XHQFHV DQG JHQUHV &RZDQ EHJDQ the  show  playing  a  three-­movement  piece  by  Russian  composer  Reinhold  Gliere  on  the  vio-­ lin,  accompanied  by  Professor  Susan  Seligman  on  the  cello. Â

Adjunct  Professor  Ruthanne  Schempf  continued  the  program  by  playing  another  three-­movement  piece  called  â&#x20AC;&#x153;African  Sketch-­ esâ&#x20AC;?  composed  by  Assistant  Professor  Nkeiru  Okoye  on  the  piano.  ³7KH SLHFHV DUH GLIÂżFXOW WR SOD\ ´ 6FKHPSI said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  nervous,  but  as  soon  as  I  start  play-­ LQJ ,ÂśOO EH ÂżQH 7KHUH DUH WZR GLVWLQFW UK\WKPV playing  against  each  other.  One  is  actually  based  on  a  childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  clapping  game.â&#x20AC;?

Adjunct  Professor  Rachel  Grasso  per-­ formed  a  piece  called  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Un  Seul,â&#x20AC;?  written  by  Kalmen  Opperman,  her  recently  deceased,  for-­ mer  clarinet  professor.  She  said  the  piece  was  challenging  not  only  because  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  solo,  but  also  because  of  the  music  technique  it  demands.

Having  performed  the  piece  years  ago  when  she  was  a  clarinetist  in  the  U.S.  Military Â

Band,  Grasso  is  familiar  with  its  complicated  UDQJH EXW ÂżQGV KHUVHOI QHUYRXV SHUIRUPLQJ LW LQ memory  of  her  teacher.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  piece  shows  the  tone  of  the  clarinet  and  has  a  beautiful  lyrical  sound  to  it,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  thought  it  would  be  a  great  way  to  show  what  the  clarinet  can  sound  like  when  you  get  to  a  certain  level  and  I  want  my  students  to  be  able  to  see  what  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  like  to  see  their  teacher  per-­ form.â&#x20AC;?

As  the  concert  continued,  the  professors  varied  their  sound  with  a  mix  of  classical  and  contemporary  pieces.  Adjunct  Professor  Gregory  Dinger  per-­ formed  two  pieces  contrasting  in  genre.  The  ¿UVW ZDV Âł'HOLFDWH $UFK ´ D FRQWHPSRUDU\ ZRUN electronically  composed  by  Adjunct  Professor  Bob  Lukomski,  and  the  second,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;True  Love,â&#x20AC;? Â

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a  classical  guitar  piece  composed  by  Dinger  himself.  The  night  ended  with  jazz  standards  per-­ formed  by  Professor  Vinnie  Martucci  on  the  piano  and  Assistant  Professor  Mark  Dziuba  on  the  guitar.  The  showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  variety  captured  the  audience,  largely  made  up  of  students,  and  demonstrated  the  importance  of  being  passionate  about  the  subject  you  teach.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  great  idea  for  the  faculty  to  dem-­ onstrate  what  they  sound  like,â&#x20AC;?  Grasso  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  not  just  teachers,  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  also  per-­ formers.  A  pictureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  worth  a  thousand  words.  If  a  teacher  knows  how  to  play,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  great  way  to  demonstrate  to  the  students  that  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  on  top  of  things  and  that  way  [the  students]  can  think,  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I  could  probably  do  that.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

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The  SUNY  New  Paltz  theater  department  is  once  again  opening  the  curtains  to  their  2012-­13  season.  This  fall,  the  Mainstage  will  feature  two  dramas  and  an  unexpected  Blackbox  production  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  an  original  musical  written  by  a  New  Paltz  theater  major.  The  Mainstage  productions  include  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crimes  of  the  Heart,â&#x20AC;?  the  Pulitzer-­winning  tragic  comedy,  and  the  Shakespearean  tragedy,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Macbeth.â&#x20AC;?  The  Blackbox  production,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Dark  I  Know  Well,â&#x20AC;?  fourth-­year  the-­ ater  performance  major  Alex  Eisenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  original  musical  set  in  1930s  Germany,  will  run  between  the  two  dra-­ mas.  The  theater  department  held  auditions  for  all  three  productions  on  Sunday,  Aug.  26,  from  noon  to  6  p.m.  in  McKenna  Theatre.  Professor  Jack  Wade,  chair  of  the  theater  department,  said  students  have  many  op-­ portunities  to  learn  about  seasonal  auditions,  including  a  studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  own  passion. Â

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  really  rely  on  peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  interest  in  theater  to  bring  them  into  the  theater,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  Wade  said  the  department  sends  out  a  mass  email  with  information  to  all  theater  and  pre-­theater  majors  EHIRUH WKH DXGLWLRQV 'XULQJ WKH Âż UVW ZHHNHQG RI HY ery  semester,  he  said  announcements  are  printed  on  the  callboard,  located  in  the  lower  level  of  McKenna  Theatre,  for  interested  students.  While  non-­theater  majors  are  welcome  to  audi-­ tion,  Wade  said  the  departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  primary  focus  is  to  train  theater  majors  for  the  industry,  because  produc-­ tions  are  an  opportunity  to  apply  classroom  theory  and  practice.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  really  have  to  make  sure  that  over  the  course  of  the  four  years  here,  performance  majors  have  the  opportunity  to  work  onstage  for  a  live  audience,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  keep  the  season  open  to  anyone  outside  the  major  and  quite  frequently  we  do  cast  outside,  but  we  do  tend  to  use  majors  more  than  non-­majors.â&#x20AC;?

Third-­year  theater  performance  major  Erin  Thom-­ as  said  some  students  might  be  disappointed  because Â

DXGLWLRQV RFFXU WKH Âż UVW ZHHNHQG RI WKH VHPHVWHU UDWK er  than  two  or  three  weeks  in.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;If  they  just  talk  to  people  and  get  on  the  list,  then  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  know  about  the  next  auditions,â&#x20AC;?  Thomas  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;But  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  kind  of  got  to  seek  it  out.â&#x20AC;?

Auditions  for  this  seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  productions  included  two  monologues  that  could  not  exceed  two  minutes  total,  one  contemporary  and  the  other  Shakespearean.  $QDOLVH 5LRV D Âż UVW \HDU WKHDWHU SHUIRUPDQFH PD jor,  said  although  she  was  nervous  for  her  Shakespeare  audition,  the  department  did  an  adequate  job  of  pre-­ paring  her  and  other  theater  majors.  The  department  held  a  workshop  on  Saturday,  Aug.  25,  where  students  could  present  their  mono-­ logues  to  peers  and  faculty  and  receive  constructive  criticism. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After  performing  my  pieces  in  front  of  everyone,  I  felt  a  lot  more  comfortable  and  rehearsed  so  [the  workshop]  really  prepared  me  for  the  audition,â&#x20AC;?  Rios  said.

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By  Katherine  Speller )HDWXUHV (GLWRU  |  Katherine.speller79@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about time Steven Moffat and I have a little chat. After watching the most recent episode, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dinosaurs on a Spaceship,â&#x20AC;? a bacchanalian orgy of repWLOHV KLVWRULFDO Ă&#x20AC; JXUHV DQG VDVV ,¡P OHIW confused.

Before this reads of bitterness and old fogey yearning for the older days, let me say that I love the increased attention and budgets of the show. It means people care.

But maybe weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting a little too excited here. For a show that once made a rolling garbage disposal into a menacing genocidal monster, the scrappy ingenuity that shaped the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s character has been less and less apparent as plotlines and twists become more grandiose. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the street urchin who gorges on a buffet, or that possum who broke into that Australian bakery, ate too many pastries and then couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t move.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got so much going on in so little time that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost as if we have nothing to hold on to and carry away. Things are too fantastical in the Whoniverse and, VFL Ă&#x20AC; EH GDPQHG ZH QHHG WR EH JURXQGHG once more.

The episode was lighthearted and family-friendly with environmentalist undertones and featured an interesting â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whocanonâ&#x20AC;? explanation for the disappearance of Queen Nefertiti from Egyptian records.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the right sort of romp for the kids to enjoy, but not entirely satisfying as a standalone episode.

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MUSICIAN(S) OF THE WEEK: MIKE BLANDINO & MATT HUNTER YEAR(S): Fourth MAJOR(S): Contemporary Music Studies & Jazz Guitar Performance

WHATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S  YOUR  INSTRUMENT  OF  CHOICE  AND  WHY? Mike:  Believe  it  or  not,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  saxophone.   I  always  go  back  to  it.  Matt:  'HÂż QLWHO\ WKH JXLWDU ,WÂśV MXVW P\ natural  habitat.

WHAT  ARE  YOU  INVOLVED  WITH  MUSICALLY? Mike:  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  the  president  of  Male  Call,  and  Matt  is  the  musical  director.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  also  in  Absolut  A  Capella.

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Animal Collective Centipede Hz

      In  an  era  of  independently  produced  electronic  music,  few  artists  attempt  to  step  out  of  the  formula  that  others  KDYH ODLG IRU WKHP DQG WKHUH DUHQÂśW PDQ\ SODFHV WR Âż QG anything  legitimately  unique  in  the  pop  music  scene.  With  the  recent  release  of  Centipede  Hz,  Animal  Collective  con-­ tinues  to  challenge  the  boundaries  of  what  makes  music,  music.  Centipede  Hz,  released  Sept.  4,  is  another  testament  to  the  bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  groundbreaking  sound.  With  a  diverse  selection  RI YLEUDQW DQG HODERUDWH VRQJV IDQV ZLOO Âż QG WKH DOEXP D refreshing  reminder  of  the  bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  capability  to  create  sur-­ prisingly  dynamic  sounds  while  still  providing  an  experi-­ ence  that  is  distinctly  Animal  Collective.  Centipede  Hz  is  the  perfect  introduction  to  Animal  Collectiveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  famous,  but  occasionally  overwhelming  multi-­dimensional  sound.  The  album  is  satisfying  to  fans,  while  also  delivering  a  more  appealing  experience  for  the  mainstream  listener.  Centipede  Hz  also  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  any  of  the  shouting  found  in  other  songs  which  makes  the  album  Â

easier  on  newcomersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  ears.  Centipede  Hz  uses  relatively  consistent  rhythm  and  VLJQLÂż FDQWO\ OHVV LQWHQVH YRFDOV WKDQ RQ SUHYLRXV DOEXPV where  songs  spontaneously  explode  with  sudden  tempo  increases  and  vocal  breakdowns.  Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  get  me  wrong,  this  album  has  spontaneous  exploding  (the  song  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Su-­ pernaturalâ&#x20AC;?  delivers  plenty  of  that)  but  nearly  all  the  other  songs  play  with  a  recognizable  rhythm  that  continues  as  expected  throughout  each  track.  In  this  album,  the  group  seems  to  concentrate  more  on  delivering  songs  that  experi-­ ment  with  complexity  and  have  slight  variations  in  rhythm  instead  of  throwing  out  all  the  traditional  aspects  of  music.  What  really  sets  Centipede  Hz  apart  from  the  rest  is  its  energyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;  almost  all  of  the  songs  are  jam  songs.  Most  of  the  songs  are  fast  and  electric,  and  the  ones  that  arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  provide  the  Collectiveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  typical  chill,  relaxed  vibes.   If  you  can  remain  seated  through  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Moonjock,â&#x20AC;?  (the  album  opener  that  begins  with  a  distorted  voice  reminding  you,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  is  the  newâ&#x20AC;?),  then  this  band  may  not  be  for  you.  From  the  mind-­blowing  complicated  patterns  and  melodies  to  the  loud,  fast  songs,  you  wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  be  able  to  prevent  yourself  from  dancing  to  this  album.   If  you  are  a  fan,  you  will  love  this  album.  Centipede  Hz LV DQ H[SHULHQFH WKDW ZLOO UHPLQG \RX RI \RXU Âż UVW WLPH listening  through  Strawberry  Jam  (2007).  If  you  have  nev-­ er  listened  to  Animal  Collective  before,  then  Centipede  Hz  is  the  perfect  album  to  start  with.  Overall,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  fantastic,  GLYHUVH FROOHFWLRQ RI VRXQGV WKDW ZLOO Âż W SHUIHFWO\ LQ WKH Animal  Collective  discography  and  keep  fans  looking  to-­ ward  a  very  bright  future.

Thursday,  September  13,  2012

We  also  have  a  folk-­pop  comedy  duo,  Sand-­ wich  Friday,  and   The  Queen  Latifah  Ban-­ dits.  (Our  four  man,  food  themed,  Queen  Latifah  based  Rap  Troupe.)

WHO  HAVE  YOU  BEEN  LISTENING  TO  LATELY? Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  been  listening  to  a  whole  ton  of  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;90s  Hip  Hop.  Biggieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  been  our  summer.

WHATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S  YOUR  PLAN  FOR  THE  FUTURE? Both  Sandwich  Friday  and  The  Queen  Latifah  Bandits  will  be  releasing  albums  within  the  school  year.

ANY  ADVICE  FOR  ASPIRING  MUSICIANS? Remember  to  eat  a  Fat  Sandwich  every  day.  Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  help  to  make  good  music.

CHECK Â OUT Â SANDWICH Â FRIDAY Â BY Â SCANNING Â THIS Â CODE Â WITH Â ANY Â SMARTPHONE! Â

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MUSICIAN OF THE WEEK? Contact  Carolyn  Quimby  at  Carolyn.quimby@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu Â

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tHe Deep END SAMANTHA GILIO

Major: Art History Minor: Visual Arts Year: Fourth

“I constantly attempt to force myself to see the world in a different light. I try to draw inspiration not only from what I see, but from what I feel.

Creating art allows me to focus on what I care about most. ‘Art is the elimination of the unnecessary’ -Pablo Picasso”

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If  some  of  you  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  know,  this  is  my  last  semester  (tipping  my  hat  to  Juli-­ eBird).  I  believe  that  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  supposed  to  set  time  aside  to  acknowledge  my  achieve-­ ments  and  think  about  all  the  wonderful  lessons  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  learned,  but  the  only  thing  I  can  think  of  is  how  I  still  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  know  what  a  vector  is  or  how  to  solve  one.  , ZDV VXSSRVHG WR OHDUQ WKLV LQ +LJK School  but  for  some  reason,  my  teacher  JRW Âż UHG DQG ZH VNLSSHG WKDW ZHHN 2I course,  that  is  not  a  proper  excuse,  but  it  was  good  enough  for  me.  I  passed  the  class  and  I  moved  up  to  pre-­calculus  and  we  decided  to  put  these  triangles  in  the  past.  Then  when  I  got  to  college  the  only  class  I  took  was  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Statistics  and  Public  Policy.â&#x20AC;?  This  course  was  essentially  drawing  bar  graphs  and  eating  Star-­ EXUVWV DIWHU Âż QGLQJ WKH SUREDELOLW\ RI pink  squares  in  an  average  bag.   I  was  always  good  at  math  because  I  never  tried  to  rationalize  it.  Math  was  like  this  illegitimate  stepbrother  who  I  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  to  pay  attention  to  as  long  as  I  made  sure  he  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  getting  into  trouble.  Math  sat  quietly  in  his  room  and  played  with  his  imaginary  integers  while  I  moved  on  in  my  education.

Now  that  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  done  with  math  class-­ es  for  the  foreseeable  future,  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  like  to  say  that  maybe  trigonometry  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  all  that  helpful.  So  you  can  take  your  hy-­ potenuse  and  shove  it  up  your  quadrilat-­ eral  and  call  it  a  day.  I  will  never  again  ORRN IRU \RXU UHVXOWDQW DQG \RX FDQ Âż J ure  out  your  own  shaded  area  when  the  ladder  is  up  against  the  house.  Sorry  if  this  was  an  unnecessary  tangent,  but  sine  and  cosine  arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  that  useful  either. Â

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Up  until  a  few  years  ago,  I  wanted  to  be  a  doctor.  It  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  just  your  typical  childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  play,  though.  A  Fisher  Price  doc-­ tor  kit  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  good  enough  for  me.  I  had  a  real  one.  This  was  serious  business!  The  kit  contained  a  real  doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  stethoscope,  a  blood  pressure  cuff,  two  sets  of  scrubs,  a  white  lab  coat  and  sy-­ ULQJHV LQ D SLQN Ă&#x20AC; RZHU\ EDJ 7KH PD WHULDOV FDPH IURP 0RQWHÂż RUH +RVSLWDO in  the  Bronx,  courtesy  of  my  aunt,  the  nurse.  I  took  the  kit  everywhere,  forc-­ ing  my  friends  and  family  members  to  be  my  patients  while  I  checked  their  blood  pressures  and  heart  beats.  Ironically,  I  hated  English  class  in  school  and  loved  biology.  I  preferred  dissecting  a  frog  to  writing  an  essay  on  Shakespeare  or  anything  like  that.  My  freshman  year  of  high  school,  I   already  decided  I  would  take  physics  (some-­ thing  I  really  had  to  force  myself  to  do)  in  order  to  make  it  into  AP  Biology Â

Changing  Course my  senior  year.  And  I  did  it.  I  was  get-­ ting  ready  to  attend  college  and  study  pre-­med  and  possibly  move  on  to  med  school  at  Albany  Medical.  I  was  pre-­ pared  to  a  T.  Senior  year  was  at  its  peak  and  then  something  happened.  I  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  want  to  study  medicine  anymore.  I  visited  so  many  colleges  and  toyed  with  so  many  majors.  I  thought  physicianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  assistant,  psychology,  edu-­ cation,  music  and  even  thought  about  not  going  to  school  at  all.  Journalism  never  crossed  my  mind.  In  fact,  my  ¿ UVW VHPHVWHU DW WKH FRPPXQLW\ FROOHJH I  went  to,  the  editor  of  the  Chronicle,  the  school  paper,  came  to  my  class  and  encouraged  us  to  get  involved.  I  actu-­ ally  wrote  it  off  so  quickly,  I  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  even  think  twice  about  it.  , JXHVV \RX FRXOG VD\ , GLGQÂśW Âż QG journalism,  but  it  found  me.  7KH Âż UVW DUWLFOH , ZURWH IRU WKH

Chronicle ZDV D Ă&#x20AC; RZHU\ SLHFH RQ P\ orchestra.  It  was  good  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  for  a  chapter  book!  I  have  come  a  long  way  since  then,  and  I  will  never  forget  my  time  there.  I  am  afraid  I  wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  get  a  job  af-­ ter  all  is  said  and  done  and,  sometimes,  I  think  about  the  alternative.  What  if  I  had  sucked  it  up  and  just  followed  the  plan?  Well,  I  guess  I  would  be  studying  for  my  MCATS  right  about  now  rather  than  writing  this  column  for  the  Oracle.  I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  know  exactly  why  I  left  my  dream  of  becoming  a  doctor,  but  I  found  something  very  special.  Journal-­ ism  may  not  always  be  glamorous,  but  it  is  the  coolest  job  in  the  world.  I  get  to  be  a  psychologist,  politician,  athlete,  musician,  doctor  and  engineer  for  a  day.  I  get  to  experience  everything  and  learn  about  a  variety  of  topics.  Instead  of  dis-­ secting  cadavers,  I  get  to  dissect  peo-­ pleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  minds.  Because  everyone  has  a  story  to  tell,  and  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  my  job  to  extract  it. Â

â&#x20AC;&#x153;NUMB Â SKULLâ&#x20AC;? Â BY Â RYAN Â PATRICK Â HANRAHAN Â AND Â JULIE Â GUNDERSEN

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The  SUNY  New  Paltz  Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Volleyball  team  is  8-­1  on  the  season,  and  plans  to  continue  their  success  as  the  season  goes  along.                                                                                                           PHOTO  BY  ROBIN  WEINSTEIN

By  Cat  Tacopina Sports  Editor  |  Ctacopina97@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  a  team  that,  when  com-­ pared  to  others,  is  one  Matt  Giufre  took  a  quick  liking  to.  ³7KH\ÂśUH GHÂż QLWHO\ RQH RI WKH PRUH fun  teams  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  coached  in  recent  years,â&#x20AC;?  Giufre,  the  head  coach  of  SUNY  New  Paltzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Volleyball  team,  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  personalities  on  the  team  click  ex-­ tremely  well.â&#x20AC;?

With  an  8-­1  record  and  a  seven-­ game  winning  streak,  the  Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Vol-­ leyball  team  has  begun  to  distinguish  themselves  as  a  force  to  be  reckoned  with  during  the  fall  2012  season.  As  a   WHDP DOUHDG\ KROGLQJ Âż YH YLFWRULHV expectations  are  high  for  a  team  that  said  goodbye  to  a  talented  senior  class  in  2011.

The  conclusion  of  the  fall  2011  sea-­ son  saw  the  team  make  it  to  the  confer-­ HQFH ¿ QDOV RQO\ WR IDOO WR ULYDO 681<

Cortland  for  a  second  consecutive  year.  Despite  the  heartbreak,  the  Lady  Hawks  channeled  all  of  that  into  preparing  for  this  upcoming  season.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  recommitted  ourselves  to  the  weight  room  and  becoming  an  elite  team,â&#x20AC;?  Giufre  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  know  what  to  expect  coming  into  this  season.  When  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  split  up  over  the  summer,  you  wonder  if  the  momentum  gets  lost  dur-­ ing  those  months.  It  was  clear  though  once  they  came  back  that  they  were  go-­ ing  to  follow  through  on  what  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  been  working  for.â&#x20AC;?  The  current  roster  is  smaller  than  in  previous  years,  which  is  both  a  strength  and  weakness  for  fourth-­year  player  Dana  Vosilla. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  only  12  of  us,  so  we  re-­ ally  strive  for  that  unity  which  can  take  a  team  to  the  next  level,â&#x20AC;?  Vosilla  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  one  team,  one  heartbeat.â&#x20AC;?

While  the  lower  numbers  bring  the  team  closer,  Vosilla  said  it  makes  prac-­ WLFHV PRUH GLI¿ FXOW 6KH VDLG LWœV WRXJK WR ¿ QG D WLPH ZKHQ WKH ZKROH WHDP LV available  and  can  work  together.

However,  the  personalities  coming  together  so  well  has  helped  to  diffuse  the  problem.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our  team  is  already  so  close,â&#x20AC;?  Vosilla  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  have  the  talent  to  do  well  and  we  have  a  mental  toughness  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  strongest  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  played  with  while  being  here.â&#x20AC;?

Fourth-­year  Michelle  Jacobson  said  D VLJQLÂż FDQW VWUHQJWK WKH WHDP KDV WKLV \HDU LV WKH Âż UVW \HDU SOD\HUV ZKR KDYH come  in.  She  said  the  new  players  have  been  able  to  come  in  and  make  a  place  for  themselves  on  the  team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  really  stepped  up  for  us  and  proven  they  can  compete  and  make  an  impact,â&#x20AC;?  Jacobson  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  go-­

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ing  to  really  help  us  when  it  gets  later  in  the  season  and  everyone  starts  to  get  a  little  bit  tired.â&#x20AC;?  Giufre  also  said  the  rookie  players  will  come  in  and  help  the  Lady  Hawks,  pointing  out  Becca  Borquist  as  a  player  to  look  out  for. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  been  great  for  us  already,  and  our  freshmen  have  bought  into  the  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;team  ¿ UVWÂś PHQWDOLW\ ´ *LXIUH VDLG Âł7KHLU SHU sonalities  blend  extremely  well  with  the  veterans.  Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  all  in  it  to  the  end.â&#x20AC;?

The  team  will  continue  play  against  Johnson  and  Wales  University  on  Sept.  14,  but  is  focusing  on  strengthening  their  cohesiveness  as  a  team  even  stron-­ ger,  which  will  help  to  carry  them  far. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  more  close-­knit  and  self-­ less  than  some  of  the  other  teams  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  coached,â&#x20AC;?  Giufre  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  challenge  one  another  to  bring  out  the  best  of  themselves.â&#x20AC;?

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Field  Hockey  Sticks  To  Winning  By  Adi  Chun-­McHugh  Copy  Editor  |  N02110391@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

SUNY  New  Paltzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Field  Hockey  team  is  upping  the  ante  this  fall  season.

Currently  holding  a  2-­1  record  and  starting  off  strong,  Head  Coach  Shanna  Vitale  has  plans  to  make  tangible  improve-­ ments.   ³6SHFLÂżFDOO\ ZH SODQ RQ LQFUHDVLQJ RXU intensity  throughout  practice  and  the  game,â&#x20AC;?  Vitale  said.   Vitale  plans  to  implement  a  game  strat-­ egy  focused  on  â&#x20AC;&#x153;organized  defense.â&#x20AC;?    She  also  said  she  is  teaching  her  team  to  be  â&#x20AC;&#x153;re-­ lentless  on  attackâ&#x20AC;?  while  striving  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;instill  good  (technically  sound)  habits  for  game  play.â&#x20AC;?  Keeping  the  seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  strategies  in  mind,  Vitale  is  shooting  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;win  the  big  games.â&#x20AC;?  For  the  past  three  seasons  as  head  coach  of  the  team,  Vitale  has  25  victories  to  her  cred-­ it.  With  more  wins  than  any  other  coach  in  SURJUDP KLVWRU\ DQG WKH SURJUDPÂśV ÂżUVW HYHU SUNYAC  Coach  of  the  Year  award,  she  said  her  ambition  for  this  season  is  to  keep  mov-­ ing  forward.

One  of  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;big  gamesâ&#x20AC;?  in  their  sights  is  the  SUNYAC  tournament,  which  they  quali-­ ÂżHG DV WKH 1R VHHG IRU LQ IRU WKH

second  year  in  a  row.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  year,  we  hope  to  host  and  win  [the  tournament],  come  November,â&#x20AC;?  Vitale  said.   Depending  on  the  outcome  of  the  rest  of  the  season,  they  also  aim  to  compete  in  the  NCAA  tournament.

They  are  already  off  to  a  strong  start  with  a  3-­0  win  over  William  Paterson  Uni-­ versity  (1-­2),  which  took  place  on  Wednes-­ day  evening  at  Wightman  Stadium  in  non-­ conference  action.

Third-­year  forward  Alicia  Aragosa  be-­ lieves  the  team  is  strong  and  deep.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  brought  in  freshmen  with  a  lot  of  talent  this  season  and  the  rest  of  the  team  has  really  improved  on  all  the  basic  skills,â&#x20AC;?  Aragosa  said.  Vitale  has  faith  that  her  players  will  really  step  up  to  the  challenge,  especially  Alyssa  Stock,  Amy  Lee,  Madeleine  For-­ rester,  Alicia  Aragosa,  Lauren  Link  and  Toni  Pjetri. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our  freshman  class  is  very  good,â&#x20AC;?   Vi-­ tale  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  will  challenge  our  return-­ ers.â&#x20AC;?  Aragosa  has  already  tallied  two  goals  and  four  shots  on  goal  this  season,  some-­ thing  she  plans  to  keep  up  throughout  the  season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Personally,  I  want  to  score  as  many Â

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goals  as  it  takes  to  win  and  not  back  down,â&#x20AC;?  Aragosa  said.

The   team  believes  their  determination  instilled  within  the  teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  dynamic  enables  the  possibility  of  a  season  of  great  plays  and  will  be  a  key  component  for  the  teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  suc-­ cess.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone  we  play  will  be  our  big-­ gest  competitor,â&#x20AC;?  Vitale  said.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  cannot  look  past  any  team.   We  have  four  nationally Â

ranked  teams  on  our  schedule  this  year,  so  we  do  have  a  challenging  schedule.â&#x20AC;?   Aragosa  said  that,  whatever  the  chal-­ lenges  may  be,  the  team  is  ready  to  face  them  head  on. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  are  going  to  have  to  work  very  hard  but  we  are  more  than  capable  of  win-­ ning  and  everyone  on  the  team  knows  that  and  is  going  to  be  striving  for  that,â&#x20AC;?  Aragosa  said.

Cross  Country  Off  To  Solid  Start  By  Zach  Higgins  Staff  Writer  |  N02492353@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

As  the  summer  months  end,  the  leaves  change  color,  the  weather  gets  colder  and  SUNY  New  Paltzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Cross  Country  teams  heat  up.  The  Hawks  Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  and  Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Cross  Country  teams  opened  their  season  by  taking  home  their  respective  titles  at  the  New  Paltz  Invitational  on  Aug.  31.  The  Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  team  took  second  place  honors  at  the  Vassar  Invi-­ tational  on  Sept.  7,  while  the  Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  team  took  third.  At  the  New  Paltz  Invitational,  second-­year  0LNH 6FKHU ÂżQLVKHG ÂżUVW LQ WKH . UXQ ZLWK D time  of  13:33.  Fourth-­year  Nichole  Wischoff  WRRN ÂżUVW LQ WKH :RPHQÂśV . HYHQW ÂżQLVKLQJ WKH UDFH LQ VHFRQGV DKHDG RI VHFRQG SODFH ÂżQLVKHU $PDQGD :ROIHU 7KH WRS IRXU ÂżQLVKHUV IURP ERWK WKH PHQÂśV DQG ZRPHQÂśV competitions  were  New  Paltz  runners.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;With  every  new  season,  runners  get  a  little  bit  stronger  and  more  experienced,â&#x20AC;?  Head  Coach  Mike  Trunkes  said.

Trunkes  said  new  members  and  key  re-­ turners  are  imperative  to  the  menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  suc-­ cess.  Rob  Gorski,  a  third-­year  transfer  from  Marist,  and  Ithaca  High  School  standout  and  ¿UVW \HDU -RVK *UHHQEHUJ DUH WZR LPSRUWDQW additions,  Trunkes  said.   Trunkes  also  said  fourth-­year  Shawn  Gannonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  return  to  the  squad  this  year  after  an  injury  kept  him  on  the  sidelines  last  fall  will  also  make  a  difference.  Despite  not  running  with  the  team  for  a  year,  Trunkes  said  Gannon  is  in  â&#x20AC;&#x153;great  shape.â&#x20AC;?  The  Lady  Hawks  are  returning  all  of  their  members  from  last  seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  regional  team.  Trunkes  said   runners  second-­year  Bridgette  -RVNRZ VHFRQG \HDU 6DPPL +DUULV DQG VHF-­ RQG \HDU -HVVL 3XWQDP KDYH DOO PDGH LPSURYH-­ PHQWV IURP ODVW VHDVRQ 7UXQNHV H[SHFWV ÂżUVW year  runners  Kelly  Mahoney  and  Rachel  Levy Â

to  make  an  impact  on  the  team.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  both  very  strong  and  have  al-­ ready  inserted  themselves  into  the  top  seven,â&#x20AC;?  Trunkes  said.  Wischoff  said  the  New  Paltz  Invitational  was  important  for  the  team,  which  is  looking  to  come  out  strong  and  stay  strong. Âł>,W@ GHÂżQLWHO\ VHW D VWURQJ WRQH IRU ZKDW is  to  come  this  season,â&#x20AC;?  Wischoff  said.  Wischoff  also  said  the  team  is  at  its  stron-­ gest  and  she  expects  them  to  do  well  this  sea-­ son.

Wischoff  aspires  to  be  in  the  top  35  at  the  National  Championships  and  to  receive  All-­American  honors.  In  order  to  reach  these  goals,  she  upped  her  training  regimen  from  running  70  miles  a  week  to  80  miles  a  week.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  higher  the  volume,  the  stronger  you  become.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  all  about  building  a  really  strong  aerobic  base,â&#x20AC;?  Wischoff  said.  Ultimately,  Wischoff  said,   a  team  berth  for  nationals  would  be  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;coolest  thing  ever.â&#x20AC;? Â

Thursday,  September  13,  2012

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Like  Wischoff,  Scher  increased  his  run-­ ning  workload  for  the  summer  as  he  went  from  a   weekly  mileage  of  50  miles  to  65  to  70  miles.

With  a  good  foot  off  on  the  season,  Trunkes  and  Wischoff  said  if  the  team  remains  strong  and  continues  to  grow,  they  will  be  competitive  when  championships  and  region-­ als  roll  around.

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Groggily  pulling  myself  up  from  my  newly-­acquainted  friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  couch,  I  felt  sore  and  overly-­exhausted.  Three  un-­ deviating  days  of  snowboarding  and  a  night  of  drinking  in  Wanaka,  New  Zealand  had  nearly  sucked  my  energy  dry.   Despite  the  aches  and  pains,  I  felt  fantastic.  It  was  mid-­se-­ mester  break  for  Otago  University,  and  I  was  posted  up  in  a  Ă&#x20AC; DW LQ :DQDND 1HZ =HDODQG RQH RI WKH WRS VNL WRZQV LQ the  world,  according  to  National  Geographicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s VXUYH\ 7KLV LV ZKDW ,ÂśG EHHQ ORQJLQJ IRU P\ GUHDP ZDV Âż QDOO\ coming  true.  This  was  the  day  I  was  to  go  to  Snow  Park  NZ.  When  I  managed  to  pull  my  eyelids  apart,  I  noticed  Benji  was  already  awake  and  readying  himself.  I  had  met  Benji  two  days  prior  while  snowboarding  at  Cardrona,  one  of  the  mountains  surrounding  the  town  of  Wanaka.  He  and  I  were  both  invited  by  a  mutual  friend,  Omri,  to  couch-­surf  DW KLV Ă&#x20AC; DW 'RQQLQJ D SDLU RI EULJKW RFHDQ EOXH H\HV XQGHU D KHDG RI Ă&#x20AC; RZLQJ GLUW\ EORQGH KDLU WKDW GURSV WR KLV VKRXOGHUV I  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  surprised  when  Benji  told  me  that  he  was  an  avid  surfer  hailing  from  the  northeast  coast  of  New  Zealandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  North  Island.  Like  most  of  the  Kiwis  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  encountered,  he  was  an  amicable,  chummy  guy  from  the  minute  we  met.  In  D GD\ÂśV WLPH RXU IULHQGVKLS IHOW DV LI LW KDG EHHQ Âż QH WXQHG WR perfection  over  several  years  of  knowing  one  another.  We  loaded  our  gear  and  snowboards  into  Omriâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  car,  a  beaten-­up  red  suburban  smothered  with  dirt  from  previ-­ ous  trips  to  Cardrona.  He  lent  Benji  and  me  the  car  for  the  GD\ VR WKDW ZH FRXOG DYRLG SD\LQJ IRU D DURXQG American  dollars)  shuttle  from  Wanaka  to  the  mountain.  We  rushed  to  the  New  World  grocery  to  get  the  necessities:  two  loaves  of  bread,  hot  pork  cold  cuts,  processed  cheese  slices,  cheap  microwaveable  meat  and  cheese  pies  and,  of  course,  two  dollar  pizza  buns  for  breakfast.  Equipped  with  enough  food  and  water  for  the  demanding  day  that  lay  ahead  of  us,  the  two  of  us  charged  the  mountain  in  our  junky  red  gas  guzzler.  Unlike  the  roads  up  to  the  ski  resorts  in  the  States,  New  Zealandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  ski  resort  roads  are  unpaved  and  exorbitantly  bumpy.  The  drive  seems  like  an  unsafe  off-­roading  experi-­ ence,  jumbling  on  the  bumps  and  skidding  around  the  long  winding  turns  on  loose  gravel.  Almost  always  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  required  that  you  carry  chains.  Guardrails  to  protect  you  from  tum-­ bling  down  the  side  of  the  mountain  from  the  ghastly  drop  off  the  end  of  every  one  of  those  turns  are  non-­existent.  Yet,  Benji  still  thought  it  amusing  to  pull  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tokyo  Driftâ&#x20AC;?-­like  ma-­ neuvers  around  several  of  them.  In  the  right-­side  passenger  seat,  I  nearly  self-­defecated  three  times.  6WDQGLQJ DW PHWHUV DQG VSDQQLQJ D PHUH DFUHV Snow  Park  NZ  is  considerably  smaller  than  other  mountains  in  the  country.  However,  this  â&#x20AC;&#x153;smallâ&#x20AC;?  mountain  packs  a  big  punch.  Once  arriving  at  the  car  park  of  Snow  Park  NZ,  I  felt  just  like  my  ancestors  must  have  when  Moses  led  them  across  the  Red  Sea  to  the  land  of  milk  and  honey.  In  front  of  me  stood  my  promised  land,  the  mecca  of  the  Southern  Hemisphereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  park  riding.  Snow  Park  NZ  holds  the  title  of  being  the  most  promi-­

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nent  and  highly  acclaimed  terrain  park  this  half  of  the  globe  has  to  offer,  according  to  Trans  World  Snowboarding  maga-­ zine.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  home  to  Red  Bullâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Performance  Camp,  a  week-­  long  summer  session  hosting  professional  skiers  and  riders  sponsored  by  the  energy  drink  company.  Stacked  with  a  WULSOH MXPS OLQH RI DQG IRRW VWHS GRZQV D IRRW KDOI SLSH FXW WR :RUOG &XS VWDQGDUGV DQG WKHLU LQIDPRXV foot  super-­kicker  this  past  August,  Snow  Park  NZ  proves  itself  to  be  an  excellent  setting  for  the  progression  of  skiing  and  snowboarding.  For  those  of  us  who  arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  lunatic  enough  to  hit  those  features,  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  option  of  taking  on  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Box  Run,â&#x20AC;?  a  trail  consisting  primarily  of  rail  and  box  features,  along  with  the  choice  of  a  two-­jump  line  or  a  wall-­ride  leading  to  ad-­ ditional  box  features  nearing  the  bottom  of  the  run.  The  trail  LQFOXGHV RYHU ER[ DQG UDLO IHDWXUHV WR FKRRVH IURP DOO RI them  set  up  properly  by  the  laid-­back,  providing  and  inno-­

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vative  park  crew.  I  was  able  to  hit  at  least  eight  tricks  on  any  given  run.  From  strapping  in  all  the  way  down  to  the  sole  chairlift  the  mountain  operated:  features,  features,  features.  Benji  and  I  were  ecstatic  for  the  entirety  of  the  trip,  repeatedly  exclaiming  nearly  every  chairlift  ride  how  un-­ believably  amazing  the  park  and  half  pipe  were  and  how  happy  we  were  to  be  there.  At  the  end  of  each  run,  I  was  more  than  eager  to  get  to  the  top  and  do  it  again  and  again.  As  Kiwis  would  say,  it  was  â&#x20AC;&#x153;sweet  as.â&#x20AC;?

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This will be Gary Bettman’s third lock-­ out. This will be his second lockout in eight years.

Okay, nothing is set in stone. The Col-­ lective-­Bargaining Agreement [CBA] doesn’t end until Sept. 15. However, just about ev-­ eryone with any sort of interest in the NHL knows it’s highly unlikely for games to start on Oct. 11 like they’re scheduled to.

It’s more than likely that NHL hockey will be back before the Winter Classic, but an extra three months is a long time to wait. It’s a shame players won’t be able to play for a few months, but the real trouble involves people who work in the arenas these players compete in. People who work there depend on that money for their home, their families’ well-­ being, school and to simply get by. Shutting down the league is going to place hundreds of people between a rock and a hard place.

The lockout is cause for plenty of anger, grief and frustration among fans, so much so that Rangers columnist Andrew Gross re-­ cently wrote about it on Northjersey.com and called for NHL fans to put off the league for good.

For the record, I can’t help but agree with just about everything Gross said. Though it’s a small fan base, the NHL fan base is a pas-­ sionate one. It’s a demographic of people who live and die by their teams. Like Gross

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Another season’s end is thankfully on the horizon for the Mets.

While us fans who bleed orange and blue are unfortunately accustomed to sea-­ son endings that feature no semblance of “meaningful games” in September, this season in particular stings.

Mere months ago, the Mets were the cinderella team of baseball. The team was near the top of the NL East standings, Jo-­ KDQ 6DQWDQD KDG WKURZQ WKH WHDP¶V ¿ UVW no-­hitter and the ragtag Mets seemed to have the spark and spunk that playoff-­ bound teams are made of.

Boy, how things have changed.

Sure, the team still has some bright spots — most notably R.A. Dickey’s un-­

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Rhythm And The Blues said, the NHL counts on the blind loyalty of its fans;; it’s a blind loyalty that allows us to overlook everything Bettman and his goons have put fans through since 1994.

And I wish I was strong enough to say I could turn away from the league like Gross thinks NHL fans should. But that’s the trouble with this whole thing. I’m not an NHL fan, I’m a New York Rangers fan.

I could never turn away from this team.

It’s one of the only things I know.

What can I say? The New York Rangers, as pathetic as it may sound, have been an in-­ tegral part of mine and my brother’s and my parent’s lives since the day I was born. Some RI P\ HDUOLHVW PRPHQWV SKRWRJUDSKHG RQ ¿ OP feature my older brother Joe and I sporting New York Rangers garb. Madison Square Garden is the site of many dates my parents went on before they were married. ,W¶V WKH VDPH SODFH , ¿ UVW IHOW WKH IHHOLQJ of my heart splintering slowly into fragments.

It was in Section 336, Row K, seat 12. It was the night Mike Richter suffered his career-­ ending concussion. I was 10.

Don’t think for a second this is a special story. The NHL fan base is passionate enough as it is, but when you get to teams like the Rangers and the Montreal Canadians and any of the other Original Six teams (I’m an Origi-­ nal Six elitist. Sue me.), the love for a team is something you’re born with. There are mil-­

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If the NHL is locked out on Sept. 15, this will be the third of Commissioner Gary Bettman’s career.

OLRQV RI IDQV RXW WKHUH ZKRVH ¿ UVW PHPRULHV were in an NHL arena.

People who will never forget the heart-­ break watching their team lose a Winter Clas-­ sic or a game seven at home. People who will wish they bottled the feeling of watching their team win in double overtime during a playoff game.

While there is strength in being able to walk away from a league that takes you for granted more times than should be legal, it’s

questionable whether it’s even possible to walk away so easily from something that’s been so constant in a life. At 20 years old, there are four truths I know in this world, and I cling to these four truths as strongly as Samwise Gamgee holds onto Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

The sun rises. The sun sets. The New Paltz Oracle comes out on Thursdays. I am a Ranger.

Reasons To Believe likely quest for a Cy Young award — but now the Mets’ true colors are showing.

Their starting pitching depth was not enough to propel them past the All-­Star break, their offense is streaky at best and another late season plummet in the stand-­ ings has left many empty seats at Citi Field.

For some, this fall from grace was foreseeable. No one — not even me — ex-­ pected the Mets to contend this season. All of the PR and slanted talk aside, this team was clearly in a state of transition, whether they wanted to use the term “rebuilding” or not.

That being said, it was hard not to be-­ lieve in them earlier this season. Maybe, just maybe, this team had what it took to perform above their expectedly low expec-­

tations.

Despite the fact that the Mets are heading toward yet another losing season, there are reasons to be optimistic about the team’s upcoming seasons.

The team’s starting pitching depth should develop into a strong point over the next few seasons. Matt Harvey, who solid-­ L¿ HG KLPVHOI LQ WKH WHDP¶V VWDUWLQJ URWDWLRQ earlier this month, has shown the MLB the talent that made the Mets choose him LQ WKH ¿ UVW URXQG RI WKH GUDIW DQG VKRXOG continue to develop into a front-­end start-­ LQJ SLWFKHU -RQ 1LHVH DOVR ¿ QDOO\ KDG WKH breakout season we had all been waiting for.

Other arms such as Jennry Mejia and Collin McHuh give the Mets back-­end op-­

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tions and Zach Wheeler — one of the top prospects in all of baseball — continued to pitch well at AAA Buffalo.

Besides the youth making their way up the farm system, the Mets will also KDYH PRUH À H[LELOLW\ LQ WKHLU RIIVHDVRQ plans this year — meaning a more com-­ petitive team is likely on the horizon.

General Manager Sandy Alderson will undoubtedly address some of the team’s most glaring needs — including power hit-­ WLQJ RXW¿ HOGHUV DQG PRUH EXOOSHQ RSWLRQV — through free agency or trades.

So chin up, Mets fans. This sea-­ son might not be the most entertaining to watch or fruitful in terms of wins, but things should be better sooner rather than later.

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