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Students Celebrate National Philanthropy Day See page A9 for More Photos From the Event

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The College of Saint Rose recognized those in the community who, through the simple act of giving, make a difference to The College on Thursday, November 15th.

Green Leaf Café Offers Healthy Choices for College Students

By JOURDAN THOMPSON Contributing Writer The new Green Leaf Café opened its first location at 217 Western Avenue. A space previously occupied by Pepper Jacks and Chicken Joe’s has made a transition from fast food to a healthier fare. The restaurant sets itself apart with its plans to use social media, such as Facebook, to attract customers along with its numerous smoothie options.

Green Leaf Café opened about

a month ago. Gary Singh and Ajay Gill own the Café. Singh, who moved to Albany from New York City eight months ago, spotted the owners of Chicken Joe’s moving out while driving down Western Avenue. Chicken Joe’s celebrated its new location opening on Western Avenue in October of 2011; however the restaurant closed after only ten short months.

Green Leaf is unlike most food

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Traffic Calming Moves Forward on Madison Ave.

By KAYLEE PAGANO Contributing Writer On a short walk down Madison Ave. the sounds of traffic are a constant presence at all hours of the day and night. Car horns and tires squealing are a common occurrence, and there is a high frequency of car accidents.

With four lanes of cars, Madison Ave. has one of the highest

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volumes of traffic in the City of Albany, as one of the three major roadways leading downtown to the heart of the capital district.

Many residents of the Pine Hills neighborhood view the current traffic patterns as a large safety hazard to all that travel the roadway, including cyclists, pedestrians and drivers.

In 2010, the Albany Common Council passed the Madison Ave.

calming program.

This initiative would reduce the number of lanes from four to two. In addition to that, a center turning lane would be added in hopes to alleviate accidents and improve the safety of pedestrians.

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Sports

The Absence of Crosswalks in the Pine Hills Neighborhood.

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M. Williams Smith Reviews Lincoln.

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Men’s basketball off to a hot start.

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Not Your Typical Bed and Breakfast.

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States React to Election With Threat of Secession.

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Women’s Soccer heads to NCAA Final Four.

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By SAM MAXWELL Staff Writer In the past 24 months, there have been 12 accidents involving pedestrians in the Pine Hills neighborhood, according to Steven Smith, the public information officer for the Albany Police Department.

Out of the 12 accidents, there were ten injuries.

Dating back to January of 2007, there have been 37 reported accidents involving pedestrians, with 36 injuries as a result.

One possible explanation for these accidents is a lack of crosswalks, and crosswalk signals in the neighborhood.

One mother is concerned about the safety of her small children.

“There could be more crosswalks in Pine Hills,” said Erin Tobin, Pine Hills resident and member of the Pine Hills neighborhood association.

“When I get to an intersection, before crossing I have to check right and left, check the light to see what color it is, and check behind me to make sure no cars are turning.”

Ann Sipher Tobin has three children, and would worry less about their safety if more crosswalks were installed.

“I would feel much more comfortable letting my older children walk the three blocks to Ridgefield Park alone if there were more crosswalks along the route,” said Tobin.

Echoing these thoughts is Ann Sipher who lives on Park Avenue,

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The intersection near Ridgefield Park, one of the areas that some residents of Pine Hills feels a crosswalk should be located. and walks her dog three times a day in the neighborhood.

“When I get to an intersection, before crossing I have to check right and left, check the light to see what color it is, and check behind me to make sure no cars are turning,” said Sipher.

And even then, there are no guarantees the drivers are paying attention.

“Drivers think they are more important than the pedestrians,” said Sipher.

Even though residents in the area have stated their displeasure, there is a process in order for more crosswalks to be added.

“The procedure is that a request has to be made and then reviewed by Traffic Engineering. If we find that the requested crossing can be granted, we then schedule the work,” said Smith.

“If the work is done by the City or the City contractor, the cost is approximately $4.00 per feet,” he added. That price includes the material and the labor necessary to install the material.

Last summer, the city of Albany added crosswalks along South

Main Street, but did not add signals across parts of South Main itself at the intersections of Park Avenue and South Main Avenue.

Another place where crosswalk signals were not added is at the intersection of Partridge street and Morris Street.

Tobin believes one place that needs a crosswalk and signal is at the intersection of Ridgefield Street and Park, saying she “could not believe” there is not a crosswalk there. Many Pine Hills residents cross the intersection to enter Ridgefield Park.

Even though the speed limit in the neighborhood is 30 mph, cars drive faster than that on a daily basis. If more crosswalk and crosswalk signals are not added, it is only a matter of time before more injuries occur.

The Pine Hills neighborhood has welcomed new residents: the staff of Metroland. The Capital Regions Alternative Newsweekly paper has been uniquely covering and distributing the latest events in the region for nearly 30 years.

Although well established in the community, the location where Metroland “makes the magic happen” is reborn at 523 Western Avenue.

“The office space is pleasant,” comments Stephen Leon, head editor and publisher at the newspaper, on the current residence.

Ironically, Leon states that the previous office located on 419 Madison Avenue, and was too big for his staff. Metroland newspaper is owned by six different individuals—Leon being the only active participant involved with the paper on a daily basis out of the group, was given the duty of searching for a more sensible space. Though rental options appear frequently throughout the area, Leon felt the new office of Metroland must offer the right capacity and scene.

“It’s a nice neighborhood, I’m familiar with it and the employees are too,” Leon states of his Pine Hills spot.

The staff of the Capital Regions Alternative Newsweekly was reduced recently, providing further explanation for the move.

“A few positions were cut”, says Shawn Stone, holding the position as Arts Editor of the Metroland newspaper. Elaborating

further, Stone says the editorial department lost four members, bringing the team from seven individuals to three. One position in the production team was released, also.

In 2004, Madison Avenue became the home of the Metroland newspaper staff. Since the staff has said its last farewells, the old

“It’s a nice neighborhood, I’m familiar with it and the employees are too.”

Stephen Leon brick building remains unoccupied and off the market. Though the present utilization of this historic place may not be of a concern to the team any longer, it is to a local individual.

“It could be a useful source in the community that would help vibrate economics, as well as some community service” said decade long Albany resident, Qaadir Islam. He adds that occupying the location will allow for “a remembrance of the building and the service it provided in the past.”

The building was built in 1891 and was originally used to house the members of the Fourth Precinct Police Station.

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received the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2009 and, in 2010 was given the Lifetime Achievement Award for Art Writing by the College Art Association.

His regular weekly beat for The Times includes reviewing art in all five boroughs, and most of New York City’s art and culture museums, along with streetbased communal work by artist collectives.

Cotter holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College,

Saint Rose’s all female a cappella singing group, The Girls Next Door, will be hosting an invitational concert this Saturday with a portion of the proceeds going toward Hurricane Sandy Relief in the Picotte Recital Hall of the Massry Center for the Arts.

Performing to “Once Upon an Invitational” theme, The Girls Next Door will be singing with four other college a cappella groups at Saint Rose’s second annual invitational concert. The other a cappella groups include University at Albany’s Serendipity, The Binghamton Crosby’s, The Hofstra Dutchmen, and Oneon-

ta’s Hooked on Tonics.

Each a cappella group will be performing four to six songs each. The Girls Next Door, an award-winning and nationallyrecognized a cappella group, will be singing songs ranging from classic rock to new pop, and from Ingrid Michaelson to Beyoncé and even Disney.

where he studied poetry with Robert Lowell. He also earned a Master of Philosophy degree in South Asian art, with a focus on early Indian Buddhist art, from Columbia University, a Master of Arts degree in America Modernism from Hunter College of the City University of New York.

For more information about the lecture, contact Dr. Lucy Bowditch, associate professor of art history, at 518-485-3903 or bowditch@strose.edu.

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New York Times Co-Chief Art Critic to Speak at Saint Rose Pulitzer-Prize-winning cochief art critic for The New York Times, Holland Cotter, will be delivering a lecture on Western Art in the 21st century at The College of Saint Rose.

Cotter’s address, sponsored by the Cathryn Buckley Arcomano Endowed Lectureship in Contemporary Art, will be delivered December 5th at 7 p.m. in the Saint Joseph Hall Auditorium.

Cotter, who’s been a staff art critic at The Times’ since 1998,

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Tuesday, November 27 2 p.m. APA Style Workshop Academic Support Center 4 p.m. MAPS ALB 109 6:30 p.m. Student Association Standish 7 p.m. G4G (Girls For God) Sanctuary 7 p.m. Theatre Guild Lima Basement 8 p.m. Yoga Sanctuary Wednesday, November 28 1 p.m. Thesis Statement Workshop Academic Support Center 3:45 p.m. Environmental Club Community Service Office 4 p.m. SEB Standish 5 p.m. Mid-Week Mass Sanctuary 5:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball vs. Adelphi Nolan Gym 7 p.m. Spectrum Standish 7:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs. Adelphi Nolan Gym 7:30 p.m. St. Rose Madrigals Concert Massry 7:30 p.m. BASIC Sanctuary Thursday, November 29 10 a.m. Chicago Style Workshop Academic Support Center 3:30 p.m. Mind, Body, and Spirit The Counseling Center 3:30 - 4:45 p.m. Great Expectations Workshop Lally Symposium 6 p.m. Women’s Initiative Main Lounge 7 p.m. Cabaret Night Jack’s Place 7:30 p.m. St. Rose Tuba/Euphonium Concert Massry 9 p.m. Green Pageant St. Joseph Hall Friday, November 30 6:30 p.m. Strose vs. Hunger Souper Concert Jack’s Place Sunday, December 2 6:30 p.m. College Mass St. Vincent de Paul Church Monday, December 3 5:15 p.m. Yoga Sanctuary 7 p.m. Outside the [BOX] Lima Basement 8:30 p.m. CEC Lima Lounge

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Not Your Typical Bed and Breakfast

By TORI WALTERS Contributing Writer

The Pine Hills area is surrounded by colleges and is largely populated by graduate and international students who are looking for places to live for the school year. What many students do not realize is that there are easier and less expensive housing options than apartments and on-campus dormitories, one option being the Pine Haven Bed and Breakfast on Western Avenue.

The classic definition of a bed and breakfast is a small, comfortable place to stay for a short period of time. It typically has less

than ten rooms and resembles a house rather than a hotel. While the Pine Haven Bed and Breakfast may resemble the average lodging house, visitors will find the inside to be a different story.

Owner and retired nurse, Janice Tricarico opened Pine Haven Bed and Breakfast more than 25 years ago and has always intended for it to be a place for people to stay as long as they would like.

To Tricarico, her business is just a normal bed and breakfast.

According to Tricarico, there are eight rooms upstairs and four less expensive and more secluded rooms in the basement. The old Victorian décor and daily rou-

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tines resemble an ordinary bed and breakfast, but its extendedstay model and penchant for attracting tenants from all areas and walks of life that sets it apart.

Tricarico has allowed some guests to stay anywhere between one and five years. Many tenants have even made it their temporary home, the main group being international graduate students.

“You can stay for one night; you can stay for five years, it doesn’t really matter,” said Tricarico.

Just passing by Pine Haven Bed and Breakfast, there is nothing outside that alerts the public that extended stays are available.

This doesn’t seem to bother Tricarico. The only advertising she feels she needs is a small notice on her website regarding extended stays, and the glowing recommendations she’s received from previous residents and others in the area, including college Residence Life offices, and Albany hospital staff.

University at Albany epidemiology international graduate student from the country of Georgia, Eka Karkashadze, 30, has been living at the Pine Haven Bed and Breakfast since September 2012 and plans to stay until May 2013. Since University at Albany has limited on-campus housing options for graduate students, Karkashadze was recommended to stay at Pine Haven Bed and Breakfast by some of her colleagues from home whom have stayed there in the past.

“I feel very comfortable here,” said Karkashadze, who pays between $600 and $700 monthly to stay.

While Karkashadze has her own bedroom, she enjoys spending time in the common rooms of the house, studying and relaxing.

According to Karkashadze, every morning breakfast is offered downstairs in the dining room for all of the guests including coffee, yogurt, bread, and other pre-made items. Internet, heat, electricity, cable, water, kitchen

Tamar Zurashuili facilities, breakfast, and access to all common rooms are included in the monthly fee.

“You can stay for one night; you can stay for five years, it doesn’t really matter,” Janice Tricarico Another University at Albany epidemiology and biostatistics international graduate student, Tamar Zurashuili, 32, is also staying at the Pine Haven Bed and Breakfast. Like Karkashadze, Zurashuili is also from the Republic of Georgia in Europe. She also

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heard about the ability to have an extended-stay through previous students who have studied abroad. Zurashuili has been staying at the bed and breakfast since August 15 and plans to leave for Georgia on December 23 when the semester ends.

According to Zurashuili it is a very safe and convenient place to stay with the police station across the street, a pharmacy and grocery store down the road, and a bus stop right in the front of the house. She also said that the owner still cleans the bedroom and bathrooms, vacuums, and even changes her sheets despite her long stay. Zurashuili is currently paying for her stay with cash that she has received through a scholarship.

“It’s like being at home,” said Zurashuili.

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Strose vs. Hunger “Soup-er Concert” Saint Rose Student Presents Work in Orlando

By LAUREN HALLIGAN Features Editor A Strose versus Hunger “Souper Concert” holiday benefit show will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, November 30 at Jack’s Place in the CCIM. The show is being hosted by the Artist Management class, and all donations will benefit the Unity House of Troy food pantry. Admission will be granted with a minimum requested donation of either a few canned or nonperishable food items or $3.00 in cash.

The show will feature local talent such as ska band Drew and The Grand Spectacular, singer/ songwriter Shannon Vanderlaan, rock group Between the Arctic, The Plastic Faction, Uncle Joel’s Comb, and Peaceful Bull, are also on Friday’s bill. The six participating bands each include members associated with colleges in the Capital Region.

A class assignment, each student in Professor Laura Hartmann’s Artist Management took on a different role on the management team in making Friday’s show a success. “All semester we have been learning the ins and outs of management and we are actually putting these components to work with this show,” said student Noelle Ricci, who is also in one of the performing bands.

The class decided to organize a charity show with the Unity House, a human service agency, in order to contribute to community wellness near the holidays.

The organization provides food services and counseling to local people dealing with struggles including poverty, mental illness, HIV/AIDS, and domestic violence.

The Unity House is specifically requesting canned fruits and vegetables, baby formula, baby food, and cereal items.

A representative from the class has been in contact with the Unity House in organizing the show.

All canned goods and donations will be given directly to the charity shortly after the event, just in

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time for the holiday season.

The Artist Management class is pleased to have the opportunity to produce this community-oriented Soup-er Concert, showcasing the local talent while helping local people. The class invites all to support Strose versus Hunger, the fighting hunger in the Capital District, and to come enjoy the show.

“Hunger and poverty are a lot more prevalent in society than people realize,” said Saint Rose junior Amal Tlaige. “I think it’s great that Saint Rose is reaching out and making an effort towards helping those in need. While we are college students, every little bit of effort and donations counts towards helping an overwhelming cause like this.”

The class hopes that students, community members, alumni, and fans of music will fill Jack’s Place on Saturday evening, generating donations that will indeed help Saint Rose stop local hunger.

“We ... feel that bringing together musical and community events not only brings a crowd, but supports a good cause” said Ricci, adding “It should be a fun time and we have been working hard to put it all together!”

Doors are to open at 6:30 p.m. and the event is open to the public.

More information on this event can be found at the Jack’s Place Facebook page at http:// w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m / j a c k s . place.520?fref=ts.

Communications student Valeriya Ponomorova presenting her paper: “Waking the Undead: Zombie Genre and Active Audiences,” during the panel titled “ A Selection of Top Papers from the Theatre, Film and New Multi-Media Division” at the 98th annual convention of the National Communication Association in Orlando, Florida earlier this month.

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Madison Ave.

Continued From Page A1 ing safety for all.

The calming project would also still have on street parallel parking, as many drivers utilize that parking on a daily basis in the Pine Hills neighborhood. On top of these changes, the plan also calls for the creation of a bicycle lane.

“From a bicycling point of view, there is little protection for cyclists or pedestrians,” said Lorenz Worden in reference to the current layout. Worden is a prominent member of the Albany Bicycle Coalition. The calming project would also call for a reconstruction of the pavement, which Worden sees as a necessity. Road conditions are unsafe along Madison Ave, and often cause cyclists to swerve into traffic, which Worden would love to see improved.

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Overall, the calming program has great potential to immensely improve the well being of all residents of the Pine Hills neighborhood.

“From a bicycling point of view, there is little protection for cyclists or pedestrians.”

Lorenz Worden This proposal was unanimously passed two years ago; however, there has yet to be a change to the landscape of Madison Ave. Though there have been no physiJACKSON WANG

The calming project would call for a reconstruction of the pavement.

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Madison Ave. has one of the highest volumes of traffic in Albany.

cal changes to the layout of the roadway, progress on the project is moving forward.

In November of last year, the City of Albany sent out a request for proposals to local firms to conduct a study of the traffic patterns along Madison Ave. The purpose of this study was to examine the “feasibility” of the traffic-calming proposal.

The city selected Creighton Manning to perform the traffic study after receiving numerous bids from various civil engineering firms across the region.

Creighton Manning is a civil engineering firm with headquarters in downtown Albany. The firm was responsible for organizing the traffic scenes from the movie Salt, which filmed its traffic scenes in Albany. Creighton Manning was awarded the 2010 transportation project of the year award from the Institute of Transportation Engineers in the upstate, New York category.

William Trudeau, coordinator of traffic engineering for the City

of Albany, is heading this project.

Trudeau was unable to provide specific information on the outcome of the study, as it has yet to be finalized.

“The study began April 1, 2012 and has been underway all sum-

“The study began April 1, 2012 and has been underway all summer and fall.”

William Trudeau mer and fall,” said Trudeau. The firm will then take the information gathered throughout the study and come up with multiple designs to present to the city.

Worden is, “hoping that the Creighton Manning Study will come out with the calming plan,

and reduce speed limits and lane changes.” The creation of the center turning lane would allow for less cars swerving out of the left hand lane, promoting the safety of all cars, pedestrians and cyclists.

Creation of a bicycle lane is not guaranteed as of the moment, as the dimensions of Madison Ave. are currently not suited for a full width cycling lane. “I would rather have a shared lane than a narrow bike lane,” said Worden.

The study has recently wrapped and outcomes, “look positive,” according to 10th ward council member, Leah Golby. A draft report is currently circulating internally within the city government, and results should be relatively available by the end of the year.

The Albany Common Council met with the assistant chief of the city’s finance committee in the past few weeks to discuss budgeting the proposal.

“Neighbors are eager. I personally am eager,” said Golby, “change looks promising.”

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Green Leaf Café Continued From Page A1 places in the area. The owners’ goal is to offer a healthier option for college students and residents of the neighborhood. Singh has experience working in the food business having managed restaurants throughout New York City.

Singh does a little bit of everything at the Cafe and is a handson owner. On most days you will find him in the kitchen cooking up whatever the customer requests, answering phones, and even taking orders.

“I have a lot of friends around this area, they told me they wanted some healthier food options.

The name is fresh and it’s a good concept with a great location,” said Singh.

Green Leaf Café is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, sev-

en days a week. The menu consists of Panini’s, wraps, burgers, sandwiches, breakfast plates, pastries and baked goods. They also have “create your own” options, which include salads and burritos. Green Leaf has homemade smoothies and carries healthy brand name beverages such as Neuro, Naked, and Silk drink products. Another thing that sets them apart from other cafés is the restaurant in house grinded coffee beans.

Menu prices appeal to students like Amanda Bartol from the University at Albany. “Everything is under eight dollars and the food actually tastes amazing,” said Bartol.

These prices were chosen to attract college students whom cannot always eat healthy food on a limited budget, Singh said.

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The most popular menu item in the past two weeks has been the smoothies.

Bartol along with most customers love Green Leaf’s smoothies.

“My personal favorite is the new Chocolate Banana smoothie,” Bartol said.

Emily Larkin a staff member at Green Leaf Café loves the variety of food options and enjoys working at the establishment.

“My favorite thing on the menu is the Burritos, they are ‘create your own’ and the Mexican food here is really authentic,” Larkin stated. The price for this “create your own” option is $6.95.

Green Leaf has many plans for promoting the new restaurant.

The restaurant is currently featuring a smoothie of the week.

Larkin along with Singh has put JOURDAN THOMPSON together this and other innovative The dining area in the Green Leaf Café. ways to attract customers.

“We made a Facebook…and hope to have things like customer appreciation A cards,” said Larkin.

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Saint Rose Celebrates National Philanthropy Day

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A student helping out at the event.

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Students making crafts during National Philanthropy Day.

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Mia Wade asking for students to show support for veterans.

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Daniel Day-Lewis is Backed By A Strong Supporting Cast in Lincoln

By M. WILLIAM SMITH Staff Writer

to go back on stage. He claims he saw the ghost of his own father.

So, because I respect DayThere are times when many Lewis’ immense devotion to his people mistake acting as an easy craft, I was ecstatic when I found task, considering it to be just out that he had been cast as the “pretending to be other people,” lead role in Steven Spielberg’s who don’t have any real respect biopic of Abraham Lincoln. As for the art. What they fail to real- a lifelong fan of both Day-Lewis ize is that acting is often a daunt- and Spielberg, this was a match ing task, and the people that take made in heaven, and the film it seriously tend to take mostly lives up to that it very seripotential.

“Day-Lewis is a force As expected, ously.

Daniel Day-Lewis is to be reckoned with Day-Lewis is one such actor, terrific in the well-known for and his mere presence lead role as being incredAbraham Linis enough to overibly picky about He blends shadow a film, Lincoln coln. what projects he into the role so participates in. is backed by one of the well, it’s actuAnd then, once strongest supporting ally incredible; he does pick a the second I saw casts of the year.” project, he fully him onscreen I immerses himforgot there was self in it. an actor playing him. It A method actor of the most was as if Lincoln himself was traditional sort, he never breaks sitting there, and Day-Lewis procharacter when playing a part, vides him with a much-needed to the point of several legendary sense of gravitas, while also stories existing about his acting working to humanize him. We ofprocess. My personal favorite is ten think of Lincoln as this monuhis experience on a stage produc- mental figure, who singlehandtion of Hamlet, where he broke edly freed the slaves and fixed down sobbing in the middle of the country by himself. Spielberg the scene where the father’s ghost has made a film that focuses on first appears to him and refused the smaller aspects of Lincoln,

delving into his personal life and dispelling those “monumental figure” notions, while still making him come across as a great man. The film is at its best when it’s just Lincoln arguing, fighting, and laughing with his adversaries and his staff.

And though Day-Lewis is a force to be reckoned with and his mere presence is enough to overshadow a film, Lincoln is backed by one of the strongest supporting casts of the year. Main roles are played by Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Strathairn, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, but that only scratches the surface. Nearly every supporting part is played by a great character actor, and part of the fun is just seeing them pop up, even it’s just for a scene or two. Michael Stuhlbarg, Jackie Earle Haley, James Spader, John Hawkes, Jared Harris, Walton Goggins, David Costabile, Hal Holbrook, Tim Blake Nelson; the list goes on. Each actor delivers a strong performance, and they make a strong case for calling Lincoln one of the best-acted films in some time.

Spielberg wisely keeps most of the action on the political spectrum, and the film provides some surprising insight into the political process, drawing a parallel to

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Abraham Lincoln, one of the most famous of all United States presidents, is portrayed by Daniel Day-Lewis in Steven Spielberg’s biopic Lincoln. politics today while it does it.

The epic wartime battles of Saving Private Ryan have here been replaced by scenes of men just talking at desks, but the film manages to keep those scenes suitably intense. However, the film falters a bit when focusing on Lincoln’s family.

This is not the fault of Sally Field or Joseph Gordon-Levitt (portraying Mary Todd and Robert Lincoln, respectively), but rather, that story just isn’t as interesting as the main story it’s playing against. And in particular, Gordon-Levitt’s plot seems ultimately pointless; it feels underdeveloped, underwritten, and predictable (I know it’s based in historical fact, so predictability shouldn’t really be an issue, but it could have been done in a more exciting way).

As such, I don’t think it’s a spoiler to say that Lincoln dies at the end. Though I was fond of the film, I felt the assassination could

have been handled better, I would rather they had ignored it entirely and just ended the film before it happens, as it seems rather abrupt in when played in the film itself, as if Spielberg said, “Okay, we’re doing a Lincoln movie, so I guess we HAVE to do this.” It’s not that it’s bad, it just ultimately feels unnecessary.

Lincoln is a good, sometimes great film with a fantastic cast and a real earnestness behind it.

Day-Lewis continues his streak of truly immersing himself in his roles, and Spielberg takes his performance and makes something incredibly human out of it. Despite my misgivings about some aspects of the story and a questionable ending, people should definitely see Lincoln.

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Indie Band Bear Language Makes Debut in Albany I Can’t Believe You Watched That!

By ALISSA PETSCHE Staff Writer

Bear Language, an indie alternative rock band out of Boston, made their Albany debut playing at Jack’s Place on Saturday, November 17. The band was one of four openers for headlining act The Front Bottoms.

Bear Language played a 45-minute, seven-song set of body-vibrating beats with undeniable funk and jazz influences.

They were, by far, the most instrumental band of the evening.

Their set gave off the vibe of an impromptu jam session rather than a previously decided set list, making it almost impossible to tell where one song ended and another began.

Although it took the Boston trio a few songs for the crowd to warm up, once they did the pulsating sound was enough to get the gaggle of music lovers bob-

bing along.

Their presences on stage were perhaps what made their set one of the most zealous of the night.

It was clear to see the members of Bear Language fed off each other while performing, pushing each other to play harder and louder.

Bear Language’s enthusiastic demeanors were infectious as they bounced around stage. Not even a broken guitar string could stop the high-octane trio from doing what they loved.

The broken string sparked a real impromptu jam session that kept the crowd satisfied, as the situation was resolved. After borrowing a guitar from another band the set continued smoothly as if nothing had happened.

One of the highlights of their set was definitely the song, “Mary Go Around,” which was essentially the most traditionally arranged song. After teaching the crowd the words to the cho-

rus the band jumped right into it with everyone singing and dancing along. The song also featured guest vocals from Alex Thomas, the band’s photographer and videographer. Thomas worked the mic and the crowd with his melodic voice and charismatic smile. He gave, perhaps, the most memorable performance of the set and possessed a certain ‘superstar quality’ that could someday move him from behind the camera to center stage.

Overall, Bear Language put on a loud, energetic and animated show that was sure to draw them a new fan base in the area and a reason to return when they finally put out a full-length album.

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Members of the indie band Bear Language made their Albany debut on November 17 at Jack’s Place.

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Breaking Dawn-Part 2

By RACHEL M. BOLTON Managing Editor Twilight my old enemy, we meet again, for the last time. And what an interesting last time it was. Like its predecessor, Breaking Dawn-Part 2 was enjoyable for the wrong reasons. Instead of a heartwarming vampire-human love story, I watched a laugh out loud comedy with the worst special effects in the world.

Breaking Dawn begins were the last one left off, and I tittered trollishly for the first fifteen minutes. Bella wakes up from her post-labor disaster as vampire, and the audience is treated to watching the ridiculous sight of Kirsten Stewart running through the woods at top speed. Lo and behold, she smiles. I can take the idea of vampires in a fantasy movie seriously, but not watching twiggy Bella in a dinner dress wrestle a mountain lion to the ground to eat it.

Don’t get me started on Edward and Bella’s daughter Reneesme. As a hybrid of a human and a vampire, Reneesme is wonderfully smart, special, and perceptive, even as a baby. Because real babies don’t smile or move, the filmmakers decided that a CGI one was a better idea. It is freakishly horrifying to look at.

Forget the blood and decapitations; I shielded my eyes every time that obviously fake baby was on screen. She is even made of CGI as a small child.

Plus, there is the creepy love story between Jacob and Reneesme. You can never make a young man’s obsession with a little girl PG. Because he imprints on her, the two have to be soul mates when little Reneesme is grown. Excuse me while I go throw up.

Of course Edward and Bella’s happiness can’t last forever. Another veggie vampire mistakes Reneesme for an immortal child, a vampire who was turned at a far too early age. The Volturi, the vampire rule makers, plan to kill her and destroy the Cullen fam-

ily. Save for Alice, whose psychic powers interest the leader of the Volturi, Aro. The Cullens gather other vampires to witness that Reneesme is not an immortal child. This was my favorite part of the movie.

The vampires they find have more personality and more interesting backstories than Edward, Bella, or Jacob. There is a love story between two of them that is more heartbreaking and sweet than five movies worth of the two leads.

The Volturi are creepily wonderful. I can pretend for a few minutes that I’m watching a movie about real vampires. But they aren’t without their own silliness.

Aro is played with rotten glee

by Michael Sheen (too bad they couldn’t get Charlie). However, his costume looks like a combination of Michael Jackson and My Chemical Romance’s Black Parade.

Despite proving that Reneesme is not a real vampire, the Volturi want a fight, because they don’t like to be proven wrong.

This movie was advertised with a twist ending, but don’t expect any mind blowing stuff.

SPOILER ALERT: the battle seen in all the trailers is in fact one of Alice’s visions of a possible future. I’m sort of glad it was all just a dream, because the only character I can say I sincerely like gets his head pulled off at the start.

In some strange way, I am sad that Twilight is over. I sure didn’t enjoy all of them, but I will miss listening to Robert Pattinson complain about how stupid they are, and the masochistic pleasure of watching how bad the acting and dialogue is.

In the end, Stephenie Meyer did in fact create an interesting vampire mythology (minus the sparkling), but she is not a talented enough storyteller to create an interesting plot with the better characters she created. So Twilight, I give you my warped final salute. Fan-fiction writers start your engines…

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States React to Election With Threat of Secession

By KATHERINE BAKAITIS Staff Writer

Initially, the subject of certain states threatening to secede from the Union had not seemed like such a big deal, they were just upset about the election outcome, but since reputable news sources have given it the time of day, it probably deserves recognition.

Using the Obama Administration’s We The People website, two dozen petitions have sprung up from Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (fantastic), Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. The most popular petitions have come from Texas and Louisiana, unsurprisingly enough. In order for a secession petition to be considered for review, it must contain at least 25,000 signatures within 30 days.

Twenty-five thousand people is only a small fraction of most of these states, so it is not like the whole population of the state is going along with the secession, which is a good thing.

TIME had an interesting article in an issue shortly after the election; it was saying how the GOP strategy was to move further away from centrists/moderates (ideals most people in the United States hold) and lean as far rightwinged as possible. And what is worse is that the right-wing extremists and Tea Party members have soiled the true meaning of the word “patriot.” The modern day Republicans have become similar to Slytherin House in

Harry Potter, only wanting “pure bloods” in their clan (someone had to say it). GOP strategists have stated that they are not willing to compromise their values in order to appeal to a larger demographic—a plan that will eventually lead to their demise.

What is wrong with this proposal is that they are pulling away from minorities (which are slowly becoming the majority) and current (liberal) trends, and appealing to only a small number of potential voters. This ties into the secession issue because since the conservatives have morphed into even more dogmatic people (never thought that was possible), they are unwilling to compromise and even more unwilling to live under the watch of a leader whose ideals are radically opposite of their own. They cannot move to Canada because they have universal, socialized health care, and Australia is out of the picture because their woman Prime Minister is an atheist. So the solution according to some is total separation.

Secession is risky business. No matter what your values are, there is no doubting that we as citizens are almost completely safe in the United States. If a state were to secede, they will have to give up nearly everything. Any military bases in the seceded states will have to be closed and all military personal will be relocated back to America, except for guards to monitor the new border. The Coast Guard will no longer be able to occupy the waters belonging to the seceded state (if applicable to their geography), so they will have to form their own Navy to protect their own boarders from foreign invaders, drug smugglers, illegal aliens, and terrorists.

U.S. passports will have to be turned over immediately, entry into the U.S. will require a new passport from the new country, and visas will need to be obtained for people staying in the U.S. for

more than two weeks. Funding for highways, transportation, bridges, infrastructure, and education will undoubtedly will be cut entirely. Representatives to the U.S. Congress from the former states will be asked to leave Washington D.C. immediately. All U.S. business licenses will be revoked.

The new country will suffer large amounts of unemployment because anybody working for the U.S. government (Federal Civil Service employees) within that state will be terminated, and since the FAA will no longer be running in their airports, all air traffic controllers will also be terminated.

Anybody receiving payments for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Disability can reapply and the U.S. Congress will decide if foreigners are allowed to receive payments from the U.S. government (unlikely). Also, to add insult to injury, the seceded state will probably have to pay their portion of the national debt before leaving.

If they were to secede (which can never actually happen) then the Civil War and all the lives lost in it, including President Lincoln’s assassination, would have been in vain. What ever happened to “these colors don’t run”? If they do run away, then maybe they were never true Americans in the first place and we would be better off without them. Then again, we could not allow them to leave (they are still Americans after all – unfortunately) because they would not survive on their own (monetary-wise). Then again, the government could refuse their secession petition just to torture them, but that would just end up torturing everybody else. It is actually kind of ironic how around the time the movie “Lincoln” was released; states are threatening to secede from the Union. History repeats itself all too often—or at least it’s desperately trying to.

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A Transfer’s Perspective Happy Thanksgiving

By LAUREN SEARS Staff Writer Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday. It is an even better holiday when you are able to enjoy the quality time with your family, while relaxing, and stuffing your face. Thanksgiving 2012 was the best thanksgiving I have had since beginning college.

Commuting to school allowed me to have the time during Thanksgiving break to spend time with my family that I only see once in a while, which was a blessing. My little cousins were so excited that I was home and could actually stay for dinner and not have to rush to other places! If I still was in Queens or even living on campus, my time with my family would be very limited because I’d have to try and squeeze all of my family time into a span of a few days. That is exactly what happened Thanksgiving

2011. I ended up not relaxing because I was stressed out having to travel from Queens to New Lebanon and back and forth to Albany and back down to Queens again in four days. I still was unable to see everyone in my family that I would have loved to seen because of the traveling.

Thanksgiving 2012 also made me happier because I got to enjoy every minute of break. My cousins and I went out Black Friday shopping. My mom and I put up our Christmas Tree like we do every year the day after Black Friday, and actually had the time to make it the best Christmas tree we have decorated in years.

I got to actually ate leftovers at my other cousins house all weekend! Overall being home sweet home for the holidays is the best because I can actually enjoy them to the fullest extent and be in the Holiday Spirit!

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A view of the Stone Crow on Yates Street during Thursday Night Football.

By EDDIE KADHIM Contributing Writer Every Thursday night there is a battle in Pine Hills at local bars to bring in a crowd, and keep them coming back. On November 29th the Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints will face off in a pivotal divisional game that could decide who goes to the playoffs, a game that up until mid-September would have only been available on the NFL Network.

“Since Cable has started carrying Thursday night football games I would say our profits have been cut in half on Thursday nights…It costs me over $5,000 a season to carry the NFL Network, and now people can just watch the games from home,” According to Shane Hely, owner of Professor M. Barleys, a bar on Western Avenue.

In order to carry the NFL Net-

work, a service that does not come standard with direct TV or Time Warner Cable it costs a household just over $5 a month. Due to bars having so many people watching, the price is calculated by multiplying the max capacity times the cost of the service.

The week before Time Warner Cable and the NFL made a deal to show Thursday night games, the New York Giants played a then important game against the Carolina Panthers. Local bar owners reflected on the night, and those who could show the game ended up having a significantly larger crowd.

“That Thursday night was brutal; literally no one came out to the bar until the game was over because we don’t have the NFL Network.” Jack Dempsey, manager at The Stone Crow on Yates Street, remembers a very slow

day, as Giants fans were not interested in going to a bar in which they couldn’t watch their favorite team play.

A few blocks down the road, Juniors on Madison Avenue, a bar under the same management as The Stone Crow, was showing the Giants game to a packed house.

“There (were) people standing everywhere, it was probably the busiest we’ve been since we expanded,” stated Giles Chance, a manager at Juniors, who was bartending on that day.

Bars like the Stone Crow rely heavily on their drink specials and special events to bring in a mostly young college crowd. Nate Hollinger, a Senior at the University of Albany who lives in the Pine Hills neighborhood says he frequents all the bars around, but does admit now that he can watch

Thursday night games from home he doesn’t go to the bars as early on Thursdays.

“I think a lot of the times if my team was on Thursday before I would go to the bar just because I couldn’t watch them at home, but now that I can watch from home and save some money, I usually just stay in or go out after the game.”

Dempsey says he was happy when the games got moved to cable because now in the future if the Giants or other local favorites are on again he can carry the game and not have to cough up the extra coin.

Chance and Hely agree that the cost of showing other additional packages, such as pay-per-view event at their establishments simply isn’t worth it. Chance said for a regular four-hour Ultimate Fighting Championship event it would cost the bar between $1,000 and $1,500.

Hely expressed how hard it would be to make his money back on such an event because he would not only have to pay the cost of the event, but also promote the event, and have a packed house just to make his money back.

Another issue with showing a pay-per-view event or a football game is the goal of bars to get people in, fill them up, and get them out. Chance explained that people only have so much they can put in their body, and a lot of the times they will then sit around and not spend any more money.

For Haliwell as long as the drinks are flowing and the promotions are going, he’s a happy man. “I really just love all the promotions around here, you’ve got bingo every Wednesday at the Crow, Trivia at the Pub…as long as cable doesn’t take that away I’ll be happy.”

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By BRIAN HUBERT Contributing Writer It’s November. The leaves are down, and it’s time for turkey, pilgrims, and Black Friday sales, and as surely as the leaves fell and it got colder outside, we saw another Miami Marlins fire sale.

This one was unprecedented, with the Marlins unloading over $186 million in future payroll by sending Shortstop Jose Reyes, starting pitcher Mark Bhuerle, the ace of their staff Josh Johnson, catcher John Buck, and infielder Emilio Bonifacio to the Toronto Blue Jays in a trade that involved twelve players.

USA Today reported that the Marlins got shortstop Yunel Escobar, made infamous by his homophobic slur last summer, starter Henderson Alvarez, infielder Adeiny Hechavarria, catcher Jeff Mathis, minor league pitchers Justin Nicolino and Anthony Desclafani and minor league outfielder Jake Marisnick in return.

Not surprisingly, the commissioner everyone loves to hate, Bud Selig, had no problem with this trade, despite the warnings from ESPN baseball experts on how this will permanently damage the image of Major League Baseball in the eyes of the people in Miami they have so desperately tried to attract.

Hey, if Benedict Arnold was still around, Selig would probably let him buy a team, no questions asked. Perhaps the Royals, they would fit him perfectly.

But wait, this was not how 2012 was supposed to end for the Marlins, not with another controversial fire sale. All of this on top of a season that saw the Marlins finish dead last in the NL East with a 69-93 record.

2012 was supposed to be a wonderful new beginning for baseball in Miami, with a sparkling new $634 million dollar publicly-financed retractable roof stadium, an oddly decorated indoor oasis including an aquarium, what could pass for the world’s

largest ugly lawn decoration, and a museum of bobble heads. This new paradise would finally bring out fans by allowing them to escape the unbearable heat, humidity, and lousy views, of their former home in the football oriented Miami Dolphins stadium.

With the new home, came a new name, the Miami Marlins, and the arrival of stars like former Mets shortstop Jose Reyes, and starter Mark Bhuerle, and former Padres closer Heath Bell brought excitement to the mound.

These additions to the infield and the mound complemented staff ace Josh Johnson who went 11-6 with a 2.30 ERA in the 2010 season. Johnson nearly had a no hitter against the Braves in 2011 before his season was ended early due to injuries. Johnson had been with Marlins since 2005, an eternity in the revolving door world of Marlins baseball.

For a bit of buzz, and controversy, the now disgraced Marlins owner Jeffery Loria even threw in the hot tempered combo of Ozzie Guillen as Manager, and the trouble-making ex-Cubs starter and reliever, Carlos Zambrano.

All of these acquisitions brought the Marlins Payroll to a sky high $118 million.

This time, Loria promised Marlins fans things were going to be different. Burned twice by his fire sales following World Series Championships in 1997 and 2003, it seemed like Miami baseball fans finally had a reason to dream big and believe that things would be different, but the wheels started to come off almost from the start.

Perhaps the most treasonous part of Loria’s new Marlins Scheme was his trademark shrewdness. To get his new palace built with taxpayer money, instead of his own, Loria first threatened to move the team to San Antonio if Miami did not pay for a new stadium.

Elected officials fell hook, line, and sinker for Loria’s threats, and his promise of a new palace rising

like a phoenix in the troubled Little Havana neighborhood. ESPN Grantland reported the Citizens of Miami Dade County picked up a large majority of the cost of Loria’s $634 million palace.

By contrast, the ever-stingy Loria and the Marlins contributed a measly $125 million. The county pitched in with another interestfree loan on top of that.

In the end, Grantland reported that total cost to the county would be $2.4 Billion in 40 years when the bonds are finally paid off.

Such a great deal for Loria, and such a bad deal for the citizens of Miami—a real shame.

For many years, Loria, sold us on the story of the Marlins as the

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poor paupers of the league who just needed a new baseball-only palace to win. Then fans would stream through the turnstiles en-masse and at last the Marlins could finally make money.

Grantland reported this was a lie. Thanks to revenue sharing, the Marlins were making money all along, and their 2012 revenue grew to between $70 and $80 Million dollars before they even sold a single ticket. A new national MLB TV deal in 2014 will line Loria’s pockets with another $25 million.

That’s right, no matter what the Marlins will make money, even if nobody shows up for a solitary game. With their payroll gutted, Loria’s potential for a handsome profit is even higher. It’s easy to see why Loria would concoct such a treasonous scheme with

zero concern for Marlins fans, or the hard working taxpaying citizens of Miami, who deserve more.

Instead of new schools, or foreclosure relief, the citizens of Miami get broken promises, broken dreams, and a baseball palace where the magic of 2012, is replaced with the cruel realties of Miami baseball. Now MLB is stuck with the ugly end product of a toxic stadium scheme in Miami with no easy way out for anyone involved. It will be a long uphill climb for MLB to regain the trust of the people of Miami.

Perhaps Selig and MLB can at least try to make things right by waiting for the right opportunity to run Loria out of the game, while declaring him a traitor the integrity of the game, and ethical business practices.

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Golden Knights Starting Off Hot .500, making seven of 14 in the last four games. Pope also put the Golden Knights over the top of Le Moyne in their last contest, hitting the game winning lay-up as time expired. A new face for the Golden Knights, freshman Tyler Sayre has exploded onto the basketball scene at Saint Rose. In his first four collegiate level games, Sayre has averaged 14 points and nearly five rebounds a game.

Sayre was just recently named the Northeast-10 Conference Rookie of the Week.

The sky really is the limit for

this team if they can keep up this high level of play. The Golden Knights’ next four games include home stands against Adelphi and Assumption and road matches against Pace and American International. Pace and Assumption will prove to be true test for the Golden Knights as Pace now sits with a 3-1 record and Assumption remains undefeated at 4-0.

The home match against Adelphi is set to take place this Wednesday in the Nolan Gymnasium at 7:30 p.m.

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Dominykas Milka has done his part in the paint to help out the Golden Knights.

By JOSHUA NATOLI Sports Editor With all the commotion of the Women’s Soccer team looking to make another National Championship run, the success of the Golden Knights Men’s Basketball squad has flown under the radar ever since their season started earlier this month. The Golden Knights have started off very hot this season, going undefeated with four wins, more than half their total victories from last season. The Golden Knights have garnered wins over Mercy, Concordia, New Haven, and most recently Le Moyne in their first Upstate Challenge game away from home. As if the undefeated streak wasn’t impressive enough, they are beating these teams by an average of 15 points per game.

Why all of this success now?

With the Golden Knights losing three key seniors last year in Rob Gutierrez, Brian Hanuschak, and Sheldon Griffin, one would think they would be in a much larger hole than they found themselves

in a year ago. Such is not the case this year.

So what has changed? For one, teamwork and ball movement have been vastly improved.

Transfer point guard Dan Mundweiler has found his way into making this offense function efficiently. This team doesn’t care who scores as long as the ball goes through the hoop on their end. Even with a starting lineup loaded mainly with scorers, the Golden Knights remain as unselfish as a team you can find.

Free throw shooting has also played a big role in the success of the Golden Knights thus far. They are shooting close to 80 percent from the line, knocking in an average of nearly 15 free throws a game. Those 15 points just so happen to be their average margin of victory against opponents.

Free throw shooting percentage hasn’t been the only outstanding statistic for the Golden Knights either. They are making nearly half of their shots from the field with a .497 field goal percentage.

The only blemish on their stat

sheet has to be their assist to turnover ratio. The Golden Knights average 16 assists per game with fourteen turnovers a game, leaving a ratio of 1:1.

Another huge help for the Golden Knights this year has been the off-the-bench production of sophomore Chris Dorgler who has been averaging close to ten points and four rebounds a game, sparking the second unit.

Along with strong bench production, the Golden Knights have developed their own version of a “big-three” in the starting five.

Dominykas Milka has been the backbone of the team’s frontcourt, averaging 14 points and ten rebounds a game. After struggling in the season opener against Mercy, Milka has really stepped into his big man role, controlling the paint on both ends of the floor. Senior Andre Pope has been lethal in numerous aspects on the offensive end. A guard who can shoot as well as slash to the basket, Pope has average 14 points this season with a threepoint field goal percentage of

SHAWN BERMAN

The Golden Knights have started off hot, going 4-0.

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The Chronicle

Sports

November 27, 2012

Volume 81 Issue 14

Golden Knights Headed to Georgia

SHAWN BERMAN

The Golden Knights team is preparing to defend their National Championship in Georgia.

By SHAWN BERMAN Staff Writer The College of Saint Rose Women’s Soccer team will be making a familiar trip this Thursday when they head down to Evans, Georgia to take on the second-ranked West Florida Argonauts in a National Quarterfinal game.

Dating back to 2008, this is the Golden Knights fifth straight Championship Finals (national semifinals and final) appearance as they look to capture back-toback National Championships.

For the Argonauts, this is their third time in the past five seasons that they have advanced to the NCAA Division II Championships.

In their 2011 National Quarterfinal game, The College of Saint Rose took on the California (PA) Vulcans and posted a 1-0 victory against them when Golden Knights midfielder Gianna D’Errico scored the only goal of the game with 47:59 elapsed.

The last time that West Florida as in a National Quarterfinal game was back in 2009 when the edged out The Eagles of CarsonNewman 2-1.

The College of Saint Rose and West Florida do have some history on their hands. In the 2008 season, these two teams met each other in the National Semifinal game. The Argonauts got the better of The Golden Knights and ended their National Championship dreams with a 4-0 victory over them.

Unlike the 2008 Golden Knights, this is a very different team. Led by junior forward Carmelina Puopolo, The College of Saint Rose has high hopes in their upcoming matchup against West Florida. Earlier in the week, Puopolo was honored with the East Region Player of the Year.

Puopolo leads the nation with 57 points and 20 goals, and is second with 17 assists. She also owns the school record for points (139), goals (49) and assists (41).

Not to go unnoticed, four other players along with Puopolo have also earned a spot on the 2012 Daktronics East All-Region Team for The Golden Knights. Junior midfielder Sydney Bond, freshman midfielder Amanda Vasquez, senior back Molly Harpster and junior keeper Jessica Gerski, have all garnered All-Region honors, which is made up of only

29 players.

All season long, Harpster and Gerski have helped solidify a strong defense for Saint Rose that is currently ranked sixth nationally with 0.51 team goals-againstaverage. The Golden Knights have also yielded only 55 corner kick thanks to them, and has only allowed 12 goals all season, including just one in the first half.

The Argonauts have a handful of players that Saint Rose should look out for. West Florida had five players named to the Daktronics All-South Region team.

Junior keeper Sarah Story, junior midfielder Chelsea Palmer, junior midfielder Shelby Bush, senior defender Rachel Cutts and sophomore defender midfielder Taylor Harblon, all earned first team honors for The Argonauts.

Perhaps West Florida’s biggest weapon is junior keeper Sarah Story.

Story was not only named the Gulf South Conference Player of the Year, but she was also named the South Region Player of the Year, and it is easy to see why.

Story has recorded 12.1 shutouts and has started every game for The Argonauts this season. She has played all but 31 minutes for

COURTESY OF SAINT ROSE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT

Carmelina Puopolo looks to lead the Golden Knights this Thursday.

COURTESY OF SAINT ROSE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT

Saint Rose is looking to win its second National Championship.

West Florida this year and has compiled a 0.57 goals-againstaverage, and has a collective 86 saves.

The College of Saint Rose looks to avenge their 2008 Na-

tional Quarterfinal game loss against West Florida Thursday.

If they do so, The Golden Knights are just one step closer to defending their National title.