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Photo: Utica College Media Relations NICK MCADAM EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Non Profit Light is an online database that highlights organizational salaries, revenues and expenses, all of which are easily accessible to the public and free to use. The database allows users to search by location and specific organizations. It also ranks expenses, revenues and salaries in the region. At the moment, Utica College is ranked third for nonprofits in the area in both annual revenue ($104,359,411) and expenses ($98,993,758) trailing only the St. Elizabeth Medical Center and Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare. The database also lists executive salaries that are listed on recent tax filings. At the moment, nine out of the 10 listed names come from the administration who earn over six figures collecting a combined
$1,652,498. Users can also compare figures to other private institutions in the region such as Hamilton College, boasting over $1 billion in net assets and more than $200 million in total revenue for the past year. The top four individual salaried workers at Hamilton College, according to the database, make more than Utica College’s administration combined. Earnings and expenses come directly from the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Form 990. Though the college’s last publicly available report was from 2019, both individual salaries and college finances come very close to matching what is currently reported on Non Profit Light. The database makes reading through pages of tax forms much easier, although for those who are interested in diving deeper into
college expenses, such as custodial payments, Sodexo expenses and grant amounts, can look directly at the IRS report, though the most recent report found ended the fiscal year in May 2019. Information directly from the college as recent as 2019 can also be found on its website. At the moment, reports date as far back as the fiscal year ending on May 31, 2005. Being an informed student at your institution is just as important as the degree you are pursuing. Each student is delivered a tuition bill of around $10,000 per semester to attend Utica College, which does not take into account living expenses and fees. “I feel it is important for students to be informed about the sources and uses of college funds,” Comptroller and Assistant Treasurer Ann McGowan said. “Transparency is SEE NONPROFIT PG. 6
At the beginning of the Fall 2020 semester, several students were removed from campus for breaking rules enforced to keep Utica College students and faculty safe and to ensure that campus remained safely open until Thanksgiving Break. One such student was Freshman Bruce French. French was part of the first group of 12 students to be transitioned to online learning following a gathering in South Hall, the first big incident violating COVID-19 policy that President Laura Casamento had to address. French said he has found the academic aspect of being online difficult, particularly in classes that are in-person for all his classmates. “I struggle with math and doing that online has been really hard,” French said. “I wish I had that one-on-one attention that you get from being inperson.” French said that he thought the punishment to be harsher than he had expected. French had received a message inviting him to spend some time with some of his teammates. As a new
student, he decided to take the opportunity to meet some new people. According to French, he was unaware of how many people were going to be in attendance. “I went an hour after getting the text, I decided to go last minute because I wanted to get to know the people I was going to be on a team with for the next four years,” he said. “I was in there for maybe thirty seconds before there was a knock and Campus Safety came in.” French did not realize right away that he would be in any trouble, as he had thought Campus Safety was there to be sure nobody was drinking, and as he had not been, he was not concerned. “I’d just walked in - I didn’t even know how many people were there,” he said. “I wasn’t worried because I didn’t even realize what we were in trouble for.” Campus Safety recorded the IDs of all students present, and a hearing was scheduled. According to French, the hearing consisted of the 12 students all being handed letters of suspension, and they were not given the opportunity to speak to anyone and present their cases before parents and the rest of the college was informed that the SEE SUSPENDED PG. 4
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Longtime Jeopardy! Host Alex Trebek dies at 80 BAILEY HRYB NEWS EDITOR Alex Trebek, long running host of the popular trivia show Jeopardy! and a pop culture icon amongst various generations of avid fans, has passed away at the age of 80 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer, the official Jeopardy! Twitter account confirmed on Nov. 8.
Photo: Nicole Wollin SUSPENDED FROM PG. 1 twelve students involved had been transitioned to online instruction. “I wasn’t even at college for one week before I was sent home,” he said. “I left before classes even started. I felt like my family was disappointed in me. I should’ve been at school, not home.” Senior Nicole Wollin was in the second group to be transitioned to online instruction. “I think the school had to do what they needed to do in order to keep students safe and healthy to keep the semester going in person,” Wollin said. However, Wollin added that UC was unclear with instructions prior to the event. She was in an offcampus house, with seven other students, and was under the impression that it was within the allowed numbers, as the people in attendance thought
the limit to off-campus gatherings was 10 people. “Being online has impacted my semester greatly,” Wollin said. “I was already used to it after switching to online classes in March. I don’t always mind being online because I feel that my attendance is better, but I do miss seeing my classmates and professors in-person.” As a therapeutic recreation major, Wollin’s classes are often very hands-on, which she said can make her feel left out at times, as she is there virtually rather than physically. However, Wollin feels her professors and other classmates have done a great job at including her in Zoom meetings during classes and have adapted well to teaching virtually. “These are new and different times with new expectations and guidelines,” Senior Vice President for Student Life and Enrollment Jeffery
Gates said. “Hopefully students realize that UC takes the pandemic seriously and took all the steps necessary to continue to have an inperson academic year.” Gates added that UC is doing the best they can to keep the entire community safe and the campus open through both education as well as enforcement of the new guidelines. He added that, in doing so, some difficult decisions needed to be made. “My hope is that students have learned from their situation and will be more cognizant of all expectations and guidelines in the future,” Gates said, adding that he hopes students at home understand that UC had to follow through on the advertised consequences for safety violations. “We don’t create rules and protocols just because – we create them to ensure the utmost safe experience for the
community, and when protocols are violated, there are ramifications,” Gates said. According to Gates, any student who was sent home or moved to online only instruction will be welcomed back for the spring semester. French said that he would like to return in the spring, but he is not sure that he will. “My family feels like it wasn’t handled very fairly, especially since there have been parties since,” French said. “We feel almost like an example was made of us.” Gates defended his original stance, noting that an example was not attempted to be made of the students early on. “There was no setting an example here, let me be very clear about that,” Gates said. “What I would say is that someone is always the first to be held accountable.”
According to Gates, UC set an expectation for students to abide by COVID rules and those rules were broken. “As you know, there were more students who received disciplinary action after the initial group,” he said. “While most students have been compliant, there have been others who have not and action has been taken with those individuals as well.” He added that he hopes the initial group of students knows that similar decisions were made throughout the semester to keep the UC community safe. “I think that Utica College students and faculty should be proud of being one of the few colleges that stayed open and in person through the whole semester, even if it took making a few of the students go online,” Wollin said.
Canandian-born Trebek set his eyes on becoming a TV personality from a young age. He attended the University of Ottawa with the hopes of one day becoming a broadcast news anchor. In 1973, Trebek moved to the U.S. and landed his first game show hosting gig on the NBC show The Wizard of Odds. It was not until 1984 when, after numerous short-lived gigs hosting various game shows on multiple TV networks, that Trebek acquired what would make him a household name. While hosting Jeopardy!, Trebek completed over 8,000 episodes that stretched over a 37 season period. The show won a record number of 39 Daytime Emmy Awards, with Trebek winning seven during his nearly 40 year period hosting the show. Trebek had previously announced to his fans that he had been diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer in March 2019, yet remained confident in his ability to fight the disease. “Now, normally the prognosis for this is not very encouraging, but I’m going to fight this and I’m
Illustration: Alyssa McKenna going to keep working,” Trebek said in a video posted to the Jeopardy! YouTube page regarding his diagnosis in 2019. “I plan to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease. Truth told, I have to!” Trebek did continue to tape episodes of the show while receiving chemotherapy. He admitted in a May 2019 interview with CBS Sunday Morning that he had to start wearing a wig on set after he had lost his hair during his treatment. Nevertheless, Trebek remained his quick-witted, poised self while recording a slew of episodes until his death. While the news of his death shocked millions all over the world, it was unfortunately something that was to be expected. Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive forms of cancer. In more advanced cases, such as Trebek’s, chemotherapy may not be able to touch what has already developed.
According to a report from the American Cancer Society, roughly 57,600 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer each year. Of that number, 47,050 people will pass away from the disease. The disease is more common in men. While television has lost one of it’s most famous faces, households across the world have lost a symbol of tradition and family value. Trebek became a pop culture icon amongst younger generations of people simply because they watched the show with older members of their family, sometimes each night of the week. “I watched Jeopardy! when I was younger about five times a week,” said Trey Cornish, a junior. “One of my fondest memories of Jeopardy! was the time spent watching it with my parents and grandparents on weeknights after dinner. It was a time I cherished most as a child.”
Peter Gaughan, a senior majoring in government and geoscience, shared the same experience of watching the show with family. “I distinctly remember watching it with my great grandmother at my grandparents’ house with the whole family piled into the living room together,” Gaughan said. “My family, especially my father and I, would compete to try and get the answers before the contestants and each other.” Trebek became a symbol of intelligence and grace during his time hosting the show. For many, he taught them the importance of education and remaining true to yourself. “Alex Trebeck was one of the few people outside my family when I was really young that encouraged me to learn more and be smarter, instead of the typical childhood bully experience of being teased for it,” Gaughan said. “I appreciated that
and I think it set me on a path that resulted in my attending college despite that not necessarily being the most accessible path to everyone from where I am from.” Trebek’s final show is set to air on Christmas Day, a posthumous gift from him to his fans. There are already talks of finding a replacement host for Jeopardy!, with many saying that famed contestant Ken Jennings, who holds the record for the highest amount of money won on a game show, should take the reins. Others say that the show should end with Trebek, citing him as irreplaceable. He will be remembered as one of television’s most legendary game show hosts, a master of trivia and a symbol of elegance in a career that spanned decades. Who is Alex Trebek?
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Students offer opinions on Dining Commons HANNAH STEYN SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS REPORTER
Watson and González both agreed that they would like to see more variety offered in the cafeteria.
Sodexo recently sent out surveys to students who use the dining facilities on campus. According to Damian Boehlert, the general manager of Sodexo on campus, the feedback provided by students is used to improve services and build the menu selection offered. However, currently, students aren’t particularly thrilled with the options that have been offered in the cafeteria this semester, and the surveys might indicate that change is needed.
“I would like to see the dining hall add options – maybe for you to cook in the back or have their staff recreate your favorite recipes,” González said. Recently, there was a celebration in the cafeteria, in which different options such as smoothie bowls and sushi were offered for a week.
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Senior David Watson said he goes to the cafeteria around twice a day, but ends up skipping meals most days, as he finds the food to be lacking.
“Food in the dining hall just hasn’t been impressive this semester,” she said. “It’s been the same meals weekly. Most days, I don’t find anything appetizing.”
“My diet here is not the best,” Watson said, adding that he sticks to the basics of a protein and either rice or fries. “I would try to diversify the food I eat here, but after enough bad experiences I stick to what I know is edible.”
González added that she often finds herself eating the same things every day.
Senior Stephanie González feels similarly about the options offered at the dining commons.
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“I used to try different foods, but I noticed food wasn’t cooked all the way or that health and safety were ignored,” she said “Since then, I’ve stuck to fries and a sandwich every day.” Options
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with dietary restrictions are even more limited. The vegan station was closed for a time when the dining commons became graband-go, but has recently reopened. Even so, it offers a very similar selection of foods every day. Watson said he is fortunate enough to not have many dietary restrictions, but still finds meals range from lackluster to just plain bad. “Meals on the weekends are especially pathetic, and I just find myself getting food from Pio,” he said. “While they have the
“Students absolutely need to be at the center of everything happening on their campus,” Senior and Student Government Association (SGA) President Peter Gaughan said. “A school’s only purpose should be serving its students and
same food as the cafeteria, it’s just cooked better and is more consistent.” Most students tend to say that if there were an option to not have the meal plan, they would choose to simply cook for themselves. But with the price of the meal plan being as high as it is, students cannot afford this option. Residential students, with the exception of those living in Pioneer Village, are required to have a gold or premium meal plan costing about $3,000 per semester.
therefore they must be involved in all its decision making and aware of all its commitments. Students should know where their resources are being expedited, where their school is invested, and what their school is prioritizing.”
“I think the students really enjoyed it, and the President’s Office was very generous in sponsoring this week of celebration,” Boehlert said. As we approach Thanksgiving, Boehlert said that a special meal will be planned prior to students leaving campus, and in the coming semester, results of the survey will be analyzed, and a new menu will be created. Despite their general dissatisfaction with the options offered in the dining commons, students are happy to say that the staff are accommodating wherever they can be, and they offer a positive experience and attitude to their mealtimes.
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Too much positivity sometimes leads to negativity GIANNA COGNETTI FEATURES EDITOR
because there are others who have it worse.”
Have you ever noticed the happiest people often are the most sad? Think of Robin Williams for example. On the outside, Williams appeared like he was happy. He was able to make people laugh, he had fame and wealth, and to the public he seemed content.
“I think being overly positive gives people false hope,” Graduate Student Logan Glazier said.
However, Williams once said “I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it’s like to feel absolutely worthless and they don’t want anyone else to feel like that.” According to recent studies, too much positivity can actually do more harm than good. The negative effects of positivity are shown when people start to mask their true feelings to compensate for being happy, ignoring problems and feeling guilty for being negative sometimes. For example, thinking “I should not feel this way
Glazier noted that false hope leads people into thinking everything will work out how they plan and when situations do not go as planned, their hopes are crushed. The constant “let down” can be damaging. The positive thinking and “brushing off” things as if they are no big deal may cause people to not actually feel the natural emotions they are meant to feel. Allowing one’s body to understand how situations make them feel and cope with those emotions as they come is actually healthier mentally. Social media is another attribute to affecting people and their emotions. Many celebrities on social media make a point for their following to think positively and try to find
The Tangerine’s main objective is to amplify student voices at Utica College. This is yet another tool in the arsenal that can help you make important decisions and lead conversations that keep the college moving forward.
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Infographic: Dan Zarrella the light in every situation. This may not seem like an awful way to live, however, Glazier mentions how it can potentially make people avoid their real emotions. “I think this can be harmful because emotions are normal and you need to have a balance between the positives and negatives,” she
said. “Also showcasing constant positivity can make people feel worse for not being positive 24/7, it is not realistic.” In fact, it’s been proven repeatedly from social media guru Dan Zarrella that being negative or showcasing raw emotion on social media will play a part in losing social media followers. “Negative remarks include things like sadness, aggression, negative emotions and feelings, and morbid comments,” Zarrella said. “Nobody likes to follow Debbie Downer accounts with lots of followers. Don’t tend to make many negative remarks. If you want more followers, cheer up!” Ironically, the way we avoid raw emotions and negative feelings is combatting them with the positive through the digital landscape. In a sense, we’re neglecting our own feelings along with the feelings of others in a digital realm that replicates our real-life
environment. In some ways, people will begin to question if they are not being positive enough or question why they are not as positive as the people they see. This can make them either force positivity or potentially make them think more negatively. Both are not healthy. On the contrary, being positive can be helpful and not all positivity is harmful. Bad things need to happen in life in order to appreciate the good. As humans it is inevitable that failure is going to happen, however, it is about how a person is able to carry themselves after the “fall.” Senior Joseph Capuano said life is how a person is able to react. “Being positive is not a bad thing because there are always two ways to look at something,” he said. “People can either pick themselves back up, or dwell on the negative parts of life.”
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Framing and editing your pet photograph to look professional
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Here’s the thing: you can capture the perfect photograph of your pet at no cost while making it look professional. These days, a wealth of tools exist to get your pet portrait up to industry standards, and to get all of the love on social media, of course.
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And the process for getting the photograph is relatively simple. Think about each photograph you’ve taken recently. You’ve likely done a mix of the following steps:
The first step, at least according to Director of Graphic Design at Utica College Kevin Waldron, is getting down on the
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The landscape of the internet and social media is dominated by our pets. Honestly, who can complain about that?
The spontaneity of capturing an image is what makes it unique and that also carries over to taking photos of your pets. That’s also the first rule of capturing the best photos of your animals: capture them on their terms. Chances are you don’t go into nature and tell the nearest flower to move for the best frame. You simply adjust. Do the same for your respective cat, dog, or lizard. They’ll be a lot happier in the end.
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• Noticed something that looked appealing • Framed the shot with the proper angles • Snapped the picture and possibly went into other programs to edit the photos
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appear bigger and cuter.”
“I think taking pet photos is similar to taking people photos, except you want to emphasize an action or a personality trait of your subject,” Waldron said.
One of the things that is available with all cameras is zooming in or out without walking close to the photo’s subject. People can use a telephoto lens in order to get close without making the pet aware you are taking its photo.
Depending on which camera you use, there are some tips to consider if you were to use a digital camera or a smartphone camera.
Ultrawide lens is another type of lens that’s available on cameras. These types of lenses are useful when taking pictures of outdoor landscapes.
“When using your phone be sure you have lots of light,” Waldron said. “Pets never stay still, so having lots of light helps freeze the action. Also, use the lens distortion to your advantage. Put the pet’s cute little nose to the top of the frame to make it
Freshman and The Tangerine Photographer Sidney Domroes takes pet portraits in a host of different ways on her phone and with her DSLR camera. One of the things she does to get the pet’s attention is to have some treats for them.
“On a phone I choose to have the ‘live photo’ feature on because it lets you look through all of the different frames later and pick the best one,” Domroes said. “On a DSLR I usually use the portrait setting with my portrait lens because it has a shallow depth of field, and makes the background blurry.” DSLR cameras have several options and controls to help achieve maximum visual quality and avoid blurry images. “I also tend to up the exposure, because it is easier to fix a photo that has too much light than one that is too dark,” Domroes said. Once you’ve captured the right photo, with the
best angle and the proper lighting, it’s time to edit the photo. For DSLR cameras, most will hop over to both Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop to adjust their shot, but, as most know, phone users can edit with a click of a button after capturing their photo. And it’s relatively simple. Both Apple and Google, for example, have easy sliders set for cropping, color and light adjustments. Most editing tools also have preset filters for photos that automatically adjust sliders to a finished product. “Every photo you take should be edited,” Sophomore Bailey Ford said. “There’s so much more you can do with a picture beyond what you capture originally.”
“The Office of Institutional Research is currently working on the college’s Fact Book, which will report on the enrollments from Fall 2020,” Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness and Dean for Academic Assessment Ann Damiano said. “Those data are not available just yet, but we have held the number at about 26% diversity over the last three years.”
be a part of the campus’ community. Utica College has not finished in terms of reaching their goals for diversity on campus. “A more affordable education is integral to making the school more accessible to many historically marginalized communities so it certainly has helped but it is also far from an all encompassing solution to a homogenous community,” Student Government Association President Peter Gaughan said.
A way in which Utica College has been able to continue the conversation and expand on it is through the virtual discussions that were formed due to COVID-19, according to Varga. She explained that while COVID-19 has put a damper on face-to-face interaction, it has opened doors for faculty and students to engage that would normally be out of the loop.
On the authority of the Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, Alane Varga, the addition of an intercultural center is in
“Continue to develop a more representative staff and faculty and force the departments
Photo: Damiano that have been bastions to either apathy or regressive ideas to not just commit to justice but to start teaching justice,” Gaughan said. “Social justice belongs in every classroom.” “The first is the racial & ethnic diversity of the Joint Cabinet; the second data point is the number of hires from racially/ ethnically diverse groups; and the third are the retention rates (first-year to second-year) from the last three academic years,” Damiano said. Gaughan explained that all departments should teach social justice in all classrooms and not solely in a specific government
or politics class setting. As a move toward diversity, equity and inclusion that is crucial as it teaches all students to be more inclusive regardless of their major. “A key piece of our strategic goal towards addressing diversity, equity and inclusion includes who we are hiring, what we are doing for our students, and through that, gathering information from the community to deliver the best possible experience,” Varga said. “Through incidents that have occured on the campus and the conversations that have been initiated from them, we are creating sustainable efforts for solutions.” Utica College’s campus has come a long way by sustaining a 26% diversity over the past three years. However, there is still much to be done including work in the student community, the faculty and the curriculum taught at the college.
“That chart shows a nice increase in the retention of students of color, though we still have work to do to close the gap between white students and students of color,” Damiano said. As a demonstration of the importance of diversity, Utica College initiated a tuition reset in 2017 to allow for students of varying backgrounds to
“My top priorities for diversity on campus are less about specifics and more about the process of continuing the conversation,” Varga said. “We need to have as many voices possible to ensure people are heard.”
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“My wish and my hope is that we will continue the conversation and through that, continue to listen and engage with the community to encourage diversity, equity and inclusion,” Varga said.
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Archived then digitized: Tangerine issues from 1946-2012 available online STEPHEN CLARK LAYOUT EDITOR The Tangerine, which is as old as Utica College itself, recently had issues from 1946 to 2012 digitized, thanks to the Utica College Library. Issues from 2012 to 2020 will also be made available online in the next part of this project. The project was achieved through two grants from the CNY Library Resources Council. The issues from 1946 to 2012 were digitized first because they were preserved through the library on microfilm. Librarian Herbert LaGoy led this project and worked through arranging, writing and organizing grants to make this a reality for the Utica College community. LaGoy explained the history of preserving The Tangerine, and why this project was needed to adapt to modern needs. Despite being a good tool for preservation with a long-predicted shelf life, microfilm - which was used to preserve The Tangerine - began to decline in popularity in the late 1990s and many microfilm companies went out of business in the 2000s, according to LaGoy. Eventually, Utica College was left without its regular microfilm company, continuing to preserve The Tangerine on microfilm would have been costly, and any new microfilm companies would likely cease in operation when The Tangerine would need to be put on microfilm again. It was at this point that
LaGoy was informed that there may still be a way to preserve The Tangerine as an important college resource. “The library Dean informed me that the CNY Library Resources Council [CLRC] offered grants for digitization,” LaGoy said. “The CLRC offers digitizing grants to libraries in New York that have materials with historical significance and research value.” The project consists of multiple organizations working together, noted LaGoy. The CLRC distributes the grant funding, the Northern New York Library Network actually digitizes the content and the Empire State Library Network hosts the paper online. That leaves Utica College to distribute The Tangerine on microfilm for digitization. In the very near future, the library will complete digitizing the issues of The Tangerine that are not on microfilm, the issues from 2012 to the spring of 2020. “Digitizing work began last month and is projected to end in the spring of 2021,” LaGoy said. “There will be a difference between the two phases because of the difference in microfilm and print. With microfilm, legibility is decreased and color is omitted, whereas digitizing directly from the print will result in greater legibility and it will capture color.” Overall, LaGoy is proud of the work this project has achieved and its application in helping the Utica College community. “We are making the
Photo: Stephen Clark material more widely accessible,” LaGoy said. The sentiment of making The Tangerine into a more accessible historical resource is shared by many who are either directly or indirectly connected to this project. Professor Mary Christopher, who is the current adviser of The Tangerine as well as a former staff member of the paper, is enthusiastic about the digitization and hopes students realize the long history the newspaper has with the college. Both The Tangerine and UC will celebrate their 75th anniversary next year. “It’s a wonderful resource for the college,” Christopher said. “There is a large affinity for The Tangerine so I think a lot of alums will enjoy going back to look up stories that would have been happening during their time here or articles they might have written themselves. It will be a treasure trove.” Anne Flynn, the archive coordinator for the
Utica College Library, is optimistic about the digitization, especially in regards to its use as an accessible historical database. “Digitization of previous issues of the Tangerine makes them easily accessible,” Flynn said. “Prior to the digitization, copies could be found on microfiche in the library and paper copies in the archives. There were no search mechanisms available and information seekers would need to search the Tangerines manually. Now that they are digitized, the information is available at a high speed and the need to do a manual search is not required, which could be very time-consuming.” Flynn also said that the digitization of The Tangerine creates an environmentally friendly, disaster safe reserve of the college’s paper that can be used by anyone from students working on research projects to alumni wishing to reflect on the past, all from the comfort of their own computer. Additionally, Flynn said that the college
archives will continue to store the paper copies for anyone wishing to view the paper in its original form. COVID-19 has made a physical newspaper an impossibility this year due to the risk of spreading the disease. For many years, The Tangerine has published online, as well as printed, and - in the face of the pandemic has recently developed an online “print” edition, similar to the now digitized copies of the previous editions. Because of this, digitization of The Tangerine ends with the issues from the spring of 2020. The library is, however, looking to do more digitization projects in an increasingly digital world. “The library is leaning toward digitizing the college’s yearbooks,” LaGoy said. To access the digitized issues of The Tangerine, go to the Utica College library website and look under “Special Content” in “Find Databases.”
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Women’s hockey team to bring in Assistant Coach Joshua Graser ROB STEVENS GENERAL ASSIGNMENTS REPORTER
falling. Then Utica popped up and it was like ‘Okay, I’m ready. I am ready for this opportunity.’”
On Oct. 4, Utica College Women’s Hockey Head Coach Dave Clausen announced that Joshua Graser was hired to be the new full-time assistant coach.
For Clausen, the process was different in determining who was the right fit for the position due to COVID-19. He checked all the boxes in every step of the process. Whether it was knowing some of the player’s background information, feeling the room or being able to identify and show off his knowledge of the game, Graser felt as if he did it right.
This announcement ends Graser’s time as Assistant Coach and Director of Hockey Operations at Colgate University where he had 40 victories and two ECAC Tournament appearances. For him, the time spent at Colgate was the final piece to the puzzle to step into a bigger role on a team. “I wanted to get more into the coaching side and I saw all those as stepping stones for me to learn the game,” Graser said. “So that when I really stepped into a full-time coaching role that I was ready. So, it was all just little dominoes that were
When the puck drops for the first time, a former relationship and dynamic between Graser and Clausen will be on full display. Clausen, the former goalie with the defensive mindset and Graser, the offensive specialist and veteran with film can provide a unique balance that the team will welcome. The team believes Graser will provide an
said. “It’s an unbelievable facility. I think I caught myself just gazing up a little bit at the jumbotron and the new renovations.” The goals that Graser has set for himself aren’t traditional in terms of coming in and winning a championship. Instead, he has taken a much more humble approach that emphasizes the players that he is coaching.
Photo: Joshua Graser offensive spark for the Pioneers that ranked seventh out of 10 in the United Collegiate Hockey Conference in goals per game with a 2.19 average last season. “He’s got a really strong, offensive mind,” Clausen said. “He knows how to create offense. It’s nice to have somebody in here like that. It’s been kind of neat to pick his brain with how things are done. Me being 20 years here, and still more of a goaltender at heart, defense has been a big part of how I’ve approached things. So,
it’s kind of a nice balance between the two of us.” For Graser, he describes his short period of time at Utica so far as tremendous and quick. On his first day as a Pioneer, he was rushed onto the ice to help conduct his first practice. In all of the craziness that was his first day, he still recalls what it was like stepping into the Utica Memorial Auditorium for the first time. “My first time ever seeing the Aud was also my first time stepping onto the ice,” Graser
“The biggest thing is that I want to help these girls,” he said. “I want them to grow both on and off the ice. The biggest thing that I wanted to open up to them so far is that they can come to me for anything. It’s not just the breakout, it’s not just their entry, it’s not just that. Is there something academically? Is there something in life? Come to me, let’s just talk. I’m just trying to build relationships so that I can continue to help them grow going forward off the ice and then we can get to the hockey part.”
Utica College women’s hockey names captains ABIN BORIS SPORTS EDITOR Although sports remain on pause at Utica College, the women’s hockey team recently named their captains for when the season starts up. The lineup consists of Graduate Student Rebecca Brown as captain with Senior forward Lexi Stanisewski and Junior forward Georgiana Santullo being named assistant captains. Brown has contributed a wealth to the Pioneers with an
accumulated 45 points (18 goals, 27 assists) in the 57 games in her career. Brown is coming off a season that ended prematurely when she was injured early last season after contributing two assists for the team. She has redemption on her mind and with her now being named the captain for the upcoming season she is both honored and excited to be a leader on and off the ice. “It is an honor to be
Illustration: Alyssa McKenna named team captain,” she said. “My best memories of hockey are here at UC and it is an honor to lead a group of such amazing people. The role of a
captain is to be someone who is always there for your teammates and coaches on and off the ice and I will do that no matter what.”
Stanisewski, one of the assistant captains, is heading into this season with both the title of captain and the title of active leader in points for the team. Over the course of her career, she has totaled 52 points (19 goals, 33 assists) and has been named a UCHC AllConference player two times, and was voted on to the UCHC All-Rookie Team as a freshman. Stanisewski is honored to be named one of the SEE HOCKEY PG. 12
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UC will begin construction on a turf athletic field and track MATT BREAULT ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
“We have national talent on our team and this new facility with the eight-lane outdoor track will help our program have a sturdier foundation to amplify our brand,” Boisette said. “When it comes to athletics, this new facility will send a direct message to our alumni and current athletes that their dedication in the classroom, on the field and on the track has been recognized.”
Utica College received a $2 million gift commitment to expand facilities and will begin construction on a new multipurpose, synthetic turf athletic field and eight-lane outdoor track next year. President Laura Casamento made the announcement, which will impact the college and almost 700 student athletes, in a campuswide memo sent on Nov. 17. The college will reveal the donor’s name in the near future. “Together with other private gifts, this most recent leadership gift will cover 100 percent of the total $3.5 million project,” Casamento said in the email. “The new facility, which will be located behind the Clark Athletic Center adjacent to Gaetano Stadium and the baseball field, will include lighting for evening events and bleacher seating for 200 spectators.” With the addition of this new facility, teams such as field hockey, football,
HOCKEY FROM PG. 11 captains for the upcoming season but also knows how important it is for everybody, not only herself and the other captains to step up and help out the younger players that were brought in to play. “Being named a team captain is definitely an honor, but there are some big shoes to fill,” she said.
Photo: Nick McAdam lacrosse, soccer, softball and track and field will all be provided with a critically needed practice venue on synthetic turf, which will allow training regardless of weather conditions. The College aimed to help student-athletes who have been restricted this semester while also trying to attract future athletes and help teams out with recruiting. Utica College Assistant Track and Field Coach John Boisette said he is excited for this opportunity for his athletes and the entire Utica College athletic program.
“I think that with this year especially and the young talent we brought in that all eyes are not only on the captains, but the upperclassman as well to lead by example and show them what it means to play for the team.” Rounding out the list of captains, Santullo is coming off a season where she tallied a teamhigh 17 points (9 goals,
“Not only will this new facility help improve athletes performance and the flexibility of practice areas, it could also help create unity between teams,” Boisette said. “When it comes to recruiting, not only will athletes get a feel for the support system they will have by the coaching staff, but they will also have a larger physical image to look at how the college as a whole supports athletics.” Sophomore American Long and school holder Kelsey was surprised to
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8 assists) and worked her way onto the Empire 8’s President’s List while being selected for the UCHC All-Academic Team. For Santullo, the label of captain brings her much excitement and gratefulness but she plans to go on with the season the way she has every other season. “I always try and bring
news, but was excited that the college decided to expand facilities. “I have always loved the dome here and that is one of the reasons why I chose to do track and field here,” Wands said. “I always wished we had an outdoor track here so now that we will next fall, this will help improve the whole Utica College track and field program overall.” Both the track and field team and coaching staff are happy for the opportunity to practice outside, instead of inside the Todd & Jen Hutton Sports & Recreation Center.
all my energy and effort to everything we do to make it a fun and positive environment,” she said. “I do not think my role has necessarily changed since previous years, as a team we try and push one another and keep a positive attitude so I will continue to try and contribute to that.” With the circumstances, it is difficult to say when or if the season will be
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Utica College athletics have been postponed until the end of the semester, with just a small glimpse of hope to be able to continue play next semester. Wands believes this is just what student-athletes needed in order to provide them something to look forward to. “I feel this announcement is important for studentathletes because of the hardships we’ve faced during this pandemic,” Wands said. “I am really looking forward to what is in store for us now that we have a new facility coming soon.”
played but what can be said is the group is staying ready for the hopeful call that they will be able to have a season, whenever that may be. “Although it feels a lot different, we’ve still tried to capitalize on the times we are able to get together as a team,” Stanisewski said. “Everyone is staying motivated and working hard to prepare for the season.”