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In an effort to better understand the over-all campus attitude, SUNY New Paltz faculty and staff are releasing a climate survey con-cerning LGBTQ issues on campus. The survey, which will be distributed to

all members of the campus community, is set to be available within the upcoming week. Director of Student Activities and Union Services Michael Patterson has been work-ing closely with the creators of the survey in order to make it available as soon as possible.“Last fall, a group of faculty and staff got

together after the death of Tyler Clemente at Rutgers,” Patterson said. “Some of the fac-ulty were concerned and it lead us to talking about the campus climate.”Patterson said one of the largest concerns

of the faculty is that while New Paltz is seen and considered to be an LGBTQ-friendly campus, the conversation about issues con-cerning the LGBTQ community are never brought to light. According to Patterson, a campus climate that does not talk about the climate of its community is just as hostile. President of the New Paltz Queer Ac-

tion Coalition and third-year dual Women’s Studies and sociology major Cody Hill said one problem on campus he hopes will be ad-dressed in the survey is issues concerning transgender students. “There aren’t a lot of gender-neutral bath-

rooms on campus and there is no gender-neu-tral housing,” said Hill. “I think that there’s also a lack of knowledge on trans-issues amongst professors. I know a lot of trans stu-dents who have encountered professors that didn’t quite know how to deal with them.”Assistant Professor Ben Junge, Library

Research Coordinator Morgan Gwenwald and Lisa Ostrouch all worked on the survey.“We had a dialogue, and we realized with

some shock and embarrassment, this campus has never actually done any kind of climate survey around sexuality and sexual orienta-tion,” Junge said. “So we talked in the spring and did some research looking at similar campuses across the country and looked at what they have done.” In order to prepare the survey, members

on the committee that were tasked with put-

colleges and SUNY schools. The process took an “extensive” amount of time, and homework was done to make sure the survey was able to cover the necessary bases of cam-pus concerns.“It will be a survey for all students and

faculty,” Junge said. “For students, it asks questions on campus life, things like partici-pation in student organizations, living in fra-ternities and sororities. There’s a stereotype that fraternities are homophobic and who knows, maybe they’re not - this survey will help us understand that. This survey is anony-mous and at no point are you asked to identity

yourself.” Patterson said that one of the goals of

the survey is to open up a dialogue on issues surrounding the concerns of LGBTQ com-munity. The college, according to Patterson, wants to retain faculty and students and it is necessary for campus to have a positive cli-mate in order to keep people in the New Paltz community. According to Patterson, promotion and

distribution for the survey will have both an electronic and paper component. “It won’t be through my.newpaltz.edu, but

everyone will receive an e-mail encouraging them to take it,” Patterson said. “If folks are concerned about the anonymity associated with an online thing, we welcome people to take the paper survey as well, which will be located in campus locations such as the li-brary and the student HQ desk.”Patterson said he hopes the survey will

reach all members of the campus commu-nity, from ground-workers to the president and students. His desire, and the goal of those involved, will be to have the results of the survey published before the Thanksgiving recess.“I really hope that the results are well-

publicized so that if there are problems on this campus for queer students, everyone will be made more aware of them,” said Hill. “The problems are very underlying and they’re not very known by people who aren’t directly af-fected. This will raise a lot of awareness.”

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

By Cat TacopinaSports Editor | [email protected]

NEWS BRIEFS NATIONAL

workplace complaint against Herman Cain over what she deemed aggressive and unwanted behavior when she and Cain, now a Republican presidential candidate, worked together during the

late 1990s.

Several thousand Occupy Wall Street dem-onstrators gathering in Oakland forced a

-est port Wednesday evening, escalating a movement whose tactics had largely been limited to marches, rallies and tent encamp-

ments since it began in September.

HERMAN’S HARASSMENT

AFGHAN ADVISORY ROLEThe Obama administration is consider-ing an early shift in the U.S. military role in Afghanistan from primarily combat to mainly advisory and training duties, even as it struggles to create the beginnings of a political settlement of the war, a senior

MEETING OF THE MINDSThe United States has an important role to

-nancial crisis, but it is ultimately Europe’s problem to solve, the White House said Wednesday as President Barack Obama headed for an economic summit in France.

TREKKING ACROSS THE SANDWhile all but a small number of U.S. troops will be out of Iraq by the end of the year, they won’t all be home for the holidays as President Barack Obama promised last

month.

YOGA RELIEVES STRESS?A woman who killed her co-worker in an upscale suburban Washington yoga cloth-

murder Wednesday and faces the prospect of life in prison.

PROTESTS CLOSE PORT

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Student Association Hears Concerns From Peers

The Student Association (SA) at SUNY New Paltz is looking for ways to reach out to students and address concerns to foster a better environment, repre-sentatives said.

On Oct. 2, the E-Board held a question and an-swer session open to all students to voice concerns and learn about the student senate and student association process.

The major message reinforced by the board and entire event was that the student government is there to give a voice to students, they said.

“We work for the students, so the only way we can effectively do our jobs is by having students voice their opinions and let us know what’s on their minds,” said Eve Stern, executive vice president of the Student Association.

Each SA member introduced themselves and their role in student government to break the ice and discuss what they are currently working on.

The members in attendance were Executive Vice President Eve Stern, Vice President of Academic Af-fairs and Governance Ayanna Thomas, Vice President of Programming Laneesha Bacchus, Secretary Christine Picault, Senate Chair Alberto Aquino, Vice President

of Finance Youssouf Kouyo and SA President Terrell Coakley.

SA is currently working on a number of projects including gender-neutral housing, extending library hours, researching improvements for academic advis-ing, nurturing a better relationship between students and the University Police Department and holding events students will appreciate.

According to Aquino, the student senate is in need of students for next semester and he wants input from everyone.

“Our government is for everyone to voice their opinions,” said Aquino.

Following the introductions, students were asked to voice questions or concerns. According to Stern, SA

-plaints with police on campus because if it is not prop-erly documented, complaints cannot be addressed.

“Don’t just yell and complain, bring your con-cerns to us” said Stern, “E-mail, call or see us about what steps need to be taken.”

She also said that New Paltz requires at least

people that report the same issues, the better the oppor-tunity.

The complaints addressed Oct. 2 ranged from per-sonal to broader campus-related problems.

Three students addressed their personal problems with privacy in residence halls. They felt violated be-cause workers were keying into their rooms without warning or when they were not there.

Another pressing issue is that of racism at New Paltz. A student felt like her professor belittled her due to her ethnicity. All E-Board members had suggestions. Stern suggested the student address that professor per-

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Other concerns were broader, such as smoking on campus and how to enforce the consequences. Some students suggested punishing students that do not obey the “50 foot rule” in relation to how far they are from buildings. Since this was brought to SA’s attention, Stern said, they will work on methods of eradicating this problem and bringing concerns to administration. Di-rector of Environmental Health and Safety Mike Malloy recently sent out an e-mail on Nov. 1 that the smoking policy will work through “campus community-based enforcement.”

“These issues should be brought to light,” said Coakley. “A lot feel that way but are scared and feel like they can’t voice it.”

SA said they plan on holding events like this on the last Monday of every month in order to keep helping

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NEWS BRIEFS WORLD

A mayor in Mexico’s western state of Micho-acan was shot dead Wednesday night while campaigning for President Felipe Calderon’s sister in her run for the governorship.

There’s no food left for sale anywhere near Thipawan Pipatkul’s house. In fact, there’s not much of her house left above the surface now that the fetid black waters have poured

zones, she’s ignoring government warnings to evacuate.

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THE WORLD’S GOT PROBLEMSProsperous countries have not lived up to their promises to help the poor, the U.N. declared Wednesday, saying poor people often go hungry because of polluted water, drought and other environmental factors that

are increasing poverty.

IS GREECE IN OR OUT?European leaders drew a line in the sand for Greece on Wednesday, saying its referen-dum on a hard-won bailout deal will decide whether it stays in the eurozone - and vowing Athens will not get new aid until the result

is in.

ONE SMALL STEP Two unmanned Chinese spacecraft docked above Earth successfully early Thursday, moving China one step closer to setting up

its own space station.

ISRAEL INSISTS ON EXPANSIONIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday defended his decision to ex-pand construction in east Jerusalem, saying it was Israel’s “right” and “duty” to build in

all parts of its capital.

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At their ninth meeting on Nov. 1, members -

mittee seats and updated each other on their progress on several objectives that were listed on their list of goals that they drafted at their eight meeting.

When the student senate met on Oct. 25 they created a set of goals they hoped to achieve by the end of this semester. Some of the goals on that list that were discussed included modi-fying the current meal plan and Student Union (SU) hours, placing printers in the SU and in-creasing the exposure of student artwork on campus. Members of the senate were divided up into committees for each objective. In all, there were a little over 10 goals on that list.

SA Executive Vice President Eve Stern and Sen. Richard Jean-Louis are on the com-mittee responsible for trying to modify the cur-rent meal plan. Stern explained that Campus Auxiliary Services (CAS) cannot alter the meal plan mid-semester.

“It’s not something that they can just like change next week because I think there are some contractual issues,” said Stern. “But it’s something that I brought up [at the CAS Board meeting] and I was saying that students are very concerned.”

The next goal discussed was one spear-headed by Sen. Matt Greenberg to increase exposure of student artwork on campus. Mike Patterson, SA’s faculty advisor and the director of Student Activities and Union Services, said that he’s been speaking with Mary Hafeli, the dean of the School of Fine and Performing Arts, about plans to have students artwork displayed in the Student Union “on the rotating basis.”

Adding printers in the SU was the next goal on the list. This goal, spearheaded by Sen. Jonathan Espinosa, would make it more con-venient for students to print out papers there instead of walking over to the library or com-puter labs. Espinosa asked the senate for rec-ommendations about who to speak to about this goal. Coakley suggested that he speak to Disbursing Agent for the Student Associa-tion Linda Lendvay, Council of Organizations Chair Shayna Bentley and Patterson.

Another goal discussed at the senate meeting was extending the SU hours, spear-headed by both Espinosa and Sen. Manny Tejada. They want to open it past midnight. Espinosa said they plan on creating a survey asking students how many hours they spend in the SU and what they would like to see open past midnight. Tejada does undertand that

hours. Sen. Matt Clarkson pointed out that Espi-

nosa and Tejada’s ideas tie together a couple of the goals listed on the senate list such as library hours, placing a printer in the SU and keeping the SU open past midnight.

“I was thinking if we could get a printer in the [SU], and keep it open later maybe it would sort of alleviate some of the stress of library hours not going so late,” said Clarkson. “So that kids who just need to use the computer can come to the [SU] at night and type up and print [their paper].”

Patterson recommended that the student senate speak to him because he had answers to a lot of things they talked about or debated re-garding the goals pertaining to the SU.

In addition to discussing some of their goals, the senate also discussed the possibility of giving senators monetary incentives. Ac-cording to Coakley, the issue is really about the reallocation of Student Association funds.

With a vote of 16-2, the legislative body created a committee to reach out to other

for senate members. One School of Science and Engineer-

Clarkson and one School of Science and En-

and Plans Committee by newcomer Sen. Dhruv Shah.

The next senate meeting will be Tuesday, Nov. 9 in SU 418.

Senate Makes Goals For SemesterBy Jaleesa Baulkman Copy Editor | [email protected]

The Academic Senate discussed and reviewed goals they created last time. PHOTO BY JACK SOMMER

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A new round of faculty hiring searches was authorized for “critical need” positions across several departments for 2011-12, according to two hiring memos from college administrators.

“We were particularly interested in posi-tions in areas where we have very pressing gen-eral education needs and course enrollment de-mands,” President Donald Christian said.

The initial hiring idea was two pronged, with one round of discussion addressing 15 open positions on Labor Day and another six recently authorized last month. There are 21 faculty posi-tions under consideration and some were made possible due to increased tuition revenue, ac-cording to the memo.

The areas where the searches are being conducted include four full-time and tenure-track positions in the Fine and Performing Arts, four full-time and tenure-track positions in Liberal Arts and Sciences, two full-time and tenure-track positions in the School of Educa-tion, four full-time and tenure-track positions in the School of Science and Engineering, and

School of Business. President Christian said enrollment was one

of the driving forces behind these new searches. “Overall, the average section size across

the entire campus this year is 24;; that’s up from 21 or 22 last year,” he said.

Christian said the School of Business has seen it’s numbers rise to about 40 per section. Dean of the School of Business Hadi Salavitabar said he appreciates the efforts administrators has

“It is very important to our college adminis-tration and the School of Business that we offer courses our students need in order to graduate on-time,” Salavitabar said. “It is also very im-

portant to all of us to provide our students with high quality education and education experienc-

in the School of Business, we believe it is neces-sary for us to recruit new faculty members.”

Interim Provost Cheryl Torsney also men-tioned the School of Business as having “enroll-ment booms.” The enrollment increase comes, in part, to the “real demand” of students from Turkish institutions pursuing a dual-degree pro-gram at New Paltz. She said that future increases in enrollment are predicted as the business and economics courses remain popular.

Meanwhile, the search committees are about ready to send the advertisements to poten-tial candidates, waiting on the charge of Torsney.

Dean of the School of Science and Engi-neering Daniel Freedman said the administra-tion takes hiring concerns “extremely serious” as these are national searches. He said when adding another personality to the campus, because the college has a close-knit feel, the searches have to be done “carefully.” Mainly he said, potential candidates must possess a “strong teaching and research background.”

Freedman said enrollment numbers in mathematics and biology have increased, espe-cially the later by “huge numbers in the last three or four years.”

Still Torsney said another driving force is strategic gains, to address student demands. For example, Torsney wanted to see graduate enroll-ment for the (MFA) in photography establish and grow. Dean of Fine and Performing arts Mary Hafeli shared her sentiment.

“We currently do not have an MFA pro-gram in photography. We are developing a new MFA in photography in response to student in-terest and demand and to support the college’s goal of increasing graduate enrollments,” Hafeli said. “The photography faculty position we are

searching for this year will be critical to support-ing the M.F.A program as well as sustaining our very popular undergraduate photography pro-gram.”

Prior to the formation of the search com-mittees, chairs and faculty of departments got together to address areas of need. The list then was passed on to the deans.

need,” Torsney said. “Then we looked a tier down from that, which would be a need, and then we had a third tier “wish list”, there are no

When questioned about last year’s budget and the termination of several adjuncts, Torsney

the positions previously vacated as the college will no longer do “business as usual” and return to “the practices of the past.”

“As I have been telling these search com-mittees, as I’ve been charging them, ‘hiring new faculty is among the most important things you do,’” she said.

by mid-point of next semester. Deans Freedman and Hafeli agreed with

Torsney’s timeline. Dean Salavitabar said that the department had already interviewed a “num-ber of candidates” with more scheduled in “the next 10 days.” Salavitabar said he hopes to com-plete the process by the end of this semester and have the candidates on campus for the spring.

Any future proposals for faculty searches to the interim provost must “provide data on en-rollment trends and pressures and suggest how a new hire will serve student needs,” according to the Sept. 6 memo.

“We are conducting them with care, con-

right people for the job,” Torsney said.

Administrators Seek To Find New FacultyBy John Brandi News Editor | [email protected]

According to President Donald Christian, there are pressing needs in different areas for new faculty and more searches were authorized. PHOTO BY MARK DELLAS

FOUR FULL-TIME AND TENURE-TRACK IN THE FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS DEPARTMENT: - A “credentialed music therapist”- A position in music theory - A person to grow the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program in photography- A position in art education - A non-full time and non-tenure track position in metals to “replace back-to-back, one-year sabbaticals”

FOUR FULL-TIME AND TENURE-TRACK POSITIONS IN THE LIBERAL ARTS AND

SCIENCES DEPARTMENT:- A position in Spanish - Two positions in history, one for the Latin - American minor and another that will work closely with Women’s Studies - A position in sociology

TWO FULL-TIME AND TENURE-TRACK POSITIONS IN THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION:- A position in literacy/English language arts/elementary - A position in secondary English education

FOUR FULL-TIME AND TENURE-TRACK POSITIONS IN THE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND

ENGINEERING:- A position in biology- A position in mathematics - A position in engineering, considered an “investment hire to help develop a joint program in art and engineering”- A position in chemistry

FIVE FULL-TIME AND TENURE-TRACK POSITIONS IN THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS:- A position in management, under “strategy”- A position in quantitative - A position in statistics/project management - A position in international business

THE SEARCHES BEING CONDUCTED

Though her name will appear on the ballot on Election Day, current Town Su-pervisor Toni Hokanson announced that she has decided to withdraw from the 2011 race for the position. After serving the Town of New Paltz

for 16 years, Hokanson initially pre-pared to compete with Susan Zimet —who secured the Republican and Dem-ocratic endorsements — but publically announced she would no longer seek to be reelected to her current post. Coupled with receiving a full-time

job offer that was contingent on her with-drawal from the race, Hokanson said she would not be seeking a fourth-term as supervisor even though she garnered the Working Families Party endorsement. “I had to be realistic with what my

-cult to win just having the Working Fam-ilies nomination when your opponent has both the Republican and Democratic nominations.” Although Hokanson said she is no

longer looking for an Election Day win, the Ulster County Board of Elections

the ballot. According to Hokanson, this could not be changed because absentee ballots have already been disseminated. The town supervisor said she is aware

her name will be on the ballot next week in spite of her withdrawal and stands by her request for people to vote for her in

The New Paltz Times.“I encouraged people to vote for me

in that article to send a message,” Hokan-son said. “By voting for me, people can show support for the ideas I stood for.” Zimet, who previously served as su-

pervisor for two terms, said she was con-cerned the incumbent supervisor’s name would still appear on the ballot Nov. 8. The former supervisor said the fact

that Hokanson’s announcement about not be seeking another term was on the front page of The New Paltz Times gave her publicity that could affect the elec-tion outcome.“She basically said ‘I can’t win,’

and she got advertising she could have never gotten otherwise by any means,” Zimet said. “She got a front page story that went on two pages. At the end when people withdraw, they usually say, ‘I’m out, so let’s all get behind my opponent and work together to do what needs to be done,’ But that’s not what she said. In-stead she said, ‘Still vote for me’ and her name is still on the ballot.” Zimet said the name appearing on the

ballot was “questionable” and was un-easy about voters possibly being unsure about the options available to them on Election Day. The candidate said she hopes voters

will still come out to the polls although they may think the election is uncon-tested. “What I am concerned about is the

fact that I have everybody calling me to congratulate me, and they are forgetting

that I haven’t already won the race,” Zi-met said. “They forget that they actually have to go out and vote and that I still have to get more votes in the end than Toni.” However, Hokanson said she does not

think this will be the case. “It sounds like [Zimet] is concerned

that people aren’t going to go out and vote at all,” Hokanson said. “I don’t think people are going to stay home be-cause I withdrew.”

-son, saying they don’t believe the in-cumbent’s name remaining on the ballot will confuse New Paltz citizens when it comes time to cast their votes. Deputy Town Supervisor Jane Ann

Williams said while there might be mi-

nor confusion, the situation isn’t com-pletely out of the ordinary. “There is always confusion,” Wil-

liams said. “I don’t think [her name be-ing on the ballot] disenfranchises anyone or will change the outcome.” Members of the other portion of the

area’s local government, the Village of

Village Trustee Ariana Basco said she feels Hokanson’s withdrawal has been well broadcasted to the community. “I don’t think it will affect the out-

come,” Basco said. “People may be confused, but Zimet is on both the Dem-ocratic and Republican line. I think it be-ing on the cover of The New Paltz Times will help people realize, though.”



By Andrew Wyrich Managing Editor | [email protected]

Toni Hokanson, current supervisor, will remain on the ballot for this election. PHOTO BY ROBIN WEINSTEIN

Hokanson Remains On Ballot In 2011

The SUNY New Paltz Fall Open House took place on Oct. 22 and Oct. 29 for inter-ested students and their families. Open house, a regular event used to at-

tract prospective students, is a day where students and their families visit and tour the SUNY New Paltz campus. It also provides information about academic programs and

Residence Life programs. “It’s really just to give prospective stu-

dents the opportunity to see what we have to offer,” said Dana Rinschler, the co-coor-

dinator of Open House and the director of off-campus recruiting. “Getting students to campus is really the most important thing so they can actually put themselves here and see themselves here.”

-nancial aid and health centers are available on Open House weekends. Rinschler thinks it’s a good way for students to get expert information about the majors they’re inter-ested in and student services on campus. Nearly 2,600 people registered for the

registered for the second Open House Week-end, said Rinschler. It’s possible that fewer than 2,300 students attended the Open House event on Oct. 29 due to the winter weather.

According to Shana Circe, the co-coor-dinator of Open House and the director of the Welcome Center, the event is “so large it would be impossible to move it to another day.”Their target goal for each year is 2,500.“The planning process begins a full year

out from the event,” said Circe. “The bulk of

out from the event and accelerates as we get closer to the event.” Circe said the Open House program is

of Undergraduate admissions.Other ways Circe and Rincschler pro-

mote SUNY New Paltz to potential students is by having representatives attend regional

and national college fairs and by recruiting students from Long Island, New York City and Dutchess County. Some of the things Rincschler said sets

New Paltz apart from other colleges is loca-tion.“It kind of puts us in a great spot,” said

Rinchsler. “We have a lot of internship op-portunities because of where we’re located.”She also says that the amount diversity

in terms of student body, academic programs offered and student clubs and organizations is another attribute of New Paltz that set it apart from other colleges.

[here], ” she said.

New Paltz Hosts Open House For Prospective StudentsBy Jaleesa Baulkman Copy Editor | [email protected]

The School of Science and Engineering will soon offer students the option to major in bio-chemistry, faculty said.

Daniel Freedman, interim dean of the school, said students could begin enrolling in the 70-plus credit biochemistry program in fall 2012. This new major program of study took two and a half years to formulate.

The program was created by grouping exist-ing biology and chemistry courses and developing

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for the School of Science and Engineering, which

others began to retire in the last 10 years. “This is something that we have kind of talk-

ed about for a while, and in the turnover in both departments we really ended up hiring some real expertise in biochemistry. It’s not just one or two

interdisciplinary area,” he said. “It’s really some-thing that we probably should have done a while ago, but it just became a no-brainer that we really could not only do it but do it very well because of the people and the facilities that we have.”

Since Freedman began teaching chemistry at SUNY New Paltz in 1999, every professor in the program from that time has retired. He also said there is only one faculty member who has been teaching at the college before 1992 in the Biology Department.

These developments allowed for new faculty to join each department, some with experience

be introducing as a major program of study. This group of faculty includes Preeti Dhar, a Chemistry Department member who has been teaching bio-chemistry since 1999 and will serve as the director of the new program.

Biochemistry is the chemistry of life, accord-ing to Dhar, and can be broadly divided into three

the four macromolecules — proteins, carbohy-drates, fats and nucleic acids — found in our cells. How they interact with each other and how they function is a direct result of their structure. The second area deals with the totality of reactions oc-

curring in the body and the third area pertains to genetic information, she said.

Dhar said this new major track will attract pre-health career students and current molecular biology majors who minor in chemistry to get ad-ditional training in biochemistry.

“Students majoring in biochemistry would be those who already have expressed an interest in a formal interdisciplinary biochemistry experi-ence,” she said. “The program will be constituted as a collaboration between the Biology and Chem-istry Departments but will provide a separate and unique educational experience compared to cur-rent tracks in both chemistry and biology.”

Dhar said biochemistry majors are offered at most four-year schools, so it was time that SUNY New Paltz offered the major. Current students en-rolled in science courses at the college agreed.

Julia Vogel, a fourth-year student who has taken biology courses at the college since transfer-ring to SUNY New Paltz, said this new program of study is one the school needs to attract students interested in pursuing careers in medicine.

“I think students will be interested in the major and it will help the college create a better program for premedical students, which is lacking right now,” Vogel said.

Dhar said students interested in this sort of career path or others that are seeing “tremendous

made can enter this interdisciplinary major and resources from both the Biology and Chemistry Departments would be “pooled in.”

According to Dhar, two new courses have been designed for this major to accompany other existing courses in both biology and chemistry. The two new courses are Protein Structure and Function, to be taught by Jeff Reinking of the Bi-ology Department, and a Capstone biochemistry

year of the program upon completion of other re-quired biochemistry courses. These include the protein course and biochemistry I, II and a lab course, Dhar said.

Freedman said a student majoring in bio-chemistry would have to build a background in

their major. Students are required to take 16 cred-its of biology and chemistry while choosing a four credit biology elective and a three credit chemistry

elective. Although many of the courses that make up

the major already existed prior to the offering of the biochemistry major, Freedman said, the new program will offer students a unique experience and the department will continue to develop its own identity as time progresses.

“There are already a lot of students who re-ally wanted to take this group of courses so what we did was repackage those so it was a major,” he said. “Although a lot of these courses were already offered, this provides students with a unique way to group courses that people would have a real nat-

ural interest in. With the addition of new courses in the upper levels, it provides something very dif-ferent than what was offered before.”

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Along with getting local food to the SUNY New Paltz campus and cre-ating a campus food garden, Students for Sustainable Agriculture has been helping to launch a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) project called Binnewater Farm Project located in Rosendale, N.Y. The heavy snowfall this past weekend caused the farm to reschedule garlic planting on the site which was supposed to take place with the help of S.F.S.A on Oct. 29.

Members of Binnewater Farm Project have leased the 10 acre area from the Legacy Farm Co-housing property, an “intentional neighborhood” where “residents are consciously committed to living as a community,” ac-cording to the Legacy Farm website.

Community supported agriculture allows for residents of a community to become familiar with their local farmers. Those interested in purchasing produce from a CSA pay an annual fee and at the beginning of each week receive a share of the crop. Both the farmers and consumers who purchase shares of the crop are susceptible to the risks of farming. By paying in ad-

weather or pests, said the Binnewater Farm website.Dan Guenther, consultant for Binnewater Farms, said Students for

Sustainable Agriculture get involved after fourth-year geography major, and member of S.F.S.A Jared Pazienza attended some of the initial meetings to start the CSA in February 2011.

Guenther, who has been a farmer and farm consultant for 20 years, helped create some of the CSA’s in the Hudson Valley including Brook Farm Project and Phillies Bridge Farm. He inspired Legacy Farm Co-housing to

-erty but to Rosendale and communities nearby. Guenther believes society needs to revisit farming practices prevalent before processed food became a large source of sustenance.

“We no longer can afford to separate ourselves from the source of our food,” Guenther said. “Food that is supposed to be sustaining us is actually

killing us.” Pazienza was a “key-player” in getting the student group involved

with the project, Guenther said. Guenther has worked with S.F.S.A since its inception and has helped students learn more about organic food production. When Pazienza wanted to intern at a local CSA he contacted Guenther who directed him to the Binnewater Farm Project.

Pazienza feels that volunteering on this farm has helped not only the Rosendale community but has fostered an important relationship between sustenance and the body.

“Our society’s food production system is not right and [CSA’s] are a good way to get people accustomed to knowing the people who grow their food,” Pazienza said. “It gives you a real feeling of connection with your food which is generally lost in our society.”

The students have been helping to cut cedar trees to create fence posts, plant vegetables and will soon take on the task of repairing and refurbishing the barns located on the land.

Dimitri Galitzine, member of Legacy Farm Co-housing and head of the farming committee, appreciates all of the work the students have put into making his vision a reality.

-ing a lot and they will continue to help.”

Galitzine always thought about creating a CSA since joining Legacy Farms Co-housing.

“It was always in our mission statement to promote or develop sustain-able agriculture and to use a portion of the property to preserve farming land in the area,” Galitzine said.

Binnewater Farm Project will not only provide organic food grown local-ly but will also educate younger generations on the importance of eating healthy.

“What we’re hoping to gain is basically to create a community orga-nization which can at the same time provide healthy local farm products for the community of Rosendale,” Galitzine said. “We are also very

interested in sort of running educational programs and teaching the kids in the area where their food comes from and what is the difference between healthy food and garbage food.”

Fourth-year geography major and Co-president of S.F.S.A Angela DeVivo, enjoys the democratic decision-making that is being employed to create and sustain this CSA.

“While we are just helping out, this project is exciting to us because it is a) community run, with open meetings being held to help make major decisions and b) it is new and available for us to help along the way and learn from as well,” DeVivo said.

Rosendale resident Emma Kreyche has been a member of several CSA’s in the Hudson valley and was happy to hear that she would be able to help her community start and sustain a model for food production that she loves.

“CSA’s are a great way for communities to lessen their dependence on industrial agriculture and build a more just and ecologically sustainable food system,” Kreyche said. “There isn’t much agriculture land in Rosendale, so when I heard that the co-housing group wanted to start a farm on their land, I was very excited to get involved with the project.”

Binnewater Farm Project will be up and running in spring 2012. Ac-

vegetables available to the CSA’s members. They are hoping to incorporate chickens for eggs and other produce as the farm expands.

Anyone can volunteer to help with the farm and can visit www.bin-newaterfarm.org for more information.

Though CSA’s are created to provide people with healthy and organic local food, Kreyche stresses the importance of using these farms to realize that relying on community is an effective way to solve large scale problems.

“It’s also about building a community’s capacity to feed itself during a time of economic uncertainty and changing climatic conditions,” Kreyche

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New Paltz’s Hooked on Stitches club hopes to bring the college together through the Special Olympics USA Scarf Proj-ect.

“The mission of the Special Olympics USA Scarf Project is to foster a sense of unity and community among the athletes, coaches, families, volunteers and supporters of the Special Olympics movement,” said Heather Hill, media contact for the 2011/2012 Special Olympics USA Scarf Project.

According to Hill, it began with an idea to provide a gift for the athletes from 95 different countries coming to the 2009 Spe-cial Olympics World Winter Games. A call went out for 5,000 scarves, and in the end, the organization received an estimated 60,000 scarves from all 50 states and 12 countries around the world.

“The project continued in 2010 through the Special Olym-pics Idaho State Winter Games, and in 2011 with Red Heart Yarns on board as a national supporting partner, we launched the Special Olympics USA Scarf Project, inviting all 50 USA programs to participate,” Hill said. “For the 2011 USA Scarf Project, we received an estimated 27,000 scarves across the 35 programs that chose to participate. For 2012, our goal is roughly

47,000 scarves across 40 participating Programs in the USA.” President and fourth-year public relations major Kaitlyn

Day said she feels it is important to use the club’s knitting skills to help others.

“Even if we each only make one scarf, it’s a scarf that will put a smile on someone’s face,” Day said. “It’s also important to focus on one project at a time and I feel that this is perfect for beginners to practice either knitting or crocheting.”

Heart Super Saver or Soft yarn, incorporating both the red and the blue into the requested sized scarf. The sized scarf is 6 inch-

Stitches is participating. According to Day, it could take a beginner knitter any-

where from two weeks to more than a month to make a scarf, depending on pace and choice of pattern. For someone more experienced more than one scarf can be completed in one week. Each ball of yarn costs $2.99 and the club requested enough funding to make at least 15 scarves, about $100. The club has set a goal of making at least 10 scarves. Between seven and 10 members are expected to participate.

For more information on the event, visit www.scarvesfor-specialolympics.org or e-mail New Paltz Hooked on Stitches at [email protected].

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The African Women’s Alliance (AWA) at New Paltz hosted its 31st annual Niabinji event in the Student Union Multipur-pose Room on Sunday, Oct. 30.

According to Danielle Ladson, president of AWA and fourth-year business administration major, Niabinji is an Afri-can term for celebration, self-expression and dance. It translates to “Night of Expression.”

Each year AWA holds this event, which includes singing, dancing, rap, poetry, guitar and drums.

“The event consists of a variety of performers showing us

Ladson. “Everyone expresses themselves in several different ways in more than just one and there is a reasoning behind each and every performance.”

There were performances from Culture Shock, Shades, Ja-masia, the Glee Club, the Warriors, New Day Ensemble, Urban Lyrics and Nachle New Paltz. Ladson said they have an ever-growing performance base each year and hope to have new fac-es and clubs every time — this year they had more than 15 acts.

“Each person who comes up brings something exciting ev-ery time,” said Ladson.

One of the organizations that performs every year is the Culture Shock Dance Troupe. The club started 15 years ago, according to Dey Armbrister, vice president of Culture Shock Dance Troupe, and has been performing at Niabinji ever since. This year they did a performance consisting of dance pieces in-corporating hip-hop, dancehall and vogue choreography,” said Armbrister. Many of the entertainers return every year and con-sistently collaborate with AWA. This year Culture Shock, per-formance’s theme was “CS Army.”

of the fall semester for us, this is where our ‘Sparks’ or new

Culture Shocks,” said Armbrister. “Miyah Tomlinson, our cur-rent president, is also a part of AWA as the Community Service Liaison, so we have close ties to the organization through her as well.”

Another organization that consistently participates at the event is Nachle New Paltz. Even though they are a relatively new group on campus (having been created in 2009) they have

been working with AWA and performed at Niabinji two years in a row and plan on continuing in the future, said Minna George, co-captain of Nachle New Paltz.

This year, Nachle’s dance featured a mix of Bollywood songs, Bhangram Cinematic and indie hip-hop.

“All four songs involved in the mix were from recent Bol-

also do fusion dances of classical Indian dancing styles and in-corporate songs from other Indian languages into our mixes.”

Many of the participants and clubs that present have been practicing for this night since the beginning of September in-cluding Culture Shock and Nachle New Paltz.

“We have been practicing since the beginning of Septem-ber onwards,” said George. “A lot of practices were held in or-der to keep our team progressing, but I believe all of our hard work paid off as the guests of AWA enjoyed our dance and we as Nachle enjoyed ourselves as we danced.”

Niabinji is an event that began when the late Dr. Marga-ret Wade-Lewis established the AWA club on campus and has happened every year since in order to celebrate Niabinji and its origins, Ladson said.

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In a time of extreme educational pressures, teachers, students and com-munity members plan to come together in support of inclusivity and diversity in schools at the 17th annual Multicultural Education Conference.

“It originally developed when peo-ple here at SUNY New Paltz, especially in the school of education and in the community, wanted to make sure that all students, whatever their race, gender, class, sexual orientation or language background were being given full op-portunities in the school and in the com-munity,” event organizer and education professor Nancy Schniedewind said.

This year’s conference on Friday, Nov. 18 titled “Courage in the Face of Contradiction: The Power & Hope of Multicultural Education,” will go from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and feature a key-

Mid-Hudson educators and students and a workshop for high school students.

While this conference will not have the usual series of workshops, the plan-ning for these parts of the event took a great deal of work, beginning in Feb-ruary, Schniedewind said. There is a conference committee that meets every three weeks and numerous co-sponsors including concerned parents of New Paltz, various departments and pro-grams at New Paltz, Vassar and Marist College.

questions about what are the needs, who can meet those needs, let’s contact pos-sible speakers and then how do we get the word out,” Schniedewind said. “It is done corroboratively.”

This year they decided to have the conference focus on the pressures edu-cators currently face, such as “top down mandates and high stakes testing.”

The committee then thought up a list of possible speakers across the na-tion who could address this theme and decided on Kevin Kumashiro, professor of Asian American studies at the Uni-versity of Illinois at Chicago, director of the Center for Anti-Oppressive Educa-tion and president of the National As-

sociation for Multicultural Education.

Wah will accompany Kumashiro as the second main speaker.

“Both of these individuals are na-

Multicultural Education. This will be a valuable opportunity to hear national experts, as well as multicultural educa-tors in the Mid-Hudson region,” com-mittee member and assistant education professor Terry Murray said. “They will offer both ideas and hope for teaching the diversity of young people in our schools and communities in effective and meaningful ways.”

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ods for perceiving and re-evaluating the obstacles to and the advantages of multicultural education.”According to Schniedewind, he will also talk about the right wing’s role in the “debate on education, how it has brought education to this point of external assessment pres-sures and how to teach in that context.

Schniedewind believes that it is extremely important to develop a cur-riculum that is relevant to all students no matter their gender, race or cultural background, but feels this pressured en-vironment forces teachers to “teach to the test,” rather than address diversity issues.

“Good education is responding to the needs of the students, making cur-riculum meaningful to students back-grounds so you can engage them and challenge them to achieve,” Schnie-dewind said. That’s totally mitigated by all this testing.”

Mun Wah will be screening a seg-

Halls Could Talk,” which is about ex-periences of students of color on pre-dominantly white college campuses. Afterward he will facilitate a diversity dialogue so that those who really care about the issue can speak about it and share ideas with others.

-evance will be of particular interest to SUNY New Paltz students and will al-low them to think about what they can-

them to think different, act differently and engage differently with the diverse students of SUNY New Paltz.”

This will take place in the afternoon and students have the option of only at-tending this portion if they cannot take part in the whole conference.

The other guests at the conference are a panel of local teachers, an admin-istrator, a social worker and a student active in a high school diversity club.

-ing a commitment to diversity alive” in their work and how they do that.

Retired high school teacher Gwen-dolyn Higgins will be holding the work-shop for about 50 high school students from Poughkeepsie, Pine Bush, New Paltz, Arlington, Ellenville and Dover, all members of diversity clubs. This pro-vides them with a chance to meet and speak to each other about what they’re doing and ways to help each other in

making their schools “more accepting of diversity,” Schniedewind said.

conference will be successful and hopes that attendees will leave more informed about how to handle today’s situation of increased pressures along and with a strong motivation to keep multicultural

“We hope that people will feel a renewed energy and commitment to addressing multicultural issues in their educational spaces,” Schniedewind said.“For teachers it will be being more conscious about their curriculum and in-teractions, for students it will be more aware and knowledgeable about issues of inclusivity.”

The cost of the conference is $40 for the public and $5 for students. The deadline for registration is Tuesday, Nov. 8, those interested should visit the

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Gwen Frost - yes, that is her real name - attends Mythos Academy. The entire school is full of descendants of people from mythology. This includes Valkryries, who have weird magical sparkly powers and Spartans, who can

with it.As a Gypsy, Gwen thinks she’s about as useless as

a dead slug until a supremely stereotypically peppy girl gets murdered in the library and she decides to solve the crime. Oh, and the Bowl of Tears gets stolen - an artifact

Chaos war.There’s also a random hot guy named Logan who

more often than not just appears to look hot and brooding and randomly save Gwen’s life.

I can always tell how much I like a book by how of-ten I put it down. I put Jennifer Estep’s “Touch of Frost” (Kengsington Publishing, July 2011) down because I had to leave for work, came home intending to read it, couldn’t remember where I put it and read another book until I found it a few days later. It was interesting enough for me

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esting, even if some of the abilities are rather silly. (Why do Valkyries need to sparkle when they’re feeling intense emotions?) And Estep manages to create a strong female friendship, which I do value in a world where the biggest sign of a young adult book is the one-woman-wolf-pack or the backstabbing best friend.

The approach to mythology makes me mildly curious to read the sequel, but that’s it. The rest of the book reads a bit like a lecture on how to be a good person. The villains are the boy who cheats on his girlfriend, the girlfriend who wants revenge and the best friend who slept with the boy. The slut shaming is up the wazoo. Do I encourage sleeping with your best friend’s guy? No. But, there’s no reason to go around shouting the word “slut” and “whore” non-stop, especially when it’s made public after the best friend dies.

Perhaps if there wasn’t so much lecturing - both in the sexual department and how people behave normally - I’d be able to enjoy this book more. However, add a set of mediocre characters and a simple plot line, I can’t call myself a fan.

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Gourds and Ghouls ReturnTHE BAKERY HOSTS ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN CARVING CONTESTThe Bakery, located on North Front Street in New Paltz, hosted “Night of 100 Pumpkins” on Oct. 31. The annual event showcased the town and village’s pumpkin carving skills. People of all ages submitted their carved creations for the over 100 lined up visitors to see after being treated to pumpkin bread slices, hot cocoa and hot cider. Pumpkins entered in the contest were split up into different categories and received awards for their creativity.

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ARTS ENTERTAINMENT&Spicing Up the New Paltz Music SceneLOS PROSTETOS BRING ENERGETIC, LATIN FUSION TO LOCAL VENUES

Something sexy and spicy has been

sneaking its way through the New Paltz

music scene.

In less than a year, Latin-infused

band Los Prostetos has been getting boo-

ties to shake like they never have before.

The band – combining Danhel

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groove.

And the rhythm is infectious.

Performing at numerous venues in-

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ing group is all about keeping everyone

on their feet.

“It’s really hard not to dance to it. It’s

so strong and people that aren’t familiar

Eguers, a third-year transfer student ma-

joring in contemporary music.

That salsa tempo seeps through the

bones of the two who started the group –

Lima, Peru, and Morrison, a third-year

transfer student studying jazz studies,

grew up listening to Latin music.

“My mom always played the standard

Latin stuff. We’d always listen to it in the

house.”

Taking their musical roots to SUNY

New Paltz, the two started playing to-

gether and sharing their passion.

“We were chilin’ in my old apartment

above Grimaldi’s one cold night,” said

Eguers. “Sean came to me with a melody

and we started jamming on it. And then it

After that, the two began to recruit

friends to play with them. They said they

mainly found people to play percussion,

including Nick DePalma, Alan Silverman

and Sara Sciorra. According to Eguers,

the variety of percussion is “what it’s all

about.”

“It’s all about the groove. The differ-

They have rotated musicians but

shows. The group covers mostly older

Latin standards, but still brings their own

spin to the songs to make them their own.

“They’re mostly tunes that everyone

who lives in a Latin American country

would be familiar with,” said Eguers.

“Latin standards, but we arranged them.”

However, they’ve written their own

“Legalizar,” which were inspired by

said they are most inspired by Fela Kuti,

a West African musician from Nigeria.

“He basically was the father of Afro-

to Africa,” said Morrison. “It’s super

rhythmic. His arrangements were really

cool. And he was super political. That’s

always cool when music has a message.”

Los Prostetos has their own message.

“All these different rhythms, no mat-

ter where they come from, we can always

make them work together as one,” said

Eguers. “Through our music, all these dif-

ferent ethnic rhythms we’ve come across

and enjoy…even though they come from

different places, can all work together

and create something beautiful.”

However, the future for Los Prostetos

is looking shaky. At the end of December,

Eguers is moving back to Peru. He said

he hopes Morrison comes to visit him to

start a new band. Los Prostetos still has

Snug’s on Dec. 3 with Harmalogna.

“I feel like we could record and go

and play festivals and be crazy, you know.

As for the name, the band made it

up. According to Eguers, los prostetos doesn’t “exist in the dictionary.” Al-

though they play Latin music, Eguers

said they don’t come from the true Latin

source and tradition, so to the band, it

means “The Prosthetics.”

in a bad way. Most people think it’s ‘The

Prostates,’” said Morrison.

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Parker Theatre To Perform Double FeatureALUMNUS BRADLEY DIUGUID PRESENTS ‘BLACKDAMP’ AND ‘DESIRE’

The SUNY New Paltz Theatre Department is presenting

the world premier of two one act play readings written by

alumnus Bradley Diuguid from Nov. 4 to 6.

The two plays to be shown are “Desire” and “Black-

damp.” “Desire” has two versions that will play back-to-

back. Diuguid graduated from SUNY New Paltz in 2007.

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sire.” Though the script is exactly the same, one version

uses a heterosexual couple and the other uses a homosexual

couple. The play is about a couple who have just rekindled a

struggle that arises the next day.

“Jordan is very emotionally attached to Riki or Richard,

depending on which version we’re talking about,” student di-

rector and fourth-year theatre arts major Brittney Pierri said.

“Riki/Richard thinks about things in a more artistic version

and would talk about the rain in reference to what happened.”

That second play premiering is “Blackdamp.” This play

is about an autistic 15-year-old boy’s relationship with his

“The play is about my character Dale’s new friendship

and how his mother is trying to do what’s best for him as

a single mother,” said fourth-year theatre arts performance

major Matthew Turkle, who plays Dale.

Pierri and Turkle said the meetings with the cast and

Diuguid were very helpful.

“From an actor’s point of view, it’s better being in a play

where you have access to the playwright,” said third-year

musical theatre and creative writing major Megan Jordan,

who plays Lauren (Dale’s mother). “Bradley will be present

for some readings and be able to give instant feedback.”

Everyone involved is coming up with ideas of where

these plays can lead an audience.

“This is not the director’s project, it’s everybody’s proj-

ect,” Pierri said. “This is something the actors can have as

much say as to what goes on with the concepts as we do.”

Turkle said it is more fun to work on a new piece because

each actor is creating the character and not basing it off a fa-

mous actor’s portrayal. He suggests that actors must make a

character his/her own.

In preparation for playing an autistic boy, Turkle said

they worked with Elizabeth Boikos, a woman who teaches

autistic children. She explained what autism is, along with

all the different types. In addition, he has researched through

act in order to properly portray his character.

“I want to make it believable, I didn’t want to produce

something that was fake,” Turkle said. “That’s one of the

main themes of the show, the struggle my character’s mother

has to deal with and what that’s like for her.”

According to Pierri, SUNY New Paltz is supportive of

student and alumni written work and often has play series

featuring those works.

“A lot of the people the department gets are through

alumni e-mail lists,” said Pierri. “For Bradley’s shows in par-

ticular they wanted to dedicate the whole night to his stuff.”

The plays will be shown in Parker Theater, tickets are $6.

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“50/50” is about relationships. When confronted with our

own mortality, or that of our loved ones, we are forced to dig

this familiar territory. It’s a funny and engaging movie written

by young screenwriter Will Reiser, based on his own experi-

ence with spinal cancer.

Everything is very light at the start with banter and a

catchy pop score – all the elements of a feel-good comedy.

the lighthearted comedy template, but include moments of sad

realization and sincerity throughout.

While undergoing chemotherapy, Adam (Joseph Gordon-

er), two fellow cancer patients who promptly offer their new

concedes. While wandering the corridors of the hospital, gig-

gling to himself (extremely

onds. It’s a wonderful moment.

brings dignity and years of experience to her role as Diane,

Adam’s mother. Their exchanges are straightforward and heart-

felt, providing some of the more tender moments.

Kyle (Seth Rogen), Adam’s best friend, is blithe and not

overplayed. Providing sincere comic relief, he drives the hu-

lous. She exists simply to set up an admittedly satisfying pay-

ing mostly due to her cadence, but is still tolerable (perhaps

“50/50” treats its subject matter with the right amount of

his cancer and the people in his life that support him.

Aside from a few plot contrivances, “50/50” succeeds. It is

NOTE (or WARNING):

Liars provide the score for some important scenes in the movie.

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Laughter is Half the Medicine‘50/50’ FINDS HUMOR THROUGH TRAGEDY WITH GORDON-LEVITT & ROGEN

A Magnetic Night of MangumNEUTRAL MILK HOTEL IDOL PERFORMS AT BEARSVILLE THEATRE

I used to date someone who was more

to a whole new level. I had all the LPs, EPs,

live shows and everything in between that

out the

over 10 years) would be gracing his presence

tuary, I had to go. I just had to.

So I did.

And I stood right at the front of the stage

with only one hipster-head in front of me. I

And then he came on stage.

and his eyes staring off into the distance as

“This is ‘Oh Comely,’” he said as he

started playing those opening chords. I

grabbed one of my best friends by my side

though it was one of my favorite songs. Jeff

I didn’t want to be that stereotypical fan in

the front singing all his songs (even though

everyone else was). Plus, every time I tried to

sing a word, I’d start to tear up. I guess you

could say this was an emotionally musical

month for me (see Andrew Bird article, Issue

After that permission, I felt free to sing every

song as loudly as possible, smiling every mo-

having complete stage fright and sort of, well,

happy.

I’d want to hear, including “The King of Car-

Julian Koster (who plays the singing saw in

out for the perfect encore of “In the Aero-

plane Over the Sea” and “Engine.”

I’m glad I saw him. And I’m glad he

left the show with a shirt (that his dog laid

wish).

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snapshot of a goggled, gaping Waits in a devil-horned hat. It’s inexpli-

cable – until you hear the music. By the time “Going Out West” arrives

on that record, the listener no doubt shares Tom’s crazed, often sinister

exuberance. In a similar fashion, the bighearted grin and blurry, early

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urgency. It’s a familiar theme – moving on to another city, another life,

but this time it’s different, no matter if his voice shakes: “I’m not alone

/ I’m not afraid.”

Many of the myriad personas adopted by Waits throughout his

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The recent realization that Toni Hokan-son’s name will be present on the ballot on Nov. 8 as an option for New Paltz’s town su-pervisor, despite her public withdrawal from the race, has us at The New Paltz Oracle troubled.

Whether you are of the opinion that the withdrawl announcement on the cover of The New Paltz Times was an attempt for public-ity or not, the fact remains that Hokanson’s name appearing on the ballot after rescinding

election laws that need to be reviewed and re-vised.

We believe it is presumptuous to assume that the announcement was a ploy for adver-tising in a race where a hail-mary pass would be the only option for re-election. However, the real issue is that the opportunity for that to

We live in a digital age where computers give us the option to connect instantaneously with one another and edit mistakes with the

-sume that a candidate’s name could not be taken off of a ballot once they withdraw from a race?

Despite absentee ballots being sent out and other parameters weighing in on why Ho-kanson’s name will still appear on the ballot next week, we believe it is not unreasonable to ask for voters to only be able to vote for candidates who actually wish to serve in the position.

Once Hokanson publicly announced she intended to take her full-time job offer and drop out of New Paltz’s town supervisor race, her name should no longer have been an op-tion for voters to consider.

Hokanson urging voters to continue to vote for her as a “message” was misguided and we believe is a clear example of problems associated with our current electoral process. If she publicly declared she was no longer an option to consider, why did she continue tell-ing people to vote for her?

While Susan Zimet is the clear front run-ner for the position of supervisor, the fact Ho-kanson’s name is still an choice for voters to consider means that whether Hokanson really wants the job or not, there is still a slim chance she could be re-elected to a fourth-term.

While Hokanson has served the Town of New Paltz strongly over her tenure as super-visor by spearheading important environmen-tal conservation laws and developing projects such as the community center and LOOP bus service, once she announced she no longer would be actively running it was evident she no longer wanted the position.

How can we as voters allow for someone who has publicly withdrawn their name from a race be an option for that position - no mat-ter how small the possibility?

Much of the focus on Election Day will be on races for higher level positions, it is im-portant that we don’t lose sight of the micro-level politics that make a difference in every-

and democracy it is vital that voters are in-formed and not be confused as to who is even running for the positions they are casting their ballots for.

Change is needed in New York state’s election laws if we are to avoid potential con-fusion that may arise come time to vote next week. We only ask that voters head to the polls informed not only of what policies the candidates believe in - but whether or not they actually want the job.

Editorials represent the views of the majority of the editorial board. Col-umns, op-eds and letters, excluding editorials, are solely those of the writ-ers and do not necessarily represent the views of The New Paltz Oracle, its staff members, the campus and university or the Town or Village of New Paltz.

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AVOID CONFUSION AT THE POLLS

LETTERSClosely decided elections have become the norm. In 2006,

the county comptroller race was determined by 174 votes – out of 78,040 cast county wide. Just this past September, mayoral pri-maries in Kingston were determined by less than 10 votes. These very recent electoral experiences serve as stark reminders that every vote does count. There truly is a vital need for all citizens to show up and exercise their right to vote on Election Day.

In 2007, a three-way race for Ulster County District Attorney split the Democratic vote. The result was that our county was

majority of voters (the current D.A. garnered 43% of the vote in 2007). The last four years have proven what a disaster that could

involving public corruption to escape trial and punishment.Yet, every day I encounter people telling me that I should not

be worried about this November’s race for Ulster County D.A. -- an attitude so very similar to the one which suppressed the vote four years ago! This race is certainly different, but just because there are only two candidates does not mean either candidate has the vote locked in. Each and every vote for Jon Sennett for D.A. is critical. Opposing an incumbent is always a considerable chal-lenge. This is a county wide race and Ulster County politics are highly polarized. Voter enrollment in the county is not dominated by any one party, but voter turnout is – by Republicans.

There is no question;; Ulster County needs to show up and vote for our Jon Sennett on November 8th so that we will have a D.A. with a true commitment to public integrity - see you at the polls!

- K.T. Tobin

When world and national, and even state news head-lines seem overwhelming, I’m reminded of how grateful I am to live here in our beautiful Ulster County. Here, at the local level, I feel like an individual can make a real dif-ference in the community, whether it’s volunteer work for charity, or a vote. My voice counts.

break our county’s reputation through their actions, or inac-tion, as the case may be. A question about the honorability

voting for Jon Sennett for Ulster County District Attorney.

my own values. He’s not afraid to ask the tough questions about what’s been happening in our county over these last four years. He is ready for the job.

Please join me in voting for Jon Sennett for Ulster County DA in November.

- Wendy Baur

and this year’s election has some game-changers. One candidate I’m voting for is Jonathan Sennett for Ulster County District Attorney.

-torney forward. He has a head for justice, and he knows how enforcement of our laws can build and shape commu-nities. He will help to make even more of a difference by thinking “outside the box”, so that more can be accom-plished, for less.

To have good government, we need good people to be the leaders. Jonathan Sennett has integrity. If you are in-terested in transparency in government, reduction of crime in your community, and you really want to see things change, please go to the polls on November 8 and vote for Jonathan Sennett!

The choice is yours. Let’s get Jon Sennett in there, and let’s get to work.

- Vicki Stockard

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Bonilla To Return To Courtside For Hawks

The Men’s Volleyball team is wel-coming a new coach with a familiar face.

Tony Bonilla, director of the EOP at New Paltz, is a Hawks’ volleyball player and coaching alumnus returning to be a serious part of the team that has been a major part of his life.

Starting next semester, Bonilla will join the Athletics staff as the assistant coach for the men’s volleyball team.

“I understand coach Petrus’s phi-losophy of coaching and it’s very simi-lar to mine,” Bonilla said. “I believe we will complement each other on the court.”

Bonilla has been an active member of the SUNY New Paltz community since his time as a student. He was in-ducted into the Hall of Fame in 2002 for his 99-3 record as a player and com-

piled a 197-150 record in the 12 years he coached.

Because of the long hours, Bonilla gave up coaching temporarily to watch his kids grow up. Now that they are in college themselves, he has returned to the court with academic mentoring ex-perience from EOP under his belt.

“I feel it is an extension of coach-ing,” Bonilla said. “I am helping stu-dents realize and utilize the different tools to enhance their college experi-ence and reach their highest potential.”

Head Coach Radu Petrus is excited -

tion and they are both eager to begin working together.

“I have high expectations for them on the coaching side and I don’t see any problem for them to meet those expec-tations,” said fourth-year Captain Mike VanTyne. “Both Radu and Tony know so much about the game it is kind of

scary.”The team captains aim to win the

UVC Championship this year, having come very close last season, and hope their coaches can lead them to victory. Fourth-year Captain Kevin Stross has

-cause they are both experienced head coaches. He said Bonilla will also be a great mentor.

“He has a knowledge and a passion for the sport that is infectious, and I

his expertise,” said Athletic Director Stuart Robinson.

Men’s Volleyball is eager to begin what will hopefully be a winning sea-son. Because Bonilla has played with students in the off-season, he under-stands the players and their playing style and they are familiar with him.

Both players and coaches said that trust is imperative in volleyball and that

the team is a tight-knit unit that believes in their ability this season.

“If we trust each other as people, we can trust each other on the court,” Stross said. “In volleyball, trust and

-tors toward the end of the game when it’s close.”

The team’s season begins in mid-November.

By Kate BlessingCopy Editor | [email protected]

Women’s Volleyball Slams Second Seed

TONY BONILLA

They’re back and seeking redemption.The New Paltz Women’s Volleyball team has ce-

mented itself as the No. 2 Seed in the East Division for the 2011 SUNYAC Tournament. After compiling a conference record of 6-2 and an overall of 24-10, New Paltz will go up against SUNYAC rival and the Western Division No. 3 seed SUNY Geneseo.

Head Coach Matt Giufre said that he and his team are excited and ready to take on their upcoming competi-tion.

“I feel good about the team’s chemistry in practice and on the court,” said Giufre. “The keys to success during the tournament are playing together, playing one point at a time, and enjoying the moment.”

before falling to rival and 2011 Tournament host SUNY Cortland. Cortland received the top seed in the Eastern Di-vision and have the conference-best record of 8-0, with an overall record of 37-1.

“The team has put in a tremendous effort this year and over the last month so all you can do is em-brace the challenge and enjoy the journey,” said Giufre. The coach is not the only one that is excited about the Lady Hawks upcoming tournaments. Fourth-year captain and outside hitter Melinda DiGiovanna has been preparing for this tournament for the past couple of weeks.

“[We’ve been] focusing on practicing hard these past couple of weeks and working on individual skills

has really helped them secure the wins needed,” said Di-Giovanna.

DiGiovanna also said how excited her fellow team-

post-season against SUNY Geneseo. She said that the team this year is bringing a higher level of experience compared to last year’s team.

“Young players know what to expect and can go

The chemistry between the three captains is present as well. Fourth-year right side Captain Tara Annunziata

from last year. “We cannot go in scared,” said Annunziata. “We had

many freshmen last year starting. Now everyone starting has had experience, and anyone is ready to go in at anytime off the bench.”

The team is taking it one step at a time and focusing on what is in front of them as of now. The tournament is the team’s main focus as of now and then “we’re going for it all” said fourth-year setter and captain Kelsey Garmendia.

The players said their strong mentality and team-work is what brought them this far in the competition, and that shows no reason why the Lady Hawks should not be the No.2 seed in the SUNYAC Tournament.

DiGiovanna, Annunziata and Garmendia said they-all want that championship trophy as the icing on their se-nior cake, but their main focus is taking it one game at a time. If all goes well they know that they will have their cake and eat it too.

By Kaycia SailsmanContributing Writer | [email protected]

PHOTO BY ROBIN WEINSTEINThe Hawks will be the No.2 seed in the Eastern Division.

The SUNY New Paltz women’s soccer team is known to be a tight-knit group, but the left side of their starting lineup is a little closer than the rest.

Cousins Patti and Beth Bowling grew up and played soccer together for many years on Long Is-land before coming to play for the Hawks in 2009. They know each other’s style, which they said can boost the Hawks’ game play.

“It helps out our team because we know how each other are playing,” said Patti.

The Bowlings have taken over the left side over

in the back end. Head Coach Colleen Bruley be-lieves that having the two of them on the left side has been a key component to the Hawks’ recent suc-cess.

“Over the past two years, they’ve really been working well together on the left side,” said Bruley. “They’re just so used to working together and play off of each other so well and know each other so

there together.”

ties to score and collect statistics than Patti. Because of this, Beth has been named nphawks.com and SU-

NYAC Women’s Player of the Week multiple times this season. Instead of getting jealous, Patti said she gets even more excited than her cousin.

“I get excited when she gets SUNYAC Player or the New Paltz Hawk Player of the Week,” said Patti with a smile.“I put it all over her Facebook wall and embarrass her.”

The cousins said they did not originally plan to go to college together after graduating from differ-ent high schools. Although they played on the same club team for six years before coming to New Paltz, each other again.

“I wasn’t sure that they were planning on going to the same place,” said Bruley. “They kind of did

their own thing, but it worked out that they both de-cided to come, and it’s worked out great.”

Patti and Beth each made a few visits to the New Paltz campus while looking at other schools, but only made one together. Patti committed to New Paltz early in the process after visiting numer-ous times and meeting with Bruley. Beth made the decision to join Patti a few months later after visit-ing a few more schools.

“I’m glad I go to school with her!” said Patti, leading Beth to comment.

“You get to deal with me all the time!” Beth said.

While both of them looked at many different SUNY schools, Beth originally wanted to go far-ther up north while Patti planned on staying close to home. When all was said and done, they both de-cided that New Paltz was the perfect distance from home for both of them.

The cousins said that their parents enjoy being able to drive up for games together. The situation was not only better for the cousins, but for their par-ents as well.

“They know we cause some raucous up here, but,” said Patti.

“They get to keep an eye on both of us,”Beth continued.“They love it.”

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Cousins Beth and Patti Bowling have been a driving force for the Women’s Soccer team. PHOTOS BY ROBIN WEINSTEIN

The New Paltz Equestrian team re-sides at the scenic Lucky C Stables, but riding isn’t as easy or as graceful as it looks.

The team said they have had many hard and grueling practices, in order to achieve the graceful appearance of rider and horse just before overcoming a jump. During these practices, coaches are try to prepare the riders for both a judge’s remarks, and horses that they are not used to riding.

“The only thing predictable about a horse is that they are unpredictable” said Coach Susan Clark.

Because of this unpredictably the riders should be ready for any horse. The riders are judged on their ability to control and maneuver a horse effec-tively.

The team’s goals for this season are to be champions or at least third place in their division.

“We are currently in sixth place but there isn’t many points between us and third place,” said Clark.

Overshadowing the team are the

Regional Champions. New Paltz is able to hold their own and compare them-selves to the Champions and they can observe the techniques of their competi-tors.

According to Clark, one of the weaknesses of this year’s team is a lim-ited amount of participation in shows. Participation in multiple shows would help alleviate jitters which are easily picked up by the horses and can affect how well they ride.

“Horses are beautiful but not very bright, they act like chickens some-times,” said the team’s public represen-tative Lacey Lohr.

When asked how the team was do-ing Lohr said “rankings don’t pan out until the end of the year.”

“The strengths of the team this year include wonderful chemistry and many new riders,” said Clark.

Clark is hopeful the new riders will stay with the team for years to come and continuously improve their skills so the potential for a good solid team is there.

“The wonderful thing about this di-vision of riding is that anybody can par-ticipate,” Clark said.

While serving as host to the SUNYAC Tournament this year, New Paltz’s Cross Country Teams did not see the results they were expecting.

SUNY Geneseo was able to win for both the men and women’s teams. Placing highest for the Lady Hawks was third-year runner Nichole Wischoff, who placed

Though a tight-knit community, not every athlete at SUNY New Paltz knows each other.

New Paltz’s club baseball team was founded in the spring of 2010 by student Joe Waterhouse. When

team available.“I came in here my freshman year so it took a lit-

tle work to start up,” Waterhouse said. “We had some practices, but were unable to play games until the fol-lowing fall.”

Waterhouse said he puts an extensive amount of work into the team scheduling practices, games for the upcoming season and meetings to make sure the team is on the same page.

Waterhouse keeps about 25 players on his travel roster though it seems “a little unnecessary” according

many “and expect that everyone is going to be able to get the amount of playing time that they want.”

Waterhouse said that it’s not always easy for him to run the team with different players and balance his social life. He understands players have other commit-ments going on, but when his players “blow off prac-tices,” it can be stressful.

“The worst thing that’s happened a few times is encountering players with huge egos that think they deserve so much when they deliver half of what they talk about,” said Waterhouse.

The club team is provided a 15-game schedule to play other schools such as Fordham University. How-ever, Waterhouse strives for an additional 10 games, which makes the season longer for athletes willing to compete. Since playing in the northeast is hard with the cold weather, games can get cancelled very quickly, providing a disadvantage for players that want to get out and play baseball.

Because it is a club baseball team, Waterhouse said the enthusiasm from players sometimes isn’t there 100 percent of the time. He said he makes an effort to let his players understand that the “team is a commitment

and I expect them to come to at least three out of four practices as a week.”

Fourth-year player Brian Coleman said that he loves being a part of the team.

“I started playing club because I missed playing the game,” Coleman said. “Baseball is a huge part of my life and wanted to keep playing at a high level. I’m

-tive as the varsity level here, but it allows us to com-pete against other schools”.

Graduate student Dylan Franco, who played on the varsity team last year as an undergraduate student, has joined the team after completing his studies last spring. Franco is in the business administration graduate pro-gram and he loves how the team is run by Waterhouse as well, especially with playing time.

“Everyone on the team just loves to play the game,” said Franco. “I think everyone is just happy to be out

job spreading out the team so everyone plays.”

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