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BRITTANY BALLANTYNEAdministrAtive executive editor
On January 1, 2014, 16 Sodexo employees who
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Vol. 66, Issue #15
T!" E#$%&'(The student voice of Keene State College
Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014[ Keene-Equinox.com ]
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Youngest Vermont Legislator calls for activism at KSC “There’s so much more that we could do
when we link together and when we spread our roots and touch each other.”
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KSC men’s basketball player Matt Sherlock drives to the basket as part of a 95-59 blowout home win over the University of Southern Maine Saturday, Feb. 1. The win helped the Owls rebound from a four-point loss to rival Plymouth State just four days earlier and improved their conference record to 4-5. The Owls will need to finish the season strong if they hope to make the Little Eastern Conference tournament at the end of the month.
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International judge teaches students about genocide Navigators explain health care options at Planned Parenthood
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Planned Parenthood in Keene is located at 8 Middle Street.
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“Teaching is all about hope. And you must trust the future. When you’re in the presence of students, you know you’re in the presence of the future.”
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RACHEL HEARD
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An open house, especially in the collegiate setting, conjures up notions of an institution open-ing its doors to the general public, alumni and others for visiting and observation, not just of the facility
—but of its members as well. However, breaking tradi-
tional open house norms this past December, Keene State College President Anne Huot held KSC’s ÀUVW�HYHU� YLUWXDO� RSHQ� KRXVH��Huot invited community mem-bers, alumni, students, faculty and anyone who was interested to join her in a festive holiday open house, which took place online via webcam and a live interactive chat room. ´)RU�D�ÀUVW�WLPH��,�WKLQN�LW�ZHQW�
very well, we got a lot of very positive comments from folks that were connected to the event through the electronic chat room that was set up, we got great par-ticipation from the community,” Huot said.
Huot accepted the position of KSC president after a six-month long search process to replace former President Helen Giles-Gee, who left KSC after a short seven years to become the twenty-sec-ond President of University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Presi-dent Huot, who started her presi-dential duties on July 1, 2013, held the open house on Dec. 12, 2013, MXVW�GD\V�DIWHU�FRPSOHWLQJ�KHU�ÀUVW�semester as president.
The open house began with an introduction and welcome from Huot to the participants. Follow-ing were songs performed by sev-eral students and faculty in the music program and a poem read by a student. Huot then inter-viewed a graduating senior on his experience at KSC with an empha-sis on the community service aspect. Lastly, a live chat room was enabled so participants could ask questions.
“The objective was to be able to connect with alumni and friends across the country so we could share a live welcome and holi-day greeting and some of the very special things about Keene State College so it’s a way to connect a broader audience without having to actually physically come together on the campus,” Huot shared.
One way KSC and its students were highlighted during this event was through an electronic holiday card that was sent out prior to the event.
The card featured several videos of students talking about KSC, what the school means to them and their RXWFRPHV� DW� WKH� VFKRRO�� � ´,W� ZDV�a very successful way of getting a message out about our college to a broad audience,” Huot said.
Because of the success of the ÀUVW�HYHU� YLUWXDO� RSHQ� KRXVH�� 3UHV-ident Huot shared that there are some plans in the future to extend it
to things like a virtual open house for students that are interested in coming to KSC, she reinforced that this is a way to reach a broader audience.
Student Body Class President, Eric Grady, said he is in favor of this IRU�WKH�IXWXUH��´,�WKLQN�LW�ZRXOG�EH�a great idea for sure, not just for stu-dents but for their parents as well to see that the college administra-tion really cares about incoming students.”
,Q� +XRW·V� ÀUVW� VHPHVWHU�� VKH�spent a majority of time getting to know more about not just the col-lege but also about the relation-ships we have with the community of Keene.
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lege forward with a shared vision for the future.”
,Q�VPDOO�JURXS�VHWWLQJV�ZLWK�VWX-dents, faculty, staff and community stakeholders, Huot gathered three themes that came to the forefront GXULQJ� GLVFXVVLRQ�� 7KH� ÀUVW� ZDV�that relationships with each other are very important.
“Students and faculty said it, the staff said it, the external community said it, about the relationship with the college in the sense that we are really a very close-knit commu-nity and we care deeply about each other,” Huot said.
Secondly, Huot noted the physi-cal beauty of the campus and what an asset it is.
The last topic that was brought up focused on students and fur-thering the community.
“We talked a lot about focusing in on support structures for student success and what kinds of things we can do in the future to enhance even further academic support and support the residential environ-ment,” Huot continued, “We talked about our relationship with the city of Keene and the kinds of things we can do in partnership with the city to make the city stronger, in particular in that front we talked about the importance of bringing theory of practice and helping our students get hands-on experience through internships and service learning, voluntaryism, undergrad-uate research,” Huot said.
Huot explained that she will use these themes as the underpinnings of a plan going forward.
Grady agreed that the college’s
relationship with the city of Keene could be strengthened through increased service.´,�WKLQN�WKH�FROOHJH�NLQG�RI�JHWV�D�
negative image sometimes from the media and Keene, with The [Keene] 6HQWLQHO� DQG� VWXII� DQG� ,� WKLQN� VHU-YLFH� OHDUQLQJ� LV�JUHDW�� ,�ZRXOG� OLNH�to see more being brought into the FODVVURRP��,�WKLQN�ZH�QHHG�PRUH�RI�WKDW��,�WKLQN�WKDW·V�VRPHWKLQJ�WKDW�,�am sure President Huot would sup-SRUW�� ,� WKLQN� WKH� DOWHUQDWLYH� EUHDN�WULSV�DUH�JUHDW��EXW�,�WKLQN�ZH�FRXOG�go one step further and do more service right here in our own com-munity,” Grady stated.
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als can be confusing which is where outside sources step in.
Planned Parenthood is a sexual and reproductive health care provider and advo-cates for it’s communities. There are six cen-ters in New Hampshire and one in Keene.
Jennifer Frizzell is Planned Parenthood’s New Hampshire senior policy advisor. She has been working with P.P. for a little over ten years now. She explained that P.P. was one of two bids for N.H. to become trained Navigators. This would make the represen-tatives eligible to advise the public of the upcoming health care changes and help give them a solution, she added.
The sessions are on a one-on-one basis where the navigators look at the existing plan and help the client create a new plan, stated Frizzell. She added the navigators also inform the clients of what they can and can’t expect as well as provide them with multi-ple options to choose from to make their best decision.
Although Planned Parenthood is known to help young adults in their reproductive years, Frizzell stated they have had a large range of clients who have taken advantage of the health care services they are provid-ing. Frizzell estimated around 2,000 individ-uals have already used the program since it started back in October.
“We are funded through August 2014,” )UL]]HOO� VDLG�� ´7KH� ÀUVW� HQUROOPHQW� SHULRG�ends March 31 of this year to receive insur-ance in 2014, then it’s getting applicants ready for the process for the following year.” She added that with how politicized the act has become, it can be very overwhelming and confusing. “We want to cut through that con-
fusion and have them feel comfortable with making an accurate decision for their fami-lies.”
Keene State College Director of Health and Wellness, Christine Burke, said KSC’s health department does not deal with insur-ance.
“Keene is not a hard waiver school, which means we don’t have an insurance plan to offer students,” Burke stated. KSC provides information and updates to students through its website to educate them on options, Burke said.
“The problem we have is we get students that need more care than we can offer,” Burke
stated. She added they can strongly recom-mend services to students but cannot conduct some necessary procedures.
Junior at KSC, Henry Bendel, recently had to apply for the Affordable Care Act. He stated the process took quite a while.´,�VSHQW�DERXW�WZR�KRXUV�JHWWLQJ�RQ�WR�WKH�
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$́IWHU� ,� JRW� P\� UHVXOWV�� D� SKRQH� FKDLQ�began,” he added. The process would only work if the representatives actually answered
the phones, Bendel said.“Some don’t have another option if they are
not on their parents’ plan,” Bendel explained. He added by saying the whole process was a huge hassle.
Bendel, Burke and Frizzell all stated that staying on parent plans until an individual turns 26 years of age, is the best option.
Making a decision about health care is hard to do on your own, which is why Planned Parenthood trained to become Navi-gators for the public, Frizzell added.
Haley Erdbrink can be contacted at
CAMPUS SAFETYReport Log
Week of: Jan. 27
News / A2 ThursdAy, Feb. 6, 2014[ Keene-Equinox.com ]
Tuesday, Jan. 28
2:16 p.m. Math Center: Professor reported numerous
book were stolen off book
shelf.
4:44 p.m. Pondside 1: Report
of possible 706 [marijuana].
Two arrests were made.
Wednesday, Jan. 29
4:35 p.m. Holloway Hall: RA
called about student reporting
theft. Student cancelled theft
report.
Thursday, Jan. 30
4:06 p.m. One Butler Court: Vehicle found in fire lane with
citation on from last night
on it. Owner came out and
removed vehicle from cam-
pus.
11:15 p.m. Holloway Hall: Trespassing letter was issued.
Friday, Jan. 31
12:16 a.m. Huntress Hall: Subject transported to
Cheshire Medical Center.
Summons were issued.
3:34 p.m. Winchester Parking Lot: Subjects trying
to building ski ramps on top
of a mound of snow.
4:54 p.m. TDS Center: Dispatch noticed subjects
entering the locked building
with skateboards.
11:35 p.m. Randall Hall: Odor investigation.
Saturday, Feb. 1
12:18 a.m. Huntress Hall: Mother called requesting
check welfare of daughter’s
roommate.
3:34 a.m. Owl’s Nest 7: Student attempting to gain
access to Owl’ Nest.
6:11 a.m. Pondside 3: Campus Safety officer was
requested to check the well
being of a student. Student
was fine, just sleeping.
9:34 p.m. Carle Hall: Student
complaining of stomach pain.
Sunday, Feb. 2
1:33 a.m. Owl’s Nest 9: RA reported something was
thrown at her window from
outside.
8:56 a.m Holloway Hall: Campus Safety assisted KPD
with service of paperwork.
9:08 a.m. Carle Hall: Bathrooms damaged on third
floor of the building and bro-
ken microwave in a kitchen.
9:43 p.m. Randall Hall: RA
called to report that one of
her residents had damaged his
hand.
“We talked about [...] helping our students get hands-on experience through internships and service learning...”
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KSC President Huot reflects on virtual open house
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ing on environmental justice issues, so I came to the University of Ver-mont with this sense of indignation and just started using my voice as much as I could,” Ram shared.
As a college sophomore at the University of Vermont, Ram was invited to speak with Bernie Sand-ers, who was then running for Senate, and Barack Obama, who she referred to as “the rockstar senator from Illinois.”
Ram added that the future United States President discussed a need for young people to get involved with politics, which she LGHQWLÀHG� ZLWK� ZKHQ� OLVWHQLQJ� WR�his speech.
According to Ram, during Ram’s ÀQDO�\HDU�DW�890��VKH�ZDV�WKH�VWX-dent body president at the Univer-sity of Vermont and entered the legislature that same year.
At age 27, Ram now serves Burl-ington’s Old North End, Hill Section and the University District in the Vt. House of Representatives. Ram is a member of the state’s Ways and 0HDQV� &RPPLWWHH� DQG� DOVR� VHUYHV�
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“I think about how being a young woman of color and being able to serve on really important commit-tees on a State Legislature is a real gift,” Ram stated while explain-ing that one quality which brought her to the legislative position was
“gratefulness.”As a young female legislator of
color, Ram noted that she had to work to gain recognition. Ram said that, early on in her career, she used strategies like asking herself, “What keeps them [people] up at night?” Ram shared, “It helped me to per-sonally enrich myself.”
Ram discussed how this “enrich-ment” led to the passing of her pro-posed bill on Tribal Recognition. Ram shared that her bill was passed by a majority vote in the Legislature, despite her own doubts.
The bill later “made it to the Governor’s desk, ending 30 years of gridlock on tribal recognition,” according to Ram, who indicated that she was only 23-years-old at the time of the bill’s passing.
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“politically conscious.” Providence VWDWHG� WKDW� SUHVHQWHUV� OLNH� 0HDQV�and Ram help students to, “see pas-sion that some people have and build on it.”
0HDQV��VDLG�WKDW�VKH�KDV�XVHG�KHU�music to show “honesty about life.” 0HDQV�� ZKR� LGHQWLÀHV� DV� ELUDFLDO�and a member of the gay commu-nity, explained that she has per-formed this style of music because she has learned that artists are more successful when they write about what they know.
Although he followed the work
RI� 0HDQV� EHIRUH� WKH� SUHVHQWDWLRQ��.6&� VWXGHQW� (ULF� 'L&HVDUH�� D� SV\-chology major added that he liked Ram’s approach on issues such as mental health.
'L&HVDUH�DGGHG�WKDW�KH�WKRXJKW�the event promoted the idea that,
“If you’re a young person and you assert yourself, you can make a difference—accomplish what you want.”
Ram culminated the ideas of her presentation with an analogy about sequoia trees, addressing why each individual is important to a grow-ing community.
“You will never see a sequoia alone. They can’t exist alone. The biggest, most majestic, strongest, longest living things on earth need each other. Their roots don’t go deep at all. They go out and they connect with one another and inter-lock. And that is how they survive. They link together in one big com-munity ... There’s so much more that we could do when we link together and when we spread our roots out and touch each other,” Ram con-cluded.
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choose to ignore. They interest me, you know? I’m interested in the people who are sitting in that classroom,” Whalen stated.
Whalen said the world of international law is changing. Therefore, she is looking to students to contribute to the progress of law in the future. Whalen stated she thinks that this is what some VWXGHQWV�DW�.6&�DUH�LQWHUHVWHG�LQ�GRLQJ�
“I think teaching is all about the future; teach-ing’s all about hope. And you must trust the future. When you’re in the presence of students, you know you’re in the presence of the future,” Whalen said.
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Paul Vincent, holocaust and genocide studies professor and chair said.
Vincent said he thinks the biggest impact the +*6�'HSDUWPHQW� DW� .6&�ZRXOG� KRSH� IRU�� DFD-demically, is that a mix of students will have something to show on their transcript that will get attention. Vincent said the department has socially committed students, whether they’re LQWHUHVWHG� LQ� MRLQLQJ� WKH� 3HDFH�&RUSV�� RU�ZKDW-ever it may be.
Vincent shared that these students think they can make a difference in the world where there are problems—and they can, he said. Vincent stated that classes like International Law and Genocide inspires the students to think globally.
“I think the class is helping me put my expe-rience into perspective. You know, witnessing a genocide is traumatic. Sitting on trials is a form of witnessing. Everyone exposed to witnessing I believe has to internalize that and live with it,” FXUUHQW�.6&�IDFXOW\�PHPEHU�MXGJH�:KDOHQ�VDLG��
Whalen was an international judge in the :DU� &ULPHV� &KDPEHU� LQ� WKH� &RXUW� RI� %RVQLD��Whalen’s responsibility was to try war crimes FRPPLWWHG�GXULQJ�WKH�FRQÁLFW��LQFOXGLQJ�FULPHV�against humanity and genocide.
Whalen said she is still unsure how she will handle this area—coping with the past Bosnian genocide. She is no longer a sitting judge, but a special advisor to the court. Whalen said teach-ing students about issues that she is also train-ing judges on is similar, but totally different at the same time, and that’s why she’s liking this experience.
� 9LQFHQW� VDLG� KH� ÀQGV� :KDOHQ� XQLTXH�� +H�VDLG� WKH� .6&� +RQRUV� SURJUDP� GLG� D� VXPPHU�event in Bosnia and that is where they met her IRU�WKH�ÀUVW�WLPH��:KDOHQ�VDLG�WKDW�VRPH�RI�WKH�students who she met a few years ago are in the class, which is very exciting for her. Whalen said the students really impressed her at the time with the depth of understanding the issues.
Whalen shared, “I spent some time with the students and as a result of that, I received an invitation to teach. It’s interesting, it isn’t really what I do, but the students really had great dis-cussions with me, and I thought ‘Wow this is worth pursuing.”
Johanna DeBari, sociology and HGS major at
.6&��ZDV�RQH�RI�WKH�VWXGHQWV�ZKR�PHW�:KDOHQ�on the trip to Bosnia in 2012.
DeBari said Whalen is amazing, patient and personable. “We’re very fortunate to have this opportunity. How often do you get to learn from a judge?” DeBari stated. DeBari shared that if she wasn’t graduating this year and if Whalen taught again, she would take another one of her classes.
.ULVWHQ� +XQ\DGL�� D� .6&� SROLWLFDO� ÀQDQFH�major, agreed with DeBari and said she would hope that Whalen would teach again. For Hun-yadi the class is an elective. Hunyadi said she took this class because she was also a part of the summer trip to Bosnia. When she met Whalen she said the judge invited the students over her house and she thought she was really nice and
KDG�D�ORW�RI�JRRG�WKLQJV�WR�VD\���´6KH�GHÀQLWHO\�has some good stories,” Hunyadi said.
DeBari said she thinks the class is really interesting as it takes a new perspective on the studies done in the major. “It’s an awesome experience,” DeBari stated, because there are no other lawyers in the department.
:KDOHQ�H[SODLQHG�WKDW�WKLV�ZDV�KHU�ÀUVW�WLPH�teaching and that she would be here for the semester. Whalen shared that the students and herself are both in learning mode; but she has great respect already for the art of teaching.
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“Witnessing a genocide is traumatic. Sitting on trials is a form of witnessing.”
-JUDGE PATRICIA WHALEN INTERNATIONAL JUDGE AND KSC PROFESSOR
STUDENT ASSEMBLYMaster Planners ask Assembly for feedback
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“There’s always been a concern on everybody’s part about how large contractor’s treat the people that work on campus, and that’s why we make a real big deal of it in the ELGV� VSHFLÀFDWLRQV�µ� 'UDSHU� VDLG��who explained the bids process.
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“Sodexo has been the incumbent and has won it every year [for the food service provider con-tract bid],” he said. Draper also said that contracts can be annu-ally renewed and alterations can be made.
Speaks added that, “all I would hope—and all I could really say—is that as a president of one of the worker’s unions, I would hope that both the college and Sodexo would do as much as they could to protect the workers.”
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Keene State College makesinternational connections
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With international judge Patricia Whalen now teach-ing courses at Keene State College, a former White House staff member for the late President John F. Ken-nedy sharing his experience in Washington and a Skype session with a journalist who covered unrest in Syria, KSC has taken its connections to an interna-tional level this academic year.
In addition, KSC had a number of nationally and internationally acclaimed guests who participated in the Symposium on campus. In November, the college XUJHG�VWXGHQWV�WR�ÀQG��XQGHUVWDQG�DQG�WDNH�UHVSRQVL-bility for our roles in the community.
The Equinox wrote an editorial in November about the opportunities KSC gives students to evolve and become more insightful individuals contributing to society [enter to learn, go forth to serve].
The Equinox believes the college continues to give students the ability to connect with members of soci-ety who can help them achieve positive goals for the future. This week, The Equinox reporter Bethany Ric-ciardi wrote about international judge Patricia Whalen and Whalen’s class, International Law and Genocide.
With the chance to build relationships with such LQÁXHQWLDO�LQGLYLGXDOV��WKHUH�VKRXOG�EH�QR�.6&�VWXGHQW�left on this campus who feels he or she has not been given at least a chance to take their passions beyond the KSC community and even the United States.
Last week students had the opportunity to sit in a session and meet a young woman elected as the young-est person ever to the state of Vermont’s House of Rep-resentatives at the age of 22—the same age as many KSC juniors and seniors.
The Equinox believes KSC students can hold pow-erful positions in their communities in the future. All students need to do is reach out to the resources pro-vided to them. It is discouraging to see how many stu-dents remain unaware of these events and classes that are offered.
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Spoon-feeding an ‘entitled generation’ in dating 101With birth years from the early
1980’s to the early 2000’s, Generation Y is not like any other generation in history. This group is evolving fast, due to the rise in technology. Ele-mentary school days for these chil-dren included Sony’s Play Station One and Nintendo 64 controllers in hand. Needless to say, this was the ÀUVW�JHQHUDWLRQ�ERUQ�LQWR�WKH�PRELOH�device.
The way things worked in the past is changing drastically, which has resulted in a new way of doing things. Some of these changes have regressed the progress of society, while others helped us move for-ward.
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venience to check grades or home-ZRUN� UDWKHU� WKDQ� ÀQGLQJ� RWKHU�means to get such information, it seems that parents to these kids are much more willing to go the extra step to do something for themselves.
This is an entitled generation that is used to being spoon-fed everything—perhaps even the life of dating.
Even though it was fun to spend middle school days on AOL Instant Messenger, and soon after that, MySpace, such technology has changed the ways of communica-tion. Facebook has made it easy to meet someone by simply typing and clicking ‘send.’ It is almost as if this group relies on technology in order
to interact with one another.Older generations had to go
through the daunting process of going up to their crush with some kind of sly remark in order to catch their attention. Now, it is as easy as a Facebook “poke” to get the point across that you are interested.
When it comes to dating, it is a matter of being grounded and understanding what technology’s uses are for and what face-to-face is for. Unfortunately, the majority of Generation Y struggles with this.
It is easier to get one another’s emotions through facial expressions or body gestures when communicat-ing face-to-face. The only emotions being interpreted through texting
are when someone over-thinks the content in a received text message. Such thoughts include “Is she mad because she answered with just ‘Ok’ and not “Okayyy’?” or “He seems mad because he ended his sentence with a period and not three excla-mation points.”
As ridiculous as it sounds, this happens all the time. Parents of these kids never had to deal with such issues. Their only means of communicating with one another was through their house phones.
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Since President Barack Obama has signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the “Talking Heads” of the Amer-LFDQ� PHGLD� KDYH� EHHQ� ÀOOLQJ� WKH�airwaves with their disdain or approval of this, whether you like it or not, landmark legislation.
I am sure you can guess who is on what side.
It is in my opinion that there are more people in the political and public sphere who are against ObamaCare than are for it; an entire new faction of the Republican Party sprouted and gained control of the House due to the hatred for the health care bill.
Democrats have even come out saying that the bill is riddled with loopholes or does not go far enough. Both sides of the aisle have come out and said that they did not even read the 2,000-page bill that was written by insurance and pharma-ceutical companies, instead opting to vote on the party line.
There are quite a few parts that I highly agree with in the PPACA. Insurance companies must offer the same rates and can’t deny coverage to patients because of pre-existing conditions. Young adults who are under the age of 26 are also now allowed to stay on their parents health insurance while pushing the system towards supplying “quality, not quantity” health care.
I also agree that there needs to be a push for affordable preventa-tive health-care like having regular check ups with a physician, which is the easiest way to stop illness and LQMXU\� IURP� RFFXUULQJ� LQ� WKH� ÀUVW�place.
That being said, there are things that I do not agree with. First and foremost is the implementation of the Healthcare.gov website. It was a complete disaster and the Obama Administration needs to take full responsibility. The numbers of those who have signed up for the health care exchange are also not looking so great.
As of January 23, three-mil-lion people have signed up for the Healthcare Exchange, giving only
two more months for the White House to reach its seven-million sign up goal.
Numbers have not been released on the sign-ups by age demographic, which is arguably the most crucial part. In order for premiums to stay low, the Obama Administration needs more young, healthy people to sign up than older, sicker Ameri-cans.
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I do not think the PPACA goes far enough. It is my belief that it is time for the United States of Amer-ica to begin looking at its industrial-ized allies that have a single payer health insurance system, and follow suit.
Let me throw some statistics at you that were highlighted in a report from the International Fed-eration of Health Plans. In France, the average cost of a daily hospital stay is $853; in the U.S., it is $4,287. $Q�05,�FRVWV�DQ�DYHUDJH�RI������LQ�Britain, $363 in France and $1,121 in the U.S.
Vaginal childbirth costs, on aver-age, total $2,641 in Britain, $3,541 in France and $9,775 in America. For those who want to go the Caesarean
section delivery route, expect to be looking at a bill of $4,435 in Britain, $6,441 in France; but here in the U.S. it’ll cost $15,041.
To explain this large gap in child birthing costs between countries, one would assume that there would be a correlation of money spent would equal better results. Not true.
According to the CIA World Fact-book, the US has the highest infant mortality per 1,000 live births out of the countries being discussed in this opinion. In fact, to make it sink in, the U.S. is forty-seventh in the world for infant mortality, where health care costs the most.
%XW�KRZ�FDQ�WKLV�EH�À[HG"�,�DP�not going to lie and say I have all the answers, and I am not going to say my answers would work with-out speed bumps. We shouldn’t be afraid to let the evidence of our past help us shape the future; like know-ing that health care costs drain the public purse in this nation.
For those who may say that uni-versal health care is un-American and that only a free market and competition will bring down costs, you need to realize that both of these are false.
Competition has yet to prove that it brings down cost, and we
already have a single-payer health-care system for Americans over ��� FDOOHG� 0HGLFDUH�� 0HGLFDUH� KDV�proven to have lower costs and lower overhead. If everyone in the U.S. was to suddenly be put on 0HGLFDUH�� WKH�VDYLQJV�ZRXOG�PRYH�WKH�IHGHUDO�EXGJHW�IURP�D�GHÀFLW� WR�a surplus.
$QRWKHU�À[�ZRXOG�DOORZ�WKH�)HG-eral Government to negotiate whole-sale prices of medication; something Congress forbade under President %XVK·V�0HGLFDUH�3DUW�'�SURJUDP��
An additional remedy that I sug-gest is the introduction of price caps on certain procedures. Including price caps would make sure that an appendectomy does not cost between $8,156 and $29,426 depend-ing on what hospital you happen to be closest to when this surgery is needed.
The statistics show that the coun-tries that implement single payer health insurance spend less. Amer-ica has, in the past, looked around the world, witnessed how countries worked and told ourselves: “We can do better.”
And in my opinion, we can.
Zak Koehler can be contacted at [email protected]
Defending equal love when President of Russia bans gay-rights activity The signs, the protests, the “debates”—I
can’t believe this is still a discussion. How is it that we are still arguing over
who another person can love and marry, and KRZ�WKRVH�SHRSOH�FDQ�H[SUHVV�WKHLU�ORYH"�
How can it be that people believe they hold the ability to tell someone they can not stand before the love of their life to exchange wedding vows, simply because WKH\�ORYH�WKH�VDPH�JHQGHU"��
:KDW� ,� ÀQG� HYHQ�PRUH� HUURQHRXV� WKDQ�that is how a ruler can forbid displays of love.
Yes, I’m talking about the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, who is perfectly okay with banning gay-rights activity.
According to an ABC News report, the law was signed into affect by Putin in July 2013 and, “bans pro-gay ‘propaganda’ that could be accessible to minors—a measure viewed by activists as forbidding almost any public expression of gay-rights senti-ment. The law cleared parliament virtually unopposed and has extensive public sup-port in Russia.”
I enjoy intelligent conversations about complex beliefs, and not many conversa-tions lead me to feel uncomfortable.
When people deliberate over if being gay is “a choice,” someone’s upbringing, or science, I do enjoy putting my two sense in [I believe it’s simply how someone is born]—until I realize the real root of the whole problem with these conversations is that they even exist.
7KH� UHDO� TXHVWLRQ� KHUH� LV�� ´ZKR� FDUHV"µ�It’s not my life to live, it’s not my sexual ori-entation and it’s not my wedding.
To some, however, this type of relation-ship was once such a terrible fate (I say this with sarcasm) that someone could be incar-cerated for it.
According to a CBS News report, homo-sexuality was no longer considered a crime in Russia starting in 1993. That’s correct—a crime.
Also to my absolute worry and fury, Russia might forbid citizens of foreign countries with approved same-sex mar-riages, “from adopting Russian children,” also according to a CBS News report.
Already in affect is the new law which ZLOO� ÀQH� SHRSOH� IRU� ´/*%7� SURSDJDQGD� DW�4,000 to 5,000 rubles [$120 to $150]...and up to 800,000 to 1 million rubles for non-govern-mental organization’s, corporations or other legal entities [$24,000 to $30,000,]” according to globalequality.org.
Also on the site, a line reads that “for-eigners are also subject to 15 days of prison and deportation from Russia.”
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These people can’t show affection during what could very likely be the proudest moment of their lives, or even, their sad-GHVW"�
I remain dumbfounded by politicians and people alike who make efforts to stop
gay marriages and displays of affection from happening.
I can’t believe it’s the year 2014, and this LV�VWLOO�VRPHWKLQJ�RIÀFLDOV�DUJXH�RYHU��
It is pathetic, infuriating and the biggest waste of time and breath.
Protesting for equality will never be any of those things—but the fact that people must protest in hopes of a change, however, is.
It’s so disappointing that we still live in a
world where athletes at the Olympic Winter Games need to not only worry about the biggest competition of their lives, but their behavior should they love someone the Rus-sian government does not approve of.
I am certainly not excusing the United States and the many states within our own country that still have not passed bills that will allow for legalized same-sex marriages.
It does seem that the U.S. is moving for-ward, as 17 states have passed these bills—
but we need to do better. Russia needs to do better. The world needs to do better—and this
“better” I speak of is long, long overdue.
Brittany Ballantyne can be contacted at [email protected]
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President of Russia Vladimir Putin talks to Olympic volunteers in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia. In July, 2013, Putin signed a law banning pro-gay propaganda.
A critique of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act COMMENTARY
There are key ingredients to a successful business. First, treat your employees correctly; pro-vide them with support, growth RSSRUWXQLWLHV� DQG� EHQHÀWV��Second, actually care about them. When I say this, I mean don’t just look at them as a number and as replaceable. As humans we want to feel important and needed, and looking at an employee in any other way is disgraceful.
We can not expect anyone to work with their whole heart when we attach a stipulation that anyone can do their job. Instead, encour-age workers that their work mat-ters to the company, to the fellow workers and to the overall success of the operations.
I see so many unhappy people everyday. Looking around, you can tell these people are so sick and tired of giving everything their all and getting nothing in UHWXUQ��0RVW�RI�WKLV�XQKDSSLQHVV�starts at the workplace. People are overwhelmed, stressed out and come home to more problems that affect their mood.
Even at the workplace there is an uncomfortable feeling. It’s a pressure that the “boss” has placed on you. It’s almost as if they are saying, we expect one hundred and ten percent while we offer you the bare minimum.
This negativity continues to circle, dragging others with it. It’s not hard to pinpoint what someone has done wrong. But it is much nicer to hear what some-one has done right. Sure, the mis-take can be mentioned, but why not add some positive reinforce-PHQW�LQ�ZLWK�LW"�,W·V�FRPPRQ�VHQVH��after all. It’s common courtesy.
When this courtesy is elimi-nated in the workplace it is near impossible to be genuinely happy with the work you are producing. It’s almost as if this cycle exists— an endless cycle manufacturing continual disappointment.
Then, you go off to your second job—a job that treats you the same way, a job that picks out
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There is an inherent need that everyone craves, a desire for secu-rity. Unfortunately, right now many people are feeling less and less secure at the workplace. The Affordable Healthcare Act has weighed heavily on businesses DQG� ODUJH� FRUSRUDWLRQV�� 0DQ\� RI�these businesses and corpora-tions have expressed pressure to UHVWUXFWXUH�WKHLU�ZRUNHU·V�EHQHÀWV��This pressure has businesses and corporations hiring more staff, cutting back employee’s hours and paying them less with no ben-HÀWV���7KH�DFW�LV�SXWWLQJ�D�VWUDLQ�RQ�EXVLQHVVHV� ÀQDQFLDOO\�� 7KH� ZRUN-ers that have devoted their time and energy to the success of the EXVLQHVV�DUH�KDYLQJ�EHQHÀWV�VXFK�as health insurance taken away from them. Along with that, the workers are being treated poorly by management’s lack of knowl-edge and proper management skills.
These are the managers that discourage you. Not to say there aren’t great managers out there, but it takes a certain type of person to be able to deal with everyone else and achieve united happiness for the worker and business. This person can be anyone—however they need to have a common respect for every-one they work with. This is where many businesses go wrong.
The people in these power- driven positions should be role models for what the business stands for.
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the booth. The booth was free, and guests could visit
as often as they wanted. The photo booth also provided
extra prop hats, boa’s, glasses and moustaches so guests
could make the photos on their own.
KSC sophomore Mary Allen showed off a stack of
photos she took with her friends in the booth.
“I think we took seventeen trips to the photo booth,”
Allen said.
When guests were not in the photo booth they could
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WKH�GDQFH�ÁRRU�SAC provided appetizers for guests after they
worked up an appetite from dancing all evening. There
was a selection of snacks including chips and dip, veg-
gies and chicken nuggets. The Night Owl Cafe provided
sodas and water for the guests.
KSC student Rushane Kelly checked out the event
only after he heard the sounds from the speaker.
“I was playing pool and then I heard music,” Kelly
said. When asked what the best part of the night was, he
added, “The whole night was good.”
The music pouring out of the Night Owl Cafe
attracted people to the event from all over campus.
According to Trabilsy, approximately 60 people
attended the event.
“We saw a nice variety of people, it brought a lot of
different people from campus around.” Bentley said.
“It was nice to get out,” Young said.
7KH� 0DVTXHUDGH� 'DQFH� NLFN�VWDUWHG� D� VXFFHVVIXO�winter weekend for SAC, who sponsored three more
events during the weekend.
SAC also sponsored a trip to Worcester, MA to watch
the Providence Bruins take on the Worcester Sharks as
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OLIVIA GRIFFIN
York, England
Surreal.
After describing to my friends and
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capture what I’ve experienced.
I spent the majority of last semester with
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beautiful city of York, England, trying to
picture myself living there.
Even though the anticipation was excit-
ing, the pictures could never measure up to
the way I felt when our bus drove into the
city center.
Seeing the place that I have been imagin-
ing for months was a crazy and overwhelm-
ing experience (especially after having
spent a full 24 hours traveling and maybe
being a little bit delusional).
As soon as we entered York I realized
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I would need four months (at least) to see
it all.
There is a poetic juxtaposition of old and
new; something I've rarely found in the
United States.
The cathedral looking over the city is
ancient, the roads are all cobblestone —yet
the shops and nightlife are young and ener-
getic.
It is so easy to go out on your own and
walk around, you never know what you’ll
ÀQG�RU�ZKR�\RX·OO�PHHW��Since being here I’ve had a burst of
energy that seems like it will never end.
There is always something to do, always
people to get to know. In the past week
I’ve made friends from all over the world,
explored this amazing city and all it has
to offer and began to catch on to the subtle
(and not so subtle) differences of living in
the U.K.
,·YH�EHHQ�OXFN\�WR�ÀQG�WKDW�WKH�%ULWLVK�DUH�some of the friendliest people I’ve met.
Immediately upon moving into my room,
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the city and show me around.
The other international students have
been nothing but inviting; having 30 people
in the same situation as you (where every-
thing is new and you don’t know anyone)
makes you feel as though you are always
among friends.
It is interesting to learn about cultures
from around the world and meet people that
you would have otherwise never crossed
paths with.
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much room to grow.
Being able to accept that you are scared
or worried or upset about something and
then move on from it is essential in travel-
ing, and in life.
Things like losing your phone in New-
castle within four days of buying it don’t
seem as daunting. In fact, I’ve found that
small moments of panic can become medi-
tative if you let them.
This is an opportunity which I would
recommend to everyone. To spend four
carefree months traveling through a beauti-
ful country and experiencing the world in a
different way is bound to change your per-
spective on life.
Choosing to study in England for me
was accompanied a feeling of fearlessness.
Each time I do something new here, that
feeling is reinforced. I still have three-and-a
-half months ahead of me, and I don’t know
what’s to come.
All I know for sure is that I plan to appre-
ciate every curveball thrown my way, do
things I never thought I would do and have
the most awesome semester I could possibly
imagine.
Studying in York, England: a mix of old and new
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
KSC senior Olivia Griffin draws calligraphy at a Chinese New Year party. Griffin is studying in York, England, this spring 2014
semester.
“The cathedral looking over the city is ancient, the roads are all cobblestone—yet the shops
and nightlife are young and energetic.”-OLIVIA GRIFFIN
KSC SENIOR
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KSC students dancing in the Night Owl Cafe at the Masquerade
Dance, part of Winter Weekend hosted by the Social Activities
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Right: Masks, scarves, hats and glasses were available for the
students to wear in a photo booth at the Masquerade dance.
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Above: KSC senior Olivia Griffin sitting on the city walls of York, England,
where she is studying this spring 2014 semester. Below: Griffin visiting
Newcastle upon Tyne in England.
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Comedian Jessica Kirson visited Keene State College Sunday, Feb. 2 as part of her college tour.
Despite the sparse turn out, the stand-up performer put on the show as if there were not an empty seat in sight.
KSC’s Social Activities Council put on the event. Orig-inally scheduled to be Sunday at 8 p.m., the event had to be moved to 3 p.m. as to not inter-fere with the Super Bowl.
Hospitality Coordina-tor for the Social Activities Council, Sean Ballard, said,
“While scouting for different people at the National Asso-ciation for Campus Activities we (SAC) saw Kirson perform and thought she was hysteri-cal and had to have her come to the school.”
When asked what his favorite part of the show was Ballard responded, “I enjoyed the atmosphere that Kirson created by being very much herself on stage.”
Kirson’s material kept the audience holding their sides throughout the hour the talent remained onstage.
Not only did she draw on personal experiences and observations for material, but Kirson also utilized the audi-ence for jokes.
In this way, Kirson broke down the barrier between
audience and performer while simultaneously testing her own boundaries as a comic by making humorous remarks on the spot about her spectators.
After being asked how she heard of the event, sophomore Amelia Gallup said, “I found out about it on Facebook and through friends I have in SAC.”
When asked what her favorite joke from the comic was, Gallup said there was, ´1R� VSHFLÀF� MRNH�� EXW� KHU�[Kirson] facial expressions were hysterical.”
Though the joke was not her favorite Gallup said that Kirson’s bit about the lack of enthusiasm white people have while singing happy birthday was, “so accurate.”
A freshman from the audi-ence who wished not to be named said, “I wish more people had shown up, I only heard about this event from a friend in the Night Owl Café.” He went on to say that he enjoyed Kirson’s use of the audience even though he him-self was used for a joke at one point. “I thought it was really funny, I liked her impressions a lot. I thought it was really impressive how she could change her voice,” freshman Christine Simmons said when asked about the event.
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She spoke to the remaining audience members, signed a couple of autographs and even snapped a few photographs with the members of the Social
Activities Council. “As a female comic, you
have to appeal to guys,” said Kirson in a brief interview after the show.
She went on to say, “The only time it is hard to be a woman in comedy is when trying to get a headlining gig at big comedy clubs because
they mostly book men.” Kirson also mentioned that
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bodies,” Burke continued.Burke added that this can still
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have time to just have quiet time during the day away from their phones, TVs and people, they can just close their eyes and do some deep breathing,” she said.
Burke gave further advice to students and reminded them it is important to, “listen to your bodies.”
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Comedian Jessica Kirson speaks in the Mabel Brown Room on Sunday, February 2. KSC freshman Christine Simmons said, “I liked her impressions a lot. I thought it was really impressive how she could change her voice.”
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“Listen to your bodies.”
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ASHLEY DEFILIPPOEquinox Staff
Naps throw off sleeping patterns,
make people overly tired and are unhealthy, right? Wrong.
According, to a recent Buzfeed article, if napping is done correctly it can help a person’s overall health status.
It may be a common misconcep-tion that taking naps during the day is lazy or unhealthy, however, a Buzzfeed article by Adam Davis,
“19 Reasons Why You Should Nap More,” stated that short naps can help lower blood pressure, retain information, increase alertness, boost creativity and decrease risks of heart problems.
Also according to “Sleeping on the Job,” an article written by Sean Coughlan in BBC News Magazine, on “siestas,” the European tradi-tion of an afternoon nap, napping is actually healthy when done in short periods of time.
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tired, they make mistakes and are more likely to have accidents. They can't think as clearly," said Noel Kingsley, spokesperson for Siesta Awareness, who was interviewed for Coughlan’s article.
“I feel that napping is an essen-tial part to the college students well-being and happiness,” Keene State College junior Gabriella Raccio said. ´>1DSV� DUH@� EHQHÀFLDO�� EXW� ,�
KDYHQ·W�ÀJXUHG�RXW�D�EHQHÀFLDO�ZD\�to do it,” junior Raphael Bastek said.
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“There is evidence to show that twenty to thirty minutes of napping �D�SRZHU�QDS��LV�UHDOO\�EHQHÀFLDO��EXW�the problem is college students do not usually nap that way,” Burke said.
This could be the reason that Bastek said he believes that if he wakes up tired, but does not take a nap, he often will feel better than if
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Raccio also agreed that people “shouldn’t take long naps, [they] should only take power naps.”
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“Sleep is probably the number one contributing factor to a person’s overall health,” Burke said. “If sleep is needed then it should be taken to re-energize the body.”
“Traditionally most adults get-ting seven to eight hours of sleep a night don’t need naps, but if they feel tired they should listen to their
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The Social Activities Council (SAC) kicked off Winter Weekend 2014 in the Night Owl Cafe with the Masquerade Dance Friday, Jan. 31.
SAC sponsored the free event which was WKH� ÀUVW� RI� WKHLU� :LQWHU�Weekend festivities. *XHVWV� DUULYHG� WR� ÀQG�the NOC decked out in purple, green and gold decorations by the hos-pitality committee. SAC provided guests with masks for anyone who did not have their own. Many guests took the time to create their own masks using glitter, feathers and paint to per-sonalize their masks.
Meredith Trabilsy, vice president of SAC, said, “It was a fun night, I wore my mask and everything.”
“I made my mask but I couldn't wear it because it was still wet,” SAC Security Coordinator, Natasha Young added. When asked what her favorite part of the night was, KSC student Karisa Bergman said, “I like dressing up.”
The highlight of the night for many was the “Wicked Fun Photo Booth,” which was pro-vided by A Goodtime DJ company, a company SAC has worked with in the past.
“It came with the DJ, so it was a package deal,” SAC Publicity Coordi-nator Julianne Bentley explained, “It always goes over well.”
The photo booth was located just outside the NOC where guests could pile in and print a strip of three photos at the printer outside of
“If sleep is needed then it should be taken to re-energize the body.”
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The three ingredients are: a camera phone, a slight twist of the arm and a smile.
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Above and to the left, band members of the Boston band Big D and the Kid’s Table perform in the Mabel Brown Room at Keene State College, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. KSC’s WKNH hosted the free show which also included the local Keene band Jake McKelvie & the Countertops. Approximately 200 people formed an audience in the Mabel Brown Room to support both bands.
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Staff members wore designated T-shirts and worked on security such as keeping the balcony to strictly the bands and checking the bathrooms every so often.
The headliner was Indie-rock band, Jake McKelvie & the Countertops. No stranger to Keene, this band has played house shows in town, has made previous appearances through WKNH and has participated in the Keene Music Festival.
Unfamiliar to the Keene audience, however, was Big D and the Kids Table. Described as a Ska/Punk/Stroll/Dub band, Big D and the Kids Table performed for the .HHQH� FURZG� IRU� WKH� ÀUVW� WLPH�� ,Q� FRPSDU-ison to other bands and artists that have come to KSC and played, Graham said,
“Having Big D [and the Kids Table] come is more inducive to having people come learn new music.”
In an interview with WKNH DJ Rebecca Barishian, Big D and the Kids Table’s front man Dave McWane explained how their band can appeal to many audiences. “I think the curse and the awesomeness of Big D [and the Kids Table] is that everybody lis-tens to different music…[ours] goes all over the place….”
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“It’s a band that I don’t listen to on the daily but they played a show in my home-town with Streetlight Manifesto and Reel Big Fish. I really enjoyed their performance,” Sherrill shared.
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Graham said, “Why wouldn’t it be important? Since we’re a radio show, we should be having bands. If a radio isn’t having bands come play on the air, what’s the point in having a radio station?”
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Above, Big D and the Kids Table band member, David McWane, perform at a concert hosted by WKNH in the Mabel Brown Room at Keene State College, Jan. 30, 2014. Right: The band Jake McKelvie & the Countertops perform in downtown Keene, N.H.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Some of Woody Allen’s allies have come to his defense, casting doubt on renewed accusations by Dylan Farrow that she was sexually assaulted by her then-adoptive father when she was 7.
Allen’s lawyer, studio and pub-licist weighed in on Farrow’s open letter, published online Saturday by The New York Times, in which she claimed that in 1992 at the family’s Connecticut home, Allen led her to a
“dim, closet-like attic” and then sex-ually assaulted her. Farrow didn’t specify Allen’s actions but described other abusive behavior.
The movie director’s publicist, Leslee Dart, said in an email Sunday that Allen has read Farrow’s letter.
“Mr. Allen has read the article and found it untrue and disgrace-ful,” Dart said, signaling that Allen ZRXOG�ÀJKW� WKH� FODLPV�GDWLQJ�EDFN�to Allen’s tempestuous relationship with actress Mia Farrow in the early
1990s.Elkan Abramowitz, Allen’s
lawyer, said: “It is tragic that after 20 years a story engineered by a venge-ful lover resurfaces after it was fully vetted and rejected by independent authorities. The one to blame for Dylan’s distress is neither Dylan nor Woody Allen.”
Allen was investigated on child molestation claims for the 1992 accusation but was never charged.
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“Blue Jasmine,” was among those Farrow singled out in her letter, asking, “What if it had been your child ...?”
Baldwin responded on Twitter to those demanding a comment from him: “You are mistaken if you think there is a place for me, or any out-sider, in this family’s issue.” Dylan Farrow’s most detailed account of the 1992 encounter returned the spotlight to the original police investigation of Allen. The handling of the investigation was criticized DIWHU� /LWFKÀHOG� &RXQW\� 6WDWH� $WWRU-ney Frank S. Maco said at a news
conference that he believed there was “probable cause” to charge Allen but decided against prosecu-tion partly to avoid a traumatic trial for the young girl.
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Maco, who retired in 2003, told The Associated Press on Sunday that the statute of limitations on Dylan Farrow’s accusations ran out at least 15 years ago. He said he hopes Farrow was able to watch his news conference and read his state-ment about his decision not to pros-ecute Allen.
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Anybody worried about how Bruno Mars would do on one of the world’s largest stages had obviously never seen the young star perform live.
That all changed Sunday night when tens of millions JRW� WKHLU� ÀUVW� FKDQFH� WR� VHH�why he’s one of the most excit-ing live acts of his generation.
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He then seamlessly inte-grated the Red Hot Chili Pep-pers into his set.
“There were a lot of doubt-ers and my man delivered,” Fox commentator Howie Long said after the performance.
Hard to disagree. There ZHUH� QR� ÁXEV�� QR� QHJDWLYH�moments that will live on at the water cooler Monday morning. And while you can argue about the entertainment value of watching shirtless Chili Peppers gambol about the stage, the 50-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famers man-aged to match Mars’ energy in a brief appearance that was no less memorable.
Mars trades in shared memories, taking the best of
acts that have come before like the infectiousness of Sting and The Police, or the groove of James Brown, and updat-ing them with lyrics and sounds that capture the fresh-ness of the current moment. He opened by displaying the beauty of his high tenor with the sing-a-long-inviting
“Locked Out of Heaven” and “Treasure” before transitioning to “Runaway Baby.”
That song, with its Brown-ÁDYRUHG� EHDW�� DOORZHG� WKH�Hawaiian-born singer to dance
in homage to “Soul Brother Number One,” complete with an impressive gymnastics-style split as part of his moves.
He broke down the band to silence and killed the lights for a moment, allowing the crowd’s screams to be heard at home, before transitioning to the Chili Peppers and the funky “Give It Away.”
The Chili Peppers, which included singer Anthony Kiedis and bassist Flea sans shirts in temperatures that hovered in the 40s, powered
through the song, then joined Mars and his Hooligans in a quick few bars from Black Sab-bath.
Mars and his eight-piece band, The Hooligans, were dressed from head-to-toe in custom-made clothes from Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane.
Fox cut to video segments of soldiers around the world dedicating the next song to loved ones before going back to Mars.
He appeared alone on a small stage in the center of the
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It was a powerful moment and compared favorably to past performances by stars like Prince and Bruce Spring-steen.
There was never a dull moment. That’s about all you can ask, especially in a game that was full of them.
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This movie was breathtak-ing; surreal in almost every way.
Gravity was brilliantly done on the technical level, and I do not think anyone can argue over this one. From the opening 15-minute single shot scene, my eyes were wide open. I think my mouth dropped a little, too.
I did expect some amaz-ing cinematography coming from Cuarón, since, in my opinion, Children of Men is some of the best visuals from a movie in the past ten years.
I would be surprised if Cuarón doesn’t get the Oscar for Best Cinematography. Out of the three motion pic-tures that I have seen in this category, this is superior and brings something new to the table. What really got me on board was how brilliant Cuarón made his visual and sound/music mesh.
This movie did have a few downfalls; not many, but some nonetheless. There was a large lack of sound �ZKLFK� LV� VFLHQWLÀFDOO\� DFFX-rate due to everything hap-pening in space), but I think that allowed the visuals to be the main focus, while the mixing of what little sound was used and music to emphasize the visuals that was occurring. There were
some very cliché Hollywood moments that took me out of Gravity at times. Yes, the fol-lowing paragraphs are likely to have spoilers. You have been warned. One of them was the lazy developed back-ground on Bullock’s charac-ter. Thanks to Neil deGrasse Tyson, a theoretical astro-physicist, he brought up this good point that I also noticed.
Bullock’s character is a medical engineer who is replacing parts on the Hubble Telescope. I am sorry, but NASA isn’t stupid. I don’t think they would send a medical engineer to replace things in space.
This wasn’t the only sci-HQWLÀF�PLVKDS��7\VRQ�EURXJKW�XS�TXLWH� D� IHZ�VFLHQWLÀF�DQG�space oriented mistakes that the movie made. If you are interested on the rest, it is a quick Google search away.
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Bruno Mars performs Sunday, Feb. 2, at the Super Bowl Halftime Show. Mars was accompanied by his “Hooligans” and at one point, the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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Thousands of anti-Putin protestors march
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A group of protestors face a line of riot police during a rally demanding the release of 23 other demonstrators who were arrested during a crackdown earlier this month, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Police clashed with hundreds of anti-government protestors in the capital on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014.
Marchers call for the release of 20 people arrested, some facing up to 10 years in prison
AssociAted Press
MOSCOW (AP) — Several thousand protesters marched through central Moscow on Sunday to call for the release of 20 people who were arrested after clashes between police and demonstrators in May 2012.
Some of them face up to 10 years in prison if convicted for the protest, held on Bolotnaya Square on the eve of President Vladimir Putin’s inauguration to a third term as Russia’s presi-dent.
Putin’s return to the presidency saw the passing of new laws aimed at cracking down on anti-government protests and restricting non-governmental organizations.
The protesters marched Sunday with portraits of the jailed protesters and a banner stretching across the street reading:
“Freedom to the Bolotnaya heroes, the hostages of Putin.”6RPH�DOVR�FDUULHG�8NUDLQLDQ�ÁDJV� WR�VKRZ�WKHLU� VXSSRUW�
for the anti-government protesters in neighboring Ukraine, where demonstrations have been going on for more than two months.
Of the 28 people rounded up in the Bolotnaya case, eight
were recently freed on amnesty. Several defendants have been under house arrest, but most of the others have been in jail for more than a year and a half.
Only three of the cases have been decided: Two defen-dants received light sentences after cooperating with investi-gators and a third was sent for forced psychiatric treatment. That man, Mikhail Kosenko, who was convicted of beating a policeman, had a history of schizophrenia, but rights activ-ists charged the court was reviving the Soviet-era practice of using punitive psychiatry against dissidents.
Republicans still stand with Christie
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AssociAted Press
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — +LJK�SURÀOH� 5HSXEOLFDQV� ZHUH�adamant Sunday that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie should not resign from his post as chairman of the Republican Governors Association follow-ing a former ally’s claim that there is evidence Christie knew about an apparently politically PRWLYDWHG� WUDIÀF� MDP� HDUOLHU�than he has said.
The support from former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Wisconsin U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan put Republicans on the offensive and the Demo-cratic chairman of a state legis-lative committee investigating the September lane closures near the George Washington Bridge on the defensive the day Christie’s state hosts the Super Bowl.
Also Sunday, a member of Christie’s administration who was subpoenaed by lawmakers investigating the lane closings FRQÀUPHG�VKH�KDG�UHVLJQHG��
Christina Genovese Renna OHIW�WKH�JRYHUQRU·V�RIÀFH�)ULGD\��according to her lawyer.
Renna had reported to ousted Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Kelly, who apparently set the lane closings in motion with an email saying “time to FDXVH� VRPH� WUDIÀF�SUREOHPV� LQ�Fort Lee.”
Giuliani, appearing on CBS’ “Face the Nation” took aim at WKH� FUHGLELOLW\� RI� WZR� ÀJXUHV�central to the scandal: John Wisniewski, who’s leading the investigative probe, and David Wildstein, the former Chris-tie loyalist who as an execu-tive at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey last year ordered the lane closures after receiving Kelly’s email, as someone with less than pure motives.
He said Wildstein “wants somebody else to pay his legal bills and he can’t get them paid unless the governor is respon-sible.”
The unannounced lane clo-sures caused massive gridlock in Fort Lee in September, delay-ing emergency vehicles and school buses and tying up some commuters for hours over four mornings.
New Jersey legislators are investigating whether Christie aides engineered the lane clo-sures to send a message to the town’s Democratic mayor.
7KH�8�6��$WWRUQH\·V�RIÀFH� LV�also investigating.
On Friday, Wildstein’s lawyer wrote a letter to the Port Authority saying evidence exists that Christie knew about WKH� WUDIÀF� MDPV� LQ� )RUW� /HH� DV�they happened.
He did not disclose any evi-dence in the letter.
Wisniewski also appeared on “Face the Nation” and defended his role and his previ-ously stated doubts about what Christie knew and when.
“What I’ve said is I have skepticism about the governor’s statement,” he said.
“I haven’t said that the gov-ernor has responsibility for this. I haven’t said that the governor knew when this was happen-ing.”
Renna is among 17 people close to Christie subpoenaed by a legislative panel.
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Christie’s spokesman declined to comment on the res-ignation.
DAVID MAC DOUGALL AssociAted Press
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — When 18-year-old Ayat al-Akhras blew herself up outside a busy Jeru-salem supermarket in 2002, killing two Israelis, her grieving parents were unable to bury her and say their ÀQDO�JRRGE\HV�EHFDXVH�,VUDHO�UHIXVHG�to send her remains home.
More than a decade later, after appeals from human rights groups, Israel is handing over some 30 bodies
of Palestinian assailants, including that of al-Akhras, enabling her family to arrange a funeral.
Israel has returned the remains of Palestinian attackers from time to WLPH� GXULQJ� WKH� GHFDGHV� RI� FRQÁLFW��sometimes as part of prisoner swaps, but the current round involves the most recent suicide bombers and gunmen and has revived painful memories for families and friends of some of the victims.
In the West Bank town of Bethle-hem, the teenage bomber’s parents,
Mohammed and Khadra al-Akhras, expect an easing of their grief.
“The pain will end,” said Moham-med al-Akhras, 67, who chain-smoked while he talked and rested his hands
— gnarled from years of manual labor — on top of the cane he uses to walk with.
“At any time during the day, during the night, we can go and visit her,” he added.
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Palestinian Khandra al-Akhras poses with a photo of her late daughter Ayat al-Akhras, who blew herself up in a suicide bombing in 2002.
Palestinians bodies returned after 10 years
Human rights groups appeal to Israel, allow for family funerals
Earthquake hits western Greek island, Kefalonia
ELENA BECATOROSAssociAted Press
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A strong earthquake with a prelimi-nary magnitude between 5.7 and 6.1 hit the western Greek island of Kefalonia before dawn Monday, sending frightened residents into the streets just over a week after a similar quake damaged hundreds of buildings, reviving memories of a disaster in the 1950s.
Authorities said about 16 people had been slightly hurt, mainly by falling objects, while roads, homes and shops were damaged and some areas suffered power and water supply cuts.
Islanders also had to contend with intense bad weather, with strong rain and low temperatures.
Kefalonia Mayor Alexandros Parisis said the port at the island’s second largest town of Lixouri, the closest to the epicenter, had been damaged.
Images from the area showed part of the pier breaking off and boats that had been on land for repair toppling over.
Earthquakes have been rattling Kefalonia constantly for the past week, after a 5.9-magnitude temblor struck the area on Jan. 26, dam-aging homes and slightly injuring seven people.
Since then, thousands of residents have been spending nights with relatives or in ships sent to accommodate them.
Schools on the island have been shut for the past week, and had not been scheduled to reopen until Wednesday, said Deputy Mayor Evangelos Kekatos.
Authorities urged the islanders to remain calm and not approach any damaged buildings.
An eight-member rescue team with a sniffer dog was heading WR�WKH�LVODQG�DV�D�SUHFDXWLRQ��WKH�ÀUH�GHSDUWPHQW�VDLG��ZKLOH�3XEOLF�Order Minister Nikos Dendias and his ministry’s secretary general were also heading to Kefalonia to coordinate the response.
The armed forces was sending two military transport aircraft carrying 30 personnel and three doctors as well as tents and emer-gency supplies, while a military ship was sailing to the island with digging vehicles, a mobile kitchen and a water tanker among other equipment, the Defense Ministry said.
The Athens Geodynamic Institute registered the pre-dawn quake, which struck just after 5 a.m. local time, with a magnitude of 5.7 and an epicenter 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) northwest of the island’s capital of Argostoli.
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In this Jan. 9, 2014 photo, a visitor to Folsom Lake, Calif., walks his dog down a boat ramp that is now several hundred yards away from the water’s edge.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Amid VHYHUH� GURXJKW� FRQGLWLRQV�� &DOLIRUQLD� RIÀFLDOV�announced Friday they won’t send any water from the state’s vast reservoir system to local agencies beginning this spring, an unprece-dented move that affects drinking water supplies for 25 million people and irrigation for 1 million acres of farmland.
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The 29 agencies that draw from the state’s water-delivery system have other sources, although those also have been hard-hit by the drought.
Many farmers in California’s Central Valley, one of the most productive agricultural regions in the country, also draw water from a separate system of federally run reservoirs and canals, but that system also will deliver just a fraction of its normal water allotment this year.
The announcement affects water deliveries planned to begin this spring, and the allotment could increase if weather patterns change and send more storms into the state.
Nevertheless, Friday’s announcement puts an exclamation point on California’s water shortage, which has been building during three years of below-normal rain and snow.
“This is the most serious drought we’ve faced in modern times,” said Felicia Marcus, chair-woman of the State Water Resources Control Board.
“We need to conserve what little we have to use later in the year, or even in future years.”
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Without deliveries of surface water, farmers and other water users often turn to pumping from underground aquifers. The state has no role in regulating such pumping.
“A zero allocation is catastrophic and woefully inadequate for Kern County residents, farms and businesses,” Ted Page, president the Kern County Water Agency’s board, said in a statement.
“While many areas of the county will continue to rely on ground water to make up at least part of the difference, some areas have exhausted their supply.”
Groundwater levels already have been stressed, after pumping accelerated during the dry winter in 2008 and 2009.
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Mass mobs fill pews, lift prayers at NY churches CAROLYN THOMPSON
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — You’ve KHDUG� RI� ÁDVK� PREV"� %HKROG� WKH�Mass mob.
Playing off the idea of using social media to summon crowds for parties or mischief, mobs of Buffalo-DUHD�5RPDQ�&DWKROLFV�KDYH�EHHQ�ÀOO-ing pews and lifting spirits at some of the city’s original, now often sparsely attended, churches.
It works this way: On a given Sunday, participants attend Mass en masse at a church they’ve picked in an online vote and promoted through Facebook and Twitter.
Visitors experience the architec-ture, heritage and spirit of the aging houses of worship and the churches once again see the numbers they were built for, along with a helpful bump in donations when the collec-tion baskets are passed.
“I call these churches faith enhancers. You can’t help but walk in and feel closer to a higher power,” said Christopher Byrd, who hatched the idea in Buffalo last fall and has organized two Mass mobs so far, both of which drew hundreds.
He’s heard from other cities about starting their own.
The aim, he said, is to reignite interest, support and perhaps even membership in older churches that
“kind of fall off the radar screen of people.”
One such church is Our Lady of Perpetual Help in a neighborhood settled by Irish immigrants along the Buffalo River.
The church once brimmed with
800 families when it was dedicated in 1900. Today, fewer than 50 wor-shippers typically amble into the Gothic-style sanctuary for Sunday Mass.
“We’re still here,” said the Rev. Donald Lutz, who welcomed a FURZG�RI�PRUH�WKDQ�����RQ�D�UHFHQW�Sunday after Our Lady of Perpetual Help, known to locals as “Pets,” was
selected for the Mass mob.“It’s wonderful,” said Lutz, who
learned his church had been chosen two weeks before.
“It just shows that we are not just one parish, that it’s the whole family of the diocese. We take care of each other.
“And,” he added, “if it helps us pay a few more bills ...”
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People gather for mass inside Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Buffalo, NY during a “Mass mob.”
Vt. woman held in psych ward against her will testifies
DAVE GRAMAssociAted Press
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A week after emerging from an ordeal that began with her husband killing her son and himself and contin-ued with her being placed in a psychiatric unit against her will, a Ver-mont woman said Friday that the state’s mental health system needs big changes.
But Christina Schumacher — whose estranged husband, 49-year-old Ludwig Schumacher, strangled their 14-year-old son, Gunnar, and then hanged himself Dec. 18 — stopped short of saying she opposed involun-tary hospitalization in all instances.
7KH�FRPPHQWV�FDPH�D�GD\�DIWHU�VKH�WHVWLÀHG�EHIRUH�WZR�VWDWH�6HQDWH�committees that she went to a regular therapy appointment a day after learning of her family members’ deaths and was taken from there to the psychiatric unit at Burlington’s Fletcher Allen Health Care hospital.
When she arrived at her therapy appointment, Schumacher said, she was met not only by her therapist, but a second doctor, a clinic director and two guards, who took her to the locked psych unit. She was kept WKHUH�IRU�ÀYH�ZHHNV�XQWLO�D�MXGJH�RUGHUHG�KHU�UHOHDVH�́ 7KH\·G�DOO�PDGH�the decision before I’d even arrived that they were going to check me in,” Schumacher, 48, of Essex, told the Senate Health and Welfare and Judi-ciary committees.
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Seismologists said more after-shocks were to be expected on the island, which lies in a highly seismi-cally active region.
Several registered in the initial hours after Monday’s quake.
“The whole area has been acti-vated ... we are all on alert,” said Maria Sahpazi, head of the Geo-
dynamic Institute, adding that Monday morning’s quake appeared to be a strong after-shock of the Jan. 26 temblor.
“We expect more aftershocks, which will be of this size or smaller,” she said.
Seismologist Vassilis Papazachos urged caution and said islanders must make plans for shelter over the coming weeks or months if their homes are dam-aged as the region has produced powerful earthquakes in the past.
“Measures must be mid-term,” Papazachos said on Greek televi-sion.
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In Israel, the return of the remains of attackers from the second Pal-estinian uprising a decade ago has provoked some anger.
“Those who killed civilians should be treated like people who com-mitted war crimes,” said Meir Indor, head of Almagor, a group that speaks for victims of attacks by militants. “Eichmann’s body was not given back,” he added, referring to Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi who was executed by Israel in 1962 for his role as one of the architects of the Holocaust. The Israeli rights group HaMoked appealed to Israel’s 6XSUHPH�&RXUW�LQ�������VHHNLQJ�UHOHDVH�RI�WKH�UHPDLQV�RI����DVVDLODQWV��The group said that the court didn’t rule, but that Israel’s Defense Min-LVWU\�GHFLGHG�ODWH�ODVW�\HDU�WR�KDQG�RYHU�DERXW����ERGLHV��7KH�'HIHQVH�Ministry was not immediately available for comment.
Since the beginning of the year, Israel has returned seven bodies of assailants from the second uprising, with two more scheduled Sunday, including that of al-Akhras, Palestinian activists said. Dozens more Palestinian militants killed in clashes or in suicide attacks are still believed to be in burial spots in Israel, off-limits to their families.
Al-Akhras struck on a rainy Friday afternoon in March 2002, a bloody month at the height of the second Palestinian uprising. A spate of bombings and other attacks had left Israel on edge, with heightened security measures in place. She drove with a friend from her home in a slum refugee camp for Palestinians near Bethlehem to a Jerusalem supermarket less than 10 miles away. The Supersol grocery store, situ-ated in a strip mall in the working-class neighborhood of Kiryat Yovel, was crowded with shoppers buying food for the Jewish Sabbath.
Security guard Haim Smadar, 55, was searching the bags of people going into the store. He challenged al-Akhras, suspicious of her behav-ior, and she detonated her explosives at the entrance.
A doctor caught up in the blast found the security guard bleeding to death on the pavement. His legs were gone. Al-Akhras was dead, and in the rubble, investigators found an unexploded mortar shell.
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Levy’s parents declined to comment. Almagor said the Levys were upset to learn in the media about the body of their daughter’s killer being returned to the West Bank.
In the weeks before the attack, there were few signs that al-Akhras had become radicalized, according to her parents. Engaged to be mar-ried, she was a good student from a big, traditional Palestinian family of 10 brothers and sister. Some of them had been in and out of Israeli jails. Looking back, the mother said her daughter was restless at the WLPH��WKDW�VKH�FRXOGQ·W�VOHHS�ZLWK�WKH�QRLVH�RI�JXQÀUH�DV�,VUDHOLV�DQG�PLOLWDQW�JURXSV�HQJDJHG�HDFK�RWKHU�LQ�ÀHUFH�EDWWOHV�
At some point, al-Akhras made contact with the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, a militant group that claimed responsibility for the bombing.
Khadra al-Akhras, 62, remains unapologetic for her daughter’s actions, saying: “Each drop of blood from each child achieved hope for the Palestinian people”.
At a small cemetery outside Bethlehem, a grave was prepared for al-Akhras. Her elderly parents, who struggle to climb the steep steps to the graveyard, paused Saturday at the entrance to say a verse from the Quran.
The mother then climbed into the empty grave where her daughter was to be buried, and started to clear small stones and weeds. Her hus-band told her she shouldn’t do it.
“No, I’m her mother. It’s OK!” she replied.
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and years of training that lead up to these moments.
“Sometimes we have to do workouts really early
in the morning before classes. Even in cross coun-
try, there are times when we have to be here at 6:30 in
the morning. But he would drive up and he would be
there for us,” Goldsmith said.
Not all coaches dedicate themselves like Thomas,
ZKR�\RX�FDQ�ÀQG�ZLWK�KLV�WHDP�DW�MXVW�DERXW�DQ\�WLPH�of day, any time of the school year.
“Pete is the only coach that really has to coach year-
round because he has cross country, indoor track and
outdoor track. His dedication level is probably more
than any other coach because of going year round, but
I think that’s why he’s so successful,” Ratliff said.
When you combine a coach like Thomas, a deter-
mined group of runners and a supportive commu-
nity, it seems the group is destined for success. While
Thomas has already produced a lengthier resume at
KSC, do not expect him to be going anywhere anytime
soon.
“Coaching for me—and I imagine for the other
coaches—is our drug, our rush. It’s so exciting when
days go well and people run well, or swim well, or
shoot a basket well. Seeing kids walk off the track
smiling, happy. Those moments are so special, it’s why
I coach,” Thomas said.
Diana Pimer can be contacted [email protected]
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CHRIS GOFFAssociAted Press
Yogi Ferrell orchestrates pretty
much everything in Indiana’s offense.
Coach Tom Crean added another
responsibility to Ferrell’s plate
Sunday: guarding the opponent’s
top scorer. Ferrell came through on
both ends — scoring 27 points and
shutting down Nik Stauskas — to
lead Indiana to a 63-52 upset of No.
10 Michigan.
“Yogi is playing at an extremely
high level,” Crean said. “He’s a true
lead guard with everything he does.”
Against the Wolverines, that
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The Wolverines (16-5, 8-1 Big Ten)
had been the last unbeaten in con-
ference play, off to their best Big Ten
start since 1976-77. Indiana ended
their 10-game winning streak by
holding them to their lowest point
total of the season.
“I think it’s really good for us,”
coach John Beilein said. “I didn’t
think we were going to go unde-
feated. We hadn’t lost since Dec. 11,
against Arizona. In the long run, we
have to get better.”
What made Ferrell’s matchup
with Stauskas so impressive is that
Ferrell is a point guard, giving up
6 inches and nearly 30 pounds to
Michigan’s small forward. Stauskas
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corner,” said Caris LeVert, who had
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nine points.
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of four but rode a tight, creative
defense and Ferrell’s hot shooting to
a win that might shift its season.
Crean decided Ferrell’s awareness,
quick hands and intensity were the
perfect antidote to Stauskas’ deadly
shooting and effective passing.
“You’ve got to make his catches
hard and his looks even harder,”
Crean said. “You’ve got to be con-
scious of where he is at all times. I’m
proud of our whole team defensively.
Yogi was the catalyst.” With Staus-
kas limited, the Hoosiers led most
of the way in improving to 12-2 at
Assembly Hall. Noah Vonleh added
10 points and 12 rebounds for the
Hoosiers, who shot 54 percent to the
Wolverines’ 40 percent.
Indiana may have reinvigorated
its hopes for an at-large berth to the
NCAA tournament by securing a
second victory over a top 10 oppo-
nent.
The Wolverines are a common
victim and no stranger to coming up
short in this series. Dating to last sea-
son’s run to the national title game,
the Wolverines are 27-12 in their last
39 games — with three of the losses
to the Hoosiers, who are 24-8 against
Michigan over the last 18 seasons.
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Indiana guard Yogi Ferrell celebrates in the second half of an eventual win over Michigan in Bloomington, Indiana, on Feb. 2, 2014.
JIM JOHNSONAssociAted Press
Goran Dragic had 28 points and seven assists
and the Phoenix Suns handed the Indiana Pacers
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Gerald Green and Marcus Morris scored 16
points apiece to help the Suns win their fourth
straight game.
Roy Hibbert had 26 points and David West
added 18 for the Pacers (35-10).
Morris hit a 3-pointer with 2:58 remaining to
give the Suns a 98-92 lead and Dragic dunked to
give the Suns a 100-94 with 44 seconds left.
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break, but never could take the lead.
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half with shots by West, Paul George, Lance Ste-
phenson and George Hill to get within 70-53.
Later, George was fouled on a layup and con-
verted the 3-point play to make it 71-61 with 7:01
left in the third. Miles Plumlee missed a dunk
and Hibbert scored on a putback to get Indiana
within eight. Channing Frye answered with a
basket and then Hibbert scored Indiana’s next six
points to get the Pacers within 73-69.
Pacers guard C.J. Watson scored a layup at the
start of the fourth quarter to make it 77-76, but
Morris scored two free throws to put the Suns
back ahead by three.
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with 4:20 remaining, but Gerald Green extended
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of bounds that went over the corner of the back-
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give the Suns a 62-45 lead.
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KSC athletic team records
Name Event Time PlaceRandy DuntonDrew Ledwith
Dan Oliveira
Amber Long
Alison BartlettCaitlyn Shea
Bentley Dual Meet at Spaulding Gymnasium Pool
100 Back1,000 Free100 Fly
200 Fly50 Free100 Fly
Men’s and women’s swimming and diving
Women’s BasketballOVERALL CONF. HOME AWAY (neutral) STREAK
Daniel Webster vs. Southern Maine
Box score Box score1 2 Total
11-8 3-6 5-4 4-4 (2-0) Lost 1
Daniel Webster
Keene State College
Southern MaineKeene State College
35 2648 35
6183
1 2 Total23 33
20 205640
9:22.48 1ST
54.35 1ST
52.79 1ST
1ST
1ST
1ST
2:15.02
24.53
1:01.91
Men’s BasketballOVERALL CONF. HOME AWAY (neutral) STREAK
at Plymouth St. vs. Southern Maine
Box score Box score1 2 Total
7-11 4-5 6-4 1-7 (0-0) Won 1
Keene State College
Plymouth St.
Southern MaineKeene State College
20 4422 46
6468
1 2 Total38 21
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BRIAN CANTORE / PHOTO EDITOR
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According to the father, KSC fell in love with Lucas when Owls assistant coach, Steve Boudreau, found Lucas at a fall ball league. “He’s the one who really believed
in Lucas from the beginning, even when he had a couple of bad fall games. Steve saw something in him and stayed with him.”
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One thing that both Lucas and his father attribute to helping Lucas get to the college level were practices back when Lucas was in high school with the ‘big boys’ at Mer-rimack. “His sophomore year he started playing with my guys in the summer and getting his ass kicked,” Hammel’s dad said.
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The Owl’s point guard said those prac-tices helped him along the way and they better prepared him for KSC. He said it helped himself toughen up mentally and SK\VLFDOO\�� ´,�ZDV� D� OLWWOH� KLJK� VFKRRO� NLG�going against these Division two full schol-DUVKLS� DWKOHWHV�� 2EYLRXVO\� ,� ZDV� JHWWLQJ�P\�EXWW�NLFNHG�GD\�LQ�DQG�GD\�RXW��,W�MXVW�really helped me develop my edge,” Lucas Hammel said.
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Brian Clemmenson can be contacted [email protected]
BRIAN CANTORE / PHOTO EDITOR
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7KH� ÀUVW� RXWGRRU�� FROG�ZHDWKHU� 6XSHU�Bowl in the nation’s most congested region FRQIRXQGHG�VNHSWLFV�RQ� WKH�ÀUVW�FRXQW��DV�unseasonably warm temperatures served as a pleasant backdrop for Sunday’s NFL title game. But long delays leaving MetLife Stadium for the thousands who heeded organizers’ advice and took mass transit left a sour taste.
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A NJ Transit spokesman told The Asso-ciated Press early Monday that nearly 25,000 passengers had been moved to Secaucus by midnight, two hours after the game, and that overall it was a “tremen-dous success,” considering the volume of passengers transported without accident or incident.
When the last train cleared the platform at 12:45 a.m., 32,900 people had been trans-ported by rail and more than 1,100 others taken by bus to Port Authority, a transit spokesman said.
Seattle natives Jeff Chapman, 40, and his childhood friend Willie Whitmore, 39, were caught up in the delay and anxious to get home.
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By late in the game, state police reported four people were arrested during the game, including two arrests for unlicensed ven-dors, one for drunken disorderly conduct and one for trespassing.
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AP PHOTO / KOJI SASAHARA
Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka has a lot to smile about after signing a seven year, $155 million dollar deal with the New York Yankees on Jan. 22, 2014.
New York Yankees continue their spending streak with signing of phenom Tanaka
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BRIAN CLEMMENSONEquinox Staff
Many athletes never have the opportunity to decide between playing for their father or for Keene State College. However, for one KSC basketball player, freshman point guard Lucas Hammel, it was about where he was going to get the chance to play right away.
Hammel would have loved to be playing this season for Merrimack College, where for the last 34 years his father, Bert Hammel, has been the head basketball coach.
It would have also marked the third time he would have been playing for his father, Lucas said.
“He coached my AAU [Amateur Athletic Union] team, I always like playing for my dad. Those two years were a great experience for me,” Lucas said. When growing up, Merrimack Col-lege was Lucas’ second home. “I knew every nook and cranny of it,” Lucas said. However, when weighing his options, Hammel decided on KSC because he had the chance to play right away.
According to Bert, Lucas said to him he needed to go to Division III. “He was the one who came to me and he said I want to play right away. I want to be a starting point guard. There’s not a lot of kids nowadays that understand the level that they have to play at,” Bert said.
“Obviously playing for my father was a life-time goal of mine. But the only time I wanted to go to Merrimack was if I knew I would have had a chance to play right away as a freshman,” Lucas said.
Bert said the talk about colleges began when
he and Lucas sat down at the end of Lucas’s junior year of high school. Hammel said he wanted to be there as a father and only as a coach in the begin-ning of the recruiting process.
“I made it very plain to him that I would be
there absolutely one hundred percent as a father and as a parent. But as a coach I would give him some guidance in the beginning,” Bert said.
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Another season, another award for coach Thomas
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DIANA PIMEREquinox Staff
Some people will remember 1981 as the year the New York Islanders won their second straight Stanley Cup, or when the Boston Celtics brought the NBA Championship title back to New England. For the Keene State College community, however, 1981 will be remembered as the start of an era.
)RU�WKH�SDVW����\HDUV��FURVV�FRXQWU\�DQG�WUDFN�DQG�ÀHOG�coach, Peter Thomas, has developed a program that dem-onstrates excellence and consistency. Through hard work and dedication, Thomas has produced 48 cross country All-Americans and 14 straight Little East Conference titles.
This season, however, Thomas gained extra recogni-tion as he was named the LEC Coach of the Year for both the men and women’s teams. This is his second title for the
men, as Thomas previously won the honor in 2009, and his fourth for the women, which he won in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
While Thomas appreciates the award and recognizes its value, he does not like to focus on his own acknowledg-ments. “It’s a great accomplishment by the kids,” Thomas said. “The awards are meaningful in that it’s more that the team did a really good job collectively. That’s important, the kids did what they were supposed to do.”
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KSC Director of Athletics, John Ratliff said that having a coach like Thomas at the college is extremely valuable not only for the current team, but for the future of the cross country program as well. “I think there’s a saying, ‘suc-cess breeds success,’ and I think his overall success is what continues theirs,” Ratliff said of KSC’s runners. “Kids and
students want to come to a program that’s successful. The coach of the year award is recognition of that.”
Fresh off her own LEC runner of the year award, KSC sophomore Samantha Goldsmith knows just how impor-tant it is to have a successful and dedicated coach.
“Coaches are what holds the team together. Pete really knows what he’s doing when it comes to training us, but he’s also the kind of person that brings us together as a team and teaches us to work together and push each other,” Goldsmith said.
Goldsmith added that the team’s success comes from Thomas’s knowledge of the sport and his attention to detail. She said that he cares greatly about each individual athlete, which creates a cohesive unit come race day. However, the students do not just step out on the course and run fast. There are countless hours that add up to weeks, months,
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Equinox Staff
This season, the Keene State College Cheerleading team was told they would be getting a new coach—they would have never guessed they would be getting two.
Halfway through the season, Heath +DVNHOO��WKH�WHDP·V�ÀUVW�FRDFK��ZDV�XQDEOH�to make a full commitment to the team and the women were left without a coach. The women said they were devastated, thinking their only hope of attending nationals was gone.
Luckily, KSC alumni Nicole Dick came to the rescue.
“Nikki puts all her heart into the pro-gram, you can tell she wants to be there and wants to help the program become better,” senior co-captain, Trisha Gun-ning, said.
With the help of their new coach, the women trained and practiced three to four times a week, eager to get to the Universal Cheerleaders Association Nationals, held at Disney in Orlando, Florida.
The week before the trip two cheerlead-ers were named ineligible to attend, leav-ing the team with only twelve members and lots of changes to make to the routine. In Orlando, they competed against eight other teams in the Open Division and FDPH�RXW�ZLWK�D�QLQWK�SODFH�ÀQLVK���
Although the squad expected to do better, it is a young team made up mostly of underclassmen, and the women said nerves got the best of them.
Senior captain Breanna Vacca explained, “This competition was a real eye-opener for the team and especially the IUHVKPHQ��)RU�VRPH�JLUOV��LW�ZDV�WKHLU�ÀUVW�competition ever. I think it was good for the younger girls to see their future com-petition so they can prepare better and know what to expect in the future.”
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there are a lot of new people, and only a few upperclassmen who actually know how to do the stunts at the college level. We know we have a lot of potential and we really want to make the top three for the next three years,” freshman Gabriella Pace said.
Their coach had been to nationals, but she attended the National Cheerleaders Association competition in Daytona, Flor-ida—not the UCA competition held in Orlando.
“I was very nervous, I didn’t know ZKDW�WR�H[SHFW��,W�ZDV�P\�ÀUVW�WLPH�JRLQJ�to nationals as a head coach to a competi-tion I had never been to,” coach Dick said.
Dick continued, “But once the day
Freshman guard Hammel gets assist from coaching father
BRIAN CANTORE / PHOTO EDITOR
Freshman Lucas Hammel drives to the rim in a home game against UMass Boston Jan. 25.
Boycotting Sochi misses point
COMMENTARY
ZACH WINNSportS Editor
Russia’s discrimination towards the gay and lesbian com-munity has caused much uproar in the lead up to the Sochi Winter Olympic Games, which start Feb-ruary 7. There have even been calls to boycott the games in light of the legal and social restrictions gays and lesbians face in Russia. But I don’t think boycotting the games would be an appropriate or effective response.
Currently, Russia has no law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, something the United Nations has openly condemned.
Some thought that awarding a Russian city the honor of hosting the Olympics would soften the country’s stance on homosexual rights, but the international spot-light has not deterred Russian President Vladimir Putin— or the Russian people—from openly opposing the prospect of treating homosexuals like equals.
In June of 2013, the Russian government passed a law ban-ning, “homosexual propaganda.”
The vagueness of the law can be used to prevent any form of demonstration that suggests that homosexuals are equal to hetero-sexuals.
The controversy this law inev-itably stirred up led some, includ-ing German President Joachim Gauck, to push for mass boycot-ting of the Sochi games. Fuel-ing this movement was President Barack Obama’s decision not to attend.
People have speculated that President Obama’s decision is a symbolic protest, although he has repeatedly said it has nothing to do with human rights issues in Russia.
But the Olympics have never been a place for political demon-strations. The games are all about the celebration of athleticism, sport and competition. They put country against country and bring out nationalistic pride like no other event.
People have boycotted or demonstrated in Olympic games before, but the Olympics simply has nothing to do with politics. It is above politics.
! CHEERLEADING, B8
! HAMMEL, B8
! COACH OF THE YEAR, B7
! SOCHI, B9