the new paltz oracle, volume 84, issue v

NEW PALTZ ORACLEoracle.newpaltz.eduVolume 83, Issue V Thursday, October 4, 2012

INSIDE THIS WEEK’S ISSUE OF THE NEW PALTZ ORACLE

THE

BEES, BEES EVERYWHERE

Campus Reacts To Unusual

Amount Of Bees On Campus

STORY ON PAGE 6

PHOTO BY ROBIN WEINSTEIN

PHOTO COURTESY OF FLICKR.COM

ACHOO! First Measles Case In Ulster

County Since 2004 Reported

At New Paltz School

STORY ON PAGE 3

PHOTO COURTESY OF FLICKR.COM

BRAND NEWPacheco-Dunn Begins First

Semester In New Position

STORY ON PAGE 3 EDITORIAL ON PAGE 9

Incident: Date: 10/1/12Location: SAB

Incident: Date: 9/30/12Location: N/A

University Police BlotterDisclaimer: This is only a partial listing. For all incidents,

please visit the University Police Department.

SUNY New Paltz University Police Department

About The New Paltz OracleThe New Paltz Oracle

The New Paltz Oracle


The New Paltz Oracle oracle@hawkmail.

newpaltz.edu.


oracle.newpaltz.edu

Volume 84

Issue IVIndex

Five-Day Forecast

Thursday, Oct. 4Rain

High: 69 Low: 57

Friday, Oct. 5Sunny

High: 76 Low: 59

Saturday, Oct. 6Showers

High: 62 Low: 48

Sunday, Oct. 7Rain

High: 49 Low: 43

Monday, Oct. 8Mostly Sunny

High: 56 Low: 42

NEW PALTZ ORACLE

THE

NEWS

THE GUNK

EDITORIAL

COLUMN & OP-ED- CLARISSA MOSES & ANNEMARIE COURTENS

SPORTS

THE DEEP END

FEATURES PG. 2B A&E PG. 7B SPORTS PG. 13

FOLLOW THE ORACLE

1B-12B

3-8

12B

9

10

11-15

The New Paltz Oracle @NewPaltzOracle

VISIT “THE ORACLE” ONLINE:

oracle.newpaltz.edu

Andrew Wyrich EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Rachel FreemanMANAGING EDITOR_________________

Maria Jayne NEWS EDITOR

Katherine Speller FEATURES EDITOR

Carolyn Quimby ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Cat Tacopina SPORTS EDITOR

ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR_________________

Samantha Schwartz

Robin Weinstein PHOTOGRAPHY EDITORS

Julie GundersenCARTOONIST

_________________

Suzy Berkowitz

Caterina De Gaetano

Elyse Hennes

Molly Hone

Angela Matua

Adi McHugh

Tanique Williams

COPY EDITORS

Clarissa Moses ASSISTANT COPY EDITOR_________________

Katie TruisiWEB CHIEF

Joe NeggieMULTIMEDIA EDITOR _________________

Kayla WeinsteinBUSINESS MANAGER

Mark Carroll DISTRIBUTION MANAGER

STAFF

WANT TO WRITE FOR THE ORACLE!

STOP BY OUR NEXT STORY MEETING ON:

SUNDAY, OCT. 7 AT 7 P.M. IN STUDENT UNION 403.

The New Paltz Oracle 3oracle.newpaltz.eduNEWS

Thursday, October 4, 2012

week at the Mountain Laurel Waldorf School in New Paltz that involved the New York State and local Health Departments and the Confectious Disease Control (CDC), Ulster County Health Commis-sioner Dr. Carol Smith said.

Smith said the infected child became exposed to the measles virus in Europe and became ill upon returning to the United States because the child never received the MMR (measles) vaccination.

“Once we got the call from a con-cerned parent, the communicable disease nurses went to the child’s home, spoke to the parents, took a nasal swab and the na-sal specimen was sent up to the Wadsworth State Lab in Albany,” she said. “The PCR

did contain the measles virus.”Ulster County issued a health alert to

the area after the sample tested positive for the virus, Smith said. The U.S. has not seen measles endemic for 12 years so many doctors do not know what a live case of the virus looks like, she said.

Measles is a highly communicable vi-rus which is spread through coughing and sneezing, Smith said.

“[Measles] tends to be a tough cus-tomer,” she said. “It can survive in a room on surfaces up to two hours after a person leaves the room.”

Symptoms include a fever of 103 de-grees or higher, cough, conjunctivitis or “pinkeye,” runny nose and a maculopapu-

normally start by the hairline, moving to the face and then the lower extremities), Smith said. Symptoms of the illness can take anywhere up to 21 days to appear be-cause the virus has an incubation period of more than two weeks, she said.

Smith said 90 percent of people who are not vaccinated contract the measles vi-rus — which is most contagious four days before symptoms arise — and the 30 per-cent who develop life threatening symp-toms such as pneumonia or severe dehy-dration face the risk of death.

“It’s wonderful if you recover from it, most do get better,” she said. “Certainly, there are risks of severe consequences of getting the disease.”

Margaret Veve, SUNY New Paltz stu-dent teaching coordinator said New Paltz students were not placed at the Mountain Laurel Waldorf School this semester.

“This is an important issue,” Veve said. “Thankfully, the system seemed to work well in the past and we are lucky to have the health center. [They] are really diligent.”

Before students can be placed in schools, they must be cleared by the health center the semester before student teaching,

and if a vaccine is needed, students must have that taken care of right away.

“Some can get waivers for personal

and religious reasons, but this has to be

Smith said, the last case of measles re-corded in Ulster County was in 2004 and currently 96 percent of Ulster County resi-dents have had at least one out of two doses of the MMR vaccine, which is higher than the state average of 91.6 percent.

There are still “pockets” of communi-ties who feel vaccines are dangerous and although they reduce the risk of fatalities, skeptical people refrain from them, Smith said.

“Some folks feel it’s dangerous and as-sociated with cases of Autism,” Smith said.

“There really is no evidence of that and we believe in public health it is unfounded.”

The Mountain Laurel Waldorf School did not respond in time for print, but Smith said 50 percent of the students there are not vaccinated. Students who have not been vaccinated and have come into contact with the infected child are excused from school for 21 days, she said.

“The Department of Health does still ask anyone with symptoms to certainly contact us and health care providers, and we recommend people get vaccinated,” Smith said.

By Caterina De GaetanoCopy Editor | [email protected]


The Women’s League of Voters of the Mid-Hudson region presented a fo-rum on the revisions to the Ulster Coun-ty Charter on Thursday, Sept. 13.

The public meeting was held at Eso-pus Town Hall at 7 p.m. and 20 commu-nity members attended.

-viewed by a commission of 11 volun-teers who made revisions based on rec-ommendations to the county Executive and Legislature, according to Co.ulster.ny.us.

Chair of the Charter Revision Com-mission Cynthia Lowe said the charter

itself created the need for this commis-sion, and the legislature recognized this. She said the legislature as a whole has been willing to compromise and con-sider these revisions.

The revisions focus on redistrict-ing within Ulster County, the creation

of county executive appointment by the legislature, the creation of a clerk for the county legislature, the comptroller serv-

county and a few other similar topics within the charter were discussed.

commission was formed to create revi-sions, and they did so in an extremely short timetable.

She said although this was com-pletely new, the process will be smooth-er in the future.

Lowe said the commission had the opportunity to present the revisions di-rectly to the voters but chose to get it

would be one complete charter instead of two contrasting copies.

“The commission had the ability to put forth any changes directly to voters but we didn’t do that,” she said. “The voters well deserve one proposal as per-fect or imperfect as it may be.”

Dr. Gerald Benjamin, chair of the commission that wrote the charter and director for the Center of Research and Regional education and Outreach

(CRREO) at SUNY New Paltz, also spoke at the forum.

Benjamin said even if these revi-sions pass they would have to conduct another review in 10 years, and every 10 after that. He said this review hap-

wanted to map out the experience and draw upon that for the future to make improvements and correct errors.

Benjamin said the vote, taking place on Nov. 6, would decide the outcome of the revisions.

“When voting, this is a matter of putting it into one question ‘do we pick it up or put it down?,’” he said. “It’s all or nothing — they can’t say we like this piece and we don’t like that piece.”

League of Women Voters Holds Charter Revision Forum

By Maria Jayne News Editor | [email protected]

The New Paltz Oracle4 oracle.newpaltz.edu NEWS


NEWS BRIEFS WORLD

-

TURKEY FIRES BACK

OUT OF THE CLOSET-

BAD BUTLER ON TRIAL

-

-

NO BABY ON BOARD

-

-

CURRENCY CONUNDRUM-

-

-

-

PROTESTER COMES DOWN

Compiled from the AP Newswire

to Newpaltz.edu.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Business Advisory Council Gains New MemberBy Bryan Ahrens

[email protected]

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Climate Director Begins First SemesterBy Cat Tacopina

[email protected]



NEWS BRIEFS NATIONAL

The 54th student senate held their fourth meeting of the semester on Tuesday, Oct. 2. The executive board and senators reported on com-mittees, the privacy of senate meetings, as well as the progress of their goal list.

Vice President of Programming Estheph-

Student Association Productions (SAP). Twelve candidates were nominated at the council meet-ing on Monday, Oct. 1 and seven returned on Tuesday and were elected.

Student Association (SA) President Josh Simpson spoke next, expressing his excitement for the senate’s goal list. Simpson said last year’s senate achieved many goals and he would like to see the 54th senate be as successful. He reminded

needs.Next, SA Vice President Manuel Tejada

spoke to senators regarding the news that Vice President for Administration and Finance Jac-queline DiStefano will be stepping down in or-der to accept the position of Vice President for Finance and Business at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, N.Y.

Tejada also reminded senate of the Know Your Rights forum on Thursday, Oct. 18 from 8 to 10 p.m. in Lecture Center 102.

Vice President of Academic Affairs Jona-than Espinosa spoke to senate about the book-store forum on Wednesday, Oct. 3 and said he would be meeting with Sojourner Truth Library Dean W. Mark Colvson, within the next week to create a better relationship between the senate and library.

Vice President of Finance Youssouf Kouyo

training sessions where he will teach organiza--

perwork. Organization leaders have to go to one training session either on Wednesday, Oct. 10 at 5 p.m. in Student Union (SU) 418 or Thursday, Oct. 11 at 5 p.m. in SU 62/63.

Council of Organizations Chair Rose Faber said the next council meeting would be held on Monday, Oct. 15 in room 62/63. Faber also re-minded senators to let organizations know that charters are due on Friday, Oct. 12 by 11:59 p.m.

Senate Chair Yaritza Diaz asked senate questions regarding their duties as senators. She encouraged senators to look over their constitu-tion and to know their position and what it entails. Diaz reminded them that if they are not active in their position they could be up for impeachment.

Senate reports included an update from the Sustainability Committee, the goal of extending the hours of the Health Center and the suggestion of adding committees including Food Service

Committee and a Drug Policy Committee. New York Public Interest Research Group

(NYPIRG) announced the date of the Rock the Vote concert, which will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 10, from 12 to 5 p.m. on Hasbrouck Quad.

Next, Simpson led a discussion about the privacy of the meetings, suggesting the idea that cameras would be turned off and reporters would be asked to not report on discussions and voting sessions.

Sen. Roberto LoBianco said transparency comes above other things and that it would be good for students to know everything the senate is doing considering that was what the senators were elected for.

“If we can’t let students see what we are de-liberating and discussing on, then there really is no point,” LoBianco said.

Tejada then led a discussion about the Uni-versity Police Department using bicycles. Over-all, senators thought the use of bicycles would

-

Elections for the Judicial Board were held next, led by Simpson who stressed the impor-tance of candidates being elected as soon as possible. Without student representation on the Judicial Board, judicial hearings have been post-poned.

Simpson explained that the previous three candidates “decided they weren’t interested after their experiences,” however two additional stu-dents ran and were voted onto the board.

Senate elections for six committees were held throughout the meeting. One student was elected to the Educational Technology Commit-tee, three to the Budget and Goals Plan commit-tee, two to the Academic Affairs committee, and two to the Curriculum committee.

Also two senators were elected to the Liber-al Ad Hoc Committee, two to the Research Board and one to the Student Concerns Committee.

Senators concluded the meeting with an up-date on the progress of their goals list. The next student senate meeting will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 9, in SU 418 at 9 p.m.

Student Senate Discusses ParticipationBy Elyse HennesCopy Editor | [email protected]

SA President Josh Simpson spoke about privacy concerns at the fourth student senate meeting. PHOTO BY ROBIN WEINSTEIN

A $5 bill displayed for decades on Charles Fairbanks IV’s wall is ex-pected to fetch as much as $300,000 at auction this month when an auctioneer plans to put it up for bids in Dallas.

President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney spun one-sided stories

-sarily bogus, but not the whole truth.

BREAKING THE BANK

SPOTTING THE DIFFERENCEToo often, newborns die of genetic dis-eases before doctors even know what’s to blame. Now scientists have found a way to decode those babies’ DNA in just days

instead of weeks.

BREAKING OUT

-ened by an outbreak of a rare and deadly

form of meningitis.

BURNING IT UPAs marijuana legalization efforts in Colo-rado and Washington pick up steam, a similar push in Oregon seems to be going

up in smoke.

CRITICAL CONGRESSStinging criticism from Congress about a counterterrorism effort that improper-ly collected information about innocent Americans is turning up the heat on the

Obama administration.

DEBATING THE TRUTH

Compiled from the AP NewswireFeaturing Portland Slam Legends Meg Waldron & Robyn Bateman

Have you heard the latest buzz on campus? Mike Eiger has. On a hot, sunny Thursday afternoon earlier last

month, Eiger, a fourth-year communication disorders major, was doing his normal job.

As Day Programming Director for the campus ra-dio station WFNP, Eiger was tasked with helping at-tract interested listeners to join their ranks at the an-nual Club and Involvement Fair outside of the Student Union.

In the midst of his recruitment speech, a swarm of bees surrounded him. As his friends began to swat the air around him, Eiger, who is allergic to bee stings, froze in fear.

“I’ve never had a bee problem on campus until this semester,” Eiger said. “I’m glad I live off-campus now, that’s for sure.”

Eiger isn’t alone, as students across SUNY New Paltz have reported seeing an inordinate and unusual amount of stinger-laden insects buzzing across cam-pus.

Faiqa Amreen, a third-year secondary education major, said the bees on campus have been of particular concern for her this semester – so much so that she has

being stung.

saying ‘shield me’ or ‘block me!’” Amreen said she believes the highest density of

bees have clustered near the Humanities building and

other ways to get from her dorm room in Bouton Hall to her classes each day.

For students with allergies like her, Amreen said the college needs to address this problem.

“I will die if I go into shock,” Amreen said. “I have to go to the Health Center to get my medicine and if I was stung outside of Humanities I would pass out be-fore I got past the Lecture Center.”

Director of Environmental Health and Safety Mike Malloy said he believes the bees are attracted to the sweet substances like apple cores or soda bottles that are thrown away in garbage cans, but if students such as Eiger and Amreen believe there is an unusual amount of bees in a particular area of campus, they should alert

“If students see something, they should say some-thing,” Malloy said. “If they see a hive or particular place on campus, they need to call facilities. If facili-ties doesn’t know about it — they’re not clairvoyant — they can’t do anything about it.”

Malloy said SUNY New Paltz would try to steer away from using pesticides to kill any bees, but simple steps taken by students might reduce the possibility of being stung.

“If students were a little more environmentally conscious and say put a cap on the plastic soda bottles into the recycling bins that have more closed open-ings…that could keep the bees out of the trash,” Mal-loy said.

Throwing out food waste at sites where compost-ing is available on campus and reducing other “syrupy substances” in the trash cans around the college would also reduce the number of bees attracted to spots on campus, Malloy said.

“It would take some effort, but it would reduce the attractiveness of [the garbage bins],” Malloy said.

Amreen said she isn’t exactly sure how SUNY New Paltz can reduce the number of bees across cam-pus, but hopes they take the concerns of students like her seriously.

“I do think they have an obligation,” Amreen said. “I just feel like if you can get rid of the geese and that is such an issue, I think bees are just as much of an issue. The geese weren’t going to kill anyone.”

The New Paltz Oracle 6 oracle.newpaltz.edu NEWS


By Andrew Wyrich Editor-In-Chief | [email protected]

PHOTO BY ROBIN WEINSTEINNew Paltz students have reported seeing an unusual amount of bees across campus this semester.

New Paltz Students Feel The Sting

SCAN THIS QR CODE TO SEE MORE ABOUT THE BEES ON CAMPUS, OR CHECK OUT OUR AWARD WINNING

WEBSITE!


Family of New Paltz, which offers emer-

gency food, clothing and household items, is

at least $3,000 lower than usual.

New York State Food Bank for June 2012 to

June 2013 was $6,400 and currently stands at

$4,300, which must last the pantry until June,

according to Assistant Program Director Icil-

ma Lewis.

-

mately $1,500 or $1,600.

said. “So unless we get supplemental dona-

To add to the costs, Director Kathy Cart-

agena said the New York State Food Bank is

now charging separately for canned fruit and

Lewis said although the pantry “needs

items like macaroni and cheese and Cup of

Paltz alone, Lewis said.

days worth of food, with three meals per day

from the pantry.

-

-

-

cial support from the community and town,

Rosalyn Cherry, a Family of New Paltz

Family of New Paltz Day at the Water Street

-

says, ‘participating in Family of New Paltz

they regularly participate in the regatta in

Cartagena and Cherry said many outside

groups help as well, such as the Boy Scouts

-

-

kets for a date to set up, getting the materials

from Family and standing outside for a few

hours.

-

Lewis said.

-

ple that work 40 hours a week and cannot af-

ford to feed their family throughout the end

Laura Luengas, a fourth-year sociology

major who works at Family of New Paltz,

like Family which help people “pull through

food, calling to see what is needed that week

Despite pressing monetary strains, Cart-

support will keep Family of New Paltz going

strong.

Face-book

By Rachel FreemanManaging Editor | [email protected]

New Paltz Food Pantry Seeks Help After Budget Cuts

SAP Candidates Nominated At Second Council Meeting

The New Paltz Food Pantry Director Kathy Cartagena said the pantry is facing hard times.

By Angela MatuaCopy Editor | [email protected]

The semester’s second Council of

in the Student Union (SU) Multipurpose

Room.

Association Productions (SAP) would

take place after an announcement from

Vice President of Finance Youssouf

Kouyo.

-

-

ences, and the do’s and don’ts. A Presi-

dent, Vice President, or Treasurer from

program. The program will take place at

-

utes, Kouyo said.

Wednesday, and Thursday in SU 62/63.

-

sponding to the email that he will send

He also announced that a newly elect-

Committee could not make the meetings

-

gets.

SAP Vice President of Programming,

the different SA committees. Some com-

mittees included security and safety, stu-

dent media, marketing, hospitality and

were nominated.

Each nominee introduced them-

-

like to make a motion to nominate the

candidates in and many of the students

raised their hands.

The New Paltz Oracle 8 oracle.newpaltz.edu NEWS


More than 50 people gathered at the west lot parking area of the Field of Dreams to run, jog and walk 3.1 miles to help raise money for the Ulster County Dog Park.

On Saturday, Sept. 29 at 9 a.m., For Paws of Ulster and Wright Naturals co-hosted their First Annual Family 5k Run at the Ulster County New Paltz Recre-ational Park.

For Paws of Ulster President Dani-elle Cardella said the 5k was about fun-draising and garnering attention for the future park, as well as a “fun activity to organize and expand on each year.”

“We...are trying to reach a new de-mographic for awareness,” she said. “We try to vary our fundraising activi-ties to reach as many different areas of

interest as we can.” The location was chosen because it

was where the future dog park will be built.

orient people with where the dog park will be,” Cardella said. “Our starting area [was] right near where the dog park entrance will be.”

The event was also supposed to raise awareness for Wright Naturals, a natural products manufacturer in Tillson, N.Y., who helped organize the event. Melinda Wright, co-owner of Wright Naturals, said Cardella asked her to help direct the 5k because she has directed several run-ning races in the past with her husband.

“I was part of the planning team, and used my connections with the run-ning community to help get affordable

team,” she said. “On race day, I helped

Along with helping plan the event, Wright Naturals also donated products for the goodie bags that were given out to race participants.

“[We] donated $350 worth of lip balms for the runners,” Wright said.

Cardella said local businesses were very supportive of the 5k and the organi-zation’s other fundraising efforts.

“They really came through when we asked for sponsors for our race day shirts,” she said. “We also have dona-tion cans in a number of businesses, and they’re always genuinely interested in dog park news when we go and check on them.”

For Paws of Ulster, but she said she enjoyed working with Cardella and is already looking forward to next year’s event.

“I know that [Cardella] has a high standard of excellence, and everything she does is well thought out and done top notch,” she said. “I was more than happy to partner with her — both on a personal level and as a business. We are already planning and excited about our second annual 5k with For Paws of Ul-ster.”

Looking toward the future, Cardel-la said they are concentrating all their efforts on getting the dog park off the ground and when they do, they will start to organize and host events to make Ul-ster County more dog friendly.

“We will...continue with our fund-raising events albeit there will be much fewer of them, as there will always be a need for a maintenance fund for this

-nitely be one of our annual fundraisers.”

During the semester, the 54th stu-dent senate underwent a tedious process to elect members to the school’s Judicial Board.

Director of Student Activities and Union Services Mike Patterson said the Judicial Board is a hearing committee

It is made up of students, faculty and ad-ministrators who hear cases on violations of the Student Code of Conduct.

After the three students introduced themselves and stated to Senate why they think they would be good candidates for the position, senators asked the nominees questions.

During this period, the three candi-dates were asked questions, which Pat-terson said they “should not have been asked.”

Senate asked the candidates to step out of the room and motioned for discus-sion before voting took place.

An area of concern was that word about the elections did not reach a variety of students and that because of the lack of diversity among the candidates, there would be judicial biases if the candidates were elected.

Senate Chair Yaritza Diaz said the senate’s main concern was addressing the issues of the student body.

“They were worried that having a small group of people with similar back-grounds regarding their involvement on this campus was not enough to represent the student body as a whole,” she said.

A motion was put in place to table the election for another week so addition-al students could be brought in.

“It is not uncommon for the Senate to table nominations for various student representative seats,” Patterson said. “The general concern of wanting to see broader student representation is a valid concern.”

Sen. Richard Jean-Louis acknowl-edged that diversity among candidates is

senate’s selection process.“It ensures that different views, ideas

and perspectives are present when mak-ing important decision,” Jean-Louis said. “Judicial hearings determine life-chang-ing moments of students and they should be handled by a diverse committee with great acumen.”

Throughout the week, the three can-didates met with Diaz and expressed their discontent with their senate experi-ence. According to Student Association (SA) President Josh Simpson, all three candidates “decided they weren’t inter-ested after their experiences.”

During the second meeting of the student senate, Simpson informed sena-tors that no students had come to his

Board. He asked senators to spread the word and send students his way.

Patterson said it is imperative that

“Students that have hearings as a result of violations of the student code of conduct deserve and should have a timely judicial process,” Patterson said. “Without students available to be select-

delayed.”On Tuesday, Oct. 2, during the stu-

dent senate’s fourth meeting of the se-mester, two interested candidates ran for the Judicial Board election.

Four weeks after the original elec-tions, two students were voted onto the Judicial Board and there are two seats currently remaining.

Facing criticism for the events sur-

Board, Diaz spoke to the senators regard-ing future situations.

“If we ever have a concern that might be personal, we should discuss that through the discussion, not during the question time,” Diaz said.

Considering it is relatively early in the semester, the senate has time to recti-fy their mistakes, Patterson said. He said the senate has the opportunity to learn, but only time will tell because they are new in their roles and are learning as they go.

In regard to preventing similar in-cidents, Diaz said she takes some of the responsibility.

“As senate chair I should have guided [the senators] toward making better deci-sions from the start,” Diaz said. “This is

-thing that we will work on in the future.”

Jean-Louis said senate should use this incident as a learning experience.

“We can use [this experience] to im-prove transparency and communication amongst our peers when reaching out for certain positions and openings,” Jean-Louis said. “I think the new senators can observe how intense and important our job is.”

By Elyse Hennes

Copy Editor | [email protected]

Student Senate Reevaluates Judicial Board Elections

Ulster County Holds Fundraiser for Local Dog ParkBy Carolyn Quimby

A&E Editor | [email protected]

Editor’s Note

In an effort to be as transparent as possible, I

feel it is necessary to address the article above.

Last night, one of our E-board members,

Tanique Williams, ran for one of the open Judicial

Board positions highlighted in the article. We at

The New Paltz Oracle take the ethical implications

of this situation very seriously and feel the need to

be as up front as possible to our readership.

In order to be an objective news source for

the campus community, we feel it is important to

keep separation and a clear distinction between the

government we cover on a weekly basis and our

journalistic integrity.

Tanique has decided to remove herself from

the Judicial Board in an effort to remove any future

Andrew Wyrich

Editor-In-Chief

The GUNKThe GUNK Thursday, OCTOBER 4, 2012

PHOTO BY SAMANTHA SCHWARTZ

Cota Corridors Creative Collaboration with

Story on page 7B

The New Paltz Oracle2B oracle.newpaltz.edu


FEATURES

Professor of Philosophy David Appelbaum said he has always been impressed with the philosopher John Dewey’s idea that “the local is the universal.”

Appelbaum acknowledges this universal through his independent publishing company, Codhill Press, based right in the Hudson Valley. A largely regional press, the catalog includes the work of many New Paltz faculty members. Ap-pelbaum said the content they print serves a distinct role in the intellectual life of the community.

Appelbaum founded the literary press in 1998 while working as an editor for Parabola Magazine with hopes that it could supplement the small book program publishing works on myth, tradition and spiritualism. Despite that orig-inal plan failing, Appelbaum said he decided to continue with Codhill anyway, adding poetry to the catalog to realize a long-time dream of his own.

“Codhill is a small, largely literary press that presents original work of an artistic or spiritual nature for the pur-pose of exploring the great questions of human existence,” Appelbaum said. “It is independently minded, non-sectar-

place in the universe.”Laurence Carr, an English lecturer and editor at Codhill

Press, said his professional relationship with Appelbaum began when the two struck up a friendship in 2006. Carr

-port Tales” — which would later be published through the press — and the rest is history.

Carr’s most recent novel, “Pancake Hollow Primer,” was also published through Codhill last year. The book fol-

physical journey and is told through several different medi-

The book recently recieved the “Best First Novel” award by the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Carr said. The award has garnered attention for the small pub-lishing house, just as the catalog was picked up for distri-bution by SUNY Press, an international publishing house

Because Codhill is still primarily a one-man operation Appelbaum said, the responsibilities of arranging printing, posting orders and the upkeep of the business remain in his hands — along with the occasional student intern.

Though Appelbaum said the nature of independent publishing leaves the concerns of business and “staying in the black” looming forever overhead, Carr said he thinks the attention from the award and SUNY Press shows promise.

people say publishing is dead,” Carr said. “If everything is dead, then why are our shelves so stuffed with books?”

Carr said that Appelbaum’s talents for selecting mean-ingful and engaging content and ensuring the highest qual-ity of work for the catalog clearly demonstrate his mastery as a publisher, reader and thinker — something he greatly admires.

“David is the force behind it all,” Carr said. “He is Codhill Press.”

These days, when the two get together to discuss and pitch potential ventures for Codhill, it’s typically over a cup of tea. A high-speed planet orbiting around Appelbaum’s

even-tempered star, Carr said the two are contrasting yet kindred spirits.

Carr said the beauty of independent publishing is that the house can really labor over the pieces prior to release, striving for a complete and whole work without the threat of deadlines and bureaucratic tape.

Combined with the publishing house’s mission state-ment of delivering books geared toward the “serious seek-er,” the Hudson Valley is just the right area for an indepen-

people willing to congregate and share their artistic endeav-ors, Carr said.

“Everyone in the valley is hyphenated,” Carr said. “Think of the teacher-writer-poet. Everyone wears different hats. Some of that is [due to] economics, but mostly it’s the passion people have for their art and what other people are creating.”

Pressing MattersINDEPENDENT LOCAL PUBLISHER FOUND IN CODHILL PRESS By Katherine SpellerFeatures Editor | [email protected]

PHOTOS COURTESY

OF AMAZON.COM

Professor Laurence Carr has published several books through Codhill Press.

The New Paltz Oracle 3Boracle.newpaltz.eduF!"#$%!&


The One Book/One New Paltz committee selected

“The Submission” by former New York Times jour-nalist and author Amy Waldman for the 2012 Shared

Reading Experience on Thursday, Nov. 11 through

Sunday, Nov. 20.

Events will kick off with Waldman as the New

Paltz Distinguished Speaker on Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in

Lecture Center 100, followed by a public book signing

and reception.

-

mittee for the community reading and then it was sug-

gested that the author be a New Paltz Distinguished

Speaker, Co-Chair Jacqueline Andrews and committee

member Shelly Sherman said.

The One Book committee begins the book selec-

tion process with a few recommendations from each

member, Sherman said. The committee then reads

those selections and narrows down the choices.

“We all read that selection and we narrow the

choice down to a half dozen or so, and then continue to

eliminate until there is consensus on a winner,” Sher-

man said. “The Distinguished Speaker Series chose the

author of the same book that One Book/One New Paltz

had selected for 2012.”

Andrews, the SUNY New Paltz assistant vice

president of institutional research and planning, said

there is an indirect relationship between One Book/

One New Paltz and the Distinguished Speaker Series,

know each other.

Andrews said she and Special Events Coordinator

keep each other informed and look for opportunities to

collaborate.

“When One Book/One New Paltz selected ‘The

Submission,’ I suggested to her that Amy Waldman

might make an excellent choice as distinguished

speaker. Lisa negotiated with Ms. Waldman and came

The committee, Sherman said, felt it was a good

read on an important and engaging topic that they hope

will lead to a great deal of discussion.

“The book forces the reader to confront his/her

think about the complexity of many issues relating to

race, religion, etc.,” she said.

-

lished in 2011, imagines a post-9/11 competition for

the design of a memorial at ground-zero. When the

winner, selected by a ‘blind’ jury, turns out to be an

American Muslim, reactions from the jury, the public

and the victims’ families are both complex and emo-

tional.

-

dation/PEN First Fiction Award, a New York Times No-table Book for 2011, one of National Public Radio’s Ten Best Novels, Esquire’s Book of the Year, Enter-tainment Weekly’s number one Novel for the Year, a Washington Post Notable Fiction Book and one of

The One Book/One New Paltz community reading

activities include presentations, book discussions, aca-

demic and journalism panels, a movie screening and a

dramatic reading by members of the Mohonk Moun-

tain Stage Company, all free to New Paltz students.

By Tanique WilliamsCopy Editor | [email protected]

Amy Waldman’s “The Submission” was selected as the One Book/One New Paltz book. PHOTOS COURTESY OF WORDPRESS.COM AND BLOGSPOT.COM

‘The Submission’ AcceptedNEW PALTZ UNITES THROUGH ONE BOOK

Do You Want To Write For The Features Section?Come to our story meetings on Sundays in SU 403 at 7 p.m.

The New Paltz Oracle4B oracle.newpaltz.edu F!"#$%!&


By Maria Jayne News Editor | [email protected]

Hitting the

BooksKeep up with the latest

faculty writing projects!

Who is the Author?

Peri Rainbow, Adjunct Faculty for Women

Studies/ Educational Studies

What is the title?

Publication date?

September 2012

What is the subject?

about transformations at mid-life and an

How long did you work on this?

-

mitted to a book and they rejected it, so a

person who publishes Jewish currents liked

me a couple of months to write it and prob-

What makes this unique?

talk about my Judaism and I talk about my

and that makes me a different kind of writ-

er and educator because I write it I don’t

and skits to showcase the experiences of people of color, will per-

The play centers around a day when all African-American resi-

members of the community are forced to operate daily tasks on

-

ant they are upon the African-American community for economic

President of New Day Ensemble DaShawn Wilson said the

to the best of our ability, and this idea initially came from this

said that last year’s performance of the play was the best he has

but also force people to think about the role of people of color in

-

-

-

on our experiences and speak on them in a theatrically political

By Angela Matua [email protected]

Absence Announces Arrival of Black Solidarity DayCelebrating A New Day

PHOTO COURTESY OF NEW DAY ENSEMBLE New Day Ensemble will perform “A Day of Absence” on Monday, Nov. 5.

The New Paltz Oracle 5Boracle.newpaltz.eduF!"#$%!&


COPY DESK

COOKOFF:

I became a vegetarian (okay, pescetarian

— but that sounds way too pedantic) about

everything in the pan, cook it at medium heat

Each week, one of the members of our Copy Desk will share their culinary chops with you. Bon appetit!

“Tofu Stir-Fry.”By Molly Hone

[email protected]

competitive and, at some point in the process, students are

Teaching OpportunityTEACH FOR AMERICA LOOKS FOR NEW RECRUITSBy Tanique Williams


Visit Our Website! oracle.newpaltz.edu

There are few standalone young adult fantasy novels nowadays. Sarah Beth Durst’s “Vessel” is a standalone fantasy novel that actually manages to thrive on its own. In the book, Liyana has been raised to be the vessel

for the goddess of her desert tribe. Her soul will leave so the goddess’ can enter. Liyana’s tattooed her skin with the necessary welcoming marks, she’s kept her body pure and trained as she ‘ought. But when her goddess doesn’t come and her tribe abandons her to the wilds of the desert, she’s determined to live the life she didn’t know she’d have.Enter Korbyn, the Mischief God. He may have made

it into his vessel’s body, but the other tribes of the desert have had their gods stolen before they could enter their hosts. He may be able to rescue them with Liyana’s help, if Liyana can learn to trust him. Cue an adventure across the desert. The other tribes

may be willing to hand over their vessels (if they haven’t already killed them). They may be able to rescue the gods (if they don’t die in the process). Liyana may sur-vive (if her goddess doesn’t remove her soul).

Durst’s writing is the trifecta of fantasy novels: world, character and writing. To perfect one, you need all

smoothly as the sand dunes she writes about, managing to capture and turn a phrase better than a lot of the young adult fantasy writers out there today. Her characters — Liyana, Korbyn, Pia, all of them

out and interesting. Even when they are not, all come across with multifaceted human personalities. The bril-liant lack of love plots — they’re not necessary to the story, so they weren’t forced in — doesn’t matter be-cause of the friendships that develop and the character arcs that are seen.

-ing sand and sparkling magic. It’s the sort of place you

after that: a world that you’ll never forget because of how vividly it’s described.And trust me, you will want to re-read.If you’ve ever been interested in fantasy, young adult

or otherwise, Sarah Beth Durst’s “Vessel” is the way to go.

Walk With Me and Other Painfully True Stories”

name with all the easily digestible parts under-lined and classed up, the raw comedic memoir cannot be overlooked. Birbiglia shares stories of pain and humiliation that anyone can relate to. Originally a stand-up comedian and contributor to Chicago Public Ra-dio’s This American Life, Birbiglia is blunt and self-aware. I was apprehensive about reading something I could essentially listen to while surf-ing Facebook, but I did and have yet to regret it. As it goes, being painfully awkward and a bor-derline walking embarrassment is my forte but

in this time. Ever since I picked up this gem, I realized I’ve been planting his wonderful punch-

lines into my daily stream of consciousness.I’ll be driving and stricken with irrational terror and Birbigs’ lovely voice pops into my head: “It had that kind of open-ended fear to it — like that feeling you get when you’re driving and you see a cop. And you’re not speeding. You don’t have drugs. But you’re just thinking, I hope he doesn’t notice I’m driving.”The book not only shares stories of embarrass-ment and loss of faith in humanity, but also de-tails his eccentric and strained relationship with

-lebrity. Oh and, of course, his rare sleeping disor-der that once caused him to jump out of a second story window of a motel in Walla Walla, Wash.

-cally unpronounceable last name, Birbigs, Birbig-lebug or Birbibliography is a genius and the book is more than worth the read.

The New Paltz Oracle6B oracle.newpaltz.edu F!"#$%!&


By Maria JayneNews Editor | [email protected]

BOOK REVIEWS

Birbigliographic MemoriesCOMEDIAN’S FIRST BOOK DELIVERS CRINGE-WORTHY REALISTIC LAUGHS

By Nicole BrinkleyStaff Writer | [email protected]

The Fantasy Stands AloneSARAH BETH DURST WINS WITH VIVID FICTIONAL WORLD

PHO

TO CO

URTESY

OF A

MAZON.COM

PHOTO COURTESY OF AMAZON.COM


ARTS ENTERTAINMENT&

This September, COTA Corridors participants occupied storefronts all over New Paltz with their art-work.

The sixth annual Celebration of the Arts (COTA) event will take place in Hasbrouck Park on Saturday, Oct. 6, but another COTA-associated event was in full swing for most of September.

long storefront exhibition of artwork designed to help generate interest in the annual festival.

-ists and businesses on the COTA website, as well as the COTA Corridors Maps around town, Eileen Hedley, co-curator of the exhibition, said.

Hedley said these maps can encourage people to visit the stores, which is part of the exhibition’s art-business dynamic.

“[Businesses] are printed on the COTA Corridors Maps that are all over town, so if you take a tour of

each business, then most likely you will stop in and visit a number of the local businesses as well,” she said.

This year, Hedley, an experienced Hudson Valley artist and three-time COTA Corridors exhibitor, dis-played her work in the Main Street windows of Water Street Market.

“Artists apply and, based on their work and what they propose to do, [co-curator April Warren] and I carefully pair each artist with each business,” Hedley said. “It is a great working process that both April and I enjoy.”

COTA Corridors, like its corresponding festival, showcases art in a variety of mediums. Two exhibitors this year include local artists Rick Holland and Kate Hamilton.

Hamilton, a third-time exhibitor, displayed a gar-ment piece at Rambling Rose.

It’s a project to make a wearable garment out of materi-als associated primarily with shelter,” she said. “The resulting ‘dress’ is whimsical and yes, you can wear

it...and move in it....It’s a piece about scrounging and making do but with a very playful spirit.”

Hamilton has participated in various storefront shows. She said there are many reasons why she enjoys COTA Corridors, including its town-wide locale.

“I enjoy the interaction with the storekeepers,” she said. “I like the idea of a show that is dotted over a map. I personally like to see store windows that con-vert the usual merchandise advertising into something

consume. And I like that it’s there for everyone to see, not just people searching out a viewing experience in a gallery.”

booth at the festival, displayed an “acrylic painting of a single-frame gag cartoon” at Rhino Records. He said he loved the way his storefront looked.

“I only did the one piece because Rhino only has one prominent window,” Holland said. “I think it was a

-pliments!”

By Molly Hone


The New Paltz Oracle7Boracle.newpaltz.edu

Whimsical Windows Of WorkLOCAL STOREFRONTS EXHIBIT ARTWORK FOR COTA CORRIDORS

PHOTOS BY SAMANTHA SCHWARTZCOTA Corridor exhibitions at Convenient Deli (left) and Main Course (right) in New Paltz.

The new exhibition at McKenna Theatre Gallery shows the fruits of photographer Veronica O’Keefe’s labor.

“On The Farm,” O’Keefe’s series of photographic portraits documenting Chinese farmers, will be on dis-play from Friday, Sept. 28, until the last week in No-vember. The exhibition was presented in conjunction with the annual New York Conference of Asian Studies (NYCAS), hosted by New Paltz on Friday, Sept. 28, and Saturday, Sept. 29.

“I thought [her project] was a really good idea,” Da-vid Elstein, assistant professor of philosophy and co-or-ganizer of NYCAS, said. “It’s a part of China that’s fast disappearing as things become so urbanized...There are more cities in China and village life will soon go away. It’s nice that she could capture it while it’s still around.”

O’Keefe, a New Paltz alumna, came up with the project idea after minoring in Asian Studies during col-lege. She said she became interested in where our food comes from and later began researching the relationship between China’s vast population and their limited arable land. She found that Chinese farming varies in organic, traditional and industrial styles.

“Farming is one of the most important jobs that people are doing today,” O’Keefe said.

While researching, she said she found out that not much emphasis was being placed on the farmers them-selves.

“Half of the Chinese population are farmers, and I didn’t know that until I went there,” O’Keefe said. “This is a documentary project so it’s from my perspective, but it does provide an insight to farming in China and how incredible these people are and it’s also like paying homage to the people doing this.”

O’Keefe, a 2009-10 Fulbright Scholar to China for Photography, was awarded a Critical Language Enhancement Award in conjunction with Fulbright to study Mandarin at an immersion institute in Beijing. These awards allowed her to travel to China’s nine ma-jor farming regions and document the workers and their lifestyles.

-

ing around all my equipment and being by myself was scary, but people were amazing and I would always meet someone on the train who’d be excited that I’m American and they’d want to talk and wanted to protect me.”

When O’Keefe’s language immersion ended, she said she found an apartment in Dalian, China and found a local university to support her project. She said since her job entailed photography, she rarely stayed at home.

“[I ended up] traveling all over and staying at ran-dom people’s houses,” O’Keefe said.

her project. She said she had to cut her photos down to

Scanning all the negatives digitally, working with them in Photoshop and printing them on a digital printer

Despite the traveling and printing obstacles that O’Keefe faced, Elstein said her project pays tribute to those not typically given attention.

“This is a part of China that people don’t focus on,” Elstein said. “Their impressions of China are mainly economically driven, mostly about the advanced and modern country. The people there are still very poor and living a different lifestyle and that’s what she focuses on. The other side is what she focuses on. She brings out the simplicity.”

By Suzy BerkowitzCopy Editor | [email protected]

The New Paltz Oracle8B oracle.newpaltz.edu A!"# $ E%"&!"'(%)&%"


View From The FarmNEW PALTZ ALUMNA FEATURED AT MCKENNA THEATRE GALLERY

PHOTO BY SAMANTHA SCHWARTZVeronica O’Keefe’s “On The Farm” will be on display until the last week in November.

Do You Want To Write For The Arts & Entertainment Section?

Come to our story meeting Monday, Oct. 8 in SU 407 at 7 p.m.

A!"# $ E%"&!"'(%)&%"The New Paltz Oracle9Boracle.newpaltz.edu

Slamming Into The SemesterPOETS MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD DURING PRELIMINARY TRYOUT By Ally Cirruzzo

[email protected]

YOUTUBE.COM

VISIT “THE ORACLE” ONLINE!

oracle.newpaltz.edu

Recognized by THE SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS as

NATIONAL RUNNER UP

The New Paltz Oracle10B oracle.newpaltz.edu A!"# $ E%"&!"'(%)&%"


The Secret’s Out‘DEXTER’ SEASON SEVEN PREMIERE IS A KILLER

—

KATIE’S “DOCTOR WHO” CONFIDENTIAL

THE DOCTOR IS IN:

By Katherine SpellerFeatures Editor | [email protected]

Tonight’s the night. Okay, not tonight, but “Dexter” is back and better than ever.

Waiting the 10 months between “Dexter’s” season six cliffhanger — arguably the most shocking in television history — and the season seven premiere was physically

was going to die. I was more than ready for this episode. On Sunday, Sept. 30, “Are you …?” aired and com-

pletely changed the show forever. (Warning: this review contains spoilers!)

Season six left off with Deb (Jennifer Carpenter) walk-ing in on her brother Dexter (Michael C. Hall) killing the “Doomsday Killer” Travis Marshall (guest star Colin

into a scene that makes it seem like Dexter is on the run — his credit cards have been declined, he’s speeding (away from someone?) down the highway and he buys a ticket overseas. But he’s not on the run — he’s on the hunt.

We then shift back to the scene that left me gasping, and it is every Dexter fan’s worst nightmare. Deb has not only walked in on his most private ritual, but she wants to call the cops and turn Dexter in. As a fan, my heart

dropped into my stomach. Dexter may be a serial killer, but he’s a good serial

killer (let’s remember this is a show and I don’t condone any type of serial killers, okay?). He’s had such a traumatic childhood and tragic life that fans can’t help but want to protect him.

Deb doesn’t end up calling in the cops right away. In-stead, she helps Dexter hide the evidence and body by set-

minutes because I knew fans wouldn’t get off that easy. Hall and Carpenter’s acting is the best it’s been in

nearly two seasons. We can feel the struggle between them. Dexter feels an all-consuming need to protect his “dark passenger,” while Deb tries to understand how her brother could have “snapped.”

Throughout the episode, they circle each other like sharks, and we don’t know how their showdown will end. Deb is asking too many questions and Dexter can’t out-smart her. They share a look in the Miami Metro Police Sta-tion and suddenly it becomes apparent just how dangerous Deb could be to Dexter’s well-being.

few times. It’s to be expected that Deb would begin to con-nect Dexter to his brother, the “Ice Truck Killer,” but I think we all underestimated how smart and observant she is.

The last scene of the episode was the moment Dex-ter fans have been dreading and secretly waiting for since the show started. The question that left our jaws slack and

“Are you a serial killer?”The episode ends and suddenly the season — and the

show — have been sent into free fall. I’m not exactly sure where we’re going to land, but I’m really excited (and

By Carolyn QuimbyA&E Editor | [email protected]

DexterSeason 7

PHOTO COURTESY OF BLOGPSPOT.COM

“Dexter” returned on Sunday, Sept. 30 for its seventh season.


The Power of BabelNEW MUMFORD & SONS’ ALBUM EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS

Sigh no more, Mumford fans. We have new music and it’s good. Really good.

Mumford & Sons’ new album Babel, released on Sept. 24, feels like the older, more patient sibling of Sigh No More (2009). The band, which has risen to national fame, has not lost their signature sound and unbelievably tender lyrics on their sophomore album.

Babel. I didn’t know if anything could live up to Sigh No More, which has been one of the most important albums in my life for the past two years.

“Babel,” the opening track, immediately put me at ease. With lyrics like, “so come down from your mountain and stand where we’ve been/ you know our breath is weak and our body thin/ press my nose up to the glass around your heart,” I could feel myself falling in love with Mumford & Sons all over again.

Babel is not a derivative of Sigh No More, rather, its a logi-cal progression. I’m glad that Mumford & Sons did not aban-don their sound despite some critics saying all of their songs sound the same.

This album seems to be the band’s way of stepping away from the formula of “slow verse followed by banjo-heavy up-beat chorus,” while also maintaining their classic sound — and it worked. Babelslowly and thoughtfully.

I think my favorite part about Mumford’s music is how unapologetically earnest it is. Their music, with its graceful balance of poetic lyrics and crashing rhythms, forces you to confront the parts of yourself you usually try to silence.

“I Will Wait” is probably the most honest track on the al-bum. The lyrics are simple and image-heavy with most of the emotion resonating in the chorus. I promise that Marcus Mum-ford crooning “I will wait, I will wait for you” will echo in the deepest parts of your chest.

“Ghosts That We Knew,” the longest track on the album at

help you up after you’ve stumbled. The lyrics plead “just prom-ise me that we’ll be alright” and by the end of the song, we are.

One of the bonus tracks on the Deluxe Edition is a cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Boxer” and, let me tell you, it is unbelievable. “The Boxer” is a perfect song to begin with, but this cover manages to elevate it. The track features Jerry Doug-las and Paul Simon, and it is one of the most beautiful things I’ve heard in recent memory. I can’t promise that you’ll cry, but I did (almost every time I listened to it).

Mumford fans waited a long time for Babel to be released, but it was worth it. If we have to wait another three years for new Mumford, at least we’ll know it’s high quality. Not that I’d expect anything less from one of my favorite bands of all time.

By Carolyn QuimbyA&E Editor | [email protected]

A!"# $ E%"&!"'(%)&%"The New Paltz Oracle11Boracle.newpaltz.edu

Mumford & Sons Babel

PHOTO COURTESY OF WORDPRESS.COM

MUSICIAN OF THE WEEK:MATT ROYES

YEAR: GraduateMAJOR: Music TherapyHOMETOWN: Franklin Sq., N.Y.

CHECK OUT MATT ROYESPERFORMING BY

SCANNING THIS CODE WITH ANY SMARTPHONE!

WHAT’S YOUR INSTRUMENT OF CHOICE AND WHY?

WHO HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING TO LATELY?

Bass Guitar, because it’s the funnest.

Rubblebucket, RJD2, Christian Scott, The Mars Volta, Ceremony, Radiohead, Florence

and the Machine, Robert Glasper, Portico Quartet.

WHO ARE YOUR BIGGEST INFLUENCES?

Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Paul Jones, Wayne Shorter, Incubus, Dead Kennedys,

The Beatles, Jaco Pastorius.

ANY ADVICE FOR ASPIRING MUSICIANS?

Listen to what music you want to learn, but study it and hear what the musicians are do-ing. Practice as much as you can, and have

an open mind.

WHAT ARE YOU INVOLVED WITH MUSICALLY?

Currently, I’m the bassist for the punk band 16HPP A.K.A 16 Hundred Pound Pig and the Guitarist/Trumpet player for the band

Doctor Awesome.

WHAT’S YOUR PLAN FOR THE FUTURE?

Graduate with a masters (hopefully), play gigs, practice, work a job, teach lessons in

guitar or bass.

GraduateMAJOR: Music TherapyHOMETOWN: Franklin Sq., N.Y.

DO WANT TO BE...YOU

Contact Carolyn Quimby at [email protected]

MUSICIAN OF THE WEEK?

PHOTOS COURTESY OF LAURA KLEIN CAPTION BY SAMANTHA SCHWARTZ

This Week in

LAURA KLEINtHe Deep END

The New Paltz Oracle12B oracle.newpaltz.edu THE DEEP END

Major: Art Education (Concentration in Photography)

Year: Fourth

In!uences: Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim,

Nightmares

“I love exploring hybridity, perception, texture and the inter-

action between people and materials in my work.”

In the aftermath of the racial signage posted across

campus last semester, SUNY New Paltz announced

they would be hiring an Executive Director of Com-

pliance and Campus Climate — a brand new position

aimed at better coordinating compliance issues across

campus.

Tanhena Pacheco-Dunn was hired to serve in this

position and is now taking on issues facing our campus

Pacheco-Dunn, who previously served as an as-

sistant director of human resources at Vassar College

for more than 10 years, will be assisting in faculty and

staff job searches, regulations and laws that apply with

different legislation and overseeing SUNY New Paltz’s

compliances.

We at The New Paltz Oracle are excited to see Pa-

hope she will have a positive impact on the future of

our school.

The creation of Pacheco-Dunn’s position seems

long overdue, especially considering the events of last

semester.

We hope that in addition to her work on maintain-

ing balance and control within faculty and staff ser-

vices that Pacheco-Dunn will continue to raise the

About It?” forums hosted by the Student Association.

It is important that these open forums are not for-

gotten and written off as an issue that only stemmed

from feelings of last year.

Considering no suspect has been charged with

the posting of the heinous signage, it is important that

these conversations continue and further explore the

issues brought up at that time.

With no closure, and no updates on the incident

in months, it is important that we do not lose sight of

what those signs did to our campus and our collective

thoughts.

Pacheco-Dunn has spent most of her time in these

the campus and understanding how our administration

works.

We understand the need to become comfortable

with the campus before embarking on a major project

such as this, but we hope that more conversations are

but the college administration’s as well.

Both President Donald Christian and Pacheco-

Dunn herself have said they expect campus-wide

events to be planned in the near future, which is en-

couraging.

Some closure to last year’s incidents is needed,

and Pacheco-Dunn and her new position seem like the

logical choice to attempt to bring us toward that.

Editorials represent the views of the major-ity of the editorial board. Columns, op-eds and letters, excluding editorials, are solely those of the writers and do not necessarily represent the views of The New Paltz Oracle, its staff members, the campus and university or the Town or Village of New Paltz.

! e New Paltz Oracle 9 oracle.newpaltz.eduEDITORIAL


In the aftermath of the racial signage posted across with the campus before embarking on a major project

CARTOON BY JULIE GUNDERSEN

SUNNY SKIES AHEAD

STOP BY OUR NEXT STORY MEETING TO START WRITING FOR “THE ORACLE”SUNDAY, OCT. 7 AT 7 P.M. IN STUDENT UNION 403


OP-ED

10 oracle.newpaltz.edu OPINION The New Paltz Oracle

CLARISSA MOSES Asst. Copy Editor

[email protected]

CLARISSA MOSES

[email protected]

In celebration of New Paltz’s sec-ond annual “Local Food Week” (Oct. 1-7) I’d like to acknowledge the im-portance behind this gathering. Now more than ever, our support for local producers is as crucial for them as it is for us. In a world where large corpo-rations now own most of what is pro-duced, manufactured and distributed, it’s vital to seek alternatives. The best way to join this locavore movement is by getting involved in the community and buying from local businesses. It’s as easy as walking into town and visit-ing the farmers market on Sundays.

Today, food is one of the most dif-

market. For instance, we see “organic” and automatically assume rolling hills, happy cows and sunshine. However, with the hype around all things organic in the past decade or so, multi-billion dollar corporations from distributors to retailers have quickly joined the trade and created a very diluted version

Odwalla (those tasty, natural, healthy smoothies) with Coca Cola? Well, they own it. Even Kashi, the healthy and nutritious seven whole grain cereal snacks “against GMOs” is part of Kel-logg, the same company that produces Pop Tarts.

To refresh everyone’s memory on what organic agriculture is: food or farming methods produced or in-

volving production without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides or other

techniques such as crop rotation, natu-ral fertilizers (manure and compost) and an emphasis on conserving biodi-

ic” farms do not use pesticides, they are still engaged in the industrial food system. Crops are grown as monocul-ture and the food is picked two weeks and 1,000 miles away before it’s on your plate. This lessens the integrity of growing food and misses the essence of organic.

While it may appear as though Wal-Mart is now a supporter of small family farms and happy cows with their inclusion of organic and “all nat-ural” products, behind that shiny bill-board lurks another image. Most of us can agree that Wal-Mart isn’t the most avid supporter of workers’ rights, en-vironmental concerns or treatment of their product suppliers. So when ap-plying this toward the organic prod-ucts they buy in, one can assume that they are not supporting sustainable farms but more like monoculture agri-businesses. As Michael Pollen wrote in 2006: “You’ll have to decide for your-self whether the advantage of making organic food accessible to more Amer-icans is outweighed by the damage Wal-Mart may do to the practice and meaning of organic food production.”

None of this is suggesting to not

support organic food being made avail-able to everyone, because it should be.

cery store comparing a conventionally grown product with an organic one, still choose the latter option. However, there are better ways to consume or-ganic food and do your part in helping the environment and the local econo-my. Supporting a local CSA (commu-nity supported agriculture) where you pay in advance to receive the season’s veggies each week or going to the local farmers’ market is the way to go. It’s a way to reconnect not only with your produce but with the community. Just this year Huguenot Street Farm made student shares possible (unfortunately

Every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. there is a farmers’ market right in town as well as on Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on campus in front of the Lecture Center. And if you ever want to learn more about sustain-able agricultural practices and be part

trips, join the Sustainable Agriculture Club which meets every Tuesday in SU 426 at 7:30 p.m. or visit their stand at the campus farmers’ market. Don’t forget to come out for a good time at “Eat in the Street” on October 7th on Church Street from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30

cal bands, freshly cooked food with in-gredients from local farms and friendly

It’s amazing how every four years, Americans become super concerned with how the country is governed. Those who have watched one episode of Bill O’Reilly suddenly become

a bunch of views on who they think should become president to “save our country.”

Now, I guess it’s natural for a democratic society to have opinions about their government and who they want to see “in charge,” but if we are going to be opinionated about the government, why are our opinions

branch? It’s as if government elec-tions don’t occur until it’s time for the presidential race and suddenly a mas-sive amount of “VOTE” commercials and “YOU HAVE A VOICE” adver-tisements take over the media.

Don’t get me wrong, I do agree that presidential elections are very im-portant, and I think everyone should vote, but I also think people should educate themselves — and I’m not just talking about on the candidates, I’m talking about on the government as a whole. If Americans take the time to review the standard Ameri-

the branches of government and their powers, they may see that govern-ment is more than a president. What about our senators or our congress-men? Their elections go unnoticed — no increased advertising, no constant encouragement to vote, no true inter-est — and then we wonder why the elected president can’t do everything they promised.

While I support the efforts of the many organizations encouraging the people to get out and vote, I think a lot of our issues can be solved if we put the same emphasis on our entire government as we do just one portion of it.

Celebrate Local Food Week

“NUMB SKULL” A WEEKLY CARTOON BY RYAN PATRICK HANRAHAN AND JULIE GUNDERSEN

By Annemarie [email protected]

COLUMNAn Educated Opinion

After running her daily routine of 10 to 12 miles, Nichole Wischoff likes to enjoy a PB&J sandwich and a latte from the Mudd Puddle Café at Water Street Market.

“Do one thing every day that is for you,” she said. “A happy runner is a fast runner. I do what makes me happy.”

A fast runner is also a successful runner.

Nichole Wischoff, fourth-year co-captain of the New Paltz Women’s

ester Invitational 6K race with a time of 22:29.5.

This is one of the fastest runs in her college career, second only to last sea-son’s NCAA Div. III Championships. Both of these runs are the best in New Paltz women’s cross country history for

a 6K race.Last season, Wischoff was named

second team All-SUNYAC, USTF-

Invitational 5K and the New Paltz Invi-tational 6K. She defended her title at the New Paltz Invitational this season, post-ing a time of 15:30.

Most recently, Wischoff was the top runner on the women’s team at the

race in 22:58.The season is in its infancy, with

only four races completed so far. In those four races — three of which she has competed in — Wischoff has posted the best times on her team.

Wischoff said her success is any-thing but easy to attain. She has the mindset of a runner that is never com-placent—always pushing the limits of possibility to achieve greatness.

I don’t like not improving, I am very

choff said.Wischoff began running fairly re-

cently, starting at the age of 17. With a few years of consistent hard work and training, she became the force she is to-day.

To stay in peak shape throughout the long season, Wischoff adheres to a weekly running routine of 70 to 75 miles. She keeps this regimen for the entire year. When at practice, her dedi-cation to the sport is noticeable.

“Nichole’s work ethic is unequaled,” Head Coach Mike Trunkes said. “She has not missed more than one or two practices in her four years.”

In addition to hard work, Trunkes said the other keys to Wischoff’s suc-cess are determination and consistency. She is always looking to improve and is

consistent in her efforts to keep getting better.

Wischoff said she takes her sport se-riously and thrives when a lot is on the line. Considering she has accomplished so much already in the young season, all eyes are on Wischoff to see how she can capitalize on her previous performances.

“There is always pressure,” she said. “But where there is pressure there is also a ton of support and love from my coach and my team. I operate better when I know there is a lot to run for.”

Her goals for this season include be-ing the best runner in the SUNYAC con-

also wants to be in the top 35 in the na-tion and receive All-American honors. Wischoff said that “these goals are 100 percent possible.”

Wischoff will next compete with the team at the Saratoga Invitational on Oct. 6.

The New Paltz Oracle 11 oracle.newpaltz.eduSPORTS


THE NEW PALTZ ORACLESPORTS

FORWARD

ONWARDSBy Zach Higgins

Staff Writer | [email protected]

The New Paltz Oracle12oracle.newpaltz.edu SPORTS


Wellness & Recreation

Events and Activities

Sign up for an afternoon of rock climbing at the Shawa-ngunk Mountains! All levels of expertise welcome.

~Deadline to register is Mon-day, Oct. 8. Students are able to register in room 220 in the

gym.~

Contact Keith Kenney for more information at ken-

[email protected].

TOP ROPE ROCK CLIMBING TRIP

Saturday, Oct. 13

The Shawangunk Mountains

All students welcome.~

No registration fee.

~

Contact Keith Kenney for more information at

[email protected].

SELF-DEFENSE WORKSHOP

Tuesday, Oct. 16, 7 p.m.

Gym Room 101

Deadline to register is Monday, Oct. 15.

~

No experience necessary.~

You can sign up in room 220 in the gym.

~Contact Keith Kenney for more information at

[email protected].

HIKING TRIP

Saturday, Oct. 20

The Annual Costa Rica Expedition Trip will be held during Spring Break

2013. ~

Even if you missed the GI meeting, there is still time to get information and register to go on the trip.


[email protected].

COSTA RICA 2013 EXPEDITION

Deadline to register is Monday, Oct. 15.

~

No experience necessary.~

You can sign up in room 220 in the gym.


[email protected].

HORSEBACK RIDING TRIP

Sunday, Oct 21.

New Paltz Women’s Soccer Has Successful Weekend

The SUNY New Paltz Women’s Soccer team completed their weekend going 1-0-1 in SUNYAC play. The Lady Hawks took on SUNY Geneseo Friday, Sept. 28 at home,

scored by a single player in the program.The team then went on to tie SUNY Brockport 1-1 on Saturday, Oct. 29. The tie makes the Hawks 2-1-1 in the conference.


After winning the title in 2010, SUNY New Paltz’s ten-nis team is looking to do it again.

The team’s fall season is set to come to its close as they head to Binghamton on Friday, Oct. 5 to pursue the SUNYAC

but came up short against conference rival SUNY Geneseo. The team is 6-1 on the season, with their only loss com-

ing this past weekend against Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti-tute (RPI). Head Coach Robert Bruley said while the loss left the team “shell-shocked,” they are looking toward the

“That’s a match we shouldn’t have lost,” Bruley said. “I think we’d really like to have that one back, but otherwise the girls have been performing extremely well this season. They’re all committed to each other and doing their best on the courts.”

Bruley said the driving force of the team’s success lies within the senior leadership the team possesses. Led by fourth-year Captain Kayla DiPaulo, the team’s dominance this season not only comes from their top to bottom strength, but their teamwork as well, Bruley said.

“This year’s team has so much more camaraderie than years past,” DiPaulo said. “Everyone on the team just clicks and gets along really well together. We have been this way in past years, with groups of people, not as a team as a whole in my opinion.”

The fourth-year players — DiPaulo, Montana Wilson and Alli Esposito — are the ones who pushed for harder con-ditioning workouts and are always the last to leave the court, Bruley said. He also said they’re driven by the knowledge that this championship will be the last chance they have at a title.

“Seniors can go one of two ways,” Bruley said. “They either can’t be bothered with anything or they push them-selves by always knowing that their last chance to succeed is only getting closer. The seniors this year are all aware that this will be it for them.”

Driven by the desire to do well, the team went unde-feated in SUNYAC play. Most memorably, the team defeated SUNYAC rival Geneseo, ending the Blue Knights’ six-year undefeated SUNYAC run.

Despite the win against their biggest rival, Bruley said the team is cognizant of the fact that it was a close match against the Blue Knights this season. He said the team has

another successful outing against Geneseo.DiPaulo said even with the current success of the sea-

son, she is still going into the tournament with the pressure to do well, as she knows it is her last time at a SUNYAC tournament.

“Being a senior, I feel as though there is slightly more pressure to succeed on a personal level, just because this is my last chance to do well in SUNYACs,” DiPaulo said. “However, I know what our team is capable of and have a ton

-pionship.”

Second-year Devin Tracy said she is going into the

has had so far this season can continue come tournament play.

“Our team has improved so much this year both tennis-

about this upcoming weekend.”

The New Paltz Oracle 13 oracle.newpaltz.eduSPORTS


Tennis Team Set For SUNYAC TournamentBy Cat TacopinaSports Editor| [email protected]

The New Paltz Oracle14 oracle.newpaltz.edu SPORTS



Weekdays: 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Weekends: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Urgent Medical Care Urgent Medical Care No Appointment Needed

X-Ray and Laboratory Testing Suturing And Wound Care

Testing And Treatment For All STDs

Weekdays: 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Weekends: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Field Hockey Suffers Setback;; Pjetri Earns SUNYAC Honor

VISIT “THE ORACLE” ONLINE!

oracle.newpaltz.edu

Recognized by THE SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS as

NATIONAL RUNNER UP


The New Paltz Oracle oracle.newpaltz.eduSPORTS


There’s no NHL and the way things are going, there isn’t going to be an NHL for a while. It’s only preseason and I’m already starting to feel the malnourish-

Sally sulking in the corner forever, so the best thing to do is go over the options.

1. Baseball — I don’t think I can look at baseball just yet. This season hurt, and it hurt bad. The rapid decline

left me broken in jagged, sharp pieces. It’s too soon to face it again. That’s out.

2. Soccer — OK, this has been pretty good so far. Who thought Arsenal would be 4-1-2 to start off the season? I was pretty sure they were going to suck.

me pretty happy so far, it is a weekends-

only sort of deal, and that’s not going to be enough in the grand scheme of sport things.

3. Basketball — NBA, why can’t you just start already? The Olympics may have ended months ago at this point, but I’m still on that basketball-high. I want to know if my prediction is right and if the successful Olympic performance will give Carmelo Anthony a boost. Still some time to go, but soon.

4. Golf — No. Golf sucks. And that leaves one more option,

and this is the answer that I just don’t want to accept:

5. Suck it up and start watching foot-ball.

I know, I know. Football is probably the most beloved of all sports right now. It’s all over my Twitter feed (here’s look-ing at you, David Spiegel) and I’m sure

it’s all over your feed too. It’s always a

I just haven’t been able to get into it. I don’t even know why, to be honest.

It isn’t a lack of effort. I’ve tried for years at this point. I try to sit through games with friends at school. I have tried watching it with my brothers and my dad. I’ve even tried watching it by myself. Nothing works, and I don’t know why.

age, 10 to 15 seconds of action before a tackle or a touchdown and then play stops and the players are forced to reas-semble again. I need the constant action, the kind of action you get with hockey if everything is going smoothly. Foot-ball is very different from hockey in that respect, and adjusting to football in that way is tough.

ture. Not only is there the image of Dal-las Cowboy cheerleaders dancing around in white booty shorts and sparkly blue

ly-shaped and contoured breasts, but the female football fan is a memorable one as well. Female football fans are put on a pedestal, and it’s demeaning in most cas-es. An “acceptable” female fan not only has to know what she’s talking about, she has to be attractive as well. But, most likely, it’s just that I haven’t

this is what was needed to get me into football.

Or maybe I’ll just continue to be up-set about the lack of hockey. I’m just a little NHL girl living in the NFL world.

NHL Girl In An NFL World

Keeping Ike In The Park

Last month, a report by ESPN cited a

unhappy and concerned with their young,

Bad journalistic practices and shock-and-awe tactics aside, the report has brought

baseman to the forefront of fan speculation as the offseason quickly approaches.

they are committed to Davis and no such concerns were discussed by the team and Davis has said he has heard nothing of the

“The biggest risk is this stuff comes out, and suddenly it’s attributed to me or someone else, even though a person isn’t named, and it ends up creating a problem in our relationship with the player. I have talk-ed with Ike over the course of the season and somewhat recently, but not since that article. I didn’t feel it was necessary to go back and have the same conversation I’ve

brought up reasons why the team might not

men. Alderson said Davis is a “valuable

concerns addressed in the article were at-tributed to him.

“For us to trade a guy who has 30 home

coming from,” he said.

vis — despite his topse-turvy season — the idea is not without baseball merit.

trade chip that could net them a solid pack-age of prospects in return. Not to mention

their roster. If the team is truly focused on a full rebuild of their roster, Davis would be a logical player to dangle in front of other teams.

In fact, a recent report stated that the

tential trade of Davis is replacing his potent bat in their already depleted lineup.

The loss of Davis’ 31 home runs and 89 RBIs would not be easily replaced. How-

holes on their roster, they would be foolish not to consider — or even pull the trigger — on a potential deal.

There is no doubt that Davis is an in-

after this season;; one that sent emotions and

concerns. At this point, almost anyone on the team should be considered tradeable.

will do regarding Davis this offseason, but considering the team’s need for fresh faces and new talent, the idea of shopping Ike to another team is not as farfetched as it sounds.

15

[email protected]@hawkmail.newpaltz.eduAndrew.wyrich63@[email protected]

[email protected]

HYTHM

LUESHIRTS

&

FLICKR

SPORTSTHE NEW PALTZ ORACLE

NICHOLE WISCHOFF IMPRESSES AND PROGRESSES: PAGE 11

WHAT’S INSIDE BORN TO

RUN

MAIN PHOTO COURTESY OF ED DILLER PHOTOGRAPHY SIDE PHOTOS BY ROBIN WEINSTEIN

Women’s SoccerHas Strong Weekend

PAGE 12

Tennis Prepares ForSUNYAC Tournament

PAGE 13

the new paltz oracle, volume 84, issue v

Documents