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By MICHAEL APOLLO
Tensions surfaced at the Pine Hill
Neighborhood Association meeting last
Tuesday over a potential development to
be built on Western Ave.
Construction of a six story, 327 bed
apartment building with indoor park-
ing and street level retail space would
replace an existing office building cur-
rently at the site.
GSX Ventures, a Maryland based
firm, is the project’s developer. Other lo-
cal GSX projects include the Aspen, now
Block 75, and the soon to be completed
Auden apartments, both located on
Washington Avenue.
The firm’s website describes GSX as
specializing in discovery and reposition-
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meeting.
Christaki
id the university would work
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HIRING RACIALLY DIVERSE
FACULTY A ‘PIPELINE ISSUE’
By JOE HOFFMAN “T don’t believe that. That is something
that I take issue with as a member of an
The university’s 2018 draft strategic
plan identified increasing faculty and staff
diversity as one of its core goals, a concern
voiced for years by student and faculty
groups.
Seventy-four percent of the University at
Albany professors are white, according to a
2017 SUNY operations committee report.
Meanwhile, National Center for Education
towards hiring more diverse faculty, despite
ational problem” of a lack of minority
candidates.
“There’s a pipeline issue in regards to
hiring diverse
faculty,” said
Christakis at the 4 4
Feb. 21 meeting.
underrepresented group,” said Privott on
Thursday. “I’ve seen enough of qualified ap-
plicants to know that these individuals exist
and sometimes they just need to be encour-
Stati
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Mayor Kathy Sheehan spoke out against
the project at the Pine Hill Neighborhood
Association meeting last Tuesday .
UAlbany undergraduates
Two weeks ago, co-chairs of the Strate-
gic Planning Committee James Stellar and
Michael Christakis gave a strategic plan
draft presentation at a Student Association
s data indicate around half of all
re non-white.
“Only so many
doctorates are
being awarded to
African Americans.
Debernee Privott, president of the UAI-
bany Black Faculty and Staff Association,
disagreed.
aged to
I don’t believe that. That is apply.”
something I take issue with 4.1,
as an underrepresented group.” ba
dozens of search committees for faculty and
staff, said that BFSA should play a larger
role in the hiring process
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NOR’EASTER SLAMS CAMPUS
Photos by TYLER A. MCNEIL
Around 110 inches of snow fell on campus during
the storm last Friday. Areas just west of Albany
reported snow totals of up to 40 inches.
Report by Luke Lebel
Follow Lebel for weather updates: @Weather_ASP
SA ELECTION
SA Spent $500 for Ubers on Mardi Gras Trip
CHAD ARNOLD & TYLER A. MCNEIL
Documents show Student Association lead-
ership spent $500 on Uber rides while attend-
ing a weekend conference in New Orleans
during Mardi G
‘The documents show a total of 12 Uber
receipts submitted to SA’s comptroller seek-
ing reimbursement for expenses paid ranging
from $11 to $97.
It is not known who on the trip submitted
the documents.
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The Uber rides took place between Feb. 8
and 10, the same weekend as SA leadership
attended the National Student Lead
Diversity Convention in New Orleans.
Executive branch members Jerlisa Fon-
taine, SA president; Madecha Khan, vice
president; Langie Cadesca, chief of staff;
Nicholas Hackshaw, SA comptroller; and
Ryan Maestre, director of public relations all
attended the conference. Also in attendance
was Vice Chair, Subha Tasnim.
Four of the receipts show riders moving be-
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tween the Doubletree by Hilton, where those
attending the trip stayed, to the Hilton New
Orleans Airport where the conference was
held. Both hotels are located in Kenner, LA.
The remainder of the receipts show rides
from the group’s hotel into the New Orleans
French Quarter or vice-versa.
‘These expenses were at the center of a
debate when SA’s senate passed a bill that
would put a check on conference line spend-
ing.
See UBER page 2
SA ELECTION
Gonzalez
Drops Out,
Supports
Lajara
By CHAD ARNOLD
The race to be the next Student
Association president is down to
three.
Alejandro Gonzalez and Mi-
kaElla Rectin-Hernandez formally
ended their campaign to be the
2018-19 SA
president
and vice
president
respectively
on Tuesday,
Feb. 27, less
than five
days into the
month-long
campaign
season.
“Tt was
a decision
based on
an assessment of priorities,” said
Gonzalez, who is currently the sec-
retary of Middle Earth, an intern at
the State Assembly and is trying to
secure SA funding for the Chris-
tian group Cru. “It wouldn’t be
fair to the students if I was divided
and I couldn’t give them my full
attention.”
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“L will be honest and say I don’t think we play that role,”
she said. “It’s happenstance, it’s not like someone saying
‘Okay, you're part of BFSA, that’s why we want you [on
the search committee],’ that’s not how it’s happening right
now.”
Black professors currently make up 5.3 percent of all fac-
ulty at UAlbany. Hispanic professors make up 3.7 percent
of the total, and Asian professors 15.5 percent.
‘The numbers are different than the undergraduate diver-
sity percentages, with black students making up 17 percent
of the study body. Fifteen percent of students are Hispanic,
and 8.5 percent are Asian.
“I think that what’s needed is for the university to actu-
ally hear the students and to listen to what they have to
say,” said Celine Diagne, president of the Albany State
University Black Alliance.
Holding a town hall or conducting a survey on students”
desires were ideas Diagne said could help.
Diagne said that as a black woman, she always learned
best from black women professors because of shared expe-
riences and common ground.
of Media and Community Relations, pointed to several
ways the university currently tries to encourage faculty
diversity.
This included participation in the SUNY Faculty Diver-
sity Program, where SUNY provides schools with monetary
rewards for hiring minority-group faculty.
Carleo-Evangelist also pointed to a SUNY fellowship
program that provides research opportunities for minority
faculty, and noted that the UAlbany Office of Diversity and
Inclusion oversees faculty search processes.
Across all SUNY colleges, a 2017 operations commit-
tee report found that the percentage of black academic rank
faculty had risen 0.1 percent in twenty years.
Ina statement Friday, Jordan Carleo-Evangelist, director
CRIME BLOTTER
Harassment 2nd - Physical Con-
tact
3/1/2018
Podium - Campus Center
Report of non-compliant male temp
service worker refusing to leave
when asked, harassment to fellow
employee was also reported, male
subject was served a PNG letter and
escorted out of Campus Center.
Unlawful Possession of Marijuana
3/1/2018
State Quad - SQ Grounds
Odor of marijuana detected and five
male students were found to be
actively smoking marijuana. All were
referred for same.
Criminal Mischief Intent Damage
Property
3/1/2018
State Quad - Eastman Tower
Report of damage to a vending
machine by unknown male subjects.
Open/active.
Fire
2/28/2018
Indian Quad - Adirondack Hall
Report of a fire in waste basket. A
referral was made.
Accident-Property Damage
2/28/2018
Roadways - SQ Lot
Assisted person in motor vehicle ac-
cident property damage.
Stalking 4th Degree
2/27/2018
Podium - Campus Center
Report of a female student being
stalked. Open/active.
Execute Bench Warrant
2/27/2018
Offcampus
A male subject was arrested for an
outstanding Bench Warrant out of
Albany City Court.
Criminal Nuisance 2 - Create Con-
ditions Which Endanger Others
2/26/2018
Dutch Quad - Ten Eyck Hall
Report of odor of marijuana. An ar-
rest was made.
Fire Alarm
2/26/2018
Alumni Quad - Waterbury Hall
Caused by vape smoke.
Sexual Misconduct: Oral/Anal
Sexual Conduct Without Consent
2/25/2018
OffCampus
Report of a possible sexual assault.
Investigation ongoing.
Criminal Trespass 2nd - Enter/Re-
main Unlawfully in Dwelling
2/25/2018
Dutch Quad - Stuyvesant Tower
Report of a male student trespassing
on campus. An arrest was made.
Unlawful Imprisonment. 2nd
2/24/2018
Podium - Campus Center
Unlawful imprisonment. Open/active.
Driving While Intoxicated - 1st
Offense
Roadways - Capital Hill Drive
Report of a male student driving
while intoxicated. A referral was
made.
Possess Forged instrument - 3rd
2/23/2018
Colonial Quad - Herkimer Hall
Report of two male students with
forged IDs.
Drug Complaint
2/23/2018
State Quad - Eastman Tower
Report of fire alarm activated by
marijuana smoke. Referrals were
made.
UBER
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“Five-hundred dollars was
spent on Ubers to go from bar-
to-bar-to-bar in the middle of the
night,” said Senate Chair Jarrett
Altilio who called the bill a
“direct response” to an ongoing
issue involving SA’s conference
line spending.
Langie Cadesca, chief of staff,
explained that SA only used
Ubers to dine out, not drink.
Meal expenses were made out-
of-pocket.
“Whenever we utilized Uber
it was either to go have lunch or
dinner,” said Cadesca who noted
the there were no restaurant
locations within proximity to the
group’s hotel.
Several senators echoed Al-
tilio’s response including Gov-
ernment Operations chair Anna
Agnes, who sponsored the bill.
“It doesn’t look too great on
social media if we’re posting
pictures at Mardi Gras and we’re
supposed to be at a conference,”
she said, noting several of the
images circulating showed
attendees holding alcoholic
beverages.
Ina subsequent interview fol-
lowing the debate, Cadesca did
admit such images were circulat-
ing on social media but noted no
SA funds were used to purchase
the beverages.
“Granted we were in New
Orleans,” said Cadesca. “Obvi-
ously if you check social media,
people had fish bowls or what-
ever the case may be.”
“Obviously people were con-
cerned that it was a coincidence,
in quotes, that Mardi Gras was
happening,” said Rules Commit-
tee chair Brandon Holdridge, of
the debate. “It was just ridicu-
lous, you can connect the dots
yourself.”
Fontaine defended the
conference, saying the annual
festivities had nothing to do with
attending. She said that the dis-
cussion with the senate became
too personal at times, but didn’t
specify who she alleged made
personal attacks.
SA’s current budget -- which
is made up of student activity
fee money -- allocates $12,000
for executive conferences and
$4,000 for legislative conference
spending.
According to Hackshaw, the
New Orleans trip did not exceed
budget.
When pressed if students
should have to pay for the Uber
rides, Altilio responded, “No,
simply, no.”
TYLER A. MCNEIL /ASP
Jerlisa Fontaine speaks at a Student Association meeting last month against the senate’s conference over-
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THROWBACK
‘IT Love SUNY’ Song ‘Follows’ 2010 Alumnus
By TYLER A. MCNEIL
May 14, 2010, two days after University at Albany
graduation: The last number Neil Roche performed in a
packed Ontario St. apartment referenced food service-
induced diarrhea, smoking marijuana at Collins Circle,
and sitting around drunk women on public transit.
Partygoers held up alcohol, swayed their arms, and
sung along in the tight, beer-bottle shelved apartment as
Roche delivered a UAlbany-centered parody of Asher
Roth’s “I Love College.” It was his sixth song that night.
“Everyone knew the words which | thought was hilari-
ous cause it still had been a tight-knit thing up to that
point,” he recalled.
His friend, George Rippe filmed and borrowed some
cell phone footage to patch Roche’s performance into
a music video. Posted a month later, it was the song’s
second Youtube appearance.
For about a year, Roche only shared the song pri-
vately. Worried the parody could limit job opportunities
ahead or redefine his image, he didn’t initially want to
release it.
A spoken word artist and sociology major, most of
Roche’s work at the time dealt with heavier matters such
as institutional oppression.
“I was definitely a little conflicted with it gaining pop-
ularity over all the other stuff that I put so much thought
into and was actually important to the world,” he said.
Around the time he was putting together an E.P.,
Roche, who graduated UAlbany two days prior to the
party, wrote “I Love SUNY” during the spring of 2009
and recorded the following summer. Hearing Roth’s hit
on the radio at the time, Roche believed anecdotes of
university life could make for a better version.
As senior year year passed by, the song gained popu-
larity outside his friend group. It was played among
mutual friends, often from burned CDs. By the end of
his last semester, Erik Daly, a stranger at the time, asked
Roche over Facebook for permission to post the song
online.
Encouraged by his friends to release it, Roche obliged.
Uploaded on May 12, he grew fascinated by the song’s
following. Eight years later, Daly’s video “Ualbany
song” has over 90,000 views; Rippe’s music video has
24,000.
With its online presence and profanity-laced lyric:
Roche assumed the parody rap might put off some em-
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ployers after graduation. Because of that, he hasn’t since
hunted for employment with heavy candidate screenings.
And at the time of song’s release, Roche grew weary
of employment that could stifle his creative freedom,
anyways.
“[ didn’t think that I was cutting anything off because
I knew that any job that would actually care about this,
like a government job or something like that, was some-
thing I'd never do,” said Roche.
Leaving Albany, Roche took a social work position
around Ithaca for about a year. When his then-girlfriend
accepted a post with Teach for America in New Orleans,
interested in the city’s arts scene and tired of social
work, he followed along.
He later moved to Oakland, Calif. where he currently
works as a full-time contract videographer and photog-
rapher.
Having worked in two states over the last seven years,
Roche’s co-workers have often become familiar with “I
Love SUNY” either through online searches or UAlbany
connections.
“Since its release, every time I work at a new bar or
restaurant or have a new group of people I work with, it
always kind of follows me,” he said.
Source: YOUTUBE, GEORGE RIPPE
Neil Roche raps “I Love SUNY” at 206 Ontario St, his residence, at a house party on May 14, 2010
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ing of properties. Nine of twelve projects
featured on the GSX’s site are student hous-
ing complexes.
The proposed site is just steps away
from University Plaza shopping center on
the Western Avenue side of the University
at Albany campus. If built, the apartments
would likely be marketed to UAlbany
students.
“We as a University do not have a public
position in favor offagainst the project,”
said director of Community and Relations
Jordan Carleo-Evangelist in a statement.
“Because the neighbors are upset, we've
tried very hard to stay out of it.”
“We have a situation here on Western
Avenue that I think is very unfair,” said
local resident Nancy Harrigan. “We believe
that building is a tremendous blow against
sustainability of that neighborhood.”
Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan also
ared her concerns at the neighborhood as-
sociation meeting. “This project is not one
that I support,” Shechan said.
In January, Sheehan wrote a letter to the
City of Albany Planning Board urging it to
not allow the project to move forward.
“Given the significant and valid concerns
MICHAEL APOLLO / ASP
A look at what the project could look at displayed on the left. Mayor Kathy Sheehan spoke out against the project at the Pine Hill Neighborhood
raised by residents and business owners, I
respectfully request that any application of
a conditional use permit for this project be
denied until concerns regarding potential
impacts to traffic, sound, light, and water
infrastructure are adequately addressed,”
the letter read.
“I believe the impacts here are really
extreme,” community member Steve Burke
said.
Burke measured the site and found that
the development’s footprint would take
up the entire site, potentially affecting fire
department access to the building.
“It’s an urban building in a relatively
suburban, single residential area. It’s
incompatible, it’s inconceivable and it’s
irresponsible.”
Association meeting last Tuesday.
“The project is still in its infancy,” said
Vincent Rigosu, president of the Eagle
Hill Neighborhood Association. “We
don’t know what is going to happen to this
project.”
Jon Grant, the principal of GSX Ven-
tures, is expected to return to Albany soon
to further discuss the project with city
officials.
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According to Rectin-Hernandez, Gon-
zalez was the one who ultimately decided
to end the campaign, a decision she fully
supported as his running mate.
“He brought up the idea and I said I'll
support him in whatever decision he makes
because we are a team,” said Rectin-Her-
nandez who noted the pair had two conver-
sations leading up to the final decision to
withdraw their candidacy.
Upon exiting the race, Gonzalez an-
nounced he would be supporting the ticket
of Jouly Lajara and Alexander O° Leary
going forward.
Rectin-Hernandez is currently not sup-
porting any candidate.
Gonzalez noted his endorsement of
Lajara and O’ Leary was not a knock on
the other two tickets — Langie Cadesca and
Nicholas Pepe; and Mark Anthony Quinn
and Patrick Carroll — who he called “ex-
tremely qualified,” but had to do more with
a shared vision of SA going forward.
“We were unified in our platforms in that
we wanted to make SA more transparent
and we wanted to make the student body
more aware of what SA is doing,” he said
of his decision to support the Lajara and
O'Leary ticket.
Gonzalez is unaware of what role he will
play in helping the campaign going forward
as of writing. A meeting between both par-
expected to take place in the coming
tie
days.
“{ was surprised,”
learned of Gonzalez’
aid O’ Leary who
intentions Wednes-
TYLER A. MCNEIL / ASP
Alejandro Gonzalez dropped out of the race on Wednesday. He told the Albany Student Press
two weeks ago that his campaign would push forward to represent Christian students.
TYLER A. MCNEIL / ASP
Presidential ticket Alexander O'Leary and Jouly Lajara at the candidates’ meeting two weeks
ago. Former candidate Alejandro Gonzalez dropped out of the race and now supports the pair.
day afternoon. “It also excited me...our
message and our vision that we’ve been
explaining it resonates with people. It
resonates with a person who was once an
opponent and is now an ally.”
Lajara did not respond to multiple re-
quests for comment.
News of Gonzalez’s decision to drop out
of the race came as a surprise to the other
candidates who noted they would have liked
to have seen his ticket remain in the race.
“[ always think it’s good when there is a
multiplicity of candidates,” said vice presi-
dential candidate Carroll. “I think it adds
more to the discussion.”
When asked if Gonzalez’s decision to
endorse the Lajara and O’Leary ticket
changed their campaign strategy, Quinn and
Carroll replied simply, “No.”
“It’s disappointing,” said Pepe, a candi-
date for vice president. “Granted, he was
one of our competitors, but we still want to
see everyone get involved whether it’s go-
ing up against us or whatever.”
“I don’t think it necessarily has changed
anything for us,” said Cadesca wh
she’s happy Gonzalez has found a
to rally around. “We have a mi
we're going to get it done by any means
necessary.”
Both Gonzalez and Rectin-Hernandez
said they have aspirations to run for SA sen-
ate in the future, but have no officials plans
yet.
“No matter what we’re doing as students
here on campus, it’s not going to change
the relationships we want to make with
people,” said Rectin-Hernandez. “It’s not
going to change the fact that we want more
transparency within SA.”
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Chinese Proposal to Remove Presidential
Term Limits Paves Way for Despotism
By M. FRANCIS MIRRO
His name is Xi Jinping. Officially, he is the
General Secretary of the Communist Party in
China, the President of China about to
his second term. Unofficially, he has earned
anew nickname around the world: the New
Chinese Emperor.
Last week, the People’s Republic of China
made a move that will only lead them to
sink ever further into the dark shadow of
despotism. By almost officially removing
idential term limits from the nation’s
constitution, China is paving the way for Xi
to assert his will over the powerful state until
he dies. Essentially, Xi Jinping has taken a
play out of Julius Caesar’s book; he is about
to become Dictator for Life.
Following the new constitutional change,
legislature that seems constructed simply
to serve the General Secretary, announced
additions to the state’s censored or banned
list. Among these new illegalities are George
Orwell’s “1984” and his other famous anti-
dictatorship work “Animal Farm.” China has
also banned phrases such as “proclaiming
oneself emperor,” “constitutional rules,”
and “election term.” But perhaps the most
terrifying new addition to the
censored list is the phrase “I
don’t agree,” which has been
officially barred from public use.
China has been a global
powerhouse since the end of the
Cold War, and the strength of
such a brutally authoritarian state
has caused worries in the West.
et to amass power not seen
country since the days of
Chairman Mao. In an already
volatile E: sia, the condition
of that imprisoned populace is
indeed a troublesome prospect
worth our time and attention.
Still worse is what it could mean
for the whole of the region.
As U.S.-Russian relations erode rapidly,
Russian President Vladimir Putin has
continued to live up to his own nickname,
the New Tsar, as his expansionist designs
keep an already bleeding European Union on
its toes. China is a close ally to Russia, both
in proximity and in a common strongman
ideology. Both have their sights set on
expansion. A new
Chinese Emperor in
league with a new
Russian Tsar can
mean a lot of things
for the democratic
West, and none of
them are good.
Essentially, the
United States and
its Westem allies
are in danger of
being locked out
of Continental East
Asia en masse,
MIRRO jeaying South Korea
and Japan—a
major regional player though not actually
on the continent — as their main ideological
footholds. If President Trump continues
to agitate our enemies and allies alike,
America’s influence could potentially wither
to the point where China and Russia feel free
to pursue their doctrine of conquest.
As of now, America is a nation without
leadership, leaving a Western power vacuum
unfilled. Ultra-nationalism has distracted
leaders such as France’s Emmanuel Macron
and Germany’s Angela Merkel while
isolating others like Britain’s Theresa May.
Events in Spain have neutralized their alleged
democracy as well while other Mediterranean
nations face economic and political turmoil.
While the West remains paralyzed, buffer
states like the Baltics and the already crippled
Ukraine are in grave danger from the Russian
Federation, which may be able to exert
will without check before too long. At this
we'll have to start checking to see if
s still there in the coming months. At
the same time, all nations east of democratic
India are soon to feel the heat from a
powerful China with a newly emboldened
leader, one who will assert his authority
through force if given the chance.
There is no sugar coating it at this point.
What we are seeing is simply scary. The
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NOISE FROM NOYES
Abolish
Gun-Free
Zone on
Campus
By MATTHEW NOYES
SUNY campuses are gun-free zones
for everyone but police and criminals. If,
God forbid, someone wanted to commit
violence against our student body or
faculty there would be little that could
stop them. The policy, enacted by the
SUNY Board of Trustees, prohibits
anyone who is not a police officer from
carrying a concealed firearm on campus
even if you have a concealed carry
permit.
The police can’t be everywhere all
the time. Gun-free zones provide a false
sense of security and infringes on human
rights: the right for an innocent person
to protect their life and property from
harm. This policy should be overturned,
and responsible firearm owners allowed
to discreetly and safely carry concealed
handguns on public campuses.
To get an idea of what other students
think about this I interviewed two
students, Brynn Labounty a junior, and
Eric Papas, a sophomore. When asked if
they think people with a permit should
be able to conceal carry on campus,
Labounty said no, because she thought
that would “allow anyone to carry and
could lead to violence and accidents.”
Papas said yes. He thought, “If someone
wanted to attack the school, it would
be good to have people who could take
them out.”
Both Labounty and Papas said they
don’t think gun-free zones work because
someone could break the rules and bring
a gun anyways. They are right; gun-free
zones don’t stop criminals from bringing
guns on campus. What it does do is
prevent those who respect the law and.
are well versed in firearm safety from
carrying concealed on campus.
When asked if they trust the
government to protect them, both
answered no. They think there is a lot of
corruption in law enforcement. I don’t
think most law enforcement is corrupt
or incompetent. However, that was the
case in the tragic shooting at Marjory
Stoneman Douglas High School.
According to CNN, there were several
sheriff deputies outside the si
during the shooting. They f
their job and so did Sheriff Israel.
The Florida school shooting is an
example of government failing to do
its job: the FBI failed to act on the
numerous red flags, the police stood by
and did nothing during the shooting,
and the background check system in
place wasn’t enforced. None of the gun
control measures being proposed would
have prevented this tragedy. A failure
of Sheriff Israel, his deputies, the FBI,
and of the state and federal government
to implement the background check
laws on the books allowed this horror to
occur.
I do not believe in schools arming
teachers. Those who personally own
firearms and know and respect firearm
safety shouldn’t lose their civil right
of self-defense when they walk onto
public school grounds. Allowing
students to safely and lawfully carry
concealed on SUNY campuses will
not make us unsafe. Why should we
disarm responsible firearm owners?
Why shouldn’t a trained female student
be able to have a way to prevent a rapist
from overpowering her? Why should we
make it easier for a potential shooter to
murder our fellow Great Dan
The reason I believe in getting rid
of the gun-free policy on campus isn’t
because I don’t care about the victims of
violence. On the contrary, it’s because
I care about the safety of my peers that
I support eliminating the contradictory
idea of gun-free zones.
SMOKING ZONES
University Should Ban
Smoking or Impose Fines
By RAYMOND E. STRAWN III
Every time I walk past the
main library on campus I notice
the no-smoking signs, and yet,
students still smoke. I see the
cigarette butts on the ground near
the main library’s entrance and
the small clouds from smokers
that I must walk past to enter
the library. This is a health risk.
Why have these signs if it is not
enforced? The university needs to
start fining students who smoke
in front of the main library, or
completely ban smoking on
campus altogether.
‘As someone who is allergic
to cigarette smoke and has
difficulty breathing around
people who smoke, I support
fining students smoking in the
designated no-smoking zones
at the university. | am shocked
and disappointed smoking is
even allowed on campus. Is thi
common among other colleges
in New York? According to
Tobacco Free U: 2015 New York
State Dean’s List, 60 colleges
(30 percent) have a tobacco-free
campus policy, which results in
an A grade. Twenty-five colleges
(12 percent) have a smoke-free
campus policy, which results in a
B grade.
Forty-two
percent of
campuses in
New York
do not allow
smoking
on campus,
period. We
are not one
of them.
In fact, the
University
at Albany
received a
D grade.
Sixty-three
colleges (31
percent) also received D grades.
‘The report did mention that 15
colleges are in the process of
establishing cither a smoke-free
or tobacco-free campus policy.
‘The trend is shifting towards
smoke-free campuses. Shouldn’t
we start trending in that direction
too?
According to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention,
tobacco use is the leading cause
of preventable death in the United
States. More
than 16 million
Americans are
living with a
disease caused
by smoking.
About one in
every five deaths
in America
are caused by
smoking each
year, More than
480,000 annual
deaths are linked
to smoking or
second-hand
smoking. An
estimated 41,000 deaths (7,333
from lung ca and 33,951
from heart disease) happen each
year among adults who have
been exposed to secondhand
smoke, and it can cause health
risks that may lead to deaths. We
STRAWN
can no longer ignore these risks
on campus.
Students who are upset
with fines or banning smoking
altogether may protest that it
is their “right” to smoke. But
what about my right to breathe
clean air and not be exposed to
cancer-causing chemicals? A
or herself at risk by smoking; I
do not consent to that risk. Your
“right” to smoke is impacting
my public health, a right that is
protected under the New York
State Constitution Article XVII
Public Health. How come my
rights are ignored? Shouldn’t I
be able to get a higher education
without putting myself at risk for
lung cancer or heart dit
The best solution to this
problem is moving towards
asmoke-free campus. In the
meantime, the university needs
to start enforcing the no-smoking
zones and fine students who
disobey them. This is a health
tisk, It is as simple as that.
DRUGS
Students Who Use Adderall for
School Should be Punished
By NICHOLAS SHERMAN
As the midterm season rolls
around, students from all walks
of life reach out for the only thing
that can help them through this
difficult and harrowing time:
Adderall. Students who do not
need Adderall but use it to help
them study and do their school
work should be punished in
the same way as students who
plagiarize and cheat during
exams.
For those that do not know,
Adderall is an amphetamine,
which is a stimulant that impacts
the central nervous system. It
is often prescribed to children
and adults with ADHD, as well
as people with narcolepsy.
However, a lot of college
students take Adderall to help
them study or do school work.
In people with ADHD, Adderall
allows them to achieve normal
levels of concentration.
For people who do not have
ADHD, Adderall allows them to
study and concentrate for longer
periods of time than people who
are not on it. Not only is this
drug an amphetamine — which
is classified as a schedule II drug
by the Controlled Substances
Act and has a comparable type
of addiction to cocaine — it is a
form of cheating which allows
for students to achieve results and
grades that they wouldn’t be able
to get otherwise.
According to
the University at
Albany guidelines
regarding
plagiarism
and cheating,
academic
dishonesty can
result in the
faculty member
present forcing
the student to
redo the work
that was disrupted
by the academic
dishonesty, a
lower grade,
probation, suspension, or
expulsion. These rules should
also apply to those using Adderall
to boost their performance
without a prescription.
These kinds of rules are
already in place elsewhere: in
the world of sports. In 2013,
when it was made clear that
Lance Armstrong had in fact
used performance-enhancing
drugs throughout his career, it
was decided that he would forfeit
all prizes
won and
gave back
medals,
and careers
are taken
away due
to unfair
substances,
then why
not the
same for
students
and their
SHERMAN
grades?
These grades don’t just show
how smart students are, but they
reflect what kind of people they
are. Grades mean something.
There’s a difference between A.
students who pull themselves
up by the bootstraps, go to the
library and study every waking
hour, who barely sleep or don’t
sleep at all to achieve an A,
and those C students who don’t
have the discipline to put in the
work and achieve an A without
Adderall. The former student
shows hard work, perseverance,
and initiative; so, why should
the latter student — who did not
put in the same type of effort —
receive the same status as the
former?
“But, what about other
substances that students use to
help them concentrate or do their
school work, like coffee, energy
drinks, and Scotch?” Again, I
use the sports metaphor. It is not
illegal for baseball players to
drink energy drinks, drink protein
shakes, or anything like that. It is,
however, still illegal for them to
be taking steroids, and so should
be the same for students — who
don’t need Adderall — who use
it to improve their grades.
STUDY TIME
Library
By RACHEL VAN NESS
Libraries are by far the most
common places for students to
get their work done. Here at the
University at Albany, there are
three of them: the University
Library, the Science Library,
and the Dewey Graduate Library
downtown. Of these three, only
the University Library is open 24
hours during finals week.
As helpful as the 24-hour
schedule is during finals week,
there are many students who
opt not to use the University
Library because it tends to get
overcrowded and distractingly
loud during finals week. For
many others, though, the 24/7
finals week library hours are a
godsend when slamming back
Hours Should be 24/7
energy drinks while trying to
write a 10-page paper or studying
for a rapidly-approaching exam.
However,
finals week is
just one week
a semester.
The truth is,
students aren’t
just pulling
all-nighters
or staying up
until the wee
hours of the
morning only
during finals
papers and
rigorous tests throughout the
semester, often at inconvenient
times. Group projects are a thing.
There’s also students who
work better at night or get up
super early to
get stuff done,
and those
who prefer
not to study
in their dorms
so as not to
distract their
roommate.
International
Students
may use the
library to
contact family
or friends in
another time
zone, etc.
The University Library
is open until 3 a.m. Sunday-
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‘Thursday and until 8 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays. The
hours for the Science Library
and Dewey Library are even
more abbreviated; both are open
until 11 p.m. Sunday-Thursday
and close between 5-7 p.m. on
Fridays and Saturdays.
The fact that the University at
Albany is a large public research
university and doesn’t have a
24/7 library is unusual. UAlbany
should seriously think about the
demands of their students and
make the University Library be
open 24 hours Sunday-Thursday
with extended hours on Fridays
and Saturdays. Extending the
hours for both the Science and
Dewey Libraries would prove to
be equally as beneficial.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2018
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THEATER
Ending Black History Month with a
Thought-Provoking Play at the PAC
By DIEGO CAGARA
Harlem. 1973. Two black lovi ught ina
dysfunctional romance at a time of heightened racism.
What could possibly go wrong?
A one-woman show adaptation of the novel, “If Beale
Street Could Talk,” was performed at the University at
Albany’s Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, Feb. 28
at 7:30 p.m. It was originally written by James Baldwin
in 1974 who was known for his social critiques as well
as publicizing the African-American experience, even
including those of gay and bisexual men.
This wa ” stage pres
“Literature to Life” sta
a verbatim adaptation, and featured actre:
Channie Waites as the lone performer that night.
Literally accompanied by only a chair onstage, she had to
alternate between the various characters in the book, clearly
an impressive feat since she’d memorized lines for a one-
hour-and-fifteen-minutes performance.
The story follows Tish (real name is Clementine) who
is 19 and in love with Fonny, a 22-year-old sculptor (real
name is Alonzo). Their romance gets interrupted when
Fonny is wrongfully accused of raping a Puerto Rican
woman whose whereabouts are unknown, and he is jailed.
led a racist cop was behind his accusation.
ues when Tish reveals she is pregnant and
she becomes determined to free Fonny before their child
entation, being
ind artist
The audience must pay close attention to whatever
id because as she started to switch from character
r, it would become confusing.
Waites did an impeccable job at embodying each
character. Her shifts in voice, body posture, facial
expressions and walking style helped to try to distinguish
which character she was playing in the moment. Through
her cl terizations, she used Tish (the main character
she embodied) to give many clues to what her relationships
were like with Fonny and her family. This was an intriguing
way to have one character illustrate other characters who
never technically showed up onstage.
Except for perhaps three brief times, there was no music
at all, the stage filled with Waites’ own words. Her outfit
for the night was simple—a multicolored mini-poncho, a
dark long sleeve shirt, dark blue jeans and sneakers.
While this was probably unintentional, having just
one actor (Waites) onstage throughout the performance
spoke to how lonely Tish’s battle to get Fonny free
sometimes felt.
Tish struggled to get enough money to pay for a
lawyer to help, trying to convince her close loved
ones to chip in although this was quite the lost cause
as her family did not make much. The lawyer was
also said to be white, something her family disliked
as they felt they did not want a metaphorical white
shining knight to rescue Fonny.
One particularly moving scene was when Waites
acted as both Tish and Fonny, jumping from one
character to another, when Tish visited him in jail
and spoke on the phone with him, even holding up
a hand as if planting it against the glass window
between her and Fonny.
“L hope no one ev any loved one through
.” she poignantly said, as if to the audience.
Thirty-five minutes in, the performance paused
and the audience were engaged in pretending to
in like a law firm. They were
k Waites (still onstage in character
ish) questions like where the so-called raped
Puerto Rican woman is now and how exactly her
family can afford a lawyer.
This spoke truly to how this was a “Literature to
Life” performance and I’ve never witnessed such
a performance where the audience got to directly
interact with a character onstage.
The performance’s thought-provoking
commentary on racism (particularly institutional
racism), poverty and a romance frowned upon by
the general society at the time, all helped make
this performance and the novel itself relatable to
audiences.
Source: ikimedia Commons
James Baldwin, above, was the original author back in 1974.
The show was both preceded by and followed with
an open discussion with members of the audience
who gave their opinions about racism, the current political
climate, white privilege and poverty. These segments were
moderated by actress, writer, singer and educator Lisa
Strum who wanted the audience to remain engaged.
An African-American woman in the crowd said that she
lived during
visibly moving numerous fellow audie:
“It’s one thing to learn about [segregation],
“It’s another experience to it.”
She went on to say that it’s important to fight for truth
ice members.
” she said.
gregation back when she was much younger,
and continue to teach American history to kids so they
know what previous generations had to go through.
The performance was mostly a success, save for a
rude elderly audience member literally snoring a few
times throughout (which visibly annoyed some nearby
onlookers), and Waites’ acting helped give a sense of the
struggle low-income African-Americans in the 1970s had
to experience.
As it happened on Feb. 28, it was an apt conclusion to
Black History Month on campus.
POP CULTURE
Bebe Rexha
By DANIELLE MARTINEZ
“Meant to Be,” by Bebe Rexha and
voi
it be.
s, saying that she’s beautiful, but
whatever the nature of the relationship is let
was ‘Meant to Be’ Topping the Charts
Steinfeld, to name a few. Also, Florida
Georgia Line did a commercial for the NFL
with Jason Derulo and Hank Williams Jr.
Florida Georgia Line, is the current number
one song in Billboard Country Charts.
Billboard charts reports that the song has
been on the charts for 12 weeks and these
songs on the cha selected by “radio
airplay, sales data and streaming data.”
According to Rolling Stone, “the song
was co-written by Tyler Hubbard and
Bebe Rexha.” In an interview with radio
personality Zach Sang, Rexha said that she
was “freaked out” as it was her first ever
country song. She said that “the lyrics a
deeper and when she wa:
listened to it.”
The song is intense and it’s about the
uncertainty of a relationship.
Rexha plays the female voice in the song,
explaining that she’s been hurt a couple
of times, but would like to see where this
relationship goes.
Florida Georgia Line plays the male
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Bebe Rexha, above, has sung since 2010.
In the song, they mention a road. This
road has a double meaning because when
you are traveling down a road, you often
aren’t sure where you are going until you
get to a destination. A lot of people can
relate to the song because if a relationship
is meant to happen, it will happen. So, the
song serves as advice to people who are
trying to define a relationship.
According to Rolling Stone again, “the
song appears on Rexha’s album and was not
originally intended for release as a country
single.”
The song has also been
numerous venues such as “The Tonight
Show starring Jimmy Fallon,” “The Late
Late Show with James Corden” and Dick
Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.
Florida Georgia Line has collaborated
with a lot of artists such as Nelly, Luke
Bryan, Backstreet Boys and Hailee
formed at
Bebe Rexha has collaborated with one
of the former stars of One Direction, Louis
Tomlinson.
A celebrity news website,
thefamouspeople.com, writes that “Bebe
Rexha got her start after forming an
experimental band with Pete Wentz, the
bass guitarist for Fall Out Boys. However
she left the band in order to pursue a solo
career. Also, Rehxa has written several
songs for Pitbull, Nick Jonas, Eminem and
Rihanna, just to name a few.
The song is trending on the country
stations.
It has been viewed over 221 million
times on YouTube. This song is different
from Rexha’s previous songs because it
follows the path of traditional country
origins. The video was released on October
23, 2017 and the song can be found on
iTunes.
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CAMPUS CULTURE
How WACRIA Turned Art into Action
By KATIE GIBSON
It may seem impossible to fight the
boundless oppression in this world but
UAlbany students don’t give up hope
without a fight.
In 2015, Jennifer Abu and Olivia Roberts
founded WACRIA, Women and Children’s
Rights in Africa, to fight for better health
care and education in Africa. It started as a
blog to draw attention to voices that were
being silenced. Abu and Roberts turned
words into actions by founding a club
around WACRIA.
Now that they have graduated they have
developed WACRIA into non-for-profit in
New York City. Abu represented WACRIA
on a panel with the United Nations Women
to discuss gender rights in an African
context.
UA\bany students have rallied around
the cause. Last week, WACRIA, led by
its current president Aline Dipoumbi,
organized an art gala at the UAlbany
Performing Arts Center. It showcased black
artists on campus and celebrated black
culture. All of the proceeds went towards
building a school in Tanzani:
Each a had their own inspiration for
creating such beautiful art.
The artist known as Kindr found
inspiration in the dynamics of masculinity.
He experimented with the idea of “what
makes a man” by photographing black men
in traditionally feminine situations such as
knitting, wearing makeup, and dressed in
light pink. It showed that strength is not
inhibited by emotion and vulnerability, but
enhanced by it.
The artist known as Taiitan also focused
on masculinity.
He wanted to convey his experience
growing up in the inner city without a clear
masculine figure in his life. He felt that
many black men struggle with defining
their own masculinity in a positive way in
the face of oppression.
Taiitan reported that his masculinity
came from many different places such as
his mother, the men he looked up to in hi
community, and comic book characters. His
art represents this multitude of inspiration.
confusion and triumph.
Mercedes Soriano centers her art work
on the experience of black women.
She is especially interested in hair and
the identity and power it symbolizes. She
also uses multiple models for each woman
shown in her art. She starts with herself as
a base adds individual features from the
women around her and on the Internet. She
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does this to show that her art is not just
about one person but the black community
as a whole.
The art show was followed by singing,
poetry, and dance. This event showed the
wide range of talents on our campus.
It was an stunning cultural event that
showed the strength of the black community
at UAlbany and benefited women and
children in Africa.
WCDB REUNION
PHOTOS BY KATIE GIBSON / ASP
WCDB held its 55 year reunion on Friday.
Right photo:Genevieve Roberts and Clara Meyer attend the
event.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2018
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RECIPES
Tasty Treats to Go Green
on St. Patrick’s Day
By KATIE GIBSON
No party is complete without
food. Saint Patrick’s Day is a great
opportunity to craft some colorful
snacks. Here are some easy recipes to
impress your family and friends.
Leprechaun Rice Krispies
Take three cups of Lucky Charms
and divide the cereal from the
colorful marshmallows. Take two
cups of regular marshmallows and 2
tablespoons of butter and melt them
together in a pot. Remove from heat
and add the cereal. Mix thoroughly
and add green food coloring. When the
mixture is almost entirely cool, add
the colorful marshmallows. Move the
mixture into a pan and let it set.
Pot of Gold
Blow up 5 small balloons. Melt
chocolate in the microwave. Dip half
of each balloon into chocolate and let
it set on wax paper. Once the chocolate
has set, pop and remove the balloons.
Take a bag of candy corn and chop off
the yellow tops. Place the yellow tops,
along will yellow skittles and M&Ms,
into the chocolate bowls.
Shamrock Jello Shot (21+)
Put water in a bowl and add green
jello powder (or clear jello and add
green food coloring). Stir until the
powder dissolves. Add 1 cup of cold
water and | cup of water and half a
cup of Irish whiskey into the pot. Mix
and pour jello into cups to set ina
refrigerator. In a bowl mix 1.5 cups of
heavy cream, 2 tablespoons of sugar,
and 1/4 cup of Bailey’s. Whip until it
forms a cream. Pour whipped cream
over the jello shots.
Healthy Shamrock Shake
Add 1 cup of Greek yogurt, 2
tablespoons of matcha powder, | And now you have enough food to
teaspoon of mint extract, 2 frozen entertain all of the leprechauns in the
bananas, and | teaspoon of honey ina land!
blender. Chill before serving.
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recipe and pour it into a small
baking pan. Freeze overnight.
Matcha Frozen Yogurt
Take the healthy shamrock shake
HEALTHY LIVING
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Diamond Melendez (left), Collin White (top right), and Arin Saunders (bottom right) engage in different exercises to promote body positivty.
BODY POSITIVITY
Health
Includes
Self-Love
By EGYPT SANTIAGO
College campuses, along with other
academic institutions, are a breeding
grounds for bullying, insecurity, isolation,
and competition. Body positivity is
challenging to obtain and maintain in
the face of such negativity. But striving
to love your body is an opportunity for
growth.
Our campus is a place of diversity
with a wide range of wellness programs
and sports opportunities to ensure the
inclusiveness of each individual on
campus. Of course, there are students that
fall through the cracks in this seemingly
fail-proof system.
“Llove my body. It’s not exactly where
I want it to be yet but I love my arms and
my abs,” reported Danny Jaser. Jaser is
a junior and participates in the weekly
zumba classes offered by the fitness and
wellness programs.
“The campus attempts to accommodate
and promote all body types by promoting
diversity,” Jaser shared.
One of the evident challenges among
our students in a place full of different
body types, shapes, colors and sizes, is that
many students find themselves comparing
their own bodies and individual looks to
everyone else around.
“My definition of body positivity is
being in love with the way your body
looks and overall feels,” said Diamond
Melendez, who visits the gym on campus
regularly,
“The campus makes me feel that my
body fits in with the thousands of students
that attend UAlbany,” she shared.
“Seventy percent of college students
admit to being dissatisfied with their
bodies,” said Dr. John Forsyth, who is
currently teaching abnormal psychology
here on campus.
Do you like all your attributes and
features? Are you taking good care of
yourself? These are just some of the
questions that play into having a positive
body image.
“Celebrate Every Body” Zumba is a
class catered to all bodies and is a safe and
comfortable space for anyone to join. This
is one of the many ways the campus aims
to support a healthy student body while
including anyone who cares to join.
“The campus is definitely inclusive
because it affects our bodies positively
and negatively,” said Melendez. “We
as humans note other people’s features
unconsciously and we begin to compare
ourselves and we never know how it can
truly affect one’s self-love and self-
image.”
Another common thread among the
students was simply expressing that to
them, body positivity is about well-being
and overail health.
“It’s about knowing and rocking your
own image,” said Jennifer Cabrera, vice
president of one of the women’s club
basketball teams. “It’s about knowing and
loving yourself and making sure that you
know you are beautiful in your own skin. I
love my body, tattoos, stretch marks ~ all
of it.”
With open recreational basketball, yoga,
cardio, and group exercises available to all
students, the campus strives to include any
and everyone on the quest for students to
have that positive image.
“Some of the areas that the campus
could be more inclusive would be the
sports section,” Cabrera said. “There’s
a lot of the same people and body types
in our mainstream and club sports and
that’s not always inviting. It makes people
feel uncomfortable when they don’t see
anybody that looks like themselves and
that directly affects how we feel about our
bodies.”
“We can be more inclusive by having
and hosting as many ‘come as you are’
exercising and sporting events,” Jaser
said. “When people know that they are
welcome to these sorts of events without
necessarily having any experience or even
the attire, it creates an atmosphere where
we are promoting our own body positivity
and encouraging those around us to do the
same without the judgement.”
What’s most important is that a healthy
body is both a work of art and a daring
fashion statement. Having a positive body
image and a healthy mind to match is not
only beneficial to ourselves, but also it
spreads and promotes a healthy image for
all of us.
TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2018
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LACROSSE
Men
By ROB LEP
The University at Albany men’s
lacrosse team stormed back from a
9-7 deficit with four straight goals
in the final 3:18 to knock off the
Cornell Big Red at Casey Stadium
11-9 Sunday afternoon.
UAlbany, playing their first
game since earning the No. 1
ranking in the most recent polls
released Monday, saw their first
real test of the on after two
blowout wins over Syracuse and
Drexel to start the 2018 campaign.
They won those first two contests
by a combined 33-8 margin.
“First time really all year that
we've hit a little adversity,” UAI-
bany head coach Scott Marr said.
“Thought we handled it great.
Give Cornell a ton of credit for
being prepared. We had no pre-
conception this was going to be a
blowout. We knew this was going
to be a tough game.”
With the game tied in the final
moments, after a series of passes
from behind the net around the
Cornell defenders, junior mid-
fielder Sean Eccles gave a pass to
teammate Justin Reh, who ripped
a shot straight on past Big Red
goalkeeper Christian Knight to
give UAlbany a 10-9 lead with
1:17 remaining. For Reh, it was
his fifth goal of the season.
With the Great Danes up 10-9
and under a minute remainin;
the Nanticoke-Fields connec:
tion sealed the deal for Albany.
Nanticoke held the ball towards
the near sideline while toying with
a Cornell defender, cut inside and
ripped a pass to Fields who scored
the deciding goal to give UAlbany
a two-goal advantage with 00:38
seconds remaining.
“When we were down by two,
we get in the huddle there with
the offense and coach Thompson
drew something up there,” Marr
said. “Just listen, we need two
good shots to tie the game up and
we'll go from there. Knowing we
had TD and how well he was do-
ing at the X [faceoff], we felt re-
ally confident if we put one in, we
would get the ball back and take it
from there. He was unbelievable.”
Casey Stadium erupted and the
Danes had their third straight vic-
tory to open up the 2018 season.
Their No. 1 ranking still intact.
Senior attack Connor Fields.
led the way with three goals and
two assists in the win. Junior
midfielder Sean Eccles and Senior
midfielder Kyle McClancy also
had two goals a piece on the day.
Sophomore faceoff specialist
TD lerlan pulled his own version
of Don Larsen’s 1956 World Se-
ries Game 5 performance, finish-
ing the day a perfect 24-of-24 on
faceoff.
Ierlan was originally awarded
23-of-24 but a video review after
the game showed the Second
Team All-American one season
ago had possession of the ball,
followed by a turnover which was
then recovered by the Big Red.
On the on, lerlan has now
won 91 percent of his faceoffs
taken, which ranks first in the
country.
Cornell gave the Great Danes
everything they could handle, go-
ing into the locker room with a 6-4
advantage at halftime and scored
the first two goals of the fourth
quarter to give them a 9-7 lead.
“You know as the No. | team
going to get every team’s
shot,” Fields said. “Every-
one loves to be up a lot and feel
comfortable, but at the same time,
if you want to go deep in the
tournament, you’re going to have
close games.”
Cornell goalkeeper Christian
Knight, who came into the game
averaging 14.5 saves per game,
the third best per game average in
the country, finished the afternoon
with nineteen saves in the loss.
“I’m a big fan of Christian
Knight,” Cornell head coach Peter
Milliman said. “He’s been our
guy for a while. I thought it was a
pretty good day for him. He bailed
us out in some situations and
thought our defense did a great job
of giving him what he was looking
for. When you have a consistent
goalie, you can build a defense
around that. We’re making strides
towards doing that.”
Senior midfielder Jordan
Dowiak scored four goals for the
Big Red. Sophomore Jeff Teat,
who came into Sunday’s game
tied with Nanticoke for first in the
nation averaging four goals per
game, finished with a goal and an
ass
In the victory, Fields mov
into second place in points in
UAlbany program history and
12th in NCAA Division I history,
with 296 in his career. He is also
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Survive Last-Minute Thriller
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Connor Fields sets up the offense.
tied for 20th in NCAA DI history
in goals with 172.
Tehoka Nanticoke, the No. 1
recruit in the nation coming into
the season as well as the top goal
scorer averaging 4 goals per game
coming in, found the back of the
net once to go along with two as-
sists in the victory.
A busy week lies ahead for
UAlbany as they’ve played the
first of three straight games in a
seven-day span. They'll travel to
M ‘husetts to take on UM:
Amherst before heading to Mary-
land to take on the No. 2 ranked
Terrapins Saturday, March 10 at
12pm.
MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD
Controversial Ruling
Strips Danes of 13th
Consecutive Title
By JUSTIN BERGLUND
The University at
Albany Men’s Track and
Field team finished second
in the Ameri
Championship, losing to
UMass Lowell. However,
12 straight indoor cham-
pionships, did not come
without controvers;
UAlbany led UMa
Lowell 168.5-167 going
into 4x400 meter relay, the
final event of the two day
tournament.
The Dane’s team of Jor-
dan Lawrence, Harmodio
Cruz III, Sidney Gibbons,
and Walter Briggs crossed
the finish line first, seem-
ingly securing their 13th
straight Indoor Champion-
Source: Bill Ziskin / UAlbany Sports
Referees ruled the Danes disqualified, leaving them with no
points for their race and allowing UMass Lowell to move on.
ship and entrance to the
NCAA Tournament.
However, after a
UAlbany team member
celebrated on the track and
interfered with a runner
from the University of New
Hampshire team while he
was still running, the ref-
erees decided to disqualify
the Danes from the race.
This eliminated their
victory, giving them zero
points for the race and
allowing UMass Lowell,
who originally finished
fourth in the race, to over-
take UAlbany and secure
the championship victory
with 173 points to UAI-
bany’s 168.5.
Article 1, Section Five,
Rule Five of the NCAA
Track and Field Rulebook
states “When a competitor
commits a flagrant foul in a
race to aid a teammate, all
persons from the offending
team in that event shall be
disqualified. Interference
by a coach or a teammate
not in the event shall also
apply.”
The foul was committed
after UAlbany had already
won the race and did not
impact the placing of any
schools, so it was not
flagrant and did not aid a
teammate.
Despite the rule say-
ing UAlbany should not
have been disqualified, the
referees sent the decision
to an appeals jury of three
coaches from the part
pating schools. The coach-
es involved in the jury were
not disclosed by America
East officials when reached
for contact.
The jury upheld the
disqualification, sending
UMass Lowell to the Na-
tional Championship.
UAlbany, missing out on
the NCAA Tournament for
the first time since 2005,
has since finished seventh
in the IC4A & ECAC
Indoor Championships
this past weekend, the last
event of the indoor season.
Track and Field will now
switch to outdoor on,
where the team will travel
to events in South Caro-
lina, Puerto Rico, Florida,
California, Jamaica and
Connecticut before the
Spring Classic takes place
at UAlbany between April
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QUARTER FINAL
Danes’
By JOHN C. LONGTON Ill
ALBANY, N.Y. — Last year
the University at Albany men’s
basketball team held an eight-
point lead with five minutes to
play in the America East Confer-
ence Championship game. We all
know how they lost to Vermont
in dramatic fashion. It hurt. It was
something to grow from. Losing
only one key player and reloading
the front court, the Danes set their
sights on redemption in the 2017-
18 season.
This year they started fast right
out of the gate. They won their
first ten straight and were even
ranked in the top-5 in the nation
for mid-majors by the collegein-
sider.com poll (that was a good 10
spots ahead of Vermont, a team
that won 30 plus conference game
in-a-row). This was supposed
to be the year when Joe Cremo
and David Nichols take over the
league and go dancing for the first
time in their collegiate careers.
Nothing was going to stop them.
The UAlbany men’s basketball
team fell to Stony Brook 59-54 in
the opening round of the America
East Conference Tournament in
front of a rambunctious crowd at
SEFCU Arena Saturday night.
It shortened a season and
stunned the players, coaches and
onlookers who saw those same
Danes beat the same Seawolves
twice already in the 2017-18 cam-
paign by an average of 10 points.
“[ thought they [Stony Brook]
played really well and they did
a nice job playing physical and
aggressive,” said UAlbany Head
Coach Will Brown.
Joe Cremo was the only UAI-
bany player to finish with double
figures in any category with 24
points. He only shot a pedestrian
35-percent from the floor, but had
to take more shots than he’s ever
taken to compensate the Sea-
wolves’ new look defense.
“You've got to take it as every-
thing happens for a reason,” said
an emotional Cremo after his team
was eliminated. “I’ve just got to
come back as a better player next
year.”
For Stony Brook, their game
plan was simple. They put an extra
man in the paint and merely chose
not to guard Devonte Campbell,
who only totaled five points.
Campbell shot barely over 30-per-
cent from the floor and missed a
couple wide open threes, but you
can’t shoulder the burden just on
him alone.
“The way they guarded us
caused us problems,” said Brown.
“For me I respect Devonte Camp-
bell too much to just say sorry
son sit on the sideline no one is
guarding you.”
Campbell was named to the
America East All-Defense team
this past week and taking him off
the court because of his offensive
inefficiencies would have created
holes on the other end of the floor.
It also didn’t help that the Danes
shot 32-percent as a team.
“You have to make shots
and with that being said I really
thought that we struggled shoot-
ing the ball tonight,” said Brown.
“That makes every defensive pos-
session and every rebound more
important.”
David Nichols was a mere
afterthought. With an extra man
to float around, the Seawolves
defense swarmed the junior guard
and limited him to only seven
point while shooting 2-for-15
from the floor. This was one of
the worst performances of Nich-
ols’ college career and it came at
a time when his team needed him
the most. In the two prior games
against the Seawolves, Nichols
combined to score 33 points and
shot over 50 percent from the
floor.
Literally adding insult to injury,
star forward Travis Charles played
with limited minutes because of an
MCL sprain he suffered last week.
Early in the first half forwards
senior Alex Foster and Greig Stire
picked up two early fouls a piece,
which made Brown dip further
into his bench than he originally
planned to. Matt Conway and Ah-
mad Clark were called upon to try
Season Ends Amid High Hopes
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Joe Cremo drives to the hoop through a Stony Brook blockade.
to lessen the burden, but they col-
lectively couldn’t score a basket
as the Danes tried to figure out the
Seawolve attack on the fly.
UAlbany did not lead the game
at any point in the contest and
trailed Stony Brook by as many
as 14 points. They closed the gap
to within a basket or two several
times, but every time the Danes
came charging the Seawolves
would meet with a counter of their
own.
At one point in the game the
Danes went on a 10-0 run, an-
chored by Cremo’s two back-to-
back threes and two free-throws.
This snapped the Stony Brook
lead to just a point as the Danes
trailed 49-48 with just under nine
minutes to play.
Stony Brook called a time out
and went on a 6-2 run to push their
lead back up to 55-50 with about
seven minutes to play.
“I think the biggest thing is
when Cremo had that stretch
when he hit back-to-back threes
we bent, but we didn’t break,”
said Stony Brook Head Coach
Jeff Boals, who was an assistant
to Thad Matta at Ohio State. “It’s
a sign of a team that’s grown
throughout the year.”
There was one point in the
game late in the second half when
a backcourt violation clearly was
not called on the Seawolves that
lead to an easy layup and pushed
their lead up to seven. That could
have been a five-point swing in
the Danes’ favor if it was called
and could have changed the trajec-
tory of the game.
“The way we were playing we
needed all the help we could get,”
said Brown. “Listen, his whole
foot was in the back court and he
[the ref] didn’t see it.”
The ball didn’t bounce the
Danes’ way and the calls certainly
did not go their way as well. Now
the Danes are left thinking what
the season could have been. There
was a lot of hype and expectations
surrounding this team that they
frankly could not live up to.
After this season the Danes are
going to lose three players in the
front court that played hefty min-
utes this year. Greig Stire, Travis
Charles and Alex Foster will be
exiting the team upon graduation.
There might be one last op-
portunity for them to play as a
unit this year as the school decides
whether or not they want to play
in a conciliation tournament like
the CBI or something of that
caliber.
“Coaches always want to con-
tinue to play. I want my seniors to
be able to continue to play,” said
Brown. “A lot goes into it...we’ll
do what’s best for our program
and athletic department.”
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Danes Squander Late Lead, Snap Fairytale Run
By ALEC AMBRUSO
game.
The road to a seventh consecutive
America East Conference title has ended.
The Lady Danes fell to Hartford 58-56 on
Sunday, allowing Hartford to face No.1
seed Maine on March 9 for the America
East Conference Championship.
The No. 2 seed Lady Danes opened
conference tournament play on Saturday
against the No. 7 Vermont Catamounts in
the quarterfinal round.
‘The Danes never trailed, outscoring Ver-
mont in the first, third, and fourth quarters
by a combined 18 points on their way to a
62-40 victory.
Three Danes recorded double figures
— Chyanna Canada totaled 14, Tiana-Jo
Carter 13 and Jessica Féquiére scored 11
points.
Canada also added two steals and six
rebounds to lead the team to a decisive win
to enter yet another semifinal round in the
team’s recent successful run.
The Danes were in for a battle from the
get-go against a Hartford that knocked off
No. 3 seed Binghamton a day prior.
‘The game had experienced eight lead
changes and was a back-and-forth battle
right down to the very last seconds of the
Sophomore guard Mackenzie Trpcic led
the team with 16 points and seven assists,
including two 3-pointers.
Joining her in double-figures were
Féquiére 10 points and Carter adding 12
more. Carter notched nine rebounds to
contribute to the Danes’ 34 rebounds, which
edged the Hawks in the category by one.
Despite these performances, Hartford
never backed down. They had four play-
ers score at least 12 points, and shot from
beyond the are at a 33-percent clip, better
than Albany’s 22-percent.
With one minute to go, Albany’s 56-53
lead was cut to one with a basket by Hart-
ford forward Darby Lee.
Albany tried to answer back, but
Féquiere turned the ball over on a pass at
half court intended for Trpcic. This led to a
Hartford fast-break layup giving them the
one-point advantage with 51 seconds left in
regulation.
Hartford would score again with a free
throw by Lindsey Abed, who has been 90
percent at the charity stripe this season.
She missed her second attempt which gave
Albany a chance with 4.5 seconds left and
two timeouts to boot.
Two inbound lobs from Trpcic to Carter
~~
failed to amount to points for the Danes, the
latter of which came with a second to go
and was taken away by Hartford’s Abed to
seal the upset.
The Danes didn’t advance to the America
East Conference Tournament Champion-
ship game for the first time since 2011.
Their nation-leading six conference
championships in-a-row was snapped at the
hands of a Hawks team that they had lost to
UALBANY
Source: Steve McLaughlin / UAlbany Sports
Féquiére shoots the ball.
for the second time this season.
‘The Danes will lose three key players
this offseason due to graduation. Jessica
Féquiére, a player who scored her 1,000th
collegiate point, Tiana-Jo Carter and Bose
Aiyalogbe are all leaving the team. These
players have averaged a combined 34 points
per game and will leave a void in the Great
Dane lineup next year.
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