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University Investigating
Unattended Campus Death
By STEFAN LEMBO-STOLBA
The University at Albany police are
investigating the death of an under-
graduate whose body was found last
Monday in a wooded area near Free-
dom Apartments.
The body of Ravin Pahladsingh, a
21-year-old Queens native, was discov-
ered by a community member who was
walking through the area to the west of
Freedom A partments.
Emergency teams from the surround-
ing area including Albany Fire Depart-
ment, Albany Police Department, and
university police from both UAlbany
and the nearby SUNY Polytechnic
Institute responded to the incident.
The UA lbany senior was pronounced
dead on arrival and transported to the
medical examiner's office by Albany
Fire paramedics, according to UAlbany
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Deputy Police Chief Aran Mull.
Although details on the cause of
death are unavailable, Mull described
the death as “unattended,” which im-
plies the investigation must proceed as
potentially criminal.
“There is no evidence of foul play,”
said Vice President for Student A ffairs,
Michael Christakis, in a statement re-
leased to Freedom A partment residents
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Interim
President
Discusses
A ppointment
By Tyler McNeil
Recently minted Interim President, James Stellar,
discussed topics ranging from the future of the Uni-
versity at Albany to the challenges ahead for higher
education in a one-on-one interview last week.
Prior to former president Robert J. Jones’ depar-
ture from UA lbany to become Chancellor of the
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Vice
President of the University of Illinois System, Stel-
lar was selected by the SUNY Board of Trustees to
temporarily lead UA lbany.
Seven people have run the University at
Albany in the last 12 years. Do you foresee this
presidency to remain a temporary position or
do you plan to stay awhile?
While I love the University at Albany, I have to
say that I see this as a temporary position ... We're
hoping that the integration of our plans for the Uni-
versity will make the transition [for the next presi-
dent] smooth, so that it’s not so much of a problem
as it has been in the past.
You walked into this role shortly before SUNY
Polytechnic Institute President A lain Kaloye-
ros became suspended from his role next door.
With much f the industry that has opened under
Kaloyeros before and after SUNY Poly split, are
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you concerned that these criminal charges and
the recent SUNY Poly investigation will hit the
regional economy?
T assume under SUNY’s leadership that they will
put together a central plan for SUNY Poly because
clearly we do not want the region to be hit... It's
too bad that this had happened. The indictments
alone and the change in presidency is a hit, but 1
think we can get through it. I hope we can. J plan to
help in any way I can.
In the national election, higher education has
been largely absent from the debate stage. As an
administrator for over two decades, what do you
believe should be addressed regarding higher
education in the political arena?
I absolutely believe that lawmakers need to invest
more in higher education ... It's also important that
the education side uses that money absolutely well;
we need to know what we’ re doing and apply it ef-
fectively.
One of the issues about the college’s plan
currently is a very high demand for space on
campus, whether it’s residence halls or offices.
With 20,000 students expected at the University
at Albany by 2020, how does the college plan to
face this issue?
By Tyler McNeil
Temporary compensation
changes for the University at
Albany's students working
for Residential Life has had
a mixed reception among
resident assistants across
campus living areas.
For over a month, resident
assistants and housing man-
agers have earned Podium
cash, or money transferred
to their SUNY Card, after
receiving paychecks in the
past years.
Unlike paychecks, Po-
dium accounts are limited
to several campus services,
university venues, and desig-
nated off campus businesses.
A senior RA on Dutch
Quad said that the new
compensation system has
created issues when it comes
to making payments towards.
businesses that do not accept
Podium funds. He requested
anonymity out of concern
that criticism of the tempo-
rary system could lead to
employment conflicts with
Residential Life.
“T understand that we
don’t have as many duty
hours as most other jobs, but
if [Residential Life] is going
to pay us in currency that
we can’t use, I don’t know
what's the point of this?” he
said.
RAs are limited to 10
hours of work each week.
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I think we have two factors here. First of all, I
think we're going to have to expand our capacity to
house students ... Second thing, and I leaned this
lesson when I became dean at Northeastern Uni-
versity, many students actually prefer to live in the
Ina room lit only by candles,
undergraduates at the University
at Albany had the opportunity to
anonymously ask questions about
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ing the UA lbany Green Scene’s
The event, hosted in the
Campus Center, was moderated
by Carol Stenger, the director of
the A dvocacy Center for Sexual
Violence, and Mary Ellen Mallia,
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| CENSORSHIP
UAlbany’s Take on Banned Books
By ZARA AHMAD
With the hopes of bringing at-
tention to the ever-prevalent issue
of the censorship of various well-
known books, the University at
Albany's University Library held
a discussion on banned books last
Wednesday.
Popular novels such as “Lord
of the Flies,” “To Kill a Mocking-
bird,” “The Great Gatsby,” and
“Catch 22” are among the many
novels which have been challenged
and banned at one point in time
due to their controversial nature.
Hosting the event was UAlbany
librarian, Amanda Lowe, who has
been passionate about speaking
out against censoring literature for
many years.
“In the sixth grade I read a book
called “When Dad Killed Mom”...
Of course I had to share it with all
my peers,” Lowe said. “The school
tried to ban it, but I went to the
Board of Education with my mom
and told them they could not do
that.”
That was not the only instance
that would influence the banned
book read out.
“When I was younger, this girl
sat next to me in class and one day
I happened to be reading ‘Harry
Potter.’ She looked at me and
said, ‘Y ou are going to hell. My
mother told me I’m not allowed to
read those books because the devil
worshippers read them,’” Lowe
recalled.
Lowe found this declaration
by aclassmate to be disturbing,
which is another reason why she
is so adamant about speaking on
censorship.
“Tt seems that as much as we
grow as a nation, we take ten steps
back when it comes to literature...
It’s okay to have different opinions
and beliefs, but what is not, is tell-
ing people what they can or cannot
read,” Lowe said. “We need to
stand up for everybody’ s right to
read whether you like the book or
not. It’s very important.”
Despite the exclusion of such
books from libraries and schools in
many countries, the UAlbany Li-
brary has made all of them readily
available to students to be checked
out and read.
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Wednesday.
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Guest speaker: J oseph LeDoux
By JONATHAN MILLER
Neuroscientist and author
Joseph LeDoux, took to the
stage last Tuesday night at the
University at Albany Performing
Arts Center to discuss his most
recent book with students.
LeDoux has had a long
standing career in researching
the fundamental mechanisms
of humans and their driving
emotions. His most recent work,
“Anxious: Using the Brain to
Understand and Treat Fear and
Anxiety,” attempts to understand
what exactly causes the brain to
have the reactions it does under
particular emotions or stress.
LeDoux’s primary study has
been the amygdala, or “the two
almond-shaped group located at
the temporal lobe,” as he puts it,
before following up by saying
that the amygdala is far greater
than most scientists are aware,
with a vast amount of informa-
tion not yet to be discovered.
The New Y ork University
science professor has found
that “there is a negative bias in
emotion in which most research
in emotion is about the nega-
tive stuff because it is the most
important in terms of survival
and immediacy.”
In his book, LeDoux dissects
the true meaning of negative
emotions such as fear since it
is fear that the human brain
responds to almost instantly.
According to the professor,
fear does not originate in the
amygdala, but it is responsible
for the body’s action upon threat.
While it does not cause the
overwhelming feeling of fear,
the amygdala nonetheless has a
part to play in detecting it with
regards to “decisions-making”
and “emotional reactions.”
In his article for Psychology
Today, LeDoux wrote, “from the
beginning, my research suggest-
ed that the amygdala contributes
to non-conscious aspects of fear,
by which I meant the detection
of threats and the control of body
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responses that help cope with the
threat.”
Itis a study that needs more
understanding and research
in order to shake that prede-
termined idea of fear in the
amygdala, and is something
that LeDoux has built a 30-year
career around.
Asamember of the band
The Amygdaloids, LeDoux and
his colleagues are working to
educate the public about neuro-
science, specifically regarding
mind and brain disorders.
LeDoux has also written other
novels such as “The Emotional
Brain: The Mysterious Under-
pinnings of the Emotional Life.”
His novels continue to explore
the parallels of the human and
animal minds starting with just
the question: “what happens to
our brains when we are scared,
happy, or in love?”
Questions revolving around
the way certain people’ s brains
behave and interact are still
questions being asked in today’s
uneasy climate.
During the discussion,
LeDoux referred to one of his
previous books, “Synaptic Self:
How Our Brains Become Who
We Are” in which he said, “par-
ticularly significant is the fact
that the bias test was an implicit
measure of racial bias. This sug-
gests that implicit (unconscious)
tendencies toward racism are
reflected in the degree to which
the amygdala is activated by
stimuli representing the group
biased against.”
It is important to note that
while this is fascinating work
in LeDoux’s renowned career,
there is still very much to learn
about the process of creating
emotions and how that impacts
our being.
LeDoux began the evening
by saying, “one of our greatest
talents is being able to predict
the future ... anxiety is the price
we pay.”
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Bystander
Training
Campaign
to Begin
By ELISE COOMBS
Seeking to prevent sexual
violence by informing students
on how to become positive by-
standers, the JustA sk campaign
launched through the Sexual
Violence Prevention Project
will begin this week on Oct. 5.
Kicking off the project will
be the JustA sk campaign which
will take place in front of the
fall fountain from noon to 3
p.m. on Oct. 5. Here students
will receive information about
safe and effective methods for
positive bystander intervention
and will be able to sign up for
the empowered bystander train-
ing session sponsored by the
university. The campaign will
continue on the Downtown and
East Campuses on Friday, Oct.
7 from noon to 3 p.m.
The bystander training pro-
gram, which is the highlight of
the Sexual Violence Prevention
Project, is a voluntary training
session. It lasts 90 minutes and
will be offered six times be-
tween October 6 and November
16. Each session aims to teach
60-90 students; the program’s
goal is to reach 25% of the stu-
dent population, approximately
4,500 students, during the fall
semester.
Students attending this ses-
sion can expect to be broken
into groups of roughly 30
people. According to Chantelle
Cleary, the Title IX coordina-
tor, the smaller groups are
necessary because the training
is interactive.
“We really just talk to the
students,” Cleary said.
The session will start by
defining active bystanders and
then distinguishing between by-
standers and positive bystand-
ers. Facilitators will incorporate
an analysis of past events of
violence, with a focus on how
the bystanders and their inter-
vention or lack of intervention.
played a role in the outcome.
Within the session, facilita-
tors will discuss ways that stu-
dents can intervene to prevent
violence. Cleary emphasized
the importance of safe interven-
tion, recognizing that students
are willing to help one another
but “either they don’t know
how to do it, or they don’t
know how to do it safely, or
they do, and they unintention-
ally make things worse.”
The project's goal is to give
students the tools to intervene
ina safe and positive way.
During the session, facilita-
tors will encourage students to
“confront behavior that leads to
cultural violence,” according to
Cleary.
By this cultural violence, she
means rape myths.
“So if we're not calling that
out, we're contributing to a cul-
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Monday night.
Mull shared this sentiment, claiming
that there was “no indication of the death
became upset following the death of his
close friend, Justin Zemser, who died ina
train crash in 2015.
Zemser, who was in the
ing class as Pahladsingh at Channel View
same graduat- —ingh’s death.
Jeremy Teekasingh, explained that he was
not aware of any medical disorders or
reasons that could have caused Pahlads-
It is still unclear whether drugs or alco-
know that he had people who loved and
cared about his well being in Albany,”
Pahladsingh’s family met with Chief
Mull on campus Tuesday morning.
Aside from an email sent to Freedom
as suspicious.”
Although the preliminary autopsy is
complete and has been shared with uni-
versity police, Mull explained that an of-
ficial death certificate is necessary before
sharing the cause of death with the public.
An official certificate of death will be
issued pending the results of the toxicol-
ogy screen, Mull said. Results of toxicol-
ogy screens can take three to four weeks.
“Everything we have including initial
autopsy results still point to nothing suspi-
cious or criminal,” Mull said.
Although little has been released on
how Pahladsingh died, several people
close to him have indicated that he
School for Research in Queens, NY, was
one of eight people killed when an Am-
trak train derailed in Philadelphia.
“He [Zemser] was his best friend,”
said Tiffany Ganshamballi, who knew
Pahladsingh from high school.
Graduating one grade below Pahlads-
ingh, Ganshamballi remembers her
schoolmate as “Kind, sweet, friendly, and
funny.” After high school, Ganshamballi
lost touch with Pahladsingh but took to
Facebook to find out more information
about her friend’s death.
“Weall miss him,” she said.
For those close to Pahladsingh at UAI-
bany, his death came as a surprise.
Pahladsingh’s friend and ex-roommate,
hol played a role in the death.
Teekasingh indicated that to the best
of his knowledge his friend had not been
using drugs or alcohol at the time of his
death.
Teekasingh went on to state that at
one time Pahladsingh disclosed to close
friends that he struggled with mental ill-
ness, but later explained that he discov-
ered these claims to be untrue.
Pahladsingh was described by his
friends as being a kind, non-confron-
tational, school oriented, and goofy,
individual.
“He was genuinely one of the kind-
est people I’ve met,” Teekasingh said. “I
really feel for his family, but I hope they
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Apartment residents, UAlbany Depart-
ment of Communication and university
police have not distributed any formal
notice of this event to students.
“Ravin’s death is a tragic loss, and we
offer our deepest condolences to his fam-
ily, friends and loved ones,” Christakis
said in the email to Freedom A partment
residents.
Students in need of support are en-
couraged to contact the Middle Earth
Peer Assistance Program, the Interfaith
Center, and Counseling and Psychological
Services.
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Name: Morgan Lorenz
Major: Environmental Science
Year: Junior
“T did not watch the debate because I
have a bio test tomorrow and I’ve been
busy studying.”
This week we asked: Did you watch the Presidential Debate? If you did, what
were your thoughts? If not, why?
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Name: Rahul Krishnamurti
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Major: Political Science Major: Music Composition
Year: Senior Year: Junior
“I thought it was interesting but I Rahul: “I did not get to see the de-
think a lot was talked about. I don’t bate yesterday because I was studying
think they got to a lot of the issues for an exam. I was kind of stuck with
and I think they talked in circles, doing that,”
especially Trump.”
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SUPRHVIECOURT VACANCIES REVIAIN
By JONATHAN PETERS.
In response to six remaining place.
vacancies, the University at Al-
bany’s Student Association Sen-
ate granted President Felix Abreu
more time to appoint new justices
to the SA Supreme Court at its
last W ednesday night meeting.
The bill, which A breu says is
“unconstitutional,” will provide
him with two more weeks to ap-
point Supreme Court judges. While Abreu does have the
According to the bill, the SA right to appoint the justices
Senate “[granted] the executive through interviewing the best
branch a two week extension in candidates for the positions, he
order for the process of inter- is not required to interview the
viewing and selecting potential person that others appoint to the
appointees to the Supreme Court paid position of chief justice.
to be conducted.” Vice President, Colin Man-
The bill also appointed the only
serving member on the Supreme
Court, Morgan Knudtsen, as the
new Chief Justice Pro-tempore
until all six spots are filled.
The question of constitution-
ality resonated throughout the
Assembly Hall until midnight as
members of the executive branch
debated over the four bylaws ae Association shall be considered
quoted in the bill. They argued _ “believed that as an execu- supreme to any by-law or policy
whether or not these bylaws tive branch they needed a little adopted, or to any action taken by
applied to the Supreme Court's bit more time to go through the any Student Association govern-
nomination of a chief justice by due diligence process, pick the mental branch.”
Oct. 1 and whether or not the absolute best core applicants for "The conistitatiow.alse states
bill had the power to override an
article in the constitution.
Bylaw 201.9.2 states that “all
constituency meetings must be
advertised two weeks in ad-
vance,” meaning that requiring a
vote to appoint or elect a person
into a position must be advertised
two weeks before the vote takes
Bylaws 521.10.1.1, 521.10.1.2,
and 521.10.1.3, all state that
any SA position that receives a
stipend must be posted on the SA.
website, must be distributed to
the student body by email, anda
mass meeting or mass publication
at least two week prior to a formal
interview process must occur.
chester, believes that if the
appointees were approved on
Wednesday night then they would
immediately have to vote ona
chief justice before the Oct. 1
deadline. Since Manchester wants
to ensure that all the appointees
are suitable candidates, he has
granted A breu more time to inter-
view and review choices.
the positions, and if they came
back with the same exact court,
then that’s completely fine and
I support that decision fully,”
Manchester said. “I just think that
time needs to be given.”
According to Section V
Article 1 of the SA constitution,
“the Constitution of the Student
that the senate must approve
the president's seven Supreme
Court nominees, who will then
vote fora chief justice amongst
themselves by Oct. 1. Abreu’s
motion to appoint the members
on Wednesday night was denied
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Newly elected Student Association Senators being sworn in for the first time by SA
Supreme Court Justice Morgan Knudtsen.
and not put on the agenda for
the meeting. Since his request
was denied, Abreu would have
to have the appointees approved
after Oct. 1, which he along with
other supporters of the bill argued
would be unconstitutional.
Abreu, along with Comptrol-
ler, Robert Warshauer, objected
to the passing of the bill, saying
it would set an unconstitutional
precedent if passed.
“By passing this legislation,
five years from now, somebody
will look back and say ‘oh, they
passed a resolution to override
what the constitution says. Let
me just pass resolutions to over:
tide the constitution.’ That is not
something that we want people to
believe. We don’t want to estab-
lish that,” Abreu said.
In regards to setting a prec-
edent, Manchester said, “I person-
ally do not think [the bill] is going
to have that big of an effect. Rob
and Felix think that the precedent
outweighs the due diligence and
I’m just the flip side of that. Like
I said, we have mutual respect; I
am just on the opposite end of it.”
Abreu tried to convince the
senate that the bill was not needed
because he had already done his
due diligence in interviewing his
appointees.
“T would not choose to appoint
somebody if I [felt] like they
were not worthy of that position.
My appointments represent the
character that I uphold. These are
individuals that I feel like would
definitely bring a lot to the Stu-
dent Association,” Abreu said.
The bill was sponsored by
newly recognized Dean of the
Senate, Senator Connor Dun-
leavy, and passed after a 25 - 10
vote. Abreu will now have until
Oct. 19 to present six Supreme
Court appointees before senate.
Until then, Chief Justice Pro-
tempore, Knudtsen, can now
begin approving student group
constitutions as the only member
of the court.
JUSTASK
ture in which 1 in 5 women and 1 in 33 men
are sexually assaulted at college campuses
every year,” she said.
So far the project has trained 15 facilita-
tors, including members of the project's
staff, community partners, and educators
in advocacy and prevention. The project is
training more facilitators in October, with
the objective of having a total of 30 facilita-
tors.
After the training, facilitators will ask
students to take a pledge. The pledge entails
the student signing a commitment to be an
“empowered bystander” by taking action
when a situation is concerning or violent.
Already, most of the athletic teams
have been trained in bystander interven-
tion this year as required under the Enough
is Enough law. Due to SUNY policy, all
SUNY schools have been offering this
training since 2014.
With the goal of reaching “as many
students as possible,” the project is training
all members of fraternity and sorority life as
well as all student leaders of organizations.
In the future, the project may look into
making the training mandatory for freshman
so that within four years, all students on
campus will have been trained in bystander
intervention.
The We Care event, which has taken
place in A pril for the past two years, is also
Patt of the project. During this event, UAI-
any partners with Albany Medical Center
at students help create survivor kits for
victims who can leave their physical exam
with items of comfort like toothbrushes and
fresh clothes.
In addition to the JuskA sk campaign, the
We Care event is a way the project is trying
to keep its presence throughout the school
year.
“We should have more of a presence
throughout the year with our education and
prevention efforts,” said Cleary.
Currently, she wants to use the trained
student leaders to incorporate more students
that may not be as active on campus into the
training.
| FUNDING
Professor A warded Grant
for Fracking Research
By ELISE COOMBS.
Earlier this month, University at
Albany public administration and
policy professor Jennifer Dodge, re-
ceived the Paul A. Volcker Research
Grant Award.
The grant enables Dodge to hire a
graduate student for three months to
help with her initial analysis on how
fracking has interrupted environ-
mental governance in New Y ork.
Currently, Dodge is working with
Bill Sisk, a graduate student in the
Rockefeller College of Public Af-
fairs and Policy.
Dodge is interested in analyzing
the difference between how New
Y ork and Pennsylvania handle frack-
ing since it occurs in Pennsylvania
but not in New Y ork.
With this grant, Dodge’s goal is
to develop tools for technology as-
sessment.
“If we think about fracking as a
combination of new techniques to
get oil and gas out of the ground,
that poses new and interesting
regulatory challenges and societal
challenges,” she said.
The tools Dodge hopes to gain
from her research could be used
in environmental courses to guide
students’ thoughts on questions
with fracking as an environmental,
economic, and energy project.
One of the questions that fracking
raises is how to treat the waste water
that it produces. This ties in with the
environmental impacts that fracking
could have. Dodge’s research inves-
tigates how both citizens and
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OBESITY’S UNFAIR TREATMENT
By DANIEL PINZON
Assumptions aren’ t facts. They can lead us in a general
direction, but that doesn’t mean that direction will be the
right one. We need to learn when to assume, especially in
situations that involve our health.
Obesity is a prominent health issue in the United States
of America, however, that doesn’t lay any foundation for
people to shame those who are obese. It also doesn’ t lay
any foundation for medical professionals to overlook these
people.
The medical field, even with technology constantly
advancing, is still ill prepared to treat the obese population.
According to the Gina K olata in her New Y ork Times
article, “The difficulties range from scales and scanners,
like M.R.I. machines that are not built big enough for very
heavy people, to surgeons who categorically refuse to give
knee or hip replacements to the obese, to drug doses that
have not been calibrated for obese patients.” With these
people unable to even be examined, they are a prime target
for health issues.
This comes off as if our medical field is discouraging
obesity in a harmful way. It may come off unintentionally
as that they won’ t treat a person if they are obese. And
in some cases, treating an obese person can be difficult;
their medical approach is different than an average weight
person, but that shouldn’t result in denying them treatment.
Medical professionals also shouldn’t come to the
assumption that an obese person's heath problems revolve
around just their weight. Their obesity could be the root of
their health issue, yet losing weight isn’t the one cure. You
can lose the weight, but the weight loss doesn’t take away
their scoliosis.
A study of 122 primary care doctors associated with the
Texas Medical Center in Houston captured the mindset of
doctors towards obese patients. Concluding that doctors,
“reported that seeing patients was a greater waste of their
time the heavier that they were, that physicians would
like their jobs less as their patients increased in size, that
heavier patients were viewed to be more annoying, and
that physicians felt less patience the heavier the patient
was.”
Although the life of a doctor is hard and stressful, they
have entered that career to help others and treat those who
feel ill. This isn’t a field in which you can pick favorites
and decided which patient to treat. Even if efficiency is
what doctors strive for, and the goal is to help as many
people possible, it’s unfair to disregard others due to their
difficulty in trying to examine them.
Cdc.org states that 36.5 percent of U.S. adults are obese.
That is more than a third of people that can potentially be
misdiagnosed due to their obesity. That is more than a third
of people that can be overlooked for their health issues.
It's these conditions that discourage obese people
from even going to the doctors in the first place. As
mentioned before, assumptions are bad, and at this rate
of non-thorough examination, obese people will assume
an unwelcoming trip to the hospital. They will think that
doctors will blame their fat. And the person to blame isn’t
the person who is seeking help for their health issues, it’s
the person who tums them down or doesn’t check them
correctly.
If there’s one thing people can do, it’s judge one
another. And one thing we judge pretty harshly is the shape
and size of our bodies. We do live in era of body shaming.
People claim they have a right to be so harsh and
judgmental towards those who are obese because they are
concerned with their health. And although it’s very nice
for someone to care about your health, it doesn’t justify
body shaming. Ultimately, a person is in charge of their
body. If they like to be obese and choose to continue to be
obese, so be it. They should be well aware that obesity is
endangering them, but if they have accepted that, there's
nothing anyone else can do. It’s up to them to strive for
change, and if they don’t want to change, then there’s
nothing anyone else can do about it.
| DIVERSITY
She’s a Lady: A look at H&M’s Newest Ad
By CLAIRE MCCULLEY
When we are asked to think of the fashion industry and
its media representation, we tend to conjure images of
overwhelmingly white, waifish models, with Euro-centric,
highly sexualized standards of beauty. This idea digs into
our psyche from billboards and buses and magazine ads,
deceptively dangerous. We are so used to this dismissive
hierarchy that we absorb it like air.
However, H&M breaks that message entirely this fall
with its new Autumn Collection 2016 ad. The video is only
one minute and twelve seconds in total, but it manages to
demonstrate both the tendemess and ferocity that women
possess. And not just women, but women of various ages,
sizes, ethnicities, shapes, heights, and appearances.
The ad is immediately different from the typical. We
are treated to an opening shot of a voluptuous woman ina
bra and underwear strolling away from the camera, as she
goes to check herself out in her bathroom mirror. Then there
is a rapid montage of models in various other locations— a
wraithlike woman striding along a rooftop at nightfall with
her suit jacket slung over one shoulder, a model in an ethereal
pink dress and shaved head, and a group of young black
women arriving at an upscale restaurant in stunning attire.
Another important detail is the background music, a cover of
Tom Jones’ “She's a Lady” by Lion Babe. Not only does this
ad question what it means to be “a lady,” but it redefines it
completely.
The video employs more powerful symbolism in the
remaining sixty seconds. Models engage in traditionally
“unladylike’ activities, like dominating a professional
meeting, picking food out of their teeth with a fork while
using a knife as a mirror, unzipping their jeans before
sprawling on a hotel bed to enjoy room-service French fries,
spreading out on the subway rather than shrinking to take up
less space, and plunging into a pool after dark. The final shot,
two women kissing underwater in a beam of moonlight, is
brave and breathtaking. It seems to tell of a future where ads
like this are not rare but commonplace; where this is but one
of many unique, inclusive campaigns.
The diversity of models is equally impressive. The
women featured are A dwoa A boah, Hari Nef, Heather
Kemesky, Iselin Steiro, Neelam Gill, and Katy Syme, as well
as Jillian Hervey of Lion Babe, actress Lauren Hutton, and
Fatima Pinto, one of the most profoundly skilled boxers in
the world. These women represent identities that are so often
cast aside in the realm of fashion and modeling. They are
black, Asian, Latina, transgender, queer, curvy, athletic, and
androgynous, as well as playful, striking, elegant, imperfect,
and unapologetic.
This by farnot the only example of women of color or
queer women— or both— being seen and heard in mainstream.
media. Seventeen year old A mandla Stenberg (you may
recognize her as the actress who played Rue in the Hunger
Games), is a black, bisexual actress who speaks out on issues
of race, heteronormativity, and gender, especially in popular
entertainment and fashion. While she typically uses she/her
pronouns, Amandla is also very open about her fluidity of
gender. She has been featured in magazines like Teen Vogue,
Dazed, and Elle, and has already made a tremendous impact
on social norms at her young age.
Another boundary-breaking moment for women on
the runway happened in spring of 2014, when designer Rick
Owens hired four black American sororities to dance and
model his clothing during Paris fashion week. The women
performed a stunning, disturbing routine which lasted for
over ten minutes, combining A frican dance, step, militant
movement, and tap-dance. Owens is quoted saying that he
envisioned the performance to be “vicious— I want royal
street edge” (Dazed Digital, 2014). He did this to shake the
institutional fashion hierarchy to its bones, and he succeeded.
“Their full-throttle, hair whipping and teeth-gritting
performance became a massive statement about the almost
grotesque nature of fashion week,” said joumalist Isabella
Burley.
The message from these women may be a more intense
version of the one in H&M’s ad video, but the meaning is
the same. By breaking racial, hypersexual, heteronormative
standards and antiquated norms of ideal body image, their
statement is clear and unified: This is what it is to be beautiful
and ferocious and unstoppable; this is what a woman looks
like.
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INTIMATE, HILARIOUS EXPERIENCE
By ERIC BENNETT
Ben Folds retumed to The Egg
Center for The Performing Arts this past
Monday, September 26. As an audience
member shouted and reminded him, he
had not played in Albany since 2009.
Since then, Folds has released several
albums including his most recent, “So
There”, a classical album with New
Y ork chamber sextet yMusic. While the
album features accompaniment from the
orchestra, Folds’ current tour is quite
different. He plays each show with just a
piano, and his foot tapping to keep time.
While watching Folds play each song,
it became ever clearer why this man has
become such a famous name in music.
His piano playing looks and sounds truly
masterful, and he works the crowd with
ease.
Anincredibly intimate show, Folds
spoke to the crowd between nearly every
song, asking them to sing parts of it with
him, and giving personal backstories on
each song. These stories ranged from
humorous to chilling. Folds got a laugh
when he told the crowd that the lyrics
of “Cigarette” are actually just a run-on
sentence he read in an Asheville, NC
newspaper, and then tried to recite it.
However, he also told the crowd that
“Not a Fan”, a song about different tastes
in music ending a relationship, was
written after reflecting on an incident that
occurred after his Ben Folds Five single
“Brick” became a hit. Folds recalled a
man coming backstage and asking him
what the song was about. When Folds said
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he didn’t want to talk about it, the man
pulled out a knife, only to be tackled by
Folds’ tour manager.
Adding to the intimate feeling of
the show was the return of a tradition
at Ben Folds concerts; paper airplane
requests. A fter about eleven songs, the
audience was informed that Folds would
play another and then there would be an
intermission. In the lobby there would be
paper. The audience should write a song
they wanted to hear on page, and then fold
the page into a paper airplane. A fter the
intermission, there would be a countdown
and to throw the airplanes up onto the
stage.
Once it was covered with planes, Folds
retumed to the stage and picked up planes
at random, assembling a set list. It's a
unique experience to be able to influence
what is played during a concert, and it
added to the night’s feeling of being one-
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on-one with Folds.
Among the requests were fan favorites
from his days in Ben Folds Five such as
“Underground” and “Philosophy”, and
some of his most famous solo records
like “The Luckiest”. Folds got his biggest
laugh of the night telling a story about
atime when he was an opening act for
John Mayer. He had been playing a piano
cover of the Dr. Dre classic “Bitches
Ain’t Shit” on many of the tour stops,
and occasionally the song would be met
by boos from the crowd. Monday night,
he picked up two paper airplanes in a
row, both with “Bitches Ain’t Shit” on
them. One night on the John Mayer tour,
he played the song, was booed, and then
told the crowd, “I’m going to play this
song again, and you will sing along or
I'll play ita third time”. At the Egg show
he played it and the audience sang along.
After he finished it, he started it again and
was met with an uproar of laughter from
the crowd.
After finishing his fan-made set list,
Folds held up another paper, and informed
the audience he would play “one more
song, ‘One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn
Faces’, walk off stage, pretend there
would be no encore, come back out, and
play one more song”. That was exactly
what he did. He finished off the night with
the one of the most powerful Ben Folds
Five songs, “Army”, and had the audience
sing parts of it with him. He closed the
show by showcasing how gifted he is as a
performer, through the music he played,
and through how well he connected with
his crowd.
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_ FILMREVIEW
A ‘Magnificent’ Remake of a Classic Western
Chris Pratt, Ethan
Hawke, and Vincent
D'Onofrio star as a
few of the group, as
well as supporting
cast who keep the
group strong. With
arun time of alittle
over two hours, the
film was at risk of
dragging, especially
since it was a
westem. However,
it was a pleasant
surprise to see that
By LEE MCPETERS
“Tf God didn’t want them to be
slaughtered, he wouldn't have made
them sheep.” Those were some of the last
words of Bartholomew Bogue, the villain
of “The Magnificent Seven,” which
premiered on September 23. That line
served to finalize the audiences’ dislike
of the character of Bogue, played by Peter
Sarsgaard. The audience was behind
the group of seven banded together to
take him down and the story gripped our
attention and held it throughout the whole
running time of the film.
Based on the original film of the every moment kept
same name which premiered in 1960, you gripped and
it was well done and did justice to the drawn in.
original. The film was centered around Tt contained
the town of Rose Creek, a small western a perfect mix of
town terrorized by Bogue, whose only seriousness and
interest in the land is that of gold and humor. There
mining. He has no care for the residents, were many tense
paying almost nothing to those willing moments as well, and
to sell their land, and killing those who the timing throughout rooted for the band of seven, as they
dare to stand up to him and refuse to the movie was well done. “Justice has a could connect to the desire for justice and
sell their land. Many leave in terror, number,” was the tagline of the film, and Tevenge.
driven out of their homes and town. although the band originally agreed to Those themes were ones that were
One widower, Emma Cullen, whose help the town because of the promise of explored throughout the film as the town
husband was murdered by Bogue, hires a large monetary reward, their purpose of Rose Creek was portrayed as having
Chisholm, played by Denzel Washington, and mission transformed into one of a strong religious foundation, which
who then recruits six others, becoming genuine concem and desire to help the Bogue exploited and used to terrorize
the unofficial leader of the Magnificent town. While that might sound corny, it the town even more. Emma Cullen's
character, portrayed by Haley Bennet,
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sums up the moral dilemma when asked
what her desire was in regards to Bogue
and her town. Her answer was, “I seek
righteousness, but I'll take revenge.” She
received that desire as the group prepared
the town for the fight of their lives. We
cheer as we watch, as we connect with the
citizens in their desire to keep their town
and families safe. The band of seven were
indeed truly magnificent.
Seven. was portrayed well, and the audience
| VISITING SPEAKER
Modemist Writer Jennifer
Kabat Speaks at UA lbany
By ALEXIS
CALCAVECCHIA
Award winning
modemist, writer and
blogger Jennifer Kabat
spoke at the University
at Albany on Thursday,
September 27.
Kabat grew up in
Catskill, New Y ork, and
developed a passion for
landscape and writing.
Landscape inspired her
to open her mind to the
world in many ways. She
said, “seeing a landscape
around me that shifted
how America views itself
and was really important
for our image of our
country was a big part
of why I started writing
about the landscape and
history, but I love nature
and am always thinking
about how place, space
and ideas intersect.”
At her show “Future
Perfect” Kabat went
through a series of
slides and excerpts.
These excerpts were
taken from essays she
creates. In each of her
essays, Kabat talks about
Modernism and “Future
Perfect”. Future Perfect
at UAlbany represented
the relationship between
humans and nature.
“The Butterfly Effect” is
Kabat’s essay that was
inspired by the grounds
we walk on here, at the
University at Albany.
“The essay started with
my love of the campus
and thinking about how it
was built on these glacial
sands and that these
sands were, for years,
thought to be wasteland.”
In “The Butterfly
Effect”, Kabat connects
butterflies with Nelson
Rockefeller tossing sand,
Rockefeller’s dream,
universal truth, and
concrete. She connects
all of her ideas of to the
campus of UA lbany.
Kabat referenced many
historical images and
meanings throughout her
show. She talked about
how Timothy O’ Sullivan
was willing to lie through
the photographs he took
during the A merican Civil
War, how drones are
connected with American
power, the Cold War, and
how since the inception
of social media, the color
blue was used on icons.
Kabat makes all of these
connections within her
essays.
One of the connections
that Kabat made with
the Cold War was ona
snowy, winter day, Kabat
and a group of people
treaded up a hill towards
the reservoir in Catskill,
NY. They wanted to
get a taste of New Y ork
City that wasn’t very
far from home and she
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also loves snow. While
walking around, Kabat
remembered the first
large scale experiment
which took place in the
Catskills, a weather
modification system was
developed by GE during
the Cold War to be used
as a weapon. Professor
Kevin Vonnegut who
was a Professor here at
UAlbany worked on this
weather modification
system. Kabat said, “He
made it snow as a tool for
war. And this technique
of weather modification
also developed into
how we have man-made
snow at ski hills.” Kabat
reflects on this experience
in her essay “The
Rainmakers of Flood”
which was also published
in Harper's Magazine.
She’s currently
working ona book called
Growing up Modem,
which will include many
of her essays linked
together. She hopes
that when people read
her work they “think
critically of the world
around us and all of its
unseen histories, think
about what we engender
and how we build
civic and civil society,
particularly now.”
“What do we choose?
How do we choose it?
How do we speak to each
other?”
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newspapers
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be feared than
a thousand
bayonets...”
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neighborhoods, so we
don’t want to build 100
percent capacity for our
students to live on campus
because then we would
have to require them to
live on campus and many
wouldn’t like it... Another
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thing is that the percent
increment isn’t that daunt-
ing, although we do have
some problems with space
and we don’t want to
minimize them. So I think
there are opportunities with
really active, intelligent
management to achieve the
expansion without degrad-
ing anybody's quality of
experience ... We have to
be bigger and better, not
bigger and worse ...
And with that said,
would new residence halls
be available by 2020?
That's a good question
and I’m not sure. Once
again, I’ve only been here
for two days. But I find that
if we could make a plan that
might come into 2021, we
could either slow down the
growth or make some sort
of patch to the future. As
long as you have a future
that is clear, not unreason-
able, and not by 2030, I
think that we can find ways
to get from here to there
... We're awake, alive,
moving forward, and feel-
ing good about ourselves.
At least that’s what I hope
and that’s what we need to
move ahead.
One of your key ac-
complishments so far has
been being on the team
that launched the C ol-
lege of Engineering and
Applied Sciences. What
do expect will be dynamic
between the neighborhood
and university as a result
of this project?
By having that building
there, we’ re hoping to put
in entrepreneurial space so
[entrepreneurs] can come
in. We're hoping that will
attract entrepreneurs to the
area and that they'll live
right nearby ... We hope
that by doing things like
that and by collaborat-
ing with the city to solve
various problems, including
things as mundane as park-
ing, we hope to revitalize
apiece of Albany ... lam
told that 25 percent of the
people in the city of Albany
live below the poverty
line, so I think as a major
university in this city, we
have to help [reduce] that.
This one very good way to
do it... With this idea that
between Alumni Quad and
the downtown campus, we
have this spot that we can
really work on as a com-
munity.
A lot of what can hap-
pen in neighborhood
development is that it can
attract a wealthier class,
but it can also move the
poorer class out. It that
a difficult balance with
this?
Oh yes, because the
public university serves all
of its citizens, so we really
wouldn’t want that to hap-
pen... and the way to not
do that is to integrate with
social services; integrate
with the schools and be real
partners so it’s a win - win.
This is what public engage-
ment is about.
PAY
The switch to Podium,
approved early last spring
prior to RA selection, was
made as a result of provi-
sions that limited the amount
of hours student workers
could have while working
state positions.
The Albany Student Press
received multiple reports that
the change was prompted
by provisions under the A f-
fordable Care Act. Student
Affairs, Human Resources,
and Residential Life did not
confirm these claims at press
time.
“Paying the RAs a stipend
became an obstacle for them.
in pursuing other campus
paid positions and any
intemships that were within
astate agency,” said Laurie
Garafola, assistant vicePresi-
dent of Student A ffairs in an
email. “This was a way to
compensate the RAs without
interfering with paid state
intemships.”
While the new system will
not be permanent, Resi-
dential Life will not switch
back to paychecks despite
challenges in the new system
the department told student
workers in August.
Carol Perrin, director of
Residential Life, did not
respond to comment at press
time.
According to a sophomore
RA at Indian Quad, while
the new system has impacted
her own purchasing power,
the policy change has had a
greater impact on retuming
RAs who do not have ad-
ditional financial support.
“For other students that
don’t have on campus or
other jobs that were a back-
bone for them to financially
support themselves, this is
very inconvenient,” she said.
Along with a room
waiver, RAs eam $1,400
in their first year on the job
and $1,800 after their second
year working for Residential
Life. An idea to waive board-
ing further was originally
proposed to replace student
compensation, but the idea
was eventually rejected as
part of an effort to maintain
flexible spending options for
RAs.
“It’s really not enough
money for me to be very
upset about being paid in
Podium,” said Neil Basu,
sophomore RA at Colonial
Quad. “It’s fine for me and
obviously I would prefer
cash, but it’s working out so
far.”
Although sentiment over
Podium has been divided
among RAs, some Residen-
tial Life student workers
opposed to the change are
looking to go further by chal-
lenging the university policy
as the semester progresses.
Across campus, RAs have
expressed discontent with the
new system at staff meet-
ings and through petitions.
Along with opposing the
policy change, another senior
RA on Dutch Quad who is
organizing efforts against the
policy, said that the move-
ment also strives to push
greater RA input in Residen-
tial Life affairs.
Student A ffairs said that
the policy change last year
was based off of feedback
from the RA Advisory
Board feedback along with
professional staff input and
discussions with Human
Resources.
Bobby West, senior RA
on State Quad, is against the
current movement. He be-
lieves that efforts to oppose
the new policy will unlikely
result in a positive change
forRAs.
“Residential Life told
us multiple times that it’s a
temporary thing until they
figure out a better system,”
West said. “And getting
upset about it isn’t going to
do anything besides just rile
everyone up.”
With the new system cur-
rently in place, Steve Pearse,
director of University Aux-
iliary Services, mentioned
that UAS would look into
expanding Podium services
based on student concems.
“T haven't heard anything
specific as to what [RAs]
can use the card for,” Pearse
said. “But I can understand a
sense of frustration because
it’s alot different to get
something put $200 ona
card that you're using at one
of these venues as opposed.
to $200 cash... because there
are some places that accept
Podium, but there are a lot
more that don’t even know
what Podium is.”
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the director of Environ-
mental Sustainability on
campus. Throughout the
duration of the evening,
Stenger and Mallia gladly
answered every question
that students anonymously
wrote on index cards at the
start of the event.
Around 35 undergradu-
ates anonymously asked a
variety of questions ranging
from “can you compost
semen” to “can you break
the penis.” The event began
with uncomfortable giggles
and subsided into an edu-
cational forum on energy,
sexual pleasure, and sexual
preference.
The overall thesis of the
event is that sexual educa-
tion is a never-ending life-
time process. According to
Stenger, the first sex lesson
that most individuals expe-
rience occurs younger than.
most people can pinpoint
and is often led by parents.
“Kids, when they are
very young have to leam
body parts . . . so they play
games. . . like ‘where's
Carol’s waist and the next
thing, where's Carol’s
knees?’ And the message
is there's nothing between
your waist and Carol’s
knees that needs a name,
that needs to be referred to,
that she ever needs to talk
about or know about. And
that’s our first sex lesson
from parents that didn’t
cover those body parts.”
As questions were
answered, it became clear
that there are a variety of
misconceptions about test-
ing for sexually transmitted
diseases. The mantra, “just
get tested” is not as simple
as the message conveys.
The UAlbany Health Center
does test for STDs; how-
ever, getting tested at the
UAlbany Health Center
may not make sense for
everyone.
“They don’t charge for
their services, but there is
a charge for the labs that
they send the test out to,”
Stenger said.
She believes that students
should have a place where
they can get tested for free
so that they do not have to
worry about having their
parents find out about the
exam when their test results
or costs are sent to their
home.
Through Project SHAPE,
which is an on campus peer
education program focus-
ing on sexuality and sexual
health promotion, there
is an STI and HIV testing
sheet location that is pub-
lished annually. A copy can
be obtained by emailing the
advocacy center.
During the event, the
majority of questions
pertained to how to pleasure
your partner, how to receive
pleasure, and how to be
comfortable in a sexual
setting.
Stenger broke down step
by step all of these answers
and how to make sure
everyone feels comfortable
during the sexual interac-
tion. She explained that
making sure that both par-
ties consent to the situation
leads to a much easier time
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sexually and emotionally
for both partners.
“For great sex you need
to use your mouth and
that’s in all sorts of ways,”
Stenger said.
Participants were
incentivized to come with
the promise of glow in
the dark and endangered
species condoms, which
went faster than Halloween
candy. The endangered
species condoms had bold
quotes on the packages such
as “Fumbling in the dark?
Think of the monarch” and
“Wrap with care, save the
polar bear.”
For students who have
further questions pertain-
ing to any aspect of sex,
Stenger can be reached at
442-CARE. For students
who wish to go in person,
the Advocacy Center for
Sexual Violence is located
at the back stairs of Indian
Quad; this location ensures
confidentiality.
“They hide us on purpose
because they don’t want
people who might need
us for sexual violence not
come, So we want it private
rather than in the campus
center,” Stenger said.
GRANT
Christopher Pounds / Albany Student Press
UAlbany professor Jennifer Dodge received the Paul A. Volcker Research Grant Award.
regulatory bodies respond to the ques-
tion of fracking, and it considers the emer-
gence of environmental organizations
against fracking.
Dodge also questions how issues
surrounding fracking are reconfiguring
governance by examining how New Y ork
and Pennsylvania treat environmental
concerns from fracking differently. Ac-
cording to the professor, the two states
assessed the technology of fracking in
different ways. By examining both states,
Dodge hopes to learn how to assess new
technologies in the environmental and
energy fields.
Prior to this award, the professor
researched the gridlock entailed in the
fracking decision, specifically the contro-
versy surrounding fracking.
“Gridlock was a positive thing with
such a controversial issue because it was
allowing people to discuss important is-
sues in a lot of depth,” Dodge concluded
through her research.
Dodge has interviewed environmental
activists, local government officials, and
members of landowner coalitions who
support fracking.
“T talk to people from across the spec-
trum because I want to understand the
issue from all the different perspectives,”
she said.
If possible, Dodge would like to inter-
view people in state government. On top
of this, she hopes to leverage the grant to
receive a National Science Foundation
grant, which would allow her to pursue
her research interests in more depth by
providing funding for two doctoral stu-
dents’ assistance over a two-year period.
In coming years, Dodge will be able
to pass on her research experience to stu-
dents. The students working with her will
receive training in qualitative work that’s
related to environmental governance and
the policy process. This training would
also involve interviews, data collection,
and writing.
Currently, Sisk is contributing to a
book chapter that Dodge is writing about
the fracking controversy. Dodge and Sisk
have also written an article together.
The award “gives you more resources
to do important work in new areas. It
allows you to develop a more convincing
case to get a broader, more significant
funding,” according to Dodge.
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Yankees say goodbye to Papi
By JOHN C. LONGTON III
Only a few players in the history of
sports have been honored by their rivals
the year in which they retired. You can
add David Ortiz to that list.
On Thursday Ortiz made his final
appearance at Y ankee Stadium in a game
that’s atmosphere was unorthodox to say
the least. It was the first time in the history
that the Y ankee fans actually cheered for
an opponent in the new Y ankee Stadium.
Ortiz’s retirement is a symbol for both
fans alike. It’s an end of an era of a time
when the Y ankees and Red Sox were not
only the biggest rivalry in baseball, but in
sports as a whole.
This inter division matchup has
attracted more than just the likeness of
their fan bases of the two teams, but to
also non sport watchers just to keep up
with the rest of the nation. It was cultural
currency to have watched the games and
to be able to talk about them the next day.
They were back and forth, full of drama
and for a couple hours gave people an
escape from reality from their everyday
grind.
In 2003 and 2004 the Y ankees and the
Red Sox met in back to back ALCS’s in
which two game sevens would decide
who would go to the World Series. Both
years were equally filled with drama
and it epitomized the American spirit
in an uncertain time a few years after
9/11. David Ortiz was a catalyst in both
series and is the last active player in the
MLB from either team still playing in the
majors. When he retires after this season
it will symbolize the passing of the torch
to the future generations that have yet to
experience big moments as such.
On Thursday Y ankee stadium had
an aura that was out of the ordinary
and hadn’t been experienced by many.
Fans that grew up rooting against the
Red Sox and David Ortiz came together
and celebrated a man that was a big
contribution to the rivalry’s success.
Prior to the game the Y ankees honored
Ortiz and his family behind home
plate. Y ankee legend Mariano Rivera,
unbeknownst to the fans, cam out of the
dug out to a thunderous roar representing
the Y ankees to present Ortiz with a
sendoff gift.
Rivera presented Ortiz first with a
Jeather-bound book with hand written
notes from present and past Y ankee
players. The notes spanned decades of
players wishing Ortiz good luck with his
future endeavors. Then Rivera and Ortiz
unveiled an original painting of David in
the batter’s box tipping his cap to a sold
out Y ankee stadium. The crowd gave Big
Papi a standing ovation and chanted his
name, “Papi! Papi! Papi.” It was Y ankees
and Red Sox fans coming together in a
special way sending off a special player.
Every team that Ortiz has faced this
season presented him with a sendoff gift
in his last game at their stadium, but it
failed in comparison to what the Y ankees
had planned.
“T thought tonight, the gift that he
received, the leather-bound notebook,
might be the most meaningful gift that
we've seen him receive this year on this
(farewell) tour,” said Red Sox Manager
John Ferrell during an interview with
masslive.com.
“Our rivalry with the Y ankees made
me who I am. The intensity of that
competition is what I’m gonna miss
the most when I’m done,” said Ortiz
in an article he wrote for the Player's
Tribune. Ortiz admits that growing up in
the Dominican Republic that he always
wanted to be a Y ankee, but later on in
life he knew he was meant to play against
them.
Players like Ortiz, Jeter, Rivera,
Williams... ect made what the Y ankees
and Red Sox rivalry is and was. With
Ortiz exiting it might make us realize how
good we really had it. Red Sox- Y ankees
never disappointed our appetite for good
baseball and great competition. After
this season we can only reminisce to a
time when the biggest rivalry in baseball
captivated a nation and for that was
should be thankful.
Goodbye Big Papi!
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VICTORY
Volleyball Wins Pair of League Matches to
Improve to 3-0 In Conference Play
By ELVIS GADTAULA
Coming off of playing on the road for
the first five weeks of the season, the Uni-
versity at Albany’s Women’s Volleyball
team opened up league play this weekend
by hosting UMass Lowell Friday night then
Hartford Sunday afternoon, earning 3-1
victories in both matches.
On Friday, UAlbany extended its win-
ning streak to seven straight versus confer-
ence foe UMass Lowell (25-18, 17-25,
25-14, 25-20) behind a lineup which head
coach MJ Engstrom has not used before.
Although UMass Lowell came back to
take the second set, UAlbany regrouped
to win the final two games of the match to
eam the 3-1 victory.
“UMass Lowell kind of jumped on us
alittle bit and we kind of sat back and
made our adjustments. Once we made our
adjustments, I was really happy with how
we played.” UAlbany assistant coach Josh
Pickard said.
Laini Leindecker (15 kills and 12 digs)
and Mikala McCauley led the way for
the Great Danes with double-doubles (15
kills and 12 digs) while freshman, Chloe
Evering proved to fans why she came cross
country to play volleyball at UAlbany with
11 kills and 8 digs, in the win.
The Great Danes followed suit Sunday,
taking down Hartford in four sets (25-
6, 16-25, 25-17, 25-17) with the help of
strong serving and teamwork in the final
two sets.
“We did well in the first set and jumped
all over. We knew Hartford would come
back [in the second set]. We knew that was
a possibility and we just didn’t make our
adjustments fast. But I was happy within
that third and fourth [set]; we started to
pass which calmed us down which got us
better swings which kind of got them a
little worse swings and kept their offense
down,” Pickard said.
In Sunday’s victory, Mikala McCauley
contributed with a team-high 41 assists
while Leindecker nearly had another dou-
ble-double (9 kills, 13 digs) and reached
the 1000 career digs plateau.
Thanks to this past weekend's perfor-
mance, UAlbany maintains its position
on top of the America East Conference,
improving to 3-0 in league play and 9-6
overall.
The Great Danes will hit the road this
weekend for a pair of matches against con-
ference rivals, University of Maryland-Bal-
timore and Stony Brook before returning
home to play University of New Hampshire
on Sunday, October 16 at 2 p.m.
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Above: Liani Leindecker spikes the ball against University of Massachusetts during their vic
tory game last Friday.
Left: University at Albany fans high-five each other after the Danes bring home a victory
against University of Massachusetts.
COMMUNITY
Honorary Members: UA|bany
Athletics’ Newest A ddition
By DIANA HYMOWITZ
The University at Albany’s Men's Soccer and Cheerleading teams
have both added a new honorary member to their roster this past
week — working closely with the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation to
make it happen.
The Men’s soccer program added Jasier “Peanut” Brown, 6, who
is fighting against retinoblastoma, while the cheerleading team added
his sister, Neveah, 7, who is battling against neurofibromatosis.
The Friends of Jaclyn Foundation’s mission is to improve the
quality of life for children battling pediatric brain tumors and other
childhood cancers and to raise awareness through their A dopt-A-
Child, Safe on the Sidelines and Guardian Angel Programs. Numer-
ous collegiate and high school teams around the country work to help
the foundation's cause.
“We're honored to be able to be a part of such a program like
Friends of Jaclyn” said the head coach of the men’s soccer team,
Trevor Gorman. “Anytime you can step aside from just the athletics
side of things and have an opportunity to make an impact in people’s
lives you take that opportunity.”
The ceremony, which took place at Bob Ford Field at the Tom
& Mary Casey Stadium last Tuesday, began with an introduction
of Jaclyn Murphy, of whom the foundation takes its namesake, by
UAlbany Athletic Director, Mark Benson. After Jaclyn briefly spoke,
her father Denis Murphy, UA lbany graduate and foundation leader
added some words.
“It’s amazing how a team together can change our lives, and that’s
what brings us here tonight. And I know Trevor, thank you, and
(cheerleading coach) Patty, thank you so much for responding with-
out batting an eyelash. We don’t know what tomorrow brings for
these children so to open up your hearts and your team and embrace
this child today means the world and says something about you as a
leader, not just a coach,” Murphy said.
He continued on with, “This program is simple. It's love, support,
and friendship. And trust me, there is nothing more powerful. There
is no chemotherapy, there’s no radiation treatment, or clinical trial
drug more powerful than those three.”
As Murphy finished speaking, both Peanut and Neveah
joined Jaclyn, Denis, and both teams at midfield to sign their letters
of intent. Once that was done, each child was presented with a gift;
Peanut, a soccer jersey and Neveah a cheer uniform.
BASKETBALL
University
and Head Coach A gree to
Five-Y ear Extention of Contract
By DIANA HYMOWITZ
The University at Albany’s Athletic Direc-
tor, Mark Benson, announced this week that the
university has issued a five-year contract extension
through the 2020-21 season for the men’s basketball
head coach,Will Brown.
Since becoming the Great Dane’s head coach in
2001 (one season as interim head coach), Brown has
led the team to five NCAA tournament appearance,
five America East Toumament titles, and seven
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Men's baksketball head coach and university agree to
extend his contract until the 2020-21 season.
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postseason appearances. Brown is also tied with
Jim Calhoun for a league-best five tournament
titles.
Brown’s 17 league tournament victories stand as
second most in the conference and most wins with
one school.
As Coach Brown said during the announcement,
“I would like to thank former President Robert
Jones, current interim President James Stellar and
Director of Athletics Mark Benson for their com-
mitment to me, my family, our staff and the student-
athletes in our program. I would also like to thank
Deputy Director of Athletics Jerry Koloskie, who
oversees men’s basketball.”
“The University at Albany is a special place
where our student-athletes can flourish in the
classroom, on the court and in the community. I
am looking forward to the continued growth and
development of our program.”
According to the school, his student-athletes have
flourished, with a league record of 19 America-East
All Academic selections and three members of the
National Association of Basketball Coaches Honors
Court in the past three years.
“We are very fortunate to benefit from the foun-
dation of success built by Richard ‘Doc’ Sauers,
which Coach Brown has continued over the past 15
seasons in establishing UAlbany as an America East
power,” Benson said. “Along with winning champi-
onships, Will has brought first class student-athletes
who represent this university so well and succeed
both in the classroom and the court.”
The five-year extension is the maximum contract
length under State University of New Y ork Regula-
tions.
The Great Dane’s basketball team open up their
season at Penn State on November 11 at 7 p.m.
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