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Attack Hoaxer Brings Suit A gainst University
By JONATHAN MILLER
When the racially-charged CDTA bus in-
cident occurred in the early moming hours
of Jan. 30, 2016 it immediately took the
nation by storm, but one alleged victim is
taking the community by storm as she files
a lawsuit against the University at Albany
for unfair judgement.
Ariel Agudio, Asha Burwell, and Alexis
Briggs, alleged they were victims of a hate
crime after an incident on a CDTA bus on
Jan 30. The University at Albany was quick
to support the students and issued a state-
ment condemning the alleged attack. Even
Hillary Clinton tweeted her support for the
three women.
Initial response was a rapid demand for
justice regarding the three victims as well
as a second arduous look at how UAlbany
conducts its students and events such as
these. So, it came to most people's surprise
when law enforcement officials exposed
the incident as a fabricated story, with the
three initial victims as the perpetuators
themselves.
Response to the new allegations came
just as rapid as the one prior, bringing
criminal charges to the three former victims
and leading to a Student Conduct Hearing
from university officials.
According to Section 4 Part 3. BII of the
Student Conduct: “The Student Conduct
System encourages student involvement in
the conduct proceedings and relies on full
and open discussion of cases with all par-
ties concerned in the order to render a fair
judgement.”
Neither A guido, Burwell nor Briggs at-
tended the hearing which resulted in the stu-
dents’ expulsion from the university. Being
acontroversial hearing to begin with, some
have criticized the university’ s inability to
provide the three women’s attorneys with
sufficient evidence for a proper defense.
Agudio has filed a 131-page lawsuit with
the Albany Supreme Court which incrimi-
nated the school with a lack of transparency
and fair judgment.
Although A gudio’s attorney, Mark
Mishler, declined any interviews with the
university, UAlbany released a statement
that read, “The university is fully confident
that the student conduct hearing which
led to the dismissal of Ms. Agudio was
conducted carefully, fairly, and impartially
and consistent with the procedures and
protocols of our established disciplinary
process.”
However, according to a statement by
Mishler in the Daily Gazette, “The ac-
tions of [the university] in this case are
particularly egregious as many of the most
significant violations of proper and due pro-
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A student protests as Ross Jackson preaches to a the crowd.
By JULIAN ALBAN
Preacher and founder of Re-
vival Mission Missionaries, Ross
Jackson, arrived at the Univer-
sity at Albany this week, openly
condemning homosexuals, hip-
hop artists, abortion recipients,
football players, fans of Katy
Peny and Taylor Swift.
Jackson stationed himself on
the “Designated Public Forum”
in front of the Campus Center
from the hours of 2-4 p.m. on
both Tuesday and Wednesday,
causing a crowd of hostile and
upset students.
The preacher identifies him-
self as a “conservative Pente-
costal” and says that he’s been
preaching for eight years. He
estimates to have spoken at “60
or 70 college campuses so far,”
with his main goal to “get the
students to tun from their sin.”
In addition to touring college
campuses, his website notes that
he recently conducted mission-
ary work in Kenya this past
summer.
Jackson has attracted negative
attention at many of his tour
stops and in 2014, was arrested
in Wilmington, North Carolina
for inciting a riot, which his
website claims was an “illegal
arrest.” He also received a court
summons for assault charges
at James Madison University
on Sept. 17, 2014 but was not
detained. This resulted in ano
trespass order from the univer-
sity.
His two days at UAlbany
caused an enormous uproar
among students with numer-
ous protesters openly voicing
opposition to his message. Given
his arrest record, protesters were
concemed that his presence
could possibly compromise their
safety on campus, especially
given UA lbany’s large LGBTQ
population.
Chloe Blaise, a sophomore
who identifies as LGBTQ,
confronted him directly say-
ing that, “it’s not fair for you to
tell an entire group of people
that their identity in a sense,
means nothing to you because
of what you believe in.” Blaise
believes that Jackson is a threat
to student's safety because once
“one bigot throws the first stone
and does the kind of thing that
he did today, it gives everyone
else the comfort to go out and do
that too.”
Not all forms of opposition
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were directed towards the con-
troversial preacher, with several
students addressing protesters
themselves. Joshua Castillo, a
junior, urged several students to
ignore Jackson because Castillo
believed it was “the best course
of action” and that “by not being
there we give him nothing.”
Castillo also made it a point to
indicate the GoPro camera that
was attached to Jackson’s chest.
In addition to the GoPro,
Jackson also had his wife whose
name, according to his website,
is “Samantha,” stationed at the
adjacent bench alongside their
three young children holding
acamera pointed towards the
crowd. One concemed student
who requested not to be named
in this article, stood by Samantha
and her children and urged pro-
testers to disperse. The student:
was worried that “a kid could
get wrapped up in this” and have
“more problems arise.”
Interestingly enough, Jackson
denied compromising his chil-
dren’ s safety and instead, shifted
the blame towards “wild” and
“out of control” college students.
“T think the students put them
in danger when the students get
real violent, curse at them, and
lose self control,” he said.
Jackson is certainly not the
first preacher to cause commo-
tion on UAlbany’s campus. In
fact, according to Karl Luntta,
the university’s director of media
relations, the campus usually has
between one and three preach-
ers like Jackson per year. The
reasoning for this lies in the
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university’s classification as a
“public entity” that is funded by
New Y ork State taxes.
According the university’s
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| ON CAMPUS
Seminar
Addresses
Culbre
By ELISE COOMBS
Students and victims of sexual assault
were informed of their rights to privacy
and left feeling empowered by music after
attending “A Changing the Culture of
Rape” seminar held at the University at
Albany last Monday.
The seminar was hosted by Janell
Hobson, an associate professor and the
current graduate director of women’s stud-
ies at UAlbany, in conjunction with her
course Feminism in Action. The purpose
of the session was to present students with
local resources for sexual assault that are
accessible off campus. Guest speakers
Elyse Neal from the Albany County Crime
Victims Unit and Sexual Violence Center
and Michelle Carroll from the New Y ork
State Coalition Against Sexual Assault
(NY SCASA) spoke about their respective
advocacy centers.
Carroll explained that students who first
report an assault to a local program can
have a fully confidential discussion about
their options before reporting to a federal
program on campus, like Title IX.
Additionally, local advocacy and rape
crisis centers are distinct from federal
programs.
“It’s important to distinguish between
services that advocate for you and services
that have a different role beyond advo-
cacy,” Hobson said.
She explained that centers off campus
specifically advocate for victims and survi-
vors of sexual assault.
Chantelle Cleary, the Title IX coordi-
nator at UA lbany, discussed the services
that the Title IX Office provides. The
university can provide accommodations to
students who are victims of sexual assault,
including academic accommodations and
securing a safe housing environment. The
coordinator also discussed the Advocacy
Center for Sexual Violence at UA lbany,
which “is an amazing resource unique only
to this campus.”
Students retain the ability to make
choices when reporting to Title IX where
they retain the right to have an advisor
of their choice. At Title IX, Cleary also
mentioned that students can still receive
support and assistance without reporting a
sexual assault.
Hobson thinks it is important for
students to know about resources both on
campus and off.
“I think it’s great though for students to
also know the existing resources on cam-
pus and to know the existence of services
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TRANSPORTATION
Change
NEWS
Angers Students
By JONATHAN PETERS
University at Albany students can no
longer buy bus tickets from A dirondack
Trailways that are good anytime and now
may only buy tickets for specified times and
departures.
The ticket window located on the first
floor of the Campus Center has been under
some scrutiny since the change. Members of
the Student Association have expressed that
it was not a decision made by them, rather
a change in Trailways’ business with the
university.
Under a frequently asked questions menu
on Trailways’ website, it states that “tickets
purchased on this website in the Purchase
Tickets area are valid only for the date and
schedule purchased.” The section goes on to
state that “for tickets purchased at an agency
or terminal, tickets are generally good for one
year from the date of purchase.”
As of the beginning of this semester,
UAlbany is no longer one of those agencies
that can provide tickets usable past the
scheduled date listed on the ticket. Trailways’
website also makes it clear that the tickets
you purchase are final. Neither the SA nor
Adirondack Trailways gives refunds for their
tickets sold.
“If your plans change and you can’t make
the time that you bought, you'll have to pay
for another ticket,” said Frank Avalone,
aSA administration assistant. “We never
gave refunds before. But since they were
all open-ended, they were good for a year.
If you missed your bus, you could use it
for any time you wanted or even use it for
Thanksgiving or Christmas break. Y ou were
able to save your tickets.”
Many students took advantage of this
open-ended policy.
“When I was a freshman I used to come
to the window, buy five for the whole year,
and then use them whenever,” senior Brad
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Hershenson said.
An Adirondack Trailways Call Center
representative explained that the change was
made in July as a way to allow guaranteed
seating on the buses and for the company to
know how many buses they would need.
According to the representative, a large
problem they faced in prior semesters was
having students wait with the any time tickets
while Trailways staff “hunted down more
buses” to put students on.
With these changes comes some difficulty;
the computers and software behind the desk
have been changed from the old process they
used last year.
“It’s basically a new system. It takes
longer and now [students] have to come
knowing the time [they] want to leave,”
Avalone said.
According to Avalone, the prices of
tickets now fluctuate based on the date and
time of the bus you choose in relation to the
time you purchase it, advising students not to
wait until the last minute to buy tickets.
Trailways tickets can range from a variety
of prices on their website versus buying
them from the ticket window in the Campus
Center. Weekend round trip tickets online
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in Trailways Ticket Policy
can range from $36 to $43 while buying a
round trip ticket for a weekday can range
from $28 to $32.
With the disappearance of the any time
tickets, ticket prices at the window have
seemed to increase relative to the online
price.
“They are finding better prices at Megabus
or better deals on Adirondack Trailways’
website, the same company that claims we
have discounted tickets here,” A valone said.
“Tn the past there was a set price. If you said
you needed a round trip to New Y ork City,
it was an open-ended ticket. If the price was
$40 then it was always $40, and that was with
the student discount.”
Brittany Newell, a senior at the university,
mentioned that in her freshman year tickets
used to cost between $30 and $35.
“I would end up buying my ticket online
or at the [on campus ticket window] a couple
days in advance to go to Long Island,” she
said.
Hershenson, who used to do the same,
would like to see a retum to the old system.
“When I was a freshman, I think it was
like $15 a ticket and around Thanksgiving it
went up to $17 a ticket for a [one way ticket].
I think now [one ways] are up to $22 and
round trip is $39. It’s ridiculous; you can
get a Megabus for $1. The prices, having
fluctuated, definitely don’t help students,” he
said.
Avalone mentioned that while new
students may not recognize what's happened,
students that have been here years prior are
angered by the sudden change.
The Campus Center ticket window will
continue selling bus tickets to all students.
Students can still receive the student
discount by purchasing their tickets from the
Adirondack bus terminal on 20 Broadway,
Albany, NY 12202 with their student I.D.
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Keeping SA Relevant No Easy Task for New Chairman
By HANNAH GAUTHIER
As the University at Albany Student
Association readies for 28 new senators to
take their seats, Chairman of the Senate,
Jarrett Altilio, is ready to take on the
year to increase student interest in the
organization.
Altilio visited various classes across
campus asking freshman students if they
knew what the student association was. He
was surprised when few did.
“I know we failed in doing this in the
past, but my goal for this year being senate
chair, is that moving forward, people do
know,” the junior political science major
said.
A part of that is a disconnect between
the government and the people they
represent. He has heard people say that
SA does not care, are stuck up, and full of
themselves.
“I wouldn’t have stuck with this for
three years and I wouldn't be in this
position today if I didn’t actually care
about making some sort of change for
students,” Altilio said.
To the Elmira, NY native, an indicator
of this disconnect and lack of trust is when
the Student A ctivity Fee comes up for
vote, as it does this spring. Students ask
why they should support a raise in the fee
if they do not actually know where that
money is going.
“I don’t blame them for voting it down
because we didn’t really think that maybe
we should tell them what this fee is until
after it failed. It looks bad,” he said as the
Senate voted to wait for student input.
As the chairman, Altilio has many roles.
He leads the Wednesday senate meetings,
sets the meeting’s agenda, and forms and
appoints people to committees. Altilio said
the job has a repetition to it so he knows
every week what he has to be doing.
With the creation of the new Public
Relations Committee, A ltilio hopes that
by working with senators and through
marketing, the SA can make a change. He
hopes that senators will take initiative and
go back to the people who voted for them
in the first place. Additionally, Altilio
hopes that increased tabling will draw
more people into knowing what SA is.
“Y ou can table all you want, but if
you've got two people sitting at a table
that says SA Cares on it and they are
sitting there on their phones, does SA
really care?” he said.
Altilio enjoys when students come
in and want to talk about something;
he wishes people viewed them as more
approachable, but he also realizes that it
is SA's job to reach out and communicate
with the people they represent.
Altilio previously served as State Quad
Senator for 2014-2015, Vice chair of
the Senate 2015-2016, Acting chair of
the Board of Finance 2016 and currently
serves as Senator at Large along with his
position as the chairman.
As elections came to a close on Friday
with 105 candidates vying for 28 senate
seats, the SA seems to be in the right
frame of mind for change.
| CAMPUS LIFE
From Ukraine to UAlbany, an
Immigrant Student Strives
By TYLER MCNEIL
Anton Andriyanov walks to class twice
a week on ground that he once dreamed of
stepping on 18 years ago.
Inspired by his uncle, at 10 years old
Andriyanov started envisioning his future
outside of Ukraine. Andriyanov’s uncle, a
United States immigrant for over 20 years,
during visits would describe his experience
making career strides as a computer
programmer after starting over abroad.
“He didn’t have to convince me,”
Andriyanov said. “His story was
enough.”
hout his childhood, Andriyanov said
that he was shielded from witnessing
his parents’ financial uncertainty in the
country’ s post-Soviet struggles.
Looking for opportunities to push
away from the economic immobility,
Andriyanov’s mother convinced his
father, a welder, to seek employment in
Spain in 2001. Unlike Ukraine, in the late
1990s and early 2000s, Spain’s economy
was rapidly growing.
“If life makes you change, you change
it then,” he said about his family’s
decision to move to Spain.
Arriving in Tarrega, Spain at 13 years
old, Andriyanov’s parents took advantage
of the new economy. Living outside of
Barcelona, his mother started a coffee
shop business and over time, business was
able to open a new location in the village
of Cervera and his father quit welding to
assist with the shop.
He accredited his family’s lifestyle
change from Ukraine to Spain as a result of
his mother's efforts.
“I would've never gone to college, we
would have never moved to Spain, and
we would've never opened the shop if she
didn’t have that fire,” Andriyanov said .
While his parents found new prosperity
in Spain, Andriyanov lagged behind
with academics. A ndriyanov spent most
of his time focused on socializing and
skateboarding rather than schoolwork.
“Tt’s not that I didn’t care about my
grades,” he said. “I just cared way more
about being social than my grades.”
When his parents decided to reunite
with his uncle in the United States, at 23
years old, Andriyanov’s ambition towards
academics changed. Instead of transferring
credits from Universidad Politecnica
Catalunya back in Spain, Andriyanov
decided to start over at Hudson Valley
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Andriyanov heads to class.
Community College in an effort to
improve his skill set.
“T love [engineering], but I wanted to do
better everywhere,” A ndriyanov said.
After leaving HVCC, Andriyanov
transferred to Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute. Despite finding employment
as an electrical engineer after graduating
from RPI, Andriyanov still struggled with
learning gaps, especially in English.
Looking to enroll in a master’s program,
Andriyanov has not decided between
engineering or business; he considers
improving his grammar to be the only
path forward. In an effort to improve his
writing, this semester A ndriyanov enrolled
in a professional writing course at the
University at Albany.
“] just don’t want to get stagnated with
one thing,” he said.
Throughout his history in the country,
Andriyanov, along with his family have
faced professional challenges with English,
although he and his brother have adjusted
to the language gap faster than his parents.
After emigrating from Spain, his father
picked up employment in retail despite
carrying a heavy welding background due
to fear over his accent impeding on
his work. His mother also struggles
with being understood while she works
towards becoming a nurse at Samaritan
Hospital.
“People hear that she doesn’t speak
well so they think she doesn’t know
what she’s talking about,” Andriyanov
said, “but she knows a lot.”
Along with facing gaps in language,
since living in the United States,
Andriyanov has experienced larger
gaps between him and his family for
the first time. Despite living together,
meals with his family have become
increasingly rare.
“We really appreciate the days we
are together,” he said. “Eating dinner
together is a big deal.”
Although this month marks
Andriyanov’s five-year anniversary living
with his family in the United States, he
would rather celebrate his future in the
country rather than his past. Currently,
Andriyanov awaits being granted
citizenship in 2021.
“I'm affected by the same things as
everyone,” Andriyanov said. “But I would
like to be able to vote to have influence in
it.”
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that advocate for victims, such as the
Advocacy Center, and offices such as the
Title IX Office, that must be advocacy-
neutral due to federal laws,” she said.
As the session concluded, a student who
wished to remain anonymous explained
that they had expected more student
involvement and discussion. Instead, it felt
“very centered on the faculty and not on
the students.”
The student said they respect these
good people, but that there may have been
an unintentional lack of sensitivity to the
issue.
“] think they got wrapped up in the
policies and the legalities of it versus the
mental health and emotional components,”
they said. “I think what most of us took
away from it is that we wish that people
had been a little more up front with us—I
think the students would have appreciated
that.”
The student wishes that Title IX was
more upfront about its role as a neutral
party.
After the information portion finished,
drum instructor, Chrys Ballerano, from
NYSCASA ended with therapeutic drum-
ming. All the students formed a large
circle with instruments in their laps and
Ballerano started the beat. One by one,
each student contributed a different beat
until the beats formed an empowering
whole.
Atthe end of the session, Ballerano en-
joyed watching how the participants were
“much more relaxed and joyful about what
they're experiencing and how they’ve
contributed their ‘voice’ to the rhythm that
has been collectively created.”
Another anonymous student indicated
that they loved the drumming, wishing that
the session started with it because “every-
one was looser and more comfortable after
the drumming, but before that, there was a
slight kind of tension.”
Ballerano noted that drumming allows
her to be “empowered in other ways, both
musically and as an activist speaking out
against injustices including sexual vio-
lence and interpersonal abuse.”
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Report of four female arrest was made.
students and one
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Report of a female
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intoxicated. An arrest
was made. Canter
Report of stolen prop-
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The University at Albany saves the environment in many ways. Aside from having recycle bins across the campus, UAlbany holds a sustainability week, which promotes
energy conservation methods for students.
WOULD A CARBON TAX HELP
COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE?
By DANIEL PINZON
e are getting to a point in which we have to pay
to breathe. We are getting taxed for basically
anything we can think off, and as people, is
anyone really a fan of taxes? Nonetheless,
taxes are there fora reason, and they go toward something
significant.
As climate change begins to be noticed, an idea has been
brought up that in order to combat climate change, we
should have a Carbon Tax Policy.
A carbon tax, according to carbontax.org, isa“... fee
intended to make users of fossil fuels pay for climate
damage their fuel use imposes by releasing carbon dioxide
into the atmosphere... “
Initial reaction to a potential tax and it being basically a
tax on using the environment isn’t thrilling. Some people
don’t have enough money as it is, but then again, is this
worth a portion of our income?
There’s no point in being such a productive planet, but
then have no planet to live on. As crazy as a carbon tax may
sound, it does make sense and has a meaningful purpose.
Over the years global warming has been a topic that hasn't
been taken too seriously. Some people took it as a joke,
others left it to be dealt with the future generations. But
what better generation to attack this problem other than
the current generation? The present generation should take
charge, always.
And as much as the population thinks that we are
combatting climate change, that we are helping the
environment, to do these helpful things, money is needed.
In order to properly help the environment, we need a clear
source of money to devote to only that cause. We can
recycle as many bottles as we want, we can reuse the same
bag, we can repurpose as many cardboard boxes, but at the
end of the day there’s a bigger problem out there.
In fact, Canada has regions that have implemented a
carbon tax in 2008 that had promising results. In British
Columbia, a province in Canada, according to an article by
Eduardo Porter on the nytimes.org, “British Columbia's
economy did not collapse. In fact, the provincial economy
grew faster than its neighbor’ s even as its greenhouse gas
emissions declined.”
The tax made things like gas more expensive, which in
turn discouraged people to drive and to be more mindful
of their usage. The tax started at 10 Canadian dollars per
ton of carbon dioxide in 2008 and rose to 30 dollars by
2012. And although people weren't so happy at its initial
appearance, they grew accustom to it; they grew accustom
as the tax had more things to offer. According to Porter,
“The pioneering legislation provided critical political
cover by ensuring every single carbon tax dollar would
be returned to families and business through a variety of
breaks.”
But then again, we can’t just add a carbon tax to the list
of taxes. If we were to add another tax it would have to be
reasonable and have the person’s trust; that’s why British
Columbia's carbon tax ran so smoothly.
The tax shouldn't be an overwhelming amount to pay
starting off or as time progresses. An article by Michael
Greenstone on nytimes.org claimed, out of a nationwide
poll of 1,096 adults. Forty-seven percent were willing to
pay a carbon tax. Most people from the percentage would
rather pay from a dollar up to 20 dollars for the carbon tax,
but a small portion were willing to pay up to 50 dollars.
The tax shouldn't have the political saying of “pay
this tax and trust it,” it should actually be beneficial to the
people giving to it.
People need to stop thinking as if climate change isn’t
real. Raising sea levels and the shifting seasons should be
enough evidence to show that the environment isn’t doing
so well. None of the states in the United States of America
has a carbon tax and it hasn't gotten us anywhere, so what
if we go in the direction of a carbon tax? Even as a trial run.
And as we go on with our lives and live through our
passions and fight for our rights, there’s no point if those
Tights and passions don’t have a planet to live on in.
| COLLEGE
Better wages for a college degree
By AMANDA SWANSON
Do you have a college degree and now work a full time
job, but still live paycheck to paycheck? If the answer
is yes, then you are a victim of income inequality in the
United States of America.
According to Larry Schwartz, on a salon.com article,
“The amount of money that was given out in bonuses on
Wall Street last year is twice the amount all minimum-
wageworkers earned in the country combined.” If this
statistic doesn’t make you want to pack your bags and
move to
Canada then I don’t know what will.
Asa current college student not out in the work force
yet, I know that my parents have been busting their mas-
ter’s degree college educated butts off to provide for their
three children since they graduated. Every parent wants
what is best for their children, but in a time of a material-
istic and egotistical generation, ajob that pays $100,000
yearly, can’t even cut it.
People can’t blame the kids; they have every ounce of
technology at their fingertips to see how the one percent
lives. Everyone is looking up to the wealthy, while the
wealthy just keeps looking up to nothing. Within the past
30 years, the problem with income inequality has become
a real issue. The issues lie on the unequal distribution of
money that goes primarily to the very top of the income
spectrum.
I bet our parents can name on their hands how many of
their parents and their parents friends went to college. It
was a luxury, not something you just went to for fun. Col-
lege was not a place to party and make “lifetime friends”
back then. People went to college if they had the money
and the skills to do something bigger in life. For that rea-
son, income inequality arose in more developed countries,
number one being America.
According to Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Professor David Autor, “demand for skills has consistently
increased across developed countries.” According to cen-
sus.gov, in 2000, more than half of the U.S. population 25
and older, 52 percent had completed at least some college
education. Which is still good, considering only in 1950,
34 percent of the population 25 and older had completed
4 years of high school. While in 2000, 80 percent of the
population 25 and older had a high school diploma or more
education. So that means it only took 50 years for the
completion of high school to change from being the mark
of the educated minority to the minimum educated adults
have.
Going to college is not as far out of sight as it was back
then. Much more students are receiving the same degree,
which makes it very difficult to obtain jobs out of college.
If everyone has the same degree, less people stand out. The
less jobs people are getting means the more loans students
have to take out. They can’t pay for the college education
they received because it hasn’t compensated with their job.
And for those who think they deserve more for their
minimum paying jobs. Not to rain on your parade, but
other countries are paying half of what you’ re making to
do the same job. Which brings up the topic of offshoring.
Offshoring is when you bring your company to other areas
of the world to lower labor costs and more favorable eco-
nomic conditions in that country. So if a company is about
to go into bankruptcy, why not bring it to a country where
they can pay the workers three times less and just ship it
back to America? Easy enough; too bad that makes less
and less jobs for the average Joe.
So is there hope? Can the United States of America
make a comeback? With a topic of this severity, there is
no hope if we only make small changes. There must be a
change in the system as a whole. The goverment cannot
change this by themselves; it takes the help of big busi-
nesses and much more.
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| REBUTTAL
ASP ENCOURAGING EATING DISORDERS?
By CLAIRE MCCULLEY
To say I am disturbed by the diet article posted in the
Albany Student Press on Sep. 13 is an understatement.
“Keeping the Freshman 15 at Bay” by Sunny Tsao, at
first seems like a benign explanation of how to stay fit in
college, but quickly devolves into questionable dietary
suggestions that could rival an anorexic. As someone who
has had a life-threatening eating disorder—largely as a
result of external messages like this one— I cannot stay
silent.
Let me break this down a bit further. A ccording to the
that edition of the ASP, the author suggests implementing
a “healthy” dietary routine of a breakfast of two eggs, a
few nuts, and a celery stick for breakfast, one plain baked
potato—lunch— and one cup of rice for dinner, with maybe
a smidge of sriracha for flavor. She then encourages eating
fruit and nuts for snacks, and emphasizes the importance of
curbing food intake to remain in “caloric deficit” if unable
to exercise enough. Tsao also cites the exact number of
calories in several of the food options, explaining rather
cheerily that a potato is “110 calories” and a celery stick is
“only 6.”.
Having had an eating disorder in the recent past, I still
remember the calories in most foods from my days of
obsessive caloric score-keeping. However, I downloaded
MyFitnessPal just to be sure I was adding up the calories
in these meals accurately. I discovered that breakfast came
to about 300-600 calories, lunch to 110, and dinner to
about 150-200 calories. Altogether, this is a daily intake
of roughly 560-900 calories, plus the calories consumed in
snacks throughout the day.
This was shocking to read, especially in a student
publication on my own campus that I view with such high
regard. According to the National Institute of Health’s
Medline Plus, “a diet of 500 to 800 calories a day is
dangerously too low.” This is not effective, it is not
‘dieting,’ and it is certainly not healthy. It doesn’t matter if
someone is thin or obese or anywhere in between— eating
such a ridiculously small amount of food is dangerous.
Considering that each person burns an average of 1600-
2500 calories each day just by existing, they would find
themselves in a chronic, severe deficit by following a diet
plan such as this. If a student at the University at Albany
were to take Tsao’s article to heart for the long-term,
they could have little energy or mental clarity, experience
constant hunger, have erratic hormones, stop menstruating
if female, and throw their metabolism and bodily systems
into a state of shock. According to NEDA.org, when the
human body goes into starvation mode, it begins eating its
own muscle, including the heart.
lam tired of messages from mainstream media targeting
young people to lose weight, but I am especially disturbed
by the fact that the Albany Student Press would find it
responsible or appropriate to send this kind of message
to students. While Tsao may have meant her article as
a simple way to lose weight, the math does not lie. A
restrictive diet like this is exactly the kind of rigid food
routine that can develop into a full-blown pathological
eating disorder, or fan the flames of students who may
already have one.
Adolescents and college students are at high risk for
eating disorders, especially females. Recent research from
the Organization of National Eating Disorders shows that
one out of every seven young women between the ages
of 15 and 19 is struggling with an eating disorder in the
U.S. While Tsao’s words about staying fit in college might
seem harmless, messages like these have real effects on
young people.
“When I was younger,” said Mackenzie, a student at
UAlbany, from Illinois, “I would go to a lot of outside
sources to find ‘inspiration’ to continue starving myself,
so seeing something like this article makes me feel both
sad and angry. That amount of calories per day just isn’t
healthy. I’m sony if that’s what people believe or have
been told, but eating like that can kill you.”
agree. Dieting articles like this, Instagram accounts and
blogs dedicated to fitness, and other ‘thinspiration’ have
very real, destructive effects on our body image and sense
of self. It is time for a different message.
| COLD ON THE WAY
Winter's Coming: Tips to Stay Toasty
By JOANNA HEATH
Winters in Albany dorms can be brutal if you’ re not
properly prepared! Stay warm this winter and keep your
money in your pocket. Here are a few tips!
First, always wear socks! According to a 2015 BuzzFeed
article by Alison Coporimo entitled, “16 Ways to Keep
your Feet Toasty According to Lumberjacks,” wool socks
in particular can keep the heat of your body from leaving
through your feet. Coporimo warms us to try to avoid cotton
socks because they tend to absorb sweat from your feet and
get cold quickly. Wool socks pull water vapor away from
the skin before it has a chance to become sweat, leaving
your feet and toes dry and toasty warm! Similarly, wear-
ing scarves as often as possible can also keep you warm as
well. They too can prevent heat from leaving your body and
making you cold.
Secondly, Coporimo warns us to try to avoid caffeine!
That may seem like an impossible idea to commit to with
the stress of school swirling above our heads, but when it
comes to keeping warm, lumberjacks know best! Taking
in a lot of caffeinated substances like coffee, tea, or even
nicotine can constrict your blood vessels restricting blood
flow throughout your body. This means cold hands and
feet! By choosing to avoid these kind of beverages, your
hands and feet will stay warmer, you'll have better blood
flow, and you'll have some extra cash in pocket! (Which
could possibly be used to make a pair of rice socks, the next
tip on our list!)
Thirdly, something my mom did when I still lived at
home was to make homemade heating packs for my bed. It
sounds complicated, but they’ re very easy to make and very
inexpensive! It is as easy as finding an old pair of socks and
then purchasing a bag of rice the next time you are at the
grocery store. Whenever the winter cold makes your dom
frigidly uncomfortable, grab your old pair of socks, fill
them with rice, tie off the top, and stick them in the micro-
wave for a few 1-2 minutes. The rice will absorb the heat
and make for a little heating pack that can be place in your
bed to keep your feet warm! In addition, they can be used to
keep your hands or shoulders or any cold part of your body
warm while you sleep or even while you sit and do home-
work or watch TV. What I like to do is, heat my rice socks,
put them in my bed, and then shower and get ready for bed.
That way, by the time I crawl into my bed, it is already snug
and warm for me and I can fall right to sleep!
Hopefully these tips will come into use for all students
this and every semester! It can be hard to stay warm in
Albany’s winter wonderland but it can be done! It just takes
a little rice and some wool.
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UAlbany campus gets cold during the winter. Here are
some tips to keep you warm in the chillier months.
WEEKLY
EVENTS
Around UAlban
and the Capita
Hegion
TUE
7:00 p.m.
September 27
Troy, NY.
WED
September 28 | 6:00 p.m.
Troy.
THRS
September 29 5:00 p.m.
Paint, Sip, EAT!
Canvas, Corks, and
Forks at 274 River St,
Wing Fest
Wings from over
15 restaurants at
Revolution Hall at
Brown’s Brewery in
History Happy Hour
FRI
September 30
SAT
October 1
SUN
OCTOBER 2
Kick it with your fellow
history buffs with drinks
and hors d’oeuvres
on the grounds of the
Schuyler Mansion.
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Haunted Hayride
6:30 p.m.
Field of Horrors in
Brunswick has many
spooktacular attrac-
tions to ring in the Hal-
loween season.
Film Screening
6:00 p.m.
“Where to Invade Next”
Michael Moore’s latest
documentary is play-
ing at the Old Chatham
Quaker Meeting House.
Green Market
10:00 a.m.
Schenectady Greenmar-
ket on the steps of City
Hall.
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LOCAL MUSIC
AN INCREDIBLE WEEKEND
MUSIC IN ALBANY
FOR DIY
By ELI ENIS
Albany is on the verge of being nationally recognized
for its local indie and alt-rock scene. This past weekend
there were two house shows in downtown Albany that
each drew over 100 people, which is a lot considering
nearly all of the bands are local.
Friday night was Coupons, Another Michael and
more at the World Citizen Party House on Morris Street.
Coupons are a relatively new Albany indie band who
just self-released a stellar debut album this past August.
Jouska’s layered, expansive sound is quite different than Prince Daddy's, but the two bands al-
ways perform well together. The contrast of styles actually complement each other nicely, and both
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Another Michael are a bedroom-pop act who frequent the
WCPH and performed a stellar set with a full band that
really rounded out their sound.
However, the intensity and good vibes were increased
tenfold the next night when Prince Daddy & the Hyena
and Jouska played in support of their respective, freshly
released, debut full-lengths. Jouska were at their best,
turning up the energy in order to contend with the
ferocious Prince Daddy. The band also announced their
signing with renowned indie label Tiny Engines Records
mid-show, which is extremely important for putting
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are always spot-on musically.
Despite how great a band may be, it’s the crowd’s reaction that really determines how much fun a show is.
Albany on the map.
However, Prince Daddy’s set was, as stated by
numerous excited attendees, one of the best DIY shows
this generation of Albany show-goers can remember. The
band shredded, but were also drowned out by the sea of
fans who were falling over each other with joy, screaming
back the songs and reaching for the microphone. The
photos below do not do this weekend justice, but they
give a glimpse into the thriving, underground music
community of present-day Albany.
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Unfortunately this was the last Coupons show for a while since
one of their members now lives in Nashville. Hopefully the turnout
convinced them to make an eventual return though.
Michael Doherty (center) is the brainchild behind Another Michael.
However, his newly put-together full band adds some really nice
depth to his pretty, melancholy sound.
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Albany Student
Press
Despite being
notorious for
partying hard,
Prince Daddy
always manage
to focus and
play exception-
ally well.
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TV PREMIERE
NBC’S “THIS IS US” TUGS
EFFECTIVELY AT HEARTSTRINGS
By DIEGO CAGARA
Tears and heavy sighs of relief were the appropriate
responses to “This is Us,” NBC’s new family drama
TV series which premiered on Tuesday night. Focusing
ona set of ordinary people who undergo life struggles,
four out of the five main characters coincidentally share
the same birthday and by the premiere’s end, it was
established that these five are related.
Milo Ventimiglia and Mandy Moore play the adorable,
triplets-expecting couple, Jack and Rebecca Pearson,
whose lives are thrown into a metaphorical blender
when Rebecca abruptly goes into labor while the two
are celebrating Jack’s 36th birthday. Primetime Emmy-
Award Winner Sterling K. Brown portrays Randall, a
supposedly-prosperous businessman who is searching for
his biological father who abandoned him as a young boy
at some fire station decades earlier while his biological
mother died from a crack addiction. Chrissy Metz plays
Kate, an overweight woman who is constantly battling
her body image insecurities- but things lighten up when.
she meets her no-nonsense love interest, Toby (Chris
Sullivan). Justin Hartley portrays Kevin, a hunky actor
who is unhappy with how his good looks are exploited for
his one-dimensional, cringe worthy sitcom, “The Man-
ny.”
Show creator Dan Fogelman seamlessly crafted this
ensemble cast whose individual, seemingly-simplistic
storylines are revealed to be connected, with a smart twist
that’s bound to push viewers back into their couches
in shock. Fogelman, who wrote “Crazy, Stupid, Love”
(2011), once again was able to hurl such a twist at the
audience so effortlessly that not only does it change
the entire narrative of the show, it sets up an intriguing
question about whether the five characters will eventually
all meet in person.
Creating a great family drama TV series can be
daunting because the show’s success depends on the
viewers to emotionally connect with the characters and
be invested in their scattered moments of joy, tragedy,
confusion and hope. There is a sense of simplicity that
pervades the pilot of “This is Us,” even the show’s title
alone feels minimalist. The ensemble cast faces ordinary
struggles, each distinct from the other, hence increasing
the chance of viewers identifying or relating to any.
Such struggles— risks with childbirth, insecurities,
abandonment and job dissatisfaction— don’t just feel real,
they are real. This show may not also have extravagant-
looking dragons like in “Game of Thrones,” cunning
supervillains like in “Gotham” or sword-wielding fairy
tale characters like from “Once Upon a Time” to visually
dazzle the viewer. Instead, its normalcy triumphs in
offering such an endearing premiere.
A particular highlight is how the ensemble cast seems
amiable which helps to impress viewers despite how
certain scenes in the show feels cheesy, like Jack’s doctor
giving a variant of the “life gives you lemons, make
lemonade” speech. But a hint of cheesiness feels apt
for the show, since emotions drive the characters, this
premiere, and probably for the rest of the show.
The heartwarming chemistry between certain
characters, particularly Jack and Rebecca, and Kate
and Kevin (revealed to be twins), was another strong
ingredient that labeled this premiere as a winner. The love
between Jack and Rebecca feels like a much-appreciated
anchor that further ties the show together while the
overall ensemble cast’ s constant support and likability
leaves little excuse for a viewer to dislike any character.
Because it is an ensemble cast, it could have felt so
crowded with too many storylines. However, under the
direction of John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, each character
was given ample time to be fittingly introduced so that
viewers can grow to care about their individual struggles.
This is complicated
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The ending twist was the final landmark point for
the premiere as it is revealed that Jack and Rebecca are
the biological parents of Kate and Kevin, and Randall’s
adoptive parents. Chronologically speaking, Jack and
Rebecca actually take place in around 1980 (since four
central characters are 36 years old) while Kate, Kevin
and Randall’s stories are set in the present day. This twist
also brings up how the premiere’ s direction feels not only
smooth, but purposeful, as viewers would initially assume
that the overall premiere is set in the current day, thus
making the twist even more effective.
Given this juicy twist, the premiere pits the
five characters on a wide, imaginary landscape where
their characters can grow into many directions while
their familial connection keeps them grounded. One can
only hope that the two blocks of timelines will someday
converge into a scene where the five characters are
interacting with each other at the same place and time.
This is an intelligent tactic to hopefully entice viewers
to return and anticipate for such a scene. But as more
answers are hopefully delivered to us in the near future,
this is a show that deserves an audience.
THE EMMYS
The highs and lows of TV’s big night
By TAPAN DESAI
As we proceed from summer towards fall, television
celebrated its biggest night last Sunday. The 68th
Primetime Emmy awards were held at Microsoft Theatre
in Los Angeles, CA. The Emmys are hosted on a Sunday
before Fall TV season starts, and are essentially the
Oscars for TV Shows. The Emmy awards celebrate
excellence in acting, writing, directing and most technical
aspects of the television domain.
This year ABC’s late night hero Jimmy Kimmel hosted
the ceremony. Beginning with a hilarious pre-show skit
and a monologue, Kimmel managed to give the show
a start it needed. Jokes on the election and OJ Simpson
proved to be a hit. Roasting Dame Maggie Smith for
never attending the ceremony and getting roasted by his
old nemesis Matt Damon for not winning an award were
the highlights of his hosting. But so many other things
that happened which made the show worthwhile.
The kids from the cast of the cult horror show
“Stranger Things” performed an impromptu ‘Uptown
Funk’ dance even before the show started dragged
everyone's attention. Then ABC’s “Black-ish” lead
couple Anthony Anderson & Tracee Ellis Ross kicked off
the ceremony with presenting the first award of the night
to Louis Anderson. Kate McKinnon who has been a key
cast member of past few “Saturday Night Live” seasons
took home an award for her supporting performance.
While Sterling Brown received a supporting performance
award for limited series, Ben Mendelsohn won for his
fantastic performance as Danny Raybum in Netflix’s
family drama “Bloodline” beating the fan-favorites.
In the lead acting department, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
continued her streak of winning Outstanding lead actress
in a Comedy series for the fifth consecutive year. Her
performance as a dysfunctional president Selina Meyer
in “Veep” has been a staple at every award show for
past five years. Jeffrey Tambor (from Amazon Prime’s
“Transparent” ) managed to keep his streak alive as he
won the lead actor in Comedy Series. Sarah Paulson was
an absolute triumph as Marcia Clark in “American Crime
Story: People v OJ Simpson”. If you have watched the
show it is nearly impossible to not appreciate how good
of an actress she is. Thus she was hailed as Outstanding
lead actress in a Limited series. Her counterpart on the
show Courtney B. Vance also won for his brilliant “If it
doesn’t fit, you must acquit” performance.
But these awards were expected in a way. What
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came as a surprise were the winners of Outstanding
lead actor & actress in Drama Series. USA
network’ s Cyberpunk thriller “Mr. Robot” and BBC
America’s Sci-fi drama “Orphan Black” have been a
phenomenon amongst fans and critics. Rami Malek
who plays a hacker on ‘Mr. Robot’ was named the
best actor. Tatiana Maslany who plays over half a
dozen characters in her show was overlooked by the
Television Academy but this year she won, deservingly
so. Both the actors won beating out industry icons such
as Kevin Spacey, Kyle Chandler, Bob Odenkirk, Claire
Danes, Robin Wright etc.
HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” which has become
a global sensation ever since it premiered, was
announced as the Best Drama show. From the same
network “Veep” became the Outstanding Comedy
Show and “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” won
Outstanding Variety Talk Series Emmy. Just like its
actors, the FX show based on the OJ Simpson ordeal
in “American Crime Story: People v OJ Simpson” also
won. Blake Shelton & Adam Levine's sweet rivalry
and a gripping format won NBC’s singing reality show
“The Voice” an Emmy in its category. “Sherlock: The
Abominable Bride” emerged as the best TV movie as it
continued the Victorian-esque adventures of a modem
day Sherlock Homes on BBC. The comedy duo “Key
& Peele” who have been consistently funny during
their run got an award for their final season. Comic
Patton Oswalt (whose wife recently died) won an
Emmy for his stand-up special “Talking for Clapping”.
With the quality and the quantity of shows that were
nominated, it is apparent that not everyone can win.
There are a lot of shows & actors that were overlooked
or were nominated but didn’t win. Though Aziz Ansari
(aka Tom Haverford of “Parks & Recreation”) won a
writing Emmy for his new show “Master of None” that
portrays an A sian-A merican actor's struggles in NY C,
the show could’ve used more recognition. However,
not everyone can leave happy.
As the night ended, it gave the viewers another reason
to enjoy this golden age of television and hopes for an
even better fall TV season.
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HOLD THE SALAMI: NEW VEGAN DELI DELIGHTS
By ILENE ROTHMAN
Berben and Wolff’s Vegan Delicatessen has unknow-
ingly been a staple in the Albany restaurant scene, even
though their official storefront did not open on 227 Lark
St. until this past May.
If you have recently tried the vegan options at Café
Madison, Junior’s, The Hollow, Iron Gate Café, New
World Bistro Bar, Honest Weight Food Coop, The
Ruck, or Healthy on Lark, then chances are you have
already ate Berben & Wolff's house made seitan, wheat
protein that has a similar texture to meat, and is used as
vegan option in cooking.
Joey Berben, 31, is a native of San Diego and has
been vegan since he was 15. He has lived in NY for the
past 10 years and during that time he has fed countless
rock bands passing through the area and has made a
name for himself in the Albany restaurant community
by producing wholesale seitan.
Not long after moving to New Y ork, Berben met Max
Wolff through friends and soon the duo was working
together at the Honest Weight Food Co-Op in Albany,
NY. Fast forward a couple of years, and Wolff was
ready to tum their selling of wholesale seitan into a
legitimate business partnership.
“[Wolff] just called me up one day and said he had
like a dream that we had this business together. . . I said,
‘let's do it,” Berben said.
Berben & Wolff's resides in the same storefront as
a former staple vegan café, The Brakes Coffeehouse and
Provisions. The transition from one vegan establishment to
another was done in a whirlwind manner once Berben and
Wolff decided to go into business together.
“I just went up [to Brakes] and was like, ‘Hey just
throwing it out there. If you ever wanted to get out of
business we would take over the lease’ and she [Emily, the
owner] was just like ok,” Berben said.
Ina 30-day turnaround, Berben and Wolff stuck to their
do-it-yourself root and worked day and night constructing
their deli. They did everything from painting to remolding
by themselves with their goal being of opening as soon as
possible.
“We just announced we’ re going to open and then we
had to open no matter what,” Berben said.
By mid-May their first customers came pouring in, and
since then the momentum has not slowed down. By 1 p.m.
on a Friday, a previously full food display case was already
nearing empty.
When you walk into Berben and Wolff's establishment
you are greeted with blue-green walls, and an overall clean
feel that is mellowed out by a few rock show posters on
the wall and the sounds of Toots and the Maytals playing
through the speakers.
Berben and Wolff are already having mainstream suc-
cess; they recently did an order for heavy metal god, Rob
Zombie, and have been hired to cater for upper class stores
such as Lush and A thleta in the Crossgates Mall.
If you ever find yourself in the middle of Lark Street
and have the option of eating one item from the deli, Wolff
advises customers to get the Wing Burger, “It’s our best
seller.”
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The mushroom po’ boy, one of the most popular items at Berben and Wolff's Vegan Delicatessen.
Customers ordering the Wing burger have the choice of
buffalo or bbq breaded fried chicken-style seitan, served
with carrots, celery, and ranch on a sesame seed bun.
According to Berben, “the prospect of picking one item
is kind of hard, since everything on our menu is its own
thing.”
As far as choosing to identify as just a restaurant or a
vegan restaurant, Berben and Wolff are trying to break the
mold of stereotypical vegan establishments that surround
customers with pamphlets, statistics, and pictures of
animal abuse.
“T feel like the natural progression of veganism is trying
to stray away from this separatism. This like us vs them
kind of thing,” Berben said.
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By TYLER MCNEIL
Competition reached new heights off
campus in last week’s Student Association
election.
Student housing outside of university
property drew in SA campaigning for the first
time. Aspen Heights, 277-bedroom private
student housing which opened earlier this
month, was targeted by some off campus
candidates.
“Tn previous elections, sometimes we have
had a hard time encouraging students which
resulted in lower numbers than expected,”
said Danielle Haft, chair of the Election’s
Commission. “I believe that Aspen serves as
a benefit for off campus candidates, as they
now have a new structure to campaign in.”
The total number of ballots casted in this
year’s election surged from last year at 399
votes.
“I think that A spen totally shifted the votes
dramatically,” Hannah Bostwick, off-campus
senator elect, said. “It was definitely the place
for off campus candidates to be.”
Along with other off-campus candidates,
Bostwick and her ticket-mate, Olivia
Johansen, left flyers and canvassed
throughout A spen Heights on Wednesday
and Thursday. The ticket won a combined 15
percent of the vote in the off campus race.
In the future, Bostwick believes that Aspen
Heights should be split to havehave separate
SA representation due to the apartment
building’ s proximity to campus and location-
based issues.
Unlike other living areas currently
designed on campus, Aspen Heights is home
to graduate students and residents outside of
the University at Albany.
“I don’t think for them to be included as
acampus living area would really be that
influential,” Subha Tasnim, senator-at-large
said.
Aspen Heights did not respond to
comment at press time.
Any changes to push Aspen Heights as a
separate living area would have to be passed.
by the SA Senate. The most recent addition
to living areas passed by the SA Senate was
Liberty Terrace after the apartment building
was completed four years ago.
“Unless there’ s specific Senate seating
assigned for Aspen [Heights], forever, from
this point on, off-campus senators are going
to have to rely on Aspen 100 percent in order
to get elected,” Alex Terezakis, off campus
candidate, said.
Terezakis, along with his ticket, Great
Danes for Diversity, supported having
represented separately in the SA.
Along with Terezakis, most off campus
Senate candidates on the ticket, excluding
Jillian Guerma, failed to win despite
canvassing in Aspen Heights. Rey Muniz III,
who had the most off-campus votes on the
ticket, fell short of reclaiming the last seat
available for off campus candidates by 19
votes.
Muniz’s total votes this year, 58, would
have given him a Senate seat closer to the
top of the list in last year’s election. In this
year’s race, the number of votes casted nearly
doubled for the top off campus candidate,
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website, this means that UA lbany is legally
required “to provide a designated public
forum for free speech by third parties.”
Despite having legal obligations, the uni-
versity is not completely powerless in regards
to regulating third parties such as Jackson.
Luntta confirmed that it would’ ve been pos-
sible for the university to reject Jackson’ s
application to speak on campus although
he believes it’s “not a question of accepting
or rejecting on past behavior” as much as
itis determining the university's “ability to
respond” to a potentially dangerous situation.
Luntta also stated that he, along with the rest
of the staff who are responsible for granting
the permit, was aware of Jackson’s arrest
record and decided to allow him to speak in
order to “allow freedom of speech to occur on
the campus.”
Some students will be relieved to hear
that it might be a while until Ross Jackson.
retums to UAlbany. However, despite his
overwhelmingly negative reception, he said,
“T hope to come back here sometime. God
sent me here and I'll be praying for these
students.”
Whether or not his prayers are answered,
it remains likely that students can expect
similar speakers to Jackson on campus in the
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cess could have been easily avoided.”
Due to the lawsuit, Joseph Brennan,
the university’s vice president and one
of the witnesses at the hearing, was
and still is concemed with the negative
impact of the incident.
“Research and experience teach us
that the first version of an event is the
one that persists, even if facts emerge
later to contradict that version,” he said.
At UAlbany, where every one in three
students is a minority, Brenan wor-
Ties that the view of the university as
a “hostile place for people of color is
especially a tragic loss.”
With the recent lawsuit by Ms.
Agudio in addition to what may seem
like permanent controversy, Brennan is
still confident, “over time, with diligent
effort, I believe that we can portray the
university in a more favorable light.”
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Deutschland to the Danes: UAlbany’s
Phenom Goalie Has Come a Long Way
By LAUREN NAVRATIL
Maxi Primus, a senior at the Univer-
sity at Albany, developed a love for field
hockey very early in life when her parents
decided to get her involved with a sport at
the age of six. There was a field hockey
club right around the comer from their
house, so it was meant to be. Since then,
playing the sport led her to many different
places, including another country.
Primus grew up in Germany,
though she decided to pursue a college
education and field hockey career in the
United States because she feels sports have
a greater value here, and she’s able to play
at a higher level than at home.
After the process of applying to
many American schools, UAlbany Field
Hockey Head Coach Phil Sykes caught her
attention with a welcoming attitude and
convinced her that field hockey is taken
seriously here, though the players could
still focus on school work and enjoy a life
outside of the sport. Also, at the time, there
were a lot of other intemational players on
the team, which was comforting to Maxi.
So, without ever seeing the campus, she
packed up and moved to the United States.
There are a lot of intemational ath-
letes playing for UAlbany teams, so this is
an inside look as to what it’s like for them.
Maxi went through a major culture shock
her first year at UA lbany. She especially
noticed the difference in food, however,
which is one of the things she misses the
most about home, along with her fam-
ily. Other than that, Primus feels she has
adapted quite well.
“Albany became a second home,
and I learned how to speak the language and
value a different culture” says Primus.
Maxi loves playing field hockey at
UAlbany, and views her teammates as fam-
ily.. The team roster has only 18 players,
which Maxi says is a huge factor because
most other teams in the NCAA have 24 to
30 players, so it’s a tight-knit team.
Primus was named defensive
player of the week multiple times. Asa
goalie, she undergoes a great amount of
mental pressure, maybe more so than any
other player, but with clear focus, Maxi is
ready to block any shot directed at her net.
“T feel honored to receive those
awards; although, I must say, that it’s not
me deserving of the award alone. As a
goalie, especially, I depend on my defense.
If my defense does a good job, they make
my life a lot easier” says Primus.
Maxi strongly cherishes being a
part of something bigger, and enjoys special
moments with her team, like winning the
championship and seeing all their hard
work pay off.
Outside of Field Hockey, Maxi
attends class like the rest of us students, and
she studies Psychology as a major, along
with Business and Spanish as minors. She
would like to pursue a career in Business
Psychology, possibly doing human resourc-
es consulting.
This will be Maxi’s last year as
an undergraduate at UAlbany, and final
season playing Field Hockey for the team,
so where will she end up next? It’s never
easy to pinpoint an exact post-graduation
plan, especially as a dedicated athlete,
playing at an extremely competitive level.
Maxi would like to remain in the United
States after graduation for a few months in
order to travel and work with field hockey
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camps, though she thinks she may retum to
Germany to attend graduate school, since it
is free there.
In the future, Maxi would love to
continue playing field hockey, and could
see herself playing in the first division
in Germany. She understands that as she
grows older, though, making sure she has
the proper education and securing a well-
payed job will be of the utmost impor-
tance, so that will take up a lot of time and
decrease her ability to play as much as she
used to.
Wherever life takes her, though,
she'll never lose that genuine love for the
game she discovered as a young girl that
took her to new places and gave her unfor-
gettable memories.
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FOOTBALL
DANES BEAT ST. FRANCIS 20-
9, CONTINUE PERFECT START
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Elijah Ibitokun-Hanks runs the ball, gaining a few yards for the Great Danes during the first quarter of their game against Saint Francis University
By BRENDAN SMITH
Any win is a good win for the
Albany Great Danes, especially
when that win moves the team
to an undefeated 4-0 record. The
22nd/23rd ranked Great Danes
welcomed the St. Francis (PA)
Red Flash to Tom and Mary
Casey Stadium on Saturday
evening, looking to extend their
perfect record in the all-time
series, which dates back to when
both teams were a member of the
NEC, to 15-0.
Albany, coming off a 45-28 vic-
tory in their home-opener against
Holy Cross, faced an uphill battle
from the beginning of the game,
as they struggled mightily on the
offensive side of the ball in the
first half.
After each team punted on their
first possession, SFU began to
string a drive together, as quar-
terback Zack Drayer completed
a 26-yard pass to running back
Marcus Bagley. However, just two
plays later, Marcus Alston was
stripped by Josh Wynn, and Mi-
chael Nicastro jumped on the ball,
to the delight of the home crowd.
Albany’s ensuing drive was
stalled when quarterback Neven
Sussman was sacked for the
second time of the game, this time
on third down, setting up a field
goal attempt by Ethan Stark, who
was 1 for 4 on field goal attempts
entering the game. His struggles
continued, this time missing a 40-
yard field goal wide left. With the
ball back, Drayer orchestrated a
methodical drive, which extended
into the second quarter, and got
the ball into the red-zone for the
Red Flash, as they looked to put
some points on the board and take
an early lead. The Albany defense
held tough, as they forced a fourth
and one field goal try from the
5-yard line, which Lance Geesey
split the uprights on, giving SFU
a 3-0 lead with 14:13 to go before
halftime. “Relax. Bend, don’t
break. We'll be alright.” Graduate
senior A bner Logan reminded the
Great Danes.
Geesey then kicked the ball out
of bounds on the next kickoff, set-
ting Albany up witha short field
and a good opportunity to answer
the scoring drive by SFU. Once
again, the offense stalled after two
quick first-downs, punting from
the SFU 38-yard line.
Looking to build on their small
lead, SFU got the ball back on
their own 20. Facing a third and
five, Drayer completed a bubble
screen to Kamron Lewis for a first
down, as Albany had a tough time
getting off the field on third down,
allowing a first down on 5 out of 9
third downs in the first half. Dray-
er also showcased his scrambling
ability, routinely avoiding defend-
ers and extending plays behind
the line-of-scrimmage and finding
the open receiver downfield. A fter
long 7:43 drive, Geesey was just
able to push a 50-yard field goal
through the uprights, extending
the SFU lead to 6-0, with 4:30 to
go in the first half. After another
kickoff by Geesey went out of
bounds, Albany regained posses-
sion with great field position. One
again, they could not take advan-
tage, as SFU forced a three and
out. A scary moment came when
Neven Sussman was drilled in the
leg by SFU safety/retum special-
ist Lorenzo Jerome, and had to be
helped off the field by trainers.
Sussman was seen jogging to the
locker room with less than 30 sec-
onds left in the half, and returned
after halftime.
With the ball back at their own
18, and less than 3 minutes on the
clock, SFU’s offense had to hurry
to score again. Marcus Bagley
was the early star of the drive,
before a leg injury ended his night
prematurely. Bagley finished the
game with 69 rushing yards and
40 receiving yards. His absence
was a huge factor in the result of
the game. Jymere Jordan-Toney
replaced Bagley, leading the team
to the Albany 16-yard line with
just three seconds left before the
half ended. For the third time in
the quarter, Geesey drilled a field
goal, as SFU went to the locker
room leading 9-0.
As Albany's head coach Greg
Gattuso said after the game about
the first half of play, “we talked
internally. I didn’t yell at them...
It’s all about together, and us.”
When asked about his halftime
adjustments, Gattuso admitted that
his team “didn’t really make any
adjustments. We just started play-
ing better.”
Albany came out of the locker
room for the second half, and
received the kickoff to begin the
third quarter. [bitokun-Hanks
shook off his first half perfor-
mance, carrying the ball for 14
yards and a first-down on the first
play of the drive. The offense con-
tinued to move the ball downfield,
and with the ball at the SFU 27,
Sussman lobbed a ball into the
end-zone for Austin Ellis. The
pass fell incomplete, but a pass
interference penalty was called,
setting Albany up with a 1st and
10 from the 12. After two short
run plays and an incomplete pass,
Stark drilled a 24-yard field goal,
cutting the SFU lead to 9-3. After
forcing a punt by SFU, Neven
Sussman’ s pass was intercepted
by Lorenzo Jerome, who re-
tumed it 22 yards to the Albany
28. After three plays, Geesey
hooked a 37-yard field goal wide
left, giving Albany the ball once
again. Albany put together a quick
drive, set up by a 36-yard run by
Ibitokun-Hanks, and gained the
lead when Sussman lofted the ball
to Sophomore Jordan Crockett in
the back corner of the end-zone.
The 12-yard touchdown catch was
the first touchdown in Crockett’s
career. With the 10-9 lead, Albany
would never trail again.
After a quick three and out
for SFU, Albany quickly scored
again, needing just 3 plays to
go 69 yards, as Dione Alston
scored on a 54-yard run. Stark's
extra point made it a 17-9 game
with 11:39 to go in the fourth
quarter. Both teams traded punts,
and SFU had the ball again with
7:47 left in the game, trailing by
8 points. A first-down after an
8-yard scramble by Zack Drayer
was quickly negated by a Kareem
Brown interception, the second
tumover by SFU. Needing just
29 yards to score a touchdown,
Albany looked to seal the game
with 5:38 left to play. The offense
could not get a first-down, and
settled for a 37-yard Ethan Stark
field goal instead. Now down 2
scores, SFU got the ball back,
and entered Albany territory, but
could not capitalize, as Rodriquez
Alexander fumbled the ball after a
35-yard reception, and Josh Wynn
recovered for the Great Danes,
all-but ending the game. A quick
three and out by Albany gave SFU
the ball with less than 2 minutes
to go.
After an 18-yard reception
along the sideline, both teams
scuffled, and offsetting penalties
were called. In the commotion,
star linebacker Michael Nicastro
was injured by a late shot from an
SFU player, and had to leave the
game due to a lower-hody injury.
Gattuso was able to confirm that
it was not an injury to either knee,
but gave no other information
regarding Nicastro’ s injury.
2 plays later, Drayer completed
along, 44-yard pass to Kamron
Lewis, and SFU was in prime
scoring position at the Albany 3.
On the next play, Jamal Robinson
intercepted Drayer in the end-
zone, and Neven Sussman kneeled
the ball twice, giving Albany a
20-9 victory.
Ibitokun-Hanks was held under
100 yards rushing for the first time
this season, gaining 90 yards on
22 carries, and also failed to reach
the end-zone for the first time this
season as well. Sussman finished
7-15 for 83 yards, a touchdown
and an interception through the
air. Dione Alston was a bright spot
on offense, rushing for 87 yards
and a touchdown on just 4 carries.
The defense was led by Nicastro,
who totaled 16 tackles on the
evening, setting a new career-high
for him. Josh Wynn also starred
defensively, racking up 10 tackles,
a forced fumble, and also recov-
ered a fumble.
Drayer led the Red Flash of-
fense, going 20-34 for 270 yards
and 2 interceptions on the night.
SFU outgained Albany 415-251
in the game, but tumed the ball
over 4 times, as Albany’s tumover
margin now stands at +15 on the
year.
GOLF
Espino Sinks Hole-in-One at Dartmouth
Rallying on day two to place seventh out
of acompetitive 14-team field, the Uni-
versity at Albany women’s golf team shot
a program record low round of 296 at the
Dartmouth Invitational Sunday aftemoon.
Freshman A nnika Espino sunk the pro-
gram’s first hole in one on her 10th hole of
the day, shooting a team-low 72.
The Great Danes (325-297— 622) cut 28
strokes from their first round score to the
second, jumping from 12th to seventh place.
“T can't express how extremely proud I
am of this team today,” said Head Coach
Colleen Cashman-McSween. “A fter a very
slow and disappointing start in round one
and a frost delay this morning to hegin
round two, the team battled back stronger
then I have ever seen them battle.”
“From the time the ball left the club it
looked perfect,” said Cashman-McSween.
“We watched but couldn’ t see because it
was uphill, and the odd thing was, there was
no bounce. I looked at her and said, ‘I think
it went in.’ She didn’t believe me, but we
got up there and she looked in the hole. The
smile on her face for her first hole in one
was priceless.”
“Tt was really fun to watch them play with
confidence today and to redeem the touma-
ment finish,” added Cashman-McSween.
“I believe they have so much talent and
T'm glad they proved it today, not only to
themselves but to everyone else too. I hope
it continues to build their confidence going
forward the rest of the season.”
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UAlbany's Espino sinks hole-in-one at the
Hannover Country Club.
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