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RELIGION
proar Over Proposed
Religious Holiday Nix
By scheduling
EMILY AUCOMPAUGH easier and more
————— in line with state law,
University at Albany — while religious groups
officials are consider-
ing removing all breaks
for religious holidays
by next year, a change
tion.
Registrar Karen
that comes with along — Chico Hurst said that
history of debate at the _ the calendar committee
university. of the office recently
The Office of the proposed the removal
Registrar argued that
the proposal would
on campus decried the
loss of holiday recogni-
of religious holidays to
the university adminis-
Credit: Shabbos House
Students soon may have to go to class on days like Rosh Hashanah, a Jewish holiday.
tration.
Chico Hurst said the
change, if approved,
would put the school’s
calendar in line with
the state’s government
calendar, allowing the
school to better comply
with state laws.
New York state laws si
require the university
to hold 15 weeks of
classes a semester.
When the academic
ment.
essions.
schedule fails to meet
the 15-week require-
arting and
finishing dates of fall
and spring semesters
must be moved around,
which in turn impacts
the starting dates of
the winter and summer
By removing all reli-
gious holidays from the
calendar, the committee
hopes to create a more
predictable calendar
that aligns better with
other universities and
The decision would
remove class suspen-
sions on the holidays of
Rosh Hashanah, Yom
Kippur, Passover, and
Easter.
Not everyone is hap-
py with the proposal.
“I’m very disap-
pointed for both attend-
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FACILITIES
Plans for
Greater
Campus
Access
By PHILIP DOWNES
The University at Albany will begin work to
make the campus more accessible by installing
an elevator and ramps from the Podium to the
Lecture Centers beginning next summer.
Long terms plans have been drafted for a
multi-year project which includes new ramps
and an extension of the current Lecture Center
elevators, according to John Giarrusso, associ-
ate vice president of Facilities Management.
The project is expected to take up to seven
yei
‘The university was made to be as accessible
as possible when it was built back in the 1960s,”
said Giarrusso. “These plans will make major
advances to keep our facilities up to date.”
The stairs and ramps on the north side of
the podium will be renovated to bring them up
to ADA standards, while the existing elevator
will be extended to bring access to the lecture
centers from the podium directly.
Under these plans, the most acces
for students with mobility issues to ac
the LCs will be right outside the main library,
according to Carolyn Malloch, director of the
Disability Resource Center.
LCs one and two will go under renovation to
start the project next summer.
Some students with mobility issues have
noted concerns with the campus’ facilities ac-
cessibility, including Elizabeth McCormick, a
freshman with cerebral palsy.
“Thad to try a couple of different routes
before I could actually get down to the lecture
centers for my classes,” said McCormick.
McCormick stated that the door-opening
ble way
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REPORTER’S
EXPERIENCE
SA’s Fright Night: From Fun to Terror
Reporter recounts being grabbed unexpectedly
By MICHELLE MULLEN
Shocked, uneasy, and anxious. These are
words that describe how I felt leaving the
doors of the haunted house at Student Assi
ciation’s fright night held in Dippikill earlier
this month.
As I walked down the dark hallway zig-
zagging room-to-room through various spac-
es of scares and challenges, I was enthralled
by the commitment that the students had put
into scaring us. Boy did they succeed. I was
shaking, my adrenaline pumping through the
roof, By the last room, I was shaking for a
different reason.
‘As we moved through the hallway, I sud-
denly felt someone much larger than I wrap
around me from behind. Before I could even
process what was going on, I was pulled back
into an open closet.
I stood there uncomfortably as s
hosting the haunted hou:
the back of my body pressed against the front
of his. His hand was sprawled over my face,
covering parts of my cheek, mouth and nose.
The other hand wrapped my body from the
front, keeping my arms tight, making me un-
successful as I tried to unfold his hand from
my face. Throughout this episode his lips
PRINTED BY THE TIMES UNION, ALBANY,
were inches from my ear, whispering, “Shh”
over and over just made it wor
I was so nervous, I felt like I couldn’t
breathe. In my efforts to get away, he made
it clearer I had to stay, never going out of
character, his voice deep and raspy as he told
me I had to stay, not once telling me that this
was part of the act. Finally realizing I was
gone, my boyfriend came back and peered
into the opening of the closet, realizing what
was going on, and yanked me out of the hold
that I was stuck in.
As I stood there, in a moment that lasted
over a minute, my mind was forced to flood
with a memory that I had pushed and locked
away into the deepest section of my mind.
Although it did not go further than what I had
described, I was forced to face feelings that I
was not ready to let free of a moment with a
similar beginning but a very different ending.
T have never publicly shared a si
nine years later I have still not come to terms
with. The event that occurred in the haunted
house that night forced me to face feelings
and facts that I was not ready to let free. I
stood there, in that closet, barely breathing,
having flashbacks to the moment that as a
young teen, I was sexually assaulted.
What occurred to me in the house did
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I stood there, in that closet, barely breathing,
having flashbacks to the moment that | was
sexually assaulted as a young teen.”
Source: UAlbany Student Association
SA and UAlbany’s chapter of lota Phi Theta, Inc. hosted Fright Night on Oct. 12.
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SA FINANCES
Extended Debate Over SA’s Custom T-Shirts
CHAD ARNOLD/ ASP
ABOVE: The agreed upon senate T-shirts seen from back.
By CHAD ARNOLD
Student Association debated
whether personalizing $1,500
in senate T-shirts was unfair to
student groups before agreeing on
a final design Wednesday night.
The debate set a precedent,
according to Jeffrey Shapiro, chair
of the Appropri tions Committee,
tomizing
the T-shirts with the names of
each senator.
“We're holding everyone else
to a higher standard than we are
ourselves,” Shapiro said during
the debate. “Keep in mind people
are upset that we’re getting these
T-shirts.”
Apparel is not prohibited under
SA rules, but there are strict
guidelines for any student group
RIGHT: Sen. Shapiro.
looking to purchase uniforms or
promotional apparel, especially if
said apparel is “being customized
for individuals in the organiza-
tion.”
Groups must receive prior
approval from the Comptroller’s
office before purchasing any form
of apparel, according to the Trea-
surer’s Handbook, SA’s must-
know rules for any student groups
looking to spend allocated funds.
The office can either approve
the purchase, deny with reason, or
outright deny the request using the
principles of viewpoint neutrality.
Customizing senate T-shirts
would make it difficult for SA
to deny a similar request from a
student group going forward, ac-
cording to Shapiro.
“It is going to be a double-
Jeffrey
Shapiro
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Senter
standard the second we say no to
a student group who wants this,”
he said.
Several senators argued SA.
is different from other student
groups on campus because
members of the organization are
elected offic:
“Some instances we should be
holding ourselves to a higher stan-
ces we stay the
indard, and some instances
we have to have a little bit more
privileges to act as a government
body,” said Brandon Holdridge,
SA senate chair, following
Wednesday’s debate.
Shapiro disagreed.
“If anything, we should behold-
en ourselves to a higher standard
since we're the ones distributing
this money,” he
SA’s budget is divided into two
parts: an internal operating budget
and an external budget, which
funds over 120 student groups.
Both portions of the estimated
$2.7 million total budget are
funded from student activity fee
money, a mandatory $110 per
semester fee for students taking
six or more credits
Money to purchase the T-shirts
approved by SA’s senate
in May along with funding for
polo shirts for the organization’s
Executive branch.
The T-shirts will serve as a
uniform for senators during SA
sponsored events with the hope
of increasing the organization’s
visibility on campus, according to
Holdridge.
“T want to get the word out that
we have senators and that they
actually exist, and that they can
do good for you,” he said. “The
biggest thing that you will always
hear every single year of your life
here is that no one knows what
this student government does.
“T would like to set the record
straight by having senators actual
have these shirts on and going out
into campus.”
Last year, SA did not purch:
T-shirts until late in the spring
semester, something Holdridge
said “served no purpose.”
“We will actually have an op-
portunity for it to serve what it is
actually supposed to be used for,
as a uniform,” Holdridge said.
“We actually have some use for
the $1,500 we’re spending.”
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ing and prospective Jewish students,”
said Rabbi Nomi Manon, a leader in the
Interfaith Center, who explained Rosh
Hashanah and Yom Kippur are the holiest
holidays in the Jewish faith.
“It’s a big draw for Jewish students at-
tending this school hat they get these days
off to observe and be with their families,”
he said. “It makes a negative statement
about how our school campus supports
religious diversity.”
UAlbany is currently in the minority on
the issue of giving students off for these
holidays.
Out of all 64 schools in the SUNY s
tem, the only universities who have Jew:
holidays off are UAlbany, Binghamton,
Oswego, Nassau Community College, and
Rockland Community College.
“One of the reasons I chose thi:
said Riva Taksir, a Jewish junior, “was
because of the strong Jewish presence. I
always felt that | was supported and that the
holidays were respected.”
Sandy Damhof, pastor of Cornerstone
Campus Ministry, agreed with Manon.
She said the proposal was in line with the
recent controversial relocation of the Inter-
h
s campus,”
faith Center into a smaller space on campus.
“T think all of this sen message to the
students about what the school really cares
about,” said Damhof.
According to Chico Hurst, the problem
most focus groups have pointed out is how
to tell students of the changes without them
interpreting it as administration taking away
students’ religious rights.
“Students and faculty need to know there
are other alternatives that allow them to
observe their religious holidays without
penalization.”
UAlbany currently adheres to section
224-A of the New York State Education
Law, under Title [X, which states that no
student can be expelled or refused admis-
sion due to missing days because of their
religious belie
The law also states that students mi:
ing cl ious beliefs are
excused from any examination or work on
that particular day or days.
all wcligiois ‘eliday and da
vance so that they could know when to
excuse students.
Farzana Nazrana, a Muslim junior,
already has to attend classes during the 30-
day fast of Ramadan.
“I’m against the school taking away
holidays from the Jews and other religions,”
said Nazrana. “They need time to celebrate,
and I think Muslims should get time off for
According to The Instructional Year Cal-
endar of the University at Albany (2012),
the practice of suspending classes for Rosh
Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Passover/
ster began in 1980, after being proposed
inconsistently for 10 years previous.
The 1980 bill from the University’s
Council on Educational Policy said holidays
were needed because of scheduling con-
flicts.
These included the need for earlier sus-
to allow for travel before
holidays, the need for a later start to
ses on the day after Easter, and the ne-
‘ity, in some years, for faculty to submit
grades on Christmas Eve.
In 2004, The University Life Council
introduced a bill to suspend classes for two
major Muslim holidays, Eid al-Fitr and Eid
al-Adha.
This proposal went unapproved by the
Council on Educational Policy for the 2005-
06 calendar amidst concerns that, “other
religious groups would follow suit and re-
quest recognition of their religious ceremo-
nies by designating school holidays...”
A similar bill to eliminate the suspension
of any religious holidays was proposed in
2005 in response to this issue. However,
it was ultimately dismissed by former
UAlbany president Kermit Hall due to the
“closely divided vote by the Senate,” along
ith a lack of representation in the univer-
sity’ undergraduate population.
Despite the turbulent history, Chico
Hurst has made it clear her main goal in this
decision is to improve the quality of educa-
tion for students.
“The first
academic retention,”
s vital to a students’
aid Chico Hur “and
$s get on unequal footing [due to class
suspensions of religious holidays
No final decisions have been made thus
far.
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not go according to the way SA
the rest of them to realize later
that someone was mi
not even a mention in the waiver.
“shocked,”
“disorganized.” None di
d. No one expected what
and the Iota Phi Theta Fraternity,
Inc. had planned the scene to go.
SA president Langie Cadesca
explained that the haunted house
was supposed to end with a game.
A member of the house planned
to pull an unassuming guest away
from the group in an attempt for
ng. In
theory, it is an interesting plan. In
reality, the plan resulted in a much
darker fear than they could have
imagined.
Not once did SA mention that
there would be any human contact
in the haunted house. There was
In an effort to find out if anyone
felt or experienced what I had
gone through, I sent out emails to
attendees of Fright Night. Of the
five girls that answered back, four
asked not to be named. Certain
words jumped out at me as I read
the emails: “Uncomfortable,”
of them knew that they would
even be touched, and all of them
who experienced this type of
contact were uneasy after leaving
the ho
Cadesca confirmed to me that
no training session had been
held, no do’s and don’ts had been
happened to me to happen, but no
one prevented it from happening
in the first place. I was shocked
's age where consent
s ed so widely, we would
not be alerted that contact was
allowed.
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SA To Fill Vacant Seats in Fall Special Election
By CHAD ARNOLD & NICHOLAS SHERMAN
_ The Student Association is looking to fill nine vacan-
al election following a string of resignations,
impea iments sndla WeekeoE interest thin tandidates in the
fall election.
With four at-large seats to fill and one seat for Freedom,
Liberty, off-campus and business, the Nov. 7 election will
be the largest special election in the last four ye
‘The number of seats up for grabs could potentially in-
crease by the time the election comes around.
Senators are permitted to miss just three weekly senate
meetings a year without an excuse before being removed
from office, according to SA bylaws.
Attendance records show Carlos McArthur of Alumni
Quad, has two-and-a-half unexcused absences while Ander-
son Solano, and off-campus senator, is up to two.
Senate chair Brandon Holdridge There’s a large interest
in the vacant seats, according to Brandon Holdridge, SA’s
senate chair, who hopes the special election coinciding
with the midterms elections will drum up “a little bit more
energy” from the student body.
Voter turnout in the fall election was down 32 percent
compared to last year.
Seats on Freedom, Liberty and off-campus were went
unfilled during the election.
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Holdridge points to a smaller-than-usual Election Com-
ion as reason for the low turnout.
“We will have a stronger team who will go out and get a
higher turnout by increasing advertisement,” Holdridge said
of the fully restocked Commission. He’s also hoping SA
will work more closely with ResLife to increase turnout.
Students looking to run in the special election have until
noon on Wednesday Oct. 24 to submit their nomination
forms.
Voting will take place on MyInvolvement between noon
Nov. 7 until noon Nov. 9.
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CRIME BLOTTER
BURGLARY 2ND DE-
GREE: ILLEGAL EN-
TRY- DWELLING
10/18/2018
Alumni Quad- Pierce Hall
Report of stolen Apple
Watch.
DEFENDANT FAILS
TO APPEAR IN COURT
AFTER SUMMONS
SERVED
10/18/2018
for an active Bench War-
rant with this agency. Was
never stopped, claims false
impersonation.
Fire Alarm
10/18/2018
State Quad- Irving Hall
Caused by hair straightener.
POSSESS FORGED
INSTRUMENT-3RD
10/17/2018
Indian Quad- Mohawk
Tower
Report of two male students
Referrals were made.
Vehicle Towed
10/17/2018
Roadways- CQ Lot
Report of unpaid parking
tickets. Vehicle towed.
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF
3RD:DAMAGE THE
MOTOR VEHICLE OF
ANOTHER
10/16/2018
(10/11/2018)
Other- UPD
Report of a vehicle being
keyed.
FORGERY 1ST: GOVT
ISSUED MONEY/
STAMPS/SECURITIES
10/16/2018
Podium- Campus Center
Report of counterfeit money.
PETIT LARCENY
10/15/2018
Liberty Terrace- LT North
Report of a stolen bicycle.
Title IX Referral
10/15/2018
Indian Quad- Seneca Hall
Report of a male student be-
ing harassed.
FORCIBLE TOUCHING
OF ANOTHERS SEXU-
AL/INTIMATE PARTS
10/14/2018
Indian Quad- Seneca Hall
Report of a male student be-
ing harassed.
AGGRAVATED UNLI-
CENSED OPERATION
MOTOR VEHICLE-1ST
DEGREE
10/14/2018
Roadways- Washington
Avenue
Report of a male subject
driving while
intoxicated. An arrest was
made and
vehicle was towed.
CRIMINAL POSSESSION
OF MARIHUANA- 5TH
DEGREE:PUBLIC
PLACE
10/14/2018
Other- Indian Pond
Report of a male student in
possession of marihuana and
marihuana paraphernalia. A
referral was made.
CRIM POSS CONTRL
SUBST
10/14/2018
State Quad- Eastman Tower
Report of a male student in
possession of a controlled
substance, marihuana and
marihuana paraphernalia. An
arrest was made.
Fire Alarm
10/14/2018
State Quad- Eastman Tower
Caused by hookah smoke.
Crisis Intervention
10/13/2018
Dutch Quad- Stuyvesant
Tower
Report of a male student
harming himself. Transport-
ed to hospital by 5 Quad.
Assist Other PD
10/13/2018
Roadways- Western Ave
Assisted Guilderland PD.
Animal Report
10/13/2018
PE Complex- Field Other
Report of a large animal on
campus. Nothing found.
CRIM NUISANCE 2-
CREATE CONDITIONS
WHICH ENDANGER
OTHERS
10/12/2018 Alumni Quad-
Pierce Hall
Report of a male student
covering a smoke detector
and in possession of mari-
huana. A referral was made.
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buttons in the
problem for her as
well, which has led
her to feel hesitant
when traveling to w
classes alone.
Malloch reasons
that the university
can only fix acces-
sibility issues that are
reported directly to
them, and that repairs
are usually completed alike,”
an hour of the initial
cern for students on
lecture centers area campus.
Last April, SA
senator Chloe Blaise
said the university
not adequately
accessible to students
with mobility issues.
“These plans are
aimed to making the
Giarrusso
within half an hour to — said. “We want to
have as many people
report. able to navigate the
Accessibility has
long been a con-
campus comfortable
as possible.”
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS.
LIBRARY
Printing Pandemonium:
Ignoring Student’s Complaints
By MATTHEW MIRRO
Thave been a student at the
iversity at Albany for more than
now. Like any school,
the university has its issues and,
while I, like everyone, have found
those issues to be beyond irritating.
However, I have never felt more
slighted by the school, its policies or
its priorities than I was following an
incident this past Thursday.
Thad gone to the University
ibrary in hopes of printing out
ignment due in a few hours.
I specifically went in the middle
of a class block to beat the traffic
and make my visit as quick and
painless as possible. However, this
proved impossible when I realized
half of the printing computers were
completely broken and the other
half were seemingly operating at
minimum speed. Lines were forming
in the otherwise quiet and empty
library and no one seemed to care.
For half an hour I darted back and
forth between the only three working
computers only to exchange stressed,
angry looks with the others waiting
for the same service. This wasn’t
anything new but I was disturbed
that the obvious issue congesting
the building didn’t seem to move
the needle whatsoever on the library
employees.
At one point, I found myself.
next to the IT help desk, where
students were lined up waiting
for assistance. At this moment, I
noticed an IT student employee slip
away from the desk and towards
the doors leading downstairs. A
evident by their first
sis relationship came up
to this anonymous employee and
said “Dude the printing computers
aren’t working.” In response to this,
the employee shushed his friend,
as though the secret wasn’t already
an open one, and then stunned me
by telling him he’d take him to the
back of the office where the workers
had their own printer, Seeing an
employee decide to give special
treatment rather than address the
she was about to waste a dollar that than attempt to fix the problem for
could be put to better use, advice
she seemed happy to receive
but in the same breath angered
the employee who demanded to
know what I needed. My response
was simple: I told him that when
students pay for something, they
should expect it to work.
To be clear, I have a printer
in my room at home, right
next to my bed. It was my own
forgetfulness that necessitated a
trip to the library in the first place.
But when students rely on these
ices, half the equipment being
totally disabled just doesn’t cut
it, especially when the University
makes us pay to use them.
Tam also aware that the
particular student who I came in
ignored.
Moments later, a young woman
asked this same IT employee how
to use the machine that would put a
dollar on her card for printing. When;
the student began showing her what
to do, I informed the women that the
conflict with could not possibly
be expected to repair the downed
technology at that minute. That
wasn’t what I wa:
king. I took
ue with the library’s obvious
the situation, it’s
issue for everyone I asked “What
about the rest of us”, and was
printers were not working and that
s to give
everyone, and then its willingness
to take money from a student when
they knew she wouldn’t get what
she paid for in a timely manner, The
least that employee could have done
was inform the young woman that it
may be best to wait for right now, or
tell her they’re experiencing a high
volume of students with crippled
equipment, which was the case.
UAlbany, like all centers of
learning, should exist only for the
sole benefit of the student body.
Continuous issues with the WiFi
the dorm conditions or the device
functions places the students at
a disadvantage and, while some
professors understand that things
happen many will not be lenient
regardless of circumstances. When
it comes to services we are expected
to pay for with money from our own
pocket, on top of the astronomical
amounts of money each and every
one of us have already funneled into
the school, the least we can expect
is that they be operational when we
need them.
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SUPREME COURT
About
Kavanaugh:
Don’t Be
Dissapointed.
Be Angry.
By LIAM A. JEFFERIES
Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court
nominee now infamous for sexual assault
allegations made against him, is officially a
Supreme Court Justice. Despite a personal
defense that could have only been dreamt up
by an overly entitled white guy and the intense
protests that occurred as a result, he’s now a
justice in a new conservative Supreme Court
majority, the wors cenario for women
and minorities the country over now fearing the
loss of their hard-fought rights.
Any astute political observer shouldn’t be
surprised by this. While, once upon a time,
the whims of a vocal majority may have been
headed by those in power, the GOP, in the age
of Donald Trump, has already shown that this
doesn’t concern them. Literally every attempt
by the GOP over the past two years to pass laws
and regulations that hurt those who aren’t rich,
white, and male shows this apathy, so to expect
Republicans like Susan Collins to suddenly tum
around and defy the of their own party
and listen to constituents is a fool’s errand.
People are right to feel disappointed that this
is what our democracy has devolved into. But
I'd personally be much more than disappointed,
for to say you're disappointed implies that you
expected a different result. It implies that you
expected congressional Republicans to listen to
those protesting with all their might when that
was never going to happen, for no matter how
like Jeff Flake grandstanded
like Dr. Ford a chance to say
their side of the story, deep down, you knew
they would completely disregard Kavanaugh’s
accusers the moment that Republican
fatives were out of the s|
With this in mind, don’t be disappointed
about the possibility of a non-existent result; be
angry that congressi
game so that this wi
This shouldn’t be a case where people look
disdainfully at Republican senators and say,
publicly or in their minds, “I expected better
from you.” They were never going to be better
than what they are now. The vote was never
going to be more than a party-line vote, and the
Republican majority was going to make Brett
Kavanaugh a Supreme Court Justice whether
people liked it or not. The only possible reason
that a person could have expected different
is if that person had not watched or heard
anything political in the past two years, which,
news, is almost impossible.
So be angry that Republicans rigged the
system the way they did. But don’t use this
anger indirectly or sporadically. While a good
protest or Twitter rant may allow you to let off
some steam, it won’t do much if Republican
representatives aren’t listening to the people
in the first place. So instead of this, keep your
anger, for we are only a month away from
being able to express it in a more productive
way at the polls. Come Nov. 6, we have the
opportunity to express our anger in the ballot
box and, as a result, vote out the Republicans
behind this circumvention of democracy in
the first place. Only if we focus our collec
anger in this way
and senators who listen to the people instead
of party heads and, as a result, respond to
public protests of “we don’t want this” not with
belittlement, but with open minds.
So, disappointed by Brett Kavanaugh’s
confirmation? Be angry on Nov. 6 instead.
VOTING
Millenials Must Embrace Their
Political Power This Midterm
By AARON GINSBERG
Midterm elections are
a time to reassess the state
of politics in our nation
and reinforce the structure
of our government. The
focus of political affairs
temporarily refocused on
the lesser known, but just as
important, federal, state, and
local positions. In these times
of turmoil, midterm electior
are as important as ever. The
controversial nomination
of Brett Kavanaugh to the
Supreme Court has further
empathized the dire need
for millennial participation
in elections, and the push
against political corruption
and interference. We now
have Chad from Barstool
Sports as a Supreme Court
judge because we allowed
twisted old politicians with
dated ideologies to make
decisions for a changing
world.
To strengthen the nation,
we must have politicians
re
coming on 80 yea
s of age to
efficiently combat complex
and who have experience
with these new, daunting
issues are perfect candidates
for the job, but are being
defeated by people who
perpetrate the same dated,
destructive practices. The
individuals have an easier
time getting elected because
they are supported by people
like them who already hold
positions in the government.
Tl why voting is so
incredibly important,
because it’s the only way
we can secure a promising
future. A large amount of
people may believe a certain
way and want change, but
it means nothing without
some political support.
We have to have efficient
yet fair representatives in
our government who can
rationally judge a situation
and make decisions that
benefit the majority.
Luckily enough, these
midterm elections are the
best opportunity we have
to elect quality politicians
into office. Instead of using
the Electoral College to
e
determine the outcome of
a vote, the popular vote is
used. This way, there is no
interference from members.
of the Electoral College who
may have hidden agendas and
would prefer one candidate
over another for unrelated
reasons. For these 2018
midterm elections, there are
plenty of candidates who
represent the millennial
population, or the population
who will grow to completely
shape the nation.
One race in s
that stands out
millennial Democratic
Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-
aged an
incumbent
Congressman Joe Crowley
for the 14th Congressional
district in New York City.
Time magazine called it the,
“Biggest Upset of 2018.”
Now, she is set to face
Pappas in the Nov. 6 general
election. The odds weigh
heavily in Cortez’s favor and
have instilled hope into the
hearts of fellow millennials
who yearn for productive
change in their nation and
representation in congres
In Arizona, Rep.
Krysten Sinema is running
against fellow Republican
Representative Martha
McSally to replace Sen. Jeff
Flake. After winning the
Democratic nomination on
Aug. 28, she is now the first
openly bisexual person to win
a nomination for a
Senate. If she wins
be the second ever openly
LGBTQ person to serve.
This is just one example of
arace that if won, would
promote sexual equality
and benefit the standing of
millennials as a generation in
the worlds view. All in all, it
is incredibly important that
millennials do their research
and go out and vote for their
favorite candidates. This
cannot be a choice made
because someone told you
so, it (0 be one that you
have uniquely developed and
truly believe in. The world
is changing, and must be
allowed to grow naturally,
without being restricted by
ancient politicians who want
to ride their term out to the
very end.
CELEBRITY
Taylor Swift Was Right to Get
Political on Social Media
By KATY DARA
Taylor Swift has never
been one to publicly
comment on politics. Until
now.
The popstar, who is
currently doing her sold-out
world tour, took to Instagram
on Oct. 7 with an important
message for her 112 million
follower
“I’m writing this post
about the upcoming midterm
elections on November 6th,
in which I'll be voting in the
state of Tennessee. In the past
I’ve been reluctant to publicly
voice my political opinions,
but due to several events in
my life and in the world in
the past two years, I feel very
differently about that now.”
She endorsed Democratic
candidates and openly
opposed Republican
candidate Marsha Blackburn.
Swift said that Blackburn’s
voting record “appalls
and terrifies” her. Her
concerns revolved around
the protection of gender
equality, LGBTQ rights,
and racial discrimination.
Swift declared these forms
of discrimination to be
ickening and prevalent.”
The question is, should
celebrities involve themselves
se, the
Breaking her political
silence in is perhaps the
smartest move Taylor Swift
could have made. According
to Vote.org, in the 48 hours
following the Instagram post,
CW, spike in voter
ion. In less than two
days, more than 169,000 new
people had registered to vote.
By comparison, Vote.org
added only 56,669 new voters
during the whole month of
August.
Researchers are now
calling this
registration spike
“the Taylor
Swift Effect.” In addition, it
allowed Swift to straighten
out rumors that have been
circling around her. During
the 2016 election, the
singer urged her fans to do
their civic duty and vote,
although she never specified
a candidate or party. This
began speculation that she
supported Donald Trump.
Even more extremely, a
popular theory was that
she was actually a white
supremacist. The social
media post shut down all of
those rumors quickly.
Many were shocked
by Swift’s sudden
outspokenness. Her fans
rallied around the singer,
aggressively supporting her
decision. Several celebrities
also voiced their support
for Swift’s decision to be
political, including her
former feud partner Katy
Perry and friend Todrick
Hall. Rob Reiner praised the
singer by saying, “You can
single handedly change this
on your fans
and powerful
are. If you get
them to the polls on Nov.6,
everything you care about
will be protected.”
Others criticized Swift
for butting her nose into
things that have nothing to
do with her career. Trump
Advisory Board member
Madison Gesiotto tweeted,
“I never looked to Taylor
Swift for political advice and
I don’t plan to start now.”
President Trump declared
that he likes Swift’s mi
“25 percent-less now.” Either
way, her announcement has,
encouraged voter registration
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amongst thousands of 18-30.
This could prve to
be especially prevalent in a
red state like Tennessee.
This all comes after the
tumultuous ordeal of Brett
Kavanaugh’s confirmation
to the Supreme Court despite
sexual assault allegations, as
well as Swift being featured
in TIME’s 2017 Person of
the Year a “Silence
Breaker” by winning a sexual
assault court case in the wake
of #MeToo. After totally
transforming her image with
the release of her album
reputation in November,
it’s no surprise that Taylor
Swift has chosen to voice
her political opinions for the
first time. With the midterm
elections on Nov. 6, only
time will tell if her efforts
made actually a difference.
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How to Take Advantage of Grammarly for Writing
By RAYMOND E. STRAWN III
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University at Albany, I started
using Grammarly Free. I highly
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grammar and spell check on
Microsoft Word, a feature I have
been using since high school, for
over 15 years, misses a lot of mis-
takes that Grammarly picks
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a habit I’ve had, and I enjoy the
formatting options on Word. You
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but I do not do that. The issue be-
comes copying and pasting from
Word to Grammarly. The format-
ting disappe: fier recopying
the paper from Grammarly and
back to Word. Examples are tabs
after paragraphs, italicized words,
bullet points, etc. Therefore, I use
Grammarly to identify the mis-
takes and switch over to Word to
make corrections when I’ve used
formatting. It is more time con-
suming this way, so I recommend
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The other issue I have noticed
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‘ad what the highlighted
ion of text Grammarly
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make sure the suggestion makes
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s should utilize
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average, Grammarly Free informs
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FALL ACTIVITIES
Five Ways to Make the Most of Fall at College
By JACKIE LABOUNTY
Fall has finally come around again! The temperature
is dropping, leaves are turning red, yellow, orange, and
brown, and they are beginning to fall. Time to pack away
our T-shirts, shorts, and sandals and to dig out our sweaters,
scarfs, hats, and boots. It’s that time of year and definitely
one of the best seasons for themed food, events, and
activities. Here are five things you can do here in Albany
to celebrate fall.
1. Outdoor activities
Apples, apples, apples, it’s the perfect time to get them!
Some fun activities could be going apple picking. Start
baking your favorite fall treats. Make your apples into
pies, doughnuts, crisps, candied apples, and more. Get
creative and use them for some party fun! How about an
apple bobbing station. This will sure liven things up. West
Shaker Farm is a great place to go apple picking. It’s not
too far from campus and it’s easy to get there.
Try pumpkin carving; West Shaker Farm also sells
pumpkins. It’s pretty convenient, so why not get both while
you’re there? Decorate and design them in any spooky way
you can imagine. Cut open the top, spoon out all the guts
and seeds, and start carving. Put them around your dorm
rooms or houses for decoration to show UAlbany your
Halloween spirit!
2. Fall food
Themed food and drinks are all around! Most restaurants
are bound to have a scary special and deadly drinks. Try out
the Cider Belly Doughnuts shop. It has the best apple cider
doughnuts in Albany. Stop by and take a taste for yourself.
Better go soon though, they sell out fast!
3. Costuming
Why not look around for some creepy costumes? Go
out with some friends and walk around for candy. It’s
always best to go with a group of people. It’s a lot safer
and smarter. You can look scary, funny, creepy, matching
or even stupid. On Halloween, there are no judgements!
Everyone looks ridiculous, and that’s the fun of it. Don’t
worry about what other people think or how you look, just
have fun.
4. Downtown fall events
Albany itself holds so many events for students to go
to during the season for some holiday fun. They have the
Haunted History Pub Crawl. It’s a tour of the history of
Downtown Albany, that’s followed by a paranormal pub
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crawl. Albany also hosts The Murder at Cherry Hill. This
is a creative tour showing the history of Albany’s last
public hanging. The Palace Theatre is also showing The
Rocky Horror Picture Show, Hocus Pocus, and Scream!
There’s also an annual Halloween party at Washington Park
Lakehouse. Have some fun with a live DJ, cider, a photo
booth, prizes, and costumes.
5. University halloween events
Albany’s Law School is holding their 8th annual ‘Trick
or Treat’ Street presented by Phi Alpha Delta. This
fraternity holds a fun family event on Halloween for anyone
to come and enjoy themselves on October 31 from 5 to 7
p.m.. Here they have candy, games, and fun. You can also
join your fellow Danes and come to the 1844 Restaurant
in the Campus Center on Halloween, where they will have
Halloween themed desserts being served.
Fall is the best time of year! So many great holidays
are coming up. Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas:
what they have in common is that they always bring people
together. Fall is the season where friends and families
merge with one another to celebrate.
In the mindset of school, midterms are here and school is
getting even harder. However, we need to take some time to
enjoy ourselves. We can start by easing some of the stress.
Let’s go out and get festive!
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Homecoming: UAlbany vs. Towson
Below: Wide receiver Donovan McDonald runs a pass
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Above: The Danes prepare to snap the ball in the game against Towson.
Below, left: Juwan Green (No. 4), a junior from Martinsburg, West Virginia.
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PROFILE
A Placekicker Learning From The Best
How the Danes’ Ethan Stark Learned To Kick A Football
By ROB LEP
The saying goes: to be the
best, you have to learn from
the best. University at Albany
football’s place kicker/punter
Ethan Stark is no exception.
The redshirt senior was
a Bears fan growing up.
Fourteen-year NFL veteran and
current 49ers kicker Robbie
Gould, who spent eleven
in Chicago and is the
Il-time leading
scorer, is a family friend and
is actually the one who taught
him how to kick.
They’ve even done some
charity golf events together and
still stay in touch.
Clearly, the lessons have
paid off, at least for now.
Through UAlbany’s first five
games of the 2018 season,
Stark has been practically
perfect.
9-for-10 on field goal
attempts and the only PAT
attempt he’s missed was a
blocked kick two weeks ago vs
William and Mary.
At 6-foot-3, 218 Ibs, he’s
hard to ‘miss’ too. And as the
Great Danes senior placekicker,
he’s been ‘not missing’ on
College Football Saturdays for
years now. Just like any great
NPL kicker, he doesn’t get
phased by the pressure either.
“T don’t really think about
much,” Stark said. “...Just
Two weeks later, he’d have
another ‘pretty cool’ moment
—acareer-long 51-yard field
goal versus Morgan State in the
home opener.
That kick was the encore for
what he describ
field goal he’:
58-yarder in training camp over
the summer.
“That was the furthest one
with a snap,” Stark said. “I was
excited!”
You'd be hard pressed to
find someone who raves about
Stark more than his head coach,
Greg Gattuso. Now in his fifth
year with the Great Danes,
he actually recruited Stark
back when he was a coach at
Maryland.
“Great kid, great student,
and great football player,”
Gattuso said. “We're gonna
miss him when the time comes.
He makes things really easy.”
Watching kickers in big
spots now, Stark is able to see
EAT DANES P| where a player may have gone
i GR right or wrong on a kick.
Source: UAlbany Athletics He stresses the importance
of the where the hip is pointing.
If the right hip points right, so
try to clear my mind, have
one clear thought and put it
through.”
He’s learned from Gould, an
NFL vet. The logical next step,
play on an NFL field.
UAlbany opened up the
2018 season versus Pittsburgh
at Heinz Field, also the home of
the Pittsburgh Steelers. For the
Erie, PA, native, he described
pretty cool. Playing
in an NEL stadium and ali
those people in the stands,”
Stark said.
does the ball. His position also
gives him more sympathy for
others in the same line of work.
In the NEL, for every
Graham Gano 63-yard game-
winning field goal as time
expires, there’s the flip side —
like Green Bay Packers kicker
Mason Crosby missing four
field goals and an extra point
in their 31-23 loss to the Lions
last week.
“It’s a tough job,” Stark
explained. “It’s one of those
things where if you do your
job well, nobody really talks
about it. If you do your job bad,
everyone knows.”
UAlbany currently sits at
2-5 on the year in 2018. They'll
play Maine this weekend.
The Danes fell to the Black
Bears 12-10 last season. Instead
of Stark, it was the opposing
kicker Brandon Briggs who
played hero, nailing the 37-yard
game winner early in the fourth
quarter.
After that heartbreaker,
UAlbany would go on to lose
three of their last four to end
the season.
The Purple and Gold are
hoping the result will be
different this time around, but
for Stark, his pregame routine
remains the same.
He likes to do the same drills
before each game but he’s
never been very superstitious.
“Nothing crazy,” Stark
reassured. “I’m not one of
those guys who has to put the
same shoe on first or something
like that.
To put it simply: so far, so
good.
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Danes Welcome Coach
Mullen for Fall Rebound
By SKYLER HELLER
SAM RUI / ASP
Heather Forster (No. 22) jumps for a rebound in January's game against Vermont. Forster returns to the Danes this season.
wants the best for us.”
For the last seven seasons,
the University at Albany
women’s basketball team has
done nothing but win. A lot.
Back in March, the Great
Danes streak of six straight
conference championships
came to an end with a 58-56
loss to Hartford in the 2018
America East semifinals.
On top of that, it
nounced during the of!
that head coach Joanna Ber-
nabei McNamee, who led the
program to a 2017 title, had
left the Danes to take the head
coaching position at Boston
College.
UAlbany also said goodbye
to five players including their
top four scorers from last
season (three graduates and
two transfers). Guard Jes-
sica Fequiere
graduated after leading the
team in scoring one year ago
with 17.3 points per game to
go along with 6.1 rebounds.
Freshman guard Mackenzie
Trpcic, who led the America
East in assists with 6.5, trans-
ferred to UC Davis, currently
in the Big West Conference.
To put it simply, the team
that takes the floor for the
season opener at the Univer-
ty of South Florida on Nov.
9 will be very different than
years pas
New coach Colleen Mullen,
who takes over after seven
seasons with the Army Black
Knights, is well aware.
“We don’t know what the
future will hold,” Mullen said.
“We lost 80 percent of our
offense. We lost five players,
so right now, we are going to
have a balanced attack, but our
main focus is just to com-
pete, have fun, and get better
everyday.”
Mullen joined the Black
in 2011 and was promoted to
ssociate head coach after just
one season. She led the team
to two Patriot League titles,
including the 2015-16 squad
which set program and confer
ence records with 29 wins.
‘The Black Knights finished
under .500 just once under her
tenure.
“Coach is a great leader,”
forward for the Danes Chy-
anna Canada said. “I’ve never
met anyone like her. She’s
very intelligent, she’s played
the game, so she’s been in our
shoes. She understands what
it’s like to be a college athlete
and she’s a great teacher. She
Despite all the changes, the
team does bring back a few fa-
miliar faces, including seniors
Heather Forster and Canada.
Both bring championship
experience, having won two
conference championships
with the Great Danes.
“We work really hard and
we learn quickly,” Canada
said. “We’ve had a lot of
changes. A lot of ups and
downs but we’re very adap-
tive. We take something and
we can run with it. We can
work together, come together
and make things great.”
Forster was third in
rebounds la son while
Canada, a Syracuse native,
was fourth in scoring for the
Purple and Gold.
Mullen wants the identity
of the Danes to be defense,
something she is no stranger
to from her time at Army.
During that record-breaking
2015-16 campaign, the Black
Knights had the lowest oppo-
nent scoring average with 50.8
points per game.
The 2017 squad led the
America East in scoring with
just over 68 points per game,
while ranking fifth in points-
against.
Her number one goal is
simple.
“We want to lead the league
in rebounding.”
Fans will get their first look
at the Danes in SEFCU Arena
when they take on Manhattan
College in their home opener
on Nov. 14 at 5 p.m.
FOOTBALL
Tigers Shred Danes 56-28 at Homecoming
By ROB LEP
Before the game, all the talk was about
the quarterback matchup - Testaverde vs
Flacco.
After the 56-28 blowout victory by the
Towson Tigers (6-1, 4-0 CAA) over the
University at Albany Great Danes (2-5, 0-4
CAA), the only conversation was the domi-
nance by the CAA’s top team and what’s
next for the Danes after their third straight
loss.
Behind four touchdowns by Towson
quarterback Tom Flacco (two rushing, two
passing), the Tigers compiled 538 total
yards of offense versus the Great Danes in
front of over 7000 fans at Casey Stadium
in Albany on Homecoming Weekend. The
6-foot-1 junior even sat out a majority of the
fourth quarter.
“When you put up 56 points, you can’t
complain,” Flacco said. “Our defense played
great too... you feel good whenever you
win.”
Flacco is the younger brother of current
Baltimore Ravens QB and Super Bowl XL-
VII MVP Joe Flacco. Joe played his college
ball with the University of Delaware, which
joined the CAA conference in 2007, his
senior season.
“I grew up a Chuck Noll fan in Pitts-
burgh,” UAlbany ead coach Greg Gattuso
said. “After tough losses, he always said
~and it’s what I believe — that after tough
losses, you go back to basics, work on fun-
damentals and get better.”
Despite the skid, it won’t get easier for
Gattuso’s team, who face FCS Top-25 op-
ponents in three of their next four matchups,
starting with No. 16 Maine on the road next
week.
Vincent Testaverde, the son of 21-year
NFL veteran and Heisman Trophy winner
Vinny Testaverde, finished 10 for 22 passes
with 210 yards, two touchdowns and two
interceptions.
“Not really,” Testaverde said when
describing the team’s ability to finish drive.
“Two touchdowns is not enough.”
Testaverde also had a 1-yard TD rush on
the ground with 5:55 left in the first half to
pull the deficit to 24-14. On the previous
play, Testaverde gave the ball to running
back Elijah Ibitokun-Hanks, who then
flipped it to wide receiver Jerrah Reeves on
a reverse. Reeves rolled to his left and found
Green 22 yards downfield, setting up the
Danes from the 1.
Junior wide receiver Juwan Green con-
tinues to impress for the Danes, racking up
his second consecutive 100-yard receiving
game. He had two touchdowns on 50 and 60
from Testaverde.
UAlbany’s fifth straight game with
a 100-yard receiver and his second straight,
building on his 130 yards versus Richmond.
The Homecoming atmosphere made for
one of the Great Danes’ best crowds of the
season. Once Flacco scored on a one-yard
rushing touchdown to make it 49-21 with
6:53 left in the third, the fans started to head
for the exits.
Towson takes sole possession of first
place in the CAA after their win and the loss
by second place Maine.
Towson redshirt
sophomore wide
receiver Caleb Smith
had his own home-
coming of sorts. The
Albany native who
attended La Salle In-
stitute enjoyed his trip
back to the Capital
District.
“Tt was a great
homecoming,” Smith
said after the win.
“Glad I’m with the
right team. The win-
ning team.”
Will Brunson, who
started all 11 games
for UAlbany in 2017,
came in relief for Tes-
taverde in the fourth
quarter. He didn’t
have more suc ei-
ther, finishing 4-for-8
with 78 passing yards,
no touchdowns and
an interception.
Towson put up
38 points in the first
half on the Danes, the
most allowed by a UAlbany opponent since
Old Dominion scored 42 on Sept. 28, 2013.
The 56 points they scored for is the most the
Tigers have scored in a game this season,
besting the 52 they racked up versus Stony
Brook two weeks ago.
“We could’ve played the Giants. Albany.
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Coach Greg Gattuso talks to a referee at the game Sunday.
The Little Giants. It didn’t matter,” Towson
head coach Rob Ambrose said. “We were
gonna play really hard. That’s who we
needed to be. The habits we need if we want
to build something great.”
