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The ChIMeSPublished by Students in the Journalism Department at Morrisville State College • Volume XLII • No. 6 • March 2009

page 2 March 2009 - The ChiMeseDiTORiALsThe New World Order’s plans to gain global power

Will Conroy, ’11Staff Reporter

The President and The Press: Address before the American Newspaper Publishers Association:

“The very word secrecy is repugnant, in a free and open society, and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted con-cealment of pertinent facts far outweigh the dangers which are cited to justify it…

Even today there is little value in ensuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment. …For we are opposed, around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence….

It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific, and politi-

cal operations. Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced not praised. No expenditure is questioned, no rumor is printed no secret is revealed.”

-President John F. Kennedy Waldorf-Astoria Hotel New York City, April 27, 1961The current economic crisis is unfortu-

nately seen by many people as an opportu-nity rather than a catastrophe. The popular mentality seems to be that the solution to the economic problem is to do more of the same thing, but at a more extreme level.

This school of thought, associated with prominent people such as Rham Emanuel, argues that it would “be a shame to waste a good crisis.” It would be a perfectly good opportunity to form, what many people in the past have referred to as a ‘New World Order’.

On Jan. 20 Henry Kissinger, a member of the Trilateral Commission, the Bilderberg Group, and The Council on Foreign Rela-tions (CFR), said, “The world must forge a new order or retreat to chaos.” Kissinger made it clear that China’s role in a New World Order is crucial.

His threatening statement mirrors ex-actly the kind of factors that have influenced the policy and decision making throughout the world; which we have seen develop over the past century, but most recently escalated after 9/11. These policies and decisions are based on fear instead of what is right.

For decades these groups, and others like them, have held secret meetings behind closed doors that have been organizing the elites’ rise to a global governing power.

When those who attend are confronted about the meetings, they simply deny or ignore the inquiries; doing so while the corporate mainstream suspiciously turns a

‘non-partisan’ blind eye. In some instances, those who did turn a blind eye would cite a reason for doing. Radio host Michael Savage once argued that “the content is too esoteric for the audience;” essentially, pompously deeming what is important to report to the public. Why is it deemed unimportant? Well that’s because Savage and others like him would much rather rant and rave with distracting, dividing, partisan attacks than raise real discussion about real issues; issues which are crucial to making sure that the public is informed.

The truth is that there is a non-partisan effort, in the mainstream media as well, even amidst all this partisan political talk. Bi-parti-san efforts are being made not to get us out of this economic catastrophe, not to truly inform the public, but to march us toward this hierarchal New World Order.

It is important to note that the concept of a global community isn’t necessarily bad, but it sends clear signals that the interests of those who are forging this new order prob-ably do not really serve the people.

What is being proposed is more of the same “top-to-bottom” pyramidal philosophy that has continued to prove extremely ineffi-cient; take care of the people on top and then let the crumbs trickle down to the people below. This is the real Ponzi scheme.

On Feb. 5, TIME ran an article titled ‘New World Order’ in response to the threats and economic woes that were caused by what most of everyone can agree on was a flawed economic system. This article proposed a global economic governing body as a solu-tion to the economic crisis. In the article Justin Fox wrote, “In the view of many outside the U.S. (and some within), the only way to limit such excesses is through a bigger, more powerful IMF (International Monetary Fund) that can act as a central bank to the world —and knock heads when needed.”

David Rockefeller is, and has been for some time now, another open supporter of this proposed New World Order who frequently speaks of the struggle to impose a global governing body. He once said, "We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order."

At a Bilderberg Meeting in 1991 David Rockerfeller said, “We are grateful to The

Washington Post, The New York Times, Time magazine, and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promise of discretion for almost 40 years. It would have been impos-sible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subject to the bright lights of publicity during those years. But the world is now more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government. The super-national sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national auto-determination practiced in past centuries.”

The solution that is now being consid-ered is clearly being proposed by the same elite that not only sat idly by watching the calamity unfold, but more than likely engi-neered what we are facing today. It seems that for quite some time the people of the world have continually gotten caught up in elitist squabbles over power and control, but in the end it is the people that pay the price at the expense of a few.

Kenndey’s Commencement Address at American University:

“What kind of peace do we seek? Not a Pax Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war. Not the peace of the grave or the security of the slave. I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth liv-ing, the kind that enables men and nations to grow and to hope and to build a better life for their children--not merely peace for Americans but peace for all men and women--not merely peace in our time but peace for all time.

“I speak of peace because of the new face of war. Total war makes no sense in an age when great powers can maintain large and relatively invulnerable nuclear forces and refuse to surrender without resorting to those forces. It makes no sense in an age when a single nuclear weapon contains almost 10 times the force delivered by all the allied air forces in the Second World War. It makes no sense in an age when the deadly poisons produced by a nuclear exchange would be carried by wind and water and soil and seed to the far corners of the globe and to generations yet unborn.”

-President John F. Kennedy Washington, D.C. / June 10, 1963

Gov’t lifts ban on flag-draped casket photos

Jeffrey Costello, '12Staff Reporter

A couple of weeks ago, Defense Secretary Robert Gates lifted an 18 year ban on the media coverage of the flag-draped caskets of fallen servicemen and women.

The ban, placed by the administration of George Bush Sr., prohibited the media coverage of flag-draped caskets as they

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The stimulus package will positively affect Morrisville students

Gillian McNeil, ‘10 Staff Repoter

The stimulus package brings relief to college students

The most talked about parts of the stimulus package involve spending for highways and infrastructure, tax credits for home buyers, and extended unem-

by an extra 800,000, as reported in The Washington Post. The $500 increase will not complement the tuition hike here at MSC, but the tax credit will also help in elevating college expenses.

The higher education tax credit for $2,500 as reported in the New York Times is 40 percent refundable. If you file your federal income taxes as an inde-pendent and do not have to pay more, in your refund check you will be receiving 40 percent back of the tax credit. If you’re a dependent and your parents claim you the tax credit will go toward their taxes and the tax credit can be used for multiple dependents.

This will give you student or the stu-dent’s parents more money that can be

used for college costs.Work study is a program for students

who are eligible to have part time jobs on campus. According to InsideHigherEd.com, college work study will be receiv-ing $200 million. MSC has suffered a decline in work study jobs. The new bill could help bring back those work study positions we lost on campus and/or keep the college from cutting the work study program back.

Although the stimulus package has caused many controversies one thing is sue: the billions of dollars the stimulus package is spending on new changes to the Pell Grant, work study and tax credits for college students will be very helpful to college students.

Geneseo fraternity takes “hazing” ritual too far

ployment benefits. With a price tag of $787 billion, college students may wonder how the stimulus package will affect them.

As reported in an article on Inside-highered.com, “the picture of higher education is positive with students and colleges to collect between $50 billion and $75 billion.” The plan is affecting college students by extending the Pell Grant program, higher education tax credits and putting $200 million toward work study programs.

If you are a student who receives a Pell Grant, the maximum amount you can receive has increased by $500; the new bill is increasing the number of students who will soon be eligible for Pell Grant

Jeff Costello, ‘12Staff Reporter

Earlier this month, Arman Partamian was found dead the morning following a fraternity function in Geneseo, NY. Partamian was a sophomore at SUNY Geneseo, he studied Biology and also was a member of the Geneseo Volunteer Fire Department. According to an autopsy, Partamian’s BAC was 0.55 percent, almost 7 times the legal limit.

Partamian was in the pledging process for the fraternity known as ‘The Pigs.’ The fraternity is not recognized by SUNY Geneseo and is privately owned. Accord-ing to a Geneseo student, “the best ad-ministrators could do is dissuade students from joining while trying to convince the frat to shutdown.”

According to reports from investiga-tors and an anonymous resident assistant who alerted the police, there was a “wild drinking party Saturday night. The Pigs were forcing these individuals to drink entire bottles of alcohol…and they were, like, falling over and vomiting and just, extreme, like hazing,” reports said.

This event brings hazing into the spot-light. The use of humiliation or abuse to initiate a member into the group they desire above all else to be in. In this case, the abuse was forcing the initiates to drink heavily.

Although events of hazing are only reported every now and then, it happens far more often than one would think. In March 2008 Associate Professors Eliza-beth J. Allan and Mary Madden conducted a survey of 11,000 college students at 53 institutions, defining hazing as “any activity expected of someone joining or participat-ing in a group that humiliates, degrades, abuses, or endangers them.”

By the survey’s definition, “Nine in 10 students who experienced hazing… did not think they had been hazed.” What’s more is that almost every student decided not to report the incident to an official.StopHazing.org, a website filled with

academic resources compiled by faculty at the University of New Hampshire, dispels common myths and misconceptions about hazing, including the belief that hazing builds respect and cohesion between the pledges and current members.

The facts point the other way, however, victims very rarely have respect towards the current members. “Just like other forms of victimization, hazing breeds mistrust, apathy and alienation,” StopHazing.org said. Even feelings of revenge towards the tormentors are reported among victims, doing anything but building ‘cohesion.’ Additionally, victims tend to have very low self-esteem and confidence in themselves as a result of the excessive humiliation.

Some may argue that these members brought this on themselves—that if they knew the risk, they could have backed out, but sometimes the desire to feel accepted, to feel wanted, is too strong to pass up. It’s human nature, and it sometimes clouds our judgment.

In extreme cases, like at Geneseo, these hopeful pledges to fraternities and sorori-ties wind up dead during these ‘initiations,’ as a result of too much abuse or alcohol. In fact, according to Kappa Alpha Order,

a fraternity dedicated to preparing tomor-row’s leaders, “65 people have been killed in hazing incidents [since 1971].”

Some may shrug that number off, and feel that “kids will be kids” and that these pranks sometimes go askew. But there’s no need for promising young lives to be either cut tragically short or forever damaged because of dangerous and premeditated abusive behavior. Saying such rites of passage are pranks undercuts the serious consequences they can have.

A prank is placing a tack on your professor’s chair before class. “Kids be-ing kids” is loosening a salt shaker top on your friend. A prank is not forcing new members of your group to drink excessive amounts of alcohol. “Kids being kids” isn’t being physically assaulted by team-mates then being sexually threatened by one of them holding a two foot-long metal pipe; such was the case in 2006 at Center Grove High School in Indiana.

A prank is not what happened to this promising Geneseo sophomore, Arman Partamian. What happened to him is something that needs to be remembered and punished so that it doesn’t affect any-one else the same way again.

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Lifting the ban fulfills President Obama’s promise to have “unprecedented transparency” in his administration. At the same time, it informs the public of the hu-man cost of war, a concept not everyone has comprehended yet. Coincidentally, Obama put his withdrawal plans for Iraq in motion around the same time, Publically an-nouncing it in a speech with troops at Camp Lejeune Feb. 27, publicly announcing them in a speech with troops at Camp Lejeune Feb. 27. Draw from that what you will.

The change is not without opposition. Military Families United released a state-

ment soon after the announcement, calling the act a “complete disregard for the will of America’s military families and their need for privacy during this solemn moment.”

M.J. Keterson, who lost a son in Iraq in Novemeber 2003 and fervently defended the war at a pro-war rally at Crawford, TX, fears for the honor of the fallen and believes media outlets opposed to the war will use this opportunity to put the dead “on parade” to push their agenda.

As part of the ban being lifted, it was noted that such media coverage could only occur once the families of the fallen consented to it. Those who don’t wish to expose their late loved ones to the media will get that wish.

This policy intends to shed a light on human loss, something only so many in

today’s society can relate to. Ever since the United States began this campaign, the media has been bombarding the public with headlines pertaining to suicide bombers and number of dead. What’s never seen though are the images of sacrifice and cost, the cost paid by these brave men and women.

Very rarely does the public see this sacrifice; all we ever see are numbers and a tally that grows by the day. It’s not hard to forget that these numbers are people who sacrificed their lives for our country’s ideals. Jon Soltz, chairman of VoteVets.org and former Army captain, truly believes in this. Stating it “helps show the American public what the sacrifice is about…it’s what we consider fully honoring their sacrifice.”

The public should certainly be made aware of this process, too long has govern-

ment restricted the American people’s ac-cess to this. The government owes it to the American people to show us the actual price of war; the lack of that has desensitized the nation to war. Although the media have fed us the public numbers and statistics, it takes a visual and real example to shock people into understanding such tolls; it’s the same with the Vietnam War Memorial.

People can draw from such coverage their own conclusions on the war without the help of the media. This is one instance where media outlets would do well to control their biases and pro-war/anti-war agendas, unless they wish to be exposed for profiting off such a somber event.

The 20th of this month will mark the 6th anniversary of the start of the War in Iraq.

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Morrisville State College: is it really safe?Katie Collins, ‘09Staff Reporter

Morrisville State College is a small school. But like other colleges, it has some issues. Every now and then there is a student who breaks the rules or vandalizes college property.

With modern technology, the college is able to catch some of the perpetrators and keep the students safe. One of the most used safety devices on campus are surveil-lance cameras. MSC’s Chief of Police, Enrico D’Alessandro, said cameras throughout cam-pus have been 100 percent suc-cessful. “Cameras have made the tougher jobs easier,” he said. The cameras run on electric-ity with battery back-ups. They are always on, D’Alessandro said, but because of a lack of man power there is not an of-ficer constantly watching them. If state money allowed, D’Alessandro said he would like more officers, office space and interview rooms. “I would take whatever I can get because it is for the safety of the cam-pus and individual students.” According to MSC’s An-nual Security Report there are

not a lot of violent crimes on campus. In 2007 there were five forcible sex offenses, four cases of burglary in the resi-dence halls, and three cases of robbery on public property. In 2007 there were more in-cidents involving drug and alcohol than anything else. The State University Police are the second largest police organization in the state. When the university police are fully staffed there are 10 officers. D’Alessandro said there is not a lot of crime at MSC because, “we deal with the crime here because we are a state institu-tion.”

D’Alessandro said students’ parents “expect safety.”

“Everything revolves around the students’ safety. The officers are here because the students are here,” D’Alessandro said. Officers rely on both cam-eras and witnesses during an incident. “I want it all. Noth-ing is used more than any-thing else,” D’Alessandro said. There are cameras at the entrances of all dorms, but the number of cameras throughout campus depends on the amount of state money available. There are some locations that do not

have cameras. To make up for their absence, there may be emergency blue lights, which are considered to be the “old standby,” because today stu-dents have cell phones.

Residents’ Nextel phones are pre-programmed so students can automatically contact uni-versity police by pressing #UP. For students that do not have Nextel phones, D’Alessandro said it is a good idea to put University Police on speed dial just in case of an emergency. Sarah Carbone, a renewable resource student, works in Mustang Alley and has noticed cameras in STUAC. Carbone said that the cameras are there to help deter thievery. Car-bone said she does not mind having the cameras constantly watching all of her actions. “People are always watching you, it’s just that [at Mustang Alley] it’s recorded,” she said. Sport nutrition student Earl Kennedy said he feels safe at MSC because the college is a community school. “It’s safe, with zero tolerance,” he said. In the three years Kennedy has been a student at MSC, he said he has only seen three fights. He was surprised to

hear of some of the crimes that have been committed on campus. “Wow, that’s a lot. I didn’t know,” he said. D’Alessandro said “98 percent of the students are fantastic.” He said the problem

Students help university police do the ‘easy work’Katie Collins, ‘09Staff Reporter

Morrisville State College is an institution that offers diverse, part- time job opportunities to students on campus. Students’ jobs can range from working in the dining facilities to maintain-ing order as a Resident Assistant in the dormitories. But there are some students who are deemed responsible enough to work for the University Police Department.

These students may work as dispatchers and others are respon-sible for writing parking tickets, deciding who should be fined for violating MSC’s parking rules.

Students who wish to work for the University Police Department have to apply for the position. University Police performs back-ground checks and student-record checks prior to hiring.

Chief of Police, Enrico L. D’Alessandro said the department runs background checks “to see if they are in a position of trust.” There are only so many officers and for that reason, D’Alessandro

said, “we are short handed, they assist us.” Student employees allow the officers to spend their time working on more important issues.

University Police as well as the student employees are responsible for giving tickets. Ahmed Rafiq, an information technology manage-ment student, is a former student employee of the department who said he never had a problem with ticketing his fellow students. Rafiq said, “You’ve got to do what you’ve got to do. You’re doing your job.”

Rafiq said he did not worry about who the owners of the cars were because if the car was in violation he ticketed it. He said he even had to ticket professors for parking in student lots. “We should be equal,” he said.

D’Alesandro said students are trained to do their job right. He said if the campus police sensed the student employees were being unequal because of personal feel-ings, disciplinary actions would be taken against them.

Rafiq said he is not sure how many tickets he’s actually written,

but he did go through one and a half ticket books during the se-mester he worked there. He said although he didn’t give out a lot of tickets, the other two students that worked with him did. Rafiq said it was when another one of the student employees ticketed him, is when he had enough of the job. “That was the third ticket I had gotten and I was like are you serious?”

Some students said they feel they were wrongly fined or that their tickets were unwarrant-ed. Dairy science student Mary Mosher said getting tickets is her “biggest pet peeve ever.” She has gotten between four or five tickets. She said“we pay enough for the school; we shouldn’t have to pay to park.”

John Winter, an automotive student, said he caught the student that wrote his ticket. Winters ac-knowledged that he was wrongly parked in F- lot, and questioned why the student had to give him a ticket. The student said ‘I’m doing my job.’ Winters said that students, “do the cops easy work.”

Liberal arts student Patrick Tobin said he has gotten three tick-ets. Tobin said the parking spots in F- lot are always open but he is not allowed to park there. Having tried to get a sticker for the F lot, Tobin was unable. Indifferent to his peers fining him, Tobin said, “I really don’t care who gives the tickets, I don’t want to pay money.”

Resident assistant from East Hall, Earl Kennedy, a sports nutri-tion student said he is very unhap-py about receiving parking tickets. “Our tuition’s been going up, but what’s the money been going for? There’s pot holes. What about the money from parking stickers, what’s the money going for?”

Kennedy feels as an RA there should be some parking excep-tions. He said he recently had to attend a meeting in Fountain View but worried he would get ticketed because his sticker was for East and he was driving his car from F- lot. “I respect UP,” Kennedy said, “but I think they don’t want to be walking around because its winter.” Kennedy considers the University Police to be “hypocritical” because

of how little they walk during the winter and their unrestricted park-ing privileges.

D’Alessandro said, “a student who constantly parks without re-gard to the rules of the campus will be ticketed and possibly towed.” A person’s first ticket costs $15, every additional ticket costs $25 and a tow bill currently costs $95. The money from parking registration costs and tickets are turned into the campus finance office. The fines and rules are put together by the Chief of Campus Police and the Administration. The Board of Trustees in Albany have to ap-prove the costs.

Next semester, changes can be expected to the whole parking “structure,” D’Alessandro said. “We are constantly trying to make it better for everyone,” he said.

The college frequently looks at possible ways to reconstruct MSC’s property with hopes of making more parking lots. D’Alessandro said the college is trying to make this place as contusive as possible to make it better for the education of the students.

is with “the other two percent that tie everybody up.”

Unab l e to emphas i z e s tudents ’ sa fe ty enough , D’Alessandro said, “no matter where you are, we are doing our best to keep you safe.”

Casino management major Andres Colon rehearses his role of Li-nus Van Pelt for the Morrisville theater department’s performance of “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown,” based on the comic strip “Peanuts” by Charles Schulz. The play will be performed at 8 p.m. on March 27 and 28, on March 29 at 2 p.m., and on April 2, 3 and 4 at 8 p.m. Photo by Wendy Vair, ‘10

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College food is healthy—if you know what to look forAthena Lazo, 12Staff Reporter Quite often at this time of year, college students are struggling to maintain healthy life choices while living on campus. A nutritionally balanced diet is the first step in helping stressed students feel and perform better. Morrisville State College’s five dining facili-ties are a perfect place to start, if students know what to look for. Morrisville is home to Seneca, Smooth Jazzy Joz, Mustang Alley, Stix, and The Pit Stop. Seneca offers a deli, hot entrée line, des-sert and salad bar, and a grill. Mustang Alley features the Field of Green’s soups and sandwiches, 3rd Degree Grill, Brickyard Pizza, Little Bit of Italy and Grab ‘n Go. The unlimited, effortless swipes of Mustang and MAC mon-ey are overwhelming for stu-dents who may not know what healthy alternatives are available. The fresh baked goods and calorie-filled milkshakes found at Jazzy Joz may look tempting to most students. Diana Johnson, director of Dining Services and Conferencing, says moderation is the key. “There is no need to go without a food you espe-cially enjoy, but moderation is critical,” she said, adding that it is equally important to avoid

eating fried food at every meal. Although the custom salads found at Mustang Alley may be high sources of fiber, ranging from four to ten grams, they can be quite deceiving. According to Mus-tang’s nutritional values, found at http://mac.morrisville.edu/din-ing/menus/mustangmenu.aspx, the premade salads hold be-tween 468 and 1011 calories--with 20 to 64 grams of fat in each. If students are trying to main-tain a healthy diet, Mustang Alley workers suggest ordering a garden salad with a side of balsamic vin-aigrette or Italian dressing. The spinach salad is also a healthy deci-sion, with 279 calories, 15 grams of fat and eight grams of fiber. Johnson encourages students to read up on the nutritional values of the foods at Mustang Alley. “We have spent many, many hours and several months compiling the data to prove the nutritional information for a large number of offerings at Mustang Alley, and to date it does not look like the site gets much attention,” she said. She is working to provide the same information for Seneca. Many of the students at Mustang Alley are under the impression that if they order a sandwich, it will be healthier than the grill side. But what they are unaware of is the calories

MSC library not quite what it used to beMonica Bonneau, ‘12Staff Reporter

Over the years, Morrisville’s Donald G. Butcher Library has undergone some changes to help students get their work done. Changes in technology and tutoring availability in the library have increased, and for the most part these changes are positive. However, most students agree that getting homework assign-ments and studying can be hard. What adds to the frustra-tion is the excessive noise that has created a problem lately in the library. The constant noise and distractions have been a problem for not only students, but staff members as well.

Marion Hildebrand is the Director of Libraries, and started her career in Morrisville in 1973, so she knows change in the library pretty well. An obvious change is the growth

of technology use. Every year, advances in technology increase, and students turn to the internet frequently.

“Internet is the student’s first choice and it’s understand-able,” said Hildebrand. Though many use the internet, last year it was recorded that there was still over 100 thousand recorded searches for books online. Even though the internet is used more often than books, books have not been fully replaced.

Besides the change in tech-nology, Hildebrand also men-tioned the noise problem in the library, especially in the past year.

“We try and get the mes-sage out that the library needs to be taken seriously,” said Hildebrand.

When the noise gets unbear-able, librarians approach stu-dents and let them know they are being too loud. Sometimes the help of University Police

walk-throughs are necessary. To help solve the problem of noise and distractions, there has been talk of hiring several people to serve as library monitors, to keep noise in the library to a minimum.

John Schuster is a librarian who has been in Morrisville for about five years. He said he is tired of the noise problems and wishes students would just get their work done, and keep the noise to a minimum.

“We would like to maintain a certain atmosphere for the students that is respectable and quiet. We faculty members don’t have homework; the stu-dents do,” Schuster said.

With the high number of freshman that entered Mor-risville in the fall, Schuster said it may be possible that the stu-dents aren’t quite on a mature level yet.

Over the past three years, the Academic Center has been in the library to help enrich

students education, and give them tutoring and extra help as needed. “The Academic Sup-port Center just moved in the library this year, and I feel it’s in a good location, and helps many students,” said reference desk worker Colleen Stella. Although it is a benefit, it also poses a problem. It’s right in the middle of the first floor, where most students are located. When polled, 8 out of 10 students agreed it’s hard to focus, and get their work done.

Suzanne Nichols is a librar-ian and has been at Morrisville for 10 years. She agrees noise has been a factor especially this year.

“It used to be that no more than a whisper was acceptable in the library unless students were behind closed doors. Now it seems that many students are oblivious to the fact that libraries are quiet study places.” Nichols said the Academic

Center used to be in a separate building apart from the library which made it quieter.

Library records show that two years before the enrich-ment center was in the library, 600 students attended each week. Since its placement, those numbers have gone up to 700 a week. Though it may be a noise factor at times, it is still a significant contribution to the library.

Yaw Okrah, a third-semes-ter student, works at the desk at the Library, and noticed it has been especially noisy the past two semesters. “I work here five days a week and I see people just hanging around, not getting much work done,” Okrah said.

“I’m hopeful that in the near future, a change will be made to make the library a quieter environment,” said Hildebrand.

housed in these sandwiches. The Chicken Dijon Panini alone has 861 calories, 29 grams of fat and 1308 milligrams of sodium. “At every dining unit there are healthy food choices available,” Johnson said. She suggests fruits, vegetables and grilled or roasted proteins. The Pit Stop sells fruit salad and Lean Cuisine frozen meals that are low in fat and calo-ries and a good source of vitamins. Although the Matthias Health Center on campus does not offer a nutritionist, Johnson says she has been working with students in the community nutrition class

who will be available in April to answer nutrition questions on-site at each dining facility. Benjamin J. Domingo, the director of the health center said he has met with students via appointment who feel “out of shape.” Together, he says, they discuss diet and exercise op-tions, and the center offers some brief counseling if requested. Kim Munz, associate direc-tor of Dining Services, said the fitness center is a great place to try and get in shape. “It seems most of the students work out later in the day, so if you are self-conscious about working out with so many other people,” she suggests, “try earlier in the day when the center isn’t as busy.” Munz said that if students are not familiar with the equipment, there are always staff members to help them get started even though they are not certified trainers. The Fitness Center of-fers yoga and kickboxing classes. The center informs students via e-mail of dates and times. Domingo said the stereotypical college student’s schedule is not conducive to weight loss. He said there are many factors that chal-lenge students’ health while at college, such as junk food, alcohol, stress, decreased physical activ-ity and irregular sleep patterns.

If health issues or weight gain become a problem for students, and if they think they may be developing an eating disorder, Domingo said the health cen-ter deals with this through a collaborative team approach. According to the University of Oregon’s healthy eating tips, the busy college student should eat breakfast, limit high-fat foods by choosing wisely and keep healthy snacks on hand. The University suggests calcium-rich foods, like low-fat yogurt, low-fat cheese and green leafy vegetables. According to their Web site, “the only safe way to lose weight, feel good while doing it, and keep it off, is to eat a balanced diet.” The university Web site suggests drinking plenty of water and limiting alcohol because of the calories associated with it. For the top ten suggestions, visit www.healthed.uoregon.edu/10tips.htm. Marie Smith, a registered di-etician and former faculty staff member, takes an interest in helping students achieve their nutritional goals. Smith still lives in Morrisville and may be contacted at (315) 684-3903, or emailed at smithm@frontiernet.net

To contact the health center, call (315) 684-6078.

Student Chris Brea makes a salad at Seneca Hall’s new salad bar. Photo by Jeff Witherow, ‘09

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Syracuse minister raises funds to buy out the CorralKaseKase Muh’Dilla Gorilla Jean-Claude Brooks-Crunch, ‘10Managing Editor

A Syracuse minister has lo-cal denizens of the night up in arms with his plans to buy and renovate the Corral, which he announced at a press confer-ence held in Morrisville last Tuesday evening.

John-Charles Benedictus, a leading minister at the Church of the Immaculate Ark of Pru-dence, plans on rebuilding the Corral as an extension of the CIAP. “One morning, while enjoying tea and a paper, I hap-pened to glance down into my teacup and saw the hallowed visage of Christ Himself star-ing back at me from its depths! He told me it was high time to spread our message where it was needed most, and the very next day we happened upon the little town of Morrisville,” said Benedictus.

Benedictus has been a min-ister for ten years and has also taken on the role of the church chairman this past year. When he stumbled across the Corral, which he refers to as “a rotten, pus-filled blemish on the other-wise quaint face of Morrisville,”

he knew it would perfectly suit his purposes.

The Corral, a Morrisville bar/dance club renowned for five-dollar drinks, bras hanging on the walls as décor, and strip-per poles, has been the go-to hot spot for the less discern-ing Morrisville State College student for the past two years since its re-instatement. But if Benedictus has his way, that is all about to change. “Well now, the youth of this town are being coerced, and just setting foot in that door is like falling into the Pit,” he said. “It’s a cave of sin, and as a Man of God this is my obligation.”

The Corral’s owner, Buford “The Belly” Tuckus, called the allegations “pure crap.” He con-tinued, “There’s no pus in here. I clean these floors all the time. I gotta, with all the girls getting wasted and spilling stuff all the time. And anyway, he’s not gonna get the bar.”

Mandi Jakubowski, a student at MSC and bartender at the Corral, said that the Corral is planning some fundraising of its own. “Yeah, we got the word from management last week. They changed, like, our job de-

scriptions; now we have to get up onstage on the poles for at least two sets every night. Every bartender does, I mean, except for the boys.” When asked what the male bartenders’ responsi-bilities would be, Jakubowski was uncertain. “Um, I think maybe they’ll just stand outside and handle money for special lap

dances. Or like maybe he’ll just fire them and hire more girls.”

Benedictus said that Tuckus’ plans do not concern him. “I answer to a far higher power than ‘The Belly’ can hope to exert over me. I can only pray for his immortal soul and the souls of every poor lamb of God that has ever lost his or

Trashcan Sam’s wisdom from the waste dump

Trashcan Sam

Q: My boyfriend has be-come very distant lately. He spends all his time drinking with his friends and playing video games. What do I do?

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Q: My parents have been really hard on me lately. They don’t seem to understand that I’m out on my own now and am able to do what I want. How do I get them to respect my individuality?

A: I have a story. This one time I saw a chicken. He was walking along, minding his own business, when WHAM! This alien green skinned bastard just swooped down out of the wild blue what the hell and took him to the next dimension! I never saw that chicken again. NOR DID ANY OTHER MAN!!! So, to answer your question, there are more important things to worry about than your par-ents and their problems. At least you aren’t some bird having hor-rible things done to you by ex-tradimensional reptile people!

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Second of all, school ain’t hard. Fighting for your life against a giant Tijuana boxing rat named El Tigre while near butt naked in the freezing snow wearing only shoes that aren’t really shoes but shoe boxes painted to look like shoes, armed only with a spear made out of glued together toothpicks, toilet paper and prayers, that’s hard. Stop yer’ bellyaching ya damn whiner! Take a walk in my shoe box shoes, then we’ll talk!

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her way and ended up on that pestilence-ridden stage. I don’t know where a child of the Lord would have learned some of those moves, but…” Before Benedictus could finish, his lawyer pushed this reporter away and out of earshot.

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MSC welcomes blues band in celebration of Mardi Gras weekLecia Ductan ‘09Staff Reporter

Over a dozen students danced, sang and enjoyed the smooth New Orleans sound of Seth Rochford with Syracuse Blues All-Stars & Johnny Shoes.

To celebrate Mardi Gras, the Campus Activities Board of Mor-risville State college sponsored the group of blues players coming to the College to share their style of music on Tuesday night, Feb. 24. The band played in the dining area of the Student Activities Building (STUAC).

Assistant librarian John Schus-ter introduced the band and guest-starred along with them. The band began to play with an upbeat sound of swing music to get the

crowd cheering. Many students were enthusiastic about the band playing for the night.

Student Charlie Woznack said he wasn’t sure what he liked about the music, but knew there was something about it that kept drawing him to it.

“Just hearing it, listening to it, man it’s something unique,” Woznack said laughing while watching the guitarist of the band play furiously on his instrument.

“I got the blues, and I love the blues. Look at that guy who plays the drums,” Wonznack said pointing to the drummer of the group. “He’s pissed! That’s what I like about this band. They play with the feeling. You know they’re hurting just through the sound of their music.”

The band didn’t only play angry blues and swing music to keep the crowd of students in the lobby cheering on, they also played slower blues and cha-cha music. The blues was described by guitarist Seth Rochford as emo-tions that could only be expressed through music, and the cha-cha music was the American version of soca music.

The group of men playing together was not a band, but was just a group of men who loved playing music and got together to do it.

Rochford has played the gui-tar professionally for 20 years, and plays numerous other instru-ments.

“The first instrument I ever played was the piano, but as I got

older and listened more to rock ‘n’ roll I had became more passionate about playing the guitar. All the cool guys were playing either the drums or the guitar; not a tuba or piano,” Rochford said laughing.

Rochford has played for MSC previously with his own band, Bearnie Clarke & the Rhythm Sharks, but since band player Bearnie Clarke was out of town, Rochford decided to get others together to perform instead.

“I liked the music; it was something different for a change. It made a difference for a typical day in Mo’ville. It was something similar to last years, but it was still great in my opinion. I appreciate them coming out to play in this bad weather,” Morrisville College student Deja Murray said.

Atsiaktonkie creates a mental picture with his carefully crafted lyrics Shomari Smith ‘11Staff Reporter Tim Van Camp ‘11Staff Reporter

Singer-songwriter Atsiak-tonkie has been making music for over 10 years, notably with the Native Alternative folk-rock band December Wind. He left the band in 2006 to work working on his solo project, Four Wolves Prophecy.

The new CD is a 14-track rep-resentation of his longevity in the music industry. With the use of different musical elements such as folk, rock, country and Americana as well as carefully crafted lyrics, Atsiaktonkie paints a picture of his experience of being American

Indian in this country. His vocal styling has the ability

to hit the listeners in the heart. He has been compared to Neil Young and to Michael Stipe of REM for his ability to touch people.

The album starts out with songs like “NDN Man,” which is about the various songs that American Indians would have to sing to get by and survive, and “Born On a Rezervation,” which talks about what it is like to live on an American Indian reservation.

In these tracks the songwrit-ing is simple, but complex in visual integrity as the lyrics make it easy to see what it is like to be a American Indian. Another song on the album that speaks to the struggles of life is “I Don’t Know

How Far I Can Go?,” where he talks about being tired of depres-sion and doing the same things day to day (symbolized by a long walk on the same road). But when he doesn’t feel like he can go on, there is another day that comes.

The song “Hey Yo!” sounds like a cry for listeners’ attention

at first, but then describes his encounter with a great spirit he saw in the sunlight by the name of Wanka Tanka. Other stand-out tracks include “Inside This Broken Heart” and “Last Tribal Nation,” found toward the end of the album.

Four Wolves Prophecy is a

well-put-together record. The production fits the lyrics and the songwriting is good, if at times a bit too simple. Still, the songs help produce a mental picture of the way of life of Atsiaktonkie and his people. This album is a good mix of different genres of music that make a sound all his own.

John Schuster plays in Mustang Alley on Feb. 24 with the Syracuse Blues All-Stars & Johnny Shoes. In celebration of Mardi Gras week, the band played swing and blues music. Photo by Sharina Parker-Culton ‘10

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ATHLETIC NEWS

Abe Baxter, ‘12Staff Reporter

The women’s lacrosse team is in its second season in the SUNYAC conference of the NCAA. The team looks to im-prove from last season’s record of 4-10-0 with the help of first-year coach Amanda Nobis.

Nobis joins the team from Hamilton College, having got-ten her lacrosse experience as a member of the LeMoyne College lacrosse team. As the assistant coach for the Ham-ilton College lacrosse team, Nobis helped guide the team to win a championship. At Morrisville, Nobis said, “Our biggest team goal is play hard every game.”

The Mustang roster in-cludes six freshmen, four sophomores and two juniors. Only two senior players partic-ipate this season, Jennifer Caf-farelli and newcomer Elizabeth Fish. “I look to the seniors to be leaders,” said Nobis. “We have a group of returning players who I look to guide us

and have stood out so far this season. Everyone on the team needs to step up and help each other out.”

Nobis said the most chal-lenging part of the year will be having only 13 players on the roster. “If injuries come up, it will be tough for us,” she said.

As a coach, Nobis said that she wants to see “team unity and steady improvement. I want to see the team pushing and help-ing each other throughout our games,” Nobis said.

“We have a strong team bond, being a small team which will definitely help us in the long run. Team chemistry will be a vital part of the team’s success this season.”

Sophomore Jennifer May is starting her first year as goal keeper for the Mustangs this season. Nobis said, “She’s brand new and she has stepped up for us. I believe that she has the right mindset; she will defi-nitely be a leader on defense for us this season.”

“My main goal is to basi-

cally come out every game and do my best,” May said. “I think we will be good we have a lot of speed on the team everyone can run.”

Sophomore defender Eliz-abeth Peck said, “I want to be one of the leaders on defense this year.” Peck said even though the team is not of great size, “we are small but mighty.”

With only five away games this season, the Mustangs started off by hosting Western Connecticut State on March 14, losing 13-10. They won their next two games, beat-ing SUNY New Paltz 10-7 in a game set in Florida and winning at home over Wells College, 16-11.

Nobis said having the home field for most of the season will definitely help the team. “We will know the field better than some of the turf teams that we play. Playing on our own grass field will give us an edge.”

New coach gives hope to new season

Athena Lazo, ‘12Staff Reporter

The men’s lacrosse team currently holds a 2-4 record after their 17-5 win over Anna Maria College on March 21.. The team stayed on campus over spring break to play and practice every day. Their game against Hendrix College was cancelled, and the team took a loss to Alfred University. The team continues to hold a posi-tive outlook on the rest of the season.

“I’m proud of the accom-plishment,” said captain Eric Stein, “but am now more aware of what we need to improve.” The midfielder went on to say that communication and move-ment are the team’s weakest

areas.Head coach Pat Yannarelli

agreed with Stein. Yannarelli said the team needs to work on communication and better decision making on the offen-sive side of the field. Captain Jonathan Fried said the biggest obstacle this season will un-doubtedly be depth.

“We need some players to ‘step up’ and take more of a leadership role,” said Yannarelli. He announced the captains for this season: Stein, midfielder Tom Moore; and defenseman Fried.

Fried said because of the small roster, the team is going to have to “man up” and play twice as hard as players on the opposing team.

Yannarelli said the men have

a “tough road ahead.” He said he is looking for the team to “gel,” and desires a team-first attitude and a squad that will give 100 percent no matter the situation.

Yannarelli recognized six stand-out players that have done this thus far. Senior An-drew Elsmore was mentioned for acting as a positive leader for the team. Also mentioned were sophomores Adam Lew-is, Stein and Fried for really “stepping it up.” Rookie Tom Longland is working hard as a freshman, as well.

The team is scheduled to play Wells College on March 28. The game is to be held at home at 1 pm. Fried said he thinks they are headed for a great season.

Men’s lacrosse gets second win with ‘tough road ahead’

Women’s lacrosse coach Amanda Nobis gestures to one of her players during a recent practice in the Rec Center. Nobis is off to a good start in her first year leading the Mustangs, as her team has won two of its first three games this season.

Alysha Jones, ‘10

Morrisville’s Tim Bobbett (22)works to avoid having the ball stolen by Keuka College’s Isaac Zehr (30) as he works his way toward the Storm’s goal during Wednesday’s home lacrosse game. The Storm poured in five third-period goals on their way to a 10-7 victory over the Mustangs.

Photo by Sharina Parker-Culton, ‘10