Morrisville State College • October 2011• vol. XLV • no. 2

InsideCampus

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Lifestyle

You want to know what really grinds our gears?

see column on page 2

Body piercings and tattoos: a form of art,

or deal-breakers for employment?

see full story on page 5

SGO and the Theater Department present

Larry Shue’s “The Nerd.”see a preview on page 4

Critz Farms: Fall farm fun near the MSC campusAlysha Jones, ‘12Staff Reporter Gone in 60 Minutes: This is the first in a series of columns that will show you what there is to do within an hour of the MSC campus. Look for it in both The CHIMES Online and in the print copies of The CHIMES.

Looking for something to do outdoors before the snow begins to fall? Take a trip to one of New York’s local cider mills, Critz Farms, located just up the hill in Cazenovia. The family owned business offers something differ-ent for everyone all year round. It’s good for a day trip filled with education and fun.

Arriving at Critz Farms, lo-cated approximately 20 minutes from Morrisville, I couldn’t help but notice how well-kept it was. Their use of signs that made ev-erything easy to find. I began at the Apple Barn where I met the owner Matthew Critz. He was happy to answer my questions and told me how the business started in 1984, when he and his wife Juanita first began selling Christmas trees.

“From there, we just kept

adding more and more,” Matthew says. From a grill to serve their visitors to pumpkins for the fall, he says it just kept growing.

Each season brings different attractions, summertime brings visitors who purchase flowers and

pick berries. During the winter season, they have Holiday Family Fun where guests can purchase a tree, cut down their own, or pur-chase a Critz-made wreath.

During he springtime, the farm has its Maple Syrup Celebra-tion where visitors on the week-ends can get a tour of the Sugar House and learn the process of making pure maple syrup and try the syrup at their all-you-can eat

breakfast buffet in the Critz Café. Beginning in mid-September

and continuing until the end of this month is the Fall Harvest Festival where the main attrac-tion is apples. Currently on the weekends, you can visit the farm and see how they make apple cider using six to ten different varieties of apples with their 125-year-old, four screw cider press.

You can pick your own apples from their orchard or pick your own pumpkins from the pump-kin patch. They also have some set aside.

New this year is the Harvest Moon Cidery, where visitors over 21 years can taste and purchase hard apple cider products. “We have a lot of things for kids; now

College Council resolution challenges SUNY’s joint-presidency

Wendy Vair, ‘12Co-Managing Editor

State University of New York Chancellor Nancy Zimpher ap-pointed President of the SUNY Institute of Technology Bjong Wolf Yeigh to the position of officer-in-charge of Morrisville State College on Monday, according to an article posted on suny.edu. Zimpher was quoted as saying, “By sharing leadership, SUNYIT and SUNY Mor-risville will be able to enroll more students, hire more full-time faculty, and increase course offerings. I am confident that President Yeigh’s leadership will serve both campuses with distinction. I thank him for taking on this dual role for SUNY as the system seeks to uphold its commitment to students amidst a challenging economic climate.”

Upon Yeigh’s appointment, Vice President of Academic Affairs David Rogers was appointed as the chief operating officer of MSC according to an email sent to the campus on behalf of Yeigh. Yeigh stated in his email that the “COO will act to fulfill all immediate and necessary presidential responsibilities in my absence and undertake certain day-to-day administrative responsibilities.” Bruce Reichel, vice president for administration at SUNYIT, was appointed to the COO position at SUNYIT.

Rogers was also appointed to the position of Provost by Interim President Richard Carreno on Tuesday.

Leadership Updates

Pumpkins fill the fields as Critz Farms in Cazenovia gets ready for the Halloween Season. Starting in mid September, Critz Farms began their Fall Harvest Festival; it continues until the end of the month. Photo courtesy of Critz Farms

Jeffrey Costello, ‘12Editor In Chief

The College Council at Morris-ville State College is drafting a reso-lution to send to the SUNY Board of Trustees, voicing its opposition to the joint-presidency model that MSC is currently sharing with SU-NYIT. Also in the resolution, the council announces its disapproval with the current structure of the Education Law in New York State.

With its resolution, the council at MSC adds its voice to several other SUNY campuses that are currently speaking out against implementing joint-presidency systems.

The resolution is currently a work in progress, according to Council Member Judith Noyes.

At the heart of the resolution is the council’s discontent with how the joint-president model was pre-sented to MSC—and the negative impacts the model could have on the college.

College Council Member Law-rence Baker said the council and the MSC community did not know about any plans to bring a

joint-president model to MSC until early August when SUNY Central Administration and SUNY Provost Dave Levallee visited MSC and announced that SUNY Chancel-lor Zimpher had named Dr. Bjong Wolf Yeigh to be joint-president for MSC and SUNYIT.

“We were very surprised. We knew that Canton and Potsdam had engaged in this much earlier, but we didn’t know that it affected anyone other than them,” Baker said.

Up until SUNY Central’s Au-gust visit, the College Council and the Presidential Search Committee were still looking for a candidate to fill the position left vacant by Ray-mond Cross, who stepped down as president Nov. 2010. Richard Car-reno, who officially resigned from the position of interim president Oct. 19, stepped in to fill in until a replacement was found.

In their resolution, the council states the guidelines Zimpher is proposing for joint-presidency systems will limit each SUNY school’s college council to evaluat-ing a single candidate of SUNY’s choosing, not vice-versa as it is now

according to the Education Law. The resolution also states that

Zimpher’s implementation of the joint-presidency and the sub-sequent guidelines could have “potential impacts…on the eco-

nomic health and well-being of the institution” and “diminish or impair the ability of the college to achieve the long-established goals of the institution.”

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Let's be clear on this: OBAMA did NOT kill Bin Laden. An American soldier, who Obama just a few weeks ago was debating on whether or not to PAY, did. Obama just happened to be in office when one of our soldiers finally found O.B.L and took him out. This is NOT an Obama

Jeffrey Costello, ‘12 Editor in ChiefWendy Vair, ‘12Co-Managing EditorMonica Bonneau, ‘12Co-Managing Editor

There are many different ways to look at college today: A stepping stone, an institution for higher learning, an op-portunity for better things and a privilege. But looking around MSC from time to time, the behavior of certain students gives us the impression that some people view college as a right rather than a privi-lege. It seems that some students don’t come here to learn, but simply to live out the stereotypical college student life.

Ignorant students show their inap-propriate behavior in the classrooms. Now call us crazy, but we actually enjoy learning and getting the most out of our classes. You would think that the maturity level in a college classroom would be high; however, we must say that some of our college classmates exhibit less matu-rity than our high school classmates did. Some students talk so rudely to teachers that it disgusts us and makes us wonder how they made it past grade school.

We can respect a student for civilly arguing differing opinions with a profes-sor as long as they have good support to back it up. It’s another story when the student is berating, denouncing, and yell-ing at their professors in front of the class with no solid argument or facts to back them up other than “because we say so.” It makes us ask ourselves the question, “Why the hell are we still here?” We know several students who ask similar questions when they see students like that.

We came to college to get an educa-tion, not listen to music blast through three floors at midnight. Many students just have a lack of respect for each other; they are stuck in a world that revolves around their personal wants and needs.

It’s hard for more serious students to learn when one person walks in unfash-ionably late by 15 minutes with music blaring from his headphones, and other students spend the entire class quietly complaining to their neighbors about how they’re failing because of reasons supposedly beyond their control – and not because they aren’t paying attention. For the students who think they can talk to professors any way they want, we have

something to tell you: get over yourselves. Realize that you’re not better than them, and that that type of behavior isn’t going to get you far in life. Professionalism is something that many students lack.

For the students on this campus who think there is little entertainment, let us direct you outside any window in Cayuga Hall. Many students find the Shop24 machines located on campus very conve-nient. Not all students, however, live near these machines, and therefore, most don’t realize how stressful this living condition can really be. Let us elaborate for you.

At least three or four times a week, Cayuga residents find themselves tossing and turning in bed because of the idiots outside who totally disregard people who, in fact, enjoy sleeping. It’ll be 2 or 3 a.m., and we’ll hear yelling or “rap battles” tak-ing place that are very alarming.

As obnoxious as those students are who feel the need to talk back to anyone who even slightly disagrees with them, they will one day learn that attitude plays a key role in their success in the work force.

Four years ago, the library was actu-ally a place where you could do work and study, without the stereotypical distractions in the dorms. Over the past few years, the noise has found its way over to the library—despite the staff ’s best efforts to keep it out—courtesy of some students who treat the library as just another hangout. Some noise is under-standable; after all, we haven’t taken a vow of silence—and sometimes there is the need for speaking when studying with a classmate. But when it’s someone singing aloud or engaged in a casual conversation with a friend, it’s distracting to those around who are in the library to actually work on projects and assignments.

Another instance of ignorance from idiots occurred this past weekend in the STUAC Theatre. Each weekend, a CAB-sponsored movie is played for

students’ enjoyment. Being that the flick was the last Harry Potter movie and one of us had yet to see it, we were looking forward to this event. Of course, the Theatre wouldn’t have been complete without students who decided to make loud screaming noises similar to animal sounds throughout much of the movie. Many students who were there to enjoy themselves for a few hours got hostile and told the ignorant students to leave, but they just continued to cause a ruckus.

Student activities buildings are nor-mally places where students go to hang out, grab something to eat and participate in whatever activities the various clubs have planned. But at Morrisville, some people see fit to leave their food, trays and other junk behind, turning some parts of our STUAC—be it Mustang Alley or the Laptop Lounge and pool table downstairs—into a pig sty despite there being several places for the trash to go. We can understand that living on your own is a rough change for some to make, but your mothers aren’t there to clean up after you anymore. Back in the fall of 2007 when we started at Morris-ville, we used to spend a lot of time in the Laptop Lounge, playing games or doing homework when the mood struck. Today, however, we steer clear of STUAC unless we go to Mustang Alley to eat, because it’s just not a place we like to hang out in anymore.

The way in which some of the idiots talk to professional staff is one of the things that perhaps bothers us the most. We can only imagine what the challenges are when it comes to dealing with college students on a daily basis. Some students are rude to the people who are here to help them and provide the services they need.

Nobody is perfect; not every student is always going to receive the exact food order they request in Mustang Alley or Stix. This doesn’t mean, however, that it’s necessary to yell at the employees and tell them how much they suck. Much of the time, the employees who are being cussed at are older, which makes the situation even worse, in our opinion. It’s situations like this that make us want to throw our food at the idiot’s head. Have they no manners at all? Apparently not.

Now, despite all these issues regard-ing the idiots of MSC, it’s important for us to touch on the fact that not everyone displays this behavior. The disruptive students on campus are a vast miniroty compared to those of us who actually are here to study and succeed. At times, it just seems like the ignorant outweigh the studious.

For those students who do behave disrespectfully: if you don’t want to be a student who gets a 4.0 and makes the President’s List, that’s fine. But don’t come to college and make it unbearable for those of us who take our time here seriously.

And you came to Morrisville State College...why?

3 a.m. at the Shop24 Illustration by Jacob DeRochie, ‘15 | Staff Cartoonist

Jeffrey Costello, Editor In ChiefMonica Bonneau, Co-Managing Editor

Wendy Vair, Co-Managing Editor

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Samantha Peeler, ‘14Staff Reporter

In 2003, the world was intro-duced to one of the first big so-cial networking sites, Myspace.com. In 2005, a domain named thefacebook would officially change its name to Facebook, first available only to Harvard students, but opened to the general public in early 2006. On June 8, a new social networking site emerged, Google Plus, with aims to take down Facebook.

When Facebook was first released, users were pulled in by the easy-to-use Web site with its simplistic layout and chat func-tions that rivaled instant mes-saging systems. The Web site allows users to add friends, keep some information hidden from others, and give updates in a way that is similar to today’s Twitter.

Now that Facebook has become the leading social net-working site, it is inflating its own ego with changes that are panned by a number of its 800 million users. In order to keep

Facebook and Google Plus clash in a social networking battle

Music Club members plan to fill the void after department losses Gyllian Dunkley, ‘12Staff Reporter

The Music Club has been working hard to establish itself as a club, due to the recent loss of the college’s music depart-ment due to college cutbacks.

Club advisor and Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences Kurt Reymers, president of the club Uwao-ma-Silachi Nwogwugwu, Vice President Diana Voltaire, and Secretary Kimberlie Noel have been taking the steps to have the Music Club officially recognized by the Student Government Organization. The former mu-sic department consisted of the Paragons Jazz Band and a chorus that performed at school events and in the community.

Reymers was asked by Nwogwugwu, Voltaire and Noel to become the club advi-sor for because it has become well-known that Reymers enjoys playing music in his classes to

up with Twitter and similar net-working sites, it’s recently added a real-time news feed that has confused subscribers and caused founder Mark Zuckerberg to forget an important thing: if the easy-to-use layout brought people to the site, changes on an overnight basis aren’t going to make them stay.

Some welcome the changes, especially the more computer-literate of Facebook users. Unfortunately for Facebook, the demographics from 2009 to 2010 show a 100-percent increase in users 65 years and up, according to a study by Flowtown.com. Flowtown also found the average Facebook user to be 38 years old.

That’s not the only reason users have been worried, espe-cially after Zuckerberg’s keynote speech in San Francisco, Calif., which discussed even bigger, and arguably worse, changes to the layout of his site. Perhaps the biggest change is a new timeline feature, allowing your friends to scroll through all of your photos and updates since you’ve joined Facebook. So if you wanted to see what someone was saying a year ago, you’ll get there by the click of a button.

While Facebook users are getting irritated by big changes on the way, Google Plus has

ended its beta-testing phase and has now opened the Web site to the public. While it doesn’t offer the easy-to-obsess-over games like Farmville, it now hosts a free copy of Angry Birds, along with 14 other games. The new social networking site also offers a variety of never-before-seen features that could possibly outrank Facebook.

First, you have Google Plus’s Circles. This allows you to drop and drag members to groups that can specify friends, family members, or even your boss. It also allows you to maintain your privacy, a method the Web site describes as “An easy way to share some things with college buddies, others with your par-ents, and almost nothing with your boss. Just like in real life.”

Perhaps the best part about this is that other users can’t see where they’re being grouped, so you’re not going to have that awkward moment of explaining to your mom why posting about her hot friend was such a good idea. Facebook has grouping as well, but it’s not as simple as a drag and drop, but rather repetitive scrolling through lists to find people.

Another new addition to the site’s chat feature is web-chatting in what Google calls ‘hang outs,’ something Facebook ironically said would be added to their

site less than a week after it was seen on Google Plus. At the moment, you can only chat with one other person on Facebook’s video-chat (with a fee charge), while Google Plus allows up to nine other people without compensation.

Sticking to what it knows for good reason, Google has integrated a bird’s-eye view from its Google Plus mobile application (probably using its own mapping software that we see in Google Maps and Google Earth). You can also add instant photo uploads from your An-droid phone, limiting who you’d like to be able to view them.

One downfall Google Plus faces is the lack of a name meant to invoke the social networking genre. While Facebook is a big brand in this particular area, Google Plus is an add-on to the search engine Google already possesses. So will we think of Google as networking, or a search engine in the future? No one knows.

They also followed after Facebook’s real-name policy, but to little avail. If Google Plus thinks your name isn’t real, even if it’s just uncommon, your ac-count will be suspended. This happened to an online blogger named Violet Blue. Also, access is only available to those 18 years or older, meaning that Google

will be cutting itself off from millions of potential members. This could also be a good thing though, especially for those who want a Web site that isn’t cater-ing to tweens (and sometimes, their bad language skills as well).

Google and Facebook have been in what seems like a social networking battle; adding and dropping features to compare to the competing Web Site. Facebook added a feature that lets you control who views your posts (like Google’s Circles), and even added a subscribe button (like Twitter and Google Plus) which allows you to view posts from people you’re not friends with, but admire (such as ce-lebrities).

With celebrities like Lady Gaga, Ashton Kutcher, Oprah Winfrey, and ironically Face-book founder Mark Zuckerberg, it won’t come as a surprise if Google Plus takes over Face-book the way Facebook did MySpace. It’s been suggested that if you dislike Facebook’s future changes, delete and join Google Plus now rather than waiting it out. Google Plus is still new, and there’s plenty of time for them (unless you’re under 18, that is) to make some not-so-pleasant changes. Just ask Myspace and. maybe sooner than you would think, Face-book.

help students relate to class top-ics. “These students were very organized and had a constitution ready to be reviewed by SGO,” Reymers said.

The Club is currently work-ing toward being considered for SGO recognition this se-mester. Even though they are still unrecognized, the club still activitly helps out with events on campus, such as the talent show with the the Caribbean African Student Union that was held on Oct. 1 in the STUAC theatre. MSC students, Hilford Hurst took first place reciting a poem, Henry Knight took second place singing and playing the piano, and Andrew Klampert took third place playing the piano.

The Music Club meets ev-ery Thursday at 7 p.m. in the STUAC room 130, the music room down the hall by the newly renovated WCVM booth. Music club members include produc-ers, vocalists, instrumentalists, poets and many more. The

club has equipment students can use to practice their music including a grand piano, drum set, keyboard, microphones and other musical items. Due to the upcoming STUAC renovations, this equipment may soon not be as available later in the semester.

“It provides an outlet for students who want to come together to share all kinds of music and perform their own music,” said Reymers. “At our first meeting in the beginning of September, over 40 people came out to support us,” he added.

Nwogwugwu sings, plays the piano and drums, makes beats and produces music. “School without music is a mundane school,” he said. The potential closing of the music room strikes him as a disappointment because he said “this is our mu-sic communities only resource for getting away from school stress, practicing and helping each other with music,” he said. Nwogwugwu’s vision for the

music club is to attract more people to become involved with music, because there is no point in having numerous musically gifted individuals with no place to invest their talents.

Voltaire says she enjoys at-tending the Music Club meet-ings every Thursday. “Music is like a language in itself. It brings so much talent together and soothes the soul,” she said. Volatire wants to petition for the relocation of the music room due to the STUAC renovations later in the semester. “It’s the only place students have access to unleash their talents and use college resources,” she said. With her efforts, she wants members to move forward mu-sically working with the school.

Noel is responsible for han-dling the paperwork for the club, such as sign-in sheets for members who attend the meetings and creating flyers to promote any events the club assists with. She is also the

operational manager, making sure everything is organized and running smoothly. Her vision for the music club is to become an extra-curricular activity. “I love seeing new talent. I enjoy observing and critiquing people on how to better their talent in positive ways. I want people to come together with their own individual musical talents and perform as a group, like the movie ‘Glee,’” she said.

The Music Club consists of a variety of singers, rappers, dancers, poets, instrumental-ists, producers and more who come together to help each other in different areas of mu-sic. They all share the passion of performing, making beats and creating different all kinds of music.

Reymers is currently work-ing hard to make the club a real-ity. “With the help of interested students, such a club can make Morrisville an even greater col-lege,” he said.

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Mollie Carter, ‘14Associate Campus News Editor

The Theater Department and Student Government Or-ganization will present Larry Shue’s play, “The Nerd.” It will premiere Friday at 8 p.m. in the Little Theatre in the Student Activities Building. Other show dates are Oct. 22 at 8 p.m., Oct. 23 at 2 p.m., and Oct. 27 through Oct. 29 at 8 p.m.

“The Nerd” is about a war veteran named Willum Cubbert. Played by architecture major George Castaldo, Willum is an architect who gets a surprise visitor - his old war savior, Rick Steadman, played by MSC alum-nus Kyle Wilson. However, Rick is not what Willum expected. Clumsy, intrusive and invasive, Rick happily moves in with Willum and promptly begins to make himself at home.

Disrupting not only his home life, Rick also puts a strain on Willum’s working relation-ship with his boss, Warnock Waldgrave, played by horticul-ture major Brian Butcher.

When Waldgrave comes to Willum’s house for dinner, bringing his wife Clelia, (played by liberal arts and humanities student Michelle Bagnall) and his daughter Hera (played by MSC student Leah Siciliano) chaos ensues. Willum’s girl-friend, Tansy McGinnis-(played

Jeffrey Dwyer, ‘15Staff Reporter

What originally seemed like the disappearance of the Writ-ers’ Guild has branched into a new underground group that gives writers, poets and story-tellers the opportunity to get their creative side out there to students, faculty and staff at Morrisville.

The fairly new underground group has been quite the mys-tery for the past month. The group has quickly been leaving its mark, from the numerous fli-ers appearing around campus, to the wandering costumed gorilla character trying to spread word to the community with flyer wrapped bananas.

The group has been pro-moting itself all around town, even as far down as the Valero gas station on Route 20 in the village.

The name for the Gue-rilla Journal came from the idea of being able to “combat ignorance,” with the idea of an underground writing group, said Steve Smith, an environmental and natural resources conserva-tion student.

Jessica Libby, an electronic marketing and publishing stu-dent has been creating the fliers seen around campus and said that the Guerilla Journals group originated because, “Writers’ Guild was dying and we needed something to save it.”

The Guerilla Journals ac-cepts submissions that include everything from poems, short stories, plays, song lyrics and everything in between. Sub-missions were accepted from Sept. 20 through Oct. 14. The journal received many submissions.“People I haven’t even met are sending things in,” said Libby.

The idea is to have different issues of the journal display many of the different types of writings and get the pieces out there. Libby said being published is far-fetched right now, but “there is always a pos-sibility.”

Because the Guerilla Journal is new, the deadline to submit is not completely final and all entrees have a possibility of being placed into later issues of the journal.

While the number of sub-missions have continued grow-ing, the group is still expanding and trying to receive publicity from the Morrisville commu-nity. “The submissions at this point are more sporadic” than anything else, said Smith.

“The Guerilla Journals will continue to grow as time pro-gresses,” said Smith. The com-munity may be able to expect some sort of publication from

by gaming and casino manage-ment major Katie Lann) tries to play hostess and leave a good impression on the Waldgraves.

Willum’s best friend, Axel Hammond (played by individ-ual studies major Devin Miller) mumbles obscenities under his breath and doesn’t care what impression he leaves on anyone.

Meanwhile, Rick introduces a new game to the Waldgraves: “Shoes and Socks.” Soon, Rick has the whole dinner party spin-ning around in circles, barefoot, with paper bags on their heads. This, accompanied by Rick’s persistent practice of playing his tambourine and apparent lack of tactfulness, drive Willum to his breaking point.

Will Willum be able to stand up to Rick, or will he end up los-ing his job and girlfriend from a loyalty to his rescuer? Come see this hilarious comedy and find out for yourself.

The cast consists of both college students and community members.

General admission is $7 and $2 for students. Tickets will be available at the door or reserve them by calling the box office at 684-6238 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays begin-ning Oct. 17.

“The Nerd” is presented through special arrangements with Dramatists Play Service Inc., 440 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016.

New underground paper uses gorilla suit to recruit more writers

MSC Theater Department presents an exciting, dramatic comedy

Writer’s Guild member Steven Smith offers a banana wrapped in a Guerilla Journal flier to Kristin Clark, a senior in journalism & com-munication for online media. Smith dressed as a gorilla to promote the journal and recruit more writers.The Writers’ Guild meets every Monday at 1 p.m. in the Presidents’ Room in Charlton.

Photo by Wendy Vair, ‘12 | Co-Managing editor

the group in the very near future.

To enter any pieces of creative writing to the Gue-

rilla Journal, please send your submissions to Guerilla journal+submit@gmail.com.

Characters Rick Steadman (Kyle Wilson), Willum Cubbert (George Castaldo) and Axel Hammond (Devin Miller) play “Watching the Apple Brown” during a dress rehearsal of the fall play, “The Nerd.” The show will open Friday at 8 p.m. in STUAC Theatre. Photo by Naomi Carter, ’15 | Staff Photographer

With flu season upon us, the last thing people want is to get sick. Exercise is an influential factor in avoiding lost time in our busy schedules due to illness.

It helps increase the speed at which your body removes waste products. It also reduces stress, a key component that exhausts your body, making it prone to illness. To maintain good health and con-tinue to feel these increased benefits, the American College of Sports Medicine suggests 30 minutes of moderate-intensity exercises five times a week. Healthy eating habits and eight hours of sleep a night also boost your overall prevention. Enjoy the fall season, and stay healthy!

Ashley McClurg Hass, B.S., CSCS, ACSM HFSInstructional Support Assistant (315) 684 - 6597

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People with tattoos and piercings face possible discrimination

English Professor Timothy Gerken shows off his tattoo. It was inspired by prominent American tattoo artist, Norman Collins, also known as “Sailor Jerry” with a classic Eagle, Sailor, and Setting sun.

Photo by Naomi Carter, ‘15 | Staff Photographer

Above: Student Devin Maxwell has been decorating his body with tattoos since he was 17. His body art includes a sleeve, chest mural, his leg, wrist, ribs and more.

Photo by Naomi Carter, ‘15 | Staff Photographer

Right: Student Ian Sansone shows off Ganesh (a Hindu God). The objects Ganesh carries represents each family member.

Photo by Amanda Jones, ‘13 | Staff Photographer

Gina Pacherille, ‘12Staff Reporter

According to a study by the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 24 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 50 have one tattoo or more and 14 percent have one body piercing or more. With the number of people get-ting tattoos on the rise, it might seem logical to assume that ac-ceptance has also risen. But has it? Are people with tattoos or piercings treated differently at work, school and by the public than people without them?

Co-author of JAAD Amy Derick said in an article for CNN.com that 8 percent of people who report discrimina-tion at work have tattoos or piercings. Some employers

restricted those with body art from working with the public or do not allow them to perform certain tasks. Some are just forced to cover their tattoos or take their piercings out.

Jessica Chambers, an en-trepreneurship and business management student, said that at several jobs she has been asked to cover up her five vis-ible tattoos, but that’s really it. Chambers said she feels that tattoos are a form of art and asking someone to cover them up is like saying an artist’s creation can’t be displayed in a public place. “I understand if they are inappropriate or depict swears or nudity,” Chamber says, “but other than that, I think they should be accepted.”

Brittany Leverich, a liberal arts student, said she has faced discrimination and poor treat-ment because of her many visible piercings and numerous tattoos. She says the most recent incident occurred when she went to the doctor for a check-up. The doctor told Leverich that she looked like someone who did not have a job and that if she was her daughter, she would kick her out. The doctor then insisted that Leverich take an HIV test because she “looked like someone that may have contracted the disease.”

“That was the only time I faced such an openly aggres-sive act of discrimination,” Leverich said. “It’s just shocking to me that there are still people

who discriminate against others when there is absolutely no need to do so.”

According to an article by The Christian Science Moni-tor, however, tattoo acceptance seems to be on the rise, even among white collar workers and people who work heavily among the public. The article used tele-vision shows like “Miami Ink” and “LA Ink” as proof that the general public is more accepting of tattoos and piercings.

The same article by The Christian Science Monitor says that companies that make their employees cover their tattoos and take out their piercings might be doing it to avoid dis-crimination.

Associate Professor of Busi-ness and Administration Linda Turner said that although she accepts body art personally, it may not be appropriate in all business settings.

She believes that some peo-ple who have a lot of visible body art may be putting them-selves at risk and limiting the opportunities available to them. Turner suggests that students who have tattoos or piercings should cover up all their tatoos and take out any visible pierc-ings for interviews, just in case the company has a policy against body art. “Limit it to small studs for women, no jewelry for men,” she added.

Leverich said, “If some-one’s tattoos aren’t vulgar or offensive, I think it should be

allowed. And as far as piercings go, I think it’s completely fine to have them as long as they don’t run a risk for your line of work.”

Some companies have “tat-too polices” about what can-

not and what can be shown at work as far as body art goes. Even though the percentage of Americans who have tattoos has grown, acceptance still has a long way to go.

MSC student Tony Nguyen read-ily shows off his most recent tat-too. Nguyen has a total of 20 tat-toos, this one reads, “Tranquility.”

Photo by Naomi Carter, ‘15 | Staff Photographer

page 6 October 2011 - THE CHIMESThe CHIMESCultural stereotyping on campus can create divisions among studentsIesha Wilson, ‘13Staff Reporter

“Sometimes college is the first time for many people to interact with others beyond their same race and geographic area,” said Victoria Fry, associate professor of sociology and English.

Fry said interacting with oth-ers who are from different geo-graphical or cultural locations can enrich students’ lives. She added that MSC is very diverse, but stu-dents hang out with people they know first, and after a few semes-ters, they’ll interact with others from different backgrounds.

“I have tons of friends. A big part of college is interacting with different people and learning new things from one another,” said criminal justice major Verniccia Ford. “I have a variety of friends on campus from different heri-tages, races and backgrounds.”

Ford added that the only stu-dents who don’t lack interaction

with all students are the nursing students because nursing cannot be learned only from reading textbooks, but also interacting with everyone.

“The problem with only inter-acting with people who are similar in background as you is a lack of growth in peoples understanding of one another,” Ford said.

Robert Clarke, a business administrative student, said more activities and social gatherings that attract people from all different race and ethnic groups should be promoted on campus to improve the lack of interaction among students. “When we throw parties on campus, we need to have a D.J. that plays all types of music,” he added.

Campus Activities Board chairperson and business admin-istrative student Nathan Comp-ton said CAB makes positive activities that cater to all students on campus. CAB, along with the other clubs on campus, is one

way friendships are built. “When we plan events on campus, any student that has ideas or sug-gestions on how to make better events that attract more people can come to a meeting and let their voice be heard,” Compton said. “Students’ opinions are what matters,” he added. CAB meetings are held at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays in Crawford Hall room 114. One way CAB brings diversity to the campus is by having different musicians come and play music that will connect people to their heritages. Sometimes they will have a musician who plays the piano in STUAC and the next month, they will have a musician that plays Caribbean music.

Fry said the social distances are getting less every year as people become more comfortable being around others who don’t share their.

According to documents provided by Registrar Marian Whitney, in 1991 MSC’s student

population was 5.74-percent Black, 1.71 percent Hispanic, 1.07 Asian, 0.38-percent Indian/ Alaskan, and 0.23-percent inter-national students

Ten percent were unknown students. MSC’s latest enrollment by ethnicity and underrepresenta-tion in 2010 was 18 percent Black, 1 percent Hispanic, Asian, Indi-ans/Alaskan and International students.

“It is important for students to interact with other ethnic groups because it helps them when they get to their profes-sional careers to interact with people who are not similar to themselves,” said Whitney.

After going on a trip to New York City with some students from MSC, Dean of Students Geoffrey Isabelle said he learned more about students from NYC. That experience brought him closer to those students.

“The beauty of diversity is that people can learn from each

other at any time not just at pro-grams, but just from being outside in an area that is unfamiliar to you,” he added.

Isabelle said he encountered situations where freshmen stu-dents’ parents would call MSC and ask for their children’s rooms to be changed because the stu-dents would be sharing a room with a students who are of differ-ent race or ethnic group.

Director of Residence Life Ursula Herz said on the student room-change requests, “When I do get those kinds of calls, I try to work with the parent to help them understand and work through their fears,” she said.

Herz added that if a student is adamant about avoiding a cul-turally diverse environment, she may have the difficult conversa-tion with them that Morrisville may be a very uncomfortable place for the student, and that a less diverse college may be a better fit.

~continued from page 7~They also pass balls between

each other and prepare for the game ahead.

“Overall she is a natural fit and fabulous at coaching. We are so very happy to have her here,” Perkins adds.

After this year, Hillary will attend Virginia Tech and will not be coaching at Morrisville.

“This is not the last time I will be here,” she says. “I plan on returning to the area to practice medicine after my degree and, of course, coach soccer.”

Gail Mann says she knows that Simon has always perse-vered through harder times and that all she has to do is believe in herself. “Sometimes she may think, ‘Oh my god; why am I do-ing this?’ But she has to believe in her dreams.”

Soccer has changed Simon’s life and given her the skills to succeed. She says that in order to play soccer you need to be organized on the field to win. She needed to know each one of her teammate’s strengths and weaknesses.

There are six girls she has played with since she was eight, and they still talk every day.

“There is a lot of team bonding in soccer, and that’s what I like best,” she adds.

As Simon looks into the future she says she is ready for the challenges she will face. She says all it takes is the motivation to improve.

“As long as you’re working as hard as you can and to the best of your ability, it will always work out,” she adds.

~continued from page 1~we have something for the par-ents,” says Matthew.

I got a chance to learn about the Harvest Moon Cidery and the six hard-cider products. Af-ter being identified as over 21, I was able to try a couple.

Patrick Critz, the owners’ son, is the only one of their three children who works full-time at the farm, although James and Jessica still come back and help on busy weekends. He says the Cidery has been his own little project. He has helped with the Cidery from the beginning, and he and his team built the Cidery tasting room.

Five of their ‘adult ciders’ are sparkling ciders with the exception of their sweetest, Maple Moon. Unlike wine, they also have lower alcohol content, between six and eight percent, which is right be-tween beer and wine.

Looking at the list of their six hard ciders, I chose the second driest called “Blissful Moon.”

I noticed the apple first thing and it felt refreshing compared to grape-based wines which are thicker. Patrick says the feedback for Blissful Moon hasn’t been as good as they hoped, and they plan to try something new with it.

The next cider on the list was named “Cherry Moon.” It was dif-ferent than the “Blissful Moon;” it still had that crisp refreshing apple taste, but the aftertaste had a smooth and subtle taste of cherry.

“We wanted to have a unique name and story for each cider,” Patrick says. Making each bottle even more unique were the labels designed by Kevin Mann, owner and designer at Camp Design in Cazenovia.

The other side of the farm has a playground for kids, space for parties, the pumpkin patch, and a petting zoo.

I was blown away when I walked into the barn with the farm animals. I realized they were the cleanest farm animals I had ever seen.

They had cows, chickens, don-keys, goats, sheep, pigs, an alpaca, ponies, bunnies and dwarf goats. One of the two donkeys ran up to me when I approached the fence as if he were my donkey.

I took a quick look across the street at the corn maze, which when seen from above, is a design

of the three little pigs. With no desire to try this maze alone, I headed to the tower to look out over the maze. It’s huge!

I visited the Balsam Barn Gift Shop where they sell homemade fudge, pumpkins, cider, maple syrup, jellies and jams, Christmas decorations, and much more.

A sales clerk, Cate Skinmor, says she has worked at the farm for only a couple weeks, and loves it.

“It has everything,” she says. “There’s something for everyone.”

F o r d i r e c t i o n s a n d hours of operat ion, v is-it the Critz Farms Web site at www.critzfarms.com.

Critz Farms offers fall farm fun near the Morrisville State campus

~continued from page 1~Baker explained that the

council sees the president’s role as one that not only sets a direc-tion for the college, but also acts as a representative for the school when seeking monetary support from alumni, corporations and granting agencies to keep the school funded. “We feel that

Simon joins staff of womens’ soccer team

College Council resolution publicly opposes joint-presidency modelwith one person filling both of these jobs, the time for that sim-ply won’t exist so that it’s done with the vigor and dedication of time needed, and it’s going to be somewhat self-defeating,” he said.

On top of implementing joint-presidency models to save money, Baker said SUNY is also looking into shared services

between campuses that are geo-graphically close. Baker said MSC has no concrete ideas on how services can be shared now, but said the council is enthusiastic. “Teams of people from each school—given proper direction and support—could identify any number of ways to save money,” Baker said.

Despite the council’s opposi-tion to the joint presidency model, Baker said the council does not hold anything against Yeigh. “Our concern is not at all about Dr. Yeigh; it’s about the concept and not the individual,” Baker said, “We have met with Dr. Yeigh a few times, and all of those have been positive experiences.”

As the school continues to implement the joint-presidency model, Baker said he encourages students to demonstrate their support for the old system of one president per school.

Dr. Yeigh was contacted for comment about the council’s resolution, but had not responded as of press time.

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Women’s soccer team adds Empire 8 star as assistant coachMarissa Felker, ‘14Sports Co-Editor

The air is heavy with the threat of rain. The clock ticks slowly as fans cheer in the back-ground. She is set; legs wide and hands ready as the ball moves faster.

This is her moment, her glory, and the sweat drips down her brow. The ball takes flight and she dives with all the energy she has left.

“Since I was four, this has been my life,” says assistant women’s soccer coach at Mor-risville State College Hillary Simon.

At four, Simon joined a small league in her hometown of Homer, N.Y. The reason was simple. “It was what everybody did in town,” she says.

Simon always found herself in the goalie position on the field. No one else would volun-teer, so she took over. At eight she moved on to a club team that played all year long.

“I worked hard to get bet-ter for myself and my team,” she says.

Soccer guided Simon from high school to college. At Hom-er High School she played soccer, basketball and lacrosse. Simon says the problem was

focusing on everything all at once. In her sophomore year of high school, she quit lacrosse to dedicate herself to soccer.

“I knew that if I focused my talent I could play at any college,” she says, “but I wanted to play at a college where I could actually make a difference on the field.”

Nazareth College offered small class sizes that helped Simon work toward a medical degree and still play soccer. “Soccer made me do the right thing,” she says.

“Hillary was blessed with athletic attributes,” says Naza-reth College head coach Gail Mann. She is tall and has large hands which give her strength as a goalie.

Playing almost every game in her four-year career at Naza-reth, Simon tallied 404 saves in goal. She led the team to four consecutive Empire 8 Finals and the ECAC Championship in 2007 and the NCAA Tourna-ment in 2008.

“She was respected by her teammates because she led by example,” says Gail. “She is the best captain we have ever had.”

In 2008, Simon was awarded the Empire 8 Defensive Player of the Year and nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year.

“This was most surprising to me because not only did the soc-cer program see me as a good player, but the entire athletic community did,” she says. Al-though her senior year was not her best statistically, her overall performance was impressive.

Morrisville’s soccer program has struggled to gain wins in

past seasons; head coach Chris Perkins added the former Em-pire 8 star to the staff for help. He’ll tell you “it’s a long story.”

Perkins has worked with Simon since she was eight. At one point they were spending 11 hours a week improving her skills in training sessions.

“I don’t want to say I taught her everything she knows,” Per-kins says. “Hillary has taken every-thing I taught her and built on it.”

Simon says Perkins gave her the tools and instruction to be the goalkeeper she is now and when she was in college. “I owe him more than my life; he sacrificed his time and family for me.”

Simon continued going to training sessions and demon-strating her techniques. When she graduated from Nazareth, she was put on a waiting list for Virginia Tech and decided to take a year off.

On the weekends, she says, she is a typical college student. She goes out with friends and tries to attend soccer games at Nazareth. She realized along the way that she missed having soccer in her life.

“Chris and I kind of joked about it at first,” says Simon. “Then I realized I wasn’t ready to give up on soccer cold-turkey.”

With the perspective of a student-athlete, she is a great role model, Perkins says. “Hill-ary mainly works with the goal-ies on the field, but her experi-ence helps everyone.”

“I know when they have homework up the ying-yang, the last place they want to be is the field,” Simon says.

Being able to get together and play with the team has in-spired them to improve, Simon says.

“Hillary has made me im-prove a lot. I would not be where I am now without her,” says freshman goalkeeper Jenni-fer Zidzik. “She’s always happy, and her enthusiasm makes ev-eryone around her happy.”

“She has a lot of enthusi-asm, and our team desperately needed that,” agrees sophomore captain Jordan Nadeau.

Before games, fans can see team members warming up and bonding with their new coach. The players pass balls between each other and prepare for the game ahead.

“Overall, she’s a natural fit and fabulous at coaching. We’re so very happy to have her here,” Perkins adds.

After this year, Simon will attend Virginia Tech and will

Hillary Simon, newly appointed assistant women’s soccer coach, came onto the coaching staff this fall. Simon enjoyed a stellar four-year career as a member of the elite Nazareth College women’s soccer program. Photo by Brendan Shannon,‘14

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Football team gets first win of the season; record now 1-5Kristin Clark, ‘11Sports Co-EditorCourtney Cook, ‘13Online Co-Editor

On Oct. 15 the football team lost to Rowan University 36-17 to run its record to 1-5 overall and 1-4 in the New Jersey Ath-letic Conference.

The Mustangs trailed in the first quarter by a score of 10-0. They launched a comeback in the second quarter, scoring 17 unanswered points to lead at halftime by a score of 17-16. This would be all the scoring the Mustangs could muster in the game.

“We go from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows with no stopping in between,” said head coach Terry Dow. “It’s frustrating sometimes.”

The Mustangs had five turn-overs during the game. “You can’t win when you turn the ball over five times and get a punt blocked,” said Dow. “We did both of those things; it’s difficult to overcome.”

Sophomore quarterback Lemar Johnson completed nine passes for the Mustangs and added 42 running yards against Rowan. Freshman run-ning back Sam Stonerock led the team in scoring with two touchdowns.

Freshman linebacker TJ Barnaba led the team in tackles for the second week in a row. He contributed 10 total tackles and sophomore defensive back Jer-emy Stewart added nine tackles for the Mustangs.

“I don’t know how you change the emotions or psyche of a football team,” Dow said. “It’s hard; some of it comes back on the team.”

The Mustangs might just as easily be 3-3; they lost their first two games by a total of 4 points, including a 1-point loss against Montclair State, which recently beat powerful Cortland State.

Barnaba was named NJAC Defensive Rookie of the Week for the week of Oct. 8 in the Mustangs’ 35-21 win against Western Connecticut. He had

eight tackles to lead the team.“A lot of positive things

came from the win,” said Dow. “It was good for our morale and good for our team to overcome our late-week injuries.”

During practice on Oct. 12 and 13, the team lost its starting center on the offensive line and two starting cornerbacks. One of the cornerbacks was senior Quinton King, who broke his leg, ending his season. “It’s just a devastating way for a senior to end his career,” Dow said.

Against Western Connecti-cut, Johnson led the team with 194 passing yards, 78 rushing yards, and a touchdown. The Mustangs posted a season-best 270 rushing yards during the annual “Take A Kid to the Game” day, which more than 100 children attended.

The game was also part of the “Mustangs Against Cancer” promotion. Proceeds from tickets, the sale of jer-seys, and a 50/50 raffle went to the Carol M. Baldwin Research Foundation of CNY.

The team’s next two games are on the road, at Kean Uni-versity on Oct. 22 and then at William Paterson on Oct 29. The Mustangs return to Drake Field for their final home game

of the season on Nov. 5 at noon against Buffalo State.

“We’re getting a lot of guys back from injury, so we just need to find a way to play at the high-est level consistently,” Dow said.

Junior offensive guard Tim Hammond (71) lifts senior wide receiver Nate McConnell (6) after McConnell scored a touchdown in the game on Oct. 8. The team is now 1-5 overall and 1-4 in the NJAC.

Photo by Courtney Cook, ‘13 | Online Co-Editor

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ATHLETIC NEWSWomen’s soccer team stands at 2-7-1 in NEAC conference

Ice hockey team looks forward to a season with big expectations

Marissa Felker, ‘14Sports Co-Editor

The women’s soccer team defeated visiting Gallaudet Uni-versity 3-1 on Oct. 16.

Sophomore midfielder Erin Rundle led the team early-on, scoring a goal two minutes into the game. She followed up with a second goal 20 minutes into the half, assisted by freshman midfielder Krista Baxter.

“We’ve gotten better at mak-ing good passes,” said junior captain Gabriella Gallart.

Kara Collins, sophomore forward, attempted seven shots, five of them on goal. Jennifer

Zidzik, freshman goalkeeper, had 10 saves during the game and allowed one goal.

“I’m trying to inspire the goalkeepers to work harder, and they’re improving,” said assistant coach Hillary Simon.

The Mustangs lost 5-1 against Penn State-Harrisburg on Oct. 15. The lone goal was scored by Rundle.

Zidzik recorded the loss for the Mustangs, saving 10 and al-lowing five.

Penn State-Berks held the Mustangs scoreless, winning 3-0 on Oct. 9.

“I think we need to continue to keep the ball on our half of

Gabby Gallart (left) keeps the ball away from her defender in Mor-risville’s Sept. 25 game against Wilson College. The Mustangs won 1-0 in 2 OT with Krista Baxter recording the lone goal. Their record is currently 3-9-1.

Photo by Amanda Jones, ‘13 | Staff Photographer

the field and take more shots,” Gallart said.

Penn State-Berks scored one goal in the first half and two in the second.

Baxter attempted four shots at goal while Rundle added two in the offensive effort for the Mustangs. Zidzik had 6 saves and allowed 3 goals.

“I need the players to learn how to be leaders on the field,” said head coach Chris Perkins.

The team will play again on Oct. 22 at Wells College. They are now 3-9-1 overall and 2-7-1 in the Northeastern Athletic Conference. There are three games left in the season.

Junior cross-country runner is named Athlete of the Month Marissa Felker, ‘14Sports Co-Editor

Junior cross-country runner Austin Townsley was named Mustang athlete of the month for September. He was also

named NEAC runner of the week twice.

“It feels great to be rec-ognized by the school for the success I have been having this year,” Townsley said.

“Austin is having a great

year. He is running slightly injured, but will still be in the top five finishers at the NEAC championships on Oct. 29,” said head coach Derrick Powers.

Townsley has been added to the NEAC All-Conference team

as a first-team selection. On Oct. 15 Townsley led

the Mustangs to a fourth-place finish at the Cross Country Only Conference Championships. He finished eighth overall out of 141 runners.

“I will keep making each practice count and remind my-self that the pain in practice means being successful in rac-es,” Townsley said.

The team will race again on Oct. 22 in Saratoga.

Kristin Clark, ‘11Sports Co-Editor

The men’s hockey team has big expectations for their up-coming season.

They finished the 2010-2011 season with an overall record of 11-13-1 and a conference record of 8-7-1.

The team reached SUNYAC playoffs for the second year in a row last season.

“We’re hoping to have an-other successful year. Last sea-son we were ranked nationally and made the playoffs,” said head coach Brian Grady. “Those were huge positives for us.”

Junior defensemen Alex Til-laart also thinks this season will be successful. “We have a good group of talent; the sky’s the limit with us,” he said.

The team lost six players from last season to graduation, including goalie Caylin Relkoff, who had 2,553 saves in his career.

“Losing Caylin hurts, but I’m very confident in our goal-tenders,” Grady said.

Two names Grady men-tioned at goaltender were Chris Azzano and Zach McMichael, both freshmen. “This is a great opportunity for them to fill a huge hole,” Grady added.

The Mustangs have eight new players to balance out the six they lost. Sophomore defen-semen Dan Morello expects the new players to do well. “They all have a good attitude and are competent enough to be on a successful team,” Morello said.

Tillaart said that he expects the new players to have an “im-mediate impact.”

The team officially started practice on Oct. 15. Grady said they ran two-a-days over the weekend and began to imple-ment the offensive and defen-sive systems.

“You have to tailor your systems to your team,” Grady said. “We can skate. It’s prob-

ably the best I’ve seen since I’ve been here.”

On the offensive side of the ice, Grady said they are going to run an offense that allows them to skate and handle the puck as much as possible. They are also going to run a system he calls “dump and chase,” in which the forwards dump the puck into the attacking zone and chase it back, setting up scoring opportunities.

Defensively, Grady said they are also going to use their skat-ing to their advantage and add a lot of physical play. “Our guys love to hit,” he said.

Morello agreed that the defense will be strong. “It will be our biggest attribute: we are all pretty physical,” he said. “We have good defense even for our forwards; team defense will win games.”

The Mustangs have set high goals for themselves this season. “Our goal is to win a (confer-ence) championship and make

it into a national tournament,” Grady said.

“We showed we can com-pete with the best; there’s no reason for us not to end up on top,” Tillart said.

The Mustangs open up the season at home on Friday, Oct. 28 against SUNY Potsdam and play again on Oct. 29 against Plattsburgh State. The puck drops at 7 p.m.

Sophomore Jamie Nelson looks for a scoring opportunity in the Mus-tangs’ home opener against Brockport last Nov. 5. The Mustangs defeated Brockport by an impressive score of 8-2.

Photo by Brendan Shannon, ‘14 | Photo Editor