The weekly student newspaper at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York Volume LXXX Issue 15November 29, 2011

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Arts & Opinion SportsRachel Bolton reviews new Twilight See Page B7

The NBA lockout is overSee Page D11

Blog Hosts Inaugural Community MeetingSee Page A2

Philanthropy Day raises almost $27, 000 See Page A4

Black Friday Adventures to Best BuySee Page C8

The Return of Tiger?See Page D11

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Saint Rose holds lead in Upstate Challenge

Golden Knights Defeat Le Moyne Dolphins

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By SCOTT LAWSONNews Editor

There is now a new club activ-ity for students to participate in. Recently, the Student Association approved the constitution of the Ice Knights Hockey Club. The club is led by junior Kyle Balicki, who says that this idea was one which he had been considering before he came to Saint Rose.

Prior to coming to the college, Balicki has played in leagues since his freshman year of high school. He knew that at one time the college had a club, but it was disbanded in 2006. Balicki was encouraged by friends to submit

Vision Approved to Move to the Icea constitution to the Student As-sociation, and after one rejection, the Ice Knights Hockey Club can now become real, and his dream come true.

Lori Blosser, Student Asso-ciation director of special interest groups, is the representative who oversees the new Ice Knights Hockey Club. She is nothing but excited for the introduction of this new club.

“I am very excited to work with a sport club, and SA is ex-cited about working with a sport club because it had been a few years since there has been a sport

Story continued on Page D10 Swimmers on their starting blocks. KAYLA MATTEO

Communications Student Dies After Hit and Run Saturday

By IAN BENJAMINExecutive Editor

A 29-year-old communications student, Etemowei-James Oki, was killed by a hit-and-run driver on Quail St. early Saturday morn-ing.

Oki had just left his home and was crossing Quail at the intersection of Elk St. when he was struck by a vehicle driven by 19-year-old Alfred Zwack on Quail at approximately 1:42 a.m.

Zwack, driving a 1999 Honda Accord, was traveling south-bound and had begun passing another vehicle on the left when he struck Oki, said Albany Police Dept. spokesperson James Miller.

Oki’s head collided with the metal windshield column and the

pavement. He was transported to Albany Medical Center Hospital but was pronounced dead just be-fore 5 a.m. due to massive head trauma. The driver fl ed the scene of the accident.

Zwack, who resides on South-ern Blvd. turned himself into au-thorities late Monday morning

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By MICHAEL BELLIZZIContributing Writer

Reporters from the Pine Hills blog and residents of the Pine Hills neighborhood shared ideas at a community meeting at the Pine Hills Library on Thursday, Nov. 17.

“This is why we came here to-night. Not only to hear your voic-es, but to create a stepping stone towards covering the stories that you want us to in your neigh-borhood,” said Tom McDonald, a student reporter for The Pine Hills blog.

The meeting marked the first of its kind for reporters of the Pine Hills blog to hear directly from the people who make the neighborhood the historical Al-bany community that it is today.

“I think the enthusiasm of those of [the bloggers] and their willingness to get out there and tell stories about the Pine Hills

By MARY FRANCIS STOUTEContributing Writer

The Albany Common Council voted unanimously on Monday, Nov. 21 to pass a budget amend-ment that will match funding for the anti-crime program SNUG. Mayor Jerry Jennings will make the final decision to approve or veto the amendment.

SNUG, which stands for “guns” spelled backwards, is an intervention program that started in September 2010. The program was created to reduce shootings in communities.

Many people showed up to the meeting to voice their support for the program. Omar Ford, an out-reach worker for SNUG, spoke to council members.

“The program brings hope where there is no hope. It helped us to perfect our community,” said Ford.

Albany has benefited from the program. The number of shoot-ings have decreased since its inception. When the program ceased, violence rose with 11

shootings occurring since Octo-ber 14.

Ford said that the approval of the amendment will help to cut down on the amount of money that taxpayers have to pay in the long term.

“The average healthcare cost from injuries is $24,000. If you multiply that by 11 victims, that is a lot of money,” Ford said. “Most of those victims don’t have health insurance and tax-payers will be paying that bill.”

The outreach workers for SNUG are on call 24 hours a day and patrol areas during times when there is the most activity. This allows them to stop violence before it starts. When shootings occur, workers go to hospitals to speak to the victims at a time when they are most at risk for re-taliation.

Councilman Richard Conti said it was important for the amendment to be passed because of the community benefits.

“This program is in other parts of the state and those programs have had success. It is an invest-

SNUG Funds Approved by Common Council Blog Hosts Inaugural Community Meeting

ment in the city and communi-ties, especially in areas with vio-lence,” said Conti.

The program is not only ben-eficial to the youth, but also to the workers. Some workers come from the same backgrounds as the kids they are helping and they act as mentors.

Outreach worker, Calvin Park-er, has personally benefited from the program.

“It gave me an opportunity to become a member of society,” said Parker.

He helps to steer kids who are in trouble in the right direction by helping them to get an education and by supporting their goals.

The state promised $150,000 to the five different SNUG sites across the state, but the Albany SNUG needed an additional $150,000 to operate. With the passing of this amendment, SNUG is one step closer to reach-ing this goal.

“It’s important to the commu-nity because it gives young peo-ple hope,” he said.

MARY FRANCIS STOUTEMembers of The Albany Common Council at the meeting on Monday, Nov. 21.

and the people that live around here really impressed me,” said Marilyn Douglas, a Pine Hills resident and member of the Beau-tify Upper Madison Project.

With more than 180 stories written since its inception 18 months ago, those who attended the meeting agreed on one thing: there is always a story to be found in the Pine Hills neighborhood.

“I hope that this blog will be read by a lot more people,” Doug-las said. “I’m not much of a blog reader, but this meeting has defi-nitely helped to change my opin-ion on that.”

More information on this meeting can be found in an advance story, “Pine Hills Blog to Host Community Meeting Thursday,” which was published in the Nov. 15 issue of The Chronicle.

Journalism student Scott Lawson speaking at the meeting. CAILIN BROWN

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accompanied by an attorney.He is being charged with Leav-

ing the Scene of a Personal Injury Auto Accident, Reckless Driving, Aggravated Unlicensed Opera-tion of a motor Vehicle, and Op-erating a Motor Vehicle without a License. A number of other charges are expected to follow.

Authorities had previously been searching for a dark green Honda with front end damage and a missing passenger-side mirror.

Prior to attending Saint Rose, Oki had been enlisted in the Navy. He had recently changed his ma-jor to communications. Professor Rosemary Sheridan knew Oki as a student in her COM 227 Pub-lic Relations History class. She painted a picture of a kind, hard working student.

“He had a very kind heart and a genuine concern for people and pets,” said Rosemary Sheridan, a professor in the Department of Communications. “He was a gen-uinely nice person who had obvi-ously matured and had a clearer vision of his life and future.”

Oki sometimes showed up late for his class in Public Rela-tions History. When he came in the room carrying his motorcycle helmet, Sheridan said, she would quip, “class can begin now, Ete-mowei has arrived.” To this Oki would respond with a wide smile and an apology.

Calling hours are Friday 8-10 a.m. at the St. Joan of Arc Church in Menands followed by Mass at 10 a.m. The burial will take place at Saratoga National Cemetery at 1:30 p.m. Friday.

Zwack will be arraigned in Al-bany City Criminal Court Tues-day.

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Tuesday, November 29 4 p.m. Thesis Statement Workshop Writing Center7 p.m. Outside the [Box] Meeting. St. Vincent’s Room 77 p.m. Adventure Club Meeting. SA Conference Room 8 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. Yoga For Students. Hubbard Sanctuary

Wednesday, November 303 p.m. APA Workshop Writing Center4:30 p.m. Student Association Meeting. Standish Rooms4:30 p.m. The Chronicle Meeting. CCIM Viewing Room 1195 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Weekly Evening Mass. Hubbard Sanctuary5:30 p.m. Women’s Basketball at Adelphi. Garden City, NY7:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball at Adelphi. Garden City, NY6 p.m. Women’s Initiative Meeting. Avila Hall7:15 p.m. Weekly Meeting. Hubbard Sanctuary7:30 p.m. Madrigal Singers Concert. Massry8:15 p.m. Spectrum Meeting. Standish Rooms8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Environmental Club Meeting. SA Conf Room

Thursday, December 111 a.m. Chicago Style Workshop. Writing Center7:30 p.m. Identity Meeting. Lima Basement

Friday, December 2ALL DAY. MBA CLASSES END. Registrar10 a.m. MLA Style Workshop. Writing Center11 a.m. APA Style Workshop. Writing Center12 - 1:15 p.m. Discussion: “Turning Tables: Unlearning our Hang

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amount, $4,430 will be going to the Student Emergency Fund. The Emergency Fund is com-posed of donations from faculty, staff and administrators allowing such members of the Saint Rose community to keep students un-

dergoing “unforeseen or overwhelming personal circum-stances” to remain enrolled at the col-lege, according to the Saint Rose website. The fund is supported by the Office of Student

Affairs and Spiritual Life. National Philanthropy Day is

an unofficial holiday set aside every year mid-November—usu-ally Nov. 15, as this year was—to encourage and foster giving of oneself to others in need.

By IAN BENJAMINExecutive Editor

The College of Saint Rose re-cently participated in National Philanthropy Day, a day devoted to giving ones assistance and re-sources to others. The event was held in the Main Lounge of the Events and Athletics Center and was composed of fundraisers put on by several Saint Rose offices. A total of $26,996 was raised at the event.

The Student Alumni Associa-tion held a coffeehouse event at which participants could donate $3 or more to eat all they could from tables of assorted cupcakes, coffee, cookies and other deca-dent confections. This was ac-companied by a concert by stu-dent a cappella groups The Girls Next Door and The Golden Notes from 7 to 9 p.m. This “Confec-tionary Concert” raised funds for

the Student Association Alum-ni Book Scholarship Fund. A phone-a-thon was also held.

The Student Alumni Associa-tion is a selective group of stu-dents who are chosen for their involvement in school spirit among other activi-ties. According to the group’s consti-tution, their pur-pose is to “serve to better connect current Saint Rose students and Saint Rose alumni in an effort to network […], foster Saint Rose tradition, and to develop a culture of phi-lanthropy.” They are sponsored by the Alumni Association and the Office of Alumni Relations.

The College of Saint Rose collectively raised $26,996 from faculty, alumni, students, ad-ministrators and staff. Of that

National Philanthropy Day at Saint Rose

Raises Substantial Sum

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The Golden Notes performing a few numbers for the audience.Staff drinking coffee and socializing after making donations.

Donors share why they give to Saint Rose on these cards.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF THE OFFICE OF ALUMNI RELATIONS

A total of $26,996 was raised at the

event.

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A donor makes a gift to Saint Rose students.

Some of the treats that were served at the event.

One of the signs explaining National Philanthropy Day.

Colleagues sharing coffee and conversation.

Volume 80 Issue 15The Chronicle November 28, 2011ArtsB6Local Company Mixes Art

With FashionBy EMILY CLUTEContributing Writer

When someone thinks of Al-bany, they may not always jump right into thinking of local art. Local art has become a growing scene here in the Capital City as of late. A lot of the art has a con-temporary, urban style that will appeal to many different people.

YarK Inc. is an up and coming business run by Joshua Boyark, 21, and Tom Salamonowicz, 19. The pair is set on making con-temporary art more available to the community through clothing.

The company promotes the art-work of Boyark, and is also used to show the collaboration be-tween apparel and artistic design. Through the printing of their ap-parel, the two partners hope to make Boyark’s artwork more mainstream in the area. YarK Inc. uses screen-printing to produce the shirts, incorporating supplies like ink and the printing press. The pair operates the screen-printing out of their homes.

Boyark, who has had an inter-est in art for a long time, has de-veloped his own unique style over the years. He has shown his work in many different areas around Albany, including the popular tattoo shop, the Dead President’s Lounge on Madison Avenue.

His art has also been featured at the Albany Center Gallery at 39 Columbia Street and the Up-state Artists Guild at 247 Lark Street. Although he lives in Schenectady, a lot of his artwork makes it into the Albany area. Boyark feels that he has already brought a decent amount of art-work into the area, and would like to continue.

“The more people who know, the more people will buy, as well as discover Josh’s art,” said Sal-amonowicz, who is in charge of promotion and graphic design.

Expansion is a main goal that Salamonowicz is going for,

which is why they have turned to Facebook. They use the social networking site to promote the artwork that they have developed. They also have a website in the works where customers will be able to buy the shirts.

Christine Scott, art director of the Dead President’s Lounge,

Bones Season 7: Now We’re Getting Somewhere!

By CHRIS SURPRENANTArts Editor

After seven seasons on the air, Hart Hanson’s dramedy Bones is finally giving the audience what it wants—Bones, Booth, and a baby! Hanson and com-pany have realized that crossing a smart-alecky FBI agent with an aloof Ph.D. makes for one of the most unique, interesting couple on television today. This current season wraps together everything fans love about the show, allow-ing for even more slightly off-kilter storylines to emerge.

Those who have been follow-ing the “procedural” since 2005 know that there has always been an awkwardly endearing romance between Booth (David Boreanaz) and Brennan (Emily Deschanel). Booth, a believer in a greater power and an ex-sniper, crossed paths with the incredibly talent-ed but emotionally detached Dr. Brennan. Over the years, they’ve played off of each other’s quirks: Booth is a more earthy people person, while Brennan approach-es everything in life scientifically and methodically. Though they are polar opposites of each other, it is the good-natured ribbing and bickering that make them both human and incredibly funny to watch.

This year, Bones is giving the audience what it wants. Last sea-son, we found out that Brennan was having Booth’s baby after a night that was long overdue. After several romances and sob stories, Booth and Brennan found each other. Now, an entirely new set of rules is in play with a baby in the game. For instance, Brennan, not really seeing important things the way average people do, casu-ally informed everyone but Booth that they were going to have a girl. Booth, on the other hand, de-cided it would be funny to take a picture of Brennan crying over a body at a crime scene (she never cries, so the hormones made her an easy target). This year, the sto-ries are about Booth and Brennan as a new kind of team—parents.

We get to see them interact in a way that is quite different from before.

We are also treated to watch-ing Dr. Jack Hodgins (T.J. Thyne) and forensic artist Angela Mon-tenegro (Michaela Conlin) their infant son, Michael, in a family that is anything but ordinary (one deals with bugs and goo all day, while the other reconstructs dead bodies). The audience gets to see two people, who are ordinarily confident, fail at the hands of par-enthood. In last week’s episode, Angela wrestles with putting to-gether a walker for Michael be-cause the instructions are all in Spanish or Chinese. Small mo-ments like those are what make the show different from all the other procedurals.

In an age where CSIs dominate the airwaves along with the doz-en and one other imitations out there, dives into the char-acters and their relationships rath-er than the crime scene. Usually, the cases to be solved are launch-ing pads to the inner-workings of the personalities that dominate the show. There isn’t one repeat among the bunch. Seeing another side of their lives, a side outside the lab, is what makes the audi-ence care about them.

The absurd storylines are also part of the great appeal. Whether the team is investigating the death of a competitive eater or mas-querading as circus folk, the case always proves intriguing. Though sometimes predictable, the audi-ence will never expect the way in which the perpetrator carried out his crime.

Ultimately, this season of Bones is about growth and change. All of the major charac-ters are facing new challenges in their lives that have gone previ-ously unexplored. The birth of a child, the challenges of living to-gether, and being coworkers will all play out this season. I look for-ward to seeing the new stories the team at the Jeffersonian Institute will have to tackle, and how they will come out fighting in a fit of laughter and heart.

“It brings a crazy sense of art to

clothing,”Tom Salamonowicz

where Boyark’s work has been shown in the past, enjoys what she has seen.

Scott said, “He is one of the

most fun, prolific, honestly good people I have had the pleasure of being associated with. He is fun and easy to deal with.”

Scott shows enthusiasm to-wards Boyark’s work and the contemporary art style as a whole, saying that there are entire maga-zines dedicated to the type of art that YarK Inc. promotes.

YarK Inc. will continue to ex-pand their production, as well as continue to update their Facebook page. Although the company is currently local, the two partners expect to expand it in the near future. Salamonowicz believes that the clothing will appeal to anyone who enjoys urban art, as well as stylish clothing. “It brings a crazy sense of art to clothing,” Salamonowicz said.

PHOTO COURTESY OF YARK INC.

One of the t-shirts designed by YarK Inc.

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Twilight: Breaking DawnBy RACHEL BOLTONStaff Writer

Rating- Bitter

To say that Breaking Dawn was the best Twilight movie is akin to saying that Moe was the smartest of the Three Stooges. He is still stupid, but at least he knows what he’s doing. This movie is slightly more tolerable than its predeces-sors. But it still suffers from the same bad acting, bad writing and an overly stretched out plot.

I do not like the Twilight series (films and books). I did read the books when I was younger. I read them before they became the jug-gernaut that they are today. I had to wait for each book to come out. I was not a diehard fan. I enjoyed reading the books and didn’t think on it much. Then the movie came out. As I sat in the theater this time around, watching a di-

saster unfold in front of my eyes, I realized how dumb Twilight is.

I firmly believe in not criticiz-ing something until you have ex-perienced it first. In preparation

for this review, I made sure that I watched New Moon and Eclipse before I watched the new one. I wanted to see how the movies had developed, or as I discovered re-gressed. I think I lost a few brain cells watching the blank Bella Swan mope around with her two

loves, Edward Sullen and Jacob Buff. I mean, Edward Cullen and Jacob Black.

Thankfully, the thing I hated most from the previous two films was greatly reduced in Breaking Dawn. Instead of sitting through a nauseatingly bad love triangle, I got to watch Edward and Bella have fun on their honeymoon. Fun, as in playing chess the whole time (Bella knows how to play chess?)

The movie starts with our main couple getting married. The at-mosphere was nice and Kristen Stewart looks slightly more alive than she usually does. (Twihards: be on the lookout for a cameo by Stephenie Meyer). She and Ed-ward officially tie the knot but not without Jacob showing up to cause trouble.

Then it’s off to the honeymoon and the part that everyone wants to see— the sex scene. Oh come on, you know you want to. It’s

pretty tame, well lit and short. But these factors do not save it from being ridiculous. I nearly ate my scarf trying not to laugh loudly when Edward broke the head board and stuff started fall-ing from the ceiling. Not much is shown. The camera focuses pri-marily on their faces or the back of Edward’s head. This lack of details makes me wonder how much of him is cold, white, and sparkly?

I was happy when the honey-moon was over so the other pri-mary draw to see this film could begin: Bella’s pregnancy and transformation. This was the part of the movie that I liked best. It showed what vampires are re-ally like: scary and gross. I won’t analyze all the issues with how this pregnancy came to be and developed, as I have a lim-ited word count. The movie did a good job show-ing how the mutant baby was slowly killing Bella. She loses a lot of weight and her face becomes gaunt and skeletal. She is unable to move as her belly grows.

However, this part of the mov-ie has its worst flaw. As the first three films are thinly veiled pro-motions of teen abstinence, this one becomes a pro-life lecture hidden in a vampire movie. The half-vampire fetus will kill a hu-man Bella and the other charac-ters, including Edward and Jacob, tell Bella that she should “get rid of it.” The movie never has the courage to call it abortion. The only vampire who supports her decision to keep the baby is the still-wishing-she-was-human Ro-salie.

There is much discussion amongst the characters on the differences between a fetus and a baby. Bella refers to it as her baby and constantly says that she wants to keep it, even at the risk to her own life. This seems forced on the writer’s part. It is never established that Bella wants to have children so her newfound maternal instinct comes out of

I wanted to see how the movies had devel-

oped, or as I discovered regressed. I think I lost a few brain cells watch-

ing the blank Bella Swan mope around...

nowhere. The movie is trying to be thought-provoking but it ends up being more of an author tract of Stephenie Meyer’s morality, which is surprising because the Church of Latter-Day Saints sup-ports abortion when it’s done to save the life of the mother.

The birth sequence begins when the vampire baby snaps Bella’s spine. Edward is forced to perform a C-section while Jacob watches. This part was my favor-ite. It was bloody, but it still left things up to the imagination. You don’t see the baby being pulled out of Bella, but you do hear the graphic sounding ripping noises.

Bella “dies” shortly after-ward and Edward tries his best

to change her. He injects vampire venom into her heart in a way reminiscent of what happens to Mia Wallace in Pulp Fiction. This scene is creepy to an al-most disturbing

level. Bella lies with her eyes half open and blood all over her. Of course, this has to have a happy ending but thank-fully it takes a while to get there.

Unfortunately for me, the movie moves on from Bella’s bloodbath and focuses briefly on her daughter. Renesmee is a bi-zarre looking CGI baby. Jacob of course imprints on her (Yay! Child Grooming) and it stops the other wolves from killing her.

The movie ends with the com-pletion of Bella’s transformation into a vampire. It’s actually a rather cool sequence. Her body changes and reforms itself, in-cluding a jarring moment when her spine snaps back into place. The last shot is Bella opening her new blood-red vampire eyes.

This is pretty good for a Twi-light movie and that’s not saying much. It’s filled with unfortunate implications and Kristen Stewart making the same face the whole time. Twilight fans will see it anyway. But if you’re a Twi-light hater and you’re looking for a good laugh, watch Breaking Dawn.

The movie is trying to be thought-provok-

ing but it ends up being more of an author tract of Stephenie Meyer’s

morality...

Standup display movie poster for Twilight: Breaking Dawn. IROSHINI PANDITARATNE

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By REGINA IANNIZZOTTOOpinion Editor

Black Friday is the one day a year that everyone comes togeth-er in the middle of the night to fi ght for Blu-ray players, DVDs, bikes, and trampolines. People leave their Thanksgiving table, now cleaned up from dinner, to hop in their cars and freeze out-side of a door to get a good deal.

My brother decided to spend his fi rst Black Friday at Best Buy. The Best Buy in Staten Island is located in a plaza with stores like Toys ‘R’ Us and Michaels. Me, being the nice sister that I am, decided to spend it with him. Never in my life have I waited three hours in a line to buy something. Never in my life have I spent a full fi ve hours with just me and my brother. So for the sake of the holiday, let’s call it “sibling bonding.”

The line went from the front door of Best Buy, past at least ten storefronts, and around the corner. They only let about 70 people in initially and then about ten people every ten minutes or so, depending on how many left.

The people around us were having the most ridiculous con-versations. The boys in front of me were not only wearing shorts in 30 degree weather, but talk-ing about a recent adventure they

had with their friends that made no sense and made one stop and think, “Is this a dream?” The woman in front of them made comments about the people who tried to cut the line while she was chain smoking. The woman be-hind us kept complaining to her brothers and father how she was tired and wanted to go home. Peo-ple kept getting off and on the line, going to McDonald’s and Dunkin Donuts for coffee and heat. People in their cars were speed-ing and blasting music thinking they were cool. The best part was whenever someone walked out of the store everyone sighed if they

had something they wanted, like a TV or Blu-ray player. I must really love my brother to have spent all this time with him so he was not bored

all alone listening to his iPod and freezing to death. Here is how the night went:

11:30 p.m.My brother and I arrive at Best

Buy.12:00 a.m.Best Buy opens. The line

stands still. 12:30 a.m. My brother and I begin to play

20 Questions. He chooses Les Paul, I choose Velociraptor. We make fun of the speeding drivers blasting Drake and almost run-ning people over.

1:00 a.m. My brother and I play Num-

bers, the hand game from ele-mentary school. We get up to the number fi ve and cannot get any further.

1:30 a.m. We play 20 Questions again

and ignore those who are trying to sell their reservations for TVs and computers. We also begin the potty dance to keep warm.

2:00 a.m. We play “I’m going on a Pic-

nic”, where you state a food or object and go along with the al-phabet. (For instance, I’m going on a picnic and I am bringing an apple, a banana, a cookie, a dog, and an elephant.) Each time you have to remember what the last person said. We also refuse to let a drunken guy cut in the line in front of us. He claims to be look-ing for his brother – LIES!

2:30 a.m. We begin to wrestle in the mid-

dle of the line to entertain our-selves and stopping the second we see a police car. We have also inhaled approximately an entire carton of cigarette smoke. Thank you to the lady in front of us for the wonderful exposure, not.

3:00 a.m.WE MAKE IT INTO BEST

BUY!My brother’s plan was buy a

Blu-ray player, and if they had the one he wanted, a fl at screen TV as well. It is safe to say that the Blu-ray player was sold out; this meant no TV and no Harry Potter on Blu-ray. I think he may have cried a little on the inside.

So what did we walk away with after a three-hour wait? He got an Xbox game, the Harry Potter DVD, and The Big Bang Theo-ry’s latest season. I bought the fi rst four seasons on Boy Meets World for $8.99 each. I say time well spent since I walked away with exactly what I wanted. Sorry James, maybe next year.

We then moved onto Kohl’s.

What One Will Do For a Blu-Ray Player

Never in my life have I spent a full fi ve

hours with just me and my brother.

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Now Kohl’s is always dangerous in general; imagine on Black Fri-day. I may or may not have gotten dress pants for $8 when they were originally $40, thank you very much.

So this Black Friday, being my fi rst adventurous experience, was not half bad. It was the only get-ting three hours of sleep to go to Woodbury Com-mons the next day that had me.

Let’s just say that walking around Woodbury Commons with a bunch of people you hardly know

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on three hours of sleep and not buying anything all day can make a person cranky.

So for those of you who waited for three hours or more for a store to open, I sympathize with you. For those of you who decided to wait until the next day and sleep instead, I commend your deci-sion. Next year will be better planned. I see a new tradition in the future for my brother and I, and that makes me happy. There’s nothing like bonding with your brother on a line for an electron-ics store playing 20 Questions, Numbers, and I’m Going on a Picnic, and then wrestling to keep warm. Good times.

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By SABLE BRUNOStaff Writer

This year, I could not wait to come home. It was something I really was looking forward to for weeks. I had even booked my bus ticket a week earlier to come home for this vacation. There were two main reasons why I was dying to come home: to see my boyfriend, whom I had not seen in almost two months due to the fact that we go to completely dif-ferent schools, and also to see my family again. Being away from home for so long made me want to be with my family even more, and not being able to see them ev-ery weekend like I used to sort of breaks my heart.

Meeting up with my boyfriend at the bus terminal in Port Author-ity was the highlight of my Tues-day afternoon. It is hard trying to maintain a long distance relation-ship, but I had toughed it out long enough to enjoy that moment of having him hold me the way he

always did. Wednesday afternoon was even better. I traveled back in time and felt nine years old again helping my mother prepare the Thanksgiving turkey. We stuffed and talked of the times when she was a teenager and how it was when I was younger.

They told me all the embar-rassing stories of when I was younger: tying my godfather’s shoes together all the time, get-ting lost and being found next to the ice cream lady, always being clothed to match my godmother, and other stories of the sort. It had hit me so hard how much I missed my family and it almost brought me to tears.

My family was the reason I came to college. My younger sib-lings were my support system in everything I did and seeing them again was the best thing in the world for me. Boy, was Thanks-giving great for me. I do not think I had ever been to so many houses and eaten so many plates of food before. It made me happy to see

Giving Thanks to FamilyThe Freshman Perspective

By TIFFANY KNAPPWomen’s Initiative

A family member recently had the terrifying experience of being attacked by someone she trusted and loved: her boyfriend. She was at his apartment when they got into an argument. It escalat-ed and he hit her. She called her friends to pick her up – but they were over an hour away. She had nowhere to go. He was drinking. She tried to work things out. He attacked her, pinned her to the floor, and punched her repeat-edly. He tried to stab her with a pocketknife. She got away, but not without a struggle. If it had not been for neighbors calling the police, who knows what would have happened?

In the aftermath of one of the most traumatic experiences of her life, people jumped to the de-fense not of her, the one attacked, pinned to the floor, and beaten, but of her boyfriend, the one who perpetrated these horrific acts.

It is reflexive for us to blame the victim, to find an excuse to gloss over horrific behavior. It is seen constantly with rape victims: her skirt was too short, she was drinking too much. We are see-ing it now at Penn State: people jump to the defense of someone who may have done awful, inex-cusable things simply because he won football games. I am seeing it here, and it is heartbreaking. She even blamed herself: one of the things she said to me on the phone was, “Why am I so hard to love?”

Her boyfriend posted about his arrest and subsequent charges on Facebook. Suddenly, there was an outpouring of support on his Wall, from men and women alike. This “support” ranged from sim-ple cheer up notes to outright rip-ping apart of his victim, blaming her for being difficult and refer-ring to how he always had “girl problems,” but someday would

“Why am I so Hard to Love?”The View From Venus

make some girl really happy. By punching her in the face? Yeah, that makes lots of girls really happy.

Even if she had been difficult, is that a reason to abuse? If you are in an argument with some-one and they refuse to agree with you, does that give you the right to punch them? I do not think so, but in relationships, people seem willing to make these accusa-tions.

And this goes back to our soci-ety. We have a culture that mocks violence. I constantly hear people saying that tough tests “rape” them, and in gaming culture beat-ing an opponent is referred to as “raping” them. This rhetoric de-sensitizes us to the true severity of these issues.

Being in this culture our whole lives and never being challenged to think differently, people auto-matically jumped to attack my family member – they blame her for not having left when he had hit her in the past. How is it her fault, when he is the one choosing to resort to violence? People are refusing to support her because she still loves him. Defending the abuser is never okay, and blam-ing the victim makes you an emo-tional abuser.

I challenge you to not blame the victim or excuse the violence. The next time someone says that a test “raped” them; challenge them to think about their use of language. The next time some-one says that a woman should have left an abusive relationship, ask them if they realize how dan-gerous that is--and how difficult in a society that will blame them. The next time someone makes a violent joke, like a woman should be hit, challenge it. Without chal-lenging this accepting culture, people like my family member will never receive the proper sup-port they need, and will be left asking heartbreaking questions like, “Why am I so hard to love?”

how much love I had waiting for me back home and I enjoyed my stay ten times better. It also helped me with some techniques for next Thanksgiving.

1. Eat a light breakfast.2. Wear loose fitted bot-

toms (you never know how full you are going to get.)

3. Wear comfortable shoes (I come from a huge Spanish family and boy, do we dance!)

I am thankful for the amazing family I have. I see that as a fresh-man, it was one of the best mo-ments to come home and spend time with my family. It is the hardest thing not to miss them, but I know when I come home, it is the biggest welcome ever!

Do not ever take your fam-ily for granted, because as much as you might not miss them or even like them, you are in their thoughts much more than you think you would be. I hope every-one had a good Thanksgiving!

Girl in dining hall: “You are fired from the friendship!”

Boy walking to dining hall: “When I get tickled, I laugh like a prepubescent boy who just won the science fair.”

Boy in dining hall: “It was a double rainbow, like two rainbows; it was awesome!”

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Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference where they will play teams including SUNY New Paltz, Stevens College, and other such colleges that are located in Long Island and New Jersey. Home games will be played at the Bethlehem YMCA 900 Dela-ware Avenue, while away games will take place at their respective colleges. Balicki also mentioned that, with the constitution havingt been passed on Wednesday, Nov. 9, he would like to move forward with other ambitious plans for the club.

“We are going to try to set up an exhibition game with Albany,” said Balicki. “I’m trying to see if we could possibly get that at the Times Union [Center].”

club under SA,” said Blosser. “Maybe I will learn some things about hockey too!”

Blosser is not the only SA board member who thinks that the Ice Knights Hockey Club is a good thing for the Saint Rose community.

Meagan Corbett, director of social activities, thinks that this is a positive addition for the stu-dents.

“What I like is that as a college we are adding on more,” said Corbett. “It helps us expand more as a school. I think that this adds to the theme of expansion.”

Because the club is affiliated with SA, some of their budget will come from the student ac-tivities fees. However, the club is insistent on trying to raise most of their own money.

Ice Knights Hockey Club (continued) “We totally understand that

things are going to be expen-sive…we are going to raise mon-ey by fundraising and donations,” said Balicki.

The club is open to anyone who wants to play. Currently there are 10 people who are interested in being a part of the club.

Interested in playing, but do not have pads? That will not be an issue, according to Balicki.

“We are open to pretty much anyone…who is looking to com-pete,” said Balicki. “We are also going to be the only team that is going to be co-ed…all but one [of the players] have their own equipment….for the people that don’t, we are going to make sure that we supply them.”

A coach has not been selected yet. However, Balicki said that he has three people in mind. The team will be a part of the

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By DAVID LEBLANCStaff Writer

Early Saturday morning, the NBA lockout offi cially came to an end. After a fi fteen hour session on Friday after Thanksgiving, the players and the representatives fi -nally reached an agreement.

This past Saturday was the 159th day of the NBA lockout, and it was sure to be the last. Instead of asking aimless ques-tions like what team LeBron will play for in Europe, we can now ask what NBA team will win this year’s season.

Will it be the Mavs for the sec-ond straight year? Or maybe the Celtics will prevail and show that age is not a factor. In the end, it is these questions that NBA fans like asking more than who will play overseas.

Although the deal is labeled as “tentative” it is almost a sure lock. The fi rst games are suitably scheduled on Christmas. The games will feature the Chicago Bulls vs. the L.A. Lakers, Miami vs. Dallas Mavericks, and the Boston Celtics vs. the New York Knicks.

Finally, the players will get out of the suits and into their uni-forms. They will get back to what

they do best: playing ball!However, this lockout will

have drastic effects on this sea-son. Obviously they will have no practice or preseason, as well as only having a 66 game season. The league is hoping to open camps on December 9th, but by the time the whole team arrives it will be tip-off. Will this short-er season help certain teams or make the falter.

Will teams like the Boston Celtics show early signs of fa-tigue or is the season too short for that? Will teams like the Miami heat who got off to a late start last year, fall short of the playoffs?

Only time will tell. However, one thing is sure: the shortened season will affect every team in its own way. Even with the NFL, whose lockout didn’t last nearly as long as the NBA’s, some teams are still learning to play cohe-sively.

Now that the lockout has fi -nally ended, the fans are desper-ately left asking other questions. Free agency is scheduled to start December 9th. With that said, will any big named players like Dwight Howard be moving to a new city? What about the “Big Three,” will they fi nally reach their goal of winning their fi rst

ring?Whether that

happens or not, this season will go down in NBA history as only the second time in history that the NBA will have a shortened season. The fi rst time was in 1998-1999. This season will be re-duced by 16 games, so the players have no choice but to make every game count!

By JOSHUA NATOLIStaff Writer

Tiger Woods had fell victim to the worst defi nition in the sports world dictionary: “has-been.” Ever since the downward spiral Woods faced at the hands of the fateful car accident in front of his home two Thanksgivings ago, Ti-ger has lost more than his touch.

Having not won a match since that date and posting dreadful scores, Tiger has not been Tiger. Everyone has written him off. Now it’s possible this is the time to embrace his return to great-ness.

After Woods dropped to 58th in the world, he took his talents to Australia for two weeks to play in the Australian Open, and then the Presidents Cup, a team event between the United States and the International team. Finally, taking the swings he has taken at home to the tournament stage, Tiger fi nished third in the Austra-lian Open and looked to take his newly found success to the Presi-dents Cup.

The Presidents Cup posed as a very large stage of scrutiny for Tiger. Woods faced much criti-cism for even being picked by U.S. team captain Fred Couples to be on the squad. International team captain Greg Norman even chimed in to publicly criticize Couples for the selection. Tiger

responded to this in the way he knows best, winning.

Woods clinched the victory for the U.S. by beating Aaron Bad-deley, 4 and 3 in match play in which Tiger holed six birdies.

Is this the return of the Tiger we are so used to seeing? Tiger had been going through a per-sonal collapse from the unearth-ing of the affairs he had been hav-

ing with his wife, his battles with sex addiction, removing himself from tournament play due to in-jury, fi ring of longtime swing coach Hank Haney, and fi ring of his caddie and best friend Steve Williams.

All of these factors played a role for the horrifi c golf Tiger has played over the past two years. Anyone who plays golf knows that you cannot play well when thoughts cloud your mind. Now imagine being the best golfer in the world whose private life has come crashing around him. Su-perman would have a hard time playing in those conditions.

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With Tiger playing so poorly, other players became extremely anxious to become the next big thing in golf. Many thought that Northern Ireland golfer, Rory Mc-Ilroy, will be golf’s new superstar after a victory at the Master’s, but that idea died out and McIlroy hasn’t won an event since.

The only person who can be the next Tiger Woods is Tiger Woods. Everyone in the world knows of him and his success. He has been the most dominant force in any sport. The greats like Mi-chael Jordan and Willie Mays are considered to be the best to play in their sports but they both had competition.

Tiger Woods had no competi-tion before his personal life fell apart. It never came down to Ti-ger versus one or two more golf-ers. It was always Tiger against the whole fi eld of golfers. That is how ahead of the competition he was.

If these last two weeks are any indication of Tiger’s return to greatness, it will be a welcome sight to the golf world to see that

“The only person who can be the

next Tiger Woods is Tiger Woods.”

Return of the Tiger?The former number one golfer in the world is starting to play great golf

again after a downward spiral

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By KAYLA MATTEOStaff Writer

The Golden Knights swimming and diving team took the lead ver-sus Le Moyne at the Nov. 19 meet at Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti-tute. Topping the score boards in a majority of the events, both the men’s and woman’s teams were victorious at this meet, with final scores of 160-108 and 115-118, respectively.

“In all it was a total team ef-fort. We needed everyone on the team to perform and step up to the challenge,” said Coach Keith Murray.

Some of the more notable per-formances include two wins by junior Joseph Krok, in the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly for the men’s team. Krok acknowledged Le Moyne as good competition and said that what made Saint Rose so successful in this meet was putting it’s swimmers in the events that they exceed in.

“There is a long standing rival-ry between our two teams since many members of Saint Rose and

Le Moyne have swam each other since high school,” said men’s swimmer Vadim Yafeyev of the competition.

Also for the men’s team, soph-

omore Kyle Wilson took the lead in three events, the 500 and 1,000 freestyle and the 200 butterfly.

For the woman’s events, se-nior Caitlin Peterson finished first in three races for the Golden Knights including the 100, 500,

Golden Knights Defeat Le Moyne Dolphins

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The diving competition.

Golden Knights athletes competing in the butterfly race. Swimmers competing in freestyle.

and 1000 freestyle events. Addi-tionally, junior Naomi Woodcock won two races for the team, the 100 and 200 breaststroke.

Something else that helped the Golden Knights at this event were it’s divers who provided the team with more points. Specifi-cally, David Geneder had an ex-cellent performance, winning his first college diving competition.

This win brings the Golden Knights to the lead in the Upstate Challenge event over Le Moyne with the score at 6-2.

“It was a good win for the pro-gram and having other student athletes and friends from Saint Rose there to support us made the event a total success,” said Coach Keith Murray.

“In all it was a total team effort.

We needed everyone on the team to perform

and step up to the challenge,” Coach

Keith Murray