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PURCHASEINDEPENDENT
ISSUE 271SEPTEMBER 27, 2012T
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOReditor-in-chief:Róis ín McCarty
layout editor:Melissa Foster
writers:Chris t ina BlankenshipDylan GreenLaura MeltzerNoel le MooreAlyce Pel leg r inoTommy RoachMike ReluzcoSabrina SimsStephanie SpencerMark Vasey
print manager:Tommy Roach
cover photo by:Jake Mur phy
artwork by:Mark Zubrovich
web design by:Tommy RoachCindy Mack
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BY STEPHANIE SPENCER
NEW MAGAZINE MARCHES TO ITS OWN “BEAT”
Students and faculty alike congregated in the Stood on Wednesday evening to celebrate Purchase’s very first music magazine, The Beat. At-tendees of The Beat’s launch party were greeted by eager staff members and Purchase bands as they enjoyed pre-released copies of the premiere issue. Made from glossy, thick paper, the issue introduced the reader to crystal clear pictures re-sembling that of the early editions of Life. The issue simultaneously included detailed spreads on a mul-titude of musicians on campus, particularly of stu-dent, Sean McVerry, who shyly stared off the cover.The Beat’s design displayed a sleek professionalism that impressed many of the guests. “Last year I was editing a stack of pro-files for my course The Beat of Music Journal-ism,” Professor Solomon wrote in the publisher’s letter for The Beat. “I was continually buffeted by the compelling tales of people yearning for unique and universal things, overcoming obstacles, bat-tling the odds. Suddenly, it wasn’t a stack of papers anymore. I was reading the rough draft of the first issue of a magazine.” He quickly gathered students he felt had the type of work ethic and talent to pull the idea off. Alumni Briana Rodriguez and junior Kevin Redding were swiftly picked up for the job. A Queens native, Rodriguez’s very first journalism class was taught by Solomon. Noticing Rodriguez’s strong work ethic and commitment to her craft, specifically regarding her senior project covering underground and electronic dance music, Solomon instantly brought the scrambled idea for a potential music magazine and asked her if she would be willing to be editor-in-chief. She accepted.
Rodriguez was excited to see the mash-up of different, yet compatible, Purchase students Pro-fessor Solomon had hired to take on the project. “When he put us all together it was like, ‘alright, we have this idea, we want to do this music magazine, we have this collection of stories that we think might work. How do we rework them? How do we make them fit?’” Through extensive organizing and tireless elimination, staff writers worked hard to get the right stories that would best represent what The Beat wanted to give to their readers. Senior Writer Kevin Redding took a keen interest in document-ing Purchase studio engineers. “I wanted to see the music from their point of view,” said Redding. “They kind of really make the music what it is.” Reporting in depth on Purchase alumni Scott Moriarty, Redding’s article, “Inside Studio A,” delivered a distinct point of view of the conservatory that is sometimes lost among students who are merely watching a Purchase band perform live. Insight into the inner workings of these shows, and the talented “conductors” behind them, strongly reflected the dif-ferent nature of what The Beat is about. Issues submitted to The Beat will not only include these behind-the-scenes pieces, but also political reporting and music reviews, which close-ly follow the format of popular music magazines. Seemingly going off without a hitch, The Beat’s launch party also included live performances by Spencer Polanco and Coyote Campus, and par-ticipants of the magazine were able to confidently walk away feeling that perhaps a musical legacy was in the works.
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BY SABRINA SIMS
THE COUNSELING CENTER’S MOVE
With the renovation of the Humanities Building, many of the school’s offices have been dis-placed. The Counseling Center is no exception. This office provides services vital to main-taining campus-wide health and keeping students productive members of the community. Now lo-cated near the N2 parking lot in a modular office, it takes a little more work than a stroll get to it. Students may be less likely to take advan-tage of the center’s resources because they don’t know where it is. I asked around for three days and the majority of people had no idea of the lo-cation, either pointing me in the wrong direction or telling me that it used to be in Humanities. A creative writing major, Kaylee Bar-balace, 18, finally showed me how to get to the Counseling Center. Standing near Student Ser-vices, Barbalace said, “Just follow the path near the Hub heading to the parking lot. Keep walking straight and on the left of the parking lot is the Counseling Center.” After finally reaching it, I spoke to an of-fice manager who said that the Center’s director wasn’t available to comment. Instead she gave me a pamphlet containing the old address, crossing it out and replacing it with “N2 Parking Lot, Lin-coln Ave Modulars.” The main issue with this move is that even on the Counseling Center’s website, there is no updated address listed. If it was fixed, students would have better chance of knowing where to go and how to get there. There are several solutions to this issue. The center could directly address students by sending out an email providing directions to the
modular offices. Alternatively, the school can place signs around campus. After all, there are bright green, very hard to miss signs pointing toward places such as the Library and Bookstore. Why not to-ward the not-so-obvious Counseling Center? Stu-dents wouldn’t have to search around campus for such an important place. Until the anticipated completion of the Humanities restoration in June 2014, offices like the Counseling Center are essentially stuck where they are. If used, efforts such as email, signs and other means to inform students about these new changes will help the campus function more smoothly.
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BY NOELLE MOORE
HITCHIN’ A RIDE
Let’s say a friend comes to visit and you
pick them up from White Plains intending to board
the Loop back to campus, only to have your friend
denied access. What do you do? You can’t leave
your friend alone in White Plains, but you don’t
have a car; so how are you supposed to get them
back to campus? You’ve got to hope that you know
someone who has a car and is available to come
pick the both of you up, or dish out some cash to
take a taxi back to campus.
This new policy has left some complaining
about how this didn’t used to be an issue, which is
true. In the past, the policy of “no-card-no-ride”
was lax. But after a few incidents of off-campus in-
dividuals using the Loop to gain access to campus,
this policy had to be strengthened.
When asked about these incidents, Donna
Salter, the Director of Parking and Transporta-
tion on campus, explained that “a young man
[who boarded the Loop] in White Plains, came
to campus, used the gym facilities without a card,
and stalked a young lady.” It is worth noting that
this isn’t the first time something of this nature has
happened. Salter continued, “He got reported to
the police and the police actually found him on the
bus trying to leave.”
After this incident, President Schwartz put
his foot down and mandated this new policy.
Since the inception of a new bus company,
the unwavering policy has been “no-card-no-ride,”
and this is displayed on all of the buses. Salter dis-
cussed the logistics, saying, “The students’ trans-
portation fee pays for this service. For the students--
not their guests. The buses are full to begin with. If
it were available to those without a More card, the
school might as well be operating a shuttle service.
There is simply not enough money in the budget to
accommodate the guests of students.”
It brings into perspective what it would be
like if guests were permitted on the Loop. Every
Friday night, a student could bring two guests with
them. If every student did that, there would not
be enough room on the buses for those who actu-
ally attend this school. If it would be like that every
weekend, one could only imagine how it would be
for big campus events like Zombie Prom and Cul-
ture Shock. Students who have to use the bus to
get to work would be terribly inconvenienced. The
buses have been known to reach the capacity limit
with it’s own students.
Furthermore, the student body needs to
become more aware of the fact that their More
card is very valuable.
“They don’t realize that it has to be
treated the same way you’d treat a credit card or
a passport,” said Salter. “It’s their ID, yes, but it
also holds money, costs money to replace, it allows
access to the gym, the Loop, and the library, and
gives discounts.”
When asked if she saw this policy of not
admitting guests, even those with guest passes, ac-
cess to the Loop would change in the future, Salter
admitted that she did not. “Not unless the bus bud-
get increased by one-hundred percent.”
Salter requested that, above all, we stress
that this policy is not meant to purely inconve-
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nience us. Student safety is the top priority. Those at
the Transportation Department don’t want to make
this a hassle for us and sympathize with the frustra-
tion that we as students have experienced, but the
safety of our whole community, not just those who
ride the Loop, must and will remain the top priority.
We encourage students to look into the alternative
methods of transportation available on campus.
A few of those alternatives are:The Bee-Line #12 bus comes into campus with
limited stops, but ends this service at six o’clock.
Zimride, is a no-charge ride-share program.
Zipcars, which cost $35 dollars per year, but you
end up receiving $45 dollars back in ridership.
Taxi services. Purchase College has a partner-
ship with Central Taxi.
All of these alternatives and their details
are listed on the school’s website at:
www.purchase.edu/departments/transporation
Purchase is also looking into a new service
called Ride-Relay which allows people to regis-
ter their car and essentially rent it out to people
in their community for a fee. This is a nationwide
service where you can name your price for renting
out your car. It is fully insured and costs nothing to
join. More information about this service can be
found at www.relayrides.com.
BY LAURA MELTZER
A SECULAR SUNY
A state university that prides itself on ‘thinking wide open’ is about to become just a little more accepting. The newly minted Secular Students Alli-ance (SSA) organization is a beckoning environ-ment for secular and agnostic students. “We aim to create an inclusive group that represents the secular community in a positive light,” co-president Matthew Collura wrote in his mission statement. Collura and co-president Luigi Bonifacio plan on tackling the social and political issues that loom over nonreligious affiliations. “We decided to first create a place for secular students to discuss among themselves is-sues relating to the community, such as having a heavily religious family and dealing with the fric-tion non-belief can cause…” SSA plans to host seminars and charity events to create an open dialogue with students of religious and other beliefs in the campus community. “We won’t be a God-hating club, nor are we striving to exterminate the religious from the campus,” said Collura. “On the contrary, we want the same representation that the religious students have.” SSA will hold meetings at the Commuter Lounge in Campus Center South from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Oct. 1.
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BY ALYCE PELLEGRINO
JAYDEN’S STORY
Often when children getting attacked by
animals, the immediate reaction is to blame the
animal in question. This is seen more in dogs that
have bad reputations, such as pit bulls, rottweilers,
or German shepherds.
Jayden Forrester, a 3-year-old girl from
Rochester, was attacked on September 1st by her
aunt’s pit bull. The last thing parents Justin For-
rester and Melissa Moore are urging people to
concentrate on is the stigma.
According to DemocratandChronicle.com,
Justin Forrester spoke outside of Strong Memorial
Hospital, where his daughter is being treated.
“This isn’t about how pit bulls are bad or
blaming anybody ... The bottom line is, something
terrible happened and a little girl needs help.”
Jayden sustained extensive injuries to her
face, specifically the breaking of her top and bot-
tom jaw and a great deal of soft tissue damage near
her eyes. The dog, who had no history of violent
behavior and has been around Jayden many times,
sank his teeth in and refused to let go.
Both Forrester and Moore jumped to their
child’s aid; Forrester prying the dog’s jaw open and
Moore shielding her daughter when the dog went
to attack again. This seems to be all the help they
can provide for their little girl. The family’s medical
insurance will barely cover the cost for the amount
of surgeries this little girl will need, which all fall
under the category of cosmetic.
But there is hope for Jayden. Claire Hen-
richs, Justin Forrester’s foster mother took immedi-
ate action to get her the help she needs.
Using the site Indiegogo.com, Henrichs set
up a funding campaign to raise the money needed
for Jayden’s many surgeries. She also put information
regarding the accident, the surgeries, and rejected a
number of rumors on the campaign’s web page.
“I want to put some hurtful rumors to rest
here,” Henrichs wrote. “The dog was not Jayden’s
parents’ dog. At no time did they leave this little
girl alone with the dog - there were two adults in
the room when the attack occurred ... Please do
not try to lay blame for this and remember that it
is about a little girl who has had her life derailed
by the injuries she has suffered. The parents have
handled this situation incredibly well given the cir-
cumstances. They are not pointing fingers at any-
one and I hope that none of you will either.”
The original goal for the campaign was
$20,000. As of September 26th, the amount of mon-
ey that was raised had surpassed the $27,000 mark,
though contributions are still strongly encouraged.
Henrichs has also been providing updates
on Jayden’s condition. These have been ranging from
photos right after the accident, to photos of her state
now, to posts stating how the campaign is going. As
of September 13th, Jayden was released from Strong
Memorial with more healing to do before any other
facial surgeries could be done.
“A big thank you to the doctors and nurses
at Strong Memorial Hospital for taking such good
care of Jayden!” Henrichs posted excitedly.
Donations for Jayden can be made at:
indiegogo.com/JaydenForrester
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BY MIKE RELUZCO
DARK MATTERS
Humanity is one step closer to answering one of the most important questions in the history of the universe: Is the Sith Empire rising again? This past week, scientists have proven that there is a 99.996 percent chance that dark energy truly does exist. Dark energy is the coun-terpoint to dark matter. All over space, there are these black lumps that keep everything in the uni-verse from drifting away, and this effort is at odds with dark energy, which pulls the universe apart. So now it’s clear that we need to watch our backs, because the Sith want to destroy the universe with their dark energy. Statistically, sev-eral Force-sensitive people are born to our planet all the time, but due to lack of proper training and incapability of creating lightsabers, we cannot train a true Jedi. Soon, the Sith plan will come to fruition, and all that we know will be destroyed. Fighting back, however, can be a sim-ple matter. We need to weed out the Sith Lords among us, and get information from them. Then kill them. In that particular order. But where does one begin looking for a Sith? Clowns. Some believe them to be demons, others believe them to be a species set to run the human race into the ground, but the sad truth is that the Sith have been biding their time in our circuses until this eleventh hour. So next time you’re at the circus, keep a close eye on those goofy motherfuckers, you never know what they could be up to.
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BY DYLAN GREEN
CINEMASAI: “RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION”
Reliably schlocky zombie fare before Octo-ber? A filmmaker has to have conviction, a follow-ing, or a death wish to trot a film as silly as “Resident Evil: Retribution” onto the cinematic field. When I remember that the aforemen-tioned writer-director is Paul W.S. Anderson, slick but mostly soulless action film auteur extraordi-naire, (“Alien vs. Predator,” “Resident Evil,” “Mortal Kombat”) and that he has been involved in one way or another with all five of these films, my thoughts begin to contradict themselves. From a technical standpoint, the series has been improving with consistently reliable action se-quences and proper use of 3D cameras and depth. Yes, the writing and narrative structure still switch between being boring and predictable or confus-ing and non-sensical. Performances across the cast range from brooding to reading off of a news tele-prompter in the grungiest voice they can muster. So why am I still having fun? Because this is W. S. Anderson’s bread and butter: films with hammy acting and insufferably dumb scripts, well-choreographed action sequences, and a guar-anteed fan base. No one does this bigger or bet-ter than him, and “Resident Evil: Retribution,” is an entertainingly shallow ride across the face of a two week old corpse. Alice (Milla Jovovich), the survivor-turned-super soldier from the first four films, has been re-captured by the cartoonishly evil Um-brella Corporation, seemingly headed by a brain-washed Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory) since the events of the last film, “Afterlife.” But Alice isn’t finished running and gunning just yet. With the help of Ada Wong (Li Bingbing) and ex-Umbrella
agent Albert Wesker (Shawn Roberts), Alice es-capes on a “globe-trotting” mission across an un-derwater Umbrella facility filled with simulations of major cities to reach the surface of the planet, making for a virtual greatest hits list of characters both new and old. The plot description is as ludicrous as it sounds because it serves as a convenient way to cram as many zombies into as many different cities as possible, but it also serves another purpose. Because the first “Resident Evil” film skewed so far from the source material, the far-ther into the zombie-filled hole these films have gone, the closer they’ve come to incorporating characters from the games into the movies. “Ret-ribution” sees the arrival of Leon S. Kennedy, everyone’s favorite comb-over hairdo, albeit look-ing like Keith Urban with suspenders, and Ada Wong from the Resident Evil 4 game. Meanwhile Jill’s evil make-over has been accompanied by an accurate purple skin-tight costume and chest-mounted mind scrambling device. Even with all of the “talent” on display in this installment, with the exception of Jovovich and Rodriguez, the cast can’t rise above the necro-tized hole that their acting chops have fallen into, especially Sienna Guillroy and Shawn Roberts, whose grim mugging and teleprompter line read-ing seem to exist in a different self-aware spoof. “Resident Evil: Retribution” is a slick, pulpy, absent-minded action thriller with enough beautiful faces and 3D depth perceptive cam-era tricks to wonder what cutting room floor the script was pulled off of, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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ALBUM REVIEW: “BABEL”BY TOMMY ROACH
Close to three years ago, in the month
of October, an album came out in the UK in a
scene that hadn’t really become popularized yet.
Behind it were four exceptionally talented multi-
instrumentalists who, mind you, didn’t even own
the instruments they were playing on. In fact, the
group was initially sent home from the studio
when they showed up to record with nothing.
In 2009, Mumford and Sons released
their debut album, “Sigh No More,” in the UK.
Since it’s release, the album has gone double
platinum on our shores, and quadruple platinum
across the pond.
Fast forward to now, the end of Septem-
ber 2012, and the release of Mumford and Son’s
sophomore album, “Babel.” With a bar set as
high as an album like “Sigh No More,” Mum-
ford and Son’s had their work cut out for them for
this release. While a band’s debut is important to
grab everyone’s attention (which they’ve obvious-
ly done), the second album is really the turning
point for a young band. This is the album where
a band proves to the world that they weren’t just
lucky. This is the album you use to let everyone
know you’re not fucking around.
To say that Mumford and Sons isn’t fucking
around with “Babel” would be an understatement.
The band has taken everything they started with
“Sigh No More” and turned it up to 11, if you will.
The first song on the album, appropriate-
ly called “Babel,” opens up with so much energy
it’s stunning, immediately producing images of
autumn, of festivals, of cool crisp air. Mumford
and Sons could not have possibly chosen a better
way to establish their intentions for this album.
The chorus is poetic perfection and ends by go-
ing back into heavy acoustic guitar and banjo riffs
that make you want to lay in a pile of leaves and
forget you’re a broke college student for a little bit.
The song “I Will Wait,” is a perfect
choice for the first single off of this album. While
not the strongest track on the album, it has a large
amount of wonderful things going for it. If there’s
one thing I love hearing more than anything else,
it’s harmonies. The be blunt, the harmonies in
this song tug at my heartstrings in a way I’m not
used to.
Track 11, in contrast to most of this al-
bum, is a slower, more beautiful song called “Be-
low My Feet.” I note the track number due to
the fact that I usually find the second half of an
album to be good, but not always memorable.
Mumford and Sons breaks that, and reminds you
that the album is still playing in the background,
and this track is no exception to that.
In all honesty, I wish I could go into great
detail about every track on this album. There’s
so much to be said about this band. “Babel” goes
above and beyond everything it should have been.
It’s a gorgeous album that belongs in any audio-
phile’s collection. I’d say that’s pretty damn good
for a band that couldn’t afford the instruments
they needed to play only a few years back.
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CLUBS SEARCHING FOR A NEW HOMEBY MARK VASEY
How do you move on from the walls
of memories built on the shoulders of dreams?
Where do you go when the home you built has
been taken from you, and the situation is out of
your control? This is the problem staring many
clubs at Purchase College in the eye, many of
them forced to find new meeting spaces this se-
mester, due to construction and policy changes
regarding the use of rooms on campus.
The Nerf Guild once wielded their
weapons of plastic, containing projectiles of foam
as numerous students took over the Humanities
building, battle after battle, until The Nerf Guild
became a victim of renovation.
The Nerf Guild has been forced to leave
its home battlefield behind in search of a suitable
replacement. Although they have lost their loca-
tion, their spirit will live on as the club searches
for new foreign battlefields. The games will con-
tinue for the Nerf Guild as it searches for a per-
manent base of operations, but not all clubs have
fully acquiesced the loss of their homes.
Push Ideas Into Action, commonly re-
ferred to as PUSH, an activist club on campus lost
its beloved location due to construction as well.
Sandra Quints, the president of PUSH, misses
the clubs old space in the basement of Campus
Center North.
Jasmine Rippey, the Coordinator of
Clubs Organizations and Services (CoCOas),
stated that the rooms in Campus Center North
are no longer assigned to specific clubs, and must
be reserved using the Room Management System
(RMS). This can be accessed from the self-service
section of the student portal.
Rippey said that the change in policy is in
response to the reduced amount of space on cam-
pus due to construction, and the change creates
a “fair chance for everyone to have space.” This
could help alleviate the space constraints placed
upon clubs by the renovations of buildings, but
does not make Quints feel any better about the
situation.
“It’s good to know there is a space you
can go to,” she said, referring to the impromptu
meetings that PUSH once did in their old space.
Remnants of the past can be viewed if
you journey into the basement rooms of campus
center north. I was showed the rooms by Rippey
and Chair of Senate, Teddy O’Rourke.
Many of the items that once belonged to
the clubs are now piled in a mess of history that
fills the center of these rooms. The images bring
up thoughts of mass graves and book burnings as
the piles of seemingly useless junk sit, collecting
dust, waiting to be removed, and with it, any hint
of what once occurred in these rooms.
These piles symbolize the transition of a
campus, and its student body, from the past into a
future filled with newly renovated buildings, and
new policies that replace the old. Homes have
been lost, but new memories will be cemented
into the minds of students at Purchase College
and the clubs will live on.
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HEY TEAM! I missed you this summer.
Purchase was so lonely without you. I did, howev-
er, get a buttload of work done without you here
to distract me... so that’s good! Before I update
you on all of that, it’s important that you know
who I am and how you’re going to use me.
My job as president is a two-part gig. Half
is being the chief student to the administration
and SUNY network, and half is being head of
the PSGA’s (all clubs, organizations and services)
operations and affairs. If you guys have an issue
or idea, I need to know about it. In some cases,
I’m the only student that speaks directly to our
“higher ups,” so I need to understand what you
want in order for it to happen. If we don’t know
each other yet, that’s easily fixable.
The Executives were all on campus this
summer, so we were able to plow through the
general housekeeping that’s accumulated over the
past… thirty years or so. The Stood and our in-
ternships are on probation this semester because
of problems last year’s executive board faced. We
desperately need your help keeping the Stood
afloat… So please, please don’t drink there, start
a fight, or do anything cray to jeopardize our
Stoodhome. Drink wherever else you want- that’s
on you- but the second you bring it into the Stood
it’s on all of us. DON’T DO IT.
Next! I’m sure you’ve all noticed the new
and greatly improved loop schedule! The Goddess
of the Transportation Office, Ms. Donna Salter,
worked her butt off to have that ready for us by
this semester and we’re so thankful! I hear seats
on the Friday buses to White Plains are scarce; go
to Port Chester instead! The hourly loop is brand
new, and it offers everything that White Plains
does and more including a Metro North train
to the city, cheaper movies, great music venues,
shopping, delicious food. It’s fierce, so use it!
Also: go check out the GORGEOUS
path between H street in the Olde and Alumni.
It was my baby this summer and I hope you all
make use of it, stay safe and keep it clean!
That’s just a tiny bit of what we’re doing
and dealing with here in the PSGA. The Inde-
pendent’s lovely Editor-in-Chief has generously
offered us a weekly spot to keep in touch with you,
so let us know what you want to know and we’ll
keep this conversation going. You’ll hear from the
other executives in the coming weeks and you’re
going to love them just as much as I do. They’re
hyperactive, caring, PHENOM at getting shit
done- everything you’d want in a team of lead-
ers- so use them while you can.
Thanks team! You’re the best!
xOxO pReSiDeNt
UPDATE FROM THE PSGA PRESIDENTBY CHRISTINA BLANKENSHIP
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50’s Dinner and Malt ShopFriday, 9/28 5-8pmStudent Center Cinema
Comedy Stitches Rob O’ReillyFriday, 9/28 8:30-10pmStudent Center Cinema
TUESDAYS in the Stood:Aperture Club, 8-9pm Complexuality, 10-11:30pmin the Cinema
Ed Sullivan’s Birthday PartyFriday, 9/28 4pm-2amStudent Center in Whitson’s
Cameron Wisch PerformanceThursday, 9/27 7pm-12amStudent Center at Whitson’s
EDM/ Dance PartyThursday, 9/27 7-11:30pmStudent Center at Whitson’s
Tie-Dye DaySaturday, 9/29 4-7pmStudent Center Main Stage
Lavender LuauSaturday, 9/29 8pm-12amStudent Center at Whitson’s
FORTHMonday, 10/1 8-10pmStudent Center Cinema
Stood Open MicTuesday, 10/2 7-12pmStudent Center Cinema
Fall Fest Line-Up AnnouncementThursday, 10/4 9:30-10:30pmStudent Center Cinema
Amateur NightFriday, 10/5 8pm-12amStudent Center at Whitson’s
Hip Hop Club Presents 90s Throwback PartyFriday, 10/5 10pm-12amStudent Center Main Stage
Submission Launch PartySaturday,10/6 6pm-12amStudent Center Cinema
Algemon CadwalladerSaturday, 10/6 8pm-12amStudent Center at Whitson’s
Rave the VoteSaturday, 10/6 8pm-12amStudent Center Main Stage
FORTHMonday, 10/8 8-10pmStudent Center at Cinema
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Stood Open Mic Tuesday, 10/9 9-11:30pmStudent Center Cinema
SOCA PartyFriday, 10/12 9pm-12amStudent Center Main Stage
Galaxy XSatyrday, 10/13 9pm-12amStudent Center at Whitson’s
O.A.P.I.A.’sSaturday, 10/13 7pm-12amStudent Center at Whitson’s
Twerps/Alex BleekerSunday, 10/14 8pm-12amStudent Center at Whitson’s
FORTHMonday, 10/15 8-10pmStudent Center Cinema
GREAT JOB!Monday, 10/15 8-11pm Student Center at Whitson’s
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