The weekly student newspaper of The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York Visit us on the web at www.strosechronicle.com Volume LXXXI Issue 28 April 9th, 2013 The Chronicle Arts & Opinion Sports News & Features Twitter is the winner. See page C16 Student-athlete profile: Ryan Harper. See page D20 Making Math Meaningful with UNO. See pages A9 Preview for Garage to Glory. See pages A2 Baseball back in the Bronx. See page D19 Saint Rose Camerata’s 10th Anniversary Celebration Finale Gala. See pages B12 The Persistence of Urban Poverty By SYDNEY PALUCH Contributing Writer Students learned of the con- temporary issue of poverty and how it affects everyone at a panel discussion Wednesday, April 3. Occurring at the Hubbard Inter- faith Sanctuary, the speakers first gave information about their per- sonal connection to urban pov- erty, then opened the discussion to questions. The panelists were Willie Baptist, author of The Ped- agogy of the Poor and Scholar at the Poverty Initiative, Professor Risa Fausette, Professor Mark Ledbetter, and freshmen Waheera Mardah and Geneva McPherson. A standing-room-only crowd of Saint Baldrick’s Day KELLY PFEISTER Tess Leavay shaves her head in support of finding a cure for childhood cancer. Bottom left, Leavay sings “I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Miserables, accompanied by The Golden Notes, as the final pieces of her hair are shaved. See Page A6 for More Photos From the Event Facebook Page Spurs Compliments, Copycats By ZACHARY OLSAVICKY News Editor It began with a popular col- legiate pastime: procrastinating on Facebook. Resisting the urge to finish some homework, one College of Saint Rose student— whose identity remains a secret outside a group of four friends “sworn to secrecy”—saw a page where Virginia Tech students could anonymously compliment each other. “We all get stuck in our own worlds,” said the student, “and forget to appreciate those around us for all they do.” Thinking it would be a “good idea” for Saint Rose, the student set up a page called SaintRose Compliments. Little more than two weeks after being set up, the page has captivated students and spawned a number of similar pages with a Saint Rose theme— though not all are appreciated by students at the college. SaintRose Compliments is one in a long line of compliments pages set up at colleges and universities around the world. The first compliments pages at Queen’s University, a 23,000-stu- dent school in Kingston, Ontario. Founded in early September of 2012, Queen’s U Compliments has added 5,000 friends—the maximum allowed on Face- book—and garnered media atten- tion from outlets like Time Maga- zine and CBC. The compliments page at Saint Rose has yet to reach such a lofty number of friends—as of April 7, over 830 people were connected Continued on Page A7 Continued on Page A5
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The weekly student newspaper of The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New YorkVisit us on the web at www.strosechronicle.com Volume LXXXI Issue 28April 9th, 2013
The Chronicle
Arts & Opinion SportsNews & Features
Twitter is the winner. See page C16
Student-athlete profi le: Ryan Harper.See page D20
Making Math Meaningful with UNO. See pages A9
Preview for Garage to Glory.See pages A2
Baseball back in the Bronx.See page D19
Saint Rose Camerata’s 10th Anniversary Celebration Finale Gala. See pages B12
The Persistence of Urban Poverty
By SYDNEY PALUCHContributing Writer
Students learned of the con-temporary issue of poverty and how it affects everyone at a panel discussion Wednesday, April 3. Occurring at the Hubbard Inter-faith Sanctuary, the speakers fi rst gave information about their per-sonal connection to urban pov-
erty, then opened the discussion to questions. The panelists were Willie Baptist, author of The Ped-agogy of the Poor and Scholar at the Poverty Initiative, Professor Risa Fausette, Professor Mark Ledbetter, and freshmen Waheera Mardah and Geneva McPherson. A standing-room-only crowd of
Saint Baldrick’s Day
KELLY PFEISTER
Tess Leavay shaves her head in support of fi nding a cure for childhood cancer. Bottom left, Leavay sings “I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Miserables, accompanied by The Golden Notes, as the fi nal pieces of her hair are shaved.
See Page A6 for More Photos From the Event
Facebook Page Spurs Compliments, Copycats
By ZACHARY OLSAVICKYNews Editor
It began with a popular col-legiate pastime: procrastinating on Facebook. Resisting the urge to fi nish some homework, one College of Saint Rose student—whose identity remains a secret outside a group of four friends “sworn to secrecy”—saw a page where Virginia Tech students could anonymously compliment each other.
“We all get stuck in our own worlds,” said the student, “and forget to appreciate those around us for all they do.”
Thinking it would be a “good idea” for Saint Rose, the student set up a page called SaintRose Compliments. Little more than two weeks after being set up, the page has captivated students
and spawned a number of similar pages with a Saint Rose theme—though not all are appreciated by students at the college.
SaintRose Compliments is one in a long line of compliments pages set up at colleges and universities around the world. The fi rst compliments pages at Queen’s University, a 23,000-stu-dent school in Kingston, Ontario. Founded in early September of 2012, Queen’s U Compliments has added 5,000 friends—the maximum allowed on Face-book—and garnered media atten-tion from outlets like Time Maga-zine and CBC.
The compliments page at Saint Rose has yet to reach such a lofty number of friends—as of April 7, over 830 people were connected
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Volume 81 Issue 28The Chronicle April 9th, 2013NewsA2Garage to Glory:
Five Local Bands Competing for One SpotBy AMAL TLAIGEContributing Writer
Come see your peers and St. Rose students perform their mu-sical hearts out at St. Rose’s an-nual musical competition, Garage to Glory.
The College of Saint Rose will be holding their fourth annual lo-cal music competition, Garage to Glory, on April 12, 2013 at 7 p.m. It will be held in the Communi-cations Building at Jacks Place, introducing five local bands, each playing 15 minutes of their own music. The perfor-mances will take place in front of audience members, students, faculty and the judges, who will ultimately de-cide who the winner is. First place winners will receive a very profes-sional music video and recording time in the St. Rose studio.
On March 21, the competition dwindled down to ten bands, but only five can compete. Voting for the bands has been closed off as of Thursday, March 28. Fans have visited the Times Union Blog and voted for their favor-ite band to go through to the finals. The band “The Response Abil-ity” has received the most votes, totaling in at 235, and is the first finalist announced for the compe-tition. The remaining four final-ists will be announced Thursday, April 4, and will be selected by a group of judges.
Currently, the 10 semi-final-ists are The Hearing Aides, The Meishlunday, The Primrose Path, Puddlejumper, Above the Flood, The Assortment of Crayons, Completely Over-Rated, Digital Dharma, Drew and the Grand Spectacular, and The Response-
Ability. All bands are required to be local unsigned talent, mem-bers must be at least 18 years old, they must play original music, and be able to perform on Friday, April 12, at 7 p.m.
Michael Hickey, a senior Mu-sic Industry major at St. Rose was the drummer of the band “Be-tween the Arctic,” who won last years’ Garage to Glory. Hickey explains what it was like; “It was a pretty exciting experience. I had played battle of the bands type shows before, and this was defi-nitely the most extravagant thing
I had gotten the opportunity to compete in. Getting interviewed about the music and being video-taped while performing was also quite impressive, and of course mildly intimidating, too.”
Matthew Woods, a sophomore Communications student at St. Rose, attended the event last year and had a great time. “There were many different bands with con-trasting sounds and styles. It was fun to watch. This year should be no different,” said Woods. In re-sponse to being asked which band
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he was rooting for, Woods stated, “‘The Meishlunday!’ They are really good! And ‘Drew and the Grand Spectacular.’”
While some may think that the competition can be easily won, hard work is a necessity, “We practiced quite regularly in preparation for the contest, but it was definitely well worth it, I'd say,” said Hickey. After winning the competition, “Between the Arctic” was able to use recording time in the St. Rose studio. “We ended up recording three songs and an interlude,” said Hickey.
The band also just fin-ished filming their mu-sic video for their song, “Hide and Seek”.
Hickey states that the current bands should practice as much as pos-sible, because the com-petition is tough. He also explains that a sup-port system is greatly appreciated.“Students should go to support original music because their colleagues are some of the musicians performing in the com-petition.”
Lauren Halligan, a Saint Rose senior Com-munications student, also attended the event in previous years and thinks it gives bands a chance to really put
themselves out there. “Garage to Glory is a great opportunity for bands to compete on a local level and build a good reputation with-in the Saint Rose community,” said Halligan.
Come support your fellow classmates, friends and students as they work their way out of the garage and toward reaching their musical goals. The night will be a fun filled event with original music, creative melodies and thoughtful lyrics. Watch as the intense musical battle plays out.
“It was a pretty exciting ex-perience. I had played battle of
the bands type shows before and this was definitely the most extravagant thing I had gotten the opportunity to compete in. Getting interviewed about the music and being videotaped
while performing was also quite impressive, and of course mildly
intimidating too.” Michael Hickey
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Ruby Asian Bistro Brings Flavor to the Pine Hills
By JOHN JANITZ Layout Editor
The Pine Hills is home to many different types of eateries, includ-ing Ruby Asian Bistro, which is coming up on its two year anni-versary.
Ruby Asian Bistro, a family owned business, has been serv-ing Asian cuisine on 875 Madi-son Ave. since May 11, 2011. Its location is convenient for college students, who are only a short walk away.
The restaurant is acclaimed by some area critics and food lovers alike. The food is decently priced,
with many items costing under $10. One popular special is the bento box, a meal that consists of four different menu items placed on a plate with built-in dividers.
Customers who have eaten at the restaurant said they enjoy the food there. Ramiro Cortes, who lives in the area and orders from the restaurant often, said that it’s his favorite place to eat. The dish he likes the most is the sesame chicken with pork fried rice.
Andrew Walters, who had last gone there for a birthday celebra-tion, said that he enjoyed the ex-perience.
“I don’t normally eat sushi so
it was something different,” said Walters. “The food was good, too.”
Manager Grace Sim said that there are several dishes that are well-liked. Teriyaki chicken, spicy tuna rolls, and pineapple fried rice are the meals most or-dered by customers, said Sim. They also serve a unique drink called bubble tea.
“Bubble tea is a very popular item on our menu,” said Sim. This tea is a beverage made from a combination of flavored tea and tapioca bubbles. The restaurant offers a variety of flavors such as classic, jasmine green tea, taro, mango, coconut, strawberry, hon-eydew, thai tea, and chai tea.
The food is only one compo-nent of the bistro that attracts business. Several customers said that they love the interior of the building. The furniture is rustic and looks as if it is made from the parts of a forest.
“I really liked the restaurant’s décor,” said Walters. “I thought the inside of the building was very inviting and welcoming.”
The restaurant also has free delivery service. Cortes said that sometimes he is too busy to eat at the restaurant, so instead he orders food in and they deliver it to him for free. According to Sim, half of the restaurant’s customers order takeout.
“I’ve never seen any place like this,” said Cortes. “It’s beautiful.”
JOHN JANITZThe interior of Ruby’s that impresses many customers.
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Tuesday, April 911 a.m. Thesis Statement Workshop Writing Center4 p.m. MAPS ALB 1094:30 p.m. CREST Colloquium Lally Symposium6:30 p.m. Student Association Standish7 p.m. G4G (Girls For God) Sanctuary7 p.m. Theatre Guild Lima Basement8 p.m. Outside the [Box] Lima Basement8 p.m. Yoga Sanctuary
Wednesday, April 104 p.m. SEB Standish4:30 p.m. - 6;30 p.m. International Teacher Panel Lally Touhey Forum5 p.m. Environmental Club Community Service Office5 p.m. Mid-Week Mass Sanctuary7 p.m. Spectrum Standish7:30 p.m. BASIC Sanctuary8 p.m. Comedian Erik Griffin8 p.m. Valerie Dee Naranjo Massry
Thursday, April 111 p.m. Revisions Workshop Writing Center2 p.m. Thesis Statement Workshop Writing Center6 p.m. - 8 p.m. BASIC Coffeehouse Main Lounge7:30 p.m. Interfaith Lectureship Hubbard Sanctuary7:30 p.m. Frequency North Standish Dining Rooms
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Volume 81 Issue 28The Chronicle April 9th, 2013NewsA4Q & A with Saint Rose
Campus Security Officer Erica Watson
1. Which areas of our cam-pus—or around our campus—require the most attention from a security standpoint?
“I would say the Partridge/Madison, Partridge/Morris, and Partridge/O’Leary areas require the most attention because those are the areas that have a lot of foot traffic with students that live in dorms not directly on campus (Morris Hall & Brubacher Hall).”
2. What time of day do you work on campus?
“I work the evening shift; 4-12.”
3. How long have you been a part of the security depart-ment?
“I’ve worked for Saint Rose for 3 years.”
4. What is the most interest-ing experience you have had while on duty here at Saint Rose?
“I can’t think of just one inter-esting experience I’ve had while on duty at Saint Rose.”
5. What background experi-ence brought you to the secu-rity department?
“I used to work as a loss pre-vention officer for a retail compa-ny. At that job, we worked hand and hand with customers and em-ployees (most of whom were col-lege students).”
6. What types of things do you do when you are working here?
“I patrol campus, check build-ings to make sure they are locked, provide escorts for students who don’t want to walk alone, grant access into buildings, respond to emergency calls, dispatching.”
7. What types of things do you do when you are not work-ing here (hobbies)?
“When I’m not working, I like to go shopping, I like to bake, dancing and reading.’
8. What useful safety tip do you have for students?
“My useful safety tips for stu-dents”:
-never walk alone-be aware of your surroundings; don’t let material objects distract you from paying attention (E.g.: cellphone/ipod) -Stay on streets that are well-
lit and frequently used-Have security’s number: 518-454-51879. Is there anything—in spe-
cific—you’d like students to know about the Security De-partment?
“The students should know that their Security Department is is here for the safety and service of the students of Saint Rose. They should know that they can approach any security guard on campus and that guard will help them as much as possible.”
10. Do you have any sugges-tions for improving the Secu-rity Department or its services?
“I don’t have any suggestions on improvements for the Secu-rity Department. I feel that our department is a strong group of individuals that put their best feet forward in protecting the students/staff of The College of Saint Rose”.
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both students and non-college students filled the sanctuary in eager attendance.
“I’m formerly homeless,” said Willie Baptist. “I’ve worked all kinds of jobs and basically lived in poverty all my life.” Yet Bap-tist claimed he was not alone. “You can take my case and multi-ply it by millions. It’s a challenge on each one of us on what we are going to do about it.”
As part of the Homeless Union Organizing Drive, Baptist had seen homeless families frozen to death, evicted, and given no pro-visions in government budgets. “Every year, 300 to 400 people die from being frozen to death: THIS IS AMERICA!” said Bap-tist.
“Federal policy is committed to maintaining poverty in the United States,” said Professor Fausette of the Department of History and Political Science. She blamed the increase in income tax as one of the chief reasons for poverty. Ac-cording to data presented at the discussion, since the beginning of income tax, individual income tax has increased whereas corpo-rate income tax has decreased. “Data tells us something about priorities in this country,” said Fausette, “that’s welfare right there; corporate welfare.”
Fausette also has a personal connection to poverty. “Mrs. Thompson was the lady who kept me and my brother from becom-ing homeless,” said Fausette, “but there isn’t always a Mrs. Thompson.” Sadly, there are even students at Saint Rose who need a “Mrs. Thompson.” Fausette re-cently had a student she was un-able to mail exams to because the student did not have an address. She is not the only one. “I noticed that one of my students didn’t have a coat,” Fausette said, “so I said to her ‘Where is your coat?’ and she said, ‘I don’t have one’. She is a full-time student here at The College of Saint Rose.”
Other students have been af-fected by poverty as well. “I’m
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Discussion on Urban Povertyfrom New York City, the Bronx,” said freshman Waheera Mardah. “It changes completely from pov-erty-stricken neighborhoods to ones with doormen; you cross one street and it’s completely differ-ent.” Mardah’s high school was never able to afford college trips, although nearby schools were. “My high school shouldn’t have to be in a specific neighborhood to get the funding they need,” said Mardah. “For a city with so much wealth and so much “op-portunity,” I wonder how these neighborhoods can be subject to such extreme levels of poverty.”
Mardah was not the only stu-dent on the panel. “There is a lot of inequality going on because of poverty,” said freshman Geneva McPherson. “Why can’t we, be-ing such a rich country, be able to provide what those people need?” Chosen to speak on the relationship between poverty and criminal justice, McPherson also brought the racial issue into the discussion. “Does everybody re-ally have the equal opportunity to achieve the American dream?” she asked. Baptist had an answer
for her from his personal experience.
“ U n e m p l o y m e n t reaches every commu-nity. Poverty knows no discrimination,” said Baptist. He claimed that although there used to be a racial element to pov-erty, it has become indis-criminate in the modern world. “This problem is starting to affect more whites,” said Baptist. “The racial question is the elephant in the room, but I really want to make that statement because it creates debate and dis-cussion.”
“Poverty is not a problem of scarcity, it’s a problem of abandon-ment,” said Baptist. “There is no reason that people should go hungry in the richest country in the world. We all sense that there are difficulties ahead, but it’s not going to get better unless we make it better.”
SYDNEY PALUCH
SYDNEY PALUCH
From left, Ken Scott, Saint Rose Community Services, and Willie Baptist, one of the panelists.
Some of the panelists that participated in Wednesday’s discussion.
Volume 81 Issue 28The Chronicle April 9th, 2013NewsA6Saint Baldrick’s Day
Photos By Kelly Pfeister
Allison Hoffman, left, and Allison Bruso hug after Tyler Keeno and MacKenzie Cohn were shaved.
Bryan Barry’s shaving process was sped up as two barbers shaved his head.
Dan Marchione feels out his newly shaved head.
Daniella Watson smiles as the first braid is cut.Fiona Matthews reacts as she begins to get her hair cut.
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to the page—but the sudden num-ber of friend requests and compli-ments left the student who ran the page “overwhelmed… in a good way.” The student sees a multipli-er of sorts where students who are complimented send compliments in about other people.
“It starts with one, and the kindness spreads. It’s conta-gious.”
Since its initial burst, the stu-dent estimates around eight com-pliments are sent to the page each day. It isn’t difficult to keep up with, as the student explained, because they post compliments
from their phone between classes and work.
One surprise to the student—though it made sense to them in hindsight—was the number of compliments from faculty and staff submitted on the page.
“The faculty make a huge dif-ference here and they notice the impact their students are making just as much as they do each oth-er. They aren't afraid to pat (stu-dents) on the back when there's a job well done.”
Shortly after the page was founded, a handful of Saint Rose-themed pages popped up on Face-book, including one for ‘confes-sions,’ one for ‘crushes,’ and even one for ‘condiments.’ Offering students a chance to “spread the love and mayo,” Saint Rose Con-diments was, according to its op-
Compliments, Confessions, and CrushesContinued from Page A1
erator, opened as a joke amongst friends.
“It’s just to be silly and show how silly these pages are,” said the operator, who, like the student that runs the compliments page, wished to remain anonymous. The operator initially found the Compliments page to be “another cheesy attempt at generic mes-sages,” but grew to appreciate it after receiving a compliment and “seeing the other [students’] reactions and how it brightened people’s days.”
The student who runs the Com-pliments page estimated that, out of 100 or so compliments re-ceived, only three were filtered. The page stresses positivity, though not all copycats share the same focus. Saint Rose Confes-sions, created shortly after Sain-tRose compliments was founded, provided students with a chance to share, among the words of the site administrators, “weird, crazy, funny” confessions. But the site, whose administrators did not re-ply to a request for comment, received what was described in a post as “extremely hateful” messages. Its most recent post, on April 2, announced that it re-ceived a request to cease opera-tions.
The student who runs the Com-pliments page felt “angry” when the first pages started to appear in the days after their page was set up.
“I just didn’t want people to have a bad taste in their mouth for my page because of others.”
The operator of the Condi-ments page described it as a “ter-rible” page.
“It shows how immature some of our student body can be and how insensitive they are.”
The operator of the Condi-ments page thinks part of the problem is that students are put-ting the message in the wrong forum. “We all gossip or share confessions, but it's a whole other ballgame to put it on the Internet so blatantly. It makes our student
ZACHARY OLSAVICKY
The cover image that greets students on the SaintRose Compliments page.
body look trashy.”The student who runs the
Compliments page thinks part of the problem stems from students submitting personal messages as public statements.
“From my end, I know the peo-ple and I know they’re totally in-nocent comments. So they would be just comments that mean noth-ing, but because they're anony-mous they come off with a com-pletely different connotation.” The student did find that, as time passes, students are becoming “used to the idea of anonymity.”
The student has no plans on unmasking their secret identity any time soon. Two factors in-fluence their decision: granting students the ability to say things “with an unbiased eye to who’s
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reading them,” but also to keep from students bothering them over the sources of compliments. They find it “funny” when people talk about the page unbeknownst to the student’s identity.
“I giggle to myself the whole time. I’m such a bad liar too, so I don’t know how they don’t figure it out… but that’s alright by me.”
For the student, their biggest hope is that people see “the im-pact that every person has on their daily life.”
“Every little act and word makes a difference, especially those of kindness.”
The operator of the compli-ments page, though uncertain if
“It starts with one, and the kindness
spreads. It’s contagious.”Operator of SaintRose
Compliments
“Every little act and word makes
a difference, especially those of
kindness.”Operator of SaintRose
Compliments
these pages have staying power with students, appreciated the im-pact of the compliments.
“It’s always nice to have some random positivity in your life.”
Volume 81 Issue 28The Chronicle April 9th, 2013NewsA8Pine Hills Blog to Hold Neighborhood Meeting
By NEWSROOM
A community meeting, spon-sored by The Pine Hills blog and journalism students at The Col-lege of Saint Rose, will take place later this month at the Western Avenue library branch.
The event will be held at the Pine Hills library on Tuesday, April 23. Community members have the opportunity to voice their opinions, thoughts, and con-cerns about the Pine Hills neigh-borhood.
“There’s always something new to learn about, and I hope that as the blog continues, the Saint Rose journalism students keep delving into the interesting news happening in our neighbor-hood,” said Leah Golby, a Com-mon Council member from 10th ward, who represents the majori-ty of the Pine Hills neighborhood.
Golby sees the Pine Hills Blog as a key member of the Pine Hills community.
“The student reporters at the Pine Hills blog are doing a great job telling important stories of our neighborhood and our city,” said Golby.
Council members like Golby often fi eld calls from residents about problems with traffi c, roads, properties, and quality of life in the neighborhood.
The goal for The Pine Hills Blog community meeting is to help inform residents and inter-ested people about what is hap-pening in their community and to collect ideas. The Pine Hills blog provides information about the happenings in and around the Pine Hills neighborhood.
Virginia Hammer, a member of the Pine Hills Neighborhood Association, said the Pine Hills Blog is a very good source and the students at The College of Saint Rose do a good job writing stories.
“Many things have been cov-ered, but there are many other stories that are interesting,” said Hammer. “If you can give us a sense of the kinds of things you’re looking for, we can help you out.”
Hammer said she really likes seeing the Pine Hills Blog hold-ing another meeting.
“Everything you guys do is amazing,” said Hammer. “We re-ally appreciate it.”
The meeting will be benefi -cial to the neighborhood and the
blog, said Anton Konev, a coun-cil member from the 11th ward, which includes part of the neigh-borhood.
“Getting neighbors involved in reporting about their neighbor-hood can both generate more and better stories and raise the aware-ness about blog,” said Konev.
Michael Huber, Interactive Au-dience Manager for timesunion.com, grew up in the Pine Hills neighborhood. He believes that the blog is good for the commu-nity.
“The Pine Hills blog is a real-world example of how Saint Rose students are using technology and online media to cover their com-munity,” said Huber. “They offer a hyper-local approach to cover-age of the college’s surround-ing community that serves its residents well. In some ways, the blanket coverage of Pine Hills is better than it had been in the hey-day of newspapers.”
There are multiple ways for people to bring issues to light,
such as calling and e-mailing their council members, petition-ing, or attending and speaking at the common council meetings.
“They already have direct ac-cess to their legislators,” said Jim Sano, Council Member of the 9th ward. “They have Neighborhood Associations, they can come to City Hall and have an open mi-crophone for up to fi ve minutes; I don’t think they have a lack of ac-cess to make their points of view known.”
All are welcome to attend the meeting, which begins at 7 p.m. Light refreshments will be avail-able starting at 6:30 p.m. The Pine Hills library is located at 517 Western Ave.
For more information, email The Pine Hills Blog at [email protected].
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By REGINA IANNIZZOTTOOpinion Editor
Math is one of the most feared words in the English language by students across the world. Math makes up so many aspects of our lives, and we do not even realize it. When we make change, draw pictures, and even when we move our arms; it all comes back to math. This is what the Museum of Math teaches its visitors, and what UMO, the Unified Math-ematics Organization, is trying to show to the Saint Rose commu-nity.
UMO began this past semes-ter from just an idea. They have taken their ideas and put them into action to create a club for the math lovers of Saint Rose. Founded by Danielle Heidcamp and Christopher Lovell, the club hopes to show that math is not that monster everyone makes it out to be, but instead something fun.
UMO took its first field trip to the corner of Fifth Ave. and 25th St. in New York City on Saturday. The Museum of Math, also known
Making Math Meaningful with UMOas MoMath, is a small, two floor museum that is interactive and fun for everyone; from ages 5 to 95. This was proven from the first exhibit seen upon entering – the bicycle and tricycle with square wheels on a wavy surface. This exhibit had an 8-year-old and a 20-year-old giving each other ‘the eyes’ to see who would get to the bikes first.
Every exhibit has a theme. There is a video fraction section, a geometric shape creation sta-tion, and an adding station, just to name a few. Every station is in-teractive and has a line of visitors waiting to challenge their minds.
Upstairs, you can create shapes and learn about the shape you created by pulling the planes apart and rotating it on the screen. At this station, Heidcamp said, “I feel like Steve Jobs.”
Overall, the thoughts on the trip were ‘It was a success.’ Jenni-fer Passage, club vice-president, said, “I think a lot of people got a lot of enjoyment out of the differ-ent manipulations that we were allowed to experiment with at the museum. It was very relevant,
considering in some of our math classes, we’ve experimented with and have been taught information
in regards to one of the original founders of MoMath.”
Passage’s five-year-old son, Ethan, who joined the group on the trip, said his favorite part was the bicycles. “They were fun and hard to move.”
UMO member Enedina Maya, who became involved with UMO after Heidcamp and Lovell made an announcement to her class, talked about how nice it was to see students getting involved and being interactive with the MoMath activities. When asked if she would go back, she said, “Maybe, possibly. It was fun, but it was only two floors and you can do it all in one day.” However, if UMO does another trip, she said she would definitely join in.
After the museum and the pur-chasing of UMO’s new stuffed mascot at the gift shop, the group was able to explore the city. Some went to a parade, some went to the Sixth Avenue Street Fair, some had lunch in the park across from the museum. Heidcamp
could not contain her happiness from the day. “This has just been such a great day.”
UMO President Lovell was very happy with the outcome of UMO’s first trip. “I’m already trying to plan for next year and the museum is looking to expand so we’ll have a lot more to look at.” He is also trying to collabo-rate with the museum at Saint Rose. “I’m actually working on a large scale art display for the third floor of Albertus, which is where the math bulletin board is now.”
These are not UMO’s only plans. Heidcamp also discussed possibly creating a professional development trip with UMO for next year.
To find out more about UMO, check out their Facebook or their weekly column in the Opinion Section of The Chronicle. Their meetings are every Friday at 2:30 p.m. in Albertus.
Danielle Heidcamp and UMO Treasurer Elizabeth Edwards creating shapes at MoMath.REGINA IANNIZZOTTO
UMO Member riding the square-wheeled tricycle at MoMath.REGINA IANNIZZOTTO
Volume 81 Issue 28The Chronicle April 9th, 2013NewsA10City Plans Fix on Bad Buildings
By LAUREN HALLIGANFeatures Editor
The Albany community has made it clear that it wants a plan in action to deal with urban decay. A well-attended meeting was held Wednesday evening at the Main Albany Library on Washington Avenue to address the city-wide issue of vacant and foreclosed properties, and ideally find a so-lution to this suffering aspect of Albany’s urban landscape.
A plan to redevelop Albany’s hurting housing stock was pre-sented to the public Wednesday to encourage feedback from the community, something citizens were more than willing to pro-vide.
Particularly concerned with the Pine Hills, Virginia Hammer of the Pine Hills Neighborhood Association told the panel at the meeting ,“I don’t want to see new, ugly housing that takes away from the character of what makes Albany special.”
Although County Legislature Majority Leader Frank Commis-so made a proposal titled “Alba-ny County Land Redevelopment Program,” specifications and a schedule for this plan still need to be set.
“We need to cut the red tape,” said County Executive Dan Mc-Coy. “We need to make it happen sooner than later.”
The panel discussion, titled “Best Outcomes for Vacant Buildings” was hosted by The Council of Albany Neighborhood Associations. Affordable Hous-ing Partnerships’s Louise Mc-Neilly moderated the discussion in front of a standing-room-only auditorium full of citizens, local politicians, and legislators all in-terested in hearing the city’s plan to address the issue of unused buildings.
Panelists at the meeting in-cluded Commisso, who ex-plained and proposed his plan to the audience, McCoy, Michael Yevoli, the city’s Commissioner of Development and Planning,
who spoke of a pilot program entitled “Blight to Betterment,” through which a dozen buildings would be redeveloped with avail-able funds, and Jeffrey Jamison, Albany’s new Commissioner of the Department of Buildings and Regulatory Compliance.
Commisso said that his plan is still in draft form, and is open to revision. Commisso drafted a pamphlet, which was presented at the meeting, because “it was time that we step up to the plate and take action,” mentioning that vacant buildings are often “heav-ens for crime.” Yevoli later said that they often become unauthor-ized shelters for homeless, or at the least, eyesores for the com-munity.
“We’re undercapitalized,” Mc-Coy said. One essential element that Commisso admitted the plan needs is “more involvement from developers with the know-how.” Commisso’s current plan would involve Habitat for Humanity and Touhey Associates as potential partners for redeveloping prob-lem properties. A long time com-ing, Wednesday night’s proposal to eradicate decaying properties is Commisso’s intitiative to get a
movement in action, understand-ing that “This is not something that happens overnight.”
McCoy said that there are cur-rently 202 foreclosed properties in the city of Albany, and a to-tal of 302 in the county, and that “most are in disrepair.” Albany Legislator Virginia Maffia-To-bler, who attended the meeting, and will eventually weigh in on the future of the plan, said before the meeting that Commisso’s
Habitat-for Humanity-sponsored plan “seemed to be that it was the best way to go for the land bank.”
Feedback on Commisso’s plan was offered in abundance during the question portion of the eve-ning. Carmela Triolo, a South End native on the “grassroots” Board of South End Improvement Corporation, said “we’re looking into different ways to get private money to leverage” rather than using all public resources. Triolo
also made it clear that more than just one or two private organiza-tions should be obtaining proper-ties to redevelop properties under this new plan.
Commisso said the city has not ruled out eminent domain as a way to solve some of the building problems. The final portion of the meeting was devoted to plan-ning the community’s next steps in making this plan a feasible and agreeable reality.
The consensus was to create a forum for public participation in specifying this plan to meet the needs of a citizenry that wants to be involved. That forum should soon exist on the Web, but a do-main name has not been estab-lished. A potential plan in which Albany County would appoint a local development corporation to act as a land bank was proposed in January. Under this corpora-tion, foreclosed, abandoned, or blighted properties would be quickly overturned for redevel-opment.
Once a more specific plan is written up as a resolution, it will then go before the Audit and Fi-nance committee, before being voted upon in Legislature.
Michael Yevoli, the city’s Commissioner of Development and Planning, speaking during the meeting.LAUREN HALLIGAN
A crowd April 3, 2013 at Albany Public Library.LAUREN HALLIGAN
April 9th, 2013 Volume 81 Issue 28 The ChronicleNews A11Preserve and Destroy
By BLAISE BRYANT Staff Writer
Window sash replacement and demolishing what’s left of a boarded up building were dis-cussed at Wednesday night’s Historic Resources Commission meeting held at City Hall.
At 355 Madison Ave. which is part of Robinson Square, the case centers around the approval of replacing the window sash to preserve the historical value of the building. The cost alarmed property owner Patricia Deguire-Lapishka
“It will cost Robinson Square an additional $5,326,” said George Griffin of Bennett Con-tracting.
This is what the commission would like to see, said Rich Nich-olson, Senior Planner and staff person on the commission. Origi-nally, they wanted to replace the entire window, however; replac-ing the sash gets rid of extra fram-ing that would reduce the size of the window, and it does not match the neighboring buildings, Nich-olson said. The reason for the $5,300 sash is because the sash would be made at a mill work-
shop that deals with custom win-dow designs. The shop is located in Syracuse, said Griffin.
“I don’t have the additional $5,000,” said Lapishka.
The commission deals with a person lacking the financial funds by giving a person, in this case, Lapishka, the opportunity to file for a hardship, said Vice Chair-man John Wagner. “We have to go with what’s in our ordinance; we’re not in business for us,” Wagner said. We have to go by our ordinance because it was an oath we swore to, plus it’s law, said Wagner. “We can’t just ap-prove things because we want to,” he said.
Some cases become tricky is-sues with the commission be-cause the neighboring buildings have similar windows, which is why they are leaning toward the replacement of the window sash, said Assistant Commissioner John Myers. “Replacing the en-tire window takes away from the historical value, and is something we can’t approve because of our ordinance,” Myers said. The commission will make a final de-cision at their April 17 meeting.
At 230 Jefferson Street, it’s a completely different sto-ry. Property owner Su-zanne Carrk is trying to get approval to demolish what’s left of the board-ed-up building.
“I just own the build in front, the two build-ings behind it, and three across the way,” said Carrk.
The plan is to pave over where the founda-tion was, and put a fence on the Jefferson side, Carrk.
During the 1600s, a group of Indians cap-tured and killed a Dutch man, giving the property some historical signifi-cance, Wagner said.
No decisions on ap-proving or denying re-quests were made be-cause they didn’t have a
quorum.Building located at 355 Madison Ave. DERICK NOETZEL
Residents Caught Off Guard by Asbestos Removal
By JOHN JANITZLayout Editor
Gibbons Hall residents recent-ly received an unexpected notice about asbestos removal from their building at The College of Saint Rose. The removal began on March 29 and concluded on April 4, one day ahead of schedule.
Some 1,400-square-feet of de-bris and 250 linear feet of pipe insulation were expected to be removed from the basement of Gibbons Hall, according to a no-tice posted on the front and rear entrance of the building.
Once the removal started, ply-wood boards were formed in the shape of a small tunnel around the entrance to the basement. There were several signs that were posted on the boards with warnings about asbestos and its connection to cancer.
The College subcontracted this project to Neoplanta Restoration,
Inc. according to Paul Jenkins, a Resident Assistant for Gibbons Hall. The removal was scheduled to start on March 29, 2013, when students were leaving for Easter break, and end on April 5, 2013.
“The poster went up Saturday sometime in the midafternoon,” said Jenkins. “It was very short notice.”
When Jenkins was approached by three or four residents who were concerned, he went to Resi-dence Life and talked with Joseph Pryba, Assistant Resident Direc-tor, about the matter.
According to Jenkins, Pryba stated that there was a miscom-munication between the contrac-tor and the college. Residence Life was unaware that the con-tractor was required to post a no-tice as soon as the contract was agreed upon, so the notice went up before Residence Life had a chance to send the residents an informational email.
“It seemed sort of sudden,” said Michael Collins, who is a second floor resident of Gibbons Hall. “We got an email after they posted a notice.”
According to the email sent out by Residence Life, the contractor and the facilities department at the college assured students that they would be safe living in the building during operation.
Mike Smith and Joe Laino, first floor residents of the build-ing, commented the idea of the removal happening while stu-dents still occupied the building.
“The barrier was a bit im-promptu,” said Laino. He also added that the workers looked experienced and did a good job during the removal.
Smith, however, had different thoughts.
“It was a bit disconcerting,” said Smith.
The asbestos removal process occured at Gibbons Hall over Easter break. JOHN JANITZ
Volume 81 Issue 28The Chronicle April 9th, 2013ArtsB12 Saint Rose Camerata's 10th Anniversary Celebration Finale Gala
By LAUREN HALLIGANFeatures Editor
The college's faculty chamber ensemble in residence, The Saint Rose Camerata, will soon be clos-ing their 10th anniversary season, with a finale concert held at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 13 in the Picotte Recital Hall at Massry Center for the Arts. The event is free and open to the public.
The camerata was formed in 2003 by The College of Saint Rose music faculty after years of informal faculty concerts and a group consensus to start a cham-ber music series.“The ensemble was created to provide a cultural arts center of classical chamber music for The College of Saint Rose community and the Capital Region,” according to the Cam-erata’s official website.
The ensemble is led by Dr. Yvonne Chavez Hansbrough, As-sociate Professor of Music as well as Founder, Director, and Flutist of The Saint Rose Camerata.
For the past 10 years, The Saint Rose Camerata has performed a series of classical chamber mu-sic annually, with programs of diverse styles, from both the ba-roque to modern eras.
As described on the group’s website, “The members of the en-semble perform recognized mas-terpieces, unfamiliar gems and newly written works.”
In their fifth and final concert of the year, “Dover Beach” for baritone and string quartet by Samuel Barber will be performed by a quintet, and will serve as the finale recital's program opener.
Second, since the Camerata’s entire 2012-2013 concert sea-son has been a tribute to Claude Debussy’s 150th Birthday, with performances of five favorite De-bussy compositions, the final will be his iconic “Prelude to the Af-ternoon of a Faun.”
In addition to the traditional classical music, this year’s finale will also include a taste of the rock and roll king, Elvis Presley,
as depicted by Assistant Profes-sor of Double Reeds, Sherwood Wise.
“Dead Elvis,” for solo bassoon and chamber ensemble written by living composer Michael Daugh-erty is the “allegory of an Elvis impersonator,” as Wise described it.
Wise will be dressed in a white, gold embellished Elvis costume for this number, while playing the song on bassoon. He has been practicing the piece since August.
Though the music frequently calls for Elvis's vibrato style, Wise clarified “The piece, for the most part, doesn't sound like El-vis Presley music,” as it is meant to be a parody-piece with exag-geration of iconic elements of Elvis.
Hansbrough teaches the unique composition in her music history class, and recognized that “It's something the students love.” Al-though it's different from the typi-cal Camerata cover, Hansbrough saw it fit to perform something that students are enthusiastic about.
Last on the program is a clas-sic by Aaron Copland, entitled “Appalachian Spring Suite” for 13 players, a large performance group for the Camerata.
Hansbrough said she had been wanting to have the Camerata perform “Appalachian Spring” for a long time. A 25 minute long composition, originally to accom-pany ballet, “I thought the season finale of our 10th anniversary season would be perfect timing.”
With the Copland and Debussy piece requiring more than 10 in-struments each, the program calls for 21 players total, a high for the Camerata, which usually plays in small trios or quartets.
Music Industry professor Sean McClowry will be making his debut performance with the Cam-erata, playing double bass on “Dead Elvis.”
Saturday's performance will also be a debut for Woodrow Bynum on baritone, David Ci-
ucevich on clarinet, and Charles Reader on percussion.
A rare occurrence, student violinist Diana Ortiz will be per-forming with the Camerata on “Appalachian Spring,” which calls for four violin parts. Ortiz was requested by name by Hans-brough, who had previously seen her perform in student recitals.
A junior, Ortiz is honored to be playing with the Camerata at this performance, at which she will play violin on “Appalachian Spring” alongside her profes-sor, Amanda Brin. Thrilled to be playing with professionals as a student, Ortiz said, “The Saint Rose Camerata is characterized by their delicate, sensitive and
magic performances. The musi-cians of this chamber group are very passionate and serious in what they do,” noting that every concert is a unique experience.
A handful of professional mu-sicians will be guests to the Cam-erata's line-up Saturday as well.
A first for the Camerata, a har-monium will be played Saturday night by Dan Foster, a guest who has performed with the group in the past.
Although Wise's flashy cos-tume may cause him to steal the show Saturday evening, through-out the program, “Everybody gets their moments to shine,” he said.
Looking back on the season so far, “The audiences have been
wonderful,” said Hansbrough, noting that they've filled the Massry concert hall with over 350 people.
A free reception sponsored by the Music Department will be held in lobby after the concert, at which the musicians will be able to mingle with the audience.
The Saint Rose Camerata, generously funded by college’s School of Arts and Humani-ties and the Music Department, invites all to attend the finale concert Saturday and view their website at www.SaintRoseCam-erata.org for more details about the group and their upcoming performances.
Blues Legend B.B. King Coming to Saint RoseBy LAUREN HALLIGANFeatures Editor “The King of Blues,” the leg-
endary B.B. King, will be per-forming at Saint Rose at a black tie gala to celebrate the fifth anni-versary of its acclaimed Massry Center for the Arts.
The sold-out benefit concert, titled, “An Evening with B.B. King,” will be held on Sunday, April 14 to a limited audience of 400 in the intimate Kathleen Mc-Manus Picotte Recital Hall.
B.B. King has received 15 Grammy Awards over the past 50 years and has become an iconic and influential blues legend in the music world. He has previ-ously given performances at the White House, The Olympic Games, and the Vatican.
King is known for the smooth and seemingly vocal tone that comes from his guitar Lucille, as he has affectionately referred to each of his guitars since the 1950s. His unmatched guitar skills have been influential upon a countless number of famous players, such as Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Jimi Hendrix, Otis Rush, Johnny Winter and Albert King.
In planning this monumen-
tal Saint Rose event, “We sent limited notices to our long time sponsors and supporters of the Massry Center and the College of Saint Rose, knowing that de-mand would be high for this con-cert,” said Massry Center for the Arts Programming Manager, Sal Prizio. “Through the enthusiastic response from sponsors and Hon-orary Committee we sold-out the concert in under a month.”
Co-chairs Julie Massry Knox and Murray C. Massry put forth great effort with a volunteer com-mittee to raise corporate sponsor funding support to bring B.B. King to the Massry Center for this special performance.
The presenting sponsor for the evening, donating $25,000, is Tri City Rentals, which owns and manages apartment communities in the area.
Other important sponsors for the event are Nigro Companies, St. Peter’s Health Partners, The Albany Academies, BBL Con-struction Services, The Clore-Kelly Group, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Franklin Hospital-ity Group, Kimberly Sanger Jones and E. Stewart Jones, Jr., and The University at Albany Foundation.
Although numbers have not yet been calculated, “we will net
a significant amount of money,” Prizio reported.
That money will be used to provide quality programming and educational programming at an affordable cost to the Saint Rose community and the area for the next years to come. The funds from this concert will be divided over the next few years to maxi-mize the impact of the funds for the Massry Center.
Sponsorship levels for the fun-draising event are cleverly titled “Rock and Roll Blues Sponsor,” “Beale Street Blues Sponsor,” “Mississippi Soul Sponsor,” and “Delta Blues Sponsor.”
A reception for attendees will be held prior to the performance with cocktails and gourmet hors d’oeuvres, as well as a post-con-cert coffee and dessert reception held in the Massry building.
“When you take a great venue like the Massry Center and add a worldwide name like B.B. King, the enthusiasm for this event was overwhelming and businesses were quick to add their support,” said Prizio.
There will be a free live streaming for students in the Lal-ly Symposium as an opporutunity for students who otherwise could not attend.
April 9th, 2013 Volume 81 Issue 28 The ChronicleArts B13Student Talk Show TTYL Focuses News for Today’s Youth
By CHRIS SURPRENANTArts Editor
The popular texting acronym TTYL (Talk To You Later) is now more than just a way to end a con-versation. New youth-oriented talk show, TTYL, tackles national and world issues, as well as for-aying into celebrity gossip and pop culture.
While the show covers an ar-ray of topics, its main function is to educate. From local to national politics, as well as community happenings, TTYL hopes that its youthful approach to news draws in a younger audience that might otherwise be left in the dark.
“The goal of this show is to talk about politics, current events, and pop culture and relate it to our audience. We want people to know what’s going on in the world,” said Ayana Stafford, producer of TTYL.
R e c e n t l y , members of the show played the role of so-cial advocates, visiting Mal-com X Shabazz High School in Newark, NJ. The high school had had a bad reputation for a while, but it has undergone a myriad of changes in terms of curriculum and atmosphere. TTYL’s rally was a way for students to show their side of the story and take pride in their school. The rally was a re-cent feature on the show, one of many different topics the group discusses.
“We talk about everything, from when the Trayvon Martin case was in the news, presidential elections, to Beyonce. It’s really a wide range of topics,” said Paige Desorbo, a junior Communica-tions student at The College of Saint Rose.
Desorbo, 21, is one of the four main hosts of TTYL. Being part of a television show is some-
thing that has always been one of Desorbo’s dreams. “I’ve al-ways loved broadcast and news-anchors, and I’ve always thought that that’s such a cool job and felt that I could do that.”
Desorbo is currently a model with Wilhelmina and has always been modeling since she was four years old. She has always been in a position of interacting with the public. When she was asked to join TTYL, it seemed like a per-fect match.
“When I was in high school, I always volunteered to do speech-es when everyone else would get nervous. I feel like that’s where I shine rather than fold. I’ve al-ways kind of had it in me,” De-sorbo said.
Producer Ayana Stafford said of Desorbo;“She always shows up for every shoot, she’s al-ways on time, and she always has a great at-titude, so she’s made for this life.”
One of the show’s other hosts, Brielle Smith, has also found TTYL to be the perfect
outlet for her own ambitions. “I can tend to have an outgoing per-sonality and it really comes out when I'm on camera. I'm very talkative in person, so being a host where I'm discussing dif-ferent topics is perfect for me,” Smith said.
Being a show targeted towards young women in their 20’s, TTYL incorporates a variety of social media into their broadcasts. After the show airs Mondays in New-ark, it is posted to its YouTube channel, Leopard Stripes. Aside from being syndicated online, TTYL engages with its viewers through its Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages. To make viewers feel like they are a part of the show, a blog question of the day is asked, and the title of
MVP (Most Valuable Person) is awarded with each broadcast.
“I think that social media 100 percent helps. I feel like our audi-ence wouldn’t really see the show because it doesn’t air here [out-side of Newark]. We definitely get our audience from social me-
“The goal of this show is to talk about
politics, current events, and pop culture
and relate it to our audience. We want
people to know what’s going on in the world.”
Ayana Stafford
dia,” Desorbo said. The focus on youth culture is
something that Desorbo and her co-hosts think separates it from the rest of the talk show circuit. Smith perhaps summed it up best, stating, “There isn't a show where the opinions of young women are
valued. Society doesn't want to hear what young people have to say, but we're the ones controlling music, social media, fashion, and making certain trends popular. I believe TTYL is what's needed right now in television.”
The cast of the youth-oriented talk show TTYL (left to right): Shalekiah Monique, Vanessa Contreras, Brielle Smith, and Paige Desorbo.
COURTESY OF LEOPARD STRIPES PRODUCTIONS
Paige Desorbo and Brielle Smith at one of the many functions covered by TTYL.COURTESY OF LEOPARD STRIPES PRODUCTIONS
Volume 81 Issue 28The Chronicle April 9th, 2013ArtsB14Evil Dead Pays Tribute to the
Original Film While Blazing Its Own By M. WILLIAM SMITHStaff Writer
I recently had a conversa-tion with a few friends in which we discussed what some of the best film trilogies of all time are. There were some obvious ones; some said Lord of the Rings, oth-ers were big fans of Christopher Nolan’s Batman, still others nom-inated Toy Story for their pick. All great choices, but mine would most likely come down to the original Star Wars trilogy, Sergio Leone’s “Dollars Trilogy,” and Sam Raimi’s incredible master-pieces of horror, comedy, action, and gore, Evil Dead.
Evil Dead is a franchise that has been near and dear to my heart for a number of years, and each installment (1981’s The Evil Dead, 1987’s Evil Dead 2, and 1993’s Army of Darkness) does new things with the series, each going for a different tone that cre-ates a wildly erratic, ridiculously fun time. To film a remake of such a beloved film as The Evil Dead (in my opinion, the strongest of the franchise, and one of the best horror movies ever made) is an
incredibly risky move, as it sets a director up for perjury from hor-ror fans if it doesn’t live up to ex-pectations.
This isn’t the same as film-ing a remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street or Friday the 13th; there are so many terrible movies in those franchises already, one more won’t make a difference. But Evil Dead is, in my opin-ion, the holy grail of horror fran-chises, and I was as worried as anyone that the remake couldn’t live up to the series’ reputation of bloody, irreverent mayhem.
Well, worry not! Evil Dead may not live up to the heights of the original films (to expect it do so would be asking for too much), but it is wildly fun and occasion-ally great. Though Sam Raimi’s distinctive touch is sorely missed, Alvarez proves himself more than capable of taking the franchise in a new direction. Evil Dead takes the series back to its roots, aiming to be a scary update more in line with the original film, rather than a cartoonish joyride of one-liners like the later sequels offered.
What surprised me throughout the film was in how many original
ideas Alvarez was able to bring to the table. The film does pay tribute to the original film on a number of occasions (and there’s at least one tribute to Evil Dead 2, as well), but the film is weak-est when it spends too much time revering the old. It is the newer aspects of the film that make it work as well as it does.
Alvarez creates new, tense situations with characters far removed from the ones in the original film (and most of them are actually far more developed characters, as well). Still, there isn’t a single character in the film that holds the film together quite like Bruce Campbell’s iconic Ash Williams. The acting is oc-casionally flat in the beginning of the film, but at a certain point, all the actors really need to do is
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Jane Levy (left) and Shiloh Fernandez (right) star in Fede Alvarez’s Evil Dead.
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get scared, run, or act possessed, so it doesn’t really matter after a while.
But the real star of the film is the visual effects team. Very little CGI was used in the film, with Alvarez instead relying on old-school prosthetics, make-up, and good old-fashioned gore. Raimi’s original film is a masterwork of craftsmanship in this department, and it’s rare to see the studio blockbuster film that does away with CGI almost entirely. Part of what makes Raimi’s original tril-ogy great is its independent spirit, the idea that filming consisted of Raimi, Campbell, a camera, a house, and some buckets of blood. This being a studio-pro-duced remake, that spirit is un-derstandably lost in the process, but Alvarez makes up for it with
his own spirit. It’s clear in every frame of the film that Alvarez loves the original, and wants to do right by the franchise. By that standard, I’d say he succeeded.
Evil Dead is a gory, intense, fun time that acts as a fine succes-sor to the original trilogy while blazing out on its own distinctive path (and ironically, the remake of an old Sam Raimi movie might just be better than the movie Sam Raimi came out with this year, Oz the Great and Powerful). I’ll be eager to follow this iteration of the franchise wherever it ends up, and who knows? Maybe this will get the unfamiliar to seek out the original film, they’ll fall in love with it, and we’ll get a whole new generation of movie geeks. We could always use a few more, you guys. JOIN US!
April 9th, 2013 Volume 81 Issue 28 The ChronicleArts B15Hannibal: NBC’s Best Show in Years
Tasty New Drama Serves Up Chills…Among Other Things By ANDY GILCHRISTStaff Writer
America is obsessed with seri-al killers. Throughout history, we have been shocked and horrified by the acts they commit, but sim-ply can’t look away when we hear about them. They may be infa-mous, but they’re still celebrities. Creatures like Ted Bundy, Ted Kaczynski, John Wayne Gacy, and David Berkowitz have been elevated to symbolic status for their horrific crimes and their eventual downfalls. Ulti-mately, there is a sense of com-fort in know-ing that these monsters have been captured and satisfac-tion in knowing that they will be punished for their deeds.
Stories of such beasts and the police who hunt them have been prevalent and popular in the media for decades. For its new series Hannibal, NBC has gone back to the well and back to basics to tell the story of pop culture’s most fascinating serial killer: Hannibal Lector. In a year that has already seen the debut of serial killer shows The Follow-
ing and Bates Motel, Hannibal separates itself by its beautifully twisted direction and cinematog-raphy and its superior on-screen performances. Despite, or per-haps because of, its often extreme violence, this new iteration of the Hannibal Lector story more than holds its own against other televi-sion shows and more importantly, it serves as a worthy successor to the books and films these charac-ters are best known for.
Based on the novel Red Drag-on, by Thomas Harris,
Hannibal serves as a prequel to the Lector saga, but updates the story to the present day. Criminal profil-er Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) is brought out of early retirement by Jack Craw-ford (Lawrence F i s h b u r n e ) , head of behav-ior sciences at the FBI. Will
has a bizarre gift to empathize with every person, even murder-ers. He can analyze a crime scene and know the motivations of the killer, recreating the crime in his head in brutal detail. But this ability is also a curse, for no one could possibly imagine what hap-pens in his mind, the extreme lev-
els of fear and horror his imagina-tion brings him on a daily basis.
Crawford needs someone to keep Will in check, someone to make sure he doesn’t go off the deep end. Enter Hannibal Lec-tor (Mads Mikkelsen), respected psychiatrist and secretly the most dangerous psychopath of them all. Lector agrees to psychoana-lyze Will and follow him a bit into the field, where he immedi-ately begins to manipulate all the pieces on the board. It is inevita-ble that Will and Lector will clash and that eventually only one will be left standing, but until then, their collaborations and confron-tations as they hunt down lesser villains will make for thrilling television.
If all you know of Hannibal Lector is the classic 1991 film adaptation of The Silence of the Lambs, you won’t even recognize this version. We’re years away from Clarice Starling entering the FBI academy, let alone hunting down Buffalo Bill, so don’t ex-pect to see her anywhere. Instead, we have Will Graham, a man on the edge who’s just a step away
from becoming just crazy as those he hunts. Dancy plays him to al-most schizophrenic perfection, a man who clearly wants to help those in need, but is constantly terrified of what this will do to him. Mikkelsen, meanwhile, is a much different Lector than An-thony Hopkins, yet is just as evil. Even though the audience knows he is the worst killer of them all, the show only hints at it rather than stating it outright. Lector is never seen killing anyone, but is seen preparing and eating several meat-filled dishes, one in particu-lar right after another body is dis-covered.
The direction and cinematog-raphy of this very violent series also puts it above the rest. While many crime shows simply show blood being spilled without any substance behind it, Hannibal slows things down and takes a different approach. There is an almost artful way that violence is shown, which can be attributed to the depth of madness in the show’s villains. While Hannibal has more violence than almost anything else on TV, which makes
it often difficult to watch, the way it is presented is so striking that you often can’t take your eyes off the screen, no matter how badly you want to.
But the most incredible piece of the show is the inside of Gra-ham’s mind. At a crime scene, flashes of light move across his eye line as he removes other po-lice officers and CSIs, then the corpses, and recreates the crime in all its gory detail. He watches as the victims are struck down and die slowly, narrating it to anyone who is listening back in the real world. Graham’s mind is incred-ibly perceptive and advanced and seeing inside it is truly unlike anything ever seen on television.
NBC’s newest series Hannibal is the latest in a long line of serial killer-centric shows, but proves itself better than most due to its incredible talent and performanc-es in front of and behind the cam-era. Though the books and films have already told us how the story will end, getting there will make for one of the most exciting and captivating rides on network television.
Campus Playlist Compiled by Staff Writer Lauren Sears.
The Chronicle will be asking students around campus what songs they
currently are listening to:
1. “Suit and Tie” by Justin Timberlake featuring Jay-Z. Amal Tlaige likes this song because, “It’s a pretty good song to jam out to!”
2. “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore. It’s a personal favorite song right now because it is fun and one can work out to this song.
3. “Yeah” by Usher feat. Lil John and Ludacris. This throwback is being listened to by Chris Joseph because “I can groove to it!”
“For its new series Hannibal, NBC has
gone back to the well and back to basics to tell the story of pop culture’s most
fascinating serial killer: Hannibal Lector.”
Andy Gilchrist
Hugh Dancy (left) stars as profiler Will Graham. Mads Mikkelsen (right) stars as the titular Dr. Hannibal Lector on NBC’s newest series, Hannibal.
Volume 81 Issue 28The Chronicle April 9th, 2013ArtsB16Kickin’ It With KJ: WOLF Edition
By KEVIN JACOBStaff Writer
Welcome all to another amazing edition of Kickin’ It. This week not much has released besides Tyler, The Creator’s WOLF album. Besides reviewing that, I’m going to review an album that I’ve been listening to quite a bit of lately—Kid Cudi’s Man on the Moon II for a little bit of a throwback for you guys. Let’s get into it.
Tyler, The Creator: WOLFLet me start off this review by
stating that Tyler, The Creator is my dude. Defi nitely not the best rapper, but to me, Tyler is one of the more entertaining ones out there doing it today. My freshmen year I caught onto the OF wave and heard Tyler’s fi rst album BASTARD. In my teenage angst it fi t right in, and after letting it sit with me for a while, I found out that his second album, GOB-LIN would be coming out that year. Again, for the time period I was in, GOBLIN got me through some pretty tough times. Now we fi nd ourselves two years later. Ty-ler’s long awaited album WOLF is fi nally out. And it’s great.
Where BASTARD and GOB-LIN both were really hyped-out and anger-fi lled albums, Tyler
has kind of chilled out on WOLF. His emotions aren’t nearly as all over the place, and not only has his rapping gotten better, but the production has improved amaz-ingly. WOLF starts out with its self-titled intro and you can al-ready tell that this album’s going to be good.
Then we have “Jamba,” which sounds a little Cool Kids-infl u-enced and Hodgy Beats ripping his guest verse. Next we get “Cowboy,” a personal favorite of mine, and tracks such as “An-swer,” “48,” and “Rusty” are all great tracks. Tyler even makes his own version of Eminem’s “Stan” with Colossus which is kind of creepy but very detailed. For me, “Lone” is the best song on the album. It shows Tyler at his
most vulnerable, talking about the death of his grandmother who died of cancer last year. Its jazzy beat is very grandiose in a sense. It’s the perfect fi nale to the album.
The only songs I wasn’t fully into were “Awkward” and “Domo 23,” but besides that, the album is pretty fl awless. Upon hearing the album, besides a very few select albums, this one makes you actu-ally feel something when listen-ing to it, whether it be anger, joy, sadness, etc. I haven’t heard an album in a while that’s made me feel that way when listening to it. WOLF will not only be Tyler’s breakthrough album to the main-stream, but it’s one of my favorite records so far this year. Do your-self a favor and check it out.
Rating: 10/10
Throwback Album of the Week—Kid Cudi: Man on the
Moon IIThis album was vastly under-
rated. After the success of Man on the Moon I, fans expected more of the same, but Cudder took a bit of a left turn and was a bit more emotional on this one. It was a dark album, and many didn’t like that, but I for one loved it. Cuts like “Maniac,” “Ghost!” and “Mr. Rager” are amazing, and the eerie
production makes the songs sound even more dangerous. “Don’t Play This Song” challenged his fan base to accept him without the drugs that he endorsed. This album had Cudder baring his soul and revealing pretty much all of his demons. You started to under-stand him more, in a sense. The best track on here,“The End,” had not only Cudi, but Chip Tha Rip-per and GLC at their fi nest hour. They all spit fi re on that track.
In the end, this was a great al-bum, and if you missed out on it when it fi rst came out, you should
go check it out because this is true art right here, and Cudi’s new al-bum, Indicud, is set to be released in the next couple weeks. Get hyped, because it’s sure to be a banger.
Rating: 9/10
That’s all we have this week for Kickin’ It. I have no idea what’s supposed to be coming out besides Indicud in the next couple weeks. But we’ll have to wait and see. Until then, keep lis-tening and reading. Peace.
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Kicking Up the Dirt Under A Great Big Pile of Leaves
By STEPHANIE VAUGHANContributing Writer
This interview is abridged. Full interview available at www.
strosechronicle.com After chatting with members
Pete Weiland, Tucker Yaro, Mat-thew Fazzi, and Tyler Soucy for a short time, it became clear that they have a go-with-the-fl ow out-look on life which seems to be working out pretty well for them. Drawing infl uences from Green Day’s Dookie, Weezer’s The Blue Album, along with bands like The Beatles and The Beach Boys, A Great Big Pile of Leaves’ melodic tunes have earned them spots on major tours, along with a strong and growing fan base. At the end of the day though, they re-ally want you to give their band a chance to make you happy.
The Chronicle:You’ve played tours with some big name artists like Motion City Soundtrack, Say Anything, and Hellogoodbye, yet you’ve also done plenty of smaller tours. What are some of the similarities and differences between larger and smaller scale shows that people might not real-ize?
Fazzi: Every show you get a different crowd. For example, [playing] college shows could be really hit or miss with the energy that you get back from people. Sometimes [there are] people that are already in the scene who go to shows and are excited to see live music. Sometimes you get a college crowd where it’s like, “Oh there’s a band playing, I just showed up, I don’t really care and I’m just hanging out with my friends.”
Fazzi: It’s a difference, too, if we are the headliner for the show or if we are the opening band. Every situation is just a little bit different from the next. When you’re the opening band, you are trying to win over new people. When you’re the headliner, [you hope] there are some people who are already stoked about the band and then it’s a different kind of energy, you get a little extra pumped to play for those people.
The Chronicle: How do you feel about online services such as Spotify and Pandora?
Fazzi: It’s a double-edged sword. The royalty rate sucks on Spotify, it’s terrible, it’s not artist friendly. [However,] the idea that Spotify has all this really cool music that you maybe can’t even fi nd other places is a really neat part of it.
Yaro: People are just cruising around [online]. If they stumble across us, it’s not an opportunity for them to get it free where they otherwise would have paid for it, but the percentage of people do-ing that is so small. I feel like the majority of people are just stum-bling across our music, so we do benefi t from that.
The Chronicle: When people are on Spotify or in a record store and they come across your album, why should people choose to lis-ten to your music over everything else out there?
Fazzi: Everyone has a different fl avor and the hope is that they like our fl avor. Our fl avor hap-pens to be happy rock music. We are a fun, nostalgic feeling happy rock band!
The Chronicle: Would you then encourage people to continue buying physical music or is there another platform you feel is more benefi cial to you as the artist?
Yaro: It all works for us. Our biggest returns are always going to be direct digital sales, that’s going to be our highest profi t margin. I think bands make the most money from fans coming to shows. Money aside, you want people to be listening to your band.
Fazzi: A general exchange of energy is good, whatever that might be. If they go steal the re-cord, then so be it; it happens. Hopefully, they’ll be pumped enough to come out to a show and buy a shirt or even come up and give us a high fi ve and say “Hey, I stole your music and I like it and I paid to get in,” or something.
April 9th, 2013 Volume 81 Issue 28 The Chronicle C17Opinion
By KATHERINE BAKAITISStaff Writer
I love New York, but there is something seriously wrong with this state. Perhaps it is just the people running it (which it defi-nitely is), but we are all floating in a sea of corruption because our ethical ship has sunk. We all know that corruption in government is not limited to New York, but we probably possess some strong magnet that attracts scandal at every turn. State Senator Mal-colm Smith and his accomplices are not even a recent example of this corruption crisis! Just two days after Senator Smith was ar-rested last Tuesday, two NYS As-sembly men were also detained for similar charges! A New York City prosecutor said that political corruption in the state "is indeed rampant." Indeed it is!
Malcolm Smith, who has served at times as the state Sen-ate’s Majority and Minority Leader since becoming a sena-tor in 2000, was arrested in his Queens home at 6:00 a.m. Tues-day morning. Republican New York City Councilman Dan Hal-loran and four other political fig-ures were also arrested with him.
Here is what happened: Sena-tor Smith wanted to run for the NYC mayor on the Republican ticket, but since he is an IDC member in the Senate (a Demo-crat), he needed approval from five prominent Republican lead-ers in the five borroughs of New York City. This is where the brib-ing comes in. $80,000 in cash was promised or paid to Bronx County Republican Party Chair-man Joseph Savino, and Queens County Republican Party Vice Chairman Vincent Tabone, who were both arrested last Tuesday. A criminal complaint said that in
meetings with a cooperating wit-ness and an undercover FBI agent posing as a wealthy real estate de-veloper, Smith agreed to bribe the five Republican leaders.
"These are very serious alle-gations that, if true, constitute a clear betrayal of the public trust. As a result of these charges, I have made the decision to strip Senator Smith of his committee assignments and of his confer-ence leadership position," said IDC Leader Jeff Klein. "By par-ticipating in the alleged scheme, Senator Smith breached the trust of the Independent Democratic Conference. I trust that the U.S. attorney's office will act expedi-tiously to resolve this matter and to ensure that justice is served," Klein's statement continues. "Fi-nally, given the level of criminal-ity alleged, I believe that Senator Smith should seriously consider whether or not he can continue to effectively serve his constitu-ents."
Here are the real damages broken down: The charges were bribery, wire fraud, and extortion. Along with Senator Smith and Daniel Halloran III, two Repub-lican Party leaders from Queens and the Bronx, Vincent Tabone and Joseph Savino; and two of-ficials in Spring Valley, a village in Rockland County, were also accused. Locations of the act in-cluded steakhouses, hotel rooms, parked cars and even Smith’s Al-bany office. And it was all for bal-lot access, a road project, a com-munity center, politicians’ votes, and party endorsements.
Now on to the latest embar-rassment: the NYS Assembly. Last Thursday, Assemblyman Eric Stevenson was arrested in a bribery investigation in which an-other state assemblyman, Nelson Castro, co-operated against him.
Stevenson and four businessmen were charged in part with con-spiring to pass a bill in the state legislature to protect a new Bronx adult center from competitors for three years to give the center a monopoly against other facilities that might want to offer meals, so-cial activities and supervision for the elderly and disabled. What?! Castro, another Bronx Democrat, notified Assembly Speaker Shel-don Silver that he was resign-ing Thursday. Silver called for the resignation of Stevenson as well, saying the charges he faced would be a "clear violation of the public trust and cannot be toler-ated."
"The allegations of public cor-ruption by city and state officials revealed this week are appall-ing," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday. "New Yorkers deserve a government that is as good as the people it serves and the events of the last few days fail this and every standard of public service." Spot on, Governor.
Although all of this corrup-tion is horrible, the fact that these wrong-doers (even if they are public officials) are being caught and prosecuted is just another ex-ample of our Democracy at work. If we were in Russia right now, or any other Semi-Authoritarian state, this would be a daily norm and there would be no punish-ment. Nevertheless, there is no denying that we are all in a hid-eous mess right now in New York. But just remember this: not all politicians are slime balls who only work to satisfy their own greed, some (however small that amount may be) actually work for us, the people.
Twitter is better than Facebook for obvious reasons. The first rea-son being that tweets can be sent from anywhere, the second rea-son being that twitter is instant, and the final reason being that twitter gives access to people like celebrities that the average per-son would not have had before.
During Superstorm Sandy, cell towers were down for days. One of the only ways people discovered important informa-tion was via Twitter. Twitter can be accessed as long as there is a Wifi connection available. EMS and first responders and govern-ment officials could post impor-tant information within seconds! This helped millions of people throughout the storm.
My close friend lives in Bab-ylon, Long Island near Long Beach, one of the hardest hit areas besides Staten Island and the Jer-sey Shore. The only way he could communicate for two weeks was via Twitter. He did not have cell service or enough power to use Facebook. The fact I knew he was safe and okay made me an even bigger fan of Twitter.
Twitter also allows for instant interactions with family, friends, and celebrities all around the world. For example, I have three famous news reporters from the Tri-State area following me, as well as national brands.
Greg Mocker of WPIX is the most famous of the three news-casters that follow me on Twitter.
When I lived in the city, I would watch PIX 11 News everyday at 10 p.m. He is a well-known re-porter and is most famous for his segment called "On the Trail of Something Different," where every day he helps New Yorkers with problems, such as the MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority), DOT (Department of Transportation) and govern-ment issues. I started following Mocker on Twitter when I met him at a journalism event at my previous school. He has followed me since, and it is easy to inter-act with him. For example, dur-ing Sandy I wanted to know if St. John's was okay and what areas in Long Island were hit the hardest. After tweeting Mocker, I got an instant response. It relieved me to know that I found out about those areas fast. This allows me to have interactions that would be unimaginable years ago!
Twitter is also international, which allows me to communicate with my two best friends who are abroad in Paris right now.
Overall, Twitter is the clear winner in the social media game. It is fast, to the point, and in-stant. If you cannot come up with something meaningful or clever to say in less than 140 charac-ters, then Twitter is not for you. Just remember with all social me-dia sites, only accept people you know and be safe.
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Volume 81 Issue 28The Chronicle April 9th, 2013OpinionC18
By DANIELLE HEIDCAMPUMO
Saturday, April 6 2013 – UMO, Unified Mathematics Organiza-tion, embarked on their first trip to Manhattan to see the MoMath Museum. The interactive math-ematics museum was proof that mathematics can be fun. Although the museum was geared towards children, there were people of all ages using the hands-on activi-ties in the two-floor museum. The many activities included uses of cameras, video, computer sys-tems, and even building blocks. There were brainteasers that stumped some of our students and animations that enlightened us.
This field trip was great for mathematics majors, childhood education majors, and secondary education majors. Some of the activities on the top floor includ-ed a painting studio that related to polynomial function. Next to that was a computer that allowed you to manipulate 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional objects by rotating the light up knobs left and right to change the equation, which changes the shape of the object on the screen.
Even the staircase incorporates mathematics in an interesting way. The staircase was a helix of multiplication. The helix had numbers listed 1 to 100. If you pressed the ‘3’ button on one pan-el and the number 6 on the other panel, the helix would light up the number 18; same if you press the number 9 on one panel and 9 on the other, the number 81 would light up on the helix.
Once you hit the bottom of the stairs, the first thing you see is an interactive light up floor that shows light up points and spaces. The second floor is the location of the “Enigma Café” that had sev-
eral tables set up each with their own complex puzzles to solve.
The MoMath museum also had an activity for fractals where two people in individual spots stood in front of a camera that record-ed your motions. It recognized where the hands were and when projected on the wall, turned the end of the hands into tree branch-es. With different motions, the branches kept on expanding and moved with the motion of your body. There were different set-tings for the different seasons. One of the more popular ones seemed to be the spring and sum-mer setting; it must have been the flowers that were blooming on the ends of the branches.
The huge take away from this trip was both the interaction of children and adults. Upon look-ing around the museum, not only were the children engaged, but so were their parents. They were hands-on helping their kids and getting as much from the experi-ence as the children themselves.
As the day came to an end, Chris Lovell, UMO President,
made an announcement that the club had raised enough money through fundraising that we were able to make a donation to the MoMath Museum. The donation was from UMO to Dr. Joanne Powers. It is thanks to Dr. Powers and all of her help that this trip was made possible. A big thank you also goes out to Chris Lovell for orchestrating much of the de-tails that enabled this trip to hap-pen.
As the weather becomes warmer and the semester comes to an end, UMO is starting to think about the next year. There are new ideas to promote the or-ganization and fundraising op-tions. The club will be talking about elections for next semester, planning the next meeting date, and planning days the organiza-tion will meet for next semester. As always, contact us if you have any questions, suggestions, or comments about the elections or other club activities.
Last week: How many eggs can you put in an empty basket? Answer: Only one; after that, the basket isn’t empty anymore.
UMO – We’re in a New York State of Mind
UMO President Chris LovellREGINA IANNIZZOTTO
Girl 1 on bus to MoMath: “I’m not very good at protecting you.’Girl 2: “No, you’re not. I would never trust you during a zombie apocalypse.”
*Girl Sneezes at MoMath*Guy: “Did you explode?”
Guy in CCIM: “You don’t need ears. Helen Keller didn’t and she was very successful.”
Guy 1 in CCIM: “Where did this come from?”Guy 2: “I don’t know. I saw it so I threw it at you.”
Guy in CCIM: “Mind your own business Security.”Girl:: “Isn’t it their job to not do that?”
April 9th, 2013 Volume 81 Issue 28 The Chronicle D19Sports
By LAUREN SEARSStaff Writer
April 1, 2013 marked the day that most Yankees fans have been waiting for: Baseball returning to the Bronx. Opening Day is al-ways special for any team in the MLB, but for the Yankees this opening series versus none other than those Red Sox from Boston, marks a new chapter. The Bronx Bombers need to redeem them-selves following the disappoint-ing season of 2012.
This offseason, Nick Swisher, Russell Martin, and Raul Ibanez all moved on to different teams, three key players that provided the Yankees with great service over the years, suddenly gone. I’m not going to lie, I was sort of skeptical about how the open-ing series against those Red Sox would go. The injury bug that came last season continued to
Baseball is Back in the Bronxhaunt the Yankees during Spring Training. Derek Jeter is still not playing, and the Yankees need their Captain back on the field. While playing for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic, Mark Teixiera suffered a wrist injury. Curtis Granderson, another key player in the Yankee lineup, in-jured himself during a Spring Training game. We can’t forget to mention Alex Rodriguez; he is out with a hip injury until after the All-Star Break. The Yankees also gained some wonderful off-season additions to their lineup. Former Cleveland Indians des-ignated hitter Travis Hafner, and former All-Star Outfielder Vernon Wells, have joined the Yankees.
With all this being said, let’s talk about the important thing: The opening series versus Red Sox. Game one had so much potential for the Yankees. Their staff ace CC Sabathia got the start
Vernon Wells has been hitting well for the Yankees.WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
against Jon Lester. CC was ex-cellent last season, but he proved during Game one that he still needs to work on a few things. The Yankees ended up losing 8-2.
Game two had Hiroki Kuroda pitching against Clay Bucholz. Kuroda only lasted two innings, due to a line-drive hitting his fingers, which gave him a con-tusion. After Kuroda’s injury, it went downhill for the Yankees. Their bullpen isn’t as strong as it has been in years past. The bull-pen gave up three runs in the third inning and another run in the sev-enth inning. Clay Bucholz had a strong outing, which propelled the Sox past the Yankees.
Game three, which was played Thursday, was the game I was looking forward to the most for
two reasons: 1. Andy Pettite was pitching, and 2. The Yankees needed to come back and prove themselves. Andy Pettite got the start for the Yankees, while the new off-season addition for the Red Sox, Ryan Dempster, got the start for Boston. The Bronx Bombers came out on fire, scoring in the seconnd inning off a deep left field single by Lyle Overbay, which brought Eduardo Nunez and Travis Hafner home. Then in the third, Brett Gardner hit a solo home run into right field. The hot hitting continued into the seventh inning when Francisco Cervelli, who was sent back down to the minor league last season, hit a solo home run to left. Andy Pet-tite had pitched brilliantly. He had a strong eight innings, and only
allowed one earned run. Whoever thought Pettite was washed up was clearly wrong. Then perhaps the best moment of the game hap-pened in top of the ninth inning, baseball’s all time saves leader, Mariano Rivera came onto the mound for the first time since tearing his ACL last May. Rivera was outstanding and earned his first save of the season. The Yan-kees finally earned their first win of the season.
Overall, the opening series left many questions unanswered. As the season goes on, the new players will adjust, and the veter-ans will come back from injury. However, I am almost positive that the Yankees will bounce back, because they aren’t called the “comeback kids” for nothing.
Andy Pettitte pitched very well for the Yankees in his first start against the Red Sox.WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
Volume 81 Issue 28The Chronicle April 9th, 2013SportsD20
By JOSHUA NATOLISports Editor
Injuries are no joke, particu-larly when they are sports related. An injury can hinder a player’s abilities for a few games, and sometimes an entire season. Just ask Ryan Harper, a starting pitch-er on the Golden Knights base-ball team. Last season in his first year as a starter, Harper suffered a torn ligament in his elbow and received Tommy John surgery, a procedure that required him to miss the entirety of this season. “I tore it in my second start last year throwing a pretty good game,” said Harper. “I threw eight and a third innings; I went out in the ninth and struck out the first guy, got two strikes on the second guy and threw a slider and felt a pop in my elbow.”
The pop was something the 22
Ryan Harper Looks to Bounce Back from Injury-year-old had never felt before. He let out a small scream which alerted the coaching staff to the problem. Harper did not think much of the injury at the time, and continued to pitch. As soon as he threw the next pitch, Harper knew something was wrong and walked off the mound.
The injury came at such a piv-otal point in Harper’s baseball career. Harper had just walked on to the team the year before as a closer. During that year, he set the school single-season re-cord for saves with 10. Being a walk-on was something Harper felt required a lot more effort than usual; “When I tried out I re-ally wasn’t expecting to make the team because I had been cut the year before as a freshman,” said Harper. “It was a weekend try-out, and I remember the last day of tryouts came and our pitching
coach brought us out to the fence and said we were just gonna run for a half hour. Not everybody was in the best of shape and he said if you have to stop running just go home. So I ran as hard as a could for a half hour and I think he saw how hard I was working that he had to keep me.”
Proving his worth is not some-thing Harper shies away from. In high school, Harper was cut from his varsity baseball team as a ju-nior. The next year, Harper was the very last player to make it. “Our coach told me I was the last person to make the team and that I might get a few scrap innings here and there and depending on how I pitched those, I might be able to pitch later on in the sea-son,” said Harper. “By the end of the season, I was his ace and a starting pitcher.”
Even though Harper pitched so
well his senior year, he was not able to pick up any scholarship offer. Baseball players usually pick up scholarship offers during their junior year of high school. This led Harper to choose The College of Saint Rose. The school has become sort of a family affair for Harper. His brother, aunt, un-cle, and several cousins all went to Saint Rose as well.
Even though the recovery from Tommy John surgery is a long journey, Harper is ready to step up to the challenge. During the course of Harper’s career, he has had to improve substantially at every level. The next level, however, will require the most improvement. Before last year’s season started, Harper took to
All-Stars Academy in the capital region to throw a bullpen session before baseball season started. “I threw for this guy who saw me throw only 50 pitches,” said Harper. “He asked me what my plans were for the summer and I said I was going to play in the Coastal Plains League and he told me after only seeing me throw 50 pitches ‘You’re not going to the Coastal Plains League, you’re going to be drafted by the end of this year.’” Those comments mo-tivated Harper even more to im-prove his pitching, not only going forward for the Golden Knights, but his future endeavors in get-ting drafted as well.
As for now though, that elbow needs to heal.
Ryan Harper moved up to the starting rotation last year. RYAN HARPER
Ryan Harper is currently on the road to recovery from Tommy John surgery after suffering an injury.RYAN HARPER
