Dining Services: Rathskeller will reopen fall term

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Concordiensis
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF UNION COLLEGE SINCE 1877
Vol. CXLIV, Issue XVI
Thu r sd ay, A pr i l 9 , 2 015
www.concordy.com
Broderick
Shea sues
city over
riot arrest
Top eBay exec will
speak at graduation
By Department of Communications and Marketing
Staff Report
CEO-designate of eBay
Devin Wenig ‘88 will be the
featured speaker at Union’s
221st Commencement, college
officials announced today.
More than 500 students in
the Class of 2015 will receive
degrees during the ceremony,
scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Sunday, June 14, on Roger Hull
Plaza. Wenig will receive an
honorary doctorate of laws degree at the ceremony.
As president of eBay Marketplaces, Wenig leads the
eBay, classifieds and StubHub
businesses globally.
He will become CEO of the
new eBay company when eBay
and PayPal separate into independent, publicly traded com-
panies later this year.
“I am very pleased that
Devin Wenig has accepted our
invitation to speak at this year’s
Commencement,” said Union
President Stephen Ainlay. “I’ve
had the opportunity to get to
know Devin during his time at
both Reuters and at eBay. As a
leader in the ever-developing
world of technological resources and a Union alumnus,
I’m certain he’ll have much to
say that will interest the Class
of 2015.”
Wenig joined eBay in September 2011 after more than 18
years at Thomson Reuters, the
global media organization.
From April 2008 to August
2011, he served as CEO of its
largest division, Thomson
Reuters Markets. In that role, he
led the global financial services
See SPEAKER page 2
By Kate Collins
News Editor
Courtesy of Department of Communications and Marketing
CEO-designate of eBay Devin Wenig ’88 will deliver this year’s Commencement address on Sunday, June 14, at 10 a.m.
$11M endowment to renovate Visual Arts
By Ben Lucas
Arts Editor
Union announced last
Wednesday a groundbreaking
renovation of the Visual Arts
building that will join together
the Yulman Theater, Henle
Dance Pavilion and Taylor
Music Center, according to a
news release from the Department of Communications and
Marketing. The renovations are
supported by an $11 million en-
dowment from the Feigenbaum
Foundation.
President Stephen Ainlay
commented, “Donald and Armand were very supportive of
the college ... they looked for
ways that their legacy would be
here forever, and we tried to
build it into a component of the
gift.”
The new Visual Arts building, which will be known as the
“Feigenbaum Center for Visual
Arts,” will result in additional
space for student and faculty
exhibitions, expanded studios
for different mediums of visual
and media arts, brand-new 2D
and 3D design labs and outdoor
sculpture and metalworking
suites. An improved, energy-efficient circulation system will
be incorporated into the building design, amongst other
building improvements.
Headed by late Union
alumni Armand and Donald
Feigenbaum, the Feigenbaum
Foundation is a grant foundation centralized in Berkshire
County, Mass., whose central
goal is stated on its website as
“[focusing] its financial assistance primarily on pursuits related to, affecting or associated
with education in technology,
engineering and management;
academic institutions and disciplines; medical institutions and
disciplines; cultural programs
and projects; community-based
See ENDOW page 12
Late at night on April 12,
2014, in the wake of Union’s
Men’s Hockey team’s Division I
National Championship win,
five students were arrested. Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy
told Union revelers through a
bullhorn that police would allow
them to party on ... but only if
celebrations remained civil.
The police stepped in when
bottles were thrown at vehicles
in the crowd of 400 to 500 people. According to McCarthy,
“most were well-behaved, but
there were a few acting inappropriately.”
Among the five students arrested was former Union student
Broderick Shea ‘16. His face
was seen bloodied in photographs, including his mugshot,
at the time of his arrest.
Close to a year later, Shea’s
lawyer, James Knox has stated
that his client plans to sue the
city over the arrest. Shea initially
faced misdemeanor charges, including resisting arrest, inciting
to riot, obstruction of governmental administration and disorderly conduct.
Shortly after announcing the
See SHEA page 3
Dining Services: Rathskeller will reopen fall term
By Song My Hoang
News Editor Emeritus
Rathskeller closed last August following a water main
break that flooded the basementlevel eatery and caused severe
damages to equipment, furniture
and merchandise. It will reopen
this fall, according to Dining
Services officials.
Student
employees
at
Rathskeller have continued to
work at Dutch Hollow or have
resigned their jobs until
Rathskeller reopens. Rathskeller
supervisors Patti Quinn and
David Wheele are currently
working at other dining locations.
In response to the temporary
closing of Rathskeller, Dutch
Hollow has added Rathskeller
favorites, such as macaroni and
cheese, to its menu. During the
winter, the Ushi Bar provided a
slider bar that was open every
weeknight, but it has been discontinued this term. Dutch Hollow hours have also been
extended on the weekends to
make up for the lack of latenight dining options after
Rathskeller closed.
Rathskeller’s planned reopening this term was delayed
due to unexpected construction
issues. General Manager of Dining Services David Gaul commented that the construction
took longer than expected because they had to address subfloor, steam pipe and water
issues as they began digging the
floor. The construction team is
currently in the process of pouring the new floor.
Gaul stated that Rathskeller
heavily relies on student employment. Rathskeller could
have opened during the last two
weeks of spring term, but Dining
Services thought it was unlikely
that students would have wanted
to work during their final exams.
“It was a very short window to
force an opening of Rathskeller,
so we wanted to wait until next
term for an opening,” explained
Gaul.
Union students should expect a grand opening of
Rathskeller in the fall term,
which will include a vendor fair.
There will be different taste
samples from vendors, such as
Monster Beverage and Sweet
Baby Ray’s products.
Gaul added that Rathskeller
has undergone renovations to
adopt a more “contemporary”
atmosphere. He has worked
closely with the architect to develop a “neat place that resemSee SKELLER page 3
We’re beautiful on the inside, too
News, page 3
Students stage a silent
protest in solidarity with a
Skidmore student.
Opinions, page 4
One student calls for racial
equality, suggesting changes to
affirmative action.
807 Union St., page 10
The Dutchmen Dip raises over
$16,000 for Union community
members battling cancer.
Arts, page 12
The Mountebanks’ “Spring
Awakening” is about much
more than just music.
Sports, page 15
The men’s ice hockey team
ended its regular season,
saying goodbye to seniors.
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Maddie Samuell & Kate Collins
Thursday, April 9, 2015 | Concordiensis
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Apartment buildings demolished after fatal fire on Jay Street
By Kate Collins
News Editor
A deadly fire in downtown
Schenectady on March 6, destroyed two Jay Street apartment
buildings, killing four people,
injuring seven others and leaving over 60 people homeless.
Apartments at 100-102 and 104
Jay St., across from City Hall,
were the addresses that were set
ablaze.
Lt. Mark McCracken of the
Schenectady Police Department
provided a detailed timeline of
the events. He said, “On March
6, 2015, at approximately 2 a.m.,
the 911 center for the county received multiple calls about a fire
at 104 Jay St. The fire eventually
spread to 100-102 Jay St. The
top two floors of both buildings
collapsed into their interiors.”
All of the deceased were
found inside 104 Jay St. Three
out of the four bodies have been
identified.
A full inspection of all 20
apartments within the complex
occurred a day before the fire,
on March 5. According to city
building
inspector
Eric
Schilling, there had been no
code violations found at 100-102
Jay St. However, 104 Jay St. had
a different owner than the other
two apartments and had an expired alarm certification. According to Schilling, this does
not necessarily mean that the
alarm wasn’t working.
In the days after the fire, the
Schenectady city counsel corporation ruled the fire an ongoing
criminal investigation. When
asked about the matter, Mayor
Gary McCarthy stated, “You
treat it as a criminal investigation until it proves otherwise.”
On the Monday after the fire,
McCarthy declared a state of
emergency for streets surrounding the site of the fire due to the
“deterioration of those buildings, which has left them in imminent danger of collapse.”
In the weeks that followed,
the Schenectady Fire Department was able to determine that
the fatal fire was accidental.
On Friday, March 20, exactly
two weeks after the fire, officials
announced that Harry Simpson,
one of the four dead, caused the
accident that started the fire.
In a news conference hosted
by city officials, Schenectady
Fire Chief Ray Senecal stated,
“The fire originated in the
fourth-floor apartment C1 in an
upholstered chair. The occupant,
Mr. Simpson, tried to remove
the chair from the apartment.
The chair at that point became
wedged in the hallway door.”
Because of this, the fire
spread quickly throughout the
apartment buildings. According
to Senecal, a window was open,
which helped provide the fire
with oxygen. Investigators were
able to uncover a lighter, cigarettes, candles and incense near
the chair in Simpson’s apartment, and one of these is believed to be the source of the
blaze.
Schenectady County District
Attorney Robert Carney added,
“We can believe that one of
those items was lit, and was
close or on top of the chaise
lounge at some point, and it
caught on fire.”
Regardless of Simpson’s
fatal mistake, he was still able to
wake up two of his neighbors,
warning them of the fire and ul-
UGC considers merger
By Matt Wu
Editor-in-Chief
Union Graduate College
and Clarkson University announced on March 2 that they
plan to pursue discussions
about merging the two institutions by 2016.
The intent of the merger is
to combine the strengths of
both schools to give students
the choice of a wider variety
of graduate disciplines and a
stronger alumni network.
Clarkson is a private, nationally ranked research university that primarily focuses
on engineering, science and
management.
These disciplines will
complement Union Graduate
programs in bioethics, healthcare management and education.
stated in a March 2 news release: “A merger would provide students of both
institutions with access to
heightened academic resources, career services and
an expanded alumni network.”
Though Union Graduate
College may change its name
to Clarkson, students will be
able to access both institutions’ academic programs.
alumni will still be able to access alumni resources.
If the possible merger occurs, the Schenectady campus
will serve as an “integrated
hub to market and administer
all graduate education,” according to Union Graduate
College.
Clarkson has campuses located all around New York
state, including locations in
Beacon, Potsdam, Saranac
Lake and New York City.
President of Union Graduate College Laura Schweitzer
stated, “The expansion of
Union Graduate College’s
Schenectady location to serve
as the administrative entity for
Clarkson’s graduate programs
would offer significant benefits to the Capital Region.”
has existed as an entity independent of Union since July
2003, so the merging of
Clarkson and Union Graduate
College will not affect Union
directly.
offered a statement about the
discussed merger of the two
institutions, saying, “We offer
our best wishes to Clarkson
University as it discusses the
incorporation of Schenectadybased graduate programs offered by Union Graduate
College under its umbrella.”
He continued, “Clarkson
is well regarded and its presence in the city will only
strengthen the array of educa-
tion opportunities in the region. We hope that the
arrangement will allow the
graduate programs that originated at Union College and
have been well nurtured by
Union Graduate College since
2003 to grow even stronger
and expand.”
Union students enrolled in
combined programs with
Union Graduate College, like
the Leadership in Medicine
Program or the combined
MBA program, may face
changes to their degrees.
Those who graduate between June 1, 2016, and June
1, 2017, will have the choice
of receiving a degree from
Union Graduate College or
Clarkson University.
Those graduating after
June 1, 2017, will receive
their degrees from Clarkson
University, not Union Graduate College.
Those enrolled in Union
Graduate College by Jan. 1,
2016, will not face any tuition
changes.
After this date, those enrolled in the graduate college
will pay Clarkson tuition.
The final decision on the
merger will be made in May,
when the Boards of Trustees
from both schools will meet
to vote.
The merger could take
place as early as Jan. 1, 2016.
timately saving their lives.
The district attorney is still in
the process of reviewing evidence for investigation, including Schenectady City Code
Enforcement records, and refused to comment on anything
other than the cause and origin
of the fire at the news conference.
Authorities still do not know
if everyone on the tenant lists for
both apartment buildings is accounted for.
When asked how the fire was
determined to be an accident and
not an act of arson, McCracken
stated, “The cause of the fire
was determined by the Schenectady Fire Department, with a
great deal of assistance from the
ATF’s National Response Team.
The joint investigation was able
to rule out arson by examining
the physical evidence, comparing it with eye-witness accounts,
video evidence and eliminating
other causes.” He added that
eyewitnesses were extremely
helpful with the investigation.
A demolition process to
bring down the destroyed apartment buildings is currently un-
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and media businesses, which provide information, analytics and
technology services to professionals in the financial services, media
and corporate markets globally, as
well as to individuals through its
consumer media arm.
From 2006 to 2008, Wenig was
chief operating officer of Reuters
Group PLC, a provider of financial
market data.
He also served on the Reuters
Board and held numerous positions in the organization, including
leading several divisions from
2003 to 2006 as president of Business Divisions.
He received a B.A. in political
science from Union and a J.D.
derway.
McCarthy estimates that it
will be “at least a year” before
the city will see redevelopment
of the property.
For the past few weeks,
crews from Jackson Demolition
have been continuously removing twisted metal, bricks and
other debris from the site.
Signs are posted on a chainlink fence surrounding the demolition site warning people that
the air contains asbestos.
The fire ultimately created a
hole in the streetscape, bringing
down one four-story and one
five-story building.
The city is paying for the
demolition of the buildings,
which is estimated to cost up to
$418,000.
On April 1, a fundraiser in
Key Hall at Proctor’s Theatre
raised about $19,000 to support
businesses that were hurt by the
fire. More than 400 people attended the event, which featured
food, live music and a raffle.
Those interested in donating
can visit the Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corp.’s
website.
from Columbia University Law
School.
Wenig serves on the boards of
March of Dimes and is a member
of the World Economic Forum’s
Young Global Leaders.
The college will also award an
honorary doctorate of letters degree to Marjorie Agosin, the
Luella LaMer Slaner Professor in
Latin American Studies and professor of Spanish at Wellesley College.
An award-winning poet,
human rights activist and literary
critic, Agosin has dedicated her
life to social causes.
She was nominated by Associate Professor of German Erika
Nelson.
Student Forum firstyear reps rearranged
to fill vacant seat
By Erin Wade
Editor-in-Chief
Student Forum’s Class of 2018
Officers have taken on greater responsibility after the seat of the
class president was left vacant
early this term.
Claire Sise ‘18, previously the
Class of 2018 vice president, will
now be serving as president, and
Ankoor Talwar ‘18, previously the
Class of 2018 secretary/treasurer,
will be serving as the vice president.
The secretary/treasurer seat
will be left vacant until Student
Forum elections occur during the
2015-2016 academic year.
Talwar stated that the presidential seat was left vacant because
the class’ original president,
Joshua Etienne ‘18, no longer attends Union.
Etienne did not respond to requests for comment.
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Maddie Samuell & Kate Collins
Apartment buildings demolished after fatal fire on Jay Street
By Kate Collins
News Editor
A deadly fire in downtown
Schenectady on March 6, destroyed two Jay Street apartment
buildings, killing four people,
injuring seven others and leaving over 60 people homeless.
Apartments at 100-102 and 104
Jay St., across from City Hall,
were the addresses that were set
ablaze.
Lt. Mark McCracken of the
Schenectady Police Department
provided a detailed timeline of
the events. He said, “On March
6, 2015, at approximately 2 a.m.,
the 911 center for the county received multiple calls about a fire
at 104 Jay St. The fire eventually
spread to 100-102 Jay St. The
top two floors of both buildings
collapsed into their interiors.”
All of the deceased were
found inside 104 Jay St. Three
out of the four bodies have been
identified.
A full inspection of all 20
apartments within the complex
occurred a day before the fire,
on March 5. According to city
building
inspector
Eric
Schilling, there had been no
code violations found at 100-102
Jay St. However, 104 Jay St. had
a different owner than the other
two apartments and had an expired alarm certification. According to Schilling, this does
not necessarily mean that the
alarm wasn’t working.
In the days after the fire, the
Schenectady city counsel corporation ruled the fire an ongoing
criminal investigation. When
asked about the matter, Mayor
Gary McCarthy stated, “You
treat it as a criminal investigation until it proves otherwise.”
On the Monday after the fire,
McCarthy declared a state of
emergency for streets surrounding the site of the fire due to the
“deterioration of those buildings, which has left them in imminent danger of collapse.”
In the weeks that followed,
the Schenectady Fire Department was able to determine that
the fatal fire was accidental.
On Friday, March 20, exactly
two weeks after the fire, officials
announced that Harry Simpson,
one of the four dead, caused the
accident that started the fire.
In a news conference hosted
by city officials, Schenectady
Fire Chief Ray Senecal stated,
“The fire originated in the
fourth-floor apartment C1 in an
upholstered chair. The occupant,
Mr. Simpson, tried to remove
the chair from the apartment.
The chair at that point became
wedged in the hallway door.”
Because of this, the fire
spread quickly throughout the
apartment buildings. According
to Senecal, a window was open,
which helped provide the fire
with oxygen. Investigators were
able to uncover a lighter, cigarettes, candles and incense near
the chair in Simpson’s apartment, and one of these is believed to be the source of the
blaze.
Schenectady County District
Attorney Robert Carney added,
“We can believe that one of
those items was lit, and was
close or on top of the chaise
lounge at some point, and it
caught on fire.”
Regardless of Simpson’s
fatal mistake, he was still able to
wake up two of his neighbors,
warning them of the fire and ul-
UGC considers merger
By Matt Wu
Editor-in-Chief
and Clarkson University announced on March 2 that they
plan to pursue discussions
about merging the two institutions by 2016.
The intent of the merger is
to combine the strengths of
both schools to give students
the choice of a wider variety
of graduate disciplines and a
stronger alumni network.
Clarkson is a private, nationally ranked research university that primarily focuses
on engineering, science and
management.
These disciplines will
complement Union Graduate
programs in bioethics, healthcare management and education.
stated in a March 2 news release: “A merger would provide students of both
institutions with access to
heightened academic resources, career services and
an expanded alumni network.”
Though Union Graduate
College may change its name
to Clarkson, students will be
able to access both institutions’ academic programs.
alumni will still be able to access alumni resources.
If the possible merger occurs, the Schenectady campus
will serve as an “integrated
hub to market and administer
all graduate education,” according to Union Graduate
College.
Clarkson has campuses located all around New York
state, including locations in
Beacon, Potsdam, Saranac
Lake and New York City.
President of Union Graduate College Laura Schweitzer
stated, “The expansion of
Union Graduate College’s
Schenectady location to serve
as the administrative entity for
Clarkson’s graduate programs
would offer significant benefits to the Capital Region.”
has existed as an entity independent of Union since July
2003, so the merging of
Clarkson and Union Graduate
College will not affect Union
directly.
offered a statement about the
discussed merger of the two
institutions, saying, “We offer
our best wishes to Clarkson
University as it discusses the
incorporation of Schenectadybased graduate programs offered by Union Graduate
College under its umbrella.”
He continued, “Clarkson
is well regarded and its presence in the city will only
strengthen the array of educa-
tion opportunities in the region. We hope that the
arrangement will allow the
graduate programs that originated at Union College and
have been well nurtured by
Union Graduate College since
2003 to grow even stronger
and expand.”
Union students enrolled in
combined programs with
Union Graduate College, like
the Leadership in Medicine
Program or the combined
MBA program, may face
changes to their degrees.
Those who graduate between June 1, 2016, and June
1, 2017, will have the choice
of receiving a degree from
Union Graduate College or
Clarkson University.
Those graduating after
June 1, 2017, will receive
their degrees from Clarkson
University, not Union Graduate College.
Those enrolled in Union
Graduate College by Jan. 1,
2016, will not face any tuition
changes.
After this date, those enrolled in the graduate college
will pay Clarkson tuition.
The final decision on the
merger will be made in May,
when the Boards of Trustees
from both schools will meet
to vote.
The merger could take
place as early as Jan. 1, 2016.
timately saving their lives.
The district attorney is still in
the process of reviewing evidence for investigation, including Schenectady City Code
Enforcement records, and refused to comment on anything
other than the cause and origin
of the fire at the news conference.
Authorities still do not know
if everyone on the tenant lists for
both apartment buildings is accounted for.
When asked how the fire was
determined to be an accident and
not an act of arson, McCracken
stated, “The cause of the fire
was determined by the Schenectady Fire Department, with a
great deal of assistance from the
ATF’s National Response Team.
The joint investigation was able
to rule out arson by examining
the physical evidence, comparing it with eye-witness accounts,
video evidence and eliminating
other causes.” He added that
eyewitnesses were extremely
helpful with the investigation.
A demolition process to
bring down the destroyed apartment buildings is currently un-
SPEAKER cont. from Cover
and media businesses, which provide information, analytics and
technology services to professionals in the financial services, media
and corporate markets globally, as
well as to individuals through its
consumer media arm.
From 2006 to 2008, Wenig was
chief operating officer of Reuters
Group PLC, a provider of financial
market data.
He also served on the Reuters
Board and held numerous positions in the organization, including
leading several divisions from
2003 to 2006 as president of Business Divisions.
He received a B.A. in political
science from Union and a J.D.
derway.
McCarthy estimates that it
will be “at least a year” before
the city will see redevelopment
of the property.
For the past few weeks,
crews from Jackson Demolition
have been continuously removing twisted metal, bricks and
other debris from the site.
Signs are posted on a chainlink fence surrounding the demolition site warning people that
the air contains asbestos.
The fire ultimately created a
hole in the streetscape, bringing
down one four-story and one
five-story building.
The city is paying for the
demolition of the buildings,
which is estimated to cost up to
$418,000.
On April 1, a fundraiser in
Key Hall at Proctor’s Theatre
raised about $19,000 to support
businesses that were hurt by the
fire. More than 400 people attended the event, which featured
food, live music and a raffle.
Those interested in donating
can visit the Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corp.’s
website.
from Columbia University Law
School.
Wenig serves on the boards of
March of Dimes and is a member
of the World Economic Forum’s
Young Global Leaders.
The college will also award an
honorary doctorate of letters degree to Marjorie Agosin, the
Luella LaMer Slaner Professor in
Latin American Studies and professor of Spanish at Wellesley College.
An award-winning poet,
human rights activist and literary
critic, Agosin has dedicated her
life to social causes.
She was nominated by Associate Professor of German Erika
Nelson.
Student Forum firstyear reps rearranged
to fill vacant seat
By Erin Wade
Editor-in-Chief
Student Forum’s Class of 2018
Officers have taken on greater responsibility after the seat of the
class president was left vacant
early this term.
Claire Sise ‘18, previously the
Class of 2018 vice president, will
now be serving as president, and
Ankoor Talwar ‘18, previously the
Class of 2018 secretary/treasurer,
will be serving as the vice president.
The secretary/treasurer seat
will be left vacant until Student
Forum elections occur during the
2015-2016 academic year.
Talwar stated that the presidential seat was left vacant because
the class’ original president,
Joshua Etienne ‘18, no longer attends Union.
Etienne did not respond to requests for comment.
SKELLER cont. from Cover
bles an English pub.” He also
held two student focus groups to
discuss new ideas for dining options and changes of the architect for Rathskeller.
The cash register will be near
the entrance and the service
counter will be located at the
back of the building. Gaul said
that the reoriented space would
create faster service for students.
Gaul also plans to hold Buzztime trivia on certain days to
create the opportunity for students to socialize with each
other.
Rathskeller will have new
additions to its menu. Gaul said
that students should expect
fresh, all-natural and no-preservatives smoothies and fruit
juices options. They are currently confirming a smoothies
vendor. The menu will also have
healthy options, and Dining
Services is trying to improve
their gluten-free, kosher and
vegan food offerings.
During the fall term,
Rathskeller will be testing a
breakfast option. There will be
quick-serve options, such as
wrapped breakfast sandwiches,
coffee, yogurt and fruit orders.
“This will hopefully help reduce
congestion during breakfast at
Dutch Hollow. There will be less
frustration on the waiting time
for students,” Gaul added.
Gaul hopes to introduce a
new afternoon bakery compoSHEA cont. from Cover
planned legal action, Knox said
that he was still open to resolving the matter with the city of
Schenectady.
About a month ago, Knox
said that he sent a letter to city
lawyer Carl Falotico “to open
the avenue of communication,”
but that the city has not been
“interested in resolving it along
the lines we would like to.” He
declined to discuss the monetary damages his client seeks.
“The negotiations have not
been productive so far,” Knox
added.
When asked about the document, Falotico described it as
a notice of occurrence, stating,
“We’re going to review it and
go from there.” Falotico was
unavailable for further comment.
On March 27, Shea filed a
federal lawsuit, naming Schenectady Police Officer Kenny
Figueroa as the main defendant. Knox has stated that
Figueroa was the arresting officer, but the legal action includes other officers who were
not named.
When asked why it has
taken a year to file a lawsuit,
Knox stated, “It’s been about
one year since this event occurred. Brody’s criminal
charges have been dismissed.
The timing is right.”
The filed complaint states
that Shea was falsely arrested
and illegally imprisoned, faced
nent to Rathskeller, since Union
already has a bakery on campus.
The Dining Services team is currently producing a list of afternoon pastries.
Rathskeller is a student
space, established on Dec. 2,
1949 by Union students and administration. It was originally a
bar but has been transformed
over the years. Gaul wants to
maintain
the
authentic
Rathskeller atmosphere, as there
are only a few colleges in the
country that have spaces like
Rathskeller. Gaul said that there
will be photographs of the old
space hanging on the walls.
The construction team also
salvaged the mural wall and the
large round table that was placed
in front of it.
Students have been anxiously awaiting the reopening of
Rathskeller, because it has always been a place for social
gatherings. Conor Carey ‘15
noted, “Rathskeller was the most
fun restaurant on campus to
hang out at. I’m sad it will reopen after I leave.”
Gaul concluded, “We are excited for Rathskeller’s reopening
as much as students are excited.
We are very grateful that everyone is so patient and understanding of it. Come this fall, when it
does open, we would love to see
what everyone thinks of the new
Rathskeller.” He encourages students to use the Dining Services
website and talk to supervisors
and managers to give feedback.
excessive force and was denied
a phone call. It states that
Figueroa violated Shea’s rights
under the Fourth and Fifteenth
Amendments by using excessive force against Shea.
The complaint states that
Figueroa shoved Shea from behind and tackled him, slamming him to the ground.
According to the complaint,
one officer was on top of Shea
as he was face down on the
concrete, and another grabbed
him by his hair and violently
smashed his head into the concrete.
Shea suffered a severe laceration on his forehead due to the
police officers’ use of force.
The laceration was allegedly
open to his bone, requiring 21
stitches to close. The impact of
Shea’s head hitting the pavement also allegedly caused a
major concussion.
Shea was handcuffed and
marched to a police car in front
of numerous bystanders with
blood streaming down his face.
He was allegedly not read his
Miranda rights or given any
reasoning for his arrest. The
complaint states that Shea
asked several times throughout
the night what the cause for his
arrest was, but Figueroa refused to answer until his arraignment.
while being processed at the
police station, Shea heard one
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solidarity with Skidmore
By Maddie Samuell
News Editor
On March 13, a collection
of about 25 Union students
gathered in Reamer Campus
Center to stand in solidarity
with Skidmore College sophomore Reina Kiefer.
As a freshman at Skidmore,
another student sexually assaulted Kiefer. Her assailant
was suspended from Skidmore
for a year after being found
guilty on three counts of sexual
misconduct. Now, one year
later, the college held a readmission hearing to decide
whether or not the student
could re-enroll.
Kiefer and a group of 100 of
her peers gathered in silence to
protest the student’s hearing. In
an interview with News 10
ABC, Kiefer stated, “The idea
of him coming back is horrifying. It’s the last thing I want.
And it’s unacceptable that the
school even considered it.”
The silent protest held at
Union was organized by
Shayna Han ‘15, Kyra DeTone
‘16, Sydney Giller ‘16 and Toni
Batha ‘17, all of whom are
members of the Committee on
Consent Education and Awareness.
of the officers refer to him as a
“long-haired faggot.”
after an hour in his cell, Shea’s
forehead wound still continued
to bleed. When he asked an officer for something to treat his
wound with, he was handed a
dirty roll of toilet paper. The
complaint states that Shea repeatedly requested to make a
phone call and was denied his
request until 6:15 a.m. His
booking process had been
around 12 a.m.
Within the complaint, it is
stated that Shea suffered lasting effects from the concussion, such as anxiety,
depression and difficulty focusing. It also states that Shea
has suffered emotional injury
from “being a criminal who,
according to the charges of the
police, had ‘incited a riot,’ a
blatant lie.”
An image of Broderick
Shea’s bloody face as he was
dragged to a police car has
made its rounds through the
local newspapers, television
and the Internet. The complaint
states that due to this, Shea has
been subjected to public scorn
and humiliation, resulting in
further emotional injury.
According to Knox, Shea
took medical leave from Union
during the spring 2014
trimester. He returned to Union
in fall 2014 but was unable to
finish the fall trimester and has
permanently withdrawn from
the college.
In a statement handed out
by the participants in the
protest, they said, “We are
standing in silence to support
Reina Kiefer, a sophomore at
Skidmore College ... Participants are wearing green to represent Skidmore’s colors. We
will be silent for 20 minutes to
represent the 20% of women
who will be sexually assaulted
while attending college. We
stand in silence because we believe that universities should
not graduate rapists.”
In addition to wearing
green, many students also carried signs with statements like,
“Don’t Graduate Rapists,” and,
“98% of Rapists Never Spend a
Day in Prison.” Students also
covered themselves in green
duct tape that read, “Rally for
Reina,” “#solidarity,” “1 in 5,”
and, “Enough is Enough.”
Krystal Edwards ‘17, a participant in the protest, stated, “I
took part in this protest because
this is a young woman fighting
for her justice, and it is a beautiful thing ... Union and Skidmore are building bridges, and
I am a strong believer in (the
idea that) injustice somewhere
is injustice everywhere. I really
hope that justice is made and
people know it’s okay to be
upset, but it’s what we do with
that anger (that matters).” She
went on to say that this protest
was the best way to channel the
anger caused by the injustice of
the situation.
After over 10 days of deliberation, it was announced on
March 26 that the student was
suspended for another two
years, meaning he could apply
for readmission to Skidmore
for fall 2017. If he had been allowed to re-enroll at Skidmore,
he would have been a member
of the Class of 2017, placing
him in Kiefer’s graduating
class. The readmission board’s
decision means that if the student were readmitted in 2017,
Kiefer would already have
graduated.
Kiefer stated that though
she is relieved her attacker will
not be returning to Skidmore
while she is enrolled, this was
not the decision she was hoping
for. She believes it is “problematic” that “sexual assault or
penetration by incapacitation is
not worthy of expulsion.”
She plans to continue raising awareness about sexual assault and hopes to reach an
audience beyond Skidmore.
Sexual assault is a prevalent
issue on college campuses, and
the fallout from sexual assault
cases where the assailant and
the victim are both students at
the institution tends to be
highly controversial.
It is not uncommon for colleges and universities to be criticized for the way they handle
sexual assault cases, and now
more and more schools are
being scrutinized for the way
they have handled these types
of investigations.
In July of 2014, the New
York Times broke a story regarding a case wherein a freshman girl at Hobart and William
Smith Colleges was allegedly
raped by a group of older boys.
The school was accused of
handling the case very poorly,
and the Times reported, “With
no advocate to speak up for her
at the disciplinary hearing, panelists interrupted her answers,
at times misrepresented evidence and asked about a campus-police report she had not
seen. The hearing proceeded
before her rape-kit results were
known, and the medical records
indicating trauma were not
shown to two of the three panel
members.”
This prompted an investigation into Hobart and William
Smith led by the federal Department of Education.
Hobart and William Smith
is one of 55 colleges and universities across the country
being investigated in order to
determine whether or not they
violated federal rules established in order to stop sexual
harassment.
Senior Associate Dean of
Students and Director of Student Conduct Trish Williams
explained the repercussions of
what would happen in the event
of a reported sexual assault involving Union students.
Williams stated, “Currently,
any such complaint is conducted by an investigator in
Campus Safety to determine
which part of the policy was violated. The students involved
are supplied information about
the proceedings at every step of
the process. All claims of sexual assault are adjudicated by a
judicial board and if found responsible, the accused will receive 10 points and may be
suspended or expelled ... Both
students are informed of the decision, and both have the right
to appeal.”
Willams continued, “If an
appeal were granted for either
of the two the reasons allowed,
it is possible that the matter
could be re-heard by another
panel. If the student was allowed to return, there is no provision for a hearing to
determine such.”
While this particular case
occurred at Skidmore College
and not Union, it had the power
to motivate Union students to
form a protest and stand in support of a student that they did
not personally know.
“Don’t stop, because people
are listening,” stated Edwards
in explaining her feelings about
the importance of the protest.
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Kimberly Bolduc & Olivia Estes
Affirmative action can encourage prejudice
Modifying policies for
younger children could
bring positive change
By Varun Shah
Contributing Writer
Affirmative action is racial
discrimination that aims — in
the long run — to abolish racial
discrimination.
An educational institution
should be free to decide the cultural composition of its community.
Therefore, if an institution
feels that this may be accomplished through affirmative action, then it is entitled to take up
that policy, no matter what people with different opinions may
think.
Let us first be sure that affirmative action does not violate
the law.
The law deems racial discrimination as illegal, but what
the law morally implies is
slightly different from what it
reads.
The moral implication, or
purpose, of this law is to ensure
that the arguably more powerful
racial majority does not discriminate against the arguably
weaker racial minorities.
Affirmative action, on the
other hand, positively discriminates for the minorities and,
therefore, does not violate the
moral implication of the law.
Now let us establish that an
educational institution has the
right to chalk out its own policy
and criteria for admission in
order to achieve its goal.
The University of Michigan
Law School used affirmative action in its admission process, as
it believed that it would ensure
“a mix of students with varying
backgrounds and experiences
who will respect and learn from
each other,” according to Grutter
vs. Lee.
Since it has been established
that affirmative action is not illegal and that it is morally well
meaning, the University of
Michigan Law School has every
right to follow this policy for accepting students.
Take Scripps College, an allfemale institution, for example.
One might argue that their
admissions policy is sexually
discriminative against males.
But we see that its policy
benefits the arguably weaker, or
commonly
discriminatedagainst sex, by discriminating
against the “more powerful” sex.
Scripps College has never
been questioned for this blatant
“sexual discrimination,” as it has
every right to choose who is eligible to avail from its educational benefits.
The main goal of affirmative
action is to allow equal opportunity to the racial minorities.
But is it really effective?
If we were to put two people
of different racial backgrounds
in a room for 24 hours, we
would assume that by the end of
that time they would be, in some
substantial way, exposed to each
other’s culture.
But if we were to put five
people of a particular race and
two people of another race together in a room for the same
time, the likely outcome would
be that each person only interacted with someone from their
own race.
This is to say that even if we
implement affirmative action,
the likely outcome would be that
people of the same race would
just intermingle with one another.
Also, in the technologically
developed world that we live in,
networking has become revolutionized to the extent that a child
sitting in India could be exposed
to a substantial amount of
African-American culture by
simply sitting behind his desktop.
While affirmative action
may be morally correct, it is ineffective and unnecessary for
exposure to different cultures.
Let’s take another analogy.
I attend Union and am aware
that it follows a policy of affirmative action.
It is only natural for me to
assume that the person sitting
next to me is not as qualified as
I am and was most likely admitted due to the color of his skin or
ethnicity.
Already, I have lost a good
amount of respect for him and
have assumed my superiority
over him (in terms of talent and
ability).
Although I may try to treat
him as an equal, I would subconsciously look at him with sympathy rather than respect.
Thus, we can see that the affirmative action policy hasn’t
proven very effective at this
level of education.
In order to bring about racial
equality, we need to put everyone on an equal platform.
Only then can we hope to
change the mindset of the
masses.
Affirmative action would be
far more effective if it were
strongly implemented in the elementary school level.
This ensures that children of
different races are exposed to
one another before they can
form any racial, preconceived
notions about each other.
By offering scholarships to
the economically needy (likely
to be the minorities), this also
ensures that children of all races
have an equal starting point.
This satisfies Friedrich
Hayek’s theory of economic
equality as a means to achieve
economic justice.
This way, everyone receives
a more or less equal basic level
of education and, more importantly, everyone is looked at as a
person rather than an ethnic
group.
Now, when applying for undergraduate schools, each student is equitably well-equipped
to tackle the admissions process.
Subsequently, when applying to law school, there will not
be as great a disparity in LSAT
scores between racial groups, as
we see today.
Affirmative action at the undergraduate or graduate level rewards effort over the value of
output.
People are rewarded simply
for trying as opposed to being
rewarded for the quality of their
output — this takes away the incentive for people to work hard.
By implementing affirmative
action at the elementary level,
we would make it equally challenging for everyone to get into
college and, therefore, reward
only value of output rather than
basic effort.
In conclusion, it can be said
that, though educational institutions have a moral right to implement admissions policies of
their choice and affirmative action is morally justified, it is
only effective when implemented in the right stage.
When implemented in the elementary school level, we ensure that an individual is
identified by his or her character
rather than color, and that everyone has an equal chance to succeed in life.
Clinton scandal won’t affect presidential bid
Emails sent from private
account, but took appropriate precautions
By Ankoor Talwar
Contributing Writer
Hillary Clinton — the only
tangible potential Democratic
presidential nominee so far —
certainly has the experience and
moxie to make a major push for
the White House come 2016.
After years of charming
America as the First Lady, a successful stint as a senator of New
York state and an intense shift as
Secretary of State, Clinton has
proven her ability in the political
battlefield.
Recently, Clinton has been
receiving quite a bit of time in
the national limelight for her run
as Secretary of State during
President Obama’s first term of
administration.
Throughout this period, she
had been sending official emails
through an account on a personal
server back at her home in
Westchester County, N.Y.
The golden rule of politics is
this: Perception is reality.
Republicans have done an
astounding job of blowing Clinton’s actions out of proportion.
Republican Senator of Iowa
Chuck Grassley even went so far
as to say that Clinton’s actions
“probably violate national security legislation.”
To determine the legality of
using private email on a private
server for official government
purposes, we need to examine
the relevant national laws.
These include the Federal
Records Act, the Freedom of Information Act, the National
Archives and Records of Administration and the U.S. Crimes
and Criminal Procedures Code.
None of these documents
state that using personal communication for such matters is a
crime, if the proper records are
kept.
Again, Clinton did keep a
record of all her email transactions, thus showing that she
never stepped outside the law.
It is worth noting that as of
2014, the Federal Records Act
was revised to mandate all government employees to transfer
personal email records to government servers within 20 days.
But, of course, this was well
after Clinton left her post as Secretary of State.
While it’s safe to say that she
didn’t actually violate any federal laws, there is an ethical argument to what Clinton’s
detractors say.
Using a personal email as
opposed to an official one is unprofessional, and that’s certainly
not how you want the most powerful person in the world, your
country’s most prominent representative, to appear.
In fact, the way Clinton said
she only used her private emails
“for convenience” may swing
voters into thinking she may not
be the strong female that she has
portrayed in the past.
However, one reason to applaud Clinton is the way she
handled this situation.
She made all the right state-
ments about security and transparency that just might foreshadow how she will handle
major crises when in office.
She has stated numerous
times that all the correct precautions were made to her server to
protect it from hackers.
Furthermore, she has expressed her desire to share her
emails with the public, even
though the Benghazi committee
has parsed through everything
and revealed only some email
interactions to the public.
The overarching question remains: how is this going to effect Clinton’s presidential bid?
Again, perception is reality.
Even though this incident
should blow by — especially in
light of the comments Clinton
made — it probably will, if only
slightly, affect her chances of
election.
She’s lucky that it is still very
early in the election cycle and
this incident won’t have the
same downward effect as, say,
when it was brought to light during the Florida primaries that
Mitt Romney was hiding millions of dollars in the Cayman
Islands.
Even New Jersey Governor
Chris Christie, a potential Republican presidential candidate,
will be further impacted by his
purported involvement in the
Bridgegate scandal back in
2013.
One thing that’s certain,
however, is that Clinton’s presidential run surely won’t be defined by this small blip from her
past.
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Angelina Jolie exemplary for
decreased importance placed
on gendered characteristics
By Olivia Estes
Opinions Editor
Angelina Jolie Pitt’s decision
to remove both of her breasts
two years ago, and now her
ovaries and Fallopian tubes has
sparked an interesting conversation around women’s health and
the importance of creating the
necessary awareness to educate
women in their medical decisions.
Breast and ovarian cancer is
caused by a mutation in the
BRCA1 gene.
New tests have become a
great resource for women with a
history of cancer in their families.
Jolie has become a spokeswoman for such women aorund
the world, suffering from this
disease.
The new gene testing to reveal the BRCA1 gene, which is
the mutation that causes breast
and ovarian cancer, has become
a great resource for women that
suspect possible cancer in their
future due to close family
deaths.
Jolie stated in The New York
Times: “I wanted other women
at risk to know about the options.”
“I promised to follow up
with any information that could
be useful, including about my
next preventive surgery, the re-
moval of my ovaries and Fallopian tubes.”
Jolie’s dramatic decision to
remove her most feminine organs has caused the onset of immediate menopause.
This has produced numerous
effects that are less than desirable, but nonetheless bearable as
an alternative to cancer.
However, just because you
carry the BCRA gene doesn’t
necessarily mean that you will
get cancer.
Jolie’s decision to remove
her organs was not simply a result of her carrying the gene, but
more because of the death of her
mother, grandmother and aunt as
a result of cancer.
The controversy over her decision is the fact that the surgery
isn’t absolutely necessary.
Has this surgery made her
less of a woman?
Are the effects worth the
criticism?
Although Jolie’s brave decision to remove her organs has
created a new awareness for
women, it has sparked a debate
about the necessity of such surgeries and the many effects that
it has.
Surgeries like this blur the
line between male and female.
The defining characteristics
that constitute a woman are becoming less obvious.
How is Jolie, then, different
from a man?
The cancer epidemic has
caused women to abandon aspects that make them a woman.
This horrid disease not only
kills, but changes identity.
Jolie is already aware of the
struggles she will face in transforming from a pre-menopause
to post-menopause woman.
The effects are undoubtedly
worth it, considering the alternative, but they definitely contribute to a new definition of
gender and what it means to be
a man and a woman.
The conversation around
gender has become increasingly
relevant as more people are
identifying as gender fluid or
transgender.
Society is becoming less
rigid in its definition of men and
women, causing Jolie’s decision
to be less shocking and more admirable.
Had this same decision been
made decades ago, Jolie would
have been ridiculed and critisized for her abandonment of
her femininity.
It is time to recognize that
gender is becoming less rigid
and more flexible.
Women’s freedom is largely
increasing and decisions such as
Jolie’s are more acceptable and
empowering.
Let us all follow in Jolie’s
example.
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China’s ambitions escalating tensions in South China Sea
By James Boggs
World Editor
In the South China Sea, a
highly contested body of water
in Eastern Asia, Chinese construction crews are hard at work
raising small, artificial islands
out of the shallow areas of the
sea.
Tasked by the government to
reclaim as much land as possible
as swiftly as possible, these
crews have already built six artificial islands on top of existing
shallow reefs in the Spratly Islands, a chain of tiny islands to
the west of the Philippines.
The islands created are
small, barely longer than 3,000
yards, but hold incredible
geopolitical meaning: they are
the latest move in an on-going
regional argument over ownership of the the Sea itself.
Regional powers in the area,
including China, Vietnam, the
Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia,
and Brunei, have for years tried
to claim ownership over various
sections of the resource-rich sea,
which contains, among other
things, plentiful oil fields and
abundant fishery potential.
China, easily the most dominant power in the area, has
slowly been winning both de
jure and de facto, through standard militaristic intimidation
tactics, illegal poaching of resources, and favorable trade
agreements.
In response, her less powerful neighbors have begun to seek
help from the international community, particularly the International Tribunal for the Law of
the Sea (ITLOS), the international body dedicated to, among
other things, authenticating territorial sea claims.
In order to confront this legal
challenge, China has begun
building up these artificial islands, as well as claiming existing islands using military force.
The precise goals of the push
are manifold, but they all end up
supporting China’s ownership of
the South China Sea in one way
or another.
Legally, the islands provide
China internationally legitimate
claims over large swaths of the
sea, giving Beijing a legal leg to
stand on.
More worryingly, they are
increasingly providing China a
platform to extend her military’s
reach. Several of the islands are
home to small airbases or naval
refueling stations, as well as
Chinese troops and planes.
The increasing military presence of China in the sea, and its
increasing ability to project
power in the area, has only escalated the already rising tensions
in the region.
Largely in response to
China’s increasing ambitions
and pressure in the region, and
adding to the mess, is the United
States’ “Pivot to Asia,” a plan by
the Pentagon to have 60% of the
U.S.’ naval power in the East
Asian area, in addition to
strengthening U.S. allies and increasing the U.S.’ soft power in
the region.
China’s actions are bold
ones, but they may pay off.
Legally, China’s claim over the
area would be on solid ground,
though certainly still quite contentious.
Militarily, China’s sphere of
influence would be greatly expanded, with the ability to fly
bombing missions over Aus-
tralia.
All of this would serve to
grant China access to numerous
resources which it could turn
into economic power in the region and abroad. It’s little wonder that China is maneuvering as
best it can to achieve these goals.
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Framework hammered out on Iranian nuclear deal
By Katherine Barner
Staff Writer
An introductory nuclear deal
has finally been made in Iran.
This agreement would restrict
the nuclear program of Iran initially sparked hope worldwide
that Iran could be prevented
from
developing
nuclear
weapons.
Under the preliminary deal,
Iran would postpone two-thirds
of its newer high-speed centrifuges that enrich uranium, decreasing from 19,000 devices to
6,104 older machines.
These centrifuges allow the
extraction of nuclear fuel from
uranium in mineral form. It
would have to reduce its stockpile of low-enriched uranium
from 4,500 pounds to 136
pounds.
By giving up stockpiles, Iran
no longer has the ability to create a nuclear weapon.
Also, the sanctions introduced in 2006 will continue to
be in effect until Iran has proven
that they have stopped its nuclear weapons program. They
could not build any new facilities for development for 15
years.
The deal lead to an agreement that Iran would only enrich
uranium by 3.67%, which is significant because uranium must
by enriched by 90% on order to
build nuclear energy and a potential nuclear bomb.
This agreement by Tehran
means that it is nearly impossible for Iran to build a bomb with
this amount of uranium, but it
gives them enough nuclear material to be used for peaceful
purposes.
While the nuclear program is
highly limited, the deal means
that Iran is allowed to keep it.
By keeping their end of the
deal, Iran will have proven that
the intentions of their nuclear
program are peaceful.
By forcing Iran to rely on
these types of old machines, restraints are imposed on Iran on
any potential arms race to complete the development of a nuclear bomb, according to Jodi
Joseph, a former nonproliferation aide in the Obama White
House.
Israel
and
U.S. republicans
wanted Iran to get
rid of all the centrifuges, and for
them, this deal is
not enough.
The United
States, along with
five other world
powers,
announced
on
Thursday, April
2nd a comprehensive understanding of Tehran’s
nuclear program
for the next 15 years.
Obama said this deal was “a
historic understanding with
Iran,” and warned Republicans
in Congress that if they try to
impose sanctions to undermine
this effort, the United States
would carry the blame for diplomatic failure.
For the first time since the
Iranian revolution in 1979, government broadcasters of Iran
aired the comments of America’s president live. The people
Courtesy of the Office of the President
of Tehran are celebrating this
deal, with hopes that no sanctions on oil and financial transitions will make for a better life.
Yet, Current Minister of Foreign Affairs in Iran, Mohammad
Javad Zarif Khonsari, said,
“Iran-U.S. relations have nothing to do with this. This was an
attempt to resolve the nuclear
issue.”
Soon after the deal was
made, disagreements over its details appeared. Iranian officials
claimed that the U.S. had spun
its own version of the general
details of the agreement after the
U.S. State Department released
43 specific points that Iran
claimed were false.
This is one outlined example
of the struggles the world’s powers are having with discussing a
final agreement in an atmosphere of distrust.
This deal has no clear points
outlining how the world’s powers may punish Iran for breaking
the rules regarding nuclear
weapons.
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EPA faces Supreme Court test in pollutant limits
By Andy Zou
Sci/Tech Editor
The Environmental Protection Agency’s rule to limit mercury and other hazardous
emissions from coal and oilfired power plants faces a final
showdown with the Supreme
Court on Wednesday.
The rule is called Mercury
and Air Toxic Standards, which
will set emissions standards for
all hazardous air pollutants emitted by coal- and oil-fired power
plants at a capacity of 25
megawatts or greater.
The new standards will result
in a 90 percent reduction in mercury emissions and other toxic
gases, as well as a 30 percent reduction in carbon pollution resulting from electric power
generation by 2030.
The EPA’s hope is that this
rule will incentivize businesses
and companies to innovate andprovide them with the tools to
realize energy savings. The shift
to renewable energy comes at a
time where Union is seeking to
do the same.
According to Union’s Climate Action plan, it is seeking to
reduce the 32 percent share that
purchased electricity contributes
to the college’s total carbon footprint.
Existing sources will have up
to four years to comply with this
new rule — more than adequate
time for nearly all pollutant
sources to comply, according to
the EPA’s analysis.
Central to the outcome of the
Supreme Court case is whether
the EPA had to take costs into
account when first drafting the
regulations to limit hazardous
pollutants from power plants.
Liberal justices of the
Supreme Court contend that just
taking health risks into account
would be enough to justify the
agency’s regulations.
The Supreme Court is divided over this challenge,
brought by industry advocates
and 21 conservative states over
the EPA’s decision to regulate
power-plant emissions.
Coal-fired power plants are
among the largest emitters of
pollutants into the atmosphere.
Coal and oil industry advocates argue that this regulation
represents unnecessary federal
overreach that will impose burdening costs on their interest.
However, government officials argue that the agency’s action is needed to protect public
health.
Critics also have characterized the agency’s actions as too
punitive, akin to starting a “war
on coal.”
General Electric Company is
one of the industries unsure of
the new EPA regulations.
On one hand, the new regulations will cause GE as a corporation to suffer, as many of its
operations are energy-intensive,
pollutant-heavy manufacturing.
The National Association of
Manufacturers, of which GE is a
member, contends that an emissions curb will hurt the competitive advantage of U.S.-based
manufacturers and will also significantly increase the cost of
power for industries.
On the other hand, the EPA
regulations will provide a boon
for GE’s renewable power generation business, based in Schenectady.
It will almost certainly increase long-term sales for wind
and steam turbines. According to
CEO of GE’s renewable energy
business Anne McEntee, “We
feel confident that, with our
strong backlog of orders, we are
strongly positioned for 2014 and
2015.”
GE’s optimism in the growth
of its wind industry comes at a
time when the company is actively recruiting Union student
interns to further promote the
sale of its renewable energy
products, especially that of wind
energy.
Many states, including New
York, have joined largely in support of the EPA’s actions, arguing to set tougher standards in
regards to regulating pollutants
Study: lowest sea ice levels ever
By Andy Zou
Sci/Tech Editor
The gradual melting of glacial
sea ice in the Arctic has long been
known as a byproduct of climate
change, but recent research has
shown that such melting is not
gradual — rather, it has significantly accelerated.
The National Snow and Ice
Data Center announced in March
that the Arctic sea ice maximum
extent is the lowest recorded
since data keeping began.
Arctic sea ice usually expands
during the winter months and hits
a maximum around mid-March.
This year, Arctic sea ice has already started to melt two weeks
earlier, setting off a troubling
trend of thinner ice sheets as the
year progresses.
A jet stream pattern in early
February that formed across
North America has contributed to
the low Arctic sea ice maximum.
The jet stream factor has contributed to unusually cool temperatures in Canada and the eastern
and southern United States. New
York’s abnormally cold winter
can be attributed to this.
At the same time, this weather
pattern supplied unusually warm
conditions to the Bering Sea and
the Arctic, giving comparably
less time for the Arctic to grow
sea ice.
The recent study observing
the lowest recorded Arctic sea ice
maximum extent comes at the
heels of controversy.
When Antarctica witnessed
record-high ice levels, climate
change skeptics used this headline to keep the debate around
man-made climate change going,
suggesting that ocean ice has witnessed no net disappearance.
Lately, many climate change
skeptics have also emphasized
the fact that this winter was the
coldest on record and are using it
as a trump card to underplay the
effects of global warming, even
throwing a debate on the U.S.
Senate floor.
A recent study published in
the Journal of Climate debunks
the skeptics’ assumptions. In this
study, satellite records comparing
the two poles found a clear and
alarming loss in sea ice.
Study author and sea ice researcher at NASA’s Goddard
Space Flight Center Claire
Parkinson confirmed that Arctic
ice loss far outweighs any gains.
Parkinson stated, “I hope that
these results will make it clear
that globally, the Earth has lost
sea ice over the past several
decades, despite the Antarctic
gains.” She observed that the
global trend of sea ice loss
closely mirrored decades of decreasing Arctic sea ice amounting
to a loss of 13,500 square miles
each year.
According to NOAA researcher James Overland, “Rapid
Arctic sea ice loss is probably the
most visible indicator of global
climate change; it leads to shifts
in ecosystems and economic access, and potentially impacts
weather throughout the northern
hemisphere.”
The loss of Arctic sea ice is
not new — decreases have been
recorded every year since 1979.
Low Arctic sea ice measurements will continue to the point
that there will be a virtually icefree Arctic region by the year
2050, according to an Albany
study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of
Scientists
Scientific evidence has shown
that a low Arctic sea ice maximum is telling of a global trend
that melting is actually accelerating.
in order to protect the general
public from the harms of exposure.
Like many of the states that
agree with the EPA in principle,
New York officials believe that
the EPA should give more credit
to states that have made great
strides in reducing power-plant
emissions in the past.
The fear is that EPA regulations will require more from
states that have had a track
record of successfully reducing
emissions in the past, and less
from states that have not yet
done their share in aggressively
meeting emissions goals.
Mead Binhammer ’17 shares
the point of view that the regulations should stand as is, and
believes that judicial intervention to decide whether to limit
hazardous emissions from
power plants is not necessary.
As an environmentalist, he
was dismayed that the Supreme
Court still found it necessary to
hear the case and at how such
emission-reduction rules could
get caught up in partisan politics.
“In terms of regulating emissions, the Supreme Court should
not stand in the way of such
policies.
“A certain degree of government influence is needed to incentivize corporations and
industries to reduce emissions in
this day and age of climate
change,” said Binhammer.
The Supreme Court, widely
seen as conservative-leaning
since the justices’ appointments
made by President George W.
Bush, may still ultimately uphold the EPA’s regulations.
Wednesday’s oral arguments
in the Supreme Court will be the
latest challenge to plans to reduce hazardous emissions.
Precedent cases have shown that
the EPA seems to be on a winning streak.
Last year, in Utility Air vs.
EPA, the court upheld the
agency’s authority to regulate
greenhouse gas emissions from
large industrial stationary source
polluters.
This decision was built on
the 2007 case of the state of
Massachusetts vs. EPA, which
required the agency to regulate
toxic gases from motor vehicles
as long as it was found to endanger public health or welfare.
The EPA’s rule has been long
in the making.
In the final year of Clinton’s
administration, a lengthy EPA
study noted that regulation of
coal- and oil-fired power plants
was appropriate.
The EPA under George W.
Bush backed off from such an
idea, but in 2008, several downwind states successfully challenged that such a retreat by the
EPA violated the law.
U-Sustain organizes
Earth Week events
By Ly Nguyen
Staff Writer
Each year, April 22
marks Earth Day, when millions of people express their
care for the environment.
To raise awareness about
environmental issues, Union
will extend Earth Day by
holding an Earth Week celebration.
Earth Week will begin on
Sunday, April 19, and end on
Saturday, April 25.
The U-Sustain Committee, which has over 40 members, is responsible for
organizing Earth Week.
Stephanie Dick ’16, USustain’s education and outreach co-chair, played a
major part in collecting different resources and contacting people to make the event
happen.
“It’s a group work of individuals who care about the
campus and the Earth,” she
stated.
The Environmental Club
and Engineers for Sustainable
World will also be involved
in the events.
Last year, the Earth Week
proved to be very interactive
and educational.
She noted, “We were
tabling and a lot of information was put out there. We
showed what U-sustain club
does on campus.”
Starting from Sunday,
April 19, students will have
many opportunities to get involved even if they are busy
throughout the day.
Events include: a bus trip
to a wildlife sanctuary in
Shushan, N.Y.; a white board
signing session in front of
Reamer Campus Center
where students will write
down their commitments;
two trash audits; vendors
from the Schenectady Greenmarket coming to Union; a
party in front of Schaffer Library; a Ban Bottled Water
Day; creative and all-organic
lunches, promoting the harvest of local farmers and
Union’s Octopus’ Garden; a
Bike Shop Grand Opening; a
clothing swap; and a cleanup
with Campus Cleanup.
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Rachel Clarey ’18 — Sports
Hi! I’m Rachel, from Clinton, N.Y. I
am undeclared, and my favorite
thing to do is watch “Law & Order:
SVU.” Fun fact: I know all 50 states
and their capitals.
Sarah Chang ’18 — Photo
Hey, I’m Sarah Chang and I’m from
Bay Area, Calif.! My major is anthropology but I’m extremely interested in
the advertisement and media design
industry. I’m already in love with people that I’ve never met and places I’ve
never been.
Meet the first-year
Concordiensis staff!
With Matt Wu ’17
Caitlin Williams ’18 — 807 Union St.
I am a classics and psychology double
major on the pre-law track. I am from
New Jersey and I like cooking and
baking in my free time. I love
going to New York City.
James Boggs ’18 — World
My name is James, and I am a computer science major. I enjoy the Concordiensis, so I’m extremely excited to
be the new World Editor. I also am
participating in the Mountebanks’
“Spring Awakening” musical theater
production.
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As the 150th!anniversaries of the end of the
American Civil War and the assassination
of President Abraham Lincoln draw to a
close, we should all remember the tragic
loss of life and remarkable sacrifices that
were made by men, women and children.
Modern estimates range the total number of
deaths from 620,000 to over 700,000.
On!April 15, we will pay homage to one of
the nation’s greatest leaders and the millions
of Americans affected by the war by ringing
our campus bells. These bells shall ring for
“all that gave some, and the some that gave
all.” !!
Memorial Chapel’s chimes will ring
on! Wednesday, April 15, at! 8:00! in the
morning in recognition of the 150th! anniversary of the death of President Abraham
Lincoln — he died at!7:22 a.m., but most of
the nation will ring bells at 8:00 a.m. at the
earliest.!
Reappointment review committees formed
Reappointment review committees have been formed for the
following assistant professors:
David Barnett, Philosophy
Roger Hoerl, Mathematics
Sheri Lullo, Visual Arts
Margot Paulick, Chemistry
Kim Plofker, Mathematics
Krisanna Scheiter, Philosophy
Students, faculty, and alumni are invited to offer written or oral testimony to
committee members.
Committees (with chairs listed first) are:
Barnett: Leo Zaibert ([email protected]); Robert Baker, Philosophy;
Felmon Davis, Philosophy
Hoerl: William Zwicker ([email protected]); Kathryn Lesh, Math;
Tomas Dvorak, Economics
Lullo: Louisa Matthew ([email protected]); David Ogawa, Visual Arts;
Lorraine Cox, Visual Arts
Paulick: Kristin Fox ([email protected]); Joanne Kehlbeck, Chemistry;
Laurie Tyler, Chemistry; Michael Hagerman, Chemistry
Plofker: Susan Niefield ([email protected]); Brenda Johnson, Math;
Hans Mueller, Classics
Scheiter: Leo Zaibert ([email protected]); Robert Baker, Philosophy;
Felmon Davis, Philosophy
Library reappointment review committe formed
A reappointment review committee has been formed to
evaluate the performance of Raik Zaghloul,
Head of Collection Development Librarian,
for promotion to Assistant Librarian.
Members of the review committee are:
Gail Golderman (Schaffer Library, Chair)
Donna Burton (Schaffer Library)
David Fuller (Schaffer Library)
Members of the campus community are invited to offer
written and oral testimony to committee members
no later than May 1, 2015.
If so desired, interviews may be arranged by contacting
Gail Golderman at ext. 6624.
Max Caplan ’16 will play melodies particularly associated with the Civil War.!The
tunes will include “Aura Lee,” “The Vacant
Chair,” “Just before the Battle, Mother” and
“When
Johnny
Comes
Marching
Home.”! Max researched melodies that
would fit within the range of the bells in the
chapel’s tower.! For those unlikely to be
standing outside of Memorial Chapel so
early, Max will repeat the performance of
the Civil War tunes at!1:00 p.m., along with
other melodies.
Stephen C. Ainlay, President
Max Caplan ’16
Andrew Cassarino ’18
Dianne McMullen, Professor of Music and
College Organist
Caitlin Visscher, Executive Assistant to the
President
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Dutchmen Dip makes its biggest splash yet
By Maddie Samuell
News Editor
The forecast predicted 43 degrees and rain, but that didn’t
stop nearly 150 students from
jumping into a pool of freezing
cold water in the middle of
March. Though it may sound insane, these students were actually participating in the third
annual Dutchmen Dip.
The Colleges Against Cancer
Club has been organizing this
event for the past three years,
and the purpose is to raise
money for a small group of people in the Union community
who are battling cancer.
This year the donations went
to the families of Kaitlyn Suarez
‘15, Justin Lloyd ‘16 and Kristen Shinebarger, the 13 year-old
daughter of Shelly Shinebarger,
Union’s Director of Student
Services.
The event this year was the
biggest yet, reaching the goal of
$15,000 just a few days after the
event. It was held at 1pm on Saturday, March 14, 2015, and students and faculty gathered in
front of Reamer Campus Center
in the cold light rain in order to
participate, despite the fact that
finals were just around the corner.
Students attending the event
all seemed impressed by the
turnout, with many of them
holding their phones above the
crowd to get full panoramic pictures and videos. A time lapse
video taken by a camera perched
high above the crowd captured
the scale and energy of the
crowd below.
A large throng of people
gathered at the end of the slip
and slide, getting splashed continuously by the participants
sliding headfirst into the freezing pool of water, laughing and
enjoying themselves despite the
cold weather.
Overall, spirits were high as
the community came together to
support their own.
Though this event may on
the surface have just seemed like
a fun and creative study break,
the true purpose of the event was
not lost on anyone in attendance.
In a moving speech, Shelly
Shinebarger thanked the crowd
order to be closer to home and
Kaitlyn Suarez will also receive
the donations.
Suarez has been battling
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma on and
off for the past six years, and in
August of 2014, she relapsed
again after three years in remission. This is her fourth battle
with the disease.
Despite being away from
quickly things change. All of
the support and love means the
world to me. I am blessed with a
community of amazing supporters!” she said in a Facebook post
on the day of the event.
Laura Schaffer ‘17 and Caroline Hartnack ‘16 are the coPresidents of the club, and given
that the Dutchmen Dip is the
club’s biggest event of the year,
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of students and faculty for supporting her daughter in her four
year long battle with Ewing’s
Sarcoma. The event was originally organized in 2013 by Kaitlyn Suarez ‘15 and Maria
Dreeszen ‘14 solely to benefit
the Shinebarger family.
This year, in addition to the
Shinebargers, the families of
Justin Lloyd, a former Union
student who transferred to
Boston College this past year in
school this year to undergo treatment, she continued to play an
integral role in the planning of
the Dutchmen Dip, and was
thrilled with the outcome of the
event.
“Three years ago, I was
founding this event to help a
young girl in the community
who was battling cancer. This
year, the same event is helping
me. What goes around comes
around. It is amazing how
they spent winter term tirelessly
planning and organizing in an attempt to make it the most successful Dutchmen Dip yet.
“Of course, the primary purpose of the Dutchmen Dip is to
raise funds for Union College
students and community members who are currently undergoing cancer treatments. However,
we have recognized that this
cause and event also serve as a
way of bringing the entire cam-
pus community together. Campus-wide involvement before,
during, and after the event was
present on a number of levels.
Individual students, teams,
clubs, and other campus organizations [and their friends and
families] donated their time,
money, and voices to our cause
and helped raise a great deal of
money, support, and enthusiasm,” Schaffer said of the role
the event plays in campus life.
“Overall, Caroline [Hartnack] and I could not be more
ecstatic with the event. For this
3rd annual Dutchmen Dip we
had a record number of supporters, a record number of donations [over $16,000!], a record
number of people who took the
'dip' and a record number of
spectators at the event [despite
the gloomy weather and upcoming finals week]. We were and
continue to be so grateful for the
outpouring of support from the
Union College community and
beyond.”
Raising money for the event
became a campus-wide project
as sports teams, sororities, fraternities, faculty, professors and
parents all made contributions.
Suarez wrote on the rally page
for the event, “There is a lot of
ugliness in cancer treatment:
physical wounds, sickly bald
physiques and a loss of spirit.
But in all of that darkness is
where Union shines the brightest. The beauty in cancer treatment is seeing an entire
community join forces to remind
us that we don’t fight alone, that
we aren’t forgotten and that we
can do it.”
The Dutchmen Dip has set a
remarkable trend of Union’s
campus coming together to support their own, and each year it
has been more successful than
the last.
Need advice? Never fear — the Dutchman is here!
Welcome to the new advice
column of 807 Union St.
Sumbit a question with an
explanation of any problem
you need help with and the
Dutchman will give you advice! Please email:
dutchmenquestions@gmail
.com.
Dear Dutchman,
I’m a very picky eater, and I
don’t like the options they have
in the dining halls most days.
I eat at Dutch Hollow, the
Wold Starbucks and the College
Park Hall Kiosk a lot.
I’m on the 30 Block meal
plan, and last term, my Declining Balance was decimated by
finals week.
I had to eat in the dining
halls for all of Week 10 and finals week.
How can I conserve my Declining so I don’t run into that
problem again this term?
I don’t think I can take another two weeks of dining hall
eating, especially during the
most stressful time of the term.
Sincerely,
Starving Sophomore
Dear Starving Sophomore,
One way to fix this prob-
lem is to put yourself on a
strict budget of $68 a week
(about $10 a day).
This isn’t very much
money, so in order to conserve this $10 a day, eat
breakfast in your dorm.
Grab a family-size cereal
box to last you the term, because it will stretch your $10.
Usually, there are Minerva
events at each house weekly.
Messa House has Messa
Mingle every Monday and
they serve lunch at every
meeting.
On Tuesdays, Messa has a
Waffle Tuesday night.
On Wednesdays, Wold
House has pizza, and Breazzano serves different food for
hungry hungry hump days.
These are just a few of the
weekly events at some of the
many Minervas, which will
continue to stretch your small
budget.
Although this is
not the most convenient solution, this
should do the trick to
keep you from running out of
Declining during the most
stressful time of the term.
Remember: Find free
food, spend $10 a day and eat
breakfast in your dorm!
Sincerely,
The Dutchman
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Eat, sleep, rave, repeat: On electric dance music culture
By Caitlin Williams
807 St. Editor
Spring break was relaxing for some, but for
others it was filled with
excitement and a type of
music that is still growing in popularity—electric dance music.
Ultra, a 3-day music
festival that occurs annually in Miami, F.L. was
attended by many Union
students over the spring
break.
Ultra is the longest Ultra Music Festival
running festival in the
world, having been around
for 16 years. The interest
in electric dance music is
not limited to those who
attend festivals like Ultra,
but by many college students nationally.
Rebecca Cohen ‘18
stated, “Electric dance
music is currently the
fastest growing genre in
music. There are many
subgenres of electric dance
music including: house,
deep house, trance, dubstep and big room house. Ultra Music Festival
In the past years there have
vals have emerged all over the
only been three big festivals like
world showing its growing preUltra, Tommorowland and Elecdominance worldwide.” With
tric Daisy Carnival. Over the
electric dance music’s growing
past few years many other festifollowing comes many opinions
Courtesy of Rebecca Cohen
Tiesto at Ultra Music Festival
on the music.
Meaghan Jain ‘15 stated, “I
dislike electric dance music because it gives me a headache
over long periods of time, but I
feel it has its place such as in
workouts.”
However, Ian Bennet ‘17
feels that “Electric dance music
has a really positive message behind it with the upbeat music
and good vibes that come from
the music. It gets a lot of backlash from the public because it is
different, but all music is different from each other.
“My view on festivals is that
they are a wonderful thing. They
may have their downsides, but
the good vibes from the music,
the feeling of togetherness and
upbeat feelings from the people
around you are what make the
music and festivals a great experience.”
Many popular artists in the
electric dance music genre are
Tiesto, Martin Garrix, Nicky
Romero, Skrillex, Diplo, Flume
and Alesso.
Rebecca Cohen described
Ultra: “[It was] an amazing experience to see them live because all the artists premiere
their new music.”
Electric dance music has created a source of bonding for
many people and has come to be
a popular type of music.
#ThrowbackThursday: The night they drove Old Dixie down
By Andrew Cassarino
Columnist
There are two things I love in
this world: the Civil War and
good ‘60s rock.
One of my favorite songs
from the 1960s is “The Night
They Drove Old Dixie Down,”
by The Band. On this day, April
9, 2015, that song could not be
any more appropriate.
Today marks the last 150th
military anniversary of the Civil
War. The days leading up to
April 9, 1865, seemed filled with
despair for the army and nation
of the Confederacy.
On April 1, 1865 General
Robert E. Lee and his forces
were defeated at Five Forks and
Union Generals Ulysses S.
Grant and George Meade hoped
to deliver a final blow to the
rebels.
The Confederate forces dug
into Petersburg and awaited the
Union assault. On April 2, 1865
their fears were realized.
Grant ordered a frontal assault upon the Confederate front
line.
Even with the Johnny Rebs
under General A. P. Hill, their
numbers were no match for the
Union XI Corps under General
Horatio Wright. When Captain
Charles Gould of the 5th Vermont broke the Confederate line,
all hell broke loose.
During the confusion, C.S.A.
General A. P. Hill was shot and
killed. Lee’s army was taking a
beating and could not afford any
more casualties if he hoped to
fight another day.
That night of April 2, 1865,
Lee ordered the evacuation of
Petersburg and Richmond.
C.S.A president Jefferson Davis
and the rest of the Confederate
capital quickly evacuated the
city of Richmond.
After almost a year of siege
warfare, the Confederate capital
had fallen. Lee was beginning
his march to the end.
The next day, troops under
the command of General Edward H. Ripley [Union Class of
1862], became the first Union
soldiers to formally enter the
city.
At 8:30 a.m., Ripley received
word to enter the city, something
almost every general in the
Union Army had been trying to
do for the entire war.
Along with claiming the title
to be the first general to march
into Richmond, Ripley was
given military control of the city
until order could be restored.
In the city of broken bricks
and burned building, a rather important friend joined Ripley.
On April 4, 1865 Abraham
Lincoln along with his son Tad
toured the city until April 7,
1865. While there, Lincoln visited the former house of Jefferson Davis and happily enjoyed
the Confederacy president’s
chair.
While Lincoln took in the
fallen city, Ripley received word
that an assassination attempt
may unfold.
With a lack of protection,
Ripley pleaded with the president to use more caution; to
which Lincoln replied that he
wanted to ease hostiles and that
no extra amount of protection
could save him from an assailant.
While General Ripley was
busy bringing order to Richmond another Union alum was
busy helping the war come to an
end.
After several days of small
skirmishes and failed escapes
from the city of Appomattox,
VA it became clear to Lee the
war was over.
Lee expressed to Grant; “To
be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the
surrender of this army, but, as
the restoration of peace should
be the sole object of all, I desired
to know whether your proposals
would lead to that end.”
The communication between
Lee and Grant lasted for two
days and many of the letters
were carried by Major Charles
E. Pease, a Union alum of the
Class of 1856.
On April 9, 1865 Major C. E.
Pease delivered possibly one of
the most important letters of the
American Civil War to General
U. S. Grant.
While hastily riding on his
new black steed, Pease delivered
this letter, “HEADQUARTERS
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, April 9, 1865, Lieut.
Gen. U. S. GRANT: I have received your letter of this date
containing the terms of surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia as proposed by you. As
they are substantially the same
as those expressed in your letter
of the 8th instant, they are accepted. I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry
the stipulations into effect.R. E.
LEE, General.”
The two titans of the War
agreed to meet in the Wilmer
McLean house at Appomattox
Courthouse.
Shortly after 1:00 p.m., Lee
arrived at the house and was met
by Grant a half hour later. Grant
informed Pease to wait on the
porch.
Upon signing the terms of
surrender two and half hours
later, Grant informed Pease to
escort Lee back to his headquarters to inform his 30,000 men of
the news of the surrender.
The chaos of the war was not
quite done.
Six days later, Union alum
Henry Rathbone and his wife
Clara Harris, whose father was a
member of the Class of 1824,
joined the Lincoln family to see
“Our American Cousin” being
performed at Ford’s Theater.
Following the death of the
president on April 15, 1865 at
7:22 a.m., Phineas Gurley, one
of the brightest students from the
Union Class of 1837, was given
the duty to inform Mary Todd
and Tad Lincoln of the death of
their beloved husband and father.
Four days after Lincoln’s
death, Gurley delivered his funeral sermon for the fallen president and proclaimed, “I felt as
though I had been engaged all
night in a terrible battle and had
just strength enough to drag myself off the field.”
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Ben Lucas and Avery Novitch
Sex, love and revolution in ‘Spring Awakening’
Katelyn Billings
Managing Editor
This weekend Union’s student-run theater group, the
Mountebanks, will be performing the emotional rock musical
Spring Awakening, directed by
theater major Elizabeth ‘Lizzy’
Magas ‘15.
This is Magas’s directing
debut and to say she did a “good
job” is a big understatement.
The show itself is very challenging to ‘get right,’ and any
person with an ounce of musical
theater knowledge will tell you
that performing Spring Awakening is both dream and nightmare.
On the surface, it follows
Wendla Bergman, a young girl
in pursuit of sexual knowledge
and ‘awakening.’
Yet if you allow the musical
to linger and unravel, you realize
that it is much more than that—
it is a story of oppression.
Set in 1892 Germany, Spring
Awakening depicts societal oppression that carries over into
oppression within the family
unit, dealing with delicate subjects such as abuse, domestic violence, suicide and death.
“The show does have a lot of
pretty heavy content, and is
known for how racy is can be.
I spent a lot of time thinking
about how to communicate this
story without actually showing
everything,” said Magas.
Her ‘show, don’t tell’ philosophy carries over exceedingly
well onto the stage, especially in
the overtly sexual scenes that
could easily have been easily labeled as an x-rated displays.
The actors contribute to the
depiction of romance as well,
with Adam Weisse ‘15 and Em
Hiller ‘18 making the passionate
romance of Melchior and
Wendla realistic and emotionally
powerful.
The singing in this show is
quite impressive, with not one
person going without a solo line
and absolutely smashing it.
Weisse stuns as usual, and
newcomer Hiller creates a precious and pathetic character in
Wendla, guaranteeing the collective tug at the audience’s heartstrings.
Her loss of innocence coupled with alienation due to fear
of religion and her corrupt society creates amazing juxtaposition.
“The music is just beautiful.
I could and have listened to the
soundtrack multiple times a day.
But I think what’s great
about this show, is how cathartic
it is.
The music exists in the characters’ minds and is their way of
communicating some pretty real
frustrations with the audience,”
Magas said.
The music being in the characters’ minds was perfectly executed,
with
background
characters freezing in place
while others would be drenched
in blue or red lighting as they
sang their story.
When Karin Tillsley ‘15 and
Mollie Orr ‘15 share their song
‘The Dark I Know Well,’ and
Orr’s ‘Spring and Summer,’ no
spine will be left without tingles.
The lighting combined with
the powerful words and two of
the most amazing voices on this
campus will leave the audience
breathless and with tears behind
their eyes.
Yeah, it’s that good.
Not only will the music repeat itself in your head for days
after you see this incredible
show, the impact of the message
is sure to linger for a much
longer time.
By the middle second act,
the ‘deed’ is done, tragedy has
struck and Weisse’s Melchior finally stands up to the corrupt
“contemptible bourgeois” society.
He urges Wendla to build a
different world with him and his
passion for revolution takes
form in the best song of the
show, ‘Totally F*cked.’
In this song the children are
all deemed immoral, and they
support Melchior’s confrontation,
all
jumping
around
shouting
‘blah, blah,
blah’ in the
administration’s faces.
The energy of this
song could
have carried out into
all of the
songs and
that would
have made
for an even
better show.
T h i s
musical is a
must see for
all
of
Union’s
campus, but
how
did
M a g a s
come
to
choose such
a show?
“When
you set out
to direct a
p i e c e
though, the
biggest
question
you should ask is ‘Why this and
why now?’
We're all in a weird transitory
period of life, just like these
characters, and it often feels like
everyone older than we are is
against us and anyone younger
just wouldn't get it.
This show makes us aware of
each other as we navigate these
transitions, and so it's an important story to tell,” sad Magas.
If you’re looking for a night
of entertainment and emotion, I
highly recommend seeing this
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show.
I gaurantee you will not regret it. And if you do, I owe you
a sandwich.
I do advise getting there
early to get a front row seat, as
some actors don’t project, the
band is loud and you need to
hear everything in order for it to
have the full effect.
Bring a box of tissues,
friends, this one tugs at the heart
as well as the mind. The show
runs Thursday through Saturday
at 7:00 p.m. in Old Chapel.
tax-exempt organizations in the
Berkshire County area; established religious institutions, programs and projects.”
The foundation also gave a
$5 million grant to the Berkshire
Theatre Group in June 2014 to
put towards strengthening the
theater’s educational department
and expanding its economic role
in the community.
“They believed that understanding those parts of the work
in the curriculum made them as
successful as they were,” Ainlay
said.
Additional funds from the
foundation’s $11 million endowment of Union will go toward
endowing a professor of behavioral economics, an annual fouryear scholarship for a student in
Berkshire County and a Feigen-
baum Forum on Innovation and
Creativity.
“We are delighted to be able
to bring to fruition this gift that
Armand and Donald had been
considering but were unable to
complete,” Feigenbaum Foundation President Emil J. George
stated. “We are thankful for the
guidance and assistance we received from President Ainlay
and the wonderful senior administrative staff in crafting the uses
for this gift.
We are especially excited
about the scholarship that will be
awarded to a Berkshire County
student annually. Armand and
Donald, we believe, would have
reacted to this Feigenbaum
Scholarship with boyhood enthusiasm.”
Renovations to the Visual
Arts building are scheduled to
be completed in the fall of 2016.
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Climb ladders of success in the library
Jenna Salisbury
Staff Writer
Jennifer Williams, contemporary
artist and Professor of Art and
Photography at Cooper Union,
was invited by Union College to
create an art instillation piece
for the Schaffer Library Learning Commons last week. We
were fortunate enough to sit
down with Williams to discuss
her beginnings and how she has
evolved as an artist.
JS: How did you get started in
art and what do you love about
the discipline?
JW: My mom attended community college when I was about
ten years old, and as a general
education requirement, she had
to take an art class. She opted on
photography. Her assignments
included taking photos of objects around the house. I would
watch her in action and fell in
love with the idea of capturing
an object and its essence without
actually using the object itself.
And I grew up in rural Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where
there was a lot of potential to use
the environment as your photographic subject. I went on to
study photography and sculpture
at Cooper Union.
JS: So why did you decide to
decorate the library with ladders?
JW: Whenever I create a piece, I
look at the space and how I
would incorporate it into the
piece itself. I saw a lot of potential in Schaffer’s high ceilings
and rectangular pillars – plus, I
thought ladders represented the
idea of a library. The rungs of a
ladder are like the steps of learning and reaching your academic
goals. They also serve as a way
to take you places that you
don’t normally inhabit. And
that is what books do. They
take people to different
worlds. I thought ladders captured that essence.
JS: Could describe your artistic process? What or who inspires you and your artwork?
JW: I’d have to say I really
admire Gordon Matta-Clark.
He was an American artist in
the 70’s who treated space not
how it was supposed to be
treated. For example, he’d put
large holes in houses or split
them in half. I was intrigued
with the idea. I, for instance,
like putting things in high
places. Places people don’t
normally look. And when I
am in the process of creating
a piece of artwork, I look at
the space from an architectural standpoint.
Courtesy of Jenna Salisbury
JS: What is it that you love
about photography specifically?
JW: It’s hard to say. I like
using photography to make
art. Photography documents
things, but I like to push the
envelop beyond just documenting something. I like to
fuse [photography] with
sculpture or other artistic
mediums to make an active
and imaginative piece that intrigues and surprises.
Williams is represented by
Robert Mann Gallery in New
York and her work is displayed all over the country.
Her current exhibitions can
be found at San Jose Institute
of Contemporary Art, The
Hunterdon Art Museum, and
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts,
amongst other art institutions.
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Union ‘piano man’ Drew Ivarson tickles the ivories for senior recital
By Avery Novitch
Arts Editor
It is safe to say that most
members of the Union community have had the privilege of
hearing Drew Ivarson ’15 play
the piano.
On Monday, April 6 in Memorial Chapel, Ivarson performed in his Senior Recital as
the culmination of his musical
career at Union. Ivarson’s Senior
Recital was part of Taylor Time,
a series of concerts that occur
every Monday evening of every
term at Union.
Ivarson’s repetoire included
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV
857,” Ludwig van Beethoven’s
“ Sonata Op. 31, No. 3 ‘The
Hunt,’ Franz Liszt’s “Un
Sospiro,” Frédéric Chopin’s
“Scherzo No. 2 in b-flat minor,
Opus 31,” and Béla Bartók’s
“Out of Doors, Sz. 81.”
Professor Diane McMullen,
Chair of the Department of
Music and the College Organist
introduced Ivarson, delivering a
speech full of high praise for his
talent and drive.
In her speech, McMullen described her first encounter with
Ivarson, saying, “Drew knocked
on my door and said ‘I want to
major in music.’
She revealed that shockingly
enough, at the time he began his
first year at Union, Ivarson had
only been playing the piano for
a year and a half.
McMullen explained, “Drew
is interested in everything about
music.”
This became completely evident as she explained his musical involvement on campus,
including the Union College
Chorale, Union College Community Orchestra, and Camerata
Singers.
According to McMullen,
Ivarson not only plays piano, but
also timpani, triangle, and
recorder in addition to singing
tenor.
The audience included students from every class, faculty
from a wide variety of departments, Union staff, and President Ainlay himself.
When Ivarson entered the
stage in his black suit and black
dress shirt, he matched the ner
glossy black Steinway and Sons
grand piano perfectly.
Ivarson’s performance garnered a standing ovation from
the entire audience.
Ivarson’s perseverance in
mastering piano performance is
truly and inspiration to the entire
Union community.
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Crime & Fire Log
3/28/15 — 4/4/15
Vandal at large
This past weekend, an
unidentified male vandalized
student property and multiple
Union buildings on campus.
The first case occurred in the
early morning of Friday, April 3.
Spray paint was found on several campus buildings and student vehicles.
According to Director of
Campus Safety Chris Hayern,
the offender painted an academic building with two “round
blotches” on its door.
The offender then painted a
statement of profanity on a fraternity house and proceeded to
paint two cars in the Davidson
parking lot.
The incidents occurred between 3:53 a.m. and 4:00 a.m., a
seven-minute timeline, based on
the footage gained by campus
cameras.
Hayern describes the person
“to be 6’2”-6’4”, thin build,
wearing jeans, white sneakers,
and appear(ed) to be wearing a
hooded sweatshirt under an
outer larger jacket.”
A second case of vandalism
occurred on the Visual Arts
building over the weekend, but
no relation has been drawn between the two cases. The second
case involved wet paint.
A department office door in
the Visual Arts building had its
name plate painted, with additional paint running down the
length of the door.
Campus Safety has been
working with campus members
and city officials to identify the
person or persons involved.
Hayern hopes that the city
will be able to provide further
information from cameras surrounding the campus.
Hayern concluded, “Spring
is the time of year we start to see
much more activity on campus.
I ask the community to be aware
and share with Campus Safety
any information or observations
to assist us in keeping the community safe and free from destructive behavior.”
We hope to provide you, the Union community, with the most accurate and relevant campus news. As the new editors-in-chief of the Concordiensis, we pledge to
maintain, and exceed, the standard of the paper since its inception in 1877.
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Men’s hockey says goodbye to its talented senior class
By Rachel Clarey
Sports Editor
The Union College Men’s
Hockey team wrapped up their
postseason play March 15, 2015,
losing 3-1 in a third deciding
game against Quinnipiac, who
was ranked #1 in the ECACH.
The Dutchmen fought
valiantly in the playoff series,
losing their first game in triple
overtime and winning their second game, which then forced the
third, deciding game.
While it is unfortunate that
postseason play wrapped up as
early as it did this year, the
Dutchmen played an outstanding season, especially considering many dubbed this year to be
a “rebuilding period” after the
team’s extraordinary success last
year.
The Dutchmen finished the
season with a 19-18-2 overall
record and an 8-13-1 record in
the ECACH, placing them no.
10 out of 12 in the competitive
league.
Several players prominently
stood out this year: Daniel
Ciampini ‘15 and Mike Vecchione ‘17 led the team in points
with 50 each. Ciampini also was
chosen as a Hobey Baker Finalist, an incredibly prestigious
honor in college hockey.
The Hobey Baker Award is
presented to the top college
hockey player in the nation.
Ciampini is currently in a pool
of ten finalists; the winner will
be chosen April 10, 2015. Previous winners of the Hobey Baker
Award have gone on to be successful NHL players which is a
good indicator of Ciampini’s future prospects.
Not only was Ciampini a
success on the ice this year, he
also worked to positively impacted the local community.
Through a partnership with a
local hospital, Ciampini gave
local pediatric cancer patients
the opportunity to attend home
games.
Several players also received
honors from the ECAC.
Ciampini was named
to the All-ECAC
Hockey First Team,
an incredible accomplishment.
Defenseman Jeff
Taylor ‘17 was
named to the AllECAC Hockey Third
Team and forward
Spencer Foo ‘18 was
named to the ECAC
Hockey All-Rookie
Team.
The Dutchmen
will bid adieu to
seven
seniors:
Ciampini, goaltender
Colin Stevens ‘15,
Max Novak ‘15, captain Charlie Vasaturo
‘15, Sam Coatta ‘15,
Mark Bennett ‘15,
and Dillon Pieri ‘15.
Goaltender
Stevens leaves the
Dutchmen leading the program
in wins with 53 and coming in
second in save-percentage with
a 0.924.
Next year, Stevens’s position
will be taken over by Alex
Sakellaropoulos ‘17 who saw
limited action this season but
showed promise when he did
play.
Forward Novak leaves the
team with 43 goals and 53 assists.
Three Dutchmen seniors
signed professional deals over
the past several days.
Ciampini signed a deal with
the Worcester Sharks of the
AHL. In the eight games he has
played so far with the Sharks,
Ciampini has scored three goals
and had three assists. The
Worcester Sharks are the farm
team of the San Jose Sharks.
Novak decided to stay local,
signing an amateur-tryout agreement with the AHL’s Albany
Devils, the farm team of the
New Jersey Devils.
Amateur-tryout agreements
are common among athletes
graduating from college attempting to become professional.
Goaltender Stevens, a local
product out of Niskayuna,
signed an entry-level contract
with the NHL’s Florida Panthers.
While the conclusion of the
season is bitter for many, it has
proven to be sweet for Ciampini,
Novak and Stevens. The Dutchmen may not have met the standard they set last season, but
they still had an impressive season.
The strong senior class will
be missed, but they surely will
be successful in their futures and
the strong group of underclassmen left will undoubtedly produce equally impressive results.
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Spring baseball and softball travels to Florida
By Rachel Clarey
Sports Editor
games, losing 4-2 to Wellesley,
6-1 to Carleton, and 5-2 to Middlebury.
Both the Union Women’s
In the game against WellesSoftball and Men’s Baseball ley, the score was tied 2-2 in the
teams traveled to Florida over bottom of the fifth until the Blue
spring break to start their sea- scored two runs to bring the
sons.
score to 4-2. Following this run,
Following their trips to the the Dutchwomen were unable to
sunny south, the softball team make a comeback. Camille
was 4-6 and the baseball team Corbin ’15 had two hits and two
was 6-5, both respectable RBIs for the Dutchwomen.
records.
Following these defeats, the
The softball team traveled to Dutchwomen took on the UniClermont, F.L. where they par- versity of Chicago, defeating the
ticipated in the National Train- Maroon 7-1.
ing Center Tournament.
Pitcher Alyson Staats ’15
They dropped their first three had a stellar game, allowing
only
eight
hits; also, she
had a threerun triple in
the second inning. Her performance led
her to be
named to the
L i b e r t y
League Honor
Roll
and
Pitcher of the
Week from the
Liberty League.
Next, the Dutchwomen defeated Carthage in a close 4-3
decision, before losing to Buffalo State, Elmhurst and the University
of
Wisconsin-Whitewater, 5-3, 5-1,
and 16-0, respectively.
The Dutchwomen wrapped
up their spring training trip with
two victories, beating Thomas
by a score of 8-0 and Colby by a
score of 3-2.
The Dutchwomen have a
string of home games over the
next week, however, the probability that they will actually be
played is questionable considering the weather. The Dutchwomen’s scheduled games
against Utica and Clarkson had
to be postponed for weather-related reasons.
On Apr. 3, 2015, the team
took on Ithaca in a two-game series played at Plumeri Sports
Complex in Albany. They lost
both games, 7-0 and 1-0, respectively.
The Men’s Baseball team
also fared relatively well on their
spring training trip. The Dutch-
men traveled to central Florida
to participate in the Russmatt
Central Florida Invitational.
The team dropped their first
two games against North Central, before splitting a two-game
series with Keuka. Their game
against the University of St.
Thomas was cancelled due to
rain.
They defeated Westminster
twice in a series of two games
and then went on to defeat Kalamazoo. With that, the invitational concluded, but the
Dutchmen took
the opportunity
to play local
rival RPI while
they were both
down
in
Florida. They
played
four
games against
the Engineers,
splitting them
with two wins
and two losses.
Upon
returning home,
the Dutchmen
swept Bard, de-
feating them in all four games
they played against them.
Jamie Farber ’16 played
well, especially in the Dutchmen’s defeat of Westminster,
earning himself Liberty League
Performer of the Week honors
from the Liberty League.
Against Westminster, Farber
had four hits and drove in five
runs.
Pitcher Jake Fishman ’17
also performed well, earning
himself a spot on the Liberty
League Honor Roll.
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Men’s lacrosse unbeaten streak comes to an end
By Rachel Clarey
Sports Editor
The Men’s Lacrosse team’s
stellar 6-0 start came to a halt as
they lost to the USILA 10thranked Williams Ephs on their
spring training trip in Boca
Raton, Florida. Up to that point,
the team had beaten several talented squads, earning them a #3
USILA ranking.
In their first game of the season, the Dutchmen narrowly defeated the powerhouse Cortland
Red Dragons 14-13 in a thrilling
contest that came down to the
final minutes. This victory
caused the Dutchmen to move
up to #4 on the USILA poll.
Following this strong start to
the season, the Dutchmen took
on Oneonta, also the Red Dragons. The team dominated
Oneonta, defeating them 15-6.
Nine different players scored in
the contest and three goalies saw
action, including Sam Bebout
’18 who made his Dutchmen
debut.
Charlie Ross ’15 led the
team in scoring with a hat trick
and two Dutchmen finished the
game with five points; Peter
Richardson ’17 had one goal and
four assists and Cam Slatton ’16
had two goals and three assists.
Next, the Dutchmen conquered Babson, defeating them
10-4. Again, Ross led the team
in goals, scoring a hat trick.
Union’s defense played especially solid, allowing only one
goal in the second half. Goal-
tender Stefan Basile ’15 performed particularly well against
Oneonta and Babson, earning
himself Defensive Performer of
the Week honors from the Liberty League and Division III
Mid-Atlantic Defensive Performer of the Week honors from
the ECAC.
Following this win, the
Dutchmen took to the road to
face a talented Wesleyan squad.
The two evenly-matched teams
went back and forth throughout
the contest, leaving the score to
be tied at 13-13 in the final seconds.
The heroic efforts of Ross in
the final moments of the game
helped Union to come out on
top. With 0.4 seconds left on
the clock, Ross put one in the
net and propelled the Dutchmen to victory. Richard Gregory ’15 led the team in
goals, scoring a hat trick.
Next, the Dutchmen traveled to Massachusetts to take
on Springfield. In another
close victory, the Dutchmen
defeated Springfield 9-8.
Early in the first period,
Springfield led Union 3-0,
but then, the resilient Dutchmen went on an 8-1 scoring
run that lasted into the third
period. Springfield eventually
caught up to the Dutchmen.
In the final seconds of the
game, Springfield had an opportunity to score and tie up
the game but their efforts
were squashed by Michael
Froman ’17, who forced a
pivotal turnover.
Ross led the team in scoring
with four goals. Ross’s extraordinary efforts over the past few
games earned him a spot on the
Liberty League Honor Roll.
Over spring break, the
Dutchmen traveled to Boca
Raton, F.L to soak up some rays
and play some lacrosse. First,
they took on Bard, a Liberty
League opponent, defeating the
Raptors 15-4.
Ross, again, led the team in
scoring with a hat trick and three
Dutchmen, Josh Freilich ‘18,
Michael Adams ‘18, and Sean
Pensavalle ’18 scored their first
collegiate goals.
Bebout earned his first career
start in goal and based on his
performance, earned Rookie of
the Week honors from the Liberty League. His teammate Connor Hall ’15 was named to the
Liberty League Honor Roll.
Following this win, the
Dutchmen’s record was 6-0 and
the team was ranked #3, a phenomenal start to the season.
Next, the Dutchmen took on
10th-ranked Williams. Unfortunately, this is where there undefeated season came to a crashing
halt, as the Dutchmen were defeated 16-10 by the Ephs.
Union was led in scoring by
Slatton and Nolan Stauffer ’17
who each had two goals.
Upon returning home, the
Dutchmen traveled north to take
on the St. Lawrence Saints. The
Dutchmen dropped this contest,
as well, being beaten 7-4 by the
Saints in a Liberty League conference match-up.
Basile made a valiant effort
in goal, stopping fifteen shots.
Following two losses in a
row, the Dutchmen stepped their
game up, defeating St. John
Fisher 19-12 and then steamrolling over Clarkson 13-6 in a
game played at College Park.
This week, the Dutchmen
will travel to take on Montclair
State and local rival RPI.
Women’s lacrosse undefeated in league play
By Gabriella Criscuolo
Contributing Writer
Over spring break, the Union
Women’s Lacrosse team packed
up their gear and headed south to
Baltimore, Md., for a six-day
spring training trip.
Although not exactly as
sunny as Florida, where several
other Union teams traveled for
their spring training, the girls
still made the most of their trip,
working hard to get ready for the
season.
While in Baltimore, the team
practiced every day and played
two games. The Dutchwomen
beat Stevenson 16-7 and then
lost to Williams 11-17, ending
their spring training with a 1-1
record and advancing their overall record to 2-2.
Since returning from their
spring training trip, the Dutchwomen have played two games,
traveling to Vassar and Bard and
coming out on top in both contests.
Following these two away
victories, the Dutchwomen held
a 2-0 record in the Liberty
League and 4-2 record overall.
The Dutchwomen recently
took on the University of
Rochester in a game played on
Bailey Field.
The homefield advantage
definitely worked out in the
Dutchwomen’s favor, as they defeated Rochester with final
score of 15-5. The team was led
in scoring by Jackie Hagopian
’17 and Emily McGrail ’15 who
both scored hat tricks.
Based on her efforts, McGrail was named the Liberty
League Player of the Week. An-
other key performer in the game
was Maggie Comiskey ’16 who
tallied two goals and three assists.
Kim Grinhaus ’15, goalie for
the Dutch, made six saves in the
first half, and Jen Hughes ’17
was only challenged once,
making one
save after taking over for
Grinhaus in
goal in the
second half.
Later in the
week,
the
Dutchwomen
took on ano t h e r
Rochester-area
team, RIT, defeating
the
Tigers 14-12.
The Dutchwomen were led
in scoring by Haley Gould ’15
and Ciara Dudeck ’15 who both
netted three goals. Grinhaus
made 12 saves as an impressive
goalie in the contest.
The team has a lot to be
proud of since they are currently
undefeated in league play and
their overall record stands at a
solid 6-2.
This week the team takes on
Middlebury and league opponent William Smith.

Dining Services: Rathskeller will reopen fall term

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