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IN THE NEWS
NAVIGATING THROUGH THE CAMPUS SHOOTING CRISIS
By LINDSEY RIBACK
In the midst of the three recent school shootings,
University at Albany students, faculty and parents are
left wondering what precautions the university is taking
to prevent school shootings on campus and what the
protocol is in case this ever becomes a harsh reality for the
University at Albany community.
Over the span of nine days, Oct. 1 to Oct. 9, the nation
lost 12 students to gun violence. On Oct. 1, Christopher
Harper-Mercer opened fire at Umpqua Community
College in Oregon killing 10 students and injuring 20. Just
eight days later, two more college students were killed.
Shortly after 1 a.m. on Oct. 9 an altercation between two
groups of students outside a Northern Arizona University
residence hall left one dead and three more in the hospital.
Later that day, Texas Southern University lost a student
to gun violence following a dispute outside a campus
dormitory.
Aran Mull, Deputy Chief of the UAlbany Police
Department, said that campus shootings have a “profound
impact on community and national psyche,” which is why
prevention is key.
UPD is credited with creating the first New York State
Division of Criminal Justice certified active shooter
response training course. Through this course and basic
training, UPD officers are taught to handle incidents
that include the possession of a gun, bomb or knife.
UPD looks at situations involving an active shooter and
campus security on a national level, implementing these
observations into their training programs to make them
more effective.
Mull said that prevention is not just the job of UPD, but
that of the community as well. He encourages students
to reach out to UAlbany CARE Services if they know
someone who they believe may need help. University
employees are provided with a link on their MYUAlbany
account that has resources to help students who are
perceived to be in crisis.
“You’re helping someone from going down that road to
deconstruction,” Mull said. “Make it so we don’t have to
call about an active shooter, make a call when you notice
someone needs help.”
The UPD website contains resources for students and
faculty on education, prevention, and mitigation. The
UAlbany community can go to http://police.albany.edu/
AShooter.shtml to find the “Run, Hide, Fight” video and
PDF versions of the “Reporting and Resource Guide” and
“Active Shooter Poster.” All three detail what to do if an
active shooter is on campus. The “Reporting and Resource
Guide” lists warning signs for students who may need
help which range from a decline in grades and bizarre
content in course work to exaggerated personality traits,
verbal abuse and threatening behavior.
In the event of an active shooter, individuals should
know the entrances and exits in their classrooms and get
out of there as quickly as possible
“Don’t just run, run to safety,” Mull said, reminding
students that if an incident like this occurs cell phone
signals may be down due to overuse, so don’t forget about
the blue lights and red phones that are scattered across
campus.
UAlbany has only encountered one incident of an
active shooter on campus since its creation in 1844. On
Dec. 14, 1994 Ralph Tortorici, a 26-year-old psychology
student, entered a History of Ancient Greece class armed
with a .270-caliber Remington rifle according to The New
York Times article from Dec. 15, 1994, titled “Gunman
Terrorizes Students in Campus Siege.”
Tortorici held 35 students and Prof. Hans Pohlsander
hostage for over two and a half hours, while police
attempted to negotiate with him from outside the
classroom. It was the efforts of two students, one who
knocked the rifle out of Tortorici’s hand and the other
who was able to back him against a wall, that allowed
police to arrest Tortorici and efficiently secure the area.
In wake of the recent school shootings, UAlbany’s
Student Association plans to host Protect YOU Albany,
according to Emma Schwab, a senior who is head of the
Student Assembly’s Civic Action committee. There will
be a memorial for the recent lives lost and UPD will be
there to provide information on campus safety and gun
violence. A date has not yet been set, but it will be held by
the small fountain in front of the Campus Center.
Mark Schmidt / Albany.edu
UAlbany has used K-9 units in the past to promote
safety on campus.
Therapy Dogs
Christina DiNota / Albany Student Press
Therapy dogs visit campus during midterms and finals to keep students company during the
stressful times. Many types of dogs came to visit, including Golden Retrievers and Bernese
Mountain Dogs.
ENVIRONMENT
Is there more food on students plates or in the trash?
By RUSSELL OLIVER
40 percent of food in the United
States goes to waste, according
to the U.S. Food and Agriculture
Organization. This number has
only increased over the past
several years as many industries
contribute to it.
The University at Albany
decided to take a stand and show
students exactly how much food
they waste with the Display the
Waste program. University dining
halls had students measure how
much food they threw away by
disposing of their food in specified
trash barrels. At the end of the
event the amount of food thrown
out was weighed. This event took
place during lunch last Friday on
October 17 in service of World
Food Day.
A major portion of this waste
comes from colleges that have
buffet style dining halls.
According to UAlbany’s
official website the school
disposes of 2110 tons of garbage
per year. The school annually
recycles 320 tons of mixed paper,
10 tons of glass, plastic, tin
produce, 1.5 tons of tires, 1.75
tons of motor oil, 6 tons of kitchen
grease, and a half ton of battery
waste.
“If we can encourage students
to be more mindful of what they
put on their plate,” said Lauren
Mancuso, the marketing director
of UAlbany dining services, “then
we will have accomplished what
we set out to do.”
Mancuso reported that 164
pounds of cuisine was wasted at
the Indian quad dining hall during
the three-hour period of the event.
“Just the process of emptying
your plate into a receptacle was
eye-opening to many students,”
she said.
Michigan State performed a
similar study by measuring the
pounds of food wasted per student
per week. The average student
wasted 1.54 pounds of food a
day, which resulted in the college
wasting about 99,337 pounds of
food per week at a school of about
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WEATHER
El Niño could mean a milder winter for the Capital Region
By CHRISTINA DINOTA
As fall settles in and the
days start to get colder we are
reminded of one thing: Winter is
coming.
The good news is that
forecasters are predicting a
much milder winter than we’ve
experienced in the last two years.
Thank El Niño for that.
El Niño is a weather pattern
in which a shift in trade winds
causes unusually warm seasurface temperatures in the
Pacific Ocean and results in
weather impacts worldwide.
This particular El Niño, which
some meteorologists are calling
“Bruce Lee,” is the strongest
we’ve seen since 1997 and could
possibly be the strongest ever
recorded.
So what does this mean for the
Capital Region?
We can expect “warmerthan-average conditions for
most of the winter especially
in the middle of winter through
the spring,” according to Paul
E. Roundy, a professor of
atmospheric and environmental
sciences at the University at
Albany.
It may be warmer, but there
is still potential for a number of
coastal storms, or nor’easters, to
head our way this winter.
“Nearly all El Niño winters
in the past have featured an
active storm track across the
southern United States, with a
turn up the East Coast to New
England,” according to a report
by meteorologist Doug Gillham
of the Weather Network.
In the report Gillham
suggested that an active storm
track will likely persist through
this winter as well.
“Should just one big coastal
storm come inland and hit
us we could have a very wet
winter,” said Roundy. “Given
the temperature though some of
those storms could bring us rain
rather than snow.
Roundy pointed out that
though “statistics suggest a
higher probability that more of
the precipitation in this winter
season will be rain,” this doesn’t
eliminate the chance of major
snowfall over the season because
individual weather events may
bring cold fronts.
The effects of El Niño are
hard to predict. Past El Niño
events can give us an idea of
what to expect, but there are
different factors that play a part
in the development of each one.
“The most comparable events
of the past are the El Niño events
of 1982-83 and 1997-98, but we
still don’t know what to expect,”
Roundy said. “Strong patterns
like this just don’t happen often.”
CRIME BLOTTER
AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT
10/9/2015
Podium - Biology
Report of male subject
harassing a staff member.
PETIT LARCENY
10/9/2015
Podium - Social Science
Report of prescriptions stolen
from purse.
PETIT LARCENY
10/9/2015
Colonial Quad - Livingston
Tower
Report of clothes stolen from
dryer.
UNLAWFUL POSSESSION
WEAPON ON SCHOOL
GROUNDS
10/9/2015
Colonial Quad - Livingston
Tower
A male subject was found to
be in possession of an airsoft
gun and arrested for same.
ASSIST A PERSON
10/9/2015
Off-Campus
Report of a lost student,
student not lost.
PERSONS ANNOYING
10/9/2015
Indian Quad - IQ Grounds
Report of large group yelling,
nothing found.
PERSONS ANNOYING
10/9/2015
State Quad - Fulton Hall
A male student reported an
unknown subject tampered
with his flag that was hanging
in his room.
PERSONS ANNOYING
10/9/2015
State Quad - Fulton Hall
A male student reported an
unknown subject tampered
with his flag that was hanging
in his room.
FIRE ALARM
10/10/2015
State Quad - Irving Hall
Due to burnt hair.
UNLAWFUL POSSESSION
OF MARIJUANA
10/10/2015
Freedom Quad - Northrup Hall
A male student was found to
be in possession of marijuana
and had covered his smoke
detector with a plastic bag. A
referral was made.
CHECK A VEHICLE
10/11/2015
University Drive West
Assisted male subject with
directions.
FIGHT
10/11/2015
Colonial Quad - Clinton Hall
Report of a male student and
female student involved in an
altercation and referred for
the same.
INTENT TO DAMAGE
PROPERTY
10/13/2015
Construction Area
Report of cut security chains
on equipment.
INTENT TO DAMAGE
PROPERTY
10/13/2015
Construction Area
Report of cut security chains
PHOTOGRAPHY
UAlbany’s HONY
By JANIE FRANK
When University at
Albany sophomore Clinton
Olaniyi created the Students
of UAlbany Facebook page
last year, he hoped it would
centralize the main idea
behind Humans of New
York (HONY).
HONY, started by
Brandon Stranton in 2010,
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Clinton Olaniyi created the Students of UAlbany page.
features photographed
portraits of citizens in
New York City. Often, the
caption will be a quote from
the person.
Olaniyi has been
following HONY for more
than three years.
“I wanted to recreate
HONY in such a way where
you as a student can make
some kind of connection
to the post even on the
most basic level, as we are
all students of UAlbany,”
Olaniyi said.
Although the page started
with just him, there are
now six active members
who contribute to posting
photos.
A team of two people
will go out together to get
content for the page.
“Because two people
go out and shoot together,
we only go out when our
schedules match up,”
Olaniyi said. “So that
could mean 10 plus photos
one week, and only three
another.”
Currently, the most
popular picture on the site
is of a male student smiling
from April of this year. The
caption explains that if he
could have three wishes, he
would wish to for the ability
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Coffee for a cause at UAlbany
By REECE WILLIAMS
The University at
Albany has partnered with
Rochester Polytechnic
Institute, and Union College
in the fight to end hunger
in the New York’s Capital
Region.
Through their Coffee for
a Cause initiative, Sodexo—
UAlbany’s food service
provider—will donate cents
to the Regional Food Bank
of Northeastern New York
for every cup of coffee
purchased on campus until
March 4.
In 2014, the food bank
donated 32.3 million pounds
of food to 23 counties
throughout the state, most
of which—3,914,042
pounds—went to Albany.
“We should be able raise
enough for at least 4,000
pounds of food,” says Alexa
Eaglestone, Sodexo’s Area
Marketing Coordinator on
the UAlbany campus. “I’m
confident that we’ll reach
that.”
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on equipment.
non-compliant passenger.
ASSIST A PERSON
10/13/2015
Dutch Quad - DQ Grounds
Assisted delivery person
and female student in
miscommunication for
payment of food.
CHECK A SUBJECT
10/14/2015
Alumni Quad - AQ Grounds
Report of suspicious person
attempting to gain access to
Waterbury.
CHECK A SUBJECT
10/14/2015
Alumni Quad - AQ Grounds
Report of suspicious person
attempting to gain access to
Waterbury.
MEDICAL INCIDENT
10/14/2015
Podium Pod
Five Quad on standby for Fire
Safety Day.
ASSIST A PERSON
10/14/2015
Podium - Social Science
Assisted a person in finding
her vehicle.
ASSIST A PERSON
10/14/2015
Downtown Campus - Draper
Hall
Assisted bus driver with a
AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT
10/15/2015
Indian Quad - Adirondack Hall
Report of a female student
harassing her roommate on
social media.
FALSELY REPORTING A
CRIME/CATASTROPHE/
EMERGENCY
10/15/2015
Podium - Lecture Centers
Unknown subject pulled the
fire alarm for no apparent
reason.
ASSIST A PERSON
10/14/2015
Downtown Campus - Draper
Hall
Assisted bus driver with a
non-compliant passenger.
MEDICAL INCIDENT
10/15/2015
Indian Quad - Mohawk Tower
Report of female subject
with possible urinary tract
infection. Transferred to
hospital by Five Quad.
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF
VEHICLE
10/15/2015
PE Complex - PE Building
Report of unauthorized
operation of a Club Car Utility
vehicle.
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF
A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
10/15/2015
DQ Lot
A female student was found
to be in possession of a
controlled substance and
arrested for same.
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF
VEHICLE
10/15/2015
PE Complex - PE Building
Report of unauthorized
operation of a Club Car Utility
vehicle.
ACTIVISM
Java for justice
By LINDSEY RIBACK
The aroma of coffee and tea filled the air
as University at Albany students, faculty
and community members gathered at
Professor Java’s on Wednesday night to
engage in a conversation regarding race in
the United States.
This was the first “Java and Justice”
held by the UAlbany Cornerstone Campus
Ministry, and it used the Moral Monday
Movement and Black Lives Matter as the
basis for discussion, focusing on America’s
race perception, both on a national and local
level.
The conversation was led by the Rev.
Sandy Damhof, director of UAlbany’s
Cornerstone Campus Ministry, the Rev.
Dr. Roxanne Jones Booth, a lecturer in
the Africana Studies Department, Emily
McNeill, the lead organizer of the Labor
Religion Coalition, and Nayram Gasu, a
senior at UAlbany who is a peer minister
for social justice with the Cornerstone
Campus Ministry.
The background of the speakers made
for a theologically-led dialogue, however
religion was not the main part of discussion.
Gasu and Booth, in particular, chose to
draw on the prevalence of the unconscious
bias in regards to race.
“In Ghana everyone is black so it wasn’t
until I came to America that I saw how
much of a problem [race] is,” Gasu, who
was born and raised in Ghana, said.
Booth read a quote from a 1968 Martin
Luther King Jr. speech in which he said,
“I do not see how we will ever solve the
turbulent problem of race confronting our
nation until there is an honest confrontation
with it.”
Both agreed that race perception and
discrimination are issues that are not
going to just go away. The tone of the
conversation led to the agreement that as
a society, we need to discuss these issues
even if they make us uncomfortable.
“White progressive culture tends to be
averse to being uncomfortable... for a lot
of my life I believed in saying things in a
polite way,” McNeill said. “To see change
we need to get people more uncomfortable
and outraged.”
Damhof opened the conversation
up to the rest of the room, encouraging
individuals to either ask questions or share
their own experiences with racism.
Brittany Bobb, the youth president of
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Hudson River Frontier Missionary Baptist
Church in Albany chose to discuss the
aggression that movements like Black
Lives Matter is generally attributed to.
She compared the aggression to when the
youngest child in a family desires attention.
“They’ll shout until they’re heard,” Bobb
said, explaining that even though this may
seem aggressive, it draws people’s attention
to the issue at hand.
The Moral Monday Movement started
in North Carolina in 2013 with community
and faith leaders, including the Rev.
William Barber, president of the North
Carolina’s NAACP chapter.
According to McNeill, community
activists gathered to protest the State
Legislature’s decisions on issues like public
education, raising the minimum wage and
higher taxes on the wealthy.
This movement has since spread to
various states across the country and
McNeill participates in the New York
Moral Monday Movement that is held in
the capitol.
The Cornerstone Campus Ministry plans
to host a “Java and Justice” on the first
Wednesday ofevery month, at Professor
Java’s located at 217 Wolf Rd. to discuss
a topic of the Moral Monday Movement.
Next month’s topic of conversation will be
the “Fight for the 15,” a discussion about
raising the minimum wage.
Photo courtesy of Nayram Gasu
Professor Java’s will host another Java
and Justice event next month.
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CULTURE
IT’S A CULTURE, NOT A COSTUME
By DANIEL PINZON
Halloween is known as a day to dress up, a
day to be something either imaginary or real,
a day to play pretend.
However, some costumes that people dress
up as are offensive. Out of all the costumes
to choose from, how did race, ethnicity, and
culture become choices?
Most of these costumes are based
completely on stereotypes. There is no real
reference to the culture, which is the problem
when people try to dress up as another race.
People may dress up as a stereotype for shits
and giggles, but that doesn’t help society
become less entrenched in stereotypes.
It’s disappointing and damaging to dress
as a stereotype and be identified as a certain
race. For instance, if a person paints his face
yellow and squint his eyes so people know,
“Oh, I guess you’re Asian for Halloween.”
Or if a person wears a sombrero with a
mustache, others would see that as dressing
up as a Mexican person. The simplicity of
costumes encourages stereotypes. In reality,
these stereotypes do not capture a culture’s
essence.
That’s the thing. It’s Halloween, and
people can dress as anything imaginable.
Whether it’s a last-minute idea or an
elaborate attempt to be funny, I would rather
people stay away from race as a costume
idea. There’s more to these people than the
color of their skin and their physical features.
Why would anyone want to pinpoint the
negatives of a culture and display that to the
world? A person may argue that they have
seen many of these people act a certain way
and therefore the stereotype is true. That’s
not the case. Stop generalizing. Take into
consideration that other people also define
the culture and that stereotypes aren’t true.
If a person is not a member of that cultural
society, then they won’t be able portray
that culture in its purity. They can observe
another culture and study from what they
learned, but it doesn’t make the person a part
of that culture. A person can embrace another
culture and allow influence in his culture,
however that doesn’t establish a new culture
for oneself.
I’m Colombian, and if I were to see
someone with a bag of white powder labeled
“cocaine” in one hand and a cup of coffee in
another, I would be offended that not only
does one think that this simple equation
equals Colombia, but also that the person
disregarded all other aspects of that culture.
Cultures and ethnicities, including
Africans, Native Americans and Muslims,
are generally the go-to “costumes.” These
are the cultures the United States has had
bad history with: We took the land from
the Native Americans, we can never forget
slavery of African-Americans, and a Muslim
costume is typically linked to terrorism.
I’m against costumes that are blatantly
stereotypical. If someone was to actually
do research of a culture and portray an
icon of that culture, though, I think that’s
permissible.
“WE’RE A CULTURE, NOT A
COSTUME. YOU WEAR THE COSTUME
FOR ONE NIGHT. I WEAR THE STIGMA
FOR LIFE.” A the flyer on Eastman Tower’s
lobby bulletin board best explains it,
accompanied by a powerful photo taken by
Leah Woodruff. The flyer was in all caps to
show how upsetting it can be when people
dress up as another’s culture.
Why take a chance and possibly offend
someone when it’s just as easy to be a
dragon, a zombie or a vampire? Halloween
already lost its true meaning of scaring away
the ghosts, so why not dress up as a ghost?
Why be a human on Halloween?
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Source: Cody Garcia, Flickr
Dia de los muertos facepainting is often replicated as an easy costume idea,
but it is actually a Mexican tradition.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Clock boy costume:
Offensive, racist,
and uncreative
them. “Yes, we have sold a few of them so
far,” Weeks said. The company is known
for making controversial costumes.
Ahmed Mohamed made national
Some people took to Twitter to express
headlines when a clock he built was
their distaste for the costume. One
mistaken for a bomb. The 14-year-old
said, “This year we should have a law
ninth grader from Texas received a lot of
permitting the slapping of anyone in an
support nationwide with a Twitter hashtag
Ahmed Mohamed costume.” Another user
#IStandWithAhmed, even receiving
said it was a terrible idea.
recognition from President Obama.
Halloween is a fun time for many
Obama tweeted the young man, saying,
people, and costumes are generally
“Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to
harmless. Sometimes however, it is
the White House? We should inspire more
taken a little too far. Being a person that
kids like you to like science. It’s what
likes the more creative costumes, I see
makes America great.”
ones like this and not only do I think
He also received praise from Hillary
it is offensive and mocking, but I also
Clinton and Mark Zuckerburg, the creator
think it lacks creativity. Even traditional
of Facebook. The story, however, doesn’t
costumes can be touched up to be unique.
stop there.
Halloween is that one day a year where a
It’s barely been a month since the
person can dress up as anything they want
incident, but a costume company hasn’t
to. Why would anyone choose to dress
wasted any time using this controversy
up as Mohamed? I see it as degrading
to their advantage. Costumeish.com, an
and embarrassing for Mohamed and his
online costume retailer, launched an ad
family.
for a costume designed after Mohamed.
All controversial costumes are going
It contains a NASA T-shirt, a pair of
to be offensive one way or another, but I
glasses, a clock, and a pair of handcuffs.
cannot help but wonder where the line is
The price for the costume was $80.
drawn. When do the people who come up
Daily Mail had reached out to the CEO
with costume ideas ask themselves, is this
of the online company, Johnathon Weeks,
going too far? That line should have been
and asked if people were actually buying
drawn here.
Mohamed is just a child, so I do
not think that this costume should
have ever been up for sale in the
first place.
His family said in a press
release that he has been severely
traumatized by the whole incident.
Now, with his religion being
brought into the matter, it could
be seen as racist, which is not a
laughing matter.
I find Halloween to be more fun
when we think of the costumes
ourselves and the ways we can
make them stand out, not by
turning a controversial issue into
something less serious than it is.
The Daily Dot, the website that
initially created the costume, has
since pulled it from their market.
However, they went on to mention
Source: Costumeish.com
how easily people could make it
themselves at home. Let’s just
This is the “Clock boy meme”costume, selling
hope that nobody takes that route.
for $79.99 on Costumeish.com.
By MEGHAN MAHAR
Source: UAlbany archives
On Oct. 27, 1950, the
State College News
reported that women
on campus were
getting more rest than
the men.
Source: UAlbany archives
On Oct. 31, 1921, the
“‘Round the College” section
of the then-State College
News printed an article about
a conversation with Minerva,
the Roman goddess of
wisdom.
Source: UAlbany archives
On Oct. 26, 1922, Iva Point wrote about how soccer
changed her life as a woman. “I consider myself
vitally alive!” she said.
Source: UAlbany archives
On Oct. 30, 1973, the Albany Student Press ran this cartoon, called “Ebbie the
Eep.”
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SENIOR EDITOR: JULIA DAY
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LOCAL ART
ALBANY BARN FOSTERS LOCAL TALENT
By LOUIS SMITH
Albany Barn, located in the Arbor Hill community,
has been dubbed a “sustainable creative arts incubator,”
offering a digital multimedia studio, lofts and studios
available for artists, workshops, concerts and fashion shows
among other things.
Operating since 2006, Albany Barn has grown into a
one-of-a-kind venue for the area, a movement that stemmed
from Barn masterminds teaming up with the Albany
Housing Authority and the City of Albany to generate
the venue, renovating a decrepit and unused St. Joseph’s
Academy to complete their vision.
The ASP had the opportunity to chat with Albany Barn’s
Director Kristen Holler, who shared various elements of
her and her team’s special vision, one that has catapulted
the non-profit to the forefront of the Capital Region’s
independent music crusade.
Albany Student Press: What has been the best vehicle
for marketing your services to the artistic community?
Kristen Holler: I think social media has been huge for us,
and not only marketing our services but trying to keep a
vibrant presence on social media. So, we’re also sharing
articles and tips on how to be successful as a creative
professional. We’re [also] using that as an avenue to
talk about available studio space, rehearsal rooms and
apartments and things like that at the Barn.
ASP: Since its creation, what has been the biggest
obstacle the Barn has had to overcome?
KH: From a purely logistical standpoint, the redevelopment
of St. Joseph’s Academy was a massive undertaking.
Communicating information that related to our plans and
how that fit into the neighborhood plan and the housing
authority’s plan in order to apply for funding, and making
sure that all the partners were on the same page throughout
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this whole redevelopment process. I wouldn’t call that
an obstacle, but it was a major area of growth for us as
a startup, not-for-profit to be working with such a wellestablished organization and to really be able to advocate
for the artists’ community.
ASP: Would you say that overall education and
awareness is an ongoing struggle for the Barn?
KH: It’s definitely an ongoing thing for us. We’re looking
at ways to improve what we’re doing. Some things we’re
looking at in the next year are overhauling our website and
making it more obvious from the start all of the different
facets of what we do and ways that people can involve
themselves.
ASP: The art scene is massive, there’s all different types
of arts, different mediums. When it comes to generating
a community response, what art would you say really
speaks to the community and gets a positive reaction?
KH: One of the big conversations we’re having is not only
how do we get people to come out and enjoy, but how
do we get them to participate and how do we get them
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to participate in a way that leaves them in a better place
than they were than they started? We’re giving people a
unique experience, an experience that allows them not just
to consume art or to make art but to really develop some
underlying skills. The response has been most positive
when we are dealing with music, fashion and the culinary
arts. Whenever we do live art making - when people can get
a glimpse into the creative process - I think people really
enjoy that also.
ASP: A lot of people say that when you’re starting
businesses, location is everything. In your experience,
would you have it any other way, in terms of the
physical location of the Barn itself?
KH: I think that there is a real spirit to Arbor Hill, and it’s
so historically rich and there’s just so much interesting
stuff here - so much interesting history, so many interesting
people that have been here. For me, I love where we are.
There’s real vision here, and there’s real care here. When
we first started talking about the Barn, there wasn’t a
location. It was just that we were going to support artists,
and they in turn would have an impact on the community,
wherever that community would be.
ASP: From your personal experience, what is one
piece of advice that you would give to this next upand-coming generation of artists, are really looking to
branch out into the independent, local art scene?
KH: The people that I have seen that are the most
successful do two things. Number one, they treat it like
a job and they get up every day as their most authentic
selves and they go to work. You have to work. I’m going to
quote Ashton Kutcher - he said in some acceptance speech,
“opportunity looks a lot like hard work,” and that’s true.
Number two is, the people who are the most successful that
I have seen are also great connectors of people.
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POP CULTURE
Comic Con takes
over New York City
By JULIA DAY
Diego Cagara / Albany Student Press
Breast cancer survivors
keep strutting forward
By DIEGO CAGARA
Pink ribbons
symbolizing breast
cancer awareness helped
decorate the stage at
Crossgates Mall on Oct.
10. Models strutted down
the illuminated runway,
wearing high-end designer
clothing and a wide range
of colorful accessories. But
these are not the typical
kind of models one would
see during New York
Fashion Week.
The 20 women who
appeared on stage were
breast cancer survivors,
mostly middle-aged, from
the Capitol Region who
were previously diagnosed
but managed to win
their battles. The overall
atmosphere during the
third annual Breast Cancer
Fashion Show was positive
and hopeful, with survivors
wearing smiles throughout
the event.
As October is Breast
Cancer Awareness Month,
the event was intended to
reflect how beating the
disease and maintaining
confidence is possible,
even if it seems scary when
one is first diagnosed.
Crossgates Mall helped
raised money for To
Life!, a local non-profit
organization that provides
support and resources to
people diagnosed with
breast cancer while aiming
to raise more awareness
about the disease to local
people.
Sponsored by Lord &
Taylor and radio stations
Fly 92.3 and 100.9 The
Cat, entry was free and
open to the general public.
“In most of the cases,
the models that are with us
today, they’ve completed
their journey with breast
cancer,” Eileen Howe
Bird, the executive director
of To Life!, said in an
interview with WNYT.
“So we’re here to celebrate
with them and to focus
on not just their outward
persona—which is going to
be improved by the clothes
they have and some really
fun stuff—but their inner
peace and the journey that
they’ve gone through.”
Throughout the
fashion show, the emcee
introduced each model,
providing a brief backstory
on what her battle with
breast cancer was like, how
she found out she had it
and how life has been like
since then.
The women were
styled with different
outfits from designers
like Michael Kors, Lord
& Taylor, Calvin Klein,
Ralph Lauren, Elie Tahari,
Ivanka Trump and Jessica
Simpson. Each survivor’s
family and friends also
attended the event,
applauding and cheering
to give support the entire
time.
The emcee also offered
the audience many tips on
how to lower one’s risk of
getting breast cancer, but
stressed that there is no
100 percent guarantee to
prevent it.
“Keep a healthy weight
level, exercise regularly,
limit alcohol consumption
to one drink a day and
try to reduce exposure to
radiation,” she said. “It
is also really important
that you go for regular
checkups or screenings
and you might think like,
‘Oh I don’t feel sick, I’m
healthy!’ But that’s how it
usually is. It’s when you
don’t feel sick that you
do find something like a
lump, so please go for your
checkups.”
She also said that
men should also go for
checkups because, while
breast cancer mostly
affects women, it can also
affect men. She concluded
that everyone should get
six to eight hours of sleep
daily.
The fashion show
ended with all the breast
cancer survivors returning
to the stage for a group
shot while To Life! was
given a $1,000 check
from Crossgates Mall,
getting a standing ovation
and applause from the
audience.
It’s no normal weekend in New York
City when you see Darth Vader buying a
subway ticket, Princess Peach jaywalking,
and Thor ordering a Frappuccino at
Starbucks. No, ladies and gents, this can
only be seen during the most wonderful
time of the year, and I’m not talking about
Christmas.
Beginning on Thursday, Oct. 8 and
ending on Sunday, Oct. 11, New York
Comic Con took the Jacob K. Javits
Convention Center by storm with record
breaking attendance numbers. The annual
four day pop culture event celebrated its
tenth anniversary this year, the first official
NYCC having taken place in February
2006. Over the years the convention has
exponentially grown, starting off with
33,000 attendees in 2006, to now over
170,000 attendees in 2015.
Although not as highly publicized as its
West Coast cousin San Diego Comic Con,
NYCC has attracted several geek legends
each year including Kevin Smith, Stan
Lee, Joss Whedon, Adam West, William
Shatner, Patrick Stewart, and others. This
year a few notable guests included Nathan
Fillion, the star of the ABC series “Castle”
and fan favorite “Firefly,” as well as Bryan
Cranston, Walter White from the Emmy
award winning show “Breaking Bad.”
While SDCC used to hold the title for
largest North American fan convention,
NYCC has quickly stolen the position.
The San Diego Convention Center caps
its attendance at 130,000 attendees due to
the spacing of its venue. Now, NYCC tops
that attendance by nearly 40,000 more.
Part of the reason for this increase is due
to the expansion to the off site location
Hammerstein Ballroom which hosted
several panels.
Comic cons, or fan conventions for
comic, television, film, and art enthusiasts,
happen all throughout the United States.
Albany Comic Con took place earlier
this month on Oct. 4 on Wolf Road
featuring vintage comics, toys, and other
collectibles.
Fan conventions have increasingly become
more popular all over the world.
“Comic conventions in India and
China, not previously considered
hotbeds of fandom for these kind of
pop culture properties, are approaching
100,000 [attendee] levels and growing
at a blistering rate, reflecting the vast
population of those countries,” said Forbes.
com contributing writer Rob Salkowitz.
NYCC lived up to its reputation this
year, serving up fans numerous sneak-peak
panels, meet-and-greets with celebrities,
creative cosplays, and a massive show
floor of vendors. Panel topics ranged
from Nickelodeon’s “Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles,” ABC Family’s “Pretty
Little Liars,” Marvel’s “Jessica Jones and
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Daredevil,” and others.
Nathan Fillion, Jewel Staite, and Gina
Torres returned for a special reunion
panel of the cult-classic space western
“Firefly.” Show creator Chris Carter and
actors David Duchovny and Mitch Pillegi
appeared at an exclusive panel for the
‘90s sci-fi favorite “The X-Files,” which
screened the upcoming season premiere set
to hit television screens in January 2016.
Numerous comic book artists and
writers flooded the hall of Artist’s Alley,
featuring original prints and sketches for
sale. Stopping by a booth in the alley I was
able to meet with Grek Pak, a comic book
writer known for his work with Marvel
comics, as well as the graphic novel “Code
Monkey Save World.”
Vendors on the main show floor
were selling a wide array of pop culture
merchandise including T-shirts, action
figures, plushies, and of course, comic
books. Some booths selling vintage comics
had lists prices that climbed to thousands
of dollars. One of the most expensive
comics for sale was “Amazing Fantasy
#15,” which was released in 1962 and
known as the title that first introduced the
popular superhero Spider-Man. The list
price for this rare comic was $20,995.95.
Perhaps the most exciting element of
NYCC is the enthusiasm of the cosplayers.
Many attendees this year dressed up
as Marty McFly and Doc Brown from
“Back to the Future,” in honor of the
film’s 30 year anniversary. A hilarious
impersonation of Peter Griffin from
“Family Guy” appeared at Comic Con
throughout the weekend. One group of
cosplayers dressed as the cast of “Jurassic
World,” with their very own Indominus
rex.
Actors Jared Leto, The Joker in
“Suicide Squad” and Mark Ruffalo, the
Hulk from “The Avengers,” also attended
NYCC, but were able to go undetected
by fans as they had cosplays of their own,
masking their faces. On Leto’s official
Instagram page, he posted a picture of
himself cosplaying in a monkey mask
alongside of a fan dressed as The Joker,
adding the caption: “He had no idea.”
University at Albany student Iris Brody
attended the event on Friday along with
friends. At the Konami booth on the main
show floor, Brody was able to create her
own personalized “Yu-Gi-Oh!” playing
card.
“Comic Con was everything I expected
and more,” said Brody. “The fact that I
have a ‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’ card with my face on it
makes it all worth it…It was so nice seeing
so many people with the same likes who I
could nerd out with.”
NYCC continues to expand and
improve each year. The date for NYCC
2016 is already set, and will take place
next Oct. 6 to Oct. 9. One can only imagine
what’s in store for next year.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2015
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
EDITOR: ELI ENIS
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UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM
ARTIST AND ALUM BRIAN TOLLE
CONFRONTS THE AMERICAN DREAM
Gabriella Semento / Albany Student Press
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By PATRICK TINE
Brian Tolle was never supposed to be an artist. The
51-year-old was supposed to graduate from the University at
Albany and put his political science degree into practice. But
like so many of his fellow students, past and present, long
hours at the State Legislature not only burned him out, but
also disillusioned him.
In forgoing a career as a politico, he gained a subject which
has defined him as an artist. “I used to come home from the
State House and just draw,” Tolle recalls. “I did it just to
decompress.”
His early flirtation with politics drove him to a subject he
has been exploring and examining since the 1980s. Though
he has range (he was the artist behind the bewitching Irish
Hunger Memorial in Battery Park City) the principal object of
his attention is the United States.
In a retrospective exhibition of his work at the University
Art Museum entitled “Bordering Utopia” the public is
treated to an enigmatic display of American abstraction. His
works “Levittown” and “Simnai Didro (Twisted Chimney)”
immediately confront and demand the attention of any visitor
to this new show.
“Simnai Didro” is a meditation on the American
hearthside. Two towering stone chimneys made of Styrofoam
are the first objects that greet a visitor to the gallery. They
loom over the rest of the works on display and seem to
criticize the death of American geniality and family life.
On the wall to “Didro’s” left we are treated to Tolle’s
most striking creation, “Levittown.” It is another looming
piece (Tolle certainly favors a grand scale) but affixed to
the wall. It is a black and white photograph of a Long Island
potato farming family, with a blueprint of a monotonous
suburb, Levittown, superimposed over it. This sprawling
development, which would soon render the farmlands of
Long Island permanently fallow, hangs over the family, like a
massive and malevolent setting sun.
Tolle’s artwork is challenging. “I am conceptual, not
aesthetic,” he said. More than challenging, some of it is quite
strange. On the second floor, disconcerting depictions of
quintessentially American suburban objects dominate. Tolle
uses lurid linoleum floors and twisted, colorful children’s
bicycles to tell a sad story of American excess.
“I realized I didn’t want to be a political scientist and for a
moment wasn’t sure what to do,” Tolle said. So, Tolle went
to New York City. “After I graduated from [the University
at Albany] in 1986 I sold costume jewelry at Macy’s. And
I kept drawing,” Tolle said. Eventually, friends of his who
were in the process of “making it” in the cutthroat New York
art world began complimenting him on his artwork and
encouraged him to be more serious about it.
Thus began a torrential amount of effort. Tolle took art
classes at Parsons, The New School for Design in Manhattan.
He honed his talents while continuing to work at Macy’s,
surviving on just a few hours sleep a night.
The work paid off and soon a style coalesced. His most
famous work is not on display at the University Art Museum
retrospective because it is literally monumental. His Irish
Hunger Memorial in New York City, which almost literally
teleports the visitor to the greenery of Ireland, is emblematic
of his style. “I do meticulous research and I hope a good idea
comes out of it,” Tolle said.
That artistic discipline and dedication to research are
evident in his “Levittown” pieces which make keen use of
archival blueprints to create an unsettling commentary on the
American suburb.
Today, Tolle is a force in the world of American visual art.
In addition to the University Art Museum, his work has been
showcased at the Whitney Biennale and at the Tate Modern
in London. When asked to recall the marathon six-hour art
classes for which Parsons is famous, Tolle said: “I teach those
classes now.”
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2015
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
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47,800 students.
Virginia Tech students
also performed a study over
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the course of two weeks.
The campus had a total of
169,055 pounds of edible
food wasted and then an additional 202,797 pounds of compost
waste.
Many food organizations, such as End Food Waste now, believe
that the all-you-can-eat aspect of many college dining halls is the
reason for food waste. The unlimited amount of food encourages
students to load up as much food on their trays. Many students take
advantage of this system to get their moneys worth, but leads to
larger mounts of wasted food.
The End Food Waste Now organization believes that tray-less
dining is a guaranteed way to decrease waste in dining halls. The
organization has noticed this trend at multiple schools. American
University wasted 14.4 percent less food after using tray-less dining
and Alfred University saw a similar decrease of 30-50 percent.
The University of Maine at Farmington reduced its food waste
by 25-30 percent when they got rid of their trays. This conserved
290 thousand gallons of water from dishwashing and saved $57
thousand worth of resources. Virginia Tech also noticed a 29
percent drop in food waste in their first two weeks of tray-less
dining.
UAlbany has numerous recycling and waste reduction programs
the school participates in on their website. UAlbany also has
participated in RecycleMania for many years. The current
RecycleMania race has reused an average of 5.401 pounds of
material per person so far this year on campus.
The Give and Go program is another event held every May at
UAlbany. This program encourages students to donate unneeded
items from their dorm room, such as old furniture, fridge, or
television sets instead of throwing them out when it’s time to vacate
the dorms. The dates and locations for the Give and Go program are
announced towards the end of the spring semester.
UAlbany also encourages students to get rid of their waste in
other ways as well. Clothing exchange drives are held regularly
throughout the semester. The university also encourages students
to compost during the spring. These programs can be found at
UAlbany’s Green Scene page.
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There are four dining halls (Indian dining hall, State dining hall, Colonial dining hall, and Dutch dining hall)
on the UAlbany campus, along with the Campus Center where food could be wasted.
CAUSE
Madeline St.Amour / Albany Student Press
Jazzman’s, the new coffee store in the newly opened UAlbany Campus Center, will donate two cents to the
Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York for every cup of coffee purchased on campus until March 4.
STUDENT
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to talk to sea lions.
“You do know
you can wish to talk
to animals, right?”
one of the Student of
UAlbany members asked him.
“If you can talk to every animal, then you would have
to understand what every stupid pigeon on the sidewalk
is saying,” the student said.
When Olaniyi asks someone if he can take a picture of
them, he is always prepared to explain why.
“I tell them, ‘What we do is walk around campus and
randomly select students to interview, take their picture
and then attach a quote or something interesting that
they say.’”
He starts talking to the person using small talk but
finds that people quickly start saying more.
“Everyone has a story and wants to tell it once they
feel comfortable enough with you,” he said. “The first
few minutes is me building a level of comfort and trust
with the person.”
Olaniyi tries to read the person’s emotions and ask
them questions about why they are feeling a certain way.
“The interview turns into a conversation,” he said. But
no interview is the same. “Usually we don’t try to have
programmed questions.”
He has to be prepared to ask more universal questions
if he finds a person is not very conversational. Olaniyi’s
According to Feeding
America, a nation-wide
network of food banks, 48.1
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million Americans lived in
“food insecure households” in
2014, including 32.8 million
adults, and 15.3 million children. Such families must
choose monthly between paying for food, and paying rent
and mortgage bills.
Albany County’s poverty rate sits at around 25 percent,
according to the Hunger Action Network of New York
State. In 2012, the United States Department of Agriculture
published a study by Feed America that found 14.8 percent
of minors to be “food insecure,” or not having the resources
to maintain adequate nutrition.
“We help feed 325,000 people a year,” Mark Quandt,
Executive Director of the Food Bank, said in an e-mail on
Friday. Roughly 40 percent of those fed by the food bank—
about 125,000—are children.
UAlbany is one of the first three campuses to host the
program, which Eaglestone and a partner developed “as
a local community initiative to engage students, faculty
and staff across different campuses in the region and bring
awareness to the cause,” according to a press release on
Friday.
“It’s something that people buy every day,” says
Eaglestone on why the duo decided on cups of coffee to
support the the agenda.
“I think it’s awesome”, says UAlbany Baseball head
coach Jon Mueller. “To see a kid not have enough food
in their belly is a tough thing to handle. Anytime that
you’re able to help out one of these organizations [make a
difference] is a wonderful thing.”
“It’s definitely a step in the right direction,” says
UAlbany freshman Kevin Rupnic as he picks up his own
warm brew at Jazzman’s Brew and Bakery in the Campus
Center. “If they could donate more, that’d be great, but it’ll
add up.”
To learn more about how you can help Sodexo fight
hunger in the Capital Region, follow @UASAlbany on
Twitter and Instagram, or add UAS_Albany on Snapchat.
go-to questions include “What do you like or hate about
UAlbany?” and “Tell me something about yourself that
no one else knows.”
The Students of UAlbany page currently has nearly
1,000 likes on Facebook. The first post was made on
March 2. Since then, there have been more than 20
pictures posted.
Olaniyi said he finds joy in what he does for Students
of UAlbany.
“I have learned that everyone wants to talk and tell
their story but there aren’t enough listeners in this
world,” he said. “To be able to be that ear that someone
so desperately needs is an amazing feeling, especially
when you don’t know the person.”
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The Great Danes struggled
mightily on offense throughout the game, but had their
moments in the first half.
With 11:18 left in the second
quarter, with the ball at the
Villanova 17 yard line, DJ
Crook complete a pass to
Zee Roberson. As Roberson
picked up the first down and
looked to be heading for a
game-changing touchdown,
he fumbled the ball at the
5-yard line and Villanova
recovered.
UAlbany appeared to be in
position to score once again
with the ball at the Villanova
2 yard line with 20 seconds
left in the half. The Great
Danes, with no timeouts
left, scrambled to get a field
goal attempt. Even though
Patrick Toole’s kick was
good before time expired,
a flag negated the kick and
UAlbany took a 10-0 deficit
into the locker room. After
the late flag, Gattuso chased
down the referees on the
field to dispute the call, to
no avail.
“I need better time
management at the end of
the half,” said Gattuso. “That
was on me.”
The third quarter saw the
UAlbany offense implode
as quarterback DJ Crook
threw three interceptions. He
completed 13 of 24 passing
on the game but was yanked
in the fourth quarter because
of his multiple turnovers.
“I got to go through my
reads and I got to do my job
better,” said Crook. “I wasn’t
doing my job and putting my
team in a good position.”
Villanova scored on three
consecutive plays between
the third and fourth quarters,
extending their lead to 37.
The lone bright spot in the
game for the Great Danes
was a block on the extra
point attempt by Gerard
Smith.
For the Wildcats,
Bednarczyk was a perfect
12 for 12 on the game to
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Head Coach Greg Gattuso took off his headphones to argue with referees about a
call before halftime.
DAY IN THE LIFE
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defense.
About half way into the
second half, senior Jake
Barros brought some more
flare to the game and roar
to the crowd by burying the
ball in the net via a header
pass from freshman Nico
Solabarietta.
“It felt really great to
score that goal,” Barros
said. “Nico left the ball
behind; I picked up the
loose ends and just put it in
the net.”
By domination of play
and leading the score 2-0,
fans watching the game
from the recently renamed
Casey Stadium were
confident that the Danes
would finish up the chilly
night with another victory.
But UMass Lowell
surprised everyone when
the ball hit the back of
the net behind UAlbany
goalkeeper Michael Pizzuti.
Confusion arose on and
off the field, as the goal
looked as if may have been
offside, leaving the referees
to review the play, and
while the players waited
anxiously.
The referees said the goal
was good, and the River
Hawks were on the board
thanks to junior Guilherme
Rodrigues, who brought a
little hope and confidence
back for his team. The
team’s renowned ambitious
energy certainly showed
when they saw more time
in Great Danes’ dangerous
territory during the final
minutes than they had the
whole game. go along with 152 yards
and two touchdowns. Six
different Wildcats rushed
for over 20 yards on the
afternoon.
After Crook was pulled
from the game, UAlbany
backup quarterback Neven
Sussman had his first
pass attempt of the game
intercepted by Villanova’s
Cameron McCurry.
The Great Danes were
flat in the second half
and were outscored 270. Villanova outgained
UAlbany 421-232 and
scored 20 points off
UAlbany turnovers.
“We had a great first
half, but in the second half
we crumbled,” defensive
lineman Samuel Gray
said. “We didn’t come out
on fire like we should’ve
been.”
The Great Danes fall to
2-5 with the loss, while the
Wildcats improve to 3-3.
The Great Danes’ next
game is against Richmond
on Halloween in Virginia.
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In the last five minutes,
the Danes focused
mainly on defending and
reclaiming ball possession,
however, keeping it mostly
out of reach for UMass.
This left UMass falling
short and UAlbany
celebrating the win at the
sound of the buzzer.
“We just kept the ball
and played smart the way
we know how to. We
played it long if we had to,
but used short passes and
communication too,” said
Barros.
Another victory for the
Great Danes means they
need to keep up the hard
work and maintain the
energy they demonstrated
so well this Saturday.
“We’re really pleased
to get another conference
victory here at home.
We have to now learn to
how to play with leads
in the second half when
opponents start to press
higher or take more risks,”
Gorman said. “But, if
we’re in that position, it
means we’re winning, and
it feels better to learn that
lesson than it would others.
We’ve been showing a lot
of good signs over the past
few weeks, and as for our
winning momentum, we’re
just going to try not to
break it.”
After a non-conference
game at Boston University
on Tuesday, UAlbany
returns home to Casey
Stadium for an America
East matchup with New
Hampshire on Saturday,
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Philip Persson scored just three minutes into the
game as Albany topped UMass Lowell.
Football, waffles, and Ed Sheeran
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Kevin Malloy’s (67) main job is to protect UAlbany quarterback DJ Crook.
By CELIA BALF
How much does it take
to feed a 6’5”, 280-pound
offensive lineman?
Kevin Malloy, a redshirt
junior for the University
at Albany football team,
needs a lot to fuel his
body throughout the day.
Malloy’s favorite breakfast
is a serving of five to six
scrambled eggs with ham
and cheese, six to eight
waffles, 10 maple sausage
links and two pieces of toast
with a glass of orange juice.
He is eating all this after
downing a 20-ounce, 64gram protein shake.
Malloy wakes up to an
old-fashioned alarm clock
that blasts on his bedside at
5:30 a.m. He pulls his body
out of bed and heads to
lift and go to meetings. By
the time Malloy has lifted
a combined weight of an
entire women’s sports team,
and studied the upcoming
opponent for Saturday, most
of us are still sound asleep.
The Long Island native
and Third-Team All-CAA
Offensive Line looks
forward to the after-morning
grind because it means he
can head back to his house
downtown and cook up that
big breakfast before heading
back to campus for classes
and practice.
Malloy got switched to
left tackle from tight end last
year. Malloy stood at 250
pounds, which meant he had
to put on about 30 pounds to
fit the new position.
“From forcing myself to
eat a lot more I’ve gained
the 25 pounds. I was 285
pounds before the season
but since we don’t lift as
much as the off season I’ve
lost a little,” he said. Despite
Malloy’s small weight-loss
in season, the coaching staff
and he agree that 285 to 295
pounds is a good range for
him to be of ultimate use
without losing too much
speed.
Malloy’s daily schedule
puts a lot of emphasis on
good diet habits. To play
in the left tackle position
size and strength is vital. A
lot of students and studentathletes brush off certain
meals knowing that they
don’t need to worry about
dropping a pound or two
here, but for Malloy and
the UAlbany football team,
eating is a form of training
for them.
Malloy drinks about two
to four protein shakes a day,
snacks on peanut butter
and jelly sandwiches, and
always has a protein-rich
dinner. While eating is a
part of Malloy’s schedule,
training and going to school
also fills up his day.
Every day is different
for Malloy. Monday is the
football team’s off-day,
but he still uses the time
to study film. Tuesdays
he is up at 6:15 a.m. for
meetings at 7 a.m., class at
8:45 a.m., then back home
to eat, study and prepare for
practice later that afternoon.
By noon, Malloy is back
on campus to get treatment
before meetings at 2 p.m.
and practice at 3 p.m.
Practice goes until 5:15
p.m., and then treatment
follows. Malloy said he’s
usually in bed by 10 p.m. on
weeknights because his days
are so long.
Each weekday is packed
with meetings, lifting,
classes, studying, practicing,
treatment and eventually
sleeping. Malloy uses
reading, music and family
dinners with his teammates
to re-focus after long days.
“I love Ed Sheeran, he’s
amazing,” Malloy said.
Saturday is game day, so
for Malloy his weeks are
centered around preparing
for that one day a week
during which he can wear
the number 67 proudly and
represent the school. Malloy
said he is a completely
different person on and off
the field, so for those of you
who see a 6’5” guy in the
process of growing out a
mustache that looks like he
might steal your lunch and
your girl, don’t be alarmed.
He’s actually a big teddy
bear off the field.
“I think on the field
I'm relentless and really
physical. I like hitting
people and putting them in
the ground. It's apart of the
game of football and I love
it. Honestly, off the field,
I'm just a nice guy who
happens to be a lot bigger
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than most,” he said.
A lot of Malloy’s strength
and kindness is a reflection
of how he was raised. “My
mom is a preschool teacher
at our local church. She’s
the reason I’m so nice.
All of my friends at home
always call her a saint just
because she’s so genuine,”
Malloy said.
Malloy’s father was a
paramedic in New York
City before becoming a
police officer. “Growing up
he taught me to be strong
and to really just go out
and accomplish things. He
is one of the main reasons
I'm where I am today. He
enjoys coming to my games
more than anyone I know,”
Malloy said.
Malloy’s kindness isn’t to
undermine how hard what
he does every day is and
how seriously he takes his
sport and education. “A lot
of people don’t understand
the challenge of playing
Division 1 football, but it
really is like a full time job,”
he said.
His dream is to play
professional football one
day, but he understands how
difficult it is going to be to
get there. “Making it to the
NFL is one of the hardest
things to do so everyone
has a backup plan. Mine has
always been to become a
police officer just like my
father and his father before
him. Just being able to help
people is what I want to do,”
Malloy said.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2015
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Leading goal scorer to join Mexican U20 National Team
By CELIA BALF
UAlbany women’s soccer rookie-ofthe-year Vivian Vega has put her season
here at Albany on hold to join the Mexican
U20 National Team in CAR Centro de Alto
Rendimiento in Tijuana, Mexico. Vega was
invited to practice and tryout for the team
in preparation for the 2015 CONCACAF
Women’s U20 Championship in
December.
Vega is leading the UAlbany women’s
team with six goals on the season. She is
the primary scorer for the Danes, tallying
up 22 points her freshman year and well on
her way this year.
Vega heard the news from her mother,
Susana Vega, who initially got the call
from the Mexican Soccer Federation. The
news was kept quiet until Vega made the
decision to go through with the tryout.
“I was really excited when I got the
call and soon after I started feeling a little
nervous and worrisome because I was
going to miss some of my college game,”
Vega said. The Great Danes and Head
Coach Caitlin Cucchiella stand by Vega’s
decision, although they will miss her
finding the back of the net for them.
“I am so excited and happy for the
opportunity that Vivian has been provided.
This is the highest honor that a soccer
player can receive from their country. I
wish her the best of luck and I am grateful
to have her representing not only Mexico,
but our women’s soccer program and the
University at Albany,” Cucchiella said.
Vega was part of Cucchiella’s first
recruiting class and came to Albany from
Santa Ana, Calif. Vega’s national team
debut started at the U17 level, making her
the first UAlbany women’s soccer player to
ever play at the national level.
“I feel the most prepared this time
around because I feel I’m at my highest
level right now,” Vega said.
Vega will return home for a couple days
before packing up to train from Oct. 19
through Oct. 23. If Vega makes the final
roster she will compete with the Mexican
National Team in Honduras starting Dec. 3.
“I’m excited about getting the
opportunity to represent the Mexican
National Team and making my family
proud. I’m nervous about going to a team
I’m not familiar with,” Vega said.
The Danes will have to push through the
remainder of the season without Vega. Best
case scenario: she makes it and is back to
join her team come playoffs.
The UAlbany women’s soccer team is
6-8-1 overall, and 1-3-1 in the America
East Conference. Team Captain Alexa
Schneider said the team couldn’t be happier
for Vega. “The team is very excited for
Vivian. Obviously we are going to miss her
but this is an amazing opportunity and well
earned,” Schneider said.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Danes gear up
for the season
By HANNAH BRIGIDA
INFANTADO
Basketball season is just
around the corner and the
University at Albany men’s
team is already preparing to
defend their America East
championship. The first
chance for fans to see the
new team was at the Purple
& Gold scrimmage on Saturday, Oct. 17.
Despite the cold weather
after the UAlbany football game, fans gathered
together to watch at
SEFCU Arena, where Peter
Hooley’s buzzer beating
three-pointer gave UAlbany
a championship in their last
game in the arena.
“I think we are going
to be very successful. We
have a lot of good talent
and it’s a new group. We
are very excited. I think [the
4th title] is within reach,”
Hooley said.
Hooley, from Adelaide,
Australia, is the returning
star who made history at
last season’s America East
Championship game after
making the winning shot
with 1.6 seconds left in the
game.
He recently graduated
with a bachelor’s degree in
both journalism and psychology, earning the Reggie
Lewis Most Outstanding Player honors for the
second time and receiving
the 2015 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student
Excellence Recipient. He
is currently enrolled in the
master’s program for communications at UAlbany for
his final season.
Also returning this
season are Dallas Ennema,
Greig Stire, Ray Sanders,
Evan Singletary, Richard
Peters, and Mike Rowley.
“They did a fantastic job
tonight. I like being on the
team,” JP Honsinger said.
Honsinger, a seventh
grader, has childhood Alzheimer’s. He loves sports
and was brought onto the
team as a point guard last
November after signing a
National Letter of Intent
with the UAlbany men’s
basketball team. His mother
and friend Riley Wisdowski
watched the game with him.
“I’m excited for the season. We got a really great
group of guys and we are
looking forward in getting
after it. Practices have been
going well, workouts and
everything,” freshman Joe
Cremo said.
Cremo is one of three
new players on the team.
He was a three-year team
captain MVP from ScotiaGlenville High School,
where he led the Tartans to
an overall record of 92-7
over four years, averaging
22.0 points, 11.5 rebounds,
4.5 assists and 3.5 steals per
game.
“To be honest with you,
we practiced this morning
a couple hours so my main
goal was for these guys
to get up and down to get
some conditioning,” Head
Coach Will Brown said.
“I thought they all showed
flashes. This is really for
our season ticket holders
and our fans but I think
each guy did something
well.”
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UAlbany fell to Villanova Wildcats 37-0 last Saturday.
UALBANY FOOTBALL
WILDCATS DEVOUR
THE GREAT DANES
By ANDREW HUGHES
The University at Albany football
team was manhandled on Saturday by
the #25 ranked Villanova Wildcats 370. The Great Danes, who were playing
host to CAA rival Villanova for the
first time in program history, were
rarely competitive in the game.
The Great Danes lost their third
game in a row, scoring just one touchdown in their last three games, with
two of the losses being shutouts.
Coach Greg Gattuso was visibly
unhappy with himself and his coaching staff after the Great Danes’ second
home loss in as many weeks.
“I have to coach my coaches better
and they need to coach our players
better,” Gattuso said. “We really need
this off week. I have a lot of thinking
to do.”
The Great Danes have off this week
and after the way they have played the
past couple of weeks, it’s not coming
a moment too soon. UAlbany has lost
three games in a row by a combined
score of 113-7.
The Wildcats pounced early on the
porous UAlbany defense, which ranks
10th out of 12 teams in the CAA.
Quarterback Zach Bednarczyk led
the Wildcats downfield on their first
possession, with a pair of first down
tosses to Anthony DeCamillo and
Kevin Gulyas of 17 yards and 10 yards
respectively.
Gulyas had a 106 yard, 2 touchdown game last year during UAlbany’s first ever game against Villanova,
and he had another big game with 77
yards and a touchdown.
Gudzak scored the first touchdown
of the game with a 10 yard run to put
Villanova up 7-0 with 11:11 left to go
in the first quarter.
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MEN’S SOCCER
River Hawks Attack Grounded by Great Danes
By LAUREN NAVRATIL
After the temperature dipped
into the 30s for a late 8 p.m. start,
the University at Albany men’s
soccer team kept warm by securing a clean win of 2-1 against University of Massachusetts Lowell
Saturday night at Bob Ford Field
at Casey Stadium.
The Great Danes proved their
preparation and desire to win early
on after senior Phillip Persson
scored the first goal of the night
just three minutes into the first
half.
Heavy excitement within the
first few minutes quickly wore off,
however, as the game fell into a
steady pace as UAlbany (7-6-1,
2-2-0 America East) maintained
almost full possession of the ball
while UMass Lowell (7-6-0, 2-2-0
AE) struggled to enter to the Great
Danes 18-yard box.
With few shots on net by either
team during the remaining minutes, the first half concluded with
a stagnant, but dominating force
from the Great Danes.
“We started the game strong
and dominated the first half and
into the second,” UAlbany Head
Coach Trevor Gorman said. “We
imposed ourselves on our opponents and made it difficult for
them to make it out of their own
end.”
The Great Danes kicked off the
second half with the same energy
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that allowed them to occupy the
ball, giving little opportunity for
UMass to make any progress.
Through concise passing at a
fast pace while moving the ball
around the entire field, UAlbany
kept their opponent working hard
by forcing them to strictly play
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