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VOLUME 109 | ISSUE 7

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Champlain Valley Hall is one building on campus that experiences inconsistent heating and cooling throughout the year because it uses steam.

Feelings lukewarm for campus heating BY ALEKSANDER SIDOROVA Editor in Chief

College staff and students, especially those living in dorms, noticed it took longer for heating to turn on this year. The fluctuating temperatures don’t make it easy on the college either. In a written response, Executive Director of Strategic Communications and Marketing Heather Haskins and Assistant Vice President for Maintenance and Operations Tyson Moulton explained how the heating system at SUNY Plattsburgh functions. Maintenance and Operations follows the weather forecast and turns the heat on when nighttime temperatures begin to drop. The heating turned on 10 days later than last year. “In the past, this has been a very successful strategy,” Haskins and Moulton wrote. “This year there were some complications.” This year’s weather patterns were unpredictable and quick to change. According to AccuWeather, in the month of September, Plattsburgh first saw a heatwave with temperatures in the 80s, then they dropped to rainy 60s. The first week of October, temperatures crept back up to high 70s and quickly fell to the 50s. Since Wednesday, the city has been in the comfortable 60s range, with

temperatures due to drop to the 40s next week. New York state’s Department of Environmental Conservation lists more frequent cold waves and heatwaves as one of the side effects of climate change. Additionally, Haskins and Moulton wrote, all the rain from the summer resulted in excessive amounts of groundwater. Maintenance and Operations also discovered some system issues, which extended a process that otherwise takes several days to more than two weeks. “We’ve received complaints about the lack of heat this fall and recognize that the strategy that has been successful for years didn’t work this year,” Haskins and Moulton wrote. “We’re working on assessing how we’ll change this for next year. We are also aware of the buildings that are particularly challenging. Most important to us is that the campus knows how much the Maintenance and Operations staff care.” The Central Heating Plant creates high-temperature hot water, which makes its way to campus buildings through pipes buried in the ground. The water leaves the plant at a pressure of 200 pounds of force per square inch and a heat of 400 degrees — twice its boiling point.

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A thermostat in Ward Hall displays a reading of 91 degrees Fahrenheit. HEAT > 3

Statement from the editor in chief In this issue, we are releasing the longest correction that we know of, pertaining to last issue’s editorial expressing our stance on the Israel-Hamas War. We also updated the web version. As some of you pointed out, it was hastily put together and we allowed for multiple factual errors, which is inexcus-

able for the level of journalism that we aspire to. The way we publish editorials is flawed. Moving forward, we will ensure that all, or a majority of the editorial board, reads, approves and signs on editorials. To allow for this, editorials will be written in advance, by the beginning of the week we

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publish the issue featuring it. Cardinal Points may be produced solely by a passionate group of full-time college students with jobs and other personal obligations, but we still owe you our best work, which last issue’s editorial did not amount to. We will also be more open to seeking guidance from our faculty ad-

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viser when necessary. Additionally, we want to remind you that we welcome letters to the editor and guest essay submissions. Watch our latest video on YouTube for more details. Lastly, we want to note that we are not publishing a full issue next week, but you can expect breaking

sports stories. Thank you for helping us make the most of this learning opportunity. We will always strive to do better. Sincerely, Aleksandra Sidorova Editor in Chief

SPORTS

OPINION Homecoming changed page 12

Students produce plays in a day

Culinary Throwdown

Hockey season preview

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Student Association

SA Senate looking to involve more students Oct. 21 University Police reported sexual misconduct in DeFredenburgh Hall at 6:14 p.m. Investigation is still pending as per the report.

Oct. 21 UP reported an instance of harassment with physical contact in Macomb Hall. This investigation is also pending.

Oct. 21 UP reported a case of attempted criminal mischief in lot 16 by the Health Center on campus. The incident was closed by investigation.

UP weed-whacks again

UP reported possessions of cannabis on Oct. 21 and 23 in Macomb and Harrington Halls respectively. Both incidents were closed by investigation. They also reported a judicial referral of "marihuana possession" on Oct. 24.

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CP Corrections See Page 3 for corrections to last week's issue. If you see an error in Cardinal Points, email cp@cardinalpointsonline.com

GOT A NEWS TIP? Contact the news editor at cp@cardinalpointsonline.com.

BY KAMIKO CHAMBLE Staff Writer

The Student Association recently approved requests for funding and devised methods of engaging students on campus.. The SA Senate approved multiple requests of funding for different programs. Coordinator of the Arts Alexander Finkey requested a table in the Angell College Center. The table in the ACC is for the SA so everyone gets to know who they are. It would basically be an introduction so people would be more interested in being a face on campus. They would like to set up a table in the ACC because it’s the most active place on campus where kids go in and out all throughout the day. They requested the first table to be Friday, Oct. 19, and they would like to continue to have one every week to keep students coming and keep them informed. The SA Faculty Adviser Steven Matthews stated that it was a good idea because that is an effective way to interact with people on campus. The SA wants students to see them outside of their classes. The SA wants students to know that they see the students on campus and that the students are doing great. The people who set up tables in the ACC have

been doing great. They just want to make everyone comfortable and willing to speak to them. The senators plan on making a survey for people on campus to take so senators can see how they are perceived on campus, what they can work on and learn what they can do to improve things on campus. The senators also plan on setting up a box in the ACC for students on campus to give ideas for clubs or what they would like to see on campus, in a way in which they can anonymously speak up without feeling embarrassed. This idea was approved. Matthews explained how the SA pays for the tutors that the school provides for us, the red shuttle that students take every day and even the vacation buses that are taken for breaks. He said that the SA funds go toward lots of places and it has such a big impact on our campus life, so if the students on campus didn’t have the stuff that they currently have on campus, then students would be surprised. The Student Association not only funds student needs but wants too, making things on campus possible for us. Next, the club Nepalese at Plattsburgh requested an additional $700 that was approved. They requested the

funding because they want to hold a holy event to celebrate the love of the good over evil in the world. They will be ticketing for this event. It’s going to be $5 for the Students and $7 for guests. Lastly, the Accounting and Finance Club requested a $2,000 travel grant. They would like to take students on campus to Boston to meet with alumni. They would like Plattsburgh President Alexander Enyedi to come. It’s going to be a two-night trip where on Thursday they will go to a networking event, then on Friday they will be going to see the Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler, or KPMK building, have a group dinner and then they will be coming back on Saturday. They need this grant for the transportation. They would like to rent four vans for everyone, and they will be collecting $70 per student just in case of emergencies. If not used, then they will be reimbursed.

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HEAT Continued from page 1 When it arrives at a building, it “runs through a converter that uses the heat to produce either 180-degree water for heating or steam, depending on the building.” Most campus buildings are at least 50 years old. The age of the buildings makes it difficult to replace equipment — as such, buildings like Champlain Valley Hall, Hawkins Hall, Saranac Hall and Ward Hall still use steam to heat them in the winter. Steam heating is also harder to control, causing more variability in temperatures across different parts of the building. When Jessica Lashway, associate registrar, came to work on the morning of Monday, Oct. 23, the thermostat on the wall showed it was 64 degrees in her office on the second floor of Ward. The previous week, Lashway recalled, the reading was 99 degrees. “I definitely would rather it be cooler and warm up the room with the space heater than have it be almost 100 in here,” Lashway said. Lashway said she is more “hot-blooded,” so she turned on a room heater, which brought her office to 74 degrees by noon. However, this solution may not be for everyone: Every heater has to be approved by the Heating Plant as they are generally considered fire hazards. Noticing the pattern of chilly days, Lashway had brought layers to help keep herself warm on Wednesday, but instead kept her window wide open

as they lay unused. The thermostat on her office’s wall displayed 79 degrees. Turning on the heating is usually a staggered process, and heat does not get to every building at the same time. Students who live on campus, like Adannya Carter, could not with certainty say the heating in their dorms had been turned on. Others, like Bianca Melvin-Arias and Aileen Leahy, have trouble adjusting the heat. “Does the dial work or is it decoration like the door knob? That’s what I want to know,” Leahy said. Melvin-Arias and Leahy shared that some nights, they bury themselves in all their blankets, and others feel like a “heatstroke.” Melvin-Arias said she is sometimes “too scared to touch the dial” because the rooms have no directions for controlling the built-in heaters. “They just turned it on really late, in my opinion,” Melvin-Arias said. “The classes were hot before the buildings were. Everyone kept getting sick from the coldness, people are still sick in our building because they didn’t turn on the heat.” According to a fact-checked Healthline article from last year, cold temperatures are not known to cause sickness directly, but do weaken the immune system, making one more susceptible to disease. Carter said she finds the heat in Hawkins Hall and other academic buildings “pretty good.” In dorms, however, it can be unpredictable. “The heat does work, but only when it chooses to. When it wants to work, it works,” Carter said.

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“It’s like, ‘Surprise!’” With a changing climate, Maintenance and Operations might need to make changes to the heating system, as well. “While we understand that these heating and cooling challenges present difficulties and discomfort for students and employees, our goal and our mission is always to provide the best, most appropriate environment in all buildings,” Haskins and Moulton wrote.

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Cardinal Points Corrections OPINION: 1) In the previous issue’s editorial, “We can’t ignore war crimes,” the year of the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire is listed incorrectly. The dissolution of the Ottoman Empire was a process that spanned several years, but concluded by 1922. 2) The editorial has also misrepresented some of the relatively recent historical context surrounding the territorial disputes between Israel and Palestine. It mentions the Balfour Declaration of 1917, a statement of British support for “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” However, additional historical context was missing regarding the territorial dis-

putes surrounding Palestine. The Hussein-McMahon Correspondence in 1915 and 1916 between Emir of Mecca Hussein ibn Ali and British High Commissioner Henry McMahon indicated British support for an independent Arab state. However, most of the correspondence focused on Turkish lands and did not detail the independence of the land of Palestine. The terms agreed to in the Hussein-McMahon Correspondence were later contradicted when Great Britain and France, with the approval of Russia, made a secret convention in 1916 — the SykesPicot Agreement or the Asia Minor Agreement — to divide the lands of the Ottoman Empire into areas to be controlled

by Britain or France. Palestine was to be international territory. In April 1920, the Allies divided the lands of what used to be the Ottoman Empire during the San Remo Conference in Italy. However, now Palestine would be under Mandatory British rule. Great Britain turned what would become known as “the Palestine problem” over to the United Nations in 1947, after large-scale Jewish immigration to the region was met with resistance and violence that continued on both sides. The UN provided a solution involving two independent states, one Palestinian Arab, the other Jewish, with Jerusalem remaining international territory. Israel proclaimed its indepen-

dence in 1948 and in the years following, continued its expansion beyond the proposed borders, annexing Jerusalem and exiling, displacing or killing millions of Palestinians. 3) Additionally, some of the numbers marking the victims of the Nakba in 1948 were incorrect: 15,000 Palestinians were killed in the series of 70 massacres and 750,000 were displaced. 4) Lastly, to reflect developments since the publication of the editorial, the number of deaths now includes more than 5,700 Palestinians, 2,300 of them children.

Plattsburgh now a bronze certified climate-smart community COURTNEY MEISENHEIMER Press Release

The City of Plattsburgh proudly announces that it has been awarded Bronze Certification by the New York State Climate Smart Community program a landmark achievement. This status was gained Oct. 2, with an official announcement by Governor Kathy Hochul. The esteemed recognition signifies the city’s unwavering commitment to sustainability, energy efficiency and a greener future since it adopted the CSC pledge in 2019 and appointed a Climate Task Force to advise the City of CSC initiatives and climate-related issues. The City is one of only 121 other New York State Communities

to have achieved this status since the CSC program began in 2009. Of those 121 communities, five are North Country communities: Village of Saranac Lake, Potsdam, Lake Placid, Town of Potsdam and Town of Lewis. NYS’ Climate Smart Community program aims to empower local governments across the state to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to a changing climate. Plattsburgh’s induction into this esteemed community showcases its dedication to becoming a trailblazer in the field of sustainable urban development. To qualify for the Bronze status, the City with the help of its Climate Task Force and its CSC Regional Coordinator Carlie Leary provided evidence of the completion of 19 actions across nine different cat-

egories for a total of 144 points. This achievement follows the designation that the City of Plattsburgh received in June of becoming a NYSERDA Clean Energy Community. Mayor Chris Rosenquest said, “We are proud of this designation and will continue to find ways to reduce our environmental impact in the City of Plattsburgh”. This achievement would not have been possible without the dedication and commitment of the Plattsburgh Climate Task Force. The committee chaired by former City Councilor, Rachelle Armstrong has been leading the City through the process of becoming a Climate Smart Community since June 6, 2019. “Receiving CSC Bronze Certification is the result of collaboration be-

tween city government, staff the task force, and the community. Recertification and achieving the next level of CSC certification. Silver, will require that all stakeholders strengthen their commitment to meet the urgent challenge that climate change presents,” said Carlie Leary, ANCA Climate Smart Communities Coordinator. The City of Plattsburgh extends its sincere gratitude to NYSDEC for recognizing its efforts and looks forward to completing additional CSC actions. As it continues on this mission, it will look for opportunities to collaborate with the residential community, businesses, and other stakeholders to help combat climate change.

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“Walking el norte” is a piece by Alvaro Enciso that highlights food cans found in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona.

BORDERS shares the history of asylum seekers BY CINARA MARQUIS Staff Writer

“BORDERS: Migrations North + South” is an exhibition in the Myers Art Gallery that covers migrations of asylum-seekers across the US-Mexico and US-Canada borders. Curated by Amy Mountcastle from the anthropology department, the exhibition includes art, photography and artifacts related to the border crossing at Roxham Road and the Southern border. Coming from ongoing research by a group of SUNY Plattsburgh faculty, the exhibition shares the intimate humanity of those who embark on a journey to cross the border. “It’s such an incredibly human story. It’s not just a bunch of people trying to find a better life — it sounds

like that’s an everyday throwaway statement now,” Mountcastle said. Her team has been working on the project for years, meeting with artists, migrants, observing the border and co-operating with humanitarian organizations. “I didn’t choose this topic. It was there. I could’ve ignored it, right? I could’ve said, ‘Well I don’t do that as a researcher’ but I do do that. My research is and has been about asylum seekers, refugees, identity, displacement, emplacement – at the same time it’s in our own backyard,” Mountcastle said. She’s referring to Roxham Road. In Champlain, New York, just 30 minutes from SUNY Plattsburgh, is the landmark thoroughfare that was a site for asylum seekers to cross the US-Canada border. The five-mile

rural road was an unofficial entry point, “it was an irregular port of entry so they were able to declare asylum there,” Mountcastle explained. Basically, under the original negotiation between the two countries, the requirement of claiming asylum within the first country that one reaches applied only to crossings at ports of entry, and not between, making Roxham Road a loophole to the agreement. “It was very sobering to be there every time. It was shocking at Roxham Road.” Mountcastle watched as people crossed the border into Canada. “It’s families, it’s single women, it’s single men, it’s old people, it’s young people, it’s children, it’s single mothers, single fathers. It’s all kinds of people. It’s such a part of the story that entire families are on the move,” Mountcastle said.

Much of the artwork represents these families, photographs of children and their parents, found objects, a stuffed animal, a toy keychain, a stroller and on one wall, toe tags of those who died at the southern border. “It’s taken artists involved in this quite some time to figure out how to make sense of it and what they want to convey. With this kind of work it is especially very difficult to stay at arms-length,” Mountcastle said. Many photos and artworks, such as “Hostile Terrain 94,” a participatory installation where real toe tags representational of migrants who died attempting to cross the Sonoran Desert of Arizona over the last 30 years mark on a wall map where their remains were found. BORDERS > 5

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Students produce plays in 24 hours BY NADIA PASCHAL Contributor

Four plays were mainly written and produced by students from scratch in 24 hours this past weekend by the Theatre Department called a 24-HourPlay festival. Five groups of students got the chance to showcase their skills through writing and performing in 10-minute sketches. The four plays were “Night Shift,” “Things That Go Ding In The Night,” “The Phone” and “Two Poets,” each serving their own purpose with different themes, tones and morals. Participants each raffled a team, which included two actors, a writer and a director. The writers were given a prompt at 6 p.m. the day before. They had to work a certain line or phrase into the script, and worked tirelessly throughout the night to see it through. Once finished, they sent it to the actors so that they could start rehearsing. Ngozi Permaul, a sophomore, starred

in the play “The Phone.” Its premise was a mother trying to communicate and connect with her son, who is too engrossed in technology. Although they had only 24 hours, Permaul shared that he was still able to get a basic understanding of his character through his own life experience and observing those around him. “It was something to better understand how I communicate and how I relay ideas,” Permaul said. Aside from “The Phone,” three other plays were performed. The first was “Night Shift” which is about Alice, a cynical cafe employee, and Bob, an optimistic security guard. The two have a chance encounter at the cafe where Alice works and strike a conversation about their outlook on life, which ends in an unlikely connection as they discover that they both may have deeper feelings for each other. “Things That Go Ding In the Night” follows Parker and his

discovery of the true cause of all of the holes that have been appearing in his yard. After hearing some noises one night, Parker stumbles upon a creature named Bugbear. Bugbear reveals that he is a gnome trying to bury his treasure. Parker attempts to reason with him and tell him to leave, but ultimately fails to do so. The final play, “The Poet,” features a poet writing to someone she once shared a connection with. A narrator, who is also a writer, breaks the fourth wall by directly speaking to the audience. The narrator sheds light on the poet’s life and the person to whom the letters are written. The audience got to see the performers in action, but they were not the only ones hard at work. The directors, writers and technical crew played a key role in the success of the festival as well. Senior Alyssa Vasquez served as a director for one of the plays. She was tasked with blocking out the scenes and ensuring all as-

pects ran smoothly. “My job was to collaborate with the writer I was paired with to bring the play they wrote to life,” Vasquez said. Nicholas Alkobi, the writer paired with Vasquez, shared that he stepped outside of his comfort zone. Usually writing screenplays and short stories, Alkobi was still able to carry over the knowledge that he already had. “The only difference is just how the audience sees it,” Alkobi said. “This is all one take on a stage, so it definitely sets a different element in me, and what I can and can’t do.” Despite having such a short window of time, the cast and crew managed to pull it off successfully and collaboration amongst team members seemed to come easily. “[Vasquez] had a good understanding of what I was providing. She definitely gave some direction that I didn’t think about either,” Alkobi said. Vasquez agreed, saying that

“for the stuff that we had to use, we did what we could with what we had.” Unfortunately, production hit a few snags at one point, when one of the writers had to drop out unexpectedly. Thinking fast and creatively, those involved turned to Chat GPT to overcome this obstacle. Despite not working with the program directly, Alkobi noted that although it worked, it “was kind of funny, I’m not going to lie. Which kind of scares me too.” It was clear that the students involved put their all into it, and despite some open seats in the audience, those who did come showed a clear display of enthusiasm. Those who participated this year hope that over time and through more events held, it will gain more traction and attract a larger audience as they would like to be involved again. Email NADIA PASCHAL cp@cardinalpointsonline.com

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Dawn Lundy Martin speaks at Krinovitz BY DANIELA RAYMOND Opinion Editor

Oct. 17 is annually recognized as Black Poetry Day to honor the contributions of Black poets and writers throughout history. The day was established in 1985 honoring the birth of the first Black poet published in the United States, Jupiter Hammon. Hammon is considered the father of African-American literature. Hammon was born into slavery in 1711 and ended up receiving an education. After learning to read he spent most of his time in the library. Black Poetry is an exceedingly powerful, strong and critical backbone of the literature scene around the world and is also incredibly important to this campus. The day has been celebrated on campus since 1984, a year before it was nationally recognized. Poet Jean Jordan was the program’s first-ever speaker. Each preceding year, the college has brought up various world-renowned poets like Gwendolyn Brooks, Amiri Baraka and Derek Walcott, who visited the campus only six days after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, and many more. The program has grown to fruition since the ’70s in collaboration with Ken Knelly and Stanley Sabin. This year senior Hawa Sillah introduced poet Dawn Lundy Martin to the stage, recognizing her numerous attributes. Poet and activist Martin was selected by American writer and poet Carl Phillips for the 2007 Cave Canem Poetry Prize for her first full-length collection, “A Gathering of Matter/ a Matter of Gathering.” She is also the author of “Good Stock Strange Blood,” winning the 2019 Kingsley Tufts Award. “Life in a Box Is a Pretty Life” and “Discipline,” were both selected by Fanny Howe for the 2009 Nightboat Books Poetry Prize. Walking up to the podium in her coordinated castleton green suit, Lundy began her presentation by mentioning her novel, which is currently in the works. Her monologue

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Dawn Lundy Martin disusses her unreleased memoir at Krinovitz Recital Hall. began by explaining that she would be reading some prose to begin the evening, beginning with a passage from her unpublished memoir: “In poetry, I have tried to write a blackness of can to the migrants’ dislocation, and unknowing up against all the messages we receive and reiterate that blackness can be known and described. It’s because we want to love ourselves, I think because we do, and having a tangible collective identity makes the love object easier to access. I have also attempted to write the many cells that make up my own post-traumatic existence, to speak from a place of fragmentation is to roar without your larynx. This has its terrifying beauty. And it’s why for so many years, poetry was a natural home for my stories.” She continues with an anecdote from when she received her master’s

degree at San Francisco State University. She had many conversations with the poet Nyan Meachem who taught her endless lessons about the ends of language. Their conversations often ended with Martin being posed abstract questions like “What does it mean to speak?” Martin admitted to staring at her dumbfoundedly, having never thought explicitly about the problems of speaking and what might prevent it. After each meeting, she left with even more theoretical questions tumbling in her brain that challenged the notions of what a poem might truly be. This enticed Martin to envision what a person might be and who she was in relation to different bodies and bodies that appear to be statuesque as a whole. Afterward, she continued to read three other poems from her various

works, each one tugging at different heartstrings. The room could feel the heaviness and seriousness of her words and the audience listened intently. Her last poem struck the hardest, detailing the hardships of slavery. Martin said: “They have encircled me with their manacle tongues, but I do not understand them. My form is small and lean, but they think I’m large and bullied. What is yielded here is nothing, no sign of blood, no sign of dripping, no ache, only my small form without space around it. What is the body by leaking form? No room for leaking a form so tight around my form it cannot see where to gesture complete closure. To hold a drop of water is extremely labor intensive. Tongue against the ground. The difference between experience and dreams falls away. There are locks in every corner like little eyes, even time no longer passes each fractured second redundant artifice of time of location.” At the end of the program, Martin sold and signed books outside of Krinovitz Recital Hall. Students and faculty lined up excited to read more of what they spent the evening listening to. This program held every year is an amazing way that the college can uplift Black voices and Black literature. Faculty and students gathering to listen to astounding works like Martin’s is a way to not only hear Black voices, but a step in the direction of truly begging to understand them, too. Reading works by Black poets is especially important in a world where the voices of Black storytellers have been historically excluded from mainstream media and publishing. Black Poetry Day plays as the perfect reminder to take up a quiet nook and read many of the talented Black poets from around the world. Poems today are just as relevant as those of yesterday. While context and rhymes change, the purpose remains the same. Email DANIELA RAYMOND cp@cardinalpointsonline.com

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Identification cards, business cards and other items collected at Roxham Road border crossing represent a loss of identity or disposing of “unnecessary items.”

BORDERS Continued from page 4 Beside that piece is Alvaro Enciso’s “Donde Mueren los Sueños” (Where Dreams Die) a collection of images of his secular crosses which stand in remembrance of the person who died at that site. The death toll reaches more than 3,600 people in the desert. Enciso has spent the last decade of his life creating and placing more than 800 crosses at these sites. “Originally, it was just going to be a northern border show, but as things developed in our research team, we were discussing that we should include the southern border because the distance is really not that far. We had people coming from the southern border, which means they came from countries of South America, the continent of Africa, Haiti, Afghanistan. They were coming to North America and then some of them continued to Roxham Road. Even in the early days, they were

headed to Canada,” Mountcastle explained. “But, with this kind of work, it is especially very difficult to stay arms-length.” “In anthropological research the practice is to immerse yourself in other people’s worlds,” Mountcastle said. “It can be very rewarding but it can be also very difficult, especially when you are immersing yourself in people’s worlds when their worlds are about struggle, fear and trauma.” Mountcastle met with photographers at Roxham Road and formed a bond with them, recognizing how important it is to show the community the world that we live in. She asked the artists to decide what they wanted to show for themselves— photos of families and children, portraits of single people crossing and pictures of the landscape plaster the walls. “I think that the photographers — each of them have done that in their own way. They see the individuality and that is just the photographer and artistic mind,” Mountcastle said. Museum Director Tonya Cribb wrote of the importance of the exhibit on our campus, “My goals for all exhibition programming is to host exhibits

that are cross-disciplinary in nature and support academic work occurring throughout campus. Additionally, this topic is of great interest to our community and an important topic nationwide.” As of March 25, the Roxham Road border crossing was eliminated after a renegotiation agreement between the U.S. and Canada. Mountcastle said, “Through the arts you can bring people together. When people are interested in the cultural aspects of something, then they are more open, like they are able to hear, listen and see and I think that is also a part of my motivation to bring this into a gallery setting.” You can see “BORDERS: Migrations North + South” throughout the week from noon to 4 p.m. excluding Monday. The exhibition will be found in Burke Gallery and Slatkin Study Room until March 8, 2024.

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CARDINAL CALENDAR: Oct. 29 - Nov. 3 ALL WEEK:

Our Environment, Our Land: Twentieth-Century Inuit Prints and Sculptures - Feinberg Library ‘Borders: Migration North+South’ Art Exhibit - Burke Gallery and Slatkin Study Room

SUNDAY 10/29

TUESDAY 10/31

THURSDAY 11/2

Group Exercise: - Pilates with Bella - Traditional Yoga with Saanvi - Hardbody with Abigail

Group Exercise events: - Spin with Nina - Yoga with Nicole - Pilates with Sophia - Garba Dance with Mrudangi

Group Exercise events: - Spin with Olivia - Yoga with Sydney - Cycle and Core with Connie - Hardbody with Grace

Algonquin Hall 5 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.

Algonquin Hall noon to 8:45 p.m.

All group exercise classes will be held in Algonquin Hall. Please bring water; clean and sanitize any equipment prior to and after use. Cleaner and sanitizer will be provided. Registration required for all group exercise classes. To register, visit: www. IMLeagues.com/plattsburgh.

MONDAY 10/30

WEDNESDAY 11/1

FRIDAY 11/3

Group Exercise events: - Spin with Okiah - Yoga with Connie - Cross Cycle with Connie - Hardbody with Grace - Zumba with Kaylynn

Group Exercise events: - Kickboxing with Connie - Yoga with Grace, Jema, and Shawna - Zumba with Kaylynn - Spin with Dimitra

Algonquin Hall 9 a.m. to 8:45 p.m.

Algonquin Hall noon to 8:45 p.m.

‘ALL TIME’ Film 6 to 8 p.m. The Plattsburgh Ski/Snowboard and Outdoors Club is hosting a viewing of a ski film. Tickets are on sale for $10 at the info desk at the Angell College Center. For more information email Christa Covel-Reyell at 518-564-2264 or ccove002@plattsburgh.edu.

Dragons Love Tacos

Hartman Theatre 6 to 8 p.m. A play directed by Erika Guay based on the children’s book of the same name. For more information, contact Dwayne T. Butchino, performing arts coordinator, at 518-564-2243 or email butc3332@plattsburgh.edu.

More information can be found on the SUNY Plattsburgh Calendar of Events. To have an event featured, email cp@cardinalpointsonline.com

CAPRICORN December 22 - January 19

The Eight of Wands card represents harmony and wholeness. Continue to bring people together.

AQUARIUS January 20 - February 18

The Devil’s Play card represents taking a break. Try to relax and enjoy the parts of you that still need exploration.

PISCES February 19 - March 20

The Art card represents creativity and passion. Continue to fuel the artistic side of you by recreating memories and activities on your own.

TAURUS April 20 - May 20

The Balance card represents understanding actions and reactions. Pay attention to the reactions you have to certain situations.

GEMINI May 21 - June 20

The Three of Cups card represents love. Cherish the moments you have with the people you love.

VIRGO August 23 - September 22

The Five of Crystals card represents pessimism. Don’t be consumed by your thoughts and try to get some new perspective.

LIBRA September 23 - October 22

The Five of Wands card represents oppression and digressing. Try to break yourself out of a negative mindset.

CANCER

SCORPIO

June 21 - July 22

October 23 - November 21

The Six of Crystals card represents confusion and being lost. Accept things as they are and move on with your life.

The Nine of Cups card represents fulfillment and satisfaction. Enjoy the fruits of your labor and bask in this moment.

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March 21 - April 19

July 23 - August 22

November 22 - December 21

The Three of Worlds card represents being nurturing and kind-hearted. Continue to be optimistic and caring about the people around you.

The Seven of Crystals card represents dullness and lack of curiosity. Try to motivate yourself and ask questions about your environment.

The Chariot card represents moving forward. Continue to challenge yourself and be precise about your decisions.

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PHOTO SPREAD

Friday, Oct. 27, 2023

This Week in Photos:

2023 Culinary Throwdown Photos by Jayne Smith

Above: Members of participating teams gather in Clinton Dining Hall prior to the competition. Right: President Alexander Enyedi and his wife Andrea Enyedi savor their first break between rounds.

Left: Campus Executive Chef Laura Rathbun helps Team Enyedi plate their food. Below: Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Allison Heard and PRODiG fellow Lee Thorpe serve up their dishes as Team Ya Heard.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2023

BACK IN BLACK

SUNYAC champs to prove it in NCAA of winning, the team lost its intensity when it hit the national level. Now that they’ve been there and experiPlattsburgh hockey knows it has enced defeat, they’re a better team. a reputation. When opponents visit ROSTER the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena, they It’s up to the upperclassmen to need to leave with a win. There’s a carry that experience. The captains, bullseye on the back of every Cardinal. voted on by the team, are especially After winning its first SUNYAC Chamresponsible. Forward Adam Tretowpionship under Head Coach Steve Moficz and defenseman Ryan Hogg will fat, that bullseye’s gotten even bigger. serve as captains and forwards BenPlattsburgh Cardinals men’s hockey ended Geneseo’s five-year streak nett Stockdale and Paul Bryer will atop the conference in March 2023, serve as alternate captains. “People view me as a leader for reclaiming the SUNYAC crown it a reason and I tried to stick to that. hasn’t worn since 2017. Winning the I’m usually one of the people that title game sent the Cardinals to the works pretty hard out on the ice and NCAA tournament, where it lost to I just try to be a good role model,” the rival Norwich Cadets. Stockdale said. The players still feel the sting of that loss, but they’re not dwelling on MHKY > 11 it. Moffat said that in the excitement BY COLLIN BOLEBRUCH Sports Editor

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Captain and defenseman Ryan Hogg (19) plays with the puck in front of St. Michael’s defenseman Case Kantgias at the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena Oct. 21.

Houle’s Cardinals chases title no. eight BY MICHAEL PURTELL Staff Writer

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Forward Riley Calhoun (10) advances the puck past a group of University of New England defenders at the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena Oct. 21.

A USCHO.com preseason poll has the Plattsburgh State Cardinals women’s hockey team listed as the third best DIII program in the nation heading into the 2023-24 season. The Cards are ready to prove they are number one. The Cardinals fell 2-3 last year in the NCAA semifinals in a double overtime thriller against Gustavus Adolphus College. The loss has made Plattsburgh’s returning athletes hungry for another run at the championship under Head Coach Kevin Houle, who is entering his 21st year in the position. “I definitely think it’s in the back of everybody’s mind. It’s something we’ve mentioned in the beginning of the year because it’s a driving factor

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Cardinals to host playoff game

for us. It’s the reason we’re here, it’s the reason we want to win,” Alternate Captain Julia Masotta said. Plattsburgh will look to make another NCAA finals appearance and lead the newly formed SUNYAC women’s hockey league in the same way it dominated the NEWHL through its five years. The Cardinals haven’t seen the finals since 2019, when it won the NCAA title.

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The Cardinals have handpicked their captains, whom they will look toward to guide them to their goal. That captain will be defenseman Kendall Wasik, with forward Masotta, forward Ivy Boric and defenseman Mattie Norton acting as alternate captains. WHKY > 11

MSOC

BY JAYSON GASTON Staff Writer

The Plattsburgh Cardinals women’s soccer team, already having secured a playoff berth, set out to finish its conference season strong and continue gaining momentum. The Cardinals beat the Geneseo Knights 1-0 on the road Saturday, Oct. 21. The Cardinals’ record now stands at 7-45 and 4-1-4 in conference play. The Knights fell to 6-3-7 with their first conference loss of the season. With the win, the Cardinals secured the number three seed in the SUNYAC. The win also secured the Cardinals home field in its first playoff game. The first half saw the game being tightly contested as both the Cardinals and the Knights came out aggressive on offense. This included senior defender Zoe Rice getting up a shot in the first 30 seconds of the game and the Knights putting up seven of their 11 total first-half shots in a seven-min-

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Jake McGowan (20) defends a Knight at the Field House Oct. 21.

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Cards eliminated in final SUNYAC match

Nora Fitzgerald is embraced by teammates after her playoff-sealing goal against Oneonta at the Field House Oct. 18. BY MIKAI BRUCE ute span. However, none of these shots resulted in a goal, as the Cardinals put up a stellar defense, including three first-half saves from junior goalkeeper Lauren Haley. The teams continued to go back and forth going into the second half. The Cardinals’ defense remained strong as they held the Knights score-

less in the half despite seven more shots in the half from the Knights. The Cardinals broke the stalemate in the 83rd minute with a goal from senior forward Avery Durgan, her fifth of the year. Junior midfielder Catrina Maltes assisted the goal, her first assist of the year.

Friday, Oct. 20: VB 2-3 LOSS @ Oneonta *SUNYAC* Saturday, Oct. 21: MSOC 0-1 LOSS vs. Geneseo *SUNYAC* WSOC 1-0 WIN @ Geneseo *SUNYAC* VB 0-3 LOSS @ New Paltz *SUNYAC* WHKY 5-0 WIN vs. New England (Exhibition) MHKY 12-1 WIN vs. St. Michael’s (Exhibition) Tuesday, Oct. 24: WSOC 6-0 WIN vs. Canton Wednesday, Oct. 25: MSOC 2-2 TIE vs. St. Lawrence WHKY 7-0 WIN vs. Ottawa 67’s (Exhibition)

Associate Sports Editor

The Plattsburgh Cardinals men’s soccer team suffered a crushing 0-1 defeat at the hands of the Geneseo Knights in its penultimate game of the season. This game had major implications for the Cardinals. The Cardinals needed to win WSOC > 10 this game in order to punch its

ticket to the playoffs, but it was unable to do either. This leaves the Cards out of the playoffs and with a finished season, at 7-3-6, 2-3-4. This was the final time Plattsburgh played Geneseo in-conference after Geneseo announced its departure from the SUNYAC. MSOC > 9

Friday, Oct. 27: VB vs. Buffalo St. *SUNYAC* at 6 p.m. MHKY @ Saint Anselm at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28: XC SUNYAC Championship @ Oneonta at 11 a.m. WSOC vs. Geneseo *SUNYAC Playoffs* at 1 p.m. VB vs. Fredonia *SUNYAC* at 1 p.m. (Senior Day) MHKY vs. VSU-Castleton at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31: VB vs. St. Lawrence at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1: MHKY @ Morrisville *SUNYAC* at 7 p.m.

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SPORTS

Friday, Oct. 27, 2023

Cards slip up before postseason BY REBEKAH RILEY

M. SOCCER

Staff Writer

STANDINGS (FINAL) TEAM Cortland - 1

SUNYAC OVERALL 7-1-1 13-2-2

Brockport - 2

6-0-3

9-2-5

Oneonta - 3

5-2-2

12-2-3

Buffalo St. - 4

5-3-1

10-3-3

New Paltz - 5

4-2-3

9-2-4

Geneseo - 6

4-4-1

9-6-3

Plattsburgh - E 2-3-4

7-3-6

Oswego - E

1-4-4

2-6-7

Fredonia - E

1-7-1

5-8-4

Potsdam - E

0-9-0

4-11-1

STATISTICS (FINAL) GOALS John Hayes, M

# 7

Brian Coughlan, F

Jack Healy, D

ASSISTS Xavier Kamba, F

# 3

John Hayes, M

Frankie Palumbo, M POINTS John Hayes, M

2 # 17

Brian Coughlan, F

Kamba, J. Healy

SHOTS ON GOAL John Hayes, M

# 24

Modou Badjie, W

Connor Howe, W

SAVES Teddy Healy, G

# 46

Marcial Vasquez, G

The conference playoffs are imminent. Will the Cardinals be able to make it in? The Plattsburgh Cardinals women’s volleyball team currently stands 10-9 overall, but in the conference stand 2-5. After a week break, Plattsburgh is back in SUNYAC play, losing to the SUNY Oneonta Red Dragons 2-3 and the SUNY New Paltz Hawks 0-3. The Cards traveled to SUNY Oneonta Oct. 20. The Cardinals held a 2-0 set lead over the Red Dragons, but then proceeded to lose three straight. In the first set, the Cards won 25-21. This set was strong for the Cards, playing tough ball, only losing the lead once. The second set was the same as the first and the Cards won again 25-21. The Red Dragons came back and won the third set. The Cards had a strong lead of 1811, but the Red Dragons hit a mean streak, scoring nine

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Jeannette Ashong (14) attempts to block a spike by Potsdam’s Jacqueline Fornabia at Memorial Hall Gymnasium Oct. 11. The sophomore is second on the team in total points with 167. points making the score 20-18. Oneonta eventually won 25-22. The Cards and Red Dragons opened the fourth set 5-5. The red dragons pulled away and scored five consecutive points.

W. SOCCER STANDINGS TEAM Cortland - 1

SUNYAC OVERALL 5-0-4 9-2-5

Brockport - 2

4-1-4

12-2-4

Plattsburgh - 3 4-1-4

7-4-5

New Paltz - 4

4-2-3

8-5-4

Oswego - 5

3-2-4

6-3-6

Geneseo - 6

2-1-6

6-3-7

Fredonia - E

3-5-1

6-6-2

Oneonta - E

2-6-1

5-6-3

Buffalo St. - E

1-5-3

7-6-4

Potsdam - E

1-6-2

3-10-2

STATISTICS GOALS Nora Fitzgerald, F

# 8

Avery Durgan, F

Allison Brown, F

ASSISTS Avery Durgan, F

# 6

Nora Fitzgerald, F

Brown, Santomassimo

POINTS Nora Fitzgerald, F

# 20

Avery Durgan, F

Allison Brown, F

SHOTS ON GOAL Nora Fitzgerald, F

# 23

Ella Santomassimo, F

Avery Durgan, F

SAVES Lauren Haley, G

# 65

Lily Bailey, G

Brook DaSilva, G

VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS TEAM SUNYAC OVERALL Cortland - X 7-0 18-3 New Paltz - X

8-1

Geneseo - X

6-1

18-6 11-8

Brockport - X

5-2

13-10

Buffalo St.

3-4

13-11

Oswego

3-4

6-13

Plattsburgh

2-5

10-9

Oneonta

2-7

5-16

Fredonia

1-6

3-17

Potsdam - E

0-7

5-16

STATISTICS POINTS

Liya Girma, OH

200.5

Jeannette Ashong, MH

167

Darby Collyear, RS KILLS Liya Girma, OH

154.5 # 174

Darby Collyear, RS

141

Jeannette Ashong, MH ASSISTS Emma Rivers, S

121 # 343

Kyleigh Ganz, S

229

Payton Zophy, OH/L SERVICE ACES Emma Rivers, S

54 # 35

Liya Girma, OH

Ashong, Zophy DIGS Payton Zophy, OH/L

20 # 410

Liya Girma, OH

209

Emma Rivers, S

127

TENNIS STANDINGS (FINAL) TEAM SUNYAC OVERALL New Paltz - 1 7-0 7-0 Cortland - 2

6-1

7-3

Geneseo - 3

5-2

7-3

Oneonta - 4

4-3

6-5

Oswego - E

2-5

4-6

Plattsburgh - E 2-5

8-6

Brockport - E

1-6

2-8

Fredonia - E

1-6

1-7

STATISTICS (FINAL) SINGLES Jacklin Mitchell

# 10-1

Nicole Svantner

7-6

Ava Carey

7-6

DOUBLES TEAMS Hurwitz & J. Svantner

# 8-3

Carey & Mitchell

6-7

S. & N. Svantner

5-6

DOUBLES Hallie Hurwitz

# 9-5

Jacqueline Svantner

8-5

Carey, Mitchell

6-7

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Darby Collyear (left) and Head Coach Kelsea Healis (right) talk during a break in play at Memorial Hall Gymnasium Oct. 11.

MSOC Continued from page 8 The Knights left the Cardinals with a spoiled season. This game was during a heavy rain that foreshadowed what was yet to come at the conclusion of this contest. This bout was as physical as a soccer game can be. Players were bumping into each other as they went stride for stride down the field. They were slide-kicking each other throughout the game, and the teams were being rough on each other. In the first half of the game, both teams were playing at a pretty controlled pace. Geneseo took four shots in the first half while Plattsburgh took merely three shots, so the time to create chances in the first half was essentially wasted. “I think overall we could’ve been better in every aspect but I think offensively we could’ve created more chances and got more shots,” junior goalkeeper Teddy Healy said.

Overall, Plattsburgh did lead in shots 11-7. That’s not a lot of shots, especially for a team that needed to win to get into the playoffs. “We just didn’t create enough chances, unfortunately,” Head Coach Chris Taylor said. In the second half, after getting two corner kicks in a row, SUNY Geneseo was able to knock in a goal which gave them a 1-0 lead. After this, SUNY Plattsburgh really turned up the aggression. It had five shots in the last 15 minutes. It wasn’t enough. “We could have done a lot better creating the type of goal-scoring chances that we’d been creating the majority of the season,” first-year forward Xavier Kamba said. The Cardinals missing out on the playoffs is somewhat of a shock, when it looked so dominant to begin the season. They began the season with five wins and one tie and making the playoffs seemed to be a given — but it wasn’t. But this game was not a given. After allowing four ties against conference

From there it was a rally. Oneonta never relinquished the lead, but Plattsburgh pulled within one or two on multiple occasions. The Red Dragons took the victory 19-25. The fifth and final set, the Red Dragons secured its win, taking the set 15-9 with a consistent back and forth game. Oneonta came back. The Cards traveled to SUNY New Paltz Oct. 21. The Cards were taken down quickly by the Hawks in three sets. The first set was quick, with the Hawks winning 9-25. Early on, the Hawks scored 13 consecutive points. The lead was too large for the Cardinals to overcome. The Hawks won on a seven-point streak. In the second set, the Cards picked it up, but lost to the

Hawks 19-25. The Cardinals never held a lead, but it was an improvement. The Cards opened the third set 5-0, and battled to a 19-19 score. Four straight points by the Hawks sealed the game. Head Coach Kelsea Healis touched on both of these games and said they were not what she expected. “I think we could have been more consistent in earning our own points, but with Oneonta and the third set, we kind of started lacking in fundamentals,” Healis said The Cards have only two more SUNYAC games left in the season, and are hoping to secure a spot in the playoffs. VB > 10

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Defender Christian Gardner (17) defends Geneseo’s Dylan Thody (10) as the Knights advance at the Field House Oct. 21. teams, it couldn’t get a leg up against the conference. After the final buzzer sounded and the reality of the loss kicked in, the mood of the team was sour. There was a feeling of sadness and despair in the air that was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Cardinal

players all over the field were distraught and verbally and visually expressed their frustration with the outcome of the game, truly showing how much passion they have for this game. Email MIKAI BRUCE cp@cardinalpointsonline.com

CARDINAL CLIPS Cardinal Clips is a bite- Bradshaw; and seniors sized, condensed look at Willard Anderson Jr. and Plattsburgh State Athletics Darren Wright. and its programs. Five transfers will suit up for the Cards for the first time, all listed at guard/forward: MBB The Cardinals are almost sophomore Jeremy Jolly, comback for DIII basketball ac- ing from Cortland; junior Iketion. With the 2023-24 sea- chukwu Ezike, coming from son beginning Nov. 8, the Jefferson Community Colofficial Plattsburgh State lege; junior Jeremiah Smith, men’s basketball roster has son of Plattsburgh hall-offamer Curtis Smith, also been announced. Aidan McGuire is the only coming from Jefferson Comcenter listed on the roster. He munity College; graduate student Dylan Trombley, an is also the only first-year. Three forwards rejoin the All-SUNYAC athlete coming roster this year: sophomore from Oneonta; and graduate Ankush Malhotra, junior student Tim Thomas, coming Ladan Graves and senior Or- from the NCAA DII program at Flagler College. lando Dawkins. Mike Blaine spearheads Seven guards return to the the Cardinals coaching staff, frontcourt: sophomore AJ as he enters his fifth year as Williams Jr.; juniors Frankthe head coach. Travis Rice lin Infante, Kevin Tabb, Sawill begin his first year as assha Vidrini and Matt Kone-

sistant coach, his first gig with a college program. Travis Gorham and Anthony Skiffington round out the team as volunteer assistant coaches. The upcomLILY STUMM/Plattsburgh State Athletics ing schedule Jeremiah Smith (left) and Ikechukwu Ezike sees Platts(right) join the roster for the 2023-24 season. burgh state facing off This will be the last season against University of Ver- the Cardinals face the Genmont, a DI program, in eseo Knights and Brockport Burlington, Vermont Nov. Golden Eagles in confer11. Plattsburgh hasn’t faced ence action, as the schools off against the Catamounts announced their departure since 1996. in August. The Morrisville Plattsburgh will also play Mustangs and the Canton the Massachusetts College Kangaroos will join the SUof Liberal Arts, Rice’s alma NYAC in 2024. mater, Dec. 9.

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WSOC Continued from page 8 The Cardinals’ defense held up the Knights in the final minutes to secure the win for the Cardinals. This was their first win against the Knights since 2015. The win was the second straight for the Cardinals in a 2-0 week, including a 2-0 win over the Oneonta Red Dragons Oct. 21. Durgan and Haley both received SUNYAC Women’s Soccer Offensive and Defensive Athlete of the Week honors for their performances in recent games. Durgan has taken a step up offensively with three goals in the last three games of the season, as well as the rest of the offense. She knows what’s changed in weeks past. “I feel that in the past few games, I have really been focusing on my attack. At practice, we have been focusing a lot on crossing and finishing and I feel that for me the practices have definitely been carrying over a lot into games,” Durgan said. “Our team

VB Continued from page 9 “I’m looking for us to earn our way into the playoffs this weekend. We needed to have it done Friday. Hopefully, this week we can put the girls to work and then kind of clean up a lot of the things that we just forgot about and to be able to finish that out this weekend,” Healis said. Senior Payton Zophy had a great game against SUNY Oneonta. During that game Zophy had beaten her careerhigh record of 38 digs with 47. Zophy is still looking to reach her goal of 1,000 digs. She currently has 985. “I think this weekend might be when I hit it, which is super exciting especially since i’ll be home,” Zophy said. The Cardinals will be playing its Senior Day this weekend against Fredonia. The game gives added motivation for its playoff run. “I'm just excited to have everyone there, like friends, family, my parents and my sister coming out. I would love to have a win. I think we're totally

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SPORTS chemistry is amazing and everyone is super supportive of one another, which I feel keeps us a step ahead of any other team.” Durgan also commented on how her teammate Haley, who picked up her second consecutive and seventh total shutout on the season versus the COLLIN BOLEBRUCH/Cardinal Points Knights, is this effec- Nora Fitzgerald (4) chases down a ball tive in the game. against RPI at the Field House Sept. 9. “Lauren’s been develop our style of play,” Fraplaying amazing and helps set the dynamic ry said. “Our offense is starting through her high energy and to score goals and our defense supportive and encouraging is really difficult to get scored words,” Durgan said about on and it's really a team effort the goalkeeper. “She is a work- right now.” The Cardinals closed out its horse and is constantly trying to improve play every time she season with a win against the Canton Kangaroos 6-0 Tuessteps on the field.” With three wins in the last day, Oct. 24. This win solidifive games, the Cardinals have fied the team's momentum as been heating up in the past they now look ahead to their few weeks. Head Coach Whit- playoff matchup, a rematch ney Frary talked about what versus the Knights tomorrow, has made the team so effective. Saturday, Oct. 28. “I think a big piece is that we’ve really been focusing on Email JAYSON GASTON the details, ensuring up those cp@cardinalpointsonline.com little pieces and continuing to

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9 WSOC - The Cardinals have made the playoffs in nine straight seasons.

9 MHKY - Nine different Cardinals scored goals against St. Michael's.

997 VB - Emma Rivers is three assists away from 1,000 in her career.

985 VB - Payton Zophy is 15 digs away from 1,000 in her career.

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capable of beating Fredonia if Rivers was also named a we play our game. It's bitter- Cardinal Athlete of the Week sweet because it'll be the end. by Plattsburgh State Athletics I think we could go out with a Oct. 24. bang and end up winning one “It feels really good because if not two games that week- I know how much effort I put end,” Zophy said. in, during practice and games Senior Emma Rivers who and it just feels good to know also has a record she will that other people recognize be achieving soon, she is that,” Rivers said. close to achieving her 1,000 Coming up next for the assists soon. She currently women's volleyball team, will has 997. be hosting the Buffalo State Rivers touched on the feel- Bengals today, Friday, Oct. 27. ings she and her teammates Plattsburgh will then celebrate were feeling after they started its seniors against the Fredolosing to SUNY Oneonta. The nia Blue Devils Oct. 28. Players team now knows where it recognized include Seniors Zoneeds to improve. phy, Rivers, Shannon Fitzpat“I would say, we are just rick and Lily White. playing frantically and we got too comfortable with Email REBEKAH RILEY ourselves and we were just cp@cardinalpointsonline.com scared to play our game and stay aggressive, because we didn't want to make any more errors. That led to us waiting for them to make the mistakes that they COLLIN BOLEBRUCH/Cardinal Points weren't goJeannette Ashong (left) and Darby Collyear ing to,” Riv(right) celebrate at Memorial Hall Gym Oct. 11. ers said.

WHKY - The Cards won its exhibition games by a combined 12 goals.

Avery Durgan and WSOC have been on a tear, not losing a SUNYAC game in over a month. Her late goal vs. Geneseo secured home field advantage.

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Casey Hallaran stays up amid Clarkson contact at Sibley Field Oct. 21.

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President Evie Hatch fights through Oswego at Sibley Field Oct. 14.

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MHKY Continued from page 8 Plattsburgh will carry 15 forwards, 13 of which are returners: sophomores Joshua Belgrave, Ryan Bonfield, Colin Callanan and Riley Sutherland; juniors Jagger

WHKY Continued from page 8 The captains look forward to extending what Houle calls great leadership from seasons past. “There’s always that role when you are named captain. You’ve got to hold yourself to that standard. You’ve got to be a leader. You’ve got to on and off the ice be accountable for your actions. You’ve got to show people what it’s like to be a Cardinal, especially here on campus,” “C” Wasik said. “Gotta show other young people, especially young freshmen, show what it’s like to be a Cardinal on and off the ice.” There are 16 forwards suiting up for the Cardinals, 10 are returning from last year’s roster: graduate student Masotta, sophomore Emma McLean, junior Riley Calhoun, graduate student Tatem Cheney, sophomore Molly Riggi, senior Mae Olshansky, graduate student Boric, jun i o r Bridget Orr, senior Ciara Wall and sophomore Grace Yarkosky. Joining the forwards are six first-years: Lilli Bills, coming from Castle Rock, Colorado; Sydnee Francis, coming in locally from Canton, New York; Ava Mataliano, coming from Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan; Zsofia Pazmandi, who joins the team internationally from Kaposvar, Hungary; Emily Kasprzak, coming from Niagara Falls, New York; and Dani Longuemare, from Pembroke, Massachusetts.

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Sports Editor Collin Bolebruch Benson, Luk Jirousek and Jake Lanyi; seniors Bryer, Ryan Butler, Thomas Maia, Bennett Stockdale and Trey Thomas; and graduate student Tretowicz. Two first-year students join the group: Tio D’Addario, from Montreal, comes from the Navan Grads of the Central Canada Hockey League and Aaron Catron, from Middletown, Delaware, comes from the Philadelphia Little Flyers of the Eastern Hockey League. Benson made the switch from defenseman to forward for this season. D’Addario, Catron and Benson replace four Cardinal forwards not returning from last year’s team: Carson Gallagher, who tr ansferred to Toronto Metropolitan University, Brendan Young, who transferred to Wentworth Institute of Technology, Mitchell Hale, w h o plays for the Mac o n Mayhem in the SPHL, and Marcus Mitchell, who graduated. The departing Cards accounted for 40 points altogether and Hale was a “C”. The Cardinals don’t have much to worry about, as Stockdale, Bryer and Jirousek were all top-five scorers last season, but they’ll still need guys to step up. Moffat needs all hands on deck. “There’s not a lot of dropoff between number one and number 15,” Moffat said. “I think we’re going to see more of a score-by-committee, which I love because it makes everyone dangerous.”

The defense saw the most turnover. The Cards roster nine defenseman this year, with only five being vets: sophomores Spencer Bellina and Brannon Butler, junior Jack Ring, senior KevinWeaver Vitale and graduate student Hogg. Moffat targeted winning programs when looking at the transfer portal last offseason. He got that in sophomore Lonan Bulger, from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, who played for Hobart College, and Ryan Poorman, from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, who played for Norwich. Bulger won the national championship last year with Hobart, and he plans on bringing the “little things” on and off the ice that make a winning program. Poorman played junior hockey with Stockdale for the Johnstown Tomahawks of the North American Hockey League, and he knows better than to mention Norwich’s win over Plattsburgh. The defense is rounded out by two first-year students: Sam D’Amico, from St. Catharines, Ontario, comes from the Georgetown Raiders of the Ontario Junior Hockey League and Simon Singher, from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, comes from the Navan Grads. Singher and D’Addario were teammates last season in Navan, and they’re roommates now at Plattsburgh. Singher’s surprised there aren’t more French guys on the team. The newcomers have big shoes to fill. The team will be without former “C” Matt Araujo, who is now an “A” on the SPHL’s Fayetteville Marksmen, and former ACHA Third Team East AllAmerican Jacob Modry, who recently appeared on the National Hockey League’s

Los Angeles Kings’ training camp roster. The Cardinals have not one, but three goaltenders they’re comfortable with starting. The favorite to start the most games is last year’s team MVP and SUNYAC Tournament MVP Eli Shiller. Shiller played phenomenally in his first-year season, starting the majority of games down the stretch and saving 105 shots across three postseason games. Jacob Hearne will also see plenty of action, as he went undefeated in nine starts last season and finished with a .920 save percentage. Kyle Alaverdy, the number three goalie, spent his eligibility. In his spot is firstyear Dominik Bovan, from Bratislava, Slovakia, who last played for the Boston Jr. Bruins of the United States Premier Hockey League. Bovan impressed in the preseason and could earn some starts himself. “It’s a good problem to have, but it’s going to be hard to determine who’s playing there. The practices really become important,” Moffat said. “They’re such good friends and they do a good job of supporting each other. That really helps the situation because it’s really the next man up.”

On the other end of the rink, seven defensemen are listed on this year’s roster, with five returning from last year, including sophomore Aizah Thompson, graduate student Wasik, junior Norton, sophomore Taya Balfour and sophomore Su-An Cho. Two first-years round out the defensemen: Maeghan Forsyth from Billings, Montana and Adriana Urban from Monroe, New Jersey. Two goalies are listed. Graduate student Lilla Nease returns to the ice and first-year Chloe Lewis from Monson, Massachusetts will be tasked with shutting out opposing offenses. The roster has featured three goalies for the last three seasons, and complications in the preseason have led to only Nease suiting up for the exhibition matches. Houle is unfazed and has confidence that both his goaltenders will succeed throughout the season. He specifically cited Nease’s experience as a starter throughout her collegiate career as proof. Nease averaged a 1.36 g o a l s

transferred to Utica; Chloe Beaubien, who transferred to Elmira; and Lily Stumm, who is not listed on this year’s roster. The nine incoming firstyears have some big shoes to fill, but Houle has no doubt in their ability to contribute for the Cardinals. “We expect a handful of them to be impact players. We’re going to need them to be for sure,” Houle said. “We’re young, and we lost some key players last year, and certainly in the last couple years, so it’s definitely going to have to be some production from our new players.”

mont to compete in the Norwich East-West Hockey Classic Dec. 10. It will play Norwich University for a chance to appear in the championship game against Elmira or Nazareth. The SUNYAC tournament will begin Feb. 24, 2024.

against average and a .937 save percentage over 19 appearances last season. The Cards were 17-2-0 in those contests. Overall, the roster saw nine players leave in the offseason: Sara Krauseneck and Sierra Benjamin, who now play for Skellefteå AIK in Skellefteå, Sweden; Nicole Unsworth, Holly Schmelzer and Ashley Davis, who spent their eligibility; Rivers Morris, who transferred to Endicott; Jordan Kowalski, who

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The SUNYAC league will not feature any new teams from NEWHL despite the new name. Plattsburgh State will compete with Buffalo State, Canton, Cortland, Morrisville, Oswego, and Potsdam. The Cardinals will see each team three times this season, competing in 18 conference games total. The season will come to a close with back to back matches against Cortland, which was the only team to defeat the Cardinals in the entirety of the NEWHL’s existence. Look for some fierce competition Feb. 16 and 17, 2024, on Cortland’s ice. The Cardinals will travel to Middlebury Vermont Nov. 25 for the Panther/Cardinal Classic, where they will play the University of WisconsinEau Claire to appear in the championship game against Middlebury or Endicott. Plattsburgh State will travel to Northfield, Ver-

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The 2023-24 season will be the last for the SUNYAC as it is currently known. The Geneseo Knights and Brockport Golden Eagles announced their departure from the conference for the United Collegiate Hockey Conference effective in 2024. The previously-independent Canton Kangaroos will join the SUNYAC, matching the women’s hockey league. Going forward, the SUNYAC will have eight teams instead of nine. The move will have major implications for competition. Geneseo was ranked as a top team throughout last sea-

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son and have dominated the SUNYAC in recent seasons. The move clears the path for Plattsburgh or Oswego to claim the top spot. Consistent with years past, Plattsburgh will play each SUNYAC opponent twice; once in the first half of the season and once in the second. It ends the season with five-straight conference games, setting the stage for a playoff race. Nationally, Plattsburgh is ranked no. 4 by DIII Hockey News and no. 7 by USCHO. com. Oswego is ranked no. 11 by both DIII Hockey News and USCHO.com and Geneseo is ranked no. 15 by DIII Hockey News. The Cards will host two tournaments this season. First, in the LayerEight Shootout, Plattsburgh will play St. Olaf College Nov. 24, with the winner playing the winner of Middlebury vs. Norwich Nov. 25. Then, in the Comfort Inn Complex Winter Classic, Plattsburgh will play Rivier University Jan. 5, 2024, with the winner playing the winner of Nazareth vs. Albertus Magnus Jan. 6, 2024. Multiple home games will feature different themes: Vermont State University Castleton Oct. 28 will be Halloween Costume and Poster Night, Potsdam Nov. 17 will be Military Appreciation Night, Cortland Dec. 1 will be the Casella Teddy Bear Toss and Oswego Dec. 2 will be Stress Ball Night. The season officially begins tonight, Friday, Oct. 27, against the non-conference Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire. SUNYAC play opens at Morrisville Wednesday, Nov. 1. “No matter what the previous season looks like, there’s always pressure at Plattsburgh to win,” Tretowicz said.

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Changes brought to homecoming BY KIYANNA NOEL Arts & Culture/Managing Editor

Parties, stroll shows and unity are all aspects of a good Homecoming on a college campus. However, at SUNY Plattsburgh this year, Homecoming was lackluster. The on-campus events were geared toward alumni and the off-campus event was just another excuse to get drunk. As my final semester at Plattsburgh winds down, I was excited for what this Homecoming could bring. From seeing previous alumni to the annual stroll show, Homecoming weekend was the weekend I looked forward to the most. But this year there was no stroll show, there was no big event off-campus and the only time you would run into an alumni is at Retro Live. Hannah Sudla, a senior majoring in criminal justice, admitted this semester had fewer events besides the ones hosted by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. “I remember the Alphas hosting the stroll show and hosting an afterparty, but I believe it was then passed over to the Betas. But still, no one even had any events outside of that,” Sudla said. “I know alumni who came up this weekend and felt like it was another day on campus. It felt like another day with no special celebration or emotional connections.” Homecoming weekend was the time to close that gap between graduates and students who are on their

way to crossing that stage. It is also a time for students to experience the diverse Greek organizations on campus. The annual stroll show helped bring previous chapters back to showcase their different beliefs, techniques and unity. The show was a friendly competition to see which of the fraternities and sororities were the best organizations on campus. That group would receive bragging rights and a cash prize. But this semester, there was no promotion of a competition, there wasn’t even a mention of dormant chapters coming back to campus. Member of the sorority Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority Geraly Pion was excited for this homecoming because it would be her first homecoming representing her line. But, she was left disappointed as the days grew longer and there was no information on the infamous stroll show she longed to take part in. “There was no Homecoming. Without that stroll show, how could there be?” Pion said. Some alumni chose not to return to campus for the same reason. ‘23 Plattsburgh Alumnus Nicholas Cousins chose not to return to campus because he saw that the only events on campus were coordinated by administrators. “I don’t have anything against DEI or anyone in that department, but I thought at least the stroll show would’ve happened or a weekend filled with more student-run events

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Sisters of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated pose for picture after winning second place at the stroll show in 2021. or involvement. Like what else could have been done when you take away the main event?” Cousins said. While Homecoming weekend was filled with on-campus events by DEI, off-campus events are where everyone can show who they are with their friend groups in a different setting. But, this semester it was different with one off-campus event leading to an empty weekend. Homecoming has become an event for bigger institutions. The Homecoming at the University at Albany was the place to be

this past weekend. Homecoming used to be the most anticipated event in October besides Halloween, but now the roles are reversed. It’s sad as a senior to see the decline of Greek life and engagement on campus and it secures the fact that most students will not return post-graduation.

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Cost of living increases, quality of life decreases BY JEREMY BINNING Staff Writer

After sacrificing four long, hard years of work in an effort to get a bachelor’s degree, students look forward to starting their lives after graduation day. With inflation and the cost of living being as high as ever, college graduates often find themselves moving back in with their parents. With thousands of students graduating each year, the job market becomes increasingly more competitive. Mixed in with others who have already had experience in a particular field, many graduates have to start from the ground and build their way up. The average cost of rent in New York City is roughly $4,000, the highest ever reported by the brokerage Douglas Elliman. Michael Azouz, an alumnus who graduated in December of 2022, has

experienced firsthand just how expensive the cost of living is. “I moved back in with my parents after I graduated so I could save some money, but it took me months to find a job and when I did, the pay was nowhere near enough for me to live on my own comfortably,” said Azouz. Azouz majored in information technology and is currently working for Spectrum as an IT associate. “At this point of my career, I know I have to do the grunt work at the lower levels before I move up and I’m okay with that,” Azouz said. Many graduates haven’t had the opportunity to start their careers as many spend post-college experimenting in other fields to see whether they fit. Nicholas Cousins, an alumnus who graduated this May, has been spending the majority of his time dabbling through different jobs and programs to see what interests him.

Majoring in creative writing, Cousins has always had a passion for writing. As he was finishing up college, Cousins had the feeling that he wanted to do more than just write and began branching out. “I began playing around online, looking for different programs and courses of a variety of things to see what excited me,” Cousins explained. “Over time I found a few things that excited me, but nothing that made me want to pursue full-time. When I put my mind to do something, I want to be able to give it 110%.” Cousins resides with his parents in Brooklyn, New York, and credits this to being a big reason why he is able to try different things. “Financially it has been hard, especially not being able to find something in my field right away, so it’s a blessing to have my parents here helping me as I get on my feet,” Cous-

ins said. Students across the country are finding themselves in a similar spot as Azouz and Cousins. The rise of inflation in the country within the past few years has only hurt young adults as they get out of college, most also facing the payments of student loans on their own. According to census. gov, only 38% of college graduates own a home. It is hard to say whether that number will rise or fall, but with the cost of rent, food, and other necessities, the search for financial stability continues.

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Guns against universities BY DANIELA RAYMOND Opinion Editor

While no university is immune from gun violence, historically Black colleges and universities have faced unique challenges. North Carolina A&T University, Miles College, Texas Southern University, Tennessee State University and Winston-Salem State University – these universities have more than one thing in common besides being historically Black colleges. All of these have had shooting incidents occur on or near their campuses. However, not all of these occurrences involved students and, thankfully, not all of them ended with a death. For instance, there were gunshots during an off-campus house party close to Tennessee State University in Nashville in the middle of October leaving three individuals injured. Another shooting that happened off campus away from North Carolina A&T did not involve any students, although police told the media that it happened at a party “related” to homecoming. It almost seems like every week there is a new tragedy amongst Black campuses. Historically Black universities are meant to be safe spaces where Black students can learn and gain new knowledge to push them forward in life. Instead, many walk around their campuses in fear.

In 2023 531 mass shootings occurred according to Gun Violence Archives. Since historically Black colleges are frequently more exposed to violent threats than predominantly white institutions, the recent tragedy in Jacksonville, Florida, which took three Black lives and started on an HBCU campus, has rocked the academic community. After pulling into the Edward Waters University parking lot, the gunman– a young, white man with swastikas emblazoned on his rifle. In addition to mass shootings, the FBI has looked into more than 20 HBCUs around the nation that have received bomb threats just this year. Over the course of 12 days this month, on-campus shootings have traumatized HBCUs. The Homecoming ceremony was canceled after four students were shot on the Morgan State University campus in Baltimore on Oct. 3. Five days later, on Homecoming weekend, two students were shot at Bowie State University, only 40 miles away. Not even two weeks later, Jaylen Burns, a student at Jackson State University, was shot and killed on school property in Mississippi on Oct. 15. In spite of the feelings of emotion and anxiety sparked by the violence, many Black parents would rather allow their kids to

experience a historically Black campus rather than pull them out of school. Zanial Bennett has two kids both in college. Karver Bennet, his oldest child, is a junior at Claflin University and his younger brother, James, is a sophomore at SUNY Plattsburgh. Zanial said he was scared to hear about the rampant school shootings at HBCUs across the country but wouldn’t trade his son’s experience at an HBCU for anything. “ I can see that times are dangerous, but they always have been and always will be,” Zanial Bennett said. “I think the real problem that needs to be addressed is with school security, we pay them to keep our kids safe and I think that’s the real issue.” The experience gained at HBCUs is like no other, and the history is too important to be torn down by violence. Many HBCUs have strengthened their security measures to maintain a safe campus environment by updating policies governing access, identifying potential weak points and boosting surveillance technologies. Whether for daily communications or emergency notifications, mass notification is a crucial instrument for all of these efforts.

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