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VOLUME 106 - ISSUE 11
FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2022
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SA fee passes during revote 60th BY ALEKSANDRA SIDOROVA
Staff Writer
Every two years, the Student Association holds a vote on whether the SA fee should be mandatory. For the first time in the memory of SA adviser Jacob Avery, students voted “no” April 19. Every college department was on edge until the vote passed in a revote a week later Tuesday, April 26. Avery said he was not surprised. “It’s disappointing. It’s sad and embarrassing that [the vote] failed,” Avery said. The ultimate cause of the vote’s failure was the lack of campaigning, according to Avery, SA Senator Marileana Rodriguez and Former SA Senator Ryan Ferguson. “I think that it’s always a challenge to actually get the students to vote ‘yes,’” Ferguson said. “It requires a campaign to inform students what it is, because the default condition is to not want to have to pay a mandatory fee.” Indeed, some students who voted “no” in the first election said they saw only the word “fee” and did not understand what it signified for the campus. “I definitely think that we just suspected that everyone knew what the SA fee was,” Rodriguez said. “I think that was definitely our downfall. We didn’t advertise enough, which is why, when the vote came up again, our main priority was to make sure
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that everyone knew all of the benefits. And really, there are not many cons [to paying the SA fee], I would say.” The SA fee funds a variety of services available to students including the campus shuttle and vacation buses, trips, clubs and organizations, events and activities, extended
library hours, tutoring at the Learning Center and the Childcare Center. Avery said he saw club representatives “boastfully” saying they voted “no,” on the SA fee, while reviewing club budgets for the coming academic year. The SA held a revote to allow students to make a more informed deci-
sion. Had the SA fee not passed on revote, either, Avery estimated the SA’s budget to decrease by 5075%, signifying cuts in the budgets of many areas of campus life. Ferguson said another failure of the initial vote was that it was comprehensive and required students to vote for every po-
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sition and the fee, instead of individual categories. The revote, however, focused only on the fee. The poll also collected student demographics and asked students to confirm their understanding of the purpose of the fee. Upon revote, 88.4% of participants voted in favor of a mandatory SA fee, compared to only 45.4% in the first vote. Avery said that despite the essential services the SA fee provides, SUNY central mandates a vote on it. He said the rule was unlikely to change, unless student governments petition SUNY. Rodriguez and Ferguson say petitioning will not be necessary, and that students have a right to make an informed decision in the vote. “It is something that the students, I believe, have a right to choose,” Rodriguez said. “I think that they should decide whether or not they want to spend the extra $80, but they should also, again, be informed of what that might bring.” Although Ferguson supports the election and the vote, he said having a revote felt “patronizing.” “While I understand why they immediately did a revote, it really sort of strikes me wrong,” Ferguson said. “You’re having a democracy thing, where you’re supposed to have a vote and have that be meaningful, but if you don’t get the result you want, just campaign for another.”
The Student Association held elections for its 60th legislation, April 19. Each elected official comes from a different leadership background and set of goals for the coming academic year. Taiba Azeem, a sophomore double majoring in sociology and psychology, was elected president. Azeem said she has always had a knack for picking up leadership roles. She was the student council president throughout high school, part of the international orientation team and a teacher’s assistant her second semester at SUNY Plattsburgh. “While there are many goals that I will be individually focusing on during my term as President, the few important tasks that are top of my priority list include actively representing the needs of the student body, making the SA and its tasks more visible and enabling students to understand the sheer importance of the SA,” Azeem said. She also wants to increase student engagement by emphasizing on the importance of clubs and encourage more students to take on leadership positions.
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Shine On! hosts 80 girls for conference BY SYDNEY HAKES FUSE Editor
SUNY Plattsburgh’s girl’s empowerment organization, Shine On!, held its 14th annual conference, titled Mighty Girls Move Mountains: Explore Your Character Compass, this past weekend. It was the first in-person conference since COVID-19 began. The survival-themed conference stemmed from the new location at Camp Pok-O-MacCready in Willsboro. This was the first in-person conference outside of campus, where it was previously held in Memorial Hall. In order to keep students, mentors and the committee safe, everyone participating in the conference was required to be fully vaccinated and submit a rapid test prior to entering the conference. Students were eating together in a dining hall and sleeping in cabins together, and the extra layer of protection for students to focus on the workshops. Those activities included rock wall climbing, a low ropes course and fire building. Volunteer expeditionary students led two of the six workshops, teaching the girls about “leave no trace,” fire building, using a compass, and botany. These workshops’ underlying message comes from Shine On!’s
seven character strengths: grit, optimism, zest, social intelligence, curiosity, self control and gratitude. Shine On! chairperson Emily Slattery said that while a new location brought on new challenges — having to cut the usual attendance from 200 girls to 80, testing for COVID, weather concerns — it also brought new opportunities. “We could take all those tangible outdoor skills they were learning and give them a symbolic message,” Slattery said. “Climbing a rock wall can be scary, but you are capable of figuring it out. That was sort of a mantra of the weekend: you can do hard things.” Kayla Vinci and Izzy Kocienda were two mentors of 20 at the conference. They stayed in the cabins with the girls and helped presenters at various workshops and activities. Workshops focused on Shine On!’s three themes: media and marketing literacy, communication skills and character strengths. The workshops ranged from knowing the difference between what’s fake and real on social media, how to deal with bullying and money management. “We would read out scenarios and ask the girls how they would react to whatever the situation was,” Kocienda said about the
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Girls complete the low ropes course at Camp Pok-O-MacCready for the Mighty Girls Move Mountains conference. The workshop focuses on using grit, communication and teamwork to complete the challenge. See more photos on A6. Situation Navigation workshop. “They’re at this age where they’re authentically themselves. That will likely change when they get older and enter middle school. We want to give them the tools to be prepared for situations they might face while also learning that it’s OK to be themselves.
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SA votes 2022-23 budget BY OLIVIA BOUSQUET News & Managing Editor
April 28 A student was transported from Wilson Hall to the CVPH emergency room. The investigation is closed.
April 29
A student was transported from Wilson Hall to the CVPH emergency room. The investigation is closed.
May 1 An unaffliated person was transported from Lot 1 to the CVPH emergency room. The investigation is pending.
May 2
A student was transported from Moffitt Hall to the CVPH emergency room. The investigation is closed.
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A student was arrested outside Macdonough Hall and a bench warrant was issued by Plattsburgh City Court for failing to follow conditions.
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A trifecta of meetings occurred April 27 for the Student Association. The evening consisted of three back-to-back meetings involving a joint meeting with the executive committee and the senate, then an executive meeting and ending with a senate meeting. The reason for the meetings was to approve of the new budget for the following academic year. A weight was lifted off of the SA’s metaphorical shoulders after the SA mandatory fee passed in a referendum vote April 26. The revote passed with 84.3% of the 1,365 students who voted, according to an email from James Sherman. In the SA election April 20, the fee received 45.4% toward “yes” of 1,011 students who voted. With the revote passing the required SA mandatory fee for the following academic year, the SA discussed the budget. The SA will have a budget of $1,104,455 for the 2022-23 academic year. SA Treasurer Shreshth Kumar presented the estimated money coming in from different sources. The SA mandatory fee will be $80 per semester for students, which would give the SA an income of $600,215. About $19,140 will come in from revenue from ticketed events. The College Auxiliary Services calculated $485,100 will come from unallocated funds, and $60,000 will be from funding for additional allocations. The Student Association fee helps fund several aspects of campus life, including clubs and organizations, the shuttle bus, events and extended hours in the library and learning center. The biggest point of topic on the budget was the lack of funding for concerts from the Activities Coordination Board. Some of the concert budget had been moved to the travel budget.
Coordinator of Activities Leman Hanifayeva said the board couldn’t fund a concert with a big-named artist who would attract students to attend. She also said students preferred trips, according to a student form. Hanifayeva noted that the Spring Carnival will have musical talent, but it will be from students. Countering Hanifayeva, Senator Aissatou Lo said JEDI Dance Productions was able to get wellknown rap artist Dusty Locane to
perform for its event April 30. Coordinator for Student Affairs and Diversity Ohemaa Owusu-Poku said she never received a student form asking whether she preferred concerts or trips. It was later discussed the form had a low response rate and doesn’t fully reflect the opinions of the student body. Owusu-Poku said she doesn’t want to be “neglecting student needs,” and the SA needs to be “considerate of students.” It was discussed to find a better way to learn more about what students want from the SA budget, potentially through a survey. Next year’s SA adviser Steve Matthews cautioned SA members in the wording of surveys. He said if students were given the option of trips or concerts, they would most likely choose a concert. However, the student body doesn’t know the cost of
putting on a concert, such as lighting, sound and paying the artist. Ultimately, the executive and senate passed the 2022-23 SA budget. In other SA news, the joint meeting nominated a recipient of the 2022 Martin D. Mannix Meritorious Service Award. Four SA members, Mac-Olivier Lalanne, Lisette Linares, Bailey Dell’Erba and Ohemaa Owusu-Poku, were nominated for their work in the SA. The SA members voted via a secret ballot, and the recipient will be announced at the banquet. The executive board made a change to two executive by-laws. The coordinator of clubs and organizations and the coordinator of activities would be picked by the current legislation for the next legislation. This was agreed upon by the student body as well during the SA election. There was concern from former Senator Ryan Ferguson in the “vagueness in the wording on how to hire” the new coordinators. A motion was made to amend the by-law to include that the hiring committee must recommend a coordinator to the current legislation by the election. Both of these by-laws and the amendments passed in the executive committee and then in the senate. During the senate meeting, the National Association of Black Accountants requested $1,456 for its Spring Brunch. This will be the club’s first event on campus May 7 at noon in the Warren Ballrooms. Tickets are $5 for SA members and $7 for non-SA members. Representative Owusu-Poku said the brunch will have keynote speakers from the business profession, prizes and raffles. The money would go to helping pay the speaker, prizes and paying Chartwells for food. Email OLIVIA BOUSQUET cp@cardinalpointsonline.com
of the pandemic, leading students to refuse to pay a “student activity fee” while they are not on campus. Avery highlighted another way COVID-19 affected the culture of college campuses, specifically decreasing student involvement among freshmen and sophomores. Continued from page A1 “The cycle of higher education has been broken dramatically. In many areas, this incoming first-year-student class, the class of 2026, ultimately has more expePlattsburgh is not the first SUNY campus to vote rience in leadership because they had a senior year of down the SA fee in the last few years. According to Av- high school,” Avery said. “We’re in an interesting spot ery, the issue of students voting against a mandatory as we rebuild the culture of SUNY Plattsburgh.” student government fee has started occurring on other SUNY campuses. He attributed the issue to their referEmail ALEKSANDRA SIDOROVA endums falling on the years 2020 and 2021, the height cp@cardinalpointsonline.com
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Girls learn more about teamwork and grit before participating in the Low Ropes, High Hopes workshop. Each workshop had a debrief period for the girls to talk about what they learned from the workshop.
SHINE Continued from page A1 Shine On! focuses on third to fifth grade girls through their conferences and workshops. Committee member Taylor Edgar shared the mission and the goals of Shine On! “We’re college women who want to help raise confident young girls,” Edgar said. “We want to be a type of early intervention for any type of negative situation they may face. We focus on life skills, communication skills and media
strengths, which are things that have changed so rapidly since I was their age.” Besides the annual conference, there is a big focus on their Education Outreach program. Educators, like Edgar, go into local schools for an hour every week to spread their mission. They also work with young boys through the Education Outreach program. Shine On! reaches out to schools directly if teachers want to request a mentor from the Education Outreach to come into their classroom. They also spread information about the conferences through outreach. More information can be found on their
website, shineongirl.org. All services provided by Shine On! are free. They operate on sponsors and grants. Slattery hopes to see Shine On! grow beyond the North Country. Syracuse University has expressed interest in Shine On! after many New York schools worked with the organization at a conference where they talked to astronauts from the International Space Station in spring 2021 for the virtual Look to the Stars conference, which hosted over 6,000 students across New York States on Zoom. “We reached out to a bunch of colleges to be a part of the event, and
it was extremely successful,” Slattery said. “There is a demand for what we do, and as long as we keep reaching out, whether it be through our Educational Outreach or Shine On! In-A-Box, young girls throughout the North Country and beyond can benefit.” There will be an informational meeting Sunday, May 8 at 6 p.m. by Hawkins Pond. They’re looking for more Education Outreach mentors, but encourage anyone interested to stop by and learn about Shine On!
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Hollywood stars testify, Depp v. Heard trial BY JESS JOHNSON Opinions/Managing Editor
After meeting 13 years ago, going through a very public divorce, and now testifying in a lawsuit — Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have been consistently in headlines across the country over the past two weeks since April 11. The current $50 million lawsuit trial against Amber Heard stems from Johnny Depp claiming defamation in March 2019, after Heard wrote and published a Washington Post op-ed about being a domestic violence victim. The article, published Dec. 18, 2018, alluded to Depp’s alleged abuse through their brief marriage or time together, without specifically naming him. “Two years ago, I became a public figure representing domestic abuse, and I felt the full force of our culture’s wrath for women who speak out; Imagine a powerful man as a ship, like the Titanic. That ship is a huge enterprise. When it strikes an iceberg, there are a lot of people on board desperate to patch up holes — not because they believe in or even care about the ship, but because their own fates depend on the enterprise,” Heard wrote. As many companies, brands
and fans became skeptical of Depp’s alleged actions being true, based on Heard’s allusion to the enterprise within the article aligned with Depp’s life. Heard also mentioned how worried she was to lose her own enterprise. “Friends and advisers told me I would never again work as an actress — that I would be blacklisted,” Amber stated. However, even though Depp also came forward with his allegations of Heard’s abuse, he was completely blackballed from his future roles, deals and company partnerships. Besides Dior, in which headlines were drawing attention to the company’s relations with Depp in 2020, such as “The Savage Truth about why Dior won’t drop wife-beater Johnny Depp,” posted by Daily Mail. With Depp taking backlash through the past few years, and describing within his testimony in the trial how not only himself but his friends and entire family have had to endure negativity and mistreatment, the issues Heard has with Depp has been unresolved since their divorce May 23, 2016. After Heard filed for divorce due to irreconcilable differences and Depp refused to give spousal support, she alleged Depp abused abused her and filed a restraining order against Depp. She alleged
he was abusive throughout the entire four year relationship, and claimed he had hit her in the eye with a cell phone during the most recent altercation. The judge granted a temporary restraining order, as Heard had a bruise on her eye in court, even though LAPD reported May 21, 2016 that there was no crime done when they were called. Heard also did not file a police report of the incident, making it into an argument during the current trial that her not filing is being used against her. The judge did not approve spousal support from Depp. The two did reach a $7 million dollar settlement out of court that same year. However, if the abuse is proven to be allege to Heard, that says a lot about where her priorities and moralities lie within what she was truly in the relationship with Depp for. According to People magazine, “‘As the result of Amber’s decision to decline giving an initial statement to the LAPD, her silence has been used against her by Johnny’s team,’ Heard’s attorney Samantha F. Spector and her co-counsel Joseph P. Koenig said in the statement. ‘Amber did not provide a statement to the LAPD in an attempt to protect her privacy and Johnny’s career.’”
Regardless of why she did not file, or what is truly going on between the both of thier testimonies, whether one or the other is lying, the situation has gone on far too long. It is important to always believe and support survivors and victims of domestic violence and abuse, and to never judge anyone’s situation as each is unique. However, just by watching interviews, hearing both sides’ testimonies, and watching as Heard’s lawyers pine after any evidence to prove it was not defamation of Depp, the situation is confusing. There are different voice tapes of calls between Depp and Heard, where Heard admits to doing certain physical abuse to Depp by “accident.” There is testimony of Depp talking about the multiple things Heard has done, including mutilating his finger, hitting him with a door, and throwing certain items; to which she literally admits to on the voice recordings. It’s just hard to believe the full truth on Heard’s side is being told here. “I’m sorry that I didn’t hit you across the face in a proper slap, but I was hitting you. It’s not punching you. I’m not sitting here bitching about it, you are,” Heard said in a voice recording presented May 22. “You’re a fucking baby. I did start a physical fight. As Depp already lost the U.K.
libel lawsuit case against British tabloid The Sun, after they stated he was a “wife-beater” in Nov. 20, and he was still in the headlines and tabloids in the worst light possible, he is simply tired. And anyone can see that in his testimonies, that he wants his children and family to be okay again. And to be fair — Heard has taken the stand already, her answers seemingly a bit off and it looks as if she’s putting on an act as she talks about her abuse, almost seeming to be forcing herself to cry. But again, she on her end may be tired as well. As the trial continues, it will be vital to see the outcome. As at this point, most of social media has been siding with Depp, and recognizing him as a true victim of domestic abuse, due to his testimony saying he is a victim of it after all this time. To which Amber even said on a voice call used as evidence in court, “Tell the world, tell the world Johnny. Tell them Johnny Depp, I, Johnny Depp, a man, I’m a victim too of Domestic Violence,’ And I, you know it’s a fair fight. And see how many people believe or side with you.”
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Fans cancel DaBaby, controversy strikes
Teen possessed by unworldly entity
BY JEREMY BINNING Staff Writer
DaBaby, a rapper from Charlotte, North Carolina, is making controversial headlines yet again. It seems he can’t stay out of the media’s eye, as he was recently caught on video grabbing a female fan by the face and trying to kiss her. DaBaby was outside of a venue interacting with fans when the incident occurred. He was seen in the video prior to the incident being close with the fans as they were hugging and holding him. The internet immediately went into flames as yet another DaBaby headline made its way around. Just a week before this, he was in the news for another altercation caught on video. The rapper and one of his fellow artists, Wisdom, were seen fighting backstage for some unknown reason. DaBaby is seen repeatedly punching Wisdom before being separated by security. This shocked fans because just last year, Wisdom was arrested and charged with attempted murder after defending DaBaby in an incident that left one man shot. The two have been close friends since Wisdom signed with his label, Billion Dollar Baby Entertainment. Justice Williams, a junior majoring in broadcast journalism, has felt that DaBaby gets let off too easily and is happy more people are calling out his out-of-control behavior. “I feel like he has always given off the persona that he doesn’t respect women and this video couldn’t scream it louder,” Williams said, a fan of him at first but shortly after his insensitive comments in regards to the LGBTQ+, began to dislike the rapper’s attitude. “He didn’t even seem bothered by what he said and it’s
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sad because as a member of the community this offends me. He will get his karma one day but until then I guess we just have to wait and see what he does next.” Cancel culture has tried its best to get DaBaby out of mainstream media but he somehow keeps coming back no matter how serious the controversy is. In early April, Billboard.com released footage of his deadly 2018 shooting that left a 19-year-old dead in a Walmart in Huntersville, North Carolina. DaBaby was initially charged with the murder but surveillance footage, the same one that was released this past month, showed that he acted in self-defense. However, fans felt that the video told a different story as it looked like DaBaby had continued on with the altercation and fired his gun to instill fear in the victim, not act in self-defense. DaBaby has
answered to the recent allegations by laughing it off and doubling down his take on self-defense. He reposted a comment that someone left under The Shade Room stating, “Y’all actin like the police ain’t already see this.” His nonchalant attitude to the consistent controversies he has been in seems to anger fans even more. “He doesn’t care about anything but his money. If he was getting sued for his actions, I feel he would have a different attitude but he just seems to be getting off easy every time,” said Skylar Ebalarosa, a senior majoring in criminal justice. Only time will tell if we will ever see him change his ways but until then DaBaby will continue to drop music and raise eyebrows with his oddly amusing personality. Email JEREMY BINNING cp@cardinalpointsonline.com
The woman screamed in agony as the searing liquid scorched her flesh. Her body convulsed in pain and she began shaking violently. Two priests watched as she struggled against the three men that held her down, one of whom was her father. This was not a normal reaction to holy water, or water blessed by a priest and used for spiritual cleansing. She flailed from side to side, snapping her teeth at the men restraining her and hurling obscenities at the two priests in the guttural growl of an animal. This was just the first day in the exorcisms conducted on Anneliese Michel. Michel was raised by devout Roman Catholic parents in the town of Klingenberg am Main, located in Bavaria, Germany. She and her sisters were taught strictly under traditional religious methods and would attend mass twice a week. Her parents opposed the modern practices of the church brought about by the Second Vatican Council. In September of 1968 at the age of 16, Michel lost consciousness at her school for unknown reasons. Later that night, she suffered a seizure while lying in bed. Michel claimed to have felt paralyized to the mattress at the time. It was as though a heavy force was pushing down on her. A year later in August of 1969, Michel blacked out again and had another seizure. She was taken to a neurologist and became diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy, which are recurring seizures originating from the brain’s temporal lobes. No medication was prescribed to her due the infrequency of the seizures. Over the following year, Michel’s health began to deteriorate. She contracted a number of different illnesses including tuberculosis, pneumonia, pleurisy. Her tonsils had to be removed after she developed tonsillitis. She also started having heart and circulatory issues. Michel was soon admitted to a medical facility called the Mittenberg Clinic for recovery. Another seizure occurred during Michel’s stay at the facility on Jun. 3, 1970. She was prescribed a new series of medications as her physical and mental health continued to decline. One day while praying, Michel
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claimed to have seen a dark, grimacing face appear before her. The face stared at her with malefic eyes before suddenly vanishing. She stopped praying out of fear and began questioning whether there was a demon inside of her. Michel, now age 17, returned home Aug. 29, 1970, but her condition had not gotten better. Over the next few years, Michel became increasingly depressed and faced more of what people believed were hallucinations. She claimed to have heard knocking sounds in her room, as well as voices stating she was damned to rot in hell. Her mother also claimed to have one day found her staring blankly at a statue of the Virgin Mary with black eyes. In 1973, Michel was taken by her father to a saint shrine at the San Damiano church in Assisi, Italy. She was unable to enter the building, however, and claimed that the ground burned like fire. Michel said a piercing white light blinded her every time she glanced at a painting of a biblical figure. At one point, she tore off her rosary beads and started speaking in a deep, demonic voice. The family attempted to seek help from the Roman Catholic church and Michel began consulting with many priests. They were eventually referred to Father Ernst Alt, who began visiting with Michel regularly. Fr. Alt believed she was being possessed by a demonic entity.
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Possible overturn, Roe v. Wade The amount of times any minority has needed to defend their right to their own body, at this point, has been exhausting and ridiculous. Those who are having these rights threatened are tired of wasting their breath on a partisan issue that should not be a political argument in the first place. The right to a safe and medically professional procedure is now being threatened again, and many are worried a safe and legal abortion may not be an option anymore. Why? Well, Roe v. Wade, one of the most important court cases in United States history since 1970, is now most likely to be overturned. The Supreme Court confirmed a leaked opinion draft obtained and released by Politico May 2, describing the future restrictions of many citizens, in which the draft also has support of five of the nine of the court justices. According to New York Times, President Joe Biden warned that “the potential ruling could undermine the right to privacy beyond just abortion, endangering a series of rights that Americans have come to expect, including same-sex marriage.” “If this decision holds, it’s really quite a radical decision,” Biden said. “It basically says ‘all the decisions related to your private life, who you marry, whether or not you decide to conceive a child or not, whether or not you can have an abortion, a range of other decisions,’” are now being up for question in the ruling of the Supreme Court. As draft opinions change during evaluation of the court, the decision of upholding Roe v. Wade is looking bleak, as many of the justices are predominantly conservative, siding with the right to a fetus’s life. Within the 1970 case, Jane Roe, a name used in documents to protect the plaintiff’s identity, also known as Norma McCorvey, wished to terminate an unwanted pregnancy in 1969. She then challenged the Texas statue on banning abortion, as at the time, abortion was only legal in Texas for the sole purpose of saving a women’s life. Many women in the 50s and 60s resorted to illegal abor-
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tions, whether performed by a doctor illegally in a private household, self-inflicted abortions and most likely performing other unsafe acts. No one should have had to do that. However, many did not have an option under the tightly bound laws in states around them. With the rollbacks on abortion rights now, many are becoming afraid these unsafe procedures will become normalized again. In the Roe v. Wade case, being led by attorneys Linda Coffee and Sarah Weddington, McCorvey argued that the law violated the right to privacy, which is listed in the 14th amendment of the constitution, and threatened their rights under amendments first, fourth, fifth and ninth. In June 1970, a Texas district court ruled that the state’s abortion ban was illegal because it violated a constitutional right to implicit privacy. The case was then appealed on a federal level to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the 7-2 voting decision struck down the Texas statue, legalizing the right to an abortion across the U.S. Jan. 22, 1973. Under the legalization of the procedure, the court ruled that the choice to end pregnancy before the end of the first trimester was up to the woman carrying the child. However, the court had a right to regulate abortion during the second trimester in order to protect a women’s health, regardless of the mother’s wishes or circumstances of having the pregnancy. The state also held the right to regulate abortion to protect a fetus that could survive on its own during the third trimester,
DEMON Continued from page A3 He pleaded to Bishop Josef Stangl for the approval of an exorcism, but was denied under the belief that she just needed more medical treatment. Michel’s behavior got increasingly strange over the coming weeks. She began destroying religious objects around the house, including crucifixes and more rosary beads. At one point she crawled under a table and remained there for two days, barking like a dog. Her family also said that she began eating spiders and coal from the fireplace. She lashed out more frequently towards her family and parts of her body began to swell at random. Fr. Alt pleaded once again to the Bishop and finally was given approval, but only under the condition that the exorcisms were done in secret. Bishop Stangl appointed a young priest named Father Arnold Renz to assist him in the rite and they began Sept. 24, 1974. Over the next 10 months, Fr. Alt and Fr. Renz conducted a total of 67 exorcisms on Michel. The sessions occurred once or twice a week and usually lasted over an hour. Michel claimed to have heard and seen everything during the exorcisms, but had no control over her actions. Her parents had full faith the exorcisms would help cure their daughter and took Michel off psychiatric treatment. Throughout the weeks, the priests learned Michel was possessed by a total of six demons. One of them was named as Judas Iscariot, who was the disciple that betrayed Jesus Christ in the Bible. Cain, the son of Adam and Eve who murdered his own brother, was also named. Other names given included Nero, who was the fifth Roman emperor, and Adolf Hitler. A disgraced German priest from the 1500s named Valentin Fleischmann was also listed. The final entity was Lucifer, the Devil himself. These six demons allegedly fought for control over Michel and could often be heard argu-
as long as a woman was OK in her own health. However, since this case, many states have implemented legislation that extremely restricts anyone from the right to a safe abortion, as Texas in 2021 passed Senate Bill 8, a law that bans abortion as early as six weeks in pregnancy, before many people know they are pregnant. This law is immoral, infringing on the moral rights of one’s body and forcing them to have a child they may not have known they had in the first place, especially in cases of rape. In 2018, Mississippi state legislators also introduced a law banning abortions after 15 weeks. The U.S. Court of Appeals struck down the law, finding that it violated the right to an abortion before fetal viability – which it literally does. Mississippi still has bans in place under the state, as stated under the only open abortion clinic in the state, “women can obtain legal abortion procedures only up to 16 weeks of pregnancy.” As some may not even know or have access to these procedures until after that length of time, it is ridiculous to think this is what states have succumbed to. With the overturn of Roe v. Wade, if it does happen within the final decision in the upcoming summer, it is threatening decades of womens’ fight against their own rights being in jeopardy. It is dehumanizing those who have fought tirelessly within the feminist movement to obtain these rights, and it is once again making Americans
ing through her voice. Some speculate the names of the demons were lies and only chosen by the demonic entities within her to insinuate fear. The priests made audio and video recordings of the session to show to the church for analysis. A total of 42 audio recordings were collected. All of them feature Michel shouting and groaning in a disturbing distorted voice. Michel could not be left alone often during this time because it was feared she would harm herself if given the chance. She had also stopped eating and claimed the demons would not permit her. Throughout her days, Michel would stand and drop down on her knees repeatedly to pray. This resulted in her breaking the tendons in her knees, as well as the bone. Her body was covered in bruises, she had broken teeth, and she constantly bled from her nose. Michel believed that she was suffering for the sins of the generation’s youth and the modern priests of the church. She claimed to have had a vision of the Virgin Mary telling her this directly. It wasn’t until Oct. 31, 1975 that the demons were believed to have finally been expelled from Michel’s body. They left one by one, causing Michel to increasingly vomit. The joy of the priest’s success was short-lived as the entities returned 15 minutes later. Over the next few months, she screamed in agony and lied rigidly in bed for long periods of time. She still refused to eat and would throw herself against the walls. Michel soon made the claim that her suffering would end in July. The final exorcism was conducted June 30, 1976. Michel was extremely frail and weighed under 100 pounds. She had a high fever and felt very exhausted. The only words she uttered during this session were, “please, absolution.” Her mother found her dead in bed the next morning July 1, 1976 at the age of 23. An autopsy ruled her cause of death as dehydration and malnutrition. She weighed only 68 pounds when she died. Interest-
into a mockery. As this country has been built on the decisions of white, cisgender men since the beginning, it’s ironic that this is happening once again in an age where our ideologies and philosophies of the world are constantly shifting, and people are beginning to become more accepting of race, gender, identity and sex. This is happening when poverty rates are still at large, foster care and homelessness numbers are rising, discriminatory and bigoted legislation is being challenged but not enough, and institutions are finally taking some accountability for their actions in our climate crisis – in which it isn’t even plausible for children to have a safe and bright future in an environment that is consistently deteriorating day by day. If many people do not have a choice, these issues will only increase in numbers. And the worst part is, not enough is being done to stop or slow these issues. To say this is a disappointment is only the tipping edge of the scary future we are entering. It’s sad that in a country that preaches freedom, people do not hold that freedom to their own bodies, beliefs, futures and voice. It’s tiring to say the least. Taking away legal abortions isn’t stopping them from happening — it’s stopping safe ones. The backlash legislators are going to get in the high courts is going to be overwhelming, but for good reason. The right to obtain birth control, proper medical care facilities for multiple health reasons, and basic human rights are now under review by a set of people where the legislation being enacted is not going to affect the majority of the high courts. How can legislators make a decision over someone else’s body, especially in a cisgender male-run institution who may have never experienced the mental and physical turmoil those with uteri have had to go through? The push back is not going to stop. Voices will not be silenced. With each new sign, each new peaceful protest, each article written, and each call to the Capitol, the fight for justice is far from over.
ingly, the autopsy found she had a healthy brain with no damage that could cause epileptic seizures. Michel’s pupils were also found to be unusually dilated. The two priests, as well as Michel’s parents, were brought to trial for her death March 30, 1978. The court believed Michel was just mentally ill and that exorcisms had only worsened her condition. It was thought that she would have survived if she was given proper medical treatment. The audio tapes taken of the exorcism were played in their defense, but the court still ruled against them. Michel’s parents were charged with negligent homicide, but weren’t given a jail sentence as it was believed they suffered enough with the loss of her daughter. Fr. Alt and Fr. Renz were charged with negligent manslaughter and were sentenced to six months behind bars, but their sentences were dropped early. It is long debated whether the case of Annelise Michel was an episode of demonic possession or poor mental health. The modern age has lost touch with a majority of spiritual practices and beliefs. For the everyday person, Michel’s declining mentality would be the most logical answer. A common fear of man, however, is the fear of the unknown. Perhaps that’s just an excuse to not dwell into what science can’t explain. The case has many strange factors, such as the voice captured on the audio recordings, the claims of Michel’s family, and the fact that she knew the month she’d die. While she may have had a rough mental state, there’s a strong possibility she really was possessed. It was reported that a mysterious fire had broken out in the house where Michel died June 6, 2013. Police have reported the incident as a case of arson, but many people believe the fire has a connection to Michel’s possession. It’s rather ominous that it occurred on the sixth day of the sixth month, a date that’s often attributed with the Devil and the coming of the Antichrist. Email MATTHEW WENDLER cp@cardinalpointsonline.com
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ELECTED Continued from page A1 “I saw the lack of active representation of the student body, the steadily decreasing number of clubs, attendance at events organized by the SA have been embarrassingly low, there are daily cases of people of color getting harassed, women getting assaulted,” Azeem said. “I knew that it couldn’t continue the way it is, I knew someone had to bring about the change that this campus desperately needed and I felt I had to do my part, hence I chose to run for president, and my thoughts, opinions and goals resonated with the student body.” Saran Kaba, a senior graduating next year and a communication, sciences and disorders major, was elected vice president. Kaba has experience in the SA, as she used to hold a senate position. “When I used to be a senator, I saw the roles and responsibilities of a vice president,” Kaba said. “I felt like I had the skill sets to actually pursue that.” Kaba also saw the po-
sition as a good way to strengthen her leadership skills. One of Saran’s main goals as vice president is to make the SA student-centered. “I want the SA to be approachable to students,” Saran said. “We should be more open and more out there on campus so students know what SA is.” Saran said when she was campaigning a lot of people didn’t know what the SA was. “They didn’t know where it was located, they didn’t know the point of SA,” Saran said. “That’s why a lot of people said ‘no’ to the SA fee, because they didn’t know what it was.” Saran wants to encourage students to come to the SA office in the Angell College Center, and talk to their representatives when they have issues or questions. She also wants to work closely with the senators, to make sure they know how important their voices are. “When they’re voting for a club or organization I want them to know their specific role and actually do their duties and learn about the full [student] body instead of saying ‘no’ or ‘yes’ to something, they should know what they vote ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to,” Saran said. Osamuyimen Omorogbe-Akpata, a sophomore double majoring in accounting and business
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sure that they get the proper funding that they deserve.” Pilar Balader Herrero, a junior double majoring in marketing and art, was reelected as coordinator for the arts. She felt she had a lot of goals she had not fulfilled in the position yet and wants to have more art experience, as she just added her art major last year. This semester she was able to use her position to purchase artwork from an artist in Spain, where she is from. “I knew this artist from a while ago, and my goal was to have their work here in the college,” Balader Herrero said. “So we actually managed to do that. Something that I want to keep doing is give more visibility to international artists in the Plattsburgh community.” Something new she is hoping to accomplish is starting an “art evening” event. It would give all students, not just art students, the opportunity to exhibit their artwork. “I just want to make art more visible in our community,” Balader Herrero said. “Because it seems like just the art students are involved with that, even though I know we all love art in different ways.” Deasha Gilmore, a sophomore TV-video production major, was elected clubs and organi-
zations coordinator. She transferred from SUNY Brockport and noticed there was not as much campus engagement with clubs and organizations at SUNY Plattsburgh and wanted to change that. Her main goal is to meet with all the clubs and organizations about how they can use their funds strategically. She also hopes to connect clubs and organizations with each other. “This is my first time working on a student government so I’m really excited to work with a big body of people,” Gilmore said. “Usually I’m just working with a small group on an eboard so now that it’s way bigger, I’m excited to see how that’s going to go.” Peculiar Joseph, a sophomore triple majoring in biomedical science, entrepreneurship and political science with a minor in accounting, was elected student affairs and diversity coordinator. She is currently the vice president of Learning and Experiencing God. Joseph said she loves to listen to people. She plans to use those listening skills to hear students’ concerns and complaints. She believes that when there are race related issues on campus, more needs to be done than “speak outs.” She
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wants to advocate for BIPOC and LGBT students because she feels many of them are “invisible” to the school. “I am the kind of person that sees potential in everybody, I feel like everybody’s very beautiful,” Joseph said. “I feel like everyone is equal and everybody can do really big things. I don’t think anyone can be more important than anyone.” Jakira Barrett, a sophomore early childhood education major, was elected academic coordinator. In high school she created a women’s empowerment group, and is currently active in Black Onyx and owns her own hair business. Her main goal as academic coordinator is to see a better retention rate and better grade averages for students transitioning from freshman to sophomore year. “I’m big on grades and school success and I have witnessed many students come into college and lose their ambition for academics and flunk out within their first semester because they are trying to balance that social and academic life,” Barrett said.
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Above: A girl and mentor Jordan Hakeem-Ali get ready for the Conquer the Crux workshop in Camp Pok-O-MacCready’s 16-wall rock climbing facility. The workshop focused on teaching young girls grit and overcoming obstacles. Below: One of the girls participating lowers from the rock wall in the Crux.
Above: A girl and mentor Mia Morgillo smile at breakfast Sunday morning before the Situation Navigation workshop, which teaches character strengths.
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Above: Volunteer EXP major Andrew Villalobos and a girl make a fire for the Survive and Thrive workshop. This was a three-pronged workshop with help from EXP majors Bo Allen and Wheels Pelton. Below: All 80 third to fifth grade girls, mentors and committee members smiling Sunday morning on the last day of the conference.
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Men’s lax finishes season BY COLLIN BOLEBUCH Staff Writer
When there is seemingly nothing left to lose, there is everything left to gain. Sitting at the bottom of the SUNYAC standings, the Plattsburgh Cardinals men’s lacrosse team played out their final two games last week. The Cardinals (3-12, 0-6 SUNYAC) faced the home team Potsdam Bears (5-7, 2-4 SUNYAC), and lost 10-14. On April 27, The game was the second-to-last of the season and had no playoff implications for the Cards. Again, Plattsburgh’s defense shone in the dark cloud of a loss. For the first time since the April 12 win over Russell Sage, the Cardinals had fewer turnovers than their opponent, with 17 to Potsdam’s 18. Plattsburgh also recorded more shots than Potsdam with 41 to its 39 and more face-off wins with 16 to its 12. “We were definitely good. I think there was 10 minutes of that game where we gave them a couple goals,” goalie Chris Bassi said. “That was just some mental lapses and a couple bad goals that I gave up, but besides that for 50 minutes of the game we were playing really well. We got a lot of turnovers, making them throw the ball away. I think that was one of our better games so far this year.” Captain midfielder Stephen Kane led the Cardinals in goals with four, followed closely by midfielder Zach Gill and attacker John Eiseman with two each. Gill also recorded two assists, second only to midfielder Gustav Rugg’s three. Long-stick midfielder Julian Pigliavento and defenseman Justin Rocovich each logged two caused turnovers. “I think a lot of [the loss] was that we kind of came out slow. We gave them five points right off the rip, so I think that kind of just put us in a hole, which we were having trouble to fight out of. And on face-offs too, we kind of luckily at the end of the game we started to dominate,” Rocovich said. “I thought we played well the rest of the game. And then let up two or three open net goals at the end just trying to get the ball back, was tough.”
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Senior midfielder and men’s athlete of the year Stephen Kane watches as his team finishes with a record of 4-12. Just three days after the loss, on April 30, Plattsburgh was back at home to play the New Paltz Hawks (3-11, 1-6 SUNYAC) for the Cardinals’ last game of the season and Senior Day and won 14-10. On that day, the Cardinals observed its 14 seniors: Christian Bassi, Andrew Braverman, Max Burgio, Zach Gill, Stephen Kane, Brendan Heggers, Billy Lombardi, Pete Mullen, Justin Rocovich, James Schulze, Tanner Tobias, Matt Trypaluk, Daniel Umbro and Connor Wolff. “I would have to say New Paltz is probably one of my favorite games to remember. It was like the first
time the team was actually all playing for each other, having each other’s backs and little things were starting to click,” Rocovich said. “It was the first time we went out there to have fun and have each other’s backs and I think that’s a big part moving into next season. I think that was a good way to go out, on a win. That’s something to stick with me for a pretty long time, especially since it was my Senior Day, so that was special.”
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Cards stay in playoff race BY LIAM SAMPLE Staff Writer
In a series that defined the fate of their season, the Plattsburgh baseball team kept their playoff hopes alive, taking two out of three games against the SUNY Oneonta Red Dragons April 29 and 30 at Chip Cummings Field. Coming into the weekend, three teams were in contention for the final SUNYAC playoff spot: New Paltz, Plattsburgh and Oneonta. By winning the series, the Cardinals knocked the Red Dragons out of the race. Oneonta falls to a 5-13 conference record as Plattsburgh improves to 6-9, which is an identical conference record as New Paltz. Many big performances came from all over the Cardinals’ lineup during the weekend, including during the first game April 29, where senior pitcher Peter Gregory stepped up for his team. “The weekend was a hard fought series as our backs were against the wall,” Gregory Said. “ I needed to pitch the best I could so we started the series on the right foot. The game was super to me as we need to win as many games as possible to make a playoff push.” Gregory went the distance, throwing seven and a third innings, while only allowing a stellar one run on seven hits with six strikeouts. This effort was his season high in innings and came when the team needed it most. “What worked well was the pitching sequence coming from the catcher [senior] Jake Hutton, who I trust a lot and he does call a great game,” Gregory said. “The curveball was the best it has felt in a while and I think that pitch was a key to success.” Pitching wasn’t the only thing working for Plattsburgh. The offense was potent and scored eleven runs. This included a big late game effort, where the team scored four runs in the seventh inning and two in the eighth. Seven of the nine Cardinal hitters recorded a run batted in, including two from both Hutton and graduate student first baseman Steve Messerschmitt. “Game one was an all around team win. Gregory dominated on the mound after having only a few games rest,” said junior Kaden Kowalowski. “Our bats were hot all game.” Plattsburgh put up a statement win in this first game, with the final score being 11-1. The Red Dragons fought back in the second game of the series, which was one half of a doubleheader April 30.
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The Cardinals keep their playoff hopes alive after going 1-1 in an series vs. the Oneonta Red Dragons.
The second game was defined by one inning: the amongst qualifying hitters. On the other side of the fourth. Oneonta scored eight runs in the inning on ball, sophomore Micheal Sadowski threw seven inonly eight hits. Plattsburgh never found a way to re- nings and only allowed two runs for the Red Dragons. cover from the opposing offensive outburst. Oneonta junior Sean Liquori went 4-4 with two BASEBALL l B3 runs batted in, he is second on the team in average
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BY MELANIE LANZO Staff Writer
This past weekend the Cardinals softball team had back-to-back games against Buffalo State. These games were very close ties, but by winning the second game the girls managed to achieve their goals and gave it their all. The final scores of the weekend are Plattsburgh (13-17,9-9) and Buffalo State (15-21- 7-11). The Cardinals are prepared to take their skills to the next level at the SUNYAC Playoffs starting May 5. “This is the most stressful time of the year between school and sports,”Julia Golino said. “As for softball, it is super important right now that we take care of our bodies and get the treatment we need so we are all healthy and ready to play. This week’s practice consists of many reps to be up to par on our skills. It also comes down to having fun. SUNYACs is something many of us have not experienced yet and this week we are having fun and touching up on our skills to be ready for Thursday.” Knowing the history of Buffalo State against Plattsburgh State, a tie was bound to happen due to teams always being close in score. With a total
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Women’s Lax Season Over
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School SUNYAC Geneseo 13-1 Oneonta 12-4 Cortland 11-3 New Paltz 11-5 Plattsburgh 7-7 Fredonia 6-8 Brockport 4-10 Buffalo State 4-10 Oswego 4-10
Record 27-3 21-10 20-12 24-14 11-15 11-23 11-17 12-20 9-22
Baseball
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Alex Kornblau Christian Lent Connor Gonalski
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Alexa Murray (8) scored a run in each game vs. Buffalo State. of eight innings, the game started off strong with a solid game play. Kristina Maggiacomo reached on a fielder’s choice, letting Julia Golino advance to second and Kristen Langdon outing at third for Alexa Murray to score. Quickly the Cardinals and Bengals soon traded spots in raising the score, where Taylor Benton (Buffalo State) tied the game on a single to right center after Oriana Castillio (Buffalo State)led the frame with a double. Buffalo took the 2-1 lead in the second inning where they caught Platts-
burgh’s battery off guard in between pitches. With a score of 5-5 towards the seventh inning, Plattsburgh and Buffalo State went to a tie due to Parsons (Buffalo State) game at five with a two-out double to left field. The score soon went down for Plattsburgh State and Buffalo State used it to their advantage. Once Maggiacomo struck out the ball was out of reach for the Cardinals and the Bengals scored the gamewinning run for the win.
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Alex Kornblau Kyle Cremin Connor Gonalski
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Kristen Langdon Julia Golino Claire Palmer
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Caroline Noia Lindsey Guzzetta Emily Caoili
23 23 21
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Emily Caoili Caroline Noja Maddy Garcia
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Stephen Kane John Eiseman Zach Gill
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Zach Gill Srephen Kane Micheal Swift
45 17 4 1 24 10 9
School SUNAYC Record Cortland 11-1 26-8 Oswego 11-1 22-7 Brockport 8-4 26-6 New Paltz 6-6 14-16 Plattsburgh 4-8 15-14 Oneonta 4-11 11-21 Fredonia 1-14 10-21
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School SUNYAC Record Cortland 6-0 10-6 Geneseo 6-0 8-6 Brockport 4-2 9-4 Oswego 3-3 8-5 Potsdam 2-4 5-7 Oneonta 2-4 3-10 New Paltz 1-5 3-10 Plattsburgh 0-6 3-12
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School SUNYAC Cortland 8-0 Geneseo 7-1 Brockport 6-2 Oneonta 5-3 New Paltz 4-4 Oswego 4-4 Plattsburgh 3-5 Buffalo State 1-6 Potsdam 1-7
Record 12-4 11-2 9-5 7-7 6-8 5-10 5-8 5-8 6-9
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Women’s lax wins close vs. New Paltz Hawks BY JESSICA LANDMAN Staff Writer
The Plattsburgh women’s lacrosse team brought home a win after a nail biting match up against SUNY New Paltz April 27 at the Field House. The final score of 12-9 reflects the back-and-forth play seen throughout the game. The first goal was scored by New Paltz just two minutes into the game. However Plattsburgh responded not three minutes later with a goal of their own scored by Caitlin Nash assisted by Maddie Garcia. A quick response by New Paltz’s Kaitlyn Shaw for her second goal of the game put the Hawks up by one goal. Multiple turnovers ensued before New Paltz was able to find the back of the net again six minutes into the quarter. Lilla Nease, Plattsburgh’s goalie, made a huge save
off of a hard shot made by New Paltz. With only six seconds remaining in the quarter, Plattsburgh’s Lindsay Guzzetta made her 20th goal of the season. The first quarter ended 3-2 in New Paltz’s favor. The second quarter kicked off quickly with a New Paltz goal not even two minutes in and followed that up with another goal bringing the score to 5-2. The Cardinals responded swiftly with a goal of their own. Caroline Noia made her 22nd goal of the season off of a free position shot. The hawks came back with yet another goal followed three minutes by Plattsburgh’s own Guzzetta made a man-down goal with six minutes remaining in the quarter. A shot from New Paltz narrowly slipped by Nease’s stick earning the Hawks another goal. Plattsburgh finished out the quarter with another
last-minute goal scored by Guzzetta once again ending the quarter with a final score of 7-5 with New Paltz in the lead. The second half started out brightly for the Cardinals with a goal from Nash just over a minute in. Just three minutes later, Noia scored her second goal of the game tying the game at 7-7. Plattsburgh scores again with six minutes left in the quarter earning them the lead for the first time in the game. The goal was made by Emily Caoili and was assisted by Garcia. Two minutes later, Caoili struck again, scoring yet another goal from a free position shot. Jordan Kowalski, assisted by Guzzetta, scored another last minute goal. Plattsburgh controlled the quarter, extending their lead to 10-7. WLAX l B3
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Lindsay Guzzetta (18) scored four goals and one assist in the Cardinals win.
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After a down season like this, the only place left to go is up. Before that happens, though, it is important to reflect on one’s own failures. Bassi emphasized effort when acknowledging the season’s letdowns. “[The biggest lesson learned] is never giving up. We’ve played a lot of teams that have just beat down on us pretty badly and I think going out there and playing for your teammates and playing for your close friends and stuff like that regardless of the score just giving forth our best effort and just trying to have the most fun we can,” Bassi said. Rocovich agreed with the sentiment, claiming that the culture had changed a lot during the season due to the roster turnover. Over the last two years, he said, the group hadn’t been together much and that overcoming adversity was the biggest lesson to be learned. Looking towards the future, Bassi rang praise for the abundance of freshmen that played this season. With 12 new players joining the team next season, younger players are going to need to step into leadership roles. Rocovich agreed with the notion. “I think we’ve left [the younger guys] in a good spot. I think we did what we could as seniors and leaders” Rocovich said they know what they need to do now. It’s just who’s going to step up and lead this team next year, who wants to make the big plays, and who wants to be that guy.”
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Matt Trypaluk (7) scored one in two shots on goal in Plattsburgh’s 10-4 loss to Potsdam.
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Although it was a tough game, the players for the Cardinals did make monumental strides throughout the game. Alex McKearin had her first multi-hit game of the season. Claire Palmer had three hits and one run batted in. Lastly Kisten Langdon had three hits that were tripled, two runs and one score. “Buffalo State was a team very similar to us. Both teams played their best game because the score was very close or tied every inning,” Julia Golino said. “We were hitting the ball, we just got unlucky sometimes and the ball went right to the other team. Our biggest thing is not getting those clutch hits in situations where we have runners on base. Hitting is a skill that will come with time so I am confident we will get better with this during our last week or for next season. Overall, we did great and I couldn’t be more proud of my team. We have been working really hard and I am super excited to share this SUNYAC experience with them.” At this point, it was an all or nothing decision. The
WLAX Alex Kornblau (4) finished the series vs. Oneonta with two runs out of nine at bats.
BASEBALL Continued from page B1 Junior Connor Gonzalski, who has been one of the Cardinals’ hottest hitters, stayed on pace in this game, tallying three of the team’s seven hits. Despite his team falling 10-2 in this game, he kept his momentum going into the final game of the series. “We didn’t have the energy from the start and that really set the tone for the rest of the game,” said Gonzalski. “By the time we got [the energy], it was already too late and they had a large lead.” Not wanting to see their playoff hopes dwindle, Plattsburgh got back on track for game three. After being tied at one through three innings, the Cardinals offense exploded in the fourth. Junior outfielder Mike Rasquin started the rally with a single that scored Kowalowski to gain the lead. “Game three we bounced back and got a lot of help from our pitcher,” Kowalowski said. “It was a do
or die game and everyone knew that and played their hearts out.” Plattsburgh got another big hit on the next at bat, where sophomore infielder Alex Kornblau singled to score another, which ended up being the game winning run. Kornblau leads qualifying hitters on the team in average and hits. The Cardinals would go on to score three more runs in the inning, creating a 6-1 lead. From there, the pitching locked it down. Senior Sean Malamud pitched a complete, nine inning game and allowed just two runs. Malamud has been a workhorse for the team all season, as he leads the pitching staff in innings with 50.1 This is the first complete game by a Plattsburgh pitcher since 2019 and was another big performance by a starter on the weekend. “We started off with energy the whole game after what happened to us during the second game,” Gonzalski said. Gonzalski went 2-4 with a run batted in the series finale. “We worked as a whole through all nine innings and picked each
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other up with clutch hits and plays.” Gonzalski said. It was a great game that we needed in order to keep our playoff hopes alive.” They finished with a 9-2 win to make the last week of the season pivotal. After picking up two, non-conference wins at SUNY Canton May 1, the Cardinals weekend three game series against The SUNY Brockport Golden Eagles on May 6 and 7 will decide if they play in the playoffs. Plattsburgh lost their first six conference games of the season and have battled uphill to this point. They have yet to play Brockport this season, who have a 11-4 conference record and are 29-6 overall. The other determining factor for the playoffs is New Paltz. They play Cortland this weekend, which is the top team in the conference. The Cardinals have not appeared in the SUNYAC Playoffs since 2012. Strong play against one of the top teams in the conference is required to break the decade long playoff drought.
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The fourth quarter started evenly with shots made by both teams, but neither making any headway. Then, five minutes in, Plattsburgh’s Guzzetta made a goal with the assist going to Caoili. More back-and-forth play continued until New Paltz scored their eighth goal of the game from a free position shot. Only two minutes later, Caoili responded with a goal of her own. The final goal of the game was made by New Paltz. The scoreboard at the end of the game showed 12-9, giving the Cardinals their fifth win of the season. Being the newest team here at Plattsburgh and one of the newest teams in the conference, they have faced many challenges. Freshman Rachel La-
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Cardinals had to redeem themselves this game after that devastating loss in the first game. They started off strong in the first inning by getting their first score as Sam Gentile hit by pitch, Diller advanced to second, Maggiacom advanced to third and Golino scored. Benton(Buffalo State) led the Bengals with a 2-for3 performance, scoring a run. It was a scoreless second inning for the Cardinals, but they picked the pace back up in the third inning as McKearin singled up the middle and Rodriguez scored. In the sixth and last inning Golino doubled to left center causing Murray and Palmer to score and lead the team to victory. “My team this year is very capable of winning it all.” Golino said. “ We have so much talent and skill and if we apply it and play to the best of our ability, we can go really far. I am super excited to see how we compete this week.” The Cardinals next game is May 5, where they will go against Geneseo at 9 a.m.
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Mar said, “ We kind of had to make a name for ourselves in the SUNYAC. This is our first real season getting together.” In the coming years, Head Coach Kelly Wall hopes to use the talent they already have in the program and continue to build an even stronger team for the future. The Plattsburgh’s women’s lacrosse team went on the road to Oswego on Saturday, losing that game 6-17. Coach Wall said there was a possibility of making the SUNYAC tournament if they won the last two games in their schedule. However, due to this loss, their 2022 season has ended. They finished with an overall record of 5-9 and a SUNYAC conference record of 3-6.
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‘Kooky Koncert’ spreads laughter BY MIRANDA VELEZ Contributor
Symphonic Band’s “Return of the Kooky Koncert” was a feel-good and bizarre experience for all those who attended. Each performer, as well as Director Dan Gordon, showed off their talents in a laid-back and entertaining way. There were smiles and laughter throughout the E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium. “I did not know what to expect at the Kooky Koncert, but I always like going to the live shows the school puts on,” audience member Luke Geddies said. “So when I was there I was delightfully surprised at how funny the show was and I thoroughly enjoyed it.” The first piece, called “Instant Concert,” was a medley of 30 different pieces. Some of the ones students recognized included “Wedding March,” “Jingle Bells” and “Deck the Halls.” There wasn’t a moment when the crowd didn’t look like they were having a wonderful time. The unexpected was to be expected throughout this performance, especially in P.D.Q. Bach’s “Grand Serenade.” The piece called for funny and absurd sounds. Performers were screaming and making various comedic sounds during pieces. At one point, some of the performers stopped to gargle water as a part of the piece. At the beginning of the fourth move-
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ment, they created a Crasho Grosso, where the percussionists are instructed to drop and tip over their instruments while making it appear to be an accident. Some of the notes created a clashing sound at random points and the audience laughed every time. Gordon
SHOWCASE Continued from page B6 JEDI surprised the audience with a number of performances featuring three sections. The first included a taste of the five boroughs, with Bronx whine, Caribbean and African dances, and stepping. The second section had a level of sultriness, portraying the romanticism that New York City can depict. The third section featured throwback R&B and rap songs. The show opened with JEDI’s first set of dances, setting the tone of the night with a high energy performance. With skits and stepping, the crowd went wild. Axel Rodriquez, who goes by stage name A TRIPLE R, rapped and sang keeping the hype of the crowd elevated as they waved their phone flashlights to his songs. His performance was followed by Phi Chapter of Lambda Pi Upsilon Sorority, who strolled and showed their passion for their organization. The event also included a lip sync section performed by JEDI members Journey Myricks, Tyquan Fuller and Milagros Ilarraza. Spicy Island Tings, the Caribbean dance team, also brought some heat to the stage, showcasing their Caribbean flags tied around their waists. “This event gave the team and me a lot of anxiety in the preparation of the event. With the time approaching so quickly, I wanted the event to go perfectly,” Fuller, the president of JEDI, said. The showcase was the first performance post-quarantine, featuring a celebrity guest performance. This made stakes and tension around the event even higher. Getting Dusty Locane to perform was also a risky move taken by the e-board. “It was pretty hard considering that we didn’t know if the school was going to give us the money to pay for him — that was my biggest worry,” Fuller said. For the BIPOC community at Platts-
had some fun of his own, doing funny movements and creating interesting sounds himself. At one point he marched backstage and came back out, chugging a coffee before running back to finish the piece. Some pieces seemed to really stick out to audience members.
One such piece was “The Typewriter,” which features an actual typewriter as a solo instrument. The SUNY Plattsburgh music department secretary, Jennifer Matott, performed as the typewriter soloist. Gordon made a remark after the piece was played that for many stu-
dents in this generation, when they see a typewriter, they ask “How do you turn it on?” “Minor Alterations: Christmas through the Looking Glass” brought the audience back with the sweet nostalgia of Christmas time with fan-favorite pieces. However, all these popular pieces were transposed from major keys to minor keys, giving a drastically different sound and feeling. Hearing Christmas music in the middle of April also added to the kookiness of the show. The big finale was “Godzilla Eats Las Vegas!” The piece told the story of the dreaded monster terrorizing Sin City. The piece used multiple outrageous sounds to tell the story. There was screaming, banging, barking, cheering and gasping during the performance. The sound of this piece really created a visualization for the audience. “It was a really enjoyable concert,” band member McKenna Brazie said. “It was nice to do a full concert just playing my primary instrument. Most of the pieces were unlike anything I’d ever played before, so I appreciated the challenge. I’m looking forward to being in the band again next semester.” It was clear from audience to performer that everyone enjoyed their time.
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burgh, Dusty Locane’s performance was a special treat. For many of the dancers on the team, this was their first performance on campus. “The experience was nerve-racking but I had so much fun,” Yisselli Sandoval, a dancer on the team, said. “Performing is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time, but I was too afraid to really put myself out there.” JEDI productions put on a show to remember, leaving audience members with memories that they’ll carry with time throughout their career era here as students. “I loved watching the performances,” Amoudiatou Aboudoulaye, a senior fitness and wellness major, said. “The dance teams were my favorite. The energy and effort they exuded was amazing.” The behind-the-scenes work put into bringing this production to life is what made this event stand out. Dancers on each team dedicated hours of practice perfecting their routines. “The three weeks of long practice hours we put into the show was definitely a bonding experience,” Fuller said. “With emotions high and stress increasing with the show approaching we really had to find a way to come together and make it work as a family.” Feedback from the show was nothing but positive remarks. As a dance team JEDI has often been overlooked as being one of the smallest dance teams at the university. “We definitely set the record high for campus events, surprising students and other dance team members,” JEDI dancer Chanalle Wilson said. “The bar is high now, so next semester I hope the campus pays some more attention, because this was just a taste of what JEDI can bring to the table.”
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Brooklyn rapper Dusty Locane performs on campus.
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Plattsburgh students celebrate Eid at the HUB.
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Faculty and staff join Muslim students in celebrating Eid.
Friday, May 6, 2022
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Muslim students celebrate Eid BY LARAIB ASIM Staff Writer
As the Holy month of Ramadan started to end, preparations for Eid ul Fitr, a three day ceremony that starts at the beginning of the next Islamic month Shawwal began. In the morning of the first day of Eid, Muslim students gathered at the HUB to perform a special Eid prayer. Dressed in their respective cultural attire and glowing with happiness, they gathered around for Eid Prayer which was lead by Sabit Muderis Abdulahi, followed by a Khutbah, a sermon which was given by Shahidul Islam. The Khutbah highlighted the purpose of fasting during Ramadan and how Muslims should continue the good habits they picked up over the course of the month and work toward strengthening their faith in God. Students hugged each other and wished each other “Eid Mubarak” which means happy Eid. Afterward, a culturally diverse
breakfast was served, which mainly consisted of home cooked Moroccan themed sweet dishes and cookies from Pakistan, served with steaming hot Moroccan tea which was prepared enthusiastically by Sohayla Erroui. At 6 p.m. May 2, in the Warren Ballroom, an Eid event was hosted by the newly revived Muslim Student Association in collaboration with the GEO Office, Chartwells and Club International. The event sold out within a day with over 150 seats booked by students and faculty members. The Muslim Student Association, which organized the morning Eid prayer and the Eid event in the ballroom, is currently under construction to begin again. “The [Eid] event was a great way to start off [the MSA],” Saran Kaba, the president of the unofficial club, said. “We wanted to have some exposure so that next semester we can have people come to the
club meetings.” Since the club could not undergo the formalities needed to become an independent and active club toward the end of the spring 2022 semester, Michelle St. Onge, the assistant director of the Global Education Office reached out to Club International. Approximately two weeks before Eid, Club International allowed Ebtisam Mohammad to list their name as a sponsor when booking the Warren Ballroom. Nilay Vaidya, the vice president of Club International talked about the collaboration with the MSA. “We were ready to plan the event completely,” Vaidya said. “But we thought that the MSA would be better since they had a [clearer] perspective because we didn’t know [the details] about the Eid celebrations, especially the social customs and what would be appropriate.” Club International allocated a portion of their financial budget toward this event and provided
the MSA access to order Eid decorations and other items such as henna, and the MSA organized the event and made all the necessary preparations and hosted the event. Chartwells, the food service provider of SUNY Plattsburgh, stepped in to aid with food arrangements for the event. This was arranged through a cultural program grant that was applied for through College Auxiliary Services. With a menu and recipes provided by Muslim students, they prepared a feast of cultural dishes such as the famous biryani, kunafeh, shawarma, baklava and other items, which were enjoyed by everyone. These food items are dishes found in different countries mainly Pakistan, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Egypt and Morocco. The event’s main events included an informative session presented by board members of the MSA that explained what Ramadan is, and its de-
tails followed by an overview of two different Islamic holidays known as Eid ul Fitr and Eid ul Adha and what they entail. A video was played that consisted of students and the President Alexander Enyedi wishing Muslims a happy Eid. A variety of performances played out from rap music to a melodious song performed by Trudie Boulerice, an employee at Clinton Dining Hall. A henna stall was arranged where students could get customized designs on their hands and a calligraphy stall was set up in which students were provided with the Arabic or Urdu calligraphy of their name. Dua Salem, the secretary of the MSA talked about the event. “Being an exchange student I joined a club named MSA to get more and more opportunities to represent my culture here,” Salem said. At first she was skeptical about the arrangements for Eid here in the USA un-
til the opportunity arose. “Then I got the chance to arrange an Eid event at campus,” Saleem said. “My idea was to make a video that included different students from SUNY Plattsburgh wishing Eid Mubarak to everyone and in the end there will be a clip of the president wishing Eid to everyone. This video was an initiative to make the event diverse and inclusive.” One of the MSA’s goal was to highlight that this event was open for celebration for all students and an opportunity to explore a religious event that students may not have even heard of before. Overall, the event captured Eid the way it is celebrated in all Islamic cultures wherein families and friends get together, dressed in their cultural attire with fresh henna designs usually on their hands to get together and enjoy the blessings of life.
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ARIES
March 21 - April 19
TAURUS
April 20 - May 20
GEMINI
May 21 - June 20
CANCER
June 21 - July 22
Your daily life is steady and stable, although not particularly exciting or unusual. This is an excellent time to make steady, practical progress in your life. Patient, dynamic and responsible activity brings long-term, practical benefits at this time.
LEO
New work opportunities through friends are favorable. Upping the ante on your resume and getting your letters of recognition and references in order will help you in any job seeking. Your vitality is attracting help toward you and radiant help should hold you in good stead.
VIRGO
Financial strategies float to the top of your plan, which will be your priority. It’s crucial not to begrudge this process, as it will be part of a huge learning curve. Refocus your attention on what you can do rather than what’s been obstructing you.
LIBRA
It could be dim and gloomy around your work environment because you feel momentarily miffed about your income. Don’t pack it in yet, though. There’s still hope if you can convince others of your true worth.
SCORPIO
July 23 - August 22
August 23 September 22
September 23 October 22
October 23 November 21
This is an important time to reconsider your long-term goals. You’ll use this time to do a serious assessment of your situation with an eye toward the future. This is a positive time to make a commitment to education or training to grow professionally. You may need to reform someone in your social group or possibly a loved one at home. This could cause a few contentious moments, but what emerges will be good for all. Be careful of misplaced affections.
You finally decide on a course of action regarding someone. You want to implement changes, but so far haven’t had the will to do so. Now is the time. Doing battle isn’t the way to resolve your issues. You must be diplomatic in sorting out problems.
You must stop contemplating ideas and move in the direction that you feel is befitting your life. This is particularly relevant to any relationship you may be in currently and if you have some challenges, the default is to think your way through it rather than being intuitive.
SAGITTARIUS
Put your restlessness to good use. Make a few short journeys to those who can help you by sharing great ideas. Don’t waste valuable time. Keep your attention focused on one or two salient points rather than trying to do too many things at once.
CAPRICORN
You can turn chaos into harmony through a little creative thinking today. This current transit indicates shifting emotions, principles and possibly even paradigm shifts in your whole outlook on life. Travels may be calling you, but you have other fish to fry.
AQUARIUS
Areas in which you’ve been too inflexible are revealed and you must be willing to break free of old, restraining beliefs and obligations. At this time, you tend to fluctuate between trying to maintain the status quo and making radical, rebellious moves.
PISCES
It would help if you gave more attention to your financial affairs and some quick thinking on your part will open doors you hadn’t even considered. An increase in income is just around the corner, but you need to be prepared to ask the right questions.
November 22 - December 21
December 22 January 19
January 20 February 18
February 19 March 20
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JEDI Dance Production hosts showcase BY DANIELA RAYMOND Staff Writer
Students poured into Glitz Auditorium, showing their tickets and chattering in anticipation of the showcase students have been discussing all week. JEDI Dance Production hosted their first showcase event April 30. The event integrated a Coachella theme featuring dance performances, strolls and rap artists. Stroll, a rock and roll dance where men and women line up and dance facing one another, was invented in the late 1950s. Dusty Locane, a drill rap artist from Brooklyn, also put on a performance. SHOWCASE l B4 ZOE NGUYEN/Cardinal Points