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The Purchase . Independent Established 2001 Founding Editor: Glen Parker Chief Editor: Adam Tyrrell Layout Editor: Sabrina Miller Office Manager: Robert Stewart-Rogers Layout Assistants: Kristen Benedict Beth Scorzato Katherine Lo Writers: Tony Cella Natalie Eilbert Dana Ellis Neil Fridd Jessica Geraci Elizabeth R. Hyman Loren Jakobov Brittney Ouderkirk T.J. Raphael David Settanni J.W. Townsend-Pitt Photography: Matthew Epstein Julie Doynow Christina Halladay Cole Mangano Karina Moscoso Jessie VanBenschoten Cheryl Yakacki Business Manager: Alice Gullotta Comics: Paige Broudy G.I. Dave Jesse McLaren Caitlin Strachan Jackson S. Wingate Copy Editors: James Dier Website: PurchaseIndy.com The Purchase Independent is a non-profit newspaper, paid for by the mandatory student activity fee. The Independent welcomes submissions from the readers. We are an open forum for campus issues and comments about The Independent’s coverage. We accept letters, articles, comics, ads, and event listsings. The deadline for submissions to be considered for publication in the following issue is Tuesdays at eight. After that, you must bribe us with candy. Publication of submissions is not guarenteed, but subject to the discretion of of the editors. We prefer that submissions come to us electronically. Our e-mail address is: PurchaseIndy@Gmail.com Backpage quotes can be left in the Back Page box, a makeshift container nailed to the wall outside the Media Board Office, which is located on the first floor of Campus Center North, room 1011. Finally, no anonymous submissions will be considered. Instead they will be turned into brownies. 2 BRIEF NEWS Conservation Tip This week, try conserving energy by being more conscious about how you use your electronics. If you’ll be away from your room for a while, shut down your computer and unplug all appliances. Believe it or not, many electronic devices use energy when plugged in, even when they are shut off. Screensavers can also be misleading, though it is a common belief that they save energy, in actuality they are only protecting the screen from damage. It’s much better to turn your monitor off when you’re away. It’s also said that having a dark background on your computer can save energy. Google once changed their background to all black in honor of being environmentally friendly. You can expand on that by keeping your background dark all of the time. ~Jessica Geraci Purchase Opera Presents Purchase Opera is performing Lee Hiolby’s opera The Tempest on April 17, 18, 25, and 26 at 8 p.m. at the PAC. This is the New York area premiere and tickets are $25 for purchase at the Box Office; give em’ a call at or visit their website: www.artscenter.org. This production features students from the Purchase College School fo the Arts, Conservatory of Music Voice and Opera Studies program, which is designed to train and mentor these serious students for a career in professional classical singing and opera. Shakespeare’s major play, The Tempest has been revised by Lee Hoilby with collaboration from librettist – what the fuck is that? – Mark Shulgasser and Jacque Trussel, director of Purchase Opera. Trussel played Caliban in the Des Moines Metro Opera world premier and Dallas Opera productions. With just one intermission between Acts II and III the revised version is about 30 minutes shorter. The conductor is Hugh Murphy. ~Tony Cella In this Issue: Campus ......................................................3 PSGA ........................................................4-6 Arts ............................................................7 Naked .....................................................8-15 Comics ..................................................... .16 Sexy ..........................................................17 Interest ......................................................18 Spotlight on Faculty Series On April 23 Purchase College Affiliates will present a Spotlight on Faculty Lecture, “Religious Identities in Political Conflict: The Iraqi and European Experience,” at 4:30 p.m. in Humanities Building, Room 1064. It’s free and open to the public. Kempner Distinguished Professor of History Wayne TeBrake and Political Science Lecturer Karen Kramer will be featured in a panel discussion following the lecture. TeBrake is an expert on how post-conflict societies accommodate religious differences. According to a press release written my Anne Brady, “he believes coexistence is the rule, not the exception, in history and that religious groups can coexist in spite of deep-seated polarity or hatred.” Kramer is a Middle East specialist who has published widely on the politics and economics of this region and her current research is focused on authoritarianism in the Arab world and the relationship between political and economic liberalization. Currently she teaches “Iraq and the Arab World” and “Democratization in the Arab World,” a course examining the problems and prospects for democratization in the region. ~Tony Cella What do you think about the naked issue and the PSGA elections? I love it. The Naked Issue is awesome! Its very artis-
So, If Yo u Wa n t t o Ge t Wi t h An Ol d Du d e Craigslist Posting Raises Security Concerns Vo t e Ma n d a t o r y By Brittany Ouderkirk Staff Writer At the PSGA executive elections this spring, students will be asked to vote on keeping the student activities fee mandatory or changing it to voluntary. However, if the activities fee is voted voluntary, it will have extremely negative consequences for the entire Purchase College community, cutting almost everything that makes this school a fun and unique place to be. If the student activities fee becomes voluntary, students will no longer be required to pay the $95 per semester that funds campus clubs, services and organizations and campus events, among other things. Instead, they would choose whether or not to pay the fee. But in this case, with only a portion of the current funding, most of these things would not be able to function as they do now. Services such as WPSR, PTV and the Independent would no longer exist as they do now, if at all. Clubs would not get the funding they currently have and would not be able to hold most events, and many would cease to exist entirely. Also, events such as Culture Shock would no longer take place. “The mandatory student activities fee funds everything,” said Lisa Ritchie, Project Coordinator of NYPIRG at Purchase. “As part of an organization that works for students’ rights, NYPIRG also wants students to have as many “MSAF” Page 19... By T.J. Raphael Staff Writer advantage of younger girls. Chief of University Police, Steven Greeley, was notified about the online sexual predators I feel relatively safe on this campus. I have walked from The New to Big Haus at 4AM and felt comfortable in my journey. At times, though I know it isn’t the safest or smartest decision, I have left my door unlocked leaving me completely vulnerable to anyone who wishes to push the handle down and walk inside. I usually feel safe on the campus I now call my home, but I was warned by a friend to watch out for sexual predators and all around creeps this weekend at Culture Shock. and will be informing all officers on duty as well as the sheriffs department. In an effort to try and control damage and increase safety for the event he said that area police departments will be involved in campus security this weekend because the staff of 10 UPD officers simply don’t, “have the man power,” to patrol this event. The campus police department will be checking identification (student IDs and guest passes) at the main entrance to campus. All guests will have to know the room number A recent post on CraigsList that and building of those they are here to visit and was sent to me reads as follows: people without guest passes or IDs will be SUBJECT: Idea How Old Dudes Can Get escorted off campus or arrested. Pa s s ov e r Passed Ov e r College Chicks… (SUNY Purchase). In the past Culture Shock has caused BODY: Go to SUNY Purchase Culture Shock on thousands of dollars worth of damage due to By Elizabeth R. Hyman April 18th and 19th. Get a room at the Doral the wild drunken rampages many students Staff Writer Arrowood Convention Center Hotel. Walk and guests go on. Last year computers from through woods to campus. Start talking to stoned college chicks then take them back to your cool room at Arrowood....A sure thing. To view the post go to http://newyork.craigslist. org/wch/rnr/636521360.html. The Arrowood Hotel borders campus. This is not an isolated post, another on the site read: SUBJECT: best place for surprise sexual encounters (SUNY Purchase). BODY: Nightime outdoor concert, all the drunk and stoned college chicks, all the crowds, all the empty buildings and woods and dorm rooms to sneak off to...Endless possibilities ooooh my. To see the post go to http://newyork. craigslist.org/mnh/rnr/636537315.html. This has frightened me beyond belief. In another post on the website there are directions to our school by air, train, bus and car. It is disturbing to think about how many people have read this and may follow the directions and incentives given by these perverts in their quest for pussy. I want to warn all students to the creepy older males that may be lurking around campus looking for a good time. As Campus Center North were stolen. Sinks have been ripped out of the bathroom walls and there have been countless arrests for fights and drinking. There will be officers patrolling the wooded areas around campus but since there are miles of woods it is impossible to have an officer present in the area at all times. Greeley encourages all students to lock their doors and windows if they are on the first floor to prevent theft. Chief Greeley said that years ago they arrested a “peeping Tom” for looking into the windows in the gymnasium pool; he says they plan to be on a look out for people who seem out of context at the event. “Drinking and illegal drugs puts students in a bad situation, one that can be regrettable,” said Greeley about the CraigsList post. “Last year at Culture Shock 8 or 9 people went to the hospital for alcohol or drug related problems, and I know that’s just the tip of the iceberg.” Greeley emphasized that by consuming alcohol or illegal drugs students put themselves at risk for sexual predators. “You guys need to let How is this Culture Shock different from all other Culture Shocks? Is it the heated debate over the venue? The discontent with the play list? The drama that made itself known all over facebook and livejournal? No, it’s none of those things. This year’s Culture Shock is scheduled for Passover weekend—you know, that Jewish holiday that usually coincides with Easter, when Jews across the world sit down to celebrate their escape from Egypt? Yeah. That Passover. Several members of the campus Jewish community are angry about this scheduling decision. “I think it is really unfair that they’re holding it on Passover; on one of the major Jewish holidays. I’m a freshman and I don’t get to see my family very often and for me the holidays are about being with my family. And you know that they would never schedule this on Easter. God forbid,” said Alexandra Balisky, freshman, journalism. “It’s bullshit.” It also must be noted that classes were held on Rosh Hashanah (which was not the case at if that sweaty, creepy old dude weren’t scary us know things, if you see something, say all the SUNYs) one of the most important enough, they are now advertizing how to take something,” he said. I “Passover” Page 14... tic; a good medium of expression. I* I don’t know anything about the PSGA Elections but I think the Naked Issue will be cool. CAMPUS3
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