NEWSCAST, April 24, 2020
Southern New Hampshire Bureau Report
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Chris Shea
4/30/20 KSC-TV SolutionHealth has furloughed 650 employees from hospitals in Manchester and Nashua. These hospitals are Southern New Hampshire Medical Center and Elliot Hospital. Senior leaders at SolutionHealth have also taken a 15% cut in pay. Due to the number of New Hampshire employees losing their jobs, the New Hampshire Food bank is seeing a 44% rise in demand. But thanks to a recent fundraiser, they have received $760,000 in order to help. This will lead to 1.5 million meals for those in need. |
Quarantine's Effect on Mental Health
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Angelique Inchierca
4/30/20 KSC-TV Most students have been self-quarantined for almost two full months now. New Hampshire Professionals are worried for the mental and physical safety of people in the state. One student speaks about how she is dealing with the changes to her weekly schedule by exercising and practicing safe habits. |
Governor Sununu's Plans to Reopen NH
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Ethan Platt
4/30/20 KSC-TV A bureau report on the state of New Hampshire at this point in the quarantine. If the stay at home order will be extended or lifted, and when the state will begin to return to normal and what that might look like. |
Schools Stay Closed in Massachusetts
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Tyler daRosa
4/30/20 KSC-TV Massachusetts is currently in the middle of it's peak for the COVID-19 pandemic. At the beginning of March, Governor Charlie Baker announced that schools would be closed until May 4th. This date was originally made as a best case scenario, but now that the state is in the middle of it's peak, the governor has had to make some changes. Baker announced that all public and private will remain closed for the rest of the school year to combat the virus. Even though they're closed, many schools have been continuing with online learning. Governor Baker went on to say that the state will provide more tools to help students and teachers with online learning. |
The Impact of Casino Closures
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Sarah Smith
4/30/20 KSC-TV One of the industries most heavily affected by COVID-19 has been the casino business. With stay-at-home orders in place across the country, many resort casinos have found themselves empty, and in places like Las Vegas where these businesses are counted on to generate a large part of the city's revenue, things haven't been looking good. Locally, the impact has been felt with the closing of both Foxwoods and Mohegan Son, two of the Northeast's most popular resort casinos. As Las Vegas experiments with the idea of reopening, employees at Foxwoods wonder what this might look like for them, and how their daily work routine might change. |
Concord Bureau Update
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Daniel Siletti
4/16/20 KSC-TV NHTI, Concord's Community College, becomes a field hospital. This is in sight of the possibility of an outbreak and Concord Hospital becomes crowded. Transportation will be easier thanks to a fourth ambulance, equipped with services for surges and cases of the coronavirus in Concord. The famed purple trash bags of Pay As You Throw are being suspended due to COVID-19. Beginning April 20th, any trash bag will be acceptable. |
Women's Thoughts on the Candidates
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Makayla Gawlik
4/16/20 KSC-TV The news for 2020 is being dominated by COVID-19, however, it is still an election year. The run up to the 2020 primary saw a record number of six women running for president. Even though the last candidates standing are Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, the last woman Elizabeth Warren made it through super Tuesday. So when events like National Women's Day that was put on by The Historical Society of Cheshire County it becomes a chance for women everywhere to come to together to solve and to reflect what is happening within their city and their society. The next election date is Tuesday, November Third. |
Region Bands Together
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Adriana Daniel
4/16/20 KSC-TV Seven states in the Northeast have compacted together and created the COVID Region Advisory Council. Spearheaded by Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York, the council was developed to bring the region back to life. In hopes of restoring normalcy and relaxing the stay at home orders. Governor Phil Murphy discusses how he believes this council will be beneficial to the people of New Jersey. |
COVID -19 AFFECTS EXCHANGE STUDENTS
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Benajil Rai
4/16/20 KSC-TV The COVID -19 pandemic has affected students' learning abroad experience. Some international and exchange students at Keene State are not able to return to their countries. Keene State is providing these students with housing and food. The Global Education Office is working closely with these students for their support. |
Paws to Read Program
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Caroline Perry
4/16/20 KSC-TV The Monadnock Humane Society is facing negative and positive changes since the coronavirus pandemic swept the nation. With resources and volunteers limited, the Humane Society is finding new ways to operate. At the start of the pandemic there was a boost in adoptions, but with no dogs left for adoption funding is running low. All spring events that help fundraise for the shelter have also been cancelled, and don't expect to be rescheduled any time soon. With these new challenges the Humane Society is trying to transition to virtual communication and programming. One of those programs includes the Paws to Read program, where children can sit down and read with therapy dogs. Bringing these programs online is one of the steps the Humane Society has discussed but has yet to happen. With the timeline of this pandemic being unsure, the shelter is making sure to keep their staff safe and focus on the care of their animals. |
National Guard And Dinning On Campus
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Angelique Inchierca
4/09/20 KSC-TV Since the rise of CoVid-19, Keene State College's campus has closed almost all of it's active buildings. While campus is a lot less lively than it typically would be during the spring semester, campus is buzzing with New Hampshire National Guards, dining service professionals and students who were unable to leave campus. |
Shopping While Social Distancing |
Ethan Platt
4/09/2020 KSC-TV The Governor of New Hampshire, Chris Sununu has shut down all non-essential businesses for the time being until the quarantine is lifted. Among businesses that are deemed essential is Market Basket. While they are remaining open they have put into place a couple guidelines to keep shoppers safe for the time being. |
Massachusetts COVID-19 Update
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Tyler daRosa
4/09/2020 KSC-TV Massachusetts is getting ready to see their peak for coronavirus cases in the coming days and weeks. Medical officials are saying that the state should expect to see between 47,000 and 172,000 cases. These officials are also saying that the hospitals will see their peaks around April tenth through the twentieth. It is evident that the peak is taking place, because the Boston Convention center is about to start taking people in. Due to this peak Boston's Mayor, Marty Walsh, is taking extra pre-cautions to limit the spread of the virus. He is urging a voluntary curfew from nine p.m. to six a.m. every night. He is also going along with federal guidelines, and is urging people to wear face-masks to be worn any time they leave the house. |
Working in a COVID-19 Hotspot
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Chris Shea
4/09/2020 KSC-TV While COVID-19 has forced many people into working from home, some aren’t as lucky. Workers like Michael Arnold and Vanessa Burcham have been working at a McDonald’s right off I-93 in the middle of a COVID-19 hotspot, Rockingham County. They are hoping more customers try to stay home and to understand the risks that are in play. Along with some essential businesses staying open, parks in Windham, NH are staying open too, but with a few exceptions. |
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Adriana Daniel
4/2/2020 KSC-TV New Jersey has been in a state of emergency for nearly a month due to COVID-19. With more than 22,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, has the state stressed to meet the need of Ventilators. Residents of New Jersey are having a hard time accepting the stay at home ordinance. Ewing Township police department busted a “Corona Party” Saturday night and Governor Murphy was not happy. Governor Murphy went to twitter to remind all New Jerseyans Corona Parties are illegal. |
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Daniel Siletti
4/2/2020 KSC-TV Multiple Concord Businesses remain closed after the guidelines put out by the government. Many events have been postponed or cancelled. This is all in sight of the cases of Coronavirus rising with 56 new cases. The hot spot county is Rockingham. Thankfully, the National Guard is working statewide and nationwide to provide assistance to those who need it. |
The Kindness Cures Project |
Makayla Gawlik
4/2/2020 KSC-TV The Kindness Cures Project is an organization that is about building community with simple, focused kindness. And lately with Covid-19 it has become hard for some to provide for their families along with food pantries running out of essential items. Essential items being toilet paper, masks, paper towels, cleaning supplies, hand sanitizer, and even some pasta based products. The Kindness Cures Project has been trying to fill that need by delivering food to the doorsteps of these families and by trying to get these essential items for food pantries in New Hampshire. |
Revamped Meal Plan
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Ethan Platt
3/26/2020 KSC-TV Last fall, the Keene State Zorn Dining Commons along with the Hungry Owl allowed students’ to donate an extra meal swipe to a hungry student in need. This was an attempt at helping reduce the heavy effects of food insecurity on campus, which is also a large problem all over the United States. Dining contractor Chartwells, says they weren’t satisfied with the results and believe they can do a better job. They are currently looking at revamping and planning how they can make the donation system better, and more effective as well more accessible to students on and more importantly off-campus. They will be looking to reintroduce this system sometime next year. |
Tobacco Age Review
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Christopher Shea
3/26/2020 KSC-TV Since the start of 2019, the minimum age to purchase tobacco products in Keene has been 21. This has affected many local business owners, including Daniel Cavallero of Monadnock Vapor. Cavallero is now facing a new challenge for his business, the potential ban of all flavored vaping products. The ban would leave all flavors, excluding menthol and tobacco, to be illegal in the United States. Currently there is a flavor ban that only applies to cartridge and pre-filled pod devices. |
Coronavirus Spring Break Update
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Caroline Perry
3/12/20 KSC-TV Keene State College will move to online learning for two weeks following spring break. KSC President Melinda Treadwell announced the plans in an email sent out to student, faculty and staff last night. It details how campus will operate going into and after spring break. Students will be allowed to return to campus after spring break, but there will not be any face-to-face class meetings unitl April 6th. All courses will be managed online for that two week peirod. Going into spring break, the college is asking anyone with travel plans to register those plans with the school. |
Students Facing Addiction
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Adriana Daniel
3/12/20 KSC-TV In January of 2019 Keene, New Hampshire bumped the age to buy tobacco products to 21 years old. Then in March, just down the road in Winchester, New Hampshire an effort to raise the smoking age to 21 was cut short by town voters. This follows a national trend where towns and cities across the country are deciding whether or not they should bump their own smoking age. However, in January of 2020 President Donald Trump signed a bill increasing the purchasing age for e-cigarettes, tobacco and nicotine products to 21, nation wide. Today, students and professors at Keene State College alike speak on how they feel about the increased age. |
The Powerful Story of Jennie Powers
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Benajil Rai
3/12/20 KSC-TV Reporter Jennie Powers was a historic figure of the Cheshire County in New Hampshire. She was a Deputy Sheriff for Cheshire County during the progressive era of the early 19-hundreds. Powers was only the second woman in New Hampshire to serve that role. She worked as a humane society agent in Keene and she became one of the first people to make animal welfare a priority and to advocate for animal cruelty laws. |
Students for Hope
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Tyler daRosa
3/5/20 KSC-TV Reporter Rahul and Karthik Chalumuri are two seniors at Keene High school that decided to make a difference in their community for their senior project. The brothers decided to start a club that would collect donations to be delivered to the Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Cheshire Medical Center. This club, Students For Hope, collects donations from fellow high schoolers along with donations from local businesses. Even though the club only started this year, when the Chalumuri brothers were seniors, they are already gaining recognition. The Keene Sentinel has written an article about them, but New Hampshire Senator Maggie Hassen recently recognized the brothers as the Granite Staters of the month. Since the brothers are going off to college next year they are currently looking for new leaders to keep the club going next year. |
Beating Cancer with Music
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Sarah Smith
3/5/20 KSC-TV Reporter Brendan Goodwin is an alumni from Keene State who was diagnosed with cancer in 2018. Over the following four months, Goodwin went through chemotherapy. While he was fighting this disease he continued his music passion. Since music was a large part of his life, it was something that could distract him from chemo. Goodwin continues to play tuba in the Keene State Concert Band. He is currently in remission and teaches at Westmoreland Elementary School. |
Nude Art on Campus
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Angelique Inchierca
3/5/20 KSC-TV Reporter Keene State College has reopened a studio art class free to the public. Professor Roos is exposing a new view on traditional art. The college offered simialr classes in the past but stopped housing the program once Professor Roos retired from education. Upon the arrival of some newer updates within the art department (which you can find many articles on the college's newspaper, The Equinox 's website), the class has returned. Students and community members can come to the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery located on the campus to practice the basics of life art- via the human body. Each participant is encouraged to practice in their own styles and are asked to bring their own supplies to cater to their prefered art methods. Classes are held every Friday beginning at 1 p.m. in the rear of the gallery. |
Second Chance
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Caroline Perry
2/27/20 KSC-TV Reporter Fast Friends Greyhound rescue is a state licensed animal shelter and non-profit organization which focuses on educating the public about greyhounds and sighthounds from around the world. Mission China is one of their most important projects. From this mission one of their best success stories emerged in the form of a black greyhound. Benji is a three year old greyhound who was rescued from an ally in China. When the rescuers found him he was nearly beaten to death, was severely malnourished, and had major hair loss. Originally used as a hunting dog, Benji would have eventually been sold to the meat trade. Much like Benji, thousands of dogs suffer the same fate. If not rescued these dogs are forced into amatuar racing, risky hunting, or are sold to the meat trade. Over 20 million dogs are killed each year in China, while thousands of others die from unreported and unexplained deaths. However Benji was able to overcome the odds. He is completely healed now and about to be adopted. An amazing outcome for a horrible situation. |
Sustainable Solutions to Food Waste in Keene
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Benajil Rai
2/27/20 KSC-TV Reporter The ELM City Compost Initiative is a food and organic waste collection company. It offers Keene residents to convert their food waste to fertilizers through pick up services. Their customers can sing up for the pick-up service and get 5 gallons buckets to collect their compost. These buckets are collected twice a week and taken to the Windham Sullivan Management District. Founder of the ELM City Compost Initiative says “If food waste was a country, it would be the 3rd largest greenhouse gas emitter. It is an initiative to reduce food waste that is thrown in the landfill.” It is also spreading awareness on how people can limit their food waste and fight climate change. |
Campaigns: Behind the Scenes
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Daniel Siletti
2/27/20 KSC-TV Resporter Recently the New Hampshire primary pushed voters to the polls. Candidates from Bernie Sanders to Andrew Yang visited to Keene State College. People flooded multiple locations along the campus to listen to rallies and town halls. But how is it all put together? Workers from the Tech Crew to the Kim Schmidl-Gagne, Program Director of Keene State’s Academic Enrichment department, are the ones responsible for putting these events together. The candidates are now are their way to the South Carolina primary. |
Kamala Harris Address
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Sebastien Mehegan
4/25/19 KSC-TV Reporter "Let's speak truth" was the refrain for Senator Kamala Harris as she addressed an elbow to elbow crowd in the flag room of the student center. She said Americans and their next president must be willing to face some uncomfortable truths including discrimination, economic inequality, and the need for change in Washington. Senator Harris focused heavily on the wage gap for the working class and especially educators. She stapled her speech saying it's time for a new Commander in Chief. |
James Peppe Visit
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Haleigh Patch
4/25/19 KSC-TV Reporter James Peppe visited Keene State College on April 11 to discuss his platform. Peppe calls himself -- a regular American -- and says that's what's needed in the White House. His platform includes nationwide infrastructure rebuild, tax reform, attention to climate change, and immigration reform. He also says he wants to see a less divided country. "I really want to restore quality leadership and help bring the country back together beyond the hyper partisanship we have today," Peppe said. Peppe is from Minnesota and is a business owner and financial investment adviser. |
KSC Budget Shortfall
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Peter Dubois
April 4/25/19 KSC-TV Reporter Keene State College is facing a budget shortfall. On Monday, President Melinda Treadwell announced that shortfall is two-point-three million dollars. Vice President for Finance and Administration Susan LaPanne says the college is taking steps to bring that number down. One option under consideration is to recover some money from departmental budgets with funds remaining. LaPanne says administrators are committed to making sure this budget shortfall does not have a negative impact on students.. |
Vernal Pool Education
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Travis Thuotte
April 4/25/19 KSC-TV Reporter You've probably heard the peepers coming out at night. It's a sign of spring in New England. It's that time of year when amphibians like salamanders and frogs come out of their winter homes and migrate to vernal pools to lay their eggs. K-S-C-T-V's Travis Thuotte went along this week for a nature hike to help people understand the importance of vernal pools. Families...senior citizens...and young adolescents joined the hike to be educated on the preserve and amphibians that live among it. Organizers of the event say they intend to educate those who may not familiar with their surrounding ecosystems. "They are really just an invitation to people to learn about an ecosystem they might not have noticed before and to appreciate that as a special place... and a little better understanding for the role vernal pools play in the woods.” While at these vernal pools...kids got a chance to get a hands on experience with a salamander and laid frog eggs."I think the pond and all the frog eggs...same...same...cabin…cabin.” The project assistant/education coordinator for the Horatio Colony Nature Preserve says times like this can be taken with solitude and peace. For some people like herself...the preserve is a hidden gem that people deserve to see." I think beautiful about getting kiddos and adult humans out and excited about the woods... and especially the place that is their backyard...and showing them some really unique and awesome things that they have right here in Keene.” The next vernal pool event will be held at the Harris Center on April 26th ... from ONE to FOUR in the afternoon. |
Warren visits Keene
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Peter Evans
4/25/19 KSC-TV Reporter Impeachment and the environment were key topics for Senator Elizabeth Warren during a campaign stop on the Keene State Campus Saturday. Warren, a democratic U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, is calling on the House of Representatives to launch an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Warren is the first democratic presidential hopeful to call for impeachment proceedings to investigate whether the president acted improperly and withheld aid to Ukraine in order to collect information on potential political rivals. On the environment, Senator Warren told the crowd she would consider a carbon tax to incentivize companies to reduce their carbon emissions. She said she would also like to see improvements to he nation’s National Park System. |
Pride Parade
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Kiana Wright
4/25/19 KSC-TV Cloudy weather did not stop one of the most colorful events of the year on campus. The annual Pride Parade was held Saturday April 20th. Students, faculty and other supporters celebrated the LGBTQ+ community with multiple activities, speeches and a march. Anyone and everyone who attended the event was able to participate in tye-dying T-shirts, pin-making, coloring flags that represent their identity and enter in the raffle drawings. Chock Full O' Notes, Keene State College's a Capella group, sung for everyone right before some familiar faces walked up to the podium. Everyone gathered around when faculty, students and staff gave spoke about feeling included and self-love. Melinda Treadwell KSC President said, "I feel like growing up realizing that at times you can feel very isolated and alone. I think recognizing L-G-B-T-Q-I youth and recognizing that we all have a place to say I see you, I love you and I care about you. I think to be a part of that makes me feel like it would have been a healthier world if we had been more brave to do this when I was younger." |
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Kratom Supplement WarningApril 18, 2019
Julia Eichman KSC-TV Reporter Treating opioid addiction and withdrawal is a critical part in stopping the opioid epidemic. One product that people claim helps in those efforts is the herbal supplement called kratom. Kratom itself is not currently classified as a drug, but concerns about Kratom raised by health professionals and federal regulators could change that in the future. Kratom is for sale in several stores in Keene and it is not illegal to sell or purchase. Kratom comes from a tropical evergreen tree found in SouthEast Asia. Some people have tried using it to treat opioid withdrawals as well as taking the supplement for the purpose of getting high. In February 2018 the FDA released a statement saying kratom had a 'potential for abuse.The FDA stated there is no reliable evidence that it can be used for opioid disorder. They added, “New data is showing kratom’s compounds have similar properties as opioids. The Department of Health and Human Services sent a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration in 2018 asking for the DEA to classify Kratom as a Schedule I drug. Scientists say fully banning kratom would harm people who are currently using the substance especially those taking it instead of an opiate, as well as people who are now hooked on kratom itself. To date the DEA has not taken any official action on kratom. However Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Rhode Island,Vermont and Wisconsin have banned the supplement. Keene State sophomore Liam McNamara said, “With everything you have to take it in moderation...you have to like feel it out yourself and test your body..but for the most part I think it's like safe compared to other mind altering drugs." |
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Keene CBDApril 18, 2019
Matt Holderman KSC-TV Reporter A new store selling hemp-related products has caught curious shopper’s attention. The store is called Keene CBD, located on Emerald Street in Keene. Keene CBD opened on March 30, drawing crowds with its unique merchandise. The shop specializes in CBD infused products, which are becoming notorious for their pain-relieving reputation. CBD, which is short for “cannabidiol”, is extracted from hemp plants, otherwise known as cannabis, the same plant that produces marijuana. However, CBD differs from marijuana quite heavily, as you cannot get “high” from ingesting CBD. Susan MacNeil, Keene CBD’s Executive Assistant, explained how it is not possible to get high from this hemp product. “By extracting the THC in the process, which is the psychoactive ingredient that most people associate with getting high, it just leaves the CBD element,” MacNeil explained. Once the THC is separated from the CBD, all that remains are the healing properties of the hemp plant, of which CBD is comprised. Therefore, CBD is known to alleviate ailments such as pain, anxiety, insomnia and more. Keene CBD is open seven days a week, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays. |
Keene State Prof. EarthshipApril 18, 2019
Alyssa Boerenko KSC-TV Reporter When you think about crumpled aluminum cans and old tires, you wouldn't think to use them as building materials for a house. One Keene State College Professor used these materials and more to build a home that is both unique and environmentally friendly. KSC Professor Robin Matathias lives on what is called an earthship. An earthship is a solar powered home made entirely out of natural and recycled materials. Matathias built her home 25 years ago, her earthship was the first built in the North-East region. The house has large windows facing the south that take in light daily, this allows a regulatory temperature to be maintained in the house year-round and for vegetation to grow in the home, even in the colder months. Though 25 years old, the idea of this house is inspiring today’s students who are concerned about the environment. “I think that earth ships and sustainable homes are the way of the future, they use a fraction of the energy that a typical house usually uses, they reduce pollution and are extremely cost effective and are the way of the sustainable future.” KSC Environmental Studies Major, Kaitlyn West, said. Live Science reports there are about three-thousand earthship houses in existence around the world. |
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Last Career ClinicApril 18, 2019
Mayavati Terra KSC-TV Reporter Students looking for help with the job hunt got help this week at KSC's last Career Clinic of the year. Academic and Career advisors sat down with students to help them with their resumes and cover letters. ACA has several of these events in the fall and especially in the spring. For some students this is their last chance to get advice before entering the job market. Beverly Behrmann, an Academic and Career Advisor says “We help them with job searching skills and interviewing skills. So we wanna make sure that their prepared and confident to go on to the next thing in life. We provide these services through the career clinic…through one on one appointments. We really encourage students to cast a wide net…keep an open mind and to network and use your connections." Career clinic advisors suggest that students returning next year can look forward to the next career clinic in the fall. |
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MOCO ArtsApril 18, 2019
Rahcel Vitello KSC-TV Reporter Students looking for help with the job hunt got help this week at KSC's last Career Clinic of the year. Academic and Career advisors sat down with students to help them with their resumes and cover letters. ACA has several of these events in the fall and especially in the spring. For some students this is their last chance to get advice before entering the job market. Beverly Behrmann, an Academic and Career Advisor says “We help them with job searching skills and interviewing skills. So we wanna make sure that their prepared and confident to go on to the next thing in life. We provide these services through the career clinic, through one on one appointments. We really encourage students to cast a wide net…keep an open mind and to network and use your connections." Career clinic advisors suggest that students returning next year can look forward to the next career clinic in the fall. |
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Academic Excellence ConferenceApril 18, 2019
Vincent Moore KSC-TV Reporter Students who desire to share their academic work with a wider audience got their chance last week at the 19th annual Academic Excellence Conference. Sponsored by the college, the conference is an event where students can present their academic achievements and research to the wider community. Program Manager Kimberly Schmidl-Gagne, who was on of the organizers for the conference, said that a goal for this year’s conference was to increase the types of student work presented. “Our goal is to move beyond just academic excellence work. We think that there's a lot that happens in student affairs and other places where students are doing terrific things and we want to provide a platform so we can share it ... they can share it broadly with the campus community and beyond," Schmidl-Gagne said. In order to be eligible to present in the conference, students needed to submit a proposal and get a faculty member sponsor them. A majority of the presentations were given in the Putnam Science Center while the conference’s poster gallery and reception was held in the Mabel Brown room in the Young Student Center. Next year’s Academic Excellence Conference will mark it’s 20th anniversary. |
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InaugurationDoctor Melinda Treadwell was officially installed as the eleventh president of Keene State College on Friday April 5 in the Mable Brown Room.
The ceremony included remarks from faculty, staff, and alumni as well as system Chancellor Todd Leach and trustees chair John Small. President Treadwell received the president's medallion. In her remarks following she focused on promises of higher education and the liberal arts in helping students succeed. |
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Graduation MedallionApril 11, 2019
Peter Evans KSC-TV Reporter During her inauguration, President Melinda Treadwell said she wants to bring more tradition to campus. To start, she’s designed a commemorative medallion for all graduating seniors. The idea first came up over a year ago, when President Treadwell suggested awarding medallions to the class of 2018, but due to her recent arrival on campus, was not able to finish them in time. But the idea didn’t die, and in the fall, Treadwell redesigned the medallions. Now, they’re ready to be unveiled for the first time and will be awarded to the class of 2019 during commencement. |
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STEM FairApril 11, 2019
Haleigh Patch KSC-TV Reporter Keene State College is helping young scientists get their start. The college recently hosted its FIRST ever STEM fair. The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Fair was open to all interested fifth through eighth grade students in the Monadnock Region. Its purpose was for students to present projects in front of a variety of judges for different prizes, along with an expo of local STEM businesses and organizations. The projects were placed in one of four categories, engineering, life sciences, physical sciences, and math and technology combined. "The categories arose from the nature of the projects that students submitted and they're being judged based on how well designed and executed their project was, and some of it’s on the presentation, the poster, and the way they talk about it,” said Professor Loren Launen. The students were able to sign up for the fair online, then the fair organizers Professor Loren Launen and Instrument Technician Brian Moore, reached out to each of the students and conversed back and forth with them. There were multiple local STEM businesses at the fair that had the opportunity to meet the students and discuss their projects and future jobs. "Every kid who has come up and spoken with me wants to tell me about their project a little bit and it seems like they've really gotten into it, which is great to see really kind of the science and tech and math, everything being so, people getting really excited about it at such a young age,” said Associate Veterinarian Kimberly Allsopp. Some KSC students volunteered at the fair as judges, helped decorate, or created posters to promote the event. "Before the fair I got to work with some of them on their projects and talk with them and help them plan and I was able to see their outcomes and that was awesome,” said Math and Science Education Major Jenna Gray. The first place winner of the STEM fair was Andrew Moore from Keene Middle School. |
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Pho Keene OpenApril 11, 2019
Peter Dubois KSC-TV Report A new Keene restaurant that stirred national attention with its controversial name is now open, but they're still dealing with some growing pains. You may have heard about the new Vietnamese restaurant in Keene due to all the hype around its name, Pho Keene Great. Owner and head chef Isabelle Jolie says that publicity has been great for business. Even for people who may still have a problem with the controversial name, Jolie says she welcomes them as customers. The restaurant has faced other challenges since opening on March eighth. Roof leaks, drainage issues, a faulty hot water tank and other issues caused Jolie to shut down business for nearly two weeks. While most of those issues are resolved ... there's still an electrical problem being worked out. So in the mean time ... the restaurant is open just Wednesday through Sunday, 5 P.M. to 9 P.M. |
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Admitted Students DayApril 4, 2019
Julia Eichman KSC-TV Reporter High School seniors making their decisions about college are visiting the Keene State Campus this spring for Admitted Student Days. Students who have been accepted for fall of 2019 are invited to come with their families to explore all of what KSC has to offer. At the Major Fair, prospective students are able to see all majors offered, as well as meet with future professors. The fair is located at information tables in numerous Academic buildings including Rhodes Hall, Putnam Science Center, and the Media Arts Center. Keene State's Director of Admissions Peg Richmond said these events are beneficial to everyone involved. If you’re interested in becoming an owl, there are two more of these events scheduled this year for Friday, April 12th and Saturday, April 27th. |
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Monadnock CO OPApril 4, 2019
Adriana Sanchez KSC-TV Reporter Many vendors came out to celebrate the sixth anniversary for the Modnanock CO-OP celebration. These vendors gave out free samples all day long, from chocolate to organic dairy and even cake. James Holcomb the Sustainability Coordinator & Marketing Associate said, "It's really just an event that we try to told every year to celebrate the Co OP is here and were still here and we like to bring the community together." One of the sweet stops that grabbed a lot of people's attention was the Vicuna chocolate. Nate Morrison a Vicuna Vendor said, "This is a lot of fun to see folks at the CO OP... the CO OP just picked up our product a little less than a year ago so its been really exciting to be apart of what they're doing here." Mary Fisher another vendor said, "Today I'm giving out samples o n what the Modnaock CO OP carries which is a whole and two percent milk... chocolate milk ... maple milk... ice cappuccino.. mocha and then I have a green tea with mint and a black tea with lemon infused with CBD and a maple lemonade and a strawberry ginger lemonade infused with CBD." Some customers came to the CO OP solely for the event. Laura Harlow a customer said, "I saw in the shopper that they were having a taste type situation and I love good food and good beverages so I'd thought I'd stop by." At least everyone that left didn't leave with an empty stomach. If you missed out on the free samples, all of those products are sold daily at the CO-OP. |
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Animal Safety NetApril 4, 2019
Rachel Vitello KSC-TV Reporter Pets can sometimes become casualties in sudden and traumatic life events. A separation, divorce, an owner entering rehab, these are all situations that can leave pets with nowhere to go. But as KSC TV's Rachel Vitello reports, the Monadnock Humane Society has a program to give those pets a safety net. Many animals benefit from the Monadnock Humane Society's Animal Safety Net program. MHS Assistant Manager Ashley Okola said owners who find themselves in a situation where they temporarily can't take care of their pets can reach out to MHS. "The people who are seeking our help will contact here at the shelter and either myself, Emily, the director of operations or Beth Doyle, the other assistant manager, will talk to them and set up a time for them to come in, meet with us and we go over the contract and times and let them know what it's about," Okola said. According to Okola, the Animal Safety Net was originally strictly for people escaping domestic violence. “We do see that but because of, unfortunately, the opioid crisis, we do have a lot of people who are seeking rehab,” Okola said. “We're really trying to help a broader set of individuals keep their animals." All kinds of pets have benefited from the program including birds, rabbits, cats and dogs. Thanks to the Animal Safety Net program and willing foster families these pets are not abandoned when their owners’ lives take an unexpected turn. "I think this program is really important for our mission to keep people and animals together. Usually that's the best case scenario for them," Okola said. The Monadnock Humane Society can be contacted at (603)352-9011 for anyone seeking additional information. |
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Monadnock Film FestApril 4, 2019
Alyssa Borenko KSC-TV Reporter The Monadnock International Film Festival is right around the corner. MONIFF kicked off the event with their annual launch party at the Courtyard Marriott in Keene, NH Wednesday evening. Attendees of the event were served appetizers and drinks as they mingled with other guests. Raffle tickets were sold at entrance and the winners were announced before the end of the event. New Hampshire Senator, Jay Kahn, made an appearance at the event and gave a moving speech about the successes that MONIFF has had in the last few years. All guests were offered 25% off full price film festival passes after fifteen minutes of sneak-peek trailers were played. Executive Director of MONIFF, Dianna Costello, said that the main purpose of the launch party is to get the public excited about the event and to sell as many passes as possible. The Monadnock International Film Festival will run from Friday April 26th to Sunday April 28th. |
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Elsie Priest ParkApril 4, 2019
Mayavati Terra KSC-TV Reporter Elsie Priest Park sits on Court Street tucked away behind some businesses and the United Church of Christ. The church owns the park and has for years, but it’s been nearly 25 years since any major improvements have happened here. That's about to change. Church member Kathy Blair says the goal here is to make the park more user friendly for church events and anyone else who wants to enjoy the space. Kathy Blair, Governing Body of the Church says we also intend to have a large green space so it’s a gathering area for all ages. We could have worship services out here, concerts, gatherings, dinners whatever. Other members of the Keene community think the new updates will bring a more positive feeling to the town and encourage children to spend more time outdoors than on technology. Daniella Giese, a student at Keene State College says she thinks that this is such a great opportunity for kids now to have this playground where they can go and have this nice safe space in the community where they can hang out with their friends and play and just be kids because I think that it’s really hard with these generations with all this technology and the phones that no one really goes outside anymore so I think this is a really good place for them to go and just be a kid. |
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Maple Madness at Stonewall FarmMarch 28, 2019
Kianna Wright KSC-TV Reporter The Stonewall Farm in Keene has many locals stocked up on New Hampshire's finest maple products. Maple madness made last Saturday sweeter than ever, with activities for everyone in the family. Visitors had the chance to take a hayride, listen to live music, make crafts, shop for some maple products and more. Jennifer Doyle, Stonewall Farm Event Director said,"It's a celebration of all things maple. This is maple weekend in New Hampshire and being an educational organization we want people to come out and experience maple sugaring and the other educational elements that the farm is involved in." This was their first time having this event at the Farm and are excited to bring it back next year with more activities and all things maple. |
Dementia Legal Seminar
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Alzheimer's Disease International estimates that there are 46-million people in the world suffering from dementia.
Experts say numbers can nearly double in 20-years. Many families are not prepared for the medical and legal problems that come with a dementia diagnosis...but there is one group trying to help with that. This week the Home Healthcare Hospice and Community sponsored this month's H-C-S care talk.. which discussed the legal and medical issues of dementia. On Tuesday H-C-S hosted elder law attorney Susan Abert to discuss the planning for incapacity. During the seminar,she went over paperwork,pamphlets, and even took time to answer questions. Guests of the event were offered coffee and tea during the talk. Organizers of the event say...it is better to start now and get to know the staff...so the staff can begin working with a person...and accommodate them medically and legally. "The monthly care talks was really to look at how we can help people be prepared...get the information that they need to be better caregivers...and ultimately have the stress reduced on the family and have the family be able to keep their loved one in a home environment for a longer period of time" If you would like to learn more about these seminars...you can visit the next H-C-S care talk on April 23rd at 4 p.m...in the Castle Center. |
Solar Panels
March 28, 2019
KSC-TV
The city of Keene is going green. The latest step in that direction is the introduction of solar power. KSC-TV's Haleigh Patch reports this project has
been a success so far. This may be the most energy efficient building in all of Keene. It is the Public Works Facility and almost ALL of its electricity comes from these solar panels on the roof.
Assistant Public Works Director, Duncan Watson said "Our goal for the project was to do a renewable energy project where the cost of the energy was equal to or less than what we are currently paying for energy from the utility and we were able to meet that goal."
The facility alone will be saving the city around 22-thousand dollars a year in electricity costs along with reducing carbon emissions.
Watson says reducing carbon emissions is a key factor to look at when trying to battle climate change.
"We're producing energy from a nuclear reactor that is 93 million miles away from the nearest elementary school and it’s also reducing carbon emissions by about 800,000 pounds a year is about what we're removing,” Watson said.
City Councilor Terry Clark said "On our website we have a panel that will show you in real time how much electricity the panels are producing each and every day ...whether the sun is out ... whether its not out ... what the temperature is ... Those 2010 panels will give us around 662 megawatts for the year, which is enough to provide electricity for all of the facilities there."
There are other buildings such as small businesses or houses in Keene that also use solar power.
The city estimates about 5 percent of electricity used in the city is through renewable sources... which they hope to improve.
ACA Helping Seniors to Success
March 21, 2019
KSC-TV
The Academic and Career Advising Center (ACA) is working hard to prepare students for careers after graduation.
It’s a busy time of year for everyone as students get ready to graduate and step out on their own.
Seniors anxious about the application process should start at the Academic and Career Advising Center.ACA advisors provide help with anything ranging from resume writing to interview skills.
Academic Advisor Beverly Behrmann said,“I just worked with a student who just found out she got into a arts management graduate program that she really wants to go to and we did an interview prep and she had the interview the next day and she wound up getting into the degree program.”
Some Keene State students will be graduating with jobs, one of them including KSC senior Thomas Walters who received guidance from ACA.
"When I mentioned teach for America they laid out all the types of resources I had available to me that I could use throughout the entire application process and then also the kind of post application process on either if I got in Teach for America or other avenues I could pursue. So we actually in a way we kind of planned a plan b and also plan c,” said Walters.
Events will be held throughout the rest of the semester by ACA including LinkedIn workshops, Resumania, the Career Fair and more.
Advisors are currently booking appointments a week in advance ... so registering early is recommended. To set up an individual appointment the
ACA is located on the first floor of the Elliot building.
Bernie Sanders Rallies In Keene
KSC-TV Reporter
March 21, 2019
BERNIE SANDERS RALLY IN KEENE
Bernie Sanders, a current Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate, made Keene one of the first stops on his campaign trail, holding a rally at the city’s Colonial Theatre.
The line to hear Sanders speak was out the door, stretching multiple blocks down Main Street. People showed up over an hour early to guarantee themselves a seat, packing the theater full.
Before the event, Tristram Patoine, a Keene State College senior, spoke on stage in front of the crowd. Patoine talked about how healthcare in America impacted a member of his family.
“She didn’t have the coverage to afford painkillers,” Patoine said. “So she went on to alternatives, such as street drugs and got addicted.”
Sanders made healthcare one of his main points, promising free healthcare to all Americans if he is elected president.
“It is not a radical idea to say that anybody in this country, regardless of income, has the right to go to a doctor when you get sick,” Sanders said.
But, Sanders’ main hope is creating a country that works for everyone.
“This campaign is going to transform our country and create a government that works for all of us, not just the one percent.”
Beto O'Rourke Visits KSC
He talked about his ideas on immigration, student debt, global warming and gun policy.
Campus Flu Outbreak
3/21/19
KSC-TV
Spring might have just arrived, but flu season is still in full effect on the Keene State College campus.
In mid-February, the Center for Health and Wellness reported seeing an influx of students exhibiting flu-like symptoms such as a cough, sore throat, nausea and body aches.
Not every student who contracted the flu sought treatment at the Center for Health and Wellness, however.
KSC Senior Tristan Slicer said he came down with the flu in late February but opted to treat himself at home.
"I called a friend asking if they could bring something over to me, something like basic cold and flu medicine, and they said I shouldn't go to the health and wellness center because I already had something and there wasn't much they could do and I would just bring the germs there," Slicer said.
Absent of any chronic symptoms, it’s practical for one to treat their flu entirely at home, according to Coordinator for Wellness Education Tiffany Mathews.
"If it's just your typical flu symptoms then there's a lot of stuff that people have in their medicine cabinets like acetaminophen or ibuprofen like I was saying. But also just hydrating, and resting, taking some time off and then that could help them get back on their feet," Mathews said.
Mathews said that students can take preventative measures against contracting the flu by eating healthy, staying hydrated, and above all by getting an annual flu shot.
DXXM Design
March 6, 2018
KSC-TV
For many students, finding a job or internship while still in college can be tough. But if you know the right people, sometimes you can get lucky. Austin Siegel and Brandon Moulton are both Juniors at Keene State who are using what they’ve learned in the classroom to build and promote DXXM, a clothing brand their friends started in high school. They’ve shot photo and video, designed graphics, helped run their social media pages, and more. Now, the buzz around DXXM is spreading, and more students around campus are getting involved. "It's definitely like cool to see the progress and like definitely makes me excited for the future like where it will bring us," says Austin Siegel. Although DXXM plans on moving to Houston later this year, Brandon and Austin will still be working with them, sending digital designs and other media. For more things DXXM, you can check out their website at https://www.dxxm.us/
Winchester Smoking Ordinance
WKNH Presents Rock in the NOC
Keene State College's student run radio station, WKNH, hosts this event almost every month. They invite a couple of bands to entertain students and give them a safe, but exciting opportunity to rock out on campus.
After the bands preform their alternative rock originals students sit on the floor to begin the open mic session. Emma Connelly WKNH's public relations director says, "It's a really nice environment where people just come out and they support each other." During these performances you can find students singing, playing an instrument or even just share a story.
This is WKNH's third time hosting Rock in the NOC, they are excited with the turnout and feedback from the event so they hope to continue it.
March's Rock in the NOC is in the making says Matt Perkins, WKNH event coordinator. For more information about the Rock in the NOC or about working with WKNH check out their social media pages or visit them on the third floor of the Student Center at their office.
KSC Tobacco Ordinance
Whether it be a cigarette...a vape... or chewing tobacco...students at K-S-C will no longer be able to buy these smoking products under twenty-one.
"Being able to do that for two years and now having that taken away really upsets me," Daniel Richards said.
Supporters say the change is for the benefit of better decisions and healthier lifestyles.
"A policy that raises the age from 18 to 21 is actually making it more possible for everyone to live a healthier lifestyle...and that's a change that can have a broader impact," Kate McNally said.
KSC’s Health and Wellness department support following the ordinance and provide educational resources as well tobacco replacements.
"What are the rules here and then try to help students and then also looking into... resources... that might help fill the need they have," Health and Wellness Coordinator Tiffany Mathews said.
Even though supporters believe this ordinance is beneficial…it has still left a bad taste in KSC Junior Daniel Richards mouth.
"It really upsets me ... I feel like maybe if you were already allowed to have purchased these products you should still be allowed to purchase them," Richards said.
Duty Calls Fundraiser
It was a World-War-2-era-themed tribute to local veterans and first responders. The show featured many acts, including impersonations of Bob Hope and Frank Sinatra, joined by the Keene Jazz Orchestra.
Money raised through ticket sales and a 50-50 raffle went towards The Warrior Connection, an organization that offers support retreats to veterans adjusting to life back home.
Bob Tortolani is a vet who benefited from these retreats, and is now a board member for The Warrior Connection.
Duty Calls was not only an event to honor the heroes among us, it was an effort to raise awareness for those traumatized during their service.
"Twenty-two vets take their own lives each day,” said Tortolani.
The Keene Sentinel confirmed that more than a thousand dollars were raised for the Warrior Connection through the 50/50 raffle sales alone.
The Sentinel also says they plan on making Duty Calls an annual event.
Food Truck Ordinance
KSC-TV Reporter
February 28, 2019
A new kind of food truck is having trouble operating under the City of Keene’s vendor ordinances.
The Street and Savory mobile food truck is the first of its kind to come to Keene; rather than serve customers in one fixed location, Street and Savory moves between locations and events to serve customers all throughout the city.
"We have the advantage of not being tied to a really limiting business structure because we have the freedom to evolve and change every day," Street and Savory co-owner Austin Reida said.
Street and Savory’s business model brought its owners a market niche and unexpected problems. Reida said that shortly after beginning operating in Keene he learned that he would have to abide by the City’s vendor ordinances, which require vendors to have each location inspected in order to sell food past seven p.m., requirements that make it impossible for Street and Savory to operate as its intended to.
Earlier this month Reida spoke at the City’s Planning, License and Development Committee to ask that the City amend ordinances to better accommodate his business model, an endeavor the City was more than willing to take on.
"What we heard is they need an extended time into the evening, so they could serve the dinner crowd. Right now the time limit doesn't give them enough time to do that. So we will be proposing increasing the hours to 10 p.m. during the week and 11 p.m. on the weekends. And the 11 p.m. ties in well with our noise ordinance," City Manager Elizabeth Dragon said.
Dragon said that a designated spot for vendors is also being considered.
New Year New Building
KSC-TV Reporter
February 28, 2019
Keene State College students cannot wait to start classes in the new Cohen Center and Holocaust and Genocide Studies Building. Students here at KSC have been eagerly awaiting the opening of the new Holocaust and Genocide building. Construction began this past summer and the new building is scheduled to be open later this semester. Professors and students say they hope this new physical space will make their programs more visible. "It places our programs at the heart of the campus which is a message we want to communicate that our programs are central to the identity of Keene State" Director of Holocaust and Genocide studies Hank Knight said. Exterior construction is now complete but finishing touches inside and furnishing the building are still in progress. The eight-thousand square foot addition will include a 60-seat lecture hall and smaller conference rooms. The addition will also allow Cohen Center and H-G-S faculty to office in the same building for the first time. "It will definitely bring more publicity to the major also I think it would be nice to have it all kinda centered in one area" Holocaust and Genocide studies dual major Jack Kelleher said. The Holocaust and Genocide building is scheduled to open later this semester.
Delightfully Healthy
KSC-TV Reporter
February 28, 2019
Keene State College dietetic interns are providing healthy, seasonal food samples as part of a program called "Delightfully Healthy".
Every other Friday from January through May the interns put together two different healthy snack options and bring them to the Monadnock Food Co-Op downtown.
The samples are handed out to shoppers along with pamphlets and recipes for the samples.
The interns also answer any questions about healthy eating that shoppers may have. The program ends on May 3 but will continue again next spring semester.
Why Keene State
KSC-TV Reporter
February 28, 2019
Keene State has more than 3,000 thousand students and only 329 students are of color. KSC TV's Adriana Sanchez talked to these students about how comfortable they feel being a minority here on campus. Jacob Chiza and Clinton Mungeta are out of two of 58 African Americans here on campus. They said they feel welcomed here and a perceived lack of diversity didn't keep them away. Both of them said they are used to being the minorities since back home is the same way. Getting more students like Jacob and Clinton to come to Keene State is the focus of the college's diversity efforts. Dottie Morris, Associate Vice President for Institutional Equity and Diversity said they have programs that specify in multiculturalism. The colleges efforts to make everyone feel at home are working. Jacob and Clinton feel welcomes and even were asked to perform at half time shows for the basketball games.
Keene Ice and Snow Fest
KSC-TV Reporter
February 28, 2018
Hundreds of people from around New England traveled to Keene, New Hampshire for the 2019 Keene Ice and Snow Festival. The festival took place on Main Street in Keene. It was a free event, featuring plenty of family-friendly entertainment, including professional ice carvers, train rides, free s’mores, donuts and maple syrup, face painting and more.
Jim Narkiewicz organized the festival for the 14th consecutive year. Along with his help, other companies around Keene gave donations, making the event possible.
“Downtown merchants have contributed,” Narkiewicz said. “The city of Keene and the chamber helps us.”
Additionally, Local Burger, a popular restaurant on Main Street, served as a warming station during the event, with two ice sculptures outside its front windows and coloring books and crayons for the kids. The ice carvers said they enjoyed the event as well, and were allowed to craft any ice carving they wanted.
“There's been you know, a free for all on whatever design you'd like to do,” said Eric Knoll, one of the carvers at the event. “I did an owl because it's the first time I've ever did one before.”
With the crowds it draws, Keene Ice and Snow Festival also greatly helps Keene’s economy during the harsh winter months, especially helping local food businesses on Main Street attract customers. This was the event’s 17th year, and it continues to draw big crowds each winter.
KSC Pride Parade
KSC-TV Reporter
4/12/18
Dozens of members and supporters of KSC Pride gathered on the student center lawn Saturday to celebrate the L-G-B-T-Q community. The event began with music and face painting and ended in a campus-wide march to spread the group's message.
“Be proud of who you are, be loud about who you are, like Sam said even be obnoxious about it if you have to because if there was ever a time to stand up for who you are it is now," says Vivian Valengavich, the treasurer for KSC Pride.
The group planned to take the march down Main Street, but weren't able to get a permit in time. Instead ... they rallied all over campus. One member of K-S-C Pride says it's important they make sure to have a strong presence in the local community.
"We're here to let people know that we're here. We want people to make sure that there is a presence and they know it's there," says Michael Agresti.
These students say they do know of some instances of harassment on campus ... but on the whole ... they feel safe and welcome here. K-S-C is a place they can be themselves and grow as individuals.
"There's so much personal development ... identity development and growth as a person in going through your career in higher ed. That evolution happens all the time at an individual level as well as an institutional level,” says Hunter Kirschner, an advisor to KSC Pride.
"My message for everybody is, just be nice to people. We're still people we just love different people,” added Agresti.
If you want to know moreabout Keene State's LGBTQ community ... you can come to the office of Diversity and Multiculturalism on the second floor of the Student Center.
Relay for Life
KSC-TV Reporter
4/12/18
Keene State College hosted the annual Relay for Life event Saturday in the Spaulding Gym.
Relay for Life raises money for cancer research.
Lauren O'Brien is one of the many here walking to beat cancer.
It is a battle she has had firsthand experience with.
"I was diagnosed when I was in seventh grade. And... I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and so I had chemotherapy treatment for two years and I've been cancer free since 2011,” said O’Brien.
That's why this junior double-majoring in elementary education and psychology put together her own Relay for Life team called, The Friendly Owls.
O'Brien's team is made up of her roommates and friends.
She said having an event like this on campus makes her feel proud to go to a school like KSC.
"It makes me feel like people around me care about things that I care about and they're supporting me, even if they don't know me. And it's just a really nice feeling,” said O’Brien.
Sienna Tedesco is walking for her father.
He has battled cancer more than once.
Tedesco recalls the first time her father went through treatment and raised 25 thousand dollars for research in Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
She said that's what inspired her to be here today.
"I feel like I’m just barely following in his footsteps. But... really he's excited and he's proud of me and he motivates me to do this as much as I can. He helps me send out emails and stuff. But, I'm only doing a small portion of what he did... so I'm just trying to follow suit,” said Tedesco.
Tedesco's sorority, Sigma Rho Upsilon, came in second place for the Relay for Life competition.
However, Tedesco received an award for raising the most money for the event out of any participant in attendance.
"Basically I bombarded every single person that I know constantly for three months straight. I sent out 650 emails within the first week of signing up for relay. And then I just like irritated everyone I possibly could. And my friends and family really helped out and they were very generous with their donations. And I’m really grateful to everyone that donated,” said Tedesco.
Keene State hosts the Relay for Life event every spring.
Poverty Simulation
KSC-TV Reporter
4/12/18
Walking in the shoes of those in poverty at the Poverty Simulation, was something most students hadn't done before.
And they quickly found out how hard that could be with little to nothing in the bank.
The hour long exercise was broken into four 15-minute weeks.
Each week students had to make some hard budget decisions and had a tough time affording everything they needed.
KSC Senior Nutrition Major Colton McCracken said, "I was honestly getting a little stressed out. We didn't do our rent at the beginning of the month and then it caught on to us but then by the end of the month our house got taken away and we had to sell a lot of stuff and I had to take loans out of the bank. We ended up selling my car so that was just super stressful.”
The simulation gives students a better understanding of those who are facing or living in poverty.
Coordinator of Community Service Jessica Gagne Cloutier said there are students at KSC who have experienced real-life poverty ... and many who haven't.
“It can be really eye opening from both sides to have to walk through those four weeks, make some tough choices and better understand and be sensitive to the needs of people to have their basic needs met and the struggles they go through to be able to do that,” Cloutier said.
Building an understanding of poverty is one goal here.
Another goal is building empathy for people living in poverty.
The overall goal is to motivate students to fight poverty in the future.
"Having done the simulation for decades it's just the constant reminder that the need is growing and changing and so we have a lot of work to do as a community as neighbors as friends to try to advocate for peoples basic needs to be met and that resources are available to do that,” Cloutier said.
Campus Vandalism
KSC-TV Reporter
4-12-18
Campus safety is asking for YOUR help to stop a rash of vandalism.
The vandalism is graffiti that's been turning up around campus since February.
This is security camera video of the vandalism in progress.
In the top left of the screen you can see the suspect spray painting the bridge.
This was in February and since then more has turned up at Spaulding Gym and the Dining Commons.
Campus Safety Director Jeff Maher says vandalism like this tarnishes the campus' image.
Me Too
KSC-TV Reporter
4/12/18
Women's and Gender Studies professors at KSC are making sure they are up to date with what is going on in women's issues around the country.
The Me Too movement is making its message known nationally, even at Keene State College.
The Me Too movement began as a hashtag on social media to show how many people were truly affected by sexual harassment and assault.
KSC's Women's and Gender Studies professors say the Me Too movement has given them an entry point to begin talking to students about the larger issues of gender discrimination.
"It certainly offers us a great discussion point right now and I think that even students who come into our intro level classes and don't have a lot of knowledge about feminist history or women's studies they know about that so it's an important cultural touchstone” said Taneem Husain, a Women’s and Gender Studies professor at KSC.
While the Me Too movement may be the first time people are realizing how many people are affected by sexual assault and harassment ... these problems are nothing new.
"There is just too much before Me Too that is documented. And then, now again it is happening that we forget that because an actress that we know or we consider is pretty or whatever is saying like well me too. And so we forget that women will never will have that platform of speaking, women and men” said Patricia Pedroza Gonzalez, Women’s Gender Studies professor at KSC.
Programs like Women's and Gender Studies help students understand the Me Too movement in it's larger historical context. Keene State College professors hope that students can take these deeper meanings and apply them to the outside world where they will be the leaders of tomorrow.
KSC Women's and gender studies professors are keeping an eye on this movement for any new discussion points.
KSC Cancer Research
KSC-TV Reporter
04/05/18
Keene State students are currently involved in a research project that could potentially help cancer research. This research focuses on molecular structure of fatty acids in breast cancer. It took a few years but they finally got exciting news about what happened to their compound. Chemistry professor Paul Baures, who is a part of this research describes the exciting news they received, "We did not know exactly at that time but we were excited to participate in that process. And then a few years ago that one of the compounds we made inhabited this enzyme that people have been researching as a possible way to impact cancer." Students are now still creating various compounds to expand the research and see if the compounds can be stable while putting them into living systems.
Mapping Keene
KSC-TV Reporter
04/05/18
Members of the Keene community have been working together to create a special map-making project.
Several different teams have taken on different aspects of the community to focus on while creating something different from your average map.
Some of these topics include mapping public restrooms ....art in the community ... and solar energy in the area.
Counter-cartographer and artist Brad Houk is leading this unique mapping experience.
“This particular form of mapping project has to do with what makes Keene special as a community, what characteristics does it have at this point in time, so it's a map of in one sense of a love for a community,” said Houk, Artist in Residence for the Redfern Arts Center.
The art maps will be on display at the Redfern Art Center starting April 25th through May 20th, and will also on display at the Colonial Corner from May 22nd through June 10th.
Turning Back the Clocks at the Archives and Special Collections Department
KSC-TV Reporter
04/05/18
109 years of college records and documents, a badge from a Holocaust survivor, an award winning filmmaker's office furniture, poisonous darts, and an Oscar—these items are all part of Mason Library's growing collection of rare and historical artifacts
Unlike many museums and archives, students can get up close and personal with the collection.
"Students will be able to handle it and feel the tangible history as opposed to putting it behind a glass shelf. I mean ,if you don't want to handle stuff, go to a museum. That's where we actually draw the line, you can interact with the stuff and use it for research,” said Assistant Archivist, Zachary Giroux.
Among the overflowing shelves of rare books and films is the crown jewel of the archive department—the Orang Asli Collection
The Orang Asli are a group of indigenous people from Peninsular Malaysia.
The Keene State College Archives and Special Collections Department is the largest repository of information about the tribe outside of Malaysia.
Students who work alongside Giroux said they were drawn to the archives.
"I was so interested, I didn't know this place exists like many other students. It seemed like an opportunity I would have never come across,” said Samantha Menke, a student archivist.
Although Archives and Special Collections functions much like a mini museum, the items in their collection are unique.
“The type of history we guard is everyday history. We see the value in things like people's handwritten letters or things that a student in the 1920's might have collected while they were at school. We have these kind of collections that show what life was like outside of the history books,” said Giroux.
While the department is popular with many history, anthropology, and film majors, students from every discipline can learn a lot.
“I think students could benefit a lot from coming here regardless of what they're interested in...even if they're just coming to know it exists. Like if they have a friend who needs to research something and they know it's here they can say ‘come to the archives they'll have just what you need’,” said Menke.
The archive department is located in the West Wing of the Mason Library on the first floor. The archive department is open weekdays 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM or by appointment.
Training service dogs on campus
KSC-TV Reporter
04/05/18
Joy is a medical assistance and psychiatric service dog in training to KSC student Alexandra Esandrio. Alex currently juggles school, work, and training Joy to be an official service dog, but not without a few issues.
"Somebody reported me for a having a fake service dog on campus. It was hard to get her to be seen as an official service dog in training and not just an emotional support animal that I wanted to bring everywhere with me,” Esandrio said.
After the issue was resolved, Joy was allowed to travel around campus with Alex who suffers from anxiety, celiac disease, migraines and sensory processing disorder.
Originally, Joy started off as Alex's emotional support animal.
“I have a number of disabilities and animals have always been a comfort to me. So I adopted her and then I realized I needed more than an emotional support animal. I needed something that would be able to help me on a daily basis,” Esandrio said.
Currently, Joy performs many daily tasks to assist her owner. One specific task is helping Alex calm down from panic attacks.
“When I get attacks I have trouble breathing, I don't know where I am and it's just a really scary thing to go through alone. She helps me by alerting to my anxiety. When I start to breathe heavy she jumps on my chest and lowers me to the ground and then she performs deep pressure therapy and tactile touch stimulation to bring me out of it,” she said.
One thing Alex says is important to her is how people perceive pit-bulls. Joy is a beagle pit-bull mix, Alex says she receives a few comments on the breed of her service dog but that doesn't stop her from training Joy.
Any type of dog can be a service dog as long as they go through the training and they meet the criteria. Pit- bulls actually make great psychiatric service dogs. They're really in tune to their owners’ emotions without being overly protective,” she said.
Owl Sign Language Club
KSC-TV Reporter
04/05/18
Government statistics show one in 20 Americans is deaf or hard of hearing. People who are functionally deaf often communicate using sign language. Recently, a sign language club formed here at Keene State.
In the Elliot Center, students gather together to learn and practice their sign language skills. Angelique Inchierca, a first-year K-S-C student and Owl Sign Language Club president, helped get the club started.
"I've had moments in my life where sign language counted, where it really ended up working.” Inchierca said, and then added, “and so I keep trying to tell the people here in the club that it's important to learn sign language because you never know when you're going to be face-to-face with someone who can't speak."
At the meetings, the club reviews the alphabet, counting to 30 and learning key phrases. Even these small steps can make giant leaps in communicating with the deaf and hard of hearing.
Beth Zinn, a KSC staff member with the Aspire office, also knows some sign language and, along with Inchierca, recognized the need for the club on campus. "Even if you only know how to say, 'Hi, my name is...' they'll appreciate that and then when they go off and they start signing a mile a minute you can say, 'No, sorry,' and they'll be like 'oh okay' and they'll take out their phone and write it out like a text and show you what they're saying."
Charles Maceda is a KSC alumnus and current Owl Sign Language Club member. "I personally am a person who's hard of hearing. I don't know any sign language ... I'm not an expert ... but it's fun ... it was a cool thing to do,” said Maceda.
Charles sees this learning experience as a way to learn a new, useful communication skill and to experience a type of diversity. Maceda continued, "Everybody knows that there's plenty of people around us who are deaf or hard of hearing, just like, you know, there's plenty of people who have different backgrounds – different ethnic backgrounds and so on – so I think it's all about accepting one another."
The people here are learning a new skill, a new way to communicate, and in the process they're becoming more confident in their ability to interact with another community.
Zinn has noticed that a lack of education blocks communication between the hearing community and those who are deaf or hard of hearing. "I think it's more that we, the hearing community, thinks, is intimidated by them or that kind of thing and so I want to help people realize that that's okay and really they would love to help us learn and are enthusiastic about our effort," said Zinn.
The club currently meets every other Friday, from four to six p.m. in Elliot Center room 120, with their last meeting of the semester scheduled for April 20. Those looking for more information about the club or future meeting times can find them on Facebook at Keene State College OSL Club.
If you're planning on pursuing a career in healthcare, law enforcement, or education – knowing some sign language is strongly encouraged. It may also give candidates an advantage in the hiring process.
Resumania
KSC-TV Reporter
3/29/2018
The time for students to craft their resumes is now.
Resumania returned to Keene State last week.
The Keene State Colleges annual Resumania event dropped last week and was the eighth time the event has been held on campus since 2014 at Rhodes Hall located on campus.
The goal of Resumania is to bring back Keene State College allumni with hiring and human resource experience to assist students who wish to have their resumes reviewed ... improved ... or get help to construct their resumes from scratch ... in anticipation for the annual job fair that takes place several days later.
"...in addition to the resumes review process and I think you would agree jack that sitting down with a fellow Keene State College alum develops a kind of relationship where the student feels pretty comfortable in terms of going through that whole process, but there's also a way of going to the job fair and being prepared when you go and most of the alum we have bring back have either participated in the job fair for their companies or their companies have..." says David Westover, facilitator for Resumania.
Many students participate in the event each semester and many have found the experience to be extremely helpful for them.
"...they helped me get synced up on "Indeed" told me how to basically navigate around the website how to apply for jobs and overall, I found the experience very informative..." said William Poling of the Keene State Colleges History Studies program.
Resumania is one of several events organized by the Academic and Career Advising comity for the ACA CAREER EVENTS for the spring semester of 2018, along side the Career Clinic, LinkedIn Workshop, Graduate School Workshop, and Your Future Fair for Careers and Internships.
Representative Press Conference
KSC-TV Reporter
03/29/18
A New Hampshire State Representative who has supported the idea of guns on college campuses recently spoke at K.S.C.
Representative Jim McConnell said he is in favor of allowing weapons on campus.
The Representative used the Parkland High School Florida shooting as an example.
McConnell said that if someone at the high school had a gun at the time of the shooting, the death toll might have been less.
"A gun free zone is an invitation to people who want to come in and do harm and they know that when they get there, there will be no one to oppose them who is capable of doing it. I would have no problem with the idea that I’m here in this class, I am not armed and it would not bother me in the slightest to find out that ten of you are,” said Representative Jim McConnell.
Representative McConnell said he plans on running for re-election in 2018 hoping to serve a third term in the state house.
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Hungry Owl Food Pantry
3/29/18
K-S-C now has it's very own on-campus food pantry, The Hungry Owl.
The Pre-Med and SNAK's club came together to start the food pantry.
It’s located in the old Resident Director's apartment in Randall Hall.
All of the food at the pantry comes from donations.
Students can register online and the pantry always protects confidentiality.
Student Coordinator for The Hungry Owl, Max Foisey said, "on our website there's a place where you can enter your student ID and we can have pre-packaged stuff already set up for you so the confidentiality was something we thought of right off the bat and we know it's a little tough being in that position at a college where people do know each other and a tight knit community so that's something we take with an importance here.”
The pantry is continually accepting donations and is open Wednesday's from 6-8 p.m. and Sundays from 12-3 p.m.
New Grading System
KSC-TV Reporter
3/29/2018
There's a new grading system coming to KSC.
KSC-TV's Haleigh Patch tells us why the change is being made and what students can expect.
Students at KSC will soon see their grades in a plus-minus system instead of the current A, AB system.
The change comes after years of study and votes by both student and faculty governing bodies.
The major benefit of the change are compatibility and clarity.
"It will help standardize ... so most schools use a plus minus system so bringing in grades or transferring out grades I think we will be speaking the same language as other institutions which has some value but I think it’s more for the students because there are more options it allows you to have a better understanding of how you did in the class true value for what you learned, " said Kimberly Schmidl-Gagne, Program Manager
The current grading system consists of letter grades such as A, AB, B, BC and C.
The new system will be A+, A, A-, B+, B and B-.
Kenadee Cadieux, student representative, said, "for students coming out of high school coming into college and having A, AB that's very different, so it’s just another thing students won’t have to learn how to adjust to it will also be easier for students who have transfer credits, or might be transferring to a different school, or applying to grad school."
After doing a data analysis on how pluses and minuses impact a GPA, it turns out to be beneficial to students because there is more of a range.
Kimberly Schmidl-Gagne, Program Manager, said, "overall it looks like students will in general benefit will there be some students who it doesn't benefit? Yes but the majority of students should benefit from the plus minus system, GPA wise."
The new grading system will take place in the fall of 2019. As for your GPA, the new system will not affect your GPA or previous grades.
Students can expect to see a change in December 2019, after receiving their grades for the fall semester.
March For Our Lives
KSC-TV Reporter
3-29-2018
With their voices and their signs, hundreds of people filled Central Square Saturday to protest gun violence.
Keene's March for Our Lives event also gave marchers a chance to say what they would like to see changed regarding America's gun laws.
High on the list for many here is more regulation of assault-style weapons.
"To say that any kind of weapon must be included on the second amendment... that's a stretch. But thats real different than saying someone can't have a hunting rifle for their own use. I think background checks...that's reasonable," said March attendee Steven Schwartz.
Others question interpretations of the Second Amendment they think have become distorted over time.
"As many people have said previously... it had a purpose when it was first written but the way it is interpreted now a days just seems bizarre," said Hancock resident Suzie Toumanoff.
Gun violence could happen anywhere ... but high school senior William Holtzman says he feels safe for the most part.
"Because not a lot happens in New Hampshire I do feel relatively safe and I'm very close with the students and staff there and I feel good about it but even when something happens somewhere else we feel that up here," said Holtzman.
Those who are marching for their lives today in Central Square in Keene along with tons of others across the country are hoping that this movement will spark a change and end gun violence.
March for Our Lives advocates have called for another national school walkout to be planned for April 20th.
That day marks the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting in Colorado.
Bruder House
KSC-TV Reporter
3-29-18
Right next to the Wayman Tavern on main street there is an old rundown brick building.
This building it newest edition to the historical society of cheshire county properties.
The building was formerly owned by Keene State College and will now be used as a welcome center for the Wayman Tavern.
Rick Swanson says that the idea for the welcome center came from changing the idea of wht a historical society would be
"We wouldn't just be a dusty archive center but be a place where history comes alive" says Swanson
The historical center plans for the space to hold events and demonstrations
One of the big projects that the historical society has planned is a open hearth stove for cooking traditional 18th century meals.
Larry Benaquist says that demonstrations at the Burder house will give a new perspective of history.
"The Way history defines itself, the way it gets looked at. like having cooking classes. is that historical? Im sure there are books about it but for people to actually do it puts you back in that same place" says Benaquist.
The historical society still has a lot of planning and renovations to do for the Burder House before it is open to the public
Once it is open there will be many programs available for people to partake in.
In the end this project is about connecting your history
"We like to say find your place in history and its kind of like finding your place but its also about find out who you are and where you came from" says Swanson
" the historical society is not sure about when the Burder house will open but would like to see it open by the end of the 2018 calendar year.
Greyhounds Saved From Chinese Meat Trade by Local Adoption Center
KSC-TV Reporter
3-22-18
Rubble is one of the five dogs rescued from the Chinese meat trade. Fast Friends Greyhound Adoption Center in Swanzey brought Rubble and four other dogs all the way from Beijing. Fast Friend's Development Director Amy Roy says the rescue wouldn't have been possible without the organization's connections.
"Well our director Sharon Thomas has contacts around the world. She's very connected in the international rescue community. She got hooked up with this group in China and they recently had seen a lot of greyhounds and they were outreaching for different places to take the greyhounds,” Roy said.
Roy said the journey for these dogs was not easy. Just getting them here was one challenge, but getting them healthy again was another.
We had one of them ... she needs some surgery. She had a broken leg when they found her at the meat market. All the dogs were rescued from the meat trade. A few were taken right off the scales when they were being weighed for the value of their meat,” she said.
All of the dogs were held in quarantine after crossing into the New Hampshire border. Despite the brutal journey they had to overcome, these dogs are happy to be in the care of people who love them.
“They were downstairs for a week and a half and it was just the five of them. The first day they were all just really sleepy and just kind of catching up but once their cycles adjusted they were just super happy and excited. They've all been really friendly with people. For everything that they've gone through they are not afraid they are not shy they are just lovely dogs,” Roy said.
ACA Helps Graduating Seniors
3/22/18
KERRY KELLEY KSC-TV Reporter
At Keene State students have access to the academic and career advising center. The ACA helps students with their schedules, resumes, cover letters and much more. There are many advisors in the ACA who are always ready to help students.
Louise Ewing is an ACA adviser who tells us how the ACA helps students that are preparing to graduate and look for jobs. It's her job to help students connect what they've been studying in college with possible career choices.
"So for the career it's everything from if students don't know what they want to study or they love what they're studying but don't know. What to do with it we can talk about that. And then we can also help them figure out how they identify their worth and communicate that through resumes, cover letters, interviewing, networking with employers and alumni so really it’s the full range" said Ewing.
Kristin Brooks, a KSC alum said, "The career center here does a really great job of assisting seniors with that" Her advice to seniors is, "I would tell graduating seniors to take some time to really dedicate to their resume, making themselves marketable. It's really important to market the skills and all of the things you learned here at Keene State."
Once that resume is done, the career center has resources like Jobwise to help students find employers looking for talent. Stephanie Shoubash a KSC senior says Jobwise is a great tool for graduating seniors to use while job searching, "Jobwise, definitely jobwise because it is the best site to find part time work, full time work, internships everything there is".
For those wanting to have some extra help before graduating the Academic and Career Advising center is located in the Elliot Center. Students can go there and have their resume and cover letter looked at. They can also check out other resources such as jobwise and the internship fair here on campus.
Puppy Play School
KSC-TV Reporter
3-22-18
Stacey Fortin has a new best friend, Moxie.
Stacey wants Moxie to be well socialized and trained.
So, when the Monadnock Humane Society started Puppy Play School in August, Stacey jumped at the opportunity.
We were one of the first one's to enroll in puppy play school and it has been a blessing ever since,” said Fortin, Moxie’s pet owner.
Through this program, puppies learn many behavioral skills like sit, down, come, and potty training.
Bethany King has been working with the pups since the program first started.
“I really love getting the opportunity to socialize puppies, it's something that I take really seriously so I'm very aware of how I'm interacting with the puppies all day long,” said King, Boarding and daycare coordinator.
This program is an opportunity for puppies to become socialized with exposure to different people, objects, textures, and sounds.
It creates better pets AND better pet owners.
"The puppies that come from puppy play school tend to play better with other dogs and listen and know their basic commands because and we are reinforcing those with the families, they're learning how to manage the puppies,” said Linda Thompson, MHS Boarding and Daycare Manager.
Experts say Puppy Play School also reduces the odds an adopted dog will get returned to the shelter.
“The more you can socialize the puppies now in a positive way the more well rounded they're going to be so likelihood of having them be rehomed because of some behavioral problems like reactivity around other dogs or being overly fearful or shy really helps diminish that,” said King.
Moxie is now a graduate of the puppy play school, and her pet parent Stacey is thankful for what Moxie learned in training.
"The socialization, learning the cues when a dog doesn't want to play, when he does want to play, how do you engage, all of those started from the first week she was enrolled in puppy play school and that continues on now,” said Fortin.
If you are interested in enrolling your dog in puppy play school, call the Monadnock Humane Society boarding and daycare center at 603-352-9011.
Crafternoons at Keene State College.
KSC-TV Reporter
3-22-18
Crafternoons at Keene State help students distress during the school week.
Every Monday and Wednesday students have an opportunity to take a break and do arts and crafts. Printmaking, Knitting, Zentangle, Collage, and Oragami are a few of the craft projects students can do to unwind.
Hunter Kirschner, the Program Support assistant for LGBTQ Students, said that Crafternoons are for everyone on campus. “So the office of multicultural student support and success is for everyone, one of our huge parts of our mission is to build community across campus and across identity, Crafternoon isn't about any particular kind of folk...but mostly people who just want to come together and be creative. "
Crafternoons are held at the Office of Multicultural Student Support on the second floor of the Young Student Center.
Active Shooter Pecci
KSC-TV Reporter
3-27-18
In light of recent school shootings, students are wondering what procedures are being put in place at Keene State College.
Assistant Director of Campus Safety Leonard Crossman said students are safe at KSC.
"We have the policies and procedures in place... we have the working relationship with the Keene Police and we really have everything right now where we need to be," said Crossman.
If an active shooter were on campus, campus safety could alert students in several ways.
There are sirens to sound an alarm, and they can even be used as loud speakers for voice messages.
There's also the campus alert text system.
Campus safety can even lock buildings remotely to limit a shooters access.
Safety personnel say students should learn where the exits are in buildings they frequently visit.
They should also know to assess any situation and know whether to run, hide, or fight.
Despite KSC's procedures that have been put in place, some students still feel uncertain on campus.
“I think more presence on campus could make students feel safer, having campus safety, maybe just even the vehicles on Appian might make people more safe especially at night," said Taylor Brewitt, KSC junior.
"We'll always continue to you know... look at our practices and try and make them better but we have a good solid base," said Crossman.
Those who feel the need to report any suspicious behavior can visit Campus Safety's website at keene.edu/campus/safety. Again that's keene.edu/campus/safety.
If students are uncomfortable with reporting directly to campus safety... there is also a silent witness form that can be filled out.
Snow Day Busby
It starts on the phone with conference calls involving the University System of New Hampshire the department of Homeland Security.
That helps determine if the coming storm will have state wide impact.
we can get the best information available to make the best determination for our students and staff to ensure their safety" says Jeff Maher.
Next ... the information goes to the K-S-C physical plant.
Once the storm hits...physical plant employees spend much of their time removing snow and ice from all over campus
The best time to remove the snow from campus is between four and eight A-M due to less traffic on the campus.
Assistant Director of Physical Plant Bud Windsor says that this winter has been really difficult due to the changing temperatures
"gets warm and we get rain and then it gets super cold and we have ice and a snow storm is fairly easy compared to the cycles we've gone through lately" says Windsor
When classes are canceled the campus goes into curtailed operations.
Curtailed operations means that non essential buildings close while necessary buildings remain open
Buildings like the dining commons stay open while academic and career advising will stay closed.
"So its really about delivering service to our students. we are a residential campus so our students will continue to live and continue to thrive on campus so we have to provide services to them" says Maher"
Windsor also says students should wear the correct footwear to prevent slipping and injuries.
KSC Study Night
3-22-18
KSC-TV Reporter
The Keene State College library staff are helping students with their homework.
The Mason Library offers an event where students can come, get their work done, and have access to assistance if they need it.
KSC study nights are part of the Mason Library event series.
These study night events typically take place once a week.
"The purpose is to provide a semi-social study space, just a place where students can come and get together in one dedicated area, a dedicated time every week to get together either with a group to study, work on projects, or to get individual study” said Jennifer Ditkoff, Associate Professor at Keene State College.
The next study night will be held on Monday, March 19th at seven P.M. in room 104 of the Mason Library.
Hunger Study Patch
A student research project explored the connection between hunger and education. A Health Science student recently conducted this study.
She collected information from peer-reviewed articles, journals and statistics.
She found out that school children who go to school hungry are more likely to have many problems that prevent them from succeeding in school.
"Kids that were food insecure did preform not as well as their food secure peers and they had trouble with attendance, acting out, behavioral problems, overall just weren't able to succeed as well as their food secure peers,” said Julia Brida, Health Science student.
Brida says this study makes a case for universal free school lunches. She says removing a child's food insecurity and the stigma that can come with it opens the doors of opportunity for that child.
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How winter weather affects spring athletes
KSC-TV Reporter
3/1/18
Although winter is beginning to melt away, many spring athletes are still unable to get onto the fields and are, therefore, forced to hold most of their practices inside.
New Hampshire is well known for having long, severe winters; but Keene State College athletes are prepared to make due with whatever the weather throws at them. Baseball and softball, specifically, are affected by the snow but are able to use indoor facilities to prepare for the upcoming season.
Assistant Athletic Director in charge of Sports Information Abe Osheyack said the baseball and softball teams are able to utilize the Spaulding Gym for their practices when weather is bad. “Down in the recreational gym, on the rubber court, we have batting cages that are elevated so there's just a key that you plug into the wall, turn that and the cages come down, so that gives you space to practice hitting... And then they'll use the main arena, where we play basketball and volleyball games, when the bleachers are in, to be able to practice defense,” said Osheyack.
Although indoor options are available, the two teams have to share the facilities.
Head Baseball Coach Ken Howe said, “There's a lot of juggling that happens here. You know, for us, as a baseball team ‒ I know Carrah does the same thing with the softball team. We plan out our practices well in advance so we know who's coming in at what time and what time's available for the other team.”
Although having to practice inside may be inconvenient for the teams, some of the players appreciate being kept out of the cold so their bodies can stay ready for the season.
Member of the softball team Olivia Indorf pointed out the drawbacks of practicing outside in the cold. “It's so cold that anything we do hurts almost; so like swinging a bat, hitting a ball ‒ which is the basis of our whole sport ‒ kind of comes with discomfort. And then, obviously, being outside for long periods of time in the cold is really not fun.”
Winter weather may present drawbacks for the players, but all involved make the best of it in order to have a great season.
For more information about the spring season, visit the Keene State Athletics website at keeneowls.com.
New Hampshire introduces bill that will affect out of state college students
KSC-TV Reporter
3/1/18
A recent House Bill introduced this past January may make it harder for New Hampshire students to register to vote.
House Bill 372 is a bill designed to re-define the term ‘resident' for voters in New Hampshire.
The Concord Monitor reports the bill would require people wanting to vote in New Hampshire to establish residency here.
That means registering their cars in New Hampshire and getting a New Hampshire driver's license. Young Democrats say the bill was written to target them.
“Basically this bill acts as a deterrent for out of state students. Like say you're from Massachusetts and you have a Massachusetts license, you would have to register for a New Hampshire license which can cost up to $50. And then you also have to register your car or your vehicle to New Hampshire as well and that costs even more money. It's a rather obvious attempt at voter suppression” said John Kelleher, President of the Young Democrats Club on campus.
At Keene State College the bill's impact could be significant--48% of the college’s students are from out-of-state.
"If I’m a college student who doesn’t know if he’s going to be living here and now have added steps that make me have to live here and be registered here to vote, I might think against it. I might think why spend all this money to change myself over to here if I’m just going to be graduating in a year or such?” said Joseph Stallcop, a member of the Libertarian party and a State Representative of Cheshire District 4. Stallcop is also a student at Keene State College.
Slate reports that the bill has passed in both the House and the Senate, but it has not, and likely will not, get the governor’s signature.
Governor Chris Sununu posted a statement on his office website on January third saying he is opposed to HB 372 as it is currently written.
Republicans backing the bill say they are seeking to return public trust to the electoral process.
Democrats opposing the bill say it is an attempt to create a poll tax in New Hampshire.
Keene State College sheds light on retired snow melter
KSC-TV Reporter
3/1/18
When you get as much snow as we do ... you have to have a plan for getting rid of it. A few years ago ... the college tried an experiment with a purpose-built snow melting machine.
This is what remains of the snow melter. The college isn't using it anymore, so it was dismantled.
KSC Physical Plant Director Bud Winsor says that melter was not cost effective and required too much labor to keep using it.
"...so it turns out that, that it was an experiment that we tried to do in house and build it ourselves. It did work, to an certain extent, but it was one of those things that wasn't cost effective because of the price of fuel, and fuel got more expensive and, so we went back to trucking snow as we did before." said Bud Winsor, Assistant Director of the KSC Physical Plant.
The college has contracts with local companies to do that snow hauling since the melter was dismantled.
How Stonewall Farm cares for animals in the winter
KSC-TV Reporter
3/1/1
Winters are hard but they can be especially hard on animals
For the workers at Stonewall farm...winters can be difficult. The cold weather and snowfall bring a lot of challenges in taking care of the animals. The harsh weather makes simple task like getting water for the animals much more difficult. “We have heaters to keep their water from freezing so we want to make sure they have fresh water every day, and that waters not getting frozen for some reason the chickens have lamp to keep their water from freezing.” Said Amy Bright, Stonewall Farm’s Director of Education.
Luckily many of the animals enjoy the snow and are able to live happily in it without many issues, the cows at the farm even enjoy it
Most dairy breeds come from the Netherlands Holsteins in particular comes from the Netherlands, so there a lot more accumulated to colder weather so they are more comfortable in the barn. It is about 45 degrees there so we don't have to do quite as much.” Said Mayumi Marzolf, Dairy Barn Manager at Stonewall Farm.
For the workers here...more snow means more manual labor to keep the animals safe. Already this winter they have had livestock get injured by falling on the ice. “For the most part it's just clearing snow and ice away from the bard to keep things manageable." Said Marzolf.
Although the cold weather can be an issue...the staff here at Stonewall farm have found a system to Keep the animals warm, all winter long.
Open college series offers free classes to the community
KSC-TV Reporter
3/1/18
Keene State College now offers free lectures to the Keene community.
The new Open College Series at KSC invites community members to participate in a free, monthly presentation on campus.
The series was created by KSC history professor Nicholas Germana to build a bridge between campus and the community. "The idea, I first had the idea when we did the first teach-in on campus. And I've also thought for quite a while that you know, we faculty as scholars in particular someone like me a historian that we ought to speak more to a larger public,” Germana said.
The class takes place in Rhodes Hall every third Wednesday of the month at 6:30 in the evening.
Scholarship offers free college to low income students
KSC-TV Reporter
2/22/18
First-year students will have the chance to attend to Keene State for free starting this fall.
The Granite Guarantee will cover four-years of tuition for in-state students coming from low-income families.
The Granite Guarantee in the state of New Hampshire is a scholarship program.
It ensures that students from low-income households can attend any in-state school, tuition free.
After the University of New Hampshire adopted this scholarship program a year ago, Keene State is finally able to also offer it.
KSC wasn't able to offer it at the same time last year due to limited resources and already offering a discount on housing.
Starting this fall, Keene State is accessible to any first year student from a low-income family.
Interim President Melinda Treadwell said, “it’s a part of our mission we as a public institution should be making sure there's access and affordability to education, high quality education at Keene State."
Treadwell said she is excited about being able to now offer a liberal arts education to any New Hampshire resident.
Keeping in-state residents here is important to the college.
Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management Kemal Atkins said, “we are a public institution and we should certainly be doing all that we can to serve a larger population of students both in state and out of state but a particular commitment to in state students."
Even though all New Hampshire's residential campuses are now offering the Granite Guarantee, Keene State is the only one with a focused liberal arts mission.
Keene State is now calling this scholarship program, the Keene Promise.
"I think it opens the door and it says to our state, 'we're here for this state, we're here for the workforce future and it's important. It's what we should be doing,” Treadwell said.
Atkins said, "it's a proud moment to be able to continue to serve students of Keene State College, the community of Keene and certainly the state and the region.”
Treadwell says she plans to be able to offer this to anywhere from 50-80 students this fall.
If more students want to come to Keene State who are eligible, she plans to make that happen.
The college has been advertising this new scholarship program on all of their social media outlets recently.
The hope is that more students will come to Keene State now that it is more accessible.
Solar Panels on Campus
KSC- TV Reporter
2/22/18
Keene State College is working to make the campus more energy-efficient. One way to do that is adding solar panels. This may be the next place you see those panels.
Campus Ecology is working on plans to see if they can put solar panels on Oya Hill.
These proposed panels would help power the annual Solar Fest event and bring energy to campus year round.
"That's something that we believe would be really beneficial in terms of energy, we would potentially be giving that energy back to the college which is always a benefit," said Hannah Rettig, Campus Ecology President.
KSC already made some useful solar investment like these solar panels that went on the TDS center when it was built.
The Oya Hill panels could be in place by fall 2019.
Preventing the flu this season
KSC-TV Reporter
2/22/18
This year's flu outbreak is the worse it's been in years.
Students at Keene State College are taking multiple days off of school, which is reflected in their attendance grades.
Lindsey Heath is a double major in Mathematics and Elementary education.
She came to classes this semester excited to learn, but traveled home after her first week of classes to recover from the flu.
"It definitely put me behind a little bit. In Python, because you have to be there a lot, like working on the computer, programming and everything. So, doing it from home wasn't really helpful,” said Heath.
The Health and Wellness center has had numerous students like Lindsey come into their walk-in hours with symptoms of the flu.
Each student that walks into the center with the flu immediately gets excused from classes because the sickness is highly contagious.
"When you have the flu you usually feel like you've been hit by a truck. It usually comes on pretty quickly and you get high fevers. You get body aches. You get a cough, sore throat sometimes goes along with it. And the cough is hacking, it's a hacking cough. That can cause pain within the muscles because you cough so much,” said Deb Cotley, the Chief Medical Officer at the Health and Wellness Center.
According the health experts, to prevent the flu, students should make sure they wash their hands and don't share drinks.
The flu is passed through respiratory, so students should make sure they cough into their elbows and not their hands.
"Get your flu shot. And it's still not even too late. We don't have any, but Convenient MD and places around town are given them. And even though I said it's only 34% effective, there are other viruses causing the flu,” said Cotley.
To students who are concerned about contracting the flu, Lindsey says not to worry.
Even though it was hard for Lindsey to catch up with her classes, her professors helped her to get back on track.
"They emailed me a lot. Responded very quickly whenever I emailed them. Told me exactly what I needed to do. And they were very lenient too knowing I had the flu. If I needed to come in for extra help they told me I could do that,” said Heath.
The center for Health and Wellness urges you to stop in during their walk-in hours.
The Health and Wellness Center is located on the third floor of the Elliot Center. And, their walk in hours are Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
For more information about the Health and Wellness center, visit their page, www.keene.edu/office/chw
Prepping for a storm at KSC
KSC-TV Reporter
2/22/18
Keene State College is taking steps to be more environmentally conscience about snow removal. When a storm comes through Keene, it leaves a mess. You have to clear off the roads and walkways. One of the best ways to do that is to coat the affected areas in salt. But that comes with some negative consequences.
"It damages vegetation, it damages the ability for vegetation to get nutrients. It's corrosive and so that has a direct effect on our environment,” said Nora Traviss, KSC Environmental Studies Professor.
Keene State College is using a more environmentally friendly method that does not rely as much on salt. Before the snow, the college pretreats the grounds with a liquid. That liquid is a magnesium chloride product called Ice Ban.
"What that does, if you treat it from the bottom, is you're melting the ice from the bottom up, and it's a lot more efficient and it helps the plows work a lot quicker during the snow event,” Said Bud Winsor, Assistant Director of Physical Plant and Grounds at KSC.
But Winsor says you can't get rid of salt completely, it still has a place.
Experts say the effect salt has on the environment can only be measured by observing the area over time.
"You know if you have a really bad outcome you might know that quickly but if you have something that's going to take decades to build up to sufficient concentrations to cause a problem you're not gonna know that for decades,” Said Ned Pokras, KSC Meteorology Professor.
Once road salt damages the environment, it is essentially irreversible.
The college will have to continue to make a conscience effort to be as eco-friendly as possible.
The KSC grounds crew is aware that their work has an impact on the environment.
New prescription drop box at KPD
KSC-TV Reporter
2/22/18
There's a new tool to end the opioid epidemic. It's the prescription medication drop box.
This is one of those drop boxes located at the Keene Police Department. Anyone can dispose of old or unwanted medications as long as they are in their original containers or sealed plastic bags.
This provides a safe way for residents to remove medication from their homes. Experts say this can make a difference.
"I think having a drop box is an excellent idea because it allows people to deposit prescription medication that they are no longer using in a place where it can be disposed of appropriately and not fall into the hands of somebody who might misuse it" said John Finneran, Health Science professor
The medication drop box is located in the lobby of the police department and is open seven days a week.
Keene looks to improve crosswalk safety
KSC-TV Reporter
2/22/18
This is the gauntlet many Keene State Students have to run every day they come to campus.
"There are a lot of times where I find that cars don't stop for me."
"I've been involved in a couple close calls ... I know my housemates have too. There are cars stopping at literally the last possible second."
K-S-C Geography Professor Doctor Christopher Cusack recently led a study focusing on pedestrian safety here. The study revealed a majority of people walking here do not feel safe crossing the street.
"At least 60% of people have indicated that at least their own perception was that they've almost been hit. It is ... I think fortunate that we've only had one student be struck in the crosswalks there."
Now the City of Keene is interested in making this area safer. There's one good example of what could be done just around the corner.
The proposed improvements to Main Street's crosswalks would look a lot like the ones on Winchester Street. The project would raise traffic islands ... extend curbs ... and add flashing lights to indicate when someone is crossing the road." The Sentinel reports this project will cost nearly 200 thousand dollars ... but for many that's a small price to pay for a sense of safety.
"I'm optimistic that putting some money in would make it look appealing and have a nice design and also truly improve pedestrian safety."
As of now ... any improvements to Main Street would not begin until the 2023 fiscal year at the earliest.
4/25/17
Matt Dudley KSC-TV Reporter
Pumpkin Fest could be coming back to Keene in 2017. Let It Shine, the organization that hosted the festival before its demise submitted a proposal to the Keene City Council requesting permission to hold another festival this year.
The new proposed festival would be held on a much smaller scale than in years past. Let It Shine is placing a limit on the number of lit pumpkins at the festival this year. The festival itself will also be centered around the children of SAU 29. It is being billed as a family event where parents, teachers, and children all gather at the schools to carve pumpkins and then bring them downtown.
Let It Shine members believe that culture changes that have taken place at Keene State College will allow them to safely host another festival. Riots near the 2014 festival lead to the festival being rejected in 2015 and 2016.
April 18, 2017
KSC- TV
The Media Arts Center is home for Film Studies, Graphic Design, Communications and Journalism Multimedia Public Relations students. The Media Arts center is currently open on week days seven A-M to midnight and noon to midnight on the weekends. The Equinox reports students have started a petition asking for 24-hours access to the building. Associate professor of Graphic Design Randall Hoyt tells the paper he supports the idea. Once the goal reaches 200 signatures, the petition will be sent the Dean of Arts and Humanities.
Title: Petition To Keep MAC Open 24 Hours
Link: http://kscequinox.com/2017/04/keeping-the-doors-open-247/
April 13, 2017
Katherine Glosser KSC-TV Reporter
A new legislation was proposed in the New Hampshire Senate that could make it harder for people to obtain food stamps. The bill, Senate Bill 7, would make it harder for people to be eligible for food stamps. If the change is made, it could mean 17,000 families could lose food assistance and would have to turn to food pantries or public welfare offices. The bill was passed to make sure food stamps do not go into the wrong hands and get abused. Keene municipalities such as the Community Kitchen and The Keene Department of Health and Human Services Department have expressed their concerns about the bill and have met to discuss this matter.
Nick Tocco
KSC TV
Laura Briggs and her three children have spent many nights at the shelter, Hundred Nights.
Briggs and her family are just one of a growing number of families using the shelter. This past winter season, Hundred Nights saw an unprecedented number of children in need of shelter, among other needs the building, and it’s workers provide. In fact, the last two years in a row the shelter has served record numbers.
Executive Director of Hundred Nights, Melinda “Mindy” Cambiar said she needs more space at a more fiscally suitable rate. She is looking at a building at 32-34 Rear Washington Street next to the Southwestern N.H. District Fire Mutual Aid building.
The new building would offer 12 thousand square feet of space compared to the 33 hundred square feet the current location offers. With that much more room, Cambiar said the shelter could install a men’s women’s bathroom with a sink and shower in each. Hundred Nights currently has 26 beds. In the new space, Cambiar hopes to have four family room in addition to an estimation of 40 to 50 beds available guests. That's important to people like Laura who has a family. Briggs said she doesn't know what she would do without Hundred Nights
The Keene Sentinel reports some people living and working near where the shelter hopes to move do have concerns about the impact the shelter might have on their neighborhood. Cambiar said she hopes those people will attend the May first meeting so questions and concerns can be addressed.
For more information about Hundred Nights, visit www.hundrednightsinc.org
APRIL 11, 2017
SAVANNA BALKUN KSC-TV
One organization on Keene State campus is spreading the word about pediatric cancer. The Love Your Melon crew has dedicated selling apparel to students on campus to not only raise money for patients but also awareness. Love Your Melon is a national organization that started with selling beanies but they now sell a variety of accessories. Keene State is only one of the campus crews across the nation. The captain of the KSC crew is Olivia Teixeira. Teixeira said that cancer has personally affected her as her mother battled it. She added that she cannot imagine a child having cancer. KSC Love Your Melon secretary Kerry Kelley also has been impacted by cancer. She said her favorite part about being on the crew is getting to meet the patients or as she calls them, “super heroes.” Kelley said they’ve done different events for the patients such as dressing up for Halloween. They are currently planning another super hero day. To get in touch or check out upcoming events you can visit the KSC Love Your Melon Facebook page. KSC Love Your Melon occasionally sells merchandise at booths in the student center. However, if you would like to order a beanie or other apparel you can go on the national Love Your Melon webpage.
April 8th, 2017
Justin Mahan KSC-TV Reporter
A horse sanctuary in Winchester is giving whole new life to draft horses.
Draft Gratitude is a rescue facility that rescues draft horses and mules from being shipped out of the country to be slaughtered.
In the year 2015 alone there were over 130,000 draft horses shipped out of the United States to countries like Mexico, Japan and Canada to be slaughtered for human consumption.
The horses rescued come, mainly, from New York and Pennsylvania farming communities.
While there are many horse sanctuaries in the United States for many different horse breeds, there are few offered for draft horses due to their size.
Draft Gratitude founder Rebecca Roy said that it was extremely important for the sanctuary to be specifically for draft horses because of the minute amount of draft horse sanctuaries.
Draft Gratitude runs mainly on donations. A majority of their funding come from individual gifts. These donations help to provide food, shelter and medical care for the horses.
To donate you can visit their website at www.draftgratitude.com.
April 8, 2017
Emma Hamilton KSC-TV Reporter
The end of the semester is creeping up fast for KSC students. Between classes, homework, final exams and projects plus registering for classes and applying for scholarships, students are becoming stressed easily.
To help relieve some of that stress, Sigma Pi hosted an event called, “Sigma Puppies” for students to take a break from the stress in their lives.
Monadnock Human Society brought therapy dogs to the Madison Street Lounge for campus community members to pet and play with. Community Outreach Coordinator at Monadnock Humae Society, Amee Abel said they have been bringing dogs to campus for five to six years.
The event was apart of the Altruistic Campus Experience project that the fraternity is affiliated with. The project chairman Kyle Hastbacka said each year they put on an event that benefits the whole campus. He said they decided to bring therapy dogs to campus because everyone gets excited when they hear about the dogs.
March 30, 2017
Tim Smith KSC-TV Reporter
Despite losing the LEC championship to UMass Dartmouth, the KSC Owls got a bid into the NCAA tournament and pushed hard for the championship. They faced against Christopher Newport University in the Sweet Sixteen game. This was the second time they faced this team in this particular game in the NCAA, according to Head Coach Ryan Cain. They defeated Newport 68 to 64.
Their season hopes ended when they faced Babson College in the Elite Eight round. A close match throughout the entire game, the Babson College Beavers pulled ahead in the end to defeat the Owls 102 to 79. This defeat marked the end of 6 graduating player’s college career.
The team knows they will have to work to replace those 6 graduating players but they have high ambitions for the next season, just as they had this season. Their goals are to reach the Final Four game of the NCAA, and the championship as well. If they reach the Final Four next season, it will be the farthest they have risen in the NCAA.
March 30, 2017
Alyssa Salerno KSC-TV Reporter
Service dogs are not a common sight to see here on campus at Keene State College. For some students, however, the help of their service animal gets them through the day and allows them to be independent.
Living on campus for Mackenzie Donovan and her working dog Rue, has not been the easiest transition. Mackenzie said that people try to distract Rue every day despite the vest that the dog wears asking people to not interact with her. Mackenzie suffers from BCI, a chemical imbalance in her brain that causes her to be very anxious in groups of people, have hallucinations, and puts her at risk for having panic attacks. For this reason, Rue needs to have her complete attention on Mackenzie at all times. Just a moment of distraction could put Mackenzie at risk.
Mackenzie said the best way students could act around Rue and any other service animal is to not acknowledge their existence at all. They are the same as a piece of medical equipment, she said. Rue knows when her vest is on that it is time for her to work and is not to be interacted with. When the vest is off, Mackenzie said to always ask the owner of the dog if it's okay to pet them.
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March 30, 2017
ADAM URQUHART KSC-TV Reporter
Keene State College's newest club is a club with a purpose, activism.
They came together last semester to protest the DAPL. They just got chartered as new organization on campus by going through student government.
April 4, 2017
Samantha Pineau KSC-TV Reporter
Getting involved at Keene State College is easy for some, and overwhelming for others. For either group of people you may find yourself in, you have the opportunity to even make your own clubs.
However, due to budget cuts school wide, student assembly will not be funding new clubs for the remainder of 2017.
Last year, the lack of funds were foreseen, and so existing clubs received a little extra money before the freeze.
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April 4, 2017
Sami Smith KSC-TV Reporter
During the spring semester the weather in New Hampshire is unpredictable. Anything from snow, rain, hail and sun is possible at any time. This interrupts the schedules for spring sports. Cancellations and postponements are typical for lacrosse, baseball and softball.
Coaches and administration do the best they can to get the teams outside as early as possible. When the weather is uncontrollable practices are moved indoors. Teams use the Spaulding Gymnasium and recreation courts. Even though space is limited, it is better than having a break in their schedule.
The sports teams go to Florida during spring break to have definitive games and practices in their schedule. Otherwise, teams typically embrace the cold or whatever weather Mother Nature throws at them here in New Hampshire. The constant change in weather keeps the teams working hard and making the most out of what they do get for outdoor time.
Free dance lessons give incentive to help the homeless
March 28, 2017 By Dorothy England KSC-TV reporter The issue of homelessness is not a pleasant one. However, an upcoming event is geared towards having fun and raising funds. The annual April Fool’s Day dance hosted by the Hundred Nights Shelter in Keene is aiming to get money for the shelter and resources associated with it. This year the shelter is getting some additional help. Owner of the Grand Monadnock Ballroom Brendan McClure is offering free swing dancing classes to encourage people to go to the dance. These lessons are eight weeks long in preparation for the dance. The April Fool’s Day dance will be held on Saturday, April 1st where doors will open at 7:30 p.m. It will be held at the Keene Country Club. There will be a silent auction, cash bar and appetizers at the event. Snowmobile Trails in Keene
March 28, 2017 KSC TV REPORTER SAVANNA BALKUN Snowmobiling has been a New Hampshire winter pass time for decades now. However, many people around Keene are having to travel further and further north to enjoy snowmobiling. The local trails in Keene are not as in good condition as they once were. This is all a result of New England winters becoming warmer and warmer. The snowfall is not enough in Southern New Hampshire to maintain proper conditions for the trails. Snowmobiler from Fitzwilliam, Ron Guyette says the last good winter he remembers the trails were decent enough to ride was the winter of 2015. Guyette, an avid snowmobiler, has since made regular trips to Pittsburg, New Hampshire each winter just to enjoy riding. Many New Englanders like Guyette believe the winters are getting warmer due to global warming or climate change. However, Keene State Environmental Science Professor, Timothy Allen says it’s a result of the Polar Jet Stream. The Polar Jet Stream is a pattern that can cause winters in New England to either be extremely warm or extremely cold. Allen says when the current pushes waves from the southern front, it results in an unusually warm winter here and the opposite when waves come from the northern polar front. Allen says that we will not be able to tell if global warming is affecting New England for decades to come. TIP WHIP COMES TO KEENE
March 28, 2017 KSC-TV REPORTER NICK TOCCO Keene State College has become the first college outside of Maine to start using the student taxi service, Tip Whip. Tip Whip is a student run taxi service that is trying to change how Keene State College students get around town and is exclusive to students. The Tip Whip app is only accessible with a student email. Tip Whip also caters to college student’s budgets by only asking for tips for student drivers, and does not charge a normal cab fare. An essential part of Tip Whip is insuring safety for those who use the new taxi service. For students to become drivers, they must have a four-door car that can pass safety inspection, go through an interview process and sign a contract. The service has been in Keene now for three weeks and Jackson said so far it has operated with no problems. Tip Whip drivers might be friends or fellow classmates but they do have the right to deny service to anyone who behaves inappropriately after a night at the bar. Since beginning service nearly three weeks ago, no negative incidents have been reported https://www.facebook.com/tipwhip/ http://kscequinox.com/2017/02/tip-whip-comes-to-keene/ https://www.tipwhip.com/ Warm weather skiing comes early
March. 28, 2017 Emma Hamilton KSC-TV Reporter With the arrival of spring last week, it was finally the end to an up and down winter in New England. The up and down temperatures didn’t have too much of an affect on local ski areas. With the surprising high temperatures in February the snow started to melt quicker than usual this winter. Granite Gorge luckily gained a few benefits from the warmth. Sales Sports Director at Granite Gorge, Adam Kaufman said the mountain had a great school vacation week because the warm weather happened to fall on the same week. People were excited to be on the mountain skiing without freezing but the downfall was the snow did melt fast. The Southeast Regional Climate Center estimates this will go down as one of the ten warmest winters in New England. KSC student Todd Patnaude said climate change and global warming can be good for skiing because humid air is produced, which causes more snow but the fact that it is happening is sad. Click to set custom HTML
Open Education coming to Keene
March 28, 2017 Matt Dudley KSC-TV Reporter Open Education is a non-traditional style of learning that has been gaining ground on campuses across the country recently. This spring semester Keene State has been holding a “speaker series” where experts on Open Education have been coming to speak at KSC. The aspects of Open Education that have been most covered have been the ideas of Open Pedagogy (Open Ped), Open Access to Resources (OA), and Open Educational Resources (OER). The bottom line goals of these ideas are to increase student involvement in their education, allow the public to get involved in public learning, and make resources for learning more available to everyone. Open Ped involves giving the students more say in what and how they learn in the classroom. This seeks to lessen the distinction between professors and students and become more “co-learners” of information. Rather than learn a generic, broad study of a topic students can focus on areas that interest them specifically. Students are also involved in the class structure, assignments, and the grading policies. OER and OA involve scholarly journals that are available to students and the general public for free. They do not require a paid subscription. OER textbooks can replace expensive traditional textbooks and save students money. They also allow students to edit textbooks and mold them around information important to them and change them based on information the learned. The books become more interactive. Once a student is no longer a student at an institution they will be allowed access to these same journals to further learning after college. Farm to Family Buying Program Expands
March 9, 2017 Katherine Glosser KSC-TV Reporter Keene Housing expanded its buying program for organic and freshly grown fruits and vegetables.The buying program, Farm to Family, will now be at two different locations, the most recent one being at Central Square Terrace in downtown Keene. Central Square Terrace is a facility for elderly and/or disabled tenants. The elderly and disabled who are clients of Keene Housing can now have easier access and discounted prices that are EBT friendly. KEENE BECOMING A SANCTUARY from Sami Smith on Vimeo. Keene Becoming a Sanctuary
March 3, 2017 Sami Smith KSC-TV Reporter President Trump’s travel ban has caused many towns across the nation to declare as sanctuary cities. The purpose of this is to protect immigrants. Sanctuary cities limit their cooperation with federal immigration authorities and refuse to detain, pursue or report undocumented immigrants. New Hampshire is the only state in New England that does not have a sanctuary city. Earlier this year both Portsmouth and Durham had town meetings to discuss the topic. Both decided against the matter, due to the potential loss of government funding. This is the most prominent issue that towns face when deciding to declare as a sanctuary. Another issue is the matter of public safety. Some believe that sanctuary cities could be in danger, due to the fact they may be harboring criminals. Other studies show sanctuaries as safer. This is due to the good relationship between undocumented immigrants and law enforcement. There are about 300 sanctuary cities spread across the country. A total of 29 states contain at least one of those sanctuaries. Some states have even declared themselves as sanctuary states. The debate continues on as more and more cities discuss the option. |
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Date: March 21, 2017
Byline: Alyssa Salerno KSC-TV Reporter
The state of New Hampshire is offering additional safety services to anyone interested. Lt. David Walsh of the NH Fish and Game Department recommends the Hike Safe Card. A voluntary card that would help hikers in need of rescue pay for the costs associated with search and rescue teams.
Walsh said that the costs can often times be more than people are expecting up considering how many people are involved in search and rescue teams. He said, "All the officers that are available if we need ATV or snowmobiles this time of year. If we're going to be hiking. If it's a serious emergency or a medical situation get some EMTs going and hiking up the mountain." The costs should never discourage someone from calling in a search and rescue team if they need it though.
The state of New Hampshire is selling these cards for 25 dollars each at www.wildlife.state.nh.us. It is recommended for all people looking to enjoy a hike on New Hampshire's beautiful mountains.
March 21, 2017
Timothy Smith, KSC-TV
New England’s weather has always been odd and unpredictable. A New England winter can sometimes have little to no snow or it can also have up , to multiple feet of snow and snowstorms. This inconsistent weather patterns can prove a challenge when your job is to plan, budget, and prepare for snow removal.
Keene State College has seen several snow storms at the beginning of the semester, which has left snow piled up all around campus. It has also directly affected students and staff by cancelling classes and making it difficult to commute to and from and around campus.
Fortunately, KSC provides the Physical Plant Grounds Crew with the equipment they need to properly handle the snow fall around campus. According to Assistant Director of Physical Plant Bud Winsor, KSC provides them with what they need to get the job done, including a new large digger to assist removing the snow piles from campus and campus parking lots. Winsor says that the Physical Plant does not have to cut back in terms of supplies like salt if there is a severe winter storm.
Students and faculty are still affected by the snow, even with the job done by the Physical Plant. KSC has an emergency notification system available on mobile phones. This emergency notification system updates those who are signed up by sending messages directly to their phones about cancellations and closings on campus.
March 21, 2017
Samantha Pineau, KSC-TV
The men’s basketball team has had another successful season. They finished the season 22-10 overall, and 10-4 in conference play. They also made it to the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA playoffs for the second year in a row, and took it to the next level by making it to the Elite Eight.
Matt Ozzella, senior Guard and Forward, finished his career as an Owl in the 1,000 point club. This season, he became just the 35th Owl to score one-thousand points. In addition, he has also become the fifth player in school history to score over 1,200 points and retrieve 700 rebounds in his career.
March 3, 2017
Dorothy England KSC-TV reporter
There has been concern lately over the increasing empty storefronts on Main Street in Keene, New Hampshire. While some community members feel that the sidewalks of Main have plenty of restaurants to attract customers, others feel more retail would be beneficial. One of these folks is an owner of a retail store himself. Ted McGreer who owns Ted’s Shoe and Sports said he’s noticed not having a surplus of retail hurts the Main Street location.
March. 2, 2017
Emma Hamilton KSC-TV Reporter
The privacy of all students will now be protected by the recent adoption of the transgender policy in all schools within the Keene School District.
The policy makes it possible for students to use the restroom, locker room and play on the sports teams based on the gender they identify as. Keene high students are excited about the policy.
2016 Keene high alumn Jenna Hall came out as a transgender woman at the end of her senior year. Though the policy came too late for her, she is excited it is happening so students feel more comfortable coming out.
Chair of Keene Board of Education Ed Murdough said the board has gotten nothing but positive feedback since deciding to bring the policy to the schools. He said having this policy is a positive step in the right direction.
MARCH 6, 2017
SAVANNA BALKUN KSC-TV REPORTER
A Keene State Architect and Design professor has recently been elected as Keene’s newest city councilor. Professor Bartlomiej “Bart” Sapeta is taking former councilor and Keene State Vice President of Finance and Planning, Jay Khan’s place.
Sapeta was the former co-chairman of the college city commission. Mayor of Keene Kendall Lane said much of the reason Sapeta won out of 13 candidates, is his position as co-chairman and his familiarity with many people in the city as well as the city’s issues.
Serving as co-chairman also puts him in a position of familiarity with the issues between the community of Keene and Keene State College ever since the Pumpkin Fest in 2014. Sapeta said that repairing this relationship between the two is vital. He added that both sides are very important to the Keene Community and it is a two way street.
However, Sapeta, Lane and the rest of the council are concerned with all issues in the community. “I'm very excited for this opportunity. I'm looking forward to listen to the residents of Keene and I'm looking forward to be more open and observing to happenings in Keene and I'm looking forward to working with the councilors,” Sapeta said.
March 3, 2017
Nick Tocco KSC-TV Reporter
There's good news in Keene when it comes to the job market. The City of Keene and the rest of Cheshire County has hit a substantial low for unemployment. By the end of 2016 the state of New Hampshire had an unemployment rate of two-point-five percent, while Cheshire County ended the year at two-point-four percent.
In comparison, this puts Cheshire County two-point-five percent below the national average of four-point-nine. Cheshire County's current workforce is 41 thousand people, with over 40 thousand of them being employed. That looks like a stable number but there is some seasonal fluctuation.
New Hampshire Employment Security Administrator Bruce DeMay says the flow of college students into the workforce can change the numbers. Since students who struggle finding work at first are marked as unemployed, the adjustment is to provide new and accurate statistics for when those students find jobs. Older workers leaving the workforce also need to be accounted for.
Keene's future may be in keeping younger workers here and attracting businesses to capitalize on that work force. Being a part of that workforce could mean more opportunities for college graduates.
March 3, 2017
Matt Dudley KSC-TV Reporter
The Jewish congregation of Cheshire County, Ahavas Achim is celebrating it’s hundred-year anniversary this year. To commemorate this historical occasion the Cheshire Historical Society is hosting an exhibit called “From Peddlers to Shopkeepers: A History of the Jewish Community in Cheshire County."
Founded in 1917 the congregation began as a loose group of Jewish families meeting at member’s homes for services. Many of the early Jews were street peddlers and as their businesses grew they began opening small businesses and contributed greatly to Keene’s finical growth.
Over the next century Jewish members from Keene became more involved in community building. As their numbers grew they began looking for a permanent residence and in 1973 they constructed a synagogue just outside of downtown Keene.
Even though numbers have stayed fairly stagnant, the current members are a very tight nit group. This celebration is to commemorate past and present generations and all they accomplished in leaving a lasting handprint on the history western New Hampshire.
Winter Fitness Tips
Joe Cortese KSC-TV Sports Reporter
December 1st, 2016
Only problem with this is distractions cause a change in workout routines for student athletes and other frequent gym members.
Some heavy lifters go back to their own gyms while others get out of their daily workouts and slow down progress.
The difficulty of keeping on schedule with the holidays and delicious food can kill a students progress throughout the semester.
Keeping up with it can be easier than you think.
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November, 22 2016
Savanna Balkun KSC TV
The women’s basketball team had an exciting as well as rewarding season opener on November 15th. They took on Westfield State and won 78 to 74. The game went back and forth between Keene and Westfield as both fought hard to come out on top. Keene won in the last minute of the game with a three-pointer hit by Sandi Purcell. Keene State’s Coach Boucher said Westfield was a challenging season opener to prepare for because they’re tough and unique. Boucher said he also took many chances playing freshman in their first college basketball game. He said many had a “deer in the headlights look.” However, Freshman Guard Jasmin Mitchell had significant playing time in helping her team get the win. Meanwhile, she didn’t do it alone. Junior Lydia Vital said the key to winning this game was to lean on each other and that’s exactly what the Keene State Owls did. Boucher said that despite the win, the women will have lots to practice on, especially ball faking. Since the opener, Keene State has loss to Tufts in the Skidmore Tournament, but won to Endicott in the same tournament. They will now take on Endicott again at home, five o’clock tonight, November 22nd.
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11-21-16
Justin Mahan KSC-TV Reporter
Concussions are a serious concern in sports with almost all of them carrying some sort of risk.
That means that every athletic department and training staff must know how to treat concussions.
But what are concussions?
“Basically what occurs is your brain inside your head gets shaken up due to getting hit or falling and just shaking your head, your brain gets shaken up,” said Head Athletic Trainer Bob Merrow. “What we know is there’s actually an injury to the brain, and the tough part is you can’t see it.”
Some common symptoms for concussions include feeling neck or head pain, balance loss, nausea, blurred vision and sensitivity to light.
To prevent these injuries Keene State Athletics has a concussion protocol.
Before the season the athlete is given a test to determine their baseline health. Included in this test is a reading exam, to record brain functionality and eye movement, as well as a symptoms and balance test.
After the initial diagnosis the athlete is sidelined for approximately one week. This is a scary experience for players.
“The first thing I was thinking was I don’t want to have a concussion, I don’t want to have a concussion and I even said it,” said KSC Field Hockey Defender Casi Smith. “I already had one before and it was my freshman year of college field hockey and, who wants a concussion their first semester playing their favorite sport in college. It’s a whole new thing in college, it was hard.”
With the protocol, coaches and players have high praises for the system in place.
“We follow what they tell us to do, we do exactly what we’re told,” said KSC Men’s Soccer Head Coach Rick Scott. “It’s their job, their much better at it than we are. They’ll make a much better decision because of their position and knowledge than we will.”
“Here my focus was my concussion,” said Smith. “And I could go to the trainer and immediately that day or any day any time and someone there would be able to talk to me, help me do something and it was kept within the school. They were able to pretty much do everything for me, the testing everyday or weekly. They were keeping watch on my all the time.”
Basketball season starts November 15th for Keene State College and the Men’s basketball team is looking to have another great year. The team comes in to their 2016 campaign as back-to-back Little East Conference (LEC) champions and had one of their best seasons ever last season making it to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.
This year, Keene State is looking to go even further in the tournament. The Owls return ten players from last years season including five seniors led by first team all-conference player Matt Ozzella, as well as Lucas Hammel, Jeff Lunn and Jaquel Edwards. Junior guard Dizel Wright is back after missing most of last season with a torn ACL and all-rookie team player and Sophomore Ty Nichols will make big impacts as well this season. Freshman that will get playing time are Damonte Turner, Deonte Vinson and Jake Collagan.
Keene State comes into this season ranked number 19 in the country in the D3Hoops.com preseason poll, but are picked second in the LEC preseason poll. The Owls will start their season against Southern Vermont, who also made the NCAA Tournament last season.
Nocember 15th, 2016
Samantha Pineau, KSC-TV Reporter
Keene State College kicked off the winter sports season at Hootie's Nocturnal Knockout. It is a spin-off of Midnight Madness, and hasn't taken place at the college since 2009. The event took place in the Spaulding Gymnasium and was also live streamed for viewers at home. Those in attendance got a glimpse of the 2016 Owl rosters, and won lots of free prizes.
All the coaches also got involved as they introduced each athlete, and thanked the crowd for attendance. The first home games of the winter season will kick-off tonight in the Spaulding Gymnasium. The Women's Basketball team will take the court first at 5:30pm, and the Men's Basketball team will follow at 7:30pm.
11/3/16
Justin Mahan KSC-TV Reporter
The Keene State Field Hockey team is headed to the Little East Conference Championship for the fourth year in a row.
The trip occurs after an impressive comeback win over Plymouth State University in the Semifinal matchup.
Even though this is the fourth straight time the team has been in this position there are still nerves about the game.
“Really scary, I will tell you that,” said KSC Field Hockey goalie Gwendolyn Thayer. “I’m really nervous about everything but I know we’ll be able to make it through and everything.”
For many of the players this is their first time going to a championship game. But for one first year player, this is nothing new.
“I’m a bit used to it. I’ve won three state championships in High School, but it’s a little different,” said First Year forward Jensyn Dandeneau. “Nerve racking I would definitely say. I was not playing my top game tonight but my team came through.”
Amidst all the excitement and the challenges the team faced to get to the championship game, Head Coach Amy Watson said that she’s ready for the upcoming challenge.
“We try not to overthink it too much,” said coach Watson. “We spend a lot of time at practice going through reps, going through what we do over and over again. And I think we just have to remind them that this is just an opportunity to execute what we've been practicing all year long.”
The Championship game will be played at the Owl Athletic Complex on Saturday, Nov. 5 at two o’clock.
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Nocember 1st, 2016
Joe Cortese, KSC-TV Reporter
The Monadnock High School Football team is on their way to a perfect season. With only one game remaining this team has dominated both sides of the ball in every aspect. Ranked at 4th in New Hampshire the Huskies have put up 290 points against their opponents this season and their defense has only allowed 25 points.
With only one game left this season against Stevens High School Friday at 6 p.m., the huskies look to have a perfect season for only the second time in 55 years. The seniors have been playing together since they were young and have a chemistry like no other.
The Huskies will be looking at a number one seed if they pull off the win against Stevens and are setting their eyes on a championship season.
November 1, 2016
Samantha Pineau, KSC-TV Reporter
Last week the Owls celebrated their senior-day win, at home versus UMASS Dartmouth. Sierra Trzepacz, Danny Warhall and Brittany Tolla are the three senior captains for the Owls, and have led their team to an overall record of 14-5 and a conference record of 6-1.
Although these three captains were silenced during this game, their teammates were not. Trzepaacz recalls wanting to get every Owl on the field that day, and they did. Of those who made it on the field, Taylor Farland netted two goals, while Quinn Dorogi and Katie Silegy each netted one a piece, for a 4-0 win.
Currently, the Owls are on a six game winning streak and are also undefeated at home. They look to extend these records on November 3rd at 6pm, where they will take the field for the Little East Conference semi-finals.
Their goal for the remainder of the season is to win the LEC tournament, and move onto the NCAA tournament.
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October 13, 2016
Mike Miezejeski, KSC-TV Reporter
After having memorable careers for the Keene State basketball teams, Nate Stitchell and Kelsey Cognetta will be staying with their programs and turn their attention to being assistant coaches for their teams.
Cognetta was a two time All Little East Conference (LEC) selection and led her team to an Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) championship her senior year. Stitchell was named to the All LEC defensive team his senior year and led his team to back-to-back LEC championships and the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament his senior year.
Now, both of them are going to lead their teams from the sidelines and hope to build off their teams’ successes from last season. They both said that they are glad to be able to stay with their programs and both of their coaches say that having a former player added to the coaching staff is a great benefit to the team.
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10-25-16
Justin Mahan KSC-TV Reporter
Keene State Athletics has a new leader, and her name is Doctor Kristene Kelly.
Doctor Kelly comes to KSC from St. Augustine’s University in North Carolina after spending seven years as their Associate Athletic Director.
In her short time in Keene she has already made a large presence around Athletics, making an appearance at almost every sporting event. With that strong presence she is very active on social media, posting on Instagram with almost every sport.
One of her main goals as director is maintenance of facilities. One of her main goals with that is the construction of a track and field facility. “Track and field has six programs ... mens and women's cross country and mens and women's indoor and outdoor track and field but they have nowhere to compete or practice. So that would be one of my goals to construct that facility for them," said Doctor Kelly.
Some of the other facility updates include a renovation of the turf field and some updates to the press box at the baseball and softball fields.
Doctor Kelly also wants to help lead the teams to win some national championships.
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October 25 , 2016
Savanna Balkun KSC-TV Reporter
Taylor Farland is only a Junior on the Keene State Women’s Soccer Team, yet she is a key player to this season’s and seasons in the past success.
Farland is a forward and has started all games this season as well as every game of her sophomore year season. Head Coach Denise Lyons said Farland is one of the leaders on the team and many of her teammates look up to her. However, as her soccer career, that Farland said started from the time she could walk, progresses, other teams, coaches and players have their eyes on her. Lyons said she has seen recently that many other teams see scout reports on Farland and for that reason she is often double marked, making it more of a challenge for Farland. Although, she said Farland has lots of great techniques, being double marked gives her less room to be creative on the field.
With a 12 to 5 record and a 4 game winning streak right now, teams have their eyes on not only Farland but the whole Women’s Soccer Team. Last year, the Owls lost in the LEC Championship with 9 seconds left. Winning the championship is something that Farland said is on her mind. One of the most important goals for her this season is for her and her team to grab ahold of the LEC Championship title.
So far Farland has been honored by the LEC, named KSC Athlete of the week and is tied for second place in the LEC for scoring points. The team has two regular season games left in the season.
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October 17th, 2016
JOE CORTESE KSC-TV Reporter
Keene State’s Shelby Iava is on the road back to return to diving after two years, she was sidelined her sophomore year due to an injury in her lower back.
The tear in her lower lumbar kept her out indefinitely until the doctors cleared her for any physical activity. After the diagnostic of the injury Iava worked through months of physical therapy and treatment to try and fix the torn ligament.
The struggle of getting back has been a difficult process but to overcome the fear of getting back was one of the biggest factors. Mentally getting back into a sport after such a long period of time was without a doubt the toughest part for her return.
After the physical therapy was over Iava has returned to the pool in order to get back on top of her goals. Baby steps have been taken in order to get her back to her full potential. With the season around the corner Iava looks to compete as soon as possible after months of waiting.
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October 18, 2016 Samantha Pineau, KSC-TV Reporter The Keene State Women’s Soccer team walked onto the field at the start of the 2016 season without their furthest back defender, Jenn Wilson. Unknown to the Owls, the sweeper position would soon be filled by Nicole de Almeida. De Almeida is a first year student out of Nashua, New Hampshire. The 5’7” defender relies heavily on her speed to prevent the opposing team from scoring. She is also the only rookie on the 2016 roster to start in every game. The Owls open up a three game home stand at Owl Athletic Complex on Wednesday, Oct 19th at 6pm against Bridgewater State. Katie Cunningham final from Mike Miezejeski on Vimeo. Keene State Volleyball finds a new setter
October 18, 2016 Mike Miezejeski, KSC-TV Reporter The Keene State Volleyball team found themselves without a setter at the beginning of the season. They turned to a player who had never played the position and who was coming off a year where she did not play the previous season. Katie Cunningham has taken a non-traditional path in her college career. She came into her freshman season as an attacker and was a standout offensive player for the Owls. After taking last season off for personal reasons she is now back in the court as the teams newest setter, a position that she has never played. Cunningham is taking it all in stride and has put her team in a great position for a top three seed in the Little East Conference Tournament. She also ranks fourth in the LEC in assists per set and she is one of the main reasons why her team is successful. Cunningham and the team have their focus set on the LEC championship and are getting better as a group on the court every day. SSmith_GRAF'S STELLAR SEASON from Sami Smith on Vimeo. Graf’s Stellar Season
April 28, 2016 Sami Smith KSC-TV Reporter Taylor Graf is a junior Midfielder on the Women’s Lacrosse team who transferred to Keene just last year after spending her freshman year at Southern New Hampshire University. Graf’s coach, teammates, and even she described herself as a play-maker; she even has the statistics to back that up. This season Graf has gone above and beyond all expectations, now ranked number one in the nation for total assists (50). Graf leads the Owls with a total of 63 points overall this season. Even with all the national recognition, Graf stays humble and said her success is great, but she is happy that Keene is getting the recognition. Coach Arsenault said that Graf’s attitude and personality is a great addition to the team and that she helps with keeping everyone upbeat. With just one regular season game left and playoffs starting next week, Graf has the chance to add even more success to her season. Graf is just shy of breaking Keene’s existing record of total assists in a season, which is 60. |
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April 21, 2016 Newscast
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Film Festival
April 26, 2016 Tyler Mailloux KSC-TV Reporter Keene hosted the fourth annual Monadnock International Film Festival two weekends ago. The Colonial Theatre showcased a series of eleven feature-length films and 13 short films during its weekend run. The three-day event was kicked off Thursday night the 14th at seven p.m. with the screening of Born to Be Blue starring Ethan Hawke. Hawke portrays the late jazz musician Chet Baker and his turbulent life of success and drug use. Friday started early with the first screening beginning at 9:15 a.m. Several features played throughout the day followed by Q-&-A's with their respective cast and crews. The first section of short films also showed followed by a Directors and Actors Panel mid-day. Friday concluded with Heart of a Dog, a meditative documentary on love, loss, and death. Saturday morning began with another string of feature films. The afternoon was tipped off with a documentaries panel and the second section of short films. According to the festival's website, the mission of the festival is to bring together great independent films that raise social awareness. The films screened shed light on social and global issues like Syria, drug addiction, immigration, mental disease, and animal abuse. KSC Senior Matt Bilodeau reinforced this by saying, “What I see here is what I rarely see outside of here like the stuff you see here you'll be lucky to find in a mainstream theater somewhere else so it's a great experience getting to see them all in one weekend." Like any film festival, there are awards given out to various films and filmmakers. The most prestigious award of this festival according to the Keene Sentinel is the Jonathan Daniels Award. The award celebrates the fusion of great artistic merit and social awareness, according to the festival's website. This year the award went to director Brian Oakes for his documentary film Jim: The James Foley Story. New Hampshire native James Foley was a freelance photojournalist and friend of the director who was captured and killed by ISIS in Syria in 2014. The film was compromised of interviews with friends ... family ... and colleagues who remembered and honored Foley's life and dedication. To learn more about the festival or to get involved visit the festival’s website at moniff.org. Keene Water Testing
April 26, 2016 Joe Geis KSC-TV Reporter For many, getting your hands on safe drinking water can be as easy as buying it bottled at the store or taking it straight from the tap. Both seem harmless, and they should be. But as citizens of Flint, Michigan learned more than a year ago, your tap water may not be as safe as you think it is. Following a tremendous public backlash, legal hearings, and cries for someone to be held accountable, the Flint Water Study came back with results far above what is allowed by the federal government. The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) states lead concentration levels are not to exceed 15 parts per billion, or PPB. But 40 percent of Flint residences registered over 20 parts per billion. Two senior Keene State College (KSC) chemistry students decided to put Keene's water to the test. Senior Stephen Doherty said their attention shifted early in the process. "We were told by a local analytical chemist that the water was all municipal and basic, so there won't be lead here," said Doherty. The pair tested five locations in Keene that rely on municipal water, all found to be at safe basic pH levels. If the water is more acidic, the pipes below have the potential to leech lead from the pipes into the water running through it. So they turned their focus to well water systems in the surrounding Keene communities. Senior Zac Shalit said, "That was sort of what our study was based off of, that people on these well systems may not control the pH of their water or maybe not know the pH of their water, and you get water that is more acidic and has the chance lead can leech into your pipes." Fifteen samples were gathered from volunteers in the Monadnock region and four registered over 20 PPB and one as high as 29 PPB, more than twice the EPA limit. One family was aware of the problem and have been using multiple filtration systems for their water as a result. The two say they plan on sending letters to the remaining residences informing them they their water need treatment. |
Keith Simpson
April 26, 2016 Shelby Iava KSC-TV Reporter Keith Simpson has been playing baseball ever since he could pick up a glove. Since the age of three, he has yet to stop playing the game. With his baseball career nearing the end, Simpson is enjoying the time he has left with the Keene State baseball team. Simpson, like many other children had been introduced to baseball when he was young. Simpson said, "When I was really young my dad and my mother ... always, I mean they bought me my first glove, they bought me a ball, my brothers play. My brothers always played so I've looked up to them and I guess it just took off from there.” Simpson pitches currently, but it wasn't always that way. “I used to play outfield and first base and I caught in high school believe it or not, but it would never happen at the college level. You can never have a lefty catcher. Now I'm solely a pitcher. I don't get to hit anymore but I don't really miss it. I miss playing defense. I could never really hit a baseball but I can throw one, block one but that's about it," Simpson said. Simpson has worked very hard over the past four years at Keene State and his hard work has not gone unnoticed. Assistant Coach Christos Lekkas has noticed his hard work. "Keith is a great leader, one of the captains on the team, he has a great work ethic, and he leads by example. Great leader vocally, he always gets guys ready for practice, gets them worked up and motivated for games, pregame rituals,” Lekkas said. Simpson said he doesn’t want to stop playing the game, but then end is in sight. “It’s terrifying ... I don't want to stop playing baseball but ... I guess at some point it’s got to come to an end and I guess that time is coming pretty soon,” Simpson said. Kingsbury Corporation Closes
April 26, 2016 Alexandra Enayat KSC-TV Reporter The last piece of the Kingsbury Corporation’s last engineering shop closed its doors at the airport business park. The Kingsbury Corporation originated as a toy company, using cast iron and sheet metal to make toy planes and automobiles to ship all over the world. This led the company into the machine and tool manufacturing industry creating parts for real-life planes and automobiles. The company successfully ran in Keene for over one hundred years, employing over one thousand people at one point. The Executive Director of the Cheshire Historical Society Alan Rumrill described the Kingsbury family as a supporting factor to the community. He explained the Kingsbury Corp. assisted getting the city into the high-tech industry of the innovative manufacturing production. The Kingsbury Corp. was bought by Optimation Technology Inc. of Rush, N.Y., in 2012 and the six employees who worked at the North Swanzey location will still be working for the company at home. Holocaust Memoir
April 26, 2016 Heather O’Brien KSC-TV Reporter Graduating Keene State senior Autumn Minery and University of Southern Maine student and co-author Bryer Sousa have been working together to create a memoir about Holocaust survivor Max Slabotzky. Slabotzky was eleven years old when he entered the first of three concentration camps. He is now traveling in efforts to share his story with others. Sousa listened to Slabotzky’s story when he spoke in Maine; this is where he decided that this was a story he wanted to tell. Sousa knew that the use of memoir was lacking from his story. When the two co-authors met, it occurred that Minery specialized in memoir and creative non-fiction writing. Chair of the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Department Paul Vincent says that the story of any survivor is precious. The co-authors hope to have their story ready to send to publishers by the fall. |
April 14, 2016 Newscast
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Academic Excellence Conference
April 20th, 2016 Ieysha Williams KSC-TV Reporter This past weekend Keene State held its annual Academic Excellence Conference here on campus. This event brings together student scholars and their families, faculty and staff mentors, other members of the KSC community, area legislators, university trustees, and members of the Keene community in celebration of academic research and other forms of scholarship. For the first time KSC freshmen were able to submit proposals in order to present their research from their ITW classes. First year student Gabrielle Cianciolo says that by presenting in the AEC “it helped me learn how to do a research project from the beginning and follow it through to the end”. The Senior Project Conference in the Department of Communication and Philosophy will be on Monday May 2nd, at the MAC and is open to the public. Student presenters are encouraged to invite family and friends to attend. |
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April 19, 2016 Sami Smith KSC-TV Reporter Universities throughout the nation have voluntarily increased their minimum wages, while many more have plans to do so. As of right now, KSC is not planning on increasing wages anytime soon. KSC Associate Director of Financial Aid, Deb Nichols explained that the wages are set based on a grant given to the college by the Federal Government. That grant has not increased in over twenty years, meaning it is unlikely the school will see a change in wages. This year the New Hampshire House and Senate have already killed several bills to increase minimum wage. Back in 2011 the New Hampshire State legislature passed a bill that matches the state minimum wage to federal minimum wage. The minimum wage in New Hampshire has been set at $7.25 for about a decade. Students on campus believe that a higher minimum wage would be more beneficial. Between homework, paying loans and bills, and low paying jobs students feel stress. According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, workers must work 108 hours per week to afford a standard two bedroom apartment. So, of course higher wages would be more than helpful. On the other hand, increasing the minimum wage could result in a loss of 500,000 jobs nationally. Of course there are pros and cons to every situation, but for now KSC will keep the minimum wage right where it is. |
April 7, 2016 Newscast
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Deflategate One Year Later
April 12, 2016 Heather O’Brien KSC-TV Reporter UNH Professor of Law Michael McCann visited Keene State College and discussed multiple aspects of the Deflategate. As the legal analyst for Sports Illustrated, McCann has written about the Deflategate and related issues. McCann teaches multiples courses at the school of law including a class on the Deflategate. The timeline of events was analyzed including his thoughts on how the controversy alters legacies of the commissioner and the Patriots head quarterback Tom Brady. McCann says that he doesn’t think that football gets affected by controversy because the ratings are constantly rising. Aroma Joe's is closing.
Date April 20, 2016 Savannah Hobbs KSC-TV Reporter Aroma Joe's is moving from the Keene location. They state that they are not making enough profit to remain open at the location. The cafe is moving to Kittery, Maine, until a location with a drive through and better parking becomes available in Keene. The space where Aroma Joe's was is already claimed. It will become an extension of D's Deli. The owner hopes it will boost business with the location so close to campus. The new deli already has staff, a deal between Aroma Joe's owner and the new owner was to keep the staff on, so students don't loose their jobs. |
April 6, 2016
Katherine Glosser KSC-TV Reporter It is that time of the year again! Keene State students are preparing for summer internships. Applications are being filled out by many students in an effort to secure a position. There are many different ways to successfully land an internship and have an overall positive experience. One of the ways you can secure a spot is to apply for the internship early. Networking will also help you get your foot in the door. Other ways you can successfully land one is in this clip. |
March 31, 2016 Newscast
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April 4, 2016
Ieysha Williams KSC-TV Reporter Spring means two things, graduation and job searching for seniors….and class registration for everyone else. According to the Keene State Registrar's Website “all matriculated students in good financial standing, and in compliance with the Declaration of Major policy are eligible to register online. Registration is accessed using your MyKSC account from a computer with the necessary internet access”. Some classes are more popular than others and can fill up with record speed. Which has caused some issues with upperclassmen who have a late registration time and the availability of classes. Within the past five years Keene State made a change to the registration order. Registrar Tom Richard says that the reason was because a good amount of juniors and seniors would register for the easy 100 level courses and freshman were unable to get into the intro classes that they needed. 400 Years of WIlliam Shakespeare
April 5, 2016 Alexandra Enayat KSC-TV Reporter 2016 marked the four hundredth anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. Keene State College has planned several events on campus to celebrate the literary genius such as poetry readings, exhibitions and seminars throughout the spring semester. Students as well as faculty at KSC attended the Shakespearean events as they visually further learning outside of the basic classroom experience. There was a screening of Romeo and Juliet, Maqbool - a remake of Macbeth and a presentation of the story of the first Renaissance play texts. English Professor Dr. Brinda Charry described the great bard as a cultural symbol or icon, who has achieved such a high status because of his work. Love, vengeance, betrayal and loyalty are some of Shakespeare themes that are still relevant four hundred years later. _The fun isn’t over, there will be a Grayson Lecture in Shakespeare Studies, a Shakespeare Studies Seminar and a Keene State College Medieval and Renaissance Forum throughout the month of April. |
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April 5, 2016 Connor Smith KSC-TV Reporter Now that spring is here beach season is around the corner. The new workout that has Keene Community members excited is called pound. The Health and Wellness Coordinator at the Keene YMCA, Stacy Wilbur, said the class is a stress reliving rhythmic workout. "It’s based off like a jamming cardio session where you can go in and feel the music and get your aggressions out. It’s really about all the different components of fitness.” Advertising around the community has brought new members to the YMCA, Wilbur says that the new class will spark the YMCA community members to become closer. "It's going to help with connecting our members better. It helps with the fitness in not feeling like you're working out and having fun." With this class growing in popularity, Wilbur says that since she is the only POUND expert there will be more to come. "I am the only POUND instructor here at the Y. I have two other instructors going in April to get POUND certified. So I'm hoping to have at least three of us." As of right now Wilbur is teaching the class twice a week right here at Y ... however Wilbur says that could change if more community members show interest in the class. March 31, 2016
Savannah Hobbs KSC-TV Reporter New bar proposed at 141 Winchester Street Keene may have a new bar across from Campus. The proposed 80 seat bar would go in behind Aroma Joe’s, across from the Mills. The issue is parking. There are only seven parking spaces for the entire building. Businesses in the area are opposed to the bar because of the parking and congestion in the area. Owners of The Pub and New England Fabrics wrote letters to City Council stating that a bar is not the right business so close to campus. So far, the bar has not proceeded farther than a proposition in City Council. Another idea for the building is a walk in deli. |
March 24, 2016 Newscast
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March 24, 2016
Shelby Iava KSC-TV Reporter Two first-year dorms and two owls nest building will be closing. College officials are not sure what is in store for these buildings but they will not be tearing them down anytime soon. Randall Hall, Mondanock and Owls Nest 6 and 7 will be closed come this May. They do not want to tear these buildings down, just tearing one building down could be up to one million dollars. The administrators are also unclear on the numbers for admissions. If admissions should spike again the dorms will be reopened and available for students. The new Living and Learning Community dorm will be finished by next fall. This new dorm will be replacing Randall Hall and Mondanock for the time being. The incoming first-year students will have the opportunity to pick this building for housing. |
Greek Organizations Banned
March 24, 2016 Katherine Glosser, KSC-TV Reporter Sorority Kappa Beta Gamma and fraternity Phi Mu Delta are no longer affiliated with Keene State College. Former sorority Kappa Beta Gamma was investigated by the Director of Campus Safety and administration for two months after a student from within the organization voiced some concerns about new member recruiting practices. Phi Mu Delta did not have an investigation conducted on them but were disaffiliated by the organization’s national website for “pervasive alcohol use and risk management violations over the last two years.” |
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Gender and Sexual Identity
March 15, 2016 Sami Smith KSC-TV Reporter The recent campus climate survey results brought up important issues that Keene State will now work on solving. One of the most common was the LGBTQ community showing a decline in feeling welcome on campus. Due to these results KSC created a new position at the Office of Multicultural Student Support. This position is held by Hunter Kirschner who holds gender and sexual identity discussions groups every Wednesday from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Kirschner holds discussions and events, not only for KSC LGBTQ students, but the general public as well. He believes that people do not realize the infinite amount of genders and sexual identities that are existent. After speaking with KSC Freshman Adam Valengavich, it appears that there are LGBTQ students that actually feel very welcome at KSC. Valengavich states that he is gender fluid, meaning he relates as man or woman, and has had nothing but positive interactions while at Keene. The campus climate survey is not able to collect exact data since only about 20% of students actually took the time to answer the questions. With that being said, the results still show that KSC has some work to do and Kirschner believes that his position can create positive awareness and support. |
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March 15, 2016 Connor Smith KSC-TV Reporter The Keene State College Men's basketball team is in the midst of one of the best seasons in school history, and the new head coach is the reason why. With all of the staff changes that were made for the Keene State College men’s basketball team this past off-season. Ryan Cain was hired as the Interim Head coach of the Men's team after the firing of former Head Coach Rob Colbert. According to Worcester Polytechnic Institution athletic website, Cain has the title of the all-time leading scorer for the Engineers. The success did not stop there. Cain also earned the Jostens Award as the top student-athlete in all of Division three men's basketball. Cain also made his mark in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference assisting the Engineers to six NCAA tournament appearances in the last eight years. Cain said he wants to take his success and make sure that KSC basketball stays on top. “When it comes to basketball, you know, there is a culture of success here. They've had some really good teams here including the team from last year. So we wanted to build on that of course." Although the team is held to a high standard when it comes to playing basketball as well as academics, Cain said he wants to make sure that the team is making an impact on the community as well. "We want these guys to be role models for the entire campus community as well as the entire Keene Community. So we try to get them involved in a number of different things on campus and off campus as well." Despite a first round loss to Johns Hopkins in the 2015 tournament, Cain hopes to take the lessons learned last year and turn them into successes this year. “Hopefully this year we can approach things a little bit different, and have some goals of being successful in the tournament. Obviously we are going to have to play well everyone in this tournament at this point is a great basketball team." The last time the Owls were in the Sweet 16 round was back in 2007 where they lost to Rhode Island College by a score of 75 to 73. However, the team has held their own this year in the NCAA tournament with two nail biting finishes against Stockton University and Middlebury College. Coach Cain and the Owls hope to finish an already great season by taking home the National Championship Trophy. |
March 3, 2016 Newscast
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O'Brien_German Minor_PKG from Heather O'Brien on Vimeo. German Minor
March 6, 2016 HEATHER O’BRIEN KSC-TV Reporter Keene State College recently removed the academic hold on the German minor. KSC student Victoria Tucker created a petition on change.org and gained 845 supporters. According to the Equinox, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Walter Zakahi said that in 2010 there was a motion to potentially move the German minor over to the History major. KSC junior Tyler Halstead said that he signed the petition and attended one of the German rallies that was held on Appian Way. Geis_Encryption PKG from Joe Geis on Vimeo. Encryption
March 10, 2016 Joe Geis KSC-TV Reporter Digital privacy is a hot topic right now. From the courts to Congress, everyone is debating an important question. Should the FBI be able to force technology companies to give them access to your phone data? Keene State is like any other college campus in the country, we are linked by our access to the Internet and the information that passes through it. We now live in an age where almost all of our most private information is currently being protected from prying eyes by encryption. Encryption can be a difficult concept but it is the reason our private personal information is safeguarded against really anyone else who wants access. This process happens billions of times all over the world every day in factions of a second and is crucial to how our information is exchanged. Following the San Bernardino shooting, the FBI sought evidence pertaining to the case within the iPhone belonging to one of the shooters. The FBI has since requested that Apple unlock the phone for them by creating a backdoor that bypasses the encryption that protects the information inside ... a request Apple has since denied. In a letter to customers ... Apple C-E-O Tim Cook says that by doing this ... Apple would be setting a dangerous precedent by creating a master key that can bypass the encryption of over 94 million iPhones in the U-S alone without physical possession of the device. Senior Computer Science major Joseph Cocivera said he is proud of Apple and their choice to stand behind the customers. "People are basically saying don't want any privacy, no one should have any privacy. that's what you're saying when you are against encryption. Because the Internet is not a private place and encryption is the only way really for privacy." said Cocivera. By taking a stand against the FBI in this case, Apple has done more than protect domestic interests. Computer Science Professor Wei Lu says this issue has potential worldwide implications. "That's your private information that for sure is important to everyone. Apple is not just used in the states, Apple is used everywhere, so over countries and other governments are going to force Apple to do the same thing." So even if Apple prevails in the U.S. courts, there's no guarantee the company will be successful when the issue comes up overseas. KSC MEAL PLAN PETITION from Katherine Glosser on Vimeo. Meal Plan Petition
March 8, 2016 Katherine Glosser KSC-TV Reporter A petition to end the mandatory meal plan in Keene State College is surfacing on the web. The petition was started by KSC student, Joseph Stallcop. Stallcop wanted to have the choice on whether or not he wanted the meal plan. Keene State students that live on campus, excluding those who live in Pondside two and Bushnell, are required to have a platinum meal plan. The plan includes unlimited access to the dining commons, bonus dining commons meals for guests, and five meals to go per week. General Manager of Sodexo Josef Quirinale, said that he sees value in the meal plan and can help any students with special dietary needs by contacting Sodexo management in the dining commons. Over 100 students have signed the petition and it continues to be a debated topic |
Mahan_Alternative Break. from Justin Mahan on Vimeo. Alternative Break
March 8, 2016 Justin Mahan KSC-TV Reporter The Community Service Office is offering a new Alternative Break opportunity, taking place over the summer. Students who are selected for the trip will be headed to the Grand Canyon for a week in May to work on vegetation and trail restoration at the National Park. Participants will also get a chance to talk with the National Park staff to learn more about environmental issues that National Parks around the country face. They will also have some time for hiking, biking and camping throughout the week. The trip cost is $725, and it covers round trip air fare, ground transportation, food and all other fees associated with the trip. For more information contact Jessica Gagne Cloutier at [email protected]. Iava_AthleticDirector_PKG from Shelby Iava on Vimeo. Athletic Director
March 10, 2016 Shelby Iava KSC-TV Reporter Keene State Athletics have been without a full-time athletic director for almost an entire academic year. Kemal Atkins is currently the interim Athletic Director and also the Vice President for Student Affairs. Last fall there were two possible candidates that were in the running for the position. The search was re-opened because there was a lack of consensus from the committee. The committee has done the initial and secondary reviews of all the candidates. They are hoping to finalize a scheduling for phone interviews and those interviews will be completed before spring break. Although Keene State has an interim Athletic Director, the athletes need someone that is there full-time. Student athletes said not having a full-time Athletic Director hurts the department as a whole and that the department cant step forwards if there is not one in place permanently. The athletic department is handling this situation, and hopes to have a hired Athletic Director by or before July 1st. KSC Sustainability
March 8, 2016 Tyler Mailloux KSC-TV Reporter Sustainability in general terms means the ability of something to endure while remaining diverse and productive over periods of time. Recycling waste products has become a new way to reuse what was once trash to create something useful again. Keene State College stands above most other universities as a beacon of an environmentally conscious campus. In fact the College has been awarded the last five years for being one of the greenest schools in the country. A 2015 Waste Wise Analysis shows the College remaining consistent in recycling efforts on campus with waste products. Recycling Program Coordinator Heather Greenwood has said these numbers fluctuate with new classes entering and exiting the College. Class size also dictates the student involvement in environmental efforts and Keene State has no shortage of participation. Student-run groups like R.O.C.K.S. (Recycling On-Campus Keene State) and the Eco-Reps do the dirty work of handling recyclables while bringing awareness to environmental issues. Greenwood also states that one of the organizations’ goals is to ban plastic water bottles on-campus to cut waste. What makes Keene State so recognizable in sustainability is its membership in the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education or AASHE. The organization grades and ranks schools based on several categories like transportation and waste management to show how sustainable they are. Currently Keene State has a silver ranking and Green says she wants to make it to gold in the future. |
November 12, 2015 Newscast
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Coach Ryan Cain Profile from Joe Geis on Vimeo. |
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There's a new member of KSC athletics in town ... and his name is Coach Ryan Cain ... and he has actually been here for just a few short months. Cain's hiring was announced back in August, about halfway through the team’s off-season. This followed the firing of longtime coach Rob Colbert amid allegations of a former assistant coach having sexually harassed team members. With a shortened off-season, relationships between players and athletic staff will be more important than ever for this new coach. Cain says he has received a warm welcome since arriving in Keene.
“My wife and I sit in restaurants, trying to meet as many people as possible and as quickly as we can to start building relationships with people in the community. So as of now everything has been going wonderfully." Before coming to Keene State College, Cain spent 12 years as both a player and a coach at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He says that he eager to incorporate what he learned at W-P-I with Keene's historically successful program. "I think a lot of the reason we were so successful was because we played very hard. I think we played harder than our opponents more often than the other way around. ") The Men's Basketball team hopes to bounce back this season after falling to Johns Hopkins in the first round of the NCAA tournament last spring. One player says that he and his teammates are excited to play in Coach Cain's system. Hammel also says that energy and intensity on the court will go a long way for he and his teammates. Coach Cain also made it clear to players that communication on the court will be key for the Owls. The Men's basketball team plays their first game of the season against Green Mountain College this Saturday at five P-M... |
Cara Colotti Feature from Jacob Barrett on Vimeo.
Cara Colotti is a senior on the Women’s Cross Country Team at Keene State College. Colotti is a native of Londonderry, NH and came to KSC after graduating from Londonderry High School in 2012, where she also ran Cross Country. During her time with KSC Cross Country, Colotti has helped her team win four Little East Conference Titles. Along with Cross Country, Colotti is a member of KSC’s Math Honors Society, Math Club and is on the executive board for KSC’s chapter of the Mentors in Violence Prevention group. MVP Helps to raise awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault across the college campus and Keene community. MVP organizes educational programs for various groups and athletic teams in order to inform the student body of how to prevent and handle harassment situations. The group also is responsible for Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, a mile long walk in high heels in an effort to further raise awareness of domestic violence.
Colotti has been training for the ECAC meet, which could be the last of her career if she does not qualify for regionals the next week. KSC women’s cross country finished in fourteenth place out of 16 teams, but Colotti was the first KSC runner to finish the race, qualifying her for regionals in Connecticut on Nov. 14. UPDATE: Following the results of the regional meet, Colotti’s team qualified for the NCAA National Championship Meet after finishing in 6th out of 56 teams. They will Fly to Wisconsin on Nov. 19 and compete for the title on Nov. 21. This will be Colotti’s final meet. |
Profile on Diana Pimer
11/17/15 Jacob Knehr KSC-TV Reporter Keene State College Alumni Diana Pimer is the new Assistant Coach for the men and women's Swimming and Diving team. Pimer graduated KSC last spring with a B.S in Exercise Science and a minor in Print Journalism. Last year's Head Coach of the Swim & Dive team Jack Fabian saw coaching potential in Pimer and recommended her for the assistant coaching position that would be opening up in the fall. Pimer took the position and this year's Intrim Head Coach of Swim & Dive Chris Woolridge says she is an asset to the team. During Pimer's time on the Swim & Dive team at KSC, she won scholastic All-American, Little East Conference rookie of the year, LEC swimmer of the year, and KSC female athlete of the year; all while being captain of team and making NCAA provisional cuts with four school records. Pimer also coaches a junior high team, writes for Swimming World Magazine and takes graduate courses in sports journalism at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. |
Volleyball championship from Mike Miezejeski on Vimeo. |
Rock climbing is a sport that can be done in colder weather, giving people an option to participate in what is usually known as an outdoor sport during this time.
Some Keene State College students in the environmental outdoor club often go rock climbing at Evolution Gym and Fitness in Concord, New Hampshire. KSC student Mark Janny said that he enjoys the physically rewarding aspects of rock climbing. This sport also can help to establish trust through people belaying each other, meaning they loop a rope through a belay device and hold it while the other person climbs the wall. KSC student Alex Turner said that he likes going to climb with the outing club because it helps him get away from campus for a bit. Evolution in Concord is an option for students looking to explore rock climbing, as well as using the local YMCA’s rock wall. |
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November 15, 2015 Volleyball Championship The Keene State Volleyball team reached the Little East Conference championship for the third time in the last four years. The Owls face the team that they haven’t beat since the 2008 championship. UMass Boston has dominated the conference for much of the last seven years. Angela Silveri, the Owls leader in both kills and digs was sidelined with a dislocated shoulder. The Owls kept it close in the first set as it was tied 17-17 but then the Beacons began to pull away and finished the first set off by winning 25-19. In the second set, UMass Boston took the second set easily by a score 25-16. And the third set was taken by the as they were able to sweep Keene State for their sixth LEC championship in their last seven appearances. Keene State was the conference regular season champions and Owls head coach Bob Weiner was named the conferences head coach of the year. Angela Silveri and Maddie Nossiff were also named to the LEC all conference second team. |
Search Continues for New Athletic Director
November 5, 2015 BRIAN CLEMMENSON KSC-TV Reporter The search for Keene State’s new athletic director is potentially coming to a close. The college has been searching for a new athletic director since the summer. Since John Ratliff’s retirement in May, Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management Kemal Atkins has served as the Interim Athletic Director. The college hopes to hire a new athletic director by January. Chair of the Search Committee Wanda Swiger said that the college has done a number of interviews. She also said, that a number of candidates have stuck out many of those have had previous experience. Those who have stuck out have either been an assistant athletic director, associate athletic director, or even as an athletic director. The finalists for the position will be on campus later this month around Thanksgiving time for final in person interviews. |
Headline: Big Halloween Weekend for KSC Field Hockey
Date: 11/10/15 Byline: Ieysha Williams KSC-TV Reporter The KSC women’s field hockey team closed their regular season with a 11-2 win over Framingham State University. Keene State Junior Sami Smith scored two goals in the first eight minutes of the game and would continue to have one more goal and an assist, which makes it her third hat trick of the season. Julia Babbitt scored twice, while Erica Stauffer, Mia Brickley, Haylie Dolan, Brittany Johnson, Marita Brothers, and Kayla Renaud all scored once during the game. It also was senior day for the Keene Owls, Haylie Dolan, Meghan Dwyer and Emily Medeiros were honored for their time on the team. The girls were given flowers and gifts as their family and friends watched on. Keene State College will host Husson University in a NACC Field Hockey tournament first round game at the Owl Athletic Complex on November, 11th at 4 p.m. |
Monadnock Regional High School Football stays in the playoff hunt
October 23, 2015 Mike Miezejeski KSC-TV Reporter Monadnock stayed in the playoff hunt behind a 38-point offensive explosion over Hollis-Brookline. Baliee Johns’ three touchdown runs led the Huskies. The other offensive touchdown for the Huskies came on a short run from Levi Bassingthwaite. The defense capitalized on a Hollis-Brookline fumble that was brought all the way back by Huskies lineman Keegan Phippard. That win was a huge help for them to get into the playoffs. Even though Monadnock lost their final regular season game to Windham they got some help from around the league. The Huskies snuck in as the last seed in the playoffs and they will take on St. Thomas Aquinas who finished the season undefeated. |
Kendal Brown Sophomore Field Hockey Player
November, 9 2015 SAVANNA BALKUN KSC-TV Reporter The 2015 Field Hockey season is coming to an end while they’re moving through playoffs. With three seniors graduating the team will be left with 19 returning players. One of those players is Kendal Brown. Brown is a sophomore from Belmont, Massachusetts. She was captain of her high school team and played only eight games as a freshman last year for KSC. As a sophomore, Brown is a starting defender. This season she has had three goals, three assists and four defensive saves. Brown was also named athlete of the week this season by KSC Athletics as well as Little East Conference Defensive player of the week due to a game winning goal. Brown is on her way up for next season already as an underclassmen starter. Senior defensemen Emily Medeiros is one of the seniors graduating which leaves and open, star defensive spot for Brown to slide into. She said she plans on stepping up her game for her junior year season by doing things such as having more control over the ball. Brown will be playing this Wednesday night in the NCAA first round playoff game against Husson University after the team was recently named LEC Champions last Saturday. |
The K-S-C Field Hockey team has hit a slump in the late season dropping their last three games, but they started the season on fire. The Owls have lost their last three games following an impressive 8 game winning streak.
Two of those losses came against LEC divisional rivals, dropping the Owls to third place in their division. One of the team's main weapons is Sami Smith, who has been lighting up the scoreboards this season. Smith currently sits atop the LEC as theleague's top scorer with 16 goals, but she credits her success to her speed. "I'm definitely the first to say I'm not the most skilled player on the team, because my best move it to probably throw it between their legs and chase after it. My speed definitely helps and I'm aggressive to I guess it all just works out." Smith says she and her team just need to stay focused going into the post-season. "Obviously we aren't used to losing in our conference so its big blows definitely and two of our biggest rivals, so we trying to stay together as a team and really trying to re-build that chemistry and stay aggressive and stay positive." The Owl's play their final game of the season at home this Saturday as they take on Framingham State, yet another divisional rival, at 2pm. If the Owl's walk away with a win, they could jump up to number two in the LEC and get another opportunity to play at home. |
The 2015 season marked the first time in a while that the Keene High School Blackbirds football team will not be playing in the post-season.
The 3 and 5 blackbirds headed into Saturdays game with no hope of continuing their season, but that did not have any effect on the team. Head coach of the Blackbirds, John Loupa, said that he wants to make sure the seniors go out the right way. “I guarantee you can remember the last game of your high school career. You might not be able to remember the first or third or fifth... but you'll always remember the last game you played... and that is one of the things we want to do is send the seniors off on a high note.” Looking ahead for the Blackbirds, Loupa said that with all of the injuries this season it helped to give the underclassman some playing time at the varsity level. “The two receivers... are probably the best duo in the state are back. They are only juniors. And all those sophomores we have a lot to look forward to.” Loupa and the blackbirds left Nashua North on Saturday night with a disappointing loss as they fell to the Titans by a score of 62 to 31. |
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Keene State Field Hockey wins against Eastern Connecticut State
October, 16 2015 SAVANNA BALKUN KSC-TV Reporter The field hockey team made their fans nervous throughout most of the game. The game resulted in a two to one conference win by KSC against Eastern Connecticut State University. Most of the first half was a tie game of neck and neck defense between the two teams. The first player to score was Keene State’s Casi Smith with a penalty shot. This goal was Smith’s, who is only a sophomore, second goal in her time playing for Keene State. Eastern Connecticut’s Alex Kallgren scored against KSC’s goalie Meaghan Dwyer to tie up the game just four minutes after Smith’s goal. Many goal attempts were made by both teams for the rest of the first half and most of the second half, Dwyer made four saves and Eastern Connecticut’s goalie Samantha Scavo made five. Finally KSC’s Kayla Renaud scored. Renaud scored with about ten minutes left on the clock taking her team with her to lead over Eastern Connecticut. KSC Field Hockey is walking around with targets on their backs with their exceptional conference record of eight to two. With only two games left in the season the owls keep on pushing. |
Zoe Paige is a transfer student and a walk on athlete
November 3, 2015 Cyrus Lyons KSC-TV Reporter Transferring schools is something that happens every year. But transferring schools and walking on to a collegiate sports team does not. Zoe Paige has been playing soccer her whole life. She played up until her freshman year of college when she attended the University of New Hampshire. After giving it lots of thought, she decided it was time to get back on the pitch. Zoe transferred to Keene to be closer to home, an added bonus was the chance to play for the Owls soccer team. After almost two weeks of tryouts, Zoe made the team. Picking up where she left off in high school and club, she found herself playing competitive soccer again. Paige was ecstatic to play with three of her former teammates from a club team over eight years ago. "It's exciting, we know each other very well, we grew up best friends on and off the field and so we know the chemistry and we just work really well together Paige said." Zoe and the women’s soccer team will travel to UMass Dartmouth for the first game of the LEC playoffs. |
Keene High School Football Falls to Manchester Central
October 20, 2015 Connor Smith KSC-TV Reporter Keene, NH - Manchester Central High School came ready to play on Friday night giving Keene High School a tough loss. The Blackbirds defense made Friday night's game look easy for The Little Green. The blackbird’s defense was unable to stop Manchester Central's Quarterback Jake Stanko However, being down two scores early in the first quarter did not stop the Blackbirds from scoring The blackbirds turned to junior receiver Alex Abreau to give the offense a boost. Head Coach John Loupa said Abreau is not the only deep ball threat that Keene High School has. "He is definitely a real good player as is Logan Galanes. Basically they have taken turns on who has the big day." Great defense for Keene in the second quarter carried over into the third as Central could only settle for a field goal. Penalty flags were a huge game changer on Friday night with a total of nine penalties. Five of those were against Central and four of them were called on Keene. However, penalties had no impact on central scoring as they went on to beat the Blackbirds forty-five to twenty-eight Looking ahead to this week, Coach Loupa said the offense that will be used BY Nashua South will be the fourth time he prepared his team for this type of offense this season. "They run a spread offense. We've seen the spread offense four times already this year. It’s not much different than what Manchester Memorial did." Moving to two and four on the season Coach Loupa and his Blackbirds are looking to get back at Nashua South this weekend at Keene High School for a divisional match up kick-off will be at 7pm. Monadnock Regional High School Football stays undefeated at home
October 2, 2015 Mike Miezejeski KSC-TV Reporter Monadnock picked up a 12-0 victory over Pelham with a tremendous defensive effort and a solid running attack from Bailee Johns. Pelham had a ton of trouble getting things going through the passing game and the Huskies took full advantage. A number of sacks and an interception by Hayden Putnam set up a one yard running score by Johns. The defense continued to shine and would cruise to the shutout keeping the Huskies home record safe. They have two road games before playing back at home on the 23rd against Hollis-Brookline. |
Promise Kpee rises to the limelight
October 20, 2015 Sabrina Lapointe KSC-TV Reporter One member of the Keene State men’s soccer team distinguished himself from the rest of his team this season. Being only a sophomore, Promise Kpee he has still been a key player to the team’s success. In a match against Green Mountain State he scored five times, breaking the school record for goals scored in one game. Beyond his abilities as a soccer player, he has a background that is unique from most of his teammates. According to an article about him posted on the Keene State page last year, he travelled to the United States all the way from Africa back in 2008. Even before he arrived here, he had one goal in mind, that goal was to make something out of himself. Whether it be through soccer, academics, relationships, whatever it may be, he says just being here in the United States is an opportunity he never wants to take for granted. Keene High Football Injuries Online Story
Injuries Taking Hampering Keene High Football October 15, 2015 BRIAN CLEMMENSON KSC-TV Reporter The Keene High School Football team has been decimated by injuries this season and it is having an impact on the team’s performance. The Blackbirds have lost three games in a row and it is not getting an easier for them. The Blackbirds have been playing a very young team as a result of the injuries mainly to the offensive line and linebackers. The Blackbirds have relied on a number of sophomores and juniors to step up for the injured seniors. The Blackbirds coaching staff says some of the players have stepped up and handled the starting role well. However, others have not played up to the challenge. The Blackbirds are hoping the younger players will develop as the season goes on. The hope is that the Blackbirds can remain competitive and turn it around at the end of the season. Links: Key Words: Keene High School Football URL: http://www.keene.k12.nh.us/athletics Key Words: Three games in a row URL: http://www.nhiaa.org/sports.cfm?Act=Stand |