The Saint Rose Chronicle, Vol. LXXIX, Issue 17

June 28,2010\nu\nSummer Edition\nVolume LXXIX Issue 1 Serving The College of Saint Rose Community in Albany, New York www.strosechroniclc.com\nA word of advice to the\nClass of 2014\nBY DIANA ERBEN\nA. s the President of the\nStudent Association and a\nfellow student, I would like\nto welcome you to The Col-lege\nof Saint Rose. You arc\nabout to embark on some\nof the most exciting years\nof your life and I certainly\nhope that you are excited\nto begin your collegiate ca-reer\nAs a student, the best\nthing that I can recommend\nto incoming freshman here\nat Saint Rose is to get in-volved.\nYou (or your par-ents)\narc spending so much\nmoney for you to attend\nhere. To get your money's\nworth; all you have to do is\nattend activities and events\non campus. There are so\nmany opportunities to get\ninvolved and everyone\nshould be able to find a club\nthat interests them. If not,\nyou can come see us about\nstarting a new club. We\nwant every student's time\nhere to be fiin and exciting.\nCollege isn't just classes;\nit's an experience. Don't\nlet it pass you by.\nThe Student Association\noversees over 30 clubs on\ncampus. We, as an orga-nization,\nalso meet once\na week to go over student\nconcerns about anything\non campus. We host events\nand try and help faculty\nand administration make\ndecisions with the student\nbody's interests in mind.\nWithout student input, this\nis impossible. That is why\nwe need you.\nAs president, I would like\nto issue a challenge to the\nincoming class of 2014:\nGet involved on campus.\nWhether it is helping\nthe Student Events Board\nplan trips, participating as\na "Big" in the Big Brother\nBig Sister mentor program,\ntrying out for the Girls Next\nDoor or Golden Notes, or\ncoming to the Student As-sociation\nmeetings, just get\ninvolved. For a complete\nlist of clubs, you can visit\nthe Student Association of-fice,\nlocated next to the pool,\nat the beginning of the fall\nsemester. Or, walk through\ncampus on September 7 for\nthe Fall Activities Fair Most\nclubs will be tabling and you\ncan ask current members\nabout each club and what\nthey do.\nIf you would like to join\nStudent Association, there is\na representative training on\nSeptember 7 at 4:30 p.m. in\nthe Standish Dining Rooms.\nOur meetings for the fall se-mester\nwill be held on Tues-days\nat 4:30 p.m., also in the\nStandish Dining Rooms be-ginning\non September 14. If\nyou have any questions, you\ncan e-mail us at sa@strose.\nedu.\nAttending The College of\nSaint Rose can be an amaz-ing\nexperience. I believe\nthat the class of 2014 has\ngreat potential to leave their\nmark on campus and do\ngreat things. I hope to see\nall of you in the fall for an-other\namazing year at Saint\nRose.\n//Chris Poppis\nDiana Erben, the 2010-2011\nStudent Association President.\n"Remember Prom"\naims to create memories\nBY CAITLIN FARRELL\nProm is part of the high\nschool experience, but\nit has become so expensive\nthat only those with money\ncan afford to go. Between\nthe dress, limo, hair, make-up\nand tickets, the event\nis out of reach for some\njuniors and seniors. One\nlocal college student who\ngrew up in the Pine Hills\nand graduated from Albany\nHigh School has made it her\npersonal mission to help.\nA new organization named\n"Remember Prom" is dedi-cated\nto helping underprivi-leged\nyouths have the experi-ence\nof prom. This campaign\nSee pa tie A4\nWelcome from the President\nof The College of Saint Rose\nIt is a pleasure to welcome\nyou to campus for Sum-mer\nOrientation. We are so\npleased that you have cho-sen\nThe College of Saint\nRose to spend your college\nyears. It is an honor for us\nto welcome you as mem-bers\nof the Saint Rose com-munity.\nAs you begin your un-dergraduate\nstudies at the\nCollege, I encourage you to\ntake advantage of the many\nopportunities to engage in\ncurricular and extra-cur-ricular\nevents on campus.\nThere will be many lectures,\nsocial activities, sporting\nevents and community ser-vice\nprograms for you to at-tend\nand participate in. You\nwill meet new people, learn\nnew things and even have\nsome fun at these activi-ties.\nThe time goes quickly\nso don't put off getting in-volved\non campus as you\nonly have four short years\nto take in all that Saint Rose\nhas to offer\nI also encourage you to\ntake advantage of being in\nthe capital city of New York.\nYou have a front row seat to\nobserve State government.\nThe City of Albany offers\nmany cultural, education-al\nand musical events that\nagain will help widen your\nknowledge of the world.\nThe faculty, staff and ad-ministration\nat the College\nare all here to help you navi-gate\nyour way through your\ncollege years. Take the time\nto get to know these individ-uals\nwho will serve as teach-ers,\nmentors and coaches to\nyou. Their knowledge and\nexperience will assist you\nas you prepare for your pro-fessional\ncareer after gradu-ating\nfrom The College of\nSaint Rose.\nI extend a special wel-come\nto parents and family\nmembers of our new stu-dents.\nWe value the part-nership\nwe form with you\nto support your student dur-ing\ntheir college years. The\ntransition to college is a cru-cial\nopportunity for young\npeople to experience new\nideas and situations and to\nbe challenged to discover\ntheir interests and strengths.\nTogether we will do our best\nto guide them through the\nchallenges they will face and\nto celebrate their success all\nalong the way.\nI'm sure you have heard\nbefore that the next four years\nwill "fly by". Even though\nthis is just the beginning of\nyour college career, it will\ngo quickly. I encourage you\nto savor every moment and\nto take in all that surrounds\nyou. You will grow, leam,\nplay and discover who you\nare and in what ways you\nplan to change the world for\nthe better\nI congratulate you on your\ndecision to enroll at The Col-lege\nof Saint Rose. I may be\na bit biased but I believe that\nthe education you will re-ceive\nat Saint Rose is equal\nto, if not superior, to that of\nother institutions. I look for-ward\nto meeting all of you at\nvarious points throughout\nyour time at the College.\nSincerely,\nR. Mark Sullivan\nPresident\nSustainability House Saves\nBY ELIZABETH COREY\nFor a group of resident\nstudents at The College\nof Saint Rose, every day is\nEarth Day. A mixture of\nstudents from the College's\nEnvironmental Club and\nresidents who feel a pas-sion\nfor "going green," has\nyielded the school's first\nsustainability-themed cain-pus\nhousing. The end of\nthe school year will mark\nthe house's first full year\nas a sustainable-Hfestyle\nbuilding.\nLast year, members of\nthe Environmental Club\nproposed the idea for a\nSaint Rose campus house\nto be converted into a\nplace where residents\ncould work together with\na common goal of "cutting\nback on water, electricity,\nand waste," according to\nsophomore resident Bren-dan\nPeo. The Childhood/\nSpecial Education major\nhas lived in "the Sustain-ability\nHouse" since Au-gust\nof 2009.\n"The Environmental\nClub came up with the\nidea to live sustainably on\ncampus because it's some-thing\nthat the world as a\nwhole is trying to do," Peo\n//Chelsea Krufier\nThe first self-sustaining on-campus dormitory helps with the reduction of the College's carb(.)n footprint.\nsaid. "After lots of careful style includes water restric- the house's residents with a\ntors on all of the showers monthly report with statis-in\nthe house, compact fluo- tics to show the change in\nrescent light bulbs in every the house's electricity usage\nroom, and three composters between last school year and\noutside the house for food this school year. So far, Peo\nwaste. These accommoda- said, the reduction has been\nplanning, they were able to\nfind a house that fit the needs\nof the people who wanted to\nlive this kind of lifestyle."\nThe College selected Mc-\nCormick Hall on Western\nAvenue to become "the Sus-tainability\nHouse." The on-campus\nhouse accommo-dates\n14 residents, all of\nwhom, "agree to follow a\nmore sustainable lifestyle"\nand "participate in programs\nthat focus on sustainability,"\naccording to the school's\nResidence Life website.\nPeo explained that this life-tions\nare meant to reduce\nwater wastage, decrease\nelectricity usage and re-purpose\ncompostable food\nproducts.\nThe house does not have\na resident assistant living in\nit, and is overseen instead\nby Merideth MacLain, area\ncoordinator for Residence\nLife. MacLain provides\n"significant." In the Feb. 8\nto March 8 time span, the\nSustainability House used\n956 kilowatt-hours of elec-trical\nenergy, compared to\n1,501 kWh during the same\nspan of time last year.\nThe presence of a "green"\nliving house on campus is\npart of the College's deci-\nSee page A 5\nIn this issue of The Saint Rose Chronicle:\n• Saint Rose students learn life lessons from Hondurans // A3\n• The Hole: just the right size for a college student // A3\n• New light provides new life for library // A4\n• Dead Presidents Lounge brings color to the neighborhood // B1\n• A look back in time through Chapman's stained glass // B1\nNews A2\nThe Arts B1\nCI\n........ D1\nA2 June 28, 2010 Volume 79 Issue 1\nThe Saint Rose Chronicle\nThe 2010 Orientation Leaders!\nAmanda Gross\nAmanda is a Senior, Childhood Education major,\nbom and raised in Schenectady, NY. She was the\nPresident of Spectrum, the African, Latin, Asian, and\nNative American (ALANA) Student Union, for two of\nher years at Saint Rose. She is also a member of the\nALANA Steppers, Late Knight Committee, and the\nALANA is Leadership mentor program. Amanda does\nher work study in the Office of Student Affairs. You\ncan always find Amanda on campus. She is energetic,\nfun-filled, and loud. When she is not busy on campus\nyou can find her hanging out with friends, dancing and\nplaying Softball.\nKate Wilsey\nKate is a Junior from Phoenicia, NY majoring in\nInterdepartmental Math - Physical Science. Her\npassion is traveling and she has circumnavigated the\

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