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Dr who Skateboarding Foo Fighters Once upon a time wind energy Study Abroad 2 • factory times I can’t quite recall when I switched on, and ready for a long first heard the Foo Fighters, but their night. The visuals were stunning, from music has stuck with me to this very the stage to the rising stage nearly day. They have become an influential halfway across the arena. Dave runs force in rock music, and their timeless out to the catwalk at the beginning sound keeps getting better. I had of the nearly 7 song encore, the stage the honor of attending their second rises high into the air, and he starts to show at the greatest venue on earth, play some acoustic versions of Best of Madison Square Garden. For those You and Wheels. who have never been to this venue, I need a promise from you right now-- The crowd was on their feet, -please go as soon as you can for any and his charisma ignited everyones show you can get tickets for. If your spirit. I consider Mr. Grohl to be one favorite band comes around, spare of the greatest frontmen in rock music no expense. right now, and he proved it and then some. The party wasn’t over there, it The energy of this place is was just beginning. At the close of unlike any I have ever experienced. “My Hero,” Dave triumphantly asserts The show itself is almost to the audience that he has a surprise indescribable. I will do my best to do guest. All of a sudden, JOAN JETT it justice in words. First and foremost, comes out on stage. She greets the the band did a THREE HOUR SET. audience, looking better than ever They played every song you would and nearly in her 50’s. They break into want to hear and some you haven’t “Bad Reputation” and the audience heard in ages. They would start one goes insane. of their songs and then transition into songs like “Into the Flesh” by Pink This show without a doubt Floyd, or “Breakdown” by Tom Petty. will remain in my memory forever. From the moment they opened with A beautiful and visceral musical “Bridge Burning” to the moment they experience that I hope everyone will stepped off stage after “Everlong,” it have the fortune to be apart of at was a bombastic, emotional, and some point. physically jarring experience. The lead singer Dave Grohl Written and Designed by Brent Pickerd was at the top of his game. His voice was impeccable, and he made every person in that arena feel like they were on stage with him. His delivery was emotional, and his energy was electric. Everyone in the band was factory times • 3 contents Pages 2+3 THERE GOES MY HERO issue three Page 6 TIPS FOR PREVENTING A COLD THIS WINTER november 2011 Page 7 STOP SOPA Page 8+9 ONCE UPON A TIME: NOT WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT Page 11 WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO? Pages 12+13 SKATEBOARDING@SUNYIT Do you have something you would Page 14 POSSIBLE NEW LOOK FOR WIND ENERGY like to see in the paper? Page 16+17 THE UNSPOKEN WORDS OF CHIQUITA Submit your ideas or articles to Pages 18+19 [email protected] THE DOCTOR IS IN Pages 20+21 MY STUDY ABROAD EXPERIENCE Page 21 UPCOMING EVENTS Pages 22+23 CAMPUS CANDIDS 4 • factory times the team PUBLICATION DIRECTOR JESSICA HOUSE ADVISOR DR. PATRICIA MURPHY, D.A. DR. DREW SABOL, ESQ. LEAD DESIGNER BRENT PICKERD CHIEF EDITOR JEREMY DAVIS CONTRIBUTORS factorytimes TERESA HUANG DESIGNERS KRYSTAL COLTRANE PAMELA COOPER WRITERS NINA STOECKE COURTNEY COUTURE MITCH ECKLUM MELISSA VARGAS E-Mail [email protected] Reverent Praise To Robert Jones & the SUNYIT Print Shop Publication Guidelines The Factory Times is published monthly and funded through advertising revenue and a portion of the mandatory student activities fee. It is written, designed, and published by the students of SUNYIT. The articles inside do not reflect the views of SUNYIT, the Student As- sociation of SUNYIT, or the Factory Times, but rather the view of that article’s author. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, except as may be expressly permitted in writing by the Publication Director. The Factory Times staff meets every Tuesday at 12:00 in room S213 in the Student Center. factory times factory times • 5 factorytimes* Dont Catch A Cold This Season Some simple tips..... Here’s some tips to avoid catching a cold: With the weather changing everyday in upstate New York, be ·Wash Your Hands (Surprise, surprise) sure to pack your snow pants and flippie floppies. Soon there will be ·Don’t Cover Your Sneezes and Coughs snowflakes flying through the air, with Your Hands along with nasopharyngitis, or the common cold, as many of us know it. ·Don’t Touch Your Face Millions of people will get this virus for a few days and will use what symptom ·Drink Plenty of Fluids diffusers we can get our hands on. I can only image hand sanitizing sales ·Do Aerobic Exercise Regularly sky rocketing. ·Eat Foods Containing Phytochemicals Now, there is always the lucky (dark green, red, and yellow vegetables few who dodge this plague. How and fruits) about the 80 year old woman who never had a cold because, she “washed ·Eat Yogurt her hands numerous times a day”. Last time I checked, I “wash my hands ·Don’t Smoke numerous times a day”. So how is it done? There is no cure or fool proof ·Cut Alcohol Consumption repellant, but there are tips and tricks to avoid germs and ways to boost your ·Relax immune system. Source: webMD Written by Nina Stoecke Designed by Krystal Coltrane 6 • factory times Stop SOPA A bill formed by hollywood within a legal gray area According to lobbyists, known as the Stop Online the bill, content on Youtube, which Piracy Act and E Parasite Act will includes any copyrighted material, receive its first congressionaleven lip synching, is considered hearing on November 16th, 2011. illegal and will be black listed. This The bill will attempt to eliminate attack on user submitted content may piracy by allowing the government expand to other online communities to force ISPs to black list sites like twitter and facebook. With so flagged for copy righted material. much user based content driving After being introduced at the websites, defining criminal behavior beginning of the month, the bill was on the internet will become nearly met with sudden outrage from the impossible. online community for essentially Another criticism of the ending net neutrality. bill is the way in which it prosecutes According to the House the websites. The bill allows the of Representatives, the purpose of government complete power over the act is to “promote prosperity, determining illegal content. Instead creativity, entrepreneurship, and of the prosecuted being innocent innovation by combating the theft until proven guilty, the government of U.S. property, and for other will determine who is guilty and allow purposes.” Although the bill may them to defend their innocence later. seem like an innocent attempt We the People, the US to clean up internet piracy, the Government's official petition site unexpected consequences of the is currently running a petition to kill bill may disturb the internet as we the Online Piracy Act. 25,000 digital know it. signatures will be required for the Youtube, the free to use petition by the end of the month for video hosting service is finding the policy makers to give the petition itself behind the cross hairs of the serious thought. new bill due to its content existing Written by Mitch Ecklum Designed by Jessica House factory times • 7 nce Upon a Time: Onot what you would expect This fall, we’ve seen many is played by Ginnifer Goodwin (Walk the in her way, and that is a bit of a downer. new shows pop up in the primetime Line, Big Love, He’s Just Not That Into You), When the show is back in the slots. To name a few, there is American Emma Swan is played by Jennifer Morrison fairy tale world, there is much to get sick Horror Story, The Walking Dead, Up All (House M.D., Star Trek), and Prince over when it comes to the sappy romance Night, and Whitney. However, there’s Charming is played by Josh Dallas (Thor). between Snow White and the Prince. one new show this fall that has taken After watching this show, I was However, the interesting part about this viewers by surprise, and it’s gaining hooked. It’s surprising that a show about show is that it flashes back to before Snow tons of attention from the masses. fairy tales and happy endings would White even met the prince, and it allows That show is ABC’s Once Upon a Time. attract my full attention. The show, while for interesting background development When I first heard that title, I still having magic and prancing trolls, was of the characters. Turns out, Snow White immediately wrote it off as some cheesy very witty and snappy at times. When the wasn’t always so delicate and regal. In ABC series that would not last. When I show flips to modern day Maine, Emma fact, she was a robber that pounced on saw the trailer for the show, the plot still Swan does a good job at poking jabs at travelers in the woods, and she beat up didn’t appeal to me.