OUR CONTRIBUTORS SUNY New Paltz TCI Staff M a r i s t C o l l e g e TCI Staff A special thanks to the students of Professors Joan E. Perisse and Mary E. Fakler for sharing their first year college experiences, their valuable advice and for their enthusiasm for making a difference in the lives of others. Front and Back Covers by Josh Angehr SECTION EDITORS Special Features Editors Jessica Breitman Nicole Camilo Art/Creative Writing Editors Alessandra Young Carrie Ellen Sauer Campus Life Editors Josh Angehr Jessica Riehm College Experiences Clinton Kenneth Kelly Stephen Lawrence Yariel H. Melo Collegial Point of View Editors Arielle Rubinstein Trevor Polasek Entertainment Editors Nicole Mauro Lisa Lyev Fashion Editors Jena Lagonia Alexandra J Sofen Health and Fitness Editors Cristina Battista Pamela Ng Relationships Lindsay DeFilippis Victoria E. DeMartino Sports Editors David Gueli Christine Yau Travel Editors Kelly Case Susan Kim Ryan McEwen Photography Editors Lisa Lyev Josh Angehr Cover Art and Design Editor Josh Angehr TCI Magazine 18 Leaving Family and Friends Money Maker Spring 2011 19 Try To Keep It Clean Roommates: Enough Said 20 Start the Party 6 A Look into First-Year Programming Transfer Student 7 “You’re a What!?” 21 Easy, Breezy, Beautiful Dorm Room Dining Options Off Campus For Less 8 Cheap and Easy Ways to Decorate a Special Features Section 22 - 28 Dorm Roomom 22 From Posting Status to the Streets of Tahrih Square 9 The Truth About First Year Initiative Facebook: Beyond the Web 10 A New Beginning 23 Making Your Social Networking Profile Dormcest: An Epidemic on Campus “Employer Friendly” 11 The Truth About Sexiling: What Every 24 Book of Faces College Student Should Know 25 The Social Network 12 Transfer Student Communication is Key Times, They Are A Changin’ 26 Face-Hooked! 13 To Fear or Not To Fear 27 Twitter: More Than Just Status Posting? 14 Take the Rain Boots, Leave the Nun-Chucks Art Section 28 - 37 28 Seasons 15 The Brief Code of Roommate Etiquette 33 From Start To Finish, A Sculptor’s Wisdom 16 Success Can Only be Achieved By Being Prepared 34 Designing An Improved Campus 17 The “Stumble into Young Adulthood” College Edition Contents 35 The Wade-Lewis Poetry Slam: 48 The Top Ten Ways to Balance School An Event to Remember Work with Family and Friends... Lipstick Kisses 49 The Perks Of Being Single In College 36 A Mark Upon The Bed Where I Lay What Freedom Means To Me 50 The Land of Fire and Ice The Reincarnation of Glassjaw 51 Have the Best Of All Worlds 37 Stress No More In the Dominican Republic 38 White Might be Right, But It’s Color 52 Cancun, Mexico; This Year’s Spring That Shines Through Break “Hot Spot” Dress to Impress: 10 Guidelines When You Assume… For a Job Interview 53 La Recoleta – The Secluded 39 Spring and Summer Trends to Look For This Season on Campus 54 Gain Strength, Power, and Mass For Dummies 40 Blast From the Past 55 Kung Fu 41 College’s Bullying Blight Snack Your Way Healthy 42 Being Yourself 56 Get Some Sleep Already! 43 Planned Parenthood: Friend or Foe? 57 Slash and Poke Rutgers Follows the Trend 58 Just Get in There 44 To Rent or To Own 45 How To Avoid A Predator 46 Speed Friending To Be Irreplaceable Is To Be Different 47 Far Away For Far Too Long Campus Life students’ transition into college life.” extremely enjoyable activity for students A Look into You can also trust Tara to inform you on the weekends. When asked which First-Year about information concerning countless programs were the most successful other campus events, programs, and this year, Tara stated, “Some of the Programming opportunities. most popular First-Year Friday events this year included a shopping trip to While the Center for Student the Woodbury Common Premium An Interview with Development focuses on the student Outlet, Tie Dye-Versity and the End Tara Sestanovich body as a whole, Tara Sestanovich, of Semester First-Year Bash: The focus’s on mainly First-Year students. Laser Tag Experience.” She proceeded In an interview with Tara, she was asked to state, “Several of the most widely Stephen Lawrence what the main goals of her office were attended Saturday Nights @ the concerning First-Year Programming. Terrace events were co-sponsored SUNY New Paltz Tara began by stating how First- with student clubs and organizations’; Year Programming was designed to like the popular campus a cappella So, now that you are accepted to accommodate the increasing size of the groups, Absolut A Cappella, The Sexy the college of your choice and freshman class here at New Paltz. Tara Pitches and Male Call, the student have finished reviewing academic then went on to state, “It is extremely formed improv comedy group “To Be information about classes, your important to support first-year students’ Announced,” and the Residence Hall majors, and requirements, you begin transition into college as many entering Student Association collaborating on to think about the social aspect of students don’t know what to expect an annual Halloween Bash.” college life. Maybe you’re not the type about campus life. Through first-year who goes out on the weekends, but programming, I am able to act as a Tara works with students, staff, and you are still looking for an enjoyable liaison; I can answer questions, provide orientation leaders to create events activity or event to participate in with students with the information they and programs that the SUNY New your friends. SUNY New Paltz offers need and help students on their path Paltz students want to see. Tara’s main countless activities for their students, to making campus connections.” Tara’s goal is to help better the transition especially to first years. While there main goal is to make sure that first-year of First-Year students as they emerge are countless departments that hold students are informed of the countless from high school students to college activities throughout the school opportunities they have to help them students. From personal encounters, year, there is one that specializes in grow as a student, leader, and a person. Tara is an open, enthusiastic, and kind programs and events geared towards person who is there to ensure the first the students of our campus, the Center There will never be a time when year at SUNY New Paltz for students for Student Development. Within the students are not informed of is as enjoyable and memorable as it Center for Student Development, different information about First-Year possibly can be. Tara’s office is located located on the 3rd floor of our Student Programming. Through the use of in the Student Union Building, room Union Building is Tara Sestanovich, Facebook, The Edge 88.7fm (SUNY 314, and she can be reached by email the coordinator of First-Year New Paltz Radio Station), WNPC’s at [email protected]. First-Year Programming. Tara is a SUNY New Channel 3 Message Board (SUNY Programs are something all SUNY Paltz graduate who works closely with New Paltz TV Channel), ‘Keeping You New Paltz students are encouraged to New Paltz students and staff to create Posted’ weekly newsletters and posters, attend, it will definitely help to better programs and events for students. She Orientation Leaders, E-mail, and many each and every student’s first year also co-supervises the Orientation other means of communication, Tara experience at SUNY New Paltz. Leaders/Peer Mentors, the student always makes sure each student knows leaders who lead orientation over the what is going on. Programs put on by summer and are there throughout the First-Year Programming include “First- year to act as a mentor to first-year Year Fridays” and “Saturday Nights at students. These individuals are “an the Terrace.” These programs are both essential component to first-year social and educational acting as an running around and never knows when “You’re a What!?” exactly they will go eat. Sure, you can Dining Options Off ask for gluten free bread and make a Campus Jessica Riehm sandwich, but everyday of semester? SUNY New Paltz Just because I lost my ability to eat gluten doesn’t mean that I lost my taste Yariel Melo Not many people know what the term buds. SUNY New Paltz celiac means, having to tell various people that the reason I have the same The importance of diet for those who SUNY New Paltz is famous for many eating patterns as an anorexic person are unhealthy to begin with goes hand things; its diverse campus, acceptance is because I cannot eat gluten, which in hand. It’s inconceivable why more rate, and its culture. The only thing consists of wheat, rye, barley and oats gluten free things cannot be made below par is the food on campus, gets repetitive after a while. So, yes, when every student can indulge in it, especially from the Hasbrouck Dining there is no beer or bread. Since I had just and speaking from experience, it all Hall. There is nothing wrong with found out about having Celiac disease tastes the same! Hasbrouck, the staff is great and it the summer before coming to college, has a nice atmosphere but the food food opportunities for me was not an Celiac disease is especially an annoyance could just be better. They say that the issue when looking at what school I because not only can I not eat the food food is healthy and personally, this wanted to attend. To my disadvantage, with gluten in it, but if something reporter loves to eat healthy food, but SUNY New Paltz does NOT do gluten free is cooked in a pot that the quality is often poor and it’s also enough to help those with special diets.