Steve Jobs 1955-2011 The New iPhone Patrick Stump Spoken Word Sustainability Pool Closing Trayless Cafeteria Occupy Wall St. Trayless Dining Hall? a good idea? t the start of the semeseter, students made materials discarded into the solid waste Atheir way to the dining hall for their first stream contribute to odor and methane meals of the year, only to find that the generation at disposal facilities.” dining hall trays had disappeared. Instead, there was a flyer posted where the trays While all the motives are positive were kept, stating that they ones, students have mixed feelings were not to be used anymore. about the trays being taken away. The reason? Called the “Trayless Dining Imani O’Connor, who used trays often in Initiative” by the Student Association, the past, is indifferent about the dining water, energy and detergent are being hall changes. “No trays means walking conserved by excluding the use of Trays back and forth a lot, but I waste less food in the Dining Hall. Also, less food is being without them.” Other students are also wasted, since students can only carry a indifferent about the matter. certain amount of food in each hand. Less food and detergent going down the drain Christina Duverger understands why means better quality in the community they were taken away, but it causes her water supply. The flyer states, “Food to “make multiple trips now.” She would 2 • factory times a good idea? like to see the trays come back. the need for water conservation, she It has sparked concern in some “It would make things easier.” feels as though those reasons do not students, while others don’t call for trayless dining. “There are seem to mind the change. Jacob Muller says that, “We other things they could have done.” should still have some trays However, the question remains: because some people carry two or Elissa Ortiz, who is a freshman at is it time to bring the trays back? three plates of food.” SUNY IT, feels as though the trays should be brought back, despite the Written By Courtney Couture Some students feel strongly about fact that she has not had a chance to use Designed By Jessica House the dining hall trays. Sam Alkhatib them. “I don’t like to make a ton of trips.” is extremely disappointed. “People like me like to get more than one The Student Association and Sodexo’s plate at a time. You don’t have “Trayless Dining Initiative” has had to go back up. It’s annoying.” various effects on the student body. Christina Jean-Pierre knows full well why the trays were taken away, and while she understands factory times • 3 contents Pages 2+3 TRAYLESS DINING HALL issue one Pages 6+7 NINTENDO WIIU october 2011 Pages 8+9 AMERICA’S SUITEHEART: PATRICK STUMP Page 11 SUNYIT GOING GREEN Page 12 IPHONE 4S Page 13 SKRILLEX: THE MOTHERSHIP TOUR Page 15 WRITTEN WORD Pages 16+17 SUNYIT POOL,, DOWN AND OUT Pages 18+19 Do you have something you THE TIDE OF CHANGE Pages 20+21 ZOMBIES ON CAMPUS! would like to see in the paper? Page 22 WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO? Submit your ideas or articles Page 23 UPCOMING FREE EVENTS ON CAMPUS to [email protected] 4 • factory times factorytimes the team PUBLICATION DIRECTOR DESIGNERS CONTRIBUTORS: E-Mail JESSICA HOUSE KRYSTAL COLTRANE MARK BREMER [email protected] PAMELA COOPER ADVISOR DR. PATRICIA MURPHY, D.A. Phone: DR. DREW SABOL, ESQ. 315.792.7426 WRITERS LEAD DESIGNER NINA STOECKE BRENT PICKERD COURTNEY COUTURE MITCH ECKLUM CHIEF EDITOR MELISSA VARGAS JEREMY DAVIS 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 • 5 In 2006, Nintendo released the Wii game system. By designing the effects, hi-res textures, and reflections through the scope while the television controller to act similar to a television that looked considerably better than the displayed the overall environment. remote, Nintendo garnered a new previous console. So far, Nintendo has announced market share-- the casual gamer. With On April 25th, 2011, Nintendo three games that fans can look forward the point and click interface, gyroscope announced their new console at the to seeing on the new console: Lego and motion sensing technology, those Electronic's Entertainment Expo along with City Stories, Pikmin, and a new Super unfamiliar with game controllers can offering playable demonstration units. Smash Brothers. The Wii U will also be feel comfortable swinging and pointing The first thing the user will notice about compatible with all of the current Wii the Wii Remote. By catering to the casual the system is the unorthodox controller. accessories including the classic controller crowd, the Wii has received a stigma Along with a standard set of buttons and and balance board. The new console will with the hard core gaming crowd. toggle sticks the Wii U's controller bears also offer full backwards compatibility The announcement of a 6 inch touch screen. The controller with older Wii games. Nintendo's eighth generation console, also contains a microphone, speakers, Beating both Sony and Microsoft the Wii U, attempts to lure back the gyroscope, accelerometer, rumble and a to the revelation of their next generation hard core gamers. One major criticism camera. The controller itself only receives consoles may have seemed like a strategic Nintendo received over Wii from the a digital signal from the console and has no decision on Nintendo's part but their hard core gaming community was internal processing power. Though games share holds aren't so assured of the the lack of high definition and overall can be played entirely on the controller, it new console's success. In the two days inadequacy of the hardware. Nintendo can also be used as an interactive display following Nintendo's unveiling of the plans on remedying their last consoles in conjunction with the television display. new system, shares dropped 10 percent, draw back by giving the the Wii U full One demonstration game Nintendo dropping to levels not seen since 2006. HD capabilities along with hardware on offered showcased this feature by giving Although the early revelation may not par with the Xbox 360 and Playstation the player a sniper rifle. The Wii U have been a sound decision, Nintendo 3. An HD Zelda demonstration showed controller was shown facing the television, proves once again their plan is to continue the game supporting HDR, water the controller's screen displayed the view marching to their own beat. Written By Mitch Eklum Designed By Jessica House 6 • factory times factory times • 7 America’sSuiteheart: Patrick Stump Last time Patrick Stump was on the Fall Out Boy album and Soul Punk. the song “This City.” Stump’s voice radio, he was still the lead singer of the For one, Soul Punk has a presence of is a perfect copy of the King of Pop Grammy-nominated punk rock band electronics and synthesizers that were himself. The gritty, staccato way he Fall Out Boy. Now separated from not used for Fall Out Boy. They spice pronounces his words, paired with the band, he is pursuing a solo career. up the melodies, and they make the that spontaneous belting voice of his, His new single, “This City,” from the album easy to enjoy. The heavy beats gains the fandom of every Michael upcoming album Soul Punk, is now and elaborate drum patterns make this Jackson fan. conquering the airwaves. album perfect to jam to, from clubs to Other tracks, like “Explode,” have Fall Out Boy made their way into the car stereos. Stump’s trademark harmonies charts with their first single, “Sugar, One could say that the style of this layered over his vocals, which fills We’re Goin’ Down,” from their third album is similar to some of Michael the sound, and makes it recognizable album, From Under the Cork Tree Jackson’s famous hits, especially in to Fall Out Boy fans. His R&B side (2005). The second single from that comes out in the track, “Allie,” album, “Dance, Dance,” peaked at especially with the heavy bass and number nine on Billboard’s Hot 100. overpowering rhythms. From then on, every album Fall Out With Fall Out Boy being out of the Boy created became punk rock gold. picture (for now at least), Patrick Other successful albums include Stump has claimed the spotlight for Infinity on High (2007) and Folie himself, and has taken his music into à Deux (2008). a new genre. If the album receives The band decided to go into an the same praises as the first single, indefinite hiatus after the release of “This City,” then he will have no their greatest hits album in 2009. After problems establishing himself in this it was clear that Fall Out Boy was new sound. The question is, is he in through making albums for the time the right place, or should Fall Out Boy being, Patrick Stump broke out of the rejoin and continue making tracks rock genre and clung to the pop genre with ridiculously long titles? in Soul Punk.