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rtesy: Athletics uesday night, the evening. action this th at 6 pm. Involvement The winner Runner the Racquette SUNY Potsdam's Studeilt-run Newspaper since 1927 J^ Volume 80, Issue 13 February 29, 2008 www.theracquette.com eracquette.com ^ehman Fitness Center to open next semester Felicia Neahr Editor-in-Chief i Residence Life and the Fitness '1 Center have teamed up to offer ft students an alternative workout choice scheduled to open next semes- ter, Fall 2008 in the Lehman residen- tial building. Located in what is cur- rently the sunken lounge in Lehman North, this new state of the art fitness center will feature cardio equipment similar, if not exact, to the cardio equipment currently in the Shane T. Shaul Fitness Center. While the Lehman Fitness Center will not feature free weights, accord- ing to John Horan, Director for Campus Life, it will feature other equipment such as cardio balls, medi- cine balls, and light hand weights. Tanya Hewitt, Director of the Shane T. Shaul Fitness Center stated that there will be some equipment in the Lehman Fitness Center that is not in the current fitness center such as virtu- al reality bikes. These exercise bikes act as if you were playing a video game while riding them. Student will be able to compete against each other and ride against their own personal best. Hewitt said that another change will be in programming for the area. She states, \You're going to see some classes in there and there's going to be Photo: Racquette Archives Beginning in Fall 2008 the Lehman Residential Building will have a fitness \^- n ^ •• • • —• center open to all residential student. The center will include state of the art cardio equipment similar to equipment in Maxcy's Shane T. Shaul Fitness See Lehman Fitness page 3 Center such as treadmills featuring television screens. Res Life to offer wireless in all residential buildings Felicia Neahr Editor-in-Chief In response to a strong desire stressed by students for the campus to be wire- less, Residence Life, CTS, and Time Wanner are cur- rently working to facilitate an arrangement that would allow all of the residential buildings as well as the surrounding quads and grassy areas to be wireless. According to John Horan, Director of Campus Life, this agreement should be finalized and implemented for Fall 2008. Currently only the Bowman Complex is wireless, and that's through wire- less routers supplied in all of the resi- dential assis- tant and men- tor rooms, supplying Bowman with over 50 wireless routers. This was thanks to the Residential Hall Association (RHA), formerly known as Hall Advisory Board, who bought the routers for Bowman. Horan states, \I think that [wire- less] is a great addition for our students and we're excited about it.\ He continues that the decision to become a wireless campus was because \It has come to us from students that they're interested. Not only students through RHA, but we also get questions from future students.\ Man caught standing over sleeping female in Knowles Felicia Neahr Editor-in-Chief According to the University Police log, on the morning of February 23 a man was arrested for criminal trespass in the second degree after entering a room in Knowles Hall that was not his own. Further inquiry on this matter con- firmed that this man was arrested for standing over a girl's bed in Knowles South and watching her sleep. At the time of publication, neither the University Police Lieutenants nor. Chief Barry McDermott were available so the man's identity was not released. Earlier this week a note was post- ed on the third floor girl's bathroom in Knowles South and passed on to the The Racquette through an anonymous tip. The note stated, \On Friday, February 22 at 4 a.m. in the morning, U.P. arrested a man for standing over a girl's bed and watching her sleep for four hours. He got into her room because her room, was left unlocked while she slept. Please do not let this happen to you. This man lived in Knowles and had access to ail of Knowles quad. He is still on campus! Please, please, please lock your doors when you sleep and shut them when you are not in the room. If you see any- thing weird or suspicious please report it to me or U.P. A.S.A.P!\ The note went on to warn residents that there are predators on college campuses and suggested that all students make sure to keep their doors locked as often as possible. At the time of publication, nei- ther the length of time the man had been in the room nor the way he entered the room could be con- firmed as the members of University Police who could gener- ally comment on such things were out of the office. More detailed information will be available in upcoming issues of The Racquette. When Chip Morris, the Director of the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards was asked to comment on the general procedures the college would take with an incident like this, he stat- ed, \We're very victim driven. We're going to allow the victim to tell us what they want us to do.\ Morris went on to state that if the victim wants an arrest, for the man to go through trie judicial process, or a combination of both, UP will most likely pursue whichever options the victim prefers. He also stated that if the victim did not want to press charges or have any- thing done the case would be more likeiy to be dropped. Eric Duchscherer, Director of Residence Life, was unavailable for comment. Cassie Davino's life memorialized Photo: T. Recinella Ice sculptures created by high school teacher Thomas Recinella and his students memorialize Cassie Davino. For full memorial coverage, see pg. 2. News Opinion Arts & Entertainment College Life Comics Sports Potsdam ROTC hold annual Dining Out dinner pg 2 The Racquette's weekly political cartoon addresses \WMDs pg 5 Definitely, Maybe cer- tainly a possibility for movie-goers, pg 6 Student Government Weekly returns, pg 9 Luke and Darth Vader share an awkward yet touching moment pg 13 Cortney Pokier named Player of the Week pg 16
