The Hofstra Chronicle: October 20th, 2011 Issue

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The Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event, a 5k walk, raised $1.551,890.71 at Jones Beach. Pariticipants included Hofstra Greek Life and sports teams, with Long Island organizations on the south shore boardwalk.

Jones Beach is ‘Making Strides’

By TaraMarie Liscoe STaff WriTer

On a sunny, comfortably chill Oct. 16, several University organizations came together to participate in the Making Strides against Breast Cancer walk at Jones Beach. The shirts of the research supporters created a sea of pink that could be seen for miles. it was a 5 kilometer walk that traveled alongside the boardwalk and allowed for a calming view of the crashing waves. Participants could choose to start between the hours of 8-11 a.m.

Many organizations from around Long island including many from the University ventured out in the early morning hours to begin their walk along the boardwalk. Participants came out for many reasons and some just to show support.

“My sorority, Delta Phi epsilon, was able to raise and donate a little over $1,000 to the Breast

Cancer awareness Society,” said Jeanmarie Doherty, junior italian/ Spanish and education major at Hofstra University. “We sold pink hair extensions and it was a big success. We also participated in the Making Strides walk on Sunday. it was nice to see everyone come together to support such an important cause.” according to the american Cancer Society, since 1993 nearly 7 million walkers have raised more than $400 million. in 2010 alone, nearly 800,000 walkers across the country collected more than $60 million. There are more than 200 Making Strides walks nationwide each year. “i have walked many 5Ks in the past, including this walk at Jones Beach last year,” said Jessica Morris, junior accounting major at SUNY Old Westbury. “i usually just do them to support whichever cause they are for, but this year the cause was near and dear to my boss’ heart. Her

mother recently passed away in December from breast cancer, and she felt extra motivated to walk this year. Since my co-worker and i walked with her last year, we were there for the support this year as well.” it was easy to observe how dedicated many participants were to the cause just by listening to the chants arising from the crowd and seeing emotional exchanges between loved ones. There were people dressed in all pink, people dressed as pink gorillas, and people in full-body pink spandex.

Many people also displayed pink strands of hair in support. it is important to realize that every little penny counts when it comes to donations for causes such as the Making Strides walks.

They add up in the end and any donation can help a patient who is struggling. This year, Long island came together to raise $1,551,890.71 to help save lives.

ian Stoneking said he was coming back to his room in Vander Poel on Sunday, Oct. 9, when he heard a student say to an r.a. that she and her friend found cockroaches on the fourteenth floor.

“That night i’m laying in bed, my lights are off, and i saw a black spot on the wall,” he said. “Then it started moving. it was, in fact, a large cockroach.”

Stoneking, a junior, said he chased the bug but lost it under another person’s door—“i felt really bad [for that resident],” he said—and spent the remainder of the night in his girlfriend’s room, at Liberty Hall. “if i had not heard earlier that day [about the possibility of cockroaches]…i would’ve honestly felt like a dirty, disgusting person,” he said. after the incident, Stoneking cleaned the food from his room and threw out an exposed toothbrush as a precaution.

Stoneking told an r.a., but never called the Office of residential Programs about his sighting. resProg, meanwhile, is aware of only a few reports of cockroaches from just three towers. None of the reported cockroaches have been confirmed.

“We treat everything seriously,” said Jean Smith, associate Director of residential Programs for Operations. Smith explained that the University is required to respond to a resident’s pest concern within two hours of receiving a complaint. “We immediately call the Plant Department, no matter what [the concern] is.”

Dom Lavin is director of Campus Operations in the Plant Department. He explained that in Vander Poel Hall, the University

has had and has responded to one alleged cockroach sighting, which was on the fourteenth floor.

The University has a contract with assured environments, a New York-based pest control company, and Lavin says the company’s pest control responses have been reliable.

“They work closely with our managers,” said Lavin. “They’re excellent.” in the case of Calie Donnelly, the Vander Poel junior who lodged an official complaint this week, assured environments worked in her room while she was in class and left a note which said the room had been “secured” by an exterminator.

Donnelly said she saw a roach this Sunday night but didn’t call maintenance until 9 a.m. the next morning. “around 2 a.m. i started eating food in my room,” Donnelly said in an email. “Let me say i keep my room extremely clean and tidy, i never leave food opened, i have a secured plastic bin where most of my food is kept and is already enclosed by their packaging. i got up to walk around and that’s when I saw the giant cockroach. I flipped out. it was crawling all over my covers and was plain nasty.”

“...that’s when I saw the giant cockroach. I flipped out. It was crawling all over my covers and was plain nasty.”

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Ian Stoneking snapped a photo of this bug in his room in Vander Poel Hall. Stoneking alleges it is a cockroach, but ResProg and Campus Operations say they haven’t confirmed roaches.

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Hispanic Heritage closing reception

Month celebrated community and culture of Latinos

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Last Wednesday the Hispanic Heritage Closing reception took place as one final celebration of the culture and diversity in the Hispanic world. The closing ceremony was a summary of the events that took place on the University’s campus celebrating and embracing the Hispanic culture. The food, music and dancing that occurred was representative of the pride that each Hispanic student and faculty member has in their heritage and backgrounds. “The past weeks have been great and there has been a lot of interest‌it has been a great celebration of diversity on campus,â€? said annick aska, Assistant Director in the Office of Multicultural and international Student Programs. The overwhelming pride of the Latino race clearly stood out this past month

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as they celebrated what it means to be Hispanic. rebecca Vega, a student at the University, stated that she attended multiple events during the month and that one, the Latino Media Convention, spiked her interest because it talked about the effect that Latinos can have on the media today. it sought to inform students about how they should be proud of their culture as it grows in the United States so that they may share it more fully with the world.

Professor Mario Murillo, from the School of Communication and keynote speaker at the closing reception, said something to this degree as well. Murillo commented that 50.5 million people in the United States were counted as Latino in the 2010 census, or 16 percent of the population—and this number is constantly growing. “The US is the second largest Latino nation in the world and

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Mold shows across campus Brown symposium

By Meghan fitzgerald STaff WriTer

Upon inviting friends over to his dorm in the Netherlands, freshman Brendan Walles discovered that black mold covered the airconditioning unit of his room.

“I never thought I would find mold in my dorm. i always envisioned it as a very clean place, especially when I first moved in,” Walles said.

The community of the University has found it extremely disturbing that mold is so prevalent on campus. in 2009, the Chronicle ran an article addressing mold in the dorm rooms of many buildings on campus, specifically Nassau, republic and alliance halls. But most recently, students have been complaining about mold infestations in the Netherlands as well. additionally, the yearbook office has suffered from leaks for years and the water damage has resulted in a headache.

“The yearbook office has had this leak since before i started at Hofstra almost four years ago,”

said Co-editor in Chief Svenja van den Woldenberg of Nexus Yearbook, a senior and Chronicle Staff Writer. “My freshman year we were banned from the yearbook office because black mold had grown from the leak over the summer. We’ve reported our leak to the plant, to OSLa, to SGa and the yearbook editor…Our leak has been painted over and fixed several times but about a month or two later it always returns with a vengeance.”

Students are not the only members of the Hofstra community affected by mold infestation. Dr. Himelfarb both teaches and has his office in Barnard Hall and has much to say about the state of Barnard.

“Barnard is the forgotten building on campus, and the mold is only one symptom of a generally bigger problem,” Himelfarb said.

Himelfarb recounted many times he has seen tour groups pass by his building, knowing Barnard is not worthy of showing off to current and future students.

“There is all this discussion about Hofstra being a “green” campus, so why don’t they focus on the great inefficiency of this building? Classrooms are swampy and humid, like a cross between a jungle and a locker room, and in the winter the heat cannot be adjusted, so many professors wind up opening windows,” the professor continued. all in all, Dr. Himelfarb is disgusted at the state of Barnard Hall, built in 1939, and the problems the never-renovated building poses. in response, Hofstra’s Vice President of facilities and Operations, Joseph Barkwill, said, “Barnard is a building that has been talked about as part of a five-year plan. I wish we could just go in and renovate every building, but we really do try to respond and investigate the source of the problem.” Mr. Barkwill continued to say that complaints concerning mold in residential halls do get top priority, but that he will indeed investigate the problems in Barnard.

By Cody Heintz BUSiNeSS MaNaGer

On Thursday, October 27th, the University will host From Brown To Brown And Beyond to examine the significance of the 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown vs. Board of Education.

The symposium will be presented by the Hofstra Cultural Center, The Harry H. Wachtel Distinguished Teaching Professorship, The New Opportunities at Hofstra (NOAH) Program and Claflin University (South Carolina). The Symposium is directed by Hofstra full Professor of History Michael D’innocenzo and associate Professor Millicent e. Brown, who teaches History and Sociology at Claflin University and was formerly an exchange professor at Hofstra. athelene Collins, Senior associate Director of the Hofstra Cultural Center, will serve as symposium coordinator. The symposium includes panelists from not only Claflin & Hofstra but also from the aCLU, North

Carolina Central University, emory University, erase racism, Brown University, New York Civil Liberties Union and College of Charleston.

The symposium, which has been in planning for six months, will include 2 panel discussions, 4 documentaries and a town hall discussion. The first panel discussion will examine the Brown case and advances that have taken place since the Supreme Court Case. at the symposium, athelene said she would like to see “Community members, especially parents and care givers, given a chance to voice their concerns and demands for a more equitable public school system that will not continue to use schools as pipelines to prisons or to limit access to success in school. at the same time, they will be hearing of models [local and national] to close educational achievement gaps.”

Millicent e. Brown was one of the “first children” to desegregate schools in South Carolina.

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Discovery Program extends into club

By Claudia Balthazar STaff WriTer

On Tuesday SGa approved a new organization, the Discovery Club. “I was confident [before the vote], but it means a lot to know that we’re passed and everything is through,” said Steven Hartman, one of Discovery Club’s founders.

The Discovery Club is the continuation of the Discovery

Program that is held by OSLa every summer, a week before orientation. Hartman said, “as soon as the Discovery Program was over, we [he and other members of the Discovery Program] started working on it [the Discovery Club] because we knew we wanted to make it into a club.” its goal is to get involved in various service projects that con-

tribute to compassion, awareness and sustainability. recently, the Discovery Program raised $750 for the Breast Cancer awareness month. in their upcoming events, they are going to visit an organic farm and are working to fundraise one of the cobblestones lining the 9/11 Memorial pools in New York. according to Hartman, there are about 34 active members and

New publishing minor offered

By Lauren Means COPY eDiTOr

Next semester students will be able to declare a minor in Publishing Studies, courtesy of a new program in the english department.

The minor is comprised of english courses 170 through 174 and 179a, for a total of 18 credits.

These courses cover the basics of book publishing, including its history and its procedures. “it’s a great subject,” said senior Publishing Studies major rachel Lipkin. “i don’t know why more universities don’t offer it. it’s

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why i came to Hofstra, because they offered Publishing. it puts us ahead of the game in the industry. We’ve been around the block, we know at least the basics.”

Dr. alexander Burke, director of Publishing Studies at the University, explained that the english department had many requests from the other schools of discipline to create a minor in addition to the preexisting Publishing Studies major.

“There are lots of students who would like to minor in a different subject,” said Burke.

“The minor is attractive for the

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The faculty board of the english department approved the minor recently. Some faculty members suggested adding english literature courses to the requirements, but the ultimate decision was to require only the core publishing courses.

“My sentiment is, they’re taking this to find a job,” said Burke.

“That’s why we have 18 credits of just publishing studies courses.”

The english department wanted to match the business-oriented minors other departments at Hofstra offer.

“Majoring in publishing really puts us ahead of the game,” said Lipkin. “if someone with a major in Creative Writing and someone with a concentration in Publishing both apply at, say, Simon & Schuster, the one who actually knows about publishing will have a better chance at the job.”

Burke said that many students expressed a wish to complement their studies with an understanding of the publishing industry. Students who plan to publish dissertations or books in their chosen professions may find the minor helpful.

“We’re doing what a lot of other schools at Hofstra are doing,” said Burke, “which is offering a minor in a subject to give more students the opportunity to learn about that subject.”

Burke also suggested that Creative Writing majors would find the minor helpful in gaining real world job potential.

Tues, 10/18 in the Greenhouse Myranda elliott is the new ethics and Conduct Chair, replacing Gary 50 members on their facebook Duff who resigned last week. group.

SGa is co-sponsoring “The Discovery Club is going “Leadership: achieved not to be great and i wish them the received,” a conference on best of luck,” SGa Senator Katie Saturday, Oct. 22 from 11-3 p.m. friedman said. friedman was the registration can be found at founder and president of Helping Hofstra.edu/osla Hands, a service club that is inacVice President Zelinski reported tive and that she does not expect the senator cap increased to 53. to see reactivated.

Student Services said that Davison and Weed halls are scheduled for renovations.

Public Safety Briefs Compiled By Jessica Lewis

Chronicle File Photo

While crossing the Student

Center Unispan, a PSO observed a green laser light was pointed at him from a white Toyota that was passing on the Hempstead Turnpike on Oct. 13. The car turned onto north campus and the PSO radioed for assistance.

Public Safety responded, stopped the vehicles, identified the driver as a Hofstra student and he was given a summons.

While conducting Health and Safety inspections in a room in Hempstead House on Oct. 13, two plastic bottles used for smoking marijuana and a marijuana cigarette were found and taken from the room and the resident was given a summons.

A pocketknife was found and confiscated from Hague House during Health and Safety inspections on Oct. 13. The resident of the room was given a summons for violation of University regulations.

Three males were seen entering campus through the Oak Street entrance on Oct. 15. One of the males had a marijuana cigarette and another one was seen kicking and breaking a sprinkler head. a PSO told the individuals to stop and when they didn’t the

officer radioed for assistance.

More Public Safety responded and apprehended the three males – identified as two students and a non-student. The backpack of one of the students contained a quantity of marijuana, a scale, a marijuana grinder, plastic bags and a bottle of alcohol. NCPD was called and when they responded an investigation was conducted.

One of the students and the nonstudent was apprehended by the NCPD and the other student was giving a summons.

It was reported to an ra in republic Hall that there was a sword inside of a room. Public Safety responded and confiscated a sword and sword case on Oct. 17. The student was issued a summons for possession of a weapon.

Key  HIC- Hofstra Information Center  PSO- Public Safety Officer  RSR- Resident Safety representative  RA- Resident Assistant  NCPD- Nassau County Police Department  NUMC- Nassau University Medical Center

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Student’s tragic tale one of many on Hempstead Tpke

By Jessica Lewis News editor

“i don’t remember anything about the day of the accident,” student Greg welch said. “All i remember are stories that are told from my mom and dad.” welch was struck by a car on the intersection of the Hempstead turnpike and Uniondale Avenue on April 14, 2008. “they told me that i was walking across Uniondale Avenue and a car hit me – i was knocked unconscious and i suffered a traumatic brain injury,” said welch. He was rushed to the Nassau University Medical Center where he had a craniotomy to relieve the swelling in his brain, a surgical procedure that removes a section of bone from the skull. this was followed by a cranioplasty to reconstruct his skull.

welch has since returned to the University - spring 2011 was his first semester back in three years. “I think i’m always going to be recovering, it has been a little bit over three years now and i can still see that i’m getting better every year,” welch said. He credits a lot of his recovery to his therapists, family and friends. research conducted by the tri-state transportation Campaign released in January of 2010 concluded that the Hempstead turnpike is the most dangerous roadway in the tri-state area – for the third year in a row. A recorded 12 pedestrians were killed between 2007 and 2009. Most of the fatalities occurred in elmont, Franklin square and Hempstead.

Keith Cerrato, a Hofstra senior at the time, was walking across Hempstead turnpike at night when he was hit by a car in december 2006. in June 2011, salem enayetullah, Hofstra graduate living close to the campus, was killed while he was crossing the turnpike during a nightly run.

“Non-fatal accidents on the [Hempstead turnpike] – i’d say about 45-50 student accidents a year,” said John o’Malley the former director of Public safety and current Associate director of operations. these accidents are including car accidents with other cars, as well as with pedestrians. though Public safety only has control of drivers on the campus, which does not include Hempstead turnpike, they can still issue summonses to students who are texting, talking on the phone, speeding or in general just driving recklessly. “we have done everything possible at a street level [to ensure student’s safety],” o’Malley said. “we have increased the street light to maximum on California Avenue to six and a half minutes because of the high volume of pedestrian traffic.” o’Malley also commented on students opting to not use the unispans that cross over the turnpike. “students just

“I was knocked unconscious and I suffered a traumatic brain injury.”

Location of accident

welch was in a coma for about a week after the accident. Upon release from the hospital, he moved to tennessee where his father lives. “i went to Vanderbilt University for rehabilitation… i was there for, like, six to seven months and i went from being in a wheelchair to walking with a cane.”

won’t walk up the stairs that’s the only thing i can think of.” the University was given a $1 million grant by New York state to build the third unispan at the Netherlands, which was finished in the 2006-2007 school year.

Genna Cozzolino, a senior, admitted to not using the newest unispan during her freshman year. “i usually just walked across the street because it was a hassle to walk all the way up the stairs to the unispan and then down

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on the other side when i could just walk right across [the Hempstead turnpike].” Cozzolino said, “i really only used it when the weather was bad to get out of the rain or snow.” o’Malley says that at least 10 times a semester a ticket is given out for students driving too fast, running stop signs and doing donuts in the parking lots. “i can hear students driving up to 70 miles per hour on California Avenue,” o’Malley says. “i would argue the fact that Hempstead turnpike is one of the most dangerous roads is because there are student drivers on it,” said senior Christian Fuscarino. “Most student drivers are careless and aggressive.”

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Flying Dutchman: Nick Barrotta

By Sophia Strawser STAFF WRITER

Hofstra’s close proximity to New York City has always been an amazing opportunity when it comes to internships.

Nick Barrotta, a junior broadcast journalism major, utilizes that opportunity to the fullest.

Exploring all of Hofstra’s on-campus possibilities was something Nick finds is a must. Hofstra’s communication school caught Nick’s eye, hence his transfer to Hofstra last spring. Without that transfer he would not be where he is today. Nick hosted Hofstra’s “For Your Island” event and built up his resume.

After speaking with Marc Oppenheim, Associate Dean for Student Affairs in the School of Commnication, Nick was encouraged to contact Micah Jesse, a Hofstra alumnus. It was this connection that further changed Nick Barrotta’s life.

This was the connection that he needed to begin achieving his dreams without even yet possessing a degree.

Nick realizes that it is the connections

you have mixed with sheer determination to succeed that will take you places.

Micah Jesse works as a celebrity blogger, allowing Nick to gain access to red carpet events, celebrity interviews as well as experience in creating a blogs hence the arrival of his own blog; www.NickyBtv. com. It’s no surprise that Nick has come so far in less than a year.

Holding an utter determination to make something of himself in the entertainment business, Nick won’t let anything get in his way. He won’t stop till he is at the climax of his dreams.

Nick speaks very highly of Micah Jesse, ensuring those around him that this man is one of those people you cannot forget meeting. Possessing a mentor within your own industry is priceless chance not everyone gets. Writing for MicahJesse.com, Nick has gained precious hands on knowledge about his future industry. This connection that he has found will easily work as the bridge between the gap of college and the entertainment industry.

Photo Courtesy of Nick Barrotta Nick and Micah Jesse at an event.

Serving as example blogs, Nick has interviewed a number of celebrities such as Khloe Kardashian, John Legend, Selena Gomez, Wilmer Valderamma and Christina Milian. Nick Barrotta surely has tapped into the media source, NYC that lies so close, so why wouldn’t we all take

advantage of this? It’s about the people we know, the things we do at a young age, and the experience we have—Nick has begun to achieve all three of these necessities. Who knows, we may just have the next Ryan Seacrest here at Hofstra!

Jake’s Health Corner

Carbs don’t have to be the enemy

By Jake Boly STAFF WRITER

“Carbs and sugar are the devil?” Wait, what?

If this is true, why don’t we avoid eating fruits?

Fruit is mainly made up of fruits and sugars, but we still continue to eat them. Which makes me wonder, where did this fear of carbs come from?

The truth is, there has always been a bad guy when it comes to nutrition. We need someone to point the finger at or put the blame on, because in no way could it be ourselves. How many people remember when saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium were the devils? The fact of the matter is, these popular trends make people feel better when a diet isn’t working out for them. Nowadays people say carbs add massive amounts of fat and make your insulin sky-rocket!

Our body has roughly 400-500 grams of carbohydrates stored at all times to release energy when needed. When there is an absence of stored carbs after a series of low carb days, the body begins to burn up glycogen.

This leads to a huge loss of water at the beginning, which in turn makes people feel like low-carb diets are the way to go.

In reality, you’ll gain back all of the water weight plus some the next time you replenish your glycogen stores. The continued avoidance of carbs might also lead to carbohydrate sensitivity. Which basically means the body will have a harder time recollecting what and how to use a carb when it’s consumed.

The body always has a stored amount of

carbs for use at all times. Say you were to consume 200 grams of carbs today and stayed in your caloric limit, your body wouldn’t store them as fat. Your body would utilize them and rotate out the 200g consumed with 200g you have stored. Basically, when consumed in moderation and in your caloric limit, your body ends up equaling out at the end of the day.

Ask yourself a question: what is your reason for fearing carbs and sugar, or where did you hear that? Was it a trend diet that demonizes them? Think about this. Carbs and sugar generally have a high amount of calories. So wait – you mean I was eating a diet with an excess amount of calories and putting on weight? Of course you were.

When you start a diet you’re essentially just watching or tweaking the way you already eat, making yourself more aware. If you start consuming less carbs and sugar and lose weight its not because of the carbs and sugar demons, it’s because you’re consuming less calories.

Eat with moderation and you have nothing to worry about. I guarantee if you know what your daily caloric maintenance is, you can safely eat carbs that fit in your calories and you won’t gain weight.

Hopefully, I’m inspiring you to stop demonizing carbs and sugars or at least do your own research on the topic. Eat in moderation, a diet shouldn’t be the most stressful part of your life.

Check out next week when I talk about nutrient timing.

Photo Courtesy of Jake Boly Jake proves that a healthy diet doesn’t have to stress you out.

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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Oskar Pineno

By Jenna Grasso STAFF WRITER

Would you want to learn how to develop apps for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad? Dr. Oskar Pineno is a professor in the psychology department, is looking to teach a class that teaches students how program and develop apps for the social sciences, especially for psychology.

Dr. Pineno is exploring the possibility of teaching this course. Depending on the interests of students the class should start either the summer or fall 2012 semester. For students today, being able to create your own apps for your iPhone or even iPod would be something to take advantage of.

The class would show a student how to develop and program an app for iPhones, iPod Touch, and iPad. In just a few hours students could have a new app on their phone, and it would be something they could use anytime they want. Taking this class could “open a large amount of doors to new possibilities,” said Dr. Pineno. This course can also bring upon different professional advantages.

A teenager will always know how to navigate their way around a cellphone, but most teenagers do not know how to develop and program apps for themselves and possibly other people to use.

Although this course seems fun and rewarding -- which it is -- the course will

also involve a great deal of effort, time and patience to effective and creative looking apps are created.

This is a class with people who have experience with computers, especially with the Mac OS X. Once in this class the things you will learn would be the Objective-C programming language, Apple’s Foundation and UIKit Frameworks (Cocoa Touch API), and the Xcode program. This will teach you how to use Apple products more in depth, and will help you in programming an app.

Along with learning all of these elements, once a student is finished with the class, they will be able to continue developing iOS apps on their own.

What teenager wouldn’t want to create their own apps for the technology they use everyday? iOS programming is a class that all students should look into, and learn more about.

The more interest students show, the more chance this class will have of running. All students should go to the link http://opineno.polldaddy.com/s/ios and take the survey for the class. This will show how many students are interested.

Inventing and learning to program apps is a once in a lifetime opportunity! Why not get credit for doing it?

Edamame Hummus

By Samantha Lim STAFF WRITER

Add some Asian flair to a standard Middle Eastern appetizer by replacing its staple ingredient of chickpeas with edamame beans.

Did you know that edamame beans are soybeans picked before their prime? This accounts for their bright green color. They contain a higher percentage of protein than mature soybeans and are chockfull of antioxidants. News of edamames’ health benefits has been circulating, and

this staple of the Japanese diet can easily be found in eateries everywhere.

Set the oven temperature to 350°F. Wrap the garlic bulb in aluminum cooking foil before popping it in the oven for 30-45 minutes. It’s not necessary to peel off the papery covering of the garlic bulbs to remove the individual cloves. Simply cut off the top of the bulb; the insides should be soft enough for you to squeeze out.

Boil a pot of water and immerse the edamame eans. When they become very soft, remove the pot from the stove.

Edamame Hummus

Ingredients:

- 1 14oz. bag of shelled and frozen edamame beans - 2 Tbsp. tahini/sesame paste - 2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil - 1 small garlic bulb - 1/2 cup lemon juice - Dash of pepper (for garnish) - Several slices of flatbread or pita bread

Photo Courtesy of Samantha Lim Put a twist on your ordinary hummus by adding edamame to the mix.

Drain the water from the pot, and then run the beans under cool tap water.

The easiest way to pulse the edamame beans would be to use a food processor, but here is an alternative method that’s more practical in a kitchen on campus: Spoon the soft edamame into a big Ziploc bag and seal it almost all the way. Pound the bag until the beans become a pulp. This crude but amazingly simple method was how my grandmother prepared mashed potatoes before food processors and other extravagant kitchen appliances were introduced to the market.

The next step takes patience and you might need to put in some muscle, but the results are well worth it. Transfer the chunky pulp to a cooking sieve. Using

a large spoon, push the pulp through the wire mesh. Stirring from time to time helps speed up the process. Aim to get a paste that is as smooth as possible.

Stir the rest of the ingredients into the edamame paste. Your hummus is ready! Fill a serving bowl and store anything extra in Tupperware. For presentation’s sake, use a knife to even out the top of the hummus before grinding some cracked pepper over it.

Lightly smear some flatbread or pita bread with olive oil. Put the slices of bread in the oven for 5-7 minutes, or simply toast them. Cut the bread into slices and serve alongside your hummus.

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By Bryan Menegus CouMnist

this year’s new York Comic Con was abuzz with new spanning several industries. Foremost on many comic fan’s minds was DC Comics “new 52”, a companywide reboot (and abridgement) of all existing titles which resulted in the remaining titles having their storylines altered. Almost more shocking was DC’s initiative to have all titles available digitally— an obstacle most of the larger publishers have been avoiding.

As in recent years, the convention featured a significant presence from Cartoon network who heavily advertised their runaway success Adventure time, as well as upcoming programming on their Adult swim block. Among these were nerd hit ‘the Venture Brothers’ a new season of ‘Delocated’, and the upcoming six part mini-series ‘the Heart, she Holler’, which will feature standup comedian Patton oswalt.

Video games have always had a home at new York Comic

Con, but rarely do they receive as much attention as in this past year, with comic and video game junkies alike awaiting the release of Batman: Arkham City. the sequel the highly-acclaimed Batman: Arkham Asylum, Arkahm City not only has huge expectations attached to it, but is rumored to be Mark Hamill’s (of star Wars fame) last reprisal of his voice acting role as the Joker, a duty he fulfilled chiefly in the 90’s animated Batman series. the 2011 new York Comic Con also hosted the intel Extreme Masters Global Challenege, an esports tournament for League of Legends, starcraft ii, and Counterstrike.

The influx of movies which draw directly from comics has not only put a healthy dose of Hollywood into the Comic Con mix, but has brought along plenty of television personalities as well—many of whom have little or no connection to the sci-fi/ fantasy scene which tends to amass there. Among these,

Chad Michael Murray comes to mind, best known as Lucas scott on one tree Hill, he gave a number of interviews regarding his new graphic novel, ‘Everlast’.

Musicians too have slowly been trickling in—like tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, who came to promote his new comic series ‘orchid’, which is being released through Dark Horse.

Although there’s no shortage of teens (and adults) decked out in full cosplay regalia, somehow Comic Con is starting to feel tamer. the stereotypical image of the overweight, ponytail-wearing 30-year-old with hygiene issues, feverishly digging through a stack of plastic wrapped issues for an affordably damaged copy of X-Men #1 is beginning to fade as the industry becomes both more mainstream and more profitable. the only question is, what will the next generation of comic book nerds look like?

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Comic Con attracts devotees to many different franchises and people of many different ages.

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New ‘Footloose’ doesn’t live up to original

By Max sass EDitoR-in-CHiEF

Christopher Brewer’s remake of “Footloose” is a bit like the line dance his characters follow in one of their few successful scenes; one step forward, immediately followed by two steps back.

Any progress that Brewer’s film made towards modernizing the 1984 Kevin Bacon classic was ruined by poor acting, overly sexualized characters and a seeming confusion over when the movie took place. in Brewer’s defense, we have not seen a particularly successful dance movie since Flashdance (1983) and the original Footloose. that is, of course, with the most sincere of apologies to step-up 3D. Footloose has the chance to be a bridge between generations as a dance movie, but it instead went in the direction of a movie with dance in it, an important distinction. the casting of Kenny Wormald (Ren) and Julianne Hough (Ariel) would have been spot on. Both were dancers before they were actors, Wormald as a Justin timberlake back-up dancer and Hough famously on Dancing With the stars. instead, Brewer asked them primarily to act and only secondarily to dance.

Any chance at depth was defeated when two novice actors with dancing backgrounds were asked to carry a more profound plot. Even the usually sterling Dennis Quaid, as Ariel’s father and the town’s preacher, was spoiled by the inexperience of Wormald and Hough.

When the pair was allowed to just dance, they absolutely shone. Hough grabbed every male’s attention with her twists and turns, hair waving and Wormald dazzled the ladies with his almost Bacon-like swagger and fast feet.

Even if the two were talented actors, that would have been hidden by how sexualized they were. Never did Ariel’s outfit leave much to the imagination

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and the lasting image has to be Ren sliding his hands down Ariel’s impeccable legs, covered only by skimpy denim shorts, as the two grinded in a parking lot.

Wormald’s Boston accent was thick and impressive at times, but it disappeared for long portions of the movie. Confusion reigned when first Ren is teaching his friend Willard (Miles teller, convincingly country) to dance with an iPod on and then not too long after, Ariel plays music for Ren from a cassette tape.

Brewer could not balance paying homage to the original 17 years earlier, and keeping his movie in 2011. He successfully modernizes the music (using country star Blake shelton and others to bring it into the 21st century) and even fits in “Let’s Hear it For the Boy,” as Willard learns to dance.

But when Wormald exactly mirrors Bacon from 17 years earlier by stripping down to tight jeans and a tank-top and dancing by himself in a warehouse, it seems out of place and forced. And when 2011 Ren enters the final dance in a tuxedo almost identical to that of 1984 Ren, he just seems like an imposter amongst his classy, modernly dressed friends.

Footloose 2.0 could have been a hit if it embraced modernization, focused on the dance and let the attractive Hough and Wormald play to their strengths. instead, the movie got lost trying to bridge a 17-year gap.

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Coffeehouse Concerts: 10/13 Review

By Katie Webb

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the Coffeehouse Concert series, run by the Hofstra Concerts club on campus, held another thursday night show at eight o’clock on october, 13 in the netherlands Café. this week had a bizarre start, and became even more humorous by the end of the night.

The first performer was a graduate student by the name of Brian Walker. A Pennsylvania native, this singer songwriter showed his loyalty by opening with songs from Philly area bands like Circa survive.

While crooning out a few original songs, which had interesting themes to say the least ranging from one about the Adam sandler movie “Click” to poverty in third world countries, strange events began to occur. the second performer was Mike Petrow a Hofstra senior.

At this point the audience had been worked up into a frenzy of laughter, and was prepared for the comically infused rapping of Petrow. From his appearance most unknowing audience members would not have guessed he was a rapper, but were pleasantly surprised by his talent.

Although he only performed a few songs and had a false start on one of them, he was not half bad. Most likely his slip-up came from the fact that he was ill or otherwise unwell because as he

claimed, “i didn’t want to be here tonight so that explains a lot,” yet he commendably showed up anyway.

Despite his own self-deprecating words before leaving the stage, his performance was rather impressive. His skill came in two waves. The first was the humor charged in his rapping and lyrics. the second was the chaotic energy expounding from every part of his body as he moved about the stage, gesticulated wildly, and shot out rhymes without losing his breathe. if he was feeling sick one can only imagine the effort he puts forth when he is at his best. i did not learn the identities of the six man comedy clan that was featured as the last act of the night, or the nature of their inception, until the end of their showcase. the guys, who later dubbed themselves “We’ve All seen Good Burger,” began their impromptu improv crew’s twenty minute slot of pure shenanigans with a short anecdote to play off of. one member spun a tale where he discovered his father’s disturbing fetish for midget porn, as well as his cousin’s strange proclivity for cats.

From there the group began acting out bits and pieces of alternate skits. one story followed a forlorn man whose dreams of being a mermaid in the acting business are dashed by creeped out parents at a kid’s birthday

party. next the guys, who weren’t afraid to sometimes play females, are a part of an outlandish bowling team made up of sex offenders whose arch nemeses are the heroin addict bowling team.

Finally, after a crazed therapist runs around attacking everyone and the internet porn gags begin to tie together all the story lines the show ends with a third bowling team called the “destroy all humans” team killing everyone on stage. the improv was refreshingly imaginative and had the audience bursting at the seams at the non-stop ridiculous, insane, and slightly sinister plot lines. there was an equal amount of shocked gasps as there were glowing giggling faces.

However, the real shock was not the quality of the material, or the talent of the players, but rather the fact that with all their visible comedic energy and rapport they had only just formed there group hours before. Despite the fact that they had been thrown together on the spot there act seemed anything but. the group consisted of Mike Bufardea, Adam Foster, Matt Grote, sean Raftery, tyler Higgins, and Cian smith.

Although the troupe was first made for a one time show, one can only hope this was not there final bow at the Coffeehouse Concert series.

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The improv group “We’ve All Seen Good Burger” perfmed at Coffeehouse Concerts las week.

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By Matt Ern COluMnIst

Community- “Remedial Chaos...”

Grade: A Community has set the new standard for what a half-hour television comedy is capable of.

“Remedial Chaos theory” is not just one of the best episodes of Community, but it’s one of the best episodes of anything ever. the premise is simple: the study group goes to troy and Abed’s new apartment for a housewarming party. When the pizza guy gets there they decide to roll a die to see who has to go down and answer the door. in typical Abed fashion, he remarks that by letting the die decide who goes they’ve created six different timelines. the rest of the episode plays out the same basic events seven times and we see what changes when each person goes to answer the door. the execution of this premise is flawless. Episodes of TV with “here’s another way it could have happened” moments usually drive me crazy, but Community pulls it off effortlessly.

And each timeline offers insight into the various characters’ roles in the group by showing what things are like when they aren’t around. interestingly the only time things go well is when Jeff leaves. He’s not there to stop Britta from singing “Roxanne,” so the whole group

joins in. that kept them from hurting each other both verbally and physically. the episode’s multiple timelines made it easy to subtly examine characters while still being overtly funny. the troy timeline is possibly the most hilarious thing i’ve ever seen on tV. it ends with Pierce shot in the leg, his blood spraying on shirley, and Britta burning down the apartment when she drops her lit joint into a puddle of serbian rum that was spilled on the floor. there are so many layers of insanity, yet nothing is confusing. it’s an incredibly creative half hour of tV that was laugh out loud funny, something that’s not at all easy to pull off.

The Walking Dead- “What Lies...”

Grade: B “What Lies Ahead” opens with a first act as tense and horrifying as you could hope to get in a zombie show. the survivors’ RV broke down in a long line of dead cars on the highway, so they decided to split up and search for useful parts and supplies.

A large group of walkers showed up and ambled through the traffic to where our heroes were scavenging. Everyone tried to hide under the cars, where the walkers shuffled past dangerously close, resulting in a scene of chaos.

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Real Estate - Days Grade: Aand after one climbed inside she found herself trapped in the bathroom. Andrea’s plight was cut with t-Dog’s, whose arm was cut and bleeding badly while he struggled to find a hiding place. i’ll admit i thought one of them was going to die there. the little girl sophia is chased from her hiding spot by walkers, and runs off into the woods where Rick follows her to try and protect her. Being stuck under a car while zombies crawl after you is one of the most terrifying situations i can imagine. But then the episode toke a turn for the boring.

For the next hour of the episode we’re treated to various characters wandering in the woods looking for sophia. there is a string of events that have no real bearing on the overall plot, like cutting open a walker to see if sophia is inside, discovering an abandoned campsite, and then discovering a church. none of the action helped propel the plot forward. if the episode had kept up its tension, it would have made for compelling tV. But instead it’s very uneven and suffers from some pacing problems that result in a mediocre episode of tV.

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it would be easy to remark on “Days” by noting the shimmering guitars, washed out vocals and generally ambiguous aesthetic that they manage to maintain despite successful bursts of catchiness. the underlying content of this album, however, is what demands a second look. the work is built upon a meandering nostalgia. this would be sort of laughable in most circumstances, given the youth of this band. But the whole concept is so fully committed to both sonically and lyrically that you can’t help, but take it seriously. the nostalgia is there, but not entirely certain what that nostalgia is for.

RIYL: Youth Lagoon, Neon Indian Patrick Stump - Soul Punk Grade: C+

it is admirable, to some degree, that Patrick stump (formerly lead singer of the band Fall out Boy) decided to consciously move in such a fresh direction after the dissolution of his old band, but this comes with its own problems. After several songs into the album, the cheese of the throwback soul begins to seem not so different from FoB’s sound. the whole “soul” sound of this album seems to more of characterization derived from the pop music of newly bygone eras.

RIYL: Fall Out Boy, Micheal Jackson impressions Jack’s Mannequin - People and Things Grade: Bthis album title may be one of the laziest and blandest album titles i’ve seen in a long time.

And the actual content of the album pretty well reflects the album title. the music of Andrew McMohan (songwriter mid 00’s pop/punk band Something Corporate, Jack’s Mannequin being his solo project) is surely no longer in vogue, but this album shows that it is indeed for a lack of trying. the elements that made J.M.’s first album, “Everything in Transit,” so good like the ethos and songwriting behind the music are total absent from this album.

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At the beginning of “What Lies Ahead,” the characters have to hide beneath cars to escape the walkers.

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Freshman feels safe Student safety escorts should provide off-campus services on campus By elisabeth Turner CoLUmniST

For those of us freshman hailing from morally humble backgrounds, college life may be a shocking experience. no, it’s not as if we were previously unaware of what happens on a Saturday night behind sockadorned doorknobs. it’s not that we were ignorant of what’s inside those plastic red cups given out at frat parties. it’s just that we didn’t previously expose ourselves to it. We didn’t care and perhaps, still don’t. maybe now, we are merely curious. perhaps like me, you expected a drunken orgy or intoxicated brawl taking place upon your arrival at such a party. But what i found was a disappointment to my expectations. Sure orgies occur, sure brawls happen, i realized, but they’re not part of the typical party scene. aside from what to expect at parties, i was always told to remain cautious when walking around campus at night. having been on campus for a few weeks, and living all the way in Colonial Square rendered me a bit wary about walking back across campus alone. Those stories of unsuspecting freshman encountering hidden strangers in dark bushes surfaced to my mind. i could have called public Safety for an escort. But instead, i decided to leave the library after a late night studying and started walking in the dark. once i made it back safely, i breathed a sigh of relief. i still study late nights in the library. Usually, i walk back with friends, but other times i will go back alone. it took me a while to finally realize that in reality, no one is hiding in those bushes – well, maybe a few squirrels . . .but no humans. That pepper spray zipped away in my bag might actually just be extra

weight.

Finally, there was that day in late September when i boarded the Blue Beetle alone to go to the train station. i stepped onto the train, a messenger bag snug on my shoulder, my hand tightly gripping the cell phone resting in my palm. Undoubtedly, after walking up the stairwell and into penn Station i made sure to keep my eyes focused straight ahead, to keep my breathing steady, and to walk quickly. This first moment on my own, under the sweet September sun was one of anxiety and nervousness. But it wouldn’t last long. it is now october and i have arrived at the conclusion that new York is just a city, a place with criminals, artists, and oddballs, just like every other place on the earth. now, as chilly winds start to blow, i am able to step off the train, carefree, and inhale the city air. now i can wrap my scarf around my neck and travel the distance between the library and my dorm –alone, under a blanket of stars. i embrace my Friday nights; i do as i please, mindful that public Safety’s only a phone call away, of the campus lights lining the sidewalks even of the friendly squirrels resting in the bushes.

It is now that I finally understand that things are the way they are supposed to be - being smart enough to know when something is wrong and assuredly sentimental enough to know when it is right. and here, things are right, things are safe.

You - as i did- should use caution and common sense, but you should be yourself without heavy reservation. We may come from morally humble backgrounds, but we are nevertheless, knowledgeable and wise. hofstra’s campus may not be in the middle of nowhere, but it is by every means, a place where we can feel free to be ourselves.

“The pepper spray zipped away in my bag might actually just be extra weight.”

By Chelsea Royal SpeCiaL To The ChRoniCLe

ever wonder who those guys in the blue and yellow jackets walking around campus were?

They are public Safety’s student escorts, who provide services for any member of its community.

These escorts are required to take special training, carry walkie-talkies, and help public Safety Officers monitor any suspicious activities. While they do not receive their own vehicles, the student escorts provide hofstra members with someone to safely bring them to their car or dorm on campus. overall, the students escorts are a helpful resource for members of the hofstra community. They also give students on-campus job opportunities and experience. however, many students are unaware that this organization even exists. They recognize these students, mostly young men, walking around with their walkie-talkies and jackets in the Student Center or in front of hofstra USa. When i asked several students what they thought about the student escort system, each one responded the same way, “Student escort system? What’s that?” anthony Zaccone, was a student escort during his freshmen year and had to make sure no one was causing any trouble. if he saw any suspicious activity, he had a responsibility to report it to public Safety, but could not get involved in the action. he believes the student escort service at hofstra could be a useful resource, but not might appear to be because students and other members of the hofstra community do not use it as much. “i spent a lot of time walking around in the middle of the night doing absolutely nothing,” Zaccone said, “Yet i hear all the time about girls walking alone through hempstead. if people actually realized that there was an escort service it would be a lot more useful.” i feel that overall, students on campus feel safe walking to their car or dorms during the night. however, to make better

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“I spent a lot of time walking around in the middle of the night doing absolutely nothing...Yet I hear all the time about girls walking alone through Hempstead.” use of the student escort service, i believe their services should expand to off-campus duties.

During the past couple semesters, hofstra has sent out alerts of off-campus robberies and crimes along hempstead Turnpike. if a group of student escorts were available to walk students safely back to campus from local eateries and even the popular off-campus bars, these

crimes could easily decrease.

Student escorts could also be stationed at the new public Safety booth at the end of the netherlands, so they could be easily accessible to people who need their service. There, the student escorts could assist the officers who are trying to monitor activity outside the bars and make sure students get back on campus safely.

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“Hofstra Shuffle” finds dance partner in London By miles Bett CoLUmniST

Do you like to dance? i do. i can’t do it very well, but i try.

With a bit of arm flailing, twisting my hips side to side, and maybe wiggling my leg every time i think i’ve caught the beat. Wait, nope, missed it. it’s the effort that counts right? i don’t mean to brag, but i am very good at one dance.

Fantastic some might say. i’ve been doing it for years now and only recently found out that it’s more common than i thought.

Can you guess what it is? it’s the “Hofstra Shuffle.” It packs all the same moves i use, though for some reason it’s not as fun. oh wait, that’s because i am paying obscene amounts of money to do it.

For anyone finding themselves doing the “hofstra Shuffle,” you are not alone. I will

“I had to boogie, shuffle, slide and jive my way across campus for several months.”

Illustration by Ashlie Bauer give you one example to lighten your heavy hearts. i am currently in London with a study abroad program. in order to do this i had to boogie, shuffle, slide and jive my way across campus for several months. i even had to grove my way across cyberspace just to make sure that when i come back in December, hofstra doesn’t raise an eyebrow and ask me where i’ve been for the past

four months. i am currently at nYU, a school with close ties to hofstra, but you wouldn’t guess it from what i had to contend with.

The beginning wasn’t too bad, back when i was actually on campus.

But the moment i left, that’s when it all changed. i would get emails asking for a form from nYU. easy enough, right? i go to

nYU and ask for the form. They tell me it hasn’t been released yet. So i go back to hofstra. here’s what happens: me: “They haven’t release it yet.” hofstra: “Well, we need it by this date.”

What is a man to do besides sit quietly and watch as the date rolls around, ruffling my hair as it goes. it continued like this until i

was actually in London and had to call and tell them i wouldn’t pay the fee for my payment being late. Funny, since i hadn’t actually received my billing form from hofstra yet.

There are of course a thousand other instances like this, as i am sure you can relate. i’ve heard stories of majors and minors not being where they should be on someone’s DaRS report, and sudden emails of deadlines missed because no one bothered to write of their existence until after the matter. however, hofstra has been wonderful in some regards.

Scholarships and classes are just two that come to mind. Though come to think of it, those were more of an individual experience than a ‘hofstra hive mind’ type situation.

Being a senior, my dancing days are approaching an end.

Underclassmen will soon no longer be able pass me on the dance floor as I continue to jive, step, and groove my way back and forth across campus to fill out graduation forms, payment details and a final class schedule. however, to know it wasn’t just me, and that hofstra makes everyone do the shuffle, is almost enough to make any student feel warm on the inside. That is, until you realize what that implies.

Hofstra needs more breast cancer awareness events By madeline Fish SpeCiaL To The ChRoniCLe

around the country, americans are doing their part to promote breast cancer awareness month. The month stresses the importance not just for the women in our lives but the men also to

Illustration by Ashlie Bauer

be checked regularly because early detection is best. Being aware of family history is also very important, as breast cancer can run through the family.

Dedicating one month out of the year is a way of showing how important it is for

“The most important thing to know about breast cancer is that it no longer is considered a death sentence.”

woman to be giving themselves self-breast exams or getting a mammogram when necessary.

Breast cancer awareness month is particularly important here on Long island due to high number of women with the disease. on Long island, 1-in-9 women is diagnosed with the disease. This past weekend, more than 55,000 Long islanders walked in american Cancer Society’s making Strides against Breast Cancer at Jones Beach. The event raised a total of $2,900,000 towards breast cancer research and the donations are still coming in. here at hofstra, Greek life, different clubs, and sports

teams have added their support by raising awareness. But is hofstra University doing enough for this month? Schools around the country are setting up walks to raise money, having seminars for their employees and students on breast cancer awareness, and are using their resources to help raise awareness. hofstra is doing a lot to promote breast cancer month, but there can always be more. it has a very beautiful campus and it wouldn’t hurt to host a walk to raise money for breast cancer awareness. The school could

also hold a seminar with medical professionals to talk to students and faculty about the importance of early detection. hofstra definitely has the resources, it just needs more initiative.

The most important thing to know about breast cancer is that it no longer is considered a death sentence. more women survive this terrible disease every year, but a lot can be done to educate people to get breast exams.

While there isn’t a cure for breast cancer yet, the month of october should continue to provide for those affected by the disease.

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Shut the Buck up!

Look, I love football and I love baseball. Growing up, I wanted to be Jim Nantz. I wanted to be Pat Summerall. I wanted to be Vin Scully, and Al Michaels, and all the greatest play by play commentators rolled all into one.

I then realized my face made people think someone opened the Ark of the Covenant so I put that aside to write.

Regardless, I longed to be calling the Super Bowl or the World Series. One gentleman has done these things, and he is probably the least deserving of every playby-play announcer throughout all sports, including jai alai. That man is Joe Buck.

Seriously, what is this guy’s appeal? I can never be faster to hit the mute button than when I hear his monotone, unenlightening words emanate from his mouth. He is about as entertaining as a root canal performed in

an earthquake.

Now, the obvious reason this guy gets any work is like anything else in the working world: nepotism.

Joe Buck’s father was legendary St. Louis Cardinals play-byplay man Jack Buck, who was one of the greats of baseball with a style all his own. Buck was a proclaimed announcer and a regarded member of the American pastime community.

However, his son just stinks.

I don’t know if someone messed up the genetics and put Ben Stein where the announcing gene is, but Joe Buck is terrible.

And now, we have another maximum of seven games of baseball to deal with. Granted, Buck has to deal with the incredible insight of Tim McCarver, who has before said that as good as a team is in the first half of this game, that’s how as bad as they are now.

However, McCarver is a subject for another anthology. Back to Buck.

When it comes to baseball, the FOX play-by-play man seems to suck the enjoyment out of even

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-Joe Buck’s announcing is so bad Marlee Matlin complains. the most memorable of moments.

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Rono dominant again as Pride rolls through Penn State National

By Jesse Savin STAFF WRITER

The Hofstra men’s crosscountry team has had its share of ups and downs this season, netting two top-20 finishes and one top-10 finish this fall, but the one consistent bright spot has been junior Daniel Rono.

Rono has led the men’s squad in every meet so far this season and he is showing no signs of slowing down. In the season’s first meet - the Iona Meet of Champions - Rono led the team, placing seventy-fourth to carry the team to a nineteenth place overall finish, making sure the Pride started the season with a top-20 finish. Rono cracked the top-20 himself in the season’s second meet (Metropolitan Conference Championships) and helped the Pride crack the top-10 for the only time so far this year.

That brings us to last Friday, October 14, where the Pride

arrived at the golf course at PSU for the Penn State National with that top ten finish under its belt and looking to continue its success amongst other top teams.

Rono did not disappoint, leading the Pride men’s team for the third time in a row, taking home a team-best fifty-fifth place finish, which launched the men’s squad into its third top-20 finish of the season, coming in at nineteenth as a team. Four other runners had scoring stat-lines for the squad, which totaled 507 points.

Freshman Jacob Malakoff came in one hundred-twentieth and was the only other Pride runner, aside from Rono, who came in under 30 minutes. Freshman Vic Palumbo placed no 131, while senior Fred Shattell was the next Pride runner to finish at 160. Freshman John Duffy was the last runner to score, placing no. 175.

The women’s squad came together to crack the top 30 at PSU with a twenty-ninth overall

years without a World Series title.

Did the throw to Mientkiewicz for the final out have excitement?

No. It was bland, mundane speaking from Buck with the excitement of a study session in the library.

It gets no better with football.

Take last year. The Green Bay Packers winning a Lombardi or Favre-less Super Bowl.

Aaron Rodgers defeating Ben Roethlisberger in a battle of big name quarterbacks. And then… thud, excitement for Green Bay became bleeding from the ears for the rest of us.

So I know this is dull, so let me break this down how bad Buck is:

finish, racking up 876 total team points over the 6K run. Junior Cara Mattson was able to parlay two strong prior meets into her best of the season, leading the women’s team for the first time this season with a two hundredsixth place finish at the national event. Senior Brittany Rose continued her stellar season, with the team’s second best finish at no. 218.

Just two days later, three Pride women’s runners also competed at the St. John’s Fall Festival, where although the Pride did not place as a team, the runners had strong finishes. Senior Katie Wiking placed twenty-third, while classmate Rebecca Soehner and Sophomore Jacklyn McKnight were right behind her in places 24 and 25.

Both Pride squads are off this weekend before competing in the CAA Conference Championships down in Atlanta, GA on October 29.

-The FOX baseball booth in St. Louis and Arlington have both been declared disaster area;

President Obama has sent FEMA -Joe Buck calling a strike was so boring, unions went on strike because of it -A full count is another term for the amount of time one can stand listening to Joe Buck -The Lions are considering going back to stinking, just so Joe Buck won’t call their games -FOX has a new effort to clone Bob Costas for multiple sport effort -A zoo in Ohio released wild animals in the hopes they would make it to St. Louis before Game 2.

-Troy Aikman will use new headphones that make anyone’s voice sound like Morgan Freeman.

Hofstra sports trivia week 6 Last week’s answer:

The last time the hofstra women’s soccer team lost three straight games, the Pride finished the season with a 9-8-2 mark.

This week’s Question:

when was the Hofstra women’s basketball team’s last NCAA appearance?

E-mail your answers to chroniclesports@gmail.com for your chance to win a great prize!

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Cassara’s recruiting effort takes focus on transfers

By Matt Napolitano SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

After a 21-12 inaugural season and a trip to the CAA semi-finals, Hofstra men’s head basketball coach Mo Cassara enters his second season facing a transition. Having lost the senior leaders in Charles Jenkins and Greg Washington, Cassara recognizes the need for change. “It’s the alltime leading scorer. The all-time leading [shot] blocker. On paper, yes, it looks like we lost a lot, but we can’t settle on losses in a conference as strong as this,” said Cassara, speaking from CAA Basketball Media Day in Washington D.C. Following the graduation of Jenkins, Washington, and guard Brad Kelleher, Cassara is setting his sights on developing a squad that can combine veteran presence with up and coming talent.

That’s why he is taking a new aim in his recruiting style, by not only pursuing high school seniors, but transferring college players as well.

“The veteran presence [in the CAA] is top to bottom,” said the sophomore head coach, “To stay competitive, you want mature players who have a better grasp of the system.”

Among this off-season’s top acquisitions were former Connecticut junior Jamal Coombs-McDaniel and Penn

State sophomore Taran Buie.

Both will sit out this upcoming season because of NCAA transfer regulations, but Cassara says they will have a “tremendous, positive impact on the future of this team.”

The Hofstra Pride men’s basketball team received a preseason rank of no. eight for the coming year. Cassara, not influenced at all by the number, said he looks as this year as a chance for the new transfers to study up.

“That extra year allows for a better understanding,” he said.

“You look at guys like Mike [Moore] and others in the past who’ve became a lot more fluent with the strategy.”

Moore, now a senior guard, gained a starting role last year after transferring from Fordham.

After sitting out the 2009-10 season, the 6-5 three point threat made an impression on the CAA, averaging 16 points per game against conference foes in 201011 and earning second team allCAA honors this preseaon. Moore also takes on a role as one of the team’s three captains. “Mike has made his impression on this school and him and Nat [Lester] will be relied on as senior leaders for this team,” Cassara said.

Lester, a redshirt senior, and University of Rhode Island transfer Stevie Mejia will also act as captains for the Pride. Mejia sat out last season after leaving

URI, but impressed in practices, keeping Cassara confident. “He’s explosive. He’s fast. He can run this offense successfully. He is a leader.”

Despite a large focus on transfers, Cassara is still looking for quality recruits across the national circuit. The men’s basketball staff has tried expanding its search to sign players who may be looking at schools in the Atlantic-10 conference, as well as other southern CAA schools like Old Dominion and Virginia Commonwealth.

“It’s important for us to expand and find these young talented guys,” said Cassara. “We can’t keep our eyes on one set place.

We won’t accomplish anything doing that.”

The Pride’s roster includes three freshmen. The newcomers consist of New York natives Jordan Allen and Moussa Kone, as well as Pennsylvania product Jereme Good. All three will come off the bench for Hofstra this season. With the 2011-2012 tipoff just weeks away for the Pride, the coaching staff is pleased by what he is seeing in these first few practices. However, Cassara jokes that on the court and off the court, there is no end to his job.

“I am always working,” he said.

“Coaching, recruiting. My job never stops and I love it.”

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Hofstra men’s basketball head coach Mo Cassara has looked to find pieces of the puzzle through transfers.

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Men’s soccer rebounds after heartbreaking loss

By Alex Hyman STAFF WRITER

Nothing, not even the weather could stop the Hofstra men’s soccer team from getting a win it desperately needed.

The conditions were rough with heavy rain and wind for the Pride’s match in Philadelphia against Drexel.

“The elements made it tough” Hofstra head coach Richard Nuttall said. “We defended well in difficult conditions.”

The match was scoreless at the half but the Pride fought hard in the second half to take a 1-0 lead. The team’s point leader, sophomore Chris Griebsch, knocked in the game’s lone goal when senior Brett Carrington found him near the box.

“Everyone played well, it was a great team effort”, Nuttall said.

“We had three or four chances to win and really didn’t give them much”.

The win for the Pride came following three losses, including the first two at home. Its record improves to 3-4 in conference and 6-7 overall. The Pride head to Norfolk, Virginia this weekend to battle the CAA leading Old Dominion Monarchs.

The third of the losses was at

Delaware on Sunday.

The Pride had been getting off to slow starts recently, but changed that when freshman Heidar Emilsson received a corner kick and fired a shot on goal that was redirected into the back of the net by sophomore defender Shaun Foster. The goal was Foster’s third of the season.

Emilsson got himself on the scoring sheet for the first time this season three minutes later, when he received a pass from fellow freshman Shady Saleh and buried one from 30 yards out directly into the top left corner.

Sophomore goalkeeper Roberto Pellegrini kept Delaware off the scoreboard until the 75th minute when he let a rebound in front of the net that was quickly deposited into the goal. Things still looked good for the Pride as it entered the final minute of play nursing a 2-1 lead. In the 90th minute, Blue Hen forward Roberto Gimenez notched his second goal of the half and tied the match at 2-2.

The score remained 2-2 through the first overtime and just seconds into the second overtime, the Blue Hens knocked in the game winner and took a 3-2 win.

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Sophomore midfielder Chris Griebsch (21) scored the game winning goal in Hofstra’s 1-0 victory over Drexel last night.

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Women’s soccer ends four game skid

By Joe Pantorno SPORTS EDITOR

After seeing its losing streak extend to four games Friday night against William and Mary, the Hofstra University women’s soccer team broke its skid on Sunday afternoon with a 2-1 victory over Old Dominion.

“The girls have gotten themselves together, we’re focused, it was almost like a new season this past weekend,” said head coach Simon Riddiough.

Sunday brought senior day as senior striker Laura Greene and midfielders Brittany Butts and Courtney Breen celebrated their last home game.

“There’s a lot of emotion going on that day,” said Riddiough. “It’s good that everyone’s energy is high, everyone is excited, they don’t want to let everyone down especially the seniors on their last game, but it’s bad as well because sometimes you get over excited.”

Hofstra dominated the first half, outshooting Old Dominion 10-3, but in the thirty-second minute Lisa Bernadini slotted one past sophomore goalkeeper Emily Morphitis right in front of goal to put the Monarchs up 1-0.

Hofstra flew out of the gates to start the second half when freshman striker Sam Scolarici sent a low shot from the right side of the penalty area past the keeper into the bottom left hand corner of the net to tie the score in the fortysixth minute.

“In many respects it’s the story of our season,” said Riddiough.

“We played pretty well that first half and I thought at times we should have been 1-0 up, 2-0 up.

But fair play to Old Dominion, they worked hard. Getting that early goal settles the nerves and makes everyone less panicky.”

Greene added to her scoring record this season in the sixtysecond minute, after a throughball from Butts sent Hofstra’s leading scorer in alone on goal,

who finished to seal the Pride’s victory.

Friday night against no. 23 William and Mary was a defensive battle with not much offense, as heavy rain during the game made conditions slick and nightmarish for the players.

“Playing against a very good, aggressive, attacking minded William and Mary, I thought we did a good job sticking to the game plan,” said Riddiough.

“I thought it really gave us a chance.”

William and Mary provided the breakthrough in the seventyeighth minute, when Cortlyn Bristol unleashed a shot from 20 yards out that rooted Morphitis to the pitch as she watched the strike sail into the top left corner of the net, which proved to be the game winner.

Hofstra stands at 7-7 overall and 3-5 in CAA play entering a three game road-trip to close out the season.

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Junior forward Erin Breen (16) tries to control a pass in Hofstra’s 2-1 victory over Old Dominion on Friday.

Field hockey’s spirited effort falls short against no. 14 Maine

By Joe Pantorno Sports Editor

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Senior defender Amy Lee-Levey (11) looks to play keep away from a Maine attacker in the Pride’s 5-4 loss on Sunday.

Maine’s Zoe Atkins deflected a pass into the back of the net with 6:13 left in the game to complete a comeback from 4-2 down to lift the no. 14 Black Bears past the Hofstra University field hockey team Sunday afternoon 5-4.

“We played a fantastic game,” said head coach Kathy De Angelis. “For 70 minutes I didn’t think for one second we gave up.

Maine’s a fantastic team and is having a great year. I thought we gave as much effort in every part of the field as we could.”

Hofstra had the first chance of the game six minutes in, when senior defender Amy Lee-Levey had a shot blocked with the rebound coming out to junior forward Krizia Layne. Goalkeeper Brittany Fleck kicked out Layne’s shot.

Hofstra broke through with 11 and one half minutes gone, when senior forward Genna Kovar, who ran in on the keeper. Fleck managed to come out of her net and block Kovar and clear with her stick, but her clearance found

freshman forward Jonel Boileau who fired a shot into the bottom left hand corner of the net. Kovar did find the net soon after, giving Hofstra a 2-0 lead.

Maine continued to pressure the Hofstra defense with a plethora of penalty corners and decent chances, but the Hofstra defense held tough.

The lead was cut in half with 4:44 left in the half after a series of deflections lured senior goalkeeper Amanda Heyde out of her net and found Courtney Glynn who took advantage of the open net.

Alexa Binnendijk beat Heyde off a penalty corner through the legs with three minutes gone in the half to even the scoreline.

Lee-Levey provided the spark through a penalty corner after a small flurry of Hofstra pressure with 27:57 left in the game. Her low shot hit off the pads of Fleck and into the corner of the net.

Layne cashed in on the counter attack just three minutes after Lee-Levey’s goal when an outlet pass and an exchange of passes between Kovar and Boileau left Layne alone to the right of the

net. Kovar found Layne after a spinning pass that finished for her twentieth of the season for the 4-2 lead.

“Maine hasn’t given up four goals and we’re the first team to put that many goals in,” said De Angelis. “That’s exciting to know.”

Heyde was beaten with 16:54 left in the game off Maine’s sixteenth penalty corner of the game, through the legs, yet again

by Binnendijk.

Maine tied it up at four with less than eight minutes remaining, when the ball appeared to be put in the back of the net by the high stick, but the official deemed it legal, to the dismay of De Angelis.

A minute later, Atkins’ deflection gave Maine the victory.

“They have to keep their heads high knowing that they gave everything they had today,” said De Angelis. “Maine executed which is something I think personally and either way, a win or loss; this was a huge game for us as far as experience with Northeastern coming up on Friday.”

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Hofstra women’s basketball attempts to leave its mark on the NCAA

By Joe Pantorno SPORTS EDITOR

Disappointment is such a harsh word.

It was the last thing you wanted to hear from your parents and the last way you want to end your season.

After not receiving an invitation to the NCAA Tournament or WNIT, the word disappointment was on the lips of almost all of the Hofstra University women’s basketball team describing the end of last season.

“After seven months to kind of reflect on our 19-12 record and being not allowed and refused a bid to any postseason play, our staff, our team, all of us have been extremely hungry and feeling that disappointment,” said head coach Krista KilburnSteveskey. “I think we’ve been doing everything in our means necessary to prepare us for this season.”

With the emergence of some key players and future stars, its full steam ahead into the 20112012 season and there is only one destination on this team’s mind.

“We definitely should be winning CAA [Colonial Athletic Association] title,” said junior forward Shante Evans. “I’ll say that right now, but we definitely should win a CAA title this year.”

“Deep down, I feel we will win CAA’s,” said sophomore guard Katelyn Loper. “And I’m not just saying that.”

The women’s team has never won the CAA since Hofstra’s arrival from the America East in 2001 and this roster, though somewhat experienced, has not played on the most monumental stage, the NCAA Tournament.

But that seems to not affect expectations.

“We’ve grown and changed,” said senior guard Nicole Capurso. “Obviously we don’t want the same year as last year.

We’re looking to do big things this year.”

“We want to be a top 25 contender,” said Kilburn-Steveskey.

“We want to be playing in the

NCAA postseason and we’d like to have that banner up very soon starting this year.”

Kilburn-Steveskey’s strive to become one of the best teams in the nation has trickled down the roster.

“I’m expecting us to be better than last year,” said junior guard/ forward Candace Bond. “I’m expecting us to go further than the second round of the conference tournament, I’m expecting us to beat a lot of teams that people don’t expect us to beat and I’m expecting us to have a lot of fun this year.”

Anyone that aspires to partake in collegiate athletics dreams of making it to the big stage of the tournament and for KilburnSteveskey’s team, a tough out-of-conference schedule and an always competitive CAA will prove whether Hofstra belongs in that spotlight.

“Coach [Kilburn-Steveskey] made a tough out-of-conference schedule to build our résumé for the NCAA Tournament,” said senior guard Candice Bellocchio.

“That’s our ultimate goal and we should be successful in it.”

“We just have to stay together as a team and play together as a team,” said senior forward/center Marie Malone. “And once we get the chemistry and the new people lined up and learning the offense and we’re flowing, we’re going to win games.”

This team has set high hopes for the conference tournament in March of 2012 and falling short is not an option.

“Anything less in unacceptable,” said Bond.

“It would be disappointing if we did not win CAA’s and make the tournament,” said Loper. “Just the way practice has started and how this team looks and what’s expected of us and what we expect of ourselves I think would be a disappointment if we didn’t make it.”

The Pride really wants that conference championship, after all, dissapointment is not a good feeling.

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Senior guard Candice Bellocchio (10) starts the fast break as junior guard Candace Bond (2) looks on.

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Head coach Krista KilburnSteveskey sees big things from her team this season.

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Sophomore guard Katelyn Loper (31) driving to the basket.

From above left clockwise: Sophomore guard Katelyn Loper (31), senior guard Nicole Capurso (22), junior guard Candace Bond (2), senior forward Marie Malone (35), senior guard Candice Bellocchio (10).

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