The Hofstra Chronicle, October 31, 2017

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IN MEMORY OF

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Photos Courtesy of Michela Pittman

Hofstra community remembers Declan Quinlan Skateboarding accident takes life of beloved student

By Michael Ortiz & Katie Krahulik

EDITOR - I N - C H I E F / N E W S E DI TOR

A wave of heartache washed over Hofstra’s campus on the morning of Thursday, Oct. 26, following news of the passing of Declan Quinlan, a junior marketing major whose life – many say – is best showcased in his artwork. His impact permeates the university; from the School of Business to the Department of Photography, Quinlan offered a spirit and intellectualism that inspired others to search for their passions.

Quinlan passed away as a result of injuries suffered in a skateboarding accident on the West Bridge (commonly known as the Netherspan) on Sunday, Oct. 15 at 11:26 p.m., according to the Nassau County Police Department (NCPD).

NCPD reported he “was riding his skateboard across the elevated footbridge on the walkway when he hit the stairway protective railing. That caused him to flip over and fall approximately thirty feet to the bottom.”

He was transported to Nas-

sau University Medical Center where he fought for his life for 10 days. During this time, his family organized a GoFundMe campaign through which they shared the news of his passing.

A note signed by his family said, “It is with heavy hearts that we share our Declan has lost his battle for life. He fought vigorously for 10 days, but ultimately his injuries were too much to overcome. We greatly appreciate everyone’s love and support during this difficult time. Pray for our Declan.”

He was born on March 21, 1997 in South Burlington, Vermont. When he came to Hofstra he fully immersed himself in the community. Along with being a business student and member of the university’s record label, Mane Records, he expressed his relentless passion for capturing the world as he saw it through his camera lens. His work was selected to be displayed in a FORM Gallery titled “Teenage Riot” in the spring 2017 semester.

Quinlan worked alongside senior psychology major Jess Keller as the student co-man-

agers of Hofstra’s photography lab located in Calkins Hall.

They had been partners within the department for about a year. Keller said his dependability and loyalty to the studio prompted her to take him on as co-manager, and in turn she gained a great friend.

“Anytime I went to him for advice, he would encourage me to make decisions that made me happy. He told me not to care so much about what other people think,” Keller said. “He encouraged me to always do the right thing, not just for myself, but to take other people into account in addition to myself – to live life to the fullest.”

Their responsibilities included managing between eight and 12 employees, assisting coworkers, doing lab aide positions, helping professors within the department, setting up chemicals in the dark room and assisting students in their artistic endeavors.

Keller said Quinlan was one to fight for what was right and was willing to help anyone out.

“He was always the light of the lab. As a leader, he was always there for everyone. It was

never about him. He always just wanted to make sure everyone was okay,” she said.

She described him as a “free artist,” looking to capture honest portrayals of the world around him. Keller said he was always behind a camera, and she lauded his documentary-style work.

“He had a street kind of style.

He had that relaxed positive outlook through everything. He wanted to make people laugh as well, taking ridiculous pictures of everything and making people laugh,” she said.

He also interned for Ruvan Wijesooriya, a photographer based in New York City. Wijesooriya wrote this message with his girlfriend, Francesca Wade: “Declan was enthusiastic and always positive; it was a pleasure to have him helping out in the studio as our intern. Eager to learn, ready for adventure, cracking jokes when he could – he was a lot of fun!!! We miss him dearly and will not forget his smile. Rest in Peace, dear Declan.”

Michela Pittman, Quinlan’s former girlfriend, met him when she arrived at Hofstra her

freshman year. The two dated for about a year. “He was my first love. He’ll remain that way in my heart through everything I do,” Pittman said.

He wanted everyone to try skateboarding, including Pittman. He grew up skating in Vermont and built a mini ramp in his garage from the ground up. Pittman said one day they grabbed a parking block from somewhere in Nassau County, threw it in Quinlan’s car, brought it to his house and he would skate on it in his driveway. His spontaneity, she explained, could not be matched.

“I would really like to see some sort of club or team formed in his honor at Hofstra.

He would have loved that. That was one of his ways of connecting with the community at Hofstra,” Pittman said.

His involvement with skateboarding and surfing as well as music, art and photography displayed the 20 year old’s ambitious persistence in mastering several passions. “He would be Continued on A3

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Rabinowitz’s office hours insufficient for some

By Katie Krahulik NEW S E D I TO R

The Division of Student Affairs offers open office hours with President Stuart Rabinowitz, a unique opportunity meant to foster change and improvement in the community. Yet students claim the office hours are not as “open” as people might think and they feel as though their complaints are not being addressed by the top tier of Hofstra’s administration.

“Presidential Office Hours have been going on for at least the last 10 years. President Rabinowitz and the rest of the administration believe it is vital to get regular feedback from students as a way to develop a deeper understanding of their concerns,” said Colin Sullivan, the director of communications for Student Affairs.

Although the process is defined as “first come, first serve,” when junior fine arts major Gill Pitzer wished to meet with the president to discuss their concerns over mental health care on campus, they were denied the opportunity as it could “not be accommodated” on the basis that it fell outside of President Rabinowitz’s area of

expertise.

Pitzer explained that protesters of the new Frank G. Zarb School of Business building had approached Rabinowitz about mental health care on campus. To their question of why counseling requires a fee after three sessions, he responded by saying he was unaware of that policy.

“At the very least, the president of our school should know that something is not free even if he doesn’t know the details about it,” Pitzer said. “I wanted to a) inform him of the fact and b) talk with him about how we can improve on that inaccessibility and quality of care.”

Pitzer signed up for every open hour slot available, but received an email suggesting they schedule a meeting with Executive Director of the Student Health and Counseling Center John Guthman.

The email read, “I know that often times we assume that the president or the leader of any organization is the one who makes all the decisions regarding policies, procedures, and programs. In truth the president relies on others in the organization with expertise in

specific areas to oversee and manage those areas.”

Pitzer was disappointed in this response, as their intention was ensuring the president understood Hofstra’s basic mental health care policies. “I feel like important topics like that should get preference,” they said. “Or maybe they should open up more office hours instead of just two days out of the whole semester.”

President Rabinowitz met with 12 students for 15 minutes each on Thursday, Feb. 18 from 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and Wednesday, April 20 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the spring 2016 semester.

Vice President of Student Affairs Houston Dougharty invited students to sign up for office hours in an email, saying, “President’s office hours are an opportunity for individual students to share quick thoughts on substantive issues that affect students and the University with the President and me.”

Mika Hawley, a senior film and history major, was able to meet with President Rabinowitz during his office hours. She wanted to bring up her poor experience with the Hofstra shuttle as well as issues she faced registering for classes. Her

hopes were that the president would take action on the matters she presented and although Hawley said everyone was very friendly – including President Rabinowitz – she faced a disappointing outcome.

“I felt like the problem wasn’t addressed at all at that tier of the school’s administration,” Hawley said. “I feel like he thinks the point of his office hours is just to let students get out all those pesky emotions, but not actually to fix the problems they address. It felt like a pretty useless exercise.”

After five minutes of listening to President Rabinowitz talk about his vacation home in Aspen, Hawley aired her complaints to which he provided little to no resolution. According to Hawley, he said they know that the Hofstra shuttle is a problem and he suggested she meet with someone better equipped to respond to her registration concerns.

Hawley said, “I kind of thought the point of meeting with the president was so that he would be aware of the problems and start to fix them top-down, not just to be in the same position but have my feelings validated.”

students to enjoy.

This year’s Autumn Fest hosted various food and beverage vendors while providing students with the opportunity to sample new items. Members of the Hofstra community were also able to learn facts about the various

healthy eating options on campus. The event was held on Wednesday, Oct. 25 in the main dining room of the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center.

Aside from the free snacks and refreshing drinks, Autumn Fest provided students with the opportunity to take a break from their hectic schedules to spend time with friends doing something enjoyable. Keeping the fall spirit alive, Wednesday’s event allowed guests to paint pumpkins and decorate large Rice Krispy Treats.

“It’s super cool – all this stuff. I mean it’s free which sounds shallow but I think it’s really good to bring a lot of people together,” said Narise Ramlal, a freshman psychology major. Ramlal emphasized the importance of hosting events like this, especially during this stressful time of year.

“Midterms are so stressful. It’s definitely a huge de-stressor.”

Attending students had the chance to enter a raffle for a new bicycle, as well as the opportunity to enter their creations into a decorating contest with a monetary prize.

Some of the vendors present this week were Snapple, Hint Fruit Infused Water, Arizona and Bai Antioxidant Infusion Drinks. Representatives from these brands were ready to answer any questions students had about the products. Kate and Willie, Hofstra’s mascots, and the Nesquik bunny even stopped by to help excite the crowd.

Students can follow Eating at Hofstra on all social media platforms to learn more about future events and all that Hofstra’s Campus Dining has to offer.

Students celebrate fall with Compass Group

By Taylor Clarke STAFF W R I T E R

As the fall season kicks into high gear, Hofstra’s Campus Dining and Compass Group hosted Autumn Fest, a fall vendor fair that offered activities and a free meal for

Taylor Clarke/ Hofstra Chronicle Campus Dining festively decorated the main dining room of the Student Center.

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Declan Quinlan, ‘No matter who you were, he cared’ Continued from A1 so proactive about his work. He was always concerned with his impact,” Pittman said.

“I continuously believe that he’s around. He’s in a different form, a different light. I am forever inspired by Declan,” she said.

He was undoubtedly a friend to many. Adam Hockenberry, a junior political science and global studies major shared Quinlan’s love for photography, music and art leading to a friendship that Hockenberry said sparked very quickly.

“I think it’s important to remember that he’s one of the most diversely creative people I’ve ever known. He had his hands in every cookie jar artistically speaking,” Hockenberry said.

The two met in the Netherlands Complex courtyard early in their freshman year. Hockenberry talked to Quinlan about an art show in Brooklyn. From that point on, the two remained very close. “He was a best friend, you know. He always provided a source of warmth and light and I always knew that when he was listening. When we would talk, whether it was me giving him some sort of advice from a breakup or whatever it was just shooting the shit, hanging out. I

knew that he was truly listening and kept open ears all the time.”

Maya Kaushal and Jessie Allendorf, both junior psychology majors, recognized him as being their first friend at Hofstra. “He was such a goofball, always on that skateboard. He was so easy to connect with,” Kaushal said.

She described Quinlan as nothing but positive. “The second you talked to him he was genuinely interested in everything you had to say and he was genuinely interested in every person he met.”

Allendorf said she had an easy transition into college thanks to Quinlan’s welcoming attitude. “He was amazing at all he did between the theater, photography, music and even modeling when he was on the other side of the camera,” she said. “Everyone knew Declan whether it was personally, for his photography or music or just in passing by seeing him skateboard outside of the dorms or around campus.”

Vice President of Student Affairs W. Houston Dougharty said the university staff are all devastated by the loss. “We have

been with his family every day since the accident. We reached out to his closest friends and housemates. We want them to know that we share their grief,” Dougharty said. “Members of our staff have grown quite close with his family. We want to provide them with all the support we possibly can.”

As soon as the Student Affairs team heard of his death, they checked to make sure his family was comfortable sharing the

efforts through New York City.

The Division of Student Affairs decided quickly that this was a great effort to work alongside, and began collecting items on behalf of the NYC drive,” said Colin Sullivan, the director of communication for Student Affairs.

The community is encouraged to donate items based off of Mayor de Blasio’s initiative, including diapers, baby food, batteries, first-aid supplies and feminine hygiene products. Donations can be dropped off in the Student Cen-

ter, Room 260, which is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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“The loss of any member of the community is one that we all feel. It’s become very evident how many lives Declan has impacted. He’s a good friend and he’s very involved,” Dougharty said.

His heavy involvement with music was evidenced by his iTunes library, which Pittman described as being “the largest in the world,” replete with EDM, rock, reggae, old school hip hop, alternative and modern music. “The way that he cared for music transitioned into the way he cared for people.

No matter who you were, he cared,” Pittman said.

His admiration for music and appreciation for artists was exhibited by his hard work and dedication to Mane Records, of which Quinlan was a loyal member.

The students of Mane Records collectively shared this statement about their beloved peer and friend: “The Mane Records staff is heartbroken by the loss of our coworker and dear friend, Declan. We had the joy of working alongside him for the past 10 months and quickly learned that he was a genuine and

friendly person who inspired us all with his creativity and passion for music and photography.

We will remember him through the photographs and memories he left with us.”

Public Safety lowered the flags on campus in memory of Quinlan beginning Friday at 12:30 p.m. until Tuesday morning.

Dakota Pelly, a senior sustainability studies major, had several classes with Quinlan and worked with him in the photography department. “He really captured life. He went out to concerts, he went out on the streets. He liked being in the moment, which is good for photography because you just need to capture what you’re feeling,” Pelly said. “He was a welldeveloped person emotionally.

He communicated to people his feelings pretty easily with his work and personality.”

On Wednesday, Nov 8., at around 11 a.m., the photography department will display a FORM Gallery in Calkins Hall showcasing Quinlan’s work.

Keller remembered a story that highlighted Quinlan’s spirit.

She said, “He was hanging out with friends, he got a smiley face tattoo. I asked him why and he said ‘Because it made me happy.’ His smiley face tattoo is what resonates, at least with me.”

from Puerto Rico or who have families in Puerto Rico that need help right now.”

Gonzalez is one student who has family in Puerto Rico.

She said, “It’s a little hard to get in touch with them right now.

I know they are managing with the supplies they have, but I don’t think they have electricity yet.

That’s definitely something that needs to be worked on.”

The Division of Student Affairs spoke on the matter of students individually affected by the storm. “The Division of

Student Affairs has supported students that have been personally affected by the recent natural disasters and will continue to do so.”

John Messina, a sophomore and psychology major, said, “My take on it is that Puerto Rico is practically another state.

We have a large Puerto Rican population in the United States, and Puerto Rico was hit hard.”

The Division of Student Affairs also said, “There is a lot of work to be done in the aftermath of natural disasters as Long Island experienced five years ago with Hurricane Sandy. We hope that we’ll take advantage of all opportunities to help improve the lives of others for as long as Puerto Rico needs assistance.”

“... he got a smiley face tattoo.

I asked him why and he said ‘Because it made me happy.’

His smiley face tattoo is what resonates, at least with me.”

news with the Hofstra community. Dougharty said with incidents like this, their approach is to respond however the family wants to respond.

The Student Health and Counseling Center (SHACC) was open Thursday evening for anybody who needed to stop by.

Members of SHACC have been meeting with student groups throughout the week.

Hofstra collects supplies for Puerto Rico relief

By Alixandra Wilens STAFF W R I T E R

Puerto Rico is in the midst of a monumental recovery effort after Hurricane Maria struck the U.S. territory on Sept. 20.

To help, the Division of Student Affairs is facilitating “Hurricane Relief for Puerto Rico,” a collection drive that will run until Nov. 10.

The Division of Student Affairs wanted to find a way to aid in the relief efforts. “When we first heard of the devastation that Hurricane Maria inflicted on Puerto Rico, we immediately began searching for ways to donate and help. One of the first opportunities we became aware of was Mayor de Blasio’s

“There is a lot of work to be done in the aftermath of natural disasters as Long Island experienced five years ago with Hurricane Sandy.” more and community health major, said, “I think it’s good that Hofstra’s supporting [Puerto Rico] because [the university is] so diverse. I’m sure that there is a good chunk of people

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Gore calls for action on climate change with new film

By Andrea Bilton STAFF W R I T E R

After a nationwide screening of “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power,” Hofstra students were given the opportunity to view a live Q&A with environmental activist and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore. The film follows Gore as he explores international climate policy and asserts the claim that the dangers of climate change can be overcome by human ambition.

Hosted by Hofstra’s Sustainability Club, the event gave students an opportunity to view a live webcast of Gore answering questions provided by college students around the country. The questions probed Gore’s opinion on various environmental phenomena,

and also requested tips to help people make small differences within their daily lives. The Q&A paired nicely with the film, as it truly brought the issues discussed on screen closer to home.

E. Christina Farmer, a professor in the Department of Geology, Environment and Sustainability, introduced the film and subsequent webcast.

“Having the opportunity to watch ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ with a broad group of Hofstra students and local community members was very inspiring,” Farmer said. “I hope that the solutions to the climate crisis that were highlighted in the film, especially the evidence presented for a recent turning point in solar panel investment, give folks hope that the actions

we take now can and will make a difference on this issue.”

“I liked the film because it brings light to such an important issue,” said Caroline Bowes, sophomore and president of the Sustainability Club. “I thought this event went really well, and I’m happy with the turnout.”

A number of students in attendance found the film to be thought-provoking, as many initiated engaging conversations about climate control with friends and faculty after the event.

“I’d say that climate change is one of the most pressing issues of this time, and I don’t think we’re spending enough time focusing our energy on it,” said Katya Freitas, a sophomore film major and sustainability minor.

“I think people become so stuck

in their ways, and just assume that they can’t make change or that it’s too difficult … but it’s really important to see what each of us can do individually, because even if we don’t think we can make a huge difference, we can.”

Nilesh Rakhani, a sophomore fine arts major, agreed with Freitas’ statement. “As a country, we definitely need to be more actively involved in climate change. A lot of this stuff could be preventable, but nobody wants to do anything about it.”

Gore focused a lot of the webcast around the fact that many people don’t know what exactly they can do to help make a difference. Gore recommended visiting climaterealityproject. org, a website where people can

inform themselves on the state of the environment and learn how to spread the word and make a true impact on the future of the planet.

Gore said, “I hope that you enjoy the movie, I hope that you learn a lot from the movie – but I really hope that you personally will decide to be a part of the solution to this crisis. If anyone doubts that we have the political will to solve this crisis, just remember that political will is a renewable resource.”

Freitas feels that it’s time for the masses to take action in order to reverse the harmful damage we’ve caused the planet. “Some people assume if you can’t do everything, then do nothing. But … we have to do as much as we can individually to really make a difference.”

Female leaders highlight their paths to success

By Leo Brine STAFF W R I T E R

In an effort to empower women and address issues inhibiting female leadership, several speakers were invited to the Netherlands Core on Tuesday, Oct. 24 to participate in an event called “Your Platform, Your Voice.”

New York State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, Mercury Managing Director Rachel Noerdlinger and Senior Features Writer Torey Van Oot from Refinery29 were three female leaders featured at the event which was organized by Hofstra’s Campus Feminist Collective (CFC). All three speakers shared their thoughts on problems facing women today and the importance of women being vocal about issues they see.

“It was when I was with women I realized I had a voice … together we were able to align around some amazing issues,” Noerdlinger said.

One topic the event covered was the lack of women in government and discrimination women in government face. “... I would hope to see more opportunities for myself in the political sphere,” said Maryam Qureshi, a junior majoring in

political science in addition to public policy and public service.

When Solages first joined the legislature, she was told, “‘There’s two things you don’t do as a woman legislator. You don’t get a dog and you don’t have a child ...’ now I have a cute dog and a cute baby. It’s a totally different culture because we changed the leadership.”

While Solages was able to stand up against the norm and make a change, many women do not feel they are able to do so. Women often feel the need to apologize because they do not have the same opportunities as men, especially in politics.

“Representation matters so much … you do not see women run for government in college; it starts that early …” Van Oot said.

Some women here at Hofstra have run for office and have been very successful including both the Student Government Association’s (SGA) president, Rita Cinquemani and vice president, Abby Normandin. Freshman public policy major Isabelle Schmidt has also held political roles at Hofstra. “I’m … in the student services committee [of SGA.] That was my number one choice for a committee because

I felt like it was really hands on with on-campus events and programs,” Schmidt said. “Also, if students ever have problems or ideas or initiatives they can come straight to us with what they want or what they need and we can do our best to try and help them out.”

The speakers want women to become as confident as men so that they too can make changes.

“A closed mouth doesn’t get fed … be self-defined and don’t let others try to define who you are. Men have always tried to

define what we do and who we are … the key for me has been to not let others define me,” Noerdlinger said.

Platform is a nonprofit organization with many chapters including Hofstra’s CFC that was founded in hopes of uplifting women. Platform Co-founder and Managing Director Jennifer Mandelblatt said, “There are incredible women like Rachel, like Michaelle, like Torey who want to get involved. It’s always amazed me the people that want to empower and support and

encourage young women … [I hope that those who attended know] that they can do it.”

The CFC organized the event without any help from the school. The organization’s president, Lola Solis, who is a junior history and women’s studies major said, “We wanted to do this on our own … We will continue to work with Platform because we are a student chapter. They were such a big help and I’m really happy to know we have them for support.”

Leo Brine / Hofstra Chronicle Several influential female leaders addressed problems facing women in the workplace.

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Nassau County elections to take place Nov. 7 Key

County Legislator

R: Republican Candidate GP: Green Party Candidate

County Executive (Disctrict 1)

D: Laura Curran R: Jack Martins

Laura Curran:

(Disctrict 1)

D: Democratic Candidate

As County Executive, Curran wants to “root out the corruption that has plagued our County and give Nassau the fresh start it so desperately needs.”

Curran is running on a pledge to fix the mess in Nassau County after decades of nepotism, patronage and mismanagement that have wasted taxpayer dollars. Throughout her career in government, Laura has lived by a simple tenet: respect taxpayer dollars and make government work for those it serves.

D: Kevan Abrahams R: Charlene J. Thompson

Town of Hempstead Supervisor D: Laura Gillen

County Comptroller D: Jack Schnirman

Jack Martins:

R: Anthony J. Santino

GP: Cassandra Lems

Martins is focused on making Nassau County a better place to live, work and raise a family. As Nassau County Executive, Martins is committed to government ethics reform and hopes to reinstate trust in Nassau County’s elected officials. Additionally, Martins announced a plan to combat the heroin epidemic plaguing the county.

Town of Hempstead Clerk D: Sylvia Cabana

R: Steve Labriola

Cassandra Lems:

R: David Redmond

County Clerk

Town of Hempstead Council

D: Dean Bennett

D: Sue Moller R. Kevin P. Maccarone

(Disctrict 6)

R: Maureen O’Connell

sdfjs;dlfjk;sldkfj;aldfjk On Oct. 20 at 2:15 p.m., a student reported damage to a vehicle parked in Lot 6A. The student stated that there was damage to the front bumper. No witnesses were present. NCPD responded and took a report. Investigation is being conducted.

On Oct. 21 at 11 p.m., PS received a report that the smell of marijuana was present in Enterprise Hall. PS and the RA responded and upon entering a room, drug paraphernalia was found in clear sight. The items were confiscated and although the residents were not present, they were issued referrals to OCS at a later time.

On Oct. 22, a fire alarm was activated in the Graduate Residence Hall. Upon evacuation, a search of the building was conducted and a candle was found burning. The candle was

Lems has focused her campaign around her commitment to deter any type of corporate sponsorship, which highlights her fight to end corruption in the county government. Lems additionally hopes to restructure taxes, make more efficient and cohesive school districts as well as preserve the environment.

Public Safety Briefs Compiled by Taylor Clarke extinguished and the student was issued a referral to OCS. On Oct. 23 at 11 a.m., a Hofstra administrator reported that at some time between 5 p.m. on Oct. 20 and 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 22, a university-owned editing computer was stolen from Heger Hall. The cable connecting the computer was found to have been cut. Police assistance was denied at the time of report.

Further investigation is being conducted.

On Oct. 23, a Hofstra administrator reported damage to a vehicle parked in the Saltzman Center. The vehicle had been parked around 9 a.m. and upon returning at 5:35 p.m., damaged was noted. No witnesses were present and police assistance was declined at the time of the report.

On Oct. 25 at 5:25 a.m., a

fire alarm was activated in Bill of Rights Hall. While conducting a search of the building, a student was found in her room. The student was issued a referral to OCS for failing to comply.

On Oct. 26, a fire alarm was activated in Constitution Hall.

The building was evacuated and during a search, a steamer was found being used in a student’s room. Upon searching the room, marijuana and drug paraphernalia were also discovered. The items were confiscated and the resident was issued a referral to OCS. On Oct. 26 at 11:48 a.m., PS received a call from a student reporting a verbal dispute.

The student was engaged in an argument over a parking space in Field 2A. PS responded and found two students loudly

engaging in a verbal altercation.

The situation was defused and both students declined police assistance and counseling services at the time. The students were issued referrals to OCS. On Oct. 26 at 9:50 p.m., while doing rounds in Estabrook Hall, an RA discovered the smell of marijuana emanating from a room. PS responded and upon entering the room, the resident denied smoking.

The student stated that she had smoked at another location and the smell was coming from her clothing. The student was issued a referral to OCS. On Oct. 26 at 11:20 p.m., while doing rounds in Enterprise Hall, two RAs smelt marijuana emanating from a resident’s room. PS responded and upon entering the room discovered two students pres-

ent along with a garbage pail containing ashes and drug remains. The students denied smoking in the room but when questioned, turned over a bag which contained marijuana. The drugs were confiscated and the students were issued referrals to OCS.

Key NCPD: Nassau County Police Department

PS: Public Safety RA: Resident Assistant OCS: Office of Community Standards

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A web of mediocrity

By Megan Byrd SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

I had never been to Queens.

My Uber driver and I nodded our heads in recognition and didn’t say a single word on the 20-minute drive to the subway station where I was supposed to meet Hamza. Hamza is 6 feet 7 inches tall with full sleeve tattoos, curly brown hair and 1,288 Instagram followers. He sings in a hardcore band, which for whatever reason intimidated me intensely. He has his husky neck tattooed but I didn’t plan on asking about it until later. I always save three things to say in case we can’t think of anything to talk about.

I opened my eyes. We were driving in between a highway and a graveyard. It always amazes me how packed the graveyards are in New York, headstone to headstone, barely any walking room. I always wonder where they start being buried when they run out of room. I think I read about that – some European country where they’re digging bodies out of old graves to bury them deeper, so that fresher dead people can be buried. People argued that it’s unethical to disturb the dead. Others argued that it’s simply economical.

I didn’t want to let Hamza know that I took three depression naps that day after an argument with a friend. I didn’t want to tell him how difficult traveling from the middle of Long Island to Queens is, because I want this – I want a life in which I can drift between my college and the city with ease and pleasure. I want to be adaptable.

Hamza and I met in front of a CVS. It was warm and we were both sweating. I always have to take a moment to look at their face. If I don’t and we just start walking it feels like I’m talking to a ghost. He has a stubbly beard; I hoped he would. We hugged and my head reached his chest. I’m sure he’s used to it.

His belly is soft but doesn’t look like it would be. His legs are long and skinny. He was wearing Vans and tie-dye socks with marijuana leaves printed on the side. His work “uniform” was a black T-shirt with a pocket on the

chest that had a little white cat sitting in pot leaves giving you the finger.

We started walking. I had to speak louder so he can hear me.

The distance between our heights was only awkward for a moment.

I think we talked about nothing.

I asked how long he’s lived here.

He says his whole life except for a moment in Egypt. I can’t imagine what that is like and I

had told me he was laid back before the date, I wouldn’t have understood what that meant. My realizing Hamza was laid back was learned through us drifting to a Chinese restaurant he eats at every week, buying a Thai tea for us to share with one straw and being fine with smiling and ogling at the little lap dog at the table over.

Through the stoned rhetoric

with his mom. I hadn’t realized this was his home, that the streets we were walking down were the same streets that had consumed nearly his entire life. I didn’t have expectations, but I’d speculated a cool studio apartment he’d moved into himself. Some hobbies and weekend activities to keep his life occupied. But this was it. He hangs out at his friend’s tattoo shop when he’s

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didn’t pretend like I did. He mentioned the heat and I told him I’m from Texas. Whatever this means to him, he doesn’t express it profusely. I think we’re both on the same page – comfortable with whomever the other may be.

One of the biggest mistakes you can make in online dating is creating an expectation in your head of who your date is.

When you’re meeting someone for the first time and only have a general idea of the important characteristics – location, age, career, interests, hobbies – you have everything interesting to dig into when you meet. If Hamza

he uses to describe everything, “Just get drunk.”

He rattled the words through his mouth in a way that sounded like it was launching from some newly discovered place in his brain without the intention of being remembered.

Hamza is a little immature for his age, because he can be.

He grew up in Ridgewood, a geographic area that is evolving culturally almost in perfect tandem with his age. At 23 years old, working at a pop-up shop in SoHo that sells skater clothes, he’s reaching a point where it’s just more logical to keep living

free and most of the friends he has he grew up with here. He’s cool, because he’s a local. He has that privilege. If I had met Hamza anywhere else I probably wouldn’t have been as into him.

Our conversations were easy.

We didn’t reveal too much, but didn’t have to create ourselves to be something we’re not.

Hamza didn’t go to college and is figuring things out. I am in college and am doing the same.

When he sent me on the train at the end of the night, I didn’t have any strong feelings for what had happened or what could be. I enjoyed his company and would

be willing to meet again.

I liked that we could talk about movies and TV shows and not be intimidated that we need to be more into them. I liked that he had Ron Swanson’s face tattooed on his leg, but couldn’t remember the name of the other male character in the show. I liked that his dog was friendly.

I liked that he was honest about his financial and living situation. I liked that we were similar enough that we could share these things understandably. I like that it was casual, that I’d be fine with it just being like this.

I’ve only ever dated men online. I’ve never made a romantic connection that wasn’t completely foreign to my social circle, and sometimes that’s what I like about it. I like taking myself and seeing what I look like when placed in the background of another life. And maybe that’s why it always works out so badly.

Dating for me is a constant series of experiments. I’m never quite ready to stop.

Standing with a guy in Queens in front of the apartment that he’s lived in for 18 years with his mother, saying nothing as his dog takes a shit. Smoking weed on the grass next to a gas station with a dude in Austin, listening to him talk about walking from Las Vegas to California in flip-flops. Sitting in a hookah bar with a UT film student who grew up in Silicon Valley and explains everything like you should have experienced it the way he did.

Buying pizza at the Student Center for a short stumpy guy wearing a beanie who manages to insult both women and people with disabilities in less than half an hour. Riding in a Buick with a guy who bought doughnuts for Adele 12 hours earlier and is stretching his 24 hours of no sleep to 27 just to make-out with you.

Realizing you can’t assume anything about anyone else’s life and simply have to be open minded and curious as to what it’s like being them. Online dating is being a journalist of humanity. It’s one of the most powerful sources of spontaneity our generation has.

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At 7:45 a.m., Izzy came over the mic from the front of the bus and said, “Okay guys, time to wake up.” We left Haifa at 6 a.m. after I had hauled myself out of bed and into my most modest dress at 5:30 a.m. It was only 10:30 p.m. at home in New Jersey, an hour earlier for my sister in Chicago and I texted my dad and sister that I was already awake, and how insane it was that their days were still happening.

The bus stopped outside Jaffa Gate on the west side of the Old City. The square just inside was bustling. A small stage was being set with speakers and lights for a festival later that day.

Two young Orthodox boys – brothers, about five and eight or nine – walked toward us in an alley in the Armenian quarter. Our group was mostly female and the boys swerved to the other side of the alley, staring at the ground.

It was the first, but not the last time, this happened in Jerusalem. I knew that some Orthodox men would avoid touching or speaking to women, but many in Jerusalem cross to the other side of the street or use their hands and hats to cover their eyes as we pass.

Izzy brought us first to King David’s Tomb – the first time that day that we had to split into two groups – male and female. King David was the man who slayed Goliath, built the First Temple and united Israel. We filed in through two separate doorways on opposite sides of a low wooden wall. King David’s casket was at the front of the room, covered with a white and gold embroidered cloth. We could just see the tops of the men’s hats through the latticed top of the wall and their low voices, singing and praying, filled the small stone room.

In the courtyard outside the tomb, just in view of a statue of King David, Izzy broke the news – he isn’t really buried there.

“In the Middle East, faith is more important than fact. So, King David is buried in there.

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But we know this building was built by the crusaders – so he’s not in there.”

It was the first of two times I would visit the Western Wall – we split again, into two groups, men and women, to go through security. Our male security guard came through the women’s line, flashing a card that justifies the gun strapped around his waist.

I pinned shut the slit in my skirt and pulled out a scarf to cover my arms to the elbow.

The Western Wall is the last remnant of the Second Temple, destroyed by the Romans thousands of years ago. Now, what lies beyond the Wall is the al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock, one of the holiest sites in Islam and one of the biggest issues in the Israeli-Palestinian divide.

We shuffled into the women’s side, about half the size of the men’s, split from each other with another low wall. Rows of white plastic chairs faced the wall, filled with women praying, reading the Torah and chatting quietly. Hundreds more women were lined up against the wall, their foreheads tipped against it while they prayed. The cracks in the stone are filled with prayers written on wadded-up pieces of paper – they say this is where God is still listening.

I stayed back from the Wall – I don’t pray, and even taking up some of the precious space where I stopped a few feet away feels almost disrespectful. A friend of mine goes up to press her hand against the stone, ducking her head. I turned away as it dawned on me again that for many people, this is one of the most important moments of their lives, and how strange it was that I could just stand here and watch.

Walking away from the Wall when my friend was done, we noticed a group of five or so women backing away from the Wall, not taking their eyes off it.

We stopped and decided to follow suit, backing slowly into the wider courtyard behind us. Later, Izzy will tell us that it’s a sign of disrespect to turn your back on the Wall.

When we left, climbing a set of stairs away from the Wall, our guard was chatting with the social coordinator, Moshe.

“I don’t even know why people bother to come here anymore.”

He turned back to me and said, “God left Jerusalem a long time An empty alleyway in Jerusalem. ago, right?”

Some peoher phone out of her bag and ple think the physical presence set it on the ground in front of of God left Jerusalem when the me while she tossed her camo Second Temple was destroyed. backpack into the bus. I stared In his poem “Jerusalem,” Israeli at her phone, thinking, “oh my professor and poet Shlomo Vingod, if you put your phone on the ner refers to the city as “Jerusaground like this at Port Authority lem, the former address of God.” it would be gone in a second.”

The second time I went to The next evening we headed Jerusalem, my class had just back out to the Western Wall. It taken our final and we were all was nearly sundown on Friscattering. We gathered at the day – the start of the Shabbat, bus stop – a few girls are heading Judaism’s day of rest – from into Haifa to spend the night at a sundown on Friday to sundown friend’s apartment, some to Tel on Saturday. We were not sure Aviv and some to the airport. where to go when we headed out I was heading back to Jerusaof the hotel, but it seemed like lem to meet my mom and my everyone in the Old City was stepfather for the night before heading to the Wall, it was only we all headed home. I went to a matter of who to follow. We Haifa’s central bus station, where chose a man with his two young a security guard saw me and my daughters in matching dresses 60-pound suitcase and made me and thick white tights, then we show my passport before I went lost them and followed some in. The station was buzzing – it somber young men in their long was 5:00 p.m. on a Thursday, the black coats. end of the Israeli workweek.

That night you can hear the In line for the bus, I watched crowd at the Wall long before the people in front of me step you got there – everyone was forward to throw their suitcases celebrating. into the compartment. I was Past the metal detectors was struck that despite the security a huge group of IDF soldiers, at the bus station, there’s no both in uniform and out, marked one to supervise the suitcases. by the guns still slung over their Just before I got on the bus, a shoulders. They were all singyoung IDF soldier walks over ing, led by a man in slacks and to the line and asked me if there a button-up in the middle of the was still room on the bus. I circle and joined by some of the shrugged, suddenly panicked that children. there wouldn’t be. She pulled The same was happening in

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both the women’s and the men’s sections – women were holding hands in circles and dancing, the men had their arms slung around each other’s shoulders. A security guard flagged down my mom when she tried to take a photo – no electronics are allowed at the Wall tonight.

A few weeks before I had thought the Wall was beautiful, but I was distracted by how hot it was and by trying to figure out what was acceptable and what wasn’t. That night the feeling was almost electric, everyone there was celebrating their faith and thanking God at the Wall for their families. Even though I don’t thank God, I remembered a professor talking about Israel with so much love and pride and thought that everyone there must have been feeling the same way.

At the hotel, every table was set with bread and wine for each family to say their Shabbat prayers and nearly every family did so – a moment of quiet before the kids start begging for dessert from the buffet. It was my last night and the first time I had ever seen a full Shabbat dinner and the first time I had watched each table pass around a loaf of bread to rip off a piece each, but it was just another Friday night there, nothing out of the ordinary.

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Culture is not a costume: Cultural appropriation on Halloween

By Marissa Matozzo STAFF WRITER

As children, many of us grew to love the last night of October.

We didn’t see how dressing up could ever be wrong. We didn’t understand racism or how it could ever be implied through costumes. As college students, however, it is time we do.

Cultural appropriation has connotations of exploitation and dominance.

“When white people appropriate (steal) an aspect of one’s culture, there is centuries of historic colonialism that stands behind it. People of color often are ridiculed for embracing aspects of their culture but white people are not – when white people do it it’s ‘cute’ or ‘trendy,’” said Lola Solis, a Hofstra junior and women’s studies and history major.

“I’m Mexican and when I was younger I remember that the ‘chola’ look with tight braids, a bandana, dark lipstick and hoops was seen as ghetto and not

classy,” she said. “But now the Kardashians are quite literally capitalizing off that look right now and now I see everyone wearing hoops and braids and bandanas and dark lipstick.”

“It trivializes traditions, cultures, races and identities into one usually stereotypical outfit.

The message that this sends to people who have the identity being compressed into a costume is that they are not important, valid or visible unless it is in a ridiculing outfit,” said Samiyyah Uddin, a freshman psychology major.

“People who do blackface, yellowface or redface, for example, ignore the fact that these people cannot shed their identities, do not all look alike and can be put in danger by the identity that is casually donned and then casually tossed aside,” Uddin said. “I personally think a lot about being a mixed person; I sometimes don’t like my features or I feel insecure about how I appear in the eyes of other people.

To have someone wear a costume making fun of features I’m insecure with really makes me feel unnecessary, unwanted and even more anxious than ever. ” The reasoning behind cultural appropriation, however, is often much more complicated and harder to define. It doesn’t only refer to Halloween costumes either. “Half of it is plain ignorance and just not understanding why cultural appropriation is bad or what it even is. I think the other half is just people [wanting] to continue colonizing people of color – and I mean that in the most abstract way possible,” Solis said.

Looking at the issue objectively, it appears that no one solution is best, for racism has been long woven into the fabric of this nation.

“We can prevent this by taking part in a lot of cultural appreciation and by just listening. There is nothing wrong with cultural appreciation. The people around us know their culture the

best and they are willing to share it if we approach them in an open-minded way and set aside preconceived notions,” Uddin said.

The first way to combat any form of injustice is to recognize it as such. The next step is to be aware and keep an open mind.

“We just need to continue educating and raising awareness by having insightful conversations. It can be hard because people like to make a lot of fun of cultural appropriation and not take it seriously, but we just need to keep fostering dialogue in every and any way possible,” Solis said.

For those who do not recognize the magnitude of cultural appropriation, looking at the debate regarding this topic and Halloween costumes is vital. The debate persists since people are offended, insulted and defamed.

Rather than undermining the pain cultural costumes can cause, it is morally right to accept it is there in order to refrain from offend-

ing those who face oppression and discrimination in their daily lives.

We must stand up and speak up. Yes, wearing what makes one happy is important, but there is never a need to oppress or mock anyone else in order to do so.

Those who feel oppressed cannot speak out. Those who oppress the minority’s ability to express their feelings by saying, “It’s only Halloween” and those who observe, but say nothing, allow it to keep happening.

“Minorities and people of color across the globe have been subjected to centuries of persecution, but the one thing no one has been able to totally destroy is their culture. Culture binds these communities together and it is what makes them special, unique and important,” Solis said. “As college students you can even prevent cultural appropriation by calling out the white frat star next to you at the local party for wearing a sombrero.”

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The Humans of Hofstra

By Jenni Goldstein

SPEC IA L TO T H E C H R O N I CL E

“One of the things I am very passionate about is doing community service. I did community service all throughout high school and wanted to continue in college. Over the summer heading into my freshman year I heard there was an Alpha Phi Omega chapter being started at Hofstra.

Alpha Phi Omega is a national co-ed community service fraternity whose three cardinal principles are leadership, friendship and service. Alpha Phi Omega sounded exactly what I was looking for, so I gave it a try and fell absolutely in love. I joined Alpha Phi Omega my first semester freshman year, and it is one of the best decisions I have ever made. Not only do I get to continue doing community service, but I am also surrounded by a group of people who are just as passionate about community service as I am. Through Alpha Phi Omega, not only have I been able to continue doing community service, but I have also learned leadership skills. I am currently the vice president of service for Hofstra’s chapter, and I have made some of my closest friends through the organization.”

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“I was born and raised in Auburn, Massachusetts, which is about 45 minutes away from Boston. I have a large Italian family so we’re really close. We went on a lot of vacations with our extended family, which is about 50 of us. We did that every other year until my grandpa passed away in 2013, so we’re trying to get that going again. I’m a big family person. My family also has a business which I work for over the summer, so it’s really nice just to interact with them in a business setting rather than a personal one. I came to Hofstra mainly because of the radio station and their partnership with the Islanders, and my plan at Hofstra is to get as in the radio station as possible. My goal one day is to intern and work for the Islanders. I’m passionate about sports teams and how they can affect a community. In 2013, around the time of the Boston bombing, just seeing how the community reacted to that and how the Red Sox were able to pull the community together as a whole, and eventually go on to win The World Series, was really special to me. Now, you have the Astros, who just went through Hurricane Harvey, playing the Dodgers in The World Series this year. I’m pulling for the Astros so that their community can come together over a championship win like that.”

“When I was a kid, I moved around to several different states and I lived in Italy for a few years. I grew up switching schools approximately every four years. I started in Idaho, which is where I was born. Then I lived in Texas, Italy, New Mexico, back to Idaho, California, New York – where I currently live now for school – and I also live in Maryland with my family when I’m not at school. My mom had me when she was 21 and she graduated college the following month. My dad hadn’t finished college yet, but he ended up doing night school. They had four siblings right after me, so my mom is only 40 but has a kid in college. I also grew up Mormon, so this was sort of a part of the culture. Everyone has kids really young and so it wasn’t weird until I moved to a place where there weren’t a lot of Mormons. Everywhere else I lived it wasn’t unusual. I came to Hofstra after getting a scholarship because I knew this was exactly what I wanted to do with my life. Hofstra is one of the only schools in the U.S. that offers public relations as its own major instead of as a concentration. Hofstra also has a really unique public relations program in the sense that it’s very centered on current world affairs. Living this close to the city is also really helpful in terms of internships and being able to network with people who come from one of the largest PR cities in the whole world.”

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In Memory of Declan Quinlan March 21, 1997 - October 26, 2017

Declan Quinlan made a distinct impact on students and faculty on campus. His photography so shrewdly encompassed his love for other people in his art and execution. His spirited energy and creative intellect inspired many others to capture the beauty of this world through their lens. Showcased is several of his works of art, which will live on as inspiration for years to come.

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The Chroncle A&E Poetry for justice with Claudia Rankine

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that’s exactly what Claudia Rankine is doing.

The Helene Fortunoff Theater in the Monroe Lecture Center was packed on Tuesday, Oct. 24 with enthusiastic readers and writers who were eager to listen to renowned author Rankine at this month’s “Great Writers, Great Readers” event.

Rankine has written five poetry collections, one of which is her highly successful composition “Citizen: An American Lyric” that consists of multiple anthologies, two plays and even video Courtesy of Graywolf Press collaborations. She is not only the recipient of the prestigious ‘Citizen’ won a National Book Critics Award for Poetry and was a MacArthur ‘Genius’ Award New York Times bestseller. but has also earned several noteworthy awards for

By Jessica Zagacki “Citizen” including the PEN STAFF W R I T E R Open Book Award, the PEN Racism and oppression need to Literary Award, the National be exposed through writing, and Book Critics Circle Award for

Poetry and the NAACP Award.

Rankine is famous for including the second person perspective in her work, placing the reader in a position of either the victim or the culprit. It’s a very powerful technique she uses to get the reader engaged in the writing and understand the point of view.

The structure of Rankine’s dialogue for the night was a discussion on the art in “Citizen” as well as a reading of excerpts that she wrote for this poetry collection. She discussed some of the artists’ work and how they depict many issues of bigotry and hatred that are often directed at minorities, specifically African-Americans.

“Citizen” uses poetics that are very visual and documentary in style to portray the daily struggles and racism aimed at African-Americans.

Rankine mentioned that in

cases of police officers shooting unarmed black people ,when they’re asked why they shot them, the police officers usually say that they don’t know before ever admitting they were scared.

“I think their own imagination has been formed by the culture, and the demonizing of black people over hundreds of years has taken root in white imagination, so white people don’t even know why they think the things they think,” Rankine said.

Perhaps the most powerful part of Rankine’s discussion was the picture and the words that she ended her presentation on. She finished up the night showing the most difficult photo for her to get for “Citizen.”

It is an emotional image of a lynching of African-Americans.

She discussed how the real problem is not the image, but it’s the people in the picture – the

people doing the lynchings.

Rankine then made a profound point when she talked about these people who organized the lynchings like the one in the photo, saying that she’s interested in “those people who had children who now are in our government, who are in our Senate, who are in our classrooms, who are policemen, who are everywhere.” It’s a scary thought, but there is much truth to it. People aren’t born racist. Many times, racism is passed down from the beliefs of older generations, and it’s a trend that needs to stop.

Rankine is a strong activist against systems of racism and oppression. She is able to advocate her beliefs through the power of writing, shining a light on issues that plague our society and need positive change.

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‘No cellphones’ during Colbert’s Late Show tactics until I saw some burly looking gentleman lining our group, and I decided it’d be best if my phone was turned off.

After perhaps another two hours of waiting we were finally let into the theater itself. I sat and surveyed my surroundings, rendered speechless by viewing the Courtesy of CBS stage of a program I had been watching consistently since Colbert’s had the biggest late show Colbert took over in 2015. premiere with 6.55 million viewers.

After some time a warmBy Joseph Coffey-Slattery up comedian was sent out, who STAFF WRITER rattled his name off so fast that it went past many of the viewers.

“Move closer together! I After some audience jokes, he know it’s tight but please try, soon departed the stage which we want to fit as many people as possible!” We were being herded led to the entrance of the band, Jon Batiste and Stay Human. like cattle outside of the historic They were a lively crew, jumping Ed Sullivan Theater, waiting and gesticulating around the eagerly to see the legendary stage with a vibrant energy, as if comic Stephen Colbert. this was the first time someone After finally being let into the had invited them to play the building itself, we stood huddled venue. in the entryway, again doing After their set, the stage our “March of the Penguins” impression that we had perfected manager appeared, explaining the necessity for laughter and while standing on Broadway. engagement. His pep talk was Ushers told us that cellphones followed by him leading a and pictures were not allowed “Stephen, Stephen, Stephen” in the theater. I debated the chant, where he requested legitimacy of their enforcement

we yell in “three times” our normal volume. The result was thunderous clamoring, worthy of the audio track in a Ridley Scott “Gladiator” sequel.

After some moments the man himself appeared, swooping onto the stage with a smile and his signature dapper attire. I found myself grinning. The man who I’d followed religiously, always eager to hear his next commentary on the world, was some 10 feet in front of my red velvet seat. I decided he was even better in person.

After a brief Q&A, the show began. While not a live taping, it could have been – Colbert only flubbed lines twice and the mistakes were incredibly minor.

What we were seeing was a talented performer, a well-oiled machine so used to comedy that one deduced saying something serious must’ve been a challenge.

He had three guests on the show, including Jake Tapper – arguably the most notable of the three. Tapper had the most thoughtful quote of the broadcast when he said, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes.”

Tapper’s one-liner inspired coos of understanding from the

audience, which was a filled with nodding heads and agreement.

In a time of attacks on the legitimacy of the news media, it was striking to have such an eloquent and prolific journalist updating us on his and other’s quest for truth.

The band played during commercial breaks, their energy never waning and their excitement perpetual. The last element of the taping was the musical guest, Khalid, who performed his hit single “Young, Dumb and Broke.” He handily won over the ear of the audience, notably one couple seated in front of me who wondered if he was “some kind of rapper.”

Whatever they decided he was seemed of little consequence, as they began to wave their arms side to side and eventually clap, albeit with lack of rhythm.

Khalid sounded as most live performers wished they sounded.

He was a joyous presence, staying to wave and smile for some minutes after his song completed and the cameras stopped rolling.

Following Khalid’s departure from the stage, Colbert once again addressed the audience

– only his second time doing so. He thanked us for coming, and asked for one more rousing round of applause for his final remarks, which the audience delivered in spades.

And then he was gone, leaving out of the back of the theater to what one could assume was the interesting and unique things that a person like Colbert does after hours.

Then began our long drudge out of the theater, punctuated with impassioned cries imploring that no photos be taken on the way out. I realized I was amazed at how important it was to some people to photograph the moment. Some contorted themselves to get what were probably snaps of the ceiling or ground given their inability to successfully aim. It is curious that many want to see their world exclusively through the lens of their camera.

Why would you want to, especially in a time like this?

Stephen Colbert was just in front of you – put your phone away and bask in the moment. You just saw what three million people will only ever see through their television.

October 31, 2017•B3 A&E ‘Radiohead’ Hall of Fame-bound with controversy

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By Marissa Matozzo

S PEC IAL TO T H E C H R O N I C L E

On the cusp of the 21st century, five British students from Oxfordshire grew to become more than just a rock band. Integrating electronica, ambient and avant-garde sounds accompanied by a signature aching falsetto, Radiohead reinvented themselves with each album released, adding to their diverse discography.

Earning worldwide critical acclaim with the 1995 release “The Bends,” as well as Grammys for 1997’s “OK Computer” and 2000’s “Kid A,” the quintet set the stage for the alternative genre by combining elements of jazz fusion with twentieth century classical and experimental rock.

With themes of alienation, modernization, globalization and anti-capitalism, introspective lyrics written by Thom Yorke became the culmination of modern music, encompassing thoughts of those in a time where

technological advancements hindered human relationships yet propelled productivity.

Inspired by the writings of Noam Chomsky and the musical style of Michael Stipe from R.E.M, each of Radiohead’s individual members are qualified musicians with their respective signature instruments.

Yorke was ranked the sixtysixth greatest vocalist of all time in Rolling Stone’s 2008 list. Dubbed one of the greatest guitarists of all time by Rolling Stone, NME and Spin, Jonny Greenwood is the only member to be classically trained and serves as the arranger, turning Yorke’s demos into full songs.

Colin Greenwood, the group’s bassist, also plays keyboards, synthesizers and electronic samples. Multi-instrumentalist Ed O’Brien is Radiohead’s rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist, also ranked No. 59 best guitarist by Rolling Stone. Philip Selway is the band’s drummer, specializing in the solid and repetitive 4/4 beats of krautrock.

To be eligible for the 2018 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, acts must have released singles or albums in or before 1992. Radiohead’s debut album, “Pablo Honey,” was released in 1992, making this year their first to be eligible.

Earlier this month, Fox News correspondents discussed the nominees on “The Greg Gutfeld Show.” When commentator Katherine Timpf was asked about the likelihood of Radiohead being inducted, she said, “Seeing it’s about fame and not talent, I think Radiohead is definitely going to get in and should get in.” Timpf then added, “I don’t even like them, but the kind of guys that I like have to be three things: strange, malnourished and sad.”

Jonny Greenwood has since addressed the remarks made on the show by changing his Twitter bio to the following, “my life in the gush of boasts... ‘strange, malnourished and sad’ (fox news - *spits three times*).” Greg Gutfeld has also

referred to Radiohead as, “a poor man’s Coldplay” and implied the band stole its material from Chris Martin’s group. Since Radiohead was formed in 1985 and Coldplay in 1996, music journalists around the globe are disregarding the blatant, inaccurate and seemingly joking statement formulated to create uproar among fans of real music.

With Yorke currently embarking on a rare solo tour, Jonny Greenwood composing pieces with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Selway releasing a soundtrack to a drama film, Radiohead’s members remain very busy and active within the 2017 music industry.

When Radiohead was asked

by Rolling Stone earlier this year about a possible Rock Hall induction, O’Brien said, “I don’t want to be rude about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because for a lot of people it means something, but culturally I don’t understand it. I think it might be a quintessential American thing.”

Yorke said, “It wouldn’t be the

first place ... don’t ask me things like that. I always put my foot in my mouth.”

Radiohead members may remain humble with the news, but to many music writers and fans alike, their long-anticipated nomination reflects the 30 million albums they sold worldwide and the critical success they continue to generate 25 years following the release of their first EP. Also known for helping launch new purchase methods, the group is said by many sources to be the most technically and musically advanced act within the alternative genre and time period.

Overall, Radiohead embodies all that is adventurous, progressive and avant-garde in modern music. Their immense influence upon various artists isn’t surprising and the opinions of conservatives regarding uniqueness and musical creativity really isn’t either.

Moments of reprieve in ‘Brave New World’

Courtesy of Square Enix The original Life is Strange received immense critical praise and even won a BAFTA award for Narrative.

By Robert Dolen

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Riding strong on the aftermath of the intense first episode, the second act of “Before the Storm” continues that momentum despite the many story lulls in between.

In the interest of avoiding major spoilers from the first episode, episode two, entitled “Brave New World,” continues after the hard-hitting revelation learned at the end of “Awake.”

Rachel needs to sort through her emotions in the wake of episode one, while Chloe has to figure out what she’s going to

do about her home life and her fast-growing relationship with Rachel.

“Brave New World” starts off very promising after the two are punished in Principal Well’s office for leaving school. Much of the first third of episode two features a lot of self-reflection from Chloe’s perspective in the junkyard that every “Life is Strange” fan knows all too well.

Chloe taking time outside of her goals to just reflect and think to herself are the type of poignant moments that make her character so emotionally interesting. The way she balances all

these new things happening in her life, both constructively and destructively, creates a simultaneous sense of inspiration and sympathy.

The only problem is that some of these moments are optional when they truly shouldn’t be.

Many of these narrative monologues Chloe thinks while in moments of reprieve provide important insight into her complicated mindsight.

In these moments where Chloe is alone and emotionally strained, her inner feelings should not be something easily missed or ignored. The opportunity to skip these moments robs the player of potentially important context as to why Chloe makes decisions and her emotions during the story.

Branching off from that, since these moments of reflection are so emotionally narrative-driven, the gameplay in between is not exactly riveting. Chloe’s time in the junkyard is deliberately aimless and alone, but even still the gameplay in between inner monologues devolves into a silly fetch quest of collecting cos-

metic items for the famous truck she rebuilds.

Chloe also manages to get into a little side quest with her drug dealer, Frank, after talking with Rachel. While this is an obvious set up for later conflict (because of context from the first game), this task is also one big, literal fetch quest as Frank asks Chloe to retrieve his money from some random extraneous character who isn’t even that important to the main plot.

All of this serves its purpose as emotional context, but overstays its welcome as random gameplay filler. It feels like a lot of this content could’ve been condensed or more concise in order to spare more time on some of the more important parts in “Brave New World.”

The rest of “Brave New World” prominently features Chloe and Rachel’s continued relationship in its strongest form yet, cementing the false hope of happiness and wanting to watch their relationship evolve even further.

One scene in particular that stands out is the moment with

“The Tempest,” the play in which Rachel is acting. This moment is incredible; it’s super Shakespearean on the surface, but the undertones of the real conversation between Chloe and Rachel on stage was surprisingly powerful.

The performance between the two characters was so emotionally charged and in tandem with the truly impressive writing, it created perhaps the best narrative sequence so far in the series.

The episode eventually ends in a heated conflict between Chloe, Rachel and her parents, resulting in an even more complicated realization that sets up a complicated cliffhanger.

“Brave New World” sets up a strong emotional rollercoaster in the last episode of the prequel.

The chemistry between Chloe and Rachel is stronger than ever, and the plot has become even more complex than it was initially expected to be.

The only thing that needs to be improved are the lulls between the main conflict of the narrative that just feel extraneous and mostly unnecessary.

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‘Fall Out Boy’ brings the psycho out of NY

By Samantha Storms ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ASSISTANT EDITOR

In front of a sold-out Barclays Center, Fall Out Boy returned to Brooklyn for their “Mania” tour on Saturday, Oct. 28.

The sixth-month tour supports the band’s seventh studio album, “Mania,” set to be released Jan. 18 of next year. With powerful EDM-influenced singles such as “Young and Menace,” “Champion” and “The Last of the Real Ones,” the highly-anticipated record has garnered much attention since its announcement this year.

Blackbear and special guest Jaden Smith opened for Fall Out Boy and set the stage for a night bathed in purple lights, a color that has come to symbolize Fall Out Boy’s upcoming record.

The two acts energized the eager crowd and provided tastes of hip-hop, rap and R&B – Fall Out Boy has always dabbled in and been influenced by hip-hop in their own musical style – before Fall Out Boy exploded onto the stage with their opening songs.

The band’s hour-and-a-half

long set was composed of 21 Beauty/American Psycho.” pion” from their upcoming read “The End.” songs from their various albums, The band also utilized the album, Fall Out Boy ended their The Mania tour will continue including three encore songs. arena’s wide open floor space to set with three encores including for the remainder of the year Quintessential songs such as lift band members into the air on “Uma Thurman,” “My Songs and conclude its United States “Thnks fr th Mmrs,” “Sugar, suspended platforms. Attached Know What You Did in the portion in Phoenix, Arizona on We’re Going Down,” “Cento harnesses, the band played Dark” and “Saturday.” Before a Saturday, Nov. 18. The tour will turies” and “My Songs Know a portion of their set over 30 final blast of shimmering conalso continue next year throughWhat You Did in the Dark” had feet in the air as purple confetti fetti, the band posed for a picture out Europe and Australia. the entirety of the arena on its showered down from the rafters. of the crowd as the monitor cut feet, making for a live show of After the closing song “Cham- to a multicolored screen that a caliber few others would be capable of creating.

Fall Out Boy opened the night with “The Phoenix” and “Irresistible,” introducing the audience to a widescreen monitor that played music videos and supporting visuals in the background, an incredible component of their live show that offered an energy and excitement that kept the crowd on their feet.

To accompany songs that tell stories of power, determination and hope, the screen displayed topical footage of a kneeling Colin Kaepernick next to Muhammad Ali during training, as the band played “Centuries.” The screen displayed the phrase, “Make America Courtesy of Island Records Psycho Again” to support their Fall Out Boy’s frontman, Patrick Stump, won Best Vocalist in 2016 from the Alternative Press Music Awards. sixth studio album “American

‘Snowman’ completely melts into the ground

can fail. It’s in such a state of complete and total shambles that it’s frankly difficult to know where to start analyzing it.

The film follows the intensely boring veteran detective Harry Hole (Michael Fassbender) on his quest to hunt down the titular serial killer, who follows a snow-related modus operandi almost as ridiculous as the name “Harry Hole.”

Hole, a drunken incompetent man with rare and unpredictable investigative insights, is inexplicably intent on catching the murderer, with a little help from his clumsily-introduced rookie partner, Katrine (ReCourtesy of Universal Pictures becca Ferguson).

At the time of publication, ‘Snowman’ The story, from the very has an 8 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. beginning, is dreadful. The pursuit

By Thomas McGlone of the Snowman isn’t suspenseful, HOFSTRA CRITICS PRESIDENT there are no organic breakthrough Tomas Alfredson’s “The Snowmoments, and every character is man” is not simply a bad movie; lifeless. Hole has an insufferable it’s a movie so catastrophic that it B-plot wherein he attempts to act ought to be looked at as a template as a father figure to the nearly for the many ways in which a film adult child of his ex-girlfriend, a

relationship just about as befuddling as you’d expect from this film. A series of flashbacks featuring Val Kilmer as Katrine’s father, the detective who originally investigated the Snowman, are not only packed with excessive red herrings, but also heavily feature poorly-edited voiceover dubbing.

Well, why not?

Also, J.K. Simmons plays a sinister politician lobbying for Oslo to be the host of a fictional winter sports event. Did I forget to mention that the film takes place in Oslo, Norway? That’s probably because the film seems to deliberately avoid mentioning the city, every character speaks in English, and no one has a Norwegian accent (except Simmons, whose attempted accent is so atrocious that it’s borderline insulting).

The amount of time the audience of “The Snowman” is required to spend simply trying to figure out the setting of the film is a disgrace.

If the script of “The Snowman”

is bad, then the performances are downright dreadful. Every line delivered sounds like a breath exiting a corpse; completely emotionless and devoid of energy.

It’s hard to be sure who to blame for the cringe-worthy performances handed in by veteran actors like Fassbender, Kilmer, Simmons and the underutilized Chloë Sevigny, but one can only assume that thespians already subjected to a torturous script could hardly have benefitted from the awful direction that manifests itself in every frame.

Speaking of the failed direction, Alfredson clearly did not shoot enough material (or at least not enough good material), judging by the fact that the film’s editing feels haphazard, incomplete and confusing, even though it was overseen by industry legend Thelma Schoonmaker.

Moreover, the footage that was captured is almost entirely defined by gray tones that underscore the blandness of the performances.

Dion Beebe, a highly competent cinematographer known for colorful films like “Chicago,” cannot possibly be held accountable for the visual failures of the film.

“The Snowman” is perfect evidence that even with a talented cast and an experienced technical team, bad direction and a dismal script are more than enough to sink a project.

Generally, I prefer not to rate films on their merit, but to analyze the ideas they put forward and to interpret their meanings. However, this methodology cannot be applied to “The Snowman.” The film is too bewildering, too irritating and too boring to view with any sort of nuanced leniency.

If it was even slightly different, I might have been able to give it some credit – it could have worked as a comedy, or an experimental piece, or a pretentious inversion of genre. But it’s not any of these things. Simply put, it’s unwatchable.

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Don’t Trump on my birth control

By Delilah Gray STAFF WR I T E R

Once again, the Trump administration rains down on the sanity parade by backtracking the hard work of thousands of feminists. Earlier this month, Donald Trump and his minions announced they will give the right for employers to deny women insurance coverage for contraception. If you can fund for your Viagra-made erections, why can’t you fund for basic health care for the more than 55 million women across the U.S.?

Just as they promised, the Trump administration is trying every possible way they can to erase Barack Obama’s legacy.

With the new wave of ridiculous reasoning and asinine bills comes a new bill that conve-

By Alexi Cohan STAFF WR I T E R

Catalonia, which once had some of the strongest regional self-government powers in Spain, is now stripped of that capacity. The separation of Catalonia has easily been one of the most tumultuous political struggles that Spain has ever seen. While thousands of Catalans celebrated their illegal declaration of independence of Friday, it was short-lived.

As of Saturday morning, the Spanish Senate gave Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy the power to impose direct rule on Catalonia. This effectively dissolved their independence while also taking away their power to govern.

The Spanish deputy prime minister is now officially in charge of Catalonia, as opposed to Carles Puigdemont, the former president of Catalonia and leader of the independence movement. Although the actions of the Spanish central government appear harsh or even dictator-like, Catalans had it

niently oppresses women once again. Their reasoning is that Obama’s original mandate could promote “risky sexual behavior” and a higher rate in abortions, according to the New York Times. First off, a study conducted by the Guttmacher Institute proved that’s the opposite of the situation – the improved use of contraceptives lowered the rate of abortions. Plus, think about it: How does access to birth control, something that helps prevent pregnancies even more than condoms, promote the “risky behavior” they claim it does? It makes no sense, much like the administration’s misogynist outlook.

Now to the facts, something that seems to be vastly overlooked in Trump’s mind. Most women don’t use contraceptives

for the sole purpose of safe sex.

According to Bustle, 31 percent of women take it for the varying types of menstrual pain, 28 percent use it to regulate their periods and 14 percent of women use it for chronic acne.

Women use it so they can live freely and have basic human rights with their basic health care. Contraceptives aren’t a privilege, they’re a right.

I believe we need to stop working around these acts they keep throwing at us and face it head on. If they don’t understand our fundamental rights as women, we need to show them.

The new act of sending bills for birth control to Trump is a great first step to making them realize the intensity of the situation.

The elected officials in office are primarily men and 71 percent

of our elected officials don’t understand how birth control is important.

Not only is this a dilemma on a moral ground, it strikes a huge red flag in both ethical and religious mindsets. Countless religious groups have come out saying their displeasure on that matter. One group, Little Sisters of the Poor have members quoting that the thought is “morally complicit in grave sin.” This predicament is the pinnacle of ethical discourse for its dictation over what women should or shouldn’t do with their bodies and life. Nothing about this situation brings morality to the table, it’s all on the bad side of the ethical spectrum.

It’s 2017 and women have been beaten down by legislative order over and over again. I

Spain must reunite as one

coming.

From the start of the independence movement with the illegal vote to separate earlier this month, the Spanish central

of this action.

The consequence was unfortunately the loss of all their government powers, which were handed over to Spanish officials.

Spain. By allowing this divide between Catalonia and Spain, the Spanish government has created a contentious barrier that will take many years and

government warned that they would use executive powers to stop any declaration of independence. However, Catalonia went forward with it anyway, knowing full well the repercussions

This should not be a surprise to anyone.

What is more important than all of the back and forth between governments though, is the heart of the issue; unity for

negotiations to unify, if at all.

While Catalonia has released any regard for the well-being of the country, Rajoy has rejected any respect for the region’s identity and desires. If Catalonia

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believe it’s time to stand up and fight back. They can’t pick and choose what we can and can’t do with our bodies – it’s either all or nothing. If you don’t want us to have basic health care like contraceptives, then ban all the other prescriptions. The medicine provided helps us and it makes no difference if it could pertain to sex. My only questions to the government right now are: Instead of just telling women to not have sex, when will you tell both men AND women to have less sex? When will you stop holding these double standards over your head and preach it as righteousness when it’s clearly underlying misogyny? When will you realize women have the power for a louder voice than yours and will fight back?

did not want to lose their power to govern, they should have never gone through with the separation.

However, the root of the issue stems from lack of mutual respect and the willingness to unify Spain. Catalonia clearly does not have the power to declare their independence. The central government is stronger, plain and simple, so Catalan government officials should have been mindful and aware of that.

According to BBC News, Catalonia produces 25.6 percent of Spain’s exports and holds 20.7 percent of foreign investments. The region is crucial to the economic stability of the country and a true nationalist, Catalan or not, should not be willing to leave their country to falter. Pro-unity demonstrations will take place in Spain for weeks to come. Unity for Spain is the best, yet hardest solution to ending the problem. The complete disregard for peace and harmony must end in order to create a stronger Spain.

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Letter to the Editor Say yes to the Constitutional Convention

In his 1963 Letter from Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King Jr. began by stating the following: “I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to ‘order’ than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says ‘I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can’t agree with your methods of direct action; who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a ‘more convenient season.’”

While others may not draw the connection, I find a great similarity between Dr. King’s

realization and the current debate about whether to hold a constitutional convention in New York State. From the “no” side, we hear that a convention is too risky, the process will favor special interests and big money or we can just rely upon the legislature to make amendments. These may be legitimate opinions, to varying degrees, but all have fatal flaws and the moral and rational arguments greatly favor voting in of a convention.

With regard to risk – yes, a convention is a risk which exposes some rights and protections, but it also provides the opportunity to adopt new policies to strengthen our civil liberties, so the sword cuts both ways.

Furthermore, it has the potential to make reforms that diminish the influence of big money and special interests, so the “elites” must view it as a risk as well. This latter fact

likely explains why the moneyed interests have not funded an organized “yes” campaign – the constitutional convention would have a high degree of uncertainty, which is anathema to their preferred methods for maintaining power.

Rather, the “no” proponents are investing much more in a fear-mongering campaign against what amounts to a decoy opposition.

With regard to the process, it may favor the special interests slightly, but these hurdles are not insurmountable. First, although delegates may be selected by state senate districts (gerrymandered to slightly favor Republicans), the addition of 15 state-wide delegates would immediately overcome this numerical advantage.

Furthermore, due to how the districts are gerrymandered, some Democratic senate districts could elect three like-minded delegates, whereas

Republican districts are likely to be split 2-1 between competing ideologies. However, due to the nature of the constitutional convention, hopefully antipartisan independent candidates that are reform-focused will run and voters of all persuasions will be attracted to these individuals. After all, whatever you may think of Donald Trump, his “Drain the Swamp” rhetoric had tremendous appeal, so voters from Republican districts are seeking reform as well.

Finally, we cannot expect the legislature to pass all possible amendments, as some would infringe upon their perceived prerogatives. For example, the legislature will never pass term limits. This doesn’t mean that term limits should be imposed, but if delegates campaign on this and get elected, then it certainly should be put to a vote.

There are other issues, like the allocation of electors to the Electoral College, where

national partisan concerns would take precedence over the interests of citizens of New York. For instance, if New York’s electors were allocated proportionally, this would help Republicans and third parties; however, if implemented nationally, proportional allocation would eliminate swing states, where manipulation proliferates, and shift the result closer to the national popular vote, generally favoring Democrats.

As the Empire State, New York has tremendous influence across the entire country.

Therefore, we should vote “yes” for a constitutional convention to set the standard for how we can reform our government and provide a model that conscientious citizens in other states can follow.

Sean Hillson is a PhD candidate at Cornell University

Letter to the Editor We must end “Pray For ...” campaigns

By Joseph Coffey-Slattery “‘Pray for Vegas’ helps no one. Go educate yourself on the problem and volunteer, but just don’t stand there, with your arms crossed. Stop expecting things to change without actions.”

This quote comes from a recent op-ed published in The Chronicle by Genesis Ibarra, who discusses the emotional tragedy that is and was the recent Las Vegas shooting on Oct. 1, 2017.

Among many thoughtful points, I found the latter quote to hold the most resonance on a personal level.

For as long as I can remember the populace has sought to come up with Instagram-ready phrases such as “Pray for Paris,” “Pray for Orlando,” “Pray for Manchester” and countless others.

Yet, I feel that the general public hasn’t stopped to consider what exactly such rhetoric accomplishes, if anything.

Objectively, one must considone (or lack thereof) and hope er what exactly the verb “pray” that it doesn’t occur again. means. A dictionary will tell One must recognize that healyou that it means “to address a ing the wounded is something solemn request or expression of only medical professionals will thanks to a deity or other object be doing, their steady hands beof worship.” Yet a critical eye ing the ones to heal the victims, might tell you it consists of sitnot God’s. The families of those ting at home and doing nothing. who passed away will assist To truly quantify praying, one them in getting to the next life. must think of what exactly “Praying after a tragedy it entails. In a way the latter opinion is accurate. Praying, does nothing, in that one’s in reality, consists of doing God is effectively unable “nothing.” Now, I recognize to evoke any tangible that many who practice some kind of religion believe that change ...” it is a powerful expression of a bond between oneself and As for preventing these events their God(s). Yet I feel that they in the future, only people can misinterpret what praying can influence the actions of people. and cannot do.

One can argue that a God influPraying after a tragedy does ences the actions of people nothing, in that one’s God is through his word, yet God is not effectively unable to evoke any responsible for writing the laws tangible change on the latter of the United States, where the end. At this point one is askissue of gun violence persists. ing their God to help heal the A “pray for” campaign wounded, assist the dead in their doesn’t do enough for the victransition to a world after this tims, whether that is addressing

their concerns or aiding them in their recovery. Why? Praying is at its essence an individual practice, a conversation between one individual and their God. And it requires no action. It is merely words, well-intentioned words, yet words all the same.

It is not monetary donation, physical aide or petitioning for common-sense gun legislation.

If someone is truly affected by a tragedy, gun related or otherwise, even the most religious person must recognize that their diction is not enough.

If one is to look at the example of Jesus Christ, he did not achieve such a status by merely his parentage and having thoughtful dialogues with followers. He acted: healing the sick, feeding the hungry and sympathizing with those that society chose to leave forgotten.

If one is truly to follow his example, or the teachings of another figure, they must recognize the imperative nature of action – real, physical action.

This is notwithstanding those who use the “pray for” campaigns as mere rhetoric, to show their social media followers …

Well, I’m not quite sure exactly.

That they can have a go at expressing grief in 140 characters or less?

To truly help those in the tragedy one shouldn’t merely kneel and bow their head.

Rather, stand straighter. Roll up your sleeves. Set about enacting a feasible change for those who have just experienced the most terrifying moment of their lives.

Stand up in the face of adversity.

Do not simply sink to the ground and ask someone higher than you to make it go away, all while adding a hashtag and hoping you get a few likes out of it.

This letter was written in response to the op-ed “Las Vegas shooting: My tragedy needs more than a hashtag,” originally published by The Hofstra Chronicle on Oct. 10.

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Letter to the Editor A letter to Hofstra concerning commuter parking

By Jacob Fleming Dear President Stuart Rabinowitz and Director of Commuting Student Services and Community Outreach Anita Ellis, I write to you today to address the truly ramshackle situation of commuter parking at our university. The following is a detailed analysis of the current situation, it’s implications and a feasible solution. While I understand your time is valuable, I implore you to read thoroughly.

By a small margin, commuters represent the majority of Hofstra’s students, at 54 percent of the student body. Of the 11,240 total students who attend (undergraduate, graduate, medical and law), roughly 6,000 students are commuters.

While the on-campus housing holds nearly 3,800 students, there are by my count approximately 800 parking spaces available to commuters, excluding the very remote easternmost lot intended for Shuart Stadium attendees.

However, said lot is often the only option available. Today, I arrived at campus 20 minutes early, anticipating as I always do the feverish fight for parking spaces in the lots relevantly close to the academic buildings.

But today I was not among those lucky few. At 12:53, now late for class and still without a spot after nearly 25 minutes of fruitless circling, I was faced with a choice: park in the Shuart lot, a good 10 or more-minute walk away from my class in Breslin, making me 15 or moreminutes late, or at the risk of a $50 ticket park on adjacent Butler Place under signs reading “NO PARKING 10AM-2PM M-F.” I chose Butler Place and, having arrived on campus 20 minutes early, sat down to class about 7 minutes late.

I wish I could say that this

was an out-of-the ordinary sliding in late as the professor is or in another measurement, Monday for me, but it’s not, just getting started. erase the effects of 40,000 and nor was it for the handful And while Hofstra has a miles worth of driving from the of other students emerging from responsibility to its students, atmosphere annually. It’s not their cars glancing warily at the we all have a responsibility to earth shattering, but it’s no small “NO PARKING” signs as they, the environment. Hold your potatoes. like me, hurried to class. skepticism that this issue Given the ridiculousness of Why is this the case? How did could possibly be of any major the situation causing all this we end up in such a scenario? environmental significance and pollution, it’s just downright A look at the numbers clears up let’s break down the numbers. wasteful. the problem quickly.

By my observations, as well So what, you may ask, is the A quick search of the course as discussions I’ve had with solution? I propose we construct catalog under “Look up Courses others, it takes on average 15 a one-story parking garage to Add” in the student portal minutes to find a spot. The adjacent to Breslin Hall. reveals that university-wide, average automobile idling I’m confident the idea of at 12:50-2:15 on Monday and produces 1,035 grams of CO2. a parking garage has been Wednesday for that matter, there They in fact produce discussed before, but I believe I are roughly 2,650 students in significantly more driving have an extraordinarily feasible class. around at even low speed, but and practical approach.

As I am an undergraduate, we’ll use the idling figure to (You can find the schematic the catalog may not even show establish a bare minimum for for my proposed single-level me results for graduate classes; CO2 emissions. parking structure online at the number could be higher. At If 50 students are wandering thehofstrachronicle.com.) any rate, if roughly The average cost 54 percent of those to build a parking “While half of the students need never structure is roughly 2,650 students are commuters, as is the wonder if their dorm room will be there $15,000 per space – average, then there when they need it, the other half knows and while the goal are 1,431 commuters would be a bareat all times that they may not have a bones, simple and in class, 631 more students than parking functional parking reasonable place to park.” spots. deck – we’ll use Now, a couple that figure to err hundred of those students likely and circling for a spot, at each on the safe side. By that figure live within walking distance, in of the four busiest class end/ the parking structure will cost nearby house shares. The rest start points in the day, on roughly $1.5 million to build. however, are relegated to those average 15 minutes each, they Parking garages in the U.S. remote lots or nearby street produce about 207 kg – or 456 usually last 10-15 years before parking at their own risk. lbs of CO2 each day. That’s showing signs of deterioration, The university has a around 32,000 lbs of CO2 per so what I propose is that all responsibility to provide the semester, 64,000 lbs a year. commuters be charged a $30 necessary facilities students That’s 64 thousand pounds of a year parking improvement need. Simply getting to class carbon dioxide emissions, all fee, through their Hofstra bill shouldn’t be such a struggle, spent looking for a parking spot, – similar to the technology use such a stress, such a timeoften in vain. fee. consuming uncertainty.

And let’s not forget that that At an average of 6,000 While half of the students number is in reality low, as it’s undergraduate and graduate need never wonder if their dorm based on idling, not driving at commuter students each year, room will be there when they low speed. this fee will generate $1.8 need it, the other half knows at The average car produces million in 10 years: enough to all times that they may not have 10,500 lbs of CO2 in a year, offset the cost of construction, a reasonable place to park. thus if we could get the parking and contribute $300,000 towards Minor lateness is rampant time down to five minutes, maintenance costs. among commuters, who would reducing about 42,600 lbs of Should the structure last into love to have the certainty of CO2, we would accomplish the the 15-year range, the fee will finding a spot in time, to not net effect of taking four cars off generate above and beyond have to cause a distraction the road entirely, every year, the original cost and help

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toward future renovations or reconstruction.

The fee is relatively small, and in my opinion a very fair price per year, given that many of us risk a $50 fine, multiple times a month even, to park off campus when we shouldn’t.

Furthermore, due to the alleviated parking strain – even if one never parks on the structure – they’ll enjoy the benefits from the improved conditions on the ground, with 93 more spots available in general.

The structure should take four to six months to build, meaning that if it were begun around finals in May, it could be completed by the fall semester, or at most cause 30-45 days of inconvenience as it wraps up. A pittance really, for a 10-15-year solution.

To summarize, the project I’m suggesting the university undertake will fulfill Hofstra’s responsibility to its students by reducing parking stress, reducing lateness, reducing time spend searching for parking, reducing risky offcampus parking temptation, reduce Hofstra’s CO2 pollution by an incredible 64,000+ lbs annually and cost the university absolutely nothing in the long-run.

While the upfront cost is not small, it’s truly not staggering compared to other recent projects the university has undertaken, and the simple fee structure guarantees the cost of construction and maintenance will be paid off in full.

I encourage you to take seriously the issue I’ve presented, and to enthusiastically begin the process of seeking estimates, construction plans and as swiftly as proper proceedings allow, to begin building the parking structure we so desperately need.

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Hofstra knocked out of playoff contention by UDel

By Jordan Sawyer STAFF W R I T E R

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On a breezy fall Friday at Hofstra Field Hockey Stadium, the Pride fell to 1-4 in Colonial Athletic Association play after a 6-0 defeat against reigning national champion University of Delaware, eliminating Hofstra from conference tournament contention.

“I couldn’t be happier of the performance today,” head coach Kathy De Angelis said. “I’m really, really proud of the effort that we put in.”

Delaware, ranked No. 7 in the national coaches’ poll, came into the game undefeated in CAA play after being named the conference preseason favorite.

Delaware is the fourth nationally ranked opponent Hofstra

has faced this season.

“I think that each game that we have had to play nationally recognized teams that the upperclassmen really helped to inspire the younger guys,” De Angelis said. “And each time we’ve gotten better and better and this is the best performance that we’ve played. So that’s the growth you want to see.”

“We don’t expect anything to happen overnight or you’re not doing it the right way,” she said.

“So I’m really, really happy that we were able to finish as strong on a really high note to a team like Delaware.”

The Blue Hens scored three goals in each half, led by the dynamic duo of Greta Nauck, two goals, and Taylor Lister, goal and assist.

Delaware found the back of the net just over a minute into play after Nauck caused a turnover and slipped through the Hofstra defenders to fire an open shot past Carys Swan.

The Blue Hens continued to dominate the game offensively, tallying their second goal of the

half in the ninth minute of play.

Delaware’s first penalty corner left a wide-open Kayla Devlin out in front of the net after she took the corner and awaited a pass to poke the ball past Swan.

Hofstra went without an offensive input until 12 minutes into the contest.

The Pride took their only shot of the half off of their only penalty corner of the half.

Delaware’s third and final goal of the half came off the stick of Lister after Maggie Delp eluded Pride defenders and dished the ball off to Lister who hit a laser shot into the goal.

Nauck recorded her second goal of the game two minutes into the second half with a beautiful backhanded goal over Swan to stretch the Delaware lead to four goals.

The scoring barrage continued after a 20-minute hiatus when Lisa Giezeman gathered a rebound off a Swan save and put it into the left corner of the cage.

The Blue Hens then capitalized on a penalty corner to

Cam Keough / Hofstra Chronicle Philine de Wolf had one of Hofstra’s three shots against Delaware.

catapult to a 6-0 lead with less than eight minutes to play.

Delaware’s final goal came on a perfectly executed corner by Devlin, Joosje van Weperen and Femke Strien.

Van Weperen found freshman Strien open on the right post for her third score of the season.

Philine de Wolf and Anne van

den Boomen both fired shots for the Pride in the final six minutes but were unable to put the ball in the goal.

Delaware outshot Hofstra 25 to three with 15 shots on goal.

Swan had nine saves on the day while facing a season high number of shots.

Field hockey blanked by Drexel in season finale

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A disappointing season for the Hofstra field hockey team came to an end on Oct. 29 as the Pride were held scoreless for the third straight game, losing to Drexel University 2-0 on Senior Day at Hofstra Field Hockey Stadium.

“We just couldn’t find the back of the net,” said Hofstra

Cam Keough / Hofstra Chronicle Marloes Schavemaker was one of four Hofstra players honored Sunday.

head coach Kathy De Angelis after the game. “We had a lot of great opportunities, we hit the post, we went over the goal.”

A very dreary and rainy afternoon would serve as a fitting backdrop for Hofstra on a day where the Pride’s offensive struggles continued to plague them.

After playing back-to-back games against ranked opponents in James Madison University and the University of Delaware, the Pride hit the field on Sunday hoping to end the season on the right note against the Dragons, who had lost four of their last five games coming in.

It wasn’t meant to be, as the Hofstra offense failed to solve Drexel goalie Erin Gilchrist, who had four saves. Hofstra was only able to get five shots on goal, and were outshot in total by a 19-12 margin.

“We didn’t have a great first half and Drexel capitalized on that,” De Angelis said.

Drexel came out firing in the

first half with 11 total shots compared to just one from the Pride. Despite having to deal with a high-powered attack, Hofstra’s defense held firm for a while but Drexel’s Megan Wiest was able to put her team on the board first around the 25-minute mark.

The Dragons would tack on another goal early in the second half, as Katie Bagdon capitalized on a penalty corner to give Drexel a 2-0 lead. Hofstra’s offense had its own barrage of offense in the second half, but not a single one of Hofstra’s 11 second-half shots was able to find the net, resulting in a shutout loss to end the season for the Pride.

“The energy and the effort, particularly in the last 25 minutes of the game – we couldn’t ask for more as a coaching staff,” De Angelis said.

Before the opening whistle, Hofstra held its annual Senior Day ceremony, honoring the careers of senior defenders Taylor

Mumley and Savanna Malloy, goalie Carys Swan as well as graduate student defender Marloes Schavemaker.

“These guys have had a great four years, great careers and most importantly, they are just great people,” De Angelis said.

“They were great role models for this really young team.”

The graduation of this unit may present a problem for the Pride next year on the defensive end. All four of the graduates played all 19 games, with Schavemaker and Swan starting every game, as well. It will be up to the members of Hofstra’s promising group of underclassmen to get this team back into the playoff picture come next year.

The loss ended Hofstra’s season at 7-12, with a 1-5 mark in the Colonial Athletic Association. Hofstra had already been eliminated from playoff contention. Drexel also finished at 7-12, with a 2-4 mark in conference play.

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OPINION: Women’s soccer primed to make big run

By Gio Annatelli STAFF W R I T E R

Without a doubt in my mind, the Hofstra women’s soccer team is the best fall team right now. Not only are they the best team on this campus at the moment, but they are also the best team in the Colonial Athletic Association.

Riding this wave of excellence, I believe Hofstra is going to be crowned CAA Champions on Nov. 5 and I believe that they are going to make a run at the National Championship.

Hofstra started the season 2-3-1. Opening up gameplay on a four-game road trip, they fell to two tough opponents in Pittsburgh and Penn State, both of which the Pride played competitively against. They then tied Columbia and beat Boston University.

Coming back home on a four-game stand of their own, they walked all over Eastern Washington and then fell in double-overtime to Yale. The Pride lost to Yale on Sept. 4.

Since that moment, Hofstra has not lost a single game.

The Pride haven’t lost in 12 straight games and have won ten in a row. They completely swept and dominated the CAA. In those 12 games, the defense and net-minders have posted nine clean sheets.

As a team, they have played incredibly well when it mattered. In that 12-game stretch, Hofstra has outscored its opponents 22-3.

This excellence starts in net for the Pride. After splitting time with Friederike Mehring last season, Ashley Wilson came into the year as the starter.

Eventually, head coach Simon Riddiough did the same thing as last year with splitting time between Wilson and senior Jenna Borresen. Riddiough has a problem that coaches dream about: not knowing which goalie to start due to both playing incredible in net.

In 13 games, Borresen has allowed only one goal – for a goals-against average of 0.14, while Wilson has posted a 0.98 GAA in 16 games. Both netminders have played terrific this season, leading Hofstra to a 13-3-2 record.

Wilson and Borresen can’t

take all the credit, as the defense has been unstoppable.

The defense is held down by Madeline Anderson, twins Kelly and Katie Gerdes and transfer Monique Iannella. Those four have played key roles in holding opponents to just three goals in the last 12 games.

When there’s great defense, the offense is made easier and a weight is lifted off their shoulders. Leading at the top of the offense is Kristin Desmond with nine goals and three assists. Behind her is Jenn Buoncore with four goals and four assists.

Desmond is, in my opinion, the top player in the conference.

She is No. 6 in shots (50), tied for No. 2 in points (21), No. 1 in goals (9) and No. 1 in game-winning goals (4). Her transition from defense her freshman year to now being a staple in the Hofstra offense is truly great.

It is seen that the Pride have missed Buoncore being out on the field. She missed last season due to a focus on academics, but the 2015 CAA All-Rookie teamer has made her presence known in her second

Cam Keough / Hofstra Chronicle Ashley Wilson has split time in goal this season with Jenna Borresen.

season with the team, taking a leadership role in the midfield.

Not only have the veterans been key in the offense, but some of the freshmen are stepping into big roles. Lucy Shepherd, Sabrina Bryan and Bella Richards have very promising futures. The trio have combined for eight goals and five assists.

With the CAA tournament

coming up and the Pride heading into it with home-field advantage, I believe that Hofstra is going to be raising a trophy come Nov. 5. After that, they head to the NCAA tournament to play some of the best teams in the nation. My prediction: Hofstra will at least win three in a row and make it to the quarterfinals. This is Hofstra’s year to do some damage.

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PREVIEW: WSOC rolling towards CAA tourney

By Alexandra Licata STAFF W R I T E R

After an unbeaten season in conference play, Hofstra women’s soccer will now look forward to competing to achieve its ultimate goal of being Colonial Athletic Association champions.

Last year saw the Pride miss out on the CAA Tournament for the first time since 2006 with a record of 10-7-1 and just a 4-5-1 mark in CAA action.

This year featured a return to championship form for the Pride and Hofstra head coach Simon Riddiough, who has yet to have a losing a season since taking over as head coach back in 2006.

The Pride, who conquered the difficult feat of going 9-0 in CAA contests, went 13-3-2 overall.

They clinched their CAA Tournament berth in a 3-0 win against James Madison on Oct. 8 – a game in which they recorded a record-breaking 26 corner kicks.

Hofstra culminated the regular season against the College of Charleston Cougars.

The final tally in the win column for an undefeated CAA season didn’t come easy.

Bella Richards scored early off a corner kick from Monique

Iannella, which gave the Pride an early lead in the 24th minute.

With five minutes to go, the Cougars were able to net the score at one with their own corner kick, putting the Pride’s undefeated conference play record in jeopardy.

But with under one minute to play, sophomore Rachel Cardinal fired a goal for a dramatic victory that concluded the Pride’s regular season.

Hofstra’s eyes turn to facing its next competitor now, which will be the College of William & Mary in the CAA Semifinals.

The Pride received a bye week due to being the top seed in the conference.

If Hofstra advances to the championships, they will face either the Northeastern University Huskies or Drexel University Dragons.

Several players have shined this season for the Pride and those will be the players to watch for as they head into the tournament.

Having her best season yet as a part of the Hofstra team is senior Kristin Desmond.

After the graduation of Jill Mulholland, the unquestioned leader and focal point of last year’s offensive attack, the biggest question heading into this season was the question of

who was going to step up and provide the offensive firepower necessary for this team to survive in the CAA. Desmond has proven this year that she is more than capable of stepping up and leading the way for the Pride.

She leads the team with 21 points made up of nine goals and three assists. She currently sits atop the CAA in goals and is in a tie for second place in total points.

That total surpasses her previous career high of 18 points during her sophomore season.

Nine goals is also the most Desmond has scored for the Pride in a single season.

Her previous high was six during her junior year. Behind her is junior Jenn Buoncore.

After taking her sophomore season off to focus on her academics, Buoncore returned this season to help the Pride to their undefeated CAA record with 12 points, made up of four goals and four assists.

But the upperclassmen haven’t been the only ones who have had an impact this season.

The freshman class came in hot for the Pride, providing nearly 30 percent of the 85 points the team has accumulated this season.

Richards ranks third on the

Cam Keough / Hofstra Chronicle Hofstra’s Kristin Desmond leads the CAA in goals this year, with nine.

team in points with eight.

She has scored three goals and provided two assists in her freshman season to earn her the title of CAA Rookie of the Week for two consecutive weeks.

Freshmen Lucy Shepherd, Sabrina Bryan, and Lucy Porter have also contributed. Shepherd has netted three goals, and Bryan and Porter each have two apiece.

Defense has also been a strong component to the Pride’s success this season.

Ashley Wilson and Jenna Borresen have split time in the net for the past ten games – a tactic Hofstra head coach Simon Riddiough has utilized that has resulted in seven shutouts in the team’s past ten games.

Within that span, Wilson and Borresen have combined to allow only a single goal to components who are able to break through the Pride’s defense.

Along with Wilson and Borresen, junior Madeline Ander-

son has also produced shutdown defense for the Pride on the backline.

As a whole, Hofstra is outshooting opponents 256-192 and outscoring them 31-12.

Using both their strong offense and defense, the Pride hopes to continue its success in the CAA Semifinals against William & Mary.

In the team’s conference meeting this season, Hofstra defeated the Tribe 3-1. The Tribe’s Sarah Segan scored within the final minutes of play to prevent a shutout.

The Tribe went 7-9-2 overall and 3-4-2 in conference play this season.

The Pride returns to the field to face the Tribe on Nov. 3 in the CAA seminfinals in hopes of advancing to the CAA Championships and earning its first champion title since 2012 at 7 p.m. at Hofstra Soccer Stadium.

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Cam Keough / Hofstra Chronicle Hofstra will host the semifinal and championship rounds of the CAA Tournament this weekend.

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Early offense leads to victory for men’s soccer

By Anders Jorstad STAFF W R I T E R

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The Hofstra Pride men’s soccer team secured a 2-1 road victory against Binghamton University on Wednesday, Oct. 25 in a tune-up game thanks to some early offense and then lockdown defense down the stretch.

Offense has been a major point of weakness for the Pride this season, as the team is averaging just 0.81 goals per contest. That ranks second-tolast in the Colonial Athletic Association. The defensive unit has ultimately been the backbone of the team.

However, the Pride didn’t wait long to get the offense going against the Bearcats. On the Pride’s first offensive possession of the game, Sean Nealis connected just six minutes into the game after a pass from Mani Walcott.

The Pride wasn’t done there.

On the very next offensive possession, Danny Elliott knocked in his third goal of the season to put Hofstra up 2-0.

Hofstra continued to pile on the pressure. The Pride had numerous offensive opportunities after those scores and kept Binghamton from getting close to the net.

Midway through the first half, the Pride substituted Leo Arkhanhelskyi from the goalie spot for Alex Ashton. Just minutes later, Haris Brkovic of the Bearcats netted an unassisted goal to pull his team to within a goal.

Hofstra’s defense stood tall throughout the remainder of the game, allowing the Bearcats to take just three shots in the second half.

The win is a terrific accomplishment for a team looking to start piling together wins in the conference tournament.

The Pride’s four ties suggest that the Pride has had difficulties closing out gamess. To see the Pride display the ability to get the scoring started early and to maintain a one-goal lead defensively for over 50 minutes shows the resiliency the team possesses.

With the victory, Hofstra has now garnered wins in four of its last five games. The Pride has averaged two goals per game during that span.

The Pride has already punched its ticket to the CAA tournament thanks to a 3-1-4 record in conference play. Hofstra

Cam Keough / Hofstra Chronicle Sean Nealis scores his first goal of the season in Wednesday night’s win.

will finish the regular season at home when Brown University visits on Tuesday, Oct. 31. The CAA tournament will follow,

with the Pride hosting the College of William & Mary in first round action at Hofstra Soccer Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 28.

Volleyball downs UDel in straight sets on Senior Day

By Jordan Sawyer STAFF W R I T E R

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Paola Figueroa and Doris Bogoje made the most of their last game in the Mack Physical Education Center, leading the charge for the Hofstra volleyball team in a 3-0 sweep of the Blue Hens of the University of Delaware on Sunday afternoon.

“Both of them were extremely

Cam Keough / Hofstra Chronicle Masciullo tallied 14 kills, five aces and three digs in Hofstra’s win.

supportive of each other and really worked well together … those are two really nice and special people for our program and I was really happy to see them play their last home match in a good way,” said Hofstra head coach Emily Mansur.

Figueroa played up front for the first time all year on Senior Day and led the Pride to an opening-set victory with a career-high five kills and a season-high three digs.

“She hasn’t done that [played up front] at all this year and she did a phenomenal job so it’s another thing that comes to our mind now when we talk about lineups,” Mansur said.

Hofstra improved to 15-11 overall while boosting their conference record to 7-5, inching a game closer to James Madison University in the Colonial Athletic Association standings.

Delaware jumped out to a 7-3 lead early in the first set before a Hofstra timeout subsided any wave of momentum. The Pride mustered up a 7-1 run after the timeout, garnering a 10-8 lead.

The Blue Hens fought their

way back before Luisa Sydlik led another five-point scoring run to give Hofstra a 16-11 lead.

Both sides traded blows before a 3-0 run for Hofstra sparked a 24-17 set point, in which Delaware won back-toback serves before an attack error resulted in a 25-19 set victory for the Pride.

After compiling four separate scoring runs in the first set, Hofstra replicated those efforts in the second set. The Pride fell behind 0-2 before a 5-0 scoring run gave them an early threepoint lead. Delaware evened it at eight all before Laura Masciullo led a four-point scoring run with multiple kills. Backand-forth point scoring for both teams lead a 18-15 lead for the Pride prior to a 7-1 scoring run, including four errors, to give Hofstra back-to-back set wins.

The Blue Hens climbed to a 5-1 lead to begin the third set before multiple 3-0 runs for the Pride gave them a 7-6 lead. Both teams drew even at nine after a few back-and-forth serve points before a 12-3 scoring run propelled Hofstra to a 21-13 lead.

Consecutive service aces from

Masciullo after a Bogoje kill led to match point. Delaware attempted to mount a comeback with back-to-back points before a Nanishka Perez kill squandered the Blue Hens hopes and secured a 25-15 set victory for the Pride.

Masciullo led all players with 21 points, including 14 kills.

“It was nice to see Laura get five aces and three errors, this is the ratio that we are looking for every day she’s been working on,” Mansur said.

Hofstra will begin their fourgame road trip to close out the season at Elon University on Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. The Pride need just one more win to earn a spot in the conference tournament.

Back Cover: Volleyball celebrated Senior Day with a commanding win over Delaware.

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Ruffled Feathers Volleyball sweeps Senior Day match against Delaware, secures winning record at home this season

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