Hempstead, NY Vol.78 | Issue 12
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December 13, 2012
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Suspended players plead not guilty, post bail By Maggie Urban-Waala Staff Writer
after the recent arrests of four Hofstra basketball players, the team has been recovering from the players’ alleged felonies. taran Buie, sophomore guard on the men’s basketball team, looked towards moving forward after the team’s recent loss against LiU-Brooklyn. “We don’t have any room to be taking any negatives with us. Obviously, we’ve got some guys off the team now, so we’re just trying to find ways to win games,’’ Buie told Newsday. Sophomore Shaquille Stokes and freshmen Jimmy Hall, Kentrell Washington and Dallas anglin were arrested Nov. 29 on counts of burglary and theft. Stokes was charged with five counts of second-degree burglary, Hall was charged with four counts, Washington with two and anglin with one. While on trial at the Nassau County Supreme Court, Stokes’s lawyer frank Whelan appealed to the judge to let the basketball player go on his own recognizance, citing Stokes’s “community ties” and “status as a scholarship athlete.” the judge rejected the request
and Stokes was held in lieu of $25,000 bail on five counts of felony burglary. Washington’s lawyer stated, “[We] will fight these charges because this will have an effect on Kentrell’s scholarship status.” all four players pleaded not guilty at their arraignment. However, all of them have been bailed out. Hall was the last of the four players to be bailed out of jail last Monday on a $20,000 bond. the value of the stolen items is currently estimated at around $10,000, although according to Nassau County Police Detective Lieutenant raymond Coté the total will far exceed that amount. Police will not know for sure until it is certain which students were burglarized. Men’s basketball coach Mo Cassara is focused on strengthening his team. “Our guys are resilient,” Cassara said on the current status of the team. the team has removed the four players from their listed roster on and Cassara also mentioned that the team has added two walk-ons and await the returns of UConn transfer Jamal Coombs-McDaniel and fresno State transfer Daquon Brown.
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Dallas Anglin, top right, and Kentrell Washington, right, were suspended from the Pride men’s basketball team along with Shaquille Stokes and Jimmy Hall after Nassau County Police arrested the players on charges of burglary. The burglaries took place on Hofstra’s campus and include over $10,000 of claimed stolen items, including several laptops.
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Atrium’s CPK entering its final year
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The California Pizza Kitchen late-night eating venue that students have enjoyed for several years in the Student Center Atrium will not be returning after the Spring 2013 semester. Lackmann will be soliciting student opinions for what pizza-making provider Hofstra should bring in next.
By Samantha Neudorf aSSiStaNt NeWS eDitOr
Students will choose the dining service that will take over California Pizza Kitchen’s location when it departs from campus in May 2013, according to Lackmann Culinary Services. CPK made the decision to withdraw this past summer because they wanted to leave “non-traditional” business accounts, such as the one on campus, to focus on a new direction for their company. Linda Pianelli, Marketing Manager of Lackmann Culinary Services, sees this change as an opportunity to branch out and try out a new concept. “although students still enjoy CPK, it is not in our hands to decide if they stay or leave,” Pianelli said. “it is an opportunity for us to bring a new brand onto campus to increase student satisfaction.” Hofstra has been granted an extension to keep CPK to maintain services to students and avoid unnecessary interruptions. Pianelli also explained that stu-
dent focus groups and facebook polls and surveys would determine what pizzeria would take the place of the location. in the past, students chose Sbarro’s Pizza and Maui tacos for the venue in the Student Center atrium. Next semester, student focus groups will discuss possible pizza brands to replace CPK. “Students have been eager to talk about what they would like to see replace CPK and we have taken into consideration all of these ideas,” Pianelli said. Dymetri Cleveland, junior marketing major, would like to see Papa John’s, Pizza Hut, or Sbarro again. He eats at CPK quite often because it is the only campus food service open late at night besides Hofstra USa and the Dutch treats deli. “it’s been here for pretty much more than half of my college life. i’ll miss it,” Cleveland said.
Megan andrews, sophomore finance and accounting major, is the appropriations Chair for the Student Government association and was already informed that CPK was leaving this May. “i understand why it’s not coming back and I’m fine with the decision,” andrews said. andrews would like for Lackmann to bring another chain to campus, but not a mom-and-pop place. “i’d like to have food that’s the same across the board and something that could be mass produced, better than a mom-andpop place that’s used to big, single slice pizzas. i like the personalized pizzas,” andrews said. Jaclyn Weil, sophomore, is a vegetarian and only eats at CPK when it’s really late. “i hope they have a better place. Something healthier and maybe with more vegetarian options such as Skinny Pizza,” Weil said.
“Although students still enjoy CPK, it is not in our hands to decide if they stay or leave.”
Skinny Pizza is an organic, preservative-free restaurant that also serves pasta and salad. there are locations in roslyn Heights and the roosevelt field Mall. Skinny Pizza offers thin and crispy pizzas and is “health and environmentally conscious,” according to the Skinny Pizza website. Nicole Shutt, freshman environmental engineering major, heard rumors that CPK was going to be moved to the Netherlands. She was disappointed to hear that CPK will not return. “i enjoy CPK. i don’t really want another place to come,” Shutt said. “it’s good food and they have pasta. if another pizza place comes, our options might be less.” Shutt does not know what she would like to see replace CPK, but said that, “they [the new dining service] better have pineapple.” in addition to CPK, Pura Vida will also not be returning. Lackmann staff said that that location will remain relatively unchanged but will serve Green Mountain Coffee and have more specialty drinks and variety, particularly in tea.
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December 13, 2012 • A3
Vomiting stranger found in car Women of Action By Chris Langlois
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at approximately 3:00 am on Sunday, Dec. 9, a Hofstra University student walked by his on-campus Toyota Corolla to find another man sitting in the driver seat with the ‘cabin light’ on. “He vomitted in the front seat and the back seat and it looks like he rummaged the back,” said the Hofstra Public Safety officer that responded to the scene. “i walked up to the side of the door and he spat at me. He missed,” said Matt Orlando, 21, a senior at Hofstra University and owner of the Corolla. “is this even my car?” asked
Orlando. ”i hit the unlock button on my key. the car ‘beeped’. all i could think about was the library books. i had to write a paper tonight from those books. i called the police.” Upon immediate inspection, Orlando discovered many of the books were covered in vomit and the spines had been broken. Within minutes of calling 911 and Hofstra’s Public Safety, Orlando received a response. four Public Safety cars responded followed by two Nassau County Police Department squad cars. for Hofstra’s Public Safety Department, personal intrusion complaints are not uncommon from on-campus residents.
“All I could think about was the library books. I had to write a paper tonight from those books.”
“We got this in the past. We’ve had situations where another guy has walked into a woman’s room on campus, thought it was his room, and fallen asleep in her bed,” said a Hofstra Public Safety Officer who was the sole officer on the scene after NCPD left. Hofstra Public Safety removed the man from the car while the suspect claimed he was a student at the university. although he showed no Hofstra identification, university officials treated the accused as if he were a student and took him to the ‘Hofstra information Center’ for further questioning. Public Safety Officers asked Orlando to claim any damage he found to the car. Orlando immediately found vomit and saliva over the front and back seat of his automobile.
‘Stress Busters’ relax students with massages, midnight meal By alexandria Jezina Staff Writer
it’s that time of year again with late nights in the axinn Library, no available computers in Hammer Lab, and where sleep seems likes a faraway dream: finals week. Luckily, Hofstra’s OSLA office has students taken care of with their Stress Busters events such as free massages and free food. With these events, students get the chance to take a break from the stress of their current academic work and gain a little peace of mind. While some students don’t take advantage of these activities, many of the students who do enjoy the events and find them helpful. this year Hofstra offered free 10-minute massages from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 12 and thursday, Dec. 13. While a short period for a massage, students appeared to leave calmer and more relaxed as their masseuse ended the session by telling the students to take a deep breath in and giving them advice on how to remain stress-free for the rest of the week. as sophomore student Lexie
england waited patiently for her session, she looked at the relaxed faces of students at the end of their massage and said, “You see that look on their face, i want that.” Junior annabel Martinez was also pleased with her session, “it was just what i needed. i feel that it really relaxed me after a stressful week,” she said. if you missed out on the free massages, there are more to come in the upcoming week. if you don’t have time for the Stress Buster events or even enough time to eat, Grab & Go items for breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be offered in the Student Center atrium. Late Night Breakfast, one of the biggest Stress Buster’s events, will take place on Monday Dec. 18 from 10 p.m. to 12 p.m. However, there has been criticism of the food served by Lackmann at Late Night Breakfast. Senior Damahl Brathwaite, who attended the event a few times, said, “Midnight Breakfast should be sponsored by iHOP. the
[Lackmann] food is mediocre and needs pancakes.” These specific events only come once a semester and are held to give students some comfort during the tedious times to come. While there has been negative commentary about the food served and the absence of the student body at these events, OSLa has made an effort to help students by providing the stress busting events. in addition to these events, there are other year-round activities offered by the University such as counseling sessions at the Saltzman Center and weekly yoga classes at the fitness Center. there is always time to clear your mind and Hofstra University does offer help if stress ever becomes too much to handle during finals week and beyond.
“It was just what I needed. I feel that it really relaxed me after a stressful week.”
stress importance of human rights By ehlayna Napolitano Staff Writer
On Monday Dec. 10, 2012, in honor of international Human rights Day of Solidarity, an event sponsored by Women of action, Center for Civic engagement and OSLa was held in the Multipurpose room east of the Student Center. it served to educate attendees about human rights violations and campaigns advocating prevention of these violations. “the event was designed to promote the afghan Peace Volunteers’ campaigns and to have information on other human rights groups,” ariel flajnik, President of Women of action and fellow with the Center for Civic engagement, said. the afghan Peace Volunteers are a group of afghani college students working for peace in afghanistan. “We seek non-military solutions for afghanistan and do not work for the benefit of any political group or religion,” their website, www.ourjourneytosmile.com, states. the event covered many different topics, including the Universal Declaration of Human rights. this is a document adopted by the UN after World War ii, in order to prevent “atrocities like those of that conflict happen[ing] again,” according to www.un.org. Its 30 articles reflect what the UN accepted as basic human rights that are “equal and unalienable rights of all members of the human family.” (www.un.org) these were posted in the room, and also read aloud in a slideshow comprised of various members of WOa reading 11 of the 30 articles aloud. additionally, WOa as a group recorded article 26, on human rights education, as part of a larger international effort. “the afghan Peace Volunteers asked friends [from] Global Day of Listening to record articles to put in an international, Multilanguage
video,” flajnik said. furthermore, there was a signup for the petition for the two Million friends Campaign, which, according to flajnik, asks civilians to stand in solidarity to commemorate two million civilians killed by nearly 40 years of ongoing war and conflict in Afghanistan. “it’s…to get people aware that two million civilians were killed in the ongoing wars in afghanistan and continue to be killed by drone strikes,” Cheyanna Sullivan, freshman member of WOa, said. furthermore, the afghan Peace Volunteers head up another campaign to petition the UN for a multilateral ceasefire in Afghanistan, which would mean a removal of both NatO and US troops from the region “the event, because it was international Human rights Day of Solidarity, was [also] a kickoff to waiting to hear from the UN about the multilateral ceasefire,” Flajnik said. this coincides with a larger effort in New York for peace; from December 10 to 21, a group of demonstrators will be fasting solid foods and standing across the NatO Headquarters in New York, according to flajnik, in an effort to increase awareness and educate the public, as well as stand in solidarity with the effort. Despite a somewhat low attendance, the members of Women of action remain hopeful that the campus’ awareness of these human rights issues will continue to expand. “i think it’s really hard to get college students to care about things that aren’t immediate,” Sullivan said. flajnik said that she expected a somewhat low attendance, as the event was scheduled to be canceled until flajnik and WOa decided to take the event and expand it to cover more international and local peace organizations.
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Becoming a senator will take much more work with new ‘associates’ legislation By Jesse Bade Staff Writer
SGa has done away with its old process of delegating in senators and introduced the new position of associate. Previously, if you wanted to become a senator you did it in one of two ways: participating in the elections during which the student body elected you to the position or through delegation which entailed being voted in by the senators after attending a certain number of senate meetings. Starting in the spring semester the delegation process will no longer exist. instead students will have two choices, participate in elections or run for the new position of associate. this legislation, created by President of SGa ron Singh and Club relations Chair Cameron freitag, explains the duties and responsibilities of an associate. to become an associate, one must first attend three general meetings of an SGa recognized club or organization with signature verification of attendance by two executive board members of the respective clubs. they must also attend at least two SGa committee meetings. Once students become associates they will be responsible for attending two committee meetings weekly and spending one hour in the SGA office. They will have voting power in both committees but not power in senate.
“I think this is going to make SGA stronger and I think this is going to make us more internally sound and externally productive.” SGA President Ron Singh
What SGA is saying about the new rules: Cons: “The only concern I might have with it, and it’s not anything with me personally, but say I had to step down, like say I had to next semester due to like class. If its school related I would just be a little worried that about being an associate because you have to commit to being in two committees. So it’s like if I don’t have that time commitment to be on SGA how do I know if I can commit to two committees?” Talyn Cortez, Senator
“I think it is making the associate, a non-senator, more exclusive, than we should be making it. Students should be involved in SGA if they want to get involved. And I think this is disenfranchising students even more than before, and I think you are going to see a drop in associates. There are not going to be as many Associates [as there have been delegates] because it’s a lot of work.” Victoria Rametta, Senator
Pros: “I think the greatest thing about an associate is that we did away with the word delegate being a verb. It’s no longer a process of ‘okay I am going to delegate for a few weeks to become a senator’, it is ‘I am an associate, I’m going to make the most of this and I’m going to enjoy the fact that I have a voting right on two committees because that is a big deal.’” Megan Andrews, Appropriations Chair
I feel like now that there is a position of an associate, people can be there, they can be like, ‘this is what I am…no, I am not a senator, I don’t have voting power, but I am here and I can be helpful and I know what I’m doing. As opposed to before, when it was like this transitional stage and now it’s like its own position.” Melanie Perry, Spirit Chair “I think it is really good to kind of force people to go through elections because then there is something, like they are more accountable to the student population. They have to get more votes and you have to campaign a little bit and it just makes students more active in the government process.” Cait Stolzenberg, Senator “It helps you more understand SGA because you have to go to two committees. So those two committees you’ll have a better understanding of.” Talyn Cortez, Senator
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December 13, 2012 • A5
Parking takes precedence at U. Senate meeting: Senate takes a look at the next possible south-side ban By alexandria Jezina Staff Writer
the University Senate, a body of shared governance between students and faculty that decides and adjusts Hofstra’s bylaws, met for the fourth time this semester on Dec. 10. the group met to discuss progress of their own subdivided committees and to discuss four new proposals for resolution. On the agenda were discussion of evaluation of deans, academic credit for significant leadership and service positions on campus, and a parking ban resolution that addressed student parking on South Campus. after long and opinionated debate, the proposal for the evaluation of deans was approved, stating that adjunct deans will be evaluated every three years and
other deans evaluated every two years. it will be passed on to the faculty committee for vote. the agenda continued with proposal for academic credit for students with on-campus leadership positions. Undergraduate affairs Chair Victor Lopez suggested that giving academic credit to students with higher leadership positions is a conflict of interest. The senate agreed to discuss the issue at the next University Senate meeting after Lopez was contacted through email by Co-Director of the Center Civic engagement Greg Maney for additional discussion of the conflict of interest the resolution would place on students and faculty if passed at its current state. the last and most crucial issue for students was a parking ban resolution of South Campus. this ban at its present condition states
that students residing in dorms on North Campus are banned from parking on South Campus between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. on weekdays during fall and spring semesters. the original proposal was first brought to the attention of the committee in 2005. Planning and Budget Committee Chair elizabeth Venuti said that although the resolution was passed by Planning and Budget in 2005, “for some reasons it fell through the cracks.” Venuti suggested that “in spirit of proper process it would be to bring it to the faculty, not rework it in committees.” Senate executive Committee
Chair Stuart Bass recognized that the parking ban is a “Band-aid solution,” and that it would be only the first step in dealing with Hofstra’s parking conflicts. “i suggest we enforce it in the first step of a very serious situation,” said Bass. the senate argued points for and against the ban, mentioning resident students who might need access to these parking lots, such as students from the School of education who might need to load and unload their equipment; the concerns of School of Communication students; and talks with Public Safety about requests for temporary passes for eligible students.
“I suggest we enforce it in the first step of a very serious solution.”
Vice President of Student affairs Sandy Johnson pointed out that there has been no recent communication with Public Safety on the topic, and as such the Senate should begin talks with the office soon. the resolution was approved with a large majority vote, with the agreement that priority parking will be considered in the resolution’s final drafts. As with any approved proposition, it will go to the full faculty for vote and continue with its usual process of approval by the Provost’s office and then President rabinowitz. Currently, resident students are allowed to park on the academic side of campus as long as it is not designated as specific commuter or faculty parking. if the resolution fully passes, it will most likely go into effect in fall 2013.
Public Safety Briefs Compiled By Samantha Neudorf A student reported to PS on Dec. 4 that her roommate verbally harassed her on a continuous basis. the roommate will be issued a summons.
When a student returned to his vehicle in the Stuyvesant parking lot on Dec. 6, he discovered a scratch on the driver’s side of the vehicle.
In Hauser Hall, a student left his backpack unattended on Dec. 4. When he returned for it on Dec. 5, he found that is was missing. the backpack contained his laptop.
A dent was found on the driver’s side front bumper of a student’s vehicle on Dec. 7. His vehicle was parked in the CV Starr parking lot.
A student left her wallet unattended on a table in the Student Center on Dec. 5. When she returned, she discovered that it was missing. On Dec. 6, a student left his wallet in an unsecured locker and discovered that it was missing when he returned. the wallet contained his Hofstra iD card. In the Axinn Library on Dec. 6, a student left his iD next to a computer and returned to find it missing. The passenger side mirror of a student’s vehicle was cracked when she returned to the vehicle in the Netherlands South parking lot on Dec. 6.
PS will issue a summons to a male student who has been harassing a female student. the student knocked on the female’s door and made harassing comments on Dec. 7. RAs in Delft House smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from a room on Dec. 7. PS found five students in the room. None of the substance was recovered and the students were issued summonses. On Dec. 9, a male student broke into a vehicle on Liberty Blvd. PS found him inside the vehicle and escorted him to the HIC. NCPD was notified and interviewed the student. He said that he fell asleep in the vehicle. No arrest was made and the student was issued a summons for van-
dalism and damage to the vehicle. At Hofstra USA, a student attempted to enter a party without a wristband on Dec. 9. When he was asked to leave, he refused and verbally abused PSOs. He was issued a summons for his actions. A student lost her wallet in the Student Center on Dec. 10. the wallet contained her driver’s license, debit card and room keys. The Plant Dept. was notified for a lock change. When a student returned to the laundry room in Constitution Hall on Dec. 10, he discovered that several items of clothing and his Chromebook were missing.
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Proud Hofstra theater alumni debut in Manhattan By Cody Heintz BUSINESS MANAGEr
“On the rocks” is shaping up to become an all-Hofstra affair as the off-off-Broadway productions begins its weeklong run on December 13. The production is written, directed and starring Hofstra alumni Louis Aquiler and Chris D’Amato, and the supporting cast is made up of members of the Hofstra community. The show, which began as a 10-minute weekly series at Hofstra’s Cabaret, will be performed at the 70-seat capacity 133rd Street Arts Center in Manhattan. During their time at Hofstra, both Aquiler and D’Amato
Compiled by The Chronicle Staff In Class: Professor: Yours is 13 inches, so what? On the Unispan: Guy: I f----d two girls last night and I was trying to text you that I f----d two girls In Breslin: Girl: Cocaine. Coke cans! I mean Coke cans! In the Student Center: Guy: I’d rather drive five hours back to Long Island than shower at Penn State. In Class: Professor: People eat calf’s brains, why can’t I eat people’s brains? I like lady fingers. At HofUSA: Girl: I know Eddie Bauer. Guy: Well I know Dwight D. Eisenhower.
were members of Spectrum Players and Masquerade. Aquiler was a part of WrHU and D’Amato performed with Tequila Mockingbird. Both Aquiler and D’Amato graduated in 2009, both majors in Hofstra’s drama department. “On The rocks” is a noir comedy set in Chicago during the 1920s. Aquiler plays Jack Bullet, a depressed, sharp-tongued and misanthropic private detective who gets partnered with D’Amato’s Sal Malone, a jolly sweet-hearted family man. Besides starring Aquiler and
D’Amato, the cast is stocked with several other Hofstra alumni. The cast includes richie Pepio ’10, Andrew Huber ’10, Laura Henry ’10, Lily Goodman ’09, Pat Harman ’11, and Lauren Cook ’10 and Christopher Dippel, who is an adjunct
Outside Breslin: Girl: I haven’t gotten a manicure since October 25.
In Colonial Square: Girl: I swear if I fail this Spanish class, I’m going to resort to prostitution. Guy: Can I be your first customer?
by Brendan Bailey ‘10, costume design by Laura Duell ‘11, and marketing by Christian Titus ’12. The show is being produced by the Synapse Theatre Ensemble, which was founded by Hofstra alumni Jeremy Benson ‘09 and Lauren Cook ’10. “It is thrilling to be doing this in the city with these friends who I’ve grown to trust and love so much over the past seven years,” Aquiler said. “We get to bring all of our unique talents to the table, and I’m constantly dazzled by how many incredible people I know.”
The show will run from December 13 to December 19, but even after the show is over, Aquiler and D’Amato have many ideas in mind. “I think the ideal medium for “On the rocks” would be a highly stylized animated series on Adult Swim or HBO,” D’Amato said. “That’s the hope long-term, but for now we’re constantly improving and refining the material we have. We need to get people talking and saying ‘Hey, there’s this bizarre new thing these two guys are doing that’s pretty great! Let’s go do something with those guys!’”
Outside the Student Center: Girl: Today’s the last day of insanity. So it’s the end of the world.
In Bits & Bytes: Girl: There was a time where I was going out Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
“‘On The Rocks’ is noir comedy set in Chicago during the 1920’s.”
In Constitution: Girl 1: What was the name of the boy in your room last night? Girl 2: Um what color was he? In the Student Center: Guy: It’s like when you date someone in middle school and you only talk to them on AIM. Just awkward. In the Student Center: Guy: Look at his shoulder muscles. They are so defined. Outside Davison: Girl: I’ve offered several times for you to break up with me. You just haven’t. In the Student Center: Girl: He’s gorgeous. I just wanna be friends with him, but that’s not gonna happen. Outside Breslin: Girl: I still don’t understand how I don’t have Hepititis yet.
professor of drama at Hofstra. Hofstra is well represented not only in the cast but also in the people behind the scenes. The show’s lighting design is by Matt rubin ’08, set design by Gary Ferrar ‘06, sound design
In Bits & Bytes: Guy 1: I’ve never had a redhead before. Guy 2: You keep track? Guy 1: Who doesn’t? Outside Breslin: Girl 1: Did you see Family Guy last night? Girl 2: No, I didn’t. Girl 1: Well, Meg explains that there’s a boy that is the reason why her bedpost is shiny. Outside the Student Center: Girl: I just didn’t know what STD it was. In the Fitness Center: Girl: Why are you so ratchet? In the Student Center: Guy: I don’t remember the last time I was on the toliet and wasn’t on my phone.
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December 13, 2012 • A7
No money for gifts? DIY holiday present options By Jana Kaplan STAFF WrITEr
The holidays are meant to be a joyous time, so why should you feel the stresses of shopping retail when you could make presents for the ones you love? Do-It-Yourself holiday gifts are great for students on a college budget. Not only does it save you money, but the gifts also have meaning and thought behind them. (Plus you get brownie points over your siblings!) If you’re looking to save some cash and try DIY, try making a Scrabble ornament. All you need is a hot-glue gun, ribbon, a piece of white paper and Scrabble letters. Just glue the sides of any letters you want (your mom’s name, for example) to a shape cut out of paper. Then all you need to do is stick a piece of ribbon to the back and presto, you have an ornament! It’s a simple three-step project, and all can be bought at A.C. Moore for under $20. Another simple and cheap idea is a coupon book! What parent doesn’t love getting one free grocery trip or vacuum sweep? Just write down on a piece of paper (or colored paper if you’re feeling festive) a bunch of things you’d like to do for your parents or loved ones. If you’re feeling extra nice, make a coupon book by making multiple coupons and stapling one end of them together. No grandmother is going to resist a trip to the mall or a nice day with her grandchild. Even if you don’t think you have what it takes to be on “Extreme Couponers,” you can at least give it a shot for the
holidays. Sophomore Stephanie ross loves doing creative things for her family during the holiday season. Last year, she made her own calendar for her parents and her sister using the templates on Snapfish.com. Though it isn’t entirely DIY, you can put as much self-expression into it as you want. All you have to do is upload your selected photos and personalize. Stephanie loves Snapfish because “not only can you make calendars,” she said, “but you can also make photo books or even just print out photos for a reasonable price.” For $19.99 each, you can make your very own personalized calendar or photo book and have it shipped to you within a week of ordering. She also says that there are great deals on the site for the holiday season. The holidays are about being with the people you love, as well as getting and giving presents. College students struggle to afford the gifts they want to give their friends and family, but there’s no shame in making something yourself. It might not be the hundred-dollar golf clubs they were asking for, but your loved ones will love anything you make, even if it is on a college budget.
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas: Dress accordingly By Sophia Strawser ASSISTANT FEATUrES EDITOr
Although this week’s weather has been acting quite strange for December, December is in fact here. With December comes Winter and that means a new season of fashion trends. Lucky for us a lot of trends from the fall will follow us through the winter season as well. Leather is still one of the top trends this coming season. Burgundy, one of the colors this
fall and winter, is a fun way to spice up the usual black leather. Forever 21 and H&M offer burgundy leather pants that you can pair with a white or black oversized sweater. This will be the perfect outfit to keep you in fashion and warm at the same time. Too-the-knee pencil skirts were huge this fall but the winter has another skirt in mind. Empire skirts that
flare out right past the knee with not only be cute but will let you withstand the cold. Put on knee high boots, another big trend,
This winter it’s also about the little accessories. Watches are huge right now and will only gain popularity as the season continues. Weather you go for the bold colored Ice watches (which can be purchased at Macy’s) or you go for a classic sliver, thick band watch you will have a great addition to your outfit. Spiked collar necklaces are another must have. Embellished collars are one
“Lucky for us a lot of trends from the fall will follow us through the winter season as well.” and you will have yourself the perfect holiday outfit.
of the biggest trends right now, but no need to buy all new shirts when you can simply grab a spiked collar necklace to spice up your wardrobe. Wear this necklace with any shirt, collared or not, and watch your outfits be admired. Winter is the time to find a perfect balance between being fashionable and staying warm. Keep the trends coming, Hofstra.
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Your stress-free beauty routine during finals week By Isabela Jacobsen STAFF WrITEr
Hello, most unsocial week of my life! Finals have arrived and beauty has dropped to the bottom of my list, but is not yet completely forgotten. Some of us will have to decide whether to stay makeup-free or to go with minimal makeup during this upcoming week and a half, and that is totally okay. But even if you’re in a rush, remember to take a little break because your body will thank you for it. While you are on that break, here are some tips for dealing with beauty
during stressful times. If you notice your skin is breaking out because of stress, then put your books down and go refresh your skin with any of your preferred skincare products. Take your time so you feel good as new when you go back to the books. I know it’s going to be hard to stay away from the mindless snacking on popcorn, chips and chocolate, but eating fruits will keep your energy up and keep your skin healthy. Another tip is
Man on the Unispan How will you get through finals week?
to keep your hands away from your face! I know that I have a tendency to break down at some point when studying and
on the go to the library, meals and classes, bring a small purse with some essentials to keep up with your beauty. Chapstick is my number one. Try to stay hydrated at all times during hardcore study sessions, and keep a Chapstick in your purse to keep those lips nice and smooth. Also, check out Bath & Body Works for some of the cutest holiday lotions. Buy the smaller ones, to keep one in each of your bags. That way when you’re on the go, you can still keep your skin soft and smooth. You
“Take your time so you feel good as new when you go back to the books.” rub my eyes or put my hands on my face. This is not good for your skin and it will result in breakouts, so try your best to keep your hands elsewhere. Since you are probably always
have no idea how helpful it is to know that you’re taking care of yourself even while you’re busy with other things. I would also recommend a compact mirror, like the ones they sell at Victoria Secret, so you don’t have to get up all the time to fix your hair or whatever you need to do during studying hours. Lastly, get some sleep. I know it seems impossible, but it’s going to make things a million times easier for your body, brain, and beauty. Balance is the key, Hofstra students!
“Eat a lot, postive vibes, avoid the haters.” - Volik Belikow, Junior
“Drinking.’” - Luis Ogemdo, Sophomore
“Adderall.” - Laura Holfester, Sophomore
“Coffee and music.” - Angela Skouloudis, Freshman
“Lots and lots of drugs.’” - Emma Duggin, Junior
“I pick my lips until they bleed.” - rachel Hoerner, Freshman
“Powering through.” - Jen Sifferlen, Freshman
“Make a study schedule, and try and find some fun time.’” - Daniel Jacas, Senior
“Go to the gym.” - Tyler McCord, Senior
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Gary Duff: “Finding the strength” By Andrea Ordonez MANAGING EDITOr
While everyone else prepared to ring in the new year last January, Gary Duff was packing up a suitcase. A competitive relationship between him and his mother finally reached its limit and Duff decided it was time for him to head out the door. “I’m going to have to build something. I’m going to have to start something,” said Duff. With the help of rob Zuclich, the chief financial officer of Plycon Transportation Group, Duff started XQ Productions and The Gary Duff Show, which airs in parts of New York and California. With celebrity bookings for interviews on his show and Hofstra’s Morning Wake-Up Call, it seemed as though Duff’s life had finally turned for the better. This new wave of positivity interested publisher Amy Newmark of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, whom Duff had interviewed for a show. She was looking for writers for a new addition to the series. Duff then began drafting his chapter for the book called ‘The Strength.’ But lower abdominal pains kicked in while he was covering the republican primaries, and
Duff found himself in the hospital for three surgeries to get rid of cancerous growths. “I think this health scare really made me a lot more passionate about life, and made me see it as really delicate,” he said. Despite this surge of struggles and hardships, Duff quickly bounced back to his very busy lifestyle. After hosting Hofstra’s Morning Wake-Up Call, he juggles his day with classes and reaching out to new clients. The list of high-profile celebrities Duff has interviewed, which include actresses, professional athletes and politicians, continues to expand. “I knew that I could do whatever I was called to do,” he writes in ‘The Strength.’ One of those callings includes being a talk show host of the same caliber as Oprah Winfrey. Duff’s story of success, which begins with the moment he dragged his suitcase out the door, is one of 100 featured in “Chicken Soup: The Power of Positive.” Within his chapter, he draws on the motivation he received from mentors, like Zuclich, newscaster Connie Chung, and WrHU’s Director of Operations John Mullen. While his story is unique, Duff
notes the common theme of the other stories told in the book. “The core message here is that no matter who you are and what you’ve been through, you can go through the worst of the worst and you can always turn it around and have this moment of
reinvention,” he said. For those that want to channel more positivity in their lives, Duff recommends self-reflection. “The key to being at peace and living positively is really knowing yourself and understanding who you are,” Duff said, “because
if you don’t know you, and you don’t know how to get rid of the negativity, how can you help somebody else?” Duff is now on a media tour for “The Power of Positive” that encompasses the metropoli
Top: Photo courtesy of Talkers Magazine Gary Duff interviewing the Executive Editor of Glamour Magazine at Liz Claiborne HQ. Bottom: Cody Heintz/The Chronicle Gary Duff proudly shows off the book he is featured in, Chicken Soup for the Soul’s “Power of Positive.”
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Masquerade lampoons Andrew Jackson
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Andrew Jackson was a rustic man who as president was considered a man of the people.
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The musical uses a pop rock style to reinforce its message.
his Sunday was the final performance of the Masquerade Musical Theater Company’s production of “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson,” an emo-rock musical and political satire written by Michael Friedman and Alex Timbers, respectively. While not perfect, the production succeeded as both an entertaining and poignant satire thanks to a talented cast. “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” is a satirical look at the life and times of our seventh president, played by Sean Kelly, who made his name by appealing to the common man. Timbers portrays Jackson as an indecisive, impulsive and moody teenager who uses charisma and a rock star persona to gain followers. As one character points out, there is still no real consensus as to whether Jackson was a champion of democracy and individual rights or a mass murderer who egregiously abused his power. It’s hard to imagine that someone can be looked at as either, but Jackson managed to pull it off; “Bloody Bloody” portrays him as both, although it tends to lean toward the latter. The work calls into question the pragmatism of a direct democracy and examines the superficial factors that come into play when electing leaders.
Like the youth of today, the common people portrayed in “Bloody Bloody” feel as though the aristocrats in power are not recognizing their needs and concerns. While the characters know what’s wrong with society, they are unable to properly govern when given the chance. The music consists mostly of angry punk rock songs, such as “Populism, Yea, Yea” that capture the frustration of a marginalized class of people. All of these elements, along with the comical use of anachronisms, make the work incredibly relevant. The staging of the production, directed by Kelley Malloy, appropriately makes Jackson the center of attention and conveys his rock star status. Marina DeYoe-Pedraza’s choreography adds to the musicals rebellious sentiments and, in many places, its humor. Friedman’s score is excellently played by the band, in particular the bandleader, Andrew Akler, and greatly contributes to the productions entertainment value. Kelly’s performance as Jackson has all of the charisma and zeal that is essential to the character. He is quite good when his character finds that his authority and methods of governing are being challenged. Also to his credit, Kelly is the most capable singer in the cast and is one of the few performers able to project his voice adequately. However,
Kelly’s portrayal is oftentimes too serious to be satirical, for the character is intended to be a caricature of Jackson. Matt Engle gives a scenestealing performance as the befuddled, Twinkie-gobbling Martin Van Buren, who is sexually attracted to Jackson. Engle and Kelly share a few scenes that effectively bring out the comedy of an awkward situation. Rachel Sutter throws herself into her role as the wheelchair-bound storyteller. Her performance is filled with hilarious levels of enthusiasm and exaggeration. As much as I enjoyed it, I do have a few criticisms (as I always do). While most members of the ensemble gave performances with just the right amount of hyperbole, others went a bit overboard. There were a few comedic scenes that were dragged out too long, most notably one scene in which President Monroe, Ryan Mooney, and members of the cabinet danced awkwardly on chairs. Also, many of the singers were not able to project their voices and were drowned out by the band. Overall, the production was able to bring out the comedy and satire that is present in the source material. Despite their bizarre nature, great satires like “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” hold more truth and relevance than any so-called historically accurate work.
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Album Review
By Katelyn Harrop ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
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ufjan Stevens returns after a six-year holiday music hiatus to remind the musical community of one thing: he loves Christmas more than any other human that has ever walked the face of the planet. I open this review with a disclaimer: I’m not a diehard modern Christmas fan. More often than not, I find it to be too cheesy, too unrealistic, too over played and too infused with pop melisma. Yet Sufjan Stevens has found a way to make seasonal music creative, diverse and interesting to listen to once again. Returning with another wonderfully offbeat multi-disc set entitled “Silver & Gold,” the singer-songwriter provides an excellent alternative to the often-tiring holiday music littering the radio. The tremendous five EP box set is a fifty-eight track musical extravaganza. “Silver & Gold” has been six years in the making, conceived soon after the release of his first seasonal album, “Songs for Christmas,” in 2006. The Detroit-born musician started his career in 1999, producing his first album on still-existing label Asthmatic Kitty that Stevens started with his stepfather. The label has grown to support 27 groups and artists including My Brightest Diamond and Julianna Barwick. Although Stevens’ work over the last 13 years has ranged from electronica to ambient pop, he is most well known for his raw folk pop style characterized on his most popular album “Illinois.”
“Silver & Gold” pulls from this style while showcasing Steven’s excellent lyrics and passion for experimental genre mixing. Whether a classical holiday tune or grassroots original, every track feels perfectly thrown together, laid back and filled with personality. Stevens’ rendition of “Jingle Bells” is so raw that it’s reminiscent of his live recordings. The box set is broken up by the third EP’s sixth and seventh tracks, “Alphabet St.” and “Particle Physics,” which have absolutely no connection to the holiday season and rely on electric beats and noises. Instead of these tracks breaking up the set’s continuity (an aspect that I value so greatly), I found them to serve as a reminder that the artist chooses not to comply with music industry standards and took advantage of his standing on an independent label. Whatever your favorite Christmas classic, you can most likely find it featured on one piece of the set or another. A not-sotraditional highlight of mine was Stevens’ interpretation of “Do you Hear What I Hear?” which featured a generous helping of everchanging experimental electronic beats and reverberation. Was it completely unexpected? Yes. Is it absurdly catchy? Without a doubt. “Silver & Gold” continues Sufjan Stevens’ streak of creating richly textured and well-rounded musical productions. All five of the set’s EPs can be found on Spotify and, for a limited time, NPR: First Listen. Because 58 tracks are simply not enough, Stevens brought a sizable group of rappers including Busdriver and Kitty Pryde together for an additional holiday hip-hop mix tape. The nine tracks feature remixed versions of songs featured on the “Silver and Gold” set and, although the holiday spirit gets a little lost, remains incredibly catchy and creative, both terms that describes the excellent work of Sufjan Stevens.
The A&E staff would like to apologize for the article published on 12/6/12 concerning the Hofstra University symphony and choir. Upon reflection, it was determined that the tone of the article was inappropriate and rude. It in no way reflects the views of the A&E section or The Chronicle. We apologize to anyone who was offended.
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Ensemble braves the wind By Andrew McNally Staff writer
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n my seven semesters here, I have yet to miss a performance from the University’s Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band. So I can say that this might have been the weakest performance I’ve seen. However, ‘weakest’ should not mean ‘weak,’ nor am I at all placing blame on the talent on stage. Rather, it was the fault of just pure bad luck. At least three of the weekly rehearsals were missed because of Superstorm Sandy and the presidential debate. This semester a fresh face, visiting Assistant Professor Jason Noble, conducted both ensembles. Legendary conductor Peter Boonshaft is taking a welldeserved year of sabbatical after many years behind the baton. To say Noble was faced with a challenge is an understatement. He had to quickly prepare two fullsize bands, he’d never previously directed, in a shortened amount of time. He did a fine job. The show started with the Wind Ensemble, the smaller of the two bands. Their set was unfortunately shortened from Noble’s original intent, because of the
lessened rehearsal time. But the flow of the performance was not hurt, and for a half hour, the band played beautifully through two pieces – the percussion-heavy “Morning Star” and the bombastic but elegant “Whatsoever Things.” The ensemble’s unfortunate early departure from stage left me desiring more, an obvious sign of a good performance. The Symphonic Band played a much longer set, consisting of five pieces. The band opened with Holst’s recognizable “First Suite in E Flat,” following it up with the slow-burning “O Magnum Mysterium.” The third piece, titled “Sonoran Desert Holiday,” would have been the standout piece for me, had it not been for some intonation trouble. I found similar issue on the following “Hymn to a Blue Hour.” “Sonoran” had some intricate and exciting rhythms that made for a largely unique listen. But both pieces suffered slightly minor glitches in tune and time keeping. The finale, “Wedding Dance,” was the best piece of the night. The song went off on a fast and fun rhythm that the band played seemingly perfect. It was a pitch-perfect ending to a thoroughly enjoyable set. Overall, every section sounded
great. I heard occasional squeaks in the woodwinds and horns, but that’s the extent of criticism. The percussion section played especially well in both bands. The section consisted of almost the exact same lineup in the Symphonic Band as the Wind Ensemble, and they were as exciting to watch as always. The ceaseless talent in every section on stage is consistently amazing. The audience was small but enthusiastic and thoroughly enjoyed the show. A lot is to be said for Noble, as well. He was dealt a hefty load, but he handled it professionally. He was confident and controlled, and received an entirely appropriate amount of clapping. The night was lacking Boonshaft’s familiar quips, but that would be an unfair thing to ask of Noble. He conducted the band well, having to periodically lead them through crises during the semester. I look forward to see what Noble can do with a proper amount of rehearsal time next semester. If these two performances sounded nearly perfect with loaded hardships, then they’ll likely be extraordinary in a normal semester.
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Despite missing rehearsals due to Hurricane Sandy, the ensemble gave an admirable performance.
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The Simpsons - “The Day the Earth...”
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he Simpsons is showing its age, but it is still finding ways to stay relevant, such as with this pseudo-crossover episode with “Portlandia.” fred armisen and Carrie Brownstein guest star as the cool new neighbors in Springfield, essentially playing “Portlandia” characters. The amazing thing about this episode is that the premise has been done to death, and yet “The Simpsons” finds a way to pack it with some pretty stellar jokes and gags. Virtually every sitcom does an episode about trying to impress cool new neighbors, and hipster jokes are incredibly easy and overdone these days. But comparing Flanders to a whimsical dad in a Wes Anderson movie and seeing Disco Stu dressed up like Daft Punk showed a little originality I found refreshing as far as poking fun at indie culture is concerned. Yes, the writers went for the easy jokes about vinyls and organic food, but seeing hipsters drawn to a crappy dive bar like Moe’s and drinking Duff Blue Ribbon was pretty funny too. Perhaps the best joke of the episode was the way Brownstein’s character had to explain to Marge what “The Onion” was, which prompts Marge to laugh at the “fake movie reviews” in the AV Club because they’re so mean (they gave “The Graduate” and “The Wizard of Oz” an F and a D+ respectively). As someone who regularly reads and enjoys the AV Club’s reviews, I got a huge kick out of this. No, this wasn’t a classic episode of the “The Simpsons” but it certainly was a solid half-hour of TV, which is all you can really ask for.
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on and Diane” represents “Parks” at its best. Like most shows in its fifth season, episodes that feel like instant classics have become rarer and rarer as it gets harder to balance the laugh out loud funny and sentimentality that was the hallmark of the show’s second and third seasons. When Ron is selected to be honored at the Woodworking Association’s awards dinner, Leslie is excited for him and demands to come along so that she can finally meet Diane. When Tammy II shows up at the dinner Leslie fears the worst and switches into damage control mode. But Diane is more threatened by Leslie and Ron’s close friendship than Tammy’s increasingly bizarre attempts to seduce Ron. This leads to a really touching scene in which Ron shows Diane just how much he cares about her by taking her to see him perform as Duke Silver. It’s a sweet moment that shows how much Ron really loves this woman, enough to let her in on his most personal secret, one that not even Leslie knows about. It’s a great moment of character development for Ron. The Jerry storyline is pretty touching too; April, Andy and Tom realize that they’ve been a little cruel to Jerry over the past year and eventually do something nice for him. It also fleshes out the idea that Jerry’s home life is infinitely better than his work life, which makes us not feel so bad about laughing at the fact that April once switched Jerry’s soup out for a bowl of glue. It’s okay to laugh at his office flubs when we know he has a hot wife and loving daughters at home. And for an episode that Andy doesn’t have much to do with, Chris Pratt’s delivery of “Ann? I didn’t even know she knew Jerry!” got more laughs out of me than anything “Parks” has done all season.
Homeland: “In Memoriam”
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nd so goes Abu Nazir, “Homeland’s” principal villain for the past two seasons. Even though he got a lot more screen time this season, I don’t feel like he’s become any more developed. In fact, his death actually left me feeling quite hollow, a sort of “that’s it?” question going through my head. This wasn’t the sort of hate to see them go death of a great villain like Gus Fring on “Breaking Bad.” Most villains on television shows don’t stick around forever; few more than a couple seasons, so it was obvious that Nazir’s days were numbered. But when most villains leave, like Gus, you hope they get a proper sendoff that makes their death worthwhile. I didn’t have that sense with Nazir, who is discovered by Carrie to still be hiding out in the tunnels from last week. It’s clear that “In Memoriam” is really just setting up the finale, in which Quinn is now free to carry out his assassination of Brody with Nazir out of the picture. Estes’ new role as an antagonist is still sitting weird with me. I understand his motives to have Brody assassinated since the man is (or was) a terrorist. But seeing him dismiss Saul and threaten him was very hard to watch. Estes has always been painted in a light that indicated he might be capable of something like this, but it’s still a bit jarring to see his plan in action and to know that we’re now supposed to be rooting against him. I’m feeling very ambivalent about next week’s finale; the big Estes/Quinn twist wasn’t all that big to me and pales in comparison to all the back and forth we got last year with Walker. Not that I think the show should still be chasing Nazir around for a third season (I recognize this was probably the best time for him to go) but I wish the climax to the season wasn’t going to be this hit on Brody. It’s just not grabbing me the way last year did.
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Review Round-up By Andrew McNally
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Lifehouse – “Almeria” Grade: CRemember “Hanging By a Moment?” Lifehouse members continue their trend of describing their career in song titles on their sixth album, with tracks like “Aftermath” and “Nobody Listen.” The band is branching out past their pop-indie past, occasionally incorporating more country and folksy elements. Yet there is still a total lack of substance to the music. “Almeria” brings in Natasha Bedingfield and Peter Frampton for uninspiring duets and ends on a wholly lackluster duo of ballads. Some tracks are decent and are even potential radio hits, but overall, “Almeria” is nothing we haven’t heard too much of already.
If You Like: The Goo Goo Dolls, Matchbox Twenty Lento – “Anxiety Despair Languish” Grade: B Lento, probably Italy’s only sludge metal band and certainly their only instrumental one, sounds like a mix of Pantera and Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Their new album “Anxiety Despair Languish” digs through heavy but melodic riffs. The album is not particularly lengthy, but there are not any dull moments. The songs continually build upon themselves, all telling stories of different natures. The frequent shifts in tempo and tone are intentionally jarring but rarely uncomfortable. Making melodic metal sound unique is tough enough, but Lento does it without words. Tell your younger brother who’s just learning guitar about them.
If You Like: Dream Theater, Godspeed You! Black Peaking Lights – “Lucifer” Grade: B-
Peaking Lights are not a particularly interesting band, and nearly every one of the eight tracks on “Lucifer” runs far too long. But they still sound unique. Their music is typical house fare, but recorded on more conventional and cheaper instruments to give themselves a lo-fi sound. It’s the musical equivalent of a boy trying on his dad’s clothes. This makes the beats tolerable on a purely listening level. And the vocals are rare and light enough that they frequently come as a pleasant surprise. There’s nothing extraordinary going on, but it’s lo-fi chill music if you want some.
If You Like: Animal Collective, The Naked and Famous
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Presidential Debate Brings Terrible People to Campus By DJ DJ Qualls Is actually a mutant.
Hofstra University was proud to host and present the third and final presidential debate, bringing attention, fame, and scores of awful people to our campus. Terrible human beings unfortunately flocked from across the country to our campus to discuss their dumb opinions, try to see famous people, or participate in a presidential debate. The debate was held between President Barack Obama, a former smoker, and Governor Mitt Romney, who is unemployed. Their vice presidential candidates – former class clown Joe Biden and Paul Ryan, a human stock photo, were not on hand. Their wives were present, though. Michelle Obama, better known as Beyonce, was there to support her husband. As was underdeveloped literary antagonist Anne Romney. Newt Gingrich, political strategist and substitute garden gnome, and Rahm
Democrats Officially Change Platform to “Fuck it, Everything’s Legal Now” more on page 666
Are Babies Too Apathetic? more on page 4:21 (goddamn it)
Paul Ryan Named Grand Wizard of GOP more on page *~12/12/12~*
Lego Bankrupt After Sinking 90% of Budget into Failed Sex Toy Line more on page <3
Emmanuel, former Chicago mayor and Weeping Angel from TV’s “Doctor Who” were also on campus. But it wasn’t just the presidential candidates making a buzz. People like Jill Stein were here, too. Stein got herself arrested on campus, possibly in an attempt to get the nonexistent prison vote. The Free Speech Zone, which constitutionally should have included all of Hofstra, was a home to some truly interminable people. People comparing Obama to Hitler were yelling things about Israel, while people comparing Romney to Hitler yelled the same things about Israel. Anarchists walked down the street until they let themselves get stopped by police. Climate change was ignored. All in all, it was a painful and deplorable experience, and Hofstra looks forward to hopefully hosting again in 2016.
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Hofstra College Libertarians Lend a Hand to those Effected by Hurricane Sandy By Rob Thomas
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Hofstra University’s College Libertarians decided last Wednesday to engage in charity work for the first time in the club’s history. “Well, generally speaking, we try to keep things political.”, said Wilmer Fedoraski , club president and webmaster of the group’s internet domain “AynRandChan. com”, through AOL Instant Messenger, “However, in the case of Sandy, I mean, we were all devastated to see the state that Long Island’s in. The club decided that it was time to do something, even if it was just this once.” At first, the members were at a loss for a way to help out those afflicted. Canned food collecting, clothing drives, and even trash pick-up were ruled out as, according to Fedoraski, “all of those ventures would have taken a literally obscene amount of time, and at the end of the
day none of us were going to commit ourselves to that gratuitously strenuous level without getting some sort of monetary compensation, and that’s apparently not how it works with this ‘volunteering’. After nearly fifteen minutes of deliberation, the organization finally came to a consensus on their best option. “Everyone on the news kept reiterating the phrase ‘lend a hand’, ‘lend a hand’, so after a long conversation we decided that that was exactly what we would do”, noted Elaine “Very” White, the club’s Cash4Gold representative, in an interview over Vonage, “really though, the tough part was deciding who’s hand to lend. The majority of members chose Habib Al-Aykaar, the head of the group’s “420 Blaze it - responsibly” campaign and its
only Islamic member, as according to White, “we’re pretty sure the Muslim was OK with losing a hand, or even two.” The appendage was sent to the American Red Cross the following morning. “The Red Cross does not solicit or
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though, the tough part was deciding who’s hand to lend” accept donations of human flesh, bone, or any other bodily materials, Natasha Carmichael, a spokesperson for the national philanthropic organization, said over Alta-Vista Video Chat, visibly shaken, “We have disposed of the appendage, and have not yet decided whether or not to press charges”.
HU libertarians arrive at the Long Beach boardwalk and promptly back away slowly,
Hofstra Basketball Team Steals Hearts at Christmas Pageant By Shawn Pen I don’t know, guys.
Last week Hofstra held its annual athletics program Christmas pageant, highlighting some of the talented actors and performers from various teams. Opening the evening’s events was the women’s rugby team performing selections from an original play in which Jack Frost, The Grinch, and an anthropomorphic menorah steal Christmas and Rudolf and Frosty the Snowman must team up to get it back. Other highlights came during the nativity scene in which President Rabinowitz played the Baby Jesus. Closing out the pageant was the men’s basketball team
performing an abridged version of “A Christmas Carol,” that really stole the show (so to speak). Forward Bobby Holloway gave an inspired performance as Tiny Tim. There was magic in the air that night, and the basketball team stole the collective hearts of the Hofstra community. “It was
“I was completely shocked”
amazing!” cheered sophomore Derrick Wiggles outside Adams Playhouse after the pageant. “I’ve never seen anything like it, the way they updated the story for a modern audience by having Bob Cratchit stay up all night doing his
accounting on a Macbook Pro was great! And when Jacob Marley entered while playing games on that iPad, I was completely shocked.” The men’s basketball team has been widely credited with restoring the Christmas spirit to Hofstra’s campus, a remarkable feat for a predominately Jewish school. On an unrelated note, several of the props from the “Christmas Carol” production went missing after the show. If you have any information about missing Macbooks and iPads please alert Public Safety.
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Tumblr Famous Teenager’s “Own Personal 9/11” Quickly Escalates into International Tragedy By Rob Thomas Pees sitting down.
On Tuesday evening at two-thirty-one in the morning, seven-teen year old Blake Dubois, better known by his web-handle “fourlettergoodbye”, posted on the blogging website Tumblr about breaking his collar bone while live blogging his first experience long boarding, a less than extreme stream part gaining popularity on the site, calling it his “own personal 9/11”. With most teenage digital memoirists that might have been that, but Blake has developed a following of more than five million people from around the world during the two years since he began his blog. One of his more prominent devotees, Chicago mayor Rahm
Ehmanuel, posted to his twitter account news of the atrocity, writing “New decade, new nine one one, but this time it’s a west coast thing, our thoughts are with you San Francisco. The chain of events that followed is swathed in confusion, and at the time of this reporting we can only tell our readers that all gains of the Louisiana Purchase have been lost, as it seems the federal government interpreted the social network that followed as a signal that the policy enacted by Thomas Jefferson in 1803 was a vast experience to “plant the Al-Qaeda behind our boarders, but like white people this time, ala the hit showtime series ‘Homeland’”, according to White House press secretary Jay Carney.
New Study Reveals Everyone in Hollywood has Bulimia, But Especially You, Miranda Cosgrove By Jacob Triebsdfgsaw He’s right behind you right now.
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A study put out today by a consortium of think tanks that reside in Perez Hilton’s asshole revealed that every man, woman, child and Real Housewife of Atlanta even tenuously connected to show business has at one point or another been afflicted with bulimia, but especially you Miranda Cosgrove. While the severity of the illness for each of the over onemillion plagued has not yet been found, the report does note, “Miranda Cosgrove has it pretty bad, yep, more than most, definitely more than most.”
Student Pride Spotlight By Carlosmen Sia Stylish but illegal.
This week’s featured member of the Hofstra Pride is Steven Robert Thomas. He was selected for having three boring first names to make a full boring name. Here are some facts about SRT that we think you might want to know. -Steven has no parents. He wasn’t ‘born’ he appeared one day in a Costco and was raised by the people who stock the warehouse at night. -Steven cannot do multipication. -Steven has a collection of over 40 fedoras yet has never played in one Ska band. -Steven’s favorite band is Taylor Swift and The Magnetic Zeros.
Steven Robert Thomas is this week’s Proud Pride Person!
-His favorite animal is Robyn Kaplan.
Trans-abled Superhero “flies” off Empire State Building, Dies By Rob Thomas
Women of Action e-board member
In a tragic turn of events for the budding tran-able movement, 19 year-old Tully Matthews attempted to fly off the edge of the top of the Empire State Building on Monday morning. According to his family and friends, Tully had never exhibited superpowers, specifically the power of flight, until around six months prior to the incident when he called his loved ones together to announce “I’ve decided that I can fly now”. His revelation was first met with laughs, confusion, and disbelief there to witness it. “Yeah, well, you know when he told us about it we just thought it
was some sort of joke or prank or some like that, you know” recalled Jane Robinson, Tully’s now exgirlfriend, “but then he linked us to some posts on Tumblr, and a bunch of pretty smart looking
“I’ve decided that I can fly now” threads on Reddit on this whole trans-ableism thing, and I just finally saw the torture that Tully had gone through his entire life, not being able to tell anyone that he identified as a Superman that could fly and all”. Trans-ableism is a term coined by the
social justice movement that is active on many social networks, in their attempt to accept any and all identities; identities such as walrus, lightning demon horse, and Lana Del Rey. Trans-abled people are usually defined by identifying with a disability that they don’t have like blindness, leprosy, or mobil ity problems. Tully was part of a new trend in the movement that instead opted to adopt incredible, superhuman abilities. The most famous of which is presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who many anonymous campaign staffers report thinks he can force undocumented workers to deport themselves simply with his mind.
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December 5th - December 12th, 2012 On November 29th, an RA smelled marijuana coming from a room in Bill of Rights. PS entered the room to find several anthropomorphic joints smoking a student. They were issued a summons.
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Out of general confusion PS issued a summons to the entire Quiditch team for “playing their little game.” On December 1st, “Two-and-a-Half Men Star Angus T. Jones was preemptively banned from campus.
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Editorial
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The world is coming to an end, or maybe not: debunking doomsday myths By Brian stieglitz Columnist
For the past few years the idea of the world ending Dec. 21, 2012 has been circulating as a fear, wonder, entertainment gimmick and—in short—myth. By dissecting the core reasons why the world is said to end, we can conclude that we have no concrete reason why the world could possibly end at this point. Furthermore, looking at past trends of “End of the World” theories, we can clearly see the reason why the human race craves the possibility of a universal deadline. let’s start with the idea that the sun is supposed to explode this winter. NASA confirms that the sun will reach a solar apex soon, but it won’t come until later in 2013 and will not affect us save for some electricity trouble. next theory: a Wisconsin woman predicted that the dwarf planet of nibiru, spotted by the sumerians, is said to crash into the Earth. not only is this planet completely fictional, but it would also have been too far away for the sumerians, who had no knowledge even of uranus, to spot it. so much for that alien prophecy! What about the fear of black
holes opening due to Europe’s renowned atom smasher? this has also been looked into. the device has been active for three years and has been proved that it could not create black holes even if it tried. But what about the mayans? there are many counterarguments to this one, such as that they basically wrote, “etc.” after 2012 because they were about to be taken over by the European, the famous response that they didn’t take leap years into account, and that there was dirt covering the rest of it. the last one just seems like a cop-out. the world is going to end—oh wait, it’s just dirt; sorry guys! there is a laundry list of dates at which the world was predicted to end. these predictions came from a variety of groups of people, ranging from Jehovah’s witnesses, priests and scientists to ordinary people on the street. Each past prediction follows
themes of religious judgment or scientific turmoil. Either way, it is predicted that something will go wrong and that there is nothing for us to do about it. looking at the dates when these
it seems that the end of the world is just a warning for a change or a wake-up call. Especially in religious circumstances, i feel the people predicting these ends seek some reform and channel that urge into a dire prophecy. All of the reasons as to why the world is supposedly ending this December can be scientifically disproven. not only that, but following the trends of past theories, a false prophecy can be seen as an aching for reform. I find this all to be true and fascinating, which is why i say that the world can’t end. thinking about the many possibilities of “end-of-the-world” theories could lead us to finding some truth. the world may not end Illustration by Kristin Sprague for millions and millions of years, but when you predictions were born, it might think about it ending be hypothesized that these tomorrow it may just change were dates in which chaos was your outlook, make you live for happening in certain societies, today and lead you to pursuing whether it be war, economic reformation. Either that, or just crisis, technological greed, etc. drive you crazy! You be the judge!
Euthanasia for the death sentence By Pooja Kumbhar Columnist
there is no more egregious an abuse of government power than executing an innocent man, yet that fate nearly befell michael Keenan before the supreme Court intervened on his behalf a few months ago. Keenan was recently released from ohio’s death row after serving 23 years in prison, as the nation’s 141st death penalty exoneration. it was recently found that the prosecution had hidden evidence of Keenan’s innocence. the united states is the
only country in the Western industrialized world to still use the death penalty for punishment in a legal process. it is unfathomable for such a forward country, which takes its pride in human rights, justice and equality, to have a law so degrading and primal in practice. the death penalty lowers us all. it is surrender to the worst that is in us-- the lust for power. We use power granted by governments to make the act
of killing “right” by execution, although there is never a “right” reason to kill. the act of killing is the same whether done by a thug or by an official. It is hypocritical to say that those enforcing the law can exercise killing practices, while those under the law cannot. Killing through the use of power will never elevate a society, never bring back a life, and never inspire anything but
“It is unfathomable for such a forward thinking country...”
hate. the death penalty deprives people of a significant opportunity to prove they are not guilty and creates a risk of executing innocent people, and thereby violates the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment guarantee of due process of law. In Keenan’s first trial, prosecutors withheld police statements that would have proven his innoence out of court. the urge to send a scapegoat to death row often proves to be stronger than the pursuit of truthful facts. “i am opposed to the death penalty,” said political professor at Hofstra, Dr. Paul van Wie.
Van Wie has served as Franklin square’s historian since 1975 and as town of Hempstead landmarks Commissioner since 1988. “i don’t think any government has the right to take the life of anyone,” said van Wie. “that being said, i do believe governments have the right to impose punishments: life imprisonment, for example.” the death penalty is an unusually severe punishment due to its finality and the emotional pain on the prisoners and their families. Continue to next page
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The Chronicle Continued from previous page more importantly, it is no more effective than a less severe punishment. treating humans as objects to be discarded is a clear violation of the Eighth Amendment of the Bill of rights, which states, “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” A once fervent supporter of the death penalty, Connecticut Governor Dannel malloy signed into law on April 25 a bill that replaces the death penalty with
life without parole. “i spent years as a prosecutor and pursued dangerous felons in court, including murderers,” said malloy. “in the trenches of a criminal courtroom, i learned firsthand that our system of justice is very imperfect. While it’s a good system designed with the highest ideals of our democratic society in mind, like most of human experience, it is subject to the fallibility of those who participate in it.” malloy is not the only political figure with this opinion. “We cannot confront darkness with darkness and expect light,” said senator Gayle slossberg.
Connecticut is the fifth state in five years, and the 17th overall, to do away with capital punishment. Banning the death penalty also made its way to California’s ballots this election. Although the bill was rejected, the very introduction of the idea into California’s ballot is a sign of national movement, one state at a time. the united states cannot continue executing prisoners if it wishes to progress further with humanitarian rights, especially while acting as global arbiter for human rights violations.
Holiday Hazards
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By Amber Qalagari Columnist
‘tis the season for a war on religion; or more specifically, a war on Christmas. there’s nothing quite like battling over political correctness to get everyone in the holiday spirit. Arguments might be customary at family gatherings, but this year a new issue hits the table: the attempt to eliminate Christmas as a nationally recognized holiday for fear of offending other religions. From a ban of the salvation Army Christmas bell on certain streets to the cancellation of adaptations of “A Charlie Brown
Christmas”; anything so much as mentioning baby Jesus is suddenly ruled as offensive. is Christmas really becoming taboo? the joyful holiday once anticipated by all has turned into a fight on removing all traces of religion from government. While some people believe that the First Amendment protects their right to celebrate Christmas, others believe that it provides a reason to celebrate holidays privately. But problems will arise when
we begin banning people from celebrating their own religious holidays. What is so ironic about this fight to essentially remove America’s connection with Christmas is that Christmas is no longer a Christian holiday. Christmas lost its religious connotation long ago. to the majority of the public, the holiday is no longer about celebrating the birth of a savior, but rather about celebrating family and gift giving.
“There’s nothing quite like battling over political correctness...”
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Letter to the Editor to the Editor, my name is leah thompson, i am a senior music education major here at Hofstra. i did not perform in this past week’s university Choir and string orchestra concert [“Christmas with the symphony and choir,” Dec. 6, 2012], but i have performed in the university Choir in years past, and i attended this year’s concert. i would like to highlight just a few of the problems with this article. Cellos and violoncellos are the same instrument. Yes, violoncellists are in fact a thing. they are just usually known as cellists. it is common practice in the music world to applaud for the conductor when he or she enters the stage. it is a sign of respect. And you will notice that the new York Philharmonic does not find this to be an “excessive amount of clapping.” nor does the Atlantic symphony orchestra. nor does the Cleveland symphony orchestra. I am sorry that you find the
song “Kyrie Eleison” to be “pedantic and played out.” Just a heads-up: the “Kyrie” is a text from a mass, not a song. Yes, this text is often set to music, but these settings are as different as the composers who write them. And it is downright offensive that you would say that a brandnew composition by a student composer is “pedantic and played out.” last, but certainly not least, it is absolutely not racist for spirituals to be sung by people of any race. musicians perform compositions from different cultures all the time. if it is racist for a Caucasian person to sing a spiritual, it is also racist for an American to perform Beethoven. i know that there are Hofstra Chronicle writers that are more musically inclined than this particular reviewer, including at least one music major. Going forward, i would request that one of these students review any and all musical performances at Hofstra in the future. lEAH tHomPson musiC EDuCAtion mAJor, ClAss oF 2013
the views and opinions expressed in op-Ed section are those of the authors of the articles. they are not a reflection of the views and are not endorsed by The Chronicle or its staff. The Chronicle does not discriminate its articles based on the opinions of the author. last i checked, santa Claus, the magical figure associated with the holiday, has no Biblical connotation. i’ve heard it said numerous times that those who preach tolerance ware always the most intolerant. Are we that sensitive as a nation that we can’t say “Christmas” because it might offend someone? Whether you believe in the story of the birth of Jesus, the sentiments of family, friends and giving are the real adaptations of Christmas in which our nation takes part. if someone wishes me a happy Hanukkah or Kwanzaa, i’m not
going to become offended or feel as if my religion is somehow belittled. maybe i’m a little backwards in my thinking, but i feel as if there are bigger issues to worry about in our country than whether we greet someone with a “merry Christmas” or “happy holidays.” the great part about freedom of religion is that you are free to believe and practice whatever faith you want. if you decide to celebrate the winter solstice, you go ahead and put up your holiday tree. i, however, will be celebrating Christmas with an angel on top of my tree.
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Tough competition and trip pushes women’s basketball’s losing streak to seven games By Jake Nussbaum ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
The Hofstra Pride women’s basketball team hoped to right the ship on Sunday afternoon in Alabama against the Auburn University Tigers, but its comeback effort fell short and the Pride fell 68-58 at the Auburn Arena. With the loss, Hofstra falls to 1-7, and has now pushed its losing streak to seven. For the game Hofstra shot 33.9 percent and only 20 percent from beyond the three-point-line. “We have been playing good teams that magnify what our problems are, but it’s about time that we start fixing them collectively as a group,” said Hofstra head coach, Krista KillburnSteveskey. “It’s just unfortunate we couldn’t come out here and get a win.” Hofstra fell behind early against Auburn and found themselves down 16 at the end of the first half. They made a late run to make the game more competitive in the second half, but they couldn’t make up the large deficit from earlier in the game. “This one hurts really bad
because we check out often times in the game and don’t compete, then we can’t makeup those eight to 10 minutes when we check out,” said KillburnSteveskey. “We have to finish with contact because we aren’t going to get the big time calls…I can only focus on the things I can control as the coach.” Hofstra’s leading scorer and rebounder, senior forward Shante Evans, was silenced on the offensive end by Auburn’s suffocating defensive traps in the game. Evans ended up only scoring nine points, shooting 3-11, but she did have her way on the boards as she collected a game high 16 rebounds. “There was a one-two-one trap on her all night long, and we had to find other opportunities,” said Killburn Steveskey. With Evans not making an impact on offense, junior forward Anma Onyeuku picked up the scoring slack for the Pride as she scored a career high 21 points on 9-14 shooting. Onyeuku was doing everything she could to keep the Pride in the game Sunday and helped
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Junior forward Anma Onyeuku picked up her offensive game, scoring a career high 21 points against Auburn. cut Auburn’s lead to four, but they couldn’t overcome the deep deficit they amassed early in the first half. “I knew when I went in I had to hustle. I had missed a couple layups in the first half and I just tried to gather myself and focus
on finishing,” said Onyeuku. “My game is generated by my team. If they are hustling…I can build off of their energy. They kept me excited. We are going to regroup and we know what we need to work on.” Looking ahead, Hofstra doesn’t
play again until Friday, December 21 against the University of Mississippi at home. The Pride hope to take the time off to practice their offensive sets and come back ready to turn the season around.
Wrestling to attend first collegiate match at MSG By Sean Williams STAFF WRITER
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Senior wrestler Steve Bonanno will have his hands full taking on twotime national champion Matt Mcdonough of the University of Iowa.
Madison Square Garden is home to the New York Rangers, New York Knicks, tennis, boxing, college basketball, and countless concerts. However, it has never experienced collegiate wrestling, which will be brought to the well-known arena on December 16 for the first time ever in an event that has been dubbed the “Grapple at The Garden.” The Hofstra wrestling team will participate in the groundbreaking tournament, which features a horde of strong teams from around the nation, notably no. 4 Ohio State; no. 5 Iowa; no. 7 Missouri; and no. 14 Nebraska. Hofstra will be facing Ohio State and Iowa in a dual meet format, which promises to be an uphill battle for a struggling 0-9 Pride
squad. “It’s kind of a ‘who’s who’ among college wrestling” said coach Rob Anspach after rattling off an imposing list of elite wrestling schools with a wry grin on his face. “It should be a great atmosphere and we’re really excited to be a part of it.” The Pride have struggled to gain traction amongst a difficult schedule, dropping every match they have competed in. Notably, Hofstra senior wrestler Steve Bonanno will be facing two-time National Champion Matt McDonough of Iowa in the 125pound weight class. “This is an opportunity for some of our guys to put themselves back on the map, and for others to put themselves on the map,” Anspach said when he talked about motivating his wrestlers. Anspach focused on the opti-
mistic side of things when talking about the potentially intimidating duals. “We have opportunities,” said Anspach. “And some people are looking at it saying ‘oh Ohio State and Iowa, that’s a tough weekend,’ well of course it is.” Anspach has high hopes for the event, saying “for me it is a weekend of opportunity.”
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Pantorno’s Points: Where’s the Pride? By Joe Pantorno EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
There is something very special about the Mack Sports Complex, though I cannot quite put my finger on it. But there is a bit of an aura around the place. Of course, nothing like Madison Square Garden, where you are bombarded with nostalgia, but there is something. It’s in much better shape than the Nassau Coliseum that is for sure. I am not sure how many of you realize what type of sporting arena we have here. Go to any other college gym in New York and you might as well run back to the Mack and kiss the floor, which I fully intend on doing the final game I cover there come March. Last week I covered a pair of games at the Mack, both a women’s and men’s basketball game. One against Harvard on a Saturday afternoon for the women, one against Wagner on a Tuesday night for the men. For a few years now I have been lobbying somewhat to get fans, particularly students, to come the women’s basketball games. I do not know what it is, and I will not go into what I think it is because I know the people at Hofstra are better than that, but six students sat in the “Lion’s Den.” And I can’t stress enough that it was a lazy Saturday afternoon, where I walked around campus with students strolling around, boasting of their feats from the night before. I have come to expect that, which is an absolute
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Less and less students have shown up to sit in the “Lions Den”. Where has student support gone as attendance drops for games at the Mack? shame because you have some of the finest talent in the nation at the Mack and you are downright missing it. I have spoken with countless players over the years and they have admitted that it is difficult to run out on that floor and know their friends and peers are not there to cheer them on. And yet they play their hearts out every week, representing a student body that does not have their
back. The men’s squad usually fills up the “Lion’s Den” on game day, though attendance has been dipping over the past two years since the departure of Charles Jenkins. We know a series of events took place a few weeks ago, which I will not explain the details of, that hit the men’s basketball team to its core. While the Mack was certainly packed the day after the news
broke to see SMU, coached by basketball Hall of Famer Larry Brown, Tuesday night brought out 14 students to the “Lion’s Den.” An outside reporter from Newsday asked me if school had let out for winter break. When I told him no, he simply shook his head and said, “Wow.” When I tweeted the amount of students that showed up to the game, I received a response that said, “That’s what happens with a team
gutted by off-court problems…” I found this very interesting. Why should we persecute the other 12 young men that have worked their tails off all season? This is a time where the team needs its fan base the most; to lift them and will them to win. Do not let this school’s reputation go down. It is not a pretty sight to walk into a 5,000 seat arena and see 1,000 people there, a majority of them the community. This has nothing to do with promotions or public relations. They have done a spectacular job trying to attract students to the game with various giveaways and activities to create a fan-friendly experience. They can only do so much. I’ve ran into numerous students who complain about the school spirit, wondering why the support is lacking. Then when it is game time, they are nowhere to be found. There is no reason why you could not have taken a couple of hours out of your day, instead of sitting in front of your laptop, and go to the Mack. Lucky for you, the semester is not over. I know it is finals week. I know we are all busy, and stressing and pulling our hair out, but maybe you can find the time in the next few weeks to find a way down to the Big House in Hempstead and support your friends, neighbors and classmates. What is the worst that can happen? You might just have a great time.
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Men’s basketball watches big second half lead disappear despite Buie’s career high 29 By Angelo Brussich SPORTS EDITOR
The Hofstra Pride men’s basketball team was one half away with a 16 point lead from snapping a 29-game win streak at home for the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds. It wasn’t to be for Hofstra, as LIU crawled back to defeat the Pride 88-84 at the Wellness Center in Brooklyn. The win made it 30 in a row for LIU (3-4) at home, and marked Hofstra’s (3-7) fifth straight loss. The Pride still has not won a game away from the Mack, compiling a 0-5 record so far this season. The loss by the Pride wasted a career high 29 point effort by sophomore guard Taran Buie, who has become an offensive force since entering the starting lineup. Buie has scored 18.4 points per game (ppg) in the last three games. “He’s shouldered a lot of the burden and just played, and that’s the thing I’m most proud of is how hard he’s playing,” said Hofstra head coach Mo Cassara. “Taran’s doing a lot of great things and I think he can even play better… He could do a lot of things better defensively, he could do a lot of things better offensively, I mean he’s an incredibly talented guy and he’s playing really hard for us.” The Pride were also lead by senior guard Stevie Mejia with 13 points and 12 points and seven rebounds by junior forward Stephan Nwaukoni. Mejia fouled out with two and a half minutes to play in the half with Hofstra clinging to a 78-73 lead. LIU took advantage, and closed the gap. “Obviously our margin for error is very small, and we had a couple of critical turnovers down the stretch and a couple of breakdowns and LIU took advantage of that.” said Cassara. “I thought it was a great second half, just a frustrating ending.” Heading into the second half, Hofstra was staring at a 35-32 point deficit. But Hofstra came out on the attack, quickly scoring eight of the next 10 points to give the Pride a 40-37 lead. Riding the hot hand of Buie, Hofstra continued to push its lead after two quick three-pointers by
the guard. Buie scored 19 of his 29 total points in the second half. Although he put up an impressive effort, Buie realizes that there will be growing pains with such a young team. “We want to take all positives from it. We don’t have any room to be taking any negatives with us,” said Buie. “Obviously we’ve got some guys off the team now so we’re just trying to find ways to win games with what we’ve got.” After pushing the lead to 62-46, LIU struck back with a strong rally of its own, coming within four of the Pride at 74-70 with four minutes to play. Senior forward Julian Boyd was a force for the Blackbirds, spearheading its rally back against the Pride with 20 points and seven total rebounds. “I wouldn’t say tough half, I’d say more of a tough ending. I mean there was a stretch of time there in the second half where we played as well as I think we can play,” said Cassara. “We just couldn’t execute down the stretch.” Hofstra found itself clinging to a slight six point lead with under two minutes left in the game, but could not put the Blackbirds away. With 40 seconds to play LIU took an 84-82 lead, a lead it would not relinquish. “I think some guys are just inexperienced out there,” said Buie. “I think that comes with us not getting enough practice and we’re going to have to work on it a little bit more with the situation and just slow the ball down and get to what we want to do.” The first half was more of a sparring match between the two teams, as compared to the second half made up of large runs. Neither team was able to get a lead beyond seven through the first 20 minutes. Hofstra shot 47.8 percent from the field and greatly improved on its free throw shooting for this game, sinking 10-16 from the charity stripe through the half. The Pride would go onto shoot 57.4 percent for the game after its hot-shooting second half, but it proved to be not enough as the Blackbirds final push put away Hofstra.
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'Fresh five ' ensures By Joe Pantorno EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Let’s make sure we do not run to early assumptions here, but the Hofstra women’s basketball team has something special brewing in their five newest members. Forwards Ruth Sherrill, Dee Thomas-Palmer and guards Alexis Carter, Sydni Epps and Asia Jackson might not be on the same level as Michigan’s old ‘Fab 5,’ but they are starting to win some playing time and are ready to take this program by storm.
Asia Jackson: Winning a New York State championship at Peekskill High School, Jackson was a highly touted guard that averaged 14.5 points per game in her career and received All-New York Team Honors and Class A Player of the Year in 2010-2011. Jackson can help sophomore guard Andreana Thomas provide fast-paced play with a sharp shot from the perimeter. “You can expect a lot from us in these next few years,” said Jackson. “We’re going to work hard.”
Hofstra women’s basketball’s freshmen look to bring excitement to the stands as well as the court.
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Sydni Epps: The guard made a name for herself in AAU play, winning Nike National Championships in the 15U division in 2009 and the 17U division in 2011. Averaging over 11 points at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia, PA, Epps received attention from James Madison, Richmond, George Washington and Villanova. The first of the five to commit at Hofstra, Epps did some recruiting for the Pride. “The second I committed I was just like, ‘I need these other four people.’ So I just asked them all if they were going to commit,” said Epps. “I kind of stalked them.” “It was weird at first,” said Sherrill with a grin. “But I got used to it.” Ruth Sherrill: Sherrill lit up
the scoreboard in Virginia averaging 19.3 points per game as a
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a promising future senior, gaining honorable mentions for the All-Virginia team. Sherrill will provide strong play under the basket to compliment a sense of humor that can keep any team relaxed. “It’s a lot more intense than I thought it would be,” said Sherrill. “But we’re ready to make an impact on this team.”
Alexis Carter: Another VA
product, Carter was a scoring machine as well averaging 19.4 ppg. With a calm demeanor, Carter, along with Epps, has the capability to become a big time leader on this team in the next few years. “We are going to come up,” said Carter. “We have a good team and we are going to do our best to challenge the CAA.”
Dee Thomas-Palmer:
Palmer has excelled in her offensive game along with her rebounding, averaging 16.3 ppg and 8.7 boards. Voted best dancer on the team, Palmer has
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From left to right: Alexis Carter, Dee Thomas-Palmer, Ruth Sherrill, Sydni Epps, Asia Jackson. quick feet under the basket as she realizes she is one of the forwards to try and replace senior forward Shante Evans. “The people that are gradu-
ating are key people and we know we have to step up,” said Thomas-Palmer. “Especially at my position.” Among signing their letters of
intent to attend Hofstra, the five did feel some pressure on them as they were all impressive prospects coming out of high school. “There were a lot of expec-
tations placed on us from the people around us,” said Epps. “Some thought that we were going to make an immediate impact but we can all contribute in different ways.” While most are contributing off the bench for now, the possibilities are limitless for the fresh five. “Anytime you hear the words ‘fab five,’ you are going to expect big things,” said Carter. “But it’s not too much pressure or anything we can’t handle. We have a very supportive team and a very supportive coaching staff.” With a 1-7 record and things looking a bit bleak, Hofstra has its heads up as the freshmen are ready to make some noise. “Don’t doubt us,” said Epps. “Don’t underestimate the freshmen and as a team. Right now we’re the underdogs, but we’ll try to come out on top…We’re going to give the CAA something to look forward to.”
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