The Hofstra Chronicle: December 2, 2014 Issue

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Ferguson protests spark on-campus dialogue

By Hillary Alexandre

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A protest was held at 1:00 a.m. at Hofstra University after the grand jury ruled in the Aug. 9 death of Michael Brown on Monday, Nov. 24. When St. Louis County prosecutor Robert McCollough announced that Officer Darren Wilson would not be indicted for any crimes related to Brown’s death, over 100 Hofstra students began to protest the decision. The protest march started in front of the Student Center and continued out into the parking lots of the residence halls.

Eddie E. Severino, a senior studying political science, woke up to loud chants outside his dorm room window in Estabrook Hall coming from the crowd of students that was a “pretty racially mixed group.”

Throughout the day after the ruling, Hofstra students took to social media to voice their outrage, disappointment and shock.

On Nov. 25 at 5:00 p.m., the Dean

of Students Office held a discussion on the grand jury’s decision outside of their office.

“I couldn’t stay quiet and I knew there were others on campus that felt the same,” said Tyler Barragan, a sophomore studying computer science, who started the protest on campus the night of the ruling by getting the word out via Facebook and Yik Yak. “I was touched by the turn-out. A lot of people came and screamed their hearts out,” he continued.

Barragan has also created the Facebook page, Hofstra Students for Justice, where conversations and information regarding the Ferguson case are shared, such as the second protest that was held on campus yesterday.

The Dean of Students hallway walls were lined with chairs, filled with a group of racially diverse students ready to voice their opinion and have a

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Jesse Saunders/The Chronicle An on-campus rally in protest of the Mike Brown decision and in solidarity with the protests in Ferguson took place on campus yesterday evening. Another protest also took place last Monday after the grand jury decision was announced.

Students concerned with on-campus sexual harassment

By Elizabeth Merino

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According to a 2013 Stop Street Harassment nationwide survey, “65 percent of all women had experienced street harassment.

Among all women, 23 percent had been sexually touched, 20 percent had been followed and nine percent had been forced to do something sexual.”

Stop Street Harassment is defined on their website as “a nonprofit organization dedicated to documenting and ending genderbased street harassment worldwide through public education and community mobilization.”

“Hofstra does a decent job with making some sort of attempt, however feeble, to help so that women

don’t experience so much explicit harassment of any sort. That being said, myself, along with many of the friends I know on campus have been harassed in some form on campus at some point in time.

We tend to play some things off as ‘guys just being guys,’ or ‘oh, he’s just drunk’ or my favorite ‘that’s just how he is, that’s how he talks’ ... but in reality, the harassment shouldn’t happen, regardless,” said sophomore English major Taylor Wade.

According to Hofstra’s 20142015 Guide to Pride community standards, “sexual harassment is defined as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other nonverbal, expressive or physical conduct of a sexual nature when such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreason-

ably interfering with an individual’s academic performance or creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive environment for learning or enjoying other University opportunities, programs and activities.”

Public Safety has not been informed of any major reports concerning catcalling or harassment on campus, according to Director of Public Safety Karen O’Callaghan.

“It is obviously something that is not appropriate and if it was reported, we would investigate, find the person and correct it,” said O’Callaghan.

Hofstra has a strong written policy against sexual harassment, relationship violence, sexual assaults and discrimination of any kind. Based on this policy Hofstra has, “a commitment on the part

of our entire community to norms of interpersonal respect ensuring that no individuals are subjected to sexual misconduct, relationship violence or discriminatory harassment.”

Although Hofstra has these policies in place, some students feel as though more can be done to protect women.

“I was recently in a sociology of gender class and there was a student trying to argue that women owe it to someone who catcalls them to acknowledge the person so they don’t risk being followed or experience physical violence.

The idea that I could potentially owe anyone who catcalls me is ridiculous, but what’s horrifying is that this line of argument acknowledges that catcalling is just the start to an individual doing

something more violent to get a woman’s attention,” said junior women’s studies and sociology major Karla Bradley.

One male student said he witnessed a different kind of catcalling on campus, a type that many might not even consider a form of harassment.

“I’ve seen men turn around and stuff, not really approach the ladies, just really looking,” said junior mechanical engineering major Josh Singh.

Street harassment can be more than just words that are yelled from across a road.

Other instances, as listed in the Pride to Guide Handbook, include unwanted flirtation, propositions of sexual nature and unwelcome

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Students rally to support Ferguson, Mo. Continued from A1 proactive conversation about the ruling in the case of Michael Brown’s death. The voices heard provided testimonials of grief and disappointment, facts and the lack thereof that caused frustration and confusion, along with suggestions of positive action.

“I woke up crying because when I have a child, what am I supposed to teach them about our system?… It’s 2014 and we’re still fighting,” said Jahmila Smith, a junior psychology major.

One student voiced her frustration about the process that took place prior to the ruling. “I wasn’t expecting an indictment, but I didn’t expect the prosecutor to take the role of a defense attorney,” said Laisa Pertet,

a second year law student at Hofstra University Maurice A. Dean School of Law and coattorney general for the Black Law Students Association at Hofstra.

“The prosecutor’s job is to prosecute the defendant, his job is to seek out an indictment… You only

judge in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings. “It was absolutely unethical for all of the evidence to come through at a grand jury proceeding… His job was to put Wilson away and he deviated outside the realm of his job,” continued Pertet.

nine white jurors and three African American jurors. Pertet stated that she will try to get in contact with the National Bar Association, which announced that they will be investigating the case.

The discussion held by the Dean of Students Office ended on a positive note with suggestions of action such as weekly meetings on campus to discuss race relations, getting speakers to come to Hofstra and professors bringing their classes to these discussions, as well as suggestions of action on an individual level like coming out of your comfort zone to befriend those that are different from a student’s usual group of friends.

“I woke up crying because when I have a child, what am I supposed to teach them about our system?...It’s 2014 and we’re still fighting.” have to prove probable cause,” explained Pertet. A grand jury process involves examining the validity of an accusation before trial, whereas a trial is a formal examination of evidence before a

To get a majority vote, only nine votes were needed for the Ferguson District Attorney to prosecute the police officer. In the grand jury that decided the case of Michael Brown’s death, there were

Clubs receive less funding for spring

By Marisa Russell ASSISTANT COPY CHIEF

In the wake of the recent Student Government Association (SGA) recent petition for an activity fee increase and last week’s approval of spring 2015 budgets for clubs, some students have questioned what SGA has the right to fund.

According to Alyson Guarino, SGA comptroller, SGA received 111 fall 2014 budgets last spring, and that number rose to 125 spring 2015 budgets received this semester. With an increase in clubs, the amount of budgets that SGA is required to evaluate and allocate money to also increased.

For spring 2015, organizations requested a total of $785,558.52, of which SGA was able to fund $265,525.13, 33.8 percent of the requested amount.

The addition of clubs from year to year is something that Guarino stated affected budget weekend.

“It was the number of organizations and the amount of money requested,” that affected how much was allocated for next semester, Damian Gallagher, SGA appropriations chair stated.

Additionally, clubs have spent more of their allotted budgets, and

therefore the “rollback” to SGA at the end of the semester was less this semester than it has been in previous semesters. Rollback is the money that SGA receives at the end of the semester from what clubs do not spend out of their budget.

“Since clubs have been encouraged to utilize all of

funding for clubs across the board.

This would mean more funding for events like Music Fest that everyone enjoys,” said Rachael Durant, vice president of Hofstra Body Positive. “However, an increase in the fee is an increase in the total cost of attending Hofstra.”

The student activity fee, which

“Since clubs have been encouraged to utilize all of the funds they have been allocated... the amount of money to allocate is significantly less...” the funds that they have been allocated and have done a great job at doing so, the amount of money to allocate is significantly less because the money that would have normally come back to be reallocated is just not there any more,” said Gallagher.

The amount allocated to clubs for spring 2015, according to many clubs, was not enough for them to succeed, and some are not convinced that an increase in the student activity fee would be beneficial.

“I think the [student] activity fee increase is a catch-22. On one hand, there would be more SGA

is currently $75 a semester, funds students and clubs on campus. A portion of that fee returns to SGA to be allocated to organizations on campus. The fee, according to Guarino, is a separate fee from tuition, although it is a charge to students. Though SGA has made it clear that the increase is not directly related to tuition increases, it still becomes a greater sum of money that students are required to pay for their time at Hofstra.

“The student activity fee is in no way associated with tuition.

On the break down of the Hofstra bill, the student activity fee is a separate fee,” she said. “Tuition

increases have nothing to do with SGA.” The fee funds students, and the increase is based upon the fact that clubs do not feel they are given enough funding to thrive as an organization.

“Hofstra’s clubs have tripled in number since the last fee increase, and SGA struggles to give out funds to each club,” said Sean Grealy, president of the Newman club.

After consulting with Patricia Adamski, the executive vice president for planning and administration, and Vice President for Student Affairs W. Houston Dougharty, SGA’s resolution that will be brought before the University administration has been changed.

“We decided to look into possibilities of changing the proposal,” said Guarino. “We are going to bring to Senate on Thursday Dec. 4 a resolution to increase the student activity fee five dollars for the 2015-2016 academic year, with the possibility of a reevaluation for an additional five dollar increase for the fall 2016 spring 2017 year.”

SGA is looking to pass the resolution in senate this week and bring it to the University over winter break.

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Adams Hall renovations house new technology

By Marisa Russell ASSISTANT COPY CHIEF

After student enrollment doubled from 2012 to 2013, the School of Engineering and Applied Science needed to expand. It has found its new home in Adams Hall.

Renovations on the building began last summer, and after next week, will be complete.

The expansion will be open for student use by the spring semester. Though progressive, the renovations created some conflict as the mathematics department was moved out of Adams Hall and into Roosevelt Hall, due to the department being required to move mid-semester, and the current lack of space for their computer lab. This came with a tight timeline, but overall the department was pleased with the move.

“We’re happier here than we were there,” said Sylvia Silberger, chair of the mathematics department. “They still haven’t found a place for our computer lab. But overall we’ve got much nicer lounges. The students are a lot happier here,” she continued.

“Most of us are on one floor and I feel like we have better interactions with the students because of that.”

The renovations, however, are important to the engineering school. Dr. Simon Ben-Avi, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, said major aspects of the renovations that will be used for classes next semester.

“We have commissioned in the last few months two brand-new laboratories. One is called ‘big data’ and the other is robotics and advanced manufacturing. Those are the big new things,” said Ben-Avi. Ben-Avi described “big data” as the in-depth analysis of large amounts of data, and robotics and advanced manufacturing as the use of technology and innovation, like the assembly line, to speed up the production of goods.

According to Joseph Barkwill, vice president of Facilities and Operations, the money for the renovations was acquired through New York state grants, issued to the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and assigned to fund new laboratories and the overall renovations.

“The first grant was for the biomedical lab that was a million and a half dollars,” said Barkwill.

He added that the robotics and “big data” lab were also funded by New York State grants.

The grants were not connected to the new medical school at Hofstra, as the money went to the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences to renovate, but Barkwill mentioned that some classrooms could be used by other disciplines.

Barkwill added that improvements were important to Hofstra as a whole.

“The renovations really dovetail into student enrollment,” he said.

With the added facilities, Barkwill said, students will be more likely to consider Hofstra.

Ben-Avi said his interactions with prospective students support this.

“I’ll ask a [prospective] student where else have you applied, and they’ll say phrases like ‘You’ve just showed us your facilities so our list is now much, much shorter,’” said Ben-Avi. Some current students, like Jeffrey Scott, a junior mechanical engineering major said that improvements will likely draw potential future students.

“When I was visiting schools

every single really good engineering school had an area like they’re building in Adams Hall right now,” Scott said. He plans to use the space for the motorsports engineering club he started this semester.

Unlike Scott, senior electrical engineering student, Jelyssa Fuertes, plans to use the new ultrasound labs as a part of her senior design project, in which she will be studying the use of ultrasound therapy and electrotherapy in the medical field.

“I am so excited to perform my own research on something that I truly care about, Fuertes said.

“The fact that I will be able to do it on campus is a great feeling.”

Without the renovations, some students would have had to find other locations to complete their projects.

“I am so happy with the renovations,” Fuertes said. “I think it is great that the engineering and computer science programs are expanding, and that Hofstra is helping that cause.”

Marisa Russell/The Chronicle Renovations have been made to Adams Hall, which now houses the School of Engineering and Applied Science. The renovations will be completed this week.

Sexual harassment affects college women nationwide Continued from A1 sexual comments about clothing.

“You just look dumb doing [catcalling],” said junior television and business major Braidan Halbleib.

“It never works and it’s not going to. It’s disrespectful.”

A 2014 U.S. street harassment survey reported that half of respondents said they were harassed beginning at the age of 17.

“I find catcalling to be extremely demeaning. I have been objectified and witnessed the objectification of my peers in various

communities that I am apart of… I have been honked at, and yelled at various times on California Ave. when I am on the way to class,” said junior public relations and global studies major Alyssa O’Brien.

According to The Washington Post, many respondents of the 2013 street harassment survey had trouble accurately identifying harassment. These respondents were so used to being publicly sexually harassed that they didn’t even realize it was happening anymore.

“I’ve seen it happen before. It happened to one of my friends…

she ignored it and moved on, but it shouldn’t be something so easily ignored,” said freshman electrical engineering major Columbus McKinney.

“First off, even if [catcalling] does not result in violence you are perpetually scared it will. Secondly, you are made to feel objectified and sexualized in a way you did not ask for which is very demeaning. To say that women secretly like it is extremely disrespectful,” said Wade.

A new initiative has begun on campus this semester in attempts to combat these instances. It Ends With Us, started by senior Aman-

da Korbar, is a campus movement comprised of both men and women coming together to change the culture of sexual harassment, assault and rape at Hofstra.

The movement began with a Facebook page that has since grown to 365 members.

Korbar is working closely with Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs and Title IV Coordinator, Jean C. Peden Christodoulou and Dr. Daniel Rinaldi, a psychologist for the Saltzman Center.

“We care very much about creating a safe and caring campus.

I can say that we take respect for all people on Hofstra’s campus so

seriously and we want to create an environment where people would feel safe,” said Christodoulou.

Korbar started the movement based on not only the experiences of her friends, but her own experiences as well.

“This is college, sexual violence happens here, and the sooner we start talking about it and make it known that there is zero tolerance, the less it will happen. No one wants to get caught, and if everyone is unafraid to report, if we all stand as one, then we can change this culture,” said Korbar.

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• Together We Rise as Hofstra was passed as an SGArecognized club. They are a branch off of the national organization looking to help children in the foster system better navigate the foster system through their work.

SGA WEEKLY

• The Collegiate Link icon was moved to the main Hofstra portal page as a result of Club Relations Committee work.

WRAP-UP

• B uild-a-Bear Hofstra happened on Dec. 1. This is one of the biggest events that SGA hosts.

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• The budget appeals meeting saw 15-20 clubs for appeals on their budget. All budgets for next semester are finalized.

Public Safety Briefs Compiled by Ehlayna Napolitano On Nov. 15, PS received a report that the odor of marijuana was emanating from a room on the second floor of Nassau Hall.

PS responded and when the student opened the door, there was a water bong in plain view. The bong was confiscated and a summons was issued to the student.

A student stated on Nov. 17 that they parked their car on Nov. 15 in the HofUSA lot. When they returned the student noticed a dent in the left bumper. Police assistance was declined.

A PSO on patrol on Nov. 18 observed a car driving the wrong way on Colonial Drive. The PSO attempted to stop the vehicle, which subsequently sped away toward HofUSA. The vehicle then stopped on Liberty Boulevard.

The driver was identified as a student, who was then issued a summons.

An RA in Breukelen House reported seeing an intoxicated male student urinating in the hallway on Nov. 19. PS responded and the student was issued a summons.

PS received a report from the Plant Department that a car had struck a tree outside Enterprise Hall on Nov. 19. The student was located in their room in Enterprise Hall and was issued a summons.

A student came to the HIC and stated that while in the Fitness Center on Nov. 19, he left cash and his iPad in a locked locker. After he returned, the $20 and iPad were gone. Police assistance was declined.

A student stated that they fell asleep in the lounge of Rotterdam House on Nov. 20. When the student awoke several hours later, their phone and charger were missing. Police assistance was declined and there were no witnesses.

PS received a report of two students drinking alcohol in the lounge of HofUSA. PS responded and the students were issued summonses.

An RA in Tilberg House reported on Nov. 20 that they were awakened by loud music and the talk of drug use. After investigating, the RA found a pipe in open view. PS responded and confiscated the pipe and the resident was issued a summons.

An RA on rounds in Breuklyn House on Nov. 21 reported that she smelled marijuana coming from a room. PS responded and found four students inside. There was no marijuana recovered.

Summonses were issued to all the students.

On Nov. 20, a student in Alliance Hall returned to their vehicle, which was parked in the lot near the Student Center, and discovered that their rear tire had three puncture marks on it and was flat. Police assistance was declined. An investigation will be conducted.

On Nov. 22, a PSO observed a student carrying a non-student guest, who was clearly intoxicated, through the turnstile on Oak Street. The PSO radioed for the supervisor, who responded and attempted to gather information about the guest. The host then attempted to interfere with

the supervisor and refused to be identified. The guest was transported by Nassau County Ambulance to NUMC and the student was issued a summons.

harassed and having things stolen by her roommate. The student requested a room change and was directed to Residential Life.

A sports facility staff member reported to PS on Nov. 22 that three individuals were trespassing in the soccer stadium. They were identified as nonstudents.

They were taken to the HIC where they were banned from campus.

A student stated that while playing ping-pong in the lounge of Gronigen House on Nov. 26, he took off his Rolex watch, worth $8,000, and left it on the table.

He left to go to his room and when he returned several hours later, he discovered the watch was missing. An investigation will be conducted. Police assistance was declined.

On Nov. 23, an RSR in Nassau-Suffolk reported to PS that they observed two students piggybacking through the turnstile. The students were issued summonses.

A Plant Department staff member doing renovations in Monroe Theater discovered two seats missing on Nov. 24. PS responded and a search of the building was conducted, which proved negative. Police assistance was declined. An investigation will be conducted.

A student reported to PS on Nov. 24 that she has been being

Key PS- Public Safety PSO- Public Safety Officer NUMC- Nassau County Medical Center NCPD- Nassau County Police Department RA- Resident Assistant

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Compiled by the Hofstra Chronicle staff On the Unispan: Guy 1: How was your Thanksgiving?

Guy 2: Good. How was yours?

Guy 1: I don’t celebrate Thanksgiving.

In Bill of Rights: Girl 1: I freaked out because my key didn’t work.

Girl 2: Why not?

Girl 1: I got off on the wrong floor, and tried to unlock the wrong door.

In C.V. Starr: Guy 1: Yo, I finished all the leftovers.

Guy 2: Those were my leftovers...

In Breslin Hall: Guy 1: I need a job.

Guy 2: Yeah, you should get on that.

Guy 1: You don’t have a job either!

Guy 2: Yeah, but I don’t complain about it.

In Enterprise: Girl: Hold the elevator! I need to pee!

In the Student Center: Girl 1: I don’t understand people who use a fork and knife to eat their pizza. It’s the biggest food crime ever.

Girl 2: Folding it is worse.

In Au Bon Pain: Guy: Are you trash? Because I want to take you out!

In the Axinn Library: Girl: I’m not going to class. I’ve got better things to do, like watch Netflix.

Student Center: Girl 1: The butt?

Girl 2: Yeah, do the butt.

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Hofstra students launch Big Hearts for Big Ears Campaign

By Nicholas Hautman

connect with these animals in a productive way so that they’re still here to share our planet with us in the years to come.”

The population of African elephants has dropped 62 percent in the last 10 years, according to a study published by the Wildlife Conservation Society. This decline is primarily due to both habitat loss and a

for wildlife management and, therefore, cannot monitor ivory STAFF WRITER markets.

Hofstra University students Big Hearts for Big Ears is currently enrolled in Public encouraging Hofstra students to Relations Tools (PR 106) – a wear the color grey on Thursday, class that introduces students Dec. 4 – a day that students to the digital world of public are calling Grey Day – to bring relations practitioners –started campus-wide awareness to a campaign for elephant the rapidly decreasing number conservation awareness. The of elephants. The campaign campaign, Big Hearts for Big will feature Grey Day Ears, participants in posts on utilizes “‘Ultimately, we can’t collect money or Instagram and Twitter social (@BigHeartsBigEars, media fly to Thailand to save the elephants, but #DefendTheLongTrunks), outlets like addition to providing I don’t think that’s necessary to make a in Facebook, links to non-profit Twitter and organizations and difference.’”

Instagram conservation groups. to share “It’s a really easy illuminating high demand for ivory, which but poignant way to spread videos, photographs and links comes from an elephant’s awareness to a cause that is to promote awareness of the tusks. Although the Convention close to many people’s hearts,” endangered species. on International Trade in said Lora Gerulsky, senior public “Ultimately, we can’t collect Endangered Species of Wild relations major. “We want to get money or fly to Thailand to Fauna and Flora (CITES) as many students to participate save the elephants, but I don’t banned the illegal practice of as possible because that’s what think that’s necessary to make international ivory trade in 1989, will drive serious consideration of a difference,” said Katherine elephant poaching is still a our cause.”

Mateus, public relations prominent issue. Many countries Elephants are a keystone senior. “People love elephants. do not provide enough funding species that balance all of the We’re trying to drive them to

Photo courtesey of Katherine Mateus

PR students are asking people to pose with an elephant mask and post it on their social media to spread the word. other classes in their ecosystem.

They are an essential part of the web of life in Africa. As an endangered species, their loss would have serious ecological

consequences. Wear grey on Thursday to support your fellow Hofstra students, the Big Hearts for Big Ears campaign and, most importantly, the elephants.

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Club Spotlight:

Sigma’Capella sings their way to regional competition Amanda Valentovic STAFF WRITER

Members of Sigma’Capella will be singing for a bigger audience on Feb. 15 when they compete in the Northeast Regional International Competition of Collegiate a Capella. The a capella group was accepted into the competition held at Hofstra this winter. If they win, they will advance to the national finals.

Sigma’Capella has been on campus for 15 years, the oldest of all the a capella groups. Out of the 18 members, only about six of them are music majors. “It’s nice because they’re able to teach us music, but I love that we’re an outlet for people,” said Deanna Giulietti, public relations chair.

Other students in the group have majors varying from TV business to biology and chemistry. “We’re their creative outlet, they just love to sing,” said Giulietti, a senior drama major.

Every September, Sigma’Capella performs at the

club fair and holds signups for auditions. Students who audition sing a song of their choice and if they get a callback, they have time to learn a new one. “Then we see if everyone’s voices blend together and work well, and we figure out what the group needs,” Giulietti said. There is usually between 16 and 18 members in the group. “We would never go past 20,” she said. “This year we had so many amazing people audition.”

When Sigma’Capella takes the stage in February, they will be performing a set of three songs

song by listening,” Giulietti said, Photo courtesey of Creative Commons referring to when the group arranged “Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye. “That was the most fun.”

Each member usually chooses about three songs that they want to learn over the year, and then the group takes a majority vote on which ones they want to prioritize. “The reason we all learn songs so quickly is because we all love them,” said Giulietti.

To get to the regional ICCAs, Sigma’Capella made a video of themselves performing three Sigma’Capella welcomes all music lovers to audition for their group. songs with Hofstra. “Even if we don’t pass said. Some favorite songs that choreography, through to the finals, [there are] Sigma’Capella likes to perform and they so many groups,” she said. include Delta Rae’s “Morning recently found One thing Sigma’Capella Comes” and “Something to Talk out they were is excited about is building About” by Bonnie Raitt, which is accepted to the relationships with other collegiate a tradition to perform with alumni. competition. a capella groups.

“It’s so much “We’re very excited; we want “It’s been fun to learn from people and go to everyone to come,” Giulietti said. about a year their schools,” said Giulietti.

Students have a chance to get that we’ve wanted to do it,” said As far as competing this winter, a taste of what Sigma’Capella Giulietti. “Last year we knew the group has two goals: to get will be bringing to the stage in about the ICCAs, but we didn’t to the finals and to have fun. competition at their winter concert think it was feasible to enter.”

“We want to win, but we also this week.

The show is Dec. 6 at The members decided to make want to get a really good set list 3:00 p.m. in Monroe Hall. an audition tape after finding out that the audience will like,” she the competition would be held at

“As far as competing this winter, the group has two goals: to get to the finals and to have fun.” that they arranged themselves.

To create a song, a few members usually use programs like Finale and Noteflight while listening and matching pitch with each other. “One time we listened to it together and made our own

Tips and Tricks: Make it through finals week...alive

By Jenna Grasso STAFF WRITER

As the semester finishes, the build up of work is extreme and the amount of time to study for tests is growing thin. But, there are easy ways to budget your time in order to study for finals and get the last of those projects in before the end of the semester.

Managing your time is the number one priority. Writing out a schedule of how much time you are going to devote to each class or study for each class helps immensely. A written out schedule is the easiest thing to follow and is also concrete to follow. It is different then having ideas in your head about the amount of time to study. This can be a set piece of paper that gives you the exact amount of time and tells you how much you need to do for each class.

Another trick to study for finals is to give all classes an equal amount of time. Although your grades might be down in one class and higher in another, the worst thing that you want to do is bomb the class that you are doing well in on the final.

The easiest way to avoid this is to give each class the same amount of preparation time.

Making flash cards or rewriting the notes for a class multiple times is also a great way to memorize information for your classes. When a person rewrites information multiple times, the brain processes the information much easier and a lot of the time

you will end up remembering more than you thought you did.

For in-depth studying for difficult classes, this is an extremely

or any physical activity will help to relieve stress and keep you in a sane state of mind to continue studying for finals. The main thing

less effective it will be, and the grade you are going to get will reflect that. Taking your time and reading the directions correctly will help boost your grade and give you the piece of mind that you did things they way they needed to be done. The better you believe you did on a project or test, the better grade and more satisfaction you will feel when you get that grade back.

The final tip is just relax.

Relaxing and believing that you can pass your tests and projects is the main and most important aspect of finals week, and life in general. If you constantly doubt yourself and feel as if you are unable to pass your test or final, you will not perform well. Relaxing and believing in yourself will help you do the best you possibly can during finals week.

“When a person rewrites information multiple times, the brain processes the information much easier and you’ll probably end up remembering more than you thought you did.” efficient way to handle getting the job done.

Another thing that you want to put into effect during finals week and the weeks before that is exercising or using different ways to release stress. The amount of stress that you will feel during finals week may feel unreal at points. Exercise, yoga

that you want to make sure of is that you maintain a healthy state of mind in order to do well on your finals. The worse your state of mind is, the worse you will do on your finals, tests and projects.

Another good tip to keep in mind is to take your time on tests and projects. The faster you try to rush to finish things the

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Man on the Unispan What are your tips for getting through finals week?

By Danielle Denenberg STAFF WRITER

“Wine.”

Blakeley Shaw, Junior

“Sleep a lot and take breaks.”

Emile Somekh, Junior

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“Not staying up too late.”

Brenden Valliere, Freshman

“Sleep, study, sleep.”

Desmond Fitzgerald, Junior

“Focus on studying and don’t get off track.”

Ilan Stern, Sophomore

“Have fun before finals week.”

Manfred Jean-Louis, Junior

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The Humans of Hofstra

By Danielle Santucci STAFF WRITER

Kylie O’ Toole, Senior “I had shingles when I was 16. It sucks.

It’s for old people and it’s like getting electricuted from the inside. I first saw bruising on my ribs then it turned into red spots. They were burning. My mom didn’t think it was anything so I waited two weeks to go to the doctors. After I went to the doctor, I got medication and it was gone after three weeks. I randomly get pain on my ribs and shoulders, but nothing serious.”

Samiha Azgar, Sophomore “I’m confidently cocky... in a good way.

If I have a bad day, I still look at myself and say I’m beautiful. My philosophy is when I take a test I have to dress up that day really nice like bold red lip and heels. If you look good then you feel good and you do.”

Henry Oyo, Junior “One time I saved someone from a burning car. I was in South Carolina for a family vacation and while driving my family and I saw someone in a car accident. We stopped and saw the car going in smoke, so my family and I ran out to help them. It was a man and woman in the car. We got them out of the car and waited till the police showed up. We exchanged information, but haven’t really kept in touch. I only felt like a hero today telling you the story.”

Natasha Singh, Junior Isabela Jacobsen/The Chronicle I like to dance. I’m on the new dance team called Zeenat. It’s a Bollywood fusion dance team. We’ve had two performances and we’re having another one this week. My friend Anandi started the dance team in fall 2013.

She is the captain and graduating this year. She’s the reason why I joined. I’m vice president next semester.”

Kenneth Scheriff, Freshman “I’m a DJ. I’ve played in the city from time to time for concerts and shows. I’ve played at Pacha, Stage 48, and Webster Hall. I always had a passion for DJing.

I met my manger through a friend at Hofstra. It’s more of a hobby than career.

I DJ Hofstra bars like Dizzys and also even sweet sixteen parties.”

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Black Student Union puts on diverse showcase for students and family

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By Brianna Holcomb

ASSISTANT ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Free, past host of BET 106 and Park and RIP Michaels, comedian and cast member of “Wild n’ Out,” took the stage at the BSU Unity Showcase.

Hofstra Gospel Ensemble, Imani, Hofstra Dance Team, student acts and many more all came together on Nov. 20 to participate in the Black Student Union’s (BSU) Unity Showcase.

Students and family members gathered in the Student Center Theater to watch a large array of student acts from singing to dancing and everything in between.

The theater was packed as Free, past host of BET 106 & Park, and RIP Michaels, comedian and cast member of “Wild n’ Out,” took to the stage. The two hosts kicked off the show with a few jokes before introducing the first act of the night. They kept the show rolling with jokes and entertained every member of the audience throughout the night.

The Unity Showcase featured acts from Hofstra’s various a cappella groups such as Makin’ Treble, Sigma ‘Cappella and Hofbeats. Each group performed various numbers including popular songs such as “Bang Bang” by Jessie J, featuring Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj.

As each group performed the crowd cheered them on and even

Joy Night: A Rose That Grew From the Concrete

By Shannon Nia Alomar STAFF WRITER

When you think of gospel music you do not expect the name Tupac to enter your mind, but the Hofstra Gospel Ensemble (HGE) found a way to incorporate his well-known poem, “The Rose That Grew from Concrete,” into their Joy Night this semester.

Choir director, Natalie BetheaSurgeon, said Tupac’s autobiographical poem inspired HGE’s theme for their Joy Night this semester because it is hard for one to imagine something as beautiful as a rose growing from something as grainy as concrete, but Surgeon said that through faith and grace anything is possible.

Master of ceremonies Albee Mascall kept the night flowing and had a few moments where he even broke out into joyful singing, which added to the mood of the night.

“I am so glad to see the youth out here tonight. It’s a Friday night so you know they could have been somewhere else, doing something else, but they are here to worship the Lord and that truly fills my heart,” Mascall said.

Throughout the night of worship and praise, Surgeon read verses of the poem coupled with bible verses in order to introduce the different segments of the show.

All of the performances kept the audience on their feet with their hands raised up high. No matter what someone’s particular worship style is, there was a group to cater to it.

Performances ranged in creativity, including singing by HGE and Hofstra alumni, praise dancing from Eternal Flow and Co-Op City United Methodist Church Dance Ministry, a spoken word piece entitled “Amen to Love” by Itiola Jones, the Flow MIME ministry, the Nubian Gents and Feminine Fire dance, step performances, and a live band that played for a majority of the performers.

After the final set, once everyone sang, cried and clapped their hands, Revered Andrew Lloyd invited people to the stage to have a prayer said for them or to give their lives to the Lord if they were willing. In addition to watching the wondrous talents the groups showcased to minster to the people, seeing people make their way to the stage was definitely a sight to see.

Lloyd asked those who

remained in their seats to stand and raise their hands towards those who had bravely made their way to the front. As people began to close their eyes for the prayer he led, the sense of community in the room could be felt through every person there.

At the conclusion of the event, the president of HGE, Donnie Regisford and dedicated member, Willie Coleman, presented the presidents of Collegiate Women of Color (CWC) and the National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Hofstra Chapter with HGE sweater’s as a token of appreciation for the two organization’s assistance in making Joy Night happen this semester.

“Every semester, we are just happy we can bring this amazing night of ministry to the Hofstra community. Being a college student may take you on different journeys and allow you to lose and find yourself. That’s why we love providing an alternative to an eventful night for students. In our judge-free zone, attendees can pray, sing, cry and give glory to the Lord,” Coleman said to wrap up the night.

If you missed Joy Night, attend the one coming up in the spring, you won’t be disappointed.

joined in as they went through their various numbers.

The show not only had singing, but contained stepping and dancing as well. Hofstra’s step team, Strictly Steppin’, took to the stage with an amazing step performance. Their synchronized steps and arm movements depicted a group that worked very hard on their performance almost moving and sounding as one.

The Hofstra Dance team performed three numbers that showed their dance skills as well as their flexibility. They proved why they are three-time champions with their routine.

To continue the diverse acts, Spit, the poetry club on campus performed. The group entertained the crowd with a powerful poem from three of the members about women’s role in society, earning snaps from the male audience members as well.

The show not only included acts from Hofstra’s various clubs, but acts from Hofstra students as

well. Nandee Mignon took to the stage singing Musiq Soulchild’s song “Love,” and even surprising audience members with a guest performer. Singing is not the only talent Hofstra student’s have as Perk Banks gave an energetic rap performance, utilizing all of the theater to involve the audience members.

Freshman Tai Davis thought the show was entertaining and different from other showcases.

“It had a lot of diversity and overall well put together,” he said.

In total, the show was a memorable night for participants and audience members alike. Laury Saunders, senior and BSU president said, “[The] main goal for the Unity Showcase is to present all the different talents there are at Hofstra and also bring them together. It is also important to educate the new members of the Hofstra community about the different clubs here on campus.”

Iggy Azalea: ‘Reclassified’

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By Nicholas Hautman SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

Following the massive success of her summer hit “Fancy,” Iggy Azalea is repackaging her debut album, “The New Classic.” The re-release, titled “Reclassified,” contains a selection of eight tracks from the original release as well as five brand new songs.

Azalea debuted the album’s first single, “Beg For It,” on Saturday Night Live in late October. The song is nearly a carbon copy of “Fancy,” particularly in the chorus, sung by Charli XCX soundalike MØ. Despite the similarities between the two singles, Azalea raps in the first verse about how “groundbreaking” she is.

New collaborations with Jennifer Hudson, “Trouble,” and Ellie Goulding, “Heavy Crown,” also fall short in the memorability factor. The Australian rapper’s verses are strong but not up to par with her earlier material, like “Black Widow” and “Work,” which are both present on “Reclassified.”

Azalea’s self-confidence comes up again when she declares that it’s “Iggy SZN (season).” She boasted, “If I told you what I’m worth, you would throw up. So have my money on time before I show up.” The song, while playfully obnoxious at times, is easily one of the standout tracks on an otherwise mediocre release. Not so fancy this time, Iggy.

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Music collaborations hit a high note Film review: ‘The Theory of Everything’

By Nandee Mignon STAFF WRITER

After months of speculation, rumors and teasers two considerably big collaborations were released this month and boy did they surprise us all.

Former B2K member and Maybach Music Group (MMG) artist, Omarion, has been out of the main media spotlight for a portion of 2014. After landing a place in the VH1 reality series, “Love & Hip-Hop: Hollywood,” Omarion has been building momentum, and fast. Omarion was signed to MMG back in 2012 and has his first album under the new label, “Sex Playlist,” is set to come out some time in late December or early January.

Earlier this month, Omarion, Chris Brown and Jhene Aiko released snippets of one of the first singles off of the “Sex Playlist” album. The collaboration is called “Post to Be.” Omarion sings in an up-tempo style over the DJ Mustard production, Brown harmonizes a lot during his verse and Aiko reveals her sexual and comedic sides singing playfully, “He gotta eat the booty like groceries.”

The three artists give a very fun and catchy sound to the already dance inducing beat. The song was premiered on Power 105.1 FM and received over a million views on YouTube over a couple of hours. The song, however, leaves fans puzzled with the possible direction of the album.

The album title gave off the impression that majority of the songs will be filled with “heavy sexual content,” according to various music blogs. When speaking in several interviews, Omarion

also hinted at the album being filled with mostly slow tempo music. This fast tempo single is the complete opposite of that.

Nevertheless, it is still a song that is finding its way into headphones across the country.

Now slowing things down, singers Cody Simpson and Justin Bieber have been talking about doing a duet album together since September. However, ever since the announcement, both stars have been missing from the music scene, until now.

Both the Australian and Canadian pop singers have built an army of dedicated fans, loyal listeners and an audience of allaround sceptics and spectators.

On Nov. 11, Bieber and Simpson released their first single off of their album entitled “Home to Mama.” This song shows a different side of the artists with barely any added music, nothing but their vocals and the jamming of the guitar.

The laid-back feel is a different side of Bieber after looking back at his most recent R&B and sex driven album “Journals.” As for Simpson, it is an opportunity for the song writer to really show off his talents.

The song speaks about falling in love with the simplest of girls, the kind of girl that you can bring home to your mother. The loving lyrics will sweep listeners off of their feet.

Sadly, we do not hear too much of the boy’s voices harmonizing together, but that is something that listeners have to look forward to, since we are all sure of the exceptional music they are going to make together.

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By Muhammad Muzammal COLUMNIST

Ravishing and lush, “The Theory of Everything” is a successful semi-biopic of the world famous physicist Stephen Hawkins, who defied his short life expectancy, due to ALS, and made forward strides in the world of physics with his theories of time and space.

However, a largely overlooked facet of his life, which is what the film was inspired by, is his 25-year marriage with Jane Wilde, a bond of true love whose endurance was tested when Hawkins was diagnosed with ALS and Wilde had to care of him and their children.

Unlike many films of this genre, “The Theory of Everything” doesn’t completely live in the sappy, melodramatic landscape, but thrives more with its sly humor and honesty.

The movie begins with Hawkins’s early life as a college student, pre-ALS. When he and Wilde lock eyes at a party one night, like the ripple effect, this

one look changes their whole lives – an important point the film drives home with its wonderful final montage.

Hawkins and Wilde begin dating as Hawkins develops his groundbreaking thesis on time, which draws much acclaim from his college professors (one of whom is played by David Thewalis, in a subtle yet meaningful way). However, Hawkins begins to lose control of his body and has to use crutches to walk as the ALS relentlessly spreads in his system.

In a moving, poignant sequence, we see Hawkins and Wilde get married, have children and go through everyday life as a couple, a challenge onlu made harder by Hawkins’s degenerative nerve disease.

The relationship is stretched to its limits. Jane, a strong, intelligent woman who could hold her own, has to play nurse to her husband with a crippling disability, all the while raising four children. On the other hand, Hawkins sees Wilde as a lonely, exhausted wife, a painful truth recognized when he tells Jane he would understand if she was with another man.

These relationship dilemmas and the agonizing, underlying issues that lie beneath, make “The Theory of Everything” unflinchingly honorable in how it shows the film’s central marriage. Unlike a typical Hollywood romance, James Marsh’s film looks at its principal characters as people and not as robots.

Although the mood is overly sentimental at times, the film stays grounded and real.

It is made real by its performances which are among the

best of the year for an actor and actress. Felicia Hardy plays Wilde, as a vulnerable, tired woman who needs to be strong for her husband, a refreshing female-male role reversal, unaccustomed to mainstream Hollywood. Hardy’s range of emotions going from desperation to loneliness add a necessary, important dynamic to her character.

Eddie Redmayne, along with “Birdman’s” Michael Keaton, gives the best male performance of the year. Like a young Daniel Day-Lewis in Jim Sheridan’s ‘89 classic “My Left Foot,” Redmayne doesn’t overplay the role of a crippled genius and, instead, embraces the nuances like the small, crackling smile or the origami-like body movement that make Stephen Hawkins who he is. The actor carries the whimsical playfulness and the pain that Hawkins possessed, in his eyes, which stutter with each word his voice machine translates.

“The Theory of Everything” is not a great movie, however it is a wonderful exercise in its love story/biopic hybrid genre, but it ultimately feels compelling with a degree of schmaltz and softness.

The movie unwisely tries hard to move us and doesn’t hold back.

It’s controlled by the material, and not the other way around.

But the film makes us feel what it wants us to. It motivates us by showing the amazing life of a man who achieved so much, both as a person and as a scientist.

By the end of “The Theory of Everything,” we are left knowing Stephen Hawkins not as the physicist, but Stephen Hawkins as the husband, father and most importantly, the individual.

College student conference: ‘Top Five’ actor J.B. Smoove talks about Dec. 12 film premiere

By Muhammad Muzammal COLUMNIST

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In time for Chris Rock’s new comedy “Top Five,” Paramount Picture hosted a college student conference call with star J.B. Smoove, who stars in “Top Five.” A film about celebrity and stardom, “Top Five” has received early critical buzz, drawing comparisons to Woody Allen and Dick Gregory. Smoove, a former hip hop dancer, is a stand-up comedian who has had more than a few bumps on the road to his own stardom.

On his long, arduous journey from being a hip hop dancer to

starring in possibly the biggest comedy of the year, Smoove remarked about his work ethic, “I’m putting 200 percent into one thing at a time.”

He then spoke about the meaning of failure and how it could bring about success, “We all have to allow ourselves that little threshold of failure in order to see what works for you and what’s not going to work for you. And we got to also remember that you know you can’t take yourself at face value. There’s a million audiences out there.”

Soft spoken and warm, Smoove gave advice to students and told a short anecdote about an intern on set of one of Smoove’s earlier films, “Pootie Tang.” The intern, who Smoove had become friendly with, ended up in charge of a studio 10 years later and had recently contacted Smoove for an acting gig.

On this story, Smoove had an important message. “The phone keeps ringing because you kept your phone on, number one; and number two, you never changed your number, and that doesn’t

mean a physical number. You didn’t change. Your number represents you as a person.” Smoove’s philosophy is evidenced in his outgoing personality that is ideal for anyone who wants to know what it takes to be successful. Staying true to oneself and always keeping the same inner core, leads one down a better path.

The interview was over after about 45 minutes and Smoove left, making the students laugh and feel personally touched by his words and stories. “Top Five” comes to theaters Dec. 12.

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Matters: ‘A to Z’

By Christina Murphy COLUMNIST

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We are gathered here today to mourn the loss of “A to Z,” the recently canceled sitcom that chronicles the fated relationship of Andrew and Zelda. Fitting for the fate of the actual series, it is set up as an investigation into a relationship that we learn has ended. When NBC announced it’s cancellation at the end of last month the Internet rushed to its defense, pleading to let the show get to episode Z. As of now, #SaveAtoZ has not convinced the network to air anything past episode M. I kept hearing how the show was really great but it was just doomed to fail in its timeslot of Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. I’ve seen this happen to countless other shows, I loved them but were canceled due to poor scheduling, so I decided to give “A to Z” a shot and write a post-mortem review to assess the fairness of the show’s cancelation.

The show’s largest competition was ABC’s Thursday night line-up, which features three straight hours of Shonda Rhimes-produced television programs. For those of you who do not know, Rhimes is a force. She is the pumpkin spice of the entertainment industry. If you put her name in the opening credits of a show, the world just has to try it until they ultimately become obsessed with all things Shonda.

It’s pretty easy to see why viewers are so obsessed; she creates over the top dramas with strong female leads who live lives that viewers could only dream of emulating.

This certainly put “A to Z” at a disadvantage, but I hardly think we can attribute the shows failure entirely to Shonda Rhimes’ Thursdays. The show is kind of dull and doesn’t really have anything that makes it stand out from the rest of the shows in its genre. Zelda is a high-strung lawyer with a troubled past, Andrew is the naïve romantic type and fate brings them together to form an unlikely romance.

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The show’s stars, Ben Feldman (“Mad Men”) and Cristin Milioti (“How I Met Your Mother”) have great chemistry and are very likeable characters. They both have a very close best friend, one being a sloppy overweight loser and the other being a sassy British single girl, respectively. It essentially follows the framework of just about every romantic comedy ever created. The show does fine in the “romantic” department, it’s the claims of “comedy” that are troubling to me. All of the jokes throughout an episode are stale. Actually, there aren’t really any jokes at all so much as just moments that are intended to arouse laughter, but wind up falling pretty flat.

The thing I was most disappointed with was, well, the point of the show. The fact that you know the ending of the show takes away from the viewing experience. Much like how I started watching this show, knowing it was canceled, we are introduced to a couple that we know are not going to make it.

There is no incentive to keep watching if you know how it ends, especially if you know it’s going to disappoint.

People like to think that there is a beacon of hope at the end of every series they watch. For example, fans stuck around for 10 years waiting for the moment where Ross and Rachel would finally share a warm embrace and promise to make it work, despite their insurmountable differences and past failed attempts. If there is one thing America likes, it’s a good will they/won’t they scenario. “A to Z” couldn’t provide us with that, they could only give us a “won’t they.” And where’s the fun in that?

Needless to say if a viewer is given the option between another rom-com or the frenetically entwined murder mysteries of Shondaland, they’re probably going to go with the latter. “A to Z” combines the doomed romance of “500 Days of Summer,” the typical romantic comedy of every Meg Ryan movie and the alphabet play of “Sesame Street” to create one truly unsatisfying sitcom. May it rest in peace.

By Kendall Gibson COLUMNIST

‘Big Music’ - Simple Minds This album shows that you can do everything right as a musician, and in the end something could still end up missing. Something is missing that would make me want to listen to this. It could be that Simple Minds needs a refresher, just something that will change their sound up, because they sound exactly the same on this album than all their others.

Listen if you like: U2, Tears for Fears, Depeche Mode.

‘When You Land Here, It’s Time to Return’ - Flake Music This is the first album I’ve listened to by Flake Music, and I liked it a lot. They seem like a happy little band and they made a happy little album. The thing I like the most is how they stay well within the confines of what they are. Meaning, it doesn’t sound like they are trying to be mega-star musicians. It sounds like they just want to make music, which is nice.

Listen if you like: Modest Mouse, Foo Fighters, Weezer.

‘Veneer’ - September Girls

Photo courtesy of Complex.

Photo courtesy of NBC.

There is one volume this album should be listened to at, and that’s loud, very loud. I’ve never heard of the genre “noisepop,” but I guess it’s pop that aims to be noisy.

This album does it well.

It’s weird, it’s music you’d want to dance to, but the noise makes you also want to fight something.

If dance fighting were a thing, which it might be, I’d highly recommend this.

Listen to: Buzzcocks, Sonic Youth, The Vines.

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Students want more than Lackmann’s spare change

By Julie Rafatpanah SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

Lackmann Culinary Services has been Hofstra University’s food service provider since 1992, making Lackmann’s relationship with Hofstra older than the majority of its current students.

For years, students have voiced their complaints about Lackmann, only for Lackmann’s contract to be extended again and again. By continually extending Lackmann’s contract, Hofstra is hurting both its students and its reputation.

Lackmann Culinary Services cares only about profit and extending its contract.

Lackmann’s recent miniscule decrease in pricing was a

public relations scramble on their part to try to save face and maintain a contract with Hofstra under mounting student opposition.

The five percent decrease in

business as usual.

What Hofstra administrators do not realize is that their relationship with Lackmann is bringing down our University.

The continuation of Lackmann’s contract gives students the impression that the University does not care about how we feel or what we have to say, breeding a pervasive feeling of mistrust and resentment.

There is a gap in communication between Hofstra students and Hofstra administrators, and that gap leaves the administration unaware of how terrible our dining system really is.

Students have been told

“By continually extending Lackmann’s contract, Hofstra is hurting both its students and its reputation.” pricing is laughable and does not come close to solving Hofstra’s dining services problem. It does not make up for mold on food and the numerous other health code violations that Hofstra’s students face.

Lackmann’s new pricing is an insulting reminder of the fact that students are supporting a company that aims to suppress our dissatisfaction just enough so that it can continue to conduct

to address all complaints to Lackmann when in reality, Lackmann does not value students in the same way that Hofstra administrators do. Students need to be communicating directly with Hofstra administrators like Joseph Barkwill who decide whether Lackmann stays or goes.

Unfortunately, even if students do know whom to confront with their complaints regarding Lackmann’s contract, most are so demoralized by Lackmann’s

Some may call a complete overhaul of Hofstra’s dining services an unwise idea, but the truly unwise choice in this situation is to perpetuate a system that is both exploitative to and hated by students.

At this point, the Lackmann name is so tarnished that any “reforms” made by the company would automatically be suspect.

Lackmann Culinary Services has profited off of Hofstra students for long enough.

Determining a new dining system will be a difficult task, but it is a necessary one.

Hofstra must keep the student body informed of their decisionmaking process and continually ask for input. But above all, students must continue to make their voices heard in order to better our university.

“Determining a new dining system will be a difficult task, but it is a neccessary one.” lack of change that they feel that speaking up, even to Hofstra administration directly, will not make any difference.

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Letter to the Editor To the Editor: At a recent Campus Dining Committee meeting held on Nov. 18, there were many students in attendance, and a great dialogue took place regarding opportunities to enhance campus dining services, which are operated by an independent contractor and overseen by the University. As a result, we are pleased to announce the following dining service changes: A web page outlining food service safety policies and procedures is now available on our dining website, and allergen training guides have been created for all personnel so that they can properly assist a student with dietary restrictions or allergen concerns. In addition, all dressings have been properly labeled to avoid any confusion.

At Sbarro’s in the Student Center, we will offer new late

night hot entrees, additional healthy food offerings and more grab & go late-night options to the menu.

Hours of operation will be extended at the following two campus locations: Café on the Quad will be open until 9:00 p.m.

Monday through Thursday, and Café on the Corner will be open to 10:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday. In addition, Café on the Corner will also be extended until 8:00 p.m. on Friday through Sunday.

Food service staff is being added at Café on the Quad and Café on the Corner to improve food service response times, and new management personnel have been added to staff, including Mr. Doug Pierno, Director of Operations, who will spearhead food safety and guest service initiatives to further enhance dayto-day operations.

Enhanced monitoring and staff

training to ensure food products are fresh and within posted expiration dates and that all proper food handling protocols are followed, including: posting new temperature charts to ensure all food is served at proper temperature and contracting with the outside firm Eco Sure, who will continue to perform inspections of all dining facilities, to ensure management and staff are following food handling guidelines.

This includes food storage, holding temperatures (hot, cold and ambient) and food production, as well as implementing new procedures to closely monitor all campus dining establishments to ensure that prices are consistent at all locations.

The food service committee will be investigating a mobile ordering application, Tapingo, for possible implementation for spring 2015.

The committee will be looking into the feasibility of other suggestions including the idea of creating a student donation fund consisting of unused meal points, and the possibility of an all-youcare-to-eat Sunday brunch.

Helene Konsker, registered dietitian, is working to provide additional nutritional information about current menu offerings, and will also evaluate more healthy food options. She is also available to all students who wish to discuss personal dietary plans.

We welcome your communication and feedback so that we can continue making improvements. Please continue to reach out to managers via email, in person, or through the Chattback texting program.

Sincerely, CAMPUS DINING SERVICES

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Pride and politics: Students absent from the polls

By Leah Sax SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

As you may or may not have known, 36 Senate seats, as well as three proposed statewide referenda, were up for election in last month’s midterm election on Nov. 4.

An informal poll conducted in my global studies classes found that only around two students in each class did vote and were aware of the election. Most students did not know about the election, and some were aware but live out of state and were unsure how to go about voting.

A few students explained that they really didn’t know the voting process at all, as they are not political science majors and no one ever taught them how to vote.

Most people our age don’t vote because they do not feel adequately represented or that their vote won’t make a difference. This is not how they should feel.

It is no secret that Hofstra University proudly hosted two past presidential debates, which is why it was especially shocking that not a single flyer, banner or atrium table dedicated to the midterm election could be found

on campus. As a college campus, it is Hofstra’s responsibility to help its students become more politically literate and socially responsible.

Hofstra should be teaching students about the importance of voting. Perhaps in the days leading up to the next presidential election, and also the next midterm election, our campus could post fliers and political clubs could set up informational tables in the atrium.

The University could host seminars that explain how to register Illustration by Edward Farquharson to vote, where to vote near campus as well as how to apply for and mail in one’s absentee what is making students unhappy, ballot if out of state. It could even then the act of not voting is not show movies and documentaries a form of protest; it is a form that stress how our forefathers of giving up on our electoral laid down their lives for our process. An act of protest would right to vote, focusing on the be voting despite the corruption, Revolutionary War and creation or voting third party if one feels of the U.S. Constitution. the two party system is failing.

Countless students said, “I’m A billionaire can funnel money not voting as a form of protest.” into campaigns and entice But if corruption of the system is

candidates all he or she wants, but at the end of the day, that billionaire is only one person. By abstaining from voting, you give that one big contributor more power than he or she deserves.

Candidates just want to get reelected, and they will bend over backwards for one person’s monetary support for campaigns

rather than catering to a group of voters, if the monetary support will yield better results.

True change begins with a vote, and inaction only allows undue influence of the few on the policies of our future.

Nutrition 101: What students are not learning

By Juliana Spano SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

Walk into the Student Center dining hall at lunchtime on any given day, and you will find dozens of students waiting in line to pay for their midday omelet or chocolate milkshake. Early on in their time at Hofstra, these students learn where to go for the tastiest eats on campus, but what they don’t learn is what they should be eating.

A healthy lifestyle is essential for people who wish to thrive academically. Without proper nutrition, the brain is not able to function at its optimum capacity, and yet, Hofstra does not require any nutritional courses; nor has

it provided a freshmen nutrition seminar once this year.

In fact, the “Intro to Nutritional Science” course dictates that prospective students must have previously enrolled in biology or chemistry – two courses not required for distribution credit and thus, likely not taken by nonscience-centric majors.

Because of this, many students may have trouble adapting to campus food-life, but there are few options for learning about how to maintain a healthy diet.

Think about it. We enter college as freshmen overwhelmed by the prospect of acclimating to an entirely new independent lifestyle.

This stress may make us prone to consuming comfort food such as

budget is inflating toward the infamous Freshman 15. It’s real.

Health.com reported that 70 percent of freshmen gain weight, while WebMD found that one in four college students gain around 10 pounds in their first year.

With all of these unhealthy options and a lack of nutritional education, younger students are bound to make mistakes that can damage their health.

This is why Hofstra needs to better educate the student body regarding nutrition. The University

“...many students may have trouble adapting to campus food-life, but there are few options for learning about how to maintain a healthy diet.” ice cream, mac and cheese and French fries – of which there is no shortage on campus.

Add in a few drinks on the weekends, plus some late night study snacks and the calorie

has a nutritionist, but she is poorly advertised and therefore underutilized. Students have so many helpful resources on campus – academic counselors, deans, professors – but they are not guided to focus on their health, which should come first.

To entice students to eat healthily, Hofstra should host nutrition seminars – either at freshmen orientation, or during Welcome Week. These times are best because they take place during the beginning of students’ liberation period. Often times, people do take interest in their health until they are taught about it.

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Pride profile: Wrestling head coach Dennis Papadatos

By Mike Rudin SPORTS EDITOR

First year-head coach Dennis Papadatos agreed to come back to Hofstra University to take charge of the wrestling team this past summer.

“I’m in this for the long haul, and my goal,” said Papadatos.

“I want to be the best Division I head coach in the country and I want this to be the best program in the country. I want to win national championships and I want Hofstra to win national titles, that’s the plan.”

He’s confident that his coaching skills can put Hofstra wrestling among other nationally top tier programs, especially after the immense success he had working at Binghamton University.

“Even after I left Binghamton and everywhere I went everyone only wanted to talk about my Binghamton years. [Former Binghamton head coach] Pat Popolizio and I made a name for ourselves and we brought the worst program in the country, where we finished as high as 17th in the nation. They were the worst team in the country when we got there, we busted our butts,” said Papadatos.

The former Hofstra wrestler, from 1997-2001, earned 95 wins in his career but his start in wrestling took an unorthodox turn.

“I was actually in kiddy wrestling when I was young but not [for] long and I don’t have much recollection of it. It wasn’t a part of my life [back then]… [But] the first time I actually wrestled when I knew I [enjoyed] wrestling was eighth grade,” said Papadatos.

He had two major influences during his time in middle school that helped push the idea of wrestling into his head, “My brother wrestled, and he was three years older than me so I decided I was going to do wrestling and be better than he was. My best friend at the time, he actually still is one of my best friends, wrestled, and he wrestled in seventh grade and then I decided to wrestle him in eighth grade. I don’t even remember the reason,” said Papadatos.

During that time, he participated in football and wrestling was

put on the backburner for a while, “I liked football better at the time,” said Papadatos. “Until probably 11th grade, then I really got the wrestling bug. So I got it a lot later than a lot of other people, so [it] explains why I have so much fire. When I was in high school, most people classified me as a football player.”

His life motto and determination was the reason wrestling was kept on the map, during his middle and high school years. “I don’t quit when I start something.

I was going to do it. Here I am all those years later still doing it. I don’t remember but it wasn’t a draw to it. There wasn’t, ‘oh I want to try that’ It just kind of happened.”

Wrestling was never considered for a career in the long run for Papadatos, “I originally wanted to go into medical school.

I looked into going to medical school in exercise science. You did every prerequisite to go into med school. I was going to do exercise science, I liked that industry. I liked exercise, I liked [the science and mechanics of the] body,” said Papadatos.

It wasn’t until Papadatos started an internship in the medical field that he found out that he wasn’t a fan anymore, “I was going to be done wrestling, then I was going to go into med school.

That was always my plan. Then I did my internship my senior year in cardiac rehab because I was going to be a cardiologist and I hated it,” said Papadatos.

“Last thing I wanted to do was go to school for another six years, doing residency and I met a lot of cardiologists. I’ll be honest, they didn’t make the kind of money I thought you would make for the all the effort they put in. They did well but it lost its appeal fast when I did my internship.”

He graduated from Hofstra with his bachelor’s degree in exercise science in 2000 and got his master’s degree in health education in 2002. Papadatos originally wanted to earn his master’s degree in exercise science as well, “I had one more year of eligibility [for wrestling] so I stayed in and I stayed at Hofstra, so Hofstra doesn’t have

a master’s in exercise science which is what I really wanted. So the closest thing was health education, I really just did it so I could be a full-time student my senior year athletically. I was already in grad school; I did it to be eligible.

I was already halfway done with my masters.”

Even after his graduation, Papadatos still didn’t consider coaching as a profession but he later joined the Pride wrestling staff as an strength and conditioning assistant from 2001-2004.

Papadatos only saw it as a stepping stone while trying to reach his intended career. “It was a lot of fun because I had no intentions of ever being a coach at that time,” said Papadatos. “I started personally training. Then I had my own personal training business and then I’d had people working for me and I was doing pretty well financially. I was going to be an entrepreneur of some sort in the health industry, just be kind of involved in wrestling.”

Although during his time working alongside head coach Tom Ryan he started to find a knack in coaching, “It was just fun to kind of coach and be around Tom. It was fun to be around wrestling because I still loved it and I loved coming to practice and wrestling and not have to make weight. To coach in the corner,” said Papadatos. “To be honest, [it] sounds crazy but I realized I was pretty good at it naturally, I was better coaching than I was competing.”

Papadatos still struggled to see himself as a wrestling coach. “I fought it for a bit. I wanted to be successful in corporate America, I did a few things, I was going to get engaged and I was going to get married. I really visualized being successful was going to work in a suit and tie and a briefcase. So I did that for a bit, I made money but I was hollow inside, it was empty [work],” said Papadatos.

Once he concluded his time as a strength and conditioning assistant for the Pride, Papadatos took advantage of other coaching positions. “When I finally got married at 27, I took a job in Northern Illinois University,” said

Mike Rudin/Hofstra Chronicle Papadatos talks to Jamel Hudson as he heads off the mat against Lock Haven.

Papadatos.

Papadatos was an assistant coach for the Northern Illinois Huskies for one year then took up another opportunity as an assistant back in New York. “Then [my family and I] went to Binghamton because it was closer to home and it was more money and my wife wanted to come closer to home. It was the most important years of my coaching life at the time. It was where I grew as a coach, it’s where I formed great relationships,” said Papadatos.

He later joined the wrestling coaching staff at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Just before becoming the head coach of Hofstra wrestling, he was an assistant coach at UNC Chapel Hill for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons. “I realized I really liked college athletics, that’s why I had a great experience at UNC to experience,” said Papadatos.

He helped developed the athletic program to be the in the top 20 recruiting class in his first year. Then the Tar Heels’ wrestling program improved to the top 10 the following year in 2014.

Papadatos explained all the jobs he done and how they helped him in the long run to be a head coach. “I got to experience small athletic departments, midsize athletic departments, mid-

majors, huge athletics. Different types of coaching philosophies, I’ve been a graduate assistant, I’ve been a strength and conditioning coach, I’ve been a second assistant, I’ve been a volunteer assistant, I’ve been a head assistant, I’ve been an associate head coach and now I’m head coach,” said Papadatos.

“It’s helped me a lot because I have a respect for every job does, I’ve learned little things that help me along the way, hopefully [to] be a better head coach,” Papadatos continued. “It developed me to be ready.”

Dennis Papadatos excelled both as a student and an athlete during his time at Hofstra and a key to his success was he described was his work ethic.

“I’m a firm believer that you try to be great at everything you do. It was how I was kind of raised and I believed in effort and I’m a big effort guy and so I lead by effort,” said Papadatos.

He was a duel contender in the NCAA championships in his third and fourth year wrestling for the Pride. He placed second in the ECWA championships in the 1999-2000 season and won the EWCA title in 2000-2001 season.

Papadatos was a three time division one all-American academic as a Hofstra wrestler.

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December 2, 2014 •A 15

Pride falters at USF, cruise to win at Jackson St.

By Mike Rudin and Kyle Kandetzki SPORTS EDITOR AND ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

The two game road series started out dreadful with a 71-70 collapse in the final minutes after a 15-point lead against University of South Florida.

After such a depleting loss in Florida, the Pride traveled to Jackson, Mississippi, for a quick turnaround as they beat the Jackson State Tigers 86-56.

Juan’ya Green shot both his free throws to bring the Pride ahead 70-69 with 37 seconds left on the clock. Ultimately, the South Florida Bulls made the game-winning shot with a layup from Chris Perry with seven seconds left in the game. Green tried to be the hero for the Pride, but failed to make a jumper with a second to spare.

“All the tough loss for us here. They deserve the credit they made winning plays when you had to and we didn’t,” said head coach Mihalich. “That’s what happens, that’s how you win. We said that all the time: make winning plays and it’s very disappointing,” Ameen Tanksley led the Pride offense with 20 points in the game and Green shot 17 points in noble efforts to stop the second half collapse.

Thirteen of Green’s points

resulted from free throws, otherwise he shot 2-11.

Rokas Gustys helped out as he led the team with 12 total rebounds in the game and shot 6 points.

Hofstra started out a bit sluggish, down 9-17 by the 11:31 mark in the first half. Dion Nesmith scored five consecutive points for the Pride to cut the lead to five after the Bulls shot a layup in between Nesmith’s streak.

Bernardi and Green helped cut the deficit to one with a pair of layups.

Green tied the game with a free throw after his layup with 8:41 left in the first half. Nesmith put the Pride ahead and they gradually took the lead for the next few minutes. Hofstra led the South Florida Bulls 28-21 by the 5:26 mark. Then the Pride took nine-point lead with 2:25 left in the first.

Hofstra took a ten-point lead with 1:41 left but the Bulls managed to cut the lead to 36-30 by the end of the first half.

The Pride and the Bulls both battled back and forth in the first four minutes of the second half, the Pride retained their six-point lead after Bernardi made a threepointer at the 16:08 mark.

Hofstra extended their lead to nine points after Tanskley made a three-pointer of his own with 14:56 left in the game. The Pride would maintain and only

the Bulls scored two points in a span of more than four and a half minutes.

Hofstra hit a mini-streak, scoring eight points in a span of less than two minutes that brought their lead to 57-42 with 8:33 to go.

The Bulls then started to storm back, outscoring the Pride 16-7 in nearly five and half minutes, that brought the score to within six points with 2:49 left in the game.

Despite Green’s effort as he shot back-to-back free throws, the Bulls cut the lead to two after a three-pointer, a layup and a free throw made by South Florida with 1:50 left to go.

South Florida Bull, Dinero Mercuious, tied the game up at 66-66 with a layup in the paint and with 1:25 left in the game.

Green shot another pair of free throws, the Bulls retaliated with a shot outside the arc which gave South Florida a 69-68 lead with 50 seconds left.

This led to Green’s last pair of points from the free throw line and the missed jumper to cost them the game as the Pride collapsed.

The Bulls bench outshot the Pride’s in the second half 15-3 and the Bulls outperformed in the paint overall 36-16.

“We’ll see what we’re made of. It’s a heartbreaking loss, it’s a devastating loss. You snatched defeat from the jaws of victory,”

said Mihalich. “We’ll see what were made of on Friday.”

The Pride found their way to explode offensively against Jackson State University and maintain their dominant performance through all 40 minutes.

Brian Bernardi made his return to offensive dominance after a short lull since his breakout 22-point performance against Jacksonville.

He topped himself with a 26-point night, while Tanksley followed him with another good game, scoring 21 points.

“I’m proud of our team,” said Mihalich. “This is what good teams do. We come into a game in a tough situation and take care of business.”

Much like the Wagner game, Jackson State only held the lead for a handful of seconds before coughing it up permanently to a hungry Pride offensive attack.

Hofstra opening the game on a ten-point run, and was up 22-10 by the half way point of the opening period.

The game wasn’t totally out of hand at halftime, with the score at 37-25 in favor of Hofstra, but the Pride scored even more after the break.

Hofstra outscored the Tigers 49-31, and hit 8 three’s to make sure Jackson State would not be able to bounce back.

Still, with twelve minutes left

in the second half, the Tigers only trailed by six points, but the team absolutely disappeared on both sides of the ball to close the game. Eighteen straight points put Hofstra up by 26 in what seemed to be a blink of an eye, and they led by as much as 35 at one point.

Jackson State’s efforts were hopeless once the Pride’s offensive explosion cooled down.

The Pride left them to score meaningless hoops for the final eight minutes of play. After quiet closing minutes, Hofstra rolled to the 86-56 victory.

Yet another high-scoring performance from Tanksley makes it evident that he is becoming the Pride’s most reliable offensive option every night, while also being efficient as he shot 66 percent from the field.

Efficiency was the name of the game for the trio of Hofstra players, Bernardi, Tanksley and Green, who went into double figures, as they shot a combined 22-for-39, and 11-for-18 from three.

The win was Hofstra’s first on the road of this season, and placed them at 4-2 so far, while the Tigers dropped to 1-5.

The Pride will finally get a few days of rest before returning to the Mack Sports Complex to play Norfolk State University on Tuesday, Dec. 2nd at 7:00 p.m.

Wrestling makes strides, but falls to opponents

By Alex Mitchell SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

After back-to-back losses to Lehigh and Rutgers Universities, Hofstra finally got a win by placing second in the New York State Collegiate Championships on Sunday Nov. 23.

Cornell took first with a team score of 144.5, giving them their third consecutive state title.

Hofstra ended only half a point behind with a score of 144.0.

Army placed third with 128.5.

Hofstra was the best out of every school in the New Yorkmetropolitan region.

The Pride’s hard fought effort did not go unrewarded.

Individually, sophomore Jamel Hudson (141 lbs.), gradstudent Cody Ruggirello (149 lbs.) and

sophomore Michael Hughes (285 lbs.) all earned the gold by placing first in their weight classes.

Hudson took the first victory of the afternoon, scoring 22 team points for the Pride after defeating four wrestlers, including a 7-2 decision in the first place match against Buffalo’s Jason Estevez.

Ruggirello and Hughes tied for the biggest contributions for Hofstra, as they both added 27 points. Ruggirello took first on three falls and one major decision (9-0), while Hughes also went through four opponents, and won by major decision in the first place match, 12-4.

Senior Nick Terdick (165 lbs.) made it to the final match up in his weight class, but ultimately

came in second after losing in a major decision 13-4, while redshirt freshman Kyle Krasavage (133 lbs.) also took second.

Sophomores Jahlani Callender (157 lbs.) and Frank Affront (174 lbs.) took third and fifth in their weight classes, respectively.

On Saturday Nov. 29, Hofstra continued their upstate New York swing in Troy for the Journeymen/ Asics Northeast Duals tournament. The Pride went 1-2 overall, taking losses to the University of Missouri and North Carolina State University, but beating Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) rival Sacred Heart University.

Hofstra lost a 33-9 decision to the fifth ranked team in the nation, the Missouri Tigers, and 27-9 to the North Carolina State

Wolfpack, who are ranked no.

23. They beat their EIWA foe, the Sacred Heart Pioneers by a score of 32-13.

Hudson, Ruggirello and Hughes each won two of their three matches, while sweeping their efforts against Sacred Heart.

But before their easy victory against Sacred Heart, Hofstra was only able to muster 18 points over two matches against two nationally ranked teams. Terdick was the only athlete to win a match, while Hughes won by forfeit.

Against North Carolina State, Hofstra’s two nationally ranked wrestlers Hudson and Ruggirello were the only winners of the afternoon. Ranked No. 17, Hudson would have an especially impressive effort, winning an 8-3

decision against No. 15, Sam Speno.

Sacred Heart would only defeat the Pride three times, as Travis Passaro, Michael Oxley, Krasavage and Callender would tack on wins following tough outings in the days before.

Hofstra now sits at 2-4 so far, and is 1-1 in the EIWA. The Pride will complete 2014 with a trip to Las Vegas for the Cliff Keen-Las Vegas Invitational this week, then will compete in the Grapple at the Garden at Madison Square Garden. The dual event has them facing the University of Maryland and conference opponent Bucknell on Dec. 21.

The team then tops it all off with the Lock Haven University Invitational on Dec. 29.

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Women’s basketball loses in OT & home tournament title

By Mike Rudin and Chris Buckley

SPORTS EDITOR AND STAFF WRITER

To lookup the team’s three prior games before the tournament, check it out on thehofstrachronicle.com The Hofstra Pride women’s basketball team nearly collapsed in the second half against Northern Iowa University in the first round of the Hofstra Thanksgiving Tournament, but the Pride stood their ground and battled back in overtime to take the 61-58 win. Hofstra then advanced into the championship round.

But the Hofstra Pride fell to the Western Kentucky Lady Toppers 70-65 in overtime of the championship game in the Hofstra Thanksgiving Invitational Tournament on Saturday night.

With the loss, Hofstra moves to 3-2 on the season, while the Lady Toppers improve to 5-2 as part of Conference-USA. Krystal Luciano, Elo Edeferioka and Ashunae Durant led the Pride with 14 points each on the court against the Northern Iowa Panthers. Edeferioka led Hofstra in rebounds with 11 total in the game, Durant came in second with 10 total rebounds.

Darius Faulk played an important role as a universal utility player as she shot 9 points, made 9 total rebounds and led the Pride in both assists with four and steals with three. Hofstra overwhelmed the Panthers in the first 12 minutes of the game.

The Pride took a 17-4 lead by the 9:18 mark in the first half and maintained the 13-point lead for slightly over a minute and a half in the game.

The Panthers started to pick up their offense against the Pride.

Northern Iowa rallied 15 points versus Hofstra’s 12 within the last 7:44 of the half. The Pride still maintained a ten-point lead, 29-19 going into the second half.

The second half was Hofstra’s weakest point in the game as Northern Iowa outscored the Pride 30-20 to tie the game.

The Northern Iowa panthers started out strong, scoring in the first ten seconds. In addition, the Panthers scorched through the

Pride with an 11-2 rally in the first five and a half minutes of the second half. Hofstra’s lead disappeared and the panthers took a one-point lead. Elo Edeferioka allowed Hofstra to retake the lead with a layup at the 14:05 mark.

Sdyni Epps and Krystal Luciano both shot jumpers that made their way to the net to extend the Pride’s lead to 37-32 with 12:21 left in the game.

Exactly a minute later, Northern Iowa struck back with one layup, and then another at the 10:45 mark that cut Hofstra’s lead down to 37-36. After a pair of free throws shot by Northern Iowa and a three-pointer, the Panthers regained the lead and extended it to 41-37. The Panthers later took an eight-point lead with 4:48 left in regulation.

By the 2:44 mark, the Pride mounted a comeback with Ashunae Durant’s jumper to cut the lead down to a five-point deficit. Then 26 seconds later, Edeferioka shot a free throw to cut the lead to four.

Durant had two scoring opportunities from the free throw line after a foul from Panthers’ player Madison Weekly. Durant made both shots and cut the lead again with two points and 1:10 left in regulation.

Edeferioka made her mark again sinking a jumper to tie the game at 49 a piece with 24 seconds left. Asia Jackson tried to play the hero shooting a jumper with four seconds left on the clock but missed the shot sending the game to overtime. With five minutes to take the game, the Pride stepped up when it mattered most. Back-to-back layups from inside the paint gave the Pride a four-point lead in the first 29 seconds of overtime.

Including the two layups, Hofstra went on a 8-3 run after Durant scored two more free throws and Krystal Luciano found the hoop with a jumper to extend Hofstra’s lead to 57-52 with 2:14 left. Panther’s Stephine Davis shot a layup and a free throw to cut the lead down to 57-55 with 1:56 left in the game.

The Pride refused to go under as Krystal Luciano put up a clutch three-point shot to extend the lead to 60-55 with 55 seconds

left on the clock. Madison Weekly responded with a three-pointer of her own with 26 seconds left but the Pride managed to keep possession of the ball. The game ended with Edeferioka in the middle of a free throw as she stalled out the remaining second.

Luciano’s last minute shot put the Pride into the championship round against Northern Kentucky in the Hofstra Thanksgiving Tournament.

But the next day didn’t go as successfully. The Pride battled Western Kentucky and took the tournament title away from the Pride. Western Kentucky’s Chastity Gooch led all scorers with 21 points and nine rebounds.

The forward was also named tournament MVP after averaging just over 15 points in WKU’s game against Tulane on Friday, as well as the win over Hofstra.

Three Pride players finished in double digits, including Asia Jackson who had a team-high 16 points and 2 three-pointers.

Guards Darius Faulk and Jakelle King-Gilchrist chipped in with 15 and 10 points, respectively.

A physical first half saw Hofstra take its first lead, 10-9, with 10:28 remaining in the frame after a 5-0 run. Each team fought for a lead throughout, trading the advantage with run after run.

The Lady Toppers managed two 7-0 runs on a Pride defense that struggled to consistently maintain control of a dynamic WKU offense. Nearly four of WKU’s five starters entered the contest averaging double figures.

Hofstra went to the locker room trailing 34-26.

Hofstra’s Elo Edeferioka was tasked with guarding the explosive Gooch, a day after containing Northern Iowa’s offensive juggernaut Jen Keitel in a Hofstra overtime win. On this day, Edeferioka was in foul trouble early, forcing head coach Krista Kilburn-Steveskey to allow Edeferioka limited minutes.

Gooch continued to dominate in the paint all game long, as the Pride defense was uncharacteristically inconsistent, allowing the Lady Toppers easy penetration and paint presence.

In the second half, Darius Faulk scored six of Hofstra’s first

Megan McGuire/Hofstra Chronicle Krystal Luciano fights her way into the paint. Luciano scored 14 points vs. NIU.

eight points, playing in her first game as a starter for the Pride.

The Hempstead native provided a much-needed jolt of energy and offensive production.

However, the Pride’s turnovers prevented them from maintaining a significant lead, as the squad coughed up the ball 27 total times in 45 minutes. The team also shot poorly from the charity stripe, going 14-23 for a 61 percent clip.

In the waning minutes of regulation, Asia Jackson helped keep the Pride in the game by knocking down clutch shots, including a three-pointer and a pair of gametying free throws with 1:36 left in the second half. With the game tied at 57, Faulk put Hofstra up one after a successful free throw.

Gooch responded for WKU with a free throw of her own to make it a 58-58 contest.

The Pride could not convert on their next possession, giving WKU a chance to win. However, a travel was called and Hofstra regained the ball with eight seconds remaining. The team could not get a shot before the buzzer, sending the game to overtime.

In overtime, WKU quickly took control and dominated the Pride, scoring eight straight points to put Hofstra in a deep hole. Ashunae Durant was the first Pride player

to get on the board in OT, draining her lone field goal of the game on a three-point play.

With 5.7 seconds left, Krystal Luciano buried a three-pointer to make it a 68-65 contest, but time was not on the Pride’s side.

Gooch converted her final two free throws on the ensuing possession to help WKU wrap up the hard-fought victory.

“We know that we had one right here in our hands tonight,” said head coach Krista KilburnSteveskey. “It was definitely hardfought and we certainly didn’t give in.”

The Pride finished the game with 30 points from bench players, primarily due to the team’s foul trouble. Durant, Edeferioka, Faulk and Jackson all finished with four fouls apiece. In a physical battle in the paint, Hofstra outrebounded the Lady Toppers 49-38.

“We have a heck of a lot more challenges left on our plate,” said Kilburn-Steveskey. “We can only take them one at a time, and our next one is with Albany. So, we need to right the wrong pretty quickly.”

The women’s basketball team is next in action onight. Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m.

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Pride Preview: Volleyball heads off to Nebraska

By Kevin Carroll STAFF WRITER

Time to break out the old dancing shoes folks because, for the second time in the past three years, the Hofstra volleyball team will play on the sport’s grandest stage, the NCAA Tournament.

The Pride is coming off a heart stopping five-set victory over the College of Charleston to capture the CAA conference championship, and win an automatic bid into this year’s national tournament.

The Pride will enter tournament play with a record of 28-5, and hungry to make a statement against foes from larger and more prominent conferences.

They will have a chance to do just that, as Hofstra will play the 14th-ranked University of Nebraska Cornhuskers in their first-round matchup.

Nebraska hails from the Big Ten, regarded as one of the best conferences in volleyball, as well as in most other sports.

The Cornhuskers come into the match sporting a 20-9 record, with an impressive 14-6 mark in conference play.

On paper, this Cornhuskers squad looks like it may be more than Hofstra can handle. The Nebraska attack is anchored by

twin hitters Amber and Kadie Rolfzen, a pair of 6’3 sophomores that are among the best in the Big Ten in kills.

Another factor into the offense for Nebraska is junior Kelsey Fien, also measuring in at 6’3.

The Cornhuskers have a height advantage on the Pride, with a number of players above the six foot mark they will likely look to control the net against the shorter Pride squad.

Looking to assist the Nebraska hitters in their quest for kills is senior setter, Mary Pollmiller.

Pollmiller averaged 10.17 assists per set during the regular season, making her the fourth-best in the Big Ten. Bolstering the Cornhusker defense is libero Justine WongOrantes, averaging just under four digs per set for Nebraska.

Helping her out is freshman Annika Albrecht, who is already doing good things for Nebraska in her first year with the program.

While, on paper, Nebraska may have the advantage, it is essentially common knowledge that come tournament time, stats and records go out the window.

Volleyball’s biggest stage is just waiting for a team to step up and provide the upset that shocks the world.

Hofstra may not play in the

biggest conference, or play the best teams, but the tenacity and heart of the Pride is second to none.

To pull the upset in Seattle, the Pride has to win the battle at the net. They may be outsized, but Nuria Lopes da Silva’s leaping ability turns her into a giant at the net.

Look for strong performances from Hofstra’s hitters, whether it is Lopes da Silva, Emily Burke or CAA Player of the Year Kelsie Wills.

Hofstra setter Hannah Klemm has had an incredible season, earning CAA Setter of the Year honors, and she must continue her superb work assisting the big hitters.

Hofstra’s back line must keep up the hustle and ferocity that they’ve been playing with all year by going all out for every ball and not stopping until the blow of the referee’s whistle.

In order to send the Cornhuskers home early, the Pride has to put forth the type of total team effort that we have all become accustomed to throughout the season.

The first round of the NCAA Volleyball Tournament will be played from Dec. 4 to Dec. 6, with 64 teams clashing for a chance at glory. Hofstra will take on

Megan McGuire/Hofstra Chronicle The Pride huddled up following a point in a recent match. Among them are senior leaders Kelsie Wills and Adama Aja.

Nebraska on Dec. 5 at 8:00 pm. at the Devaney Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.

The Cornhuskers may be the favorite to advance to the next

round, but don’t be surprised if the Pride pull off the upset, and cut the music on Nebraska’s trip to the big dance.

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@ Coppin State University 7:30 P.m.

@ Columbia University 7:00 P.m.

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A 18 •December 2, 2014

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Men’s squad stays perfect at home with thrilling wins

By Mike Rudin and Kyle Kandetzki SPORTS EDITOR AND ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

To see the recap of Men’s Basketball’s away matchups against USF and Jackson State, see page A15.

Dion Nesmith leaped through the air to hit the game-winning shot to propel Hofstra over Stony Brook 66-65. The Pride downed the Wagner Seahawks 93-71 at the Mack on Sunday afternoon, led behind an outstanding performance from Juan’ya Green.

Six years ago was the last time the two universities played each other, yet the rivalry is as alive as ever. Hofstra came away with their second win of the season and their 19th win out of 23 matchups against Stony Brook in program history.

“A great win for us. I thought it was two teams that went toeto-toe, fought their brains out and competed like crazy and fortunately we were the team to make the last shot,” said head coach Joe Mihalich.

Nesmith recalled his gamewinning shot, “Ameen was dribbling the ball up, play was actually to get the ball to Juan’ya and they kind of faced guard me cause of the ball. Ameen passed the ball to me, I saw the shot clock was running down and I went to go make a play.”

The crowd made their presence well known through the game, especially the last minute, adding to the intensity of the rivalry between these two teams.

Nesmith took notice of the atmosphere, “I thought the crowd was great. Especially when we made a big shot and the crowd started chanting ‘De-fense!

De-fense!’ that kind of got us going a little bit [more].” “[The game and rivalry] shows how important it is and how much fun it can be for everybody,” said Mihalich. “It’s what college basketball is all about.”

Green also felt the crowd’s presence during the game.

“The crowd was there, good atmosphere, we didn’t play as well in the second half but I think overall we played a good game,”

said Green.

After the first half ended with the Pride down 25-30, they stepped up their game and outscored Stony brook 41-35 in the second half to ultimately take the game.

Hofstra increased their percentages in two-pointers, three-pointers and free throws by at least 20 percent. From the first half to the second half, the Pride improved from 33.3 to 65.4 percent in field goals, 10 to 50 percent in three-point field goals and 40 to 66.7 percent in free throws.

The last five minutes came down to the wire for the Pride as the team was down 54-61 with 5:03 left to make a comeback.

After several missed scoring opportunities from both sides, Ameen Tanksley sinks a three to cut the lead 57-61 with 3:56 left.

Rokas Gustys steals the ball following the play and sets up Brian Bernardi for the threepointer and he scores to cut the lead to one as well as drawing a foul on Stony Brook Player Rayshaun McGrew. Bernardi tied the game at 61 a piece with 3:23 left in regulation. After Green shot a free throw, Nesmith scored the last four points in the last 33 seconds to provide the win.

Green led the Pride scoring with 22 points and Nesmith second in command with 18 points. Green shot 9 out of 15 attempts inside the arc and had made four out of five free throws. Nesmith shot 7 out of 11 opportunities as he thrived scoring inside the three-point perimeter.

A major threat to the Pride was Jameel Warney, who shot 26 points in the game despite the loss for the Seawolves.

“We still had control of the game and it was just one shot that went in, but it [is] not all about that shot. We had a lot of turnovers, if we just didn’t turn the ball over 19 times. [Then] a few more shots we [would] get back up, and it wouldn’t have gone down to the end of the game,” said Warney. He had 14 total rebounds as well as two blocks and two steals.

Tanksley and Rokas Gustys

stepped up for the Pride on both the offensive and defensive fronts. Tanksley shot 14 points as well as leading the team in seven rebounds; Gustys led the Pride with five steals and four assists in the game as well as shooting four points.

Rayshaun McGrew backed up Warnery, shooting 13 points in the game for the Seawolves.

McGrew also put up seven total rebounds in 26 minutes of playing time on the night. The one flaw in his game was the six turnovers he committed.

The last time the two teams played was on Dec. 8 and the Pride came out with a victory 61-56. The win provided a huge momentum shift and confidence boost as Hofstra went into Sunday’s game against Wagner College.

Whereas the Stony Brook game was a battle from start to finish, the clash between Hofstra and Wagner College on Sunday seemed over right from the start.

Green’s double-double on 24 points and 11 assists, while fellow Philly native Tanksley followed him with 17 points to pave the way for the win by 22 points.

“We had a bit of a hangover after such an exciting win on Friday night,” said Mihalich. “But I think our guys really answered the bell, and we were aggressive in the first half.”

In the opening minutes of the game, it seemed as if it was Gustys’ afternoon to dominate, scoring six of the Pride’s first nine points. Amid Gustys’ scoring tear Wagner was able to hold their biggest lead of the game… a one-point advantage 3:30 into the game.

But neither early-game trend would stay for long, as Hofstra took back the lead shortly after, and Gustys wouldn’t score again for the remainder of the day.

Gustys only got seven minutes on the floor, which Mihalich cited was due to resting a leg injury he was playing through.

The three-point shot would create an early distance between Hofstra and Wagner, with backto-back scores from Nesmith and Tanksley. At this point the score was 15-7 and the Seahawks

Chris Owens/Hofstra Chronicle Rokas Gustys and Brian Bernardi react under the hoop as Nesmith’s winning shot falls through the net with 1.6 seconds remaining against Stony Brook.

wouldn’t even come close from there on out.

There were several deficiencies that Wagner had that led to their loss, but the standout issue was having absolutely no answer for Green.

Green started off his night with a high-speed fast break score midway through the first half, and was unstoppable for the remainder of the period. Green already had 14 points at halftime, and was perfect from the field and the free throw line.

Green’s ability to dish the ball aided the Pride to a 73 percent field goal percentage on his six assists. The Pride made the game feel out of reach already, with a halftime score of 47-30.

The second half wasn’t quite as impressive, as Hofstra would only outscore Wagner by five points, though it was obvious who was the better team.

“We had a couple of lulls in the second half and got a little careless with the basketball,” said Mihalich. “[Wagner] put their heads down and just went and we could’ve handled that better.”

As Mihalich put his team into a rotation with his starters sitting extra time, the errors racked up with 12 turnovers. Wagner

capitalized with 16 points off of them, while the Hofstra offense took its foot off the pedal, only shooting 36 percent in the final half.

But Green and Tanskley would continue to lead the Pride, as Tanskley sunk three shots from behind the arc, while Green aided by drawing fouls and hitting six free throws. And though the less impressive performance, Hofstra went into victory formation in the final minutes of the game, and took the win 93-71.

On the stat sheet, every Hofstra player scored a point, including Jamall Robinson having an impressive 13-point performance.

“It’s great to see all the guys in there and getting some points,” said Mihalich. “You see Daryl Fowlkes get to knock down a few foul shots, and nights like that always make for a happy locker room.”

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SPORTS

December 2, 2014 •A 19

Volleyball takes CAA title, NCAA tournament bid

By Nick Mazzarella and Kevin Carroll STAFF WRITERS

No. 2 seed Hofstra captured the CAA championship and an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament with a five-set win over No. 1 seed and tournament host College of Charleston on Sunday. Set scores were 26-24, 27-25, 19-25, 24-26, 15-8.

The CAA title is the program’s third ever, the other two titles won in 2006 and 2012, and the first under first-year head coach Emily Mansur.

“This is like a perfect Cinderella story,” said Mansur. “I started my first year with such a great group, and I’m very thankful that they responded so well to the changes that we brought this year.”

Senior outside hitter Kelsie Wills, senior middle blocker Nuria Lopes da Silva and senior right side hitter, Emily Burke, the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, were named to the alltournament team.

“It was a privilege to have all of them,” said Mansur about her seniors.

Heading into Sunday’s match, the season series between Hofstra and College of Charleston was tied at one. Each team’s win came in five sets on the other’s home court.

In the first set, three straight service errors and two block errors by Hofstra gave the College of Charleston five of its first six points. The Cougars held the largest lead at 16-11, but an 8-3 run by the Pride tied the score at 19. After that point, there were five lead changes, but a service ace by Lopes da Silva gave Hofstra a 26-24 win.

Hofstra’s slow start in set number two caused Mansur to use both of her timeouts over a five-point span (down 6-2 and 10-3), but the Pride fought back.

Thanks to a 15-5 run, they led 18-15. Despite tying the score at 24 and then 25, the College of Charleston never regained the lead. A kill and a block assist by Lopes da Silva closed the set and had Hofstra one set away from a CAA championship.

However, the Cougars didn’t let Hofstra off that easily. In the third set, six unanswered points from the College of Charleston quickly turned an 11-11 tie into a

17-11 advantage. The Pride cut the lead to three after that point, but in a set in which Hofstra’s hitting percentage was just .133, the Cougars’ .333 clip was too much to overcome. College of Charleston took set number three, 25-19.

In a fourth set that featured 11 ties and seven lead changes, Mansur received a red card for calling a timeout that Hofstra did not have. The red card gave College of Charleston a point, which tied the score at 24. The Cougars took the next two points forcing the conference’s top two teams to need a fifth set for the third time this year.

Before the final set, Mansur told her team, “We are where we want to be. Let’s give everything we have and not regret anything at the end of this match.”

There aren’t any regrets.

Hofstra trailed for only one point in set number five at 2-1, but a 7-1 run gave the Pride a commanding 8-3 lead when the teams switched sides. After the College of Charleston rattled off three straight points to get within two, Hofstra scored seven of the next nine points to win the set, the match and the CAA championship. A kill by the MOP, Burke, on championship point was followed by Pride players falling to the ground in excitement and piling on top of one another.

“I was just very excited.”

Mansur said after the final point. “I was like, ‘Thank God,’ especially after the red card in the fourth game. I was just thankful we won.”

Wills, the CAA Player of the Year, tied her season high with 26 kills and also added 10 digs.

Burke had 18 kills and a teamhigh .400 hitting percentage, while Lopes da Silva with 17 kills, also reached double figures and led the team with seven total blocks.

Sophomore Hannah Klemm, CAA Setter of the Year, had a career-high 63 assists. In a match in which the back row stood tall, junior libero Corrina Delgadillo led the defensive effort with 21 digs.

Junior defensive specialist Kaitlyn Krause, tied her season high with 15 digs, while sophomore defensive specialist Sophia Black had 13 of her own.

For the Cougars, Melissa Morello, who was All-CAA third

team, had a team-best 16 kills, and Andi Zbojniewicz, named CAA Defensive Specialist of the Year and on All-CAA second team, had a match-high 26 digs.

To advance to the championship, Hofstra swept No. 6 seed James Madison in the semifinals on Saturday after earning a bye in the quarterfinals.

With top-seeded College of Charleston waiting in the wings, that beat UNCW in the day’s first semifinal, the Pride took it right to the Dukes from the first serve.

James Madison previously ended the Pride’s ten-match winning streak back in October, and was looking to dash the Pride’s championship aspirations.

Hofstra raced out of the gate, and grabbed the first set by a score of 25-18. The action was more back-and-forth than the score would suggest, as James Madison hung tough with the Pride for most of the set. At one point, the Dukes were within one point of the Pride, but a streak of seven consecutive points put Hofstra firmly in the driver’s seat, and they were able to cruise to victory, grabbing a crucial advantage in the match.

The second set was even closer than the first, as extra time was needed to determine a winner. After all was said and done, Hofstra was able to edge a little bit closer to claiming the match, winning the second set 28-26.

Fans in attendance at the College of Charleston were treated to some fantastic volleyball from both sides. James Madison controlled the action early, but the Pride was able to scratch and claw their way back, rattling off five points in a row to pull ahead of the Dukes halfway through the set.

The teams traded blows, neither able to gain a significant advantage. There were 12 ties in the second set. Hofstra was able to finally put the Dukes away with a costly James Madison attack error as the deciding factor as Hofstra took a two sets to no advantage in the match.

The third and final set mirrored the previous set in score, 28-26, but the way this final score was achieved was much different.

Hofstra controlled the set from the start, keeping the Dukes at arm’s length for the duration of

Megan McGuire/ Hofstra Chronicle Sophia Black celebrates a set victory. The team mobbed each other under the net following their CAA Title victory against College of Charleston.

the set.

With their backs against the wall, the Dukes managed to launch a last-ditch effort to stay alive. Hofstra served for the match, at 24-21, and James Madison scored the next three points, knotting things up at 24.

The Dukes had a chance to serve for the set, but Hofstra turned on the afterburners one more time, and a kill by Burke put the Dukes down for good.

The usual suspects powered the Pride to victory, with AllCAA first team selections Lopes da Silva and Wills pacing the Pride with 17 and 13 kills, respectively. All-CAA third team member, Burke, added 11 kills of her own. The Pride defense was on display, with Delgadillo posting 15 digs, and Krause and Black chipping in ten digs each.

Klemm, an All-CAA second team selection, tallied 45 assists for the Pride.

“Our offense tonight was very balanced, said Mansur. “Nuria

had a great match for us, she was very effective.”

She also had high praise for Burke. “Emily was another phenomenal player who really dominated the right side,” she said. “They couldn’t stop her.”

For the Dukes, who finished their season at 17-14, Lizzy Briones led her team with 12 kills, and Taylor Austin posted a match-high 21 digs.

Hofstra’s NCAA tournament appearance will mark the eighth in program history. The Pride will have to take No. 14 Nebraska on their homecourt on Friday, Dec. 5 at 8:00 p.m. If the Pride are to pull the upset, they would face the winner of Kansas State vs.

Utah.

Back Cover: Hofstra’s volleyball squad celebrates one of their 28 wins in the season.

The Pride’s last NCAA appearance was in 2012.

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Put a Ring on it!

Pride Volleyball surpasses Charleston in five sets to take the CAA Title, and advances to the NCAA Tournament Amanda Benizzi /Hofstra Chronicle