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Car larceny continues across campus

By Laurel O’Keefe NEW S E D I TO R

Since the end of January, Hofstra’s Department of Public Safety has received 15 separate reports of larceny, theft of personal property or attempted larceny from vehicles. They say the surge of these crimes has been identifiably caused by one male suspect on a bicycle.

“The last [claim] we had reported was the 15th of February. We think in 12 of the 15 cases the vehicles were left unlocked. We know for sure that nine [cars] were unlocked,” said Karen O’Callaghan, the director of Public Safety.

Of the 15 reported incidents, only one showed signs of forced entry. Richie Dupkin, a senior drama major, was alerted on Jan. 28 that his car window had been broken.

“My car was broken into and the right driver’s window was

completely shattered and hacked out. Public Safety found my car broken into and called my parents – because of the registration – to tell them and they told me,” Dupkin said.

Dupkin’s car was locked and he claims nothing was stolen. Since this incident, other students have reported that their cars were opened and rummaged through and items from $200 cash to phone chargers were stolen.

“For the most part it is a crime of opportunity. Whatever they can grab that might be of value was grabbed, a lot of phone or computer chargers, a GPS and loose change or currency is the majority of it,” O’Callaghan said.

At the time of the incident, Dupkin’s car was parked in the lot in front of the Netherlands,

adjacent to Oak Street, the same location a majority of the other larcenies or attempted larcenies were reported.

“A little more than half of them occurred in the Netherlands lots. But through our investigation, looking at video we have in the area, we did come up with a subject,” O’Callaghan

doors and when he found one that was unlocked he went in and grabbed the stuff.”

Public Safety also believes that the subject is a non-student and since being identified as the cause of the crimes, the man was observed on the south side of campus and fled on his bicycle into the backstreets after Public Safety called out to him.

After Dupkin’s car window was broken, he said he was told

by Public Safety that there were no cameras pointing at the parking spot he was in, and that the only cameras are near the back turnstiles of the Netherlands.

“Public Safety handled it by making a report and then nothing else further. I didn’t ask for police assistance because there were no cameras,” Dupkin said.

“My car was broken into and the right driver’s window was completely shattered and hacked out.” said. “We have a basic description and he was on a bicycle, going through the lots very quickly. You see at one point when a car pulls into the lot he hides between two cars. So he definitely was just trying all the

O’Callaghan recognized that the Netherlands lot was difficult to secure and said that after the initial incidents, Public Safety increased patrols in that area.

“We patrol it all the time. We put extra Public Safety officers out, some not in uniform or in unmarked cars to sit in lots.

The one thing we can’t do in Netherlands lot is lock it down because of the way it is set up.

So we do extra patrols through there, but as I said, it was easier to get in and out so that is why a lot [of the larcenies] happened there and a lot happened on south campus because those lots are open.”

On the cameras overlooking the lot, O’Callaghan said, “We have the newest cameras in there, the problem is the lighting in the parking lot makes it

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Japanese internment survivor implores tolerance

By Jill Leavey STAFF WR I T E R

Students, faculty and community members gathered on Feb. 23 to listen to Sam Mihara’s harrowing experience in a Wyoming Japanese internment camp during World War II. Mihara, along with his family and friends, were relocated from his San Francisco home to Heart Mountain as a result of President Franklin Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066, which granted the removal of Japanese Americans from their homes into internment camps due to the rising tension between the United States and Japan.

Mihara is a first generation Japanese American, and as such he has the full legal protection of the Constitution. In 1942, however, the executive order overlooked his constitutional

rights, a concept which he reiterated throughout his presentation.

For three years he was dubbed “26737D” instead of Sam Mihara. His home was no longer the familiar Japantown in San Francisco, rather room “14-22-C” – a 20-by-20 foot barrack shared by his five-member family. He had to use a bathroom without dividers, just one of many limits on his privacy. There were curfews and rules strictly enforced by armed military personnel.

Mihara and the other 120,000 Japanese Americans held throughout the country were released after three years. During his detention, Mihara’s family had to endure the passing of his grandfather, as well as his father going blind from inadequate healthcare.

In 2011, Mihara helped create the Heart Mountain Wyoming

Foundation, a museum on the campsite. He went on to graduate from University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Los Angeles graduate school with engineering degrees. Later, he worked as a rocket scientist with Boeing and has helped launch rockets into space.

Mihara drew comparisons between racial intolerance towards Japanese to prejudices which those from the Middle East, in particular, experience today.

“As a community, Japanese Americans were the first to help the plight of Muslims,” Mihara said.

Audience members asked questions suggesting that they saw similarities between this legal failure and what courts will hear defense attorneys argue in upcoming challenges to President Trump’s Executive Order

13769, frequently referred to as the “Muslim Ban.” Mihara emphasized the importance of tolerance for cultures, and put his firsthand experience with racism in the context of the political atmosphere in 2017.

He concluded his presentation

by explaining what factors allowed for this stain in American history.

“Prejudice, hysteria and leaders fail[ing] led to this,” Mihara said. “I could see the characteristics of those three right now.”

The Japanese internment camp Heart Mountain in Wyoming.

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Security concerns climb with crime Continued from A1 almost blurry. We increase the lighting in there but then the cameras aren’t as effective, but there is some discussion of adding another camera.”

According to Public Safety, there are about 30 cameras across campus, mainly by entrances to “residence halls and certain buildings.”

With the recent crime spike, students have mixed feelings regarding the safety of campus.

Mark Motler a senior accounting major said he feels safe on campus and among students.

“Our campus is secure in the evening, gates are locked and I don’t think that many students would actively try to steal from others, especially from cars.

[The recent crimes] haven’t really affected me because I don’t have a car. During the day we are an open campus, I would be surprised if [the suspect] was a student because I think we generally respect each other.”

Junior speech-language-

hearing sciences major Megan McGee said that, “for the most part,” she feels her vehicle is safe on campus but is still cautious due to the recent larcenies.

“There was a period of time when I didn’t [lock my car] and I was just too trusting apparently. I’m going to be really paranoid and make sure it is locked all the time now. [The incidents] definitely make me nervous about parking,” McGee said.

As a victim of the recent larcenies, Dupkin said via text that he hopes Hofstra will step up security in parking lots.

“I do not feel my vehicle is at all safe. Parking lots on campus are not secure. I only park in the back of the Netherlands now, which still isn’t safe. There is no reason why cameras cannot be installed. At this point, wherever cars are, cameras should also be. This university has enough money and should take such precautions being in such an area.”

Obituary: Alan Colmes ‘71

By Danny Nikander NEW S E D I TO R

The Hofstra community is mourning the loss of alumnus Alan Colmes, who passed on Feb. 23 at 66 years old. Colmes was best known for his work on Fox News as a liberal political commentator.

Colmes was born in New York City; however, he spent his childhood on Long Island. First attending Ithaca College, then later Hofstra, Colmes graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1971.

According to News@Hofstra, during his time in school, Colmes was largely involved in the radio station, WRHU, and was additionally one of the first inductees into the WRHU Hall of Fame. Colmes visited campus many times to talk to students about his successful career.

Upon graduating, Colmes began his career as a stand-up comedian and soon thereafter transitioned to radio. He worked at numerous stations in New York City, Boston and New Haven.

Colmes first came to the spotlight after being hired by WABC in New York for the morning drive time slot. Along with other radio hosts, Colmes jumpstarted DayNet, which was later purchased by major networks. However, Colmes was able to keep his own show after it was distributed by Fox News in 1996, where he maintained his career before his passing.

In addition to his radio career, Colmes was also a television host, author and blogger. He leaves behind his wife, Jocelyn Elise Crowley.

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Obituary: Gabby Perry ’16

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Gabby Perry, class of 2016, passed away on Feb. 21, 2017, after her vehicle was struck by a drunk driver on Route 28 in Loudoun County, Virginia.

The recent graduate was just 22 years old.

Perry, a double major in religion and English, was a resident of Leesburg, Virginia.

“Gabby was one of the most kind-hearted people I have ever met,” said Mike Rooney, who was friends with her since freshman year. “She had an infectious laugh and a smile that would light up the room. I know it sounds cliché, but it was honestly true. She was one of the greatest people I knew.”

Perry was deeply involved at Hofstra not only with her friends, but as an activist with Student Advocates of Safer Sex (SASS) and through Hofstra Concerts.

“Our friendship grew closer through our membership in Hofstra Concerts, where we shared way too much time talking music, concerts and politics, instead of doing work,” said Jeremy Sporn, another close friend.

“Gabby was an incredible individual who would put anyone or anything before herself. Her bubbly personality and friendliness was clear to everyone, even to those she didn’t know.”

Police arrested the 26-yearold man who was allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol when he crashed his Jeep Wrangler into a traffic divider and then flipped, colliding with Perry.

Both Perry and a female passenger were thrown from their vehicle. The passenger had serious but non-life-threatening injuries, according to authorities.

“It’s absolutely tragic losing somebody so young, with such a beautiful soul and bright mind and with so much left to do in this world,” Rooney said. “I feel so lucky to be able to call her my best friend.”

Dr. Ann M. Burlein, an associate professor of religion, is just one example of the variety of people Perry touched.

“She wrote a senior thesis for which she interviewed Muslim women on campus, to learn what their experiences of Hofstra’s campus were,” she said.

“She was [also] a passionate and devoted advocate of women’s sexual health.”

Rooney said he visited Perry’s family in Virginia for her wake, along with almost 40 others from Hofstra who made the journey.

“That shows just how loved she was, and still is. It’s a tough time for all right now, but she wouldn’t want us to mourn. She would want us to remember all the good times we had together and the memories we shared,” he said.

Perry is survived by her mother and father, Steve and Myrna; her siblings, Priscilla, Arvin, Allen, Scotty and Donna and her grandfather, Pete Perry.

Sporn said, “She was absolutely my best friend at Hofstra and I am going to miss her greatly.”

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Dr. Emdin addresses the crisis of black education

By Katie Krahulik ASSISTA N T N E W S E D I TO R

In an effort to shed light on the institutional and social dilemmas that surround the education of black Americans, the Black Student Union (BSU) invited Dr. Christopher Emdin, a professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology at Teachers College, Columbia University, to speak about the “Crisis of Black Education” on Thursday, Feb. 23.

Emdin encouraged students to embrace their differences in the classroom. He examined the stigma which surrounds black students in class and analyzed how cultural institutions only enhance that stereotype.

“Humility is simply the recognition that any other human being with the same set of opportunities, luck and circumstances could be where you are. To know that while you’re here in college, somebody in the hood could easily be where you are, except they didn’t have the same luck, circumstances or opportunities.” Dr. Emdin said. “When folks say ‘be humble’ and they want you to look down and look sad, don’t dress good, don’t look good, don’t talk good; that’s not because you’re not humble.

That’s because they want you to be downtrodden. You can be humble but walk with presence and authority.”

Gillian Atkinson, the associate director of Intercultural Engagement and Inclusion, was a co-sponsor for the Black History Month event on Thursday.

“I think the answers stem from the root of the issue. The root of the issue is not really acknowledging what has occurred in this country,” Atkinson said.

“We’ve never as a country really acknowledged what slavery has done, where we come from with slavery and that it was wrong.

We’re not looking for reparations and we’re not looking for any kind of a giveback. We’re just looking for some kind of acknowledgement that yes, what we did was wrong, and we do have these systems in place, and you’re not going crazy.”

Jasmine Woods, a senior health science major agreed with Emdin’s thesis, appreciating his suggestion that we start with reshaping the way we think. “[We need to start by] deconstructing the mindset of how we approach the achievement gap, educational debt and seeing what we can do to bring the students to a better environ-

ment for their learning instead really taking over social media points Emdin made are not ad[of] just pushing them into this and taking a stand. [Emdin] said dressed in her classes. one narrow type of learning and ‘If someone can tweet their way Kurtz said, “I am really glad education which isn’t helping into the presidency, then we can that Hofstra brought in Chris anybody,” Woods said. tweet ourselves into equality.’

Emdin. I think it was an aweBSU, as a student organizaIt just motivated me even more some talk. Even as an education, approached the Cultural to take a stand on social media, tion major, education [equality] Center through a grant writing increase following to really get doesn’t get talked about enough. process, explained Executive more people involved speaking We shouldn’t have to only hear Director Athelene A. Collins, out against equality,” she said. about it at this talk, and embracand the advisory board accepted With the focus of the event ing people of color not as what the club’s application to invite being on education, sophomore teachers want them to be, but a speaker for Black History Jess Kurtz particularly enjoyed as they are. I think that’s really Month. “Dr. Emdin spoke here Emdin’s lecture because she is important.” about four or five years ago for an education major who feels a Black History Month recepas though many of the ethical tion, and the room was wall to wall with people and the students were talking about it for days and days and days after,” Collins said.

Senior marketing major Carrisa Anderson expressed the lasting impression Emdin’s presentation had on her. “One thing that really stuck with me was the quote that he said about getting active with Photo Courtesy of Universtiy Relations social media and Dr. Christopher Emdin talks race and education for Black History Month. our generation is

Counseling Services push healthy eating habits

By Ava Mandel STAFF W R I T E R

The Student Counseling Services Center promoted healthy and safe outlets for students in honor of National Eating Disorder Awareness Day in the Student Center on Thursday, Feb. 23. A table was set up which provided confidential and free screenings for body image and eating concerns.

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, “90% of those who have eating disorders are women between the ages of 12 and 25.” However, it is not only young women who experience eating disorders. The American Psychiatric Association says, “Men constitute 40% of those exhibiting Binge Eating Disorder.”

The American Psychiatric Association adds that, “the onset of Binge Eating Disorder usually occurs during the late adolescence or in the early twenties.” Quite aware of this statistic, the Student Counseling Services Center tabled an event in the Student Center to encourage all students to be screened for potential eating disorders as well as offered informational brochures.

Dr. Daniel Rinaldi of the Student Counseling Services Center said of the event, “This is National Eating Disorders Awareness Day. Every year now we have been coming out to the Student Center to table about the event. We talk

about undereating and overeating. We have a lot of informational brochures out on the table

hardest part about having an eating disorder is that it is so socially reinforced. Looking a certain way is enforced by family, friends and society at large. The thing about an eating disorder is that you have to eat and there are food and mirrors everywhere, so it is especially difficult.”

Perhaps the greatest stigma about eating disorders in the U.S. derives from the notion that it is only women who suffer.

However, this idea has no basis in reality as eating disorders affect people of every sex, ethnicity and background. “As of right

“We are seeing an increasing amount of young men affected by eating disorders over the past decade. It’s not just young women anymore.” for people to read. We also have screeners to see if people are healthy with their eating habits.”

The difficulty of facing a disorder is on a spectrum and is different for each individual.

However, Dr. Rinaldi said, “The

now, the majority of people affected by an eating disorder are female. We are seeing an increasing amount of young men affected by eating disorders over the past decade. It’s not just young women anymore,” Dr. Rinaldi said. “People have an image of what an eating disorder looks like. However, it affects anyone, especially anyone under pressure to look a certain way such as someone who plays sports or in performing arts who feel they have to look a certain way.”

The Student Counseling Services Center aims to increase the general student health on campus and help alleviate the stigma surrounding eating disorders.

Dr. Rinaldi said, “I believe that this tabling event increases the chance that students will reach out for treatment.”

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Workshop teaches students how to rent in NYC

By Samantha Storms STAFF W R I T E R

The “How to Adult Series,” a workshop provided by the Office of Student Leadership and Engagement (OSLE), is a recent academic installment through which students are given financial insight on very relatable life scenarios. They invited an expert from Cooper & Cooper Real Estate to come speak with the students enrolled in the workshop about the application process for renting apartments in the hectic retail market of New York City.

Genevieve Pannell, a licensed real estate salesperson and client relationship manager for Cooper & Cooper, provided students with an idea as to what they can expect from the apartment-hunting process in terms of location, pricing, layout and personal financial requirements.

“The reason that we give these talks is that there’s just not a lot of resources out there to help students that are graduating, moving to the city and finding apartments,” Pannell

said. The workshop focused on the practical steps apartmentseekers must follow to navigate the confusing rental market of the country’s most populated city.

“I don’t really have any prior experience in renting apartments, let alone in New York City,” said Justin Brock, junior marketing major.

“I came here in the hopes of learning something, if anything, to get more experience. I don’t have any background knowledge because nobody’s ever reached out to students to teach them these things before.”

Pannell emphasized the importance of understanding the real estate market and

keeping realistic goals in mind when searching for the perfect place to call home. Because the information needed to navigate renting in New York City is not commonly taught in the average

really beneficial. I have family in the city, but they’ve only ever owned there. They don’t really know how to help. Even though I have people in the city, what I’ve learned through the workshop will be really helpful.”

By providing the workshop, OSLE gives students the opportunity to step outside the classroom to pursue valuable skills they will need after graduation, including how to better communicate with roommates, plan routes to commute to work and how to make the most out of a studio or one-bedroom apartment.

“I think that when I was graduating college, there wasn’t a lot of talk about how to rent an apartment, what type of stuff that you need and what you should look for in a lease,” said

“The reason we have these talks is that there’s just not a lot of resources out there to help students that are graduating, moving to the city and finding apartments.”

college curriculum, students felt the “How to Adult Series” provided information that is vital to making life-changing financial decisions.

Kaitlyn Turner, a junior television and film major, said “I’m looking for an internship over the summer, so this was

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Denise DeGennaro, an assistant director for OSLE. “This is a chance for students to hear from real estate experts on what they need and what they can expect, especially when looking for apartments in the New York City area which is a pretty competitive and expensive rental market.”

Throughout her presentation, Pannell urged students to stay alert and aware of who they work with when seeking out their first leases. She hopes students will walk away from the workshop with the ability to make practical and informed decisions, especially when exposing themselves to the unreliable marketing techniques of online real estate.

“The truth is that finding an apartment in New York City is kind of insane,” Pannell said.

“It’s hard, it’s involved – it’s an expensive and complicated process. There’s a lot of misinformation, misconceptions and some shady things that happen out there.”

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MIT professor analyzes drawbacks of social media

By Rachel Bowman STAFF W R I T E R

The keynote speaker for the Hofstra Cultural Center’s Social Media Summit was Dr. Sherry Turkle, professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the author of “The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit” and

“Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less From Each Other.”

On Wednesday, Feb. 15, Turkle gave insight on understanding the relationship between technology and human social behavior.

“The message of my work is that this is not an anti-technology message,” Turkle said.

Wednesday’s symposium was designed to teach the Hofstra community about how social media and technology have shaped our world as well as understand the value of their online presence, how to effectively utilize technology and how technology effects relationships with other people.

“It is so easy to let technology slip into a way that it undermines our conversations,” she said. Her address emphasized the value of face-to-face conversation and she identified how technology has changed it. In a classroom setting, she said students learn best from in-person experiences.

Turkle encourages her students to stay off their phones during class and engage in meaningful dialogue. Her work has even found its way into classrooms at Hofstra. Dr.

Cynthia Bogard, a professor of sociology, said, “She offers my beginning sociology students a solid format from which to begin to assess their own lifestyles with a critical eye.”

Another theme of the lecture was that there is an increase in dependability on technology which impacts a person’s ability to be empathetic. Turkle mentioned a study done by Dr. Sara Konrath, an assistant professor of philanthropic studies at Indiana University, which recently found a 40 percent decrease in empathy among young adults who use technology.

Turkle discussed a trend occurring on college campuses across the country called, “Rule of Three.”

The Rule of Three is that if six people are in a conversation and three other people are participating in it, it is not consid-

ered rude to check your phone.

However, Turkle noted that once a phone comes out in a conversation, the dialogue often turns trivial because people begin to focus on the other world in their hands.

Courtney Shapiro, a freshman journalism and Spanish major, agreed. “Her speech did make me more aware of how easy it is not to focus on what people are saying due to the distractions of our many devices,” Shapiro said. Turkle described this phenomenon as being “alone together.”

She says her message is not anti-technology. Instead, Turkle hopes her message will make people more aware of the consequences of always being online and not appreciating the people around them.

Public Safety Briefs Compiled by Brianna O’Keefe On Feb. 11 at 9:00 a.m., while on patrol in Mason Hall, a PS officer found a female nonstudent trespassing on the second floor of the building. When questioned, she was unable to provide a valid reason for being in the building and refused to comply. The HPD was notified and responded to the location.

She was escorted to the Hofstra Information Center and banned from campus.

On Feb. 12 at 1:50 a.m., while assigned to the security post at the entrance to north campus, a PS officer reported that a black jeep drove past and entered campus without stopping to be identified. The officer also told the desk that as the driver drove past the security booth, he shouted out, “We’re not stopping, screw you!” PS officers responded and observed the vehicle speeding north on Hofstra Boulevard and then entering the Hofstra USA parking lot. PS officers responded to the vehicle when it parked and identified all four passengers as Hofstra students. All students were issued referrals to the Office of Community Standards.

On Feb. 12 at 1:20 p.m., the

RSR in the Nassau Suffolk Hall security booth reported to PS that she observed an unidentified male using a female ID to swipe into the building. PS responded to the room the student was signed into.

When they entered the room they discovered that the male had left and the female student was not present. A referral to the Office of Community Standards was issued to the resident at another time.

On Feb. 13 at 12:30 a.m., PS received a report that three males had entered Bill of Rights Hall illegally through the ADA door. PS responded and apprehended the three males. One was identified as a Hofstra student and a resident of the building.

The other two were identified as non-students. When questioned, the males admitted that they illegally entered the building. The resident was issued a referral to the Office of Community Standards and his two guests were banned from campus.

On Feb. 13 at 2:30 p.m., PS control desk received a report from an unknown source that there was an odor of marijuana in New York House. PS re-

sponded and entered the room, where they discovered a strong smell of marijuana inside. The resident of the room was inside but there was no marijuana recovered. She was issued a referral to the Office of Community Standards.

On Feb. 13 at 10:00 p.m., PS received a call from the RA on duty in Constitution Hall reporting that there was a strong odor of marijuana coming from one of the rooms. PS knocked on the door and when they entered the room they found a towel underneath the bottom of the door and a strong odor of marijuana inside. The resident of the room was present and when questioned, he stated he had been smoking marijuana. There was no marijuana recovered and the student was issued a referral to the Office of Community Standards.

On Feb. 15 at 6:15 a.m., PS observed a red Mazda parked on the sidewalk on the roadway near California Avenue near parking field 2C. It was occupied by an unknown male. PS units responded to the location and found that the male was passed out in the driver’s seat

with the vehicle running. The officers turned off the vehicle and notified the HPD. They responded and arrested the driver of the vehicle for DWI. No damage was done to Hofstra property.

On Feb. 15 at 1:20 p.m., a non-student reported to PS that at 12:30 p.m., when he returned to his vehicle in the Netherlands South parking lot, he discovered that the glove compartment was torn apart and $20 in cash was stolen. There was no other damage to the vehicle and police assistance was declined at this time.

On Feb. 15, a student stated that he secured his black mountain bike to the bicycle rack in front of the Axinn Library on Feb. 8. When he returned on Feb. 15, he discovered that the bicycle seat was stolen. There were no witnesses and police assistance was declined.

On Feb. 15 at 4:30 p.m., a student stated that on Feb. 15, she parked her vehicle in the Netherlands South parking lot at 3 p.m. When she returned to her vehicle she discovered that the glove compartment was open and papers were thrown all over

the car. There was no property taken and police assistance was declined.

On Feb. 15 at 4:30 p.m., a student stated that on Feb. 14 at 6 p.m., he parked his vehicle in the Netherlands South parking lot. At 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 15, he returned to his vehicle and discovered that papers from his glove box were on the floor and the passenger seat. Along with his baseball bat, $50 dollars in loose change was stolen. Police assistance was declined.

On Feb. 16 at 11:08 a.m., a student stated that at 9 a.m. on Feb. 14, she parked her vehicle in the parking lot on the west side of Breslin Hall. When she returned at 2 p.m., she discovered that her belongings in the glove compartment were disorganized and there was $200 in cash removed from the glove compartment. Police assistance was declined at this time.

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Overheard @ Hofstra In Colonial Square: I could live in the South until they got, like, super southern on me.

On the Unispan:

In Nassau: Please tell me your grandmother doesn’t actually own a machete.

Would you ever f*ck to Blink-182?

In LH Comm:

In Axinn Library:

I can’t wait to cheat on my wife when I’m older.

A lot of my friends’ family members own a machete.

Cannibalism is the natural steroid.

In Hofstra USA:

In the Student Center:

In Breslin:

Don’t settle for the man you love.

Shoot for the man you sexualize.

Open your esophagus and let it flow.

I found a new chin exercise, wanna hear it?

Clothes Call: From runway to everyday

By Savanna Malloy STAFF W R I T E R

With New York Fashion Week wrapping up and Milan Fashion Week in full swing, there are some awesome trends that you can take from runway to everyday this season.

Power red A bold red is always in style because it always makes a statement, but this fashion week took things to another level. With Max Mara, Proenza Schouler and Oscar de la Renta leading the way, the runway was a sea of red this season. Wearing a luxe red velvet dress or even a pair of simple red pumps is guaranteed to boost your confidence levels five times over. Looking to amp things up even more?

Drape yourself from head to toe in different shades of red – from crimson to garnet – to really turn heads when walking into a room.

Oversized blazers Alexander Wang proved on the runway that a little androgyny never hurt anyone. Go on and dig into your grandpa’s closet for an

old jacket and rock those shoulder pads with a pair of classy high-heeled booties. However, be aware of proportions. Even though you might be wearing your grandpa’s blazer, you don’t want to look like a kid playing dressing up. Loose on top means either short or tight on bottom.

bright psychedelic hues to create the perfect balance between sweet and sexy.

Protest Whatever you believe in, whomever you support, politically charged call-to-action slogans are the way to go this season.

Designers like Prabal Gurung and Public School used their “Whether it’s DIY or store clothes to bought, fashion has the power to speak their minds on make a difference. Be a part of the runways. the change.”

T-shirts bearing the phrase “Nevertheless, she persisted” and red ball caps with Fishnets the phrase “Make America New Many people hear the words York” stitched on the front were “fishnet tights” and immediately just a few of the protest pieces shy away, but with designers from the runway. Whether it’s like Jeremy Scott and Jason Wu DIY or store bought, fashion has pairing their clothes with these the power to make a difference. scandalous tights, fishnets are Be a part of the change. becoming the next big thing for all those “It Girls” out there. Pair A model struts the runway in a your tights with a girlish dress or politically-charged ballcap.

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Hofstra student performs with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey

By Amanda Valentovic FEATUR E S E D I TO R

When Hofstra students moved back into their dorms and started classes this January, one sophomore wasn’t among them – Matthew Lish decided to jump on the circus train instead. His alter ego is Phineas, the clown act that he has been working on since he was 3 years old. Taking the semester off to perform in 12 shows a week with Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey’s “Circus Xtreme,” Lish has been crisscrossing the country performing for arenas of up to 18,000 people.

“It’s really, really exciting,” Lish said. “Basically what we do is take the circus to extreme levels. We mix modern acts like BMX and parkour with the classic acts like the human cannon-

ball and the high wire.” He and 11 other clowns, along with the rest of the circus performers, go a distance equivalent to 5 miles over the course of the show. “It’s been physically exhausting,” Lish said. “We’re working a lot, we’re sweating a lot.”

He has been building up to being able to perform in front of crowds like this almost his entire life. It runs in the family – when Lish’s father was in college he began performing as a clown and passed his knowledge and skills down to Lish as a toddler.

“Together, he and I have been learning more and more throughout the years and doing more shows,” Lish said. “My younger sister got involved and we took every performance opportunity we possibly could to hone our skills and put material out in

Photo courtesy of Matthew Lish

Photo courtesy of Matthew Lish.

Matthew Lish poses in front of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus ring.

Photo courtesy of Matthew Lish Matthew Lish performs as Phineas with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus.

front of an audience.”

When the opportunity for Lish to audition for the “greatest show on Earth” came about, he had to take it. The Queens native and mechanical engineering major had been working at a circus festival in Massachusetts during the summer of 2015 when he first tried out and he was offered a spot in the show. But he was about to start his freshman year at Hofstra, and the timing wasn’t right. This year, it was.

“Over the summer the opportunity arose again to join [Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey] and I wrote to the deans of the Honors College and explained to them what was going on, and they said ‘Yes, you have to take this opportunity,’” Lish said.

“They were extremely generous in letting me do that. And now I’m here, performing seven to 12 times a week for hundreds of thousands of people, just living out my dream.”

The fact that it’s the 133-year old circus’s final round of perfor-

mances make it even more special. Ringling announced in January that both “Circus Xtreme” and the other version of the show, “Out of this World,” would hold their final performances this May, due to declining ticket sales and high operating costs.

“When we first heard, of course we were upset. We were sad about it,” Lish said. “But now we know that every show we do is someone’s last show. So we’re giving even more effort, we’re giving even more energy to provide the greatest show on earth for these next few months.”

That energy has to be maintained throughout three shows a day. When Lish wakes up on the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey train, which is where the performers live while they travel, they get bused to whatever arena they are performing in. Then he’ll spend 30 to 40 minutes putting on his makeup and costume before the preshow, where audience members can go onto the circus floor and meet

the clowns, trapeze artists and aerialists. “We’re all out there signing autographs and taking pictures, we give out clown noses and marshmallows,” Lish said.

“There’s aerialists doing stuff in the sky and the clowns are juggling. It’s a really good time.”

This all happens an hour before show time. Then the audience takes their seats and watches the circus performers do what they do best. For them, it’s over after two hours. For Ringling, the process repeats two more times throughout the day, and then again the next.

Despite the physically draining performance part of the show and the long days, Lish has never had more fun. “There’s nothing more rewarding than walking out and hearing the roar of the crowd. I mean, the applause hits you like a wall,” he said. “When you have a crowd of 18,000 people and all that noise hitting you at one time, it’s a wonderful feeling and extremely rewarding.”

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What do you think of Hofstra’s deportation defense clinic?

B y Av a M a n d el STA F F WR I T E R

“I think it’s a really great idea. Especially now, there’s a lot of people who could really use the help.”

- Flavia Rossell, junior

“I think it’s acceptable given the times.”

- Koorosh Leieowitz, sophomore

“I think now, more than ever, it’s really important to fight for people’s rights. Especially in modern political times. It’s important to remember that America was built by immigrants for immigrants.”

- Sarah Terpining, sophomore

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Rachel Writes: Dating conversations

By Rachel Bowman STAFF W R I T E R

Talking to your parents about dating can be difficult, especially if you haven’t done it before.

However, the great thing about college is that you don’t have to tell your parents about every date you go on. Now is the time for you to go out and explore your options. It’s also perfectly normal if you aren’t going out on dates every weekend. There is no right way to go about dating.

When you do decide you want to talk to your parents about dating or a significant other, you

must wait until the right moment; sion much more difficult than it you’re not telling them about timing is key. Make sure that already is. You also don’t want to one special person, but rather your partner is ready to that you’re just playing the be the topic of discussion field, you want to speak “The great thing about colduring your next family confidently. Make it a small dinner. If they feel unbut mature chat. lege is that you don’t have to comfortable about it or If your parents aren’t tell your parents about every don’t want you to, they happy about the news, date you go on. Now is the are probably not ready to don’t get upset, that will get as serious about this only give them another time for you to go out and relationship as you are. reason why they don’t explore your options.”

Once they are ready to think you’re ready to date. be discussed, you’ll want Simply ask them why they to have this conversation with make a big deal about it. You’re feel that way and ask what you just your parents, not the rest of a mature adult now, so you want can do to prove you’re ready to your family. Aunts, uncles and to tell your parents confidently date. cousins will make this discusabout your decision. Even if Ultimately, this is your love

life and no one else’s, so you don’t need anyone’s approval to date. If your parents are happy about it, that’s great; if they aren’t, that’s okay too. Keep dating and do what you need to do to prove you are mature and responsible enough to have a relationship.

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The Humans of Hofstra

By Emily Hulbert STAF F WR I T E R

Ethan Foster

Sara Peres

“I wanted to become a pre-dental major ever since I was six or seven. I’ve always had an interest in teeth. I don’t really know what triggered it. I mean going to the dentist. I was always loving it. I was so excited to go to the dentist. I would be like, ‘Mom, when can we go to the dentist?’ I would also go three times a year just because I loved going there so much. I actually had my own teeth cleaning kit and I would clean my own teeth. My goal in life is to become a dentist or an orthodontist. I just want to do something that deals with teeth just because I’m really interested in teeth and want to help people too!”

“I really like art and taking pictures. I like to paint. I used to take painting class when I was little at this little art studio. I like to paint landscapes and write quotes on them sometimes. I actually have it in my room, but it’s like a picture of a sunset and then it says on it, ‘we may experience many defeats but we must not be defeated.’ I got into photography with my sister; we used to have photoshoots and stuff. I just do it for fun. Next semester I want to take a painting or photography class.”

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Dante Eyer

“Right now I am a psychology major and a political science minor, but I am going to be majoring in chemistry with a minor in astronomy and physics. Psychology right now, as much as I love it, is not doing it for me. I am actually taking an astronomy class this semester which I really, really love. The astronomy course I chose just to fill a credit. This Sunday we are actually going on a trip to “That Physics Show” in the city. It’s a nice thing to go and have fun in the city while learning about astronomy. I would maybe want to be an astrochemist if I go into that. The reason I decided to switch my major was because in my astronomy class we started talking about nuclear fusion and fission. A lot of what we learned I remember from AP Chemistry. I never thought I would say this, but I was like, ‘I miss AP Chemistry.’ So I think I’m going to change it because of that.”

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By Marialena Rago STAFF WRITER

This month, Hofstra holds its 68th Annual Shakespeare Festival with the star being the new Globe Stage. This stage is an accurate emulation of the London Globe Theatre, which is a replication of the Old Globe, the home for many of Shakespeare’s original productions.

The stage was part of a grant given to the university by a donor. Some of this money was also used for renovating the John Cranford Adams Playhouse auditorium, with renovations for the lobby starting this summer.

The Globe is not new to Hofstra. In 1951, the university had another model of the Bard’s theater, but retired it in 2008 due to its lack of historical accuracy.

David Henderson, the leader and designer of the project, says that the university and alumni pushed

for a new and historically accurate theater.

“It was really an alumna, Lidia Leads, who came and said that we really need to do this,” Henderson said. “We can get alumni support and really get the project going.”

Henderson made sure that the new Globe Stage was as historically accurate as possible.

“I did a lot of research starting in April 2015, just reading a lot of books about the history of the Globe and about the research that the London Globe had done to contract their version of it,” Henderson said. “Then in the summer of 2015 I went to the Globe in London and looked through their archives and their original plans. Plus, I traveled around England to the Elizabethan houses that still exist to view their interiors because we feel like it [the Globe] would feel similar to the houses

of the time.”

The two-year project had its challenges since information on the original 1599 Old Globe is hard to find.

“We don’t have any actual plans [of] the Globe itself,” Henderson said. “The foundation of it – they discovered a small part of it. The rest is underneath the historical building so they can’t tear the building down to take a look at it. So we will never know how close we are to it.”

Due to the set’s size and need for engineering to make it safe enough for actors, it was not built at Hofstra, but at Cigar Box Studios in Marlboro, New York. Jim Hart, production manager and technical director for the Hofstra Department of Drama and Dance, said, “The set was – well it was going to be too big to build in a normal season for us to start but also because of the nature

of it, it was going to need to pass inspection with an engineer.”

The inspection was needed for the roof of the set. In the original Globe, the roof was held up by columns, but thanks to modern engineering, Hofstra’s Globe Stage has four two ton chain motors that are suspend from the ceiling holding a total of four tons of scenery in the air.

“The complexity of the engineering is the hardest by far and it took the company that we hired a long time and many revisions to get the engineering to where it needed to be to be safe,” Hart said.

For the lucky few that get to act on the stage, it is a once in a lifetime experience. Junior Will Ketter described his first rehearsal in the Globe as “stressful,” but in the best way.

Ketter is playing Hamlet in this year’s festival.

Perhaps the most famous

Shakespearian character in the Bard’s cannon, one can understand why Ketter would describe it as stressful, but he adds, “once the sacred quality wears off and we have been in there for a couple of days and put more use to it, I think that will go away and I think we will go back to just telling the story that we have been learning for the last six weeks.”

The Globe Stage is as much of an educational tool for the Department of Drama and Dance as it is a masterful feat in set design.

When asked what students will get from the productions and the set, Henderson said, “A sense of how Shakespeare originally produced his plays.

As you know, we can do Shakespeare in many, many different ways, but realizing that this was the stage that he wrote his plays for, so all of his plays should work in this space.”

Hart says, “It will be

clear as soon as you see it because it is quite grand.

This is like nothing else you will ever see [at the Playhouse].”

At the end of the festival the Globe will be taken down but put back up again next spring.

Henderson knows that this design is unlike any other he has done. “One of the things I kept thinking about while working on it is that this would be around hopefully forever.

I mean, the last one was around for over 50 years.

Most of my work goes up, comes down in two months. There was a lot of pressure in that sense because any decisions I make will be here for a long time so I need to make sure I get it right.”

“Hamlet” will be playing at the John Cranford Adams Playhouse Globe Stage March 2-4 and March 10-11 at 8 p.m. and March 5 and 12 at 2 p.m.

Disney Retells A Tale as Old as Time

By Ava Mandel S TAFF W R I T E R

Recycling old movies is nothing new, especially when it comes to Disney.

Disney is renowned for their myriad of movies, especially their animated films that generations have grown up with.

Disney’s most recent trend is to transform these animated classics into live-action movies.

Perhaps Disney’s dive into live-action fairytale movies began with “Enchanted” in 2007.

Nonetheless, Disney’s most recent endeavor in this category is their upcoming movie “Beauty and the Beast,” set to be released on March 17.

The tale as old as time retells the familiar story of the blooming romance between Belle and the Beast. Set in a small French town, the narrative follows the protagonist, Belle, as she trades her freedom for her father’s, who has been taken prisoner by the Beast. While restricted to the

Beast’s castle, Belle is introduced to his charmed staff, whom she befriends. Over time, she learns the Beast’s story and cannot help but falling in love with the soul she sees beneath the animal.

However, “Beauty and the Beast” is not the first animated movie Disney has transformed

into a live-action feature. Previous films they have made come to life include “The Jungle Book,” “Maleficent,” “Cinderella” and “Alice in Wonderland.”

Disney’s upcoming plans for more live-action movies include “Mulan,” “Aladdin,” “Cruella,” “Peter Pan,” “The Sword in the

Stone,” “Pinocchio” and “The Lion King,” according to Time magazine.

Disney studios have already begun work on “The Lion King.”

In a statement released by Walt Disney Studios in 2016, Disney said, “We can officially confirm that The Walt Disney Studios and Photo Courtesy of Rick Stone Facebook

director Jon Favreau are putting a new reimagining of ‘The Lion King’ on the fast-track to production.” Soon after this statement was released, Favreau tweeted “Excited for my next project,” and included the lion and crown emojis.

“The Lion King,” “Beauty and the Beast” and other upcoming classic animated films turned live-action are sure to rekindle the childhood joy in viewers who watched these movies growing up. Disney’s magic will most certainly be felt among fans during these upcoming releases.

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Oscars, Finally, so Right

By Muhammad Muzammal STAFF W R I T E R

The 89th Academy Awards came to a thundering close Sunday night, as “La La Land” was incorrectly announced as Best Picture by presenters Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty.

The wrong announcement heard around the world, ironically gave way to a graceful moment – where “La La Land” producer Jordan Horowitz held a placard up to the camera, informing the confused crowd of the correct Best Picture winner – the beautiful and elusive “Moonlight.”

The victory by writer and director Barry Jenkins’ second feature capped off an Oscars show that was

a jarring, stark contrast to previous Oscar nights, as diversity was celebrated and politics were center stage.

Mahershala Ali became the first Muslim actor to receive an Academy Award, winning for his supporting role in “Moonlight,” and the brilliant Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi won his second Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, “The Salesman.”

Perhaps the most powerful political statement came from Farhadi as he refused to attend the show – choosing to stay in his homeland of Iran – protesting President Trump’s controversial ban on immigrants from Iran and six other, Muslim majority countries. The spirit of Farhadi was

felt in moments of the night where winners like the filmmakers of “The White Helmets,” Orlando Von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara, spoke

year’s Academy Awards also gave top honors to African American artists such as Viola Davis, Best Supporting Actress, “Fences,”

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about the titular Syrian Civil Defense and the organization’s mission to rescue victims of the civil war.

A reversal of #OscarsSoWhite, this

Mahershala Ali, Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney, Best Adapted Screenplay, “Moonlight,” and Ezra Edelman, Best Documentary Feature, “O.J.: Made in America.”

“La La Land’s” cast and crew, tied the notorious films “Titanic” and “All About Eve” with 14 total nominations. The film’s Oscar wins were filled with firsts, as director Damien Chazelle, 31, became the youngest filmmaker in the Academy’s history to win Best Director. Emma Stone captured her first Oscar with a Best Actress win and Justin Horowitz, Chazelle’s longtime friend and collaborator, picked up two awards – Best Original Score – “La La Land,” Best Original Song – “City of Stars.” A subtle milestone was also reached as “Moonlight” producer Dede Gardner became the first female producer to be awarded the Best Picture Oscar twice.

Other highlights of

the show included Sara Bareilles’ touching, moving performance of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now,” as the Academy paid tribute to the many artists that passed away in 2016. Host Jimmy Kimmel was a nice add-on to the show, making for a few witty remarks about President Trump and poking fun at some of the attendees – although his bit with Matt Damon went overboard.

With the ongoing, controversial political climate and the pull for more diversity in Hollywood, the 89th Academy Awards powerfully displayed the unity of Hollywood’s greatest artists and minds, delivering a message about acceptance, not prejudice.

The ‘Legacy’ of ‘24’ Continues

By Austin Woolman

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This February, Fox debuted its new show “24: Legacy.” The new action drama is a reboot of the long running show “24,” which starred Kiefer Sutherland as CTU (Counter Terrorist Unit) agent Jack Bauer. However, this time around, Bauer isn’t our hero running around on no sleep thwarting terrorist attacks.

“Legacy” has a new star in Corey Hawkins as Eric Carter, a former Army Ranger who is in for quite an eventful 24 hours. For better or worse, the “24: Legacy” show-runners stick to the formula that made the original drama so successful while simultaneously sending its audience mixed signals of the show’s cultural views.

“24: Legacy” revolves around events that took place before the beginning of the show. A special operation led to the suc-

cessful termination of renowned terrorist Sheik Ibrahim Bin-Khalid.

Six special Army Rangers, including Agent Carter, manned the covert operation and were given new identities after the mission was complete. However, it wasn’t enough as BinKhalid’s people were able to locate the rangers.

They are attempting to locate a strongbox that belonged to Bin-Khalid – which was taken after the raid – and four of the six rangers are killed in the process.

The strongbox is in the hands of Ben Grimes, one of the two remaining Army Rangers, and contains a drive that grants access to all the active nuclear suitcases in the country.

After narrowly escaping Bin-Khalid’s people, who are working with Bin-Khalid’s son, Jadalla, Carter must track down the disturbed Grimes before the drive gets in the wrong hands.

In regards to the plot of the show, much of it is the same from the original run of “24.”

It features a man who has a troubled past and faces trouble adjusting to ordinary life in Carter (Bauer), a seemingly honorable politician running for president in Jimmy Smit’s John Donovan (David Palmer) and a bunch of bad dudes trying to plan an attack on American soil (every season of “24”).

With that being said, “Legacy” still offers all the pulse-pounding action of the original run without too much predictability seething through the script.

“Legacy” wastes no time in jumping right into the

action, while offering unexpected twists and turns that even veterans of the show won’t see coming.

One aspect that always made “24” innovative was its ability to take global issues of terrorism and relate them to the plots of their show.

Even the plot of “24: Legacy” appears to be modeled after the consequences of Operation Neptune Spear, which lead to the death of Osama Bin Laden.

However, timeliness seems to be the enemy of “24: Legacy.” “24” has always had a wide variety of villains with different nationalities including Russians, Brits and even African warlords.

“24” has also had radical Islamic terrorists pose has

the main threats in previous seasons, and it seems to be heading in that direction once again.

It’s unfortunate that the show is again playing on Islamic stereotypes in a unique time in our country, where citizens of seven Muslim-dominated countries were briefly banned from entering the United States.

With that being said, “24: Legacy” also appears to show progression with our rapidly changing views on cultural stereotypes.

For one, the original run never really had a dominating female lead. Sure, there were characters like Chloe O’Brien and Audrey Reins, but their sole purpose was to aide Bauer.

They rarely took action in events that weren’t involved with furthering Bauer’s character progression. However, in “24: Legacy,” former CTU director Rebecca Ingram (Miranda Otto) serves as a formidable female lead

in the early stages of the show.

The show also features CTU analyst Andy Shalowitz (Dan Bucatinisky) who is an openly gay character who doesn’t embrace any stereotypes. Also, while a little obvious, it helps Legacy’s case that the lead of the show is AfricanAmerican.

While a little too familiar and close to the original formula, “24: Legacy” still offers audiences who loved the original show a fun ride that’s easy to get back into.

The show unfortunately also gives its audience a sense of mixed cultural views and doesn’t give a strong stance on where it stands in today’s issues and turmoil. Even though the premise of the show is based on harmful Islamic stereotypes, it still offers a spotlight for minorities that wouldn’t have seen the light of day in the original “24.”

The Chronicle A&E ‘It’s Always Sunny’ is the Light in the Dark

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By Wesley Orser

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It’s certainly hard to think of a show that continues to sustain a high quality and have memorable episodes going into its 12th season. The dark and often delirious sitcom, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” is probably one of the last shows you’d expect to pull

that very task off. Just consider the many elements that haven’t gone in the show’s favor during its long run: it debuted to a mostly indifferent reception in 2005, has received little to no recognition from the Emmys and viewership dropped when it made the move from FX to the smaller FXX channel. It has flown under the radar for practically its entire run, yet cult fans of the show know just how special its surreal nature truly is.

It may be hard to believe, but “Sunny” has already been renewed for a 13th and 14th season.

This will tie the record with the 50s sitcom, “The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet,” for the longestrunning live action comedy in television history.

While “Seinfeld” pulled off a hit show where all the main characters were self-indulgent, the “Sunny” gang is operating on an entirely different level. Their selfishness and sickly behavior

reaches new proportions every year as the show continues to dig deeper into their demented psyches.

The actors have become so fine tuned with the five main characters that even the subtlest of choices in movement or line delivery can be appreciated.

Rob McElhenney, the show’s creator, plays the macho yet vulnerable Mac. Charlie Day plays the illiterate Charlie Kelly. Glenn Howerton is the self-proclaimed genius, but complete sociopath, Dennis Reynolds. Kaitlin Olson portrays Dennis’ sister, “Sweet” Dee, whose greed is not far behind that of her brother. Finally, of course, there’s Danny DeVito as the equally insane father, Frank Reynolds. Such an accomplished film star and veteran actor in his 70s could easily be kicking back in retirement. Yet here he is, game for any physical predicaments thrown his way in a show that seems to show him half naked at

least once every season.

So how has “Sunny” been able to pull off its lunacy for over a decade without becoming stale or tiresome? It probably helps that the episode count has been shortened down to just ten per season.

The show has definitely gotten more experimental with its format as well, introducing high-concept plots usually considered gimmicky for any other show.

The show’s 12th season includes a musical where the gang suddenly looks African-American in everyone else’s eyes, a parody of “Making a Murderer” investigating whether Dennis is a murderer and an episode where spy cameras are installed in the home of Mac and Charlie’s moms’ while the footage is edited into a situational comedy.

Even when it operated on a smaller budget in its early years, the show’s style has always been silly and ridiculous enough to warrant these ambitious concepts. It’s

never a bad thing when the show goes back to basics too.

Episodes such as, “Hero or Hate Crime?” or “The Gang Tends Bar” are great even though the characters are in a singular setting with the entertainment coming solely from their interactions towards one another.

The turnout of classic episodes in its 12th season proves that “It’s Always Sunny” still has something to say in a society that may not be so far removed from the show’s chaotic world. There is no telling how much longer it will stay on the air, even if it feels like it’s going to run forever. DeVito is sadly not getting any younger, and the other talented actors probably receive many offers to move on to other film or TV projects.

Nonetheless, it will be a sad day when “Sunny” comes to an end.

No matter how cruel, offensive, dark or weird it chooses to be, the comedy always finds a way to keep it bright.

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Expert Analysis : Trump declares war on America

By Alan Singer, Ph.D PR OFES S O R O F T E A C H I N G LEAR NI N G A N D T E C H N OL OGY

In anti-immigrant actions released on Tuesday, Donald Trump declared war on America. Whether he is calculating or crazy, he is unfit for the office of President of the United States. If we cannot remove him, we must resist him.

Angry at the courts for blocking his ban on Muslims entering the United States, furious at the press for reports that he calls fake but are all too accurate, Donald Trump, a man psychologically incapable of listening to or working with others, is striking out at some of the most vulnerable people in the nation – immigrants so desperate for a better life that they put themselves and their families at great risk to come to this country and become Americans.

Trump directed federal of-

fices to take extreme measures against undocumented immigrants declaring war on American values and large swathes of American people. Trump ordered aggressive enforcement of immigration laws with threats to unleash massive federal force to locate, arrest, incarcerate and deport undocumented immigrants. Documents released by Homeland Security revealed Trump’s plans to stir up antiimmigrant sentiment by inflating claims of criminal behavior. He is calling for the formation of a 10,000-member anti-immigrant armed force, the use of local police to support enforcement of his directives, new detention centers to facilitate mass arrests, frightening away asylum seekers and accelerating deportations before legal measures can be taken to stop him.

A New York Times editorial declared the Trump vendetta an assault on “sensible immigra-

tion policies” and “American values.”

Homeland Security officials announced that “Dreamers,” young people brought to the United States as children, will not be targeted unless they commit crimes. But because they entered the country illegally, or if they work off-the-books or without a valid social security number, they are already “criminals” subject to deportation. A Homeland Security memo stated “All of those present in violation of the immigration laws may be subject to immigration arrest, detention, and, if found removable by final order, removal from the United States.”

It is yet to be determined whether Trump has also declared war on law. Swift action against accused individuals never convicted of crimes may violate 14th Amendment Constitutional due process protection, guaranteed all people, not

just citizens. Courts in Illinois, Oregon and Pennsylvania previously rejected federal attempts to have local and state law enforcement have undocumented immigrants picked up for minor infractions held beyond their scheduled release.

Republicans and Democrats in public office have critical choices to make. Will they abide by dictatorial decrees or resist through legal channels and join civil disobedience in defense of the United States and American values?

What is going to happen as a result of the Trump directives?

Anticipate safe-haven sanctuaries for immigrants set up in churches, synagogues and mosques and on college campuses across the nation. Anticipate shutdowns and human barricades that may escalate into pushing, shoving and worse as Trump orders local police to uproot and arrest law abiding

families – many with children who are American citizens by birth. Anticipate unprecedented street battles between Trump supporters and opponents.

Expect waves of non-violent civil disobedience paralyzing businesses and cities. Expect protests closing down colleges.

Expect government officials, court officers and police to say no when called on to enforce injustice. Expect international condemnation.

I will be at sanctuaries defending my neighbors. I expect to see our senators, representatives, state and city officials standing with us. Democrat or Republican, if they do not stand with us now they should resign.

The future of the country is at stake.

You can follow Alan Singer on Twitter: @ReecesPieces8

Flynn resignation warrants skepticism on U.S. Russian relations

By Laura Wood C ONTR I B U TO R

President Trump’s unusual relationship with Russia took a new turn on Feb. 13 when former White House National Security advisor Michael Flynn resigned from his position after only working for a month.

Throughout the election, both Democrats and Republicans were concerned with Trump and the nature of his relationship with Russia. The primary concern was that Trump would be susceptible to Russian influence when determining policy, and that he would disclose confidential information to Russian rulers. With this, there was also concern that his staff would not

follow proper protocol when interacting with Russia.

Michael Flynn validated this concern earlier this month after he misinformed Vice President Mike Pence when detailing a phone call he had had with the Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak.

Evidence discovered by the FBI indicates that during this call Flynn discussed U.S. sanctions against Russia with Kislyak, but Flynn has since denied these charges both to the FBI and to Vice President Pence. Should it be determined that Flynn did discuss the sanctions, he would be guilty of two crimes: First, violating the Logan Act of 1799 – which states that private citizens may not

become involved in diplomatic disputes – and second, lying to the FBI. Flynn was asked to resign over apprehension that he would be vulnerable to Russian blackmail. At the time, there is no case against Flynn, and he has since been replaced.

However, this is not the end.

The FBI is continuing to investigate the relationship between the Trump administration and Russia.

Despite the fact that Trump continues to deny having close connections with either Russia, or Vladimir Putin, he has surrounded himself with advisors that have close ties with Russia and has continued to withhold his tax returns. This could indi-

cate any Russian business ties he may have.

Additionally, Trump has continued to vilify and discredit the media that has attempted to investigate and publish facts about his relationship with Russia. In his comments following Flynn’s resignation, rather than discuss how Flynn may have broken the law, Trump spoke poorly of the media that had published information about the situation, trying to make them appear responsible for the outcome, instead of acknowledging the errors made by his staff.

Flynn is only one member of Trump’s administration that has shown obvious ties to Russia, and it is more than likely that

he is not the only one. The FBI investigation will discover important facts about this case and the relationship between the Trump administration and Russia as a whole. It is the job of the media to keep the American public aware of these findings.

Liberals as well as conservatives should remain wary of information about Russian ties given by the White House, as there is now an obvious precedent that implies they may not be disclosing the full truth.

Laura Wood is the treasurer of the Hofstra Democrats.

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Destroying the stigma behind the feminist movement

By Samantha Storms STAFF WR I T E R

In a time ripe with political controversy, movements for social change have been dominating our social media feeds and have been on the minds of millions of young activists across the country. As President Trump and his administration take their firm, unrelenting hold of the nation’s highest office, feminists have taken to the streets in fiery protest over our president’s blatant disregard for female anatomy and dignity.

Reproductive rights are being

challenged, cases of domestic violence and sexual harassment continue to silently unfold and the issue of equal pay has not died and withered away – despite what certain politicians may claim.

Why, then, is a movement dedicated to the empowerment of women and their entitlement to basic equal rights consistently dismissed as a phase college-aged women inevitably pass through on their journeys into higher education and the professional world?

The feminist movement has not been perceived as a celebra-

tion of the female experience, a way of life incapable of being captured and replicated in any other way. The world does not rejoice – it has taken the feminist and shoved him or her alongside the likes of the fascists, the fanatics and the foolish.

The feminist movement is not naïve to the overwhelming criticism fired at young women who have chosen to dedicate their time to the cause. Terms such as “femi-nazi,” “misandrist” and “special snowflake” are just a few examples of the ignorant labels deeply rooted

in the perception that a woman, no matter how powerful she may be, is perceived to possess an inherent inability to compete with her male counterparts – that she cannot possibly be capable of holding sophisticated state and local political offices or any other governmental jobs crucial to the security of the nation.

Together, these incredibly harsh stigmata that have become so firmly attached to the feminist serve as a frightening reminder of the state of the women’s roles in our homes, schools and government. They

are a triple-underlined, highlighted social example of our failure to accept women as an equally powerful force capable of much more than early-education teaching jobs or being stay-at-home mothers.

It will become ever-more crucial to the feminist movement to continue its fight for equality and representation in order to defeat the vile names that have stuck to activists for generations. The feminist must stay lively, step with resolution and prove to the world that the message has never been one of superiority, but of solidarity.

was lost.

The modern wave of feminism has become muddled and distorted by delusion. Like the Black Lives Matter movement, which started with good intentions as well, feminism targets a certain group of individuals and essentially places society in a black-and-white, binary competition.

By this, I’m referring to the fact that feminism pits “victimized” women against society as a whole. It doesn’t take into account that there are indeed successful women in the real world.

I’m not only talking about successful female CEOs, musicians, athletes, etc. I’m talking about the hard-working mothers who have to drop their kids off at a daycare with tears in their eyes as they go to work just

to make an honest dollar. I’m talking about the stay-at-home mothers who raise their children without complaint. I’m talking about the women who don’t insist on “fighting the patriarchy,” but rather adapt to their cultural milieu.

Whether you like it or not, there is indeed a social order in place. This is the same social order that dictates that the majority of our generation go to college, get a degree and start working to make something of themselves without complaint.

Under this social order, there is never true equality for every single stratum of society. Social, political and economic inequality will always be present for certain sectors in society. I can assure you as a brownskinned man in America that racial inequality will always be

prevalent, but we cannot allow ourselves to be victimized by this objective truth.

Instead of promoting the idea of empowering women, today’s wave of feminism instead sells victimization at the cheap rate of stigmatization of their own message.

For example, you can take a look at any feminist Tumblr post and you’ll see buzzwords like “patriarchy” and “hegemonic masculinity” being thrown around just for the sake of justifying their internalized oppression. Modern day feminists have ultimately become caricatures of what was once a legitimate movement for women.

When you show up to a rally with signs that say “Pussies in Formation,” do you expect anyone to take your points seriously? I may be wrong, though;

perhaps it’s due to the perception of sexist feminists taking precedence over those who actually advocate for justice and equality for men and women alike.

It’s no doubt that women experience inequality in various sectors of life, but when feminists are out there talking about “killing all men” and “burning down the patriarchy,” it really leads me to believe that their morals and values have been displaced and that they are using the feminist ideology for a far more insidious purpose.

I don’t buy into the idea of feminism – or at least the modern-day rendition of it. Feminism shouldn’t be about tearing men down through victimization, but reaching common ground through empowerment.

Modern feminism: A muddled message

By Andy Sahadeo STAFF W R I T E R

Before I begin, I just want to make it clear that I am not antiwomen. Two weeks ago, I wrote a piece detailing the struggles of women in combat sports and how they have fought to achieve equality in that realm of entertainment.

Turning to economics, the United States Department of Labor has shown that the average man’s median weekly income equates to $860, as opposed to $706 for women. It’s clearly evident that women have indeed faced inequalities from many aspects of life for generations. The rise of feminism has been rooted in good intentions while striving for social change – but somewhere along the way, that point

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Byrne’s hat trick leads Hofstra past Princeton

By Regina Volpe STAFF W R I T E R

Despite a final-period push from the Tigers, the Hofstra men’s lacrosse team came out victorious Saturday at Princeton University, knocking off the Tigers 10-8 for its second win of the season.

Coming into the day, both Hofstra and Princeton were undefeated in their early season match-ups.

Hofstra held a strong lead for most of the match. Freshman Ryan Tierney earned the first goal of the game for the second consecutive matchup, this time around the seven-minute mark.

Princeton tied it up soon after, but senior Josh Byrne scored to put the Pride in the lead with just two seconds left in the first period.

A pair of unanswered goals from junior Alex Moeser stretched the Pride’s lead further in the second period.

Coming out of halftime, junior Brendan Kavanagh got the ball from Byrne to score

five minutes into the third period. Princeton managed two more goals nearly back-to-back within the last three minutes of the third.

Byrne was quick to answer the Tiger’s goals, though. His second goal of the match gave the Pride a 6-3 lead at the end of the third period.

Princeton turned up the heat coming into the fourth period.

The Tigers’ Michael Sowers scored twice within the first five minutes of play to shorten the Pride’s lead to one goal. Hofstra was quick to answer back with a goal from freshman Kyle Gallagher.

The Tigers did not back down, however, scoring again just a minute after Gallagher’s goal. Princeton continued to play catch up, but the Pride managed to stretch its lead with two goals from sophomore Jimmy Yanes. The Tigers could not surpass this two-goal deficit with just five minutes left to play.

Byrne’s hat-trick capper with

just under a minute left to play was the Pride’s last goal of the game. Princeton attempted to bounce back with another goal from Sowers but it was too late. The Pride maintained possession for the last minute of play, not allowing Princeton to squeeze in any more goals before time ran out.

Byrne continued to lead in points, scoring three times and racking up two assists. Tierney was close behind with three points this match, scoring once and assisting twice. Moeser and Yanes both earned two goals for the Pride, and Kavanagh and Gallagher earned a goal apiece.

The Pride outshot Princeton 40-29. Junior goalie Jack Concannon racked up 10 saves.

Hofstra is now 2-0 for the season, while Princeton is 2-1.

The Pride takes the field again this Tuesday, Feb. 28, to host the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Opening face-off is at 7 p.m. at James M. Shuart Stadium.

Cam Keough/The Chronicle Hofstra’s Josh Byrne had a hat trick in the Pride’s win over Princeton.

Hofstra bested by Fairfield in high-scoring affair

By Elliot Rubin STA FF WR ITER

Cam Keough/The Chronicle Drew Shapiro scored two of Hofstra’s 14 goals in Saturday’s loss.

After starting the season 2-0, the Hofstra women’s lacrosse team fell in a close game to Fairfield University, 19-14.

For a game that netted a combined 33 goals, the scoring got off to a slow start.

In fact, nearly 10 minutes of game time went by before the Pride’s Lexi Lenaghan put Hofstra on the board at 22:56 with the her seventh goal of the season.

Carlee Ancona assisted Lenaghan on the play. Not long after the first goal, Ancona assisted Lenaghan yet again, as Lenaghan scored her eighth goal.

The Stags evened the score a few minutes later following a pair of scores from Riley Hellstein – her ninth and 10th goals of the season.

This was a theme that was consistent in the highly competitive first half – whenever one team scored, the other did not take long to return the favor.

At one point in the first half

the Pride had a 5-2 lead, though this soon evaporated after Fairfield scored five consecutive times, to take a 7-5 lead.

Hofstra scored six more goals in the first half to Fairfield’s seven.

Fairfield went into halftime with a small lead, 9-8, largely from Hellstein, who totaled four goals in the half.

Drew Shapiro (her seventh goal), Becky Conto (sixth) and Morgan Knox (first) scored for the Pride in the half. Alyssa Parrella also notched three goals of her own in the half, the first one was assisted by Ancona, but the later two – her 10th and 11th – were unassisted.

For Fairfield, in addition to Hellstein’s four goals, the Stags utilized two Taylor Mitchell goals – her fourth and fifth of the season – as well as Alex Fehmel’s fifth, Scarlett Sulliman’s third and Brenna Connolly’s sixth goal to give the team a lead heading into the intermission.

While the game was still close in the second half, Fairfield was able to break away just

enough to secure the victory.

After alternating goals to begin the second half, Fairfield notched three goals in a fiveminute span, before Hofstra got on the board again.

Unfortunately for the Pride, it was unable to match the Stags’ high-powered offense toward the end of the second half, leading to Hofstra’s first loss of the season.

Offensively, Parrella led the day for the Pride, notching seven goals.

Lenaghan recorded three more, Shapiro scored twice and Conto and Knox netted one goal a piece.

For Fairfield, Hellstein also scored seven goals. Connolly and Mitchell scored three times, while Sulliman, Fehmel and Hulseman each notched a pair.

With the loss, Hofstra fell to 2-1 on the season and Fairfield improved to 1-3.

Hofstra next plays the University of Maryland on March 3 at James M. Shuart Stadium beginning at 1 p.m. The Terrapins come in as the No. 1 team in the nation.

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EIWA Championships to be held this weekend

By Chris Detwiler STAFF W R I T E R

Spring is right around the corner, which means the collegiate wrestling championship season is upon us.

Hofstra will wrestle in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) Championships March 3 and 4 at Bucknell University.

The EIWA is a premiere wrestling conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and will qualify 43 wrestlers to the NCAA tournament – the second most in any conference.

Only the Big Ten conference will qualify more wrestlers.

Each weight class will qualify a different number of wrestlers to the tournament.

In the EIWA, the 125 lbs. class will qualify the least number of wrestlers with only two, and the 184 lbs. class will qualify the most wrestlers with seven.

Six of the 10 EIWA

champions from last year are returning to the mat.

Darian Cruz (Lehigh, 125 lbs.), Matt Cimato (Drexel, 149 lbs.), Dylan Palacio (Cornell, 157 lbs.), Brian Realbuto (Cornell, 174 lbs.), Gabe Dean (Cornell, 184 lbs.) and Brett Harner (Princeton, 197 lbs.) all return to try to repeat as champions.

One matchup to keep an eye on is a potential rematch for the 149 lbs. title between Cimato and Joseph Galasso of Cornell.

Cimato won the match last year by a score of 5-4.

But they are not the only two wrestlers in contention for the championship at 149 lbs.

Laike Gardner of Lehigh, who is ranked No. 11 in the nation, could be wrestling for the gold as well.

The EIWA has nine wrestlers who are ranked in the top 10 of their respective weight-class.

Some of the top wrestlers in the EIWA include Cruz, who is ranked No. 5 in the nation; Josh Terao of American (125 lbs.), who is ranked No. 10;

Scott Parker of Lehigh (133 lbs.), who is ranked No. 9; Matt Kolodzik of Princeton (149 lbs.), who is ranked No. 5; Jordan Kutler of Lehigh (157 lbs.), who is ranked No. 4; Palacio, who is ranked No. 9; Brian Realbuto of Cornell (174 lbs.), who is ranked No. 2; Ryan Preisch of Lehigh (174 lbs.), who is ranked No. 5 and Dean, who is ranked No. 1 in the nation.

Dean has been unquestionably the most dominant wrestler in the EIWA. Dean is 26-0, 24 of those wins coming with bonus points.

Eighteen of his 26 wins came by fall.

He is a wrestler to keep an eye on, not only in the EIWA tournament but also later in March in the NCAA tournament.

Cornell won the EIWA last year with a score of 170.5 team points.

The Big Red had four champions in the 2016 tournament.

Lehigh came in second place

Phoyo courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Hofstra’s Omar Haddad (top) has picked up eight wins on the season.

with 160 team points and two champions.

The EIWA has lots of potential this year, and should

have a great showing in the NCAA tournament, taking place March 16-18 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.

Baseball takes away positives from long road trip

Cam Keough/The Chronicle To start the year, Nick Bottari is hitting .320 with 6 RBI and a home run.

By Joe Barone STAFF W R I T E R

It has not been easy. Nobody thought it would.

When the 2017 schedule was released for the Hofstra Pride baseball team, we all knew the competition would be challenging.

They sit at 2-5 to begin the season – which is nowhere close to where head coach John Russo wants to be.

However, this is a PSA saying that despite their rocky start to the season, the Pride can take away some positives from opening weekend, hence why two wins were quickly strung together.

Sure, wins are better than losses. But the few losses Hofstra suffered to open up their fresh campaign does not do the team justice for how well they have truly played.

From what we have seen,

they will continue to compete throughout the spring.

This was a matter of how this team can compete head-to-head with some of the nation’s best.

They did. Some games ended ugly, others ended in frustration.

Either way, Russo and his team played tough.

On opening day, Hofstra’s ace John Rooney displayed guts, guile and character in an outing that lasted almost six innings.

He showed the fight his team needs if they want success this season.

After surrendering a leadoff homerun, Rooney set down the next seven batters before things got hairy.

Down 2-0, Hofstra’s ace struck out three of the next six hitters to keep the Pride in the game, giving Hofstra the chance to win.

That is what their starting pitchers need to do this year.

But by the time the bats arrived from their preseason slumber, Murray State already had a strong grip on the game.

Hofstra got routed in their

second game of the season, which only lasted seven frames.

The box score read 11-1 after seven, but fans may not know Chris Weiss allowed three hits and one run in the first four innings before things unraveled.

It was the type of outing that gives a lineup the chance to get back into a game.

You have to remember: there is only so much a pitcher can do before the opponent wakes up from its rest.

It did not matter how strong Weiss started or how much he struggled at the end; the Pride was held hitless for the opening five innings.

In a New York minute, things changed.

The bats came alive. And behind a stellar outing from Rooney in the opening game of the Mardi Gras Invitational, Hofstra registered its first win of the season – a 10-3 victory over Nicholls State.

Another takeaway Russo can hang his cap on is his offseason prediction of a productive Nick Bottari in the everyday lineup.

Through seven games, Bottari sports a .320 batting average, leads the ball club in doubles (3), runs batted in (6) and slugging percentage (.560).

After Ryan Karl graduated from the program last season, there was a giant question mark at the first base position.

Bottari was redshirted in 2015 and was limited to just 36 of Hofstra’s 52 games last year due to injury, but scrapped six homeruns in that shorter span.

Make no mistake – Hofstra baseball has a long road ahead before they can be considered at the top of the CAA. Their bullpen – aside from standout transfer Jorge Marrero (0.00 ERA in 9.1 innings), Andrew Mundy (0.00 ERA in six innings) and Teddy Cillis (2.00 ERA in nine innings) – gives major cause for concern moving forward.

But from what we have seen through seven games, the Pride will be an entertaining bunch to watch come springtime.

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Passed ball hands Hofstra heartbreaking loss

By Ethan Marshall

SPEC IA L TO T H E C H R O NI CL E

Hofstra baseball fell to Grambling State University 8-7 Saturday on a walk-off passed ball at the Mardi Gras Invitational in Thibodaux, Louisiana.

Hofstra coughed up three separate leads throughout the game, losing the lead at the bottom half of every frame.

Hofstra allowed two runs in the second inning after going ahead 3-1, one run in the fourth after leading 4-3 and three runs in the sixth after going up 6-4.

With this loss, Hofstra dropped to 2-5 on the season.

Left-handed starter Teddy Cillis struggled to throw strikes in his four innings of work, plunking two batters and walking six (including lead-off walks in each of the first three innings).

Cillis also struck out five batters, receiving the no decision.

Hofstra’s defense did not provide much help for the redshirt junior.

Of the four runs allowed by Cillis, only one was earned.

A throwing error committed by catcher Vito Friscia on a double-steal attempt allowed for both runners to score in the

second inning, prompting head coach John Russo to pinch-hit for his catcher with Chris Hardhardt in the third.

With Grambling State loading the bases to start the third, Cillis proceeded to strike out the next three batters.

Grambling State’s starter Tanner Raiburn went 5.2 innings, allowing six runs (five earned), eight hits and seven strikeouts.

After falling behind 1-0, Hofstra scored three in the second, thanks to a run-scoring bunt by second baseman Tom Archer, a wild pitch and a two-out RBI single by Steven Foster.

Hofstra regained the lead in the fourth after singles by Mikey Riesner and Vinnie Costello. Riesner later scored on a balk by Raiburn.

Grambling State tied it on a two-out error by third baseman David Leiderman, but Hofstra regained the lead in the sixth on a double steal of second and home, with Archer stealing second and Riesner scoring after the throw to second.

After Costello walked, Foster drove in Archer.

Grambling State continued to fight back thanks to back-toback two-out walks, followed

by a two-run double from third baseman Daniel Barnett.

Catcher Johan Mojica brought home Barnett with a RBI single, putting Grambling State up 7-6.

Hofstra was quick to answer back, with first baseman Nick Bottari leading off the seventh inning with a double.

A walk and sac-bunt put runners on second and third with one out and Sean Rausch’s RBI single tied it at 7-7.

Grambling State’s left fielder Alexander Felder led off the final frame with a single to right field, advancing to second when Foster could not field the ball cleanly.

After a bunt single by right fielder Nick Wheeler did not advance Felder, designated hitter Rafael Ramirez was able to get down the sac-bunt and advance the runners.

Hofstra reliever John Ryan, who had been pitching since getting the last out of the sixth inning, was able to strike out center fielder Ian Bailey, but Hardardt could not keep the ball in front of him on the third strike, allowing Felder to score the winning run.

Ryan got the loss, falling to 0-1, despite the run allowed was

Cam Keough/The Chronicle Steven Foster notched two base hits and two RBI vs. Grambling State.

unearned. He struck out four in 2.2 innings.

James Beasley also pitched for the Pride, going 1.2 innings with three earned runs and one strikeout.

Hofstra’s shortstop Riesner put up a strong effort at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a double, a stolen base and three runs scored.

The only time he was retired was when he hit into an inningending double play with runners on the corners.

Center fielder Costello, left fielder Rausch and right fielder Foster each had two hits.

For Grambling State, Daniel Beizer earned the win after

pitching the final three innings, logging two hits and a strikeout.

At the plate, Marshawn Taylor collected three hits and three runs from the lead-off spot, while Johan Mojica and Nick Wheeler had two hits each.

Barnett had an interesting day at the plate, going 1-for-1 with three walks and three runs batted in.

Hofstra is next in action March 4 and 5 against Charleston Southern University in a three-game set in Charleston, South Carolina.

Cornell continues dominance, improves to 5-0

By Steven Wolff STAFF W R I T E R

The Hofstra Softball team was able to salvage the final game of the Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) invitational, as they edged past the Boston College Eagles 3-1.

Freshman pitcher Sarah Cornell has been unstoppable recently for the Pride, as she tossed a complete game, allowing just one run on two hits and two strikeouts.

The game remained scoreless until the third inning, where

Hofstra scored three runs on an error, which was hit by Brittany Allocca.

It remained 3-0 until the seventh inning, when the Eagles broke up the shutout with a solo homerun from Tatiana Cortez.

However, a pop up would

then end the game and seal the win for the Pride.

With the win, Cornell improves to 5-0 on the season, lowering her ERA to 2.55 after retiring the side in order in five consecutive innings.

Cornell is still the only Pride pitcher to record a win in 2017.

As for Boston College, starter Jordan Weed fell to 1-3, going four innings while giving up three runs (all unearned), three walks and four strikeouts.

Kendra Friedt relieved Weed in the fifth, logging two innings without surrendering a run. The sophomore right-hander fanned four batters and allowed one hit in that span.

The two Eagles errors were

key for the Pride.

On the other hand, even though Hofstra won the contest, they only managed to get three hits on the afternoon.

Lacey Clark, Kaitlyne Musa and Courtney Scarpato were the three lone batters to record a hit.

With the hit, Clark continues her solid season – now hitting at a .517 clip.

Hofstra now goes back to .500 on the season at 5-5, while Boston College falls to 8-7.

The Pride will look to get over the .500 mark when they travel to Longwood next weekend for a three game series in Virginia.

The first game of the doubleheader starts at noon March 4.

Check Out Our Website: Cam Keough/The Chronicle Senior second baseman Lacey Clark went 1-for-2 with a walk Sunday, bringing her batting average to .517.

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CAA Basketball Season Standings

Team

Men’s Basketball - CAA Overall Wins

Losses

Win %

1. UNCW

15

3

.833

2. Charleston

14

4

3. Towson

11

8. Hofstra

7

Women’s Basketball - CAA Overall

Team

Wins

Losses

Win %

1. Elon

15

2

.882

.778

1. James Madison

14

3

.823

7

.611

3. Drexel

11

6

.647

11

.389

8. Hofstra

5

12

.294

HOFSTRA ATHLETIC CALENDAR Away

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Home

2/28

3/1

3/2

3/3

3/4

3/5

EIWA Championships - All Day

Wrestling

University of Delaware (CAA 1st Round) - 6 p.m.

Men’s

CAA Quarterfinals (if nec.)

CAA Semifinals (if nec.)

Baseball

Charleston Southern (DH) 1 p.m., 4 p.m.

Charleston Southern - 1 p.m.

Softball

Longwood University 12 p.m.

Longwood University 12 p.m..

Basketball Women’s Basketball

Men’s Lacrosse Women’s Lacrosse

Northeastern 7 p.m.

NJIT - 7 P.M.

Georgetown 12 p.m.

University of Maryland 1 p.m.

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Men’s basketball faces tough road in CAA tourney

By Kevin Carroll SPORTS E D I TO R

This time last year, the Hofstra men’s basketball team was putting the finishing touches on a stellar run in conference action, beating the College of Charleston at home capping a six-game win streak to end the season, and to assure the Pride the top seed heading into the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Tournament, and the first-round bye that comes with it.

This year, it’s not going to be so simple.

Despite capping off the regular season by winning five of its last eight games, the Pride finds itself at the bottom looking up as the conference tourney begins. Hofstra will hit the floor on Friday night at 6 p.m. as the eighth seed, and will have to win four games in order to raise the CAA trophy.

A No. 8 seed winning the entire tournament, especially in a conference with the quality of competition that the CAA brings, would be unexpected to say the least. But that’s part of what makes tournament season so special, the idea that any

team could string together a few wins and make a run for the CAA crown.

First up for the Pride will be the Fightin’ Blue Hens from the University of Delaware, in the No. 8 vs. No. 9 matchup to kick off the CAA Tournament festivities down in North Charleston.

Hofstra swept the season series with Delaware this year, but both games were relatively close, and the Pride can’t afford to fall into a false sense of security with UDel. The Blue Hens held an 11-point lead over Hofstra at halftime the last time these two teams met, with the Pride needing a big second half to put Delaware away.

If the Pride does advance to Saturday, then waiting will be top-seeded University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW). The Seahawks have beaten Hofstra in four of their last five meetings, including an overtime thriller in last year’s CAA championship game.

UNCW has been the odds-on favorite to win this conference all season, and a 14-3 mark in CAA action only bolstered those odds.

However, despite sitting

Cam Keough/The Chronicle Rokas Gustys finished the season fourth in the NCAA in total rebounding.

towards the bottom of the CAA standings, Hofstra played two very close, ultra-competitive games with the Seahawks this season.

Hofstra and UNCW have developed quite a nice rivalry over the last two seasons, and there’s no reason to believe that a potential matchup between these two wouldn’t be a tight, competitive affair.

It’s a lot easier to win as an underdog than as a favorite, and as the Seahawks would surely be favored in this one, Hofstra would not be faced with the pressure that comes with grabbing the top seed.

So what needs to happen for Hofstra to shock the rest of the Colonial, and secure the program’s first bid to the NCAA Tournament in 16 seasons?

It has to start on the defensive end for the Pride.

The old saying “defense wins championships” has been used so often throughout the years that it’s almost become a cliché, but that’s only because it’s true.

Hofstra’s strength doesn’t lie on the defensive end, with Joe Mihalich’s team more likely to hang 90 points on a team than to hold that team to 60 points.

But even with the highpowered scoring that Hofstra has brought to the table these last few seasons, it still hasn’t brought home the CAA trophy.

This team will need to get stops, and a lot of them, if it wants to get through UNCW. Many a time this season, fans have seen the Pride come out just a basket or two behind, and it usually comes as a result of late-game scoring from the opposition.

Another trend that has plagued the Pride in recent weeks is the team’s habit of stumbling early. The Pride was outscored by 50 points in the first half of games this season, but outscored opponents by 72 points in the second half.

11 of the Pride’s 16 losses have come by less than 10 points, and five of those losses were one or two-possession games. If the Pride could start strong on the offensive end – and finish strong on the defensive end – then this team might sneak up on opponents.

Cam Keough/The Chronicle Joe Mihalich will look to guide Hofstra to its first CAA championship.

One player that certainly won’t be sneaking up on anyone is sophomore sensation Justin Wright-Foreman, who has scored double-figures in his last 21 games. Wright-Foreman will most likely be the focus of opposing defenses, as he has been the most consistent offensive presence for Hofstra this year.

While he’s been having a monster season, the Pride will need to see production from other players too. The rest of the Hofstra starting lineup features guys that could score in bunches as well as anyone, but a lack of consistency has shown in the team’s record.

In these last two games of the season, Rokas Gustys has shown flashes of his stellar 2015-16 season, where no one seemed to have an answer for him on the glass. It’s been an up-and-down year for Gustys, who missed a few games due to an injury, but if the best big man in the CAA plays at the top of his game, then he could be a matchup nightmare for the rest of the conference.

The same goes for the rest of Hofstra’s stable of guards

– guys like Deron Powers, Eli Pemberton and Brian Bernardi.

The Pride is at its best when all of these guys are connecting from three-point territory.

Pemberton is capable of doing a lot of damage in different ways, as is Powers.

For Bernardi, who’s more of a three-point specialist, his shot will need to be on for this Hofstra team to make a splash this weekend. At his hottest, Bernardi could shoot the threeball as well as anyone in the conference.

The Pride will kick off the CAA Tournament Friday night, the first time that Hofstra’s played on the opening day of the tournament since the 201314 season, Mihalich’s first year at the helm of the Pride.

In the years since Hofstra joined the CAA back in 2001, a team playing in the opening round of the tournament has never advanced to the finals, let alone taken home the trophy.

It’s going to take defense, consistency and a little bit of that vintage March madness, but this Hofstra team may just have what it takes to rewrite history.

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Pride pulls into postseason with win over JMU

By Rob Pelaez STAFF W R I T E R

On Saturday, the Pride wrapped up their regular season with a 71-66 victory over the Dukes of James Madison University. Although Hofstra head coach Joe Mihalich and his team were able to pick up the win, it was a game neither team had much to gain from.

Sophomore standout Justin Wright-Foreman had another game in which he led the team in scoring.

The young shooting guard from Queens shot just 8-23 from the field and was a mere 1-10 from long range, contributing to a Hofstra effort of 5-27 (18.5 percent) from beyond the arc. That being said, he did make important contributions: 19 points, a pair of assists and five rebounds.

Wright-Foreman’s scoring output is now at an even 18.0 points per game for the regular season, which is easily good for first on the team, and third in

the conference.

Junior Rokas Gustys also closed out his third regular season with Hofstra with nothing other than an extremely efficient double-double. Gustys tacked on 15 points and 14 rebounds for the team on Saturday by shooting a solid 5-7 from the field and 5-9 from the charity stripe.

For Gustys, it was his 11th and final double-double on the regular season, easily giving him the title of the conference’s leading rebounder. He also nationally ranked fourth in rebounds per game (12.2).

When Coach Mihalich was asked about how the past two road wins will impact their fortunes in the coming week with the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) tournament now just days away, he stated, “We say it all year long, when the tournament comes, you want to feel like you can win the tournament. I know Wilmington and Charleston feel that way, and

that’s how you want to feel. But we’re playing as good as we’ve played all year long, we’re as healthy as we’ve been all year long and our kids have some pep in their step.”

Senior guards Deron Powers and Brian Bernardi were able to close out their collegiate regular season careers with a combined 27 points, seven rebounds and six assists. All season long it seemed as though if one would be having a slightly off night, the other would make sure to be playing for both of them.

Tonight, it was Powers, dropping in 13 points, and shooting an efficient 5-8 in the game.

Yet the best late-game guard play on the evening, should deservingly go to the freshman Eli Pemberton, whose clutch shots and free throws kept Hofstra in the game with JMU, constantly nipping at their heels.

Pemberton had a modest 11-point outing, but with the view Hofstra fans have had of him this season, needless to

Cam Keough/The Chronicle Justin Wright-Foreman had his 21st straight game with 10+ points.

say next season will be one in which Pemberton could very well make a case for a Conference Player of the Year bid, along with Wright-Foreman.

Up next for Hofstra is the opening round of the CAA Tournament in Charleston, South Carolina where the Pride

will first take on the Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens (12-19).

Tip-off for that contest is set for Friday night at 6 p.m. at the North Charleston Coliseum.

Durant powers Pride in last home game of year

By Felipe Fontes STAFF W R I T E R

The Pride women’s basketball team capitalized on Senior Day and brought home a victory in the final home game of the season, as Hofstra upset the Drexel University Dragons 58-53 in a

game dominated by Ashunae Durant’s 25 points and nine rebounds.

Durant’s 25 points came from an outstandingly efficient 83 percent shooting from the field, connecting on 10 of her 12 shots to offset the 31 percent shooting by the rest of the team.

Cam Keough/The Chronicle Ashunae Durant capped off the regular season with 25 points on Sunday.

The productivity by Durant was huge in creating opportunities for her teammates to contribute by drawing double and triple teams on a consistent basis throughout the game.

“They really triple team her, as you saw late in the game as they tried to do, so when that started to happen she facilitated and got a nice layup to Aleana [Leon],” said Hofstra women’s basketball head coach Krista Kilburn-Steveskey.

Kilburn-Steveskey was referring to a flashy wrap-around pass by Durant, avoiding the defender and landing in Leon’s hands for the easy uncontested layup. The bucket gave the Pride its biggest lead of the afternoon as Hofstra went up by six, 47-41 in the fourth quarter.

Another player that benefited from the lockdown on Durant was point guard Krystal Luciano. After a rough scoring start which consisted of going 1-for-10 from the field, Luciano found her groove at the perfect moment, knocking down three consecutive three-balls after the Dragons had closed the gap on

the scoreboard to 42-41 with 8:37 left to play in the game.

The rhythm caught by Luciano was huge, as Drexel’s corralling defense held Durant without a shot with their glaring emphasis on containing the hot scorer.

“Seeing the first one fall, you’re like ‘okay, I can keep shooting, I’ll probably make the second one.’ And I just kept shooting and I think I made two more so it was good. It was good timing too,” Luciano said.

With 12 total points, Luciano was three assists away from recording a double-double one game after she recorded the first triple-double in the history of Hofstra women’s basketball.

On the other side of the court, Sarah Curran did her best to keep up with Durant’s potent production. As the go-to player for the Dragons, she came up big throughout the game going 8-for-15 from the floor, scoring a team high 18 points. Her effectiveness putting the ball in the hole kept the Dragons within reach of the Pride as Hofstra continued to score. Despite the strong effort by Curran,

Durant’s late free throws sealed it with 1:44 left to play.

The tight affair throughout the first three quarters produced 10 lead changes to go along with seven ties. Although an interesting contest throughout, the late production of Luciano and the solid night by Leon gave the Pride the push it needed to create cushion in the close game.

As the final buzzer sounded, the Pride finished with the win on a special day for seniors Luciano, Sydni Epps and Sandra Dongmo, as the team was able to bring home a signature victory on its last home game of the season.

Following this win, Hofstra is gearing up to face Northeastern University as the Pride looks to close out the season with one more victory. The matchup will take place at Northeastern University on March 1 at 7 p.m.

Back Cover: Deron Powers has averaged 13 points and 5.3 assists for the Pride this season.

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