The Hofstra Chronicle: April 10th, 2014 Issue

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THURSDAY April 10, 2014

KEEPING THE HOFSTRA COMMUNITY INFORMED SINCE 1935

Bits and Bytes’ sustainability measured

By Shannon Alomar STAFF WRITER

Photo by Che Sullivan Dianna Blount, Hofstra alumna, talked to a student and gave out fruit to promote National Public Health Week on Wednesday in the Student Center.

Health week promotes well-being on campus

By Lauren del Valle ASSISTANT news editor

National Public Health Week (NPHW) reached Hofstra’s campus via a collaborative effort of the School of Health Sciences and Human Services and Hofstra North Shore–LIJ School of Medicine.

Former President Bill Clinton declared the first full week of April

as National Public Health Week in 1995.

The American Public Health Association spearheads the nationwide annual initiative in cooperation with policymakers and local sponsors.

Dr. Corinne Kyriacou, the director of the Master of Public Health program, orchestrated the second annual initiative to service the community and students in

contingency with the graduatestudent run Society of Public Health Advocates (SOPHA).

“My first goal is to have my graduate students act like scholar advocates,” said Kyriacou. “You know, that they bring the research and translate it to the community

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Spring has sprung and so has the Sustainability Studies Club on campus this semester.

Conducting their second annual waste audit this week, the club wants to make reasonable estimates of waste production in order to make informed decisions about the school’s waste management system.

These include estimates on waste reduction, food donations, composting and other diversion methods.

A waste audit is a structured process that provides information pertaining to the amount and types of waste that are produced in certain areas. For the Sustainability Club’s evaluation they chose Bits and Bytes, an eatery on South Campus, to be the home base for their research.

Throughout this weeklong collection of data, members of the club request that students and customers separate their waste by type like plastic, aluminum and compostable items.

Last year, the first waste audit was conducted by students in the Sustainable Urban and Suburban Development class as one of 15 on-campus research projects they partook in. Jared Garfinkel, senior sustainability studies major and club vice president, explained the findings from last year’s audit on campus.

“At our waste audit last year, we found that less than 10 percent of waste was landfill waste, meaning 90 percent or more of our waste is recoverable, compostable or recyclable. In addition, almost 50

percent of our waste was food waste, and fully 50 percent of the waste was plastic by volume,” Garfinkel said.

In regards to food waste, Garfinkel said that consumers should be more mindful of their consumption.

“There were examples of flagrant waste where burgers had only one or two bites, whole slices of pizza, a whole egg sandwich, where a student thought one might eat more but didn’t. It’s important to write about this and talk about it because students should value food and acknowledge the privilege of food security,” Garfinkel said.

Waste reduction is one of the club’s main focuses, and finding out how and why waste is produced is the beginning of finding the solution. Garfinkel stressed the importance of being educated about the effects of consumerism and how the public’s health can be affected by these acts that many people pay no attention to.

When asked about the importance of sustainability on campus, Blaine Volpe, a sophomore political science, global studies and geography major, vocalized her opinion on why people should be more receptive to preserving the environment.

“I think we as a population have already seen some devastating effects of climate change, especially on the Island.

We need to do our part to protect

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Public Safety powers questioned

By Ehlayna Napolitano news editor

The relationship between college students and their university public safety organizations has the potential to be fraught with tension.

It would seem that, in spite of Hofstra’s increased safety measures in recent years, Hofstra University students tend to be unwavering in their response of distrust and dissatisfaction.

According to Hofstra’s website, Public Safety here serves over 13,000 people, of whom 4,000 live on campus.

One does not have to roam far to hear and see a disconnect and a seeming distrust between Public Safety and the University’s students. For instance, Amanda Cutter, a sophomore history major, said she feels that Public Safety is not as regulated as they should be on campus.

“Cops even have some kind of regulation that they can’t just break into your room,” she said.

“But Public Safety doesn’t have that.”

Similarly, Gabe Woodside, a freshman radio production major, said that he has had varying experiences with Public Safety that have resulted in positive and negative feelings.

“It’s a very complicated relationship,” Woodside said.

“Maybe they need to stop acting like cops, because they’re not cops.”

In reality, over 40 percent of the officers are retired law enforcement officers. According to Karen O’Callaghan, director of Public Safety at Hofstra, officers here also undergo training in addition to often bringing a variety

of previous law enforcement experience.

“Public safety officers are licensed by the State of New York as security guards, which requires 32 hours of training,” O’Callaghan said in an email.

Generally, the type of work that public safety organizations are permitted to do on college and university campuses varies depending on how the officers are classified. For instance, certain organizations have “peace officers” on campus, which gives greater powers including the ability to make warrantless arrests and use physical force, according to New York State laws.

City College of New York (CCNY), which has 16,000 students enrolled, is one example of a local, similarly sized school of higher education that employs full-time peace officers, according to its website. The Manhattan school also employs security guards and monitor “closed-circuit television cameras,” whereas Hofstra uses security cameras as an investigative tool, as reported in the March 6 issue of The Chronicle.

The officers on Hofstra’s campus do not have police powers, according to O’Callaghan, and their jurisdiction is limited to on-campus. These officers are not allowed to carry firearms.

Public Safety officers at Hofstra are limited in their scope of action. Hofstra students are often apprehended and taken to disciplinary hearings, but any arrests or serious offenses are reported to the Nassau County Police Department or Hempstead Police.

It is the same type of situation at Adelphi University. According

to Ray Hughes, captain of Public Safety at the Garden City Campus of Adelphi University, this type of safety officer is common in the area.

“For the most part, anyone called [“public safety”] cannot arrest anyone,” he said. He noted certain exceptions, like Stony Brook University, which he said has police officers employed.

Local police are often involved in public safety organizations, since these organizations do not have the power to detain, according to Hughes. Adelphi also works with the Garden City Police and, on larger-scale incidents, with the Nassau County Police Department. Compared to Hofstra, Adelphi University is about half its size, with about 5,040 total students enrolled.

In terms of their feelings of safety, students Cutter and Woodside were divided.

“I’m sure [Public Safety] would do something if something happened,” Woodside said, but added, “I feel like they might be kind of slow … I’m skeptical of them in a serious situation.”

Cutter felt differently, saying that much of the reason she feels safe on campus is because of the presence of Public Safety officers, whom she’s seen actively doing things that she feels protects students.

“Considering where we live, I don’t feel like strange people will just break into the campus and attack us or anything,” Cutter said.

“I’ve seen them chasing after people. I think they do their job.”

According to the 2012 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report published by Hofstra Public Safety, the University has an established “tradition of personal

security” that has resulted in a “low number of reported crimes.”

When looking at reported numbers from local schools similar to Hofstra, these “low” statistics are roughly proportional to the University’s neighbors.

In 2012, Public Safety at Hofstra reported the University having 14 total burglaries, including 12 that occurred in the residence halls. That same year, the City University of New York (CUNY) reported eight total burglaries and the Garden City campus of Adelphi University listed having just six.

At Hofstra, Public Safety’s procedures are based mainly on the Code of Conduct the University has put in place.

The front desk at the Hofstra Information Center, where Public Safety’s officers are based, will respond to calls dialed to the general information or emergency phone numbers and send officers to respond. If an investigation is needed, O’Callaghan said that the investigation is done either by a supervisor or an associate director.

According to the Security and Fire Safety report, disciplinary measures typically fall under various of the University codes of conduct. It also states that individual discipline choices are taken on a case-by-case basis.

According to Annual Safety Report, the Public Safety staff serving the Hofstra community is comprised of “a director, four administrative directors (including the University’s emergency management officer), a supervisory staff of eight, 39 fulltime and 19 part-time officers and five administrative assistants.”

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April 10, 2014 •

Remembering Conor Wynne

By Samantha Neudorf editor-in-chief

Although he may not be here with us, his memory still lives on.

Conor Wynne passed away in his sleep on March 28 in the Netherlands South. Wynne was a freshman marketing major from Trumbull, Conn. and lived in Orange House.

The cause of death is still unknown and there are no updates at the time of publication, according to the Nassau County Police Department and Nassau Medical Examiner.

Though there was no official cause of death by the medical examiner, students recall what happened Friday morning.

Alex Cain, a freshman information technology major, was Wynne’s suitemate in Orange House and was one of the first to be told about what happened.

He and Wynne’s roommate Julio Maccario received an email from the University at around 10:00 a.m. saying that something had happened.

“I had work really early in the morning, but I was able to get out a little early, probably about 11:00,” Cain said. “When I came back, there were 10–15 various emergency vehicles outside — ambulances, police cars,

unmarked vans, etc.”

There was a lot of speculation, according to Cain. People were saying that somebody had a heart attack or fell. The detectives told Cain and Maccario that they were not allowed to say anything at the time and that the school was taking care of it. They wanted to make sure Wynne’s family in Trumbull, Conn., was informed by a representative from Hofstra or the local police department.

“That put a really strange burden on us, because you had all of these people that had kind of figured out that it had to have been Conor but didn’t really know what had happened,” Cain said.

Cain received between 100 to 200 text messages and phone calls from people asking what he knew that day.

“He was the person who he’d always pick up his phone or respond to your text messages … when he didn’t do that, people immediately knew something was wrong,” Cain said.

Michelle Finan, a freshman economics major, lived in Orange House and was close with Wynne as well. She remembers him always coming home, no matter what happened.

“Conor came home all the time, no matter if it was 2:00 in the morning, 3:00 in the morning, 8:00

Photo courtesy of Evan Kroll This photo was taken on Halloween by a friend of Conor Wynne. He was dressed as a tourist.

at night. He always came home, and it was so out of the ordinary for him to not be back in the dorm,” Finan said.

Finan said that on Thursday night, Wynne was trying to swipe into Orange House at night, but had misplaced his ID card. He ran into friends from the house next door, Utrecht House, who let him stay over. Wynne slept on a futon in the room.

“I know that the people whose room he was in are still devastated by it. It’s upsetting that their friend passed away in their room, and they got rid of the futon,” Finan said. “They’re really hurt by what happened, too, because I know that if they thought he needed help, they would’ve called Public Safety or an ambulance. They wouldn’t have let him suffer.”

Cain said that the police were notified later than expected because they thought Wynne was still asleep.

“Classic Conor would fall asleep and he’d be asleep until like 3 in the afternoon, especially on Fridays … he’d usually be sleeping because he had nothing to do on Fridays,” Cain said.

Cain, Finan and many others drove up to Trumbull, Conn., this past weekend for Wynne’s wake. The funeral was private for family members. Cain said that there were hundreds of people in attendance to pay their respects.

“I’ve been to a few wakes — by far the most people I’ve ever seen at a wake in my entire life. There was a line through six rooms to get into where he was,” Cain said.

Finan agreed and knew why there was so much support.

“So many people were upset because he’s a young person, his life was taken so suddenly. No one said goodbye because no one expected to have to say goodbye,” Finan said. “It was a nice thing too, because people wouldn’t be upset if you didn’t touch their lives.

He obviously positively impacted so many people. So many people.”

Thomas Edert, a freshman with an undecided major, lived in Orange House near Wynne and remembers his welcoming personality and kindness towards everyone.

“He was just someone that could be everyone’s friend

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Photo courtesy of Cristen Yakush Conor Wynne passed away in his sleep on March 28. His friends and family remember him fondly as “a good-hearted kid.”

no matter what. You could do something wrong to him, he would still be like, ‘Wanna hang out?’ He saw all of the good,” Edert said.

Cain remembers Wynne’s easygoing personality and love for the rapper named Drake.

“I don’t think there was a moment in our house where he wasn’t blasting Drake at literally the highest volume you can have.

And he’d be screaming the music — screaming it!” Cain said.

Finan remembers how Wynne would always be able to cheer her up and was fiercely loyal to his friends.

“Conor was the most energetic, happy-go-lucky person ever and he found humor in everything … he was such a good-hearted kid, he would do anything for any of us if we needed it,” Finan said.

Wynne’s belongings have been removed from the room by administration, and the aura has not been the same.

“It was weird walking into that room, especially for you guys, and seeing all of his stuff there and thinking like, he’s never going to be back here,” Finan said. “When they took all his stuff away it was so much worse, now that the room is empty.”

It is still unclear what happened on Thursday night. Cain said that Wynne went out with his fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Mario

Bolanos, the Assistant Director of Student Leadership and Activities for Greek Life, did not respond to comment by the time of publication. The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity is not allowed to comment due to legal issues set by the national chapter.

Finan still feels uneasy about this because no one knows any new information.

“We still don’t really know everything that happened and there’s not closure. There isn’t,” Finan said.

But, there is reassurance because Wynne was loved by so many. John Wynne, Conor’s father, was appreciative of how many people from the Hofstra community drove up to Trumbull to show their support.

“We were overwhelmed with the amount of students … thank you all very much for your support,” John Wynne said.

What sits well with Cain is the fact that he was well-loved by many and happy with life.

“He’d be out having a good time, spending time with friends … nothing seemed off about him and that gives me some closure in the sense that I know he was happy,” Cain said. “He pretty much had everything he wanted. He had friends who loved him, he had a family who loved him. Anybody would’ve done anything for him.”

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Women’s wages: Progress and shortfalls

By Magdalene Michalik news editor

Women are still being paid less than men, even on the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964­­— an act which banned the discrimination of race, religion, gender and national origin in the workforce.

Tuesday marked National Equal Pay Day, and various organizations on campus sponsored an event to spotlight the progress and achievements of women in the workforce. The event also expressed that there is room for more progress in terms of reducing the gender wage gap.

“This particular day focuses on the gaps that we haven’t caught up with yet and is a reminder that pay discrimination is a lingering source of gender inequality,” Professor Joanna Grossman said.

“Nobody says that it doesn’t exist.”

The event, titled “Women’s Economic Prospects in 2014: 50 Years After the Civil Rights Act,” was presented by the Hofstra Labor Studies Program and co-sponsored by the Women’s Studies Program, Hofstra Cultural

Center, Women of Action, and the Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal.

The event featured speakers Grossman, professor from the Maurice A. Deane School of Law, and Linda Gatsby, vice president of Scholastic Inc. Margaret Abraham, professor of sociology and Special Advisor to the Provost for Diversity Initiatives, was the moderator for the event.

National Equal Pay Day began in 1996 and was started by the National Committee on Pay Equity to bring public awareness to the wage gap between men and women. The nationwide event emphasizes the challenges women face and their opportunities in today’s workplace.

Women contribute to more than half of the workforce and still face an enormous gender gap, making 70 to 80 cents on the dollar to men, according to Grossman.

As those cents get multiplied by the hour, women end up making 18 percent less than men in an average paycheck and 38 percent less than men over the course of their lifetime.

“I thought these issues were history and I didn’t really think that they are still relevant in modern times,” said Curtis Andrews, a

how much each person gets paid,” Grossman said. “People just don’t talk about their pay and employers have rules forbidding the disclosure of pay.”

To try to avoid these types of situations in the future, one of the main goals of Equal Pay Day is to enforce the idea that students can make a change by joining organizations to be part of the equal pay fight.

“Pay attention to the legislative action that is taking place on the federal, state and municipal levels because there are definitely efforts to combat these problems and it’s important that you stay educated on these issues,” Gatsby said.

The most current legislation pertaining to these issues reside in the Paycheck Fairness Act, the Fair Pay act on the federal level and the Women’s Equality Act in New York. Most recently, the Senate has again rejected the Paycheck Fairness Act on

“This particular day focuses on the gaps that we haven’t caught up with yet and is a reminder that pay discrimination is a lingering source of gender inequality.” sophomore English major.

According to Grossman, wage gaps differ from other types of discrimination because individuals don’t know it has occurred due to the strong normality in American business of pay secrecy.

Discussing pay with one another is considered a social taboo, so the discrepancy is often unknown.

“You’re not going to be very popular when you start a job and walk around to each office asking

Wednesday.

Gatsby encouraged Hofstra students to pay attention to these legislations. More specifically, Gatsby said that women should not give up. Many of the most profitable division executives at Scholastic are women, according to Gatsby, and Scholastic is not unique in this respect.

“We are our sisters’ keepers,” Gatsby said. “We will rise and fall together. It is important that you support each other now, through grad school, and in careers and it is also important to reach back.”

Women can do this by knowing the law and then initiating and being proactive about bringing about that change.

In addition, according to Abraham, it is important to make a change through a personal narrative. It can make a difference in the workplace and eventually have an effect on the national community.

“You need to challenge the hierarchies, be proactive in terms of legislation and passion, and remember that the personal is the political,” Abraham said.

Sustainability tested NPHW events held at Hofstra Continued from A1 the environment. Plus, having a sustainable campus is good publicity which can increase enrollment,” Volpe said.

With all of the possible effects in mind, Hofstra students can help mitigate waste by utilizing the recycling bins located in the eateries and several residence halls. They can also try sticking to the “plate first” rule that eliminates the usage of food containers that are eventually ill-disposed of, limiting orders to only the desired amount of food and saving leftovers, if possible.

“I think it is important to have an environmentally conscious campus because students will be able to see how it can be simple to make small positive changes that can make a large impact on the global environment,” said Steven Hartman, junior religion and global studies major. “Once students

graduate they will go off into all corners of the country, hopefully spreading sustainable practices to the industries they get involved with.”

Garfinkel also mentioned some other efforts that can be made on Hofstra’s behalf to help make the campus more sustainable.

“We should have recycling bins at HofUSA… Hofstra should install an industrial composter to divert food waste from incineration, which will lead to avoided [greenhouse gas] emissions,” Garfinkel said.

Garfinkel also mentions a suggestion for the land that will be left vacant when Liberty and Republic Halls are knocked down: “Something that would enhance the education experience and bring awareness to food waste is an urban farm, which is an edible food garden on land that is in an urban or suburban environment, like the land on which Hofstra is built,” Garfinkel said.

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Health and sciences major Amanda Salhab volunteered to help run the series events as she aspires to one day pursue a master’s of public health in Hofstra’s graduate program.

Salhab found health literacy to be a worthy matter covered by NPHW this year.

“Health and dental are usually different when it comes to insurance plans and whatnot so we learned a lot about that and how to incorporate it,” said Salhab.

Program events ranged from health fairs to film festivals and discussion panels featuring local public health professionals. “Run or Dye 5K” Saturday morning will

mark the close of the series. It is a run around Uniondale trails.

Alicia Colangelo, a second-year graduate pursuing her master’s in public health, gleaned a new way to assess projects and thus, her

SOPHA treasurer Amanda Dugan appreciated the evolvement of the series in comparison to last year’s program.

“It brings together things we learn in the classroom and how they’re applying out in the field and it also brings in different perspectives that maybe we haven’t learned in class yet,” said Dugan.

Kyriacou sought to give her students the firsthand experience amongst professionals with industry experience.

“It really replicates what it’s like to work in the public health field. Everything in public health is about collaboration; this weeklong event series allows students and professionals to come together and share knowledge and skills,” said Colangelo.

“It brings together things we learn in the classroom and how they’re applying it out in the field...” future career.

“Today we had a culture and diversity speaker on a panel and it really made me realize how much that affects what we do. Where if you had asked me before I went to that panel discussion I wouldn’t really have thought that having diversity in the field would affect the way we deliver our programs.

But it absolutely does.”

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• SGA has challenged itself to go to 25 club events before the end of the semester to support clubs.

SGA WEEKLY WRAP UP

• The Club Relations committee is planning to host a block party to connect more clubs with each other. There will be a Mexican themed barbecue, which students are encouraged to attend.

• SGA is working to align the Blue Beetle schedule more with the LIRR schedule.

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• The Build-a-Bear event held last Friday was a success and many students attended.

Public Safety Briefs Compiled by Ehlayna Napolitano A PSO on patrol on April 2 noticed a glass panel near the elevator in the East Unispan was shattered. A search was conducted, which yielded no results. The Plant Department was notified.

A fire alarm was activated in Bill of Rights Hall on April 2. A search of the building revealed that four students had failed to evacuate. Summonses were issued to all the students.

A Health and Safety inspection in Quincy House on April 3 revealed a wicker box containing a bong with marijuana residue in one of the rooms. It was confiscated and a summons was issued to the student.

On April 4, a Lackmann staff member observed two males in a white paneled truck stealing wooden pallets from the loading dock at the Student Center. A search was conducted but no one was located. An investigation is being conducted.

An RA on rounds in Constitution Hall on April 4 smelled marijuana coming from one of the rooms. PS responded and keyed into the room, where

they found the resident. When questioned, the resident admitted to smoking in the room. No marijuana was recovered and a summons was issued.

A female student in Enterprise Hall reported to PS on April 4 that she got into a verbal confrontation with her nonstudent boyfriend. He threatened her and threw a picture frame at her. PS responded and apprehended him, before escorting him to the HIC where he was banned from campus.

An RSR in Nassau-Suffolk Halls reported two males in front of the building discharging a fire extinguisher on April 5.

They were identified as students and issued summonses. The fire extinguisher was confiscated.

It was reported on April 5 that there were three students in Lawrence Herbert Hall who were not authorized to be there.

PS responded and escorted the students out of the building.

Summonses were issued to both students.

An RA reported to PS, that marijuana was smelled mari-

juana coming from a room in Bill of Rights Hall on April 6.

PS responded and keyed into the room where they found the resident. When questioned, the student admitted to smoking. No marijuana was recovered and the student was issued a summons.

On April 5, PS received a report of a male in the Stuyvesant lot, keying the hoods of cars. PS responded and discovered three vehicles had been keyed. A search for the person responsible yielded no results. An investigation will be conducted.

An RA on rounds in Leiden House reported to PS on April 6 that he smelled marijuana coming from one of the rooms. PS responded, keyed into the room and found five students inside.

When questioned, they admitted to smoking and also surrendered two open bottles of alcohol and a bong with marijuana residue.

These items were confiscated and summonses were issued to all the students.

A Hofstra visitor reported to the HIC that they parked their vehicle on April 5 in the graduate lot and when they returned

to their car on April 6, he discovered the GPS missing from the glove compartment. The car was unlocked at the time. Police assistance was declined.

On April 6, a student stated that she parked her vehicle near Liberty-Republic halls. Upon returning to her vehicle and beginning to drive, she heard the front left tire pop off of the car.

Upon investigation, she discovered that someone had removed the lug nuts. Police assistance was declined and investigation will be conducted.

A student in C-Square reported that when she returned to her vehicle on April 6, she found that someone had broken in and taken a bottle of pain medicine and $3. The car was unlocked at the time. Police assistance was declined.

On April 6, a student stated that she parked her vehicle near Liberty-Republic halls. Upon returning to her vehicle and beginning to drive, she heard the front left tire pop off of the car.

Upon investigation, she discovered that someone had removed the lug nuts. Police assistance

was declined and investigation will be conducted.

On April 6, a student stated that she was being verbally abused by her former suitemate. The latter was issued a summons.

A fire alarm was activated in Estabrook Hall on April 8. Three students failed to evacuate and they were all issued summonses.

The smell of marijuana was reported by an RA in Tilberg House on April 9. PS keyed in and found four students inside.

When questioned, they admitted to smoking marijuana and surrendered a piope with marijuana and two grinders. Summonses were issued to all students.

Key PS- Public Safety HIC- Hofstra Information Center PSO- Public Safety Officer RA- Resident Assistant

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O ve r h e a rd @ H o fst ra Compiled by the Hofstra Chronicle staff

In Student Center: Girl 1: He’s like crazy. He got like three tattoos this week.

Girl 2: Seriously?

Girl 1: Yeah...of like dead bodies.

In Lawrence Herbert Hall: Professor: I’ve never seen The Lion King.

Girl: That’s like un-American!

In Weller Hall: Girl 1: Sometimes I like to pretend I’m the Spice Girls!

Girl 2: Like all of them?

Girl 1: Yeah, at once.

In Student Center: Girl: And then he tried to cuddle me and I was like no I don’t want any of that.

In Cafe on the Quad: Girl: Snapchat makes my face look not that bad.

In Student Center: Guy: I’ve been pooping red. It must’ve been from all those hot Cheetos.

In Colonial Square: Guy: Are you going to that party this weekend?

Girl: I don’t know yet.

Guy: You should. There’s going to be like 16 kegs.

Girl: Whoa that’s a lot. How do you know?

Guy: I know a guy...

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In Au Bon Pain: Guy: No, mom. I didn’t wash it because it’s a rain coat. It doesn’t need to be washed! The rain already cleans it.

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Dorm Room Dish: Broccoli chowder soup for those rainy April days

By Janet Lee STAFF WRITER

These days, the weather has not been able to make up its mind. One day it chooses to be gloomy and rainy and on other days it chooses to be nice and sunny. I am sure that on gloomy rainy days, many people just want to snuggle in bed and binge watch shows on Netflix or just sleep in. But what are you going to do when you become hungry?

You start to think about what your options are on campus in terms of food.

Unfortunately, because it is cold, gloomy and rainy, who wants to go outside? Here is the perfect solution: homemade broccoli chowder soup with corn and bacon! It is the perfect soup that will warm and fill you up on

any given gloomy day.

Here’s what you will need: • slices of bacon • chopped onions • 1/4 cup of all-purpose flour • 2 cans of chicken broth • 1 large baking potato • broccoli • 1 can of sweet corn • 1/2 cup of whole milk • salt and pepper • sourdough bread bowl (optional) Now that you have everything you need, here are the cooking instructions. First, carve a circle at the top of the sourdough bread bowl. Then, rip out some of the inside of the bread, leaving just enough room for your soup to go in. Then, cut the slices of bacon into bite-size pieces and chop the onion. Peel and dice the potato and cut the broccoli into bite-size

pieces. Next, in a large pot, cook the bacon pieces in medium-low heat until they come to a crisp.

Once the bacon is cooked, pour it out onto a plate that has a paper towel on it to get rid of the bacon oil. Then, stir the onion in the pot until the onion is softened.

Add the 1/4 cup of flour, the chicken broth, the potato until it boils. While you wait until it boils, constantly stir the soup until the potato is tender. Then add the milk, corn and broccoli. Season the soup with salt and pepper.

Finally, top it off with bacon and enjoy!

There is the saying, “April showers bring May flowers.” As we wait for the spring weather and Hofstra’s tulips to bloom, enjoy Broccoli Chowder Soup with corn and bacon while you wait! As always, make sure to

Broccoli chowder soup to warm up windy days.

stop by Target or Stop & Shop and make sure you have all the

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necessary ingredients before you put your apron on!

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Moving on from a disappointing internship

By Priyanka Jaisinghani STAFF WRITER

Internships are a vital process in your learning experience. This is the place where you take all of the tools you’ve learned in class and apply it to the “real world.”

Many of you will be entering a new internship or have been lucky enough to be asked to stay back a little bit longer. There comes a time after being asked several times to stay longer when you will want to re-evaluate your position at the organization and think things through — how can you make the best out of an internship if you’re not learning anything new?

Get a second internship: It is perfectly acceptable to have more than one internship during a semester. I personally

have had two during multiple semesters. Get two as long as they both balance each other out and you can balance your classes and somewhat of a social life. The best type of a second internship to get is a virtual one or something that is not as

at using it. Getting a second internship in this field can only enhance your experience and enhance your resume by letting you write that you were published in “so and so.”

Get to know as many people as you can: Unfortunately,

various departments and people to chat them up. This can only benefit you in the future! Enjoy this time being an intern, as your position will be less demanding now compared to how it will be in the future.

When you aren’t learning anything new: Internships are meant to be a learning process for you to apply your education in a “real world setting.” You need to make mistakes, hone your skills and try to master the skills at your internship (with your responsibilities). Sometimes you need to assess in the middle of an internship if you have to move on. If you are in your senior year and are learning the bare

“The best type of a second internship to get is a virtual one or something that is not as demanding as the first one.” demanding as the first one. At Hofstra, many students have virtual internships, blogging or writing articles with various news sites. The hot internships are now anything using social media because most of us are experts

if you’re not learning much, chances are you are not applying yourself much and have ample amounts of free time. This is the time to get to know as many people as you can. Meet multiple professionals as you reach out to

minimum, maybe it’s time you assess whether you can leave and find something better to end college with a bang.

When deciding when to move on, you need to assess where you are career-wise. If you are a sophomore or junior who’s been with an organization for a year, you might want to reconsider.

When they keep asking you to stay back without any hope of actually obtaining a job, it could be a better decision to use your skills and resources in a new internship in hopes of learning something new. You need to think — is it worth sticking around with no future and not learning anything? Get out, browse the market and see who else needs your awesome skills. It’s a matter about quality.

Pole dancing: A fun way to spice up your boring workout routine

By Jana Kaplan FEATURES EDITOR

I know what you’re thinking: pole dancing? Isn’t it a bunch of girls stripping their clothing and dancing with hot pink boas on?

That wouldn’t make my father proud! Well let me tell you, it’s more than that.

Pole dancing shouldn’t have a negative connotation. It is sensual, it is graceful and you sweat your ass off! I recently took a class with Cathy Wagner at Two Worlds in Greenvale; she gave me a little insight about how she got into pole dancing.

Cathy was a gymnast her whole life, so when she decided to order her own pole, she not only was a natural — she was addicted!

“It’s easy to continue to do the things you love and enjoy,” Cathy said, “therefore practicing becomes simple.”

So what are the benefits of

pole dancing?

“Flexibility is the first to come to my mind,” Cathy explained.

“Pole dancing is a combination of dance with tricks and inverts. The beauty of the dance is basically making stretching look sexy and fluid.”

The possibilities are endless when it comes to pole dancing moves. Cathy notes, “A move such a Brady wave (also known as a body roll) or [an] extend and stroke incorporate a great hamstring stretch.”

But there’s more to pole dancing than flexibility.

“Another benefit is strength,” Cathy exclaims. “Climbs, spins and inverts require a lot of muscle!

Core, arms and leg muscles are used to lift, squeeze and hold many moves.”

From experience, I can tell you there’s the back hook spin, the front hook spin and the Martini spin, just to name a few; and

“It’s a lot harder than everyone thinks, but confidence is key.”

though they sound scary, they’re fun once you get the hang of them!

Since my first pole dancing class last year, I’ve learned to distribute my body weight on the pole and gain strength and even gracefulness, while doing a routine — in heels! It’s a lot harder than everyone thinks, but confidence is key. Cathy says it’s one of the most important things to bring to her class.

“Women who have taken my class leave feeling Try something new by joining a pole dancing class. stronger, leaner, and walk with more tank top, bring your high heels — confidence. It’s a everything looks better and feels natural mental enhancer.”

So how does one get involved? better in a sexy shoe.”

And who can get involved in Cathy says throw all previous pole dancing? Typically, people ideas about pole dancing and only think young women have take a class with an open mind. the courage to hop on (literally), “Do not think of the word but Cathy says everyone pole,” she suggests. “Wear from grandmas to men have comfortable workout pants and a

Photo by Jana Kaplan

given pole dancing a chance.

So whether you’re 18 or 88, boy or girl, leave your boring old workouts behind and try something new! Oh, and a warning: you will be sore in the morning.

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Man on the Unispan Who is your celebrity look-alike?

By Danielle Denenberg STAFF WRITER

“Jerry Trainor.”

Samuel Kaplan, Sophomore

“Owen Wilson. ” Dylan Bower, Freshman

“Rihanna.”

Kanisha Clarke, Junior

“Jennifer Lawrence and Ellen DeGeneres.”

Alicia Phillips, Junior

“Angel Pagan.”

Nolan Mercado , Freshman

“Silent Bob.” Andrew Wagner, Sophomore

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The Humans of Hofstra

By Danielle Santucci STAFF WRITER

Ryan McKenna, Junior “I’m a swim instructor in my free time.”

Janeth Gonda, Senior “I was adopted from Columbia.”

Gabriela Perez, Junior “I have a strangely strong love for elephants.”

Marvi Cela, Sophomore “I was almost kicked out of Hofstra for stealing a candy bar.”

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hofstra iron chef was held on wedensday, April 9 in the Student Center Main Dining Room.

The winner receieved $1000 courtesy of Lackmann to donate to a charity of their choice. The secret ingredient for this competition was chocolate.

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Faux gambling transforms Multipurpose Room into: Casino Night - B3 Photo courtesy of Dion J. Pierre

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FORM: Kateleen Foy

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An intimate glance into love from behind the camera lens

By Princy Prasad Columnist

Kateleen Foy, senior psychology and photography major, has exhibited her work nine times.

Her latest show, opening April 6 in the Rosenberg gallery in Calkins Hall, challenged how the photographer and her audience view relationships.

The basic idea for “Gimme Some Sugar” began in Foy’s documentary class. Foy wanted to push herself by working with two models to capture the unique idea of identity within a relationship. She photographed over two dozen couples, and they differ in gender, race, age and length of the relationship.

Foy did not make the models do anything they did not want to do. Each couple was captured as naturally as possible. No artificial lighting. No posing. No forced concept of what love and the display of it should be.

Couples in new relationships tended to be more awkward or stiff at first. This was Foy’s challenge. By working with the

models on a couple by couple basis, she was able to make them comfortable displaying a personal glimpse into their lives.

The intimacy, quirkiness and individuality captured only deepened with each relationship she shot.

Foy enjoyed this natural, documentary photography. She has a fondness for photographing people, and this love of people helped her immensely with this project. It was not just about photographing couples, but documenting the happiness and unique quality each couple created together.

Each photograph has the names of the models, their ages, their anniversary (if they have one), how they met and how long they have been together. This information gives a little more insight into what Foy saw and understood in each couple.

Some couples hardly needed the bios, displaying their unique traits boldly in the images themselves.

One of Foy’s favorite images is her photograph of Bethany Dill and Denis Naymark. The couple are both Hofstra students, locked

Photo Courtesy of Kateleen Foy Bethany Dill and Denis Naymark were just one of over two dozen couples in Foy’s “Gimme Some Sugar” series.

in an intimate kiss as Naymark is literally juggling his girlfriend.

Dill’s body curves over his back and along his shoulders while her arms are looped across his chest.

A sight of anatomical dexterity, the photo also shows how unique the couple is. From the passion of the kiss to the oddness of the positioning, there is clearly happiness and love in this boisterous relationship.

Along with this couple, Foy has couples that have been married,

are engaged, and even couples that have been together for years without ever having signed legal documents — the latter being a couple that met at a Hillary Clinton book signing around the ′70s and have been together for over 40 years but never got legally married.

This wide range allows the audience to see love in its many forms, showing that intimacy means something different for each couple. Love is a natural,

necessary act, and Foy wants her work to be remembered as a study of that beautifully human act.

In Foy’s opinion, pictures are easy to forget since they have a flat, 2-dimensional aspect to them, but she wants to counter that by creating dynamic, inspiring art. She certainly has done so with this inquisitive look into the meaning of love.

The opening reception will take place April 7 at 6:00 PM.

Book Review: Gross Domestic Product Weight loss surgery curbs obesity and creates oil in future world

By Brianna Holcomb Columnist

Imagine going from weighing 1,400 pounds to about 200 pounds in two months. The idea seems physically impossible but in Pamela Corkey’s novel, Gross Domestic Product, she introduces the reader to a world where that idea is extremely possible. This great phenomenon of eliminating fat is not achieved through diets or exercise but surgery. In her novel she takes the reader through a present day world where a person can take the fat from their bodies and use it as oil.

The journey of this new discovery is experienced through three different characters: Franny, a guidance counselor who craves the world of fantasy

over the reality she is subjected to, Treyshawn, a poor boy from a Boston ghetto whose business smarts exceed what his teachers feel he’s capable of, and Derek, whose life goal has been centered around becoming the world’s largest man. Each character is affected by the scientific breakthrough in a different way.

The idea behind each of these characters was incorporated in order to have the audience go through three different concepts.

Corkey says the concepts involved “[the] media concept, [a look at] middle-class families and the effect on education as well as the change from the model of needing an education to not needing one, and finally one of the earliest ideas of having underprivileged groups become

rich due to most of their obesity issues be[ing] solved.”

Throughout the novel Corkey goes between each of the character’s lives, looking into these concepts and playing them out accordingly. She allows the reader to bounce between emotions and scenarios, leaving unexpected twists throughout.

With each turn of the page, the reader is hit with a wow factor or “candy surprise,” as she likes to call them. These surprises are meant to shock, excite or even gross out the reader as they continue through the story. However, no matter the reaction you will want to turn the page.

Her unique take on this scenario stemmed from the oil crisis that took place a few years ago. She said, “There was a lot

going on in the media about alternate fuel and I don’t know when it happened, but I was probably on a plane and it struck me as a hilarious scenario that was also elegant and twisted.”

After four years of writing, she transformed what started as a screenplay into this novel and, true to her word, it is elegant and twisted.

In a fictional future world, diets are a thing of the past and surgery is the new fad when it comes to drastic weight loss.

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By Kristen Misak Special to the Chronicle

Resident Student Association and Entertainment Unlimited hosted Casino Night, last Thursday, April 3. The professional card dealers, great food and impressive raffle prizes made the night a memorable one.

From 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at least 100 students attended the affair.

Decorated in black and red, the Multipurpose Room was turned into a scene straight out of a real casino, with festive decorations and backdrops for picture taking.

The casino company rented

by EU was truly incredible — the card dealers were funny, informative and welcoming to seasoned card players as well as beginners. The faux gambling was surprisingly very exciting, and it was easy to make new friends playing at the same table. Games included blackjack, roulette and

Texas Hold 'Em. The games left plenty of options for students to choose from. A crowd favorite was blackjack; one of the witty dealer’s jokes entertained students all night.

The food and raffle, organized

by RSA, were both outstanding.

Vegetarian options were abundant, including pasta, macaroni and cheese and a zucchini and squash side, as well as chicken and mushrooms for non-vegetarians. Fruit and cookies also supplemented the spread.

Prizes were better than ever, and the baskets held a wide array of expensive and cool items and gift cards. The biggest prize give away was an iPad mini. Other prizes included the movie basket (complete with DVDs, popcorn, candy and more) and a study basket full of school supplies and snacks.

One of the best aspects of Casino Night was the awesome music by our very own Hofstra

students. Coffeehouse teamed up with RSA and EU to merge audiences for the night, and students responded very well to the live music. The standout performance was by Gabe Woodside and Rich DeMaio on keyboard and guitar playing classic rock. Both can be seen again at later Coffeehouse sets by EU. All in all, the night was a great success.

“Everyone who came by my table seemed to be having a great time. I’m so glad that the night went so well — RSA is very pleased with the turnout, and is grateful to EU for their help in putting together an unforgettable night,” said RSA member Jack Costello.

Casino night was a hit, and it is clear people are already looking forward to it next year!

Photo courtesy of Dion J. Pierre Students gather around a card table during Casino Night, hosted by RSA and Entertainment Unlimited.

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‘Enemy’: inside the human mind

By Muhammad Muzammal Columnist

Freud said there are three main components of the human mind: the self-absorbed, selfish id; the moral and selfless superego; and the problem-solver, the ego. Our personality is a conflict between the id and superego, with the ego acting as the mediator between the two fighting ideologically different sides.

This crossed my mind as I watched Denis Villeneuve’s transfixing, slow film, “Enemy,” about a history professor, Adam Bell, who tracks down a movie star, Anthony Clair, who resembles him (a well-casted, literally multifaceted Jake Gyllenhaal). Clair isn’t just a doppelganger of Bell; he’s an exact physical copy of the depressed, unexciting professor, who lives a boring life with a daily routine of teaching, eating and having nightly, animalistic sex with his girlfriend Mary (Melanie Laurent).

A third-rate film actor, Clair is essentially immoral and someone who gives into his desires. He has weird sexual spider fetishes, is disloyal to his pregnant wife (Sarah Gadon) and is impulsive and rude.

The dense film is remarkably only 90 minutes. Full of brown, hazy scenes, Villeneuve’s film is an example of his color artistry, all of which combine with the mood to give the film a dark, suffocating tone.

Scenes of Bell returing from work are accompanied by an intense, creeping score by Danny Bensi, whose soundtrack here sounds very similar to Bernard Herrmann’s music from Alfred Hitchcock’s equally provocative film, “Psycho.” Among the most meaningful scenes is of course the first meeting between Bell and Clair.

This is where I thought of Freud’s personality theory. Bell, the better, more rational man (superego) has a more serious outlook on life than Clair, a sociopathic, egotistical loser (id). It is to my understanding that they are both opposite sides of the same personality, just as the mind is.

The movie opens with a debatable yet deeply philosophical adage: “Chaos is order yet to be undeciphered.”

Compare these mysterious parts of the film to the odd situation between Bell and Clair. As in Albert Camus’ “The Stranger,” we are faced with two men (maybe one) who are trying to put order around an esoteric incident. As the film shows, the more they try to make sense of a nonsensical situation, the more absurd the situation becomes (the events of which I won’t spoil just because they are too good and unpredictable).

“Enemy” works because it feels different than most movies. There was no moment during this film where I wasn’t thinking about anything but what transpired on the screen. There wasn’t any type of commercial cynicism behind it (it’s only playing on VOD and in one theater in the state) nor did the movie feel meaningless.

For Villeneuve, who has directed two better-known films in “Incendies” and “Prisoners,” “Enemy” represents a passion project for the director. It isn’t made for any one type of specific audience, except one whose viewership suits the filmmaker’s fascinating taste in films. That is, if you like frightening, atmospheric and grim films with a bit of brilliant irony added, then “Enemy” is the film for you. Otherwise, just skip what could be a potentially scary and not to mention, uncomfortable experience.

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TV That Matters:

By Christina Murphy Columnist

‘Silicon Valley’ If you were still lifting your jaw up from the floor following the highly anticipated return of Game of Thrones, you probably noticed the transition from medieval drama to a comedy about the modern start up, Silicon Valley. The series opens up with Kid Rock performing at a sparsely attended Silicon Valley party that is filled predominately with young awkward men in zip-up hoodies. Although equipped with the social skills of a middle schooler, these men are all young tech geniuses, each with a million-dollar idea sitting on their laptop. The show is designed to give a realistic look at the humans behind the apps, while turning Silicon Valley into a satirical character in itself.

Creator Mike Judge has set out to shake up the reputation people have about young startup CEOs. Richard, played by Thomas Middleditch, seems to be the antithesis of the insufferable real life Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who was portrayed as being callous and narcissistic by Jessie Eisenberg in the 2012 film, the Social Network. The show throws several digs at former Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

Richard is an employee of Hooli, a Google-type mega tech corporation that pledges to be a progressive company bent on changing the world for the better, although it appears to be run my a power hungry sociopath. At first the CEO is only seen in a cheesy informational video about Hooli and in the large inspiration posters hanging around the office of him posing with impoverished children in some remote area. He spews nonsense about giving back to the world but appears to treat his own programmers as if they are merely a deck of trading cards.

In this deck, Richard appears to be pretty low in the hierarchy of Hooli employees, probably about a three of clubs.

The lanky boy genius, who rarely speaks at full volume or while making direct eye contact, invented a website that helps musicians avoid copyright infringement when composing music. Richard invented a game-changing algorithm for a search engine. When investors get a look at the speed, precision and efficiency of the search engine, he is left with the decision to either sell his company for millions and leave his creation in the hands of Hooli or take a modest investment and attempt to build his company with the help of a bizarre tech guru and his friends.

During his panicked and vomit-filled decisionmaking process, Richard is under the advisement of Erlich, played by TJ Miller, a generous genius who may have lost some of his sharpness since he sold his company for millions.

“You look at me as if I have it all figured out, and for the most part you’re right,” he says obliviously to Richard in between slurps of ramen noodles.

Despite being a young millionaire, he’s usually

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decked out in outfits that look like “The Dude” has picked them out, which usually includes an open robe, socks with sandals, baggy sweatpants and my personal favorite wardrobe choice from this episode, a t-shirt that says, “I know H.T.M.L: How to Meet Ladies.”

The pilot episode features several familiar faces that are assuming similar roles we are used to seeing them in. Zach Woods, known as the semisociopathic Gabe in the Office, has picked up pretty much where he left off as a human database assistant to Hooli CEO. There were also brief appearances made by Martin Starr and Kumail Nanijani. Starr is most known to some for playing the king of the loveable nerds, Bill Haverchuck, on the one-season wonder that is Freaks and Geeks.

Since then, Starr has mastered the art of playing an anti-social, philosophical know it all. Nanijani, who is best known from his various roles on IFC’s Portlandia, often plays characters that can dish out snark in the most matter of fact way possible. I look forward to more banter between these two characters, who have already ignited a debate over Starr’s religiously ambiguous tattoo.

Although I enjoyed watching Silicon Valley, when the episode finished I was left wondering where all the women are. There was only one woman in the pilot episode with dialogue, Monica, the pedantic assistant to one of Richard’s potential investors. The absence of women in the show is a sad revelation of what a major sausage fest the tech world is. Women hold a mere 27 percent of computer science related jobs and have little representation in executive positions on major tech companies. The industry is making strides towards closing this gender gap and I really hope that this gets a mention in the forthcoming episodes.

Much like the real-life Silicon Valley, the show is enticing but flawed. It gives a unique perspective into an industry that is largely made of young college drop outs who can become millionaires over night for an idea that may or may not be the next big thing. The show gives an honest look into the lives of tech geniuses, unlike other shows that rely on their character’s nerdiness as what defines them; these characters seem to possess depth.

Throughout the pilot episode there were many attempts to clump programmers all into one generalized archetype. The individual characters proved these stereotypes to be wrong ultimately showing that there is no one algorithm that can define the complexities of a human being.

Silicon Valley is on HBO, Sundays at 10 p.m.

Eastern Time. The show is also available on HBOgo and YouTube.

The Chronicle

Review Round-up

By Kendall Gibson COLUMNIST

‘Himalayan’ – Band of Skulls Music is subjective.

Even its very existence is tentative, since it is nothing without humans to hear it. Its quality is unknowable, and its existence depends on circumstance. That said, I would like to therefore make an awkward and empty statement: I like this music. My opinion on the quality of music is worthless, and since it is being printed, reflect on just how worthless that makes yours. We like the music that we like, and others don’t. All we have to talk about, therefore, is why we like the music that we like.

I like Band of Skulls because of their energy and drive. Every song they play sounds to me like it takes incredible effort, which I like for two reasons.

1. When a song makes me feel a certain way, I like to think that the band is consciously and arduously attempting to do so. It makes me feel pampered.

2. When the band is excited and energetic about a beat, it makes me feel excited and energetic about a beat.

Energy and drive does not always mean that a band must pound the s—t out of their instruments. Something that Band of Skulls does really well is inject emotion and thought into every note they play, which is what drive is.

Another thing that I like about Band of Skulls is their makeup (as in their formation, not their cosmetics). They are a power-trio, which I like because their sound is naturally focused and clean. I also like powertrios because it leaves room for fantasies about joining them.

I am walking through New York, and through the crack of a door I hear music. I float towards the door, open it timidly, and see their bassist, Emma Richardson. We break into a spontaneous song, and the technicians scramble to record it. After it is over she takes me in her big, bass-playing arms ...

Anyways, I like Band of Skulls. When they play a song, they play their hearts out, and it always sounds original. The singer’s voice is powerful yet controlled; the drummer is aggressive yet subdued, and ... Emma Listen if you like: The Black Keys, The White Stripes, The Kills.

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EDITORIAL

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It’s ten o’clock: Do you know where your roommate is?

The importance of developing a network of phone contacts

By Kendall Gibson columnist

A mistake that happened on Tuesday morning made me realize the importance of a network of contacts and the finicky nature of cell phones.

A cardiology clinic mistakenly dialed my number twice during class, and when I called them back, it went to a machine. I immediately feared that something had gone wrong, and thus began thirty minutes of frantically checking that my friends and family were okay.

They were, but that makes the experience no less harrowing.

Failing to reach them, I came to realize that when you text or dial

someone, you’re really just calling their phone. They have to notice that you’re calling, otherwise your call succeeds only in making something beep and buzz.

person by phone, simply having the number of his or her neighbor could be a saving grace.

They are outdated now, since everyone has a cellphone, but many houses today still have a notebook of numbers next to a landline.

If your mother was like mine, she filled this notebook to the brim, mostly with obscure numbers that she could never possibly need.

Her thinking was that if I had been kidnapped, and the police suspected the neighbor’s gardener’s brother, my mother would have been able to ring him

“... when you text or dial someone, you’re really just ... making something beep and buzz.”

People are not always available or capable of answering their cell phones; therefore, you should have at least one backup number for every important person in your life.

A situation could arise where you need to speak with someone urgently, so if you can’t reach that

up and find me.

Implement this today. It seems paranoid, but without contingencies for contacting the people you care about, you can easily lose touch with them in an emergency.

You should, for example, have other means of contacting your

proactively give people your phone number. It might end up working well for you socially, but more importantly, it can help in an emergency if you are a part of a large network of contacts.

Living far from home hurts your parents, so give them the peace of mind of knowing how to contact you.

Provide your family with a few means of contacting you in the case that you are not able to answer your primary phone.

Having a mutual contingency contract is good in circumstances of need, but a day-to-day diligence in checking your phone will serve as an even greater benefit to you and others.

“... without contingencies for contacting the people you care about, you can easily lose touch with them in an emergency.” roommate in the case that you are concerned by his or her extended absence.

Conversely, you should

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Letter to the Editor: To the Editor, Seniors, the time has finally come. As some of us finish up our last midterms, it seems like it’s only a matter of time before May rolls around and graduation is upon us.

This is a time to remember: remember all the good times we had at this school; remember how we pushed through the difficult times; remember how we forged valuable bonds that will last us a lifetime; and remember how we had the courage to break some of those bonds that weren’t what we thought they were.

As we reflect on the past four years, it is important to note all the help we’ve received along the way. Whether a professor taught us all we know about our major; or an advisor helped us procure that internship we were so nervous

about even applying for; or maybe

The Senior Class Challenge is

It seems like a small trade-off

a friend convinced us to try some-

asking that all seniors give back

to us, but if that’s not enough of

thing that we ended up falling in

to the Hofstra community by

an incentive, with your donation

love with, it’s easy to see that we

donating $20.14. Like the classes

you’ll be receiving a limited

wouldn’t be the people we are

before us, we are challenging our-

edition Class of 2014 T-shirt that

today without the community that

selves to raise more money than

you can’t get anywhere else, an

has impacted our lives.

the previous graduating class, and

invitation to the annual Donor

to gift these funds to the school

Appreciation Reception, and

brought together so many ele-

that has done so much for us

recognition in the President’s

ments and people to create one

already.

Annual Report.

The Hofstra community has

of the most incredible times of

By participating in the Senior

So we encourage you all to

our lives. Through the clubs and

Class Challenge, you will be pro-

reach into your pockets, or ask

organizations that we joined and

viding Hofstra students with finan-

your parents to reach into theirs,

the people skills we were more or

cial aid, funding student activities,

and give back to a community

less forced to learn, Hofstra has

supporting faculty, and improving

that has done so much for you

provided us with invaluable experi-

the overall life at Hofstra. We have

throughout your time here.

ences during our time here. As

all reaped the benefits of this fun-

we prepare to take that next step

draiser in years past, and now it is

hope you enjoy your last few

in our life journeys and leave the

our turn to carry on the tradition.

weeks of classes.

comfort of campus behind us, it is

We thank you in advance, and

You might now be thinking that

time to give back to this extraordi-

you don’t even know what you’ll

Justin Smith &

nary institution.

be doing after graduation. Well

Rachel Tom-Quinn

As seniors, it is our duty to sup-

then to this we say, what’s $20.14

port our school and strengthen the

to a school that has provided

Co-Chairs, 2014 Senior

reputation behind our degrees.

you with invaluable life lessons?

Class Challenge

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Get in the van:

No fame, no phone, no clue

Illustration by Matt Subrizi

By Kristen Misak columnist

NBC’s “The Today Show” recently featured a report that stunned a great deal college students and their parents.

Investigative correspondent Jeff Rossen travelled to a college campus and posed as the casting director of a new reality television show about college students.

He stood outside of a parked van, holding a camera on his shoulder, and asked students if they would like to participate. If the students were interested, Rossen then invited them to sit in his van to fill out an application.

Of the eight students asked to enter the van, four complied. They sat down to fill out the application with quite a bit of personal information, including address and social security number. When prompted, some of the students even handed over their cell phones — their lifelines — to Rossen.

Without their phones, the students would have no way of contacting someone for help if Rossen were to get into the van and drive away. No one would know where they

went, and by the time they would be found, it could be too late.

How could people our age be so gullible? At least we go to a good school, where the students know better than to get into a stranger’s van — something we’ve been told not to do since we were young kids.

Think again. The Rossen Report was conducted on our very own campus, and some of our very own students got into that van.

Would 50 percent of our students really hop into a suspicious vehicle without hesitation? Shouldn’t we know better?

According to the report, college students are just as at risk for kidnapping as are small children. Last year alone, 72 young adults aged 18 to 25 were reported abducted by strangers.

We may think that we know how to determine whether a situation is safe or not, but when faced with an enticing opportunity, we abandon all of our inhibi-

“Would 50 percent of our students really hop into a suspicious vehicle without hesitation? Shouldn’t we know better?”

tions and put ourselves at risk.

What we forget is that we are not invincible — a common oversight of college students — and that kidnappers know what tactics work best in tricking us. Even on a college campus without adult supervision, we must remember the things that we learned back in preschool about stranger danger.

Kidnappers do not resemble evil villains. They can be unexpected — of any age, race or gender. Just because someone looks trustworthy doesn’t mean that they are.

Do not disclose any personal information to someone who is not confirmed as credible, and do not ever get into any vehicle for a stranger. This should be common sense, but surprisingly, we are quite easily convinced. In addition, if suspicious thoughts cross your mind when you’re around someone you do not know, they are not to be ignored.

This Rossen Report goes to show that we must be more aware that there are potential dangers all around us. Just because we feel like bad things can’t happen to us doesn’t mean that they can’t. Safety first, even in college.

“...when faced with an enticing opportunity, we abandon all of our inhibitions and put ourselves at risk.”

The views and opinions expressed in the Op-Ed section are those of the authors of the articles. They are not an endorsement of the views of The Chronicle or its staff. The Chronicle does not discriminate based on the opinions of the authors.

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Men’s lacrosse rolling past MAA conference opponents

By Kyle Kandetzki staff writer

The Pride came into this week knowing that their week was a tune-up of sorts. With two weaker opponents in their rearview, Hofstra prepares to face their most demanding stretch of the season.

Hofstra men’s lacrosse took on two Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference teams, the Siena Saints and the Marist Red Foxes, and came away with two victories. Korey Hendrickson spurred the Pride to a 7-6 win Saturday and Torin Varn dominated in a 15-10 victory on Tuesday, both at James M. Shuart Stadium.

“I’m really happy to be 8-3, but we can only celebrate for a few minutes,” said head coach Seth Tierney. “We’ve got a big one coming into Shuart Stadium this Saturday.”

Starting on Saturday, both Hofstra and Siena came into the night with the same record, but the Pride had a reputation to prove. For the first time Hofstra found itself ranked 20th in the NCAA coming into the match.

“We knew tonight was going to be a bear,” said Tierney. “[Siena coach] John Svec does a wonderful job with his team, and the players on his team are very good.”

Siena would open up the scoring just over one minute into the game, but it took only a matter of minutes for Hofstra to respond.

Korey Hendrickson started off his impressive performance with a score and Mike Malave scored a

man-up goal from the corner.

The score already sat at 2-1 with under four minutes played, but that was all for scoring in the first quarter.

Four minutes into the second, a trend of both teams scoring two goals at a time began to emerge.

An unassisted score and a man-up goal within one minute of each other put the Saints up 3-2.

Scoring came in short spurts throughout the night, and a seven-minute gap in scoring was finally broken up by Hendrickson’s second goal of the game. Hofstra didn’t expect or want this, but they found themselves in a 3-3 tie at halftime.

It would take another 12 minutes for a team to find the back of the net, and for Hofstra it would take a new face to do it.

Freshman Nick Altmann scored in the ninth minute — for the first time as a member of the Pride — on a Lance Yapor assist, to make it 4-3.

Hofstra and Siena would trade blows once more, with a goal from the Saints’ Connor Prunty, but it was matched by Mike Malave to keep the Pride in the lead. The Saints then let out one final roar to make the game interesting in its final minutes.

Siena’s Barry Nate scored two goals over a two-minute period in the fourth quarter to suddenly put the Saints in position to win. With nine minutes remaining, Siena led 6-5.

But where Korey Hendrickson’s dominant performance came in was during the closing minutes of the game. With Hofstra needing

Photo Courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Korey Hendrickson knocks into a Marist player while trying to score.

someone to step up before time ran out, Hendrickson rose to the occasion.

A minute after Nate’s goal, Hendrickson tied the game with his third goal of the match, and the game would remain tied in the final two minutes.

With 1:35 left in regulation, Siena committed only the third foul of the game, a one-minute slashing call. It took the Pride offense only thirty seconds to capitalize.

Hendrickson gave Hofstra a go-ahead goal from the far right side with just more than a minute remaining. His fourth of the game, eleventh of the season, would give the Pride a 7-6 victory.

“There’s a couple of times during the season [Hendrickson] had an opportunity to knock a few down,” said Tierney. “I always said ‘your moment is going to come’ and tonight was certainly one of those moments.”

Whereas goals were few and far between on Saturday, Hofstra’s game against the Marist Red Foxes ended up being an offensive shootout.

A 3-8 record isn’t daunting, but Marist has suffered four one-goal losses, definitely making them better than their record shows.

The Red Foxes also sported three players with over 20 goals on their offensive attack. With just a three-day turnover, “The toughest part is just getting your body ready, especially with it’s getting hotter,” said long stick middie Ryan Rielly. “Also, you have to be mentally prepared for a whole new offense.”

But the Pride took control early and kept control for most of the entire game, thanks to first quarter scores from Malave, Hendrickson, and Drew Coholan.

Face-off specialist Kris Clarke played a huge part, showing dominance by winning all of the first eight opportunities (his first loss didn’t come until five minutes into the second quarter).

Into the second with a 3-1 score, Marist showed some offensive strength, but Torin Varn by himself became a one-man wrecking crew. Varn scored three times in the second quarter, all of which came within an eight-

Photo Courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Torin Varn raises his fist in triumph when the game clock hit zero. He lead the Pride on the offensive side to defeat Marist.

minute stretch.

“I say this a lot, but my success comes from the five guys that work on the perimeter,” said Varn. “They’re the ones who give me a look inside and give me a chance.”

Varn made a play worthy of a highlight reel, too: Varn received a pass very close to the net early on in the second. With too much momentum to be able to shoot normally, Varn brought his stick behind his back to put the ball by the goalie into the left side of the net.

Coholan would be the only other Hofstra player to score in the second, while Marist put up three. Hofstra entered halftime looking dominant, leading 7-4.

Hofstra continued with a consistent offensive attack in the third quarter, but Marist initially refused to fade away. Then, after three unanswered Pride scores, it looked like the game might have been over.

Malave returned for his second score of the game, while Altmann scored for his second consecutive game. Sam Llinares then added a goal, coming back after a rare goalless game. With the score at 10-5 with 6:30 left, Marist tried to return to contention.

Marist’s Drew Nesmith, who

had six goals, scored two of three goals in the final six minutes of the third to bring the score to 10-8. However, with only seconds left in the quarter, Varn added his fourth of the game to kill the momentum.

The fourth was all Pride, as Marist could only add two goals while Hofstra padded their lead with goals from Hendrickson (his second), Malave (his third), and Varn (his fifth and sixth).

The game’s final minutes were a stressless victory lap for Hofstra, as they cast to a 15-10 victory.

Fifteen goals are Hofstra’s most of the season, and Varn’s six scores are the most in a single game by a Hofstra player this season. Kris Clarke having a huge 70-percent day for face-offs (19-27).

“Kris was just on it today, he was completely locked in today,” said Tierney. “You could see it before the game, and he certainly put his stamp on the game.”

Hofstra will need to carry momentum when facing 6thranked Cornell University. Cornell started off their season 9-0 and just short of a top ranking in NCAA lacrosse.

Hofstra versus Cornell will be this Saturday at 1:00 P.M. at James M. Shuart Stadium.

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Baseball wins first game but drops the series

By Chris Buckley and Zach Mongillo staff writers

Despite taking the opening game of the series, the Hofstra baseball team lost the middle and rubber match of a three-game set to the James Madison Dukes at University Field this past weekend, to open up conference play in the 2014 season. It was a

series of roller-coaster pitching, as Hofstra sits 1-2 in CAA play.

Game one, a 5-2 Hofstra victory, saw a marvelous outing from starter Nick Kozlowski (5-1). The New York native tossed seven solid innings, surrendering just 2 runs (one earned) on 5 hits, improving to 5-1.

The Pride did most of their damage in the third inning off of Dukes starter Aaron Hoover.

Photo Courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Freshman shortstop Brad Witkowski swiftly finishes his follow through to first.

After a David Leiderman infield single, a series of sacrifices and a James Madison error brought Hofstra center fielder Eric Ferguson to the plate with two runners aboard. One swing later, Ferguson had his first home run of the season and three RBIs to his name.

Reliever Brett Schreiber secured his fifth save of the season with two innings of one-hit baseball.

The middle contest of the series saw the tables turn swiftly on the Pride, as they fell 8-3.

This time it was a Dukes starter doing most of the work, as Chris Huffman (4-3) went the distance for James Madison, giving up 3 runs on 6 hits.

While they did score three runs, Hofstra’s offense struggled mightily against James Madison’s junior right-hander. Only one of the three runs was scored on a base hit, the others coming on groundouts in the eighth inning.

Pride third baseman Leiderman led the team in hits with 2 and 1 run batted in on the day.

As for James Madison, the first five hitters in their lineup went a combined 8-19 in the game.

With the series knotted up at one, Hofstra sent senior Graham Tebbit (1-2) to the mound for game three in the hopes of salvaging the series. Tebbit failed to escape the third inning, as Hofstra dropped the rubber match 9-4.

James Madison broke open the floodgates in the third inning with four runs to take a 7-3 lead.

A Pride error and a Tebbit hit by pitch snowballed into four runs on four hits for the Dukes.

“We made some mistakes today that I thought just gave away the game,” said head coach John Russo following the loss.

Hofstra bounced back after losing its first conference series with a 13-0 shutout over Farmingdale State College on Wednesday, improving to 11-11.

Alec Eisenberg threw 5 innings of 3-hit ball, while 6 other pitchers held the Rams scoreless throughout the rest of the game. 7 of the Pride’s hitters recorded RBI in the

team’s biggest offensive explosion so far this season.

The Pride has their work cut out for them, as they will face UNC-Wilmington in a three-game series on the road.

“They’re going to be a really tough opponent. It’s where the CAA championships are held and they’re really good on their home field. Hofstra baseball has a lot to overcome this week, and really is going to have to battle to get 1 [win] and is really going to have to play great to get to 2,” Russo said.

Hofstra will need to improve both their offense and defense to accompany the team’s recent pitching success.

“We’ve got to figure out how to get some guys going offensively.

I think Ford, Jackson, Ferguson, they’re getting their hits, but we’re not going like we usually get going,” said Russo.

The Pride will travel to Wilmington, NC on Friday for their three-game series against UNCW.

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April 10, 2014 • A 17

Hofstra tennis resurges, going 4-0 in the week

By Mike Rudin assistant sports editor

The women’s tennis team rolled out three consecutive wins in the past week. First they shut out University of Hartford 7-0, following that with a repeat by defeating Manhattan College 7-0 resulting in a four-win streak. The Pride came out on top against Wagner College 5-2.

Sophomore Sarah Bowen did not give up a single point during her match against Hartford University putting up 6-0, back to back. She’s outscored her opponents 25-6 in her singles matchups against Hartford University and Manhattan College, winning both singles matchups.

Sophomore Louise Lopez almost achieved the same scoring managing 6-0, 6-1 in her singles matchup against Hartford.

Her point ratio over the past week has been on fire, outshooting her adversaries 33-2 in the singles competition. Alongside Lopez, freshman Carmen Pestano achieved similar results putting up 6-1, 6-0 in her matchup.

Pestano hasn’t lost a singles match in the past week as her point ratio stands at 36-8.

Junior Bianca Posa also nearly shut out her Hartford opponent scoring 6-0, 6-1 in her singles matchup. Posa’s shot record in the past week stands at 24-8 against Hartford and Manhattan.

Alongside Posa was freshman Giulia Leone, serving up impressive wins during her singles games scoring 6-0, 6-2 against Hartford. She’s been rolling along with the rest of the team outscoring opponents 36-9.

The Pride is on fire when it comes to the doubles matchups

as well as they’ve swept Hartford, Manhattan and Marist College.

Hofstra has outscored opponents 64-19 in the doubles matchups.

Looking forward, the women’s team will battle Wagner College on Friday at noon on the Hofstra Outdoor Tennis Center.

On the men’s side, the team’s dominating performance in the singles match led them to a victory over Hartford College, 5-2.

The win moved Hofstra to an even .500 record standing at 4-4, while Hartford dropped to 2-5 on the season.

Despite losing the doubles matchup series 2-1, the Pride surged back to outshoot Hartford in five of the six singles games.

Ari Richman’s 6-4, 6-3; Adrien Bailly’s 6-4, 6-0 victory and Beau Willis’ 6-3, 6-3 win setup the foundation to put the team in a good position to win the

series.

In the midst of the competition, the Pride won a series of clutch performances from the back end of the team that decided the game. Senior Matthew Gemmell crunched out a clutch victory against Hartford’s Juan Molina

going 6-1, 4-6, 6-3. Then sophomore Joseph Erichsen came up big against Morgan White to grind out the win in the third set.

Men’s tennis will play Thursday at 3 p.m. at the Hofstra Outdoor Tennis Center.

Photo Courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Junior Bianca Derrick takes a moment to breathe and collect her thoughts.

HOFSTRA ATHLETIC CALENDAR Away Home

4/10 Thursday

v.s. wagner college 12:00 P.M.

women’s tennis men’s tennis

4/11 Friday

v.s. wagner college 3:00 P.M.

4/12 Saturday

WOMEN’S lacrosse

4/15 Tuesday

4/16 Wednesday

@ MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY 12:00 P.M. v.s. stony brook university 10:00 A.M.

V.S. CORNELL UNIVERSITY 1:00 P.M.

MEN’S GOLF

BASEBALL

4/14 Monday

@ MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY 12:00 P.M.

MEN’S LACROSSE

SOFTBALL

4/13 Sunday

fdu knights invitational v.s. college of charleston doubleheader 2:00 P.M.

@ stony brook University 4:00 P.M.

@ UNCW 6:00 P.M.

v.s. college of charleston 12:00 P.M.

V.S. SETON HALL University 4:00 P.M.

@ UNCW 2:00 P.M.

@ NYIT 3:00 P.M.

@ dartmouth college 3:00 P.M.

v.s. LSU DOUBLEHEADER

@ MANHATTAN COLLEGE 3:30 P.M.

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Hofstra in serious position to land a spot in the NCAA

By Sean Williams sports editor

As the lacrosse season winds down, the Hofstra men’s lacrosse team finds itself in a place it hasn’t been since 2011: competing for a spot in the NCAA Tournament. The last two years of Seth Tierney’s program have been marked by a failure to get into the CAA tournament, much less the NCAA championship.

While the team is still a far cry from a guaranteed seed on the biggest stage of lacrosse — LaxPower.com, an authoritative ranking website, gives the Pride a 64 percent chance of qualifying — Hofstra’s recovery from an 0-2 start has fans optimistic.

Understanding the dynamics of lacrosse qualification is a complicated issue, but it’s an issue that I hope to address as the chance of a Pride postseason increases with every win.

The design for the 2014 NCAA men’s lacrosse tournament is a bracket-style single elimination, similar to college basketball’s March Madness formatting. But while March Madness has 64 teams contending for a championship, men’s lacrosse has a mere 16.

There is also a new wrinkle to the layout of this year’s men’s lacrosse tournament — the addition of two play-in games that will compete for the fifteenth and sixteenth spots. The winner of these two games will move on to join the formal bracket, meaning that there are really 18 spots at play here — the 14 qualifiers that move straight to the tournament, and the 4 that need to compete in an additional game to qualify.

The winners of each NCAA Division I conference will fill some of these spots. There are 10 conferences, so that leaves eight teams to contend for “at-large” bids — that is to say, eight teams that are selected by a committee based on the merit of their regular season accomplishments.

Hofstra competes in the CAA alongside Delaware, Drexel, Towson, UMass and Penn State.

This formidable host of rivals usually ranks four or five teams in the nation’s top 20. Penn State is leaving the CAA and is consequently barred from competing in this year’s CAA tournament.

Four teams of the six qualify for a CAA berth, and Hofstra’s mediocre conference play in the last couple of years has excluded it from going into the conference

postseasons of the recent past.

This year, however, Hofstra is 3-0 in the conference, beating Delaware, Drexel and Towson.

This guarantees the team a berth in the CAA postseason. If the Pride wins that four-team CAA tournament, then it will automatically advance to the NCAA tournament.

But while the Pride does have the best in-conference record, winning two games against its CAA rivals will not be easy.

LaxPower gives the team a 29 percent chance of winning the conference. If the Pride fails to win the conference, it has to hope that it can snag one of the eight at-large bids. What is problematic for the Pride is its relatively weak regular season schedule. While the schedule is competitive, an early loss to a weak Marquette team has hurt Hofstra’s chances.

Among Hofstra’s at-large NCAA rivals, of the six teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference, five are expected to make it to the NCAAs. That’s four at-large bids from one conference alone, a testament to the level of competition in that league. And against the Ivy League teams, Hofstra’s resume is solid, but not outstanding. The three games left on the

competitor.

Kelsey Gregerson allowed 8 goals and made 5 saves over the course of the game. Towson’s Andi Raymond demolished the Pride, scoring 3 goals and adding 2 assists.

“Towson had a great game plan coming in; I thought we played really well in the first half, we just didn’t finish our opportunities when we had the ball on the attack side,” Coach Smith said.

The score was deadlocked 2-2, but the Pride couldn’t stave off a Towson surge in the second half, being outscored 7-3.

“Unfortunately they got some quick ones in transition in the second half, and we couldn’t catch up from there,” Coach Smith said.

Hofstra star Brittain Altomare struggled offensively all game, only getting an assist.

“They shut her out. They face guarded her and they stonewalled her … we’ve been preparing for that and we’re going to have to get better at it,” Coach Smith said.

Unlike the Towson game, Hofstra’s quick turnaround game against Delaware was very close. A late 8-7 loss dropped the Pride’s record to 5-8 on Senior Day. “I thought our team played exceptionally well …. We had people all over the field stopping goals with their bodies and diving for ground balls,” Coach Smith said, optimistic despite the loss.

Altomare bounced back, contributing 4 assists and 6 draw controls. But despite her performance and Jenn Ward’s two goals, the Pride watched its 5-2 lead evaporate.

Delaware dominated the

Photo Courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Anthony Zappone and Connor Horl lead the pack coming out of the stadium, children high-fiving the players after the game.

schedule (Cornell, UMass and Penn State) are all imperative wins for Hofstra, and a loss in any of them will cast serious doubts on Hofstra’s at-large chances.

Three wins, on the other hand,

will put the Pride in a good spot for receiving an NCAA berth, even if it does not win the CAA tournament.

Women’s lacrosse continues to sink in slump

By Sean Williams sports editor

The women’s lacrosse team continued its skid last week, losing to Towson 5-9 on Friday and dropping another conference loss to Delaware on Sunday 7-8.

The game against the Tigers was an ugly one for the Pride.

Even as Hofstra outshot Towson 21-19, it could not connect with the back of the net.

“5-21 is really not good at all …. The kids have to believe in themselves and they got to drill the ball to the back of the cage,” head coach Shannon Smith said after the game.

Emily Considine was the only Pride player to rack up multiple points for Hofstra, scoring two goals. Despite winning the ground ball and draw controls, the Pride lost control of the match to the rival Tigers, a fellow CAA

second half, outscoring Hofstra 6-2.

Gregerson had an excellent game, making 10 saves. But Hofstra struggled on clears, going 9-14.

“The seniors definitely played a huge role,” said Coach Smith.

“They will be greatly missed next year, but right now we’re focused on making this a memorable season for them.”

The team plays next week against Dartmouth University, on the road at 3:00 p.m.

Photo courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Senior Jenn Ward sprints with every once of energy to get around the defender.

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April 10, 2014 • A 19

Softball catches fire, winning five consecutive

By Alex Pineda staff writer

After starting the season at a torrid pace and then losing five of six games, the Pride swept conference opponent UNCW in a three game set to stretch their winning streak to five games.

Caught in a jam with a onerun lead and two outs in the seventh inning in the first game of a double header, junior Taylor Pirone made a key pitch to strike out Jessica Rappe, swinging with the bases loaded and the goahead run on second.

UNCW set the tone with a solo home run in the first inning to take a 1-0 lead, but Hofstra leveled the score in the bottom of the frame as sophomore Chloe Fitzgerald scored on an error.

The Pride promptly took their first lead in the second inning as Rachael Senatore smacked a double to left field, allowing fellow seniors Ashley Ainbinder and Tori Rocha to score.

A UNCW homerun cut the lead to 3-2 in the third inning, but Fitzgerald extended the lead back to two runs after she reached on an infield single, proceeded to steal second then scored on a wild pitch for her second run of the day.

“She’s a triple threat,” said

head coach Bill Edwards about Fitzgerald, who is leading the team in batting average (.375), hits (36), and runs scored (22).

“She can put a bunt down. She can soft tap and then she can hit it with some power so she’s very very tough to defend.”

Junior Morgan Lashley started in the circle and lasted three innings for the Pride, striking out five batters and giving up two runs on four hits, before Pirone entered the game as relief. Over the final four innings, Pirone, who has a team-leading 1.30 earned run average, gave up one run on two hits, as she walked two and struck out five to assist in the win.

After staving off a late UNCW rally to claim a 4-3 victory in the opener, Pirone started game two and cruised to her seventh win of the year, giving up only two runs on five hits as the Pride won 10-2.

“Taylor’s drop and her offspeed [pitches] really kept them off balance and just did a wonderful job today keeping the ball in the ball park,” said Edwards.

“Didn’t have her great stuff, didn’t have her great command, but [she] got the key outs.”

The UNCW Seahawks scored a first inning run for a second consecutive game and held a 2-0 lead until the fourth inning when

Photo courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Frist baseman Maggie Hawkins stretches out to catch the softball in order to make the close out, while the umpire and the coach await in anticipation.

freshman Lacey Clark, who was named the CAA rookie of the week, hit a double that knocked in two runs before she scored on a single, up the middle, off the bat of Kim Smith.

The Pride ended the game in

Photo courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Sophomore pitcher Kim Smith fields a ball and fires to first base while senior Tori Rocha positions herself in preperation.

the sixth inning as they erupted for 7 runs on 7 hits to invoke the eight-run mercy rule.

“It’s just such a momentum sport at times and hitting becomes contagious,” said Edwards. “You start squeezing the bat a little bit tighter and then all of a sudden somebody gets a key hit and everybody loosens up.”

Clark, whose two-run single ended the game, and Maggie Hawkins powered the Pride’s win as they each went 3-4 and together had 6 RBIs while Senatore, Rocha, and Caryn Bailey each added two hits.

Despite exploding for 10 runs and 17 hits in the nightcap, the Pride continued to struggle with runners on base as they left seven on in the first game and stranded eight before the second game was called.

Redshirt senior and starting shortstop Becca Bigler left the game after she was hit by pitch on the hand in the fourth inning.

The injury sidelined her for the series ender yet allowed some younger players to step up and have an impact.

“They’ve just been sitting back waiting for their opportunity,” said Edwards of his freshman who have made the most of their playing time.

Lashley dominated the Seahawks in the series finale as she improved her record to 12-3 on the season. The junior allowed just three base runners as she struck out 13 batters, hit one and walked none in a complete game two-hit shutout.

“I was very, very proud of the way she came back and had really good command of all of her pitches today,” said Edwards.

Following an error that allowed Rocha to cross the plate for the Pride in the third, Kim Smith led off the fifth inning with a solo shot in the fifth before Erin Trippi ended the scoring with a two-run blast to push the lead to 4-0.

Following two non-conference games this week, the Pride will look to continue their winning streak as they welcome conference newcomer, College of Charleston, to the Hofstra softball stadium this weekend for a threegame series.

“We’re still not totally comfortable,” said Edwards in a postgame interview following the series finale. “We still have to get into that comfort zone.”

Back Cover: Tyler Begley sprints toward the goal.

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Men’s lacrosse wins two, looks ahead towards powerhouse Cornell on Saturday

Photo courtesy of Hofstra Athletics

Charging ahead