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Photo by Marisa Russell The annual United Nations Inter-Agecy Games is being held in America for the first time this week at Hofstra. Athletes from all over the world gathered in the David S. Mack Sports Complex for the opening ceremonies on Wednesday night.
Hofstra hosts first U.N. Games on American soil
By Marisa Russell staff writer
U.N. employees from 104 countries around the world have come together to Hofstra to compete in the United Nations Inter-Agency games, held for the first time in the United States this year. Hofstra University hosted the opening ceremony Wednesday for the 41st Inter-Agency Games. The University worked together with its surrounding community to put on the opening ceremony and will host many of the sports events over the next few days. This is the latest prestige to arrive on campus in recent years and was made reality with the help of Melissa Connolly, vice president of University Relations, and Johanna Farrell, marketing coordinator, along with many other University staff and students. Raquel Cona, a senior and public relations major, is an intern for University Relations at Hofstra who participated in making the event happen. “This has been a great experience for me because I am a
PR major, so I got to learn a lot about the whole event and [how to get] in touch with the different departments on the Hofstra campus to make it happen,” Cona said. Along with Cona, there were many other student volunteers assisting with checking in the athletes and press, handling details and mingling with all of the people in attendance. Student clubs including the Hofstra Dutchmen and the Imani dance group performed at the opening ceremony, with much applause from the audience. Nassau County Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter welcomed all of the athletes on behalf of County Executive Ed Mangano. “These games personify the true spirit of the United Nations, bringing people of many different nations and cultures together, working as one. We welcome all of the athletes. Represent your nation with pride and build your friendships,” Krumpter said. The games were highlighted throughout the ceremony, but the spirit of the United Nations and the purpose of the event remained the main topic of everyone’s words. Eric Spielmann is a table tennis player from France and shared
his passion for working in this organization. “It’s really something that is part of my life that has driven me for many years, the idea of achieving something at the end of the day,” Spielmann said. The atmosphere of the opening ceremony, although brief, was one of general excitement and welcoming. “The best part is being on the team and being a part of all of this. You meet lots of people working all around the world. You get to spend more time with teammates … it’s so cool,” said Camille Prado, a basketball player also from France. Every athlete greeted countless others, some reuniting after a year apart, having seen each other at the last games. “This is what unites people around the world,” said Jan Eliasson, deputy secretary general of the U.N. Eliasson also touched on the events occurring in different areas of the world and the difficulty that many people face on a daily basis. “What you do here today is
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Inter-Agency Games begin in Sports Complex Continued from A1 also a distraction from some of the horrors that we are seeing in today’s world. Many of you and your colleagues are out in the most trying circumstances.” Spielmann, with his first time visiting the U.S. said, “I received the very first email informing me about the games in, I think, October of last year, so it’s been six months that I was waiting to be here, so I am quite excited.” Spielmann, like others, mentioned the refreshing nature of the games; being a time of both work and pleasure, “Every day in South Africa you are reminded that you are this or you are that, so it’s a bit good to be here with people of any color… It’s the kind of atmosphere I like,” he said. He also mentioned that he is a fan of rap music, and that being in the center of a place that is a home to
rap is an enjoyable experience. Many of the athletes have participated for many years in the games, while others are participating for the first time. Each athlete, regardless of the experience, was thrilled to be a part of such an incredible community. Through the words of each speaker, each performer and each athlete, the pride of the U.N.’s mission came to life. Eliasson emphasized the importance of the agency’s nature, “We are the reflection and the mirror of the world as it is, and we don’t like it sometimes. And we are also the reflection and the mirror of the world as it should be,” he said. “The United Nations job, my job, and your job, is to diminish the gap between the world as it is, and the world as it should be.”
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Community Health class interns with NUMC By Briana Smith staff writer
About two dozen students spend at least three hours a week stationed in the pediatrics wing of the Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC), waiting to aid a family seeking health needs. These students participate in the Advocates internships for the Community Health program and for Health Leads, in a partnered program that concentrates on linking families to reliable community resources that provide immediate relief and on teaching families, students and professionals how to advocate for themselves and their clients. “A responsible member of any community wants to give back,” said John Crosby, the internship program coordinator and a senior philosophy major. They have already helped over 150 families in the area. The Advocates for Community Health are interns with Hofstra University’s Center for Civic Engagement (CCE), a universitybased institute created to educate students in democratic values by engaging students in collaborative partnerships with the campus, local, national and global communities. Also partnered with Hofstra are the Nassau University Medical Center; Project Delivery of Chronic Care (DOCC), a non-profit organization that
focuses on the needs of families whose children require special health care; and Health Leads, a national organization that trains college students to refer medical center clients to other community resources. “Our students link the parents with the resources they need to the best of their ability,” said Cheryl Mwaria, program director of the Advocates internship
affordable housing, job training and the ability to learn English as a second language,” said Maggie Hoffman, the co-founder and director of Project DOCC. After an intake is complete, the clients receive follow-up phone calls from the student advocates, and they are then provided with contact information for resources such as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food
of Project DOCC come to teach a narrative medicine class, the process by which people learn how to tell their stories in order to receive the help that they need, and from Project DOCC the students learn how to identify and understand each family’s issues. They encounter many families who are hesitant about sharing personal information. During their last reflection session on April 10,
“You want people in your community to be well-fed, and on Long Island there is a lot of hunger, so linking those families with food whether it’s federally mandated or local is one huge thing.” and chair of the University’s Department of Anthropology. “They may not connect a person immediately, and may have to call around or send a patient somewhere else.” Mwaria emphasized that the Advocates insist that client should not leave until they are assisted. Although Health Leads has provided their clients with resources in numerous medical centers, they were never specifically fixated on families of children with special needs. “I felt that there were many Long Island families with children with special health care needs who were further challenged by their basic needs for food security,
stamps and English as a Second Language (ESL) classes. The Advocates attempt to informe and encourage their clients until the right connections are made. “The families feel heard by their doctors and the student Advocates,” said Hoffman. “As many of the families visiting the desk are immigrants to the United States and to Long Island, it’s important to become rooted to their own communities and to feel supported by them.” Every Thursday evening, the students meet to have a reflection session and discuss their experiences with their clients and how to improve their interactions. On some evenings, members
Crosby gave many useful tips on how to communicate with clients respectfully and effectively and make them feel comfortable. “It seems like a lot of people think if they apply for benefits, they are capitalizing on other peoples’ work,” said Crosby. Many families struggle because they do not have an adequate supply of food, nor do they know about the benefits they can obtain. “Good health is more than the absence of disease,” said Mwaria. “You want people in your community to be well-fed, and on Long Island there is a lot of hunger, so linking those families with food whether it’s federally mandated or local is one huge
thing.” “I think people don’t know what they are entitled to, so there is a negative connotation with food stamps,” said Jessica Magarinos, the internship program coordinator and a junior biology and applied physics major. “I think the way we approach things needs to change. There should be a negative connotation on families who are hungry [for their being hungry], not families who are looking for help.” Mwaria spent two years developing the ideas of the Advocates for the Community Health and Community Leads project, which began in Jan. 2013, with Hoffman and Marsha Hurst. Hurst is a Project DOCC board member and co-chair of the University Seminar on Narrative, Health, and Social Justice at Columbia University. Hofstra’s Advocates for Community Health became the first and only suburban help desk for Health Leads in the nation, and this is just the beginning of developing a stable, well-equipped community for the future. “Hofstra University’s student Advocates are Long Island’s preprofessionals; they will be our future policymakers, teachers, medical providers and lawyers,” said Hoffman. “Their votes will be better informed about how reallocation of resources may make all Long Islanders healthier.”
Unopposed candidates pledge for change By Nico Machlitt and Lauren del Valle STAFF WRITER and assistant news editor
Student Government Association senators, Mark Atkinson and Nicole Olson, are running unopposed for president and vice president, respectively, and will head the government association in the fall, provided that they receive at least 350 votes from the student body. Atkinson and Olson walked around the Student Center on Tuesday night reminding people to vote, as elections were Wednesday. They were eager to speak with students at the Q&A
session in the Student Center Atrium. Many students just walked by or turned away when approached, while others were also confused about SGA’s responsibilities. Such student unawareness and apathy are the focus of the leadership team’s campaign. Their motto, “Transform, Renew, Develop,” symbolizes what they hope to accomplish during their upcoming term in office for a more active student body.
Olson, a sophomore political science and economics double major, joined SGA this fall to
Atkinson, a junior sociology major, hopes to improve the relationships with students on campus, as she has seen and spoken to many students who have problems with something on campus and don’t come to SGA for help. They plan to renew the relationship that SGA has with students. They want to reintroduce themselves to students and work with as many as possible. “My goal is to start to rebuild
“My goal is to start to rebuild relationships with clubs and build relationships with new clubs, to run more efficiently and effectively.” become more involved on campus. She hopes to create an experience so students who join SGA will gain as much out of the experience as she has.
relationships with clubs and build relationships with new clubs, to run more efficiently and effectively,” said Atkinson. There have been difficulties with clubs understanding legislation in the past, which has resulted in club’s losing their office space. They plan to set aside time to offer a comprehensive explanation of such legislation. Finally, they wish to develop SGA internally. “We want people who join student government to come out of it having better leadership skills, so that they come forth with good skills and can use that better in their life.” said Olson.
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SGA WEEKLY WRAP UP Compiled by Nico Machlitt
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On Wednesday, Pride Pals presented the Special Olympics with a check for the money donated during the Jail and Bail event this year, held in the Student Center. Hofstra Goes For Gold, the Special Olympics club, raised
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• Volunteers Around the World is now recognized by SGA. The club sends students to orphanages, dental offices and medical offices around the world. Once a student becomes a member, he or she will have the opportunity to go abroad and volunteer in South American countries and the Philippines. • The Buddhism Club is now recognized by SGA. The club teaches students about Buddhism practices and will bring speakers on campus. • Many clubs came out to Budget Weekend, where SGA allocated money to clubs that requested funding for the Fall 2014 semester. Some activities that were funded were ice cream socials, speakers and T-shirts. In total, SGA allocated around $30,00 to clubs.
Jail and Bail check passed to Special Olympics By Kaeli Van Cott
$6,575 at Jail and Bail with the help of Pride Pals and Adopt a Dream. Pride Pals president Jordyn Mayerhofer awarded Special Olympics with the check in the Multipurpose Room, along with other Pride Pal members. Pride Pals was started in November 2013 by Jordyn Mayerhofer and has become a cosponsor for Jail and Bail ever
since. The main purpose for the club is to create one-on-one friendships with students with disabilities, and to guide incoming freshmen with disabilities and help them to adjust to college life. Adopt a Dream supports children with disabilities or chronic diseases in pursuing their dreams through fundraising.
Public Safety Briefs Compiled by Ehlayna Napolitano A student in Axinn reported that she walked away from her laptop on the sixth floor on April 17. When she returned minutes later, the laptop was missing. The laptop was not found. Police assistance was declined. PS responded to a lockout in Bill of Rights Hall on April 18. The student requesting to be let in was not the resident of the room, but the resident’s girlfriend. He had given her a key to his room, which is in violation of school policy. The student was allowed to retrieve her belongings from the room and both students were issued summonses. The key was confiscated. On April 19, PS received a report of two suspicious males in Monroe Hall. They were identified as non-students, apprehended and escorted to the HIC, where they were banned from campus. It was reported on April 19 that a woman was begging for money near the Graduate Hall. PS responded, apprehended the woman and escorted her to the HIC, where she was banned from campus.
Photo by Kaeli Van Cott Hofstra’s Go for Gold, the Special Olympics club, was awarded $6,575 raised from Jail and Bail on Wednesday.
On April 20, a report of the odor of marijuana coming from a room in Vander Poel Hall was received by PS. They responded and keyed into the room, where there were three students and the odor of marijuana. No marijuana
was recovered, and all of the students were issued summonses. A fire alarm was activated in Alliance Hall on April 21. During a search of the building, eight students were discovered failing to evacuate. All of the students were issued summonses. PS responded to an altercation in the Student Center parking lot on April 21. They met with two students who complained about each other, having fought about a parking space. The situation was calmed and both were issued summonses. An RD outside of Hofstra USA reported observing a green laser coming from a room in Vander Poel Hall on April 22. An investigation concluded that the light was coming from room 1108, which PS then keyed into and found the room empty. The laser pointer was on the desk, and was confiscated. The residents will be issued summonses.
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O ve r h e a rd @ H o fst ra Compiled by the Hofstra Chronicle staff
In Dutch Treats: Girl: You mean Jesus pretzels? The savior of pretzels? In Lawrence Herbert Hall: Girl: I feel like Hempstead is the armpit of Long Island. Guy: I mean, you never know, there might be some good smelling armpits out there. In Student Center: Guy 1: What are you doing this weekend? Guy 2: I’m going home to hang out with my mom. In Lawrence Herbert Hall: Girl: I didn’t get a neck until I was like, five years old. In Constitution: Girl 1: I’m basically not a virgin anymore right? Girl 2: I don’t know! I wasn’t there.
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By Amanda Valentovic STAFF WRITER
For any students interested in journalism and the media, the Hofstra chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is making a comeback. The club focuses on spreading the word about journalism and media studies on campus, as well as teaching students about what is happening in the world of journalism. After fading out a few years ago, a new group of students is ready to relaunch the society. “Today with social media, quality journalists are more important than ever,” said club president Emily Kamen. “We need to learn how to be journalists in the real world, and not only in the classroom.” The club would be a chapter of the national society and would be able to attend conferences that are held along with other chapters, in addition to having professionals in the field come and speak on campus. “We’re going to be able to take part in different opportunities that haven’t existed, that will teach
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[students] to grow,” said Chris Vaccaro, a journalism professor and the club’s advisor. “We’ll be getting involved in events on- and off-campus related to journalism, getting involved with the Press Club of Long Island and also getting involved in the national perspective of things going on in the journalism world.” The Press Club of Long Island is a regional chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. The Society is open for all students to join. Paying dues is only required by the national society for a student to be able to include the club on a resume. “I hope that other people can bloom in extracurricular things and conferences that we’ll be doing,” said Kamen, a sophomore majoring in journalism and economics. Even though the Society is part of a national organization, the new founding members are starting it up like any other club on campus. A new constitution was written, and they are currently waiting for approval from SGA. In the meantime, they are looking forward to the impact the society will have
on the school of communication as well as the campus as a whole. “There’s some clubs that are similar,” said Kamen, referring to the Hofstra Association of Black Journalists, the Public Relations Student Society of America and others. “We want to help complement them. We hope that people are interested in both, in co-sponsoring events and in basically coming together as a close-knit group of clubs.” Photo by Emily Kamen Vaccaro agreed, Journalism student Emily Kamen is president of the new club coming to campus. and said, “There’s always more to add, Journalists will be ready to hold interested in the same thing in and this is one of those meetings on a regular basis. a more casual setting, different things that I noticed we were “This whole last two months from meeting people in classes,” lacking. I wanted students to take was about getting everything said Kamen. The club will give advantage of that.” in order by the time the fall students a chance to enjoy The society can also give comes, and we’ll be functioning journalism without the structure students who have common in full force,” said Vaccaro. and deadlines that are required in interests a different place to “We’re gearing up for next year, a class. share those interests. and always looking for new Next fall, the Hofstra chapter “It helps people meet others members.” of the Society of Professional
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Stress-free sweets for finals week
By Janet Lee STAFF WRITER
Anyone have a special sweet tooth for dessert? Whether your sweet tooth may be for chocolate, ice cream or cake, dessert is the best part of a meal! For this week’s Dorm Room Dish, I thought it would be fun to share some of my personal favorites when it comes to desserts. These are extremely easy recipes that you can follow and make. This first dessert is Funfetti and Nutella-filled cupcakes. Now, who doesn’t like Nutella? I mean, you cannot go wrong with Nutella. Here is how you can make it. You are going to need Pillsbury Funfetti cupcake mix, egg, oil, Nutella, frosting and sprinkles. First, follow the directions on the
back of the Funfetti cupcake mix and bake the cupcake. Then, this is where the important step comes in. After your cupcake is baked, let it sit until it is cooled. Once your cupcake is cool, with a small cooking knife, cut a circle into your cupcake. Then, fill the circle with a spoon full of Nutella. After you fill the insides of your cupcake with Nutella, place the cut out piece of cupcake back on to cover your Nutella crater. Finally, cover the top of your cupcake with frosting and colorful sprinkles! This dessert can be eaten right away, or eaten after it is cooled in the refrigerator. When the cupcake is cooled in the refrigerator, the frosting and Nutella mold into a firmer consistency, so it is less messy
and easier to eat. It also tastes just as good or even better! This next dessert is even easier to make and on the healthier side. All you need is a banana. With the weather finally warming up, here is the perfect dessert for those of you who are looking for a healthier alternative for dessert: frozen banana. Frozen bananas are the best things to satisfy your ice cream craving. There a few different ways you can have frozen bananas. First, you can just put a banana in a freezer and enjoy it like that. Another way you can enjoy a frozen banana is by getting rid of the peel first. First, peel your banana and slice it into bite-size pieces. Then, put them
in a container and have frozen banana pieces. If you want to eat it like a Popsicle, you can peel the banana, wrap it in foil, put it in the freezer and enjoy it like a Popsicle. With just a few weeks left of this semester, before you stress and cram for finals Photo by Janet Lee week, take a A Funfetti and Nutella-filled cupcake will keep you break and enjoy satisfied after a long day of studying. these two dessert recipes over the week. I promise, you will not regret it. Enjoy!
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Man on the Unispan If you were handcuffed to one person for 24 hours who would you choose? By Danielle Denenberg STAFF WRITER
“Scarlett Johansson and Anna Kendrick.” Ron Singh, Senior
“Tiger Woods.” Billy Summa, Freshman
“Salma Hayek; actress.” Alyssa Biscardi, Junior
“Jason Segel from ‘How I Met Your Mother.’” Isabel Corella, Senior
“My wife.” Jomo Lennon, Senior
“A friend of mine in the boys rugby team.” Lana Zuaiter, Junior
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By Danielle Santucci STAFF WRITER
Ryan Denault, Sophomore “I have a freckle under my big toe.”
Sarah Bartis, Junior “I will be interning at NBC in Connecticut this summer.”
Elisa Tang, Junior “I may appear to be a tiny, innocent girl but people don’t know that I’m actually a fierce, former Irish step dancing champion in Riverdance competitions.”
Ameer Humza Malik, Junior “I ride a motorcycle with a gang.”
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Students and faculty celebrated Earth Day on Wednesday, April 23. It featured performances, such as Professor Aashish Kumar (pictured above), a tye-dye station and face painting by the Form Student Gallery, amongst other activities. Photos and Spread by Che Sullivan
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DIY alternative show calls for a more diverse and open music scene Photo courtesy of Ana Davis
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Dong Island, a venue without restrictions
a place for expression and music outside the confines of Hofstra
By Heather Levinsky Special to the chronicle
There are schools out there, some within the New York metropolitan area, whose thriving local and student-run arts and music communities are an integral part of the universities’ character. Now, there’s always been a place at Hofstra for classically trained musicians and singers to study and perform. But there should also be a place where other students can create and perform outside of class rules or OSLA restrictions. Taking that into account, who says that such a place should be located on-campus? Or, affiliated with Hofstra University at all? This past Friday, the show space Dong Island held its inaugural concert. Located on Lawrence Street just minutes away from Napolini’s Pizza and Hofstra’s North Campus, this house is home to seven Hofstra students, including show coordinator Ana Davis. It’s also a second home for anyone, such as the author of this piece, who is involved in the creation, planning,and design of the Dong Island space. Dong Island had always been an idea that was not necessarily associated with a single place or name. Around October of 2012, a friend of Davis’, local artist Aaron Calvin, wanted to release his EP. They wanted to put on a show for it, but not at Hofstra’s Coffeehouse. They felt it wouldn’t be the right kind of environment with the school closely monitoring it. With an on-campus show, they wouldn’t have the creative license they needed to really complement the mood of the music. Davis threw the show in another friend’s garage on Hope Street. It became known as the No Hope Saloon, and they threw shows there for the entire school year. After the school year ended, the tenants of the house moved away and it became necessary to find a new space. Several months and multiple houses later, they settled on a house on Lawrence Street and christened it Dong Island, a vaguely phallic pun on “Long Island.” One of the things I noticed
Photo courtesy of Ana Davis Members of the band, Sailing, play during their set this past Friday at a house on Lawrence Street in Hempstead.
while working the door at Dong Island was that people, in general, were surprised to find that they were expected to pay (a humble $5) when they weren’t drinking. I made sure to explain to them, in much the same way as i’m about to explain to you all now, why exactly we had set the price of $5. It is the custom to pay touring bands, not only to reimburse them for their performance, but also to help alleviate the costs of gas, room and board, that come with taking a band on the road. I’m not sure if everyone fully realized that, or if they merely mistook it for a Hofstra party. It’s sometimes a struggle to get people to understand that these bands aren’t just background noise. If they were just background noise after all, they were damn good background noise. Local band and Dong Island familiars Sailing played first. Made up entirely of local students and alumni, they also released their debut EP that night. Following them up was Two Humans, a jangly, punk-influenced 3-piece band from Connecticut. After that, NJ posi punks Casual really brought down the house.
Although the basement staircase collapsed in the middle of their wild set, they played on once it was made sure that no one was injured. The audience was okay with climbing out the windows in between sets, and once that minor debacle was solved, they clambered back inside to watch Cousin Brian get rowdy and finish out the evening with a tense, high-energy set. People tend to be so far removed from the music they listen to. The performer one sees from way up in the third level of Madison Square Garden barely seems like a real human being. But one of the trademarks of the DIY scene is the close relationship between artist and consumer. It’s the realization that these bands, usually kids right around your age, are doing something cool that is worth being a part of. And that’s the idea Dong Island was born from, providing a creative space for not only musical artists, but for anyone interested in graphic design, production, photography, videography, PR, music marketing, or any sort of artistic pursuit that one can think up. This venue is important
because it shows that Hofstra students can create something for themselves outside of the confines of the university. Hofstra is full of people telling you not to turn right off of Hofstra’s campus near McHebes because ‘a certain kind of people’ live there and it may be dangerous. It seems counterintuitive for a university that is supposedly preparing its students for life in “the real world” to also teach them to be constantly afraid of that same world around them. Besides events linked with Hofstra are never quite relaxed. Students feel pressured to live up to the university’s immaculate image of what an “arts community” should be like. And sometimes that makes for a rather uncomfortable atmosphere. There needs to be a diverse arts community, not only among Hofstra students, but across all of Long Island as well. The East Coast Collective booking agency has somewhat of a monopoly on the Long Island music scene, to the extent that bands are discouraged from playing on LI if they’re not booked through ECC. It’s good to remember once in a while that the handful of shows
they book are not the be-all and end-all of LI’s music scene. Starting up small house venues and getting bands that would otherwise only play in Brooklyn to come up to Uniondale and play DIY shows are essential to helping artists expand their audience and helping fans build a community. It’s important to have a strong community on Long Island independent of that in NYC. One that’s thriving, strong, unique, and our own. Despite the house literally collapsing, I daresay that Dong Island’s first show was great, and promises to be even greater in the future. Not only was the turnout (and the turn up), but the fact that people are getting the message about what’s going on in the DIY community of Uniondale, NY was proof of success enough. Although the venue is essentially just a dusty basement with a broken staircase, there’s still an incredible atmosphere of community. The operation went like clockwork; everyone and everything fell into their place. I asked Davis to reflect on the show, and she summated it thusly: “Nothing about it seemed like it should work, but it did.”
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‘Under the Skin’: Glazer’s bizarre, bittersweet love story By Muhammad Muzammal Columnist
Jonathan Glazer’s “Under the Skin” is a disturbing, tragic, yet bittersweet film that features a mesmerizing lead performance by Scarlett Johansson, as a nameless attractive humanlike, alien who travels around Scotland abducting random male strangers. Adapted from the 2000 novel of the same name, Glazer’s film has a simple yet intricate plot. Although never actually defined, the film follows an alien who operates under her superiors to try and entice human men so that they follow her back home. This leads them to their death as they drown in a clear cesspool where their bodies become frozen, blue glow-in-the-dark figures. The main conflict comes when this mysterious alien falls in love with another man and desires to be a human being.
Even if the movie is a breed of science fiction and fantasy, I can’t help but notice the realism behind it. Besides Johansson, there are no major actors in the film and all the men that Johansson’s character picks up in a creepy, subtle white van are not exactly handsome or off-putting. These are real individuals, speaking with their dry, Scottish accents and looming with their ruffian looks (in fact, Glazer filmed real people getting into the van with Johansson so their facial expressions are genuine). Johansson has never been this different in a film before. This is a role that demands physical attention from the actress, as she is nude for most of the film, but her curvy, sexy body is never a distraction from the events of the movie. Her demeanor is much more interesting, as she conveys the right sense of loneliness and fear from a creature lost in an unknown world. I said Johansson’s body isn’t
much of a distraction. This is because the more I saw her either clothed and unclothed, I couldn’t help but look deeper into her character, sort of seeing the alien from under its skin. “Under the Skin” is an examination of sexual objectification and its effects. The alien keeps killing human men because they are so eager to be picked up by a random, good-looking women. It isn’t until the alien finally approaches someone who isn’t in it for the sex, that it considers maintaining a simple human connection. For all its achievements, the film is unemotional and distant. When the climax of the movie happened, I wasn’t so much moved by the events as much as shocked. For such a big climatic scene, it was quite ineffective in terms of how much I cared. In short, though, the film is a large, indie success. It features stunning work by cinematographer Daniel Landin, whose work
on the extreme long shots of the maze like roads of Scotland recall Stanley Kubrick’s opening sequence of “The Shining,” a film also about a character possessed by something it isn’t. “Under the Skin” also has some awesome electronic music from Mica Levi, as the unsettling, spacey score surrounds the esoteric, strange
moments between the alien and its victims. The movie’s title refers to the inner turmoil the alien has under its soft, gentle skin. The film never passed my skin, and instead of affecting me deeply, it just impressed me with its filmmaking, not its emotionality.
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TV That Matters: By Christina Murphy Columnist
‘Mad Men’ A sea of plaid tweed, Nixon’s inauguration and longer sideburns than ever, January of 1969 is where we find our beloved period drama in the premiere of the first half of the show’s final season. Mad Men began it’s 7th season with, “Time Zones,” named appropriately so, considering the concept of time has been a fundamental theme. This episode largely served to catch the audience up on what’s been going on with SC&P. To match the theme of time, this episode was given an unusually rapid pace. Ken spends most of the episode running around like the White Rabbit in Wonderland, panicking that he does not have enough time to manage his workload. Megan and Don are rushed through their visit together. Roger’s daughter lets him know it’s time for forgiveness. Peggy realizes she’s stuck in a work filled rut, with no time to make a change. The episode opens up with Freddy Rumsfeld pitching an idea to Peggy. An interesting choice considering not long ago Freddy was asked by Don to take an indefinite leave of absence to address his alcoholism. This is a scenario similar to where we left Don last season. “Not a time piece, a conversation piece.” The tagline Freddy pitches to Peggy for a watch company, which struck me as being a thesis of the entire series thus far. Mad Men is more than just a show about the 1960s, the depth of each character could stand alone in any era and still maintain the same authenticity. Both Peggy and Joan are experiencing success in there careers unlike before, but still are being abruptly stopped by the powers that be. Peggy would have been the natural choice to replace Don during his absence, which is what we are led to believe in the first scene of the show. We ultimately see that Peggy still has to answer to a man- Lou, an unfamiliar face who looks like Mr. Rogers and talks to Peggy as if she were just another child in the neighborhood. Joan takes matters in her own hands by attending a meeting intended for Ken with a baby-faced snob who is the head of marketing for Butler Shoes. As a marketing major, it was thrilling for me to see the four P’s of marketing getting some recognition, but from the perspective of an advertising agency that now has to compete with in-house marketing, the feelings were not mutual. It is 9 minutes into the episode before we see a stern faced, fedora clad Don gliding across the screen on an airport conveyer belt. He is now “bicoastal”, but considering he was asked not to return to the agency last season, he is now stalking the agency from two separate coasts. Megan is now living in Los Angeles full time continuing to pursue her acting career. It is clear that their relationship has gone stale since the move and this perfunctory
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visit feels more routine than romantic. On Don’s flight back to New York we see him in a familiar situation: charming the pencil skirt off of yet another anonymous woman, played by a former 90s sweetheart, this time it was Neve Campbell. Don instead turns his back on the woman cuddling up to him and opens his window letting in a bright stream of light over the sleepy eyes of he and his fellow passenger. Eventually we see that the work Don has mentioned doing throughout the episode is writing copy from his home and having Freddy pitch it as his own work. Don presenting his words under the veil of being those of the doe-eyed Freddy is confirmation that he is not one of the “hacks” Peggy refers to in her angry rant. Don is shifting his focus on the work that has to be done because, much like Peggy, the work is all he has. In other Mad Men news, Roger partakes in a six person orgy, then has brunch with his daughter; Megan gets mad when don buys her a TV; Ken is about to snap- because it’s his job; Pete is living a California dream; Ted Chaough is taking a break from his turtlenecks and experimenting with some long pointed collared shirts; and Stan’s beard to face ratio is continuing to steadily decrease. Betty, Sally, Burt, and Harry were omitted completely from the premiere. Despite the momentous occasion of the final season premiere, the episode premiered to its lowest rating since 2008. This can largely be attributed to lack of promotion. For a show that usually generates quite a lot of buzz on the internet, the return of the show was just as subtle as a “scenes from the next mad men” sequence. As ironic as this may seem, another reason for the vanishing ratings could be time- shifted viewing, that is. Many fans watch episodes for free on AMC’s website. The season premiere started out timid, as it was setting the storylines in their place and picked up once we dug deeper into what has really been happening since we left Mad Men last June. Mad Men fans are used to having patience and if this episode is an indication of anything, big things are lined up for this season. These characters are lost souls who all seem to have found themselves in the same office by chance. Their lives are getting lost in the massive machine that SC&P has become, and are dealing with this in their own individual ways, usually unsuccessfully. Until they can get it together things will just be a toss and a miss, a clogged toilet, or a sliding door that just won’t shut. Mad Men airs on AMC, Sundays at 10.
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Review Round-up: ‘Pop Psychology’- Neon Trees By Kendall Gibson COLUMNIST
Rebellion is a huge part of music. A song can fight against tyranny and oppression, and for some musicians, the largest source of oppression isn’t something tangible. Their enemy is their childhood. Take Neon Trees, for example. They are a chic, pop-glamour band, and their songs are sex-infused party anthems. Looking at their tights and neon colors, though, you would be surprised to find out that most of the bands members are Mormon. The erotic titles alone off of their new album “Pop Psychology” serve as a campaign against the prudish, clandestine nature of their childhood. “A Teenager in Love”, “Text Me in the Morning”, “Love in the 21st Century”. When listened to at face value, these songs don’t seem to have a purpose outside of being fun, but the themes expressed on this record are ones specifically chosen to make this point: Sex is ok. Their album has an upbeat, fun quality. But the songs are largely stunted in regards to depth. The lyrics are cliché, out of touch ramblings about love, and every note has the indistinguishable quality of having been digitally made. They are enjoyable, but not particularly impressive. But they do serve a purpose. By the lead singer’s own admission, Neon Trees explores the sexual themes and experiences that were repressed in their Mormon childhood. Forces to rebel against are not always that clear, however. Some artists fight evils inside their own head. King Krule, for example, uses music to fight his depression. His background is characterized by tough, chaotic times, with abusive parents and a downward spiral of drugs. His songs sound like they are cathartic for him to play, which would make sense, because they are about moments of sadness and hurt. They are rebellions against his own pain. They are also very eclectic. There are elements of jazz and blues in his voice and guitar, but the accompaniment is mostly electronica. His voice sounds is also unnaturally low, and he sings with a reggae/ blues inflection. It’s a weird mix, but it works. King Krule is as cavalier with music as he is with spelling. King Krule’s approach differs from Neon Trees. He laments about his hardships and infuses his songs with sad emotion, whereas Neon Trees infuse theirs with a positive outlook. Songs that change the whole world may be few and far between, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t mini-rebellions going on in the music we listen to everyday.
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Uniondale: Skipped over and sold short By Denisse Girón Special to the chronicle
Nothing excites a Hofstra student more than stepping outside his or her dorm building to be greeted by high school seniors and their parents looking for the nearest bathroom — a sure sign of campus touring season. My experience is a little different as a commuter. Usually, I’m stuck behind a long line of cars on the Hempstead Turnpike, or fighting parents for parking spaces on the South Campus. I am eternally grateful for the tour guides who are willing to steer visiting students and parents through campus as the rest of us go about our usual days. But recently, when I saw what appeared to be a father and son being led through campus by a Hofstra student, something struck me. It was not the tour guide’s description of our campus, but that of our neighboring towns. He said, “East Meadow is good. Safe. It’s a really diverse
community. And to the north we have one of the wealthiest towns, Garden City.” To most, this may seem like a safe thing to say. We want to promote Hofstra University as
Hempstead for local crimes, or blame us for not looking “pretty enough.” In recent years, Uniondale has acquired a poor standing fueled mainly by socio-economic impact from sources and agendas outside of its own community. You need only reach out to organizations like the Greater Uniondale Area Action Coalition (GUAAC) to learn the stories: unfair redistricting, a lack of community resources, faltering trash management, inefficient use of tax money, and a poor public education system. These are examples of negligence from our local government officials that have cost Uniondale’s reputation over the last couple years. We are an unincorporated village that isn’t being heard and
“We want to promote Hofstra University as best we can, and so we bring forth its best qualities. But what about Uniondale?” best we can, and so we bring forth its best qualities. But what about Uniondale? I have noticed a complete degradation of Hofstra’s brothertown, Uniondale. It seems that words like “ghetto” get thrown around among students who refuse to even walk down Uniondale Avenue. I was raised in Uniondale, and I continue to live there, and I am personally offended when my peers describe it as “sketchy,” or feel afraid to visit. It hurts when people point fingers at the residents of Uniondale or
of Northern Uniondale — which includes attractions like parts of Hofstra, Mitchell Field, Nassau Coliseum and Museum Row — to move the taxes to East Garden City. The town that I love has been taken advantage of, criminalized, and victim to censorship. Yes, I am calling out all of those who have made fun of my home, but I am also inviting you to visit. You haven’t experienced livelihood until you’ve experienced Easter mass at St. Martha’s Church, had breakfast at La Sevillana to try a Colombian empanada, or spent the day playing on the baseball field at Uniondale Park. As a commuter, I am always asked how it feels to live at home. But there is no need to ask me — just step outside of the college bubble to see for yourself. So please, do not exclude Uniondale, Hempstead or Roosevelt from your conversations or college tour discourse. Instead, embrace the diversity and cultural exchange that is available just a few blocks away.
“The town that I love has been taken advantage of, criminalized, and victim to censorship.” that has faced countless funding cuts. Recent fights that GUAAC has faced include the carving up
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War on pacifism: Professors preaching, not teaching By Pooja Kumbhar columnist
Pacifism is a wonderful conviction in theory, yet it is often rejected by the majority as being an unattainable ideal. However, that same majority of society does not even hold non-violence or war resistance as ideal standards. Starting with the earliest thoughts on the “ideal state,” as depicted by Plato in his book “The Republic,” the utopian society consists of three main classes, one belonging entirely to a military. The conflict is not in the reality of violence and warring, but rather in what we strive for. Peace is nowhere on the agenda. Some of the greatest and most praised movements in history were achieved through peaceful protesting. Ghandi, Rosa Parks and John Lennon stood firm in
their beliefs and made a difference in the world. It is vital, then, particularly for college professors, to keep an open mind to dissenting opinions, for their duty is to cultivate individualism in a way that betters the world that we live in. Hofstra University’s political science department is one that is wellknown around the nation — its professors coming from phenomenal walks of experience. But it has come to my attention that many professors absentmindedly assume that there is consensus agreement in the ethical acceptance of violence and war.
One of the most bothersome moments of my Hofstra career took place in a freshman year writing course. My professor blatantly remarked that pacifists were stupid. She said that pacifist ideas do not exist, and she
not raising my hand and contradicting the woman about pacifism and how it goes along with open mindedness, which she very well needed to teach that class. Government is certainly necessary for the protection of human life and functioning, because, like Hobbes noted, “the life of man in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, and brutish,” and the natural consequence of people’s mutual desire is war. The consequences of human reality are overpowering, but the practice of absolute pacifism, or at least collectively striving for it in a mutual global effort can bring about a revolutionary change. One too many states and
“... many professors absent mindedly assume that there is consensus agreement in the ethical acceptance of violence and war.” ridiculed its fundamentals. In her heated rant, she had spat out an ignorant statement, assuming the silence of the class to mean that everyone agreed with her. A few moments afterward, I was disappointed in myself for
individuals have deeper faith in positivity resulting from violence as opposed to positivity resulting from non-violence. Militant warring is a manmade structure that we, as the ignorant, egotistical, arrogant, greedy human beings that we are, have created to force upon others. We are fighting for peace? Warring is hypocrisy. Warring is a state of human conflict in which we lose all humane ability to resolve problems in a civil way. We resort to savagery — inhumane behavior of killing our own kind. We stoop so low that we create machines 10 times our own strength to destroy one another. What are we? Pacifism is an abstract ideal, possibly inapplicable in the harsh realities of this world, yet the belief itself deserves more light and respect.
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Caring is not enough:
Planting the sustainability seed By Camie Luckewicz special to the chronicle
Spring is a time of regrowth and rejuvenation, and as the seasonal flowers begin to emerge on Hofstra’s campus, it’s not hard to feel a simultaneous surge of positive energy among the student body. However, now that the snow has melted, the evidence of urban ignorance has once again resurfaced: litter. There exists a stark contrast in ambience between the neatly groomed campus arboretum and the trash-covered roads of Hempstead that can and should be improved. A professor of mine said recently that we students are the “generation of entitlement.” Spreading wealth may not always be easy for a college student, but spreading love and care for the community and environment is certainly doable. It’s not that Hofstra students and staff don’t care about the environment. There are some who do, but not enough of those people are able to carry out their concern, because they are not involved or educated in the various sustainability efforts available.
“Kids don’t think we have ecology here, because we’re in and outside New York City,” said Coryna Herbert, a senior urban ecology major. “But we do. It’s everywhere.” Herbert currently works at The Brooklyn Grange, an organic farm situated on a Brooklyn rooftop. The organization is dedicated to turning unused land, transforming rooftops into prosperous farms where the staff grows a variety of fruits, vegetables, fungi, spices and even honey. The products are then made available to local consumers who want the freshest, most natural produce. Rooftop farms are gaining widespread popularity throughout the country and are a rising trend in urban areas like Brooklyn and Detroit. But environmental enthusiasts like Herbert feel that the reason many students don’t participate in such cultures or make the effort to buy organic food is because they don’t realize that it’s available, or they don’t know where to go get it. “Most [students] don’t have cars, so they feel trapped in
“Spreading wealth may not always be easy for a college student, but spreading love and care for the community and environment is certainly doable.”
a Hofstra bubble and have to eat on campus,” she said. Eating from Organic Grille and calling that your good deed for the day doesn’t count. Take a little time to fight the stigma that we’re a “generation of entitlement,” and go out of your way to do some good for the world in which you live. Get in touch with your intrinsic dependence on nature Students for a Greener Hofstra is a great way to get involved on campus, as are the Sustainability Studies Club and Green Party of Hofstra. Students should value the forward-thinking nature of these organizations and on-campus efforts in order to keep the clubs — and our planet — thriving for many years to come. Whether it’s being conscious of what you eat, getting involved in an environmentally active group, or just taking an extra few seconds to pick up a piece of garbage or actually recycle your plastic waste, your efforts can go a long way. Going green does not require an all-or-nothing approach. It’s not about becoming a farmer or a vegetarian or a hippy; it’s about doing what you can, where you can to regenerate the environment that we’ve all had a hand in destroying.
“Take a little time to fight the stigma that we’re a ‘generation of entitlement,’ and go out of your way to do some good for the world in which you live.”
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Athlete Spotlight: Ace pitcher Nick Kozlowski By Frank Aimetti staff writer
I got a chance to ask Nick Kozlowski, a standout on the Hofstra baseball team, a few questions about how he feels the season is going for the team and how he hopes to improve his own performance as the season winds down. Nick is a right-handed starting pitcher who is currently sporting a 6-2 record with a 3.30 ERA, and 30 strikeouts after eight appearances. Currently a junior, Nick has improved nearly every statistic from his campaign last year. Frank Aimetti: You guys are 15-15 going into your game today. What were your expectations for the team coming into the season and do you feel you’ve met them so far? Nick Kozlowski: Our expectation as a team for this year and even for the past few years has been to make the conference tournament and, if possible, make a regional. But to be at .500,
especially after the winter we had this year, with not being able to get on the field, and then losing [pitcher] Dave D'Errico for five weeks at the beginning of the season, I think we would all take where we are right now. We also lost Dalton [Rouleau], our starting shortstop, for the year. F: You’re having your best season to date. Just talk a little bit about how you’ve improved and what you’ve done to make those improvements. N: I really think the experience I had in Cape Cod this summer for a few months was huge. Being around the best talent in the country and being able to learn and watch how they go about their work was huge. The fact I was there gave me a bunch of confidence going forward, especially going to the Keene Swamp Bats [collegiate summer baseball team] around the middle of their season with [second baseman] Matt Ford and [catcher] Robbie Cafiero. I took what I learned at
Photo courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Nick Kozlowski advanced from his sophomore year, improving in nearly every pitching statistic. His record stands at 6-2 for a 15-15 team.
Cape Cod and ran with it. We went on an unbelievable run from July on and ended up winning the whole thing. Matt and Rob got red-hot at the end to carry us all the way. It was a summer I won't forget. F: You sat out the 2011 season due to Tommy John surgery. Can you talk me through what your initial thoughts were upon hearing the diagnosis and how tough working your way back was? N: The diagnosis itself wasn't nearly as hard as it was to tell my coaches at Hofstra and everyone else I needed to have it. I knew it was going to be a long road back but I didn't think it would take as long as it did. It took me almost 18 months to see my first live hitter again. It was a real grind and it wouldn't have been possible without the support of my family pushing me through it because some days, you would just want to quit. One day, it feels great, and then maybe the next two or three days after, it feels like you need Tommy John [surgery] again. My first outing came against Delaware State at their place. It was probably 40 degrees out and the first inning went well. My second inning, I threw about two pitches before I felt a rip and heard a pop in my elbow. I walked off the mound immediately and everyone in the dugout and stands, including myself, thought for sure I tore it again. I remember saying to myself, “That's it. My career is over at 19. There is no way I can get [Tommy John surgery] again and come back and be the same.” Luckily, I found out it was just scar tissue. I took about two weeks off before taking the mound again, and since then, my arm has never felt better. F: There have been reports about pitchers actually having better velocity after Tommy John surgery. How has the surgery affected you in terms of speed and control? N: For me, it’s difficult to gauge for the sheer fact that I was so young when I got injured. I never hit my top velocity because I was 17 when I tore [my ulnar collateral ligament]. Prior to the surgery, I was around 86 to 88 MPH, now I'm around 88 to 93 MPH. The biggest problem for me is finding my breaking ball again. It was
my best pitch prior to surgery, which honestly probably led to me having Tommy John surgery because I threw it so much. Control has always been my Achilles’ heel, so I have to have the mentality that I really have to lock in on filling up the strike zone and not worry about making perfect pitches all of the time. F: Ultimately, how would you compare yourself as a pitcher pre- and post-injury? N: I feel great now and, overall, just more confident. I know my elbow is stable and any soreness I feel now after throwing is normal, which is something I hadn't felt in a long time. I learned how to take care of my arm and body. F: Who is your favorite pitcher in the majors right now? Is there any current player you would compare yourself to? N: My favorite pitcher right now to watch is probably split between [Masahiro] Tanaka and Jose Fernandez. Tanaka, for a 25-year-old, just knows how to pitch. He uses all of his pitches. He has a four-seamer, cutter, slider, curveball and a devastating splitter at 88 MPH that looks like a fastball for about 59 feet. Tanaka is more of the pitcher I want to be. But Fernandez is a straight power guy with a fastball that sits 95-96 MPH with a wipe-away slider. Mentality wise, Fernandez is the guy I feel I resemble. I don't even come close to the stuff he has but I just try to attack hitters with my best pitch and overpower them before I drop in with a slider, which is still a work in progress. F: You and David Jesch have anchored the rotation this year, while quite a few of the other starters have struggled. Do you feel any pressure knowing that your team relies on you to go out there and get the win? N: David Jesch has been unreal for us all year and has been our most consistent starter this year by far. Even Dave D'Errico, this year, has been awesome coming off of Tommy John [surgery] himself. He missed about five weeks but his last couple of starts, he has been the most dominant guy we have. We all strive for the pressure. That's what makes us who we are. LSU's shortstop Alex Bregman
put it best early this year, “pressure is a privilege,” and to know our coaches and teammates trust us in these spots is awesome. It's what gives us the adrenaline we need to get thorough the tough spots in a game. F: Speaking of David, he’s really taken the next step this season. What have you seen in him that explains how much he’s improved? N: David has really just taken his craft to heart now. He came in freshman year and dominated by overpowering guys and just using his talent. There is no doubt he has the most talent of all the guys on the staff and has really learned how to pitch over this past year. He carved up the Hamptons league this summer along with Brendan Mulligan. But David has just brought that with him this year and works on his off-speed and fastball location to just become a better pitcher in general. F: How would you rate your season personally thus far? Any areas you think you could improve on? N: Personally, it has gone well. Control of my pitches and establishing off-speed [pitches] will always be something I have to work on. For some reason, it just doesn't come easy, but Coach Johns and I have been putting the work in and it is coming around. But the main goal is to get the team in a place to win, which in most of my starts, we have done. But it's not just because of me. Robbie Cafiero has been awesome this year behind the plate and Coach Johns has done a great job in calling pitches. The defense has been insane, especially Matt Ford moving to shortstop. He has made some plays that you don't see big leaguers making. And lastly, the offense has put up runs for me to get the win. I just want to eat up innings, save the bullpen and get it to Brett Schreiber, our closer, who himself has been unreal, breaking the all-time saves record and about to break the single season [saves] record. F: Thanks for the interview, and good luck in your game today. N: Thank you! Roll Pride!
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April 24, 2014 • A 15
Men’s lacrosse overcomes Cornell, defeats UMass By Kyle Kandetzki staff writer
The Hofstra Pride came into mid-April with others still wondering: is this team for real? After taking down the sixth best team in the nation and staying undefeated in conference play, the answer has to be a resounding, “Yes.” On Saturday, April 12 and 19, Hofstra men’s lacrosse took on the 6th-ranked Cornell Big Red and CAA opponent UMass Minutemen. The Pride easily defeated UMass 11-6 to clinch home field in the CAA tournament, but Hofstra would have to use overtime to take down Cornell, 10-9. “There were a couple of doubters out there,” said head coach Seth Tierney. “After our start we closed our locker room door and said ‘these are the guys that will need to make a change,’ and I’m proud we did.” Hofstra’s win over Cornell has huge implications for the NCAA tournament process, though the game was out-of-conference. The Pride are poised to win a tourney bid via winning the CAA, but a set of good wins provides them with a chance to earn an at-large bid as a safety net. Cornell came in on a two-game losing streak after previously going undefeated, but that streak seemed to be behind them early on in the game. Cornell scored twice in the first quarter and shut out the Pride on nine shots early on. The second quarter didn’t get
off to a good start for Hofstra to turn things around, as Cornell scored just twelve seconds after the intermission. But the remainder of the half would belong to the Hofstra offense. Drew Coholan finally kicked off scoring two minutes into the second, and Cornell would salvage their final score in the half by its game’s top performer, Joe Paoletta. But the real assault on the Big Red defense would occur midway through the quarter. Hofstra scored on three consecutive man-up goals, from Mike Malave (twice) and Torin Varn, within two minutes of each other. After a three-minute lull, Korey Hendrickson scored and assisted Torin Varn’s scoring his second goal of the game, to make the score 6-4 in favor of the Pride at the half. The third quarter featured both teams combining for 13 shots, but it took 14 minutes and 50 seconds for someone to hit the back of the net. Torin Varn connected for his third goal of the game, and 24th goal of the season, to put the Pride in a confident position going into the final quarter. But as this team has become accustomed to realizing, wins simply do not come easy, and Cornell had an offensive explosion in the early minutes of the fourth. The Big Red combined for five goals in a five-minute stretch, including two from Paoletta and one from the nation’s fourth-highest scorer, Dan Lintner. After the barrage seemed to have finally ended, Hofstra was suddenly losing 9-7 and only had
five minutes to respond. Hofstra has been no stranger to comefrom-behind wins, and all they needed was a spark. “To go from up three to down two is a huge beating,” said Tierney. “And the guys just stayed the course and weren’t staggered.” Coholan came back for his second score of the night, and his unassisted effort put the game within reach with 3:22 remaining. Cornell went into a lockdown defense, but Hofstra would not be denied, with Sam Llinares providing more unassisted heroics with only a minute remaining to knot the game at nine. Neither had enough time to respond, and the Pride would go to their third overtime game of 2014. With all of the swings in momentum that this game had, it looked as if maybe it was Cornell’s turn to reinvigorate their offense, but instead some late fourth-quarter magic carried over. Lance Yapor forced a Big Red turnover and called a timeout to draw up a play that went to Malave. Malave ran up to the net, bounced it in and gave Hofstra the huge 10-9 victory. “The stats don’t show things like that, but the play by Lance to get that ball and the timeout was huge for us,” said Tierney. Malave’s heroics and threegoal performance would earn him CAA Player of the Week honors, and a mobbing from his teammates on the field after the ball hit the net. “We don’t listen to a lot of that award stuff,” said Tierney. “We
Photo Courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Junior goalie Chris Selvia made an impressive save to stop the ball, keeping the game close.
Photo Courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Senior attack Torin Varn celebrates his succes against Cornell’s defense.
certainly appreciate them, but those are individual awards on a team.” One week later, Hofstra traveled up to Amherst, Massachusetts, for its first CAA matchup in nearly a month. UMass came in with a 1-2 CAA record, while Hofstra was thinking revenge after a close loss to the Minutemen in 2013 that helped bump them from the CAA tournament. “UMass is a team that always gets us up and going,” said Tierney. “Hofstra–UMass goes way back because of a lot games just like street yard brawls.” Both teams stayed close in competition early, combining for seven first-quarter goals. The Pride scored the first three of the game, with last game’s top performers Malave (one score) and Varn (two) making their presence known early. Llinares assisted on all three goals, bringing his total up to 28, sixth in the NCAA. Malave would score once more in the first, but UMass managed to add three late scores to make the score only 4-3 at the end of the first. The second quarter went similarly, as both teams played at a similar level, but Hofstra was able to edge out UMass. After an early Minutemen score, Hofstra capitalized on a dominant quarter for faceoff specialist Kris Clarke. Malave had a second consecutive two-score quarter, while Sam Llinares notched a goal. The Pride was 11-18 at the faceoff X, outshooting UMass 18-11, and had four man-up chances yet only led 7-5 at halftime. Hofstra remained in the lead in the third quarter, but the squad
could not be pleased with their lack of ability to capitalize and pull away from UMass. The Pride outshot their opponent 14-3 in the third, including two minutes of man-up opportunities. Hofstra matched UMass in scores in the quarter: just one, from Mike Malave once again on a Torin Varn assist. The Minutemen scored in the quarter’s final second to make the score 8-6 going into the final quarter. “When we get up in the score, we want to make sure we can control the tempo of the game,” said Tierney. But the fourth quarter would finally provide the Pride with some relief. UMass was kept off the board on 11 shots, while Korey Hendrickson, Llinares and Yapor all added scores to make the final score a much more distant 11-6. Malave’s five goals earned him CAA Player of the Week honors once more and brought his season goals total up to 22. The win brings Hofstra to 4-0 in the CAA, and clinches them the conference regular season title, meaning they will play their tournament games at home at James M. Shuart Stadium. Hofstra now has just one game left in the regular season, Saturday on the road against soon-to-be ex-CAA rival Penn State, with a chance to go undefeated in the conference on the line. “To go into the CAA tournament was one of our goals,” said Tierney. “But to go in as a one seed is huge, so we will check off that box of our goals, but still focus on the game we still have to play.”
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Baseball deals with inconsistent performance By Zach Mongillo and Chris Buckley staff writers
The Hofstra baseball team won just one game in its home series against the University of Delaware this past weekend. The Pride’s CAA conference record moved to 4-5 on the season, as the club’s offense was able to produce just four runs in the three-game series. “We got beat in about every aspect you could possibly be beat this weekend: out-coached, outplayed, out-pitched, out-hit. Sometimes you just have to tip your cap to the opponent. Delaware just played better this weekend,” said head coach John Russo. The Pride’s lone victory of the three-game series came on Friday, a 3-2 win carried by the right arm of starter Nick Kozlowski (6-2). The junior scattered seven hits in eight innings of work, striking out three and walking three as well. Just one of Delaware’s runs was earned. Kozlowski worked out of a major jam in the sixth inning with Hofstra already down 2-0, inducing a strikeout and a fly out with the bases loaded to prevent any further damage. “Not the ideal situation,” said Kozlowski after his sixth win of the season. “My fastball was out over the plate, the slider was
up a little bit. But I really had to bare down in that situation and [catcher Robbie Cafiero] helped me through it.” “I was real proud of Koz, he gave up two runs early and we were down 2-0. He got out of a bunch of jams where Delaware could have extended the lead and probably made it too much for us to overcome,” Russo said, “He had a good breaking ball, which I would have to argue was the first time all year that he was able to have it in play. He really pitched more than just ‘out-gutted’ them.” On the offensive side of the plate, Hofstra managed to rack up three runs, despite batting in just one of them. Hofstra scored its first run in the sixth inning as senior TJ Erhsam hit a single and eventually stole home plate, one of four steals in the contest. Hofstra leads the CAA with 65 swipes on the season. Kenny Jackson followed this up with a game-tying RBI single before Ryan Donovan scored the game-winning run on a wild pitch in the seventh inning. Reliever Brett Schreiber earned his seventh save of the season with a one-hit ninth. But scrappy offense could not deliver the Pride a victory in the final two games of the series. Hofstra suffered a 0-6 loss on Saturday. On Easter Sunday, Hofstra
hoped to lock up the rubber match and the series with starter Dave Jesch (3-2) toeing the rubber. Once again, the Pride offense struggled mightily in a 9-1 loss. For the second straight game, a freshman smothered the Pride bats. Delaware’s Chad Martin held Hofstra to 7 hits and the lone run in a complete game effort. Jesch allowed 2 runs on 6 hits in his second loss. Six runs in the ninth capped off the series win for the Fightin’ Blue Hens. Hofstra’s single run also came in the ninth inning, when Matt Ford doubled, advanced to third on a sacrifice fly and then scored on a wild pitch. The run snapped a 17-inning scoreless streak for the Pride. While starting pitchers David D’Errico and David Jesch allowed just 2 earned runs in a combined 10.2 innings between Saturday and Sunday, Hofstra’s bullpen could not stop the Blue Hens from putting runs on the board. “I thought [D’Errico], Jesch and Koz pitched as well to win a series as anybody can ask. Our bullpen was bad this weekend. I think it was something like 13 runs in 6 innings pitched and to be honest, it just can’t be that. Maybe I picked the wrong guys. It starts with me first and foremost,” said Russo, “I think this week I’m going to give a couple
Photo courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Junior Brian Macdonald going through his stride as he started against LIU Brooklyn, pitching the first two innings.
Photo courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Junior Eric Peterson hustling to first base after a well-hit ball.
guys opportunities that probably haven’t gotten opportunities in conference [games]. To be honest, they just deserve it.” Just minutes before game time, Delaware starter Brandon Hinkle was forced to sit due to an injury in warm-ups, giving freshman lefthander Kevin Milley (2-1) the spot start. Milley had primarily been a reliever in 2014 prior to his masterful outing, giving up 3 hits in 6 innings of work before being pulled with 96 pitches. Regardless of the pitching staff allowing 15 runs in the two games, the team simply wasn’t even close to producing enough offense to win in either game. “I think at one point we were 18 innings scoreless until getting that run in the ninth inning. As much as hitting is contagious, not hitting is contagious. I think guys’ confidence were down a lot. There wasn’t anything to pep them up or cheer them on more than I think he team could have done this weekend. I don’t think it’s so much a mechanical issue as I do think it’s a confidence issue,” said Coach Russo. Hofstra had been streaky in the week prior to this series. The team won two games in a three-game series against UNC Wilmington the past weekend, suffered a 0-5 loss to Manhattan
College on April 16, and then picked up a 13-1 road win over NYIT the next day. The Pride may be back on track, as they ended their twogame skid with an 11-3 win over LIU Brooklyn on Wednesday. The team improved their overall record to 16-15 with this victory, as the offense bounced back greatly with home runs from Brian MacDonald, Eric Peterson and Ryan Donovan. The team will certainly need its confidence back this coming weekend as they face the College of William & Mary, who hold a 9-2 conference record so far this season. This will be the Pride’s fourth CAA match-up of the season, as they will take on the Tribe for a three-game series on the road in Williamsburg, Virginia. “We need some type of spark right now. I don’t know what it is, or when it’s going to happen, but we need to figure it out soon,” Russo later added, “We need some guys to mentally break through to get some confidence going into William & Mary or we could be in a lot of trouble.” Hofstra will return home to face Monmouth University next Tuesday. The game will take place at 3:30 p.m. at University Field.
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April 24, 2014 • A 17
Soccer conference succeeds with flying colors By Jean Pierre Guzhnay special to the chronicle
Before the “Soccer as the Beautiful Game: Football’s Artistry, Identity, and Politics” conference, Professor Stanislao Pugliese, the co-director of the Conference who is also part of the History department at Hofstra University, described the sport as a “cultural phenomenon.” During the conference, there was more than a glimpse of that phenomenon. There were professors, publishers and journalists from all around the world, professors that taught in Portugal, Chile, and the United States, as well as publishers from the United Kingdom. The conference also featured keynote speaker David Goldblatt, a sportswriter who teaches at Bristol University in the U.K. and Pitzer College in the U.S. One of the world’s leading writers on soccer, Simon Kuper, was also present. Journalists like George Vecsey (a Hofstra alumnus, class of 1960) and Grant Wahl from Sports Illustrated, arguably the
leading soccer journalist in the country, attended and covered the event. Perhaps most important of all, Pelé, whose name is frequently entered into debates over who is the greatest soccer player to ever play the game, received an honorary degree from Hofstra University on Friday, April 11. Many students and faculty were present just to see the Brazilian legend up close. At a Pelé symposium, there were two Brazilian exchange students from Hofstra University in attendance. Sara Campolina, class of 2014, and Hannah Gomes, class of 2017, spoke about the cultural impact Pelé has had on society. Sara Campolina described Pelé as “the standard of greatness,” while Hannah Gomes said, “My dream is to become Pelé in something … to become Pelé in medicine, music or research.” The conference attempted to merge academics and journalism into one. The Football Scholars Forum did just that during the
conference. The forum consisted of scholars such as Professor Peter Alegi, from Michigan University; Professor John Foot, from the University of Bristol in the U.K.; and Professor Brenda Elsey of Hofstra’s faculty, who was also the co- director of the conference. The Scholars Forum discussed the different implications the game can have through academics and journalism. The Football Scholars Forum discussed the different implications the game can have through academics and journalism. Writer Simon Kuper argued at the forum that journalists today are stupid and that “they will ask dull questions in the press conference and may get nothing back, or blame is put on the referees after games which afterwards is reflected, rather than the game itself.” However, he praised scholars for their great perspective on the game and amount of research material that is utilized. Scholars have to push harder to have a say in the world of the sport, according to Kuper. “It’s far more interesting what you
have to say than what journalists have to say,” Kuper told the other panelists. On the other hand, Peter Alegi praised the credibility of journalists. “Journalists are able to write and able to get their ideas to a much broader audience than scholars,” he said. “It was an atmosphere where you can really sense the passion for the game. There should really be more conferences like these on a yearly basis,” said Dr. Murphy from Elms College, Massachusetts. Students were also part of the conference. When asked if there should be more conferences like these, Rory Doehring, a history major, said, “Yes, especially on soccer, which brings up such [a] great lens to view the world through from different perspectives.” The proposal for the soccer conference to be held on a yearly basis arose numerous times during the conference. Both Professors Francisco Pinheiro from the University of Coimbra, in Portugal, and Murphy agreed that
it would be an amazing cultural event if the conference were to be held every year. However, Professor Pugliese proposed the conference to be held every four years in anticipation of the world cup. It took over two years for “Soccer as the Beautiful Game” to be organized with the help of the Cultural Center, the New York Cosmos team, plus other notable sponsors and individuals. Richard Nieves, a Hofstra student from the Bronx, agreed that it would be better for the conference to be held every four years. “Every four years would be great, because you can get all the cultures in one place for the anticipation of the World Cup, the biggest cultural event in the world, and for Hofstra University to host is amazing,” Nieves said. The conference brought the awareness that soccer is much more than the sport, it is a cultural phenomenon. The fourday conference regurgitated the different aspects of society that soccer has an effect on, whether it is negative or positive.
HOFSTRA ATHLETIC CALENDAR Away Home
4/24 Thursday
men’s Golf
4/25 Friday
4/26 Saturday
4/29 Tuesday
@ Penn State University 12:00 P.M.
4/30 Wednesday
CAA semifinals 7:00 P.M.
@ Drexel University 1:00 P.M.
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
BASEBALL
4/28 Monday
CAA Championship
MEN’S LACROSSE
SOFTBALL
4/27 Sunday
V.S. Central Connecticut State University 4:00 P.M.
@ Long Island University 4:00 P.M. @ College of William & Mary 7:00 P.M.
@ College of William & Mary 7:00 P.M.
@ College of William & Mary 7:00 P.M.
v.s. Monmouth University 3:30 P.M.
v.s. St. John’s University 4:30 P.M. @ Marist College 3:30 P.M.
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April 24, 2014 • A 19
Softball sweeps Delaware on their own field By Alex Pineda staff writer
The Pride went on the road and swept a three-game series with CAA counterpart University of Delaware this past weekend, improving their record to 26-11 overall and 8-4 in league play. The Pride opened the series with a blowout win over the Blue Hens as they erupted for 15 runs in the first contest before claiming a 5-1 victory in the nightcap of the doubleheader. “Probably one of the best doubleheaders we’ve played in a really long time,” said head coach Bill Edwards in a post-game interview. While pitcher Morgan Lashley (14-4) gave up only two hits and walked none in the five-inning shutout, the Delaware hurlers walked 10 and gave up 11 hits to the Pride. The Pride produced their first run of the game as fifth-year senior Rachael Senatore walked, stole second, advanced to third on a groundball and later scored
on a groundout to third. Hofstra added 2 more runs in the second before batting around the order and exploding for 8 runs in the third inning. Senior Becca Bigler opened the inning reaching first on a hit and then scored on a double off the bat of sophomore Kim Smith. Following a Lacey Clark single, sophomore Caryn Bailey, who’s been struggling after batting .360 last season, came to the plate and smashed a three-run homerun to left center field. “It was big for her and at the time it was big for the team too,” said Edwards. After a single and two walks, Bigler returned to the plate with the bases loaded and recorded an RBI as she was hit by a pitch again. In her second at-bat of the inning, Smith hit a bases clearing double to extend the Pride lead to 11-0. The Pride put up 4 more runs in the fourth inning, all unearned, as the Blue Hens committed two errors allowing the Pride base
runners to cross the plate. The mercy was invoked after the Delaware failed to score a run in the fifth inning. Fordham transfer Taylor Pirone pitched a stellar second game as she allowed one run on four hits and struck out four in seven innings of work for her 11th win of the season. Chloe Fitzgerald hit an infield single to lead off the third inning and later scored on a double to left field by catcher Erin Trippi before Bigler came to the plate with two runners on base and hit a bases-clearing single. Smith then extended the lead to 4-0 as she knocked the final run of the inning in on a double. After holding the Pride without a run in the top of the fourth, Delaware shortstop Sarah Bencivenga doubled to center field and later scored Delaware’s lone run of the game on a single to right field by first baseman Lisa Stacevicz. The Pride got an insurance run in the sixth inning as Senatore,
who singled to lead off the inning, came around to score on a bases loaded walk to Smith before Pirone retired the final three Delaware batters in order. “Both [Lashley and Pirone] made key pitches when they had to make them,” said Edwards. Following the two wins, Edwards said the key to a victory on Sunday would be “just to get those timely hits” and his team listened as the Pride spoiled Delaware’s Senior Day on Easter Sunday claiming a 8-2 win in the series finale. After escaping a bases loaded jam unscathed in the top of the first, the Blue Hens rallied with 2 outs to jump out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom half of the inning but the Pride answered back quickly as sophomore Maggie Hawkins came to the plate with 2 outs and blasted a bases loaded double to score 3 runs and take the lead. “That was a great situation for her to be hitting in,” said Edwards. “She just drilled it to right center field and cleared the
bases which was key for us.” Pirone entered the game in the second inning in relief of Lashley and gave up only two hits and no runs over the final six innings for the win, improving to 12-5 on the year. Bigler, who was hit by a pitch in the sixth inning of the finale and in both games of the double header, has been hit a team-leading 18 times, 16 times more than any other teammate. The Pride provided Pirone with some extra breathing room over the final two innings as they scored three in the sixth and two in the seventh to seal the win. “Taylor and Morgan work off of each other so well and they’re so supportive of each other,” said Edwards. “To have [Taylor] come in and just completely stymie them again was great to see.”
Back Cover: Pride outfielders coordinate their positioning and rally together to boost morale.
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Chronicle Hofstra softball hits the ground running, scoring in the first inning and dominating the game.
Photo by Mike Rudin
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