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Flo Rida WRHU takes home third Marconi as ‘Best College Radio Station’ brings the heat to Fall Fest
By Eleni Kothesakis and Victoria Bell
ARTS & E N T E RTA I N M E NT E DI TORS
With clear skies, carnival games and music that could transport you back in time, this year’s Fall Festival was nothing short of a good time as the Hofstra community came together to celebrate the beginning of another school year. While fun rides and good food made for popular attractions, the main event happened on the Fall Fest stage where artists united for unforgettable performances. The stage warmed up with a performance from previous Unispan Records artist KarmaRé. The solo musician was not a rookie at singing on the Hofstra stage, as she put on a show at Hofstra’s Music Fest 2019 in the spring. Unlike Music Fest, however, the singer-songwriter was riding solo, absent of any band or accompaniment. Also different from last spring’s concert was that this time around, KarmaRé only performed three of her songs. “Not Fazed” and “i s l a n d” had the bass booming with beats that carried all across the field, while “Get Over” was performed as an acoustic version featuring her ukulele. Up next, the Hofstra campus traveled back in time with the help of ’90s cover band Reservoir Dawgs, who belted out the best tunes from the decade.
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Representatives of Radio Hofstra University gather to accept the station’s third Marconi Radio Award at the annual Marconi Awards, where they were named Best Noncommercial College Radio Station.
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Sports
Getting to know Courtney Veinotte By Anthony Hidalgo S TAF F WRI T E R
From early mornings to long nights, Hofstra field hockey head coach Courtney Veinotte works hard to achieve success on and off the turf. “It’s a joke within our staff, but I have a coffee every morning with the janitors because I’m here with them,” Veinotte said. “They’re the first people I see in the morning, so they get my first energy or I get their first energy.” Veinotte wants everyone to know that she appreciates the
opinions and feedback of her players and staff. “I like just making sure [that] you are kind and treating every single person with respect,” Veinotte said. “I think if you show one person respect and you’re kind to them one time, the next time they see you they will gift you a smile.” The Skowhegan, Maine, native has seen success at nearly every level, from being a four-time state champion and Northeast Regional AllAmerican in high school to playing and coaching at the
National Futures Championship and the University of Maine (UMaine). She said she is quick to mention those who’ve helped her reach where she is now. Growing up, her mother introduced her to field hockey. She was the defensive coach for her high school team, guiding Veinotte every step of the way early in her career. “I grew up in a wagon with some crackers on the turf and I have always been surrounded by the game,” Veinotte said. continued on A19
Christine Zammit brings LiveOnNY to Hofstra By Drashti Mehta FEATU R ES ED ITO R
Every 13 hours, one of approximately 10,000 New Yorkers waiting for an organ transplant will pass away as they wait to find out if a donation is in their future. “My sister is a two-time double lung transplant recipient and I actually donated a kidney to her a couple of years ago,” said Christine Zammit, assistant professor and academic coordinator of physician assistant (PA) studies. “For the last couple of years, we’ve been looking for different ways to increase awareness about organ donation and get more people on the registry in New York state, which has an incredibly low percentage of people who are registered organ donors.” Last year, Zammit spearheaded a collaboration with LiveOnNY, a nonprofit organization devoted to spreading awareness and making organ and tissue donations more accessible to families in need. “My sister has worked with LiveOnNY before and I have brought LiveOnNY in to talk to the PA students, and after talking to Karen Cummings from LiveOnNY, we decided to host a table here at Hofstra and we started last year. We staffed it with students from the PA program. I was there; I had all different levels of graduate students with us. It was a really fun day.”
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WRHU earns Marconi 3-peat
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personalities honored were “selected by the NAB Marconi Radio Awards Selection Academy. The academy is made up of general managers, program directors, regional executives, owners, programing consultants
of legends and icons, and won the award for best college radio E DI TOR- I N- CHI E F station in the country in front of Radio Hofstra University all of them,” Finkelson said. (WRHU-FM) is adding another Conrade accepted the award Marconi Radio Award to their on behalf of the station. “Earning trophy shelf after taking home our third Marconi in six years the prize for “Best College Radio is a testament to Station” on Thursday, Sept. our staff of 250+ 26. students and comThe historic win marmunity volunteers ked the third time that the that strive every student-run station has beat day to put forward out strong competition from professional-leacross the country for this vel journalism as prestigious honor. Personnel well as deliver Director Eli Finkelson, a community-based junior journalism major; Staprogramming,” tion Manager Kenny Conrahe said. “Bruce de, a senior public relations Avery, John Mullen major; Program Director of and the leadership Talk Brittany McGowan, of the School of a senior video/television Communication and film major; General also deserve credit Manager Bruce Avery and for instilling a great Operations Manager John culture that puts an Mullen all traveled down to emphasis on stuDallas, Texas, for the awards dent opportunity.” ceremony. Photo Courtesy of WRHU In an email sent Established by the Natioout to students WRHU has won ‘Best College Radio Station’ three nal Association of Broadcas- times in the past six years, every year in which they in the Lawrence were eligible. ters (NAB), the Marconi Herbert School of Awards recognize broadcasting and former radio executives from Communication, Dean Mark Luleaders, programmers and on-air across the country.” kasiewicz congratulated all stutalent, as well as entire stations For those in attendance, it was dents and faculty involved. “For for their success and perforan experience they will never the third time ... WRHU 88.7 FM mance in radio. forget. “Going to the Marconis as Radio Hofstra University walked According to the National a junior-year student was an abaway with a national Marconi Association of Broadcasters’ solute honor. We were in a room Award, becoming the national website, the radio stations and
Association of Broadcasters’ ‘Best College Radio Station,’ beating strong competition from dozens of stations across the nation and four fellow-finalists,” Lukasiewicz wrote. “Congratulations to all of the students and staff involved in this great achievement for WRHU and our school ... What a fantastic way to end a busy week at the LHSC.” Broadcasting music of all genres and a variety of specialized programs, Radio Hofstra University operates out of the Herbert School and is the only college station to exclusively broadcast a major league sports team: the New York Islanders. While only a handful of staff members were at the ceremony, the award celebrated the hard work of the station’s large staff. “More importantly, we brought home a symbol of achievement for every single student and community volunteer that worked tirelessly over the last year to make our station the best,” Finkelson said. “That was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and not one given to everyone. I feel incredibly lucky to not only have gone, but to have won something so major.”
‘Political Science talks Politics’ and explains process of the presidency
By Alanna Boland S TAF F WRI T E R
Political science Professor David Green delivered a lecture enlightening students on “The Process of Choosing the President” in the Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater on Thursday, Sept. 26. Green’s lecture was the first in a three-lecture series entitled “Political Science Talks Politics,” in which Hofstra political science professors give lectures in the Cultural Center Theater – which is open to the public – with the intention of educating people on how politics work in the United States.
Green discussed the general election process and described what he sees as the four “stages” of that process: the “money primary,” primaries and caucuses, the general election and the electoral college. The “money primary” – which Green also referred to as the “invisible primary” – is the first step in weeding out presidential candidates before the actual primaries even begin. “What we mean by either of these terms is that you basically cannot hope to be president of the United States unless you have money from some source – it’s more or less impossible.”
“I use the word ‘primary’ here as a kind of metaphor – this is like a primary but it’s not an actual thing,” Green said. The second stage of the election process is primaries and caucuses. A primary is “essentially an election where people in a given state who belong to a given [political] party get to participate in the national choice of their party’s nominee,” Green said. Green explained that primaries and caucuses are executed differently but serve the same function. “Typically, what happens in a caucus is people will come
together in their locality – maybe Democrats will come together ... in the high school gymnasium and maybe all the Republicans are in the social hall of the church – [and] spend about three or four hours dialoging [with] each other, talking about who amongst them should be their party’s nominee.” Green then explained that once this happens in each locality, “each state with a caucus will have a mathematical formula by which it sort of weighs the winners and runners-up, and then you aggregate that at the state level.” Continued on A4
October 1, 2019 A3 NEWS IMPEACHMENT, TRUMP AND UKRAINE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
The Chronicle
By Robert Kinnaird and Sarah Emily Baum
Who is Involved:
DONALD TRUMP President of the United States
RUDY GIULIANI President Trump’s personal lawyer
NANCY PELOSI Speaker of the House
ANONYMOUS WHISTLEBLOWER
VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY President of Ukraine
WILLIAM BARR U.S. Attorney General
JOE BIDEN Former Vice President, 2020 Democratic Frontrunner
HUNTER BIDEN Businessman, Joe Biden’s son
What This Could Mean: Conviction Depending on the severity of the investigation’s findings, President Trump and several of his associates could be tried for obstruction of justice. This could result in heavy fines, removal from office or even jail time.
Impeachment
Speaker Pelosi has formally opened an investigation into the Trump administration’s dealings with Ukraine.
Impeachment does not mean removal from office – it’s simply a congressional condemnation of executive misconduct.
What is the Timeline:
JULY 25, 2019
Trump calls Zelensky and asks him to “do us a favor” by investigating Hunter Biden’s business transactions overseas.
JULY AND AUG. 2019
White House officials privy to the phone call work to “lock down” transcripts as classified.
What’s Next?
SEPT. 24, 2019
Following reports of misconduct from an anonymous whistleblower, Trump releases the official memo written during the call.
LATER THAT DAY
Pelosi announces an impeachment inquiry against Trump.
In the coming months, Congress will form a special committee to investigate claims of wrongdoing or misconduct within the Trump administration regarding Ukraine. They will enter a fact-finding period prior to any formal hearings. Then, they will decide whether or not to enact the articles of impeachment, a decision that the Senate would also have to back to take effect.
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Three-part political science Monte Desai returns to HUHC to series starts with presidency inspire consulting students
Continued from A2 The third stage in the election process is the general election itself, when voters choose between each party’s nominees for president. The fourth and final stage is the electoral college – in other words, the people who are actually casting the votes for president. Green explained that the two names a person likely sees on the ballot are not who they’re voting for. “What you’re electing is a group of people called electors – those electors, then, coming from each state, are the ones who will actually determine the outcome of the election.” “You need that as a foundation to understand a lot of the other material, so I thought maybe that would also be true for the lecture series,” he elaborated. According to Green, the idea for this series was originally proposed by Professor Richard Himelfarb, who is giving the second lecture, entitled “The State of the Union,” on Thursday, Oct. 17. The third lecture, “Polling 101,” will be given by Professor Craig Burnett on Thursday, Nov. 14. “That gets you through October and November but ... I was at a [political science] faculty meeting and we were talking about plans for next semester and the semester after that, so hopefully we’ll continue this into the future,” Green said. Freshman sports management major Fen Dougharty said that although he was required to come to the lecture for one of
his political science classes, he would have wanted to come anyway. “I just find elections and especially the process of selecting the president interesting, so I thought it was nice that for a required event, it was this,” Dougharty said. While Green’s lecture was informative for some, it may have seemed repetitive to those who already have a fundamental knowledge of American politics. “I’m very knowledgeable about political science so I really didn’t learn a ton, but it was nice to refresh my knowledge on the topic,” said sophomore journalism major Averee Dovsek. “As a political science major, I always find the history of the presidency and the election process very fascinating,” said freshman Bryan Perez. “As someone who wants to run for political office in the future, I thought this [lecture] brought a lot of insight,” he added. Like Dovsek, Perez said he had also done his fair share of “readings on the primaries and ... general elections,” but still managed to learn something new from Green’s lecture. “I didn’t really know how the electoral college worked. I’ve heard of it, I’ve learned about it, but I had difficulty understanding how it truly worked,” Perez said. “[Green] explained it really well, so I got it – it’s a lot more complex than you would think and he made it ... less complex for me to understand.”
By Daniel Cody
He cleaned, worked behind the counter and helped with Monte Desai, a Hofstra the general management of his and Harvard University alum family’s hotel. He even repaired currently employed at Bain & the hotel’s struggling financial Company, returned to the Hofstra situation – he would go on to University Honors College apply all the concepts he learned on Friday, Sept. 27, to discuss from managing his family’s his career in consulting and small business when he began being named one of the top 30 working at CFPB. leaders in the public sector by Desai spoke with students NextGen. A graduate of the class about careers in consulting, of 2011, he earned his Bachelor including the variation of of Science in economics from markets and how they create a the Frank G. Zarb School of unique and stimulating career Business. path within consulting. His After earning his MBA from switch from government work Harvard Business School, Desai to the private sector was largely began his career at the Consumer due to the variety and his drive to Financial Protection Bureau engage in his work. Much of the (CFPB) before eventually work he did involved mortgages moving to his present position and student loans. at Bain & Company, where “[The biggest difference] is he works with Fortune 500 variety, that’s why I was drawn companies. to consulting. At the CFPB, I was Desai described his upbringing too junior to see a good amount in South Carolina as “humble.” of variety,” Desai said. “[At the CFPB] we looked at the mortgage market, national remittances and student loans, but we were limited to the financial world. Now I get to see a bit of everything.” From the perspective of an administrator, Desai revealed the keystone Daniel Cody / The Hofstra Chronicle of entering the consulting world: Students gathered on the second floor of the Axinn Library in the Honors College to hear from preparing for Monte Desai. interviews. SPECIA L TO TH E C H R O N ICLE
Students preparing for this field should practice as much as possible and be prepared for behavioral questions with open ended answers. Desai also recommended that if possible, students should study abroad. “I would tell every Hofstra student to study abroad, you will become a better person if you do it, and you will lose a learning experience if you don’t.” The experience gained from exposure to a new and international environment is part of what he attributes to his success. Junior economics major Ranganath Srinivasan attended the lunch. “Talking to him, knowing what you can do studying here at Hofstra, considering he was [once] where we are right now ... it was a good experience. Something I will definitely do now is practice for interviews. It wasn’t something I looked into initially.” PeggyAnn Matusiak, alumni director and office manager of the Honors College, hosts these events to benefit students of all majors and have them interact with Hofstra alumni that have gone into their fields of interest. “When I do these, most time the majority of students are the majors of the alumni doing the talkback, but there are about 20% that come out of curiosity,” Matusiak said. “We’ve had kids change their careers because of an alumni talkback.”
Center for ‘Race,’ Culture and Social Justice hosts Mexican writer and professor By Rob Traverso ASSISTA N T N E W S E D I TO R
Álvaro Enrigue, the awardwinning Mexican writer and assistant professor of Spanish in the department of Romance languages and literatures at Hofstra University, spoke about his forthcoming book in Roosevelt Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 25. Enrigue’s talk was part of the Colloquia Series at Hofstra, organized by the University’s
Center for “Race,” Culture and Social Justice. The center was formed in 2017; the organization’s self-stated mission is “to promote diversity and cultural awareness in faculty hiring, curriculum and professional development.” Colloquia Series events, which are held regularly on the last Wednesday of each month, grant faculty members the opportunity to “present their
Rob Traverso / The Hofstra Chronicle Enrigue speaks to students about his book, ‘Now I Surrender And That’s All,’ which is being re- relseased in English in 2021.
recent publications and engage with new scholarship focusing on ‘race’ and social justice,” according to the center’s web page. The focus of “Now I Surrender And That’s All,” the title of Enrigue’s forthcoming novel and the topic of his talk last Wednesday, is very much similar in spirit to the center’s mission. “In this historical narrative, Enrigue engages with
the brutal and complex colonizing process of the South and Southwest of the United States and the North of Mexico, and it reconstructs a story of resistance and resilience,” according to a post on the center’s Facebook page. “The title of this novel is taken from the last statement by Apache leader Gerónimo, marking both a foundational and the Continued on A5
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‘Now I Surrender and That’s All’ author sheds light on marginalized groups Continued from A4 final moment of surrender of the ‘Apachería’ to the U.S. army,” according to a poster publicizing the event from the center. Enrigue is known for his time-bending, norm-shattering style of writing that highlights the lives of marginalized groups throughout history, upending and reconstructing traditional historical narratives. His 2008 novel, “Vidas perpendiculares,” is an example of this. The late Mexican essayist Carlos Fuentes compared it to the “quantum universe,” calling it “a world of coexisting fields in constant interaction and whose particles are created or destroyed in the same act.” Enrigue is the author of six novels and three short stories,
“Now I Surrender and That’s All” is similar in this regard; in the soon-to-be published novel, Enrigue “travels through these places in search of the traces of history.” The book is a “sum of history, epic, legend and western metaliterature that reflects on how the past permeates the Rob Traverso / The Hofstra Chronicle present, and how it is reconstructed and As part of the Colloquia series from Hofstra’s center for ‘Race,’ Culture and Social Justice, Enrigue discussed his novel and life’s work, which has been translated into novelized,” accordmultiple languages. ing to the center. as well as one book of essays. Chinese. “Now I Surrender and Enrigue’s focus on those His works have been translated That’s All,” originally published who have been marginalized into multiple languages includin Spanish in 2018, is set to be throughout history is “of the uting German, French, Czech and re-released in English in 2021. most importance,” said Danielle
Verola, a sophomore psychology major and Spanish minor. “As the daughter of an immigrant, I have seen firsthand the things my mother goes through being part of a marginalized group. Every human being deserves a voice in America, whether born here or not.” “History books are written by the winners of each war,” said Mike Roller, a sophomore political science major. “Marginalized groups aren’t the focus, they’re not the big picture. But they are an important part of any whole. It’s absolutely important to learn about all peoples and their experiences.”
Public Safety Briefs Compiled by Elizabeth Turley
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Key RSR – Resident Safety Representative OCS – Office of Community Standards PS – Public Safety
On Sept. 22 at 12:28 a.m., an Uber driver attempted to enter campus via the Oak Street identification gate and refused to provide identification. PS responded to the location and transported the driver to the Hofstra Information Center, where the driver was identified as a nonstudent, banned from campus and released. On Sept. 24 at 2:15 p.m., an RSR in Stuyvesant Hall called PS to report that a Hofstra student had entered
the residence hall without proper identification and was verbally abusive to the RSR when asked to provide ID. PS responded and identified the student, who was then issued a referral to OCS. On Sept. 25 at 6 p.m., a Hofstra student notified PS that while studying in the basement of Axinn Library, she saw a male sitting at a table near her who was exposing and fondling himself. PS responded and apprehended the male. He was escorted to the Hofstra Information Center, where he was identified as a non-student and banned from campus. The Hempstead Police Department responded and arrested the male for public lewdness. The student declined counseling at this time. On Sept. 26 at 5:50 p.m., PS received a report from the manager at Bits ‘n’ Bytes that there was an individual who had entered the restaurant
twice between 12:30 p.m. and 5:50 p.m. on that date who was observed eating food and not paying for it. When asked to pay, he responded, “I’m just sampling the food.” PS escorted the male to the Hofstra Information Center, and the Hempstead Police Department responded as well. The male was identified as a non-student, banned from campus and released without any further action. On Sept. 26 at 6:50 p.m., a PS officer on patrol observed a gray Honda Accord occupied by one male stopped in front of Nassau and Suffolk Halls. The driver appeared to speak to a female who was standing in front of the building before driving away. The officer approached the individual, who reported that the man in the vehicle tried to speak to her, but she could not understand what he was saying. PS then approached the vehicle, which was near the intersection of Hempstead
Turnpike and Oak Street, and questioned the driver about what he had said to the student. The driver said he had asked the student if she was single. When PS asked why the man was on campus, he sped away heading westbound on Hempstead Turnpike. A second student also reported that she experienced a similar incident with a male who fit the same description as the man in the first report. An investigation will continue into this matter.
On Sept. 27 at 12 a.m., a Hofstra student reported to PS that she had been receiving threatening text messages from her ex-boyfriend and his ex-girlfriend, threatening to post explicit pictures of her on social media. The student is requesting a restraining order against her ex-boyfriend, who was previously banned from campus. The student declined counseling at this time.
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The Chronicle features Donor Enrollment Day: It’s free to save a life
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CONTINUED FROM A1 “I think we broke down some barriers even if we didn’t necessarily get every person to sign up that day. We did answer a lot of questions and deconstruct some of the myths that were out there, which was really our goal,” Zammit said. “Yes, we wanted to get people to sign up, but also just having that conversation encouraged people to go home and talk to their family and relatives about what they learned about organ donation.”
The DMV reports that New York State has one of the lowest donor enrollment rates in the nation, with only 29% of New Yorkers 18 years and older currently enrolled, compared to a national average of 51%. “Everyone says New Yorkers are busy and don’t have the time and I think that’s part of the motivation behind this sign-up day. It’s quick and easy, it’s online, the iPhones actually have a health app and in it you can put down that you’re an organ
Photo Courtesy of Christine Zammit Christine Zammit, right, and her sister Katy Monte pre- and post-kidney transplant.
donor. So I think just making it easier is helpful, and I think that we have seen a slight increase in the past couple of years. I think these donor enrollment days have helped with that.” Zammit hopes to see the initiative spread to other college campuses, and encourages students to at least start a conversation about becoming a donor and the misconceptions often associated with organ donation. “Eighteen- to 22-year-olds have their own minds. They’re making their own decisions, and maybe they grew up in a family where people didn’t believe in organ donation, and now they’re in a space where they can look at different attitudes and beliefs and kind of make their own decision about how they feel and what they want done should something potentially happen to them,” Zammit said. “I’ve actually reached out to a few other PA programs and connected Cummings with them. In April, we did a little mini competition. April is organ donor awareness
month and one of the days is national blue and green day, which are their colors to promote organ donations, so we had a competition with a bunch of PA programs in New York. Our students wore blue and green, took pictures and posted them to social media. I think St. John’s [University] is going to consider doing something this year too, so I’m hoping to get other PA programs involved and maybe that’d be a cause that we’re taking on.” Zammit said one of the largest misconceptions about organ donation is that should something happen to a person, medical staff will do less to help them because they are an organ donor. For many, the decision can also be tied to their religion and whether it is an acceptable thing to do. “We had several students last year who felt like for them it was a religious decision, so we encouraged them to speak with their rabbi or priest or whoever it was in their religious commu-
nity who could guide them on that decision,” she said. To become an organ donor, one can sign up at the DMV when they go to receive their license or fill out a form online. Even those who have not registered to become an organ donor can make their wishes on this subject known, should something happen to them. “If it’s not on your license, they go to your next of kin, which is why this conversation is so important. If you’re not registered but you pass away, they can speak to your next of kin to make that decision, and because you’ve had that conversation you can become an organ donor,” Zammit said. Zammit and her students will be tabling again on Organ Donor Enrollment Day, Thursday, Oct. 10, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Student Center Atrium. They will have pamphlets on organ donation, giveaways and forms for anyone interested in becoming an organ donor.
News f lash! Young journalists network through SPJ
By Alanna Boland STAFF W R I T E R
With plans for collaboration and more networking events, Hofstra’s chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) is working tirelessly to increase membership and expand the club’s presence on campus. “We’re kind of revamping the club right now because ... people kind of forgot about it and didn’t really come to the meetings,” said Lauren Brill, the vice president of Hofstra’s chapter of SPJ and a junior journalism major. “You can get some great benefits from it, but people just don’t know about it – a lot of times I mention it and people don’t even realize that it’s an actual thing,” she said. Founded in 1909, SPJ is a national organization and “is the nation’s most broad-based journalism organization, dedicated to encouraging the free practice of journalism and stimulating high standards of ethical behavior,” according to the group’s website. According to Brill, Hofstra’s
chapter of SPJ has seen issues in recent years with getting people to join – and for the people that do join, the group has had difficulty getting them to attend club meetings. “I feel like before [the current executive board] got to Hofstra, [SPJ] was popular and then it kind of died down, so we want to bring it back up,” Brill said. While there is no cost to become a member of Hofstra’s chapter of SPJ, the national organization has multiple membership plans that vary in price. The current rate for a college student is $37.50 a year – or, if joining as a freshman or sophomore in college, $100 for the next four years. Along with Brill, the executive board for Hofstra’s chapter of SPJ consists of three other members: Courtney Ingalls, the president and a junior journalism major, Danielle Koscik, the treasurer and a junior journalism major and Annemarie LePard, SPJ secretary, a sophomore journalism major and assistant news editor for The Hofstra
Chronicle. The club hosts events with the intention of providing networking opportunities and boosting the professional profiles of journalism students. “I think the one that’s the most successful would probably be our headshot event,” Ingalls said. “We get photographers to come and each student pays $5 to get their headshots taken – they can use those professionally on LinkedIn or on resumes. We usually do it once in the fall; it attracts a lot of students because headshots are usually really expensive so being able to only pay $5 and get a decent headshot is something that is popular with a lot of people.” The executive board is already planning new ways to try to increase club membership. Brill said they are planning a “social media event” where they will teach students how to maintain a professional social media account and use it for journalistic purposes. Ingalls said the club will try to collaborate with other organizations in the Lawrence
Herbert School of Communication to increase their reach among journalism students. They plan to join forces with Hofstra Today to give students who want to work in broadcasting the opportunity to read off of a teleprompter on-camera and create material for their reels. Any Hofstra student can come to SPJ’s events – even if they are not club members or journalism majors. There is no rule that bars students who are not journalism majors from be-
coming SPJ members, either. “I would say [if you’re] a [public relations] major, then it’s definitely a good idea to join SPJ because with a [public relations] major, you can get into journalism as well and vice versa – [SPJ] would probably look good on an English major’s resume as well,” Koscik said. “Anyone can come get a headshot; anyone can come to our workshops; anyone can come to our panels – we’re very open to anyone coming to our events.”
Photo Courtesy of Courtney Ingalls
The 2018-19 executive board of SPJ from left to right; Danielle Zulkosky, Courtney Ingalls, Lauren Brill and Danielle Koscik.
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Humans of Hofstra By Vanessa Chouest & Leah DeHaemer S P E C I A L TO THE CHRONI CL E
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Right now, I’m working at Primary Wave. They are basically the inner workings of a record label. There are managers, attorneys, a financial team, music publishing team and A&R. I am the publishing intern, but I’ve been working on A&R stuff, which stands for artists and repertoire. Before I landed this internship, I was working for a digital music magazine where I would create posts that varied from music reviews to promoting new songs and new artists. However, I didn’t feel seen in [that] position because no one was really looking at my posts. Nonetheless, it was a very career-building position for me because I was able to obtain different connections to people in the music and media industries, as well as add experience to my resume, which looks good when applying for jobs. No internship position is too small. You really have to put yourself out there and demand what you want, and don’t let anyone step over you. You are in charge of your own experience. First things first, you have to find what you are passionate about and see if you can realistically apply this passion to a lucrative career. It’s all about securing the bag, but you have to feel spiritually aligned with your own core values while doing it. If your job is not creatively stimulating you, then you’re just wasting time. You have to be patient with entry-level internships and positions – the big money will come later and you’ll be grateful you stuck it out. For me, music has always been a part of my life. I grew up singing in my church choir. As time went on and as I got older, it didn’t feel natural for me to pursue the performance track, but I still wanted to be a part of the music industry. So, that is how I got interested in music management and music publishing, which is just the behind-the-scenes aspect of the music industry. I can still contribute my love for music and get that money. I have been involved in Hofstra Concerts since I was a freshman. I worked my way up from a general member to Coffee House Manager, and now I am the Advertising Co-Chair in my final year at Hofstra. It has been a rewarding experience and I have forged great friendships through it. I would definitely advise all Hofstra students to utilize the resources that Hofstra offers while they are here. I have been at the forefront of planning concerts that feature some of the biggest names in music, such as DRAM for [Music Fest]. These experiences at Hofstra exposed me to the music industry in a small way [and] piqued my curiosity in other fields, which led me to bigger endeavors such as my current internship. So, in summation, get involved on campus.
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“I’m majoring in biology. I think I want to be a doctor, think I want to be a pediatrician, not sure yet. And I’m just nervous that if biology is not for me, which is okay, what’s the plan B? ‘Cause I don’t have a plan B, you know? And I feel like I’m very indecisive. You could ask me, ‘Oh, what do you want to do tonight?’ and I won’t know. You could ask me, ‘What do you want to eat?’ I don’t know. ‘Who’s your favorite singer?’ I don’t know. I’m very indecisive, and I like everything: criminal law – that seems cool; science – that’s cool; English – that’s cool, but I don’t really know what I have a passion for; I don’t really have a passion for anything right now. Or maybe I do, and I don’t realize it. But yeah, I’m just nervous about what’s going to happen if biology is not the major for me, you know? Like, am I going to be okay? I don’t want to go to a school like this, [which is] so expensive, such a good school, switch my major, like, 15 million times and then I end up in school for six years, you know? Or graduate with a not good degree, you know what I mean? My mom has this friend and she’s cool, but when it comes to college, she’s very stuck-up. Like, ‘Oh I went to this school, and blah blah blah blah blah, and it’s such a good school,’ but, like, she’s broke, and she’s not doing much with her life and she’s giving me this advice. But it’s, like, alright, I appreciate it but I don’t want to be like you, go to a good school, have to pay all this money and student loans but then I’m doing nothing with my life. I want to make my parents proud, I want to make my aunt proud – she went here – and I want to make myself proud, you know? ‘Cause it’s one thing to make everyone else proud, but it’s another thing for you to be like, ‘Yes. This is what I chose, I like this and I’m satisfied.’ That’s what I want. It’s crazy to say but I want to make good money, ‘cause you know we need money for literally everything! I want to make money, I want to have good credit, I want to have a nice house, I want to have a decent car, I want to live in a decent area. I want to be able to pay off my student loans at a good rate, I don’t want to be done when I’m, like, 65, you know what I mean? And I just want to be happy and find something. I know I’m not going to be happy every day ‘cause that’s not realistic. But I want to find something in life, a career, not, like, a job but a career, that I like and I’m passionate about, and I’m not going to regret it in the future, you know?
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Overheard @ Hofstra In Breslin Hall:
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“I’m a drama major because I want to be a disappointment to my parents.” In Enterprise Hall: “I don’t want to eat ass, I want to eat a pulled pork sandwich.” In Vander Poel Hall: “We know you’re gay because you wear a headband every GODDAMN day.”
“I’m so excited for Flo Rida, he is the essence of my middle school experience. Also, 3OH!3 is amazing and I’m excited about that.” – Annalisa Pena, sophomore
On the Unispan: “I actually hit your boob, its fine.” In LHSC: “It’s definitely going to rain because my knees hurt.” In Berliner Hall:
“It’s unexpected and I’m not that interested but I will be attending to support 3OH!3.” – Jayda Davis, senior
Can we replace the library with a viberary?” In Heger Hall: “Okay, I have to go to class now because my professor saw me outside.” In the Fitness Center: “I want big fucking biceps.” *Points to biceps* “Like fucking tennis balls right there.” On the Intramural Fields:
“My mom is a super fan of Flo Rida and was ready to get a ticket. I don’t know the other ones; I’m excited and I think it will be good.” – Grace Picone, freshman
“What’s Taste of Hofstra?”
“You get to lick every brick in the Student Center.” Photo Courtesy of Damali Ramirez
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Noah Zoller: Freestyling your dreams
inspire people ... I want to spark a fire in people, and I hope that’s STAFF W R I T E R what YAM will do,” Zoller said. You will often see HofstA West Virginia native, ra freshman film studies and Zoller is a true child of Appalaproduction major Noah Zoller, chia; yet he embodies the hopealso known as YAMbi Boy, ful and talented New Yorker with his headphones plugged in, spirit. He is proud of his home escaping to his well of interior and where he came from. creativity. If approached, he will “West Virginia is beautiful, surely talk about his newest muit’s got hella mountains and a lot sical project, and with luck he of trees. The people there are so kind. A lot of people are very ignorant, but they’re also very sweet. Everyone is just used to being poor, so they’re more inclined to help people out when they need it,” he said. Zoller brings an interesting perspective to the growing urban style and music industries. He identifies as a transgender man. “I’m just scared people are going to treat me differently because I’m trans; but Daniel Cody / The Hofstra Chronicle it’s chill up here. Not Noah Zoller, a freshman film studies and production major, hopes to pursue a career like back at home,” he in music. explained.
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might even extend an invitation to help out. A walking advertisement for his media group and soon-to-be fashion label, Yung Ambitious Mafia, or YAM for short, Zoller certainly has a vision and a will to create. “I have a lot of dreams for this. I want to have a clothing line – YAM skating, YAM gaming, just everything. Anything that can spread positivity and
Zoller’s unconventionality is part of what makes his talents so raw and unique. He has never taken a musical class or had any formal music education, he just channels his sadness into lyrics and rhythms. Music is his coping mechanism, and YAM is his instrument (although he is planning to learn how to play the piano). He is devoted to positivity and having an optimistic outlook, so his music is dedicated to those who are struggling with mental health. “I usually write at my lowest points,” Zoller said. “When [I write], I’m turning my sadness into something positive and concrete that I can listen to over and over again. I listen to it until I can get over that weird, stuck feeling of being sad. I want people to be able to listen to my music and feel the same way – to get out of their sadness and feel happy and do anything they want to do. That’s what Yung Ambitious Mafia is.” Back home, Zoller wasn’t necessarily encouraged to go to Hofstra, but he is thrilled to be in such a musical atmosphere. “Follow your dreams. Ev-
eryone told me not to go to this school, not to move out – it’d be too expensive, too much to handle – but here I am, still functioning. I’ve met so many good people and I can tell they’re going to be lifelong friends. I’ve made so many connections; everything is just falling into place because I let it,” he said. Zoller’s passion shines through his difficulties. His biggest fans are his family and his friends back home. “There’s one thing that my brother Kenny said to me that pushes me to wake up every morning for my [9 a.m.] class. He said, ‘Noah, you better do what you to have to do while you’re up there.’ He’s not really a school person, which is what inspired me. I do [music] for my mom, my brothers and my grandpa,” Zoller said. Noah Zoller is ready for the world, thanks to support from those he loves. To put it in his words, “We YAMbitious.”
@GabGrabsGrub: Chicken Marsala
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Ingredients:
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4 thinly sliced pieces of boneless chicken breasts, cutlet style
1. Heat the olive oil and butter in a large skillet on low heat. 2. Add thinly sliced onions, stirring frequently. Cook until soft and translucent. 3. Remove from skillet and set onions aside, leaving as much of the cooking oils in the pan as possible. 4. Place 2 tablespoons of flour onto a large, flat plate. 5. Lightly dredge the chicken pieces in the flour, and place chicken in the skillet that contains the remaining oil and butter mixture. Heat should be medium low. 6. Cook the chicken pieces until all the pink has disappeared. Approximately 3 minutes each side. 7. Remove the chicken from the pan. 8. Add the Marsala wine to the pan and cook until the liquid reduces to a slightly thicker consistency. 9. Stir the onions into the Marsala mixture, and then add the pieces of cooked chicken. 10. Heat evenly, turning over to warm each side of the chicken. 11. Let chicken rest in the skillet for 1 minute before serving.
1 small onion, thinly sliced 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 6 tablespoons olive oil 3 tablespoons butter 1/4 cup Marsala wine Salt and black pepper, to taste Gab Varano / The Hofstra Chronicle
What do chickens call school tests? Eggs-aminations! (Sorry, I know it’s bad, but I really can’t help it). This week, it’s chicken marsala, which is a staple in my house – especially with mashed potatoes and green beans. Anyways, hatch a plan to make this dish and enjoy!
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Fall Fest 2019: A Journey Through the Decades B2
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Fall Fest 2019: A journey through the decades
Courtesy of Hofstra University Flo Rida performed some of his well-known hits like ‘Low’ and others.
Continued from A1 Opening with “My Own Worst Enemy,” guitarist and background vocalist Vinnie DeMasi, lead vocalist John Enghauser, bassist and singer Tia Vincent-Clark, drummer Sean Minardi and rhythmic guitarist Ali McDowell got the crowd nodding their heads to the beats of two decades ago. The entire group was dressed in all black and white attire with all but one member sporting black shades to match. The group had a lively energy to them, often dancing and jumping around along with those in the crowd. The guitar section in particular seemed to be having tons of fun, as they could be seen jamming out with one another or alone during a guitar solo. The beat of the drums blasted through the speakers and into the crowd for all to hear and enjoy. The Dawgs seamlessly transitioned from one song to the next, keeping the crowd’s energy alive and well. Though this crowd was mixed with both a younger and older audience, everyone – even the security – could be seen singing and dancing along to the everso-popular tunes. Whether it was encouraging clapping, holding the microphone out to the audience or just asking questions about Bits ’n’ Bytes, the Dawgs made sure to interact with their small audience. At one point, Enghauser even whipped out his phone in
the middle of performing, taking videos on stage of the band and audience. Though petite, Vincent-Clark sustained some very highpitches with her powerful pipes, belting songs like Alannis Morrisette’s “You Oughta Know” and “Just a Girl” by No Doubt. The band covered almost every genre: upbeat bops, slower ballads, funky hits and even rock songs. While other decades have had their time in the spotlight, the members of Reservoir Dawgs were here to usher in the resurgence of the ’90s. “The ’80s had a resurgence, and I think it’s now the ’90s’ time. One thing I like about ’90s music too is the ’80s music went more electronic and processed, and ’90s music pushed it back the other way to some extent. In some ways, the ’90s felt like a continuation of the ’70s more than a continuation of the ’80s,” DeMasi said, who is a Hofstra alumnus who graduated in 1998. Despite the fact that most in attendance grew up on early2000s music, there was a sense of excitement in the crowd when most people realized they knew the songs being performed. Closing with songs like Blink182’s “All the Small Things” and Foo Fighters’ “Everlong,” this became the start of a nostalgic night with music that transported the crowd to other decades.
Following Reservoir Dawgs and his crew, which consisted was the highly anticipated perof two backup dancers and his formance by 3OH!3. Sean Forehype men, made strides to bond man and Nathaniel Motte, the with the much larger audience. two band members, are known They even went so far as to for their electro-pop hits from bring large groups of girls, guys almost a decade ago, including and kids on stage with them to the most recognizable numbers party the night away. Flo Rida “Don’t Trust Me” and “My First also connected with his crowd Kiss.” With an infectious beat through call-and-response chants and the iconic line, “Tell your and even throwing water into boyfriend if he says he’s got the crowd to cool them off. “It’s beef / that I’m a vegetarian and definitely an honor to be here – a I ain’t fucking scared of him,” lot of love, a lot of energy; I had 3OH!3 was a long-awaited act of a great time,” the rapper said. the night. He seemed to care for his very “Our music has always been tight-knit, supportive crew, as just about rocking a party, havhe gave the floor to members of ing fun and making it a collechis posse to perform their own tive experience between everysongs, even having the crowd to body,” expressed Motte. sing “Happy Birthday” to one of The duo from Boulder, his backup dancers. Colorado, wasn’t afraid to have Similar to 3OH!3, Flo Rida is fun on and off stage, whether it also working on new hits. “Defiwas dancing around, signing a nitely working on the album; by marriage certificate or playing the end of the year, we should spike ball while performing. At have something out. I’m in the one point, Motte even ran out studio right now cooking up,” into the crowd, starting from he said. the back and working his way This year’s Hofstra Fall up again to the stage. Like the Festival went down a musical Reservoir Dawgs, 3OH!3’s set timeline, hitting each of the most was extremely interactive, as recent three decades in order. they often made eye contact and Starting with the ’90s cover called out to audience members. band, Reservoir Dawgs, continuOne unexpected moment from ing into the early 2000s with Motte came when he called out 3OH!3 and culminating with pop a particular viewer for being on hits of the ’10s by none other their phone too much. He even than Flo Rida. Fall Fest 2019 went so far as to get the entire was one for the books. crowd involved by having everyone shout out the name of the Cover: viewer’s friend. Hofstra Fall Festival Aside from this, the group loves their fans and is even planning on releasing new music. “There’s a lot of new music in the works. We don’t know if any of it is any good – that’s why we’ve been holding off on it, but there’s 40 to 50 new songs,” Motte said. To close off the night’s musical memory lane was rapper Flo Rida, the headliner of the festival. The rapper’s set featured many of his iconic bops, such as “Low,” “Whistle” and “Good Feeling.” Handing out Courtesy of Hofstra University posters, t-shirts and 3OH!3 has produced five albums including even roses, Flo Rida ‘Streets of Gold,’ ‘Want’ and ‘Omens.’
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Disney and Sony have struck a new deal where SpiderMan will stay in the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the third film to be released July 16, 2021.
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Netflix‘s “Stranger Things” released a teaser trailer for the fourth season on Monday, Sept. 30, 2019.
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The limited-release Judy Garland biopic “Judy” earned an estimated $3 million at the box office during its opening
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“Downton Abbey,” based on the hit ITV series of the same name, set a record for Focus Features with its $31 million opening.
October 1, 2019•B3 A&E Kings and queens slay Hofstra’s annual drag show
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By Casey Clark STAFF WRITER
Rainbow colored lights illuminated the stage at the John Cranford Adams Playhouse, where hundreds of Hofstra University students gathered for a night full of glitter and fun. The Pride Network (TPN), the Queer & Trans People of Color Coalition and the Gender Identity Alliance hosted their annual drag show on Thursday, Sept. 26, featuring over a dozen acts. The show was hosted by drag queen Miss Malice, a member of Brooklyn’s “Switch N Play” drag collective. The first performer to take the stage was Vigor Mortis, a drag king, known for his “supernatural guises and bad taste in ’90s music.” Vigor Mortis performed a comedic number called “That Fascinating Thing,” which filled the audience with laughter, followed by “Chippendales”
later on, alongside fellow drag the next performer to take the star of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” king K.James. The next perstage, singing Mariah Carey’s Season 9 and Broadway’s “Head former to take the stage was “Emotions.” Hofstra’s Strictly Over Heels,” came out on stage. Connecticut’s “skanky space Steppin’ took over the stage with While performing original snake” queen, Ram Shackle. their upbeat and powerful step numbers, Peppermint showcased Ram Shackle performed three number that had the audience versatile looks, including a rainnumbers during the show, bow fringe dress that including “Kill V. Maim,” could be seen from the “Cookie Monster” last row in the venue. and “Babadook.” Ram Following Peppermint’s Shackle won over the performance was host hearts of audience memMiss Malice, who bers with her eccentric executed a number looks and homemade called “Attack of the cookies. Fifty Foot Woman.” The next performance In addition to perforto take over the stage mances from previous was from Hofstra’s own queens, Sukanya La IMANI dance ensemble Bruja took the stage which united hip-hop, with “Rehab.” Toward Afro-Caribbean and the end of the night, jazz to put on a show senior psychology Gab Varano / The Hofstra Chronicle stopping number. After major and LGBTQ+ Miss Malice, pictured above, hosted the 12th annnual IMANI came New Jersey- drag show, which began in 2007. studies minor Aphrodite based queen Olivia Lux. took the stage with Lux performed three numbers cheering and dancing along. her Britney Spears mix and themed around “The Wizard of With the crowd on their feet, ended strong by bringing out Oz,” “The Little Mermaid” and there was no better time to introa cherry pie. Student dance “Proud Mary.” K.James was duce the next queen. Peppermint, club TranscenDANCE brought
students of all grade levels and dance skills together for a high energy performance to some of today’s hit pop songs, including “Tempo” by Lizzo and “Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels” by Todrick Hall. The show ended with a final three numbers from Peppermint, including her original song, “Dolla in My Titty,” during which she walked around the venue, collecting dollars from hundreds of drag enthusiasts. At the end of the show, Josh Castronuovo, president of TPN, announced that a total of $3,283 was raised for the Intercultural Engagement and Inclusion Gift Fund and Dean of Students Emergency Fund. After the show, audience members had the chance to participate in a meet and greet with the kings and queens, where they could take photographs and purchase merchandise items.
‘Listen’ to The Hofbeats’ newly-released debut EP
By Catie Egan
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
“Listen, listen, listen,” sing members of The Hofbeats at a quieted volume. They are quiet, yet bold and unapologetic to capture their audience’s attention. The repeated lyrics are ones that introduce “Passionfruit,” the third title track on the awardwinning a cappella group’s debut EP, “Listen.” Members worked for a total of 15 months on arranging, performing and recording music for the foursong release that would then go on to be shared on Thursday, Sept. 5, of this year to every industry-standard streaming platform. Their voices serve as the sole instrument for the tracks, something The Hofbeats have engaged in not only in a musical sense, but in the nature of the group as well. Through their exceptional sense of community and teamwork, they have urged members to use their voices and tell their story on “Listen,” and fans are doing exactly what the title begs them to – use their voice to tell their story. Recording an a cappella EP is
not your typical studio session. “One by one, and sometimes two by two, all 20 of us would go down to that basement and record. And because of the way recording works, everything must be recorded twice,” said the Public Relations Chair for The Hofbeats, junior journalism major Eli Finkelson. “That’s not including mess-ups, and that’s not including fumbles.” The Hofbeats did not have their own studio or the funding to take their talent to a professional one, so when they decided to share their music with the world, they started right from home. They began by networking with their peers to inquire about using their in-home studios located in off-campus housing. The majority of the tracks would go on to be recorded at these houses as well as the practice spaces in Hofstra’s music department. Also, The Hofbeats called in alumnus and former Music Director Connor Martin to help mix and master the tracks before they would be released to the world. The recording process was a tedious one. While many
bands, artists and producers agree that vocals are the most difficult tracks to record, doing so for a whole group of vocalists seems nearly impossible . The Hofbeats, however, were determined and driven, and that is what allowed them to create their art. “It was a big turning point for us as artists, and for us as a whole,” said The Hofbeats President and senior music education major Peter O’ Malley. On their EP, “Listen,” The Hofbeats were adamant about recording their particular set featured at the 2018 International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCAs). The set was performed on the famous Kimmel Center stage in Philadelphia in front of the largest crowd The Hofbeats have ever sang for. “Emotionally, that was the most invested in music any of us had ever been,” Finkelson said. Newer members were able to contribute to the EP as well, despite not competing in the ICCAs. “Being able to say that as an undergraduate college student, I was part of an a cappella group that released an EP is just incredible.” said Justin Shah,
a sophomore music education with a cover of Demi Lovato’s major. “This was such an unfor“Old Ways,” and in a simigettable experience, with the lar subject to the song, The cool behind-the-scenes studio Hofbeats return to their old recording sessions making me ways by tapping into the efforts feel like I was famous.” and talents of each individual “The memories that I have member in order to bring their made while being part of this EP to its fullest potential. The EP group are some of the best of showcases not just their singing my Hofstra experience and will ability, but an overall community follow me for the rest of my life. bond. The Hofbeats command Being able to put those memotheir audience to “Listen,” not ries into ‘Listen’ and share it just to the songs they sing, but with people has been an amazto the message they share within ing and rewarding process,” the walls of Hofstra University. O’Malley said. “I truly am so lucky to be a part of this group.” This excitement is something not only shared by members, but by listeners of the EP as well. The EP has already surpassed 2,000 streams on specific platforms. Courtesy of Amazon The EP Established in 2009, The Hofbeats celebrated their 10th closes out anniversary this year.
The Chronicle A&E Documentary decodes Bill Gates and his foundation
B4•October 1, 2019
Courtesy of Netflix Since its release, ‘Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates’ has received a Rotten Tomatoes score of 40%.
By Crystal Bermudez SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Bill Gates is most notably known for the prominent software that’s been utilized and explored in virtually all devices – Microsoft Corporation. Launched in 1975, Gates and his co-founder Paul Allen had all expectations of taking the world to the next level. As one of America’s top
billionaires, Gates had never been recognized as a person, but rather framed by his monopolistic business that left many others to crumble while Microsoft increased in value. On Friday, Sept. 20, Netflix released a three-part series called “Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates,” directed by Davis Guggenheim, who is best known for directing the Academy Award-
winning Al Gore documentary “An Inconvenient Truth.” In the series, Guggenheim meets with Gates, along with former colleagues and his wife Melinda, in an attempt to “decode” the ingenious mind that helped program Microsoft’s software. However, viewers only get to grasp this within the second episode, and not very much of it. The documentary starts in 2008, when Gates initially broke the news that he was officially parting ways with Microsoft. Highlighting life after Microsoft, Gates ventures onto new problem-solving and investing through The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, where his money begins to change lives. In between episodes, viewers see old photos and home videos of Gates’ upbringing, life in the business and present-day activities. The episodes tackle three different causes which Gates advocates for: developing nations, eradicating polio and defeating climate change. Judging from the show
title, viewers expected to see what leads great thinkers like Bill Gates to innovate like never before. Instead, the show seems like it’s targeting potential investors while emphasizing global issues and the need for immediate action. The series goes on to show how Gates applies the same logic used to figure out how polio is still spreading as he does to create a class schedule for an overpopulated school. This scene finally depicts how his mind organizes information and processes it, even when seen as a clutter from the outside. His wife says that “it’s like Bill has a giant Excel spreadsheet in his head.” As much of the documentary continues, it skips around different life events, from his early childhood, to his marriage, to his relationship with his mother and to his charity work. The documentary struggles in keeping a clear, concise storyline. It primarily focuses on the development of organizations and the battles that
he is still currently fighting in order to maintain the foundations he funds. The second episode features the “decoding” portion that had been anticipated ever since the preview. Gates mentions, “I could just be so extreme. You know, it’s like I knew everybody’s license plate,” describing walking around afterhours at Microsoft. “So I could walk through the parking lot and say, ‘Okay, who’s here and who’s not here?’” The documentary also tracks the changing relationship between Bill Gates and Allen, first as young teenage boys, then showing their hunger for ambition and their lost friendship, and eventually a reconciliation when Allen passed away from cancer in 2018. It’s still left in question who Bill Gates really is, and the audience can only assume so much from just the second episode.
‘Beetlejuice’ brings classic film to Broadway stage
By Jules Dickinson-Frevola SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Maybe the “Beetlejuice: The Musical” cast doesn’t work all night drinking rum, but the 2019 rendition of Tim Burton’s classic 1988 film is heart-stopping and bone-chilling regardless. Where “Hadestown” swept at the 73rd Annual Tony Awards, “Beetlejuice” has managed to capture the hearts of many with its familiar tunes and new takes on the otherworldly perils that plague Lydia Deetz and the recently deceased couple who are trying to haunt her home. Known for his “School of Rock” Broadway run, Alex Brightman delivers a stunning performance as the titular demon and exemplifies the span of his acting abilities by flipping on a dime from raunchy flirtatious jokes to the heartbroken pleas of a scared child in a way that keeps the audience on their toes. The musical adaptation gives unexpected depth and warmth to Burton’s original obscene demonic character, with Brightman’s Beetlejuice breaking the fourth wall to interact with the enraptured audience, targeting indi-
vidual orchestra members for feels alone in the world. Though middle-class suburban couple who jokes, poking fun at current trends small and unassuming, Caruso’s die in their own home a mere four and expanding on one-liners that powerful voice echoes through songs into the show, rather than received an outspoken reaction the theater and takes the audience by driving off of a bridge like in from the audience. completely off guard. the original film. Their soft, goofy, Opening with a somber ballad, Acting as the much-needed parental energy sharply contrasts the musical then the chaotic perdives headfirst sona presented by into an up-tempo Brightman, clad in song which stripes and colorreminds the changing hair. audience that the While it may show they are not have won best about to witness set design at the is all about death. 2019 Tony Awards, Acting parallel “Beetlejuice” was to Brightman in a valiant comthe role of Lydia petitor, with quick Deetz, the strange scene changes of and unusual teen, incredibly detailed is 18-year-old sets that reflected Sophia Anne the personalities of Caruso, known the main charCourtesy of Laura Peruchi for her roles in acters in each NBC’s “Smash” ‘Beetlejuice: The Musical’ was nominated for eight Tony awards, includ- scene. When the and “The Sound ing Best Musical. Maitlands own the of Music Live.” house, the walls Clad in black and stomping undead best friends to Lydia are are decked in floral wallpaper around in teen angst fashion, Kerry Butler and Rob McClure and the home is later described her signature song in the show, as Barbara and Adam Maitland. as resembling a “nursing home.” “Dead Mom,” showcases her The two perfectly encompass Then, when the Deetz family breathtaking vocal abilities from the dorky and loveable charm takes over the house, it becomes the perspective of a child who has characterized by the Pottery starkly gray, sleek and modernrecently lost her mother and now Barn-shopping, minivan-driving, ized, accented by the classic
artistic monstrosities featured in the original film. Finally, when Beetlejuice commandeers the house, the walls become striped like his signature filthy suit, with disorienting designs, bugs crawling across the ceiling and later, a hyper-realistic dual-headed sandworm. Further, the Winter Garden Theatre gets a full makeover for each performance, with classical golden chandeliers now glowing green and purple to fully immerse the audience in the spookiness of the show and prepare them for their gradual descent into the Netherworld. The cast of “Beetlejuice: The Musical” delivers a performance that is both heart-wrenching and hilarious. Audience members sympathize with the struggles of the characters one minute and then laugh hysterically over a witty one-liner the next. Coated in nostalgia with a modern twist, the show takes Burton’s classic and expands on it in ways the audience would have never considered, and will leave attendees ranting about the soundtrack all day-o.
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Trump’s impeachment is too little, too late
By Daniel Cody
Very few people are literate in the language of President Donald Trump. Within recent days, his under-the-table dealings with Ukraine and whistleblower complaints have pressured Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House of Representatives and democratic majority leader, to open up an official impeachment inquiry. While some might see this as another blip in the news cycle, Pelosi’s endorsement carries more political weight. President Trump may have to enforce the laws of Congress, direct our military, be our chief diplomat and from time to time and sit in front of a camera and lie to us, but the current grounds for impeachment are not quite to my liking. Are we truly executing the fullest extent of the law? Is it not a reflection of our hopes and values when a man so dangerous and volatile is brought to court not for his detrimental actions at home, but once again, only when
some millionaire politician in Washington has the short end of the stick? When the president rolled back water standards and allowed higher levels of asbestos to potentially leak into waterways, was that not a danger to the public? Was his neglecting to provide aid during Hurricane Maria and the consequential deaths in Puerto Rico not enough to show his complete disregard for Latino people? Thanks to President Trump’s disproportionate tax cuts, oil and gas companies continue to boom, yet extreme weather events (caused by emissions from the fossil fuel industry) rage through our farmlands, causing slews of destructive flooding. The president claims to represent middle America, but his policies are destroying its way of life. His government might be able to sneak the construction of a seawall around oil facilities in Houston, but would poor neighborhoods like the North End be able to fend off the effects of massive
floods? President Trump’s support of the Saudis in the Yemeni civil war shovels taxpayer money into an oil-for-arms exchange, arming Saudi Arabia to the teeth. Many human rights analysts call it the first genocide of the century, and thanks to the president, American arms are being used. Is he truly representing our values, or supporting the slaughter of innocent Yemeni toddlers? Private prisons have thrived under President Trump. He takes donations from political organizations that extract and exploit labor from vulnerable communities of color. Do we truly want the “Made in America” sticker to cost us only 14 cents per hour? Is this not a violation of some kind – moral or legal? Are the deaths of hundreds of children in our schools enough for President Trump to be decisive on comprehensive gun reform? Or does he need to listen to the “financial incentive” that so many Trump supporters hail as the ultimate
motivator? It shows that money means more to President Trump than the civil rights, health and mortality of his constituents. We view basic information through the smokescreen of partisanship, blind to the reality of the scientific world around us but too susceptible to propaganda to believe it. Congress, as inefficient as it is, can’t even perform its one job: congressional oversight. This administration consistently refuses congressional document after document, despite subpoenaing officials and calls for testimonies. It seems as though the Republicans are preparing for an exit. They continue to rapidly appoint judges into circuits and seats all around the country, and that isn’t a political strategy for an expected win. Yet, the premise of Donald Trump’s supposed demise does not come from the evil he has done unto this country, but the affairs of yet another conflict the disconnected and tyrannical military-industrial complex has dragged us into. The worst
part is, while most of the Trump administration’s actions have been some variation of unconstitutional or illegal, a lot of them aren’t. Americans have restricted the laws of the land to a thin legal boundary in which people like President Trump thrive. When someone who has pathologically endangered the lives of Americans reaches his potential downfall, one would think the moral consequence would be enshrined in law. However, we continuously bow down to one nation, under greed, indivisible, with exploitation and persecution for all. Trump and his cabinet might be juggling super PACs, billionaire donors and corporate conglomerates, but, I ask, who are the true jesters in the court of America?
Daniel Cody is a freshman journalism major who writes on topical politics and the discourse that follows. Find him on Twitter @danielhcody
Greta Thunberg is a hero, but she shouldn’t have to be
By Leah DeHaemer
Greta Thunberg is undeniably a legend. She’s the picture-perfect image of a young teenage girl in a young-adult dystopian novel, rising up to fight against a corrupt government and save the world. She’s everything I aspire to be and more. But she shouldn’t have to be. Time and time again, we see young people just like Thunberg – children and teenagers who are simply trying to live their ordinary lives – who are suddenly placed in devastating circumstances. Sometimes these circumstances appear out of nowhere, such as a school shooting. Others occur over time, accumulating slowly until they burst with disaster, such as an invasive oil pipe-
line being built, local water slowly filling with lead or the global climate crisis becoming increasingly more dire. However, as the world watches these problems appear one after another, the people who are expected to take action – the adults, the legislators – sit idly by. Who, then, rises out of the dust? The only people we have left: the children. In the case of the horrific Parkland shooting in February of 2018, teenagers like David Hogg had to rise out of their pain and trauma to become national activists, fighting for their right to live without fear. In the case of the Dakota Access Pipeline back in 2016 and 2017, a group of youth activists known as the One Mind Youth Movement arose, fighting for the safety of their homeland.
In the case of Flint, Michigan, back in 2014, Mari “Little Miss Flint” Copeny stood up to fight for her right to drink clean water. At only 11, she is still continuing to fight to this day to gain the clean and safe water that her community still hasn’t received. And finally, in the case of our global climate emergency, Thunberg stands tall at 16, calling out with power and urgency for the world to make a change so that she may live to see her own adulthood on a habitable Earth. These children are admirable, they are determined, they are young fighters pouring their all into everything they believe in. But they are still just that: children. Thunberg herself recently spoke at the United Nations
Climate Action Summit, which took place in New York City this past Monday, Sept. 23. In her speech, she sent out an awe-inspiring cry for action, demanding change to fix our climate and rightfully calling out the legislators surrounding her who have failed to take action. To a room full of these captivated yet actionless adults she exclaimed, “This is all wrong. I shouldn’t be up here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. Yet you all come to us young people for hope. How dare you!” We are the children of a dying world. Growing up in a society that has normalized gun violence, dehumanized Native Americans, stripped black communities of their basic rights and left the planet itself to rot, ignorance and inaction
are not options for us. Dreams of great careers and retirement plans dwindle away and are replaced with a new dream: survival. So to those legislators, officials and adults of all kinds who refuse to acknowledge the terrors of our nation and our world, who are so engrossed in the fantasies of ignorance that have followed them since their own childhood, in the words of a child who is wiser than you will ever be: how dare you.
Leah DeHaemer is a freshman video/television and film major from Massachusetts who hopes to minor in journalism.
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Solving the gun violence epidemic will require creative solutions By Matthew Buzard
During the most recent Democratic debate, 2020 presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke stated bluntly and passionately, “Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15!” The constitutionality of that proposition aside, the media narrative surrounding O’Rourke’s comment quickly deteriorated into a binary choice: take away the guns or do nothing. The campaign to implement greater background checks, which previously had 92% favorability according to a 2018 Gallup Poll, has consequently been overshadowed by partisan debate. Progressive political advocates have, on top of the background checks, called for bump stock and high-capacity magazine bans, mandatory gun buybacks and closing purchasing loopholes. From a conservative perspective, David French proposed a federal gun violence restraining order statute (based around California’s 2016 GVRO statute) known as “red flag laws,” which would
allow individuals to seek a court order to temporarily restrict a person’s access to firearms. Conservatives, including President Trump, have also advocated for increasing the age requirement to purchase a firearm from 18 to 21. These measures are notable; however, we shouldn’t stop suggesting new policies that could help prevent gun violence tragedies that we see in the news daily. I want to bring attention to some gun violence prevention strategies I believe must be introduced into popular discussion. 1. Mandatory suicide prevention warnings on all ammunition boxes. Sixty percent of gun deaths in the U.S. are from suicide, according to a recent Pew Research study. A large warning on all ammunition boxes advertising the National Suicide Prevention Hotline could help with this issue. A 2019 RAND.org study found that warning labels depicting the health hazards associated with smoking markedly decreased
cigarette sales. We could see the same results if we apply this strategy to ammunition boxes. If we want to lower gun violence, we must address the suicide epidemic in this country. This could perhaps be accomplished by executive action through the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, but Congress could also pass a statute using its commerce power. 2. Early childhood prevention education programs. The National Education Association proposes helping students by increasing public school mental health services. Funding K-12 public school mental health services would address the problem on multiple fronts. Beyond helping students in day-to-day mental health issues and increasing students’ awareness of the help available to them, public school mental health services would increase the likelihood that administration officials will identify red flags or triggers that could work in tandem with French’s proposed red
alleging excessive force. It is deplorable that Rolle’s teachers and the principal did not even try to protect her from a power-hungry officer, nor did they have the decency to notify her family in a timely fashion so that they could accompany Rolle to the police station. Instead, she endured this entirely alone. Rolle’s arrest is symptomatic of a larger problem of police in schools. Studies from the Department of Education have shown that children of color are more likely to be arrested by school police officers than their peers. This is America: Black children, especially those from low-income households, are not protected by their schools, police, the judicial system or politicians. They are set up to be sent from their schools to prisons. This is because America does not see black children as children. Perhaps if Turner or Rolle’s teachers had treated her like a child instead of a criminal,
they would have learned she has sleep apnea, a condition which causes severe tiredness and irritability, especially in children. Instead, Rolle became one of many black children victimized by a racist, punitive system, much like 14-year-old George Junius Stinney, Jr., a South Carolina student who was wrongfully convicted by an all-white jury of murdering two white girls in 1944, and who would become the youngest person in United States history to be executed by the state in a case of capital punishment. There was also Trayvon Martin, 17, a teenager walking through his Florida neighborhood who was gunned down by self-appointed community watchman George Zimmerman in 2012. A jury failed to convict Zimmerman on any charges, because they believed this armed adult murdered an unarmed black child in “selfdefense.” There was 12-yearold Tamir Rice, who was shot and killed by Ohio police for
flag laws. Additionally, states should view the gun violence problem as a public health problem, and therefore the public education curriculum should include gun violence education along with sex, drug and general health education. Health class could then teach students about general firearm safety, identifiable and reportable signs correlated with violence and the cycle of violence that perpetually preserves gun violence, particularly among poorer communities. Students under this proposal will go through the public school system better equipped to avoid firearm accidents, identify notable triggers that may lead to significant violent incidents and understand the cycle of violence contributing to large amounts of street gun violence. Reframing public school health studies to address the complex issues afflicting our generation would better help students going forward. There are plenty of other ideas I simply don’t have the
space to continue discussing – including federal inheritance firearm buybacks, increased licensing requirements and increased ammunition sales taxes – but we must continue to suggest new ideas and push for new policies aimed at solving the problem. The daily comings and goings of Trumpera politics dramatically increases the speed of the news cycle, but we cannot lose sight of the long-term problems we are all facing. Gun violence is a multi-faceted problem which requires complex solutions that attack the issue on multiple fronts. The range of possible solutions shouldn’t be so narrow. These and other innovative policies may never completely eradicate the problem, but we must try something.
Matthew Buzard has a B.S. in legal studies from Stevenson University, and is a current law student at Hofstra.
America, stop treating black kids like criminals By Vanessa Chouest
When 6-year-old Kaia Rolle, a black kindergartener at Lucious and Emma Nixon Academy, had a tantrum in class last week, Orlando police officer Dennis Turner came and escorted the child out of school in handcuffs. Then he took her to the police station, fingerprinted her and booked her for misdemeanor battery because she had hit two school faculty members during her outburst. When Turner took Rolle’s mugshot, he had to get her a stool – she was too small for the camera otherwise – and then she waited at the police station for her family, who had only been notified of Rolle’s arrest hours after the fact. Turner has since been fired. Nonetheless, it should have never gotten that far to begin with. Turner, a veteran of the local police force, had faced numerous domestic violence and stalking charges prior, as well as a litany of complaints
playing with a toy gun in 2014. There were the Exonerated Five – formerly known as the Central Park Five – who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in Central Park in 1989 and spent over a decade in prison as a result. There are many more black children who have been incarcerated or killed at the hands of those who view them as vicious criminals. There will be many more black children who will lose their lives if there is not a major shift in American culture. Rolle will have to live with the scarring memory of being humiliated in front of her classmates and treated like a criminal. Additionally, this child now has a criminal record for acting like a child. Even though Turner is black himself, he works within a system that views all black people, regardless of age, as criminals. The irrational fear of black people is perpetuated by the portrayal of black people in the
media and political propaganda for as long as this country has existed. This fear enables people working in courtrooms, police departments, prisons and any institution to take matters into their own hands and punish black children for being black, consequently stripping them of their childhoods, so that white Americans can feel safer. Moreover, it causes tragic cases like Rolle’s to occur more often and fuels the dehumanization of black children. White Americans: Please check yourself on your inherent racism so that black lives are spared. America: Please do better in protecting black children. They are our future, too.
Vanessa Chouest is a senior anthropology major with a minor in business marketing.
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Destigmatizing organ donation is a matter of life or death
By Taylor Rose Clarke
Anyone who knows me knows that I am a strong advocate and volunteer for various organ donor networks, groups and affiliations. I work with hospitals, procurement centers and nonprofits to try to increase the number of registered donors and to break the stigma around the topic. I devote my time, my energy and my emotions to the cause because I care so strongly about saving those 10,000 New Yorkers currently on a waiting list – a horrifying spot I found myself on just around four years ago. When I was 19 years old, I was unexpectedly diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and told that my only chance of survival was a heart transplant. Prior to that, I had never paid much attention to the topic. Actually, I had never even talked about it. I knew that the little red heart on your license was good, but I never looked further. I never asked questions until it was me. Me, in a hospital bed, relying on machines to keep my failing heart alive. Five months later on April 20, 2016, my new, healthy heart was transplanted. I have been my healthiest self since then, something I have both praised and struggled with over during my recovery. It’s a hard concept to grasp, someone dying so that
I could live. Trust me, I feel the survivor’s guilt every single day. But that’s why I volunteer. If I can change just one person’s mind about this controversial topic, I will feel I am doing my donor’s legacy justice. In my days tabling at enrollment drives, speaking at hospitals and attending award galas, I’ve heard it all. From, “Ew, why would anybody do that?” to, “It’s true that the doctors won’t save me if I’m dying and they see I’m a donor, you know,” and even, “I just don’t want anyone to have any parts of me.” People have said the above straight to my face. Looked me and my scars up and down and spewed outright lies. It can be discouraging and daunting, but I set a goal to make sure that the public is as informed as possible. First of all, it is not true that doctors won’t try and save you. According to LiveOnNY’s website and the volunteer training classes I’ve attended, the donation only occurs after a physician who is not affiliated with donation declares a person dead. Medical professionals will always put your best needs first and do everything in their power to save you. Second, I know this is a personal choice, I’m not asking you to give up your own beliefs – I’m asking you to just educate yourself. Research shows that
most major religions support the principles of organ donation and transplantation, while realizing it’s a personal choice. Obviously, I (and any other advocate) respect your decision, but don’t base it off of false facts. Third, don’t rule yourself out of being a donor due to medical conditions or age. Doctors make that call after a careful assessment at the time of donation. The oldest donor was 93 years old. Pretty amazing, right? And another thing – organs are not for sale. I didn’t buy my heart on eBay, that’s not how this works. It’s actually written in U.S. law that the buying and selling of organs is prohibited. Other countries have an opt-out system of the registry, meaning that consent to donate is assumed unless evidence that you don’t want to donate is made known. In the United States, we have the furthest thing from that; we have a crisis and a shortage, with lives being taken every day. I know it’s morbid and weird to talk about death and a future that is so far away. But you know what is also morbid and weird? The fact that every 18 hours, another person dies on the waiting list. It’s a hard topic no matter how you look at it. It’s hard for me as a recipient and for my family as caretakers, and I can’t even fathom how hard it is for donor families. My mis-
sion is just to get people talking about this outside of the DMV when renewing their license. I want people to talk about this as if it were normal and casual. I want to erase the stigma and brighten the topic. I’m living proof that there is a bright side to tragedy. In May, I’ll graduate from Hofstra, something that almost wasn’t possible a few years ago. I have my whole future ahead of me now – a healthy future. I am thankful every day for the second chance that I was given, and I’m reminded of it every single time my heart beats. Oct. 10 is Donor Enrollment Day. Please consider signing up and saving lives like mine. If you’re not comfortable doing so, I completely understand, but please consider doing some research and educating yourself; you could save a life like me one day. For more information or to sign up, visit: www.donatelife.net
Taylor Rose Clarke is a heart transplant recipient and volunteer with LiveOnNY. As a senior journalism major, she serves as the editor-in-chief for The Chronicle. You can find her on Twitter and ask any questions at: @Taylor_R_Clarke.
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Quick Hits Nancy Pelosi launched an impeachment inquiry last week regarding President Donald Trump’s use of executive power to pressure Ukrainian officials to investigate Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden.
ICE arrested more than 80 immigrants over 5 days last week in various Long Island communities, including Hempstead.
Reports surfaced Monday alleging that U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson sexually assaulted a London journalist in 1999.
Comic by Amanda Romeo Student journalists at Arizona State University broke the news that the United States’ Special Envoy to Ukraine, Kurt Volker, announced his resignation earlier this week.
New York Congressman Chris Collins submitted a letter of resignation Monday amid his involvement in an insider trading scandal.
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FORWARD/MIDFIELER Volleyball suffers loss in conference opener at Elon
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After an exhilarating invitational with matchups against some of the nation’s best talent in Duke University and the University of Oregon, the reigning Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) volleyball champions kicked off conference play with a tough loss to the Elon University Phoenix 3-1 at the Schar Center on Friday, Sept. 27. The Pride took the second set by a score of 27-25 for their lone win among a trio of Phoenix wins by scores of 25-20, 25-20 and 25-18. Hofstra started out strong
to kick off the match, as Elon could not get out of their own way with several net interference, lift and service fault violations early on. The Phoenix would recover, however, overcoming a 20-16 deficit to take a 1-0 advantage in the match. In set two, the Pride was on the ropes after losing a six-point lead. Trailing 25-24, the Pride ignited a 3-0 run thanks to huge points from senior Eliska Truneckova and freshman Athina Dimitriadis to win the set for the Pride. The Phoenix responded with back to back wins, thanks to the stellar play of Leah Daniel (43 attacks, 14 kills), Nori Thomas (24 attacks, 13 kills) and Kellyn Trowse (36 attacks). Over the course of three wins, the resiliency and fighting spirit of the Phoenix stood out above all. The Phoenix erased multiple point deficits throughout the
match. Despite the loss, the Pride showed glimpses of hope through the magnificent play. Luz Divina Nuñez Sierra was a centering force at the front net and junior Dubravka Krakovic led the Pride with two blocks. Among other standout statistics, junior Juliana Vaz had a match-high 22 digs while senior Laura Masciullo led the Pride with 15 kills. Luisa Sydlik ended with a match-high 35 assists while Ana Martinovic and Krakovic both ended the night with two aces for the Pride. The Pride still holds a commanding 9-2 lead in the all-time record against Elon and offers plenty of promise for a return to CAA glory this season.
Photo Courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Laura Masciullo led the Pride with 15 kills in Friday’s loss to Elon.
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Pride offense erupts as women’s soccer routs Elon
By Ethan Tanzer
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All they do is win. The Hofstra women’s soccer team defeated Elon University 5-0, extending their winning streak to six in a row. The game started off with a bang. In the sixth minute of play, Miri Taylor found Sabrina Bryan for an early tally Just thirty seconds later, Elon panicked, taking a penalty that
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led to a Lucy Porter penaltykick goal. Just like that, it was 2-0 for the Pride. There were quite a few fouls throughout the first half, but it did not distract the Pride from keeping up the pressure. Taylor connected on a header in the 12th minute and freshman Brianna Passaro scored her first career goal with less than two minutes remaining in the first half. Despite scoring only one goal in the second thanks to Bryan, Hofstra maintained the lead with its unstoppable defense. Elon was unable to muster any goals throughout the course of the game. “There was a lot of good energy I [could] feel before the game,” said head coach Simon Riddiough. “When you create those chances in the first 10 to 15 minutes and put them away, it makes it a tough game for the opposition. I thought that’s what it came down to today.” With the win, Hofstra moves into first place in the Colonial
Athletic Association (CAA) standings and improves to 8-3 on the season. However, a dog fight is ahead. Hofstra is on the road for three of their next four games, including bouts against Northeastern University, the College of Charleston and UNC-Wilmington. Hofstra has a 5-0 record at home this season, and will look to improve upon their 3-3 road record in the coming weeks. “This week will show us where we really stand as a team,” Riddiough said. Hofstra is now 6-0 all-time against Elon in regular season This is Hofstra’s third shutout of the season and the team has outscored CAA opponents 7-1 in two games played so far. The Pride’s next matchup is against Northeastern on Thursday, Oct. 3, at 7 p.m.
Photo Courtesy of Hofstra Atheltics Sabrina Bryan scored two goals in Sunday’s win over Elon.
Volleyball sweeps William & Mary to earn first CAA win By Zevan Shuster STAFF W R I T E R
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The Hofstra volleyball team defeated the College of William & Mary Tribe in straight sets on Sunday, Sept. 29, by scores of 25-13, 25-16 and 26-24 to end their three-game losing streak and pick up their first win in Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) play. Senior Laura Masciullo posted her second straight game with double-digit kills, putting up a match-high 13. She is now third in the CAA in both kills and kills per set and is four kills shy of becoming the fifth player in Hofstra program history to reach 1,500 kills. Luisa Sydlik was also crucial for the Pride, recording her team-high seventh doubledouble of the season, tallying 38 assists and 10 digs. Sydlik
now has double-digit assists in 78 consecutive games, and her 3,846 career assists are just 17 shy of fourth-place all-time. The Pride hit the 40-assist mark for the 10th time this season, getting 42 helpers. Hofstra is second in the CAA in both assists and assists per game, led by Sydlik, who is first in both categories. Partially as a result of their passing, the Pride also got to the 40-kill mark for the 10th time this season with a 45-kill performance. The Pride is second in the CAA in both kills and killsper-game, led by Masciullo, who is third in both of those categories. In all 10 games where the Pride have 40 or more kills, they have 40 or more assists to go along with them. Hofstra hit almost .300 for the match and had a .500 attack percentage in the second set. In that middle frame, the Pride racked up 15 kills on 24 attempts with just three errors. Hofstra committed just 16 errors overall, tied for their second-fewest of the season. The Pride went on two sepa-
rate 6-1 runs, one to open the first set and another to gain the advantage after a 4-4 tie to open set number two. The third set was much closer, as Hofstra rallied from a 23-21 deficit to win 26-24 and close out the match. Freshmen Simge Korkmaz and Athina Dimitriadis provided kills in the closing, sweepclinching run. Junior Ana Martinovic also had 10 kills and eight digs for Hofstra, while junior Juliana Vaz had a match-high 11 digs. For William & Mary, junior Kate Dedrick had a team-high 12 kills, while senior Autumn Brenner led the Tribe with 22 assists and added five digs. Hofstra is now 28-18 all time against William & Mary and has beaten them 12 times in a row. The Pride returns to action on Sunday, Oct. 6, when they travel to face the Towson University Tigers for a 12 p.m. match.
Photo Courtesy of Hofstra Atheltics Hofstra improves to 28-18 all-time against William & Mary.
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Warfel nets game-winner against Yale
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The Hofstra Pride field hockey team defeated the Yale University Bulldogs 2-1 on Sunday, Sept. 29, in their final game before beginning Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) play. Yale (2-5) dropped their fourth game in the last five outings while the Pride (4-5) has won four of five since starting the season with four straight losses. Head coach Courtney Veinotte called the win “the most composed 60 minutes that we’ve put together this season.” Senior Madison Warfel scored the game-winner with less than a minute left the third quarter. As junior Frankie O’Brien unleashed a long shot from just inside the 23-yard line near the sideline, Warfel extended her stick out and deflected it
inside the circle past Bulldog goalkeeper Sydney Terroso. “[Warfel] absolutely understands this is her turf,” Veinotte said of the senior. “She’s performing very well and she is understanding what the team needs of her.” Warfel has tallied three goals in her past two games at home. However, Yale was first to score in this contest. In the second quarter, junior Imogen Davies scored on one of the Bulldogs’ eight penalty corners on the day. The goal was Davies’ second of the year and the only one that the Bulldogs got past Pride goalie Merlijn van der Vegt, who finished with four saves on the day. In the third quarter, the Pride got on the board off of a wellplayed give-and-go between Cami Larsson and Djuna Slort after the Pride’s second-straight corner opportunity. The first corner saw O’Brien send the ball to Warfel who tapped it over to Larsson. A defensive foul by Yale’s Kelly Dolan reset the play, giving the Pride another attempt. This time, the Pride changed
things up. Larsson received the ball from O’Brien and tapped it over to Slort on her right. Larsson then broke toward the goal and Slort gave it back to her right around the penalty spot. Larsson cashed in for her team-leading fifth goal of the season. This game was a tale of two halves for the Hofstra Pride. After some early pressure that resulted in no shots on the net, the Pride was on their heels for much of the first two quarters. They went into halftime with just two shots, neither on goal, and one penalty corner. They stepped it up after the break, with four shots in the third quarter alone. All three of their shots on goal in the game also came in that third frame. The Pride hasn’t fared well against Yale historically, with a 10-18 all-time record against the Bulldogs. The victory also snapped a three-game skid in the head-to-head matchup. This was the Pride’s final game before beginning to face CAA opponents. The Pride welcomes in the Drexel University Dragons on Friday,
Oct. 4, at 3 p.m. “[We need to] get back on that momentum of the win and that
winning feeling going into next Friday,” Veinotte said.
Photo Courtesy of Adam Flash Warfel has three goals on eight shots on goal this season.
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Detwiler: Women’s soccer is the epitome of success
By Christopher Detwiler SPORTS E D I TO R
How do you define success for a sports team? Is it a winning season? A championship run? Consistently competing for a postseason spot? However you define it, Hofstra women’s soccer fits the bill. I’ve been following this team since my freshman year in 2016. That was their worst season since I’ve been a student, but they still ended with an impressive record. If 10-7-1 is their worst record in three years, something is going right. Unfortunately for Hofstra, five of those seven losses came against Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) opponents, so they missed the CAA postseason even though they had a better overall record than four of the six teams that made
the bracket. They were also the only team in the conference with a winning overall record that missed out on postseason play. The 2017-18 season was a different story. In one of the best regular seasons in the team’s history, Hofstra put together a 15-4-2 record and an unblemished 9-0-0 slate in CAA play. The last time a team was undefeated in conference play was back in 2010 when, you guessed it, Hofstra went 11-0 only to lose to James Madison University (JMU) in the CAA title game. The Pride still received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament in 2010 and got through the first round before falling to Boston College in the second. Hofstra carried their success into 2018 by earning another CAA tournament berth, as the No. 3 seed this time, and winning their second-straight CAA title. Unlike the previous season, they shut out every opponent they faced in the tournament, including in the final against the No. 1 seed, JMU. Now, in 2019, the Pride is predicted to three-peat as CAA champions and are well on their way to that goal. Hofstra is
on a six-game winning streak, currently the longest in the CAA, with a 7-3 overall record. Two of their three losses came against ranked opponents. This team has shown incredible consistency throughout the years, dating all the way back to when the Pride – then the Flying Dutchmen – first joined the CAA conference in 2001. Since then, the team has never finished with a losing overall record and has only missed the tournament twice. Let me repeat that: In the last 18 years, the Hofstra Pride has only missed the CAA women’s soccer tournament two times. This team is good, and they have been for a long time. One of the keys to all this success is coaching. Head coach Simon Riddiough is in his 14th year at the helm for the Pride and has yet to end the season with a losing record. He has led the team to four conference championships (2007, 2012, 2017, 2018) and has been to seven title games. In other words, out of his 13 completed seasons, seven of them, or 54% of them, have included a CAA title game appearance, which is nearly unheard of.
Photo Courtesy of Adam Flash The Pride look to defend their CAA title this season.
Another reason for the success of this women’s soccer program, at least in the three full seasons that I’ve been here, is the consistency of the core group of players. Obviously there will be changes in the starting lineup and star players that graduate, such as Jill Mulholland, Kristin Desmond, Jenn Buoncore, Jenna Borresen and Ashley Wilson, but the same core group has been on the pitch for the Pride since 2017. That year, Riddiough brought in what could be the best
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freshman class ever. Bella Richards, Sabrina Bryan, Jordan Littleboy, Lucy Porter and Lucy Shepherd combined for 12 goals as freshmen and have not stopped contributing since. In 2018, after the team lost their 2017 leading scorer in Desmond, Bryan and Porter exploded for 24 goals between the two of them. Both were named to the CAA First Team that year and cemented their roles as leaders on the team. Now in their junior year, those five continue to produce on the pitch and are now joined by young studs like sophomore Miri Taylor, who won CAA Rookie of the Year in 2018, and freshman Skylar Kuzmich, who has earned the starting position as goalie. The bottom line is, this team has been one of the most successful teams on campus. They have been consistently competing for CAA championships for the last 18 years and it doesn’t look like they’ll be slowing down anytime soon. So, go to games and cheer them on. Support the team however you can. This is a special program on campus – and one that deserves all the recognition it can get.
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Passion, perseverance and pride: Courtney Veinotte’s story CONTINUED FROM A1
“My mom is a very strong woman and she’s taught me a lot about leadership. She’s also a middle school teacher, so she’s very good at connecting with people and kids. I’ve always
Veinotte’s coaching career. “When I was a senior, I was uncertain of what path to go in and I thought I wanted to be in counseling,” Veinotte said. “Babineau asked if I had thought about coaching, and I
direction,” Veinotte said. “I just love the age of 16-22. They still love you, but they still need you. I love that age development.” Veinotte was an assistant coach at UMaine for six seasons, where she fell in love
“I think if you show one person respect and you’re kind to them one time, the next time they see you they will gift you a smile.” admired her teaching ability and getting people to step out of their comfort zone.” After high school, Veinotte remained in-state to play at UMaine under head coach Josette Babineau. Babineau was the catalyst that kickstarted
liked the idea.” Field hockey is such a large part of Veinotte’s life that she cannot imagine a world without it. “I actually started my master’s in counseling thinking I was going to go into the counseling
with coaching and strategizing against opponents. She even started Blackbear Elite, a club field hockey program that teaches children ranging from 10 to 18-years-old to play and learn the sport. “I wanted to make sure I
FIELD HOCKEY LAST FIVE GAMES
4-1 RECORD OUTSCORING OPPONENTS
11-9 CAMI LARSSON 5 GOALS
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was giving back to my state,” Veinotte said. “I want to build relationships and get players to trust me. It was also a way I fueled my development.” But it wasn’t only her coaches that played a role in Veinotte’s journey to becoming Hofstra’s newest head coach. “I have one younger brother and he is four years younger than me,” Veinotte said. “We loved rollerblading, building forts and climbing trees. We’re competitive, but he’s also a great person. If he knows I had a loss, he still texts me.” Veinotte was initially scared by the transition from UMaine to Hofstra, but she feels ready for the challenge. “I was excited [that] they were in a strong conference,” Veinotte said. “I wanted to make sure whatever move I was making was to another strong conference. I thought I could bring a little zip here.”
After two seasons as an associate head coach, Veinotte was named Hofstra’s new head coach following former head coach Kathy De Angelis’ resignation last season. The first-time head coach went winless in her first four games in the new position, but has since led the Pride to a 4-1 record in their last five games. The quick turnaround speaks directly to Veinotte’s forwardthinking mentality. “As a young player I was very hard on myself, and I had a hard time with if I made a mistake,” Veinotte said. “If my first touch on the ball was a mistake, how would I handle that? I was very intrinsically motivated, but also very tough on myself at times.” This attitude developed from her playing days has transitioned to her coaching mindset. “I think sports can teach you a lot on outlook, adversity and how you respond to situations,”
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Photo Courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Veinotte was inducted into the Maine Field Hockey Association Hall of Fame in Dec. 2015.
Volleyball earns first CAA win of the season
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October 1, 2019
Sweep Victory Volleyball earns their first CAA win in sweep over William & Mary
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