The Hofstra Chronicle: March 14th, 2013 Issue

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New pope revealed, campus reacts

By Dion Pierre

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egardless of faith, Hofstra’s campus paused 2:06pm when the highly anticipated “white smoke” poured out of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel to signal the selection of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, now Pope Francis I, by the College of Cardinals.

The selection in itself is already historic, as he is the first non-European pope in over 1,200 years. The unexpected timing of the news evoked great emotion amongst members of the Hofstra Newman Club.

Joe Moncada, the social networking chair of the Newman Club and of Honduran and Ecuadorian descent could not contain his excitement for the news.

“Considering that it is a week and a half until Easter, just having a pope in general is pretty awesome,” Moncada said. “But the fact that he is Latino is the icing on the cake. It hits home.”

Also elated by the selection of a Latino pope is Puerto Rican and Costa Rican American Natalia Alvarez of Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. Despite not being Catholic she sees a great message in today’s news.

“To have someone to be in that position…a very well respected and honored position is really an inspiration to all of us,” Alvarez said.

In addition to students, commenting on the news of a Latino pope was Hofstra history professor Michael D’Innocenzo.

“For the big bulk of Italian Cardinals to choose someone from not only outside of Italy, but outside of Europe, I think it’s a very positive sign for the Catholic Church,” D’Innocenzo. “It’s representing diversity.”

The quick election of Pope Francis I was highly unexpected after two days and five votes.

But as Bridget McCormack, Hofstra’s Catholic Campus minister put it, “That’s how the Holy Spirit works.”

The arrival of a new pope brings a new era to the Vatican and with that, supplies much hope for the future of the millions of Catholics whom he leads.

When asked if she had any hopes for Pope Francis I McCormack said, “I’m just praying a lot for the new pope, and I’m really excited to get to know more about him.”

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Shaved heads for St. Baldrick’s

By Magdalene Michalik Staff Writer

St. Baldrick’s Foundation joined Hofstra on Wednesday to shave heads of students and raise money and awareness for the research of pediatric cancer.

Inae Rurup, junior, was shaking with nervousness as her hair was being shaved off in front of a crowd of onlookers.

“I’ve been talking about shaving my head for a long amount of time, and when I walked in I just decided to go for it because it’s for such a good cause,” said Rurup. “I feel really good!”

Rurup’s decision to donate Wednesday was spontaneous and received massive encouragement from a large audience. Over 50 others, all men, joined her during common hour to support the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.

Rurup was the first female shavee at Hofstra in the foundation’s

five years of running the event, according to Thomas Kostiw, a 2010 alumnus who served as fifth-time coordinator of the event.

“I think that children’s cancer is one of the saddest things,” said Kostiw. “To be stuck with such an unfortunate disease is terrible.

Anything you can do to help a cause like that is just great.”

The fundraiser supports research for pediatric cancer based on the belief that children’s cancers require special attention and care that is unique from adult cancer treatments.

The School of Medicine and Hofstra Roller Hockey Club helped to sponsor this year’s head-shaving event with St. Baldrick’s and other Hofstra organizations. Employees from Hair Express have returned each year as volunteer barbers for the event.

To raise money for the cause,

participants signed up in advance to shave their hair off and receive a personalized donation page on the Foundation’s website. Once an individual’s goal amount is raised, that individual is expected to shave his or her head at the end of the fundraising period.

“The shaving of the head is an act of solidarity with the children, and the donations are from people supporting [children with cancer] to shave their head,” said Kostiw.

Students and faculty who were involved in the event raised over $15,000 by Wednesday.

However, fundraising will continue in the hopes of reaching a goal amount of $25,000. After the goal is reached, Provost Berliner will be the next shavee under the buzzer, according to Kostiw.

“It’s a wonderful feeling on behalf of an extremely worthy cause for research to help chil-

dren,” said Neil Donahue, senior associate dean of the Honors College. “It’s great that something like this can be organized and [can] accelerate the process to conquer this disease altogether.”

“I love my new look!” said David Caputo, sophomore marketing major. “It feels great. It is an amazing cause and goes to a good place.”

For those who did not want to shave their heads, regular donations were also accepted. Women who did not wish to shave their heads had their hair cut for a Locks of Love donation.

Cheers and excitement filled the Atrium with people who participated, organized, or came to applaud.

“It is for a good cause and there is nothing hard about it,” said Danny Reilly, junior radio and history major and third time shavee. “Hair grows back!”

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California Ave: Hofstra’s crossing danger zone

Students are concerned about their safety while walking across the California Ave. crosswalk.

By Magdalene Michalik Staff Writer

During the time span of half an hour on Monday, fourteen drivers failed to follow the stop sign on California Avenue between Weller Hall and CV Starr. Eight additional drivers merely completed a rolling stop.

The problem is that this is a frequently used crosswalk on the University’s campus and students are raising concerns.

“Multiple times I have almost been hit by cars coming down California Avenue,” said Daniella Krohn, senior music education major in an email. “One instance was actually two weeks ago.

Luckily, I heard them screeching around the corner or I wouldn’t be alive right now.”

Students feel that the stop sign is worthless and would like to see more safety measures, such as speed bumps or an installed walking signal.

“I feel as though the stop sign has no significance,” Krohn said.

“Drivers tend to ignore it if no one seems to be near the crosswalk

or they try to force their way through pedestrians because there are a lot of pedestrians crossing and they don’t feel like waiting. People tend to speed down the road because they’re trying to make the light.”

However, pedestrians need to remember that not paying attention while walking is equally as dangerous as being distracted while operating a vehicle.

“Granted, there are pedestrians that don’t pay attention to oncoming cars and they just walk out hoping that the car will stop,” Krohn said.

Last year, the University Senate Planning and Budget Committee lobbied for a traffic light to be installed on California Avenue when the Senate passed a resolution for a traffic study to be conducted.

“The intent was to either have the appropriate local authority install a traffic light or some other

means to better insure pedestrian’s safety in the crosswalk,” said Victor Lopez, chair of the senate planning and budget committee.

“The director of Public Safety then spoke to the town of Hempstead and the village of Hempstead authorities since both share responsibility for Hempstead Avenue and the preliminary result reportedly is that they were not receptive to install-

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that stop signs and rules of the road don’t apply just because it’s campus. People will blow through the stop signs by the Student Center, people will go through everything, especially by CV Starr.”

California Avenue is perpendicular to Hempstead Turnpike, which was named by the Triborough State Campaign as the most dangerous roadway for walking over for the fourth year in a row. Although Public Safety can’t control Hempstead Turnpike because it is off campus, it is doing as much as it can about pedestrian safety on campus.

“There are crosswalks marked off throughout the campus with stop signs and speed bumps,” said John O’Malley, Public Safety’s associate director of operations.

Public Safety did not have information as to when the last time there was an accident on California Avenue or how many driving related tickets were issued

“People think that stop signs and rules of the road don’t apply because it’s campus. ” ing a traffic light…” said Lopez.

The reason is that there is no precedent to install a traffic light in an area where two streets do not intersect, according to Lopez.

The crosswalk at California Avenue isn’t the only place where safety is an issue.

“It’s all over campus,” said Jennifer Bull, junior fine arts education major. “People think

within the past year.

Anita Ellis, director of OffCampus Living and Commuting Student Services, provides programs to commuters and residents throughout the year to raise awareness about safety.

Public Safety officers also speak at some of these programs.

“In all programs that I have, I take the time to talk about safety in how the students drive and walk,” said Ellis. “Texting and walking or walking with loud music playing in headphones is just as dangerous because you can’t hear or pay attention to your surroundings.”

Ellis also provides literature in her office about safety, which she encourages students to read.

Nassau County Police enforces driving rules as well, where numerous tickets have been issued at the stop sign at California Avenue, according to O’Malley.

“A lot of students have to cross there and it’s just too dangerous,” Khron said.

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CBS editor analyzes job market and economy

By Ehlayna Napolitano Staff Writer

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JIll Schlesinger discussed how to succeed in today’s job market.

Jill Schlesinger, editor at large of CBSMoney.com, spoke to Hofstra students about the future of American finances and economic growth in her talk, “Money, Politics and You: What to Expect in 2013” in the Cultural Center Theater on Wednesday night.

Speaking before an audience made up mostly of students from the Zarb Business School and the School of Communications, Schlesinger said that despite American economic woes and the average student’s worries about the future, students should remain motivated.

“I always like to remind any college student that it’s okay to try something, even if it’s a rotten job,” said Schlesinger.

A graduate of Brown University, Schlesinger discussed her own career and stated that experimentation with jobs and being able to take any job available can help students to determine their own path. Schlesinger noted that her own changes in career took her from Wall Street to CBS—she began her working life at the Commodities Exchange, where she was one of just eight women out of a group of nearly 800 people.

“I thought I was going to do something fun and make money and I was like, ‘I don’t like this that much,’ so I decided to do something else,” she said.

Professor Robert Hoell, adjunct journalism professor, brought his class to the talk in the hopes of helping his students learn from her experience in journalism especially.

“I looked at it as Jill Schlesinger, journalist, instead of Jill Schlesinger… businessperson. To me, she’s a journalist, so I wanted them to see her and be able to ask some questions and find out how she is able to get through to her audience with what can be a very dry and boring topic sometimes,” he said.

Furthermore, Hoell added that the speaker’s advice in regards to taking internships and jobs as much as possible was something that his students could take away from the talk and use in their future education and careers.

“I think that one of the most important things that they got out of it that she said is to stand out.

It’s very important to stand out….

I think they’re excited about internships and I would assume that most of them will be applying for internships this summer,” he said.

Students felt similarly that the advice given during the talk would be helpful in helping them to plan for their futures, both in their academic lives and post-graduate lives.

Caroline Kim, a first-year marketing major, said that she learned that networking and connecting with people in your field is a very important facet of getting into that field.

“She’s really passionate… I feel like her personality is really charming and I really want to talk to her and get connected with her,” she said.

Jay Eli, senior entrepreneurship major, said that the advice she gave was very helpful for him, especially since he will soon be entering the job market.

“I learned a lot today,” Eli said.

“I grasped a lot from what she said… I can do internships, I have to get creative, I have to get on social networks, I have to find ways to put myself out there because I’m in a unique field.”

This was Schlesinger’s first time speaking at Hofstra. She typically gives three talks per year at colleges across the country. As a final piece of advice, Schlesinger left her audience with these tips: work hard, take any job and never be afraid to fail.

Public Safety Briefs Compiled by Magdalene Michalik

A student stated that when he returned to his vehicle in the Stuyvesant Hall parking lot on March 6, he discovered several scratches on the rear bumper.

There were no witnesses and a report was filed with the NCPD. An RA director smelled the odor of marijuana coming from a room in Estabrook Hall on March 6. The RA keyed into the room and found the resident and another student. No substance was recovered and the two students received summonses.

A PSO assigned to the main entrance on north campus observed an individual running towards the Student Center on March 9. The male was a non-student and was escorted to the HIC and was banned from

campus.

During an event in Hof USA on March 9, PS personnel observed an individual with a bottle of alcohol in his pocket. The student received a summons.

PS issued a summons to a student at Hof USA for violating the guest policy by signing in 2 non-students on March 9.

A student stated that when she returned to her vehicle parked near Vander Poel Hall on March 9, she discovered that her vehicle was broken into and a GPS was removed. There were no witnesses and NCPD assistance was declined.

Resident Life found a folding knife on a desk in a Constitution Hall room while conducting a

Health and Safety Inspection on March 11. The resident was present and stated that the knife was his. The knife was confiscated and the student received a summons.

A plastic bag containing marijuana residue was found during a Health and Safety inspection in Constitution Hall on March 11. The bag was confiscated and the resident received a summons.

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Making your closet match the trends of spring ‘13 By sophia strawser FeAtures editor

even if Long island refuses to let us enjoy the spring, it’s best to be fashionably prepared. Last spring was a collection of high-to-low-hem skirts, bright colors and floral patterns. It looks like this spring is going to be in black and white. the color tones of spring will be black, white and nude. so grab your patterns and colors from the last couple of seasons and use them sparingly. Color isn’t to be deceased this spring, but to be toned down. this should make shopping a lot easier

for us poor college students. Goodwill is full of neutral tones; you just have to search for them. Finding basic tees,

pieces from last year, leaving you with a unique, polished and in-style outfit.

Keeping a collection of bright scarves

“Finding basic tees, camisoles and dresses can give you great base pieces for your outfits. ” camisoles and dresses can give you great base pieces for your outfits. You can spice up those basic tones with your color

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t’s time for another group of senior Bucket List items to add to your list. the cap and gown are hanging in the closet, and the last of our credits are getting underway. it’s almost time to call college a rap. so get your pencil read because you’ve got quite a few things to check.

1. Admit to yourself that it’s easy to make the easy decision. But if it’s not what will make you happy, why bother? #healthabovewealth 2. Make a mix of 20 songs, using 5 that sum up/got big in each of your four years in college. You’ll listen to it in 10 years and smile.

3. Walk on all three unispans, just to say you did it.

4. Go to Popeyes when you’re sober.

Are those biscuits actually as good as you remember?

5. Actually read all of the Chronicle. seriously, do it. support your fellow classmates.

can be the perfect way to keep your outfits looking different from week to week, even if you are sporting the same black

Compiled by The Chronicle staff In Class: Professor: this guy told me to sit in front of a mountain naked and i was like... . that’s it.

In the Student Center: Guy: so smack that b**** in her f****** mouth.

“In Bites & Bytes: Guy: I’ve been looking for love in all the wrong places.”

Grab a copy of The Hofstra Chronicle next week to keep your bucket list up to date.

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Another great way to make these neutral colors pop is to add accessories. it may be normal to see someone with the same top as you, but for someone to have that same top with the same mix of bangles, pins and earrings is very rare. this will give you your own sense of style while still following the trends of spring 2013. it’s shaping up to be a very classic spring. tap into your inner Audrey Hepburn, Hofstra.

In Class: Guy: i actually paid attention today.

Girl: Yeah, because you made everything sexual.

In Bites & Bytes: Guy: i’ve been looking for love in all the wrong places.

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In Class: Professor: “Kilo. those of you who deal should know that pretty well.”

In the Student Center: Guy: Maybe we will go to Baltimore and get our crab cakes on.

In Enterprise Hall: Girl: You can be my rA and we can smoke together in the hallway.

In Dempster Hall: Girl: What are you drinking?

Guy: i don’t know, it’s some sort of coffee thing.

Girl: Well, i don’t know. the only thing i see is that it is brown like me.

In the Student Center: Guy: i’m about to get all up in that retweet.

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Ten things you need to know to put the lucky in your charm

By Jana Kaplan Assistant Features Editor

Top of the mornin’ to ya! Have you ever wondered what it is about St. Patrick’s Day that makes everyone drink like they’re Irish? Here are 10 facts about the holiday: 1. St. Patrick, the man we cheer to, is the patron saint of Ireland, even though he was born in Britain in about 385 BCE. He was captured and taken to Ireland at 14 years old, left six years later, and returned in his 30s as a missionary for the Celtic pagans.

2. When he brought the Latin alphabet to Ireland, St. Patrick used the shamrock as a symbol of the Holy Trinity. Even though he originally wore blue, we wear green clothes, eat green food, and even drink green drinks to commemorate St. Patrick’s use of the shamrock.

3. Popular Irish toasts on St. Patrick’s Day includes “May the roof above us never fall in, and may we friends beneath it never fall out.” Cheers!

holiday in Ireland and certain areas in the Caribbean that were founded by Irish refugees.

6. Looking for a vacation? Dublin holds

“Looking for a vacation? Dublin holds an annual parade to honor St. Patrick, and a river in Chicago is dyed green for a few hours. ” 4. Boston was the first city in America in which St. Patrick’s Day was celebrated, in 1737. Now more than 34 million Americans claim Irish heritage (at least for that day).

5. It is believed that St. Patrick died on March 17 in 461 BCE. It is now a national

an annual parade to honor St. Patrick, and a river in Chicago is dyed green for a few hours. You can also take a short train ride to New York City for the biggest parade, and the drunkest leprechauns, you’ll ever see.

7. Nine of the people who signed our

Declaration of Independence had an Irish heritage, and 19 of the presidents of the United States were of Irish origin.

8. For every 10,000 three-leaf clovers there is one lucky four-leaf clover.

Legend says each leaf of the clover means something: the first is hope, the second is faith, the third is love, and the fourth is luck.

9. Irish soda bread, a traditional St. Patrick’s Day dish, is distinct in that it is made with baking soda instead of yeast.

Corned beef and cabbage is also a common meal. Over 26 billion pounds of beef and 2.3 billion pounds of cabbage are annually produced in the United States.

10. There are nine cities in America which are named after Ireland’s capital, Dublin.

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How to cut your spending on campus

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or college students a huge issue looming overhead always seems to be finances. This is understandable as gaining responsibility doesn’t just mean doing your own laundry or buying your own textbooks.

Finances prove to be a consistent problem for today’s youth regarding debts, finding a job, supporting oneself, etc. this isn’t seen exclusively in the universal categories, students face smaller scaled financial problems on campus every day. the most recognizable example of this is, simply enough, food.

Buying food with your meal plan and being proactive with your purchases is a microcosmic example of what we will deal with once we graduate college and face the bigger, more overwhelming financial issues. there are many easy and manageable ways to cut back on spending with your meal plan. The first step towards clearing and eliminating the distressing fog known as debt is to recognize what you’ve been spending most of your meal plan on and

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where. For me in particular, i have fallen into the temptation of red Mango one too many times.

every day, i would get red Mango for lunch. it’s healthy, sweet and delicious, but it’s also incredibly expensive.

A fellow student who had similar experiences with expenses is Jaime Colon, 18, Annapolis, Maryland. “i probably spent the most on food at Bits and Bytes,” said Colon. “it’s where i went before afternoon classes.”

Another temptation many are victim to is overspending at dutch treats. “i used to have a lot of 8 a.m.’s and would stop at dutch treats. i’d get a protein shake and an apple and it would add

“Despite that meal plans have limits on them already, ending the semester with a little spare money is never harmful and sometimes beneficial.”

Last semester, almost every day, i would stop in Bits and Bytes for a little while before classes in Memorial Hall and, almost

“I don’t really have an opinion.”

- Julissa Hoogereen, Freshman

“I think it’s good there is a pope, but I don’t know why they wouldn’t pick someone younger. ” - stephanie Abbott, Freshman

up to eleven dollars in change,” said John Larson, 24, Bronx, new York. “i went through two, two thousand dollar meal plans.”

After the semester is over, acknowledging what is left on your meal plan makes for a spending record and a goal for the next semester. For me this was negative two hundred dollars, plus the money friends had loaned me. “it was minimal, like ten dollars,” said Jaime Colon. “i was left with negative, yeah nothing,” said Jenna Mcphail, 20, York, Pennsylvania.

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“I don’t really have an opinion.

I’m not Catholic.”

- Cat Higgins, sophomore

What is your opinion of the new pope?

“I like that there is a new pope and I want to go and see him because I saw the last one.”

- Jenna Gehring, sophomore

“I haven’t heard about it yet, but I know he is from Argentina.”

- eric Gregson, sophomore

“I could care less. People should be more worried about the North Korean situation.”

- Mike Clug, Freshman

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All the steps on how to acheive the imfamous dramatic look By isabela Jacobsen stAFF Writer

When you next step out, step away from the natural look and into a more dramatic, flashy look. don’t be afraid to catch some attention with bolder makeup. use neutral colors to achieve a light smoky eye. the dramatic look is not always about the color; it is mostly

your crease to create depth in the eyes. Put the grey eye shadow onto the outer corner of your eyes. then blend the two dark colors together with a fluffy brush. Make

“Use a liquid eyeliner for this look because it looks neater and bolder than a pencil eyeliner. ” about technique and patience. take your time with the eyes. if you take your time and have patience, your eyes will look amazing. the urban decay naked Basics pallet is wonderful for any makeup look you are going for. start the eyes with the lightest colors on the pallet, creating a smooth, natural look to the eyes. then switch to the darkest colors you have in your makeup bag for the dramatic part of the look, for example grey and black. With the black eye shadow follow

sure you keep the contrast between the light and dark colors. the hardest Photo Courtesy: Isabela Jacobsen/Hofstra Chronicle part is the eyeliner. use a Isabela Jacobsen sports her version of the popular dramatic look, with red lips and smokey eyes. liquid eyeliner for this look because it looks neater and if you want to see this look in more neutral tones. Make sure course, don’t forget to wing it bolder than a pencil eyeliner. a video, check out my Youtube to keep your lips moisturized out; it really ties in the dramatic start lightly, and start creating channel, honeyeyes494, where with Chapstick beforehand look. a thin line at the inner corner of i show, step by step, how to because a bold lipstick will After you’ve done the hardest your eye, making the line thicker create this bold, dramatic look. bring a lot of attention to those part, apply a bright lipstick to towards the outer corner. of luscious lips. offset your neutral eyes used

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espite that meal plans have limits on them already, ending the semester with a little spare money is never harmful and sometimes beneficial. if it’s your fall meal plan, the money carries over, and if it’s spring, then you could treat yourself to all that extra food you always wanted. You could buy a shake at Bits and Bytes, get a few frozen dinners at dutch treats, treat your friends to dinner or even go on a grocery

shopping spree and donate all the food to charity! in order to get there, however, it is imperative to cut back and manage your spending. innovative ways i’m attempting to cut back on spending include not buying drinks. Because there are hydration stations around campus, it is environmentally wise and financially ideal to refill your bottle and never worry about getting drinks on campus again.

other than the water bottle idea, there are simple and powerful ways to go about saving

meal.” this ensures that you satisfy your hunger, but quiet down the temptation to overspend on snacks. it isn’t necessarily a constant temptation, considering how fast meal plans can go, how illusively they can pull the wool over your eyes and have your budget dwindling just because of what you buy on a daily basis. “i wish i took the proper initiative,” said John Larson, “i’m not eating as frequently now, but having bigger meals that are more spaced out.” A change to

“There are simple and powerful ways to go about saving money.” money. “i’m trying not to buy as many side dishes,” said Jaime Colon, “no fries with my burger, water to drink, just getting the main

your eating schedule or what you spend your money on doesn’t need to be too drastic, as long as it works for you. “i’m generally keeping track of what i spend everyday,” said Jenna Mcphail. As the second semester continues, students’ plans for saving their meal plan are working out, even if they just save a few bucks. it may seem like you’re not spending a lot of money, but the real world can make an abundant supply go fairly quickly and our small-scale example on campus demonstrates how true this is.

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Bowie comes back strong

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rom glam rock to dance pop to electronica, it feels like David Bowie has never gone away. But he has. Bowie’s experimentations with noise rock and electronicainfluenced music in the 90s led to a dismal decline in album sales, despite his continued critical acclaim. Ten years after his well received but low-grossing album “Reality,” Bowie is entering a new chapter in his eclectic history, maybe the only route he has left to take: welladjusted, normal, older gentleman.

We’ve all seen pictures of Bowie as Ziggy Stardust and as a sexual, androgynous figure, but now we get Bowie as someone settling down and looking back at his own career.

“The Next Day,” whose surprising announcement came from Bowie on his own 66th birthday, is his first album since “Reality” and contains entirely original material. The album is a momentous comeback, rarely seen in the music world.

The album’s cover art is the cover for his album “Heroes,” with the title crossed out and a white box covering Bowie’s face with “The Next Day” written in black text. Both the cover and the title reference the fact that Bowie is welcoming this adjustment into normality.

‘Normal’ is probably the last place people have ever wanted Bowie to go, and to hear that “The Next Day” is the most traditionally rock-influenced album he’s ever put out is disheartening at first. But as some of his classic rock peers—like Eric Clapton and Bon Jovi, who both released

subpar records on the same day—have settled and are fizzing out, Bowie is just now discovering what settling down means.

“The Stars (Are Out Tonight),” the album’s second single, finds Bowie watching celebrities from a distance, recognizing his own fall from popularity. Yet the short film that is the music video pairs him with actress Tilda Swinton in a tantalizingly weird portrayal of finding youth in adulthood, in a way that shows Bowie still hasn’t quite adjusted. Likewise, the album’s best track and first single, “Where Are We Now?” is pretty direct in its maturing lyrics.

It has been suggested that Bowie playfully chose to release the ballad as the first single to ease his audience into his return.

The extended version of “The Next Day” is 17 songs and roughly an hour in length, yet it is never lackluster.

Men of his age tend to release albums of covers, or original material that quickly falls into redundancy.

Bowie is at the top of his game, as he has been at each point in his ever-changing career. His voice is just as clear as it was on “Let’s Dance,” with just as much inspiration. There may be fewer instruments, but this time around, Bowie is experimenting with conventionality. The aging Bowie still has some spunk left in him, despite his own maturity.

Like a bitter old man, Bowie has adamantly opposed a tour for the album. But like an old man who is jealous of younger generations, he hasn’t yet ruled out some various shows. “The Next Day” is a personal album, as Bowie struggles to both fall into and stay separate from a traditional life. It is a restlessness that is in us all.

“Bowie is entering a new chapter in his eclectic history...”

Three local collegiate DJs battled for the winning title at Zachary’s on March 8.

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DJ Marv Mixes His Way to Victory

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efore we get into the ruckus that was the night of March 8, it is best that I give full disclosure on my activity. I was commissioned

by Red Bull to obtain both photo and video of the event. I was paid in full just like everyone else who decided to come out for a good time.

The Red Bull Thre3style University took place at a local nightclub, Zachary’s. The venue was extremely swanky and the strobes gave the entire club a buzz. There were three DJs representing Hofstra University: DJ 9bit, Joey K & Marv Elito.

There are only a few rules to a Red Bull Thre3Style. The judges score based off of the

DJs’ track selection, technical skills and creativity. They have two stipulations: first they need to use three styles of music, and second, they can only play for 15 minutes.

I have to say that each and every DJ that performed at Zachary’s left the crowd wanting more than the permitted 15 minutes. Each of them played sets that got the crowd moving and highly energized. The fact that the set had to be eclectic seemed to have been challenging at times for some. That’s what makes this competition so unique. It takes DJs that have their own niche and it exposes them to another style and movement that is foreign to their own.

All the DJs put on a great performance, making it very difficult for the judges to come up with

the winner. In the end DJ Marv Elito came out with the title. His ability to mix and match was incomparable and although he played songs across the EDM spectrum there was still complete cohesion in his set. Marv Elito made out with the grand prize of one thousand dollars. I asked him how it felt to win the competition. He said, “It feels great, man… Nice to get rewarded for what I do…Big up to Joey K and 9Bit for rocking out.”

All of these DJs embraced the challenge and exceeded expectations. I had no idea how much raw talent was being cultivated in this vicinity, and it makes a Hofstranaut like myself very proud. There is no doubt that the future will bring rave reviews about at least one of these DJs.

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Movie Review:

By Petra Halbur staff writer

“O

z: The Great and Powerful” is a film that means well but utterly lacks in direction and intelligence. The movie succeeds in some respects, but its shortcomings are too fundamental for the movie to be redeemable.

The movie is a prequel to the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” and, in some respects, to Frank L. Baum’s classic novel. It establishes how Oscar “Oz” Diggs (James Franco) becomes the Wizard of Oz, and how Glinda (Michelle Williams) and the Wicked Witch of the West (either Rachel Weisz or Mila Kunis…it’s supposed to be a twist) develop into the characters we know.

The film wanders aimlessly for the first two acts and falls back on that tired plot device of a prophecy foretelling of a male savior, despite the presence of powerful women who seem more than capable of overcoming wickedness by themselves.

The only thing worse than the story is the acting. I don’t know what happened to these high quality stars, but Franco and Kunis are awful. They say their lines in a manner quite cringeworthy, and their romance is devoid of chemistry. Mercifully, Weisz and Williams enter the film roughly around the midpoint and save

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Franco and Kunis from themselves.

The second half shows off the film’s greatest strength: the establishment of Oz as the Wizard.

The film effectively makes Oz’s famous retreat behind the curtain a victory rather than a cop-out.

In the original story, the Wizard is a liar that deceives the people of the land. Yet here, Oz resorts to this charade to defeat the evil witches. I appreciate that Oz’s knack for illusion, the very thing that marked him as a conman in Kansas, is employed as a weapon against the forces of evil.

However, the screenwriters maxed out their capacity for moral ambiguity on the protagonist, leaving the Wicked Witch of the West the single weakest villainous backstory I have ever seen. After all, the development of the antagonist should be as exciting—just look at Darth Vader and Magneto. In this movie, though, all it seems to take is a broken heart and a green apple to create a monster. It is contrived, sexist and altogether inexcusable.

“Oz: The Great and Powerful” may have some strengths, but its weak points weigh too heavily on this film to make it anything but a failure.

Music Review:

By John Thomas Staff writer

T

he Cave Singers’ new album “Naomi” inspired a lot of mixed opinions within me. The opening track, “Canopy,” was the kind that edges around good, but doesn’t quite exceed the trappings of a John Krasinski film’s soundtrack.

This isn’t necessarily an indication of subpar songwriting, but it’s definitely points to the mediocre.

After “Canopy” there’s a six songs-long bog that I, as an ethical journalist and critic, was forced to slog through. It had everything from unsettlingly lukewarm beats to lyrics that, while understandable, didn’t really merit any understanding. It felt like an

Courtesy of www.breitbart.com “Oz: The Great and Powerful premiered in theaters on March 8.

‘Naomi’ by The Cave Singers’

impromptu group jam for a while and called it half an album. The last tune “Shine” was excruciating--it has everything going against it. It’s after a string of already less-thanacceptable songs, and then the musicians had to go and put in a harmonica solo. It sounds halfhearted, and in a song that feigns at optimism that just doesn’t work.

After emerging from the sonic bog, things pick up significantly with “Karen’s Car,” which seemed to reach a sense of personal earnestness that none of the previous tracks had been able to hit. It even brings a much more sincere optimism than “Shine.”

What really marked the differ-

ence between “Karen’s Car” and the previous half of the album was that it finally picked up a little bit. I’m happy to say that the rest of the album continues this positive trend. “Naomi” ends strongly on two tracks that pleasantly finish off the crooked grin that makes up the album. “When the World” is the kind of song I’m not usually down for, that sort that’s all about always being there for your significant other -- one of the lyrics is verbatim “I’ll be your man” -- but I wasn’t too bothered by it because it had a sort of pep that wasn’t grating, and tied up all of the album’s emotional threads well.

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Frontman Darek Fudesco created The Cave Singers after breaking off from sucessful indie rock band, Pretty Girls Make Graves.

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TV That

Matters:

By Matt Ern Columnist

The Walking Dead- “Arrow...”

Grade: BMaybe it’s because it followed one of the best episodes the series has ever had, but “Arrow on the Doorpost” felt a little lacking to me. Last week’s “Clear” bypassed in the season-long Governor arc and delved deep into a handful of the characters.

This week took the opposite route and advanced the Governor-plot, but the character moments felt a little too far and few for me.

Andrea set up a meeting between Rick and the Governor.

Rick proposes a peaceful boundary that neither camp will cross, and the Governor counters by saying he’s only there to accept Rick’s surrender. He does offer Rick a deal though: turn over Michonne and he’ll leave the prison alone.

Rick suspects that even if he turned in Michonne there would be no guarantee the Governor wouldn’t kill the rest of them anyway (the Governor confirms this suspicion at the end of the episode when he outlines his real plan to Milton). But Rick hasn’t made up his mind yet, he’s still considering giving up Michonne to save his people.

It’s an interesting quandary for Rick to mull over, but it’s not exactly new territory for the character. The whole season has been about showing the hardened man Rick has become and the mental toll all the tough decisions is taking. One interesting character pairing was Milton and Hershel meeting, but other than that “Arrow on the Doorpost” served up more of the status quo.

Merle tries to convince Michonne to join him on a sneak attack on the Governor but she refuses, maybe out of some newfound

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loyalty to Rick after her trip with him last week to Morgan’s.

For better or worse, it seems as though the Governor arc will wrap up shortly. I don’t see it getting stretched out past this season (with only three episodes left). I think it’s safe to say the story has worked better than the Farm last year, but I’m not sure I think it was a grand success either.

Community - “Cooporative”

Grade: B+

Thanksgiving in March worked well for Community. Although the episode was a little uneven, it was still one of the better efforts of the season.

The Jeff storyline hit home for me. It nailed the important emotional character development that the meeting between Jeff and his father needed, and the comedy worked well thanks to Adam DeVine from “Workaholics.”

As far as Jeff’s dad, he’s a lot like Jeff.

To him, he did the right thing by abandoning Jeff since his other son turned out too soft. Joel MacHale does a great job delivering Jeff’s speech as he finally confronts his father. The story about the appendicitis scar is so horrifying and strange I’m not sure if it’s amazing or too over-the-top, but I’m glad the show is able to make me feel something again.

I’m a little worried that the storyline wrapped up so nicely and quickly, but hopefully Jeff still has a few more daddy issues to work out.

Where the episode falters is

the Shawshank Redemption parody being done by the rest of the cast. The remaining members of the Study Group trying to escape Shirley’s Thanksgiving seemed like a really ham-handed way to do a prison conceit.

The whole thing wore a little thin for me until the end when Abed pointed out some of the more ridiculous aspects of what they were doing and suggested that maybe the parody was more in line with the TV show “Prison Break.”

All things considered though, I didn’t think the action at Shirley’s house was particularly funny, which is a big problem for a comedy, no matter how well they pull off a Shawshank homage.

That said, this season seems to have finally settled into a comfortable groove. The past two episodes weren’t great by any standard, but they worked much better than the premiere or that horrible convention episode.

If the rest of the season can maintain at least this level of quality, I won’t write Community 2.0 off as a complete failure, but it’s still sad to see one of TV’s best sitcoms struggle to even turn out a mediocre episode.

“One of the best efforts of the season.”

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Eric Clapton – “Old Sock” Grade: C I grew up on ‘Clapton is God,’ but as with any god, my faith is being questioned. His 20th solo album eschews blues to embrace reggae influences that he has previously used only subtly. The result is 10 covers and two original songs, nearly all of which feel lifeless. Sir Paul McCartney’s guest spot goes unnoticed, and J.J. Cale only shows up on the worst songs.

When the guitar comes out, it’s fresh. But it largely stays dusty in its case. Clapton once quit the Yardbirds because he felt the band wasn’t bluesy enough. He’s come a long way since then.

If You Like: John Lennon, Willie Nelson Key Track: “All of Me”

Marnie Stern – “The Chronicles of Marnia” Grade: B+ Equal parts bubblegum vocals and thrashing guitar, Marnie Stern’s fourth album adds little to her discography creatively, but it is a subtle progression.

“The Chronicles of Marnia” – perhaps the best album title of the year – blends her crisp vocals and gritty guitar better than her previous works. Her vocals and lyrics still fall victim to her constant guitar tapping, but they’re beginning to blend better. It’s 32 minutes of Eddie Van Halen as a young, female indie Brooklynite who can equate emotion with volume and speed. If you’ve always wanted noise-rock-inspired indie pop, here’s a start.

If You Like: Maps & Atlases, Sleater-Kinney Key Track: “Proof of Life”

Bon Jovi – “What About Now” Grade: DSet your clock to 1986 and send your weird aunt a Facebook message to tell her to update her workout CD. Bon Jovi’s new album is essentially one long, occasionally acoustic song.

If conventional radio rock is your thing, then here’s your album. There’s nothing new, different or interesting, but fans of the band will likely enjoy it. Bon Jovi never strays from that formula for twelve tracks of guitar-based pop-rock, referencing both Gucci and CBGB’s in out-of-touch ways. There’s one track where Jon sings, “Do you want what’s left of me?” No.

If You Like: Heart, earlier Bon Jovi Key Track: N/A

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EDITORIAL

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Beautification plans lack unification

By Ben Suazo

Illustration by Kristin Sprague

Staff Writer

I was sitting in a study lounge of one of Hofstra’s towers, enjoying the view of the world below, when I began to ponder why this university tends to be such a disappointment to so many of its students.

It’s not that Hofstra does a poor job exciting prospective students about coming here. Who can forget the big envelope that told of your acceptance, or the talented and smiling PRIDE Guides and admissions counselors who said you’d fit right in? It all builds up, and builds up, and then… drops. Somewhere between getting into this school and actually being a part of it, Hofstra drops the ball and fails to keep students excited.

I wouldn’t dare try to answer why Hofstra is full of so much cynicism toward its self-image in a small newspaper column. That answer would require a full-blown scientific report. But from where I sat, staring down at the paths between the four north-most towers, something struck me.

What I saw was a beautiful plan for tree-lined walkways, and then I saw a weirdly placed, widened staircase between Vander Poel and Enterprise leading into… nothing. Why on earth should a wide staircase lead to an asphalt road instead of a wide pedestrian area? Or a pavilion. Some place to just throw down your backpack and hang out.

Right now, anyone who frequents Dutch Treats can see the results of a “North Campus Beautification” project that will replace the old concrete ice rink with a grass square, all in the good name of helping residents actually feel comfortable on the side of campus where they have to live.

The logic behind it is great, but in the end, it will just be another peripheral patch of grass where students chat between grabbing a bite to eat. The residential side will still feel like the place to go to sleep and park your car, not

much else.

What we could really use is a place to be, an appropriate space to sit outdoors and study without interrupting the natural comfort of Hofstra’s arboretum.

Our community is so much less happy than it could be, because, outside of a few residence halls’ courtyards, there is no convenient, central place to just socialize outdoors on North Campus. The addition of a large, welcoming space could go

a long way in improving campus morale.

Just think—a walk back from class would no longer mean

going to your room, because suddenly you’re in a large circle of your best buddies, and you’re all outside and happy, and you never even had to leave campus to achieve that. On weekends, you could look down from the towers, spot someone you know, and go downstairs to meet them.

The residential side could actually come alive.

Maybe the project in front of Hofstra USA is the right idea, but the current project is much too small and much too close to a road to feel human. Since Hofstra already has more than its fair share of roads, I would love to see a road or a parking lot torn up for the benefit of a socially oriented space rather than one more plain grass quadrangle.

It makes sense that a residential campus built on top of an airport will always have to fight the tendency toward cars and concrete to create a more livable, human space. But to fight that fight would be an investment worth making, because it would benefit all residential students who have ever complained that there is nowhere to go on campus on weekends. While I appreciate a beautification project, it will take more than a tiny square to lift people’s spirits around here. It will take a large square, plants and a plan with students’ happiness in mind.

“The addition of a welcoming space could go a long way in improving campus morale.” robotically following the most direct path to home. Instead, it would mean bumping into a friend and then forgetting you were

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Club shows faith’s role in charity

By Dion J. Pierre Staff Writer

One of the most surprising things about Hofstra University in today’s secular culture is the abundance of religious faith present on our campus.

College is usually deemed as your arrival at the gates of a secular utopia. It is often a world of sex, parties and liberal professors who try to enlighten us as to why religion may actually be the root of our societal problems. But in this utopia lies a major problem that is destroying our generation from within.

The Intervarsity Christian Fellowship organized the 30-Hour Famine March 9 to raise awareness for child hunger in developing countries where the average child goes about 30 hours without eating.

In their time of fasting, the group participated in community service projects that included delivering care packages for terminally ill children at Winthrop Hospital, picking up trash in Eisenhower Park and playing Bingo with senior citizens at the Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility. As I observed their actions, I realized how happy they were just to stand up and

make a difference.

I then realized that the lack of faith in today’s culture is seriously impairing our ability to care about anything. Our generation lives a fast-paced lifestyle of instant gratification and inauspicious apathy. We have put so much energy into distancing ourselves from faith that we have forgotten its benefits: love, values and community.

Yet, here were college kids just like us, who were seeking to empathize with children suffering thousands of miles away. They will probably never meet these children or have Intervarsity Christian Fellowship members after the 30-Hour Famine this year. to wait 30 hours for a meal, but their faith drove them to bring because it will get us 100 likes care is to think, and to think is far compassion to a higher level. on Facebook, but because we too complex.

We believe more in the gospel believe that somewhere inside us It is much easier to read of celeblies an inner good. your newsfeed than to actually rity Twitter As a result of their efforts, examine the world around you. feeds than Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Secularism has wired us to shy in the raised $3, 576, which will feed away from one of the fundamenGospel that tal values of faith: helping fellow 10 children for one year. At the preaches conclusion of the event, the starvman. charity, ing crusaders were rewarded with Why else do we ignore the compasa plethora of food from Lackmann local derelicts who hound us sion and and homemade dishes from the for change? Why else do we common members’ families. ignore the fact that we sit in an sense. We Before enjoying their banquet, institution of higher learning that stand for nothing, and when we they participated in a beautifully resides in the middle of a strugdo share an interest in somequiescent prayer to serve as a gling working-class community? thing, it is all in the name of likes reminder what a blessing food I can only imagine a universityand retweets. Not caring has actually is. As much as I admired wide fast, where we all stand become the norm, because to their efforts, I equally appreciated up for something again. Not

“...the lack of faith in today’s culture is seriously impairing our ability to care about anything.”

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the paradoxical reality that our secular city had a core of faith after all.

I spoke to Intervarsity President Maria Berruti after the event to get one last glimpse into how her beliefs motivated their mission. I wanted to know where the overall message in faith was rooted.

What do people need to know about her Christian faith that could provide a means to unify our generation?

“These [beliefs] aren’t just random ethics that we’re talking about,” said Berruti. “They are grounded in something greater than ourselves; [they are] grounded in love.”

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Sports

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Baseball continues to struggle against JMU, swept by Dukes

By Alex Hyman Staff Writer

There is something about the James Madison Dukes that head coach John Russo and the Hofstra baseball team just cannot figure out.

After surrendering 46 runs in a three-game series in the 2012 season, the Dukes swept the Pride last weekend, outscoring them 40-20 over the weekend.

“Talk about one team that has a school’s number,” said Russo.

“It’s James Madison having Hofstra’s number. They swing a good bat against us and have a lot of confidence against us.”

The Pride dropped a heartbreaker in the series opener, after a great comeback put them ahead entering the ninth inning.

Trailing 10-3 after six innings, the Pride exploded for eight runs over the final three innings to have an 11-10 lead heading into the bottom of the ninth.

Hofstra strung together six hits and scored five runs in the seventh, with RBIs coming from

catcher Matt Reistetter, designated hitter Bryan Verbitsky, left fielder Chris Nardo, and short stop Joe Perez.

In the eighth inning, center fielder Taylor Stuart blasted his first homerun of the year, knotting the game at 10-10.

Then in the ninth, junior Robbie Cafiero singled into center field scoring Perez to give the Pride an 11-10 lead with Verbitsky, the closer, taking over on the mound in the ninth.

Verbitsky had been one of the strongest pitchers for the Pride out of the bullpen, earning a save in each of the three wins this season.

However, he ran into trouble against the Dukes, giving up the lead after the first two batters and ultimately surrendering a gamewinning sacrifice fly to give the Dukes a 12-11 victory.

“It just seemed very demoralizing to come back and to lose the game,” said Russo. “It was how we lost: a blooper into left field and then a base hit that went

over the corner of the base. It just made it that much tougher to lose the game.”

The Pride had a double header for the fourth straight weekend and could not overcome the momentum that James Madison had after the first game loss and dropped the nightcap 18-3.

“Normally on a conference weekend after game one you play the next day,” said Russo.

“Having to come back 30 minutes later is a lot to ask college kids who put it all on the line, and gave it their all and scored eight runs to go ahead in the first game.”

The Pride couldn’t get it together in the final game of the series, dropping it 10-6. After going down early, the Pride attempted another comeback but it came up short.

Starting pitchers Joe Burg, John Tiedemann, and Jared Rogers all got roughed up in their starts with all of them not lasting past the fifth inning.

“They all had a disappointing

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Sophomore catcher Matt Reistetter (10) leads Hofstra in RBIs. weekend,” said Russo. “We got ahead in the count a lot but just could not put them away.”

The one positive to take away from the 0-3 weekend is that the offense saw its batting average go up over 35 points to .249.

All nine starters had at least one hit for the Pride in the first game of the series, with Nardo leading the team with four hits.

Reistetter and first baseman Jared Hammer each had three hits as well and the Pride put up a season-high 19 hits.

In the second game, outfielder Kenny Jackson added to the team high, his batting average leading the team with three hits.

Hammer once again had three hits in the series finale as he saw his batting average climb from under .200 to .255.

After 14 straight road games, the Pride opens at home this weekend against Towson University, who will be playing in its last season after learning the baseball program was cut just last week.

Wrestling wins CAA title again, sends three to NCAA tourney

By Mike Rudin Staff Writer

The Hofstra wrestling team captured its 11th CAA title in the last 12 years on Saturday at Boston University.

Of the seven teams that competed, Hofstra came out on top with a dominating score of 67.5.

Second place was a tie between Binghamton and Rider University each only have scored 54.

Along with winning first place in the Colonial Athletic Association, 133-pound senior Steve Bonanno, 125-pound junior Jamie Franco and 144-pound junior Luke Vaith all qualified to appear at the NCAA Championships.

This will be Bonanno’s fourth NCAA appearance while Franco and Vaith both will be making their second representation in the NCAA Championship.

Pride’s Bonanno and Franco were victorious in their respective weight classes, coming in first place. Hofstra honored them with individual CAA titles.

Franco, who was categorized as the no. four seed, worked his

way up to beat the top seed Scott Festejo from ODU in his respected weight division.

He won his first match against third seed Derek Steeley from Binghamton, with a final score of 8-3. Next, he faced Festejo in the semifinals and won 3-2, earning him a record of 17-13 during the regular season.

Bonanno was ranked as the top seed in his weight division and dominated the competition.

He won against Rob Deutsch from ODU in the title match 3-2.

Bonanno’s victory rewarded him with his 100th college career victory in the semifinals and earned him a record 17-10 this season.

Vaith dominated Vinny Fava from Rider University with a score of 8-0 and ended up with an overall record of 21-12.

Overall, Hofstra’s wrestling establishes another consecutive CAA title streak, winning its second championship, ever since Binghamton ended Pride’s eighth straight conference championships from 2002 to 2009.

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Women’s lacrosse losing streak pushed to three

By Lauren del Valle Staff Writer

Hofstra women’s lacrosse came up short against the Yale Bulldogs in its matchup Saturday at James M. Shuart Stadium, losing 9-7, and then fell on the road at Rutgers 13-6.

The Pride (4-3) lost its second straight home game, before falling on the road to the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.

Hofstra came out looking strong, as they would score the first two goals of the game in the first three minutes of play.

Senior midfielder Jill Maier opened the scoring off of a free position shot at the 28:44 mark.

Maier assisted senior midfielder and captain Taylor Albright just 1:22 later to pick up a 2-0 lead.

Goals from Yale (3-2) attacker Jen DeVito and midfielder Cathryn Avallone tied the score just three minutes later.

The two teams would trade two goals each until the 12:44 mark when Yale’s Erin Magnuson initiated a four-goal run for the Bulldogs.

Hosftra would go into the locker room at the half trailing 4-7.

“We might have been ready to play in those first five minutes when we went up two-nothing,” said coach Shannon Smith. “But then it was downhill from there in every which direction.”

Hofstra scraped its way back in the second half, scoring three of the five goals scored in the second half.

Hofstra came within a goal with 4:46 left in the game, but Yale would have the final say. Avallone scored her second goal of the game for Yale, which would be the last goal for either team in the contest with 3:02 to play.

The Pride fired 28 shots but were only able capitalize on seven.

“If you look at any of our games we don’t really shoot that well and it finally caught up to us,” said Smith. “We need to realize that games just aren’t given to us.

Some of us were nonchalant on the field.”

Sophomore midfielder Brittain Altomare had three points, a goal and two assists.

“The biggest thing to take away from this game is we have to execute at all times, and know how bad this feels, losing,” said

Altomare. “And never want to feel this way again.”

“We were successful, we played like a team,” said Maier.

“But in the last 10 minutes of the first half and the second half, we were letting them feel like they were in control and we were on defense a lot.”

Sophomore goalie Kelsey Gregerson only tallied two saves against Yale.

Hofstra later faced off against No. 19 Rutgers (6-1) Wednesday afternoon, but had little success against the Scarlett Knights.

Maier and Altomare again led the way for the Pride, both tallying two points as Maier netted two with Altomare adding a goal and an assist.

Although the Pride jumped out to an early lead, it would go on to fall behind and was not able to crawl back.

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Sophomore attack Brittain Altomare scores her only goal of the game against Yale to compliment two assists.

CAA Women’s basketball tournament bracket No. 8 George Mason

No. 1 Delaware Game 2 Friday 3/15 12 noon

Game 1 Thursday 3/14 12 noon No. 9 UNCW

Game 1 winner

No. 4 Northeastern Game 3 Friday 3/15 2:30 pm

Game 2 winner

Game 6 Saturday 3/16 2:00 pm

Game 3 winner

No. 5 Hofstra

Game 8 Sunday 3/17 2:00 pm

No. 2 JMU Game 4 Friday 3/15 5:00 pm No. 7 Towson No. 3 Drexel Cody Heintz/ The Chronicle

Shante Evans leads the Pride into the CAA Tournament as the no. 5 seed. against Northeastern on Friday afternoon.

Game 5 Friday 3/15 7:30 pm No. 6 William & Mary

Game 6 winner

Game 4 winner

Game 7 Saturday 3/16 4:30 pm

Game 5 winner

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Men’s basketball goes quietly at CAA’s

By Angelo Brussich Sports Editor

The Hofstra Pride men’s basketball teams’ season can be summed up in one word: struggle. Its quarterfinal match in the Colonial Athletic Association against the Delaware Blue Hens was no different.

After jumping out to an early lead, second-half mistakes proved costly and Hofstra (7-25) fell 62-57 to Delaware (19-13) at the Richmond Coliseum.

The loss ended a roller coaster season for the Pride filled with few peaks and many valleys, as the season became a constant struggle.

Hofstra was led in scoring by senior guard Stevie Mejia and sophomore guard Taran Buie, who each had 16 points and eight rebounds. Senior forward David Imes also reached double-digit points with 12, while grabbing six boards.

“I can’t say enough about this group of guys; it’s been a tough year,” said Hofstra head coach Mo Cassara. “We’ve been in so many close games and these two guys [Imes and Mejia], they’ve been with me since I got to Hofstra and they played 40 min-

utes tonight, and they battled and fought, scratched and clawed.”

The Pride had been hoping that a closely contested game between the Blue Hens on Wednesday, Feb. 27 could be a way to build momentum as they travelled south.

The Pride lost that game 57-56, with a last-second layup on a miscue around the basket costing them the victory.

A big factor in that game, and the remaining two games leading into the tournament, was the play of sophomore forward Moussa Kone, who was thrust into the starting lineup after a seasonending injury to junior forward Stephan Nwaukoni.

But Kone found himself in trouble early in the game and had difficulty trying to establish a presence down low.

“Moussa’s played so well over the last week and they really did a nice job of building a wall in there and frustrating him early,” said Cassara. “He got three fouls and we had to put him on the bench, which hurt us a little bit.

He really never got into a rhythm tonight.”

The first half of the game saw seven tie scores and six lead

changes as neither team gained a lead of more than four points.

Delaware jumped out early to a 10-point lead at 10-6, but Hofstra quickly responded to tie the game, and both teams seesawed back and forth through the rest of the half.

After being tied up at 24 with time running down in the half, Hofstra got a boost when Imes sank a three with 10 seconds on the clock, and the Pride went in to the half with a 27-24 lead.

The Pride hoped it could carry its momentum through into the second half, but a sloppy few possessions to open the stanza caused the Pride to lose the lead.

Delaware scored seven straight points to regain the lead and put the Pride back into comeback mode.

“We got a lead at halftime, but unfortunately a couple of mistakes to start the second half and we got on our heels,” said Cassara. “Unfortunately that really changed the momentum. I thought coming out of halftime we had tremendous momentum, and our kids really battled and really fought.”

This has been a theme of the season for the Pride, as the team

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Senior forward David Imes (5) scored 12 points and added six rebounds in Hofstra’s first round loss to Delaware in the CAA Quarterfinals. had to deal with early season off the court issues where it lost four key players, and relied heavily on its limited scholarship players.

The Blue Hens continued to pull away as the second half carried on, with the Pride eventually trailing 53-36 with seven minutes left.

The Pride’s struggles could be linked directly to the team’s ineffectiveness from the free throw line in the second half.

After opening the first half 7-11 from the line, Hofstra finished the second half 0-5.

“Foul shooting is one of thiose things: sometimes it’s a mental thing and sometimes it’s a physical thing or sometimes it’s a combination,” said Cassara.

“Unfortunately we missed a lot

of free throws tonight, [and] free throws and turnovers really cost us the game tonight.”

Hofstra went on a run of its own as a Buie three-pointer sparked the Pride back to pull within three at 53-50 with five minutes to play.

But a quick 5-0 run response from the Blue Hens squashed the Pride’s late attempts.

“Of course I’m not happy with the way it ended, but I gave it my all and I couldn’t ask for anybody else to go through this with,” said Imes.

Mejia expanded on Imes’ point: “I definitely gave it my all out there. Every time I step onto the court I try to give all my effort.

We’ve been fighting all year and I wouldn’t want to do it with no one but these guys by my side.”

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Pantorno’s Points: Heads can be held high

By Joe Pantorno Editor-in-chief

Hofstra men’s basketball season ended Friday night in Richmond, VA, a place that has been less than friendly to the Pride for the past decade or so.

To many, the season could not have ended soon enough.

For me, well, let’s just say this year was bizarre. From legal issues to injuries, what could have been a real conference contender fizzled into nothing more than a disappointing season.

Yes, the season was a letdown. What really bugged me was the fact that I would walk into the Mack and the student section would be empty. I overheard students saying, “Why would we support a team that is filled with a bunch of criminals?”

This is ignorance at its finest.

Why should the young men who did not do anything wrong be punished for playing basketball and representing the University and the student body?

Walking into an underwhelmed Mack is a downer for me. Imagine how those basketball players feel.

I found myself thinking, “I wish I had gone to a school that appreciates everything its

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Senior guard Stevie Mejia was one of three senior captains to help steer Hofstra through a season filled with mishaps, legal problems and injuries. campus has to offer.”

And it’s not because of the state of any athletic program

here. I am more than thankful for the opportunities that have been presented to me over the past

four years. I’ve met truly wonderful people who have helped shape me not only as an aspiring

journalist, but also as a human being.

Enough about that. I’m sick of talking about it, and you’re probably sick of hearing it.

I’m not one for moral victories.

Sports are one of the only things in life that are definitive. There’s a winner, there’s a loser; onto the next match.

This year’s Hofstra men’s basketball team is an exception.

Former Chronicle sports editor Jerry Beach said it best: “Those remaining kept the Pride in Hofstra.”

It’s easy to look at the record and dismiss this as a bad season, but sometimes you have to look beyond the numbers.

We have a group of stand-up young men led by a head coach who is in the middle of his first head-coaching gig, having lost five starters, battled through injury, condescension and wavering support, they had to try save the face of this school.

And that is exactly what they did. Even if it was for four extra wins, there’s still plenty of Pride here, even if you can’t see it.

I just advise you to look a little harder and cheer a little louder.

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Men’s lacrosse continues strong opening to season with upset of No. 2 Notre Dame, lands in top-10 polls

By Sean Williams Assistant Sports Editor

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Freshman attack Sam Llinares sets up the offense.

Notre Dame’s Arlotta Stadium served as the setting for the most memorable Hofstra men’s lacrosse victory in years, as the Pride defeated the no. 2 ranked Fighting Irish 8-7.

“Just really proud of our guys; this is the no. 2 team in the country, on the road, and they fought,” said Hofstra head coach Seth Tierney. “I’m awfully proud of Hofstra lacrosse, and I’m proud of the University. This is a great win for us.”

The win for the Pride was the most notable success for the men since 2008, where they overcame the no. 1 ranked Johns Hopkins team.

With the win Hofstra was vaulted from a no. 15 rank to no.

10 in the country and put them at a 4-1 record on the year, with the only loss coming at home to Princeton on February 23rd.

Junior Torin Varn once again paced the Pride with goals scored, putting up two, and the

rest of team chipped in with a multidimensional attack that saw six other Hofstra players score solitary goals.

Sophomore goalie Chris Selva was an enormous factor in the Pride victory, as he made 11 saves and helped thwart a potent Irish attack.

Selva was voted CAA Player of the Week for his performance.

“Chris did a great job in the goal,” said Tierney. “With about a minute and a half to go he made an off-hip save, got a piece of it, and that is probably the biggest save of his career.”

Senior John Antoniades was unstoppable in the faceoff, winning 12-18, a tremendous advantage for the Pride in terms of controlling the tempo and aggressiveness of the game.

“John Antoniades battled like a warrior,” said Tierney.

The game was marked by offensive surges made by both teams, with Hofstra scoring three goals in the first quarter to lead 3-1. Notre Dame rallied with three

Sophomore midfielder Mike Malave (8) joins in the goal celebrations. There’s plenty to be happy about, his side just upset the No. 2 team in the nation.

straight goals of its own.

The final push was made by Hofstra, who racked up four unanswered goals to go up 8-5.

From there, the Pride held off a desperate Irish assault and narrowly walked away with a coveted win.

“We knew there was going to be a different flow to the game,” said Tierney. “Different officiating because you’re out here in the Midwest. But I will tell you that we knew there were going to be some lulls in the action and we just had to keep fighting.”

Tierney had nothing but praise for the Irish, saying, “This is a tough place to win, and that’s a well-coached lacrosse team with a bunch of good athletes.”

“We’re going to remember it for a little while and then we have to keep going because we have the Fighting Blue Hens down at their place,” said Tierney.

Hofstra travels down to Delaware on March 16th to take on the 3-4 Blue Hens in the first conference test of the season.

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No luck needed Hofstra upsets No. 2 Irish in South Bend, moves to top 10 in the national polls