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Tuesday October 27, 2015
KEEPING THE HOFSTRA COMMUNITY INFORMED SINCE 1935
Convocation marks inauguration of Kalikow school By Michael Ortiz NEWS EDITOR
After $12 million in financial contributions to Hofstra’s academic development, Peter Kalikow’s name will forever be tied to those students who pursue studies in public policy. Hofstra celebrated the naming of the new Peter S. Kalikow School of Government, Public Policy and International Affairs at the school’s convocation on Oct. 26. “We recognize the enormous importance of this naming, and the many contributions of Peter Kalikow through this formal academic gathering this morning,” said Provost Gail Simmons who served as master of ceremonies at the event. She continued, “We further recognize the transformative nature of his gift, which creates a milieu in which the social sciences can become ever more prominent
at Hofstra University through an interdisciplinary engagement among students and faculty in the most pressing issues of our global world.” Kalikow’s reason for wanting to establish this new school and curriculum was simple. “The students,” he said. “When I would come to these seminars I would say ‘wow, these guys are pretty sharp.’” Many distinguished guests were in attendance to celebrate the new beginning in how Hofstra educates its civically engaged students. “I think it’s a fantastic opportunity to give young people insights [into] the government, how it works, and to study the pitfalls of when things can and should be done in a better way,” said former New York State
Senator Alfonse D’Amato, who was one of the distinguished guests. Among those present in the Student Center Theater on Monday morning were former
Governor of New York George Pataki, Congressmen Peter King, Lee Zeldin, Daniel Donovan Jr. and Kalikow Center fellows Howard Dean and Ed Rollins. Dr. Bernard Firestone, dean of
the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, which this new school is part of, gave the audience some insight into what the new school aims to achieve. “Broadly speaking, the mission encompasses three equally important goals,” he said. “First, to encourage in all students the habits of intellectual inquiry that are central to the social sciences and the liberal arts in general.” He continued, “Second, to prepare all students for lives of civic responsibility, and third, to nurture in some students their passion for public affairs.” The school will approach a specific realm of study in an interdisciplinary way, incorporating all eight residing departments in the curriculum for the public policy
program. “Your just not stuck doing one thing or another. The government isn’t just the three branches of government.” Kalikow said. “There’s everything else, there’s the press, there’s the business community, the religious community. So you’re going to be able to get all of them in your view as you’re doing it.” Students in attendance understood the importance of a program like this as well. “All of the disciplines work together. You can’t really focus on a present-day issue and not know the history of that issue or the political approach to that issue or the social implications. Those are all different fields of study and departments,” said Bernard Coles, a junior sociology and global studies major. President Stuart Rabinowitz
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N.O.A.H. program celebrates 50th anniversary By Kimberly Donahue SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
On Friday, Oct. 23, Hofstra University welcomed Dr. Bernice King, daughter of the late Martin Luther King, Jr., for a conversation on various topics with the Hofstra community. Dr. King was invited to speak in response to the 50th Anniversary of Hofstra’s New Opportunities at Hofstra Program (N.O.A.H.). N.O.A.H. is an advantage program to help New York residents, mostly minority students living in poverty or those that did not receive the best educational opportunities. The program provides students with opportunities for a head start to receive credits throughout the summer, enroll in special classes during the year and participate in unique events. “The biggest thing we want is
for the students to have confidence in themselves as well as for them to enjoy a collegiate experience … and to have the opportunity to be role models for the Hofstra community and the global community as well,” said Roosevelt Smith, the executive director of the program and a N.O.A.H. alumni. Dr. King answered questions previously submitted by students from visiting high schools and covered a variety of topics from her father’s nonviolent philosophy to challenges within minority communities. She described her role at the King Foundation as the visionary – to spread the philosophy and to build a global summit. The King Foundation helps train several kinds of groups, including police officers and others from all walks of life, to handle things in a
nonviolent way. King found that some of the challenges in the AfricanAmerican community have “a lack in unity in the community’s common challenges. They have not come to a place to understand why we face those common challenges. We are going to have to create strategy and collaboration in order to face these challenges.” Bill Hendricks, a global studies teacher at Metropolitain Expeditionary Learning School in Forest Hills and a Hofstra alum, described King’s conversation as “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that I could not have my students miss out on.” He added that he wishes the N.O.A.H. program could be extended to other schools across the country and
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Dr. Bernice King gives N.O.A.H. anniversary speech Continued From A1 knows some of his students will take advantage of the opportunity. One of Hendricks students, Kennedy Davis-Nealy, looked forward to the speech. “Martin Luther King, Jr. had a legacy and it’s great to see what his daughter brings in order to change the world,” Davis-Nealy said. After Dr. King’s conversation, N.O.A.H. also honored two men during their reception for their excellence in response to the N.O.A.H. program. Dr. John Guthman, director of student counseling services at the Saltzman Center, and former Senior Vice President and Provost Herman Berliner were the honorees. When asked about his inspiration to work in psychology, Guthman, also a former interim director of N.O.A.H., said, “In my senior year of high school I took a course and identified psychology as a major at Northeastern
University for a Bachelor of Science where I also received graduate training in clinical psychology. My influence came from early work experiences where I was attempting to have a positive influence on individuals and families. It was obvious I had to go back to school.” Guthman’s experience with the program was positive, and he highlighted what makes the program successful. “It is a success because of the hard work, dedication and spirit of the students,” Guthman said. “They have taken on the rigorous challenges and expectations for scholarly contributions at the highest level and they have succeeded. Our N.O.A.H. students contribute in very meaningful ways to the university.” One of the program’s students, senior English major Mikwaevonn Mills, spoke highly about her experience in the program. “The N.O.A.H. program has been the outlet I needed at this
big university to connect with my peers, become a student leader and interact with various faculty and administrators,” Mills said. N.O.A.H. has helped launch opportunities for generations of students and is essential to the lives of its members. Mills is proud
to be a student in the program and loved having the opportunity to hear Dr. King speak. “I found that Ms. King’s speech was flawless and not scripted,” Mills said. “She spoke on merit, culture and reality. I enjoyed that.”
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Despite the smoking ban that went into effect in spring 2013 on south campus, students continue to smoke there, ignore the rules and face no punishment for their actions. Hofstra’s website states that the smoking ban includes “the burning of tobacco or any other material in any type of smoking equipment, including but not restricted to cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars or pipes.” The policy also outlines the borders of the smoking ban, which encompasses the entire area of Hofstra’s campus on the south side of the turnpike, otherwise known to students as the academic side of campus. However, with the increase in popularity of e-hookahs and the continued smoking of cigarettes, Hofstra’s south campus is not smoke-free. “I don’t think [the ban is] effective,” said sophomore economics major Brett Francis. “You definitely see a lot of kids smoking on the south side.” Since the ban was issued
two years ago Director of Public Safety Karen O’Callaghan claims to have noticed a decrease in smoking on campus. “I think from the beginning, once the signs went up and everything, we definitely saw that decrease and I also see that a lot of people do take it upon themselves to say, ‘Hey we don’t smoke here on this side of campus,’” said O’Callaghan. “The other indication is that I don’t see a lot of cigarette butts around so I think it’s definitely been effective.” Despite signs reading “Welcome to our ‘smoke free’ campus” posted outside of academic buildings, some students still seem unaware of the policy. Even though the ban has been in effect for over two years, many students were unaware it existed. “I didn’t even know there was one,” said graduate student Aislinn Murphy. “When you’re walking to and from different places, getting food or going home, there are
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people walking around everywhere smoking.” Once the ban was implemented, it became a duty of Public Safety to inform students that are observed smoking on the south side of campus of the policy and ask them to put out the cigarette or move off campus. “We have officers assigned throughout the south campus,” said O’Callaghan. “It’s part of their responsibility that if they see someone smoking they politely ask them to put it out and show
“I didn’t even know there was [a smoking ban].” them that they can go to any of the public streets that aren’t Hofstra’s property and they can smoke out there.” Despite their responsibility to monitor students, freshman business major Felicity Rich-Michael said, “I think students see signs, but I don’t think, other than that, they are informed about it. I don’t see it being enforced.”
Public Safety is currently aware of specific zones where smoking frequently occurs on the south side of campus. “We still have a couple of little problem areas that we continue to work on, like outside of the library on the south side, in front of the law school and by Memorial [Hall], but other than that you don’t see a lot of smoking on the south side of campus,” said O’Callaghan. The smoke-free policy also conveys that the responsibility to enforce the smoking ban falls on multiple parties. “The policy speaks to [the fact] that it has to be a community enforcement,” said O’Callaghan. “At this time there are no fines.” Despite the efforts made by Public Safety and community members, some students feel that the mutual responsibility to implement the policy and the lack of repercussions for violating the policy are ineffective. “I mean, they’re going to do it anyway,” said Murphy, “but there should be stricter rules about the various places [smokers] are allowed to go and the rules should actually be enforced.”
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Distinguished guests join Hofstra community for ceremony Continued From A1 has high hopes for this new school. “I really hope it sets us apart. Everything I try to do is [to] build on our strengths and set us apart so that students who say ‘I’m interested in public policy issues,’ one of the first schools they will think of will be Hofstra University,” he said. President Rabinowitz was the one to present Kalikow to the room, and he did so in an unexpected way. He prefaced his introduction with a letter addressed to Kalikow, from President Bill Clinton. The letter read in part, “With the creation of the new school, you are giving Hofstra students the tools to follow in your footsteps and compose meaningful lives of service.” The former president of the United States continued in the letter, “By bringing together a diverse curriculum under one
roof you are creating a home for rigorous thinking and preparing the next generation of leaders to put policy into practice as active participants in our world’s future.” Dr. Rosanna Perotti, chair of the Department of Political Science, one of eight departments in the new school, also recognized the significance of this school to Hofstra students. “There are things millennials are interested in now that maybe others have lost sight of. The environment, for instance, and the urgency of taking care of the environment. Debt is also something that’s concerned many of our students,” she said. “Their subjects of interest are interests that are going to be extremely important in the future.” The chairs of the other seven departments including anthropology, economics, global studies and geography, history, philosophy, religion and sociology, were also in attendance and recognized as part of the 60-person faculty for the new school.
Hofstra joins the ranks will make the best decisions,” is the students that graduate with of Harvard and Princeton said Sara Mullen, a senior politithese degrees,” he said. “Every Universities as institutions that cal science and history major. time they go out in the world, that provide studies specific to public Kalikow is excited to see where would be the important thing to policy, however, Hofstra is one of Hofstra students take these new me.” few that provide that option at the opportunities. undergraduate level. “The legacy I’ll leave, I hope, “It’s beyond important … that young people especially understand what’s going on, what’s the implication of the choices that our elected officials are making, and [be] able to make educated choices to make sure the right Photo courtesy of Hofstra University Relations people are in office that President Rabinowitz (left) celebrates with Peter S. Kalikow (center) and David S. Mack (right).
Domestic violence awareness week sparks dialogue By Danny Nikander STAFF WRITER
Last week, Hofstra brought attention to a topic that is pertinent to all college communities – domestic violence. Domestic Violence Awareness Week (DVA) in conjunction with Domestic Violence Awareness Month, was comprised of 20 events informing students about the issue and ways to avoid being involved in it. One of the many events included was The Clothesline Project, where students decorated t-shirts addressing the issue of domestic violence. The designs varied between personal stories and motivational quotes. “We had the best turnout for The Clothesline Project,” said Office of Student Leadership and Engagement (OSLE) Programming Graduate Assistant Megan Ostroski. “Over 20 people submitted t-shirts. We couldn’t even hang up all of them.” Ostroski additionally talked about the “You Are Beautiful” campaign that took place Oct. 22, where OSLE teamed up with HX
Salon to give away prizes and coupons to people in the fight against domestic violence. “The goals for DVA are to raise awareness of domestic violence, educate students on the forms of domestic violence and provide support and resources to students who are victims of domestic violence or know someone who is a victim of domestic violence,” said Nicole Thomas, assistant director of OSLE. Thomas and Ostroski worked together to oversee the planning and execution of the DVA events. “OSLE and IFC [the InterFraternity Counsel] worked together to bring a speaker to campus by the name of Tim Mousseau,” said Thomas about her favorite DVA event. “[Mousseau] delivered an immensely powerful talk called ‘Retaking Our Story: Reframing the Sexual Assault Conversation.’” Other programs included Phi Delta Theta’s “How to be a Gentleman” event held on Oct. 23. According to junior finance major Matt Benemerito, who ran his fraternity’s event, they
discussed the roles of men in Coalition Against Domestic “Even if it is a little one, it is a domestic violence cases with facts Violence, one in three women difference, nonetheless. With that, and statistics on dating violence have been victims of domestic we hope that this presentation in college. The organization violence. can create a change in some way, additionally gave tips on how to be “Teaching basics to being because at the end of the day, a good partner in a relationship. a gentlemen can truly make a love shouldn’t hurt.” “Our presentation aims to difference,” Benemerito said. bring about awareness to domestic and dating violence issues,” said Benemerito. “But rather than saying everything that is wrong, we explain how real this problem is on college campuses, and then go into a lesson on how to be a gentlemen, thus, hopefully combatting domestic and dating violence from a different angle.” Jesse Saunders/The Chronicle According to the National Hofstra OSLE representative hands students t-shirts for their participation in DVA.
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Human trafficking film series raises awareness By Kirstyn Brendlen STAFF WRITER
The Hofstra Cultural Center showed the third in a series of four films on human trafficking in various forms on Tuesday, Oct. 20. The four films are being shown before the “Hidden in Plain Sight: Globalization and Human Trafficking” symposium on Nov. 10. The three other films shown were “The Whistleblower,” about sex trade in Yugoslavia and “Invisible Children,” a documentary about Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army. The final film, “Very Young Girls,” will be shown on Oct. 27 and deals with young girls in Brooklyn, New York being coerced into prostitution. The film, titled “Tales of the Organ Trade,” focused on trade of human organs, especially in developing nations, and focusing
specifically on donors in Manila, the Philippines, one of the most active donor countries on the Black Market. “Tales from the Organ Trade” centered on poor donors living in Milan, a surgeon who performed illegal organ harvesting and multiple recipients of illegal organs living in the U.S. and Canada. It also highlights one trafficker, who facilitates donations. The first donor, called Eddie Boy, is a 44-year-old man living with his wife and two teen sons in the crawl space under another home. He explained that though he knew donating his organs was illegal and “against the Lord’s wishes,” he felt he had to lift his family from poverty. He is approached by a trafficker, Diane, who takes his information
and adds him to a list of possible donors, on which he might wait for months. The film introduces a man often called Dr. Frankenstein – Yusuf Sonmez, a Turkish surgeon accused of performing illegal transplants in the small European country Kosovo. Sonmez has
U.S., Canada and Europe. A woman living in Toronto named Mary Jo was shown hooking herself up to a dialysis machine, something she’s done every night for six years. She was beginning to look into illegal kidneys, as she’d been on the legal waiting list for six years with no kidneys available. This is where the moral gray area begins for many. Mary Jo had a desperate need for a kidney and the only ones available came from the black market. “I empathize with anyone that has to live with any kind of situation like this,” said Cass Lang, junior public relations major. “This movie just completely changed my view on this whole thing.”
“I empathize with anyone that has to live with any kind of situation like this...” been wanted by Interpol for trafficking in persons, organized crime and unlawful exercise of medical activity. The film also discusses those on the other end of the donation spectrum – the recipients. Many of the people receiving illegally harvested organs are living in the
It’s estimated that between 10 and 15 percent of all kidney transplants are illegal but tracking these numbers is difficult for officials. According to the United Network for Organ Sharing, there are 101,216 patients currently on the kidney transplant waiting list. In general, these are people who are in need of a kidney transplant but do not have a matching living donor and must wait for a donor to die. How long they wait depends on blood type, severity of disease and where they live, as each state has separate waiting lists. These waiting lists drive black market transplants. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, living donor transplants have a higher success rate – 92 percent compared to the 83.4 percent success rate of deceased donors.
Office of the Provost hosts 47th faculty lecture School of Law professor Alafair Burke discusses consent searches By Gabriella Ciuffetelli SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Alafair S. Burke delivered Hofstra University’s 47th annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture on Oct. 21., giving the speech “Are Consent Searches Reasonable?” To open, she played a video of a pushy police officer coercing a disc golf player for a consensual search. After reflecting on the video, Burke reminded the audience that more often than not, there have been no repercussions for the officer. Throughout her speech, Burke, a criminal law professor and former deputy district attorney, contrasted the ethical and logistical reasons police officers choose to pursue consent searches, and how these reasons can often create a blurred line when it comes to Fourth Amendment rights. Despite the fact that American citizens have the constitutional
right to deny a warrantless consent search, Burke cited a statistic that claims 92 percent of people say yes to consent searches – even if they don’t actually want to. Burke said this is especially problematic because the majority of these consent searches are upheld when challenged in court, with the sole factor being that the word “yes” was said, rather than accounting for any social context influencing the encounter.
“... citizens who have privilege of skin color, age and gender too should say no.” Burke added that consent searches are often seen as “free evidence,” and as a result, law enforcement officials are purposely trained to “learn to take advantage of the language imbalance between citizen and police officer.” Burke put forth a solution to address these problems in
her speech that will “ground [searches] in reasonableness” by looking not only at whether or not consent was given, but also at the reasons behind the officer’s request in the first place. Andrea Libresco, a civic engagement professor at Hofstra University, had a different solution than Burke. She said “Instead of having 96 percent of people say yes … citizens who have privilege of skin color, age and gender too should say no.” However, in addition to providing a forum in which to discuss these ideas, the ultimate goal of the lecture was to provide what Provost Gail M. Simmons called “something that will appeal to a broad audience, that will invite everybody to be a part of our scholarship,” regardless of their experience with the law. Burke’s lecture did exactly that. One attendant, Erica Brosnan, a junior journalism major, said, “I’m not a law student, so I was surprised at how much I liked the lecture, and I think I really did learn a lot, too.”
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• SGA’s Student Service Committee is finishing up plans for Student Appreciation Week, which is being held Nov. 16 to 20
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• Pride Unleashed Week is coming up on Nov. 9 to 13. This event
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will be leading up to the first home opener for both men’s and women’s basketball on Nov. 14 • Club Relations has started an open-door office hour on Mondays
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from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. to encourage clubs to stop by with any questions or concerns
Public Safety Briefs Compiled by Gabriella Ciuffetelli On Oct. 15 at 6 p.m., PS received a report that a student who parked their vehicle near the Fitness Center returned to a broken windshield, mostly likely caused by a baseball. On Oct. 15 at 5:30 p.m., a Netherlands resident reported to PS that they were experiencing stomach pains for several days. The student was transported to NUMC by ambulance. On Oct. 15 at 5:30 p.m., a student living in Nassau Hall reported to PS that he was suffering from tonsillitis. The student was transported to the Wellness Center. On Oct. 15, a Hofstra student reported to PS that she parked her vehicle in the intramural field lot and discovered that an unknown person had struck her car, causing damage to the vehicle. Police assistance was declined. On Oct. 16, 12:10 a.m., a Netherlands resident reported to PS that she was experiencing tonsillitis. PS took the student to NUMC.
On Oct. 16 at 12:30 p.m. a Hofstra student reported to PS that they had left their personal property unattended in the library. After returning an hour later, they found that all of their property was missing. Police assistance was declined. On Oct. 16 at 1 p.m., a Hofstra student reported to PS that a bus on Hempstead Turnpike struck their bicycle on Oct. 15. The person sustained no injuries, however, the bicycle was damaged. Police assistance was declined. On Oct. 16 at 9:30 p.m., a PS officer was on patrol and found a Hofstra student who was passed out on the ground and appeared to be intoxicated. An ambulance was called and the student was transferred to NUMC. On Oct. 16 at 11:30 p.m., a Hofstra student who appeared to be intoxicated was observed walking in and out of traffic on Hempstead Turnpike. The student was taken to NUMC by ambulance.
On Oct. 17, 2:30 p.m., a Hofstra student reported to PS that another student was verbally harassing him. The matter was further investigated by PS. On Oct. 17 at 2:15 a.m., a Hofstra student reported to PS that they tripped on cement and scraped their knee while running near Alliance Hall. The student was transported to NUMC by their friends. On Oct. 17, at 2:50 a.m., a Hofstra student was found intoxicated in Bill of Rights Hall. The student was transported to NUMC. On Oct. 17 at 11:30 a.m., a non-student visitor reported to PS that they sustained injuries to the neck and back while playing Quidditch on the intramural fields. An ambulance was called, but the individual refused medical attention. PS received a report from a student residing in the Netherlands Complex on Oct. 17 at 8:55 p.m. that she fell out of bed and struck her head on the floor. The NCPD was notified and
she was taken by ambulance to NUMC. On Oct. 18 at 11:20 a.m. two vehicles were involved in an accident. A Hofstra student drove one vehicle and a nonstudent drove the other. PS prepared an accident report and NCPD was called. A police report was also filed. On Oct. 19 at 1:45 a.m. a visitor at Hofstra reported to PS that while at Hofstra USA she had fallen asleep in a chair, causing her to fall and injure her left hip. NCPD responded and she was transported to Winthrop Hospital by ambulance. On Oct. 19 at 6:00 p.m., a Hofstra student reported to PS that he was experiencing chest pains. PS transported him to the Wellness Center and then to Winthrop Hospital. On Oct. 20 at 3:30 p.m a Hofstra student reported that after leaving their bag unattended on the eighth floor of the library, an unknown person had taken their property. Police assistance was declined.
On Oct. 20 at 12:00 a.m. PS received a report that a student accidentally started to burn a plastic plate while cooking dinner in the Netherlands Complex. Another student put out the fire with a fire extinguisher. PS responded and a work order was filed to replace the fire extinguisher. On Oct. 20 at 1:55 p.m., a Hofstra student reported to PS that he slipped and fell outside of Bits and Bytes, causing injury to his hip, thigh and waist. The student refused any further medical attention. On Oct. 20 at 12:00 a.m. PS received a call from a parent that a student was missing. PS conducted a follow-up investigation and it was discovered that the student was at a local hospital.
Key PS – Public Safety NCPD – Nassau County Police Department NUMC– Nassau University Medical Center
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Overheard @Hofstra Compiled by the Hofstra Chronicle staff
In the Student Center: Guy: I haven’t had chips in a long time. I went ham on that. Girl: So do you like want me to get you a plaque? In Breslin Hall: Girl: Dating in New York is so different. Everyone’s so ambitious. In C.V. Starr: Girl 1: Did the professor make a lot of grammar changes on your paper? Girl 2: No, not really. Gril 1: Wtf, why did she make so many on my paper? In Cafe on the Quad: Guy: She has something called tongue thrust!
In Bill of Rights: Girl: Just scored a tinder date at my favorite sushi place. Can my day get any better? In the Axinn Library: Guy: I’m kind of a busy guy, you know, but I love social media. Outside Mason Hall: Girl: This is a very fortunate Wednesday. Guy: For you, my day started and ended with a nose bleed. Outside Cafe on the Quad: Girl: I’m so excited to see you. I’m going to wear my designated birthday dress. In Berliner Hall: Guy: Is Dizzy’s open for brunch? In Bits and Bytes: Girl: I did it. It’s sent. Oh well. Yolo. Husband out the door.
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Coupon Corner: Mid-semester saving strategies
By Amanda Valentovic ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR
It’s halfway through the semester, and while you’re counting down the days until Thanksgiving break, you’re also probably running out of a few things – patience, sleep, dining points and school and dorm supplies. You’ll have to figure out when to take a nap on your own, but we can help you with a few of the other things. Here’s how to get what you need to last until finals week without breaking the bank. Use Amazon Student for online shopping. Amazon has a service similar to their Prime service that is specifically for college students. If you sign up with a .edu email
address, the joys of free two-day shipping are yours for the next six months. Textbooks can be found for very low prices on Amazon using the student account. If buying books isn’t your thing, you can rent them for the semester – just save the box and send them back after you hand in your final. Don’t count dollar stores out. If you’re running out of notebook space or your friend didn’t give back that pen they promised to return, you’re going to need some supplies to get you through the rest of your midterms. Staples and other office supply stores are great, but pretty much any dollar store will have the same thing at a much cheaper price. Stock up and you’ll be good to go for the next year.
Eat off campus every once in awhile. Be honest, you don’t want to spend your dining dollars or cash on food every day. But you will get hungry eventually. To stretch your meal plan until the end of the semester, it’s okay to venture off campus for some dinner. There are plenty of restaurants within walking distance that aren’t too expensive like Napolini’s and Chipotle. If you want to have some fun with friends, make a night out of half-priced appetizers at Applebee’s after 10 p.m. It might seem stressful now, but don’t worry – there are ways to save money that you probably haven’t even realized. Think outside the box and you might come up with a few more of your own.
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The Rise of the Jack-O’-Lanterns A walk through Halloween-town
By Rachel Tyler SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
During childhood, Halloween is about dressing up as the coolest superhero and trick-ortreating with friends. But as you get older, trick-or-treating and superhero costumes are replaced by haunted houses, scary movies and parties with your friends. This year when you are deciding on Halloween plans, try something new. One of the many things associated with Halloween is the pumpkin. Whether it is in a patch or in a latte, pumpkins fill our Instagram feeds nonstop until Halloween. This year, give your followers a new kind of pumpkin to look at. Just 20 minutes away
from Hofstra there’s a garden where pumpkins come to life. The Rise of the Jack O’Lantern is a display of more than 5,000 hand-carved pumpkins crafted by professional artists and sculptors and arranged in creative displays along a 1/3-mile scenic walking trail. Walking along the trail, you will encounter some of your favorite celebrities, movies and video games carved into pumpkins. Each year, The Rise of the Jack O’Lanterns bases the pumpkins
on that year’s themes and movies. This year some of those include “Orange Is the New Black,” “Game of Thrones,” “Star Wars,” “The Good Dinosaur” and “Despicable Me.” Visitors are able to take a safari and see
Old Westbury Gardens in Westbury is the home to the Rise of the Jack O’Lantern. The Rise of the Jack O’Lantern is a great opportunity for students to leave campus and explore the island Old Westbury Gardens is one of Long Island’s most treasured historic mansions. It’s almost like stepping right into The Great Gatsby when pulling into the long driveway. Take advantage of the opportunity to step back in time and appreciate the American
“Walking along the trial, you will encounter some of your favorite celebrities, movies and video games carved into pumpkins.” larger-than-life animals and travel back in time to the age of the dinosaurs. There is even a ghost trail to keep you in the Halloween spirit.
country estate of the early 20th century. The Rise of the Jack O’Lanterns runs Thursdays to Sundays, ending Nov. 1. Purchase your tickets ahead of time, as they are first come first serve. Students get in for $25 with parking included. The event goes on rain or shine so be prepared for any weather that may occur. Bundle up, grab a warm cider and take a stroll through The Rise of the Jack O’Lantern this Halloween weekend and see some of your favorite characters come to life. You will experience pop culture as pumpkins and artists’ ability to transform jack-o’-lanterns into works of art.
Legend O’ the Lantern:
The true story behind the orange fruit By Allison Eichler SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
October is the time of year when handmade signs promising pumpkin patches, corn mazes and hayrides decorate the sides of every road. Pumpkins are a staple of October, and houses in every neighborhood will display their fair share on front porch steps. Some are painted and some are given faces and have a warm glow from a candle hidden inside. Surely at least once in your life you carved a pumpkin into a jack-o’-lantern, but have you ever stopped to wonder how jack-o’lanterns became such a seasonal icon? Who decided that scooping out a pumpkin and carving it up would become a Halloween tradition? As it turns out, the first jack-o’-lanterns were not carved from pumpkins, but rather from turnips, potatoes and beets. The story of the jack-o’-lantern starts with the Irish legend of Stingy Jack. Making good on his name, Jack tricked the devil into
turning himself into a coin. Jack put the coin in his pocket next to a silver cross so the devil couldn’t change himself back. Jack would only remove the coin from his pocket under the condition that upon Jack’s death the devil would not claim his soul. After Jack’s eventual passing, God, dismayed with Jack’s trickery, would not allow him into heaven and the devil would not allow him into hell. Instead, the devil left Jack with nothing but a burning coal to light his way through the night. Jack made a lantern for himself by putting his coal into a carved out turnip. Legend has it that he’s been wandering Earth ever since. Fearful of Jack and other evil spirits that roam around at night, people would ward off these supernatural beings by making their own versions of Jack’s lantern. Placed in windows or near doors, the Irish and Scottish carved scary faces into turnips or potatoes, and the English carved up large beets. The name of jack-o’-lantern comes from the
Courtesy of the Creative Commons Irish, who referred to the legendary Stingy Jack as “Jack of the Lantern,” and the traditional pumpkin began to be used after immigrants from Ireland, Scotland and England came to America and discovered that pumpkins were the perfect vessel for creating a jack-o’-lantern.
Nowadays, pumpkins are not usually carved and displayed for the purpose of keeping spirits away. Pumpkins have become a time-honored way to show Halloween spirit, and for the carving-inclined, a way to show off artistic ability. Carving has become nothing short of an art
form, and contests across the nation run wild with creativity, imagination and talent. On your next Target run, pick up a carving kit and you just might create your own award-winning jack-o’-lantern.
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Man on the Unispan What Is Your Favorite Thing About Halloween? By Brianna Ciniglio STAFF WRITER
“Costumes.” Alyssa Ennis, Sophomore
“All the scary stuff.” Holly Cruger, Sophomore
“Candy.” Jorden Prussing, Freshman
“All the costumes.” Maurissa Buster, Sophomore
“Dressing up, because I’m a theatrical person.” Alex Herron, Freshman
“Costumes, dressing up and people not being able to judge you” Richard Kihm, Freshman Photos by Sarah Kocher
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The Humans of Hofstra
Anthony Shore, Senior “I want to be a teacher. I didn’t like school ... It was kind of boring, and I didn’t really enjoy doing homework and all that, so I want to make it fun for people and make them want to learn.”
Wendy Markert, Sophomore “My major was originally civil engineering, and we did a project in Engineering 15 where we had to make a 45-second clip ... It was really exciting, so I got more involved in the film club on campus ... I switched [my major] to film last week.”
Sati Cardona, Freshman “I came here because NYU said no.”
Zach Klebaner, Freshman “I always liked the idea of telling stories ... Ideally I’d be writing scripts and not having other people tell me what to do, I guess. I want to make artful films ... less mainstream.”
Raven Rutlegde, Graduate, Law School “I’m from California. I figured ... why not try the East Coast?”
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The Chronicle A&E N.O.A.H. celebrates 50th anniversary with Dr. Bernice King
B 2 •October 27, 2015
Photo Courtesy of Hofstra University Realtions Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. receiving an honorary degree from Hofstra University
By Xavier Edwards STAFF WRITER
This past Friday was a day full of Bernice King. Following in her father’s footsteps, nearly 50 years after his commencement speech and honorary degree here at Hofstra University, she hosted her own moderated talk, “A Conversation with Dr. Bernice A. King” at the John Adams Playhouse. With that said, calling Friday night epic would be an understatement. It was more of an empowering, once-ina-lifetime moment. As a N.O.A.H. (New Opportunities at Hofstra) student and an African-American at a prestigious institu-
tion such as Hofstra, I can proudly say I witnessed history. Friday night not only marked 50 years of history for Dr. King, but it marked 50 years for the N.O.A.H. program here at Hofstra. Nearly a year before King’s commencement address, N.O.A.H. was born and has since provided students, like myself, with an incredible opportunity to not only attend college, but also to expand the options placed before us. During “A Conversation with Dr. Bernice A. King,” she shed light on the current matters of race in America; she gave us an inside perspective on her life as the daughter to the icons Dr. King and Coretta Scott,
her beliefs and gave students empowering advice. Bernice has a warm energy that makes all the butterflies go away. You would think a woman of this stature would have an overwhelming presence, but instead she emulates joy and pride. She is real, laid back and firm in who she is, what she believes in and what she means to our generation. One of the segments during her talk discussed her life as a kid. It was refreshing to hear how normal her family was despite being placed under constant public scrutiny. Bernice described her family as “a regular family that receives and replicates unconditional love from [their] parents and to close ones around them.” We forget that before Dr. King was an iconic figure, a preacher, a Civil Rights leader and activist, a voice of reason, he first was a father, husband, son and human. Another highlight of Dr. Bernice King’s visit to campus was her speech during N.O.A.H.’s 50th-anniversary celebration dinner, which took place that same night. “A part of the process of nonviolence is to know when it is time to speak. And when you do speak … speak facts,” King said. “Research, research, research and then advocate.”
She continued to explain the reason she did not speak on issues associated with the topic of race in the United States. Bernice felt people intended to use what she said on the topic and twist it around for their own gain, so instead of feeding into their ill intentions she chose to stay quiet and research the facts. This way when she did speak, it would be purely factual. Responding is a more impactful action than reacting. Reactions stir commotion, responding stirs awareness and conversation. Throughout the night, there was nothing but the spirit of celebration, appreciation, pride and accomplishment spread throughout the halls of Sondra and David S. Mack main dining hall. A few of Hofstra’s powerhouse leaders were present such as President Stuart Rabinowitz, the Provost and Vice President of Academic affairs Dr. Gail Simmons, our former Provost and Dean of Frank G. Zarb School of Business, Dr. Herman Berliner and some of the N.O.A.H. faculty and alumni honorees. Rhetta I. Bell a N.O.A.H. class of ’80 alum and Ms. Sybil Mimy Johnson, a math instructor for over 28 years, former executive director and alum of N.O.A.H. class of ‘95, were also present.
Rosenberg Gallery displays ‘Ben Hagaris 4-D Film Experience: Potters Will’
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By Savanna Malloy SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The Rosenberg Gallery in Calkins Hall presents “Ben Hagaris 4D Film Experience: Potters Will.” This multimedia art installation combines sound, performance and striking imagery to create a feast for the senses.
The exhibit also includes a small-scale model of the “Potters Will” set from the film. The film opens with a wide camera shot from above of potter’s studio before panning down and zooming in on a pair of hands molding clay. Soft instrumental music begins to play as the artist, played by Hofstra Professor
of Fine Arts Paul Chaleff, throws the clay on a potter’s wheel. The camera then begins to revolve around the artist with increasing speed. As the music and spinning intensifies, the viewer is taken inside the finished pot by the camera. The screen goes dark, the music fades and the faint crackling of a fire can be heard in the distance. Transported into a dark stone room, a man covered from head to toe in wet clay sits on the ground illuminated by the warm flickering glow of firelight. The clay man stands and begins to laboriously make his way towards the source of light with the help of a cane. His slow, laborious walk creates a juxtaposing sense of ominousness and calm within the viewer. The cane later transforms itself into a snake that slithers around the neck of the man before disentangling itself and disappearing from view. The film concludes with the clay man stepping into the fire where he is baked by the heat. The final shot of the piece is a close up of the man’s hardened and cracking exterior as a single teardrop rolls down his cheek. In the film, Hagari seems to firstly be commenting on the idea of creation, in a literal sense with the potter and his art, and
then secondly in a metaphorical interpretation through the clay man. The limited lighting, cool color scheme and simplistic set seen in the potter’s studio limits all other distracting imagery allowing the audience to focus on the simple act of the artist’s creation. As the film progresses, Hagari depicts creation in a more figurative sense. Fire, as seen in the film, can be interpreted to represent a creative force, a force for change. Furthermore, one cannot help but draw a parallel to the biblical creation story imagery as depicted by the serpent in Hagari’s film. Hagari manipulates performance, images and sound to construct art that explores the creative subconscious. The “Potter’s Will” is a must-see exhibit for anyone hoping to experience new and exiting art that stimulates not only the senses, but also the mind. It will run through Wednesday, Oct. 28.
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Did You Know?: ‘Hofstra FORM Gallery’ By Brianna Holcomb ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
Each week a gallery of student art pieces are displayed on the walls of Calkins Hall. These galleries are known as the Hofstra FORM Gallery. This club acts as a great way for students to showcase their work that may have been created in classes or on their own. The FORM Gallery club promotes student artist and their various pieces of work throughout the school year. Run by a group of students, the FORM gallery club here at Hofstra has been around since 2008. The FORM Gallery not only gives students creative license over their artwork, but a venue to display it for friends, faculty and family members alike. Students such as Princy Prasad have taken great advantage of this platform during her gallery – entitled “Murder” – during the March 18, 2015 gallery showing. Prasad was able to combine her love for writing and art to display a rather bloody crime scene in the FORM Gallery. Hofstra’s FORM Gallery does more than just showcase work, stated on their GetInvolvedHU page, “Members of the club also have the unique opportunity of learning about what it is like to run a
gallery, from scheduling and contracts, to prepping the space, and participating in a group show with all club members! Members also help organize events with professional artists who the club brings to do shows, talks, and presentations!” Hofstra FORM Gallery is a great way to see what your fellow students have been working on throughout the year. Artists such as Matt Aponte, Henry Fuller (known for his #DopeArt), Rebecca Kollmer and Mary-Kate O’ Toole all have showcased their work in this gallery. For information on the clubs galleries you can check out their Facebook page: Hofstra FORM Gallery.
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Flyer of Phantom Pains by Courtney Richmond
October 27, 2015 • B 3
‘Great Writers, Great Readings’ By Medea Giordano STAFF WRITER
Hofstra’s second “Great Writers, Great Readings” event of the semester brought Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Karen Russell to campus. Judging a book by its cover (pun intended), Russell was petite and chic, dressed in stylish patterned pants donning a warm, slightly shy smile. But when she started to read, it was clear that her mind is less like sweet Judy Blume’s and more like Stephen King’s. “I blame Florida,” she said of her love of weird writing. Before beginning “Reeling for the Empire,” a short story from her collection “Vampires in the Lemon Grove,” she warned, “I hope that you already ate dinner.” “Reeling for the Empire,” tells the tale of the women workers of a silk factory in Japan who were recruited away from their families in exchange for a five-yen advance. After signing a contract the girls must partake in a traditional tea ceremony, which unbeknownst to them starts their transformation into a human-silkworm hybrid. Soon their stomachs manufacture colored silk that must be extracted daily by a machine and then taken by
the factory owner. The girls are told that if they die – and therefore cannot work – their families will pay. While outlandish, Russell’s story is hauntingly similar to true tales of human trafficking happening all over the world. Russell said while “it feels like a stretch” to write about normal characters, relatability is important. Recounting advice received from a professor she said, “It does not matter if your story is set in Detroit or on Mars, you better find a way to represent a reality that people recognize as true.” Her other works include “Swamplandia!” the story of a 13-yearold who must save her troubled family and their gator-wrestling theme park where they live. Another one of her works is “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves,” a compilation of stories about the ghostly Florida Everglades and “Sleep Donation,” a futuristic novella about an insomnia epidemic. The next “Great Writers, Great Readings,” event will feature Hofstra professor Julia Markus, on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. in the Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater.
R.L. Stine’s ‘Goosebumps’ comes to life in new movie
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By Joseph Burch STAFF WRITER
In an attempt to capture the minds of a new generation of children, director Rob Letterman brings to life a new and interesting take on the old R.L. Stine formula while still staying true to what made the children’s horror novellas enjoyable. “Goosebumps” follows a teenager named Zach (Dylan Minnette) as he arrives in the town of Madison, Delaware
with his mother Gale (Amy Ryan). New in town, Zach befriends his adventurous and elusive next-door neighbor Hannah (Odeya Rush) whose strict father refuses to let her out of the house. After hearing a scream come from inside her room, Zach breaks in with his friend Champ (Ryan Lee) to save Hannah. While exploring the house, Zach and Champ stumble upon all of the original R.L. Stine “Goosebumps” manuscripts and of course they unlock them like any wise person would do. But by opening the books, they accidentally free the monsters from the pages to create chaos in the town of Madison. While the story of a new kid in town is no fresh or interesting tale, “Goosebumps” puts a creative spin on it by adding R.L. Stine (Jack Black) as a main character in the film. This allows for some very fun tongue-incheek moments that fans of the writer and his books will definitely enjoy. By not taking itself too seriously, “Goosebumps” becomes a very entertaining and pleasant children’s adventure film. All of the actors nail their comedic timing and deliver some genuinely funny lines
that work for audiences both young and old. The screenplay, while funny, does fall into the usual cliches of a high school adventure story. With the crazy aunt, an embarrassing vice principle mom and a goofy friend who eventually gets the girl, the “Goosebumps” screenplay isn’t all that original, but it knows this. The movie makes fun of itself at times and at one point even explains to you the structure of an average R.L. Stine story. This self-referential humor definitely makes up for its sometimes cliched and generic characters and plot. The humor also works thanks to a likable cast. Black overacts consistently but he is still a highlight of the film. The real standout is Lee as Champ. He gives a fun and relatable quality to the cowardly character coincidentally named Champion. Dylan Minnette is able to carry both comedic and emotional scenes throughout the movie. Delivering another great performance in the film. These performances are accented by another fantastic score by Danny Elfman,
composer of films such as “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Beetlejuice” and 1989’s “Batman.” When the music blares in on the opening scene, it feels like a mixture of a usual Tim Burton film score and the original “Goosebumps” television show theme. The score helps to bring to life the peculiar world of R.L. Stine. An issue that the movie does run into is its noticeably bad CGI. For a film that relies on its monsters, “Goosebumps” does not create believable ones. The CGI looks worse as the film progresses which took me out of the experience on multiple occasions, hurting both tense and emotional moments. While it isn’t close to the quality of CGI we’ve come to expect in modern movies, it doesn’t totally ruin the fun. “Goosebumps” is a surprisingly decent and amusing family film that will have the audience laughing and even feeling nostalgic for the old stories. It succeeds at being enjoyable for both adults and kids and hopefully it may even inspire some children to go out and read the original books.
B 4 •October 27, 2015
A New Thought-Provoking Thriller:
‘Crimson Peak ’
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‘Beast of No Nation’
By Muhammad Muzammal ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT ASSISTANT EDITOR
By Brianna Ciniglio COLUMNIST
I’ll be upfront. “Crimson Peak” had the potential to be a great movie. But, alas, it was just good. Set at the turn of the 20th century, the film follows Edith Cushing, an aspiring writer who falls in love with Sir Thomas Sharpe and follows him and his sister, Lucille, to their decaying childhood home in England. In the trailer, the film comes across as a horror movie riddled with ghosts and most of the film is set in a haunted house. This was actually one of my least favorite aspects of the film. The ghosts were frightening at times, but also came off as kind of cheesy in some instances. They moaned like zombies and were often seen as red blobby messes. It was even worse that they weren’t really necessary to the plot. The movie would have actually been better if the ghost aspect was removed entirely, making it more of a suspenseful drama. “Crimson Peak” would have still remained scary; I won’t give away the plot, but I will say that there was plenty of blood in this movie. According to IGN.com, Guillermo del Toro, the director of the film, stated, “this film is not a horror movie, but a gothic romance.” It would have probably been better for him to think along the lines of “gothic romance” while working on the film, instead of spending time working on the scares. In order to make the film more interesting, additional backstory should have been provided for the two siblings, Thomas
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(Tom Hiddleston) and Lucille (Jessica Chastain). Small parts of their mysterious lives were unveiled towards the end of the film, but a little more insight would have greatly improved the plot. They were by far the more alluring aspect of the movie. Hiddleston and Chastain were also the best actors in the film, although Charlie Hunnam was good as well. But Mia Wasikowska, who played Alice in “Alice in Wonderland,” is usually a fairly skilled actor, and this was not her shining role. Despite these few critiques, I enjoyed this film. The costumes and set were beautiful, the characters were interesting and there were some grippingly intense scenes. The twists and turns of the story had me on the edge of my seat. With a little more work on the script, this would have been a great drama; there was definitely some serious potential. I recommend “Crimson Peak” for anyone who’s looking for a thought-provoking thriller.
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Capturing the delicate balance between the poetic and the literal, Cary Joji Fukunaga’s “Beasts of No Nation” is a chilling film that showcases the aimlessness of war, coming of age and the senseless nature of violence. The film follows the journey of its young protagonist Agu (Abraham Attah), who, in the beginning of the film, lives a simple joyous life as a fun-loving teenager in an unnamed African country. Agu’s life is turned upside down when a radical group of armed men decide to take over Agu’s colony, killing nearly all its citizens. Fukunaga films a powerful action sequence when Agu runs from armed soldiers with his brother. The tracking shot follows Agu’s path and as his brother is shot, we stay with Agu, following his footsteps. As Agu narrowly escapes his own death, he comes across a guerrilla battalion in the Native Defense Force (NDF). Led by the scary yet warm Commandant (Idris Elba), the NDF is made up of child soldiers who are trained to be ruthless but receive a sense of twisted love and affection by their leader. The Commandant saves Agu’s life when an NDF soldier finds him in a forest. For better or for worse, The Commandant recruits Agu. Following his rescue, we watch as people are mercilessly killed and those killing are being rewarded. As the body count increases, the innocence of Agu slowly dissipates, until there is nothing left but the desire to be reunited with his only living parent, his mother. In the film’s most affecting scene, Agu invades a building with other NDF soldiers and comes across an older woman whom he mistakes to be his mother. Agu embraces her, screaming “Mother.” When he realizes she’s not his mother, Agu steps back – disturbed and angry – only to walk back and shoot her in the head. The sequence is done in one take, immersing us in perhaps Agu’s worst moment of agony, where his innocence is completely obliterated and his heart crosses over to a dark, horrific place. It’s
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a scene that beats any blockbuster action movie scene, both in fluidity and emotional impact. As Agu continues his journey as a solider, another theme arises making “Beasts of No Nation” a stand out amongst its “war is bad” counterparts. Although we immediately identify with Agu at the beginning of the film, we feel heartbroken when he kills civilians and shoots other soldiers. Agu’s loneliness and longing for a familial connection, coupled with how he lovingly – at first – looks up to the Commandant, allows us to see his violent actions as a way of joining a family he doesn’t have anymore. The fact that Agu kills the amount of people he does makes it so tragic. And because he is so easy to identify with at the beginning, we are not only a spectator to his actions, we are him, and therefore, we feel broken. This is a result of one of the smarter choices of the film. Fukunaga smartly does not keep a distance between his audience and his soldier hero. This minimal distance allows us to feel Agu’s pain, instead of canceling him out when he decides to kill. Attah gives a riveting, powerful performance as Agu, joining Idris Elba who holds his own as a killing machine full of the sociopathic tendencies you’d expect a blood-hungry guerrilla warfare leader to have. Fukunaga– who also served as writer and cinematographer– films “Beasts of No Nation” in dry colors that recall photojournalism from the 1970s, giving the film a journalistic aesthetic. Fukunaga’s imagery is also poetic, as he catches shots of nature that gives the film a transcendentalist feel, reminiscent of Terrence Malick’s film “The Tree of Life.” “Beasts of No Nation” is essential cinema. There are hundreds of thousands of African child soldiers and the point of the film is not to relish in the violence it shows. It’s to look at the horror that goes on in this world to this very day, and to realize it could happen to anyone. As mentioned earlier, amongst the film’s greatest choices is to make Agu so identifiable. This boy could be you or me.
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The Party Line How can political parties engage millennials? By Brett Linley CONTRIBUTOR
Every election cycle, there is an inevitable discussion about how to get millennials to be active and engaged in the political process. President Obama was able to capitalize on youth enthusiasm to propel him to the White House. Now, eight years into a flurry of policies that have failed to procure notable gains for millennials, another candidate wants to double down. If the question is merely how to engage this generation, we need look no further than Senator Bernie Sanders. Certainly, he has many enticing proposals for young voters who remain
Youth Gone Wild
pessimistic about their job prospects after college. Free healthcare is a big winner, as no one wants to envision him or herself dying on the streets. Squeezing big corporations is another popular subject. Certainly, greedy executives at companies like Apple and Starbucks must be denying them employment and exploiting them as workers, all the while providing them goods and services they desire at reasonable prices. Perhaps the biggest appeal
to young voters comes through Sanders’s pitch for free higher education at state schools. As a generation, millennials have been saddled with an untenable amount of debt. With thousands of students failing to find any return on their investment in
For all these proposals, it would be best to look to economist Murray Rothbard, who said, “It is no crime to be ignorant of economics… But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance.” This is what we get from the Sanders candidacy. While the youth appeal is palpable, it is ultimately irrelevant because the solutions suggested are unworkable. Politicians can pander to the millennial
demographic all they want – but when it comes to the detriment of the country, we must take pause. A generation that may have limited experience in what it’s like to have taxes deducted from a paycheck, or even receive one at all, cannot be exclusively entrusted with fiscal decisions for our future. So if the millennial vote must be bought, Sanders lays the blueprint. If we’re looking to buy a better and brighter and future for the country, however, maybe its best to find a better demographic.
“While the youth appeal is palpable, it is ultimately irrelevant because the solutions suggested are unworkable.” a gender studies or sociology degree, Sanders provides some light at the end of the tunnel; or, so he portends.
Brett Linley is the president of Hofstra Students for Liberty.
Millennials love their social media By Rob Bielunas SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The millennial generation is becoming one of the biggest voting blocs in our current political system, and when they come out to the polls they have the power to swing elections. In 2008, the millennial generation was key in President Obama’s election and again in his re-election in 2012. When millennials come out, Democrats win.
By Johannes Sorto CONTRIBUTOR
The millennial generation seems to be unique. We millennials view politics very differently than previous generations. This is the core reason why the Republican Party has failed to gain traction with young voters. The Republican Party has to take a very different approach to millennials. Regardless of where you go, there seems to be one common denominator when you ask a millennial why they vote Republican.
But why is this? Well it’s simple; the Democrats are fighting for them. When millennials look at the political system, they see Democrats talking about student loan reform and social and economic justice. They see the Republicans talking about shutting down the government, repealing healthcare for millions of Americans and trying to suppress the rights of gay and lesbian couples to get married. In a nutshell, that is how the
Democrats are winning over the millennial generation. Millennials want to hear a message of positivity and hope, which the political right is not offering. You can have the best message in the world but it means nothing if you can’t spread it. Once again the Democrats are leading when it comes to reaching out to millennial voters. In 2008, then-Senator Obama’s campaign used social media in an effective way. The traditional methods of campaigning are no
longer effective enough on their own. Now candidates also need to have a large and interactive social media presence. The millennial generation is used to having information at their fingertips. If a candidate fails to build a presence on social media, their campaign will not last long. Lastly, a quick word to the rest of the millennial generation; if you are unhappy with how things are being run, get involved in politics. Not just on the federal level but also on the local and state levels.
If we want things to change then we are the ones that need to change it. Write your elected leaders, volunteer on campaigns and even run for office because when we are active in the political system, things change and we all win because of it.
It’s not because they hate black people or gays. It’s not that their parents are rich and they hate poor people. And it’s not that they have some obsession with bombing every country in the Middle East. The one thing that all Republican millennials have in common is that they recognize that government has its limits. Republican millennials understand that there is a need for government in some areas
and what they want is to make sure that government runs as effectively as possible in those areas. However, outside of those
Republican Party. A message that is more focused on pragmatism and getting the job done. That when you elect a Republican, they will turn government bureaucracy, which is slow and inefficient, to a fast, efficient system that stops when it reaches its boundaries. Millennials are more inclined to support pragmatic solutions than to blindly follow an ideologue. The Republican Party should tap into this pragmatism by offering
policies that will turn Washington into a more effective government while using less taxpayer money. That type of message will flood the GOP with millennials because we want solutions. We’re tired of hearing endless arguments between party lines, we want the system to improve. If the GOP focuses on making that system run smoother, they can lock up the millennial vote.
Rob Bielunas is the president of the Democrats of Hofstra University.
Focus on pragmatism over ideology
“Millennials are more inclined to support pragmatic solutions than to blindly follow an ideologue.” areas government should not interfere, because when it does, government is likely to do more harm than good. This is the message that can attract millennials to the
Johannes Sorto is the president of the Hofstra University College Republicans.
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OCTOBER 27, 2015• A13
When safety goes too far: Excessive fire alarms disrupt and anger students By Alexi Cohan STAFF WRITER
Every Hofstra student who dorms probably knows the dreadfully loud beeping that can happen at any hour of the day or night signaling everyone to head downstairs and outside. It’s a fire alarm. Typically, this annoying process does not happen too often, but as reported in last week’s edition of The Chronicle, there were 35 fire alarms just during the month of September. Safety is of course extremely important, and always a major concern for all, however, this has gone too far. The alarms can be disruptive to a student’s studying, or more imporantly, sleep schedule, and that point has been reached. The fire alarms in the residence halls on campus are very sensitive and will go off if someone is smoking, using
hairspray or taking an excessively steamy shower, for example. This situation can happen to students when they are home, as well; the smoke detector beeps, someone waves the smoke away or opens the door and that is the end of the story. However, in residence halls, the issue is not resolved as easily. What could have been a beeping smoke detector from a burnt piece of toast turns into an entire evacuation, which is excessive considering the number of students who live in residence halls and burn food or smoke in their rooms. For this reason, the current system is unrealistic. Going outside a couple times a year for
a fire alarm is understandable, but some dorms, like the Nassau Suffolk residence halls, have had two alarms within 24 hours. This is simply unreasonable and it is very frustrating for students to be waking up at all hours to go outside for yet another alarm. It is a waste of time and truly
didn’t work and there was a real emergency. While students should be thankful for such high-functioning and careful safety precautions, this still does not make up for the problem at hand. Having students continuously parade outside for fire alarms without a viable solution to the problem is laughable. A real solution could come with less sensitive alarms, betterinformed students and attentive RAs and RDs. If the RAs and RDs informed their residents more thoroughly about why the alarms continue to go off, there would be less incidents. Also, if the fire alarm systems were altered to be less sensitive, students would see an improvement.
“This is simply unreasonable and it is very frustrating for students to be waking up at all hours to go outside for yet another alarm.” infuriating for many students. In complaining about the alarms, however, one must take into consideration the element of safety. Although the current fire alarm system is causing frustration for students, one would hate to imagine the alternative – if the fire alarms
Finally, a different protocol for fire alarms is necessary. If the alarm was tripped for reasons other than an actual fire, there is no reason to have students wait outside for the fire department and Public Safety to come for extended periods of time in all types of weather. Once confirmed it was not an emergency, students should be allowed to go right back in. In total, this bothersome situation needs a remedy as soon as possible because every fire alarm pushes students further to the brink and creates an unhappy living community full of exhausted students because either their sleep or work was interrupted. One must not put safety out of mind, but 35 fire alarms in one month is horribly intrusive and demonstrates more than anything that there is something wrong with the manner with which fire alarms are dealt.
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Basketball coaches speak at CAA Media Day, ready to win By Mike Rudin SPORTS EDITOR
New life came back into both Hofstra basketball programs by the end of last year, and this upcoming 2015-16 season has the potential to mark a new era of success and who knows, maybe even a ring to boot. On Oct. 22 at the Hofstra Basketball Practice Facility, Hofstra Basketball Media Day took place with Vice President and Director of Athletics, Jeff A. Hathaway, men’s basketball head coach Joe Mihalich and women’s head coach Krista Kilburn-Steveskey discussed the state of the teams. After having the last couple of seasons to rebuild prior to last year, Hofstra has made strides to put themselves back on the map in the Colonial Athletic Association. Hathaway opened up the event talking about last year’s success of both teams and the upcoming 2015-16 season. “We’re extremely excited about
this year’s basketball teams. Last year, for the first time since 2006, both teams advanced to the CAA semifinals and the women went on to play in the CAA finals for the first time ever,” said Hathaway. “Both teams won 20 games and both participated in postseason tournaments.” This season is anticipated to potentially use last year’s success as a stepping stone to propel forward toward greater results, since both teams retain a majority of their key players. The last time the men’s team were conference champions was in 2001 when they were in the American East Conference. Hofstra men’s basketball made only one appearance in the CAA conference title round in 2006 while the women’s team had never made it into the CAA championship round until last year. Hathaway briefed about the season opener on Nov. 13 as well as the two international invitationals for both basketball teams in the middle of the
Jesse Saunders/The Chronicle Head coach Krista Kilburn-Steveskey is in her 10th season coaching at Hofstra.
season. The men’s team will throw their hat into the mix at the Paradise Jam tournament in the Virgin Islands Nov. 20 to 23. It will be the first time in five years since the team has traveled outside the continental U.S. since the 201011 season. While women’s basketball heads to Krystal Luciano’s hometown of San Juan, Puerto Rico for the San Juan Shootout from Nov. 27 to 28, the women’s team also hasn’t gone out of the continental U.S. since 2011. On a side note, Hathaway used some of his time at the podium to congratulate one particular Hofstra student-athlete on the women’s basketball team for her recent accomplishment. Sydni Epps was appointed to the NCAA women’s basketball oversight committee. Hathaway elaborated how prestigious the position is in general for the Pride senior. “To give you an idea, that is about 12 individuals [on the committee,] two of which are students,” he said. Epps is one of 11 voting members on the committee and she is the only studentathlete member that can vote. The other student-athlete who is a non-voting member is Kelsey Mitchell from Ohio State University. Altogether, there are 16 individuals on the board. Hathaway concluded his segment focusing on how Mihalich brought the program back to life in the previous two seasons, spearheading the program toward success. Once Mihalich took the stand, he opened up, talking about the state of his team as well as going into his third year working at Hofstra. “It is that time of the year … and the expectations are high for us,” said Mihalich. “But I have no cute, new phrases that other people haven’t already used because they all hold true. The first one is this, no one has higher expectations than us.” The returning team is in good shape with Juan’ya Green, Ameen Tanksley, Brian Bernardi and Rokas Gustys coming
Jesse Saunders/The Chronicle Coach Joseph Mihalich addressed the crowd at Thursday’s Midnight Madness.
back, as well as the rest of the returning group from last season’s roster. Plus, the addition of this year’s recruitments will add depth with Justin Wright-Foreman, Desure Buie and Denton Koon as well as other acquisitions. The men’s team finished last year 20-14 and they made an appearance in the College Invitational Basketball league, despite losing in the first round. Hofstra also lost in the CAA semi-finals to William & Mary in overtime by the end of last season. Krista Kilburn-Steveskey was the third and final speaker and she discussed how the state of her team going into the 2015-16 season. “We are extremely excited. After having an opportunity to play in the CAA championship final game, first time in the program’s history, we obviously have a lot of high expectations as well,” said head coach Krista Kilburn-Steveskey. “We put more pressure on ourselves … having most of the players returning, having that experience of how close we really were and I think that’s what made these guys a lot more hungry here in the offseason.” Until last year, not once since
joining the CAA conference did Hofstra break into the title round because of other powerhouse teams such as James Madison and Delaware. The Hofstra women’s basketball team is nearly identical from last year’s roster with 12 of the 13 members returning for the upcoming season. This includes the typical starters: Krystal Luciano, Darius Faulk, Kelly Loftus and Ashunae Durant. Then there’s Anjie White, Asia Jackson, Jakelle King-Gilchrist, Sydni Epps and Dee Thomas Palmer who will add depth to the team. The women’s team finished 20-1 overall in the 2014-15 season. Then the women’s team made an appearance to the Women’s National Invitational Tournament. Overall, this upcoming year has great potential on paper for both athletic programs to make history and reach the CAA championship round in the same year, if not further. The two teams open the 201516 season with a doubleheader on Nov. 13 at 5 p.m. at the David S. Mack Sports Complex.
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Volleyball rebounds from loss, sweeping Charleston By Kevin Carroll ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
Following a tough loss on Friday to UNCW, the Pride bounced back in a big way on Sunday afternoon, soundly defeating the College of Charleston Cougars three sets to none at the David S. Mack Physical Education Center. “We were able to play our game to take them out of system,” said head coach Emily Mansur after the victory. It was a completely refocused and reenergized team that showed up to play Sunday, as the Pride only fell behind on three occasions, completely controlling the match from first serve to match point. The Pride only committed 12 attack errors, a vast improvement over Friday’s match, where the team committed 29 errors. A thunderous kill from Brianna Montgomery would put the Pride
ahead to start the first set, and although Charleston hung tough throughout the set, they were never able to gain the lead from Hofstra. Veronika Kostova and Nanishka Perez led the Pride attack with five kills apiece in the set, and Hofstra was able to hold off the Cougars, 25-20. The second set was more of the same, with the Pride controlling the majority of the action, keeping the Cougars at arm’s length the whole way. Charleston, finding themselves down 21-16 late in the set, managed to score four of the next five points to pull within two points of the lead, but Perez answered with two kills to halt the Cougars’ momentum. A costly attack error from Charleston’s Melissa Morello gave the Pride a 25-20 secondset victory. The Cougars came out swinging in the third set, running out to a 4-1 lead, before watching
as Hofstra rattled off six straight points to go ahead. Charleston fought back to make it a onepoint game on multiple occasions, but Hofstra stood firm. The Pride pulled away at the end with a Leticia Valente kill clinching the set for the Pride, 25-19, securing a three-sets-to-none match victory. Kostova bounced back from an off game against UNCW on Friday to lead the Pride with 10 kills. “We need Veronika, as you see, the result is very different when she is here,” said Mansur. Perez and Valente chipped in with nine kills apiece. Hannah Klemm continued her impressive season with 39 assists. For College of Charleston, Melissa Morello led all attackers with 15 kills. The Pride volleyball team improved to 16-9 with the victory, with a 7-2 mark in CAA action.
Kevin Gomes/The Chronicle Leticia Valente rises up to spike the ball as two Charleston players try to block.
Hofstra returns to action next Sunday against Northeastern, a team that Hofstra beat in five sets
earlier this season. That matchup will take place at home, and first serve will be at 1 p.m.
Field hockey slays Dragons, clinches CAA berth By Jeffrey Werner STAFF WRITER
The Hofstra Pride field hockey team defeated the Drexel Dragons 3-2 in overtime to clinch their spot in the CAA tournament. Stella and Simca Schoen scored the three goals for Hofstra. Head coach Kathy De Angelis couldn’t have been more proud of her team’s effort. “It was an amazing game,” said De Angelis. “It was a well-earned win. I felt our transition and relentless attitude was so great today and that’s what kept us in the game.” Before the game began, the Pride honored their seniors who were playing their final regularseason game at Hofstra. Forward Lauren del Valle, midfielder Charlotte Loehr and defender Leigh Maxwell-Smith were honored with flowers and plaques commemorating them for their dedication to the field hockey team. “These are three very special seniors,” coach De Angelis explained. “We wanted [to win]
for them because they worked so hard over their years to get this team to the tournament. I thought all of them did an amazing job.” With the pre-game festivities out of the way, the Pride was ready to take on the Dragons. The Dragons nearly took an early 1-0 lead, but the goal was called back, so the game remained tied at zero. The Pride took advantage of the referee’s call with a goal from Stella Schoen a little over 14 minutes into the first half to take a 1-0 lead. Stella scored again with four minutes to go in the first half to give Hofstra a 2-0 lead heading into halftime. “It was great to see really perfect execution by Stella on her shots. They were right on,” De Angelis said. But Drexel wasn’t about to let Hofstra go on cruise control for the rest of the game. Just four minutes into the second half, the Dragons cut the Pride’s lead in half thanks to a penalty stroke. Drexel tied the game up at 2-2 when Allison McCardell’s shot off a penalty corner was
Kevin Gomes/The Chronicle Simca Schoen is third in total points for the Pride, tallying 28 on the season, scoring 10 goals and adding eight assists.
deflected and passed the goalie pads of Lauren Saltus. The Pride attempted to gain the lead back, but a strong Drexel defense forced an overtime. Hofstra wasted no time going on the offensive and was awarded a penalty corner. Claudia Marin Samper passed the ball to Loehr, who in turn passed it
to Simca Schoen. Simca fired the ball past the goalie and the entire team crowded around her, celebrating the 3-2 win that got them into the CAA tournament. Hofstra’s regular-season play is not finished yet, however. The Pride will go to Virginia for the final two games of the season. The first game will be
in Williamsburg where the Pride will face off against the William & Mary Tribe on Friday, Oct. 30 at 6 p.m. Then, the Pride will wrap up their season with a game in Harrisonburg against the Dukes of James Madison University on Sunday, Nov. 1 at noon.
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SportsNotes: Learning the game of volleyball By Abby Strusowski and Regina Volpe STAFF WRITERS
Held Ball: a ball that comes to rest during play, results in a foul
Positions
Libero: aka the defensive specialist; only plays the back row to dig balls
Attacker/Outside Hitter
Middle Blocker
Joust: no horses involved; the name for when two opposing players are both hitting the ball over the net simultaneously Kill: an attack that ends in an immediate point, pretty self exlpanatory
Pancake: they’re not just for breakfast; when a player goes to save the ball by diving and laying their hand flat on the floor for the ball to bounce off of
Server Libero Terms Ace: a serve that immediately scores Assist: bumping or setting the ball for the striker to score
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Dig: shovels not required; passing a spiked ball
Volleyball is a lot more than people hanging out at the beach. In fact, it’s played inside. The team that is the first to win three out of five sets is the winner. Each set is played until a team scores 25 points. Throughout the entire match, there are six people on each side, with players rotating in and out throughout the game.
Setter
The Hofstra bench celebrates a successful point. Pride volleyball curently have split there last six matches, sitting at 16-9 overall.
other body parts
Block: when defensive players hit the ball back to the striker’s side of the court Bump: the act of passing the ball with the forearms; sometimes
Serve: move only for the server, puts the ball into motion and play Set: directing the ball so that the striker can spike it Spike: a forceful hit that aims to score Frequently Asked Questions Does each set always end at 25 points? - No, if the team that has
reached 25 points is only up by one point over their opponent, then the set will continue until one of the teams takes a two-point lead. What happens if the match goes to a fifth set? - If both teams split the first four sets, a fifth set is played to determine a winner. The two teams play to 15, instead of 25, with a small intermission in the middle as the two teams switch sides. When is a ball deemed “out of play?” - A ball would only be called unplayable if: • The ball is interfered with by a coach, official or spectator • The ball comes to rest on an object hanging overhead How many times could each team hit the ball? - Each team can hit the ball three times, with the third hit sending the ball over to the other side. If a team hits the ball more than three times, a point is awarded to the other team. With only a few Pride volleyball matches left, go forth and cheer them on with your newfound knowledge!
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Green & co. look for spirit from students in Lion’s Den By Nick Mazzarella STAFF WRITER
Being a part of a packed-out and energetic student section is one of the most exciting parts of attending a college basketball game, but Hofstra students wouldn’t know that. While a rowdy student section is a given at most power conference schools and certain midmajors, it’s not rare for The Lion’s Den – Hofstra’s student section – to have more empty seats than occupied ones. And the players know that. Before transferring to Hofstra, senior men’s basketball guard Juan’ya Green played for two years at Niagara University, where the number of undergraduate students is about 3,300 – less than half of Hofstra’s undergraduate enrollment. But despite his former school’s size compared to Hofstra’s, Green said he received more student support during his time as a Purple Eagle. “It kind of hurts a little bit,” said
Green. “We need the crowd to get into it to help us out when we’re losing games or having a tough lapse.” But Green hasn’t forgotten about the few times he’s played in front of a loud Hofstra student body. When asked which games featured a memorable student section, Green thought back to when the Pride hosted Stony Brook and Northeastern. He didn’t waste a rare chance to impress a filled student section. He poured in 22 points versus Stony Brook and recorded a double-double – 18 points and 10 assists – against Northeastern. “When students are there for the games, we do a great job,” said Green. So what’s behind students’ lack of support for Hofstra hoops? Is it because Hofstra isn’t Kentucky or Duke or North Carolina, or is it because they don’t care about the sport? “I think some of it has to do
with them just not being interested in basketball,” Green said. For those who’ve never attended a Hofstra basketball game, now’s a good time to start. It’s almost guaranteed that the men will be favored to win the CAA, and the women lost just one player from last year’s team that advanced to the conference championship game. “Games should be fun,” Green said. “I think students will have a great time not only watching the game, but also being in that great environment around everybody.” While watching college basketball games on TV, the likely CAA Preseason Player of the Year can’t help but envy the teams that consistently play in front of a roaring student body. “I always wish we had a big student section to back us up,” said Green. Hofstra students’ first chance to grant Green’s wish will be on Friday, Nov. 13, when both the men’s and women’s basketball
Megan McGuire/The Chronicle Juan’ya Green cuts back to the right, away from a Jacksonville defender last season. Green wants to see more Hofstra students come out to games.
teams kick off their 2015-16 seasons. The women will tip off versus Navy at 5 p.m., and
the men will square off against Canisius following the conclusion of the women’s game.
Pride Prediction: Hofstra prepares for CAA run By Kyle Kandetzki SPORTS EDITOR
There are plenty of storylines taking center stage as the CAA Tournament for women’s soccer is upon us. Can Northeastern pull off the three-peat? Can a team with a single big star like Delaware claim their first CAA title? Or will Hofstra’s Leah Galton, probably the best player in the program, grab a ring on her way out? With a number one seed for a group of hungry seniors as well as a consistent offense, it looks like there’s not much going against this Hofstra team. They have their star in Galton and they have supplementary scorers to share the load, with Jill Mulholland, Kristin Desmond and Jeannine Molleda. They also have a stacked back line that not only stifles opposing offenses, but also lets them barely get shots on goal in some games (see: one SOG vs. Northeastern). They have experience all over
the field. Up front, Galton is the experienced senior with backto-back CAA Player of the Year awards (11 goals, six assists). At midfield, there’s Molleda, who isn’t always the main scoring threat, but certainly knows how to when called upon. And on the back line there is Mallory Ullrich, who not only has anchored the defense, but also knows a thing or two about passing, with a team-high six assists. So what do they have to watch for? Star power. Hofstra has only lost once in-conference and tied once in a 7-1-1 run. The loss came to UNCW, where conditions were rough in a downpour of rain, and the tie came against number four seed James Madison. What do both teams have in common? Star players who can take over. In their loss to the Seahawks, Maddie McCormick was the entire offense for UNCW, scoring both goals, including the OT winner. In their draw with the
Dukes, Ashley Herndon opened up the scoring in the 81st minute before Galton tied things up later. McCormick finished the regular season at the top of the conference with 12 goals, while Herndon compiled nine, one behind Galton. The top seed in the conference tournament not only means Hofstra gets home-field advantage throughout, but they also get a bye from the quarterfinals, and will play the winner of James Madison vs. Northeastern. JMU’s Herndon can be a juggernaut with her passing (six assists) coming in handy while the team’s other top scorer Allie Bunner (seven goals). But beyond that, if you can stop that duo, a win is very possible and the Hofstra defense did shutout the Dukes for 80 minutes on their first go-around. On the other hand, there is still the pesky fifth seed Huskies. Northeastern has four players with 5+ goals but their defense is their weakness.
The Huskies had the thirdhighest goals-allowed average in the conference at 1.37 and have permitted 18 goals in the second period overall. That is an extreme mismatch when you face Hofstra – a team that posted over 2.2 goals per game – and put in 23 of their 41 scores in the latter half. Beyond that, if they’re able
to advance, they could face Delaware, UNCW or the number two seed William & Mary Tribe in the Championship game. With this team’s success thus far in 2015, the Pride can notch a CAA Title simply by playing the same type of game they have all season long.
Cam Keough/The Chronicle Galton’s 11 goals and six assists have been a huge part in the Pride capturing the number one seed for the CAA tournament.
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Men’s soccer clinches No. 1 seed in conference By Victoria Mickens STAFF WRITER
Elon came to town from North Carolina, for the second-to-last home game of Hofstra’s fall 2015 regular season. It was a beautiful Saturday evening at the Hofstra Soccer Stadium, but there was definitely tension in the air that winded down until the 79th minute of regulation. Mani Walcott scored the lone goal in the match to give the Pride a 1-0 victory over the 10th-ranked Phoenix. The win was Hofstra’s first over a top-10 opponent since 2005, and clinched the CAA regular season title for the Pride, along with the top seed in the CAA tournament. Meshack Eshun Addy, sophomore midfielder, took Hofstra’s first shot of the evening about fifteen minutes into the game. The men were pretty hesitant to shoot throughout the first half of the match simply because defense was desperately needed. “The first half we did not play with true conviction and we didn’t get at them and we defended quite well,” said head coach Richard Nuttall. “You know, we kept possession around the back
well but I just think we didn’t penetrate, we didn’t get at them.” The Pride reached halftime still scoreless and the decision to rest five players was made. All the men of Pride soccer put in time as well as effort in and out of games to keep up their fitness and support each other. The period of rest ensures that the products of this effort from each of the members can be put on display. In this case, the men were able to gain complete control over the second half of the game. “At half time, we put money up top. I thought our boys were magnificent, they were absolutely magnificent,” said Nuttall. “Their energy was there, whoever came off the bench was great, and they gave it everything.” With about 11 minutes left on the clock, the Pride made a promising run that got everyone in the crowd on their feet. Elon’s defensive players were all fixed on junior Rory Murphy. Murphy made a quick assist to center where sophomore midfielder Mani Walcott casually scored a goal, essentially winning Hofstra the game against a very difficult team to beat.
“[I’m] very pleased for Mani. He has been out with an injury and he came back and he got the winning goal,” said Nuttall. He went on to tip his hat to Elon University by acknowledging that he thought the win was “fully deserved” because “Elon are a quality team and I think we dominated them in the second half.” “They played some lovely soccer first half,” said Nuttall “And you see when they’ve got room they can play so again to have shut them down and really got at them, I am extremely pleased. Just immensely proud of the boys.” With a little less than 10 minutes left, Elon tried to send the game into overtime by taking a shot. Senior Patric Pray was on top of things as usual and “saved one there,” as Nuttall said. This save along with three others earned him sole possession of second place on Hofstra’s alltime list. Hofstra will go into their final two games of the regular season, against Stony Brook on Tuesday at 7 p.m. and James Madison University on Saturday, Oct. 31.
Cam Keough/The Chronicle Mani Walcott scored the only goal in Saturday’s match with Elon to give the Pride a 1-0 victory.
Women’s soccer blanks Drexel, taking top seed By John Grimaldi STAFF WRITER
The Hofstra women’s soccer team defeated the Drexel Dragons with a score of 1-0 at home on Sunday afternoon. Hofstra dominated in defense and possession time throughout the game, allowing just two shots in the first half of play and nine shots total. Goalie Friederike Mehring ended the season on a high note by shutting out the Dragons for her second consecutive shutout. Head coach Simon Riddiough praised Mehring’s play and her strong mentality. “She has been inconsistent, let’s be honest, but now she has put in two good performances back to back,” said Riddiough. “It’s a testament to her focus and mentality.” Towards the end of the first half, senior forward Leah Galton was fouled hard and was treated
on the sideline. She did not return to the field until the beginning of the second half. “She got stepped on,” said Riddiough. “[It was a] tough foul to take,” Riddiough praised Galton, who has played her last
regular season game with the Pride, saying that she is, “the embodiment of the senior class.” Sophomore Emily Hulbert had the lone goal of the game through a very impressive presentation of teamwork by the Pride. Jill
Mulholland headed a cross from Kristin Desmond to Hulbert, who headed it in for the goal in the 43rd minute of the game. “It was a tough battle,” said Riddiough. “Drexel always gives us a tough battle. Good thing for
Cam Keough/The Chronicle Jeannine Molleda (13) and Mallory Ulrich (15) stroll off with Jill Mulholland (5). Mulholland is tied for team second in points with 15, including seven goals.
us is we bent, but we didn’t break. We handled the pressure.” The win over Drexel propels Hofstra to a 7-1-1 record in the CAA and a 13-4-1 record overall, clinching a home-field advantage in the CAA tournament. The Pride now looks forward to not needing to travel and being able to rest their bodies as they head into the tournament. “Fortunately now we have three weeks,” said Riddiough. “We have time to recuperate.” The first game of the CAA tournament will take place at Hofstra Soccer Stadium on Nov. 6.
Back Cover: Hofstra women’s soccer celebrated their win and Senior Day on Sunday. Hofstra men’s soccer celebrated on Saturday.
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Hofstra women’s and men’s soccer clinch regular season titles Cam Keough (Left) and Jean Pierre Guzhnay (Right)/The Chronicle