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Take Back the Night empowers survivors and condemns rape culture By Katie Krahulik MA N A G IN G ED ITO R
Robert Kinnaird / The Hofstra Chronicle Community members console each other at Take Back the Night, an annual event hosted by Collegiate Women of Color, Campus Feminist Collective, Student Advocates for Safer Sex and Queer and Trans People of Color Coalition.
In a vehement attempt to eradicate rape culture, hundreds of Take Back the Night events are held in over 30 different countries each year since the first Take Back the Night took place in Philadelphia in 1975. Several student-run organizations hosted Hofstra’s annual Take Back the Night in the Student Center Theater on the evening of Friday, April 5. Every year the event participants join in a march and rally to vocalize condemnation of sexual assault, domestic abuse and rape; however, organizers said the march was canceled this year due to inclement weather. However, the Speak Out resumed, which is an open forum for survivors to tell their stories and, as the title instructs, take
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Men’s lax upsets No. 17 UMass in OT By David Lazar STAFF W R I T E R
Ryan Tierney and Dylan McIntosh did it again. After a thrilling 63 minutes of action, McIntosh scored the gamewinning goal to complete a 10-9 upset over 17th-ranked University of Massachusetts (UMass) on Saturday, April 6, at James M. Shuart Stadium. Ryan Tierney finished the game with a career-high six goals, while redshirt sophomore goaltender Bobby Casey kept the Pride in the game by making a career-high 16 saves. “We outshot UMass 40-39,” said Hofstra head coach Seth Tierney. “[Casey] had 16 saves.
We needed every last shot and save.” Trailing most of the game, it looked like the Pride was simply outmatched. Ryan Tierney would not let that happen, however, willing the Pride to overtime by tying the game at nine with just 1:48 to play. “I don’t know if I can put this into words,” Coach Tierney said. “If you were in our locker room, it would tell the story. It was a release of pressure that has built up for two months.” Ryan Tierney nearly won the game in regulation, but UMass senior goalie Sean Sconone corralled a powerful shot, sending the game to a sudden-death overtime period.
That is where the Pride shone, drawing a penalty and sending the home crowd home happy after a monumental comeback. For a team that came into the day with a 3-7 record, they showed confidence against a top team. “Winning in overtime after losing six out of seven is a great thing,” Casey said. “After everything that has happened, it takes a lot of mental toughness to go out there and win in overtime. But as soon as we went a man up, I knew exactly what would happen: We were going to win this game.” Continued on A16
back the night from their aggressors. The event was co-hosted by Collegiate Women of Color (CWC), Campus Feminist Collective (CFC), Student Advocates for Safer Sex (SASS) and Queer and Trans People of Color Coalition (QTPOCC). CFC President Maria Zaldivar, a senior journalism and marketing major, was one of the head organizers of this year’s Take Back the Night. “I got involved in Take Back the Night my freshman year and as a senior it still means the world to me. As an organizer, I also know that this is not an easy event to put together. We always try to create as safe a space for survivors as possible and I know that the people that organized the event this year really worked hard to make sure that we prioritized survivors
since at the end of the day, that’s the point of this whole event. Since it’s an event we host at Hofstra, all students are welcome to attend and that can be both a good thing and something that can be hard to manage ... we are talking about people’s experiences and it’s a very personal and emotional event, particularly during the Speak Out,” Zaldivar said. Prior to the Speak Out, several individuals were invited to come speak to survivors and audience members. Karla Bradley, public affairs and advocacy manager of Planned Parenthood of Nassau County, opened the presentation, followed by DJ Rosenbaum, campus education coordinator of Safe Center Long Island. Also included in the talks Continued on A3
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Hofstra hosted its annual Public Health Fair on Wednesday, April 3, as part of National Public Health Week – a week dedicated to educating the community and raising awareness on critical topics.
By Alanna Boland S TAF F WRI T E R
As part of National Public Health Week, Hofstra hosted its seventh annual Public Health Fair on Wednesday, April 3. The fair took place in the Netherlands Core and was free and open to the public. The goal of the annual event is to raise awareness about various health issues and the local resources available to deal with them. The fair was largely organized by Corinne Kyriacou, both the chairperson and a professor of the Department of Health Professions. Kyriacou recruited students in the Master of Public Health program to help organize the event. During the fair, she and her students walked around offering to answer any questions attendees had. Many of Kyriacou’s students helped run tabling activities as well. “One of my favorite aspects of the Health Fair is working with graduate public health students to design and execute the event,” Kyriacou said. “I enjoy guiding the students through the process of planning and implementing a health promotion event and watching them blossom into community service professionals.” Kyriacou said this year’s fair featured vendors from over 40 health, social service and educational organizations, including Northwell Health which sponsored the event. Other organizations included Planned Parenthood, the Parker Jewish
Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation and the Nassau County Department of Health. Student-run clubs and organizations relating to health tabled at the event as well. The fair included activities that covered many aspects of public health, such as disease and domestic violence prevention as well as mental, sexual and reproductive health. There were also opportunities to learn about concussion prevention and organ donation. Interactive activities included prize wheels and the opportunity to meet a trained guide dog that aids veterans. Free screenings for blood pressure, melanoma, varicose veins, oral cancer and HIV were available, as well as demonstrations showing how to self-scan for breast cancer on mannequins. “I think it was really successful,” Kyriacou said toward the end of the event. “It’s successful to me when people come away with a greater understanding of their own health and what they can do to ... prevent risks and improve their quality of life.” According to Kyriacou, a large part of the fair is dedicated to educating local high school students since teachers often bring their classes to the fairs. “We had about 100 high school students this year,” Kyriacou said. “We engaged with the high schoolers quite a bit – I definitely think they’ll walk away feeling like these are issues that are really important.” “It’s important for us to get
the word out to high school students about Hofstra’s PA [Physician Assistant] program because for [my] program specifically, we have to apply to it during our senior year of high school,” said Victoria Lamberti, a first-year graduate student who attended the fair as a representative of Hofstra’s BS/MS dual-degree program in PA studies. Lamberti said that she and other PA students were there to promote their program to high school students, but also to advocate for public health. “A big part of the PA profession is actually advocating for public health, so we’re kind of just learning also how to interact with the public and give advice on certain issues,” Lamberti
said. “We had trivia questions throughout the day [so] we really got a sense of what the high school students [know] and didn’t know,” said Vivian Emengo, a first-year medical student and member of Hofstra’s chapter of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA). Emengo helped run the SNMA table at the fair, which asked students and other passersby medical trivia questions for the chance to win a prize. “They were often shocked at the answers, so we were here to kind of explain to them what the correct answer was and how the actual disease processes happened,” Emengo said. “The [students] were excited to be here – they were engaged and ready to receive the information,” said Philippe Rameau, another first-year medical student who helped run SNMA’s table. Aside from trivia, Rameau said club members also “went over some general health information regarding several chronic diseases like hypertension, cancer and diabetes” with the students. “I feel like they really walked away feeling like they learned something new,” Emengo said. “Plus they got a lot of free prizes.”
Alanna Boland / The Hofstra Chronicle National Public Health Week was organized by Corinne Kyriacou and members of the Master of Public Health program.
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Jemison tackles adversity in science during keynote address
Photo Courtesy of Emily Sauchelli Mae Jemison, the first African American female astronaut was the keynote speaker for Hofstra’s ‘ONE GIANT LEAP: Apollo 11 @ 50’ conference on Wednesday, April 3, sharing her inspiring story with attendees.
By Emily Sauchelli SPEC IA L TO T H E C H R O N I CL E
Mae Jemison, the first African American female astronaut, was the keynote speaker for the “ONE GIANT LEAP: Apollo 11 @ 50” conference on Wednesday, April 3. Students, faculty and community members gathered in the Toni and
Martin Sosnoff Theater of John Crawford Adams Playhouse for the event. Hofstra’s Cultural Center and The Cradle of Aviation collaborated to create a celebration honoring the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Jemison focused much of her conversation on discussing edu-
cation, women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields during World War II and the history of space exploration since Apollo 11. On Saturday, Sept. 12, 1992, Jemison became the first African American female astronaut as part of NASA’s space shuttle program, with her first launch
being on the shuttle Endeavour and STS-47 at Kennedy Space Center for NASA’s 50th shuttle mission. Jemison grew up on the south side of Chicago during the 1960s with two siblings – a brother and a sister. She recalled how as a young girl she was nervous for her father to go to work as riots and protests occurred during the period of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement. As a woman of color, Ameera Iftekhar, a junior applied physics major, felt a connection to Jemison. “Being a first-generation child, a racial minority and a Muslim, I’ve felt limitations and boundaries ever since I was young, when I learned that just my skin color can influence how others treat me and my faith can have me killed. But after meeting her, I see that not only are those boundaries false, but the sky isn’t even the limit,” Iftekhar said. Hebah Uddin, a 2017 Hofstra
alumna who majored in English literature with a minor in psychology, admired Jemison’s perseverance through adversity. Uddin enjoyed, “being able to hear directly from a hero who openly acknowledges the struggles of being a woman of color in an industry where she was the first, and was able to overcome those obstacles and bigotry to succeed and achieve.” “When I emotionally felt it was back in 2006 ... We did a project called celebrating women of color in flight. It was women around the world who have been involved in space and aviation,” Jemison said when asked when she finally realized that she paved the way for women of color in astronautics. “When it was that point in time, I realized that perhaps I could convene these folks, and everybody just wanted to talk to each other – this was the first time that all these women had gotten together in a room.”
other reason that we’re here is because we’re on a mission ... It is in line with your mission here with this particular event and during this month of sexual assault awareness. Our goal is like yours. Our goal is to change rape culture and to eradicate sexual violence. Isn’t that your goal, too?” Dulce Rujes of SEPA Mujer explained the significance of bringing intersectionality into the conversation. “Our focus is Latina women and girls because we have found that in Latin American countries, violence against women ... is higher. I’m sure you have heard of femicides, so this is really why SEPA Mujer exists,” Rujes said. “We offer legal immigration assistance for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, rape and many other
types of abuses.” CWC President Shannon Prevatt, a senior sustainability and geography major, and Vice President of Student Advocates for Safer Sex Dennis Vandunk, a sophomore physician’s assistant student, said this year’s event was moving and overall a success in its effectiveness, despite not having a march. “I care about this event so much because it’s a topic that so many people know about but don’t want to talk about. The statistics that show how many people either are or know someone that is a survivor of sexual assault are mind boggling and if there was more awareness, people would be less comfortable turning a blind eye to things that don’t personally affect them,” Prevatt said. Vandunk said that although the turnout was low this year, it only made the event that much more intimate. “The event is so important; if even one survivor shows up and is able to feel comfort, support, and safety in the space the event affords to them I count it as a success.”
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Community stands in solidarity against sexual assault
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were representatives from SEPA Mujer, the Latina immigrant women and girls organization. Dulce Rojas, senior organizer, and Martha Maffei, executive director, spoke on behalf of the organization. Bradley presented Planned Parenthood’s mission, listing the services offered at Planned Parenthood, including surgical and medical abortion, adoption referrals, birth control, breast and testicular cancer surgeries, cervical cancer detection and treatment, emergency contraception, gynecological exams, pap smears, pelvic exams, HIV testing and counseling, HPV vaccine and testing for pregnancy and STIs. “Anyone can come to Planned Parenthood to get any kind of care they need. Anyone can come through our door regardless of your gender identity, your sex, your sexuality, your eligibility, your immigration status, you can come to Planned Parenthood and get sexual and reproductive health care because
we believe that that is something that should be guaranteed to everyone,” Bradley said, adding that Planned Parenthood has health centers in Hempstead, Glen Cove and Massapequa. “If you come in through our doors, you pay based on what you can afford, which is really
Center has numerous legal services which help survivors get back on their feet after trauma. “We have advocates who help navigate the court system, go to court, go to the District Attorney’s office, go to family court; someone will be with [survivors] if they want to help them
“We always try to create as safe a space for survivors as possible and I know that the people that organized the event this year really worked hard to make sure that we prioritized survivors since at the end of the day, that’s the point of this whole event.” important because we want to make sure that health care is accessible.” Through the Safe Center Long Island, Rosenbaum reaffirmed the commitment to creating a safe and healthy community for survivors. During the presentation, she explained that the Safe
manage that really difficult and sometimes confusing system. [We] walk them through the victim services maze that can be so difficult to figure out on your own – particularly if you’re a survivor,” Rosenbaum said. “One reason why we’re here is to give you support, but the
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Law scholar presents unique approach to prison reform
Photo Courtesy of American University Angela Davis, professor of law at American University, delivered a talk to students at Hofstra’s Maurice A. Deane School of Law addressing prison reform and prosecution.
By Elizabeth Turley STAFF W R I T E R
Like many Americans, Angela Davis, a professor of law at American University’s Washington School of Law, believes that the criminal justice system is
in crisis. However, her solution to the problem of mass incarceration is a unique one: better prosecutors. Davis spoke to students at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law on Wednesday, April
3, delivering the Howard Lichtenstein Distinguished Professorship in Legal Ethics lecture. Davis’ talk, “Prosecutorial Ethics in Current Times,” was sponsored by the Monroe H. Freedman Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics. Davis explained that given the fact that the only evidence prosecutors need to bring charges against arrested individuals is probable cause, prosecutors tend to pile on multiple charges with mandatory minimum sentences in the hope that the defendants choose to plead guilty to one of the charges instead of insisting on a jury. “Every person who commits a crime does not need to be prosecuted,” Davis said. She believes that, as ministers of justice, prosecutors are morally and
ethically obligated to check the urge to charge as many potential convicts as possible with crimes. “There are ways to hold people accountable other than putting them in a cage.” One of those ways is through diversion programs, such as drug and alcohol rehabilitation and behavioral therapy. Diversion programs are currently only offered to first-time, low-level offenders as an alternative to incarceration. Davis wants to remedy prison overcrowding by extending those provisions to include people found guilty of nonviolent felonies, no matter how many times they have been indicted in the past. Davis also believes in advocating for clemency among prosecutors. She used Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner; embattled State
Attorney Kim Foxx from Cook County, Illinois; and Scott Colom, the district attorney for Mississippi’s 16th District, as examples of progressive prosecutors that law students should look up to. “Laws don’t implement themselves,” Davis reminded the future lawyers. Prosecuting defendants with clemency and a passion for justice, though difficult, is a challenge that the students at Hofstra Law are ready to take on. Dorothy Spingarn, a first-year law student with a background in anthropology, was intrigued by Davis’ talk. Spingarn expressed interest in criminal law and said that Davis’ lecture made her consider learning more about ethics in the criminal justice system.
National Public Health Week promotes health care inclusivity
By Alixandra Wilens STAFF W R I T E R
National Public Health Week opened Monday, April 1, with “Breaking the Boundaries: ‘Other’ Health Concerns for Young People with Disabilities,” a panel specific to health issues faced by this population. Spearheaded by senior community health major Felicia Leto, the panel discussed emergency preparedness, sexual health and oral health inclusive to disabled individuals. National Public Health Week, which has events scheduled until Thursday, April 18, is a collaborative effort between the School of Health Professions and Human Services and the Division of Student Affairs. Martine Hackett, a professor of health professions and one of the panel’s organizers, stated that the placement of the panel was coincidental. “I hope [this being the first panel presentation of the week] does sort of set the tone about how important it is to be able to address all populations when you think about improving health efforts,” she said. The overall theme of the panel revolved around providing health care – with disabled indi-
viduals in mind from the start, not with provision for them being made as an afterthought. Hackett said, “You have to build into your practice the way that you are going to address people with physical and intellectual disabilities. People with disabilities are the largest group of people who are considered to be minorities. About 25 million people have disabilities, and also there’s a high likeli-
for the Long Island Center for Independent Living. Leto, a student with a disability herself, helped organize the event and conducted interviews to find out what people would want to hear about at the panel. “I thought by having this event, it would give people the knowledge to not be afraid to discuss these certain topics,” Leto said.“Hopefully, for future generations, this won’t be some-
the heightened prevalence of sexual abuse among health professionals for people with disabilities and comprehension of the additional steps that need to be taken to ensure emergency preparedness centers can adequately support the disabled population. Zainab Nassar, a junior psychology major, said the panel was “extremely enlightening. I was able to learn about issues –
“We [people with and without disabilities] can all work together and focus on how we can function as a society that includes everyone.” hood that someone could have a disability at some point in their lives, so I feel like this is an issue that doesn’t really get the attention it deserves based on the sheer number of people who are affected.” Panelists at the event included Barbie Vartanian, executive director of Project Accessible Oral at the Viscardi Center, Mary Greenfield, a sexuality educator of over 30 years and Therése Aprile-Brzezinski, the director of planning and public policy
thing that they will be afraid to discuss.” Jenna Park, a senior journalism major, thought that the panel accomplished its purpose. “I thought the panel was very specific and informational. I gathered a lot of information that I didn’t know about people with disabilities and their dayto-day life.” Park said this included a need for specific understanding in terms of communication about sexual health, knowledge about
both large and minor – that can have an extreme impact on this population.” Hannah Ferrugio, a senior speech-language-hearing sciences major, agreed.“I thought this panel was super informative. As a student going into a healthrelated field, I think the topics covered today ... are areas that are not immediately thought of [by] someone [who] will work with people with disabilities but should be thought of.” Ashley Andree, a graduate
student in the rehabilitation counseling master’s program who also works in Student Access Services (SAS), said that “as a person with a disability but also as a professional who is going to be helping these types of populations, I really felt like, again, it’s a conversation that needs to continue to go on.” Andree said, “A lot of people who are here today maybe didn’t realize that these are genuine issues that need to be addressed ... I hope that in the future, more discussions like these can be had, both inside and outside of the Hofstra community.” “I think it’s important for college students, especially college students who are interested in being health care providers, to recognize that people with disabilities are a sizable part of the population,” Hackett said. “... unless we start preparing for and recognizing their specific needs, it is going to be very difficult to be able to address them.” Leto summed up the goal of the panel and continued awareness of topics regarding disability as making it so that, “We [people with and without disabilities] can all work together and focus on how we can function as a society that includes everyone.”
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Greek life remains strong despite fluxuating membership By Annemarie LePard STAFF W R I T E R
Despite an uptick in fraternity membership in recent years, the small size of this year’s pledge class has some members worried about the future of Greek life at Hofstra. “If quota does not get met, it is almost like a fraternity is dying,” said Stephan Hatchett, a sophomore video/television and film major and president of Sigma Alpha Mu. “It is very hard and sad to see these fraternities that have been here since literally the 1980s slowly dying on this campus.” According to U.S. News and World Report, there are currently 6,861 undergraduate students at Hofstra and only 1,000 students actively participate in Greek life. “Mind you that sorority recruitment receives between 100 to 200 girls every spring,” Hatchett said. “As for fraternities, we are constantly scraping for boys.” “Fraternity life is not the same as it was back in the day, especially with incidents of hazing at the bigger schools and institu-
tions,” Hatchett said. “Even at Hofstra, there was an incident with the Sigma Pi fraternity that occurred when I was becoming a freshman.” Sigma Pi was banned from campus in 2015 after The Chronicle released an article citing evidence of hazing rituals performed on pledges. “I know that a lot of kids my
away from [Pennsylvania] State University and I actually knew a couple of people who were involved with the death of one of the fraternity pledges, and it really scared me.” Geldhof ultimately decided to pledge Sigma Alpha Mu this semester. According to data shared
“A lot of people only see one side of it,” said Zach Gollin, a junior finance and accounting major. Gollin also serves as treasurer of Phi Delta Theta and vice president of the Interfraternity Council. “They just think that these kids party a lot and never miss a bar night, but it is a lot more than that.”
“Fraternity life really turns you into the person that you want to be and it opens doors for you ... it really just changes you for the better.” age didn’t want to rush because they thought that was going to happen to them,” Hatchett said. “Parents are holding back their kids as well in fear of that happening to them.” This year, many first-year students were skeptical of joining Greek life as well. “ At first, it wasn’t something that I really wanted to do,” said Grant Geldhof, a freshman psychology major. “I am two hours
by Alexandra Federico, assistant director for fraternity and sorority life at Hofstra, statistics show that between the spring of 2018 and the spring of 2019, the Interfraternity Council has seen a 17% increase in new membership, expanding the amount of total members by 9.8%. “Overall, within the last three years, [fraternity retention] has been an upward trend,” Federico said.
Chase Laxdal, a senior chemistry major and member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, feels that the current fluctuation in membership does not correlate with the future fate of fraternities. “It is just normal for small schools to have smaller pledge classes,” Laxdal said. “They might have a big pledge class one year, but then they will have a small pledge class the next year.”
Although Greek life in general has changed greatly over the years, it is still based on the same core values. “It helps provide a smaller home within Hofstra and provides those peers you can rely on, those who are going to help raise you up, help you grow and provide those networking connections,” Federico said. “Fraternity life really turns you into the person that you want to be and it opens doors for you,” Hatchett said. “It really just changes you for the better.” Gollin did not believe fraternity life was for him at first until he began to bond with his fraternity brothers. “From the day I started hanging out with them, I just always felt like they cared about me,” he said. “We currently have 47 active members [in Phi Delta Theta] and they are 47 of my best friends.” Despite the stigmas and fear surrounding Greek life nationally, students are optimistic about its future at Hofstra. Greek life has been around since America was founded,” Laxdal said. “It’s not going away anytime soon – at least not in our lifetime.”
Astronaut paves way for black women in STEM Continued from A3 Jemison also discussed one other person who was influential in bringing about change for women in space. “You know who was really fundamental in helping [women in the 1970s] get in? Nichelle Nichols, who played Lieutenant Uhura [in the Star Trek franchise],” Jemison said. Currently, Jemison is the principal for the 100-year starship project. The goal of the project is to establish a successful human journey to another star by 2112. Throughout the event, Jemison continued to bring up the idea of innovation and finding new ways to tackle the ever-changing landscape we call Earth. “She inspires me because she came out of adversity, being
raised as a black woman in 1960s America, to carve out a path for women of color in the STEM fields with her wit and her sheer grit. Without her, I’d have no chance at anything but being anonymously in the footnotes of the discoveries of white men. It takes an especially powerful woman, even in 2019, to make a name for herself, especially in the STEM field. I only hope to be half as powerful one day,” Iftekhar said. Some female students, like Uddin, walked away with a renewed sense of confidence that they can work and succeed in STEM fields. “Recently, friends have advised me, ‘If a guy would apply for that job, why can’t you?’ and I’ve definitely started to take that more to heart after hearing Dr. Jemison speak,” Uddin said. “It does make me hopeful that the next generation will be even
Photo Courtesy of Emily Sauchelli Audience members of the ‘ONE GIANT LEAP: Apollo 11 @ 50’ conference left feeling inspired to reach new heights.
more empowered than the last. With all of these young girls coming out to meet this powerful woman, being fans them-
selves and maybe even budding scientists, thinkers, movers and shakers, I see it near impossible that we won’t have a better
world very soon,” Iftekhar said.
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Club Spotlight: Hofstra Rock Climbing Club Reaching new heights in and out of the gym
Photo Courtesy of the Hofstra Rock Climbing Club The Hofstra Rock Climbing Club at Gravity Vault, in Melville, New York.
By Audra Nemirow STAFF WRITER
A fear of heights is no hindrance for initiation into the Hofstra Rock Climbing Club, as even the club’s current president, Juan Fuentes, a senior accounting major, is not immune. Although the club’s members are dedicated to rock climbing, it is by no means a competitive atmosphere. The club members see rock climbing as a means of self-improvement and building friendships.
“We definitely feel like a family here,” said Natalie Lorenzo, a junior marketing major and the club’s vice president. “We want to be able to say that we include everyone and that everyone is welcome. You could be any major, you could be any skill level, you could have any kind of passion for climbing. It’s about people getting to know each other, making connections and, you know what, having a lot of fun climbing while you’re at it.” The Hofstra Rock Climbing
Club was established in 2013 by a group of people aspiring to go rock climbing with Hofstra’s official support. Since then, the club has grown. “Year after year, more people started coming until it started developing into huge 30-person climbs and people from all over the campus coming to just rock climb,” Lorenzo said. “Normally we get around through word of mouth. We have a lot of friends who recommend us and from there we just kind of snowballed.” Members of the rock climbing club have the opportunity to visit climbing gyms in Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island City and Melville. Although less frequently offered, the club also goes outdoor climbing, most notably during their upstate camping trip, held once every semester. Each climb costs $10, which covers train travel, gear and the fee to actually get into a gym. “For the value we provide and the activity we do, it’s a really
good deal to do it at Hofstra,” Fuentes said. “We basically provide people with a $50 value and we ask for $10. You can really get into it and get really good exercise.” Rock climbing with the Hofstra Rock Climbing Club has exhilarating benefits. By its very nature, it pushes people out of their comfort zone and helps develop physical and mental strength. It also develops camaraderie and communication skills. “I’ve actually been rock climbing for a while – I started in middle school. It’s something that I’ve always been passionate about,” said Haley Friedman, a freshman with an undeclared major. “When I was first researching Hofstra, I went to the club page and saw that they had a rock climbing club and I just knew I was going to join it.” In the future, the club hopes to expand in membership as well as in their scope of activities. They are hoping to attend more rock
climbing competitions and they are working on a way to train in the Hofstra gym. “We are always looking to expand outward and get more people involved because if we want to impact the most people around, we have to make sure that we are advertising, that people know our name,” Fuentes said. “We’re trying to make sure that we have sort of a brand here at Hofstra.” Hofstra Rock Climbing Club members are keen on accepting new recruits into their ranks. For those looking for friendship, skill-building and vertiginous thrills, the Hofstra Rock Climbing Club is ready to provide a foothold. “I’ve just met a lot of really welcoming and overall, really nice people who, every week, get together and have a good time rock climbing,” Freidman said. “It’s just a really nice atmosphere.”
Giving back locally through Hempstead High School By Melanie Haid
ment, Hempstead High School students’ grades and test scores ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR are receiving a much-needed “The first day I tutored was boost thanks to the Hempstead both empowering and disheartHigh School Initiative. This proening,” said sophomore public gram is co-directed by Mento relations major Madison Mento. and Daria Valan, a sophomore “The Hempstead school system philosophy major. The program is so underfunded and those is co-sponsored by the Center students derserve so much better of Civic Engagement and the than what’s being provided Honors College. them, so I decided that I would Valan and Mento, two tutor and be involved with the fellows at the Center for Civic high school.” Engagement, united to co-direct With a graduation rate of the program this semester. As only 39%, according to the New students extremely dedicated York State Educational Departto their education, both saw the Hempstead High School Initiative as an opportunity to help students in a struggling school system Photo Courtesy of Madison Mento reach their maximum Daria Valan (right) and Madie Mento (second from the right) are the co-directors of the Hempstead High School potential. Initiative. Volun-
teers tutor two hours a week at Hempstead High School in subjects that they feel comfortable teaching and the students work with the tutor that best meets their needs. “The goal of the program is to increase the graduation rate,” Valan said. “We want to help students move on to secondary education.” Students are tutored in a variety of subjects, including the New York State Regents Examinations in biology, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, history, chemistry, earth science and physics. The program helps students with SAT and ACT preparation, college and scholarship applications, essays and general coursework. Mento and Valan have both been heavily involved in the Honors College throughout their time at Hofstra. Valan has been tutoring students for over a year through the Honors College and decided, along with Mento, to get more involved with the program. “Freshman year I began
tutoring students and I fell in love with the program. It was an incredibly rewarding program from day one,” Valan said. This experience inspired her to create a tutoring initiative of her own. “I am one of the co-directors of the program, which gives me even more ability to help.” “There have been so many memorable experiences already,” Valan said. One student, after struggling on two exams, came in passing their last Regents exam after being tutored in the program. “[This was the last thing] needed to finally obtain their high school diploma.” “Friday [April 5th] was the first day since Daria and I have become co-directors [and] the entire room was full of Hempstead and Hofstra students. There was so much learning and collaborating going on in the room that I got a little emotional,” Mento said. “Every single tutor was working with at least one Hempstead student and they were lauging, chatting and workign as a team. That’s all Daria and I
have wanted this whole time, is to get Hempstead students to be connected with our students and for them to realize that we are there for them and aren’t going anywhere. It was so special and overwhelmingly fulfilling to see that I almost cried. “All the hard work and long hours Daria and I have put into building the program back up this semster were right in front of my eyes.” One student that Mento formerly worked with also came back to thank her, saying that she made it into college and would not have been able to do it without her. “Seeing the experience that these kids have makes me want to make resources, like books, available for them,” Valan said. “These students are resilient, they want to succeed.” Anyone can be involved with the tutoring program by contacting Hofstra.hhsi@gmail.com, or reach out to Valan or Mento at dvalan1@pride.hofstra.edu and mmento3@pride.hofsta.edu, respectively.
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Humans of Hofstra By Betty Araya & Audra Nemirow S TA F F W R I T E RS
“When I’m home in Massachusetts, I work with adults with ranging disabili-
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ties, and one of my jobs is to council and help them navigate through everyday life situations to make them more comfortable. I figured that being an RA [resident assistant] on campus would be another way for me to access people’s lives and help them go through their transitionary period. I think being an RA has given me an interesting behind-the-scenes perspective [on] Hofstra’s campus because there’s a lot that goes on with planning and policymaking that residents don’t know. There are reasons for everything; we follow the rules that we have to follow. [I now understand things], like not having tapestries and big coffee makers and stuff like that. Sometimes [it’s] hard being an enforcer of rules you may not agree with, but you still have to do it. It’s hard to draw the line between being friends with your residents and also being an authoritative figure on the floor because, ultimately, your job is to make sure that everyone’s comfortable. If your residents want to be friends with you, that’s awesome, but you also need to enforce “The Living Factor” and it’s hard finding that balance. Especially because I’m a sophomore and some of my residents are my age and some are older, it [can be] hard to be that figure when some of them have been here longer than [I have]. But I’m excited that being an RA has not only made me closer to the campus and accessible to students, but it’s also made my educational aspirations possible.”
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“What I want to do [has] really been a spiral of things. At first, I wanted to
open my own type of [rehabilitation] place. Kind of like [Alcoholics Anonymous] but with a twist. I wanted to do it where it included the parents, but also the kids because kids get really left out on the whole drug rehab stuff. Parents are [the ones] getting the treatment, but [it should also focus on] how we can help the kids so that when they get older [they don’t follow in their steps]. You can’t be a parent and an addict – they don’t mix. I know because I’ve had someone in my life that was an alcoholic. Basically, I wanted to open up my own place so that we could teach kids how to cope and what to do, I wanted to show them what resources they have. I want to teach them all these techniques so that when they are older, they’re not freaking out when they get 20 phone calls from their dad in an hour or [he] is drunk calling them all the time, or asking for money. Now, I still want that, and I still want to be a therapist but I’m leaning toward going into the Peace Corps and working with kids in the East Caribbean. I have it all figured out, I talked to a recruiter and everything. Recently, I actually worked with Public Safety here. I always [thought] I didn’t like [Public Safety] because I thought they were useless, but actually, a lot of stuff happened recently and they were more helpful than the cops here. They are amazing people. [Most people] know Steve, the night shuttle driver, but there are lot more officers there that are underrated. I’ve decided I want to join the Peace Corps and then come back to Hofstra and hopefully be a Public Safety officer. I would like to be one of the good ones and try and help people out.”
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Overheard @ Hofstra
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In Breslin: “The high road is boring. Violence is always the answer.” In the Student Center: “I don’t understand why you say you give a blow job. You don’t blow on it.” In Colonial Square: “I feel like the aesthetic for my outfit today is a 5-year-old going pumpkin picking.”
“Definitely get a lot of rest, because the way that your mind works, you have to be able to get rest to remember different information. For classes that are two hours long, you have to remember everything, so sleep is definitely important for helping you and [maintaining] your workload.” – Andrew Orihuela, junior
In Dutch Treats: “That’s when I decided to trade holy water for bong water.” In Vander Poel: “The closest thing I have to a cookie is a flour tortilla.” “We go under so much stress with different classes and homework and having to maintain extracurricular activities; you need to give yourself enough free time so you’re not as stressed.” – Tom Bauer, sophomore
In Bits n’ Bytes “Every single Jewish holiday is just celebrating the fact that we didn’t fucking die.” In LHSC: “Life is hard, but not hard enough that you have to eat mesquite barbecue chips.” In HofUSA: “I’m warm blooded. I’m a wizard.” In Nassau Hall:
“Make sure you’re eating the right balanced diet [and] making sure you’re getting what your body needs – not just what everyone’s telling you you should have. Also, make sure you’re looking after your body, but also your mind – if you exhaust your mind, then your body’s going to start feeling the effects too.” – Katie Jackson, senior
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“It’s Paul Simon, love that bitch!” In Brower Hall: “The outside is very ASMR today.”
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April 9, 2019 •A9
A call for peace: Approaching today’s political climate By Betty Araya
in our righteous anger. Over the means in comparison to peace, celebrate. course of our five weeks with the another exercise that reiterated Despite the tragic issues we Alliance, we were given weekly the importance of the movement. discussed, and the ignorance on The current political climate readings that bettered our underWar breeds destruction and the state of humanity that the – not only in our nation, but standing of how events throughhatred, while peace is the only Alliance lifted, I left my fiveglobally – makes me want to out history have both helped and medicine that can combat the week session filled with hope. continuously find new ways to hindered the peace movement. poison the human race willingly In a room full of pure-hearted help. It is for this very reason We would then have the remaininflicts on one another. humanitarians, you cannot help I was determined to be a part der of the week to reflect on I was able to learn where my but be moved by the compassion. of the Long Island Alliance for the readings and prepare for the fellow members come from and The fight for world peace is Peaceful Alternatives, referred to two-hour discussion we engaged why they are passionate about a daunting task, and for a long as the Alliance by its members. in every Thursday. On the search for peaceful alternatime I couldn’t imagine where to The Alliance is a nonprofit, several occasions, they tives. Even though we all come start. The Alliance was where I nonpartisan activist organi“The fight for world peace is a brought in guest speakers from different backgrounds and was able to begin. The paralyzzation. to participate in our diswe were interested in a variety of ing desire to change the world is daunting task, and for a long time I Founded in 1985, it works made a lot more tangible when couldn’t imagine where to start. ” cussions and tell us about issues, I was able to see that our to educate its fellows on their experiences. awareness for what it means to surrounded by a group of fellows peace, nonviolence and Learning from such be human was a binding factor who are fighting to do the exact the value of deliberative how to be on the front lines in noble men and women while I that allowed for our differencsame thing. dialogue and protest. It strives the fight for a better world. was surrounded by peers who es to be something we could to instill a sense of obligation in Once I became a member, I have the same goal the hearts of its members to be was hired for a five-week session in mind moved me in active in the peace movement in which the three leaders helped ways I could have never while also informing them of the shape my abilities to engage in imagined. detrimental effects of all types of deliberative dialogue, educated We started each war and America’s role in global me on global issues and aided session by discussing issues. in developing my vision for a the current events we Margaret Melkonian is a peaceful world. All of this was had heard about in the founding member and current done with admirable grace and news that caught our executive director of the Allirespect for all of my opinions, attention. This exercise ance. Additionally, she is the which dramatically matured forced me to keep up vice president of the Hague during my time with them. with issues that I might Appeal for Peace and director of I was in the Alliance with a have previously missed. the Long Island Alliance/Center small group of students and as Although this is a for Civic Engagement Peace the weeks went on, we developed busy time in our lives, Fellows Program at Hofstra. a friendship and bond. All of us I now see the value in Photo Courtesy of the Long Island AlliMelkonian, along with the board ance for Peaceful Alternative’s Facebook are passionate about the state of staying up to date on of directors, President Andrea the world, and it was comforting global matters. We all Libresco, a professor of social Members of the 2019 Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives Fellows to learn that we were not alone described what war studies education, and Treasurer Program. STAFF WRITER
Martin Melkonian, a professor of economics, visit Hofstra in an official capacity annually and request that students send in applications designed to give them the opportunity to tell the board why the peace movement is near to their hearts. After that, they hold interviews and select the most promising future activists to teach more about
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Take Back the Night April 5, 2019
Orangizers come together for a hug.
Michelle Boo works the table.
Hofstra’s annual event to empower the survivors of sexual assault took place this past Saturday. It was sponsored by Collegiate Women of Color, Student Advocates of Safer Sex, Campus Feminist Collective and the Queer and Trans People of Color Coalition. Ja’Loni Owens speaks at the event.
Sepa Mujer addresses the crowd.
Planned Parenthood takes the stage.
Attendees and organizers gather around the Planned Parenthood table.
Organizers review the outline of the event. Photos by Robert Kinnaird / Spread by Peter Soucy
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Reboot takes fans to a new dimension B2
A&E Film festival tackles medical myths
B2•April 9, 2019
By Alyssa Khan
Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies, hosted the event. SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE The event was sponsored by The sixth annual Interdisciplinthe National Center for Suburary Student Film Competition ban Studies at Hofstra, and this took place on Wednesday, April year’s topic focused on busting 3, at the Sondra and David S. health myths. Mack Student Center Theater. The competition featured nine The Hofstra School of Health short films, all focused on deProfessions and Human Services, bunking different common health in conjunction with the Hofstra myths. Among the topics covered Northwell School of Graduate were mental health, aging, sexual health and vaccination. Each film was specific to its topic, featuring vibrant visuals, music, comedy and a wide array of emotions. After the presentation of all the films, the audience was given the opportunity to select a crowd favorite while the judges stepped out to deliberate. All the Courtesy of Alyssa Khan contestants were competing to win Hofstra swag bags The film festival was one of Hofstra’s
filled with goodies, and the top three were eligible for various cash prizes. The final results rolled in with “Physician Assistant Myths” placing third, “Vaccine Myths” in second place and “Pedestrian Myths” winning both the audience’s vote and the judge’s praise. The team was surprised as they took the win. “We’re happy and shocked; there were a lot of videos that were great,” said Sharon Prasad, a student at the Hofstra Northwell School of Graduate Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. “We did a lot of research on [the] Nassau County website about pedestrian accidents, specifically Nassau County and Hempstead Turnpike and just picked common habits and used those to build off the myths. Just common things that people
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which parallels the original The content and overall plot of series much better than the first these two episodes make it hard episode. It may be based on the to determine what the rest of the original episode, even featurseason will be like, but there are ing a cameo from the monster in sure to be many more twists and that episode, but “Nightmare at turns interwoven with modern 30,000 Feet” follows a comfears and paranoia. pletely different plot that offers a Although Peele pales greatly more modern and alternate sense in comparison to the legend that of paranoia than what was felt in was Serling, his creativity in the the ‘50s and ‘60s. way he makes social commentary This episode follows an invesis something that will no doubt tigative reporter who, from what be seen throughout every single he hears on a podcast from the episode. With a stellar cast infuture, believes the plane he is on cluding the likes of Seth Rogan, will disappear shortly after the Ginnifer Goodwin, Steven Yeun, pilot sends out the final message Jacob Tremblay and John Cho, of “Good night, New York.” the acting and talent brought to Played by the talented Adam each episode is expected to be Scott, reporter Justin Sanders nothing but the best. is wrought with PTSD and has As the season progresses, trouble letting go of the past. hopefully the true essence of The entire episode paints his “The Twilight Zone” will shine character as a man who has trouthrough, and fans of the original ble making a distinction between can be reacquainted with old reality and imagination, and by memories once more. Episodes the end of the episode, the viewof “The Twilight Zone” are ers are left feeling the same way. released every Thursday through What makes this episode stand CBS All Access. out is that the genius that was “Nightmare at 30,000 Feet” has been translated into something completely different while still maintaining this core idea. It is the concept of inner conflict between knowing what is true and what has been warped Courtesy of The Mary Sue based on having a mistrust The original iteration of ‘The Twilight about everything due to mental Zone’ was created by Rod Serling and lasted from 1959 to 1964. illness.
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would say, like, ‘Oh, I have the right of way, I can jaywalk,’” said Victoria Lamberti, a student at the Hofstra Northwell School of Graduate Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. When asked about the inspiration behind the film, the team referred to common occurrences again. “We wanted to show the wrong way and the right way just to show the audience what you’re doing and then what you should be doing,” Prasad said. The winning film was insightful, humorous and resonant by incorporating facts about Nassau County and pedestrian habits in just a few short minutes. Cover: ‘The Twilight Zone’ CBS Interactive
Reboot takes fans to a new dimension
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On Monday, April 1, a reimagined “The Twilight Zone” premiered on CBS All Access. Envisioned and narrated by “Get Out” and “Us” creator Jordan Peele, the series – a revival of the original show from the 1950s and ‘60s – is an anthology that gives viewers a look into the psychosis of several different people. At this time, only two episodes have been released, titled “The Comedian” and “Nightmare at 30,000 Feet.” With Peele taking over the narrator role that was formerly held by Rod Serling, fans of the original can once again cross over into another dimension. Although great, the first episode, “The Comedian,” was an odd choice to premiere with after watching it in its entirety. Fans of the original series and shows like “Black Mirror” who were excited to have more mind-altering content might have expected something of the same caliber as the original series. Unfortunately, the episode fell flat from the start, and it was not until two-thirds of the way through the 55-minute episode that the pace started to pick up. The final twist in the episode redeemed the episode as a whole, creating excitement for the rest
of Peele’s project. “The Comedian” stars Kumail Nanjiani as struggling comedian Samir Wassan, who takes the advice of a mysterious, once-famous comedian played by Tracy Morgan to do whatever it takes to succeed. Suddenly faced with an alternate reality, the subjects he then centers his act around disappear without a trace. The remaining people in his life don’t remember any of the subjects of his comedy show, nor was there any trace of their existence to be found. While on the brink of a nervous breakdown, Samir uses his new ability to make the people that he hates no longer exist. Without giving away the ending of the episode, “The Twilight Zone” never fails to reveal the realities of the human condition and how “sometimes getting everything you want means losing everything you love.” The episode began in a way that felt more like “Black Mirror” rather than “The Twilight Zone,” but by the end of the episode, any fan of the classics could feel that sense of self-destruction and paranoia that radiated from the original series. The second episode, “Nightmare at 30,000 Feet,” is a reimagined, modern version of the wildly popular original episode, “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,”
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April 9, 2019•B3 A&E Deconstructing the saga of ‘Arrested Development’
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Once a cult favorite, “Arrested Development” has become a household name. The show, which originally premiered on Fox in 2003, ran on the cable network for three seasons until its untimely cancellation in 2006. In its original run, “Arrested Development” won six Emmys and one Golden Globe. Despite all its critical acclaim, the show was not renewed due to low rat-
ings. Seven years later, Netflix revived the show in the streaming service’s first foray into original content. However, the show was plagued with problems from the start. Despite Netflix having the ability to set its own timeline for the project, the show was unable to reunite all its stars at one time. The result was a fourth season so universally disliked that the showrunners pulled it from its place with the rest of the seasons on Netflix in 2018, replacing it
Courtesy of Slash Film The series has a 75% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
with a recut of the footage that intertwined all the separate Bluth family members’ stories together in a more cohesive way. Despite this, Netflix also released a fifth season of the show, with the first half added to the streaming service last year and the second this past March, and there have been talks of a sixth season. The thing that made “Arrested Development” a great show in the first place is the same thing that stood in the way of it having a successful years-in-the-making revival: its use of callbacks and running gags. Repeated viewings of the show reveal that “Arrested Development” was setting up jokes for the third season as far back as in season one. While they may have been harder to spot in televised reruns in 2005, this structure has a huge payoff for viewers watching on streaming services. Given this attention to detail, the writers may have already built the foundation for running jokes in future seasons that we would have seen
had they been renewed in 2006. Instead, in its season four revival, the show had to balance busy actor schedules, explaining the passage of time and getting back into a typical convoluted, play-on-words plot. This creates a massive problem – it no longer feels in character with earlier seasons. While the jump in time was acknowledged, it was not the overarching plot of the season. Trying to balance so many things was jarring and detracted from the humor that “Arrested Development” has proven itself capable of creating. This callback-driven storytelling works best when it’s either consecutive or logical; glossing over the seven-year passage of time felt like neither. The characters, most notably the ones who played teenagers in the show’s original run, have clearly grown and changed, so jumping right back into the story was confusing. The same is true for the show’s fifth season, though not to the
same degree, since only five years had passed as opposed to seven, and viewers had experienced the jump in time before. The release of the second half of season five in March of 2019 makes it 16 years since audiences first saw these characters come to life. “Arrested Development” feels like a show that was before its time, given its single-camera filming setup and highly serialized plotlines. It’s completely understandable why audiences want it to come back and have a chance at success again. However, the show’s own writing and comedy styles work against its chances of doing this well. Each revival has felt forced and at odds with the style of the earlier seasons. Much like the way Michael and George Michael repeatedly try to say goodbye to the other members of the chaotic Bluth family, each time “Arrested Development” gets an out, the show chooses to ignore it and returns to chaos.
something they’ve never seen before: a full-on, top-to-bottom look at the Saturn V as it lifts off, in spectacular widescreen format. And it is truly spectacular, in a way that is too stunning to put into words. The documentary not only shows the rocket lift off, but also the fiery exhaust blasting out below it. Viewers see the Saturn V shoot through the sky like a bullet, the air flowing over it at supersonic speeds. To explain the more technical aspects of the mission, simple diagrams of the Earth, the moon and the spacecraft are shown, outlining Apollo 11’s four-day trip to the lunar surface. When it comes time to land, “Apollo 11” depicts the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) descends to the Sea of Tranquility with Aldrin and Armstrong inside while Collins waits in orbit. The film doesn’t shy away from the tension of the event, instead utilizing it to its full potential. When the LEM gets close to the surface, Aldrin and Armstrong, upon discovering that they are entering a rock field, perform a “translation maneuver” to find a suitable landing site,
something not commonly known from all Apollo missions. about the mission. The film returns to 70 mm The quality of the footage from footage for the astronauts’ return then on understandably downto Earth, set to the folk song grades, as the astronauts did not “Mother Country” as they are have 70 mm cameras with them, brought aboard the USS Hornet but high-quality photographs and and placed inside a mobile quarmultiple camera angles are more antine facility. Over the credits, than enough to make up for it. we see the astronauts meeting The time actually spent on the then-President Richard Nixon, moon is surprisingly short, at being released from quarantine, least compared to all the buildup, participating in congratulatory but considering the extravehicuparades and so on. lar activity, or spacewalking, for “Apollo 11” concludes on the Apollo 11 lasted only two and a film’s title, superimposed against half hours compared to the sever- all the names that made the hisal days of the rest of the mission. toric mission possible. This is perfectly understandable. For more footage of astronauts on the lunar surface, viewers can also watch “For All Mankind,” a similar docuCourtesy of Attvideo mentary compiling Miller has also directed ‘The Last Steps,’ a documentary on Apollo 17. footage
‘Apollo 11’ still soars after half a century
By Jacob Huller STAFF WRITER
The phrase, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” is probably one of the most iconic uttered in the 20th century. It is no wonder, then, that 50 years after the historic Apollo 11 mission, landing men on the moon still holds such a fascination with the American public. The documentary “Apollo 11” takes this fascination and runs with it, giving the audience a real taste of what it’s like to journey to the moon – an astonishing experience from beginning to end. The inspiration for the documentary came when filmmaker Todd Douglas Miller discovered unreleased 70 mm film reels taken of Apollo 11 in the National Archives, chronicling the mission unlike previously-accounted-for records. Miller took the “direct cinema” route with the film, featuring no modern-day interviews and instead choosing to simply show Apollo 11 as it happened, to great effect. This grants the viewer an astonishing look at the events of July 1969, starting with the
Saturn V rocket being transferred from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch complex. The massive rocket dwarfs all who stand around it, and it quickly dawns on the viewer that this isn’t a special effect or a scale model on a green screen. This is the real deal – in amazing high-definition, too. Audiences see the men and women at Mission Control in Houston; Americans from all walks of life lining the streets and beaches of Florida to watch the launch; and Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins suiting up for the mission. Snapshots of the astronauts’ lives are shown briefly, humanizing them as mere people doing a dangerous job rather than mythical legends. Then comes the launch, quite possibly the most stunning part of the movie. Every other film and documentary on Apollo 11 has used the same set of camera angles during the launch – looking down at the Saturn V as it clears the tower, the ice cascading down from the vibrating spacecraft and so on – but “Apollo 11” gives the audience
The Chronicle A&E Food Network cakes up their content with new show
B4•April 9, 2019
By Victoria Bell A SSISTAN T A RT S &
E NTERTAI N M E N T E D I TO R
New to the Food Network, the TV series “Buddy vs. Duff” takes cake decorating to a whole new level. Buddy Valastro and Duff Goldman are among the nation’s most popular cake artists. Each episode, the two battle head-tohead in hopes of winning the title king of cakes. Valastro, more popularly known as the “Cake Boss,” was the star of the hit television series of the same name. The well-received show took its audience behind the scenes into the life of Valastro and his crazy Carlo’s Bakery family while also featuring some of his magnificent cake designs. His fellow competitor, Goldman, also gained notoriety on the TV screen in his show “Ace of Cakes.” Goldman demonstrated his knowledge of the art of cake design time and time again on the show. Like Valastro, Goldman never strayed away from sharing all the chaos going on behind the scenes during the cake-making process. Each episode of “Buddy vs.
Duff” features two challenges between the bakers. In the first round, titled “The Bake-off,” Valastro and Goldman compete in a baking challenge. Each week, the theme or baked good is chosen by the other competitor. The bakers have three hours to whip up their creation before the time runs out. Chefs Sherry Yard and Keegan Gerhard taste test, critique and score the competitors. Yard is an American chef, restaurateur and cookbook author. She is not new to the Food Network, as she has been a judge before on “Cake Wars.” Gerhard is a renowned pastry chef, as well as a former host and judge of the Food Network series “Food Network Challenge.” Accompanying these two judges is a featured guest who, while their vote does not count, can provide opinions that may sway the judges to lean a certain way. The awaited second round is suitably named “The Cake-off.” Similar to the first round, each week the theme for “The Cakeoff” is chosen by the other competitor. In this round, the bakers have eight hours to design a cake fitting to the week’s theme. The cake is once again judged by Yard
and Gerhard along with another show. critiques and scores given. The special guest. So far in the season, The concept of the show is quite show itself is rather suspenseful the special guest for the second interesting, considering both Vaand shocking at times. round has been the host of a party lastro and Goldman are not known Be sure to tune into “Buddy vs. that the bakers are creating the as competitors in shows but rather Duff” to see whose win will be the cake for. as the judges of them. Because icing on the cake and whose loss The five categories the judges of this dynamic, they both take will force them to eat cake. base their scores on are taste, a very personal approach to the creativity, difficulty, execution and presentation. Each category has a maximum score of five points, making 25 a perfect score for each round. Valastro and Goldman have so far been neck-and-neck in points. However, it is possible that a baker can earn more points while losing more challenges. Ultimately, the winner of “Buddy vs. Duff” will be determined by the baker with the most points, but having this additional factor allows for many more possible bragging rights later Courtesy of Bake down the line. Overall, “Buddy vs. The show, “Buddy vs. Duff,” airs on Sundays at 9 p.m. on the Food Network. Duff” is a must-watch
cover of Sam Smith and Normani’s “Dancing with a Stranger” showcases her vocals and guitar skills in a video. Kosarin’s most recent single, “Take This Outside,” was released on Saturday, March 30, only 12 days before the release date of her album “Off Brand.” In an interview with Pulse Spikes, Kosarin talked about the meaning behind the song, revealing that it is about when you are in a crowded place and you make eye contact with that one person whom you want to be with and everybody else disappears. Kosarin captures the feeling of wanting to be alone with someone by saying let’s “Take This Outside.” Kosarin has received positive feedback from fans on social media, with Twitter user @TiannahMakia writing, “Appreciation post for @kirak-osarin for releasing this absolute BOP. If you haven’t already listened to it you’re missing out!!” On Twitter, Kosarin also posts 30-second videos of her practicing choreography for her tour. Fans
are able to get an inside look at all of the hard work Kosarin does in order to put on a successful show. On Wednesday, April 3, Kosarin announced that she was going to be joining season two of Hulu’s “Light as a Feather,” alongside Alex Wassabi. Kosarin is set to play the character of Nadia in the series, which is about five girls who play a board game that takes a scarily accurate turn, leading to an intriguing series of events. Kosarin is embarking on her first “Off Brand” international tour over the summer alongside “The Voice Kids UK” star Jess Folley. Kosarin will stop in Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, London and Newcastle. Ticket sales opened on Saturday,
New face in entertainment: Kosarin does it all
By Casey Clark STAFF WRITER
Kira Kosarin is a triple threat when it comes to singing, acting and dancing for her millions of fans. She quickly rose to fame playing the lead character, Phoebe Thunderman, in Nickelodeon’s hit show, “The Thundermans.” The series follows the lives of Phoebe and her twin brother, Max, who live in a family full of superheroes. “The Thundermans” had a successful run and wrapped after four seasons. Following the show, Kosarin began to work on new music. Her first single, “Spy,” was released in March of 2018. Kosarin also released her hit song, “Vinyl,” which she recently sang at her first live television performance. Kosarin joined fellow former Nickelodeon star Drake Bell on several tour stops last year, promoting her music to new audiences worldwide. In 2019, Kosarin has continued to create music, releasing mini covers on Twitter for her 246,000 followers. Kosarin’s most recent
April 6, at 10 a.m. Kosarin can be found on Twitter and Instagram, under the handle @KiraKosarin on both, where she engages with fans daily and posts
the most up-to-date information regarding her upcoming projects.
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Kosarin’s debut album ‘Off Brand’ is set to release on Wednesday, April 10.
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Hofstra’s accessibility efforts are not enough
By Elliot Colloton
For a school that touts its accessibility, Hofstra isn’t exactly super-friendly terrain for someone new to being in a wheelchair. I learned this the hard way. Going into buying my first wheelchair, I knew I’d be facing some hurdles. I live on the only floor in my building that isn’t accessible by elevator, and I can’t carry a chair that’s five times over my lifting limit to my room. Fitting a wheelchair in my alreadycramped dorm is also a challenge. I went into this expecting both of these things and knowing I’d find myself facing any number of other unfamiliar and difficult situations. What I didn’t expect was to be surrounded by them constantly – or how much of a group effort navigating my daily life would become. Because I’m not in a motorized chair, anything that isn’t
perfectly flat, level ground is either an upper-arm workout to get to the top, or an exercise in grabbing my wheels as tight as I can and hoping I don’t burn my palms trying to brake going downhill. The unispan is out of the question entirely; even on a good day when I’m walking I struggle to make it all the way across. Now I need someone to push me across it, including up the ramps that lead to the building’s entrance on either side. Finding someone to help me get from my dorm to class – including lugging a fifty pound wheelchair down a narrow flight of stairs, helping me up and down ramps, opening doors that don’t have automatic buttons or whose buttons don’t work and more – has become my morning routine. A lot of my day has turned into pulling out my laptop and trying to get some work done as I sit in random places, wait-
ing for someone to answer my texted pleas for help. Accessibility is a lot more than having an elevator in a building or a ramp on a side entrance. Accessibility in my life means having someone willing to lend a helping hand when a bad pain day means that even using my wheelchair on my own all day is too painful. It means being able to navigate a crowded classroom without plowing into desks and having a place to store it during class. Accessibility to me is also everyone being understanding when I need to go back to my room to get my chair halfway through the day, and my friends offering to help me decorate my chair so I feel better about needing to take it to an event. What constitutes accessibility for me might be completely different for someone else. Wheelchair users, and disabled people at large, aren’t one homogenous group that all need the exact
same things. Accessibility isn’t a one-sizefits-all, cut-and-dry solution. It isn’t parking signs that say “Person First Parking” because the other half of the conversation won’t actually take the time to listen to the people they’re trying to put first. Accessibility is listening to the needs of disabled people, each individual one, and not denying them accommodations because their paperwork is older than six months. My friends have always gone out of their way to accommodate me, both before I got my wheelchair and especially now that I have it. They make sure I have someone lined up to get my chair down the stairs, and someone else to make sure I make it across campus in 10 minutes to get to class on time. My friend in my class offers to hold my coffee every morning so I don’t spill it trying to get across un-
even sidewalks. Hofstra, meanwhile, denied me any accommodations for an entire semester despite having x-rays and doctor’s letters, because my paperwork was “too old.” Automatic door buttons don’t work. The shuttle’s “wheelchair lift is broken right now,” forcing me to wait and gamble on not being in pain the next day when the shuttle runs to Target and I have to walk. How am I supposed to believe Hofstra is accessible when my friends, a bunch of stressed-out, overworked, exhausted college students do so much more to help than the entire University?
– never – did I believe I acted inappropriately.” However, when you put yourself in Flores’ shoes, you will realize the uncomfortable tension in the situation. It is not normal to have an older man creeping on a young woman and slowly breathing in her hair. His intent might not have been wrong in his own eyes; however, he clearly made her uncomfortable in the encounter and caused her to feel violated. This story can relate to the accusation of another political figure, Virginia Rep. Bobby Scott. According to NBC News, “[Macherie Reese Everson] was ‘touched inappropriately’ by the congressman on her back and knee on two separate occasions.” The article later stated, “[Scott] fired her after she dismissed his alleged advances.” Scott came out after the accusation and said, “I have never sexually harassed anyone in my 25 years of service in the United
States Congress, or in my 40 years of public service, or at any other time.” That statement strongly contradicts Everson’s claim of harassment. Both of these political figures are just two of the many who have been accused of inappropriately touching women over the years. They should be held accountable for violating personal boundaries and should not be allowed to get away with their actions. As political figures, these men should not be permitted to hold office, because, if allowed, these men would be setting a bad example for whoever might be looking up to them and it also would be, in a sense, OKing breaking personal boundaries and sexual harassment. I, personally, have had my own experience with sexual harassment so I can relate to how Flores and Everson feel. During my second semester, a male college student was being overly
physical with me. Though he may have not even realized it, the touching even got to the point where I did not feel safe in his presence anymore. I told him multiple times to stop touching me but he ignored my warnings. It was only until I reported the offense to Public Safety that he began to back off and leave me alone. Hofstra tries to encourage students that feel violated to report the offense. However, just from my time of going down to Public Safety’s office I can say that they clearly do not take offenses, such as these, as seriously as they should be taken. They put you in a stuffy room and they make you fill out a form. You wait an unnecessarily long time before someone who can even remotely make a difference can help you. What kind of system do we have set up in our schools? We cannot even get proper help when it is much needed. In
a sense, it seems that places like Hofstra are trying to normalize these offenses and they do not take them seriously. Instead, students should be held accountable for their actions and if it is a major offense, they should be expelled from the University. Hofstra’s main priority should be to protect women against predators, just like the political realm should not OK the behavior of Biden and Scott. If we do not take a stand against this, we are not creating a safer world for women. We need to rally together and let others know that we, as women, will not be made silent.
Elliot Colloton is an undecided freshman who is a member of the Gender Identity Alliance (GIA) at Hofstra.
Why consent matters, from campus to Capitol Hill
By Shayna Sengstock
There has been much controversy around former Vice President Joe Biden and his “overly friendly” approach toward women. Lucy Flores, former member of the Nevada State Assembly, came out and spoke about an encounter she had with Biden. According to an article from The Cut, Flores wrote, “I felt two hands on my shoulders ... He proceeded to plant a big slow kiss on the back of my head. My brain couldn’t process what was happening. I was embarrassed. I was shocked. I was confused.” Even though these actions were not putting her in any extensive danger, Biden crossed the lines of personal boundaries. This encounter that Biden had with Flores might not seem like such a big thing and Biden even tweeted a response to the article Flores wrote, stating, “Not once
Shayna Sengstock is a freshman majoring in journalism with a political science minor.
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Debate on Equality Act stifles its true message
By Serena Payne
The Republican Party has decided to try a new approach when it comes to justifying and legalizing discrimination against transgender people. This new approach is quite the simple one. It attempts to mask biases under the guise of worry and compassion, both for the fragile and innocent cis women and girls who are constantly being attacked by “transsexual predators,” and the confused and emotional people who simply “think” they are transgender but need to be corrected. This new tactic was used front and center this past Tuesday, April 3, when the House held the first congressional hearing on the Equality Act (H.R.5), a bill which would add explicit legal protections under federal law for LGBTQ+ people. Though the entire bill seeks to protect people from many different communities, Republican lawmakers decided to pick the
easiest targets and act as if the bill was focused entirely around trans people. House Judiciary Committee ranking member Doug Collins said, “Under this bill, adolescents who can’t decide what major to pursue in college would be empowered to force doctors bound by anti-discrimination laws to administer hormones that could render these children sterile and conduct irreversible surgeries. Mothers and fathers who have watched their children deteriorate physically and emotionally as they transition away from their biological sex are begging Congress to listen before we leap.” Now of course, this statement is filled with inaccuracies and lies, but facts were not the point of his argument. Because Collins’ true statement is actually something like this: It is dangerous to feed into a trans person’s delusions about who they are.
Republicans have decided to feign worry about the mental and physical health of transgender people, but instead of making sure that more trans people have adequate health care that many in the community so desperately need, Republicans instead wish to prevent trans people from this health care so that they can try to “fix” us. That is to say, free us from our delusions, so that we are converted back into the happy and healthy cisgender people we are supposed to be. This new strategy of pretending to care about trans people didn’t stop some Republican lawmakers from pulling out some of the classic scare tactics at the hearing, including Arizona representative Debbie Lesko who said, “I believe that all people should be treated equally, but I am concerned that H.R.5, with the weight of federal law, forces schools, prisons, shelters, etc. to prioritize the
rights of biological males over that of biological women.” Now if I wanted to, I could easily point out all the ways that Lesko is incorrect. I could bring up that it has routinely been found that there is no evidence showing that trans people using public facilities endangers cisgender people, and that if anything transgender people are the ones at a greater risk of violence. I could list every asinine quote said during these hearings and point out the fallacies and lies in each one, but the thing is they don’t actually care if what they’re saying is correct. More importantly, my fears do not lie in the transphobic comments made by Republican lawmakers. It’s not like I assumed Lesko and Collins were amazing allies before this. My fears lie in the impact that comments like this can have if not challenged by cisgender people. My fears lie in won-
dering if the greater LGBTQ+ community will rally around their trans siblings, doing more than using hashtags – actually fighting for us, like we have for you. My fears lie in wondering if I’m going to begin career searching post-graduation, wondering what places will support my transition and which will wish that they could “fix” me. My fears lie in “centrist” politicians deciding that supporting the LGBTQ+ population is fine, but that the trans community is simply too controversial and politically charged. I am not afraid of transphobes being transphobic; I am afraid of allies being silent. Serena Payne is a junior
come our way and solve this thing now,” Inglis said. “You can’t do it in a single congress – the entire Green New Deal. It is literally impossible.” After he finished talking it was evident that many audience members did not care for what he had to say. This was shown by loud groans and one audience member even yelling, “You moron!” Due to this reaction, we can presume that the audience members sided with Ocasio-Cortez’s views. Despite this, it was still rude that this audience member felt the need to berate Inglis. Inglis actually lost his seat in Congress due to his views on how to combat climate change, which means he and OcasioCortez are both on the green side. Ocasio-Cortez then pointed at the audience member and
responded, “Hey! Hey! Hey! That’s unacceptable.” This was a great moment of interaction between Republicans and Democrats. This is how all debates should be regardless of who you are speaking to and their race, gender, political affiliation and more. It would have been an even greater moment in debate history if she had just stopped there. But alas, instead she decided to pointedly look at Inglis and say, “That’s the difference between me and Trump.” Dang. All of the goodness that came with her sticking up for her debate partner washed away by one sentence. People always say that when you do a random act of kindness, or something good for someone else is general, you should keep it to yourself,
because boasting about it takes away all of the random goodness of it. This was just like that. People should always stick up for people who are getting put down no matter what the scenario, and what she did was excellent. But since she decided to point out the difference between her and Trump, it makes me question her intentions now. Did she stick up for Inglis because she believed it was the right thing to do, or did she do it because she saw a moment to distinguish herself from Trump and decided to run with it? She made me question so much with just one sentence. Personally, and after much thought, I believe she stuck up for him because it was the right thing to do. The bottom line is, though,
that she would have looked so much better and more like the bigger person without drawing attention to it. “Let’s debate, not debase,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that night after the town hall had concluded. What a great way to put it, and what an important thing to remember. Debating is about hearing what the other side has to say, not berating them for not agreeing with you. More people, politicians or not, should keep that in mind.
psychology major and a member of the Dean of Students Diversity Advisory Board.
AOC’s town hall misses the mark
By Mallory Wilson
On Friday, March 29, New York Rep. Alexandria OcasioCortez appeared on MSNBC for an hour-long town hall to discuss her Green New Deal proposal, which entails extensive environmental reform measures to address the issue of climate change. During one debate, an audience member called former Republican South Carolina congressman Bob Inglis a “moron.” Inglis was simply stating his thoughts on the Green New Deal, specifically how he does not believe that one congress could get it all done in the two years that they are in session. “I worry that what we do is if we have basically the mirror image of a Trump rally on climate change that we drive all the people away that could
Mallory Wilson is a freshman journalism major with a minor in Spanish and political science
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Dear journalists, you’re talking about gun violence all wrong By Sarah Emily Baum After giving a speech at March for Our Lives New Jersey, which mobilized 6,000 supporters in response to the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, I stepped off stage and four journalists stuck microphones in my face. Behind them, ignored by the press gaggle, was a group holding a large, white banner reading “The Newark Anti-Violence Coalition.” The banner-holder told me that many in the group had lost their children to gun violence. They had been fighting longer than I’d been alive. One woman told me she had been organizing a vigil for every victim of gun violence in Newark for almost a decade. The group profusely thanked us for putting together the march and said they had never seen a turnout like this. I felt an overwhelming sense of guilt. I wondered why it took an attack on a mostly white community for people to start to care. Not too long after, I went from interviewee to interviewer as a journalist for a variety of publications. I wrote about gun violence with The New York Times, Teen
Vogue and The Trace, where I collaborated with a team of student journalists to produce over 1,200 obituaries for youth who died from gun violence in the year after the Parkland shooting. Once again, I saw firsthand how little people cared for gun violence in communities of color. The obituaries were sup-
almost always young people of color from underprivileged or inner-city communities. We have become so desensitized to black people’s deaths that the media no longer considers it newsworthy. Their names are too ethnic, their skin too dark for the nightly news. Their complexion serves as a
“Gun violence against white communities brings a wave of press coverage, while the stories of gun violence in communities of color fall to the wayside ...”
posed to be brief celebrations of the victim’s life, but many were posted as nothing more than a date and location of demise instead. They lacked a name, image or life beyond their death because their killings didn’t even make local headlines – let alone national ones. These kids were
litmus test for how much their death deserved to be mourned. Gun violence against white communities brings a wave of press coverage, while the stories of gun violence in communities of color fall to the wayside, despite the fact it is these communities that are disproportionately impacted by it.
suicide or how firearms are both the most common and most lethal methods of suicide. No one talks about how women in domestic violence situations are five times more likely to die if there is a gun in their home; no one talks about the use of guns in instances of police brutality, which takes the life of an American citizen every seven hours. Journalists have a duty to accurately represent the people and the communities for whom we write. Gun violence kills 96 Americans each day; mass shootings are but a small minority and our reporting should reflect that. Every victim of gun violence is a tragedy and the everyday gun violence which decimates black communities should not be excluded from the narrative.
Sarah Emily Baum is a freshman double majoring in journalism and public policy. Find her on Twitter @SarahEmilyBaum.
Quick Hits The Santa Fe shooter was charged with federal crimes after the charges were orginally not federal.
The Department of Homeland Security’s secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was pressured out of her position.
According to Everytown for Gun Safety, firearms are the leading cause of death for black children and teens, who are four times more likely to die from gun violence than their white peers. Meanwhile, mass shootings, which comprise just 1% of gun deaths, dominate the media conversation surrounding gun violence. Part of it is shock value – the more people who die, the more news value of a story – but racism also affects the coverage (or lack thereof) of everyday violence in the black community. Social scientists have dubbed this phenomenon “missing white woman syndrome,” referring to the excessive media coverage of violence against white, upperclass women while stories of violence in other communities fades into obscurity. This lack of coverage extends to other forms of gun violence, too. No one talks about how two-thirds of gun deaths are
Brunei introduced a legal code which makes sex between men and adultery punishable by death.
The United States has condemned the Iranian Revoutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization – the first time an agent of a foreign government has been sanctioned by the U.S.
Lawyer Michael Avenatti accused Nike of bribing top college atheletes into lucrative contracts for the company.
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Pride Performer of the Week: Alyssa Parrella
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CONTINUED FROM A1 Three minutes into the game, McIntosh made a triumphant return to Hempstead after missing time due to injury with a perfectly placed shot, giving the Pride an early 1-0 lead. After UMass tallied a goal, Ryan Tierney responded to once again put his team on top. UMass came storming back, quickly going on a 2-0 run late in the first quarter. In a 2-2 game, after an aggressive play by Sconone, UMass cleared the zone and started a break. They were able to capitalize thanks to a long-pole goal by Isaac Paparo, giving the Minutemen a 3-2 lead. The second quarter provided a similar narrative: back-and-forth action with UMass maintaining a slight edge. Kevin Cutinella quickly notched another goal for the
Minutemen, charging past Corey Kale and beating Casey low. A brief back-and-forth followed, culminating with Paparo’s second tally of the game off a rocket of a shot. That goal secured the lead for UMass, and the Pride went to the half trailing 6-4. Turnovers and faceoff losses plagued the Pride in the opening 30 minutes, leading to many chances for the Minutemen. “The stats say 7-23 in the faceoff circle,” Coach Tierney said. “But the stats also say 10-9 Hofstra.” Thirty goals for a full season is an impressive tally. Ryan Tierney secured the milestone mark in merely 11 games. His 30th was yet another crucial marker, cutting the deficit to one goal just a minute into the second half. “We have had some downs, but we always stay positive,” Coach Tierney said. “5:30 a.m. runs built us. Our performance today is what we got out of it.” Riley Forte continued the momentum, putting home a rebound to tie the game. Casey matched his team’s effort,
making save after save to keep the game even. However, his magic ran out when Devin Spencer scored from in close, making the game 7-6 in favor of the Minutemen. Each team scored before the end of the quarter, and the game was 8-7 entering the final quarter of play. Things got chippy in the fourth. Jeff Trainor charged to the net, scoring a goal and tallying his 100th career goal in the process. When Hofstra attempted to respond, chaos nearly ensued. Sterlyn Ardrey drove toward the net, only to be checked up high by a UMass defender. A fight seemed imminent, creating a tenacious scene as the game was winding down to the wire. While no fisticuffs were exchanged, the referees gifted the Pride with a three-minute extra-man advantage. “This game was for men,” Coach Tierney said. “There are two teams out there that are trying to kill each other. Hopefully, [Ardrey] is okay.” Minutes later, Casey made a huge save, stopping a shot from a few feet away that led
to a Hofstra break on the other end. After a few missed passes, Jimmy Yanes secured possession and flew into the crease, scoring along the way. Add a Superman cape and he would not have looked out of place. The rest was history. Ryan Tierney and McIntosh did what they do best en route to a defining upset for a struggling program. In a five-game Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) slate, a win like this does
wonders. “We had run into some tough luck,” Coach Tierney said. “We have been playing and practicing without confidence, without a belief that we can do this. Today gave us confidence.” Hofstra heads to Delaware next on Saturday, April 13, to take on the University of Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens at 2 p.m. in yet another crucial CAA matchup.
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Dylan McIntosh celebrates a game-winning goal in overtime against UMass.
JMU bats erupt en route to series sweep of Pride
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Hofstra softball couldn’t avoid the sweep, losing Sunday’s series finale to James Madison University (JMU), 10-5. Hofstra now falls two games below .500 with an overall record of 16-18 and a record of 3-5 in Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) play. JMU, currently atop the CAA standings, improves to 27-6 on the season and 8-1 in conference play. The Dukes jumped all over Hofstra starter Madison Burns early, scoring three runs in the first and second innings. Burns struggled out of the
gate, walking the first two batters of the game before giving up three straight two-out hits. Megan Good’s three-run shot in the second gave JMU a quick 6-0 lead. Burns settled down after the home run, setting down the next eight batters and holding JMU scoreless over the next three innings. Odicci Alexander, on the other hand, allowed just one hit in the first five innings before giving up three runs, two earned, in the bottom of the sixth. Alexander would still pick up the win, improving to 11-0 on the season. JMU added another run in the sixth inning from a Hannah File solo home run. Courtney Scarpato led the Pride with two hits, including an RBI double in the sixth inning, kicking off a Hofstra rally. Kasey Collins, Alexis Goeke and Jaycee Ruberti each had one hit for the Pride. Ruberti’s single drove in
Scarpato and Meghan Giordano, who reached on an error earlier in the sixth. Goeke made it 7-5, driving in Devyn Losco. Logan Newton put the final nail in the coffin with a threerun bomb in the top of the seventh, securing the game at 10-5 for JMU. Burns had her worst game of the season, allowing all 10 runs on 11 hits, walking six and striking out just one batter. “[Burns] was constantly behind – she walks the first two leadoff hitters, and of course they both score,” said head coach Jay Miller. “[It is] the same things we’ve been fighting all year. I think [Burns] was pitching a little bit scared, instead of going after hitters. She’s got good enough stuff to get them out, but she’s got to get ahead.” Hofstra is off until Thursday, April 11, when they begin a five-game road trip starting at 4 p.m. against non-conference op-
ponent Seton Hall University. Miller, however, is more concerned about Hofstra’s next CAA series at Drexel University, saying, “We [have] got to step up, and if we want to make the conference tournament,
[we’ve] got to make things happen on the weekend.”
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Kasey Collins had one of only five hits for the Pride in the 10-5 loss to JMU.
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Hofstra drops rubber match against Northeastern By Adam Flash STAFF W R I T E R
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Despite a strong fourth inning with multiple runs for the Pride, the Hofstra baseball team fell to the Northeastern University Huskies in their series finale on Sunday, April 7, at Friedman Diamond. The 7-3 loss moves the Pride to 5-21 for the season and 1-5 in Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) play. Northeastern climbs over the .500 mark to 16-
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15 overall (6-3 CAA). The game remained scoreless with little action through the first two innings. In the third, however, the Huskies’ bats erupted, resulting in five runs while Ryan Rue was on the mound for the Pride. With the bases loaded, Corey DiLoreto brought home two runs off of a single for the Huskies, followed by two walks bringing in two more runs. Northeastern’s fifth and final run of the third came as a fly ball from Michael Geaslen brought one more runner home. Down by five, the Pride attempted to come back in the fourth, scoring three runs with Kyle Murphy pitching for the Huskies. Kevin O’Connor stepped up to the plate first, hit a double, and was brought home by another double from Austin Gauthier. Gauthier then scored off a single from Tyler White. In the fourth, Andrew Mundy came onto relieve Rue as pitcher for the Pride, only allowing one run on three hits in 4 2/3 innings. The Pride offense went silent
for the rest of the game, but two additional runs came from Northeastern in the seventh and eighth innings. The seventh saw Husky Jake Farrell contribute an RBI triple to bring Ian Fair home and during the eighth, an RBI single from Kyle Peterson brought
home the final run of the game. In the eighth, Jack Anderson also came on to relieve Mundy, closing the game for the Pride. Anderson gave up one run and two hits during his time on the mound. For the Huskies, David Stiehl and Andrew Misiaszek each
pitched an inning to close out the game, relieving Murphy, who pitched the first seven innings. The Pride will return home for a five-game home stretch, starting on Tuesday, April 9, against Monmouth University at 3 p.m.
Photo Courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Hofstra dropped the road series with Northeastern, winning the first game but falling in the final two games.
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Parrella breaks goal record in win over Elon
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On a crisp, sunny afternoon on Sunday, April 7, the Hofstra women’s lacrosse team defeated the Elon Phoenix, 10-6, with a six-goal performance from Alyssa Parrella, who also broke the single-season school record for most goals in a season with her 61st goal of the year. The game was initially in favor of the Pride, as Parrella scored her first goal four minutes into the game to give the Pride an early 1-0 lead. Within the next 10 minutes, the Phoenix woke up, as four different players scored to give them the 4-1 lead. Though the Pride snatched one more goal back before the
end of the half, it wasn’t enough as the Phoenix found the net one final time to make the score 5-2 going into halftime. The Pride were outshot 15-14 in the first half and also led in turnovers with eight, compared to Elon’s six. “We just needed a little motivation at halftime,” said Hofstra head coach Shannon Smith. “Elon played a really terrific game.” The second half began with a bang, similar to the first, as the Pride’s Arianna Esposito was able to find the back of the net to make the score 5-3 and notch her 11th goal of the year. Elon increased their tally one last time off a Quinn Daly goal to make the score 6-3 – the final time the Phoenix would have the lead. Parrella put the team on her back and scored the next three goals for her 59th, 60th and 61st goals of the season, which broke the school record for most goals
in a season. “She’s an incredible player,” Smith said. “She’s having an incredible season right now. I’m really proud of her to get that record.” The Pride later struck again to get their first lead of the game since the 1-0 mark when Alexa Mattera scored midway through the second half, making the score 7-6. Later in the half Parrella scored two goals, eight minutes apart, followed by an Amanda Guerra goal that made the score 10-6 and finalized the Pride’s victory. Hofstra now moves to No. 2 in the conference, behind the Dukes of James Madison University with their second win of the season. “We’ve been telling our kids that all these games we play in conference are one and done,” Smith said. “Our team wants to be in the conference tournament in May.”
Hofstra currently has a 9-4 overall record and an undefeated 2-0 record in the Colonial Athletic Association. The Pride return home this
Sunday, April 14, when they face the Dukes at 12 p.m. for a battle for sole possession of the No. 1 spot in the conference.
Photo Courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Parrella’s six-goal performace breaks Hofstra’s single-season goal record.
Whelan’s success continues in sophomore season
By Joe Fay
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
During her freshman season, Katie Whelan showed that she could be counted on to contribute at the Division I level. Now a sophomore, she has become one of the strongest leaders of Hofstra’s women’s lacrosse team. Whelan, who has been play-
ing lacrosse since third grade, was able to step up and be an important member of Hofstra’s team from day one. “It was definitely nerve-wracking at first,” Whelan said. “My teammates made it so easy for me to mesh into their team chemistry. So, I got used to it pretty quick.” After a successful freshman season where she was third on the team with 35 points, Whelan
Photo Courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Through 13 games, Katie Whelan has scored or assisted in every game.
understands she cannot let up now. “I just know I need to keep producing for my team to be as successful as possible,” she said. “I want to contribute to every game that we have in some way, whether it’s scoring goals or assisting.” She’s done exactly that. Through 13 games this season, Whelan has scored in six straight contests and has scored or assisted in every game. She leads the team with 17 assists and her 41 points have already passed her total from last season. Earlier this month, Whelan put the team on her back against Columbia, where she tallied four goals and an assist, giving her at least four points for the fifth game this year. Her motivation and drive come from her desire for her team to succeed. “I think we can go really far,” she said. “We just have to put in all the pieces that our coaches are telling us to and play with as much confidence as we can, and we know we can go really far.” For the team to be successful, Whelan knows that they need to
find a groove and be consistent. She tries to set the tone with her own consistency and positive outlook. “We just need to play a full 60 minutes of lacrosse,” she said. “Whether it’s coming out hot or if we fall back a few goals, we just need to chip away and continue playing as best we can and not [get] in our own heads.” When things get tough for Whelan, on or off the field, she knows she can count on her teammates. “I just love all my teammates,” she said. “We have a great chemistry on and off the field and they’re a lot of fun to be around every day.” Two teammates in particular have made the difference for her. Fellow sophomores, Arianna Esposito and Shannon Boyle, have not only been important for her success with the team but academically as well. “[Esposito and I] are in almost
every class together, because we’re in the same major of physical education,” Whelan said. “[With Boyle], we just have each other’s backs on the field. She’s defender and I’m attacker. So, whenever [those girls are] getting down or I’m getting down, we pick each other up.” When it comes to her game, Whelan knows she can rely on her head coach, Shannon Smith, to hold her accountable. “She gets on me when I’m slacking off or I need to do better,” Whelan said. “She’s a great coach and she pushes me to be the best that I can be.” Whelan is well on her way to becoming that player. Still a sophomore, she finds herself in a veteran leadership role that is usually left for upperclassmen. Instead of shying away from the pressure, she has accepted it and uses it to drive her and her team to success.
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The Chronicle
April 9, 2019 A 19
Burns proves that perseverance is key to success
By DJ Lopes STAFF WRITER
In a sport like softball, every player is important. From the star outfielder to the designated pinch runner, every player has a role that must be done for the team to have any significant success. However, no position is put on the spot more often than the pitcher. It’s the most important position on the field, considering no play on a softball field exists without the pitch being thrown. Great teams have fallen because of a lack of pitching, and teams have played above their expectations because of exemplary performances in the circle. To succeed at a position this isolated and important, a sharp mind and confidence are key. Hofstra softball freshman Madison Burns has developed the needed qualities, but the journey wasn’t easy. As a kid growing up in Albany, New York, Burns took to softball – especially pitching – at a young age. The interest was garnered from her parents, who had played softball and baseball when they were growing up. “I fell in love [with softball]
at a young age. I started playing when I was 9 [years old],” Burns said. “Ever since then, I’ve loved it. So, I kept playing.” She ended up pitching at Columbia High School, where she became a dominant starter with numerous accolades to her name. She was a second-team All-State pitcher in 2017 and was also a Times Union AllStar First Team pitcher every year from eighth grade to her senior year of high school. Her marquee performance happened in the 2016 Section II Class AA Quarterfinal, when she threw a no-hitter with 15 strikeouts. Despite her performance at the high school level, she still doubted her ability to play at the next level. It wasn’t until a visit with former Hofstra head coach Larissa Anderson that she realized she could play college softball. “When I was talking to [Anderson], I said, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m good enough to come here?’ and she said ‘Yes, of course,’” Burns said. “I actually started crying, because I didn’t think I was good enough to come [to Hofstra].” That talk, combined with the
proximity to home, made the decision obvious for Burns. She signed her letter of intent in 2017 as a high school junior, during the same week as her Hofstra teammates Meghan Giordano and Jaycee Ruberti. However, a lot changed in the time between signing her letter of intent and her first pitch as a member of the Pride. First and foremost, Anderson, the coach that gave Burns the assurance that she could play in college, left for the University of Missouri. Then, pitchers Sarah Cornell and Sophie Dandola both decided to transfer, forcing Burns and fellow freshman Mackenzie Suto to fill those gaps. For most signees, that much uncertainty surrounding a program would be enough for them to open their recruitment back up and find a new school. However, Burns’ adoration of Hofstra was too strong, and it never crossed her mind to uncommit. “There was no hesitation. I planned on coming here because I loved the school and I loved the softball atmosphere,” she said. Her decision to stay was im-
mediately rewarded, as Hofstra brought in legendary head coach Jay Miller. Miller, the 22nd winningest coach in NCAA Division I history, is known for his knowledge about pitching. In their short time together, Miller has already been able to give some guidance to Burns about her time on the mound. “He knows what he’s talking about, and he knows what’s going on. There’s always something that he can help me with,” she said. “I really have learned a lot [from him].” Since Anderson made the non-conference schedule for the Pride before she left, Burns had a grueling start to her career. Her first three starts were against the University of Kentucky, Oklahoma State University and the University of Utah, two of which were ranked at the time. She struggled in those first three games, allowing 17 earned runs in 9 1/3 innings, starting her career off with a 12.75 ERA. While nerves may have gotten the best of her on that trip, she credits her teammates with helping her keep in good spirits from game to game. “They [told me], ‘It’s just a game. You’ve got to come back and battle through it,’” she said. “That helped me get through, looking up to the older girls ... that was what I needed in order to push forward.” She showed improvement over her next couple of starts, even if the performances weren’t translating into wins. On Friday, March 8, she got over the hump, earning her first win in a dominating four-hit shutout against Norfolk State University. Since that game, she’s allowed 33 runs in 88 1/3 innings, good for a 2.62 ERA. She’s also struck out 44 batters in that timespan. While she’s had some issues with her control – 77 walks to 59 strikeouts on the whole season – she’s pitched
through her struggles, getting out of jams that she would’ve let get the best of her earlier in the season. Her best start of the season was against the University of Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens. She tossed her third completegame shutout of the season, striking out eight batters and not allowing a single walk for the first time in her career. Part of what allows her to shake off struggles and develop the necessary mental strength is her knack for leadership. In high school, she won the Suburban Council Excellence in Leadership award. Even though she may be a freshman, she still takes pride in her leadership. “As a pitcher, you lead the field, [it’s] based on what you do or how you do, it’s the whole game,” she said. “You have to be a good leader on the mound, whether you’re a freshman, sophomore, junior or senior.” Even though this year may be considered a rebuilding year for the Pride, they’ve shown some flashes of a team that can do some damage in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). Burns believes that if they can keep their momentum, they can make some noise in the conference tournament. “We want to keep winning and playing well, so we can make it to the CAA tournament,” she said. “Ultimately, winning that would be awesome.” As for herself, Burns believes that there are still improvements she can make to her game. “Winning every inning, not letting the leadoff runners on, not giving [up] free bases. I’ve been struggling with the walks,” she said. “I just have to rely on my defense. I think that if we just rely on each other, we’ll win and we’ll be OK.”
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Photo Courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Madison Burns has pitched 123.2 innings with a 3.57 ERA while striking out 59 batters.
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