The Hofstra Chronicle March 13, 2018

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Community calls for action plan following recent mass shootings

By Melanie Haid and Katie Krahulik STAFF W R I T E R / N E WS E DI TOR

Recent shootings on school campuses across the nation have pushed students and faculty to wonder how safe Hofstra’s own campus, a gun-free zone, would be if an active shooter were to enter the premises.

The reality of such potential danger has caused some of those who study and work at the university to feel unsafe. On the other hand, others believe that Public Safety (PS) has the means and protocol to protect the community in the event of such a situation. Hofstra, much like the nation, is divided on a solution.

Karen O’Callaghan, the director of PS, says that the university does have a procedure called “Run, Hide, Fight” in the event

of an emergency that the office “puts out to students in the beginning of the semester” and is the official procedure for an active shooter situation. “It’s a short video on Public Safety’s website,” O’Callaghan said. In addition to this policy, Hofstra relies on the Campus Alert Notification Network to keep the community informed.

The procedure, which instructs individuals to flee the scene, take shelter and create a barricade, and aggressively fight back against the shooter as a last resort, can be found on the Hofstra Portal under PS’s Emergency Procedures.

Although freshman drama major Dallon Fouriner does know of the general “Run, Hide, Fight” procedure coined by the Department of Homeland Security that Hofstra adapted and incorporated

into their own emergency procedure, he doesn’t feel entirely comfortable with it.

“As far as I’ve seen, there’s zero protocol set up for students on what they should be doing, doing to prepare if that were to happen, [or] what they should be doing at the time [of the event],” Fouriner said.

Richard Himelfarb, a political science professor, says that he is aware that there is a procedure in place, but he is unclear of what it entails.

“I would say that that’s the norm. I would say that if you went around to my colleagues, they would have no idea exactly what to do.”

O’Callaghan emphasized that Hofstra is a gun-free campus and PS officers are unarmed.

“The first thing we do is call 911,

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because we’re not police officers, we don’t carry weapons,” she said. “Public Safety officers would be acting as civilians.

They do whatever they possibly could do, but in most parts, that’s providing information

and intelligence to the local law enforcement who are equipped to respond.”

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Compass makes dining alterations after flaws discovered

to Halal meat.

According to Resident District Manager for Compass Dining Richard Maha, after communicating with MSA, the Student Government Association and university administrators about the issues with Halal meat offerings, Compass Dining came up with the resolution.

Maha said, “This new serving location with Halal menu opJill Leavey / Hofstra Chronicle tions will help ensure Hofstra and Compass Dining have corrected the previously mislabeled signs and are working toward maintaining a more inclusive dining experience for Muslim students. that the integrity of the cuisine is maintained G8 hot entrée station in the SonBy Jordan Laird and will also provide signage dra and David S. Mack Student STAFF W R I T E R improvements to more clearly Center.

After concerns over crossindicate Halal options at the new “It’s a total game changer,” contamination, mislabeling station.” said junior Maryam Quereshi, and misunderstandings of the According to Maha, Campus president of the Muslim Students Halal dietary restrictions earlier Dining has also begun offering Association (MSA) and a double this semester, Compass Dining beef Halal options in order to add major in political science and developed a corrective action variety to the menu cycle. Adpublic policy and public service, plan on Monday, Feb. 26, that ditionally, they have introduced of the fact that Hofstra’s Muslim relocated Halal offerings from international flavors to the Halal students now have reliable access the Yo!Bowl self-serve line to the

meats. The Student Center will also continue to offer Halal hot dogs and hamburgers as options for students.

Quereshi said, “Getting to this

point was a struggle and I was

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Gun control dialogue extends to Hofstra

science major Jesse Saunders, freshman religious studies and history major Rosario Navalta student population living in and freshman public relations houses near campus, commuter major Brynne Levine, each expestudents worry about their safety rienced in protest management or after recent shootings. In May other forms of local community 2017, The Chronicle interactivism. viewed a Hofstra student Saunders was parwho was held up at gun ticularly troubled by the point, pistol-whipped recent events and felt and attacked in his own compelled to take action off-campus residence. at Hofstra. “I think, for Having felt particularly me, that happened and troubled by the encounthen a week passed and ter in his home that was then immediately my within spitting distance of sister’s school was on the Netherlands, he said lockdown because a kid it’s time for Hofstra to had brought a bullet up their security on and Photo courtesy of Creative Commons casing to school to show around campus. it off.”

Students and faculty at Hofstra worry about local safety measures in light of the recent “When I was living on shootings.

After the massacre at Lawrence and there was are one or two people with a 14, beginning at 11:30 a.m. in Sandy Hook Elementary School the robbery where I was attacked weapon going to be able to do?” the Sondra and David S. Mack in 2012, Saunders stressed the basically, there was a camera on O’Callaghan said.

Student Center. The march will fact that Democrats in Congress Lawrence that Hofstra had set up The college student perspecinclude a talk-back where the failed to convince opponents next to the [PS] booth. That cam- tive has garnered widespread infloor will be open for people to that gun regulation may be the era could have caught their literest politically as young people share their own experiences. answer. cense plate number. It could have pressure Congress to move forSophomore Sky Dellasala cre“I think that Parkland is kind seen the suspect. It could have ward with legislation that would ated the Facebook event “Hofstra of showing people that … there seen everything, but that camera further regulate access to guns in March for Our Lives” in late is a tipping point to this debate, hasn’t worked in something like the United States.

February to “March in solidarity and it sucks that it had to happen over a year or two years. There On Monday, Feb. 26, Hofstra with Marjory Stoneman Douglas 20 years after Columbine, but it’s are other cameras like that all posted the following message on High School.” Since its creation, here,” she said. over Hofstra’s campus that are several social media platforms: the page has garnered campusNavalta emphasized the just there and don’t actually “We encourage our community wide attention as over 200 importance of the stories being work,” said the student, who to exercise freedom of exprespeople have either shown interest heard by the college students in wished to remain anonymous. sion and engage in meaningful or shared that they are going to Florida. “The Parkland victims Some faculty members are are all students within voting age torn as to whether or not guns now who are about to go to colshould be permitted on camlege,” they said. “These people pus. “If we have Public Safety are now speaking out, and you officers who are unarmed, it basican’t tell them they’re wrong becally means we have no choice cause they had to look down the but to wait until Nassau County barrel of a gun. [These people] Police arrive, that could be 20-25 are students… they watched their minutes, during which time, the friends die.” potential for carnage is unbelievLevine added, “You can’t able,” Himelfarb said. He also diminish their voices.” suggested allowing responsible With specific concerns and faculty and staff to carry firearms and respectful dialogue. Stuthe event on the page. criticisms relating to Hofstra, the if they receive training and andents who participate in peace“It had been maybe a week, group has aired their grievances nual recertification. ful protests will not jeopardize and I had been really frustrated. to administrators in regard to Other professors disagree and their admission to (nor status at) The school didn’t say anything. police response time, classrooms believe that arming PS would Hofstra.”

No one said anything and nothin the basements of academic be detrimental to the overall The posts were part of a ing was happening,” the film ma- buildings such as the Gallon problem. Timothy Daniels, an national collegiate response to jor said of her initial reaction afWing which Saunders described anthropology professor, echoed the tragic events in Parkland, ter hearing news of the shooting as “a cattle shoot” and the fact this sentiment, saying that he is Florida. Assistant Vice President in Parkland, Florida. “I thought it that Hofstra falls within three “opposed to increasing the numof University Relations Karla was extremely important that this different precincts. ber of guns” on campus, as well Schuster said in an email, “Hofwasn’t one of those times where On a final note, Levine said, as arming teachers with guns. stra believes in and encourages we talk about gun control for “Definitely, our active shooter O’Callaghan said that Hofpeaceful civic engagement. And two or three weeks and then we preparedness needs improvestra is unable to get guns on like many colleges and universijust stop. I think that’s what this ment.” campus, and state law only ties across the country, we felt it protest is for.” permits certain conditions in was important given the national After making the event page which officers can be armed. “In spotlight on student activism in on Facebook, she coordinated order to have a police power on the wake of the Parkland (FL) with senior history and political Continued from A1

campus, we would actually have to get some kind of legislation,” she said. She also said that it is important to note that with about 116 buildings on campus, a few armed professors may not make a substantial difference. “What

school shooting that we reiterate our commitment to those ideals to current and prospective students.”

A student-run protest and march will be held on Hofstra’s campus on Wednesday, March

“These people are now speaking out, and you can’t tell them they’re wrong because they had to look down the barrel of a gun. ”

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Psychology majors receive new workspace

By Alixandra Wilens STAFF WR I T E R

Until this semester, Room 029 of Hauser Hall was simply a conference room used for psychology department meetings.

But after a brief transformation, it has been officially converted into a dedicated study and hangout space as an “Undergraduate Student Workroom” for psychology majors.

The room has several tables and chairs, enough for multiple study groups. Each wall contains pieces of colorful artwork from the psychology department’s own Dr. Sarah Novak, who “likes to paint biologicallythemed images, such as neurons or brains,” according to psychology Professor Amy Masnick.

Masnick was excited about the new opportunity for psychology students. “We wanted to have a space for students to hang out in the psychology building between classes or

meetings. When we asked some students informally about their interest in the idea, they were enthusiastic,” Masnick said.

“For now, we’re happy with the space.”

Sophomore psychology major Luchi Bucci said, “I think it’s something that’s necessary and could improve grades and communication [and] creativity between the psych students. I like the idea of that space.”

Masnick agrees that fostering camaraderie in the department was among the intentions in creating the undergraduate space.

“We … hope it will facilitate community among our majors, helping them get to know one another and to have a place for study groups.”

Psychology majors are also finding it helpful that a dedicated workspace is conveniently located in the same building as their departmental professors.

Liz Kammer, a freshman psy-

chology major, said, “I think it’s a very good idea, as students who run into issues while working on homework or have questions about their own personal research have a much easier ability to reach their professors and mentors in order to receive Jill Leavey / Hofstra Chronicle aid.”

PsycholThe new ‘Undergraduate Student Work Room’ for the psychology department is located in Hauser Hall. Previously a classroom, the renovated space serves as a study spot for psychology Profesogy majors. sor Dr. Brian psychological.” Occasionally, now have a definitive common Cox likes that this is “a place the room will have to be used area for psychology students. where psych majors can actually for department meetings, but it “I think it’s nice that we finally congregate and bond with each will for the most part remain a have a lounge. I think it’s really other and become psychologists, student space. good and a nice study place that if you will, [identifying] themCarissa Hensyl, a senior I’ll use.” selves as lovers of all things psychology major, is happy to

Fans of WRHU, 88.7 FM Radio Hofstra University’s “The Long Ireland Show” had the opportunity to meet the show’s host, Eileen Cornin, during Sunday’s festivities. Cornin has been working at WRHU for over 25 years and in that time has garnered plenty of listeners.

The WRHU booth at the festival was busy throughout the day

with listeners to both Cornin’s show and Loretta King’s show, “Celtic Country.”

“Rarely will you find true Irish events and Eileen and Loretta are both great people to celebrate it with. Everybody knows Eileen. It was really nice to put faces to the names for the listeners,” said Kimberly Donahue, a junior journalism major

Hofstra hosts 20th annual Irish Festival

By Leo Brine STAFF WR I T E R

The David S. Mack Physical Education Center was transformed into a sea of green on Sunday, March 11, as students, community members and vendors packed the facility to celebrate Irish culture at Hofstra’s 20th annual Irish Festival.

Leo Brine / Hofstra Chronicle JIGJAM performs on stage in the Physical Education Center during Hofstra’s annual Irish Festival.

and news director at WRHU. One of the many vendors at the event was Jennifer Avallone of JGA Creations, a company she started and runs with her boyfriend making quilled art.

Quilling, a European form of art, uses strips of paper that are rolled, looped and curled to create shapes and make designs.

Avallone has been coming to the Irish festival for three years and always has a great time.

“The people, the music, everyone is in such a good mood and I love seeing the kids in their costumes,” Avallone said.

“The students are always so nice! And I get to see a lot of the same faces, that is why I always request the same spot.”

Lucy Byrne, a freshman criminology major, was happy to further explore her Irish roots at the event. “I really liked all the pretty jewelry and the quire [a traditional parchment] was awesome,” Byrne said.

Both Byrne and Donahue wished that they had more money to spend on the items there. “I really wanted to get a Claddagh ring because I’m trying to get more in touch with my roots,” Donahue said.

Attendees also had the op-

portunity to trace their Irish lineage. For Donahue, this was her favorite part of the event.

She discovered that her last name had been changed from the traditional Irish spelling to what it is now.

“It was interesting to [learn] that your lineage comes from this county and they moved to here and this is how it changed,” Donahue said. “I’m always interested in my lineage.”

In addition to the numerous vendors, the festival also hosted a variety of food and entertainment options. Traditional Irish soda bread and crumb cake were served, and guests aged 21 and above had the opportunity to purchase Guinness and Baileys Irish Cream.

Music groups such as the Black Velvet Band and Irish band JIGJAM, an awardwinning quartet, performed live music throughout the day.

Freshman forensic science major Alison Stark was a fan of the live music. “The music was pretty dope, everyone had such great voices. Plus, the atmosphere is really great.”

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Fixes in campus dining provide student relief Continued from a1 very much a part of that. I voiced the lack of trust and reliability I had in campus dining food.

But also, now I feel like there’s a sense of belonging. I can go down to the Student Center, grab a piece of chicken or beef and sit with my friends in the main dining hall.”

Zain Farooqui, a sophomore biomedical engineering major and the secretary of MSA, said, “It makes it much easier for me, seeing as how the only meat I eat is Halal and if I doubt it at all then I can’t eat it … I really appreciate that they’ve done this.”

Farooqui especially appreciated that Maha emailed the MSA an apology.

Quereshi said, “Initially, I have to say they were not apologetic and it came off – the way that we perceived it – as being very dismissive of our faith tradition.

But they did apologize, they did clear things up.”

Farooqui and Quereshi both agreed that they would like to see the university take Halal options a step further. Quereshi said she would like to see Compass Dining expand Halal options to other dining areas, provide on-

“We are committed to further developing our relationship with Hofstra’s Muslim community.” the-go Halal options and bring a Halal franchise on campus.

Maha said, “We are committed to further developing our relationship with Hofstra’s Muslim community and will continue to brainstorm more culinary varieties, in partnership with the Muslim Student Association, Student Government Association and the Division of Student Affairs.”

Quereshi explained that without the pressure the MSA placed on the university to make

appropriate adjustments, these issues might have never been resolved.

“This was a club effort on our parts to be able to do this.

I think campus dining needs to make sure that they, without the MSA, can continue to preserve this option on campus,” Quereshi said.

“People who don’t observe strict diets see Hofstra offering a huge variety but it’s different when you can’t eat most of it.”

She said the Muslim student population is very excited, and she has even noticed some members of the MSA posting celebratory pictures of the Halal Student Center food.

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Professor shares research on cognition of deaf children

By Danny Nikander NEW S E D I TO R

The Hofstra Department of Psychology invited Dr. Matthew Hall of the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth to share his research on the development of deaf youth on March 3. His analysis explored the cognitive functions of children with hearing impairments and offered potential research methods to ultimately provide a more efficient way of communicating with hearing-impaired people to promote their development throughout life.

Hall began his presentation by showing a picture of American gymnast Gabby Douglas standing next to her friends. The photo was followed by a second one showing Douglas standing next to a tall man. These examples prompted the audience to first believe that Douglas is tall in comparison to her friends; however, in the next photo she appears to be very short standing

next to the taller man. With this, Hall highlighted the concept of contextual interpretation, which is what guided his research hypothesis.

“The way we interpret observations depends on what the salient alternatives are,” Hall said, with “salient alternatives” meaning other approaches that have not yet been explored but have potentially better outcomes.

Using evidence from previous research, Hall noted that deaf children statistically fall under the “normal range” of development, which indicates that there is not much of a problem.

Nonetheless, Hall believes that new and updated approaches to this research can reveal more efficient ways of coping with deafness.

“It’s important to consider what our contrast set is. That’s a reminder that there is a global maximum out there we need to

look for,” Hall said.

Hall theorized that the stagnancy of improvement in auditory research is because of the approach researchers are taking.

He questioned whether the development of deaf children is due to deafness itself or deaf children’s

a world that primarily uses the spoken word.

Hall referenced multiple types of sign language that are used around the world. Each one focuses on a different area of speech. One of the most notable types of sign language is American Sign Language (ASL).

Other visual languages like Pidgin Signed English (PSE) – the most commonly used variation – has ties to ASL, but it focuses more on the grammatical order of the English language.

“You can see by looking at these systems that they are structured very differently. One has grammar, one has a lot of function words,” Hall said.

Hall concluded his presentation by revealing that he does not have all the answers. The goal of

“... It’s nice to hear that so much research is being done on the subject so deaf children can develop just as well as people who aren’t.” lack of access to language. Hall continued to speculate that being deaf is not a psychological barrier, but how deaf people learn to communicate without spoken language is. To people with hearing impairments, being deaf is normal to them, so it is all about learning how to communicate in

his research was to highlight the fact that researchers have made strides in studying deaf people; however, they may have been looking for answers in the wrong places. “I don’t blame anybody for not being convinced about the evidence put forward,” Hall said, but noted that his hypothesis could change the way deaf people develop and communicate.

“I’ve never actively thought of the impact [of deafness], but I can see how it could present itself as a challenge,” said junior public relations major Mike Marti. “I think if I was born deaf it would be one thing because I would have had all these years to learn how to adapt, but if I became deaf as of right now, it would definitely present itself as a situation I wouldn’t want to be in. But it’s nice to hear that so much research is being done on the subject so deaf children can develop just as well as people who aren’t.”

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Space exploration explained by NASA’s chief scientist

By Kaylee Stebbins

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NASA Chief Scientist Dr. Ellen Stofan spoke at the Helene Fortunoff Theater in the Monroe Lecture Center about how the study of space can help us better understand Earth in order to improve our own atmosphere. The event took place on Thursday, March 8 as a part of Hofstra University’s Science Night Live series.

She has been given the opportunity to see the world through a whole new lens by participating in various space missions and conducting research using advanced telescope technology.

Stofan began by introducing the Kepler Space Telescope, a piece of technology that searches for other planets. So far, Kepler has found over 2,400 planets.

“We’re looking for potentially habitable planets around other stars,” Stofan said. “We’re always looking for liquid water.

It is a fundamental of life.”

“The main purpose of observing other planets is to better understand Earth’s past, present and future,” Stofan said.

Research has found that Venus has many of the same characteristics as Earth. “It is made of almost the exact same materials, it is the same distance away from the sun and it was believed

to have a layer of water in the past,” Stofan said. “It’s crazy how other planets used to be very similar to Earth but have drastically changed over time,” said sophomore fine arts major Jasmine King.

Scientists are actively investigating why Earth formed differently than planets like Venus.

Junior public relations major Rikki Glazer was intrigued by this relationship between Venus and Earth. “It’s really interesting hearing about the comparisons between Earth and Venus because we only ever hear about Earth being compared to Mars,” Glazer said.

“Mars remains our primary focus and is the place we really want to go,” Stofan said. It was known to be an “early wet world,” which leaves scientists to believe that life either retreated underground or died as a result of the severely cold temperatures.

Stofan explained the benefits of observing other planets’ atmospheres. “Planets like Venus and Mars have atmospheres that allow us to create models of climate that help us understand why temperature is the way it is,” she said.

Climate change can be better understood by studying these detailed models. Satellites have measured increasing global temperatures over the last 50

Photo Courtesy of Creative Commons NASA Chief Scientist Dr. Ellen Stofan discussed using models of other planets’ climates in order to better understand climate change on Earth.

years, and the effects of these rising temperatures can be very devastating. “Melting ice in Greenland causes ocean levels to rise and decreasing Arctic sea ice results in odd jet stream behavior and weird weather in the Northern Hemisphere,” Stofan said.

Models released from NASA show the worst case scenario of average temperature in 2099 at approximately 113 degrees Fahrenheit. The scary part of this statistic, Stofan pointed out, is that “photosynthesis

shuts down around 90 degrees Fahrenheit.”

Veronica Catricala, a sophomore education major, was shocked to hear this information. “I’m really nervous for my kids in the future. I never knew the severity of global warming,” Catricala said.

NASA has already taken on the challenge of battling global warming. They have created a satellite management irrigation support system that uses spacebased observations and weather data to map out where there are

crop water requirements.

Additionally, the development of SERVIR, a joint development initiative of NASA and USAID, uses satellites to collect data on climate risks and land use and then integrates this information into models that can be utilized by the people who need it.

Stofan concluded by explaining the importance of changing our habits for the betterment of our world. “We must decarbonize the economy,” Stofan said.

“This is the only place we can live.”

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On March 2, at 12:45 p.m., a Hofstra Plant Department staff member reported to PS that 17 clocks were missing from all of the classrooms and hallways in Breslin Hall. An investigation is being conducted on this matter.

On March 4, at 3:25 a.m., PS responded to a noise complaint in Hampton House in Colonial Square. Upon arrival, they identified the students involved as one Hofstra student and one non-student. The individuals refused to show identification. The Hofstra student became confrontational and pushed/poked the PS officer

in the chest. A supervisor was called to the scene and after conducting an investigation, the student was given a referral to OCS and the PS officer was treated and released.

On March 5, at 5:30 p.m., two Hofstra students reported to PS that while doing homework in Au Bon Pain, they were verbally harassed by two unidentified males. The males asked them if they wanted to hang out and party at a hotel.

The students told them that they were not interested and then the males attempted to speak to other females in the ABP. The students took pictures of the

males and reported the incident to PS. A search in the area was conducted, proving unsuccessful. An investigation is being conducted into this matter.

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Overheard In the Student Center: I said it so confidently I believed myself.

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In the Wellness Center:

In Roosevelt Hall:

I wish I was drunk.

I pooped and my nasal congestion cleared, it was amazing.

In Enterprise:

In LH Comm: I had a dream last night that me and a drunk girl at the club became best friends and went on a backpacking trip together.

In the Netherlands: Can I put ‘good at making plans in the group chat and not showing up’ on my resume?

Both of us are dumb as f*ck, but we’re speedy!

I’ve been drunk the past three nights.

On the Unispan:

In Gittleson Hall: I ate four rolls of sushi for lunch because I don’t know who I am.

F*cking normie.

Unpaid exposure: College students and internships

By Sumayyah Uddin STAFF WRITER

As a part of the generation that grew up with extremely spotty dial-up Internet, I used to play educational CD-ROMs with my siblings every chance I got. One of my first experiences on the computer was playing the Oregon Trail. Not the fancy animated one, either—the little sketchy one that came out some time in the mid-‘90s, with just enough impressiveness to keep a little kid, unexposed to the CGI of the 2010s, busy. Hey, at least it was in color. As anyone who played the Oregon Trail can vouch for, however, there’s a tiny thing wrong with the game: even doing nothing can get you killed.

If one of your characters gets dysentery, it was practically impossible to bring them up to full health. Did you choose a doctor for your party? You’re going to wish that you did, because now everyone in your caravan is dead. Hunting in the game with a tiny early 2000s mouse was a nightmare, and now your party is dying because they have no food. However, one of the most interesting things that someone could die of was simply called exposure.

What was exposure? I didn’t know. I was a single-digit kid who simply knew that death was

death. My sister and I would have physical bouts of disappointment every time our party was barely miles away from Oregon and died of exposure. I don’t think I even thought of the thing again until I was “grown up” and in college.

I was looking for a job (as we all are) and found that I just did not have enough experience for the paying jobs. To get a paying job, you needed experience – and to get experience as a college student, you needed to work what I now know as the bane of my existence: unpaid jobs, internships and volunteer positions.

Now, these things by themselves are not necessarily bad things. Internships and volunteer positions are good ways to hone your skills and abilities, especially if it is in a field you are interested in or for a good cause.

However, internships and volunteer positions also have a bunch of problems, like the fact that sometimes, no one tells you what to do. You’re just doing nothing, confused for hours for no pay.

Responsibilities can overshadow your school and social life, all for no pay. Sometimes, once someone gets something from you, they suddenly drop off the face of the Earth when it comes time for you to get a letter of recommendation. (Also, they

didn’t pay you.) It builds your experience, sure – but in what? Is awkwardly handing out papers to people at a table the wave of the future? (If so, then I sure have experience – and no money in my bank account!)

By far, most of these things I can handle. I’m on that grind of trying to build my resume so that someday soon, I can sit down in front of a job interviewer (or the highly formidable Online Application™) and list away all the free things I did so that, hopefully, they find me worthy of a direct deposit position in their company. But there is one thing that I simply cannot stand – exposure.

“Can you write a full comic-book script, forty pages? I have an idea that I would love to get out. We won’t pay you, but we can offer you exposure.”

“For this project, you will have to commit to 60 hours a week. Experience? Pay? Oh no, I didn’t think money would get involved. I can tell my friends, though, and give you some exposure.”

“This job requires you to walk 1,000 miles back and forth in the snow, just like Grandpa always used to claim! It will build character and callouses on your feet! Oh, and I’ll even hook you up with other people who might

pay you to do the same thing – so you’ll really value the EXPOSURE.” You know what? People die of exposure. It’s not actually that hard to get exposure either, at least in theory. I could contact companies every single day about my assorted paper-passing skills from my unpaid internships until one of them finally took the bait and liked my hook. I could even do it the old-fashioned way and hike way far out on the open tundra to expose myself and see what happened if I really caught exposure.

Past the sarcasm, you will notice that all these cases of exposure need a lot of hard work on one side and not a lot of hard work on the other side. There is no guarantee that you will get customers from this, instead, you are exposing yourself to getting ripped off. These companies will use your hard work to build their capital, earning money from your “free” art, writing, coding or whatever else you are trying to do. Meanwhile, the most they must do in return is flash your name in front of a couple of people. Nothing that you cannot already do for yourself. Plus, your work can get stolen, mislabeled and miscredited, while you could market them for the same “exposure” while retaining your

rights over your own work.

The hard truth is that these companies need me and you more than we need them. Yet, I still trudge on, because unpaid jobs are the key to my future – a wizened, rusted key, but a key nonetheless. I still have my eye on those wondrous, far off things known as “paid internships,” and I will do as many unpaid positions as I need to pad my resume.

But there is a line I will not cross. I will not do anything just for the exposure. I am a college student who is trying to become a professional. I deserve something substantial in return for my hard work, and so do you.

In the Oregon Trail, there are many things you can do to survive in your ongoing, fantastical quest to reach Portland. You can seek shelter in your covered wagon to escape the elements.

You can hunt to try and get more food so that you are less prone to disease. You can take sketchy, questionable medicines and treatments to hope that you don’t die of dysentery. You can do a lot of things to improve your chances, except be exposed to the elements, be exposed to illness and be exposed to dangerous situations.

Exposure does nothing but kill you. Remember that.

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March 13, 2018 •A7

Preserving the Plains: Conserving Nassau’s nature

By Peter Soucy MULTIMEDIA EDITOR

A hand, frayed and calloused from years of uprooting invasive plants, rose into the Long Island autumn air and pointed, “Butter-and-eggs!” It was a narrow plant with triangular flowers that looked like small eggs, “That’s a non-native species, but it’s not invasive so we leave it be.”

Betsy Gulotta, the land’s conservation manager, smiled and we continued our walk down the small trail through the 19 acres of prairie grassland on Nassau Community College’s campus, preserved as “The Hempstead Plains.” She stopped every few feet and excitedly shouted a grass or flower name like “little bluestem” or “bush clover,” as if the plants were not surrounding her as she wore down the path deteriorated from millions of footsteps over the last 17 years.

Sitting in her cramped thirdfloor office, she remembered when the Plains was just an uncultivated grassland basking in 1988 sunlight, “As the college

grew, the open land shrank so we finally got to the point that we wanted to save what little we had left.”

A student was taking a makeup exam in the hallway behind me and light shined from a corner window on Gulotta’s blue eyes. A hanging vine plant hovered above a smaller potted plant on the windowsill. Her bookshelf was loaded with an adorable amount of books on ornithology. Notable titles include “A Treasury of Bird Love, Red Tails in Love” and “Zoology Coloring Book.”

The prairie grassland was of particular interest to Gulotta because of sand plain gerardia, the most protected endangered species among all plants and animals. “It won’t live anywhere else! It has to have this grassland to preserve it,” Gulotta said as she bent over and flipped through a file cabinet near the floor, “Oh, it’s not in the brochure, but look it up on the website!”

The Nature Conservancy “supposedly took care of the property,” from 1988-2000. In

2001 Gulotta made the change from a full-time to an adjunct professor. “I’ve been a professor here since, believe it or not, 1969,” she said with a chuckle.

“I never thought I wanted to be a teacher at all,” she said. “At all!

Although in graduate school I got a grant to be a teacher for the labs.”

In 2001, she helped form a nonprofit organization, Friends of Hempstead Plains, to look after the Plains and has been the conservation project manager since.

“As an educator you just really want people to learn something about what is important, what you feel is important,” she said.

This tall prairie grassland is very important, not only for Gulotta, but for the preservation of different species of plants and insects. She emphasized that this is the only “true” tall grass prairie east of the Appalachian Mountains. “You have to realize that all living things on our planet need a place to live and the Hempstead Plains have very

Peter Soucy / Hofstra Chronicle The Hempstead Plains is a 19-acre prairie grassland on Nassau Community College’s campus.

specific kinds of plants and those plants bring in specific types of animals.”

The Plains also attract a community of people who thrive in the grassland habitat. In the most recent newsletter, Gulotta boasted of 1,100 people who came to visit the Plains in 2017.

Flipping through the pages, I saw poetry, math problems and records of bird counts put together by volunteers who love to be a part of something bigger than themselves.

Funding is a challenge for the Plains. People can pay dues to be a member of the Friends of Hempstead Plains, which Gulotta told me to look at in the brochure. They also charge an honorarium if they speak out in the community.

“We have a few things in what we call our ‘little store’ that we sell,” she said. The store is a desk in the “green” roofed Education Center on the Plains.

For sale there are books of poetry made at the Plains’ own writing workshops; honey made from the Plains’ own bees; T-shirts

and patches; pouches filled will fuzzy little grass seeds to plant in a backyard; and books explaining the history of the original 250acre prairie grassland.

Gulotta was awaiting the results of a botanical survey and ecological assessment done by the New York City-based BAND Foundation, who specialize in nature conservation. The foundation would fund a three-year restoration project to remove invasive species and preserve native grasses, like the sand plain gerardia, in three different pieces of land, as Gulotta explained while looking for a map of the area.

A 65-acre “nice piece of prairie” opposite the Marriott Hotel on the other side Hempstead Turnpike, and a 15-acre plot at Eisenhower Park, would also be included with the Hempstead Plains for the project.

“We’re very excited!” Gulotta said. “I just love being out there and the fact that we have a habitat that we can preserve.”

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Do you think that Hofstra is doing enough to make its students feel safe?

By Peter Soucy M U LT I MEDIA EDITOR

“I feel pretty safe, but I think they need to do a little bit more and address it more.”

– Nick Sachelari, Freshman

“No, I’m on SGA and we’re working on a campus safety initiative. We’ve done research on other schools and Hofstra is not doing the bare minimum in giving information and resources to students.”

– Gabby Spann, Junior

“No, because whenever you direct a question at them about it they get defensive and evasive instead of giving a straight answer.”

– Robin Pereira, Senior Peter Soucy / Hofstra Chronicle

Making sense with Mack: Dealing with roommates

By Mack Caldwell STAFF WRITER

The Letter: Hey Hofstra Chronicle! My roommate just started dating a guy from her geology class.

They’re very much in the middle of the honeymoon phase of their relationship – always together, whether it’s cooking in the kitchen, watching movies in the common room or ... taking showers in our shared bathroom.

I mean it’s all fine. We don’t spend as much time together anymore. And I haven’t gotten as much sleep recently because her boyfriend stays the night ... every night. I mean, he has a single dorm in Vander Poel. But I guess they just like our room better.

They make a lot of noise. I tried dropping hints like coughing and they got quieter, but it only seems to work temporarily. I want my friend back and I want him gone.

The Hofstra Chronicle: Hang tight! You’re at a critical moment in your friendship. Your decisions going forward will

either result in something stupid or the two of you getting along amiably. Let me tell you about something stupid.

I once had an issue with a roommate. Surprise. He kept leaving stuff on my side of the room. First it was a shirt. I mean ... it was fine. Then books. Fine.

Food. Fine. I didn’t say anything.

I didn’t want to stir anything up.

Until I found a full landscape painting in my closet. Not fine.

So, I confronted him, finally, in the most pathetic way possible.

I pulled the painting out and stapled stale bread to it. I scribbled “ART” in all caps across the peaks of the poorly painted mountains and then shoved it back in my closet. I thought I had it down right. He’d come back. I would reveal the destroyed painting. He would slap his forehead and say, “Oh my! Wow. I can’t believe I did this to myself. I am so obviously in the wrong.” We would shake hands, smile and then trot out of the room to the Student Center.

Nope.

He came back. I showcased

what I had done. He stared at me confused. “Why did you do this?” he asked. Each word was deliberate and piercing. I stood there, with his ruined painting, unable to produce an answer that wouldn’t otherwise come from a pouty 11-year-old.

“Because you left it in my closet.”

“So you destroyed it?”

“Uh ... yeah.”

This is not the way to go! You cannot passive aggressively work out an issue. You need to address it. Toss your wounded relationship with your roommate under a stark operating light, no matter how messy or mangled. Put it on the table and talk about it. A cup of coffee is normally a great way to approach this. We’re all addicts anyway. I would suggest the Cafe on the Quad but they ripped that boy down. In the future maybe we’ll solve our issues by rubbing our bacon, egg and cheese bagels together at the new Dunkin’ Donuts. But for now, maybe enjoy some grind-filled Seattle’s Best in the back of the Stu. Or go for a walk. But make

sure the only things capable of slicing nearby are your words.

Precise language can do some excellent dicing without all of the overdramatic bloodshed.

In her Guardian article, “I love my partner but he doesn’t love me back,” love and relationship columnist Mariella Frostrup writes, “No matter how tempting it is to let love overwhelm us it doesn’t and shouldn’t exist outside the normal rules of human engagement.”

Doing the big bad bang while you’re trying to sleep is pretty inconsiderate with or without “a lot of noise.” So is having her boyfriend spend every single night six feet away from you. Which is fine. You have every right to be upset. They are definitely in the wrong for being so maniacally inconsiderate. But as you pointed out, they are in their honeymoon phase.

They are floating so high right now that they aren’t even aware of the increasing distance between them and the soberly single world. However, no amount of stale bread or coughing will

bring your roommate back to reality. So talk to her – without him. Explain with great detail why it’s super not cool to have sex while you’re in the room.

She’s probably been hoping that you wouldn’t bring it up.

Show that you understand how she feels, but that what happened can’t continue. Say that you miss hanging out and reflect on that time you had to piss on the subway. Because that was after the DIIV show, wasn’t it? Yeah! That was when we met up with Jake on 2nd Ave? How’s Jake? I don’t really know. He messaged me the other day. Does he still work at the tattoo shop on St. Marks? I think so. We should grab dinner with him this weekend. Yeah let’s hit up that BYOB Mediterranean place. Wanna check out the Pollock exhibit at the MoMA before? Yeah! I love drunk, dead, white men.

Where surgical language might help locate and dissect a problem, empathy will do the work of healing. At least much more so than stale bread.

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Humans of Hofstra

By Peter Soucy

M ULT I M E D I A E D I TO R

Mallets strike the wooden keys of the marimba faster than my eyes can follow, and then there is silence. Connor Martin has just finished the final piece of his senior recital and the crowd stands and gives a genuine cheer. He bows a few times. His music career at Hofstra has almost reached its end.

“Music consumes my life; I’m not going to lie.”

Martin is a senior music performance major and member of the a cappella group, “The Hofbeats” on campus. He’s been a part of the group for two and a half years and has been their music director for almost two years. “We’ve grown so much since I’ve been in the group. Last year we did the ICCAs [International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella] for the first time and this year we were champs.”

This group placed first at the fifth quarterfinal of the Mid-Atlantic region last weekend at Monmouth University and will be competing in the semifinals at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia on March 31.

Along with practicing with his a cappella group, Martin has been busy practicing for his senior recital, a requirement for music performance majors. “In the fall I had a lot of obligations and some minor health problems, so this semester I was practicing every night until one or two in the morning.” His senior recital fell on the same weekend as the ICCAs, which caused Martin some stress when he first heard the news, but he eased into it, “I came out of that weekend with one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve ever been through – one of the craziest too.”

Martin performed eight pieces for his senior recital: six on marimba, one on percussion and one on timpani. In one piece, he was accompanied by his girlfriend, Courtney Cox, a soprano vocal performance junior. “She and music are my two greatest loves,” he said at this end of his recital. His good friend, who is also a percussionist, accompanied him on a marimba duet, and another friend, a pianist, added a final duet to the afternoon show.

“Other than music, I’m always keeping in touch with my family.”

Martin’s family was in the audience, and even some relatives from Colorado were there. His mom and dad have come to every performance he has had at Hofstra. Making the journey from Pennsylvania to New York multiple times a year is nothing new to them. They usually come baring gifts of Wawa chocolate milk and a Wawa chicken parmesan sandwich.

Martin has written a musical with a friend and has applied to some music festivals in Texas for the summer but plans to take a year off to practice before going to graduate school. He wants to be the best he can be before moving on to the next level of music. “You have some family members asking ‘Oh you’re going into music? What are you going to do with that?’ but I have more and more people telling me they believe in me as a musician.”

Martin also hopes to bartend in the New York area to support himself before going back to school.

He is also going to see where his life takes him. He may have a plan, but that will not stop him from jumping on any opportunity presented to him. “I just love filling my time with stuff to do, so that’s what drives me. Music is a great thing and I want to be good at it.”

Connor Martin

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this year. All contestants performed between four to six songs, with original content in each setlist.

Foley, the first band up, played songs that were easy Courtesy of Hofstra Concerts to listen to.

The Last Great Kings released an EP available on Spotify. Both the lead and backBy Amanda Romeo up vocals were powerful and STAFF W R I T E R pleasing to the ear. Their set The winner of Hofstra of songs ranged from pensive Concerts’ Battle for Music ballads to uplifting melodies.

Fest – held Friday night in the Due to a scheduling conflict, Netherlands Core – will go on the three members of Foley had to open Hofstra Concerts’ Music to leave directly after performing Fest in May. their last song, “Cardinal Sin,” in Two three-man-bands, one order to make it to another show. stunning team of two and a solo Second to the stage, The Last rapper competed for the slot

Great Kings came on subtly screaming indie-rock with ease and sincerity. Impressively, no two songs they played felt repetitive – each composition brought something individually pleasing to the table.

Two-thirds of the typically three-membered band were present and put on a lively show that resonated with the audience.

Prior to playing, Tommy O’Connor provided listeners with some meaningful context about the upcoming songs – making lyrics that were already empathetic and engaging feel that much more impactful.

A small group gathered and enthusiastically sang along to a catchy melody, and the rest of the crowd didn’t hesitate to clap to the tune. The audience remained responsive yet relaxed as The Last Great Kings finished their set, making way for Slow

Marrow.

The compelling duo Slow Marrow consists of paramount vocalist Irene Yannios and acoustic guitarist Sophia Rosado. Each original piece the two performed was lyrically alluring and melodically moving.

Additionally, Slow Marrow’s cover of “Still Into You,” originally by Paramore, engaged the crowd as it was very well done and recognizable.

Finally The Wave, a solo rapper performing his own songs took the stage, requesting to raise the bass. People were on their feet towards the end of The Wave’s set as the energy in the room went in a completely new direction – dramatically contrasting the intent and pensive aura that suited Slow Marrow’s set.

At the conclusion of all four performances, audience

members sent in their votes through a poll taken on the Hofstra Concerts’ Facebook page. After a drum roll for suspense, the winning musicians, The Last Great Kings, returned to the stage to accept their title and briefly give a kind thank you to everyone for coming out to the event.

The victory this past Friday was doubly significant for The Last Great Kings, who had put out a new single earlier that day.

Anyone with a liking for indiealt rock would find it a word of good advice to check out the new song “Death or Glory” on Spotify, and give a listen to their EP, “Here and There, Everywhere,” before Music Fest on Saturday, May 5 when The Last Great Kings will give the opening performance.

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YouTuber brings a new face to the beauty world

By Jenna Clark STAFF WRITER

If you are not familiar with the tagline “Hey sisters! James Charles here and welcome back to my YouTube channel,” then you are missing out on the next big beauty guru.

However, you may have seen him on the front page of CoverGirl magazine as the first “CoverBoy.” Within less than two years, Charles has not only amassed over 3 million subscribers to his channel, but has also appeared on notable talk shows like “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”

Charles has experienced quite a bit of fame within a short amount of time. Most people subscribe to Charles to learn some of his dazzling make-up skills. His channel’s content consists of make-up videos and tutorials ranging from backto-school looks to the ultimate glam.

Some of Charles’ most popular videos happen to be the ones where he collaborates with other social media influencers, including former “Dance Moms” star Maddie Ziegler and

YouTuber Tana Mongeau.

In addition to make-up, Charles is also a fantastic singer.

There are several videos on his channel, in which he sings to popular songs like “New Rules”

by Dua Lipa and “Attention” by Charlie Puth.

Although Charles often receives a lot of hate for breaking gender stereotypes, he shows that one can persevere and not let haters stand in the way.

In August, I was fortunate enough to attend one of Charles’ meet-ups in Union Square in New York City. There were about 200 fans waiting to catch a glimpse of their favorite beauty guru.

Upon arrival, the fans went ballistic and went so far as to run in the middle of moving city traffic in an effort to snap a selfie with Charles. He did not seem to be expecting such a large turnout, but made an effort to create an organized line and try to meet every supporter that he could before his scheduled meeting.

Charles is able to relate to his teenage and young adult demographic. Just a couple of years ago, he was a regular kid in high school, but now is living

the dream in sunny California. for his make-up looks and his or just watch a fun YouTube All of his fans at the meet-up had cheerful personality. If you want video, check out Charles’ something positive to say about to improve your make-up skills channel. his impact on their lives: “James Charles is a great YouTuber who creates fantastic looks that capture the eye, literally.”

“He is gorgeous, very expressive, very himself and not afraid to be different and embraces it.”

“What I really like about James, and what keeps me watching his videos, is his personality.

He isn’t afraid to laugh about himself in his mistakes, and his makeup style is loud and he isn’t afraid to express himself.”

Courtesy of @jamescharles One can see that Charles is Charles currently has 3.2 million subscribers to his YouTube Channel and 107 total videos. adored by many

March 13, 2018•B3 A&E Sexual identity faithfully explored in ‘Love, Simon’

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By Casey Clark S TAFF W R I T E R

High school is the time when teenagers begin to find themselves, hang out with friends and explore their sexuality.

Based on Becky Albertalli’s novel “Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda,” “Love, Simon” is about seventeen-year-old Simon Spier (Nick Robinson), who is your ordinary high school boy with a close-knit circle of friends and a loving family, except for one secret that he has kept from them. Simon is gay and has kept his secret pretty well-hidden for most of his life – up until now.

One day Blue, another student at his high school, posts that he is gay, and Simon immediately messages him saying he knows how Blue feels. The two begin emailing on a regular basis, but Simon accidentally leaves his email open and one of his

classmates, Martin, reads the messages.

Martin tells Simon that he is going to expose the emails to the entire school unless Simon manages to get his close friend, Abby (Alexandra Shipp), to go on a date with Martin. Simon spends a majority of the movie anxious about his secret being told to the whole school and tries everything to set up Abby and Martin.

Simon eventually gets caught up and tells his best friend Leah (Katherine Langford) and his family that he is gay. Leah and Simon’s family provide him with the support that he needs, and Simon eventually meets Blue at a Ferris wheel at a carnival, where they are able to come to terms with their identities.

I had the opportunity to see this movie over a month before it came out at an advanced screening, and I thought it was

incredible. Robinson does an excellent job portraying Simon as a normal high school boy and does not over-emphasize his sexual orientation. In many television shows and movies, gay characters are very stereotypical.

But Simon was just Simon, and being gay is only one of his numerous qualities in addition to his sense of humor, love for his family and support for his friends.

It was nice to see Langford in a role different from her character Hannah in the Netflix series “13 Reasons Why.” Langford brought an amazing energy to Leah and her portrayal of the character felt very authentic. The movie had some hysterical moments throughout it and was not afraid to poke fun at homophobic parents in a comedic way.

The comedy in the movie was very effective in communicating the struggles many gay teens

have to deal with in relation to their friends, families and communities.

The subject matter can be considered a touchy subject by some, but the movie addresses it in a way that resonates with any age, gender or sexual orientation.

There were moments throughout the movie where I teared up because I was able to empathize with Simon and his struggles,

and I usually don’t cry during movies.

I highly suggest that you go out and see the movie: not only will you get a laugh out of it, but you may realize how important it is to respect others and be kind. That can go a long way in affecting someone’s self-esteem.

“Love, Simon” comes out on March 16 in theaters nationwide.

Courtesy of 20th Century Robinson has also starred in Jurassic World and Boardwalk Empire.

‘The Birdcage’ and drag culture complexity

By Joseph Coffey-Slattery ARTS & E N T E RTA I N M E N T ASSISSTA N T E D I TO R

Mike Nichols will forever be remembered by the film community for his directorial work on the one-two punch of the Elizabeth Taylor/Richard Burton-starring “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” and “The Graduate,” featuring a young Dustin Hoffman. Both films were each iconic in their own right. “Virginia Woolf” was a sharp blow to the production code staunchly enforced by Joseph Breen, and “The Graduate” solidified the character of Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft) as a cultural metaphor for a sexually assertive older woman.

Somewhat less known is Nichols’ work on the 1996 film “The Birdcage,” a remake of the popular French comedy “La Cage Aux Folles.” The American adaptation stars the late Robin Williams as Armand Goldman, a drag club owner, and Nathan Lane as his partner Albert, who headlines the club as Starina.

The narrative follows the two as they prepare to host the family of their son’s fiancée, headed by

conservative Sen. Kevin Keeley (Gene Hackman, proving again that he objectively looks like a politician). Naturally, the premise in itself is humorous: two polar opposites on the political spectrum interacting over what turns out to be a disaster of a dinner.

The film does a rather decent job of presenting a diverse array of gay characters. Sure, there are somewhat over-the-top elements of flamboyance, especially in the form of Hank Azaria’s Agador Spartacus. Yet on the whole, the film largely succeeds in its portrayal of drag life.

One aspect that helps legitimize the story is the fact that actor Lane, playing a rather frivolous queen, is in fact homosexual. Bearing this in mind, it would seem that his work is an honest representation of his views of the culture. This was something missing from our last source of analysis, “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything!

Julie Newmar.” While the efforts of the heterosexual leads of that film were admirable, it certainly helps to have a community represented by one of their own.

Many of the stereotypes

utilized by the narrative can be forgiven in part because they function mainly as a source of benevolent humor. The aforementioned Spartacus works well because he is so over the top: he obsesses over cutoff shorts and Gloria Estefan, the latter of whom will be alien to many contemporary audiences. The script by Elaine May benefits from a glorious self-awareness that serves to present common tropes associated with gay life and eventually subvert them.

The film finds its greatness in the last act, after Albert has decided to adorn drag to play Mrs. Coleman, filling in as Armand’s wife at the dinner. When Armand’s former wife (Christine Branski) does in fact show up, the ruse collapses and Keeley, having flirted with Albert in drag, is in an utter state of shock.

The reveal is a tender moment, where conservative views are forced to confront the reality of homosexual existence. There are no Mike Pence-esque calls for conversion therapy, but rather an attempt at acceptance.

It remains debatable if Keeley will amend his views in the long term, though it can be stated that

he certainly developed a new but the comedy continues to enunderstanding for gay life. dure. Stereotypes of gay life are The film delivers laughs in explored and often disproved, spades, even while sensitive leading to the film being a solid themes of self and identity arise. step in the right direction.

Acceptance plays a large role as well, especially when Armand and his son Val (Dan Futterman) realize it is abhorrent to attempt to change Albert.

Their efforts to “turn him masculine” for the dinner, while wellintentioned, are exposed as a failure to a loved one.

The film is an overall joy, holding up remarkably well with age.

Some of the references Courtesy of United Artists might appear slightly dated, ‘Birdcage’ made $185 million during opening weekend.

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Think Again Debunking the apocalyptic social media myth

By Angelica Beneke C OLUMN I S T

“Social media is bad for you.”

“Social media is ruining humanity.” “Social media is divisive.”

I’m sure we’ve heard people say this or at least seen headlines about it. Facebook, one of the rulers of social media itself, has also recently admitted that social media poses mental health risks for many of its users. While social media has its downsides, such as easily allowing hate groups to form and flourish like on Steam, this generalization is just way too dangerous ¬– especially for people with mental illnesses.

My problem with the whole “social media is evil” and “you’re not being productive by being on social media” belief is that it doesn’t take into account how people actually use it. It just talks about social media as a vicious and impersonal being that’s out to degrade humanity, one screen-to-screen conversation at a time. But as surprising as this might be for some

people, not everyone’s lives are being ruined by social media.

Even more shocking, not everyone whose lives aren’t being ruined by social media is the socalled popular girl or guy from high school you didn’t like.

Actively posting on social media, rather than mindlessly scrolling through it, can actually be beneficial for many people with mental illness. It provides a platform for people to voice their problems or concerns to a group they can trust and this group, in turn, can provide support. Per marketing researchers, this type of exchange, continued over and over, can help the person posting about their problems bounce back quicker from negative experiences than people who don’t.

But what about the idea that depression and anxiety are worsened by social media use?

Again, this depends on how it’s used. It’s not that social media itself that worsens depression, but it’s the negative interactions that inflict the harm. If someone is constantly being bullied and

harassed on social media and they have to see their attackers on a regular basis, either online, in person or both, that’s going to have a dangerous impact on their mental health. On the flip side, if someone has positive

“If you think

social media is ruining humanity, you might just want to check how you’re using it. ” experiences, that’ll improve it.

Here’s an example: I’m willing to admit I have a Facebook and a Twitter problem in that I use these sites more often that I should. These platforms, by themselves, aren’t the primary reasons my mental health has worsened. But I do feel more comfortable using Twitter than Facebook. The reason for this is simple: I have had more positive

experiences on Twitter. Even if I were to have a negative experience, I’m part of a community where people are open to finding out why I was upset and we find out the solution together. I can also block or mute (depending on who it is) people who make me uncomfortable.

Yes, I’m aware you can block and mute people on Facebook too, but Facebook culture and Twitter culture are quite different. On Facebook, many people expect you to maintain a certain level of interaction just because they took the time to accept your friend request. They might not react to your posts or have conversations with you, but God forbid if you unfriend or block them. Also, God forbid if you disagree with their views on their status because they’re always right and you have no right to disagree with them.

Then having to see them on a regular basis doesn’t help.

For the sake of my mental health, that’s why I post and interact more with people on Twitter.

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I’ve also noticed that if I spend more time on Twitter than Facebook in a given day, I tend to be in better mental shape than vice-versa. It makes sense: I post more original content on Twitter, I interact with more people and I have more positive experiences overall.

If you think social media is ruining humanity, you might just want to check how you’re using it.

Dear gay men, what’s the T?

By Serena Payne SPEC IA L TO T H E C H R O NI CL E

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” has invaded the mainstream and opened the world’s eyes to the art form of drag and drag performance.

However, RuPaul’s recent interview in The Guardian sparked controversy due to his comments surrounding transgender (trans) drag queens competing on “Drag Race” saying that drag loses its social statement when men are not the ones doing it because “Drag is a big f-you to male-dominated culture.” However, RuPaul, you and other gay men seem to have forgotten something important about drag, mainly

the simple fact that you did not create, nor do you own, drag.

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” owes its existence and fame to the countless trans women of color that have provided the LGBTQ community with the freedom and platform to have a TV drag competition in the first place. In fact, the gay male community loves joining the culture of trans people of color just so they can turn around and claim they created it.

Whether it be drag, voguing or the Gay Liberation Movement itself, trans women of color have fueled all forms of culture and progress in the United States only to be erased in exchanged for mainstream

success. RuPaul loves to quote the ‘90s documentary “Paris is Burning” and find a way to profit off of it in one way or another, and yet many of the documentary’s stars like Venus Xtravaganza would not be allowed to compete on his show. So basically RuPaul, you are telling trans women that you are willing to quote them on T-shirts or turn them into sound bites but they’re not allowed to compete on the show that wouldn’t exist without them. Now when it comes to drag being “a big f-you to male-dominated culture” you are right, RuPaul. Drag is a powerful act of performance protest that fights against

patriarchal norms, and nothing says “F male-dominated culture!” more than a boys-only club profiting off the work of women while simultaneously barring them from profiting off themselves. The fact of the matter is that gay men like RuPaul love to ignore that the platform that they use to fight for themselves was given to them by powerful trans women.

Then, once these gay men are on this platform, they work as hard as they can to rewrite history to make sure that’s an easier sell to the non-LGBTQ population. In fact, RuPaul wanting to erase the history of drag given to us by trans women reminds me of when

the “Stonewall” movie wanted to erase the role that Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera had in the riots. Trans women rebelling against societal and gender norms invented today’s definition of drag.

So maybe RuPaul, instead of barring trans women from competing on your show for not being punk rock enough, you should try thanking them for the very art form that is giving you your career. It really is quite a shame that RuPaul doesn’t want trans women on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” because based on personality and beliefs something tells me he would get along really well with Caitlyn Jenner.

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By Robert Kinnaird ASSISTA N T M U LT I M E D I A E DI TOR

The financial inequality in the modern day is as bad as it’s been since America’s Gilded Age when the titans of industry were the richest people to ever walk the Earth. Back then, people like John Rockefeller, Milton Hershey and Andrew Carnegie flexed their wealth by opening libraries, starting colleges or opening orphanages.

The financial inequality was still an issue back then, but these days our rich people shoot cars into space and spend millions on idiotic shenanigans instead. The theatrical side of the modern rich results in “funny” publicity stunts, but we really need to stop laughing.

Not only is launching a car into space wasteful of our resources, scientists at Purdue are now calling it “a biothreat” because of all the bacteria that were never supposed to leave Earth hitchhiking on a billionaire’s publicity stunt all the way to orbit.

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Bottom line: it was idiotic.

Launching a biothreat into space could potentially drive an alien species into extinction.

The biggest concern is that it will contaminate Mars. We have not discovered life on Mars, but there’s a reason we keep searching for it. Trace amounts of ice have been found on the red planet, so we cannot rule out the possibility that our neighbor either has or could support life in the future. Any life on the planet now could be completely wiped out by earthly germs.

As much as people love to worship Elon Musk for “bringing us into the future,” he’s really just a rich guy who never got over a childish obsession of going to Mars and spends his insanely large fortune on gimmicks, pretending it will save the species.

Martin Shkreli, though not nearly as wealthy as Musk, has a much richer history of using his money in outlandish ways just to screw with people.

The most well known of these stunts was his acquisition of the only copy of The Wu Tang Clans’ “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin,” an album that he purchased for around two million dollars.

The Clan auctioned off their CD to the highest bidder with one rule: you can’t resell it.

Shkreli purchased it anyway and made a promise to hip-hop loving Americans. If Hillary Clinton won the election, he would destroy the CD, and if Donald Trump won, he would make it public. When Trump actually won, he leaked the first song and promptly got arrested.

Not surprisingly, Shkreli was doing some deeply immoral manipulation of pill pricing.

Less surprisingly, that was completely legal, and he did not get arrested for it. Less surprisingly still, is that the crime he committed was ripping off other rich people.

Shout out to Hofstra alumnus Bernie Madoff.

Shkreli’s terrifying price hikes potentially could have cost the

lives of thousands of people who rely on the medicines he manipulated. So basically, the law doesn’t care about you unless you’re rich. Welcome to America.

Before he was arrested, Shkreli also attempted to prevent Kanye West’s “The Life of Pablo” from ever being released. He publicly offered Kanye a large sum of money to be the only one to have access to the album, just like the Wu Tang album. When Kanye did not accept the offer, Shkreli increased the offer. Of course, we know that didn’t work because “The Life of Pablo” came out and was an incredibly successful album.

Shkreli’s other stunts have caused outrage in various small communities beyond hip-hop fans. Shkreli purchased several copies of the most expensive “Magic: the Gathering” card Black Lotus, which sells for no less than $14,000 and up to $23,000, even in damaged condition. For context on how expensive the first edition

this card can be, the original printing of it is worth more than its weight in plutonium, cocaine or gold.

Many fans of the game are angry at Shkreli for taking these incredibly rare and valuable cards off the market with no intention of using them to play just because he can afford to.

As more and more of these cards are removed from the secondary market, the price of the ones still left increase.

Americans need to stop looking at the publicity stunts of millionaires as something laughable, and instead acknowledge that these wasteful and sometimes dangerous expenditures have real world consequences.

When Musk wipes out alien life on a distant planet or someone like Shkreli destroys a more important secondary market, maybe we’ll see these fat cats for the miscreants that they are.

One small ecological footprint for man...

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A brief history of American emperors

By Jordan Hopkins SPEC IA L TO T H E C H R O N I CL E

It’s been a rough year for the American presidency.

Following a controversial election, Donald Trump has seemingly done everything in his power to make a laughingstock of the executive office.

He’s crass, immature and some say unfit for power.

After a long string of departures and criminal charges leading back to the doorstep of the White House, it seems that Donald Trump has taken an America that was respected worldwide and turned it into a laughingstock in less than one election cycle.

But this is a dangerous assumption to make. Trump isn’t a toddler having a tantrum. He’s an intense conservative radical, with his finger trembling on the nuclear button. He has more power at his disposal than any other American leader to come before him and half of the country doesn’t even like him.

How did this happen?

This isn’t just about Donald Trump, either. In fact, that’s the last time his name will be mentioned in this article.

No, this is a problem buried so deeply in our political system that it’s been affecting us since the Cold War. The American presidency is far

too powerful.

When George W. Bush came into office in 2001, he was the first president of a new era. The Cold War was in the rearview mirror, the Clinton scandal was fading into obscurity and “Independent Woman (Part 1)” by Destiny’s Child was the No. 1 hit of the year. America was ready for a fresh start.

Then, almost immediately, the world was flipped on its head by the most lethal terrorist attack in American history. In the wake of the 9/11 attack, Bush passed sweeping military authorization that gave him the power to put troops on the ground in Iraq less than three days after the attack – without Congressional approval. He also passed the USA Patriot Act into law – but we’ll get to that.

Through a broader lens, Bush’s post-9/11 foreign policy was the logical conclusion of 40 years of American presidents slowly but surely increasing the power of the executive office. During the Cold War it was understandable ¬– the speed of military action in the late 20th century caused significant changes to the way the presidency operates.

Suddenly the president was capable of ending the world with the turn of a key. Maybe

this was too much power, but the speed of modern launch systems made it impossible for the fate of the free world to be determined by committee. The decision had to rest with the highest power in the land, and as a result, that power was heightened.

But the Cold War is over, and what we need from our government more than ever is transparency – not the dramatic action that Bush championed as the key to the defeat of terrorism.

Fifteen years later this action is directly responsible for the deaths of over 200,000 civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan and perhaps many more worldwide.

That’s a great deal of damage to hang over the office of the American presidency – a great many Iraqi and Afghan lives destroyed forever.

This damage only evolved with the election of Barack Obama, who quickly escalated the drone war into Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. Obama also oversaw an increased surveillance presence in the United States during his presidency by renewing the Patriot Act in 2008 and then again in 2011.

This was a new and dramatic expansion of presidential power, allowing the FBI to spy on the communications of American citizens. The increase in activity

sanctioned by the Patriot Act was a bold and drastic move that backfired on the Obama administration almost immediately due to the work of whistleblowers like Edward Snowden. Finally, the extent of the abuse of power had been laid bare.

And we did nothing.

Nothing has changed. The Patriot Act was renewed

by Obama in 2015 and will assumedly be renewed again in 2019. The Authorization of use of Military Force Act is still in effect today. The presidency is as powerful as it’s ever been, with no increased transparency or forthcomings from anyone involved at the higher levels of government.

The American presidency is one of the most influential offices in the world right now. It oversees incredible power, both at home and abroad. And while a powerful presidency may have been a necessity 50 years ago, it has become increasingly clear that the office has abused its power, at the expense of the citizens it was formed to serve.

We’re in a new age now; we don’t need our presidents to be Reagans or Clintons. What we need from the presidency right now is transparency, awareness and self-limitation. It shouldn’t be much to ask.

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Mattera finds inspiration from former coach

By Alexandra Licata

A S S I S TA N T S P O RT S E D I TO R

In the sixth grade, Alexa Mattera made a decision that would change the rest of her sports career: she took a suggestion to try out for her middle school lacrosse team and ran with it.

Now, Mattera is one of Hofstra’s leading players in her sophomore season.

She’s second in team scoring with 13 goals behind classmate Alyssa Parrella’s 22.

That five-game total surpasses the nine goals Mattera scored during her rookie season, when she was named to the Colonial Athletic Association All-Rookie Team.

Mattera attributes that success to having more confidence and team building.

“I’ve realized my role in the team,” Mattera said.

“I have to be a big dodger … a role model for the team.

I think that me having more confidence in myself really has helped me and improved my game.”

The improvements she’s made thus far aren’t going unnoticed, especially not by Hofstra head coach Shannon Smith.

“We’ve been waiting for this moment,” Smith said after the Pride’s victorious season opener against Bucknell University.

“I’ve been telling everyone in my interviews that [Mattera] has been really coming along.”

The East Islip native is no stranger to the competitive atmosphere of lacrosse.

Throughout her years at East Islip High School, Mattera was a triple-sport athlete. She also played field hockey and basketball.

Although she no longer plays either sport, Mattera finds that the skills she developed in those sports are reflected in the way she plays lacrosse.

“I think the aggressiveness I had in basketball, the confidence I had, transferred over to my lacrosse career,” Mattera said.

“I think my athleticism, and sometimes my speed, from field hockey also transferred over.”

She scored 1,000 points from the court throughout her career in hoops, but the opportunity she was given to play lacrosse not only at a Divsion I school, but also somewhere close to home, was an opportunity she

Photo courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Alexa Mattera is second on the Pride with 13 goals this season..

Photo courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Mattera has tallied a point in every game but one this season, and has scored in the last three games.

“He’s definitely told me that I have to just go out there and be the best player that I can be.” couldn’t pass up.

Being local means Mattera always has supporters in the stands, cheering her on and encouraging everything she puts out on the field.

“It’s really nice having my friends close to home since a lot of my friends stayed,” Mattera said.

“They can come to my games and come support me, and I really like having my family that close to me.”

After all, one of the main reasons Mattera ever decided to pick up a stick was because of Nicole Levy, her best friend since the second grade and her dad Steven Levy.

“Growing up around the [Levy’s], they were a big lacrosse family and they all encouraged me to go out and play,” Mattera said.

Steven Levy was also the head coach of Mattera’s high school team, and as a result, has had a big influence on

Mattera’s life.

“He’s definitely told me that I just have to go out there and be the best player that I can be,” Mattera said.

“To give it all you’ve got and no matter what the outcome is, you’ve done the best you could.”

With that mindset, Mattera utilizes every practice and game to not only get better, but to make her presence known on the field.

She wants to consistently continue to improve her role with the team, as well as work on her dodging and right hand.

Aside from continuing to improve her own game, Mattera’s eyes are also set on the

team’s goal.

“As a team, [our goal is] definitely getting to the CAA’s, winning the CAA Championship and then hopefully getting to the NCAA tournament,” Mattera said.

The Pride has failed to reach the CAA tournament since 2015 and has not made it to the NCAA tournament since 2007.

Currently sitting at 3-3 after losing at No. 23 Johns Hopkins University on Saturday afternoon, Hofstra still has a long way to go for a successful season. Next up for the Pride is a date with Dartmouth University on Friday afternoon, a team that will give Hofstra plenty to handle.

As the Pride continues their campaign this season, Mattera will continue to play her hardest and always with the mindset Levy instilled in her from the very beginning.

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Balanced attack propels Hofstra over Quinnipiac

By Felipe Fontes A S S I S TA N T S P O RT S E D I TO R

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The Hofstra women’s lacrosse team improved to .500 after a 13-4 victory against Quinnipiac University on Tuesday afternoon.

The Pride’s potent attack resulted in hat tricks both from Drew Shapiro and Jenna Budd, while Alyssa Parrella notched a game-high six points from two goals and four assists. The six points put Parrella over the 100-point mark for her career, now sitting at 104.

Although there was a major difference between the numbers shown on the scoreboard at the final buzzer, it was a

close game early on.

After the Bobcats responded to Parrella’s game opening goal to make it 1-1, Hofstra followed up with two goals to make it 3-1.

The Pride took two right back in their own net, knotting it up at 3-3 with 12:26 left in the first half.

Less than a minute later, the Pride took off and never looked back, scoring six unanswered goals to take a 9-3 lead early in the second half.

Quinnipiac would get back on the board only one more time in the game.

Ashley Bobinski, who scored the Bobcats’ first goal, was able to hit the back of the net again with an unassisted score five minutes into the second half.

Hofstra would then close out the game with four straight goals, with Parrella assisting on three of them.

Hofstra’s defense held up after a shaky start and was anchored by junior Maddie Fields, who saved 13 shots from hitting the back of the net.

After tallying a career-high 16 saves against the University of Maryland on Saturday, Fields now has 29 in her last two games.

This game saw Budd’s first career hat trick and also saw the reigning Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Week Katie Whelan back up her award with two goals and an assist.

Overall, the Pride had complete control, with a 35-19 shot advantage, as well as a 15-4 advantage in draw controls.

Up next, the Pride would continue their three-game road trip by heading down to Baltimore to take on Johns Hopkins University.

Photo courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Drew Shapiro notched her first hat trick of the season on Tuesday

Hofstra overwhelmed by No. 23 Johns Hopkins

By Emily Provost

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Despite a strong start and a hat trick from sophomore Alyssa Parrella, Hofstra fell to No. 23 Johns Hopkins University 15-6 on Saturday at Homewood Field.

The Blue Jays would strike first with two goals early on, but sophomore Alexa Mattera had two unassisted goals to bring them to a tie.

The goals were Mattera’s 12th and 13th scores of the season.

The sophomore has been off to a red-hot start this year, already topping the nine goals that she scored throughout her entire freshman campaign.

In between Mattera’s goals, the Hofstra defense was able to hold their opponents back for a seven-minute stretch.

Johns Hopkins scored again soon after, but Hofstra hit back hard. Senior Drew Shapiro scored unassisted and Parrella followed with two more goals helped by junior Jenna Budd.

The Pride were fighting hard and playing smart as they continued to keep the ball moving and away from their opponents, but the Blue Jays would not let up.

Johns Hopkins continued to score four times in the final minutes of the game to bring the score to 7-5 before halftime in their favor.

Going into the second half, Hofstra would win the draw and continue to fight Johns Hopkins for possession.

Johns Hopkins would go on a streak with five goals before being stopped by a goal from Parrella.

It was her 22nd goal of the season so far.

The Pride did not give up as they continued to fight for the ball, causing turnovers and missed shots from the Blue Jays.

Johns Hopkins would con-

tinue to score until the end of the game for a final of 15-6.

Despite the score, the Pride would have some achievements to take away from this game.

Junior Maddie Fields made 12 saves for a total of 41 in the last three games and freshman Katie Whelan won five draw controls for Hofstra.

The Pride will face off against Dartmouth University at home at 5 p.m. on Friday, March 16.

The Big Green sit at 3-1so far on the season, with their most recent victory coming all the way back on March 3 in a 20-10 drubbing of Columbia University.

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Emerging freshman Dandola shines for the Pride

Photo coutresy of Hofstra Athletics Sophie Dandola pitched 5.1 scoreless innings in her last appearance.

By Nico Bermudez S TA F F W R I T E R

If a freshman is awarded both CAA Rookie of the Week and Pitcher of the Week just one month into her collegiate career, she has to be doing something special.

Sophie Dandola, pitcher for

the Hofstra softball team, is making her presence known early in her campaign.

“I kind of never expected it as a freshman,” Dandola said.

“I came in and I actually had a broken hand so spending all the fall just doing reps with one hand, I didn’t really expect anything.”

In 10 appearances, Dandola has 45.2 innings pitched, five wins and a 1.53 earned run average (ERA) with 24 strikeouts.

Just one week ago, she pitched a complete game against Florida Gulf Coast University allowing only one run, which came unearned. She even put together great outings against two nationally ranked teams in Florida State University and Oregon University.

“I worked really hard during the preseason and the second I broke my hand, I got back to work right away,” Dandola said.

Coming out of her senior year at high school, Dandola faced serious adversity going into her first season at the college level.

Despite this, she remained persistent and worked her way back to her usual dominance.

Much of this could be attributed to her father, who played football at LIU Post.

“He just made me stay focused and told me how to

act in tough situations and he always kept me practicing and kept me on track,” Dandola said.

“I think that really helped me and shaped me into the athlete I am today.

She began playing softball at the age of five and slowly worked her way to becoming the star pitcher she is today.

At Seaford High School, she played four years, posting ERAs of 0.92, 0.88, 0.72 and 0.57 in those seasons.

Dandola was a successful two-athlete student at Seaford, having been awarded AllCounty honors in both softball and volleyball.

She was also awarded with an All-Long Island honor for softball and an All-State honor for volleyball.

At Hofstra, Dandola joins sophomore Sarah Cornell on the circle to create a dynamic duo. Cornell was in the same exact situation Dandola was in last year.

Now, with the two of them, the Pride have perhaps the

best one-two pitching duo in the CAA. Dandola credits Cornell for helping her mentally prepare for not only big games, but for the small things as well.

As a freshman, she is, of course, focused on succeeding throughout her career at Hofstra, but she also hopes to get a lot more out of her time with the Pride.

“I want to have all the opportunities I’ve had and continue to take advantage of them, and really just build a family with my teammates,” Dandola said.

Dandola is majoring in communications and aspires to one day become a sports announcer.

Dandola is only 10 games into her collegiate career with still many more to come.

So far, the Pride have been able to feel confident anytime she gets the nod.

Hofstra could see a bright future with a star pitcher like Dandola on its team in the coming years.

HOFSTRA ATHLETIC CALENDAR HOME

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ALBANY – 12 P.M. & 3:30 P.M.

BOSTON U – 11 A.M. UMASS – 1 P.M. ALBANY – 12 P.M. & 3:30 P.M .

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Rooney, Brazill combine for no-hitter in twinbill sweep

By Julia Presti S TA F F W R I T E R

Hofstra baseball extended their win streak to seven games Saturday at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Tournament. In the first game, the Pride faced Mount St. Mary’s University (MD) and won 11-0 on a

combined no-hitter. In the second game, Hofstra defeated UMBC and came out on top 9-6.

John Rooney took the mound for the Pride in the first contest. He threw six complete innings, striking out eight batters and walking four.

Rooney did not allow a hit or

Photo courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Austin Gauthier is currently on a seven-game hitting streak..

run while facing 20 batters, which increases his scoreless innings to a total of 20 this season.

Seamus Brazill closed out the final three innings without a hit allowed, marking the second time this season and all-time that Hofstra has thrown a hitless game.

Hofstra first got on the board in the bottom of the second inning when Mikey Riesner doubled down the left field line, scoring Teddy Cillis.

Then, in the bottom of the fifth inning, the Pride’s bats came to life.

Austin Gauthier singled to shortstop allowing Steven Foster to advance to second, while Matt Siedem advanced to third.

With the bases loaded, Vito Friscia was up next. Coming into the battle with a .400 batting average, Friscia singled to left field and Gauthier advanced to second with both Foster and Siedem scoring.

Cillis then homered to center field, scoring Friscia

and Gauthier.

Rob Weissheier homered down the left field line, making the score 7-0 to end the inning.

Hofstra’s bats came alive again in the bottom of the seventh. Daniel Page homered to left center scoring Riesner.

In the eighth inning, Cillis hit a sacrifice fly to right field.

Riesner singled through the left side to finalize the score 11-0.

In the second game against UMBC, Matt Weissheier started the game on the mound for Hofstra.

Matt Weissheier pitched four innings and surrendered five hits, five earned runs, one unearned run, one walk and two strikeouts while facing 19 batters.

In the top of the first inning, Friscia came up big again for the Pride, homering to center field and Foster scored. The Pride ended the first inning up two runs.

Then, in the second inning, Hofstra’s bats remained on fire. Foster singled to left field

and then advanced to second on the throw. Vinnie Costello advanced to third and Parker Quinn scored.

Gauthier hit a three-run homerun.

Hofstra ended the second inning leading 6-0.

In the top of the fourth inning the Pride added a few more insurance runs.

Riesner singled to left field and advanced to second on a fielding error by the left fielder.

Cillis and Friscia both scored on the play.

Riesner crossed home on the following play on a single to center field from Rob Weissheier. The Pride jumped out to a 9-0 lead.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, UMBC came back strong against the Pride, scoring all six of their runs.

The Pride would hold on to win 9-6.

Zach Altieri got the win and improved to 2-0 in two shutout innings out of the bullpen.

Chris Weiss got his second save of the season.

Weissheier laces late double to continue win streak

By PJ Potter S P O RT S E D I TO R

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A two-run go-ahead double in the eighth inning from Rob Weissheier lifted Hofstra baseball to its eighth consecutive win on Sunday 4-2 against University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) in Maryland.

Weissheier came into the at-bat 0-3 with three strikeouts, but stepped up when needed most. The sophomore first baseman now has five twobaggers this season with a .379 average through 29 at-bats.

Daniel Page capped the inning with an RBI base hit for the 4-2 final. Page finished the contest 2-4, bringing his average to .313.

Hofstra was shut out against UMBC’s pitching until the seventh inning, when Vinnie Costello muscled his second home run of the season to tie the game 1-1.

Teddy Cillis battled for his best outing on the mound, going five innings with just one run allowed, fanning six batters and walking three. He did not bat in this game, but picked up three hits in the previous two matchups this weekend.

Brad Camarda scooped his first collegiate win out of the bullpen, tossing two innings with one unearned run. He struck out two and gave up no hits.

Chris Weiss picked up his third save in two perfect innings, striking out five batters along the way. The senior now has 20 strikeouts through 11.2 innings.

Vito Friscia continued his offensive rampage with another three hits and one run. Friscia

is now on a five-game hitting streak, hitting 10-23 over that span (.435) with two home runs and six runs batted in. The catcher also already has five multi-hit games with three of them totaling three hits.

He also has at least one run scored over the last six games, crossing home plate 10 total times.

Austin Gauthier contributed one hit and a run, stretching his hitting streak to seven games. Gauthier ended the series going 5-13 with four runs scored.

Mikey Riesner also continued his hitting streak, going 1-4. Batting at a .359 clip this season, Riesner has at least one hit in his last four games, collecting nine over that period.

For UMBC, Matt Campbell had two of the team’s four hits.

Jacob Christian got the loss for the Retrievers. Christian was unable to record an out in the eighth inning, allowing

Photo courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Rob Weissheier hit the game-winning two-run double on Sunday.

three runs on three hits and a walk.

Chase Bailey started fighting for a strong seven innings with eight strikeouts. Bailey let up one run with five hits and two walks.

Andy Rozylowicz closed the

final two frames for UMBC and did not surrender another run.

Hofstra (8-2) is one victory away of tying the program record for longest win streak, which was set in 2013.

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McIntosh’s hat trick leads Pride past No. 8 UNC

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For the third year in a row, the Hofstra men’s lacrosse team defeated the University of North Carolina, this time beating the No. 8 Tar Heels by a score of 12-6 on Saturday afternoon at James M. Shuart Stadium on the strength of Dylan McIntosh’s first career hat trick.

The Pride came roaring out of the gates early in this one.

Just after the first half, they led UNC 7-0. Alex Moeser led the way with two goals and one assist.

The first quarter only saw one goal courtesy of Moeser.

Although it was just 1-0, both teams applied constant pressure. Both Hofstra’s Jack Concannon and UNC’s Jack

Pezzulla made strong saves throughout the quarter.

The game became all Hofstra in the second quarter via a joint effort by the Pride. Nearly two minutes into the quarter, Moeser scored his second goal of the game. Just eight seconds later, Kyle Gallagher got on the board to make it 3-0. Four goals followed this as Ryan Tierney, Jimmy Yanes, Dylan Alderman and McIntosh all joined in on the scoring.

As the Pride kept pouring on the offense, the Tar Heels couldn’t seem to get anything going.

In the first half, they only took three shots on goal compared to Hofstra’s 12.

In the third quarter, the Tar Heel offense came to life as they scored four goals – two each by Chris Cloutier and Matt Cunningham. That wasn’t enough to stop the Pride offense as Brendan Kavanagh scored a goal and McIntosh and Ryan Tierney both scored their second of the game.

Having scored goals late

in the third UNC had all the momentum going into the fourth. They came out aggressive, but Concannon stood his ground on a shot from point-blank range.

“Our defense settled in, you know there were a few shot there right up on the crease.

I’ve been watching film on the shooters,” Concannon said after the game.

Seconds later, the Pride marched their way up the field and Yanes set up McIntosh for his third goal of the game marking his first-ever hat trick with the Pride.

A surge by the Tar Heels late in the fourth quarter wasn’t enough to amount to anything significant.

This win marks head coach Seth Tierney’s 100th career win with Hofstra.

“When I heard it on the loud speaker on the handshake line I wasn’t aware of it to be honest with you. I’m just thrilled, thrilled that it was here at Hofstra,” Seth Tierney said.

Photo courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Dylan McIntosh (left) and Kyle Gallagher combined for four goals.

Hofstra knocked out in first round of CAAs

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Photo courtesy of Hofstra Athletics Mikiyah Croskey had 15 points and nine rebounds on Wednesday.

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The season ended on Wednesday for the Hofstra Pride women’s basketball as they fell to the College of Charleston Cougars 88-72 in the first round of the CAA Tournament in Philadelphia.

E’Lexus Davis led the seventh-seeded Pride with 16 points and six assists while Mikiyah Croskey was one rebound shy of converting on a double-double as she put up 15 points and nine boards.

The first quarter was a back-and-forth battle between both teams that saw the Pride in control for the start of it. A Boogie Brozoski jumper put Hofstra up 10-5, which would be their largest lead of the day.

In the last three minutes, the Cougars went on a 10-4 run to close out the first quarter up 21-18.

The second quarter was a different story, as Hofstra was outscored 25-11.

Croskey cut the lead to one with a layup, but Charleston’s Darien Huff scored five straight to put the Cougars up 26-20.

Huff finished the day with 22 points and a perfect 4-4 from deep. Charleston closed out the quarter on a 13-2 run to put them up 46-29 at half.

The 10th-seeded Cougars had two players with doubledoubles in Brown, as she had 19 and 15, and Deja Ford with 17 points and 10 rebounds.

The third quarter seemed to be the same story, as Charleston went up by as much as 25 points at one point.

In the fourth, however, the Pride went on a few runs of its own.

They went on a 6-0 run to cut the lead to 18 and then on

a 9-0 to bring it within 11, 8170, with two minutes to go.

The comeback was a little too late as free throws iced the game for the Cougars.

After going 11-11 from behind the arc in the first two matchups against Charleston, Olivia Askin went 5-7 from deep in the game, including four straight made in the fourth quarter.

Senior Aleana Leon finished her last game of her career with 11 points and seven rebounds while Marianne Kalin chipped in 11 points and six rebounds in the loss.

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John Rooney and Seamus Brazille combined for a nohitter on Saturday.

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Yes, Another No-No Hofstra baseball tosses second no-hitter of season as part of eight-game win streak

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