Issue 5, Fall 2016 - The Quadrangle

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September 27, 2016

MC Students Honor Fallen 9/11 Hero in Memorial 5K

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Public Safety Releases Annual Security and Fire Safety Report Kieran Rock & Kelly Burns Editors

MC students show support for fellow student’s family foundation, The Tunnel to Towers Foundation.

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On the morning of 9/11, FDNY firefighter Stephen Siller was off duty and heading to meet his brothers to play golf when he was alerted of the attacks on the Twin Towers. Immediately, Siller traded his golf clubs for his fire uniform and abandoned his truck in the traffic jammed Brooklyn Battery Tunnel and ran, in 60 lbs of gear, to the World Trade Center.

Siller left behind a wife and five children, along with countless family and friends who adored him. Two of his daughters currently attend Manhattan College, junior Olivia Siller and freshman Genevieve Siller.

In the aftermath of his death, Siller’s family formed the Tunnel to Towers Foundation in his honor, with nearly 100 percent of profits going to aid injured military and first responders. They also started the Building America’s Bravest program, which designs and constructs high-tech homes for the most critically wounded soldiers.

“We came together, and we know the sacrifice that was made by these men and women in uniform, and what better way to say thank you than building them a home,” Chairman and CEO of Tunnel to Towers, Frank Siller, said in an interview with CBS news.

Every year, the foundation hosts a 5K to honor Siller and all of the other fallen American heroes. From the Battery Tunnel

Olivia Siller, center, honors her father at the Tunnel to Towers Foundation annual 5K. Brooke Judge/Courtesy to the World Trade Center, runners trace students ran in support of Siller’s family. the heroic footsteps they took on 9/11.

Junior Natalie Tousignant, a close Led by firefighters, the first wave of this friend of the Siller daughters, ran for the year’s 25,000 runners gathered at the start first time this year and reflected on the day line, and former New York City mayor and with gratitude.

Jasper alum Rudy Giuliani sent them off.

Continued on page 6 Amidst this body of runners, over 100 MC

Every year the Manhattan College Public Safety department releases the Security and Fire Safety Annual Report.

“We are mandated by the U.S. Department of Education [to release the report],” Juan Cerezo, director of public safety said.

“Every college or university that is taking federal money has to report the numbers for the last three years.”

The current report includes information about crimes, fires and assaults both on and around campus. Manhattan is required to report these statistics based on continually updated guidelines by the Department of Education.

“There is a history behind why we have to do this,” Cerezo said. “There was a young lady who was sexually assaulted and murdered and as a result of that the parents of this young student, they fought to make sure colleges and universities are more transparent, it’s called the Clery Act.” The Clery Act was signed in 1990 and was amended by the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 which required further specificity in the reporting of crimes on campus, according to the Report.

“The Violence Against Women Act came out. Now we are required to report sex offenses,” Cerezo said. “The way that they were reported before was they were either forcible or non forcible. They want us to actually break it down now.”

Cerezo believes the report and laws surrounding it are encouraging students to make reports in the case of crimes on campus.

“After the Violence Against Women Act, and all the publicity that was out there in the last couple of years, I think more students are inclined to come forward and report something that has happened,” he said.

Beyond assaults and other crimes, the school is required to report fire statistics to the community.

“If your college or university has a residence hall, any fires in those residence halls you have to report, so that’s in here as well,” Cerezo said.

According to the report, Manhattan College has not had any fires in the residence halls in the last three years.

“We’ve been very fortunate. We haven’t had any fires. Sure, you’re going to get the popcorn inside the microwave, but as long as there is not an open flame you’re not required to report that,” Cerezo said.

Cerezo also noted that the report is required to include crimes within the surrounding area, as they are reported to Public Safety from the 50th Precinct.

“Our college falls in their sector. So any crimes that occur here on Waldo Avenue or any of the streets connected to our campus, we are required to put that in our report,” he said.

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Vol. 94 Issue 5 Sept. 27, 2016

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Sept. 27, 2016

Hello Jaspers, I wanted to thank everyone who has shared in Father Hill’s life and his mission at Manhattan College. It is important to understand that his work is now our own, quietly helping to shape the world one person, one idea at a time.

I thought I would share for a few minutes the person I knew George Harry Hill to be (Harry was his grandfather). Like pairing two bare wires and opposite currents together, George had always tried to create light where there appeared to be none. He lived his calling everyday of his life. He challenged us all to be someone’s mentor, confessor, friend, ally and priest. Priest wasn’t his only title, though he lived that life to the fullest. George was human, and he shared his experience with anyone needing him along the way. To me, that defined his Christianity. And, that is now the mission all of us must follow too.

When I took a serious look at the potentials of a religious life both at Saint Bernard’s Seminary up in Rochester, NY and at the Xaverian Brothers Seminary in Danvers, Mass, he gave me the encouragement but also the room to make a clear choice. It wasn’t the outcome he had anticipated, but it was the correct one for me and he respected that.

George loved Manhattan College, every one of the students he encountered like no other mission that he had experienced his lifetime.

There was one most telling point to all his quiet work at Manhattan of lasting impact to me. Of all the people he had a successful effect upon … the biggest regret in his life was that he was swallowed in sorrow that he had “lost” a single student that he had counseled. Igeorge never shared with me what he considered “lost”. That devastated him.

Over approximately nine years of direct intervention, to hear him speak about what he considered his one truly personal loss broke my heart at the time. Everyone mattered to George.

Wish I could have been there on Friday the 16th to experience the ‘story board’ that so many contributed to in the Quad. The board traveled to Worcester for George’s wake and funeral mass, was noticed by hundreds who attended. You joined them as our family on George’s mission by your written thoughts.

I’ve heard many, many stories myself from not only my sons and my niece who have attended the college (Patrick is still part of the Manhattan student body), but many from the students I have intersected with by chance or through George. It was the counsel that “Father Hill” had given them to overcome a mistake, or a very personal disaster, or advice to help attain a goal ... he relished every day at Manhattan. It is apparent this was his life’s work. And yes, the ‘noise’ of the dorms was prevalent each day he lived in Horan Hall the past few years, but he wouldn’t have changed a bit of it for anything. After all, we all have to complain about something! Like so many others, I can still see George sitting at his post in Lockes each lunchtime, allowing others access without baggage to run ideas and ask questions … to

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He was also proud of the work of his peers surrounding him at the college. He told me more than once that the mission is fulfilled everyday on the campus by teachers and administrators like no other mission he had been a part of over his life. I know he allied with some, worked directly for others, counseled those that are as human as you and I, befriended some, took on the small roles not taken before to see faculty, staff and students succeed in the LaSalette mission. Manhattan College was his real family, and as spiritual ‘father’ he relished in his chosen work.

His work can’t be forgotten at places as the University of Louvain in Belgium, Saint Bernard’s Seminary, the Abbey of Genesee, Saint Raymond’s Parish and others, the Aids project in Manhattan and Harlem, even back to his days at the parishes in the Worcester Diocese. And of his many compadres along the way...Frank Scollen, George Ridick, Jim Garedella, Gary Keith and Bishop Timothy Harrington as well as many others in Worcester, Dan O’Shea at St. Bernard’s and the monks of the Abbey of Genesee, Monsignor Charlie Kavanaugh at Saint Raymonds, Lois Harr and the team, Steve Masiello and his team, the other sports teams like Golf and Baseball, Mike Carey in his role, and so many, many more.

This is a bitter sweet time for me. As Monsignor Charlie Kavanaugh, Lois Harr and I made our rounds as his advocates in the past few weeks when his body wouldn’t allow George to do so, it has been difficult to stand on the campus and see the business of education and Christianity continue like a beehive around me without George there… to go through his room, his sanctuary surrounded by pictures of my mother and father, tapestries from Belgium, piles of “stuff” tied to his meditation work … and to spend time communicating with dedicated people like Monsignor Kavanaugh, Lois Harr, Brennan O’Donnell, Steve Marsiello, the team in George’s office, security guards praying for him, students intently worried for his well being, the many messages left concerned about him ... and then, to understand that these were the tell tale signs of the actions of my brother and his life’s mission. Bittersweet.

I’ve contemplated one short sentence from Father Thomas Merton for over 50 years, and it gives George Hill’s life credence today. “Love is its own reward.” Think about it. That’s always been a point of contemplation for me. Simple, but not.

Now, please remember my brother as the person that you knew him to be, whether for years or for fleeting minutes. The bottom line to George is he lived his Christianity, he used every gift God had bestowed upon him to make others better, happier, fulfilled. George carried his own cross those final weeks of his life, but he filled the world around him with love and light for 73 years. And now, his mission has grown and it includes you and I. Finally, this body of individuals we know as Manhattan College is now an extension of the Hill family. Seriously, you sit at our table, you are in our daily thoughts, each of you are part of our prayers, and we are fulfilled for what my brother saw in his extended family around the campus and beyond into your own families homes. We believe in this Christian mission you live everyday. We are here for you as you have been here for us. George would also want that from all of us.

Thank you for all you have done for Father Hill and our family. God bless!

For the entire Hill family,

Tom Hill

(You can find us at miloandhill1@aol.com anytime, welcome to the family.)

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Continued from page 1 The 50th Precinct is also responsible for deeming crimes “unfounded.” According to Cerezo this was added to the requirements of the report in 2014.

The director of public safety also shared that the NYPD offers services to off campus residents to ensure their safety,

such as a free inspection of their apartment to check the windows and locks.

Cerezo mentioned that the report is continually updated.

“I’m sure there will be additional changes from the U.S. Department of Education,” Cerezo said.

When reflecting on this years report,

Cerezo is optimistic about the statistics.

“Our numbers are very low,” he said.

When discussing the three rapes that occurred on campus in 2015, Cerezo mentioned that some situations are more difficult to handle than others.

“Any time you have a situation like that, one is too much,” Cerezo said.

“Manhattan was one of the schools that really began emailing me early on,” Murphy said. “My older brother also attends Manhattan, so once I put that I had a relative at the college the contact by the school and admissions was immediate.”

Bisset described the process as a sort of funnel, one where students are classified as potential prospects right after taking their PSAT, based on what kinds of schools they expressed interest in. From there, he said, admissions counselors and directors begin vetting students and narrowing the recruitment pool.

“This is where the science of enrollment management comes into play,” he said. “We are really starting to develop our funnel, and we are really starting to cultivate our funnel for the 2017 group that coming to us now.”

This model, in addition to a slew of other factors including the financial needs of the college, financial aid capabilities and what Bissett called a capital plan, or the college’s plans to expand and grow.

In some cases, Bissett said, the model over performs and, despite best efforts, a class comes in larger than expected. This was the case with the class of 2019, which included 896 enrolled freshmen, a 20-percent increase from previous years.

“We were planning for that class two years out and as we got lower and lower in the funnel, and as we began to design to strategies to enroll that class, we were an-

ticipating that a specific percentage student we offered admission to were going to take us up on that offer and a certain percentage opt to would go elsewhere,” Bissett said.

As it turns out, they were off by 2-percent, which would seem like a success from a financial standpoint, but the abnormally large class put a strain on the college’s resources.

As a result, Bissett said, his department resolved to enroll a smaller group for the class of 2020.

“We developed a financial aid model and we developed a recruitment strategy around a smaller class,” Bissett said.

“We intentionally designed our enrollment model around a class of about 70 to 70 students less.”

The college achieved that goal by accepting more students of a higher academic profile. According to Bissett, the applicant pool for the class if 2020 was higher than it had been in previous years, allowing him and his team to accept more students while keeping financial aid packages the same, expecting them to have more options and inevitably, pick other schools.

“It was important to me that I didn’t control the size of the class by reducing financial aid awards of students,” he said.

“I had seen this happen in other years and I had learned no to panic and to just let things happen but to hedge a bet on accepting more students knowing that your conversion rate was going to drop a little bit.”

Behind the Building of a Freshman Class

Anthony Capote & Ally Hutzler Editor & Editor-in-Chief

Most students thinking back on their senior year of high school probably have a very particular memory of the admissions process.

In many cases, students might remember the fear and anxiety of applying to a range of programs and schools, and the overwhelmed excitement when they finally were accepted.

Few, though, probably consider how hard that process might have been on their school of choice, or what connections, if any, there were between a school’s final decision and the hoard of mailers and emails were sent put as early as two years before the admission process really started.

“The schedule or the cycle of enrollment planning over the last few years, things are happening much faster than they were 15 to 20 years ago,” Bill Bissett, the vice president for enrollment at Manhattan College said. “Because the process has sped up so much you’re actually beginning to look at bringing students in and attracting students as early as their sophomore year.”

Freshman Nicole Murphy recalls Manhattan College recruiting her as early as her junior year of high school.

Jack Melanson Asst. Editor

Presidential Debate Bernie Sanders dominated a poll that asked Manhattan College students who they wanted as their President last spring.

Since then, a lot has changed.

As the 2016 Presidential election heats up, Manhattan College hosted a Presidential Debate viewing party in the Commons last evening.

Light refreshments were also served as Republican Nominee, Donald Trump and Democratic Nominee, Hillary Clinton were face to face for the first time.

Being the first of four debates, the event acted to raise awareness while students and staff were able to exercise their rights to participate in politics.

The 2016 election is the first that most students are able to participate in.

Leadership Development Program The Leadership Development Program has been very active in September as events have been held to create student leaders on campus.

The next opportunity to attend one of these events will be Wednesday, Sept. 28. as Residence Life is hosting “Lasallian Leadership” at 12 p.m. in Room 3B of the Raymond W. Kelly Student Commons.

Earlier this week, “Motivating the Middle” and “Leadership… as told by Pixar” were held in the Commons and had the same goal of creating leaders.

Multiple certificates can be earned by students attending three or more of these leadership programs, which will continue throughout the entire school year.

Coffee House The newly refinished Jasper Hall 1st Floor Lounge was put to use yesterday as the first Coffee House of the year took place.

Coffee House is an open mic night that allows students to preform up to ten minutes of any entertainment that they choose.

This entertainment is usually in the form of dancing, poetry, stand up, singing, playing guitar and other things of this nature.

The next Coffee House will be held next month in the same location.

Movies on the Quad After last weeks showing of “Finding Dory”, “Central Intelligence” is set to hit the quad, Thursday Sept. 29. at 9:15 p.m.

“This will be our last one for the fall semester since it’s getting colder out,” said Student Body President, Dorian Persaud in an online statement.

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School of Business Adds Business Analytics to List of Majors Taylor Brethauer Asst. Editor

It isn’t often a new major is created at Manhattan College. But with the changing media climate, a new major for those in the school of business is drawing interest. This new major, that has many students claiming it as their double major, is business analytics.

Four years ago, there was a realization within the school of business that a more indepth focus of business was needed especially in our tech-heavy world. Stemming from the computer information systems (CIS) program, the analysis of how businesses work birthed this brand new major that many students have been interested in in the past. Previously, it has only been available as a secondary major that had to be taken with another. Now, they are able to focus on it as their only field of study.

Popularity of the business analytics major has been increasing and gaining interest of many students within the school.

This area of study is scheduled to be one of the fastest-growing business careers for the next 10 years, as reported by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics.

The job growth is just another beneficial aspect the school boasts about on the webpage, along with mentions of “companies, both large and small, are hiring new analysts each year to help optimize their business processes and services” and “analytics is also one of the most practical and hands-on fields in today’s world.”

Budding analysts have a variety of fields they can enter, ranging from healthcare to politics to social media. This can all happen from a business perspective, allowing students to collect, represent, visualize, analyze and reason about data.

Marc Waldman, Mehmet Ulema and Musa Jafar are some of the faculty within the department who are among the most involved in MC’s newest program. These three teach classes such as “Business Data and Information Management” and web

development courses and have extensive experience in business.

“Business analytics is not limited to numeric data. It extends into all things digital.

When a customer uses their mobile device to buy an item, write a comment, express an opinion, recommend a product, send an email, take a picture or video, download a song or a movie, or ask for driving directions this is all data and can also be incorporated into the analytics process,” Waldman said.

In his own words, Jafar defines business analytics as emphasizing, “the comprehension of data analytics algorithms and the mastery of the software used to process and analyze the data. When coupled with business knowledge and acumen it allows an organization to analyze large amounts of data, from different sources, to gain insight into their operations.”

By taking the science of data and studying it closely, students can benefit from what they learn and ultimately, what the companies they will work for can learn.

It is the main reason as to why the major was such an important one to start-up: it is a growing major throughout the world.

Since the major was just introduced as a full major, many students are double majoring with business analytics. Professors like Ulema realize students want to get the most out of their education, and by double majoring students can get a wider range of experience.

“Business analytics is the practical business application of computing, statistics, data mining and other technologies.

Whether it is finance, accounting, management, healthcare or government (just to mention a few), every aspect of business has both a data and an analytics component. Basically data and its associated analytics touches on every major in the school of business and may well be of interest to those in the social sciences and humanities,” Ulema said.

The Business Analytics Competition and Conference has helped increase student awareness of the new major at MC.

While the competition/conference hybrid began only two years ago, MC students have already proved successful.

Last semester, the representatives for the school of business went up against students from schools like Pace University, University of Waterloo and the University of San Francisco and won the competition.

Students gained more knowledge about the field and eventually, the school of business gained another major.

“The business analytics major is meant to train our students in the core competencies of the subject…all from a business perspective. This, coupled with the rapid advancements in the field, unprecedented availability of data, and a flourishing software eco-system designed to assist the data analyst, led us to expand and enhance the curriculum into a full standalone major,” Jafar said.

From a student point-of-view, many praise the program for its incorporation with other programs much like computer information systems where the new major originally stemmed from. Typical descriptions were “interesting” and “fascinating” when it came to scrutinizing data in their courses. It was especially beneficial for senior Chris Sandoli, who took a class with Jafar previously.

“The database and data mining classes that I had to take [have been the most interesting]. In particular my data mining class, taken last year with Professor Jafar, was the most interesting course within the major. We did a semester long project that involved us extracting tweets from twitter for each of our particular topics of the project.

Then we had to clean, organize, and then analyze the data to find any patterns that the data is able to tell us,” Sandoli said.

Other students have memorable class stories like Sandoli’s, like Stefan Hoeller who is double majoring in finance and economics.

“I think the programs we get exposed too are pretty interesting (R, Tableau, SQL…). But one thing that really stayed in my mind was a group project we did in

Advanced Statistics where my group used different machine-learning techniques to predict survival on the Titanic based on demographic variables,” Hoeller said.

Both Hoeller and Sandoli have had internships, although they weren’t specifically geared toward analytics. But both students have been able to take what they have learned in the classroom and apply it to their work.

“Since the full major was just launched we don’t have a complete internship picture. However, our co-major students have had internships in financial services companies, public utilities, high-end online fashion stores, and other web-based business ventures. Nevertheless, we cannot think of a modern organization that is not data driven … Whether it is academic, utility, government or financial, the more data savvy our students are the more valuable they are” Ulema said.

It has proved to be beneficial for past students who chose the secondary major when it started gaining popularity years ago. Jacqueline Curran, a recent graduate, spoke highly of the program and how it has helped her.

“The most interesting part was the projects and topics I had the opportunity to research. Having already graduated, I had the opportunity to do research at Microsoft this past summer. I think it’s an important major to have because it is a flourishing field with a lot of interesting facets,” Curran said.

Now that business analytics is officially a full major, the school expects more students to become interested in one of the fastest-growing areas of study for business.

“Students who have a strong interest in learning analytical techniques that involve statistics, computing, and core business subjects [would benefit the best from this major] …This area is perhaps the hottest area in business today…” Waldman said.

This Week in History Rachel Spurlock Staff Writer

This week in 1920, a bomb went off on Wall Street as men trickled out of their workplaces to begin their lunch breaks. On September 16, 1920, the man responsible for the bombing drove a horse drawn carriage and parked it in front of U.S. Assay Office, moments later the bomb went off.

The blast killed 30 and injured over 300 people. This would only be the beginning of a series of September bombings that would strike New York City.

A little over 80 years later, New York

City was again the target of yet another devastating act of terror, the 9/11 attack.

With such close proximity to the World Trade Center, the Manhattan College community was affected by what transpired that day. In 2001, nearly every issue of The Quadrangle featured some kind of article paying tribute to victims, reporting on the aftermath, or spotlighting MC students who lost loved ones in the attacks.

The September 25, 2001 volume of The Quadrangle, the first issue published after the attack, was dedicated to the coverage of what happened that day. One of the most encapsulating pieces of that issue was entitled “The Day That Changed Every-

thing” by Rob Becker. He wrote, “…When those two planes crashed through our towers crunching steel and incinerating bodies, a little hole was punched in the proverbial bubble that has always seemingly protected us.” This “proverbial bubble” that Becker referred to was damaged yet again after the recent Chelsea bombings that occurred over this past weekend.

Given Manhattan College’s proximity to New York City we are often exposed to these dark chapters of history in ways that other college campuses are not. After what transpired on Saturday night, many students received worried text messages and phone calls from their loved ones asking if

they were close to the bombings. Another piece from the September 25, 2001 volume included an article titled “WTC Tragedy: An Attack on Humanity” by Mike Somma.

His thoughts on the 9/11 attack once again become relevant in light of the bombing that occurred on Saturday night. Somma writes, “At times like this, we cannot let ourselves be afraid, if for no other reason than to stand in defiance of those want to make us afraid.” What Somma wrote in 2001 still rings true today, we as a community cannot live in fear, we must come together during these times of tragedy and help one another move forward.

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MC Students Honor Fallen Hero in Memorial 5K Continued from page 1

“The run was such a cool experience.

Coming out of the tunnel and seeing all the police officers lining the path holding American flags was really powerful, especially because it seems backwards that they should be cheering for us at all. We should be cheering for them, and in a way, that’s what this race was,” she said.

“Running Tunnel to Towers is a way that we can try to show how grateful we are for how police officers and firefighters risk their lives for us every time they go to work and often when they’re away from work too,” she said.

For some students, like junior lacrosse player Julia LoRusso, this run hits home.

“This is my second year doing this. My teammate Kaitlyn Cunningham lost her uncle on 9/11 and so did I, so this is nice for me. It’s a powerful day,” she said.

Olivia Siller, who spends the day cheering on runners alongside her family, expresses what this day is like for her and the teamwork that makes it all happen.

“Tunnel to Towers started as a family operation but has grown so much. We are so thankful to have the best volunteers in the world. They come back every year and are so loyal to the foundation. We’re forever grateful,” Siller said.

As for all of the MC student runners, she feels lucky and supported. This is the 15th annual race, and Siller is astonished by how participation and donations have increased each year.

“It actually gets higher every year, it’s amazing. I love the widespread reach.

People come from all over the world, it’s insane,” she said.

While this time of year is an emotional one for her and her family, the race brings them a sense of togetherness and comfort.

“I think that having that spotlight of the race is difficult for me because it is a constant reminder of my biggest loss. However, seeing all of the amazing things that come from the race makes it worth it,” Siller said.

People of all ages and walks of life take part in the event. Police officers and firefighters from New York and other states run in their gear, as do ROTC cadets and members of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps.

High school and college sports teams, company teams, and families wear matching tshirts for the race.

As runners emerge from the tunnel to see the WTC standing tall in the September sun, over 300 emergency responders hold memorial flags of their deceased colleagues and line the streets to high five runners as they pass. Volunteers, youth cheerleading teams, street performers, marching bands, and onlookers cheer runners and walkers the whole way through.

After the finish line, thousands come back together on Vesey Street to eat and celebrate. A moment of silence is held for the lives that were lost that day, those who fell ill after working at Ground Zero, and those who went to battle after the attacks.

For a fitting conclusion, Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” played, the massive crowd singing the chorus in unison.

Almost 100 percent of the profits from the Tunnels to Towers Foundation goes towards aiding injured military and first responders.

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Little Italy’s Biggest Celebration: San Gennaro Festival

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Tara Marin Asst. Editor

Mulberry Street is decorated green, white and red. The aroma of Italian meats and pastries fills the air, Frank Sinatra tracks and live music play in the distance and the streets are packed with people of all cultures, ethnicities and ages.

This is the Feast of San Gennaro. It started as a block party in 1926 to honor the Patron Saint of Naples and is now an 11 day celebration that stretches ten blocks.

Italian immigrants brought the Feast to the neighborhood when they arrived in the early twentieth century, and it has thrived ever since.

The heart of the festival is not only religion, but food. First, it’s definitely a meat lover’s dream: every kind of cured meat is available at San Gennaro. The most popular picks from the crowd seemed to be meatballs, sausage and pepper sandwiches and kebabs.

The variety of pastries is also tremendous. Cannolis, macaroons, zeppoles, biscotti, lobster claws, cheesecake and gelato - just to name a few.

Other notable eats were fried pickles on a stick, spinach and ricotta pies, fried mozzarella balls, grilled summer corn and raviolis.

From the basic sweet teas and lemonades to the piña coladas inside of coconuts and the margaritas inside of pineapples, there is no shortage of liquor at the festival either. Italians do caffeine right too: espresso, cappuccinos, lattes, and matcha are all sold for coffee lovers.

Aside from the food and drinks, there is live music everyday, as well as meatball eating contests, a ferris wheel, and game stands.

For Manhattan College students, especially Italian Jaspers who want to honor their heritage, this festival is the perfect place to do it and only a subway ride away.

Residence Life made San Gennaro the “Saturday in the City” program event on Sept. 17, and an abundance of students go themselves each year as well.

Through the immersion of culture, music, food and entertainment, San Gennaro gives New Yorkers the kind of celebration that fills up our stomachs and our souls.

NYC celebrates Italian culture during the annual San Gennaro festival.

Tara Marin/The Quadrangle

Manhattan College Players: A Preview of the Fall Semester Haley Burnside Staff Writer

The Manhattan College Players are gearing up for another semester of production and drama. This fall, they will put on a mainstage play and a Murder Mystery Dinner.

The main production is a gender-inclusive version of “12 Angry Men,” titled the “12 Angry Jurors.“ The play features a cast of 13 student actors.

Martin Marchitto, the director of “12 Angry Jurors” as well as the Players as a club, is excited about the blossoming enthusiasm for the Players this fall.

“We have had a record number of students who have shown interest in Players this semester, including a number of students also involved in the technical side of theatre,” Marchitto said.

Between the two productions, there are 26 cast members and several crew members.

The cast and crew are made up of students of varied majors and ages. This fall, freshmen make up about half of the mainstage production cast. Peter Martino, a freshman cast member described the environment at rehearsals so far.

“There’s five freshman, I think, in our ‘12 Angry Jurors’ cast, which is pretty awesome,” Martino said. “There’s not a lead for this show, but Juror Number Eight is the nonofficial lead. Gabby Kasper is playing that role, as a freshman.”

Kasper herself expressed enthusiasm for the production, saying that the crowd can expect to enjoy it.

“I think it will be a satisfying show to watch, morally speaking,” Kasper said.

Marchitto supplied insight about the importance of this show.

“‘12 Angry Men’ was written a long time ago, but the themes are absolutely relevant to our world today.” He went on to add, “these issues and themes will be accessible for the audience to connect with or understand.”

Siobhan Connor, assistant director of the mainstage production, is equally excited about the Murder Mystery.

“October 22 is our Murder Mystery Dinner called ‘Murder at the Pie Auction.’ It’s going to be a big deal,” Connor said. “It’s set in Alaska and it’s about these people baking pies. Someone dies and you have to figure out who the killer is.”

Connor emphasized the interactive aspect of the show.

“It’s very crowd-interactive which is fun for the actors and the audience. It makes for a good time,” she said, smiling.

“I think people will enjoy it.”

Current members of the club encourage others to get involved in their future productions.

“Even if singing or acting isn’t for you, people can always work on set and stage production, or lighting,” Connor said.

Marchitto agrees that this is a great way for people to join in on the drama and fun.

The Players are in the process of planning a cabaret that will run sometime in December. The theme is to be decided by the Players in the next few weeks. On the horizon for the spring semester is another mainstage production, “Legally Blonde: The Musical.” Students are all invited to audition or join the crew.

The “12 Angry Jurors” show will be running Nov. 10-13 and “Murder at the Pie Auction” will run Oct. 22 in Smith Auditorium.

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Scatterbomb Troupe Celebrates Member’s Birthday with Show John Jackson Staff Writer

Manhattan College’s improv group, Scatterbomb, performed their second show of the Fall 2016 semester on Sept. 23. It fell on the birthday of Will Lamparelli, one of their members. It was a good time for Lamparelli and he was pleased with the results of the show.

“That was a really great show,” Lamparelli said. “It’s a different kind of team this year and I think we’re really playing to our strengths and we’re having a good time.”

The show consisted of many short skits of similar lengths. The overall theme was dedicated to Will’s birthday although most of the scenes were unique to the theme. The form and length of the whole show were slightly different from some of the past shows according to fellow Scatterbomb member Angela Benevenia.

“We went a little longer than last time, but in a good way,” Benevenia said. “Last time our show was a little short because we split up last year because we did a different form. This year we’re only focusing on one form so we can all be on stage at the same time. I liked it, it was good. Everybody did really well.”

The show was held in Hayden 100 and the seats filled up quickly. Some audience members, such as Emery Watson, came with a group of friends for both a good time and to support the cast.

“We came because we came last time and it was really, really funny,” Watson said. “Angela [Benevenia] is our RA. She had some very nice posters up in the hall and we saw them the first time.”

The first skit of the night was about a father bringing his daughter out duck hunting for her birthday. While the daughter didn’t do any shooting herself, she was chastised when bringing her birthday present (a dead duck) to school. That skit and

many others put the audience in a state of hysterical laughter.

One of the most popular scenes for the members was about dares. The premise was about a parent who enjoyed taking and giving out dares. The dares were between the parent and child, as well as an estranged spouse who was only spoken to again because of a dare. The dares escalated from double dog, to triple dog, to quadruple dog and beyond. Both Lamparelli and Benevenia were fans of this skit. “I also liked the double dare mom [skit],” Benevenia said. “I liked being the dad that was double dog dared. That was a fun character to play.”

Another scenario that the group acted out fit in well to the birthday theme of the show. It was about a bowling party for a 15­year­old named Mark. Mark invited his whole class to his birthday party, but nobody showed up. His father, who often forgot his name, invited two homeless people to bowl with them so they could get a lane. A bowling alley attendant was so embarrassed for Mark that he offered all four of them a free game.

Mark was still upset, but his father was delighted to get the free game.

The show ended with a tribute to the Broadway hit “Hamilton.” Some of the cast members acted as directors of the play, looking for somebody to play Hamilton. The newly hired Hamilton character, played by Scatterbomb member Madi Blecki, displayed her rapping skills as she rapped something that was quite different from the actual play.

“We kinda set [Madi] up for [the rapping],” Benevenia said. “Because she’s actually really good at freestyle and she’s a really good rapper.” That final scene created an uproar of laughter after which the cast walked off the stage and into the hallway of Hayden 100 to greet the audience as they left.

The show was a success for all the cast members including first time member

This past Scatterbomb show was dedicated to member Will Lamparelli’s birthday.

Leony Anne McKeown/The Quadrangle Sean Feeley.

“I think the good thing is if somebody came and that was the first time they’ve been [here], they wouldn’t know [which cast members were] new or old,” Lamparelli said.

The next Scatterbomb show is planned for Oct. 28. While the cast doesn’t know what specific skits they will do, they do know that the show will have a Halloween theme.

Puppies on The Quad Returns

The Puppies on the Quad fundraiser for cancer y returned to the mini-quad this past Friday. Students could pay five dollars to play with the dogs for seven minutes.

Kaiyun Chen/The Quadrangle

Arts & Entertainment

Movies on the Quad Returns After Two-Year Hiatus

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Megan Dreher & August Kissel Staff Writers

Thursday afternoon, Manhattan College students witnessed the Student Government members blowing up a giant inflatable screen on the Quad while walking to and from class. They may not have realized that the students were preparing for the year’s first Movies on the Quad night. That evening students gathered to watch “Finding Dory,” the sequel to the ever popular “Finding Nemo.”

After a short hiatus, Student Body President, Dorian Persaud, was excited to have the opportunity to bring back one of his favorite events here at MC. “We haven’t had it in the past two years, and it was a big component of my freshman and sophomore year and I loved it. And then it disappeared and here I am two years later trying to bring it back,” Persaud said.

Students were very excited to hear about the movie choice, as “Finding Nemo” was a classic in their childhood. “’Finding Nemo’ was a major part of everyone’s childhood here so I said why not follow with ‘Finding Dory,’” Persaud said. The Student Government team also felt this movie was a good start because it was similar to Persaud’s first name.

Starting at 9:15 p.m. students of all ages met on the quad with movie watching necessities. “We brought a hammock that we hung on the Quad, and we also brought some snacks,” freshman Isabel Quinones said. Other students laid out blankets and pillows to enjoy the movie. The Student Government also provided other free snacks for the students that attended.

For some students, this was their first time seeing “Finding Dory” and for others they used this as a relaxing night with friends now that the semester is in full swing. “ I figured it would be a nice break in the week, something relaxing to do with friends,” freshman Zoe Nikolopoulos said.

“I was looking for something to do on a

Thursday night and we wanted to hangout outside,” Quinones said. On such a beautiful night, it made being outside both relaxing and enjoyable.

Throughout the course of the movie, students laughed together, and even applauded when Dory found her family.

Whether a student is a freshman or a senior, all in attendance seemed to enjoy the night overall. Senior George Schlinck, re-

Movies on the Quad returned to MC after a two-year hiatus.

Kaiyun Chen/The Quadrangle calls what past movie nights on the Quad and I hope everyone had a great night,” were like. “It’s always been mostly fresh- Persaud said. Other students agreed addman who show up, which is different from ing that they are looking forward to more freshman year when I came, because I was Movies on the Quad. “If they do it soon one of them and this year I was a part of the enough that it’s still warm out then absolesser crowd of upper classmen. But it was lutely,” Schlinck said.

Movies on the Quad is returning Thursstill very fun,” Schlinck said.

The atmosphere made for an enjoyable day at 9:15 p.m. The film has yet to be anevening, one that Persaud was very pleased nounced. with. “The attendance was outstanding,

needed once every two years.

With such a beautiful piece of art, security measures are necessary, and therefore, there is a security camera specifically installed to ensure the wellbeing of the mural.

Pottinger made it very clear that the subject of the mural will change when it no longer reflects the current lives of students.

“The subject of the mural is based on students interests, so it’ll most likely change when it no longer reflects the current lives of students,” Pottinger said.

As of now, the mural is a perfect portrayal of the diversity, community and Lasallian culture that Manhattan College offers.

As for the future of the Bridge Mural, Pottinger hopes to expand the art to different aspects of the outdoor area.

One idea is to transform the currently rusty, cement pillar, which stands parallel to the mural, into an imaginative tree. This

would be in effort to amplify the dull ceilings and pillars surrounding the mural.

This presents itself as an innovative project requiring another team of talented students who have an artistic vision. This possible project would take place in future years, as there is no solid plan as of now.

Pottinger would also like to modify the grey Thomas Hall stairs painted to transform its dimness, maybe including the Manhattan College shield logo.

If students wish to go above and beyond, prospective ideas include painting the garbage bins, as well as any empty spaces between dorm buildings. It is clear that this one mural has inspired other artistic potentiality across campus.

No matter what the next project is, there is no doubt that it will improve the overall environment of our school.

Natalia Alvarez, a sophomore at MC, served as one of the eleven students who worked day and night to accomplish this original mural.

Mural Mania: A Look Back on MC’s First Public Art Installation

Abby Crowell Staff Writer

Since last May, Manhattan College students have been fortunate enough to view the radiant, student created mural whenever using the stairs outside of Thomas Hall.

With the help of several diligent MC students and Mark Pottinger, the associate professor of music and chair and founder of the visual & performing arts department here at Manhattan created something from nothing. “The mural is defined by students and reflects their ability,” Pottinger said.

The mural, which represents an innovative journey of any student at MC, is painted on treated wood paneling.

This wood was specially made to protect the mural against dripping rust and weather conditions.

This enables the mural to require little to no maintenance or touch ups, however, Pottinger estimates that restoration may be

Alvarez enjoyed getting involved with the mural through a work study opportunity, as well as her interest in art. “I hope it changes when it absolutely has to be changed, due to all the effort, work, time, research and surveys that went into this authentic mural,” she said.

Luckily, Natalia doesn’t have to worry about a new mural just yet, as Pottinger predicts the mural won’t stay up for more than five years. By this time, a new wave of students and ideas will be flowing through Manhattan College.

In the near future, the mural will be adopting a sign, describing the artwork as well as displaying a QR code, enabling observers to be brought directly to a website in order to learn more about the mural.

Students are encouraged to savor this visual piece of art as well as look forward to the future of murals present on Manhattan College campus.

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Jaspers Talk: Nick Matson Rikkilynn Shields Asst. Editor

ting of New York City and the opportunities it offers.

TQ: What are you studying?

Sophomore Nick Matson not only led Manhattan College’s men’s cross country team to a third-place finish at its first race of the season, he was also named Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Runner of the Week earlier this month. With this only being his second year and the start of the season, Matson is already off to a great start.

The Quadrangle: Where are you from?

Nick Matson: I’m from Clifton Park, N.Y., about ten miles north of Albany.

TQ: When did you first start running?

NM: I started as a freshman in high school during the 2011 cross country season. I actually only started running because I was not good enough to play my favorite sports (football, basketball and baseball).

My mom wanted me to be a part of something so she forced me to do cross country, thus beginning my four years of high school running.

TQ: What was your experience like running in high school?

NM: High school running was an enjoyable experience but it was not as fruitful as college cross country has been. I had some phenomenal coaches, but I just simply was not good. I was the worst runner on my team for a stint so that was pretty demoralizing as well. However, my abysmal performances inspired and continue to inspire me to become a better runner.

TQ: How did you end up at Manhattan?

NM: I received a letter and a phone call from the coach at the time, so I went on an official visit and felt that the school would suit me. I was also drawn to the unique set-

NM: I am majoring in history and I am in the pre-law program.

TQ: How does it feel to have been named MAAC Runner of the Week, as well as ATAX Manhattan Student-Athlete of the Week?

NM: I was very honored to be selected for that achievement. I hope that I can obtain the honor again in the future. I was also very honored to be selected for Student-Athlete of the Week. We have a very talented group of athletes at this school, so it was a great experience to receive that designation.

TQ: What are your goals for this season of Cross Country and Track and Field?

NM: My goals for cross country are to obtain All-MAAC honors at the MAAC Championship, and to place in the top 50 at the NCAA Northeast Regional. In track, I would like to qualify for the IC4A Championships in the mile, 3K, 1500 and steeplechase, as well as record a top-five finish in the steeplechase at the MAAC Championship.

TQ: What are your plans after college?

NM: After Manhattan College, I plan to go to law school and pursue a profession in the legal field.

TQ: Who is your biggest running inspiration?

NM: There are really two people who have inspired my running, and the first is most certainly my father. Although he had no prior connection to cross country before I ran, he taught me how to work hard and compete at a high level. One of the most important lessons I learned from him was to take pride and strive for excellence in

Nick Matson won MAAC Runner of the Week earlier this season.

GoJaspers/Courtesy whatever I do, whether in a cross coun- first American to medal in the event since try race or while writing a paper. Having 1984. I admire his determination after he coached me for 11 years in baseball, he fell on the last barrier during a world realso encouraged me to adopt his rigorous cord attempt. Instead of getting caught work ethic, which I strive to emulate every up in that, he persevered and trained even day. The second person is the fastest Amer- harder for the Olympics, where he reaped ican ever in the steeplechase: Evan Jager. the benefits.

He was the silver medalist in Rio and the

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This Week in Sports

Manhattan’s women’s soccer team lost 3-0 at home against Monmouth last Saturday.

Aaron Mayorga/The Quadrangle

Volleyball

The volleyball team’s (4-12) four-game winning streak came to an end at the hands of Fairfield last Saturday. The Jaspers lost the match in straight sets against the MAAC defending champions. On Sunday, the Jaspers dropped another contest, this time to Quinnipiac in straight sets.

Women’s Soccer

The women’s soccer team (3-6) dropped its only contest on the week 3-0 to Monmouth. The Jaspers were tied with the Hawks at halftime, but Monmouth scored three goals in the second half to end Manhattan’s two-game winning streak.

Men’s Soccer

Manhattan’s men’s soccer team (0-6-1) dropped its only match this week 3-0 to Central Connecticut. The Jaspers have been outscored 7-1 over the last two games and remain winless on the season.

Cross Country

Manhattan’s men’s and women’s cross country teams both placed third in the Fr. Victor J. Leeber, S.J. Invitational. The highest finish for the Jaspers was Chad Maier, who finished fifth in the men’s 8000-meter race.

On Sept. 21, the Jaspers announced the hiring of John Lovett ’73 as an assistant coach. Lovett is a Manhattan College Hall of Famer who was part of Manhattan’s world recordsetting team in the 1973 NCAA Indoor Championships.

Women’s Basketball

The season schedule for the women’s basketball team was released on Sept. 19. The Jaspers will play six of their first nine MAAC games at home, and will open up MAAC play against Marist on Nov. 29.

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Equestrian Coming to Manhattan?

Daniel Ynfante Editor

The Office of Student Engagement at Manhattan College has received several requests in the past from students looking to start clubs and activities on campus.

John Bennett, the director of student engagement, recalls instances where students have wanted to start hockey and quidditch teams.

But an idea that had never come across the office, just did. Sophomores Brynn Buonanno and Ariella Omar contacted Bennett about the possibility of starting an equestrian team at Manhattan.

“My response to [Buonanno] was the same that I give all students when they come in wanting to start something either athletic in nature or that could be an intra-

mural or club sport, which is that we will fully support and help you,” Bennett said.

“The first step in that is that we need to see that there’s student support for it.”

And so far, there’s been support for equestrian.

Buonanno and Omar distributed flyers on campus for more than a week, and have gotten 18 students to sign on for what could potentially become an equestrian club.

“I was really surprised,” Buonanno said of the interest equestrian has garnered, “because it’s not really a hobby that a lot of people take up, because it’s expensive and it takes a lot of time.”

Buonanno and Omar have been riding horses since they were 4 years old. The two train at Saddle River Equestrian in Chestnut Ridge, N.Y., and brought the idea to Bennett after their trainer urged them to do so.

“[Buonanno’s] trainer , which is my trainer, texted me and was like, ‘We want to start a team, make sure you’re a part of it,’” Omar said.

The idea for an equestrian club is still in the early stages. Several particulars would still have to be sorted out, like how much individuals would have to pay for lessons and what they would do for transportation as the barn is about 30 minutes away from Manhattan.

Bennett will meet with Buonanno and Omar this week to discuss some of those details. After that, they will meet with Saddle River Equestrian and agree on a schedule, as well as discuss insurance issues.

While there are still several steps left to make equestrian official at Manhattan, the interest it has received makes it almost a sure bet for Bennnett.

“If [Buonanno] got 18 to sign up just

from her flyer, I think once there’s actual substance to it, and there’s a date, sign ups and those sort of details out there, I think twice that could sign up,” Bennett said.

“Talk about a whole different experience, that’s the whole point of going to college.”

Buonanno believes that an equestrian club can be beneficial to Manhattan.

“It can potentially draw in more people,” Buonanno said. “If they see it on the website and it says that we have an equestrian team or an equestrian club, that could make someone want to come here even more.”

Buonanno and Omar have high hopes for equestrian. While the plan is to start out as a club, the two would like to see it eventually become a Division 1 sport.

“To compete,” Omar said she wants to accomplish with equestrian, “and win.”

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Sept. 27, 2016

Women Calling the Shots: Female Head Coaches in College Sports

Sean Sonnemann Editor

Three of Manhattan College’s newest head coaches are women (women’s basketball, cross country and women’s lacrosse respectively) and all were hired by the college’s first female athletic director Marianne Reilly.

Although in a recent interview with The Quadrangle Reilly said that selecting female head coaches was not intentional, it still stands out when women fill less than 40 percent of head coaching positions available across all NCAA Division I sports.

Many point to Title IX as the reason for the discrepancy in the numbers of male and female coaches across college athletics. Yes, that same Title IX that mandated equal funding for male and female sports programs.

“Since Title IX kind of leveled the playing field financially, making the salaries better for the women teams’ coaches, more men got into coaching,” Heather Vulin, the college’s new women’s basketball head coach said.

Vulin became familiar with Title IX as part of her graduate studies thesis and is not alone in pointing to the law as paradoxically supporting female athletic programs while simultaneously leading to fewer female coaches in college sports—particularly for women’s teams.

When Title IX was first enacted in 1972, female head coaches led over 90 percent of women’s teams in collegiate sports. Today that number has shrank to 40 percent.

Simply put, as women’s team coaches were paid more because of mandated funding, men competed for the positions. Con-

Heather Vulin (left) was one of three female head coaches hired by Marianne Reilly (right), Manhattan’s first female athletic director.

GoJaspers/Courtesy is being a mom and coach at the same time, versely, women did not begin taking jobs comprised of females. coaching men’s teams. The most recent “Having someone as a mentor, being it also provides a benefit, especially when data from the NCAA shows women serv- able to just relate to them, I love that. Es- it comes to recruiting potential players and ing as the head coach for only 3 percent of pecially with this coaching staff, they’re convincing players to join her program.

“With me being a mom, when I am sitDivision I men’s teams. all about building relationships and open ting in a kitchen or a living room doing a New cross country coach Kerri Gal- communication,” Tatum said. “That’s been home a visit with the parents and the relagher is one of those outliers, as her new the biggest difference from last year and cruit, it’s more believable when I say that I position puts her in charge of both the this year. We can actually trust the coachwant to provide balance and want to make men’s and women’s distance running pro- ing staff and are able to have open comsure that they have a healthy balance begrams at the college. munication, back and forth with one antween their academics and athletics—beIn fact, cross-country and track and other.” cause I am a mom and having a family is field are the sports where it is most frequent Vulin agrees that being able to bond important to me,” Vulin said. for women to serve as the head coach for with her female players gives her an ad“So if I have balance, I’m going to give a men’s team—most likely because it is vantage as a coach. my players balance,” she said. “It’s a very not uncommon for the men’s and women’s “You have a lot of things in common,” believable and genuine product that I am running programs at an institution to share Vulin said. “At the end of the day, it’s all selling.” a joint coaching staff. about communication and making sure With significant travel requirements, Although, Gallagher is the first female that you can make a connection with your recruitment in particular is one of the bighead coach in sophomore Nick Matson’s players.” gest challenges when it comes to balancing running career, he feels it does not have an With Vulin’s aforementioned graduate motherhood and a coach’s responsibility to impact on his work as an athlete. school thesis on the subject of encouragfind the best players for her team.

“To me it really doesn’t change any- ing female athletes to coach, Vulin feels Vulin often meets this task by bringthing. A coach is a coach regardless of gen- that more women should be leading sports ing her children along on her trips across der, or race or anything like that,” Matson teams, and she strives to serve as an exthe country—with another family member said. “Obviously when coaches change ample for her own team. present to help when coaching duties call. there is a difference in training, a differ“I always try to identify players that tell “My 5-year-old has been to over 30 ence in attitude, all of those things change. me that they’re interested in coaching and states already,” Vulin said.

“My 2-year-old But the gender of the coach changes noth- really try to be a mentor and role model has been to 24 states.

So that’s how I make ing.” right from the start,” Vulin said. it work.”

For other athletes, however, the gender In Vulin’s opinion, one of the biggest Tatum, like the majority of athletes, of their coach makes a significant differ- barriers to more women working as head never played for a female head coach prience. coaches is something non-unique to the or to Vulin.

Vulin recognizes that women Amani Tatum, junior women’s basket- world of sports—balancing motherhood may be reluctant to sign up to play for a ball player, has transitioned from working and a professional career. female head coach after a lifetime of being with a male head coach to a women calling “Obviously, with the way society is set coached by men. the plays with the departure of John Ole- up, most women are in charge of rearing “Sometimes I think it hurts us female nowski and hiring of Vulin at the end of the kids. If you do have kids, and being a coaches now at the college level because at last season. mom and coach is hard,” Vulin said. “But the younger level they are only playing for Even before the team’s first regular you can do it. I have two small children males,” Vulin said. “They have a comfort season game, Tatum has seen an impact and I’ve got a great family support system. level with that.” from having a woman now lead the pro- Plus, you just learn to balance your time.” gram. Tatum’s entire coaching staff is While one of the challenges for Vulin