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Bravest Loses Life Responding to Explosion Blocks Away from Campus

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Manhattan College Celebrates an Important Fair Trade Month Stephen Zubrycky Editor

RikkiLynn Shields Asst. Editor

A New York City fire chief died while responding to an explosion of a house that was allegedly being used to grow marijuana on West 234th Street on Sept. 27, according to police.

Batallion Chief Michael Fahy, 44, died after he was hit by falling debris while directing his team in how to respond to the emergency. The father of three was pronounced dead at New York Presbyterian later that day.

At around 6:20 a.m., a neighbor reported smelling what they had thought to be a gas leak from a house only about four blocks from Manhattan College’s engineering building, Leo. A loud whistle-like noise was also heard on the property, leading the fire fighters to believe that there had been a break in the gas line. However, when the firefighters entered the house, they found what seemed to be a small operation drug lab, and immediately called for the help of police.

The NYPD came to the scene, and while waiting for Con Edison to arrive after everyone evacuated the home, at around 7:30 a.m., the private home located at 300 W. 234th St., suddenly exploded. The explosion caused all windows to be blown out, and a large piece of the roof flying in the air.

Unfortunately, Fahy’s life as a father and a firefighter disappeared after the explosion of this marijuana grow-house on the corner of Tibbett Avenue. Not only was 44-year-old Fahy, of Battalion 19, a 17year member of the FDNY, he was also a father of three and a trained lawyer.

The neighbors surrounding the exploding house were startled by the loud noise that most of them woke up to. Manhattan College freshman Joseph Liggio was at

On Sept. 27, a house explosion occurred just blocks from campus on West 234th Street.

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Joseph Liggio/Courtesy the scene around 11:30 a.m., and spoke warned of the dangers of marijuana grow to some residents to hear their reactions. houses, explaining how they use highly Cindy O’Connor, a nearby resident said explosives, such as propane, for the CO2 at around 7:30 a.m., she heard a loud bang converter to increase the production in the and felt her house shake. so-called lab. These highly explosive maShe reported exiting her house imme- terials are a threat to first responders. diately after, and noted that the resultant The owners of the home, Violeta and fire didn’t last long. O’Connor also stated Onesimo Guerrero, were said to have that she never noticed many people going owned multiple properties in the area, in or out of the house, and it often looked which police also inspected on Tuesday. uninhabited. She also took notice to the Police and investigators are still strugbackyard and patio area, where she said it gling to determine exactly how much marwas usually covered up in some way. ijuana was growing in the house, but reMatthew Chrisphonte and Nicholas ported that it was teeming with the plant.

Chrisphonte, nearby residents and brothers Prior to the explosion however, police were both sleeping at the time of the explo- reported that they were investigating the sion, but were said to be awoken by a big house as a possible grow house weeks earboom and the shaking of their house. They lier. However, police are still investigating heard yelling and screaming, and watched whether or not the cause of this explosion children being led outside and away from could be traced back to marijuana butane the nearby daycare facility. The brothers hash oil, otherwise known as “dabbing.” noted that their parents had reported smellThis homemade fix involves butane ing gas at around 6:30 a.m. Matthew and vapors that could explode unexpectedly at Nicholas observed the high traffic in the any given moment. “Dabbing” is said to past at the house, however said it has been be method of altering marijuana with burelatively quiet over the past few months. tane to make it look like wax, otherwise Later that day, police arrested the man known as a recipe for disaster. The wax is who’s name was on the lease of the house, said to have higher contents of THC, giv34-year-old Julio Salcedo Contrer. Contrer, ing the user a stronger high. Investigators who was found in Cliffside Park, New Jer- are still looking into the cause of it all, but sey after a brief manhunt, was caught by are sure that the gas odor came from the the Regional Fugitive Task Force, which is scene before the explosion occurred, almade up of New York Police Department though it was said to be gone 30 minutes detectives and United States marshals. Af- before the explosion. ter capturing Contrer, police brought in a Not only did this explosion take the second man for questioning; who police life of Fahy, it also injured 20 other peosay had a connection to the explosion. ple, including some Con Edison workers.

The second man who was brought in The investigation is still ongoing, and infor questioning by police, in connection vestigators are still looking into the overall to the explosion of this grow-house, was cause. Whether it was electrical related, or arrested on Wednesday, September 28th. caused by the attempt to make marijuana 32-year-old Garivaldi Castillo of Washing- butane hash oil, the loss of Chief Michael ton Heights was brought into police cus- Fahy is being mourned by friends, family, tody and is currently facing two counts of and officers everywhere. The FDNY has criminal possession of marijuana. posthumously promoted him to deputy A few months prior to the explosion, chief, the highest civil service promotion the Drug Enforcement Administration available in his department.

Just four colleges in New York State have fair trade resolutions on the books: Fordham University, Hartwick College, Siena College, and Manhattan College.

Manhattan has the distinction of being the first school in New York City ever to pass the resolution, the second school in the state (behind Siena), and one of the first five in the nation.

The fair trade designation is much more than just a piece of paper with words on it.

According to Lois Harr, director of campus ministry and social action (C.M.S.A.), each campus retail outlet must commit to selling at least two fair trade items in order for the college to maintain its designation.

October is fair trade month for C.M.S.A.--and this year it comes just a few months before the college celebrates the fifth anniversary of its fair trade designation in February.

Manhattan earned the designation in 2012, marking the culmination of a fiveyear march in that direction. In 2007, as C.M.S.A.’s Lasallian Outreach Volunteer Experience (L.O.V.E.) program took shape on an immersion trip to Rostro de Cristo in Ecuador, Harr and her student travelers were taken under the wing of a volunteer from Catholic Relief Services, who told them the horrors of the sweatshop lifestyle common in the Global South.

Harr returned to campus and C.M.S.A. began to drum up fair trade awareness, starting with a single tabling event in formerly Dante’s Den, which now provides a variety of administrative office space on the third floor of Thomas Hall.

“So, we sat there and tabled, and we gave away fair trade chocolate and asked people to sign comment cards,” Harr said.

On the cards were requests from students, faculty, and administration that Sodexo, the company which ran the on-campus dining services at the time, offer fair trade coffee in college food service venues. Nearly one hundred of those cards were collected.

“Sure enough, first day of school in the fall of that year, 2007, and you go in the cafeteria and there’s fair trade coffee,” Harr recalled.

In 2011, when dining operations were re-contracted to a new company, Gourmet Dining, L.L.C., the college ensured that the principles of fair trade would be a part of the agreement with the new food service contractor.

Eventually, Harr and C.M.S.A. were able to bring other parties into the fold, including the campus bookstore. Follett Corporation, who managed the store at the time was in contact with several fair trade vendors, and before long the store began selling Alta Gracia-brand fair trade clothing.

Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc., which has since assumed the operations of the bookstore, also has a number of fair trade vendors. The store now sells Divinebrand fair trade chocolate, as well as a few other fair trade snacks in addition to the Alta Gracia clothing.

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Within a few years, C.M.S.A. caught wind of the Fair Trade College designation being offered by the organization Fair Trade Campaigns, and Harr jumped at the opportunity. She first won the support of college president Brennan O’Donnell, Ph.D., who, following the passage of fair trade resolutions in student government and in the College Senate, signed the declaration, making Manhattan the first fair trade college in the five boroughs.

The fair trade tradition continues today, in C.M.S.A.’s fair trade chocolate Easter egg hunt, and in their other numerous giveaways of fair trade chocolate and coffee throughout the year. C.M.S.A. has even acquired its own brand of coffee, entitled “Jasper Java” from a fair trade coffee distributor. Harr sells the “Jasper Java” to Manhattan community members and her own personal friends alike.

Brian Conway, who was assistant general manager of Gourmet Dining at the college until last Friday, has been involved in fair trade since he first began his work at Manhattan a few years ago. Gourmet Dining ensures that the College adheres to the policy by meeting and exceeding the twoitem rule needed to renew the designation in each retail outlet – including Café 1853 and the convenience store in Thomas Hall,

as well as the food vendors on the first floor of the Kelly Commons, including Starbucks Coffee.

The two-item rule only applies to retail outlets, leaving out Gourmet Dining’s most extensive operation, the resident dining room Locke’s Loft in Thomas Hall.

“We bring stuff in for Locke’s Loft,” Conway said. “We have a ton of things for fair trade in Locke’s Loft during, obviously the month of October is fair trade… they have a set calendar of things to do.”

Programs in Locke’s Loft for the month of October include fair trade banana promotions, and fair trade strawberries which can be dipped in a fair trade chocolate fountain. Bananas are a centerpiece of fair trade month for Gourmet Dining, and the company buys them by the pallet, thousands-at-a-time.

“Bananas are the easiest ones to buy in bulk, so if I say, like, they’re doing bananas foster and they’re putting fair trade bananas on your breakfast items,” Conway said.

C.M.S.A. is planning its own programs for fair trade month. Tentatively planned for October 17 is a showing of the film “The True Cost.” On the 19th, C.M.S.A. will partner with the peace studies program for a showing of a documentary film about a coffee farmer, with a lecture to follow.

“Last year they did a lot of… there was fair trade chocolate or coffee on the Quad, or beads,” said senior Katelyn Conroy.

Conroy argues that events like giveaways or film screenings can help build momentum for the college’s fair trade campaign. Conroy is a senior and the copresident of Just Peace, a club which falls under C.M.S.A. Conroy, Harr and three other students including Just Peace co-president Sarah Kissane, student body president Dorian Persaud and sophomore Daniel Sammon travelled to Philadelphia two weekends ago for a fair trade conference. The conference was focused on building campaigns, and preventing those already in place from momentum.

For Conroy, increasing awareness is key to maintaining the campaign’s momentum.

“There are fair trade things at the college, but it’s sort of less known than I would like it to be,” Conroy said. “People maybe know [a product] is fair trade, but they might not even know what [fair trade] is. They might not even know what products are fair trade.”

The fair trade movement still has big hurdles to clear before fair trade products can become truly competitive in the main-

stream marketplace. Conway estimates that fair trade products are between 10- and 20-percent more expensive than the market value.

But Conway said the financial costs associated with fair trade are, “minimal, compared with the satisfaction that you receive from, not only the student body, but the people that are pushing for fair trade.”

He added, “It’s a minimal cost to me to know that those farmers are getting their fair share.”

Conroy agrees.

“It seems menial, because it’s coffee, bananas, clothing, but you’re actually supporting someone and they’re getting a fair wage to live as they should,” she said.

The fair trade movement has found a home at Manhattan, and a dedicated and loyal following here who is willing to do the grunt work to advance the cause.

“I think fair trade is important not only to us, but… that’s the kind of college we go to. It’s a Catholic college where we’re not only teaching people how to be educated, but to treat people with respect and to be socially conscious in this world,” Conway said.

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An explosion on Sept. 27 on West 234th street resulted in the death of Batallion Chief Michael Fahyand left 20 more people injured.

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Oct. 4, 2016

Also On Campus Jack Melanson Asst. Editor

Stephen Zubrycky Editor

Manhattan Caucus is a new column in the News Section, which will run weekly until election day, to offer students a voice in the ongoing presidential elections.

Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald J. Trump met at Hofstra University on Long Island last Monday for the first of three televised presidential debates. The debate opened with a heated exchange over trade, in which Trump challenged Clinton over her prior support of the Trans Pacific Partnership (T.P.P.) trade agreement.

Most students interviewed by The Quadrangle were too unfamiliar to comment on T.P.P. The issue of free trade has divided both major parties. From the start, Trump has been at odds with pro-free trade Republican orthodoxy, and T.P.P. is one of only a few instances in which Clinton publicly disagrees with President Barack Obama.

“There have been more front page stories on the emails and Donald’s taxes than there have been on the Trans Pacific Partnership,” Margaret Groarke, Ph.D., an associate professor of government, explained by phone. “Although it’s important, […] it’s less directly connected to things that people think about every day, or less obvious what the impact would be on us.”

Sophomore Peter Ruimerman, who prefers Clinton to Trump, thought he got the better of her in the exchange, calling it “the only highlight for Trump.”

Trump promised to release his tax returns if Clinton releases the 33,000 emails she has chosen not to release from her private email server.

Students are far more informed and opinionated about Clinton’s emails and Trump’s taxes. “Obviously [Clinton] was

in the wrong for having this email server that […] wasn’t the government server when she was the Secretary of State,” said junior Haley O’Connell.

“They’re deleted,” said sophomore Brendan Murphy, “They’re not able to be given back.”

O’Connell also added that Trump should release his returns, which every Republican nominee has done since Ronald Reagan was first nominated in 1980.

Ruimerman speculated that Trump has something to hide, saying, “He probably doesn’t pay any taxes.”

Clinton claimed that Trump “has a long history of racist behavior,” citing Trump’s insistence that President Obama release his birth certificate.

“There’s obviously evidence… videos and tweets and all that show that even after the birth certificate was released, [Trump] still thought it was false,” O’Connell said.

The scandal, O’Connell said, “brought him into political stardom.”

Sophomore Lauren Alexander does not think Trump’s harping on the President’s birth certificate qualifies him as a racist.

“That’s not even necessarily him being racist… that’s just him targeting literally everybody,” she said.

But Alexander still believes that Trump has racist tendencies, citing his prior support for a ban on Muslims entering the country and his harsh rhetoric on illegal immigration.

Trump said that Clinton doesn’t have “the look” or “the stamina” needed to be President.

“What is the presidential look? A man?

A white male,” O’Connell asked, charging Trump with sexism.

Freshman Dylan Spina opined, “I think that was kind of… just an out-there comment. It wasn’t really necessary.”

Near the end of the debate, Clinton chided Trump for mocking 1996 Miss Universe winner Alicia Machado

for gaining weight, and for referring to women as “pigs, slobs, and dogs.”

Spina minimized the comments, saying, “I think it can go both ways, I think he just got caught on camera saying it.”

Ruimerman says there is a double standard working in Trump’s favor, saying, “If anyone else had said those things, they would be nowhere.”

Additionally, many students thought that it was inappropriate for this to be discussed in a presidential debate.

Since the debate, Trump has lashed out at Machado on Twitter, questioning her character and accusing her of being in a sex tape, while publicly criticizing Clinton’s handling of her husband’s infidelities.

“It doesn’t seem very calculated or well thought out, but I think that, from what we’ve seen in the primaries, is that he often turns quickly on people who criticized him,” Groarke said, comparing Trump’s attacks on Machado to his attacks on his former G.O.P. primary opponent, Sen. Ted Cruz.

“It’s tasteless. I’m not offended by it… he can say whatever he wants, but just… that’s not a very diplomatic thing to do,” Ruimerman said.

Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican Mike Pence will meet tonight at 9 p.m. in Virginia for the first and only televised Vice Presidential debate.

Trump and Clinton will debate a second time on Sunday, October 9.

Students are not very excited about tonight’s debate. Murphy said, “They’re both vanilla people.”

But in the final weeks before the election, students are hoping that the candidates begin to focus more on the issues.

“I want to see them be serious,” Alexander said, “I don’t want it to be overshadowed by Donald Trump’s cartoonish-ness.

I would really hope he can actually ‘chillout’ and explain what his goals are.”

Fair Trade at Manhattan College Katelyn Conroy, Sarah Kissane, Lois Harr, Dan Sammon and Dorian Persaud attended a fair trade conference in Philadelphia last week in an effort to bring back their learnings to the Manhattan College campus.

Student Body President, Dorian Persaud, spoke of the meeting and how it pertained to Manhattan College as a whole.

“The conference was very enlightening when it came to ways of tackling this social issue and I firmly believe it coincides with our Lasallian mission to help one another, especially since Manhattan College was the first designated Fair Trade College in New York City,” said Persaud.

Student Government and other fair trade leaders at MC look forward to watching fair trade become a growing trend on campus.

New Liberal Arts Scholarship Starting in the academic school year of 2019-2020, a new scholarship will be given to Liberal Arts students at Manhattan College.

The scholarship is in honor of the late June Dwyer, former English professor and chair of the department.

Dwyer passed away last November as the scholarship is being funded by an estate gift that Dwyer gave to the college in 2015.

These honorable scholarships have been given to sophomores Katherine Rojas and Colin Dunn.

Making a Murderer Jasper alumni Laura Ricciardi ’92 and Moira Demos teamed up to write and direct an Emmy winning Netflix show, Making a Murderer.

Last weekend the pair attended the Emmys and took home the prestigious awards of Best Documentary or Nonfiction Series, Best Writing and Best Direction for a Nonfiction Program and Best Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program.

Ricciardi and Demos swept every nonfiction category, and can be proudly added to the collection of Manhattan College alumni achievements.

Deadline Hollywood provided the following information of the pair, which includes Ricciardi and Demos thanking their families, the creative team of the show, and the subjects of their documentaries.

“If they had not trusted us to take the time to listen and share their stories accurately and fairly, there would be no series,” they said.

Students gather in the Kelly Commons to watch the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

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New Commuter Meal Plan Seeks to Make Life Easier for Non-Residential Students Catherine Goodyear Staff Writer

Manhattan College is extending their services to commuters by offering them a new meal plan option that students can enroll in. The commuter meal plan was created to offer the commuter students an opportunity to save money while continuing to dine on campus.

In the past students could pay out of pocket and purchase Jasper Dollars or Dining Dollars to add onto their ID cards but now they have more flexibility by adding it onto their financial aid package.

Students can opt into one out of two options offered and can renew their meal plan whenever they want throughout the year. Option one, 330 +3, includes three meal swipes a semester at Locke’s Loft cafeteria along with $330 Dining Dollars per semester.

This has an additional 10% bonus so

you only pay $300. Option two, 550 + 5, includes five meal swipes a semester at Locke’s Loft cafeteria and $550 Dining Dollars per semester. Like option one, it also includes an additional 10% bonus so you only pay $500.

Both meal plans can be included in your tuition bill so that your financial aid can help pay for it. The dining dollars purchased on the commuter meal plan act just as the dining dollars on the residential meal plans.

These dollars carry over from semester to semester but need to be repurchased at the start of every school year. Student Body President, Dorian Persaud and Vice President of Commuter Affairs, Micaela Bishop paved the way for the meal plan to be initiated.

“I also thought it was important to our college’s inclusive community that we incorporate commuters needs and what’s better then eating together,” said Bishop. “I definitely think that it will save you money no matter what because you will be paying

more attention to your spending rather than spending cash in Kelly and you get either 3 or 5 free meal swipes depending on your plan. Also with the 10% discount completely on top of it, you are getting more for your dollar no matter what. I feel like it’s more financially savvy then just throwing more dollars on your card.”

Brian Conway, the Director of Gourmet Dining Services, helped establish the meal plan and work out the logistics of options one and two. He worked the plan from Gourmet Dining’s point of view. They are open to any and all improvements and suggestions for the meal but are just one entity that has a say in the meal plan itself.

app.

“We didn’t even know so many people [on campus] already have the app. Just the other day we had hid a prize and we turn around and a girl had already found it …

A lot of people haven’t downloaded it still, but those who have are having fun,” said Fitzpatrick.

Campus Pursuit’s process is fairly easy, as Prestiano explains it. First, the girls receive products in the mail from the headquarters. Then a QR code is printed to be hidden along with the prize- when scanned, it is marked on the app that it has been found and no longer available. There are typically 1-2 prizes hidden per day throughout the week. They create clues to be posted on the app and once the prizes are hidden, a push notification goes out to all the users, typically announcing the number of prizes hidden along with a message of “Happy Hunting!”

These products range from snacks like “Pretzel No-Nos” and Neuro sports drinks or larger prizes like local eatery gift cards and raffles for NFL merchandise and flat screen TVs. Majority of the products offered come from other start-up companies.

Raffles, however, are larger prizes for every single campus using the app, which has slowly grown to over thirty schools throughout the country. MC is just another campus catching onto the scavenger hunt craze.

“It’s fun … and the more people we get, it’ll turn into a campus-wide competition,” said Calandra.

Although MC doesn’t have the biggest campus, the clues have popped up everywhere. Recent clues have hinted at locations like “Decided it was a Tex Mex kind of night … Maybe I’ll see you in Locke’s!” or “Had to print something quick before class, you’ll catch me by the printer!” The

“Once we recognized there was a major need for the plan it just started to come together very quickly. The thought of the Commuter meal plan has been around for a long time but it was only recently that Micaela Bishop and Dorian Persaud, helped champion this cause to correct audiences, in order to get this done,” Conway said.

“The final decision on what to include in the meal plan was a group effort by a lot of people and offices including the Business Office, Financial Aid, SGA, CSA and Gourmet Dining. Since this is the first year of this type of plan, I anticipate there will be many additions in the future, as we continue to gauge the needs of the students.”

Students can opt into the commuter meal plan by asking Student Financial Services to add it onto the student’s account.

“I felt like it only became a big topic of discussion when I started running but I was really pushing for it. I mentioned it at all of my debates and it was one of my big platforms. I know what it was like to be a commuter and not have all of the resources I would have liked to eat,” said Persaud.

“The purpose of the meal plan was to motivate those spontaneous meal outings or just eating with your colleges. I wanted to give the commuters more options and opportunities.”

Happy Hunting! New App Hides Prizes Around Campus Taylor Brethauer Asst. Editor

A new scavenger hunt app called Campus Pursuit has hit Manhattan College this semester that hides prized from Kelly to O’Malley, available to any student with the app downloaded on their iPhone or Android.

These five girls- Nicole Quivelli, Kara Hodapp, Jillian Calandra, Molly Fitzpatrick and Nikki Prestiano- are what the company calls ‘Brand Ambassadors’. They applied for the job after Quivelli’s friend told her about the app after working for them over the summer.

This sparked Quivelli’s interest and she told her teammates about it. Being ambassadors means they are able to hide the coveted prizes around the campus, which has been received well by those who have the

possibilities are endless when it comes to finding the prizes. The five ambassadors try to have a wide spread of spots so it doesn’t get too predictable.

“When the person finds the prize, they will know where it is by reading the clue on their phone. Let’s say we hid it by Starbucks … someone finds it, scans the code and then the prize is theirs,” said Quivelli.

Campus Pursuit has proven successful so far, although the girls want to see more participation. The more people that sign up, the more prizes they will be able to hide. Download the app to join in on the campus-wide search to find some interesting products or chances to win big prizes.

“I think it’s a really good opportunity to get many students involved all over campus. It’s fun to do and there are some very fun prizes. It also applies business and marketing, along with running social media … it’s very interactive,” said Hodapp.

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Arts & Entertainment

Oct. 4, 2016

Hop, Skip and a Jump: The Cloisters Rose Brennan Staff Writer

For any art, music or history enthusiast at Manhattan College, there are few better ways to spend an afternoon than at The Cloisters Museum of Art. Located at 99 Margaret Corbin Drive, adjacent to Fort Tryon Park in Upper Manhattan, The Met Cloisters is a beautiful place to spend an afternoon, especially for those who don’t want to take the trek to the Metropolitan Museum of Art or the Museum of Modern Art further downtown.

The Cloisters is one of three museums affiliated with the Metropolitan museum, along with The Met of Fifth Avenue and The Met of Breuer on Madison Avenue.

Though one would assume to dress somewhat nicer when attending an art museum, casual attire, particularly sneakers, are suggested for The Cloisters. That will become somewhat evident during the grueling uphill hike from Fort Tryon Park to the museum itself. While the hike is strenuous, the effort is completely worth it as soon as you lay eyes on the first piece of art.

The collection of art at The Cloisters is nowhere near as voluminous as its counterpart on Fifth Avenue, but this is because most of the artwork has the common root in Medieval Europe, whether in the stained glass displays, statues, tapestries or even jewelry. The building itself even falls under the medieval art umbrella. According to the Metropolitan website, “The modern museum building is not a copy of any specific medieval structure but is rather an ensemble informed by a selection of historical precedents, with a deliberate combination of ecclesiastical and secular spaces arranged in chronological order.”

The building’s architecture is directly based upon the twelfth century apse found in the Church of Saint Martin of Fuentidueña, Spain, which refers to the museum’s dual purpose as an institution dedicated to both art and its history.

The Cloisters’ name derives from the center of the building itself. Immersed between the various exhibitions are beautiful, green and lush cloisters and gardens.

One in particular hosts an entire garden of plants that would likely be found in a medieval garden, annotated with helpful

hints such as “for cooking,” “for cleaning” or just simply “poisonous.”

Different varieties of plants are not the only things to be found in these beautiful gardens. One in particular has a spectacular view of the Hudson River from one of the balconies situated in the cloisters. The wildlife is also abundant, with sparrows and other small creatures, all contributing to the beautiful ecosystem found in the museum.

Due to its relative proximity to the college, some professors take advantage of The Cloisters museum and send their students on cultural excursions for assignments.

One of these professors is Christopher Ogburn, who recently assigned students in his Music 150 class to find a piece of art that related medieval or Renaissance music and write an accompanying essay. And what better place is there to go for medieval art than The Cloisters?

“I require students to visit the Cloisters in an effort to shed more light on an era that is not very well understood. For most of us, the ‘medieval’ period is synonymous with the ‘Dark Ages’ and we forget the rich, vibrant culture that Europe had during that nearly thousand year span of time,” Ogburn said. “Going to the Cloisters and being surrounded by both the art and architecture of that period enlivens that culture in a way that photos in a PowerPoint simply cannot.”

Whether you’re going to relax in the tranquility of the medieval gardens or to take in the beautiful artwork of the period, The Cloisters Museum is ideal for any local excursion from the Bronx.

One of the central plazas in the museum.

How to get there: Route 1 (less subway time): -Take the 1 train from Van Cortlandt Park to Dyckman Street (6 stops) -Walk 0.8 miles to Fort Tryon Park

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If you have a MetroCard in your wallet, adventure in your heart, curiosity in your soul and a yearning to explore, then all aboard Saturday in the City’s adventurous journeys. Saturday in the City is a residence life program that offers you a path, a guide and a key to the riveting escapades in the city. It guides you towards new people, new opportunities and memorable experiences.

These experiences include walking over a gorgeously decorated abandoned freight rail line, wandering through a path with delicious and authentic Italian food

and drinks and strolling along the breathtaking Brooklyn Bridge. This program will answer the riddles of the city and reveal the secrets of the megalopolis.

Saturday in the City offers more than just experiences, it attracts new perspectives, presents new revelations and introduces you to an additional set of friends.

“This program is all about giving Manhattan College students an opportunity to sightsee in the city with people who can become your new friends,” Siobhan Connor, a senior resident assistant of the eighth floor in Horan Hall with a major in management and a minor in theater said. “Students always have the option of going into the city whenever they want, but now they can do it in a fun and welcoming environment with

Manhattan College Pep Band: The Musical Soul of the College Asst. Editor

An authentic medieval altar and mosaic.

A stained glass window depicting various Christian heroes.

Rose Brennan/The Quadrangle

Saturday in the City: Bright Lights and a Big City Adanna Carter

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Taylor Brethauer

The suggested price for a student ticket to The Cloisters is $12.

Route 2 (less walking time): -Take the 1 train from Van Cortlandt Park to 168 Street- Washington Heights (9 stops) -Transfer to an Uptown A train to 190 Street (4 stops) -Walk 0.6 miles to Fort Tryon Park

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people who also want to go on the trip.”

Every event in this program will be one worth going to and every experience in the city is a valuable one. There are so many different chances to learn. One of the most classic must-do experiences you’ll need as a student at Manhattan College is the lesson to explore and try new things. One of the most important must-do experiences you’ll need as a person in life, is the lesson to seek new things.

“I have learned in this program that MC is located in a beautiful place. A hop on the 1 train can lead to so many new adventures for the students as they spend their time here,” They will never get tired of what NYC has to offer and we can start them on this journey through the Saturday in the

City program,” Priya Chilana, a senior and an RA of the ninth floor of Lee Hall with a major in biology, said.

“I have learned that your experience at Manhattan College, or even New York City for that matter, is defined by what you make of it. Take advantage of the resources you have around you. NYC is a beautiful place,” Dorian Persaud, a senior and an RA of the first floor of Chrysostom with a major in mathematics, said.

Saturday in the City is a program of opportunity. A chance to have fun, meet new people and see new things. Extinguish your tendency to be close minded and quench your thirst for curiosity. Saturday in the City can only change your life for the better, through new experiences.

Located in a leaky Thomas 517 is a practice space used by many performing arts groups on campus. Students can hear music floating out of the windows nearly every single night, filling the Quad up with sounds of drums or bagpipes or trumpets.

Or while people meet up for dinner in Locke’s Loft, vibrations from a bass guitar can be felt. Quite possibly, you could also get a private concert walking past the mural to Lee or Horan Hall. No matter which of these locations you’re at, on Monday nights you’ll start hearing a familiar song played by the loudest and proudest spirit squad on campus: The Manhattan College Pep Band.

You think you might know the band that takes up real estate in the 6th Borough, but there is an immense amount of work that goes into making an ensemble that is considered one of the best in the MAAC Conference. Much like the basketball team practicing months before their season starts, the Pep Band does the same. They recruit their new members during orientation information sessions, hold auditions and put together a team that works well together.

Members of the band all have a goal similar to that of the basketball team- they want to win the MAAC. The musicians say their objective of the season is to “win the MAAC,” not in the sense that the band wants to win a competition. But they are very big supporters of our basketball teams and want nothing more for the sport teams to bring back trophies.

Of course, the coolest aspect of having a successful Division I team is the traveling. In the past, the band has traveled to Albany for the MAAC Tournament to perform in front of hundreds of fans. The group considers themselves one of the best bands there and many fans agree.

On the morning of the first games, the band participates in “Band Jam,” a battle of the bands competition against the other college’s bands. Judging by the crowd’s response, MC’s Pep Band clearly gets fan favorite. The band brings a spin on popular songs and old hits that make college basketball games – already an entertaining sport – more energetic simply by their presence.

“It’s cool to work with an organized and fun ensemble with my peers… I build the bridge with the director to the ensemble and to Student Engagement on the ensemble’s behalf,” Christopher Urban Klein, Pep Band’s president, said. “This year, our goal is we want to win the MAAC; not like a competition, but the actual MAAC basketball tournament. We consider ourselves part of the basketball team.”

But before fans and students file into Draddy Gymnasium, before glow sticks get thrown around during Manhattan Madness, before the first National Anthem is played—the band gets together to plan for the upcoming year. Although many of the returning members don’t need to look at any sheet music (the band memorizes each and every single song), newer members begin to pick up some of the band’s classics like “Uptown Funk,” “Every Time We Touch” and a popular Fall Out Boy medley.

This year’s executive board is also in charge of arranging brand new songs that they will premiere at games in the upcoming months.

The e-board meets before the practice

and begins to talk about ideas in the office of Andrew Bauer, head of the Performing Arts department. Urban-Klein, along with Aaron Beinstein (VP of Repertoire), Rob Anzilotti (VP of Social Media) and Allison Terranova (VP of Personnel), oversee the club along with brand new Pep Band director, Jake Robinson.

Their practices just began a few weeks prior and they are still in the early stages of setting a playlist for the season. The group talks about new songs they’ve heard that would make for good band arrangements.

Beinstein has a long list of songs that have sparked his interest. A member mentions how many great songs there have been lately that exhibit synthesizers or great drums.

The most important condition is an upbeat tune, since the other spirit squads, the Jasper Dancers and Manhattan College Cheerleaders, have their own dances during their songs. All of these features and more are the criteria for the perfect song Beinstein looks to arrange. He’s working on a new song that he’s been keeping under wraps but asks Robinson to look at as a possibility for that night’s practice.

“Over the summer we look at songs that are top of the charts or upbeat, basically cool to play. Once the school year starts, we try to write them up during the months before the season starts,” Beinstein said. “We keep some of our old songs here or there, like the ‘shorties’ we play during quick timeouts, but we like to play around with newer songs.”

As the members speak about music, the rest of the band starts trickling in in the practice room. There is a cacophony of music stands moving and instruments being unpacked right outside the door. As the e-board heads out to unpack their own instruments, Beinstein makes copies of the new song he’s working on and passes them out to the musicians scattered around the room. They all skirt around the giant hole in the ceiling of the room that has been leaking for a few weeks. It’s difficult to navigate tubas and drum kits around the buckets and trashcans catching the dripping water, but the band makes it work.

Robinson sits at the front of the room, watching the musicians warm up. He’s attentive to every member who asks questions and needs help tuning their instruments.

Urban-Klein answers his questions in return about songs and practicing. Although Robinson had his first practice with the band a few weeks prior, he is getting into the swing of things. Robinson claps the room to attention as the Drum Corp section of the Pep Band leaves to go practice elsewhere.

Practice is about to begin.

“It’s a really fun musical endeavor. The

MC’s Pep Band is a crowd favorite at campus events such as men’s basketball games.

Kevin Fuhrmann/The Quadrangle band is a lot of fun and the music is really favorite songs, starting with a rendition of good,” Robinson said. “For anyone who’s Walk the Moon’s “Shut Up and Dance.” a sports fan, getting to be the Pep Band at “It’s great to play some popular, regames is the absolute best. I get to lead cent hits in order to psych up the fans and the band, but then I get to watch the game it helps that the band is already so good,” with everyone.”

Robinson said.

As snippets of the song Beinstein Pep Band has choreography of their arranged and riffs of some old favorites own during some of the catchy songs. Robdie out, Robinson begins tuning each in- inson makes everyone stand up and instead strument around the room. The keyboard of conducting the music, he directs their player presses one key and the woodwind movements. This continues throughout section tunes their instruments: flutes, the songs, since the band stands up durclarinets and a piccolo. Then the brass be- ing breaks and timeouts to play. It helps gins: trumpets, trombones and a tuba. The to have the visual movements because it saxophones (around 10 in total) tune as draws your eye over to the 6th Borough. well. The ensemble has many instruments Urban-Klein helps Robinson with some including a guitar, bass guitar, a drum kit, of the things they’ve done in the past, such synthesizer and keyboards, along with as the choreography, but the director also the separate Drum Corp. They’ll join adds new features here and there. In “Shut back in later, but for now they are practic- Up and Dance” he adds a cool crescendo ing wherever they can find space around that makes the chorus come in stronger. In campus. They have their own separate “I Want You Back,” a great example of Pep things to practice such as the drum line Band taking a classic song and hyping it during player introductions. up, Robinson grabs a tambourine and plays The room is full of boys and girls in that in. Even with such a small instrument, every single year. Pep Band welcomed it changes the sound in a new way. around seven new freshmen this year, but He goes around the room to each inthey are still pretty senior-heavy. But no strument playing the melodies and harmomatter what year you are or instrument nies with the added instrument. There is you play, the entire group is very wel- also a muddled spot in one of the sections coming. Friends make jokes across the that they run through a few more times. In room to each other or fellow musicians a performance, it would go past in a few help new members with the songs. It’s quick seconds. But this is how focused a friendly bunch, which helps when it is they are to the details- every song has to time to come together to play their songs. sound fantastic in order to hype up Draddy If one member is missing, a key piece to Gymnasium. Pep Band always delivers. the melody or harmony is also missing.

Returning to outside as the practice They start out with the Star-Spangled continues on, “Mr. Brightside” can be Banner after tuning. For many members, heard out on the Quad. Students walking it is second nature. Some look around the by sing a bit of The Killers song, asking room as they play the notes they are com- their friends “Where is that music coming pletely familiar with. It’s clear this is the from?” The elusive Drum Corp ended up case, as it sounds like the most memorized playing on the Mini Quad that night and song (not in a bad way). Then, Robinson their drum beats echo off of Miguel and De has them do it again after he makes the La Salle. band turn their music stands around so It’s symbolic for Pep Band: the group they aren’t even tempted to look at their has a presence on campus unlike any other. sheet music.

You can hear their music as they practice He has them do the same for the Jas- in Thomas and there is no missing them at per March, the rally song they play at the basketball games. It’s a common feahalftime and the end of the game, win or ture on college campuses to have a student lose. This is where Robinson’s expertise band playing at sporting events, but there comes in- he takes notes throughout the is magic from MC’s Pep Band. Whether performance so he can come back to them their members know it or not, they bring after the run through to address certain something important to the performing things. He points out he enjoys the end- arts that we would not have if they weren’t ing line the bassist plays and the bassist playing some of our favorite songs with all admits he’s been improvising it and ev- of their hearts. eryone laughs. Robinson thinks this is In Locke’s, a student whistles the melfantastic and encourages the band for the ody of the new song Beinstein was worknext run through to play quieter to listen ing on and smiles. It’s the clear impact Pep to the bass line. Once they ran through it Band has on all of us as a student body. a few more times, they moved onto their

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Features

Meet the Newly Elected Freshman Vice Presidents

Oct. 4, 2016

Taylor Brethauer Asst. Editor

Every year two freshmen students win the position of what used to be called freshman class representative. This year, however, the members of the class of 2020 ran for what Student Government is calling “Freshman Vice Presidents”. The winners of the election, Kerry Cavanagh and Cedric St. Louis, are eager to begin their new roles.

Deciding to run is an important task in itself. Freshman must pick up a petition that has to be signed by 50 people, stating they believe the student will be a good candidate to represent the class. This may be a daunting task in itself - can the student get the signatures in order to get their name and platform out there?

When elections were held on September 22, it was time to see if the petitions and clever flyers hanging up around campus made an impact. Five days later, the results were announced on the MC Announcements emails. He expects the best of the two freshman, who will hold many responsibilities.

“The Freshman Class Vice Presidents are the voice of their class. They represent the class in different aspects of the college, varying from Student Government to various campus committees,” Steele said.

There is also a heightened sense of reputation to the position. Steele says the decision to change the title from representative, as it has been in the past, to Vice President, was made in order to emphasize the importance of all the things the new VPs will be doing.

“Based on my experience with this position - I’ve been at MC for a year and six months - the VPs hold town hall meetings to hear questions, comments, or concerns relating to their class. Afterwards, they

Cedric St. Louis & Kerry Cavanagh have been elected to be the freshman vice presidents of Student Government.

Cedric St. Louis & Kerry Cavanagh/Courtesy bring this information to Student Government and my office. From there, they will figure out which direction to go to assist their class,” Steele said.

By attending meetings like the Resident Student Association, among others, the class of 2020 is able to have their voices heard with their VPs in attendance.

Although they are the most recent class to come to MC, Cavanagh and St. Louis want to represent their class in the best way possible.

“We want to get as much student input as possible, like by posting on the [Facebook] page. I know working with charities is something I did in my high

school… Our main goal is to make Manhattan College as good as it can be and hearing what the freshman class has to say,” Cavanagh said.

Specific ideas are important to the two.

Cavanagh recently posted in the Class of 2020 Facebook page as she had said, encouraging students to stop them whenever they see them if they ever have any ideas.

By making themselves so easily accessible, they will be able to get the ideas to those who are higher up in Student Government quickly.

“We’re focusing on Locke’s [as an idea]. We’re asking students for input on what they want to see [in Locke’s]. I asked

some of my friends for their ideas and the biggest thing is trash cans. We don’t really have enough trash cans in there,” said St. Louis.

As it has been made clear, there has already been brainstorming on behalf of classmates and friends. Student Government is an important part of any college but at MC, it is a leadership position that will most closely benefit those involved and the entirety of the student body. “[Something I want to see] is uniting our class and making sure we are one cohesive group. We’re all one class and we’re all Jaspers at the end of the day,” Cavanagh said.

for the students at the college.”

Now, after a bout of silence, a group of students are set on creating an artistic outlet for anyone willing to join them as they are in the process of bringing the station back.

“A lot of my friends at home are artists and we started working on a lot of projects together. People are starting to gain exposure and I wanted to use this as a platform for my own personal self promotion in terms of artists that I know and also artists here at MC, and try to build an artistic community here,” Ryan Shah, one of the many students spearheading this comeback, said.

The club will not be returning under Student Engagement as an official MC club until they feel that they have gained their footing. The station will be participating in a “soft launch” in order to gain

a foundation to only grow from. This soft launch will be similar to a preview of what the station hopes to provide in the future.

“We have some time to gear up this year and next year. And then, if we see student involvement with students who want to be involved in WRCM, as well as student involvement in respect to people who want to listen and are interested in what the club is doing, then maybe not next year, but the following year, we could apply for official club status and be the WRCM we used to be,” Gencarelli said.

Christian Bennett, another student spearheading the project, decided to post a Facebook poll in order to get feedback as to how students would respond to the station’s return. “I wanted to see where kids were at in regards to having the radio show come back” he said.

“96% of people wanted to see the show

come back and 52% of people said that they would actually want to participate and be a part of the staff and work for the station,” Bennett said.

In the past WRCM has been referred to as a labor of love and the new group is hoping to find another team who is as equally committed as the first. “Getting it off the ground is going to be difficult and I want people who are going to be committed,” Shah said.

Prior generations of MC students have had the opportunity to enjoy tuning into WRCM and with its return, there is hope for future success of the station.

Dr. Gencarelli foresees this success: “The thought that the radio business is dead is premature. I don’t think it will be something that will disappear anytime soon.”

The Day the Music was Revived: A Return for WRCM August Kissel & Megan Dreher Staff Writers

Over 20 students gathered together last week, eagerly planning and promoting the revival of an integral part of Manhattan College history. After a hiatus, WRCM, the Manhattan College radio station, will be making it’s return to campus in the coming months.

“The station was just around campus.

Before we built the Kelly Commons, for instance, it was in the cafeterias in Thomas Hall” Dr. Thom Gencarelli, head of the Communications Department and advisor of WRCM, said. “One day, the signal within the cafeterias just stopped, and no one knows the full story as to why, but that was really the end of the station as a station

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This Week in History

Rachel Spurlock Staff Writer

Earlier this week many Manhattan College students gathered to watch the first presidential debate of one of the most noteworthy elections to date. Nearly 60 years ago, Manhattan College students gathered to watch the first televised presidential debate in the history of the United States.

On September 26, 1960, Nixon and Kennedy met in a Chicago studio to debate for the first time on live television. Not only did this debate spark a new course in how political debates would be carried out, but it also sparked an idea at The Quadrangle.

The fall semester of 1960 was the first and only year Manhattan College held a mock election. This election entailed a debate series between two students representing either the Democratic or Republican argument on various topics that were then published in The Quadrangle. At the end of the debate series, MC students were invited to vote for either Kennedy or Nixon to determine a winner.

The mock election was unveiled to the student body in the September 28, 1960 edition of The Quadrangle. In an article entitled “Straw Ballot to Estimate Campus Party Preferences”, credited to the entire staff, the election was outlined as followed: “To satisfy the political inclinations of the more civic minded among the student body, the student council has arranged for a real, honest to goodness mock election right here on campus. The purpose of the poll is to effectivity gauge student opinion regarding the national election.”

The first debate featured in The Quadrangle was between Ted McNamara and Pete Fitzgerald. The two of them argued their opinions on both Kennedy and Nixon.

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McNamara argued on behalf of the Democrats while Fitzgerald argued on behalf of the Republicans. McNamara writes, “[The] dissatisfaction with the stereotypes of the past and the concern with meeting the problems of the future is one of the primary marks of liberalism and the Democratic Party’s candidate, Senator Kennedy.” In response, Fitzgerald writes, “The Republican Party has confidence in the ability of our business leaders to correct many of the economic problems that we face.”

In the following the debate, Mike Kiey (Democrat) and Joe Pero (Republican) faced off to discuss the issues of foreign policy. Pero focuses on the issues that were surrounding Latin America during the 1960’s and how Nixon planned to take care of them. Kiey drew his argument from the problems in the Soviet Union at the time.

The third and final debate was between Charles McCaghey and Pete Fitzgerald.

McCaghey wrote a piece called “Kennedy’s Platform: Medical Aid, Economic Growth, Care for Aged.” He argues that Kennedy is campaigning against “the past eight years of mediocracy.” In Fitzgerald’s piece entitled “Republicans Seem More Equipped with Experience Than Opponent” he writes, “Senator Kennedy has no experience as an administrator. Vice-President Nixon on the other hand has participated in the discussions and decisions of the Eisenhower Administration.”

At the end of The Quadrangle’s debate series and the straw poll carried out by the Student Council, John K. Kennedy emerged as the winner. In the November 2, 1960 edition of the paper Tom McDonald wrote, “By a scant 47 votes Kennedy managed to outpoll Nixon. A total of 1706 ballots were cast, 61.2% of the student body (day students) was considered to be a fine turnout.” This mock election MC held in 1960 was the only one of its kind.

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Oct. 4, 2016

Jaspers Talk: Emily Center Angela Quadrini Staff Writer

In 2014, soccer player Emily Center had a great rookie season starting all 18 matches as well as earning a spot on the MAAC All-Rookie Team. Last year, Center continued to come up big for the Jaspers, helping the team register 11 shutouts, while playing in all 19 matches.

Center also played on a defense that allowed a MAAC low of 14 goals on the year. With her junior season upon her, Center is focused on contributing to her team as much as possible.

The Quadrangle: How did you first get into soccer?

Emily Center: My dad played on the football team for the University of Albany and my mom played basketball for SUNY Geneseo, so they both were athletic but never played soccer. I wanted to start my own thing, so I picked soccer and fell in love with it.

TQ: Did you play in high school?

EC: I played all throughout high school as well as on a club team.

TQ: How different is Division 1 college soccer from playing on your high school’s team?

EC: The time commitment is obviously huge both on and off the field. We’re not just at practice everyday, but also in the training room and the weight room, along with film sessions. The biggest change is taking time off the field to get better. The level of expectation is also very different.

All of my teammates and I hold each other to a high expectation level and count on me just as much as I count on them.

TQ: Do you find it hard balancing schoolwork as well as being a student athlete?

EC: I find that Manhattan College is very supportive with that type of thing. Our coach also understands that our academics come first. It does get tough when we’re in season and having up to two games a week.

After games, I sometimes have to come back and spend all night in the library, so those nights are tough, but it forces me to manage my time better and be more efficient.

TQ: Does stress with your schoolwork ever make you want to quit playing soccer?

EC: Not at all, I’ve never even thought of that option. I love being busy and always having things to do. It can get overwhelming at times, but it’s never made me want to stop playing.

TQ: After a heartbreaking loss in last years championship game, what mindset did you have coming into this season?

EC: We’re coming back looking for redemption this year. As a team, we’re trying to raise our expectations and prove ourselves by getting back up to the top. Being in the tournament last year, we got a taste of what it feels like to play at that high level and be there, so its driving us even more to get there again.

TQ: At the beginning of the season, did you set a personal goal for yourself?

EC: My personal goal is essentially to do everything I can to achieve our team goal. I put as much out there as I can to win us that MAAC Championship. Whatever that role might be, that’s what I’m playing for, to fit it as best I can for my team.

TQ: What’s the team goal?

EC: Definitely to win a MAAC Championship. We want to show we can compete with any team in the conference. We go into every game just thinking about that game and try not to think too far ahead, but we’re also playing each game to prove we are capable of winning a championship.

Center enters her third year as a defensive player on the women’s soccer team.

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Death of Jose Fernandez Resonates With Manhattan Baseball Players John Jackson Staff Writer

News broke out early morning on Sept.

25 that put the whole baseball world in a state of shock. Major League Baseball pitcher Jose Fernandez of the Miami Marlins died in a boat crash. He was only 24 years old.

Baseball fans across the country woke up that Sunday checking their phones like any ordinary day. This day, however, was different as they were greeted with texts and app alerts with the terrible news of Fernandez’s passing.

Manhattan College baseball catcher Fabian Pena was one of those fans who heard the news that morning.

“I was in total shock,” said Pena. “I couldn’t believe what was going on. I even

felt like crying. I didn’t know him personally, but he felt close to us.”

Pena, like Fernandez, moved to the United States from Cuba and pursed baseball. Pena is also from Miami, where Fernandez played his home games.

“Part of my family went to his viewing,” said Pena. “People that didn’t know him were gathered together to honor him and pay respect to his family and him.”

Manhattan College baseball infielder and catcher Ryan Gronlier, who is also Cuban, felt the news hit close to home.

“Definitely saddened,” said Gronlier in response to hearing the news about Fernandez. “I think it goes for myself and pretty much everybody in Miami especially the way that Jose’s story ties to a lot of us. From Miami and from a Cuban background like us. It was a hard time for all of us.”

Gronlier and his dad have been to a lot of Marlins games over the years. He had

the chance to see Fernandez pitch many times after he made his debut in 2013.

“Me and my dad are definitely Marlins fans,” said Gronlier. “We had season tickets the first year they opened the stadium and we usually go to all the games. And we saw Jose pitch many, many, many times.”

The Marlins cancelled their game against the Atlanta Braves on Sept. 25.

Their next game, on Monday against the New York Mets was perhaps one of most emotional games in baseball history.

On the third pitch of the game, Dee Gordon, a close friend and teammate of Fernandez, hit a leadoff home run. His first home run all season. It was only his ninth career home run in over 500 games across six seasons.

“It’s a lot more than a game,” said Gronlier. “It was unbelievable what happened to Dee Gordon. He comes up, goes right-handed with Jose’s helmet, and then

comes up next pitch lefty and hits a home run. It’s unreal. You can’t write that in a book.”

Manhattan’s new assistant coach Danny Benedetti also felt the death of Fernandez was a tough event for baseball.

“It’s tough [with] how young he is,” said Benedetti. “He’s one of the best pitchers in Major League Baseball so it’s a big hit to the baseball world.”

Benedetti also pointed to St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Aledmys Diaz, a childhood friend of Fernandez, who hit a grand slam in his first game back from Fernandez’s services.

“Even his friend Diaz from the Cardinals hit a home run in his first at-bat back from the funeral service that they had in Miami so it’s really tough,” Benedetti said.

“It’s a tough time for the baseball world.

It’s tragic that you have a young talent like that pass away too early.”

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This Week in Sports

Volleyball

Manhattan’s volleyball team went 1-2 in three home games last week.

Aaron Mayorga/The Quadrangle

Volleyball (5-14) went 1-2 in a three-game homestand. The Jaspers defeated Rider in straight sets on Sept. 28, before dropping a five set thriller to Siena on Saturday and losing in straight sets to Marist on Sunday.

The Jaspers are 2-2 in MAAC play.

Women’s Soccer

The women’s soccer team (4-7) split its two games on the road. The Jaspers thrashed Iona 3-0 on Sept. 28, but lost 1-0 to Canisius on Sunday.

The Jaspers are 2-2 in the MAAC this season.

Men’s Soccer

A nightmarish 2016 campaign continues for Manhattan’s men’s soccer team (0-8-1) which dropped both of its matches this week. The Jaspers lost 2-1 to Monmouth on Sept. 28, then 1-0 to Canisius on Saturday. The Jaspers remain winless on the season.

Cross Country

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Kaitlyn Smith of the women’s cross country team was named MAAC Runner of the Week on Sept. 28. Smith finished sixth in the Fr. Victor F. Leeber, S.J. Invitational on Sept.

Women’s Basketball

Head coach Heather Vulin of the women’s basketball team named senior Maeve Parahus, along with juniors Amani Tatum and Mikki Guiton as the three captains for the 20162017 season.

Compiled by Daniel Ynfante, Sports Editor

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Oct. 4, 2016

Dolan up for the Challenge as New Strength and Conditioning Coach Daniel Ynfante Editor

The position of strength and conditioning head coach at Manhattan College has existed for a little over a year.

In that span of time, the position has seen a change in leadership, as Jonathan Larsson, who was hired as the first strength and conditioning coach on Aug. 25, 2015, has been replaced by Patrick Dolan.

Dolan, comes from Santa Clara University, where he served as assistant director of strength and conditioning in 2015.

Dolan admits that taking over a fairly new department at Manhattan was part of the intrigue factor in coming to the school.

“That’s what I’m excited for, to be part of something new, to be part of something growing,” Dolan says, “and to be able to carry out my own vision and direction with it.”

Dolan heard about the job opening at Manhattan in mid-June. He was at the airport, checking out strength and conditioning jobs available in the NCAA, and came across Manhattan, a school he had never heard about.

But the novelty of the program, plus the people involved in it, convinced Dolan to give it a shot.

“The people that are here and the values of the college—being Lasallian—being of the smaller setting and smaller environment, also being in the city which I happen to be a big fan of, it just seemed like a really really good fit,” Dolan says.

And so far, Dolan has made quite the impression.

“He is full of energy,” Marianne Reilly, Manhattan’s athletic director says. “He treats every program that we have equitably. Our men’s and women’s basketball teams will get as much of his enthusiasm as men’s and women’s track.”

Dolan has been setting up his entire career to get to this point: To be able to take over a program and implement his vision on it.

Dolan graduated with a bachelor’s in

science from DeSales University in 2012, then with a master of science in human performance from Lindenwood University in 2015.

At Lindenwood, Dolan was awarded the 2015 Graduate Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year.

Through internships and experiences with universities like Lindenwood, Dolan decided he preferred to work with collegiate programs.

“The reason I like the collegiate setting is because you get to have an impact and be a part of something greater than the win, greater than yourself,” Dolan says.

“You’re part of a culture, you’re part of a family here. It’s amazing and just feels incredible when you know you’ve had a greater impact on a young person’s life outside of just winning and losing.”

Dolan admits that Manhattan has presented a new challenge to him. Not having the resources bigger schools have has limited what he can do. However, Dolan is excited to solve the issues.

“It’s been a challenge,” Dolan says, “and that’s exactly why I took this position to be honest. … This department has only existed for about a year now to date. From a facility layout standpoint, that needed some overhaul still. From a financial standpoint, there’s really not much room for budget, so you have to be creative, be able to think outside the box … so it’s been a challenge.”

Since being hired on July 21, 2016, Dolan has made some improvements to the strength and conditioning program. Dolan has requested, and the weight room has received new items like bands, lifting blocks and medicine balls. The new equipment is specific to certain sports, which Dolan suggests can help target specific areas of the body for different individuals.

Dolan has also created a new position for an assistant strength and conditioning coach, which has been filled by Mike Olave, who previously held the same position at Manhattanville College.

Dolan has his sights set high for the strength and conditioning program. In ad-

Patrick Dolan is Manhattan’s new strength and conditioning head coach.

GoJaspers/Courtesy dition to the changes he’s made, he also wants to make the weight room look more inviting and sharp, plus develop an internship program.

“I would really like to get a bridge between our exercise science program,”

Dolan says. “To not only give me additional resource to kind of help out … but even just to advance and further the classroom work with what the exercise science program is doing more in the practical setting.”

Athletic Advisors Implement New Study Hall Requirements Anthony Capote Editor

Neil Perry’s day is not unlike most student athletes.

Perry has early morning practices with Manhattan College’s swim team at 8 a.m., most days, and a second practice at 6 p.m.

Between those sessions Perry has class, and this semester, he even has a class where finds time for an additional four hours of community service each week. But he was counting on all of that when the semester started.

What Perry wasn’t counting on, were the five extra hours he would have to spend on the newly renovated third floor of Thomas Hall in mandated study hall hours.

That’s because of the new policies for student athletes surrounding study hall requirements. Last year students with a 2.5

GPA in a given semester or lower had to attend study hall. This year, though, Manhattan College athletic advisors opted to raise the minimum to 2.8 cumulative GPA’s.

“Since we knew were getting a little bit of a bigger space for this upcoming year, the decision was made that all students who had a 2.8 GPA would be in study hall,” Rory Redmond, a senior athletic advisor said. “So we expanded it a bit with that and we also required that all freshmen and transfers would also be in study hall just so that they get used to the college workload.”

Perry, a junior, said the reason he is now obligated to attend study hall is because of academic mistakes his freshman year, before he switched from a chemical engineering major to the school of business.

“My sophomore year I switched into

the school of business and my first semester there I got over a 3.0, and my second semester there I got over a 3.0 so that was my whole sophomore year,” Perry said.

“Now that I am in my first semester of my junior year I was going to go back into doing whatever I was going to do, you know, getting my good grades but I got a notification that they changed the GPA requirements.”

Perry, whose cumulative GPA he says is a 2.7, doesn’t think he should have to go to study hall to make up for mistakes he made as a freshman.

“It keeps people in the system, not the system but it keeps people in study hall and it is very hard to get out of it,” Perry said. “It’s tough for me, I know I messed up my freshman year, if I were a freshman it would’ve taken a year and a half to get out of study hall.”

Of course, not everyone feels that way.

Redman said most of the students coming through study hall each week seem to enjoy the experience and, she added, it has had a marked effect on their academic success.

“There are always some questions at first, some growing pains—getting used to signing in, signing out, things like that, so there is a little bit of a learning curve,” Redmond said. “I think we were close to about half, if not a little more—their GPA improved from the fall to the spring, when they were in study hall in the spring.”

There is a penalty for failing to meet study hall requirements, according to Perry, who didn’t complete all of his mandated hours one week.

“Last week I actually missed study hall, I didn’t get all my hours and they actually punish you if you don’t get all your hours in so you have to wake up at 6 o’clock in the morning and go clean the gym,” Perry said.