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T-Pain To Headline Spring Concert
T-Pain is this years’ selected artist after recieving 50 percent of student votes in an online survey. T-Pain/ Courtesy
Ally Hutzler Editor-in-Chief
After a successful, 90s era nostalgic performance by the All American Rejects last year, T-Pain will be headlining the upcoming spring concert scheduled for 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 23. The singer-songwriter has 60 hit songs under his belt, including “Best Love Song,” “Blame It” and “Buy U a Drank,” and has won two Grammy awards. The artist was selected after receiving approximately 50 percent of the vote in an online survey that asked students to select their preferred performer. The Fray came in second place, with 37 percent of the vote, and Linkin Park finished third with 36 percent of the vote. “Hundreds of students voted and T-Pain
was the leader. So we started with him,” John Bennett, director of Student Activities, said. T-Pain originally denied the offer made by Student Activities because he was already booked for an evening show on that date. But when the office discovered that his other performance was in the Northeast, they decided to make the same offer but this time for a daytime show. T-Pain was then willing to accept. “That is why it is a daytime show. It has nothing to do with student behavior, it was based on his availability,” Bennett said. T-Pain gave the school an option to do either track music or a live band, and currently the plans are in motion to use the band. His set is scheduled to be 75 minutes. “According to his producers and agents that is the better show. Supposedly, T-Pain knows how to play all of the instruments
that are going to be on stage,” Bennett said. Currently, there is no opening performance. The headliner often has a list of possible first acts, such as performers who are signed to the same label, but T-Pain does not come with any opening artists. Student Activities has even considered not having one at all because student feedback from previous years has pointed to dissatisfaction. “Between the opening act and the main performance, there is about a half hour of dead time,” Bennett said. “It totally kills the momentum and energy.” In addition to the concert, the annual weekend often includes other related festivities. Last year there was a carnival and barbecue on the quad, which included an inflatable climbing wall and trampolines. This year, the decision is left up to the students. Student Activities has allowed Student
Government to work with the student body in order to brainstorm possible events. The list needs to be handed in to the office by spring break, which begins on March 13. “Anything is on the table, there is nothing that can’t be discussed,” Bennett said. Students do not need to worry about purchasing tickets or ever being denied entrance from the concert due to capacity issues. All that is required the day of the show is their student identification card. Last spring, over 2,000 students made their way to Draddy gymnasium for the show, and Bennett hopes that this year will garner the same amount of enthusiasm and excitement. “At the end of the day all we care about is making the students happy,” Bennett said.
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Vol. 93 Issue 7 March. 8, 2016
Ally Hutzler Editor-in-Chief Sean Sonnemann Managing Editor Anthony Capote News Editor Kyleigh Panetta Jack Melanson Asst. News Editors Kieran Rock Features Editor/Managing Editor Tara Marin Asst. Features Editor Lindsey Burns Arts & Entertainment Editor Victoria Hernández Asst. Arts & Entertainment Editor Daniel Ynfante Sports Editor RikkiLynn Shields Asst. Sports Editor Kristie Killen Social Media Editor Taylor Brethauer Asst. Social Media Editor Vanessa Sanchez Photography Editor Leony Anne McKeown Asst. Photography Editor Kelly Burns Melissa Gallardo Abbi Kirollos Production Editors
The Editor
March 8, 2016
Dear Manhattan College Students: I am writing in response to the recent article, “Spring Career Fair Attracts Students and Employers.” On February 9th, the Center for Career Development held our annual Spring Career Fair where students from all majors, schools and class years were strongly encouraged to attend. Though our career fairs are premiere and large-scale offerings, the academic year is packed with a variety of other events and programs aimed to help students thrive in their own unique, desired career paths. The Center for Career Development serves all students, yet we receive higher engagement from certain schools. This fact reminds us of the need to emphasize that we have, “something for everyone.” While school membership and major are significant career factors, they shouldn’t be seen as the only elements putting you on your particular career path. Students’ experiences, preferences and values also propel them into a variety of industries and positions. For example, we commonly have communication majors go on to work in finance. We have seen finance majors begin their careers in the nonprofit sector. This reality is reflected in the behavior of our employers as well. For example, at the 2015 ‘Business Expo,’ 24 of the 33 attending employers were looking to recruit students of ‘all majors.’ As with other fairs, the title ‘Business Expo,’ is more reflective of industry terminology than Manhattan College school or major. At the most recent Spring Career Fair, we had 81 companies attend, and out of those we had 37 seeking students of ‘all majors,’ and 5 who were exclusively there to recruit liberal arts majors. When we plan our recruiting events, we find that the recruiters are particularly attracted to Manhattan College for multiple reasons which include the diversity of skills, knowledge and expertise they can tap into across our 6 schools. We strive to develop relationships with different types of recruiting partners; however when turnout isn’t representative of our students, we fear that these recruiters will not return to campus. Please see this letter as a call to action to participate in some of our other networking and educational programs. Use JasperLink, our online job and internship database that companies use to find candidates exclusively from Manhattan College. Join the Mentor Program, which matches students with accomplished professionals for the academic year. Attend ‘Careers and Coffee,’ our panel series, where alumni and friends of the college visit campus to share tips and advice about breaking into various industries. Human resources, fashion and social services are just a handful of the topics you can see this semester. Visit manhattan.edu/careerdevelopment, and flag all the activities that look interesting to you. Also, follow us on social media to get a better sense of what we have to offer. Lastly, we invite students to meet with our career counselors to determine a good starting place that reflects their personal goals, interests and values. Career development is a lifelong process, and we are honored to be able to assist you during this important juncture. We look forward to seeing you soon. Best wishes, Rachel Cirelli Director, Center for Career Development
Daniel Molina Stephen Zubrycky Web Editors Tom Callahan Faculty Adviser
A tradition since 1924, The Quadrangle is a news organization run by the students of Manhattan College. We strive to cover news around campus and the greater community, publishing weekly in print and daily online. Our goal is always accuracy, relevancy and professionalism. The staff of The Quadrangle meets every Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. in room 412 of the Student Commons. Contact The Quadrangle at thequad@manhattan.edu The opinions expressed in The Quadrangle are those of the individual writer and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Editorial Board, the College or the student body.
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Quadrangle Poll Shows Sanders Winning Amongst Students, Clinton Amongst Employees
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The Quadrangle distributed an online poll to students and employees of Manhattan College between Feb. 22 through Feb. 26, with 627 respondents, 477 of whom were students. In the poll, 45 percent of students said they would prefer Bernie Sanders, the Senator from Vermont as the next president. Sanders held a commanding lead over the runner-up, real estate mogul Donald J. Trump, who had 19 percent of the student vote. Amongst the 150 employees that responded, however, former New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton narrowly defeated Sanders by five points with 39 percent. The poll was sent to all people on campus who have a Jaspernet sign-on and has a margin of error of +/- 4 percent. Student Results Of the 477 students who responded to the poll, a 216 said they support Bernie Sanders – putting Sanders only 23 votes shy of majority support among Manhattan College students. Sanders is followed by Trump in second, who leads his four remaining Republican opponents, with 19 percent. Farther down the order, Clinton and Rubio tie for third with 12 percent apiece, Governor Joh Kisich of Ohio and Senator Ted Cruz of Texas tie for fifth with 5 percent each. Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon who suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination last week, received the support of only six students. One of the starkest divides on campus was between the schools. Members of the Schools of Business and Engineering are less likely to support Sanders and more likely to support Trump – even though Sanders still wins. School of Engineering members prefer Sanders to Trump by just ten points, 37 percent to 27 percent. It is in even closer in the School of Business, where Sanders’ lead is slashed to 33 to 27 percent. In the other three schools, Sanders receives the backing of 51 percent or more, with Trump and Clinton in a close race for second in the low teens. On-campus voter registration is strong, with 83 percent of respondents registered to vote. Employee Results The results are indicative of the outcome of the presidential primaries thus far, college students showed overwhelming support for Sanders, while older voters showed a slight preference of Clinton instead. Trump faired best amongst the Republicans in both categories, earning 21 votes (14 percent) from the employees. Of the employees, 93 percent said that they vote, or plan on voting, and 54 percent identified as Democrats. Among Republicans, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida came in second with 8 percent of the total employee vote and Kasich came in third. Cruz and Carson both had 1 percent of the vote.
Stephen Zubrycky/ The Quadrangle Democrats back Sanders 2-to-1 over Clinton. Among self-identified Democrats, Sanders received 167 votes to Clinton’s 83. The on-campus results mirrors one of the biggest themes in this Democratic primary across the country: the age gap between Sanders and Clinton. Younger voters tend to favor Sanders, while older voters prefer Clinton. In several primaries and caucuses thus far, Sanders has performed strongly in college and university towns. Despite Clinton’s 30 percentage point victory in last week’s primary in Virginia, Sanders managed to beat Clinton in the city of Charlottesville, which is home to the University of Virginia, by 7 percentage points. Sanders has polled strongly among young people – beating Clinton 77 to 23 percent among registered Democrats ages
18 to 24, even though he lost to Clinton by two percentage points overall in that poll, which was conducted by Investor’s Business Daily. Two hundred sixty-two Democrats responded to the Quadrangle’s poll, comprising 43 percent of respondents. Among Republicans, Trump holds a huge lead. Businessman Donald Trump of New York leads his opponents for the Republican nomination, the Quadrangle poll found. Trump received the backing of 49 percent of self-identified Republicans, compared to Marco Rubio, who finished second with 28 percent. Ted Cruz and John Kasich were in a close race for third, receiving 11 percent and 7 percent, respectively. Carson, who suspended his campaign last week, received just one percent.
Trump’s support on campus corresponds to his strength in primaries across the Northeast thus far. As of Friday, three states in the northeast have held Republican primaries – New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Vermont, and Trump has won all three. Trump also performs strongly in the Northeast in pre-election polls. A January Siena College poll found that Trump led the his home state’s Republican primary (scheduled for April 19) by 18 percentage points. Additionally, Trump has been collecting endorsements from high-profile Republican figures from the Northeast, including New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Maine Governor Paul LePage. Just 145 respondents identified as Republicans, making up slightly less than a quarter of the total.
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March 8, 2016
College Emblem Stolen from Locke’s Loft
Jack Melanson Asst. Editor
A Manhattan College shield once proudly hung over Locke’s Loft, but this is no longer the case. Another shield, much smaller in size, was located over the Tex Mex station, but that too, has gone missing. The shields have been missing since roughly Feb. 22. 2016. “This is actually the second time that it has gone missing,” said Director of Gourmet Dining Services, Brian Conway. “We have since replaced the “M” because it never showed face again.” Because of the theft, “REWARD, LOST SIGN” notices have been put up around Locke’s Loft to spark conversation among the students, and with hopes that the shields would be returned. “I’ve been in college, I know what you guys do,” said Conway. “I thought it’d be funny to put a little lost puppy sign up.” The notices inform that students will be given an award if the sign is found, and that they should contact Conway with any information. “Nobody is going to get in trouble or anything, just bring it back,” said Conway while adding what the reward might be. “I’ll just buy them dinner at the cafe or something.” Conway’s intentions were that the reward signs might remind students of their Lasallian values. “We’re trying to pull on their Lasallian
values and morals to see if anyone would come forward,” said Conway. The shields are not the only things that have been taken from Locke’s Loft, silverware is also becoming a hot commodity. “4,000 spoons were taken last semester,” Conway said. “190 were taken last night alone.” Of the five core Lasallian values, Conway was mainly referring to the ones that revolve around justice, respect for all people and community. Stealing however, strongly goes against these values. Manhattan College’s inclusive community includes making sure proper actions are portrayed to and by all members of the campus, which includes students, professors, public safety, dining services, and much more. Brother Jack Curran, F.S.C., Ph.D., and vice president of mission at Manhattan College, explains these values in further detail. “Dignity of the individual person is vitally important,” said Curran in Manhattan College’s “What It Means To Be Lasallian” promotional video. “That is what being a Jasper is about, and that’s what being a Lasallian is about, people who are committed to the well being of students.” Conway, like Curran, takes his job seriously to ensure that students are well taken care of. “When you guys sit down to eat and have no spoons, or no forks, it gets to me because I want to offer you guys [students] the best service,” said Conway. Conway further discussed how Gour-
met Dining is commonly a spot for perspective students and their families to tour while they are visiting campus. “It goes to the quality of the college,” Conway said. “I saw a mother and a daughter looking at the school and we had plastic silverware out, it just looks bad.” Conway mentioned a few reasons why he thinks so many spoons might have gone missing. “Most kids feel that they pay so much for tuition that it’s just their thing to take,” said Conway. “I know that they’re all not stealing, they’re just using them. It’s just a lapse of their mind.” Anne King, a resident student, agrees that these actions are not intentional to disrupt the business of Gourmet Dining. “When I need spoons, I take them,” said King. “I never thought of it as such a big issue.” To tackle the issue, Brian Conway and Gourmet Dining are going to use amnesty baskets so that people can return the silverware that they took out of Locke’s Loft. “I’m gonna roll out amnesty baskets and put them in all of the dorms so people can return what they took, no big deal.” said Conway, who was optimistic that the baskets would be successful. The idea of amnesty baskets is not new, but is returning this school year with a different approach from Conway. “I’ve done this program for the last three years,” said Conway. “If I roll them out a little bit earlier, maybe I’ll catch that kid who just took something, and it will be easy for that kid to return it.”
Center For Academic Success Provides Suicide Prevention Services RikkiLynn Shields Asst. Editor
The Center for Academic Success instituted a suicide prevent program in 2011, wherein all tutors working in each office are required to take a suicide prevention training course. The suicide prevention training course is also known as QPR, or Question, Persuade, Refer, which are the three steps that anyone can take to help save a life. According to the QPR Institute, “The QPR mission is to reduce suicidal behaviors and save lives by providing innovative, practical and proven suicide prevention training. The signs of crisis are all around us. We believe that quality education empowers all people, regardless of their background, to make a positive difference in the life of someone they know.” In 2011, when Dr. Terrance Hannigan was named the director of counseling and health services at Manhattan College, he made it mandatory for all tutors working in the Center for Academic Success to go through a suicide prevention training course. “The suicide prevention training is all about techniques for how to approach people who are considering suicide,” CAS tutor John Fiore said. “The program gives some very surprising facts about suicide rates, and the various reasons for people doing it. It also provides the people in the program with information regarding the on-campus facilities and resources available here at Manhattan College, such as the
Counseling Center.” According to the suicide statistics put together by Emory University, suicide is the third leading cause of death among people ages 15 to 24, and the second leading cause of death among people ages 25-34. Every year, there are more than 1,000 suicides that take place on college campuses. In addition, many other college students attempt suicide, or have suicidal thoughts. Suicide is a leading cause of death among college students in the United States. Suicide and suicidal behaviors are a major concern for colleges in the U.S., which is why Manhattan College introduced the suicide prevention program to campus. “I learned that men have a higher suicide success rate than women because they’re more prone to use weapons when doing so,” Fiore said. “Women on the other hand are more likely to attempt overdosing on pills which has a lower success rate. I also learned that people are more likely to commit suicide in areas with a less dense population such as Montana and Wyoming, as opposed to places like New York.” Fiore said he has had many students come in for tutoring that were very stressed out from their workload. The skills that he learned in QPR training were still applicable to this type of situation. He said the techniques for interacting with people considering suicide are just as useful for helping out students struggling in school After the training, Fiore was able not only to help students with subject material, but he is also now able to provide students with techniques for studying in the future
to alleviate stress related to school. “I thought the program was very useful and insightful. I learned a lot about the various signs to look out for when it comes to suicidal people and how to approach people showing them,” he said. “It also broadened my perspective as far as the types of peoples that can potentially commit suicide. It really reinforced the idea that anyone can be prone to it no matter the circumstances they’re facing in their personal lives.” The purpose of Manhattan College’s Center for Academic Success is to give students all the help they need to succeed in school, with as little stress as possible. The CAS makes it easy for students to get help in classes, help with work and help in any areas of their personal lives. Their open door policy and extended hours were made to assist all students, whenever they are in need of extra help. “I think it’s mandatory for CAS workers to receive suicide training because it’s a position where we interact with students on a one-to-one basis. This allows us to get to know students well, and it’s a setting in which students could show signs of self-harm,” Fiore said. “Students are more likely to open up in one-on-one scenarios so the techniques learned in QPR could become necessary at any time. Most importantly, though, this training reinforced the truth that anyone can be prone to suicide. I think that all students should go through suicide training so we can be more helpful to everyone in the Manhattan College community.”
King agrees that amnesty baskets would be helpful. “I could definitely see this working very well,” said King. “We don’t mean to take them and it would be weird to just go to Locke’s with my old spoons. Baskets would make it much easier to return what we took.” Conway also expressed that he is willing to listen to students about alternative methods to help fix this problem, and how to combat the issue from here on out. “I’m open to what the student body has to say,” Conway said. “ Just take the plastic silverware, it’s always available. Leave me the actual plates, knives and forks. As far as anything you take or already have, just give it back, there’s no problems.”
Also On Campus Jack Melanson Asst. Editor
Sutdent Government On Monday, Mar. 21. 2016, Student Government election applications will be ready for students to pick up and begin filling out. Applications will be available in the Student Activities office which is located in Kelly Commons. Student Government allows students to become leaders on campus by making changes to current policies, running school events, being a voice for students, and much more. Residents as well as commuters are welcome to hold a Student Government office. An information session will later be held on Mar. 30. 2016, at noon in Kelly Commons 3B regarding this process. Zipcars Discount memberships for Zipcars are now available to students and staff at Manhattan College. By joining Zipcar, Ford is promoting a program which gives students and staff a $10 off membership. Zipcar is in partnership with Manhattan College, and gives people the option to rent a vehicle and drive to a destination of their choice, rather than take public transportation. All who are over the age of eighteen can drive cars by either the hour or the day, and gas and insurance is included in the fee. Sedans, hybrids, vans and more can be chosen when renting a Zipcar. Peer Advisor The application deadline for becoming a Peer Career Advisor (PCA) is due Apr. 1. 2016. This opportunity gives students the chance to help out their fellow students academically, while also gaining professional work experience. Students can apply today by searching, “http://BIT.LY/MC_PCA”. Upcoming Registration Registration advisement for the communication department started this week. Web registration for athletes and seniors begins on Apr.1.
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4th Annual Innovative Idea Contest Kyleigh Panetta Asst. Editor
On Mar. 8, hopeful Manhattan College entrepreneurs stood before a panel of judges who decided which business proposal won this year’s Innovative Idea Contest. Salwa Ammar, Ph.D. and dean of the School of Business, helped start this contest along with other faculty members because they wanted to,“support and encourage innovation and creativity.” “We want to give students an opportunity to present their business ideas in front of professionals and entrepreneurs,” Ammar said. The panel of judges consisted of five alumni, faculty and experts from the field. Judges looked at presentation style including the confidence of presenters, adherence to the time limit and visual aids used to pitch the idea. The business plan summary of each idea was also critiqued based on the product’s marketability, the description of the company’s operations and the identification of possible risks. Ammar said that past submissions have included eco-friendly sneaker inserts, on-
line shopping services, carpooling apps for smartphones and a fantasy football team optimizer. Aileen Farrelly, assistant dean for the School of Business, said that this year’s ideas included apps, clothing and product startups. Farrelly hoped that this annual contest can, “give student entrepreneurs a forum to present their business ideas and get professional feedback.” Jared Boyles, a senior double majoring in economics and business management, was among the ten teams of students who presented on Mar. 8. Boyles and his business partner, Shannon Walsh, presented a non-profit organization they call Fresh Starter. The two came up with the idea after taking a class through E3MC, a program that puts 10 students from MC alongside 10 inmates from Riker’s Island. The students from Riker’s Island that take this class are allowed to enroll in two free courses at MC upon their release. Boyles said that this program intends to matriculate these formerly incarcerated people, but many of them can not afford to enroll in any additional classes. “The tuition becomes too exorbitant for
Jared Boyles working on his website Freshstarter.org Kevin Fuhrmann/ The Quadrangle them. They can’t pay for textbooks, they in her community and her specific needs,” are living in shelters or they have no met- Boyles said. rocard. They simply can’t make it work,” Boyles said he was worried that tradiBoyles said. tional business people would not like his Fresh Starter is designed to fundraise plan because it is not a, “cash cow.” money for people who were in prison and “It’s trying to sort of hijack the system want to attend college after their release. of crowdsourcing and make it something Boyles plans to have profiles on fresh- that’s going to be useful in a social setting starter.org of people who were students in a way that’s going to benefit society,” at Riker’s Island through the E3MC pro- Boyles said. gram. Regardless of the results of the contest, Boyles used the example of a woman Boyles plans to pursue this non-profit ornamed Yolanda Gonzalez and how her pro- ganization for as long as he can. file would look. Ammar called this contest a “valuable “You click on the button that says ‘Do- opportunity for students” regardless of nate Here’ and all of a sudden you get a which school they are enrolled in at MC. video of Yolanda and you can see what deThe contest results will be available gree she is pursuing, her hopes and dreams, exclusively on mcquad.org by Mar. 9. how she’s going to pay that degree forward
lapsed,” Singh said. When Benson and Preiss arrived on scene, Singh had no pulse and was not breathing. The two police officers started administering and chest compressions until the ambulance arrived. ““He was laying across the doorway, you couldn’t even get in,” Benson said in an interview on Jan. 21. “My partner jumped over him and we both got down on our knees and I felt for a pulse, there was no pulse, and his eyes looked like he was dead already.” The officers were able to revive Singh and keep him breathing until he could be taken to a hospital. “We’re glad he’s doing OK,” Preiss said. “I mean that night, even when he
was at the hospital he wasn’t looking too good.” Singh spent the next five days in a virtual coma, before waking up for the first time since his collapse on Dec. 27. He stayed in the hospital until Jan. 5 and took little over a month to return to work. Neighbors and friends from Singh’s hometown in Guyana came to visit him in the hospital, as he was the first person in their village to attend high school. “In those days you just needed an education and my older siblings all wanted me to do something better than them,” he said.” Singh said the doctors at Montefiore Medical Center did not find a clear cause for his sudden heart attack, and suggested
After Apparent Heart Attack, Singh Returns to Work Anthony Capote Editor
Sase N. Singh, a public safety office at Manhattan College returned to work Feb. 22 after suffering a life-threatening heart attack inside of a Dunkin Donuts in December. On Dec. 22, Singh collapsed in the doorway of Dunkin Donuts, located at 5987 Broadway, and hit his head on the ground. Livery cab drivers that had witnessed the incident waved down two police officers, Officers Roland Benson and Kevin Preiss, from their vehicle to help Singh. “I don’t remember anything, except that I put my bag on the shelf inside the Dunkin Donuts and and then I just col-
little change to his current lifestyle. He was, though, given the option for a pacemaker, in order to insure that he wouldn’t suffer another cardiac arrest. “Even though they said I don’t have to, I decided to take this option,” he said. “It would stop this from happening in the future.” Benson and Preiss said they were happy to hear about Singh’s speedy recovery, they even received a thank you note from Singh’s wife. “She very much appreciated what we did for her husband and her family, you know,” Preiss said. “It was nice because, you know, most times we help people and then we never hear anything else. It’s nice to get that feedback.”
Scholarship Changes in Relation to Tuition Raise Victoria Hernandez Asst. Editor
Every year, tuition at Manhattan College increases as well as scholarship amounts for incoming freshman. The Scholarship Committee in the Admissions Office determines the award amounts based on an applicant’s high school curriculum, grade point average, standardized test scores and the school they were accepted into. The Presidential Scholarship is awarded each year to students in the top 15 percent of the Manhattan College applicant pool. Patrick O’Connor, sophomore accounting major, was qualified to receive the award as an incoming freshman. “I believe my Presidential Scholarship was $17,500 when I first came in,” O’Connor said. For incoming freshman in the class of 2020, the Presidential Scholarship awards will range from $16,000 to $29,000. Denise Scalzo, director of financial aid, said that not all qualifying students receive the same amount of scholarship money. The difference between amounts ranges from school to school with the School of Education receiving the highest amount of
money in scholarships. Caitlin Read, executive director of admissions and enrollment operations, confirmed via email that in the past three years there have been modest increases in tuition for first-year students. “Scholarship amounts are reassessed each year with relation to the cost of attendance and are often, but not always, increased,” Read said. Some students consider transferring due to Manhattan College’s high cost of attendance. “I wanted to leave because I didn’t think the school was worth the amount of money my parents were paying for,” O’Connor said. A student who attends attending Manhattan College can request to be reconsidered for additional financial aid and scholarships in the Office of Financial Aid. Significant changes in a student’s financial situation or strong academic performance are factors that are considered when reassessing financial aid and scholarships. Maria Nieto, sophomore engineering major, said that the reassessment process did not help her. “During my freshman year, my family was going through a tough time so I decided to write an appeal to receive more money,” Nieto said.
She was on the Dean’s List, had a good academic standing and was involved in four school clubs with leadership positions in all of them. One month later, Nieto received the notice that she was not going to get any more financial help. As she accepted the decision, she wondered how the decision process was held. “I didn’t know then, I don’t know now,” Nieto said. Manhattan College’s endowment is approximately $75,000,000. Alumni are often times able to give endowments to selected students, but not many students have knowledge of this. “Students should be aware of this opportunity,” said O’ Connor. Filipe Bernandino, freshman engineering major, agreed with O’Connor. “You get emails to scholarships, they [admissions office] do a good job [informing students], I am just too lazy to fill them up,” said Bernandino. The office of financial aid has the list of the alumni that serve as donors. “We check their criteria and pair them up with a student,” said Scalzo. “Those are the types of scholarships for continuing students.” Scalzo said that Manhattan College wants to financially help both freshman
and continuing students. “It is necessary and essential for retention and graduation purposes,” said Scalzo. Nieto, however, had no clue of said donors. “At that time, I was considering transferring. Unfortunately, because of the money,” Nieto said. Read was contacted for further comment on this case but did not respond. Bernandino said he had a different experience. “Before attending Manhattan College, people I knew told me they [admissions office] don’t usually give a lot of scholarships,” said Bernandino. “After being accepted into the School of Engineering, I received a good amount of money so I was satisfied.” While students have different outcomes in their financial aid process, some negative and some positive, students feel a strong connection with Manhattan College. “I decided to come back to Manhattan College, even though I did not get money [that I appealed for] because I love the school and my family is making a great effort as they think it is worth it,” Nieto said.
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TEDx Manhattan College: A Year in Change
Brian Beaulieu Senior Sales Representative
Victoria Hernandez Asst. Editor
This week Manhattan College hosted a TEDx event. According to the TED website, the event was coordinated by Michael Cocce, who was a companion of Kelly Freeman, who was in charge of curation.
“Even though this TEDx event was independently organized, it is based in the TED format” Cocce said. These ideas could be shared within our community because of MC students and their dedication.
Ashkán Zandieh Entrepenuer, CEO Ashkán Zandieh is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Falkon, the leading platform to discover properties and the people behind them. He is an entrepreneur, speaker, and sociological market researcher in commercial real estate. Zandieh talked about how some cities succeed and others don’t, which he explained this through his expertise in biology. The processes he compared were endocytosis that is basically how cells/cities grow, mitosis that is how cells/cities split and apoptosis, how cells/cities die. In his talk, he shared graphics and interesting facts about the dying of some neighborhoods like the Upper West Side and the growing of others like Williamsburg.
Andrew Skotnicki Professor, Author
Andrew Skotnicki, professor in the religious studies department at MC, is the founder and director of Engaging, Educating, and Empowering Means Change (E3MC), a partnership between MC and the New York City of Department of Corrections, in which men and women incarcerated on Rikers Island take an accredited college course with MC students. Upon successful completion of the course, the incarcerated students are given the opportunity to continue, and hopefully complete, their college education at our main campus upon release from confinement completely for free. Skotnicki ended the TEDx event with an amazing talk about inequality. “They’re not a world away, just a stop
Lois Harr
This past Friday evening, Manhattan College hosted a TEDx event, which highlighted the work and experience of many live speakers. Victoria Hernandez/The Quadrangle
Professor, Community Organizer Lois Harr has worked at Manhattan College since 1998 where she serves as the Director of Campus Ministry & Social Action. Recently she was appointed an Assistant Vice President in the Student Life Division. In addition to her administrative duties at the College, Lois teaches a course in Religious Studies. Lois Harr shared with the audience her perspective on how wisdom is not the accumulation of data but rather the accumulation of experiences. Having encounters and reflecting on them afterwards should be the ultimate goal because wisdom lies in “getting up and getting out there.” She shared her experiences in Ecuador and how she learned about water consumption, family values and basic needs in South America not by reading about them but by living and experiencing them on her trip.
in the subway”, he kept telling the audience as he continued with his powerful talk that even made some cry. By taking students to the jail to take the class, he wanted them to see “the prisoners were hungry for a life of fulfillment.” His idea about social engineering is to build bridges between communities so they could help one another and not segregate one another. He refers to this as a quiet revolution that has started between the Uptown Manhattan apartment and the Bronx. Skotnicki told the story of a man that was released from prison and then admitted to MC, “He had no idea he was smart,” Skotnicki said, but “admissions at MC took a chance on him” and gave him the opportunity.
Jeffery Rappaport Professor, Geo-Scientist Jeffrey Rappaport, professor of the science department, is a life-long geo-science educator who specializes in dynamic teaching, innovative lab techniques, integrated computer technology strategies, and astrophotography imaging. Rappaport explained climate change by tying a knot into a rope, and then trying to free it. “It takes time and one has to be patient,” he said. He then explained the globe and said that “even though countries have boundaries, the atmosphere is shared,” which makes climate change a topic for all of us to be concerned about. He then incited attendants to use their bikes everywhere in order to reduce gas emissions and be able to contribute to the survival of the planet we live in.
Carolyn Predmore Professor, Author
Carolyn E. Predmore, Ph.D., is a professor of marketing at MC. Her research interests cover entrepreneurship, innovation and creative perceptions of ethical issues. While she was on a Lasallian conference, a Bethlehem University professor asked her if she could help graduates in Palestine get a job, and she said yes. Even though she did not have any previous experience, she was able to develop a program to create jobs on the internet. “It only takes innovation and creativity,” she said. Predmore values diversity of all kinds, because according to her “diverse groups do better.” Predmore also talked about how education should be based more in creativity and practical application rather than the standardized lecture, with the “sit down and talk” format. Her goal is to provide “One more job, one person at a time.”
Brian Beaulieu has spent the past 18 years as a Sales Representative for Olympus Surgical America. His position takes him into the Operating Room where he provides education and direction for surgical products, real time during surgery. Beaulieu began his talk with saying he had no idea what a TED talk was but that he was honored to have been invited. Afterwards, he shared that as a salesman, he gets told ‘no’, “99 times out of a 100,” but instead he “works for that one time, that one opportunity.” According to him, in order to change we need to follow three steps: be motivated either from inspiration or desperation. When he was 10 years old, a teacher
told him he would never amount to anything, a phrase that impacted his whole life. The second step is to plan; everyone needs direction and a path to follow, and lastly, to execute - which is often the hardest part. Executing the task regardless of excuses is the recipe to be successful. As a lover of quotes, Beaulieu shared one of his favorites wit the audience: “Whether you believe you can or you can’t, you are right” because “what makes the difference between being great and mediocre is just doing it,” Beaulieu said. He challenged the audience to “put that time you spend binge watching Netflix into working on yourself.”
Kim Breden
Musician, Entrepreneur, Volunteer
River Castelonia Student, Enerepreneur
River Castelonia currently studies mechanical engineering at MC and specializes in NX Unigraphics modeling and particle physics. He helped to co-found Havenlabs, a non-profit that designs custom 3D printed prosthetics for disabled veterans in the New York area. River Castelonia shared the story of how, after failing several classes in his previous college and being told by others that he was not going to make it, he didn’t let that define him. He then went on to tell the story of his young cousin, who had just gotten an A on his exam, and went to his mom (River’s aunt) and asked her if he was “smart like River,” it was then that Castelonia realized he had succeeded amongst it all. He ended up his speech asking the audience, “If you fail once, would you let that make you a failure?” and inciting others to believe in their own dreams, no matter what anyone says.
Kim Breden is the Chief Executive Muse of Be Mused Productions which specializes in educational entertainment. Kim has volunteered for the past 9 years with Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA), dedicated to using the creative arts as a tool for social and cognitive transformation behind prison walls. Kim Breden talked about her unconventional and completely natural methods to win the battle against cancer. It all started with a healing process that included emotional, physical and a spiritual aspect. “I committed myself to perfect health
and the universe conspired to give me all I needed” said Breden. She tried colon cleanses, yoga, detox teas, a healthier diet that included giving up meat, dairy, sugar, alcohol and caffeine etc. After all, Breden decided to try what really helped her, anthroposophic medicine, better known as mistletoe therapy. Breden cured her cancer naturally without surgery. Just by improving her overall well being. She then finished her talk, saying that “navigating your fear must be part of your journey, you have to mindfully focus your own body in well being” Breden said.
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The Internship Series: Finding the Right Internship Melissa Gallardo Asst. Editor
Having the guts to go for a high-profile internship is not easy but, Manhattan College senior, Alexis Montagano, went straight for the big leagues and landed an internship with Comedy Central under Viacom, one of the biggest media conglomerates in the United States. As a communication major with a concentration in public relations, Montagano became involved in Manhattan College’s Public Relations Student Society of America chapter and was definitely prepared through all of her courses. After Montagano applied straight through the Viacom website, she heard back a day later for a phone interview. Viacom contacted her again after her phone interview two weeks later to talk with her potential supervisor, and was then offered the choice to work for VH1 or Comedy Central one month later. “I’m excited to work right with the publicist,” Montagano said about her first day. There, she was excited to gain close, hands on experience which she had never received before while working at two previous internships. She began her first day in the press department, monitoring the press on different shows on Comedy Central. A typical day for Montagano consists of her doing “media monitoring” which is researching all the shows on Comedy Central and seeing who is talking about their shows. Montagano’s job of endlessly searching for each Comedy Central show is an important one. Through this, she and other interns research the top stories from each show and put them in a list called the “Daily Digest” for their supervisors. With that information, their supervisors reach out to editors of newspapers and magazines to write about them. “[If] the people write and talk about the
Alexis Montagano is currently interning with Comedy Central. Alexis Montagano/ Courtesy [Comedy Central] shows then it’s considered successful for that week,” Montagano said. Never in a million years did Montagano believe that she would be working at Comedy Central and is taking total advantage of all the experience and opportunities it brings. “It’s really cool to be working on shows that my friends watch and that I watch,” Montagano said.
Her current project is helping gain media attention for Comedy Central shows to become nominated for the Emmy’s. Their primary goal is to get Trevor Noah to become nominated and eventually win the award. Finding the right internship was not always easy for Montagano. Prior to Comedy Central, Montagano had held two other internship positions and had never felt fully
comfortable at either place. Now at Comedy Central, she feels like she has found a match. “My advice for other people is to definitely research the company, look at reviews and know the history of the company,” she said.
Behind the Scenes: A Look Into the Technical Side of MC Players Max Whitwell Contributor
Like most things, the success of the Manhattan College Players is dependent upon the combined efforts of many people and if you are only present to see the final product some of those people might slip under your radar. In Players, these people do everything from choreographing the show to constructing the set it will be performed on. Three students, among many others, work with the Players in these technical roles in order to make the final theatrical product possible. Kirk Rotger is the Players’ tech director, meaning he is responsible for the construction of the set. This is not a job to be taken lightly, for if he does it poorly and
things fall apart people could get hurt, but Rotger is up for the challenge. He started doing carpentry work with his father early on in high school, and since became involved in theater where he is now putting those skills to work shortly before graduating. The set construction is usually scheduled to begin around late February to early March. The show’s choreographer is senior Taylor Hollister. In this case, choreography is used not just for dancing but also for what Hollister describes as “really over the top opera acting.” Hollister began as a dancer herself before being asked if she would like to serve as choreographer for this production, bringing practical experience to this role. Hollister also serves as assistant stage manager for the production.
Other people involved in this aspect of the production are Andy Bauer, who serves as the artistic director, and Katherine Clyde, who handles costuming. Bauer is not a student at Manhattan College, but instead part of the faculty as Director of Music & Coordinator of Performing Arts. He works primarily with the musicians and musical aspects of the production, but tries to stay “slightly removed” from the other aspects of the production to ensure it remains “very much student driven.” Another job usually involved with this behind the scenes aspect of a production is a person in charge of the lighting, but this Players production does not have one. Junior Andrea Lopilato holds the entire production together as the Players’ stage manager. It is her job to make sure that all the different aspects of the production can
come together to form the whole it needs to be. She also serves as a liaison between the director and the rest of the cast and crew. Initially this involves mainly working with the actors, giving line notes and organizing blocking – a job Hollister assists with in her role as assistant stage manager – but as the production progresses her time becomes more evenly divided amongst everyone. Part of her job is “communicating directorial intent,” which works better when it gets to everyone, Lopilato said. All of these roles are crucial to keeping the production unified from the beginning. With so many different things going on, and there being a group of actors simultaneously learning the show, it can sometimes feel like the “tech guys are a little separate” Hollister said. “But it all comes together in the end.”
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Stories Hitting the Big Screen in 2016
Madeleine Shwartz Senior Writer
This year looks promising for readers as many of their favorite plot lines make their theater debuts. Two of the most anticipated stories are “The Royal We” by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan and “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” by J.K. Rowling. “The Royal We” In 2015, Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan chose to write a book that fed the fire of society’s obsession with Britain’s royal family. We are bombarded daily by photos of Prince George, watch an E! series aptly titled “The Royals” and now our favorite British love story is being put on the big screen. The main plot line in “The Royal We” focuses on Rebecca Porter, more commonly known as Bex, as she attends Oxford. As an identical twin, Bex not only is able to separate herself from her double but also become her own person. While at Oxford, Bex meets Prince Nicholas, also a student there, and strikes up a relationship with him. This novel does its best to take the reader inside the mind of the royal family. Both the positives and negatives are shown to Bex as she spends time with Nick. Throughout the entire book, the authors do a great job at staying away from predict-
able moves. Although this is a definitely a romance novel, the reader is never quite sure how it will end. The movie, set to be released in 2016, features Emilia Clarke from “Game of Thrones” and “Hunger Games” star Sam Claflin as the leads. “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” J.K. Rowling has made herself into a household name by writing the infamous Harry Potter books and “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” tells the tale of yet another amazing wizarding adventure. The novel, written by J.K. Rowling, was originally released in 2000 under the pseudonym Newt Scamander. “Fantastic Beasts” is like a dictionary or an encyclopedia for magical creatures. It starts with an introduction written from Albus Dumbledore’s perspective and then goes on to describe different “beasts.” Each animal is rated by The Ministry of Magic on a scale from boring (X) to known wizard killer (XXXXX). Some creatures are familiar to avid Harry Potter fans, like the Hungarian Horntail, and others, like the Quintaped, are brand new. The book gives information about where each animal lives, what it eats and what to do if you encounter it. The “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” film uses J.K. Rowling’s text as a foundation for a magical storyline. The film is set 70 years before the existence of
Madeleine Shwartz/ Courtesy Harry Potter in New York City and follows the main character, Newt Scamander as he searches for escaped magical creatures. The characters hope to strike a balance between magicians and muggles as they round up their animals. The movie, set to be released in No-
vember of 2016, features Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander and J.K. Rowling as a screenwriter. Warner Brothers has also said that if all goes according to plan, this film is the first of a trilogy.
Fine Arts Department Faculty Take Their Talents Outside of Manhattan College Lauren Carr Senior Writer
As students all know professors work extremely hard to bring us new and exciting lessons every semester. While teaching classes and conducting certain events on campus, they still find the time to work on other projects that further enrich themselves in the world of the performing arts inside and outside of the college. Dr. Mark Pottinger, an associate professor of music as well as the chair and founder of the Visual and Performing Arts Department can often be found in the classroom teaching courses as well as making campus appearances like speaking at Agape Late. His most recent project on campus is taking part in arranging the mural that will be painted under The Founders Bridge, which will be completed by May. When he is not taking part in these events on campus, he is in the city working on other projects. Dr. Pottinger is a musicologist, which he describes as, “an individual who examines the actual sound, reception, performance and composition of music and its ability to provide thought, meaning and understanding of the human experience.” His musicologist background has granted him access to public speaking engagements with orchestras and opera companies. “I was most recently contracted with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra to present pre- and post-concert lectures at their January performances of Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique (1830) and Lélio (1832),” Dr. Pottinger said. In addition to his speaking engage-
ments Dr. Pottinger is also a published writer, with his most recent appearance was December 2015 in the NineteenthCentury Music Review published by the Cambridge University Press in the UK. The article titled Wagner in Exile: Paris, Halévy and the Queen. The NineteenthCentury Music Review described the article as an, “Attempt to uncover what Wagner admired about Halévy’s composition, especially within the context of the German composer’s ‘artistic exile’ in France in the early 1840s and the completion of a new dramatic conception of German romantic opera in Der Fliegende Holländer (1843).” In recent months, Dr. Pottinger was awarded a Berlin Prize Fellowship from the American Academy in Berlin, which is allowing him to complete a manuscript for publication. The book is titled “Romantic Science: Nineteenth-Century Opera in the Age of Becoming.” “The book examines the supernatural elements in three romantic operas and their connection to the natural sciences in the early nineteenth century,” Dr. Pottinger said. Martin Marchitto is an adjunct professor as well as the Players Director at Manhattan College, but when he is not gearing up for this spring’s production of Little Women, he is also involved with 12 different productions across the country throughout the course of the year. “I am the resident set designer for the Blue Barn Theatre in Omaha Nebraska where I design sets for five productions a year,” Marchitto said. “In the summer I also design productions for The Ivoryton
Playhouse, as small professional theatre in Connecticut. This summer I will be designing the sets for Rent and Chicago.” While he is the Player’s Director, Marchitto is also the director for two productions a year at Saybrook Stage Company in Saybrook Connecticut. His other projects include being a designer and consultant for the New Haven Ballet’s production at of The Nutcracker and a guest designer at the Choate/Rosemary Hall in Wallingford Connecticut where Marchitto recently designed Robin Hood. When he is not directing or designing stage plays, Marchitto has another project that he tends to. He serves as the respondent and selector for The Kennedy Center/ American College Theatre Festival. “[As selector] it consists of attending college productions all over the region to give responses to the students work, and to select which of the productions will move forward to compete in the festival,” Marchitto said. Since Marchitto has many connections throughout the theater world, when it comes time to stage a Manhattan College production he brings in people from all over the region to help bring the full production to life. “This year we have Kevin Michael Reed as a guest lighting designer. Kevin designed the lights for Robin Hood at Choate, and our guest costume designer, Elizabeth Cipalina will be designing the costumes for the production of Chicago I am doing the set for at The Ivoryton Playhouse,” Marchitto said. Director of music and performing arts Andrew Bauer is another person who has a
large resume outside of the college. In addition to his faculty and director title, he is involved in the music of different church services across New York. “I hold the position of Director of Music at Sacred Heart Church in Yonkers,” Bauer said. “I am frequently called on by the Archdiocese of New York to provide music for major liturgies throughout the Diocese in the capacity of organists and choral conductor.” Bauer also works as a freelance performer, arranger and conductor with his main instruments piano, organ and the flute. With these skills he works as a recording engineer and has produced and engineered music for a variety of artists and musical genres. Bauer has helped place many Manhattan alumni in professional liturgical music employment at places such as the Mother Cabrini Shrine in Manhattan, the College of Mount St. Vincent, and at many churches throughout Archdiocese. When he is not assisting in placing alumni, he is helping out students at other colleges in the city. “I am currently working with Professor Kendal Briggs, and his student, James Fallon, of the Juilliard School, on a series of innovative music theory and analyses books primarily of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. My work on these projects involves engraving the music and preparing it for publication,” Bauer said. Representing just a portion of Manhattan College’s vast amount of accomplished professors and faculty members, Pottinger, Marchitto and Bauer bring their talents both to the school, as well as to the rest of the arts world.
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MC Students Work on Set with Professional Comedy Group Jackie Hanna Contributor
This past weekend, a group of broadcasting students, along with members of Manhattan College’s improv troupe Scatterbomb, volunteered to work with members of the comedy group Upright Citizens Brigade on a shoot for a web series called “Funhaus.” The Upright Citizens Brigade is a theater and training center based in New York City and Los Angeles. It was started by comedic geniuses Amy Poehler, Matt Besser, Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh. According to their website ucbtheatre. com, Upright Citizens Brigade specializes in “all kinds of comedy shows: improv, stand-up, sketch, talk/variety, cool weird stuff that defies categorization and more.” “‘Funhaus’ may fall under the category of ‘cool weird stuff that defies categorization,’” William Lamparelli, a junior communication major, said, describing the series as “a series revolving around a gender studies professor who is haunted by a misogynistic 80’s rocker named Scuzzy, who speaks whenever her make-up compact is open. Or that’s all I could gather from the couple scenes I was a part of shooting.” The students were able to work with “well known improvisers like Sebastian Conelli and a woman who stars in ‘Seinfeld Improv’ as Elaine,” Lamparelli said. “Having the privilege to work with a professional comedy group was hysterical to say the least,” Jillian Magenta, a junior communication major, said. In addition to Lamparelli and Magenta, Carolyn Egan, a senior English major, said that an incredible amount of work goes
Junior Hugh Geraghty holds the boom mic alongside UCB’s professional comedy group. Kelly Burns/ The Quadrangle into just one shot. Egan worked on the shoot the whole weekend for a total of 25 hours. “[The experience] was exhausting, but I absolutely loved it,” Egan said. The two-day shoot was so labor intensive and the entire cast and crew was made up of volunteers, but that did not lower the morale of the shoot. “I think the coolest part about it was that everyone who was there, including all of the professional cast and crew, was not getting paid and was doing this simply because this is what they
love,” Egan said. The cast and crew were gracious hosts to the student volunteers and Egan, Lamparelli and Magenta all commented on how friendly the cast and crew was. When Lamparelli made a mistake, the crew was forgiving and Egan mentioned that an actor who was a MC alumni offered free tickets to his show to them. “[The cast and crew] made everyone laugh and feel included, which made myself and the other production assistants
comfortable on set,” Magenta said. This was an invaluable learning experience for all of the students involved. They got to experience what it is like working on a real set and they were able to apply the skills they have learned in class. “It was a long day with no pay, but it was well worth it to see how a professional shoot is organized and executed, even if the subject matter is silly,” Lamparelli said.
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An Epic Turnaround
Manhattan won 15 games, after winning just three in 2014-2015. Kevin Fuhrmann/ The Quadrangle
Daniel Ynfante Editor
For Manhattan College’s women’s basketball team, the season came to an end at the hands of the Marist Red Foxes in the quarterfinals of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament. For some squads, an elimination this early in the tournament would be deemed disappointing. And while the Jaspers are unsatisfied with the result, a quarterfinal appearance almost seemed extra, given the team’s 2014-2015 season. Manhattan turned a 3-27 campaign last year into a 15-16 season this year, that saw it win a first round game in the MAAC Tournament. “We had a great, great season,” John Olenowski, Manhattan’s head coach said after the loss to Marist. “I can’t say enough about the effort they gave. I can’t say
enough about their turnaround this year. … I can’t tell you how proud I am of the fact that we’ve done that and these ladies have proven they’re great basketball players.” The turnaround drew praise from Marist head coach Brian Giorgis, who admired the job Olenowski has done. “Manhattan is an excellent team,” Giorgis said. “John’s [Olenowski] done a great job. I think it’s the biggest turnaround in the NCAA thus year, from last year to this year.” Manhattan’s 12-win improvement is tied with Georgetown for first in the nation. The drastic turnaround comes as a result of player development and the additions of James Madison transfers Amani Tatum and Crystal Ross. Tatum, who sat out a year due to NCAA rules, has been at the head of Manhattan’s offense and defense. Her team-leading 11.9 points per game, along with her league-leading 3.3 steals per game—fifth
in the NCAA—garnered recognition from the conference. Tatum was named to the Second Team All-MAAC Team, as well as winning Defensive Player of the Year. While her numbers have been welcomed by Manhattan, it’s her leadership that has been of added importance. Tatum was named co-captain of the team along with Jacqui Thompson, and has been a believer in the team all season. “I expected this from us from the beginning of the season,” Tatum said after the loss to Marist. “I saw what we were capable of. At the beginning of the season and as we progressed, it’s a great opportunity to be here. Never satisfied because we had a goal this year, but I’m happy we made it this far and I’m happy with what we did with this season.” In the loss to Marist, there were some bright spots for Manhattan, and a glimpse of what is to come for next year. Tatum notched 12 points, seven rebounds, five assists and two steals, while Kayla Grimme,
recorded a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds. The center broke the single-season blocks record in Manhattan history with 69 blocks this year, and is one of a large core of Manhattan players that return next season. Along with Tatum and Grimme, Manhattan returns Taylor Williams, Mikki Guiton, Maeve Parahus, and Nyasha Irizarry, who was second on the team in scoring with 8.9 points per game. The days of three wins in a season are far behind Manhattan. With a group of players coming back in 2016-2017 and some experience gained in the tournament this year, Olenowski believes Manhattan’s future looks bright. “I think this team is going to be great next year,” Olenowski said. “I think they worked hard. I think the fact is that they’ll be better for it next year. I think that there’s quite a nucleus coming back. … Good things are ahead for the Jaspers.”
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MANHATTAN LEGENDS Daniel Ynfante Editor
The clock was winding down for Manhattan at the quarterfinals of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, and with it, so was the men’s basketball season. The dream and the quest to become just the third team in MAAC history to win three consecutive titles was about to be over at the hands of the Siena Saints. The streak of playing in three consecutive championship games, the last two, which resulted in championship victories, was close to being terminated. A foul was called in the last 25 seconds. Shane Richards checked out and hugged head coach Steve Masiello. “Thank you seniors,” Manhattan’s fans chanted. Six seconds later, another foul. RaShawn Stores left the game and like his teammate, embraced his head coach. “Thank you seniors,” the fans chanted again. The clock hit zero. The season had expired, and so did the careers of Richards and Stores, two of the winningest players to put on a Manhattan uniform. With the loss to Siena, Richards and Stores ended their illustrious collegiate careers, which have seen them gain both individual and team success, and have been rivaled by few players in program history. “Five years ago when we came here, they came here with no vision,” Masiello said of Richards and Stores. “They came and we hadn’t accomplished anything. … I think if you evaluate it five years later, 9-2 with these guys in MAAC Tournaments, two MAAC Tournament championships, three seasons of postseason play, obviously you want to get a third. … Obviously we wanted to win tonight. Obviously we wanted to win this tournament, but it’s tough to do it every year.” When Stores and Richards committed to Manhattan, they did so on blind faith. Manhattan had had very little success in the MAAC, and had not won a tournament since 2004. But both Stores and Richards placed their trust in Masiello, who had a vision for the program and wanted both to be a part of it. “I have trust in coach Mas since I stepped in that office on day one,” Stores said. “I just thank God for putting him in my life because I don’t know where I’d be at right now.” Right out of the gate, Richards and Stores validated Masiello’s faith in them, showing signs of the players they would become. Both had superb rookie seasons, which resulted in an All-MAAC Rookie selection for Stores in 2012-2013 and a share of the Rookie of the Year Award for Richards in the same year. Yet despite the early individual success for the players, it was their contributions to the team’s accomplishments that they were most notable for. “If you told me four years from now we’d be back-to-back champions and would’ve had the career that I’ve had here, I wouldn’t believe it,” Richards said. “Obviously, I’ll take it as well. … These guys are my brothers and I’ve made a lot of great friends and a lot friendships that are going to last forever.” The duo transitioned from being contributors on the squad early in their careers, to the main pieces and the glue of the team. This past season, Richards and Stores were the leaders of the team, and served as the veteran voices for the younger players on the squad. “Having Shane and RaShawn helps
you learn a lot how to be leaders because they’ve won before,” Tyler Wilson, Manhattan’s junior guard said. “Us coming up, following them, you learn a lot, so we just have to take what they taught to us and add to them.” Following the loss to Siena, Stores held his head high. The senior had been a part of three consecutive championship games. Had won the last two, and had culminated a memorable career at Manhattan. All he had left to do was give advice to Rich Williams and Wilson, who will constitute Manhattan’s senior class next season and will be the team leaders. “After the loss tonight, I went in there and told them ‘keep their heads up’,” Stores said was his message to Williams and Wilson. “There’s no reason to be down. Shane [Richards] and I won. We won. It’s your time now.” Richards leaves Manhattan as the alltime 3-point leader with 312 in his career. The 6-foot-5 forward also ranks eight in school history with 1,472 points. Manhattan’s 3-point king entered Manhattan after not receiving any scholarship offers to play Division 1 basketball, and exits as an All-MAAC First Team selection. Stores will be remembered for his bigshot making ability, veteran savvy and defensive tenacity. The senior had a knack for drawing key offensive fouls in significant games, and was more often than not relied on to take and make important shots. Although the 5-foot-11 guard sacrificed individual success for the good of the team, he was consistently among the MAAC leaders in 3-point percentage, steals and assists. And while Richards and Stores leave with individual resumes rivaled by few in Manhattan history, their simple presence is what stands out. Richards and Stores were around for the resurgence of Manhattan’s basketball program, and it is for that that Masiello is most grateful for. “You look what these guys have accomplished,” Masiello said, “and more
RaShawn Stores embraces Steve Masiello in the final collegiate game of his career. Kevin Fuhrmann/ The Quadrangle
Richards leaves Manhattan as the all-time 3-point leader with 312 in his career. Kevin Fuhrmann/ The Quadrangle importantly, the people they are and how they went about it, what they’ve meant to each other. We wouldn’t have a Rich Williams in this program if it’s not for RaShawn and Shane. Tyler wouldn’t be
here, Zane [Waterman] and Calvin [Crawford]. You’ve got to have good character to get character. These guys understand that. They’re two of the greatest to ever wear the green and white.”