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Puppy Paw-ty on The Mini Quad

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Puppies took over the mini quad last Friday afternoon as Tri Beta hosted a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Students could pay to play with the visiting dogs.

Fenwick’s Liquor License Renewed, but With Plans to Crack Down on Fake IDs Anthony Capote Assistant Editor

The Community Board 8 meeting on Thursday was quiet, agenda items were checked off without a hitch, until, of course, the discussion turned to Fenwicks Bar & Grill.

Fenwick’s, located at 432 W 238th St., was at the center of a serious debate in Riverdale over a noise issue on the part of Manhattan College students. The bar is located across the street from Manhattan’s upperclassmen, apartment style dormitory, Overlook Manor, and is singled out as a bar of choice for Manhattan College students.

On Thursday, the owners of the pub, Joe Crotty and Ernie Carafa and manager Patrick Doherty stood before the board to plead their case for a renewal of their liquor license, and were approved.

“We just purchased a new, top of the line ID scanner,” Crotty said. “It now not only scans and verifies information, but takes a picture of the ID and records it.”

The scanner, designed to keep under aged patrons out of Fenwick’s past 10:30 p.m., was purchased on the advice of the 50th Precinct to deter Manhattan College underclassman from coming into the bar.

Doherty also doubles as a bouncer at night. He said in an interview before the hearing that students often have multiple, high-quality IDs that they use to get into local bars, that even he cannot spot.

“We want to cooperate [with police],” Doherty said. “But how can we be to blame for people coming in fraud?”

Officer Mindy Ramos of the 50th Precinct community affairs office said that the police rarely have an issue with Fenwick’s, save for noise complaints every weekend.

“I am one of the people who calls to complain about noise, and I live on Greystone Avenue,” resident Tom Healy said.

“My problem is that the students are com-

ing down from the bars up top on Riverdale Avenue past my house urinating, screaming and everything else, going to either the dorms or the other bars.”

Healy said the problem hardly comes from Fenwick’s, but instead from noisy students traveling between several bars.

“I end up having to scream at 40 kids from my porch,” he said. “And then I have 40 kids screaming back at me.”

Crotty assured residents and members of the board that Fenwick’s does everything in its power to alleviate the noise problem in the neighborhood.

“We have a policy, if they’re coming from the other bars, if they’re drunk, if they’re loud, if they’re obnoxious, they’re

not coming into our business,” Crotty said. “For many reasons, for one, we don’t want that many kids who’ve been drinking somewhere else all night, now they’re on the street carrying on and walking in our doors.”

Doherty and Crotty also pointed out that they try every night to make sure that the sidewalk in front of the bar is clear of loiterers and patrons.

“No one is allowed to stand in front of our bar,” Crotty said. “If someone steps outside to smoke a cigarette, we have them step outside, let them smoke and then bring them back in. We also have cameras watching the whole entrance to our property.”

The root of the problem, they said,

came mostly from Jasper’s Deli next door, which also sells alcohol to students, who then take it home to drink in either the dorms or their own off-campus housing.

“That’s what happens when you raid our bar, the kids run away, they run to their house and they have unsupervised parties in their dorms and in their houses,” Carafa said. “At least when they are in our bar, they’re supervised.”

Since classes went back in session three weeks ago, Fenwick’s has been raided every weekend by police officers responding to noise complaints.

“They wanted to send a message right off the bat,” Doherty said. “I am a lifelong resident of the community and I want to cooperate in any way in full.”

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Sept. 22, 2015

Letter to

The Editor

Shame on the Trustees of Manhattan College for beating up on the adjunct professors by invoking the civil law to block the natural moral law of a worker’s right to join a union. The Trustees claim they are defending religious liberty while doing everything in their power to stifle a tiny union that is composed of the poorest and weakest people on our campus. The Trustees are in direct violation of Catholic teaching on unions that actually encourages workers to form or join labor unions.

One moral good cannot be used to trump another moral good. Religious freedom and the freedom of workers to join unions complement rather than conflict with each other. Manhattan College is already free to pursue its stated mission of “social justice” as found in its “Lasallian Catholic mission.” In Catholic teaching social justice very much includes the right of workers to form or join labor unions. The Trustees in fighting the right to collective bargaining are violating the mission of Manhattan College.

The Trustees owe the students of Manhattan College an explanation of where the funds are coming from to pay the hefty legal fees that are expended in fighting an adjunct union. Fighting this union has nothing to do with the educational mission of Manhattan College. If student tuition is used to fight this union the students have a right to know that. If external funds are being used to fight the adjunct union, what is their origin?

Make no mistake, this is not a fight against unwarranted governmental intrusion as the Trustees claim. Their fight is against underpaid adjunct faculty who simply wish to bargain collectively for some respect through just wages and benefits. If the Trustees win this fight in Federal Court they will celebrate a victory of legal sophistry over social justice for their adjunct professors.

Justice demands that the Manhattan’s Trustees abandon this wasteful and scandalous fight. They should agree to count the ballots and bargain in good faith if the workers chose a union in a vote they took four years ago. Justice delayed is truly justice denied.

Let Manhattan join St. Mary’s of California (a Lasallian college), Georgetown, Le Moyne, St. Francis (Brooklyn), and St. Michael’s (VT) who have chosen to bargain in good faith with adjunct unions after NLRB certified elections. Why is Manhattan uncommon?

Joseph J. Fahey, Ph.D. Joseph J. Fahey, Ph.D. is Professor of Religious Studies at Manhattan College. His field is Christian Social Ethics with a specialization in Catholic Social Teaching. He is co-founder of the B.A. in Peace Studies and founder of the B.A. in Labor Studies at Manhattan College. He serves as Chair of Catholic Scholars for Worker Justice. www.cswj.us. Email: josephjfahey@gmail.com.

Tom Callahan Faculty Adviser

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Student-Scholars in Growing Summer Research Program Present Their Findings Stephen Zubrycky & Melissa Gallardo Staff Writer & Contributing Writer

What do saxophone reeds, two-dimensional polymers and Facebook all have in common?

These are just a sampling of the topics over 70 Manhattan College students investigated during the college’s summer research program and presented to other students and faculty last Friday.

“We’ve had one of the largest summer research scholars programs this year,” said Anca Pusca, Ph.D. and assistant director of the center for graduate school and fellowship advisement. “We’re hoping that a lot of this research will be the basis for applications to graduate school and fellowships.”

The event consisted of individual research presentations as well as a massive poster session, organized and led by Rani Roy, Ph.D. and director for the center for graduate school and fellowship advisement.

“They’re across a bunch of programs and schools,” Roy said of this year’s projects. The range of projects presented an interesting challenge for her and her office, as they attempted to bring together the different research happening in each of the schools into one unit. “We’re really trying to unify all the programs on campus, which are not all managed by this office.”

But the number and scope of the projects made the presentations topically diverse. All five schools were represented and the research covered, “a wide variety of fields, everything from the sciences, to business, to liberal arts,” Pusca said.

This year saw about 70 presentations, a marked increase from last year which only saw about 35.

One such topic was especially pertinent for students and faculty alike: the quality and availability of Wi-Fi on campus. In her project, “Drop It Like It’s Hotspot: Manhattan College Wi-Fi Enhancement Initiative,” IT intern Alanna Hupe conducted research on the College’s Wi-Fi system and experimented with new ways of delivering wireless internet to the campus’ many buildings and spaces.

“What we did was we research which models would best help enhance the Wi-Fi in the dorms,” Hupe said. “The goal was basically a faster, more efficient Wi-Fi network, so students would be able to access Wi-Fi between campus locations, as well as in the dorms.”

Hupe scattered routers at strategic places across the school to test the quality. And according to her, “they seem to be working relatively well.” Hupe said that her experiment was especially successful in Overlook Manor and Jasper Hall.

With respect to the continuation of her project, Hupe said, “to the physical aspect of it, this is complete for now, at least for the next few years.” However, Hupe also said that there is room for improvement beyond the physical infrastructure of the Wi-Fi network, citing, “talks of increasing the bandwidth.”

Another experiment of particular interest, especially during Sustainable September, was the collaborative effort between student Adrienne Perea and assistant professor Yelda Hangun-Balkir of the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department in the School of Science.

Hangun-Balkir and Perea synthesized diesel fuel from camelina oil and natural waste shells. “With camelina oil, it’s fast growing and it’s short-seasoned, and it’s not used for food in the United States,” Perea said.

Perea said this is the first time a synthesis of this kind has taken place. “It has been done with camelina oil, and also with shells, however, not with camelina oil and the shells together,” she said.

Student Nicole Oliveri experimented on the effects of impacts on the brain, specifically those brought about by car accidents. “I built a brain on the computer and I built a whole head on a finite element model,” Oliveri said.

“When I simulated the crash,” Oliveri said, “I compared it to an equation that’s been accepted by the car crash companies and government agencies to see what’s safe and what’s not.” According to Oliveri, the project proved that the equation was in fact incorrect.

“I want to continue the research, maybe like next year or something,” Oliveri said.

“We can try to come up with an equation that does work.” Oliveri also said that her

work will be published in a car crash journal in November.

Not all of the projects pertained solely to science, technology, engineering or mathematics.

Graduate business student Mark Lounello conducted a project on the benefits of student-run businesses on college campuses.

“It benefits every aspect of college, from students, to professors, to the college campus itself, and it can help the surrounding community,” Lounello said of his findings.

For students, Lounello said, “it provides hands on experience for running a business,” while faculty can benefit through seeing, “how their teachings affect the business.”

According to Lounello, “there’s a committee in the business school who are really pushing for this to go. Hopefully this academic year we can get at least a part of it started up on campus,” he said.

Junior Robert Liberto, a student in the School of Arts, conducted a historical study about student protests and strikes on college campuses in the 1960s and 1970s, focusing primarily on the campuses of Manhattan College and Lehman College.

“My research is about the protest movement, and really the height of the protest movement that occurred on college campuses,” he said.

Liberto, using campus sources such as The Quadrangle, uncovered numerous events in the Colleges’ history. “There was actually an anti-war rally going on on the quad,” Liberto said. “They occupied the quad overnight. And this is very strange because at this point Manhattan was a big commuter school.”

Beyond the occupation, protests took the form of sit-ins, rallies, and even a hanging effigy on the quad.

Caitlin Sullivan also did research with a more liberal arts focus. Sullivan’s research, conducted for the office of mission and Catholic studies, consisted of pinpointing the mission at Manhattan College and finding the role it plays in campus life.

Sullivan plans to take her project to a conference in Minneapolis. She and about ten other students plan to attend a conference at St. Mary’s University, a Lasallian college.

“We have presenters from all over the world,” Sullivan said. “Basically, we present our research, just to a much more global audience.”

Manhattan College plans to make history at this year’s conference. “No other school has ever brought student presenters,” Sullivan said.

Sullivan is one of several research students planning to attend a conference or get published, which is one of the goals of the program, in addition to fellowship and graduate school applications.

“A lot of [the students] end up submitting to conferences,” Roy said. According to her, roughly 50 percent of research students went on to attend conferences last year.

It will be difficult to predict the number of students who will go on to conferences this year, since the program is about twice as large as last year. Roy does not however anticipate that the program will continue to grow at such a fast pace for next year.

“I’d expect a similar turnout next year,” Roy said.

With respect to Friday’s event, Roy said, “Really, the students were outstanding.”

And it appeared as though the students reciprocated the sentiment.

“Dr. Rani Roy did a great job of organizing this event and organizing all the grants and providing the housing and it was just a great experience,” research student Gregory Zajac said.

Zajac conducted a study on student satisfaction at Manhattan College.

“The whole concept of being able to take massive amounts of data, and tease through it, and find what makes each group at Manhattan College tick was the most exciting thing to me,” Zajac said.

“I think it’s really intriguing,” allied health major Julianne Becerra said of the event. “I was actually really thinking about [research] because of the fact that my major would be really involved in it.”

At its heart, the research program seeks to transcend the definition of what it means to be a student.

“We want to form these students to think of themselves as more than just students. We want them to think of themselves as research scholars,” Pusca said.

“Researchers and scholars.”

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ID Scanners Still to Be Installed in Jasper Hall Women’s Bathrooms Jess Quinn

Contributing Writer New dormitory security measures are taking shape in Jasper Hall, where ID scanners that will grant access to bathrooms are being implemented on the female floors of the dorm this month.

Last year, a male intruder entered a female restroom in Jasper Hall, stirring up a discussion on campus about dormitory security.

To prevent intruders in the future, Public Safety and Residence Life are also debating the possibility of adding two more security cameras inside of Jasper.

AJ Goodman, assistant director of residence life for Chrysostom Hall, Jasper Hall, and Overlook Manor said that “the greatest safety feature we could have on campus is a vigilant student body that are looking out for each other and keeping each other safe by alerting Public Safety and Residence Life to people who should not be on our campus and in the halls.”

Some students who live in Jasper often describe it as a friendly, community-like residence hall.

“Living in Jasper I feel completely safe due to the feeling of the neighborhood watch,” Jasper resident Joseph Fraietta said. “If something sounds wrong outside, not only would I feel obligated to check it out, along with other residents.”

“Although we don’t have security and a front desk check in, the communal style of Jasper makes me feel safe to live here,” Jasper RA John Fiore said.

The Public Safety office is located inside of Jasper, and the main public safety booth is in the driveway of the residence hall. Juan Cerezo, director of Public Safety, said that some of the additional services Public Safety provides are “ID card access control, CCTV cameras, patrols of the building, immediate response when called to assist with an incident such as a sick or injured student.”

Within the recent years more precautions have been implemented to secure students’ safety. In buildings like Overlook Manor, Lee Hall, and Horan Hall, security is located at the front desk in each of these dorms 24/7. Jasper Hall and Chrysostom Hall have security officers that circle these buildings routinely throughout the day.

Kevin Fuhrmann/The Quadrangle Public Safety and Residence Life urge students to look out for one another, even with the security and precautions that the school provides.

“If a resident sees any suspicious activity and observes someone who does not belong in the building, call public safety at

(718) 862-7333,” Cerezo said. “The safety of our campus community is everyone’s responsibility.”

“My biggest piece of advice to students is to be vigilant and take ownership of your residence hall,” Andrew Weingarten, director of Residence Life, said. “Become

familiar with the people on your floor and in your community, and don’t let people in who you know don’t live there. This is your home away from home. You wouldn’t let strangers in to your family’s home.”

hattan College community. “(Sustainable September) is our effort to have Manhattan College actively involved in the conversation about one of the most pressing issues in the world today,” Director of Campus Ministry and Social Action Lois Harr said. “It’s a very concrete way of showing us acting on our mission and our Lasallian values. We need to not only be aware, but put these ideas into practice.”

Sustainable September consists of four different events presented by Manhattan College professors Pamela Chasek, Ph.D., Gennaro Maffia, Ph.D. and Kevin Ahearn, Ph.D. Chasek kicked off the series were her talk “From the MDGs to the SDGs: The United Nations’ Post-2015 Development Agenda.”

“What does it all matter unless we see something happen?” Chasek asked her audience of students and faculty.

The presentation addressed the main points of the UN’s sustainable development goals. These include ending poverty and hunger, enforcing gender equality, promoting inclusive and equitable quality of education, creating clean water solutions and more.

The SDGs were created as a response to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that were put into place in 2000.

For its 2015 plan, the UN improved upon (rather than just recreated) its previous strategy and ended up forming its current sustainable development goals.

“They wanted to create a plan where no one is left behind,” Chasek said. “They

thought, ‘let’s not try to recycle, but think positively and create something new.’”

The UN put the SDGs and their agenda in action, but now the primary task is to get the ideas out to the public. There are serious marketing efforts being made to help make a difference, especially in spreading awareness to college-age students. One of these more prominent marketing events is the Global Citizens Festival concert in Central Park, a concert headlined by Beyoncé, Pearl Jam, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay this year.

Chasek stressed the importance of marketing and the involvement of the general public to help change the world.

“The power of public opinion makes a big difference,” Chasek said. “Accountability can only happen if we demand it.”

MC’s Sustainable September Gives International Issues Campus Context Tori James Staff Writer

Pope Francis will be making his way from the Vatican to the Big Apple this week to address the United Nations on sustainable development goals set to be put into action in 2015. Manhattan College is also doing its part to get involved with Sustainable September, a month long series of campus events exploring the intersection of sustainability and the college’s Lasallian heritage.

The idea was constructed by the Catholic Relief Service’s Task Force and the office of Campus Ministry and Social Action.

Their goal is to promote action and awareness of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to the Man-

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Bravo “Housewives” Star Bethenny Frankel Kicks Off The Lecture Series Lindsey Burns Assistant Editor

Bravo reality television star Bethenny Frankel led off the Fourth Annual Lecture Series on Mon. Sept. 14. The star of “The Real Housewives of New York City” captivated the Great Room of Kelly Commons with stories about the show and tips about how to be a good entrepreneur.

Donning a bright red BCBG jumpsuit fit for the Skinnygirl logo itself, Frankel held the audience’s attention with her lively energy and blunt humor.

“Execution is the most important thing,” Frankel said in terms of becoming an entrepreneur. “I thought I had a great idea and I executed it.”

Creator of the Skinnygirl brand, Frankel has amassed a cult following of people looking for low calorie alternatives to nonalcoholic drinks, snacks and salad dressings. While she owns all of these aspects of the Skinnygirl brand, in March 2011 Frankel sold Skinnygirl Cocktails to Fortune Brands’ Beam Global for $100 million.

During the lecture, Frankel stated that not selling the rest of her brand was the smartest thing she has ever done.

The author of four books, host of the talk show “Bethenny” and finalist on “The Apprentice: Martha Stewart,” Frankel has created an empire and is not afraid to give advice on how to follow in her footsteps.

“You have to have that drive and passion and stamina,” Frankel said. “And never assume someone is smarter than you.”

While a good portion of the lecture was centered on Frankel’s entrepreneurship, some of it focused on her life as a reality television star and what it really is like to be on “The Real Housewives of New York City.”

“I didn’t really have any expectations, but she’s funny,” Sydney Volovski, a senior communication major, said. “I hoped she would drop some jokes and give dirt on all the housewives.”

Frankel starred in “The Real Housewives of New York City” during its first three seasons, and then took a three season hiatus from the show, returning to the show for season seven. “I missed the connection,” Frankel said. “I treat the show like

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a workplace.”

Frankel has formed a dedicated fan base that watches her every move on the show. On the show, and in person, Frankel is very real and very raw. She tells it like it is and is not afraid to open up about her difficult childhood, which was filled with an unstable home life, her parents’ divorce and her mother’s alcohol abuse and battle with depression. “Stamina and drive pushed me past my past,” Frankel said.

Viewers of the show are able to hear about her past, and then watch her be triumphant. This makes her very relatable and admirable. “She’s very similar to how she was this past season of the ‘Housewives,’ just very real,” Volovski said.

“She’s kind of crazy on the show and I was really excited to see a side of her that wasn’t on the cameras,” Emily Garren, a sophomore communication major, said. “I was really excited to hear about her entrepreneurship and her business side.”

On what is next for Frankel, fans can expect three more books from her, one being a book about business, and her possible return to “Real Housewives of New York City” for the eighth season.

And for the most anticipated response from Frankel during the lecture? “No, Ramona did not cut me a check for the dress.”

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Sept. 22, 2015

MC Goes Greek Meet The Fraternities and Sororities on Campus Taylor Brethauer

Senior Writer

Sorority: Sigma Delta Tau Average Number of Members: 40 Group Activities: Picnics, spa day, health awareness classes like Zumba, movie night, studying together Networking Opportunities: Our scholarship chair hosts events like a grad school workshop, as well as regular study hours. We have a fun, yet enticing Facebook page called MC Sig Delt Scholars where sisters post pictures of their good grades.

Average Number of Members: 30 Group Activities: Hanging out, having family dinners, playing sports, helping each other study, planning business ventures, participating in philanthropy events, etc.

Networking Opportunities: The national fraternity offers many groups on LinkedIn and Facebook which are available for networking with brothers all over the country. There are groups devoted to engineering, lawyers and attorneys, the sciences, the business sector and many more. As a brother, you’re welcome to join all of the constantly active groups. Brothers are constantly being offered jobs all over the country.

Philanthropy Work: Our three philanthropies are Prevent Child Abuse America, Jewish Women International, and Women for Women. Our main philanthropy being PCAA means a lot to us, and we do all that we possibly can to raise donations and awareness to this amazing cause.

Known for: Being the only National sorority on campus.

Fun Fact: Since we were founded in 2013, we focus on being an anti-hazing sisterhood and empowering all of our sisters, and the women around us.

Fun Fact: A few of our brothers are Marines.

Average Number of Members: 35 Group Activities: Sister-bonding activities such as crafts Networking Opportunities: In the past, we have held alumni brunches which give the girls an opportunity to connect with older sisters.

Volunteer Work: Every fall, we hold the “People Auction” and all the proceeds go to the American Cancer Society. Along with that, we always attend the Making Strides Breast Cancer walk in Central Park and Relay for Life on campus. We also volunteer around the community like planting trees in Van Cortlandt Park and holding holiday events at the Methodist Home.

Selling Point: We are a local sorority meaning we’re only on this campus which makes our relationship with each other and the school special.

Paola Lopez is a senior civil engineering major who interned at Tappan Zee Constructors this summer. For 11 weeks she assisted a group of contractors working on the new New York Bridge. She was able to get first hand experience in her field and participate in creating a historical structure. Now that she’s made her mark, physically, in New York, she is starting her last year at Manhattan excited to see what the future brings.

Madeleine: What’s your major and hometown?

Paola: I’m majoring in civil engineering and my hometown is San Francisco, California.

M: Where did you intern this summer?

For how long?

P: I interned for about 11 weeks with Tappan Zee Constructors. This is the group of contractors working on building the New NY Bridge.

M: How did you find it/get the job?

P: I landed an interview with Granite Construction through the Career Fair here at Manhattan last fall semester. During the interview process, I was asked which area I would like to work at and I chose New York. This led to the decision of assigning me to the Tappan Zee Bridge Project.

M: What did you do for this company?

P: I was a team member of the approaches team for the project. I assisted the temporary works design engineer with numerous small projects. These included drafting some sketches of parts of the bridge on AutoCad, a lot of calculations, and excel spreadsheets. I also learned how to use different engineering programs to check the stability of the structures being designed such as, cofferdams, drilled shafts and temporary bent caps.

Selling Point: We aren’t only a group, we’re a group of brothers whom would stand by each other’s side no matter what.

Sorority: Alpha Upsilon Pi

Summer Intern Series: Paola Lopez, Civil Engineer Madeleine Schwartz

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Fraternity: Alpha Phi Delta- Beta Beta Chapter

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M: Did you like it? What was the best/ worst part?

P: I loved my internship. It was one of the best experiences ever. I was able to learn so much from my supervisor about the ins and outs of being a designer. I was also able to interact with construction engineers, project managers and surveyors and learn about their jobs.

I thought that the best part of this job was having so many friendly and intelligent people from different companies come together as one giant company to work on this historical project. Also knowing that if I ever had questions or wanted to learn more about certain parts of the project, there was always someone around to answer my questions or give me insight about the job.

Another amazing part of this internship was getting onto a tugboat and visiting the piers that were being built. I was able to see the large steel girders that had just been erected these past couple months!

There wasn’t really a worst part about the job. Waking up at 5 a.m. or sometimes 4 a.m. was a bit difficult but it was definitely worth it.

M: Suggestions for underclassmen thinking about interning?

P: I waited until my junior year to intern because of summer classes that I decided to take, but if you have the opportunity to intern somewhere before then definitely do it. It’s really important to know if the major you’re studying for is what you really want to do when you graduate. The only way to know for sure is if you get first hand experience, the sooner the better. Also, career development is the best resource for you, along with your professors. Don’t be afraid to go to your professors or career advisor and ask them for advice or to check your resume. Lastly, don’t miss the career fair and prepare well for it.

Fraternity: Delta Kappa Epsilon Phi-Mu Average Number of Members: 30-40 Networking Opportunities: We have alumni in our chapter and alumni in other chapters that are currently working in different industries that we can go to for advice, review of resumes or even internship or job opportunities.

Volunteer Work: Every weekend, we do community service at a soup kitchen through the program P.O.T.S. (Part of the Solution) and throughout the semester, we fundraise for charities that we select to support.

Known for: Being gentleman, scholars and Jolly Good-fellas Selling Point: We have alumni from other chapters that eventually became the President of the United States. We also have other prominent alumni listed on the DKE website.

Also, our fraternity is the only international fraternity on campus.

Fun Fact: Our alumni Alan Bean brought our DKE flag to the moon.

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arts & entertainment The Charisma of AJ Calloway

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Sept. 22, 2015

TV Personality Comes to Campus as Part of Student Activities’ Lecture Week Victoria Hernández Editor

AJ Calloway, an American personality who got his start on BET (Black Entertainment Television) visited Manhattan College as part of the 2015 Lecture Series.

Calloway was the first and former host of the popular music video countdown show 106 & Park.

The lecture took place at noon and saw a smaller crowd of students. Calloway, who now works for the entertainment television show, “Extra,” is known amongst celebrities for his interviewing techniques, down- to-earth personality and charisma.

He has interviewed some of the most popular performers in the entertainment industry including Katy Perry, Jennifer Lopez, Madonna and Oprah.

He started as an international business major in college at Howard University but was always a natural communicator.

“I was just a people person, I was a talker,” he said when I asked him how he started in the communications industry.

Calloway, was also in his college’s entrepreneurship club, which he himself founded. He had always been a very creative person and forward thinker.

While still in high school in New Jersey he started producing and promoting parties, fashion shows, and fundraisers.

This early experience ultimately led him to host the No. 1 rated video-countdown show in America, “106 & Park.”

Calloway won an Emmy award in 2014 for Outstanding Entertainment News Program. But even in the midst of his success he still believes in giving back to the community and accepts speaking engagements to talk to young adults about the importance of striving for academic excellence

and pursuing entrepreneurship.

“Right out of college I started a company in Atlanta called Black Diamonds, I moved to New York, did events and right from there, I started ‘106 & Park’” he said about his post-graduation career.

Even though he is a very professional person, he frequently cracks jokes--something makes interview subjects feel comfortable and open up.

As for his favorite childhood memory, Calloway, surprised by the question answered: “When I made everyone notice Bill Murray in a army navy store. He ended up buying me a beer afterwards” then he added, “but I will never tell him that story, because we are really good friends now.”

Watch a Video of The Interview with Aj Calloway here!

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9 arts & entertainment Zumba A Review of Finding Madness at Neverland: The Tale of Manhattan What Created Peter Pan College Sabrina Segura

Victoria Hernández

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On several nights during the week, students of all majors and genders start gathering in front of the mini gym in Alumni Hall.

While it is still 10 minutes prior to the start of Zumba Maxx, everyone wants that front spot in the room as attendees start lining up.

It’s no wonder why.

The instructors, Luke Hartman and Michelle Beltrán, dance their heart off to motivate others and do not give up while performing the most intensive aerobic moves for one hour, three nights a week.

Deanne Griswa, senior, has been attending Zumba on campus since freshman year.

“It is an amazing workout,” she said. “I never sweat so much in my entire life.”

Her energy was palpable, even minutes after the class was done, when asked about the comparison between Zumba class and going to the gym.

“I usually give up at the gym, I can stay here for a full hour and not give up.”

A exercise that combines high-level cardio with choreographed dance routine, Zumba Maxx gets participants’ heart rates up while burning hundreds of calories.

While it certainly is intense, it should not be intimidating for new-comers.

Participants are welcome to take breaks as the instructors keep moving.

Kevin Boisseau, a freshman, came to class for the first time to accompany his friends.

“It was hard, but it was fun,” Boisseau said.

Just one class had him hooked.

“If my friends don’t want to come, I would still come.”

Much like parents hide unappealing vegetables to get their children proper nutrition, Zumba packages a total-body workout as a fun dance party.

The music often is up-tempo but varies from Carribean-infused pop reggae to current radio hits.

Since the choreographies and songs change weekly, people don’t get bored of it and always get come with a sense of excitement.

Zumba has proven to be a fun way to get your cardio done for a lot of people.

The class, held each Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 9:30 p.m., invites all MC students and faculty.

This year the attendance has grown and there is barely enough space for more people in the mini gym.

If you are looking for a new way to fight the Freshman 15 and an excuse to have that extra cookie in Locke’s, give Zumba Maxx a try.

But, be sure to come early.

Lights dim and it’s 2:05 p.m. The show is about to begin and before the audience knows it, there is a strange circle of light that comes straight across from the mezzanine section to the center stage curtains-magic is about to begin in the Lunt-Fontanne Theater.

Matthew Morrison begins the play with a monologue from J.M. Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan. As the show begins, the audience escapes from their reality into the world of “Finding Neverland.”

Peter Pan, the childhood tale, inspired a new Broadway hit show called “Finding Neverland” starring Morrison, who you may know as Mr. Schuester from Glee.

Morrison portrays the character of J.M. Barrie who is the famous playwright, author and creator of the tale of Peter Pan. The show tries to tell the story of what inspired Barrie to create Peter Pan, the boy who never wanted to grow up and would run off into Neverland to escape reality.

With hit songs and ballads, we are introduced to the people of Barrie’s life that made him who he is and inspired his writing. The play details his struggles such as writer’s block, frustration and seeking approval from others.

But what truly inspired into letting his imagination take a toll in the magical tale was his constant involvement with The Davies’ boys. The four boys (Peter, Jack, George and Michael) lent a hand to Barrie by letting his imagination grow so he could see the world in a new light.

Although the play of “Finding Neverland” had some serious moments, such as the death of several important characters, the play still centers on giving the audience a sense of hope.

The play ended in such a mystical and beautiful way that even though there was a sad account by the end it, you can still imagine your own version of Neverland.

As a constant Broadway-goer I believe that this was one of the best plays I’ve ever seen.

It truly captured the essence of magic on stage. This brought the inner-child in me to still believe in fairies and that our imagination is what gives us an escape from things.

Peter Pan lifted Barrie’s career and marked such a historic landmark in his career that is still well-known today.

I recommend anyone of any age to go see this play to bring out your inner-child that you sometimes have to mask in the real world.

Editor’s Note: Tickets to “Finding Neverland” were available through the Office of Student Activities, one of the first of several discounted shows to be offered this semester.

Editor’s Note: Luke Hartman is a Production Editor for The Quadrangle.

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Sept. 22, 2015

The Time To Drop Aces Is Now Daniel Ynfante Assistant Editor

Editor’s Note: Interviews were conducted on Sept. 16, before the Jaspers played Marist and Siena. The Jaspers split their road trip, beating Marist 3-1 and losing to Siena 3-1.

“To be the best, you’ve got to beat the best.” It’s a tired, old sports cliché, but the Manhattan College volleyball team is buying into it.

It opens up conference play against the 2014 MAAC Tournament runner-ups in Marist and the champions in Siena. The contests present an opportunity for Manhattan to show early on in the season that they will be a force to be reckoned with.

“I’m excited that we’re on the road playing the two teams,” head coach Mark Jones said about playing Marist and Siena, “because I think that’s going to set the tone.

We’re going to know right away how tough the conference is and we’re not going to take anyone lightly.”

“I think it’s important,” Jones added.

“Especially with the new group that we have, to get to see what the conference is like the first weekend and not wait until several weeks when we start playing teams that traditionally haven’t done well.”

The first two matches will be a tough challenge for Manhattan, but the start of MAAC play might just be coming at the right time. After going 6-6 and losing five of the last six in their non-conference schedule, it needs something new to look forward to.

Claire Van Dyk, among the MAAC leaders in kills, views the matches against Marist and Siena as a chance to learn more about what the team is made of.

“I think we’d rather start against the toughest teams and know what we need to work on,” Van Dyk said. “If you start off against some of the weaker teams you don’t see all the qualities that you need to work on as much.”

Allie Yamashiro, one of the team captains, thinks the start of conference play will allow it to turn a new page.

Vanessa Sanchez/The Quadrangle Manhattan opens up its conference season against the top two teams in the MAAC from last season.

“That’s always a good time to get all of the kinks out,” Yamashiro said, “but now that we’re starting conference, it’s like getting us more focused on the actual goal of the season, which is to win MAACs,” “Plus, we’re 6-6 so it’s like we’re starting all over.”

If the team is to “start all over,” it must correct some mistakes it has made during its mini slump.

“We need to work a little bit better as a team and be a little more consistent,” Jones said. “I think that’s what we’re lacking right now. The team chemistry on the court and the consistency is really kind of hurt-

ing us right now.”

“I think it’s all just the little things,” Yamashiro said about what has caused the slump. “Things that we can work on in practice like communication errors or just bettering touches. Nothing drastic, just we need to pay attention to more of the details.”

Getting through this early test can potentially prove beneficial for Manhattan.

Following the road trip, six of the next seven conference matches will be at home.

It will be important for Manhattan to finish with a strong conference record, since this season, only six teams will make

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the MAAC Tournament and the top two in the standings will receive a bye into the semifinals. It knows the importance of receiving one of the two byes. Manhattan has made it one of its goals this season, and know that the road to achieving that goal starts with the matches against Marist and Siena.

“We need to get a bye, that’s important for us,” Jones said. “But really, we’re going to take one game at a time. We can’t get ahead of ourselves. We still have 18 matches still to play in the conference.”

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From Torn Fibula To Leading With Her Leg Again

Go Jaspers/Courtesy Erica Modena has bounced back from a season-ending injury in 2014 with a MAAC-leading seven goals.

Daniel Ynfante Assistant Editor

Anger, frustration, pain.

Those were the range of emotions Erica Modena remembers feeling when she tore her fibula in just the third game of the 2014 season.

It was a major setback for the junior striker, who in the previous season tallied six goals en route to being named to the Second and Rookie All-MAAC teams. But the injury has served as motivation for her, fueling her comeback and igniting a spectacular 2015 season that has already seen her surpass her career-high in goals.

“I just kept in my head, that I need to be better than I was,” Modena said. “I’m going to try to keep going. I’m not there yet, but hopefully I can be soon.”

If Modena considers seven goals in eight games “not there yet,” then the MAAC conference is in trouble, because Modena might just actually keep getting better.

In the first game of the year, she scored the lone goal for Manhattan College in a 1-0 home win against University of Vermont, and made it clear that the injury to her fibula would not prevent her from be-

ing the same player she was.

Just four games later, she notched her first career hat trick in a 3-0 win against Lafayette.

Through the first five games of the season, she already scored five goals. It was the kind of firepower Manhattan was missing last season.

“It was really hard,” Modena said about sitting out all but three games in 2014, “but I tried helping my teammates off the field as best as I could On the field, I really couldn’t do anything, but giving them motivation to keep going, that felt kind of good.”

Losing Modena early in the 2014 season forced head coach Brendan Lawler to play around with the lineup and often play people out of position. For midfielder Lizzy Carlson, not having Modena on the team left Manhattan with a huge hole to fill.

“When we lost Erica last year there was kind of a gap,” Carlson said, “because we play how Erica plays, and when we lost her there was a huge gap on the team. I think having her come back has really made our team a lot more stronger.”

With a healthy Modena back, Lawler has been able to slide players back into their natural positions, which has benefited Carlson, who has scored two goals and tallied two assists.

Being able to play alongside her roommate and best friend in Modena, has also been a key factor in both Carlson’s and Modena’s success this season.

“I think being able to play with your best friend up top really makes the chemistry flow,” Carlson said. “I’ll run for her and she’ll run for me.”

Through Modena’s rehab process, which lasted several months, Carlson provided much advice, as she had already experienced the pain of having to sit out a year due to a torn ACL in high school. If there was one thing that Carlson, or anyone did not have to advise Modena on, it was how to stay motivated. Lawler knew that that was something Modena had within herself.

“Through the recruiting process you always want to find people who are selfdriven, love the game and have that intrinsic motivation to continue to be their best,” Lawler said, “so taking soccer away from Erica was the only motivation that she needed. I didn’t have to do anything else.

It was just a matter of making sure that she was staying positive in her mind.”

The motivation to prove that she can still play at a high level has been paramount in Modena’s successful 2015 season, she admitted. But motivation alone is not enough to carry a player through a

season.

During her time away from the field, Modena ate healthier, took care of her body better and matured. She realized just how much she loved soccer and missed playing it.

She was able to get back for the spring season, where she played for the Massapequa Stars of the Long Island Junior League, but nothing compared to being able to play for Manhattan again.

Modena will apply for a Medical Hardship Waiver from the NCAA in hopes to regain an extra year of eligibility. There are several conditions that must be met for a student-athlete to be granted the waiver, one being that the student-athlete must not have competed in more than 20 percent of his or her team’s games.

All signs point towards Modena receiving that extra year, but for now it is something Modena will not worry about. She’s just glad to be playing again.

“It’s great to be back,” Modena said.

“I’m excited. It was a hard time last year sitting around on the sidelines, but I think our team did good, and I’m excited to play this season.”

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Paul Toohey/Courtesy Paul Toohey lines up his shot at the ‘14 Puerto Rico 12th Green Championship course.

New-Look Manhattan And Iona Are Dark Horses For MAAC Title, Source Says Jon Reyes Editor

The Manhattan College turnover started in spring ‘14 when it said goodbye to seniors Chris Calabro, its captain; Paul Toohey; and Jonathan Feuer. Veteran leadership responsibilities were automatically handed down to Mike Giannico, James Edgeworth and Ross Ketner. They were set to be role-models to the incoming freshman class of Ryan Lynch, Johnny Schob, Charles Seward and Jonny Slater.

The following spring, Manhattan added Jon Keyes, a Coastal Carolina transfer.

He helped lead the team to a seventh place finish in the MAAC championship tournament. A more noticeable change came a week later: Jerry Wood, head golf coach of four years, announced his retirement.

Wood declined to comment on his decision to retire, how well off he thinks he left the team and his thoughts on how the MAAC will shape-out this season.

In the middle of the summer, Frank

Darby, now former St. John’s University head golf coach, was named to Wood’s vacated position. Darby spent the last 20 years of his coaching career at St. John’s. A place where he made six NCAA Regional appearances; coached the likes of Keegan Bradley, ‘11 PGA Champion, and Andrew Svoboda, Ryder Cup member; and was awarded ‘14 Big East Coach of the Year.

“I like Manhattan’s history and traditions,” Darby said. “And I definitely like the academic mission, it’s similar to St. John’s. Wood did a nice job to put them in a position where I felt I could come in and, hopefully, get them to the next level.”

Peter Falloon, head golf coach of backto-back MAAC champion Saint Peter’s, said despite losing three of his top five players to graduation. His recruitment of freshmen Jose Cardona, JD Moore and Mike Winter coupled with the returns of two other key upperclassman has him thinking his team is the one to beat, again.

“We’ll still be top-tier,” Falloon said, “and probably right now we’re as good as

anybody in the conference. I wouldn’t predict a victory. It’ll be very, very competitive for the championship this year. Looking at the other rosters, none of the other teams are going to be head and shoulders above us.”

“What has made us successful is the combination of putting us in the best tournaments around, playing on the best courses and exposing my players to professional golfers that have won championships. This philosophy has attracted better players, without that we’re not able to win anything.”

With Saint Peter’s finishing fifth, the best showing amongst MAAC teams, at the Rutgers Invitational -- first tournament of the fall -- and Manhattan 13th. Falloon’s prediction seems not too far off. However, a source in the MAAC said, Manhattan or Iona may be one of the surprise teams this year and Rider may be better. And that some teams will fall off, such as Fairfield.

“Coach Wood, I had him for just one semester, he was a great coach, a great

guy,” Keyes said. “Coach Darby came in, and he’s doing a great job getting us out on some great places, some real good practice facilities. He’s got some connections in the metropolitan area, it’s really helping us as a team a lot. If we all could just a get a little bit more consistent, we’re going to be able to shoot well. We could maybe win a few tournaments.”

“The program is going to be powerhouse soon,” Lynch said. “We’re on our way. But overall, we need to work on our course management and to stay away from the big numbers.”

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