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Access Control: What You Need to Know Joe Liggio & Gabriella DePinho Senior Writer & News Editor
Getting around campus just got a lot harder. Starting this Fall 2019 semester, 24-hour sign-ins are now mandatory for anyone who wishes to enter a residence hall that is not their own, a sudden and unexpected policy change bound to have repercussions on campus culture. Between the hours of 8 a.m. and 12 a.m., enrolled students visiting any hall they do not reside in must now sign as a “visitor” with a host student that lives in the building. Individuals who are not Manhattan College students that wish to visit resident students at their dorms must sign in as “guests” according to Charles Clency, Director of Residence Life. “The objective of the direction is, to a certain degree, enhance the level of security in the residence halls for the residents, and also the quality of life in the residence halls, said Peter DeCaro, director of Public Safety. “The whole change in the policy was coordinated between [Public Safety] and Res Life. We wanted to do some-
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thing that would make things a little better for the residents in the buildings, even if it may not be perceived that way initially … We want to try to structure it in the real world and in line with what most colleges do as far as access control in terms of dorms.” Horan, Lee and Overlook Manor day guests must present ID and sign in with a resident host in the lobby of the building, while those who wish to enter Chrysostom or Jasper must have a host sign them in via a QR code process or the online MyHousing portal for a day guest pass. Overnight guest policy remains unaffected by the change: Those who wish to enter any residence hall that is not their own between the hours of 12 a.m. and 8 a.m. must be signed in by a resident of the same sex. At the same time, a day guest will face punishment if they stay in a residence hall that is not their own past 12 a.m. “If a day guest leaves after midnight, the MC resident will have a progressive fine charged to his/her account: $20 for the first violation with cumulative $10 increments for the next two violations. After a $40 fine at the third violation, the resident will lose guest privileges
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for a length of time, depending upon factors at the time of the violation,” reads the recently updated MC Community Standards and Code of Conduct. All Manhattan students will still have access to Health Services, the mailroom and the meditation rooms in Horan, however those who do not live in the building will now have to sign in with their MC ID and enter their names into a visitor log in the main lobby, and are barred from accessing the building through the bridge entrance. “Currently the [Horan and Lee] bridges are going to operate as they always have. The difference being is that if you don’t live in either building, you’re not going to be able to card in. Everything else is going to be the same,” said DeCaro. The new policy does not affect students who are Resident Assistants on campus, who have open access to any residence hall at any time of day. “The policy will not prevent guests from entering the residence halls but will control building access more effectively,” said Clency in an e-mail statement. Still, it is undeniable that this is a significant shake up from what has been the norm
at Manhattan, and students are already raising valid questions and concern over what seems to be an unclear system. Student Body President Kaylyn Atkins pointed out that she was not informed or included in talks regarding the policy change. “No, they haven’t [reached out], which is kind of disappointing in my opinion. I was going to schedule a meeting with Charles [Clency] because my team and I have some questions about the new policy that wasn’t very clear in his email to residential students. I also have a problem with the fact that commuters, like myself, did not receive an email from Res Life about the new policy, I just heard about it from my friends who live on campus,” said Atkins in a written statement to The Quadrangle. Resident students received an email about the policy change on Aug. 13, while commuter students have yet to receive any email about the update. Isabel Quinones, who served as the VP of Residential Affairs during the 2018-2019 academic year, confirmed that the policy change idea was initially brought up to her and Anna Rosario, who then served as VP of commuter affairs. However,
discussion of the change never got past initial talks with the Resident Student Association. “I had very regular meetings with Charles with my board for RSA and we discussed it in the beginning of April, I want to say,” Quinones said. “We were supposed to discuss it in the last student government assembly meeting of the semester and that never occurred due to scheduling conflicts and things that happened, so after that, I was never under the impression that that was going into effect this fall.” Though campus-wide changes do not have to go through the Student Government Assembly and the Senate, most major changes, such as the renaming of Columbus Day to Fall Break, usually follow the tradition of going through these channels before being presented to President O’Donnell and the Board of Trustees. Students are encouraged to bring concerns and questions about the policy change to Public Safety and Residence Life, as well as to student channels such as Student Government. “It’s always good to get feedback from the end users, in any system ... If it’s a legitimate issue and it’s not just griping, absolutely we’re going to look at it,” said DeCaro.
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LET T ER TO The Editor Welcome Back to campus, Jaspers! I hope you all had a restful summer, and are ready to get back into the swing of things! Freshmen, welcome to Manhattan College! Get ready for the best, most interesting four years of your life! I’ll reintroduce myself for those who are new here. My name is Megan Dreher, I’m a senior Philosophy and Communications double major, and the current Editor-in-Chief of The Quadrangle. Here at The Quad, we pride ourselves in being the go-to source for all things news on campus. We have a great team of writers that invest time each week to put out a great paper, and this first issue of the semester is no exception! We’ve hit our platinum volume of publication! That’s right, 100 volumes of The Quadrangle have been published, which is quite a legacy for Manhattan College. We work everyday to ensure that there will be over 100 more! If writing for our paper is something you’re interested in, stop by one of our weekly meetings! We’re in the club room, Kelly 4.12, every Tuesday at 4pm. We’d love to meet you, and have your by-line in our paper! Have a great start to the semester, and happy reading! Sincerely,
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Summer Internships Give Seniors A Glimpse Into Post-Grad Life Samantha Walla Production Manager
Manhattan College students enjoy many distinctive perks as a result of their Bronx location, perhaps the most rewarding being the opportunity to gain work experience at leading employers within their field. As full time students, a summer position can not only put skills learned in class to use, but open a door to full-time positions post-graduation. Although these opportunities are respite from the routine course load of the semester, summer internships are a glimpse at post-grad life. Senior Mike Hackett, a communication major, utilized his public relations training at Toledo Geller, an interior design company.
Hackett was not a stranger to the routine of a summer internship. Prior to this summer, Hackett worked in marketing and social media at BellaVita, full-service fitness and wellness company, and Ballantine, a direct mail and digital marketing agency in New Jersey. Despite his experience in a workplace environment, Hackett’s weekly Tuesday through Thursday posed new challenges. “The most challenging moment was not being familiar with the interior design terminology when it came to creating content because it was a new industry for me,” said Hackett. Hackett’s daily tasks included creating content for the company’s social media platforms, particularly Instagram, for which fluency in interior design language is vital.
After posting the content he generated, Hackett would develop new social media campaigns and reach out to magazine editors regarding potential collaborations. Although the interior design industry has specific distinctions from the other industries Hackett had experienced, engaging with the public is a skill he will utilize in any industry. “I hope to enter into the field of communication which is involved in pretty much any industry you can think of,” said Hackett. “It definitely made me so much more excited for the future because I was able to gain insight into some of the things I might do once I enter the professional world.” For some, summer internships are an opportunity to explore the field they study closely. Brendan Hanney, a me-
McWilliams in front of an Air Products liquid helium tank. ERIN MCWILLIAMS / COURTESY
dia production concentration within the Communications Department, disembarked from the No. 1 train to ISH Entertainment, a full-service production company. Hanney spent at least three days a week assisting with the production of various projects, working from 10 AM to 6 PM, with additional hours as needed. “The internship gave me a good idea of what I think that I’d like to do in the future,” said Hanney. “I got to get a look at many different sides of production and it’s helped me narrow down what I’m interested in.” Hanney handled administrative tasks in addition to work on set. Hanney cited tracking down groups to sign non-disclosure agreements as one of his more challenging tasks. Working as a PA, or Production Assistant, delivered the most rewarding experience for Hanney during his time at ISH. While producing “This Week at the Comedy Cellar,” a show for Comedy Central, Hanney had the opportunity to meet big names in stand up comedy, such as Aziz Ansari. “This experience has given me confidence to aim for whatever I want,” said Hanney. “Being able to work on the types of productions that I have always wanted to seems more like a reality now.” For other students, summer internships are a chance to learn what will not be an option for them in the future. Erin McWilliams, senior chemical engineering major, relocated to Pennsylvania to work at Gardner Cryogenics, which falls underneath Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. After interviewing for the position on campus when an Air Products representative visited, McWilliams was scheduled to work 40 hours per week, mostly going over drawings for liquid hydrogen and helium trailers, and in-
putting the information into a spreadsheet to make sure new parts were ordered when they needed to be. Data analysis was also a large part of McWilliams’ role, for which she created a program in Visual Basic for Applications, known as VBA. This program extracted isobaric data from the NIST Thermophysical Properties database for helium, neon, and parahydrogen. McWilliams’ coworkers then used the data to create a curve that would streamline a calculation performed in the cryogenic container chapter of the ISO Standards. “The most challenging moment I experienced was troubleshooting the code,” said McWilliams. “I had to dig back to my freshman year ENGS 116 knowledge, and supplement that with information online. But when the code ran, I felt like a million bucks! It was super rewarding.” After experiencing the roles of different engineers, McWilliams was given a better understanding of work experiences she would be more likely to seek out in the future. McWilliams interacted with design engineers, engineers with positions in Salesforce, and many variations in between. “During my time at Air Products, I was able to reach out to the network at headquarters and speak to professionals in Environmental Health and Safety roles,” said McWilliams. “While I don’t think the job I was doing this summer was something I want to pursue as a career, I was able to learn about other roles that are more aligned with my interests. Summer internships may not always be an exact dry-run of post-graduate life for students, but a glimpse into the vastly different opportunities for students. Although they might not be exactly certain of what the future holds, the three young pre-professionals agree that their intern experiences have positioned them for future success.
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Summer Research Scholars Prepare for September Symposium Rose Brennan & Alexa Schmidt
A&E Editor & Features Editor Each summer, rising juniors and seniors are given the opportunity to conduct research at the college. This research, overseen by a faculty advisor, is then presented to the college in a poster session and presentation in September of the next academic year. There are several opportunities and grants that promote summer research at Manhattan College. The Jaspers Summer Research program selects three students from each of the five undergraduate schools to conduct research in their field of interest. The Branigan Grant program and the School of Science research program, however, provide further opportunities for students in the School of Liberal Arts and the School of Science, respectively. Alyssa Zduniak and Gabby Kasper, both seniors in the School of Liberal Arts, worked on a research project titled “Consent Through the Lasallian Lens,” which combined modern feminist theory and the Lasallian tradition to evaluate the actual practice of MC’s consent policy. “Our project uses the core traditions of our Lasallian heritage, with a strong focus on the
Lasallian Values specifically, and modern feminist theory to examine Manhattan College’s consent policy and our school’s current approach to consent education,” Zduniak said. Zduniak and Kasper’s research will extend beyond the research symposium in September. They will be presenting their research at the International Lasallian Conference that same month. In addition, they hope to incorporate some of their research’s findings into the larger framework of MC. “We wrote our paper in the hopes of getting it in the hands of administration and working towards bettering students knowledge of the consent policy and giving them tools to create permissible sexual interactions,” Zduniak said. “For this project we interviewed students, faculty and [Christian] Brothers on campus in order to understand how people from these various perspectives feel and experience the Lasallian values and the ways in which they believe we can improve in expressing these values. After speaking with interviewees and reviewing Lasallian and Feminist literature, we wrote suggestions that we believe could be a benefit to the school.” Zduniak’s research experience has taught her to conduct, transcribe and redact interviews; skills of which she
hopes to apply in grad school. She was also particularly interested in the new experience of co-writing an academic paper. “Writing a paper with another student is a really cool experience. Co-authoring papers happens frequently in the professional arena, so I feel very lucky to have been able to have this opportunity already as an undergrad,” she said. Senior Madeline Hurwitz received one of the three Jasper Summer Research Grants for the School of Liberal Arts. Her project, titled “Power in the Pastoral: Aphra Behn Through a Feminist Ecocritical Lens,” was advised by English professor Heidi Laudien, Ph.D. “I looked at specifically five of Aphra Behn’s pastoral poems. She has … hundreds of them, but chose five of them and I focused on close readings with them through a feminist ecocritical lens, which is basically just this longer way of saying … I looked at it through a literary lens that focused on the connection in her poems between femininity and nature,” Hurwitz said. As a part of the program, Hurwitz was able to go to the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., where some of Behn’s original manuscripts are kept. She will also have the opportunity to present her research at the Rocky Mountain
Modern Language Association Conference in El Paso, Texas this October. After graduation, Hurwitz hopes to attend graduate school and believes the skills she learned during her summer research will assist her for years to come. “I want to pursue a graduate school program with English literature, so it’s definitely helped me with that, in terms of my ability to time manage and just the finer skills of analyzing literature, but also generally, being able to focus on this longterm project,” she said. Junior Kimberly Heller received an award from both the Jasper Summer Research Scholars program and the School of Science, titled the Michael J. ‘58 and Aimee Rusinko Kakos award. Her research, titled “Chromosomal Loci Determination of Nucleosomes Containing a Crosslinker Unnatural Amino Acid,” involved growing yeast cells with abnormal amino acids attached to them. “In essence, we grew these cells with those tags in an attempt to fragment the DNA and use those tags to determine the position of histone proteins that bind along DNA. Histone proteins are vital in keeping DNA tightly coiled within cells and also in regulating the function of gene functions,” Heller said. Heller is using her research
to look ahead to her career. “Like most students studying biology, I was very focused on pursuing a career in medicine, but this research has shown me just how enjoyable and yet challenging scientific research is,” she said. “I believe the skills I learned in lab are applicable for my career as a student and as a professional working within science or medicine, depending on the route I take.” Heller plans to continue research with her advisor from the program, Bryan Wilkins, Ph.D. Aside from the research symposium, she might also do a video presentation on her research to submit for a Women in STEM scholarship from Tacana Systems. “Overall, my experience with the Jasper Summer Scholars Research Program has been the highlight of my summer and serious game changer for my future pursuits [and] goals,” Heller said. “Seeing all of the work I completed this summer come together on paper has been an incredible experience. I am thankful to have been given this opportunity.” All summer research projects will be presented to the MC community at a poster session on Thursday, Sept. 26 and at formal presentations on Friday, Sept. 27.
W.I.S.E. Women Get the Job Done Megan Dreher Editor-in-Chief
Entering the professional world can be an intimidating transition for college students. It is even harder for female graduates to see past that looming change of becoming a young professional, imagining that someday they may hold positions of power within their respective, often maledominant fields. The Center for Career Development here at Manhattan College has noticed that difficulty for female students, and has implemented a program to ensure women feel empowered and ready to tackle the professional world head on, leaving them all the wiser. The Women Inspiring Successful Enterprise, or W.I.S.E. program accepted its first cohort of women in the summer of 2018. One year later, it has continued to foster educational internship opportunities and promote leadership advocacy for the undergraduate women of MC. This summer, 20 rising juniors and seniors participated in the eight week long intern-
ship program. Each student participating receives a stipend compensation through the college, is provided with summer housing, and participates in various enrichment opportunities. Each of the women involved in the program were partnered with internship opportunities that met their academic and career interests. Political science major Caroline Shea ‘20 was fortunate enough to work for the New York City Criminal Justice Agency. “I worked as a Planning Intern, but I ended up also working with the Research Team and the General Counsel. CJA is a not-for-profit that assists the City courts in reducing pretrial detention through various means. I worked on a research document to help CJA gather more information on arraignments throughout the boroughs while also crafting documents on legal statues to make them easier to read for CJA employees and for the people who are going through the arrest to arraignment process. I will be continuing this internship into the fall as well which I am very
excited about,” said Shea. Peace studies and Religious studies double major Ireland Twiggs ‘21 interned with a nonprofit organization called Vote, Run, Lead. “This non-profit trains women to run for political office and win. They host trainings across the country to train women of all identities and backgrounds at the local, state, and federal office. During my time here, I assisted with a number of projects including event logistics, research, donor fundraising, phone banking, and alumni organization. My largest project this summer was flying to Minneapolis with the CEO to train a group of female Pakistani officials in partnership with the state department. VoteRunLead has trained many alumni including Ilhan Omar and Peggy Flannigan. This opportunity was amazing, and the perfect glimpse into both nonprofit work and politics,” said Twiggs. Finance major Angely Morillo ‘21 landed her summer internship with the Human Resources department at American Express.
“I worked on a research project that involved creating new strategies to better lateral feedback within the company’s culture. At the end of the summer, I wrote and presented my very first business report. One of the main highlights of interning at American Express was increasing my human capital. I was able to learn so much about the colleagues I networked with,” said Morillo. In addition to attending the internship, each participant was also required to attend weekly sessions on campus with fellow interns to discuss their experiences and learn different tactics to help them excel in their future careers. “Some of these sessions included salary negotiations, Myers-Briggs Indicator, bringing our whole self to our job, understanding our rights in the workplace, and more. We also were assigned two books to read, ‘Lean In’ and ‘Burnout’ which both addressed women in the professional world. We also will be presenting what we learned this summer at a symposium during the fall semester,” said Twiggs.
The W.I.S.E. program is rooted in a mission to develop female emerging leaders and empower them to advance professionally. Participants in the program agreed that they concluded their internships feeling inspired and empowered as females entering the workforce. “After becoming a W.I.S.E. fellow I definitely feel more confident. This is definitely a program where women in all majors should apply. That’s the beauty of the W.I.S.E. program, we all have different goals and aspirations in all kinds of fields. The overall experience of the W.I.S.E. program was what made this summer so memorable,” said Morillo. “This program empowered me in so many ways. It is truly inspiring to see a cohort of women living, working, and taking on the professional world together. It helped me to learn to speak up for myself, speak out for my fellow women, and ask for what I want. It helped me to understand the space as a woman that I occupy in the working world and how I can use it to enhance my leadership skills,” added Twiggs.
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Walls of Inspiration:
Welcoming Home Jaspers with Creative Floor Themes Bruna Lauermann Staff Writer
Move-in made the corridors of the residential buildings busy last week. But besides the energy of new faces and the return of old residents, the dorm walls and doors were also playing a role at the beginning of the semester excitement. The floor themes, chosen and produced by the Resident Assistants, set the tone for the next six weeks. Many RAs invest in ideas that are related to the moment in which the students are living. The fourth floor of Jasper Hall is home to Jenn Bueti, an English education major and RA of Jasper’s 4th floor, who said that it was the opportunity of growing that inspired her with the theme of gardening. “I think the idea of seeds turning into flowers is very connected with the experience that freshmen are going to have in this first year of Manhattan College,” Bueti said. “It is the beginning of a new phase that will make all them grow.” In Bueti’s floor, each of the freshmen girls have a specific kind of flower at the door of their rooms. Valezca Berber, freshmen and undecided major, liked the idea of looking sprouting into the new phase of her life. “I think the theme is lovely,” said Berber. “I would like to videotape myself today, just to watch in the final semester of the university. I am sure I will change a lot.” Gabby Kasper, 21, a senior majoring in English and Philosophy, is one of Lee Hall’s RAs. She created an Alice in Wonderland world to the residents of the sixth floor. She said the inspiration came from her passion for literature. “I really like Alice in Wonderland, I am an English major and I wanted to do something book-related,” said Kasper. “I think the phrase ‘Don’t fall down the rabbit hole this semester’ is a great catchphrase. After the mural, I look up quotes from the book and back up information to connect with college life.” Kasper said that the work took many steps before goes to the walls, but that the building community was an amazing ally to the task. “All the RAs on the other floors were really collaborating,” said Kasper. “The work was not done when our respective floor was done, we just got satisfied when everyone had finished their walls and murals.” The big images of Alice, the
Cheshire Cat and all characters placed on the sixth floor are a puzzle. “There is a website where you upload a big image, and it transforms in a puzzle for you to print,” explained Kasper about the biggest images in her floor. On the fourth floor of Lee Hall, RA Jeremy Capuder used Toy Story memes to make fun of the hard and fun times that students can experience through the semester. The residents of the fourth floor can also play Buzz Lightyear in a mural called “Reach for the Sky,” where students are asked to share clubs and events that they participated or accomplishments and campus involvement during the semester. Close to the mural, note papers in cloud shape are available to form “the sky clouded with the success of the fourth floor.” Another pair of hands that worked hard in the decoration of the walls were Nadia Itani, 20, civil engineering major; and Piotr Zarzecki, 21, mechanical engineering major, the co-RAs of Horan’s 10th floor. “Our current theme follows the slogan “Quack, Quack! Welcome Back!” which is accompanied by a bunch of Donald Duck images and decorations,” said Itani. “My co-RA Piotr brought up the idea of the slogan and I couldn’t say no because I love cheesy puns too much.” After that, they both looked online and came up with the idea to go with a full Donald Duck theme based on the slogan. The difference in this floor is that some of the biggest images of the characters are hand made or painted by Itani. “I actually found it to be really fun because I love arts and crafts,” Itani said. “The majority of our big work, like our bulletin board, consisted of handdrawn images. I rolled out a large piece of white paper and began drawing. It seemed like a quicker and more fun option since the printer was in such high demand.” Zarzecki was responsible for the witty puns and tips to residents such as “There is nothing duck tape can’t fix,” or “A great way to learn is to watch quack-umenturies!” In Zarzecki’s opinion, floor themes could absolutely affect a resident’s mood. “Floor themes help make residents feel at home which helps develop community,” he said. “If our floor theme makes you smile then I feel that we accomplished our goal.”
Woody and Buzz greet students with a Toy Story theme in Lee Hall. BRUNA LAUERMANN / THE QUADRANGLE
Senior Gabby Kasper found inspiration in her love of books for her floor theme. BRUNA LAUERMANN / THE QUADRANGLE
Students can find RA Gabby by following the White Rabbit’s footprints. BRUNA LAUERMANN / THE QUADRANGLE
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Jasper Jams: Songs of My Summer
Gabriella DePinho News Editor
Now that school is back in full swing, it’s only appropriate for radio show hosts and friends to start debating what the song of the summer was. This can be the song that dominated the airwaves for far too long, the song that made listeners feel like they were in a teen “carpe diem” flick, the song that changed your life this summer or really any song you want it to be. The secret as to why it can be any song you want it to be is this: there is no such thing as the song of the summer. There are only the songs of each and every one of our summers. There are the songs everyone played during graduation parties, late night drives to favorite ice cream shops, at summer jobs, in backyards and every place in between. This Jasper Jams is dedicated to the songs that filled my summer - the ones I played on my daily drives back and forth from Rockland to the Bronx for my summer internship, to the beach, to Twist’n’Shake (my ice cream place of choice) and everywhere in between. Feel free to reach out and let me
know if we had any of the same songs blasting this summer or if you had any that you think could be a song of the semester for me.
I Wish I Missed My Ex Mahalia Somehow I missed this song last summer with its original May 2018 release but I’m glad I found it this summer. Since Twitter officially dubbed this summer as “hot girl summer,” I think starting this playlist off with this choice is a good one. If you could not tell by the song title, she does not actually miss her ex, which, hopefully, you all feel on that one as you enter the “hot girl scholar” season. Easier - Five Seconds of Summer I’ve been a Five Seconds of Summer fan since early 2013 so I have seen this band go through their stages. Even as they change their sound, I will always have a soft spot for them because their music has been there for me through it all - the awkward stages to college move-in and then some. Look What God Gave Her Thomas Rhett I find that any Thomas
Rhett song in which he is singing his wife’s praises makes me swoon. A man that loves his wife as much as Rhett does in this day and age? Rare. A man who makes music about loving his wife so much? Someone whose music I can get behind.
only having their music on repeat. I listened to all their songs all summer long (and even bought concert tickets for September) but I figured if I had to pick just one song to share with you, I’d pick their mid-summer release.
Alligator - Of Monsters and Men It’s been nearly four years since their last release but Of Monsters and Men is back and better than ever. They’ve shaken up their sound to the point that I didn’t recognize this as their song when I first heard it, but I’m still all about it. I hope to hear this song on a movie soundtrack soon.
Never Really Over - Katy Perry Listen, I went through an “I hate Katy Perry” phase mostly inspired by my strong dislike for her songs “Swish Swish” and “Chained to the Rhythm.” However, this song is making me hopeful that she can reach the same level of iconicness with consistent amazing hits that she had from 2010-2013. Also, the lyrics on this one are just too real.
Too Much - Carly Rae Jepsen I love Carly Rae Jepsen. We, as a society, have failed her. She is more than “Call Me Maybe,” I promise. Her mid-May release “Dedicated” is full of songs that satisfied my desire for lustful ‘80s pop this summer. Honest - The Band CAMINO My love for The Band CAMINO started during the last three weeks of the spring semester as I churned out essays and study guides while
All My Friends - Owl City I’ve had this song on my playlist for a while but it was one I would often skip in favor of songs I knew better or liked better. This summer, I had a rule that if I got thirty seconds into a song before I realized I wanted to skip it, I’d have to finish the song and that’s how, driving down the Saw Mill Parkway, I fell in love with this song. Owl City, much like Carly Rae Jepsen, is an artist that I feel we, as a society, failed.
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Love Me Not - Whitney Wo-
Friends from home know you better than anyone and yet, they still have no idea how much you’ve changed. One of my best friends from high school recommended a different Woerz song, thinking I wouldn’t like this one. High school me would have only loved the other Woerz song, but present me bumps this track in traffic every day. Gabriella - Card Club I am always able to find keychains and mugs in tourist shops with everyone’s name but mine. Same goes for finding songs that include names in the title. For the first time in my life, I found a song that shares my name. And it’s a bop. Card Club, a band with this one song out, seems to be on track to be another alternative/indie band of white guys making songs about girls who won’t love them back. And I am here for it. Jasper Jams will be posted online every other week, making special appearances in print, so follow along online for other playlists and keep your eyes peeled for future print editions.
“Nineteen Eighty-Four”:
A Look into a “Doubleplusungood” Future THE BOOK NOOK Rose Brennan A&E Editor
Few cultural zeitgeists are having a bigger moment than dystopian fiction. Whether in print, on TV or on the big screen, the visions of these alternative futures force readers and viewers to confront truths about our world that could potentially become reality. With that in mind, it is important to pay homage to one of the longest-standing and important dystopian novels ever written: George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four.” “Nineteen Eighty-Four” was first published in 1949, but has recently had a resurgence in popularity due to the current political moment and overall renewed interest in dystopian fiction. In George Orwell’s view of the year 1984, England is under a totalitarian government called The Party, where everyone’s actions are controlled, constant surveil-
as an adamant follower of The Party and its supposed leader, Big Brother. But soon, it is revealed that she, like Winston, is also a thoughtcriminal who opposes The Party. Together, they embark upon a journey to find the underground resistance, but the stakes are high and the consequences could prove deadly. Central to “Nineteen Eighty-Four” is the power of language. The novel introduces a reworked version of the English language called “Newspeak.” Newspeak aims to limit the nuances of language in order to limit thought. For example, words such as “great” or “excellent” do not exist in this Newspeak. Something can be described as “good,” but if it is better than good, it is described as “plusgood,” or, if it is even better than that, “doubleplusgood.” Likewise, the word “bad” does not exist, but rather “ungood” or “plusungood.” To Orwell, words and ideas have power over people unlike
lance is the norm and freedom is non-existent. In fact, one of the manifestos of The Party is “WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.” It is in this world where we meet Winston, who works at the Ministry of Truth, where he essentially re-writes history in a way which conforms to The Party’s standards and ideals. If the original history does not conform to these standards, it is immediately destroyed and rewritten. The irony here is Winston secretly hates The Party and everything it stands for, making him a “thoughtcriminal” in the words of The Party. Yes, you read that correctly. Not only is publicly opposing The Party a crime in Orwell’s world, just thinking negatively about it is a punishable offense. One day, the Ministry of Truth hires a woman by the name of Julia, to whom he is instantly attracted. Unfortunately, Julia presents herself
anything else, and many an empire fell because they underestimated that power. However, Big Brother knows better, which is why Newspeak was created. Winston, however, is having none of Big Brother’s censorship. Not only is he a thoughtcriminal, he keeps a journal of his anti-government thoughts. Now, most citizens would never have that opportunity, because of “telescreens” in their homes, which surveill every citizen in order to see if they are engaging in anti-government activity. But Winston’s apartment is abnormal, and there is one corner in his home where the telescreen cannot see, and it is here where Winston journals his treasonous thoughts. “Nineteen Eighty-Four” is considered a classic, and with ample reason. Part of being considered a “classic” is bringing something new to the reader each time the book is read. Whether read in the time period of the nationalist 1950s
“Nineteen Eighty-Four” is one of Orwell’s classic novels. MEGAN DREHER/ THE QUADRANGLE or in the political turmoil of the 2010s, “Nineteen Eighty-Four” proves to be a provocative read at any time or stage of life.
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AUGUST 27, 2019
Women’s Soccer Comes Up Short in Season Opener
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WS: MANHATTAN 1, HARTFORD 2 Pete Janny
Asst. Sports Editor After a tumultuous 2018 campaign, the Manhattan women’s soccer team has a chip on their shoulder this season as they look to put themselves back in the conversation for MAAC supremacy. The Jaspers first chance to redeem themselves came last Thursday on the road against the Hartford Hawks. Manhattan couldn’t have asked for a better test than the Hawks. If you scour the list of division one schools in the Northeast in search of the most menacing women’s soccer teams, you would probably find the Hawks towards the top. The past half-decade has been a special stretch for Hartford, having amassed 55 wins and a share of four regular season AEC championships since 2014. Manhattan can attest to how hard Hartford makes life for their opponents. Entering Thursday’s meeting, Manhattan has struggled against Hartford to the tune of 1-3-1 record in the all-time series. Those struggles continued on Thursday night with Manhattan suffering a 2-1 loss in what was an equal parts exciting and frustrating game for the Jaspers. The loss extended Manhattan’s losing streak against Hartford to four games. The opening minutes of the game featured some of the best highlights of the night thanks in large part to the referee’s open-mindedness. By the time the opening six minutes had elapsed, there were already two penalties called; one for each team. The first penalty call came just 2:58 into the game and the Jaspers made sure to take advantage of it. Junior Arianna Montefusco stepped up to take the kick for Manhattan and buried it, giving the Jaspers an early 1-0 lead. It looked as though the Hawks were also going to benefit from the referee’s decisionmaking when they were awarded a penalty in the sixth minute. As it turns out, Hartford wasn’t as lucky as Manhattan as they missed the kick to keep the Jaspers’ lead intact. Moments later, Hartford made up for their miss when Samantha Nelbach found the back of the net off a downfield feed from classmate Sierra Stone in the eighth minute to level the score at one apiece. After the chaos of the opening minutes had ended, normalcy was restored with
Senior Camryn Nici made six saves throughout the game, but the team could not avoid defeat. GOJASPERS/ COURTESY neither team finding the back of the net for the remainder of the half. Although both teams displayed a few sequences of crisp passing, neither team was able to breakdown the other’s defense to grab a lead. Hartford had a great chance to take the lead in the 40th minute when freshman Ishani Sharma sent a beautiful through ball to senior striker Bridgette Alexander as she made a run down the right sideline. Alexander’s ensuing strike would sail just wide of the far post to end the threat. The Jaspers would give the Hawks a scare a few minutes later when Manhattan sophomore Eve Montgomery fired a cross in the box after creating some space down the left sideline. With no Manhattan player on the receiving end, Hartford’s backline hastily ended the threat by clearing the ball out of danger. At the end of the first 45 minutes, it was still unclear as to who looked like the more probable victor. As the second half progressed, it became evident that Hartford was ready to take control of the game. With both defenses already performing well, Hartford’s newfound offensive cohesion out of the break caused trouble for the Manhattan defense. As a result, Hartford tested Manhattan goalie Camryn Nici many times in the second half. Hartford’s pressure finally paid dividends in the 57th minute when Senior Kaila Lozada’s
cross from the left side found an open Alexander in the heart of the box, giving her enough time to power a shot by Nici for the elusive go-ahead goal. Now down 2-1, Manhattan needed to find a way to counter Hartford’s growing momentum. Sophomore Bri Floyd, in her first appearance with extended minutes, created a big opportunity in the 68th when she delivered a dangerous ball into the middle of the box, but no other Green shirt was able to pounce on it. Nici looked confident and composed in her first game as a full-time starter now that Kelly DiGregorio has graduated. If it wasn’t for Nici’s career-high six saves, Hartford may have very well cruised to victory. Her diving stop in the 71st minute
of Gabriela Gamora’s curling shot from just outside the box helped keep the Manhattan deficit at one. Despite the impressive play of Hartford, Manhattan still had some good chances to avoid going home winless. The best chance of them all came with just over 10 seconds left when junior Tia Painilainen missed a point-blank shot in front of the net after receiving a cross from the right side. Painilainen, one of the team’s best offensive weapons, appeared to rush the shot and thus sent the ball just wide of the net. It was a heartbreaking ending to Manhattan’s night. Contrary to what most spectators would’ve probably thought, Manhattan actually owned a 7-6 advantage in shots in the second half despite be-
ing clearly outplayed. A few of those fruitless Manhattan shots came in the final minutes of the game as the Jaspers did everything they could to try to tie the score. This cascade of shots eventually culminated with Painilainen’s big missed opportunity. When it was all said and done, Manhattan had been outpaced in both shots, 12-9, and corner kicks, 8-0. The loss also marked the first time since the 2014 season that Manhattan lost a game in which they scored first, spanning a stretch of 34 games. Manhattan will look to get themselves in the win column when they host the Fordham Rams on Thursday, August 29th for this year’s Battle of the Bronx. Kick-off is slated for 7 PM at Gaelic Park.
The 2019-2020 women’s soccer team battled the Hartford Hawks on Thursday, August 22. GOJASPERS/ COURTESY
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Jasper Athletics Summer Wrap Up C. Garrett Keidel Sports Editor
Women’s Lacrosse The search for the Jasper’s next women’s lacrosse head coach came to a close with an announcement from Athletic Director, Marianne Reilly, that Jenna Dingler will be taking over the role. Before coming to Manhattan, Dingler was a standout at Lock Haven University with a duo of NCAA Division II National Championship appearances, also coaching the last two seasons at Caldwell College. “Our program took a huge step forward last year, and we believe that Jenna is the right person to keep the momentum going … Jenna is a promising young coach in women’s lacrosse, who is aligned with our goals, mission and values,” said Reilly in an interview with GoJapsers. Dingler commented on be-
ing humble and excited to be a part of the program. “I want to thank Marianne Reilly, Kathryn Mirance and the rest of the search committee for believing in me to lead this program to success … Manhattan College is something extraordinary, and I am so humbled to be a Jasper,” said Dingler. Men’s Soccer Coming off a promising season, senior defender Adrien Awana and junior forward Berti Fourrier were named to the Preseason AllMAAC team. With both receiving recognition in the 2018 season (All-MAAC first and second teams respectively), head coach Jorden Scott is proud of the individual success and the team as a whole while gearing up for the 2019 season. “I’m happy for them, but more for the team as they would be the first to admit that without their teammates this is not possible so these moments
Jenna Dingler to take over as women’s lacrosse head coach. GOJASPERS / COURTESY
John Cain’s free agent signed with the Los Angeles Angels during the summer of 2019. GOJASPERS / COURTESY recognize us all. We look forward to challenging at the top of the MAAC again this year and finding the consistency needed during that tough October month,” said Scott in an interview with GoJaspers. Men’s Baseball Representation of Manhattan baseball took a massive leap forward with the naming of Nick Cain to the Freshman Baseball All-American team and with John Cain’s free agent signing with the Los Angeles Angels. Camillo also earned the honor of being named first team All-MAAC after a rookie season where he was among the leaders in batting, home runs, hits, RBI and total bases. He is the first jasper to receive
the honor of Collegiate Baseball All-American since Fabian Pena in 2016. Cain is the sixth jasper to be signed to the MLB in the past four years. Head coach Mike Cole commented on Cain’s signing. “We are extremely happy and proud of John’s signing with the Angels. He had an outstanding season and the imprint he left on the program will be felt for years to come,” said Cole. Women’s Track and Field Jasper Track and Field athlete Mikeisha Kelly was named the MAAC nomination for NCAA Woman Of The Year which recognizes the top graduating female student-athletes for their work in academics,
athletics, leadership and community service. The top honorees will be named in September by the Women of the Year selection committee. In her reaction to being named, Kelly was humble and thankful for the recognition. “I am both proud and humbled to be a MAAC honoree for NCAA Woman of the Year … This award represents more than athletic achievement. It encompasses all of the work put forth by myself and those who have supported me, challenged me and changed me through my collegiate experience,” said Kelly in an interview with GoJaspers.
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