the Quadrangle THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF MANHATTAN COLLEGE | SINCE 1924
Volume XCVI, Issue 12
www.mcquad.org
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
neighborhood backlash press flocks to campus as neighbors complain
MC Draws Major Media Attention Rose Brennan Asst. Editor
Two students watch a report from WNBC on the rowdiness of Manhattan College students. TAYLOR BRETHAUER / THE QUADRANGLE
Nearly One Hundred Students Volunteer to Clean Up Riverdale Gabriella DePinho Staff Writer
On Sunday, Nov. 5, nearly 100 Manhattan College students took part in a community cleanup organized by the Neighborhood Relations Committee. Ninety-six students and MC community members from Student Government, Air Force ROTC Detachment 506 and athletes rallied by the StudentAthlete Advisory Committee took to the streets surrounding the campus early Sunday morning to pick up trash and waste. The cleanup focused on moving in three distinct directions. One area tackled was by the campus’ main gate which included cleaning on the street, by the guard booth and in the small green area across the street. Another area included covering the streets to, by and
IN NEWS:
Faculty and students affected by Hurricane Maria on p. 4
Ninety-six students gathered on the steps of Kelly Commons Nov. 5, to participate in a neighborhood cleanup sponsored by student government. RYAN QUATTROMANI / COURTESY past Overlook Manor all the way to Riverdale Avenue. The third area was south campus, by and around Leo Engineering building, the Research Learn-
ing Center and 236th Street. The cleanup was spearheaded by senior Ryan Quattromani, __________________________
Student misconduct in the Riverdale area has been at the center of several news clippings concerning Manhattan College this past week. The first of these articles was published online by WNBC on Friday, Nov. 3, and said, “rambunctious party-goers are leaving behind trash, empty beer cans and even trails of vomit around their quiet community.” WNBC also provided a video component to the article, which depicted both MC students and Riverdale residents weighing in on the partying culture of the college. This story of student misconduct was also picked up by other news outlets. The New York Post published an article titled ‘College Students Leave Neighborhood Filled With Garbage, Vomit’ the same day. In both of these articles, City Councilman Andrew Cohen, a Democrat whose district includes Riverdale and other neighborhoods, was asked to speak on the issue. “The kids are drinking all of the time, all over the place,” he said. “The amount of drinking that takes place at Manhattan College is out of control and the school takes no responsibility for the kids off campus,” Cohen told WNBC. On Nov. 7, within a week of the story breaking, Cohen was reelected to the City Council. Aside from WNBC and The New York Post, more local news outlets responded to
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IN FEATURES: MSNBC’s Chris Hayes delivers lecture on p. 5
the stories. On Friday, Nov. 10, The Riverdale Press published an editorial by Karolina Janik, which complained about the lack of intervention by the college’s administration. “If you contact the school about the trash, the drunken rampages, and the total lack of respect regularly seen, you may or may not receive a response from the dean of students. If he does respond, he will eventually stop because somehow it’s an annoying inconvenience that your building or neighborhood is getting trashed and that you routinely wake up on a Friday bleary eyed for work,” Janik wrote. Early responses to this negative coverage were given by Peter McHugh, the college’s director of communications. “Any students who have b e e n found to vioPeter late our McHugh commuMANHATTAN COLLEGE / nity stanCOURTESY dar ds and code of conduct, on or off campus, have been disciplined appropriately,” McHugh said. McHugh provided further comment for The Quadrangle. “I think our students have a responsibility to be good members of the community,” he said. “When you’re in a residential
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IN A&E:
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IN SPORTS:
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