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South Campus Vision Begins to Take Shape Stephen Zubrycky Managing Editor

The 238th Street Station will be out of commission until the spring semester.

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238th Street Station Renovations Underway Joe Liggio

Asst. News Editor Stair replacement at the 238th Street station is set to tie up 1 Train riders for the next few months, leaving MC students and staff to look for alternate service options.

The Manhattan-bound platform closed to riders on Sept.

4, and repairs are expected to continue through the Winter, according to the MTA/New York City Transit website. In the meantime, those needing a downtown train will need to board at either the 242nd Street or 231st Street station, posing an inconvenience for many living in or near Overlook Manor and those commuting to and

from classes on South Campus.

Temporary MTA signs at the site list repairs consisting of removing and replacing the old stairways entirely, along with the addition of new handrails, stair treads and risers. The stairway canopy, drain pipes and gutters will be also be updated, and new lighting is to be installed.

For some, including Manhattan junior Brendan Hanney, commuting to his job via subway has gotten a bit more difficult as a result of the changes.

“Now instead of getting on the subway at 238th, I have to walk to 242nd, the opposite way from where I’d be commuting to,” said Hanney.

Hanney, who lives on Greystone Avenue, works at

the Disney Store in Times Square. He utilizes the 1 Train four times a week to get to and from his stop at the 50th Street station in Manhattan, and points out that the repairs have added a decent amount of time to his trip downtown.

“Usually the commute is 40 minutes, but now that I have to get on at a different stop it’s closer to an hour.”

His trip back to the Bronx has remained unaffected, however, as construction is only affecting downtown service. The uptown platform has remained open and accessible via MetroCard and to passengers getting __________________________ CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

Gas Leak Scare at Overlook Manor Jack Melanson & Jeremy Loffredo

News Editor & Staff Writer Last Friday at 12:40 p.m., MC Jasper 911 sent an email in regards to a potentially dangerous gas leak across the street from Overlock Manor on W238th street.

“Today at approximately 1240pm there was a report of a gas odor on W.238 Street near Overlook Manor. There is ongoing construction in the streets on W.238 and Waldo Avenue. The New York Fire Department is currently onsite.

As a precautionary measure W. 238 street is being closed to

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pedestrian traffic. Occupants of Overlook Manor should use the door located on Waldo Avenue near Dash Place if entering or exiting the building,” the initial email said.

Shortly before the email, Matt Mistretta, a senior living off campus spotted the smell.

“I noticed it around 12:30 and I was in my room. I knew construction was going on outside but there was a loud hissing sound that went on for about 5 minutes until I smelt gas in my room,” Mistretta said. “I went upstairs and told my roommates about it and minutes later we saw firefighters outside. We went outside to see what was going on and they told us to make sure everybody

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was out and to just wait until they resolved it. By about 12:45 it was safe to re-enter the apartment.”

Five minutes later, at 12:45 p.m., another MC Jasper 911 email was sent that called the incident ‘safe’.

“The Fire Department has deemed this incident as SAFE. It is now safe to use the main entrance to Overlook,” the email said.

David Campbell, assistant incident inspector for Con Edison was on scene.

“Jr Cruz is a private contractor for Con ED, they’re normal-

Construction on the $62 million Patricia & Cornelius J. Higgins ‘62 Science and Engineering Center is underway.

The new building, which will sit on the same lot as the existing Leo Engineering Building, will house new labs for Manhattan College’s science and engineering departments, and is slated to open in 2020.

Following a ceremonial groundbreaking last spring, work on the site began in earnest during the summer.

Construction Begins Foundation work began in early August with pile-driving, which continued until the start of classes.

“Over the summer, after getting all the permits and everything, we did the site preparation. We just finished doing the installation of piles,” Andrew Ryan said. Ryan is the college’s Vice President of Facilities.

The piles, which are steel tubes roughly a foot in diameter, reach depths averaging over 100 feet. All told, eighty individual piles were driven, spread out between in 45 locations.

Higgins’ foundation is deep for a reason - the building sits on soft soil that is rich in organics and is not well suited for a shallower design.

“That used to be Spuyten Duyvil Creek [...] and many moons ago that got relocated, rerouted,” Ryan said. “So there’s a lot of organic material that’s down there.”

The concrete blocks that rest atop the piles - called pile caps - have also begun. The pile caps must first be formed, using pieces of wood arranged to form a mold, and then poured.

After that, the concrete slab that will form the building’s ground floor will be poured.

Ryan expects this to be done within a few weeks.

By Christmas, Ryan pre-

dicts that the building’s structural steel will be fully erected.

“We [will start] with the steel at the southeast corner,” Ryan said. “We’ll start there and work our way around the building.”

The college is trying its best to manage construction noise issues as classes continue.

“There has been some noise issues. [...] and it has disrupted things, but I think as we go forward, [Ryan] and the project managers will have those better under control,” Engineering Dean Tim J. Ward, Ph.D., said. “When you got building projects going on it gets noisy.”

The c o n struction of a brand n e w building on campus has presented unique educational Andrew J. Ryan opporCOLLEGE/ tunities MANHATTAN COURTESY for the c o l lege’s engineering programs.

“In terms of the pile driving, the subsurface conditions, and those types of things, Dr. [Anirban] De [of the civil engineering department] has received a lot of material from [Ryan] so Dr. De can use it in some of the geotechnical courses,” Ward said. “As the building goes up, we will be sharing the plans in terms of the structural elements with the structures folks and also we have the systems in there… so both the electrical and the mechanical folks will want to look at those to see how those are laid out.”

Live video of the construction progress is available at https://leo-construction.click2stream.com/.

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THE QUADRANGLE

College’s South Cam

The Editorial Board

Taylor Brethauer Editor-in-Chief Stephen Zubrycky Managing Editor Jack Melanson News Editor

Gabriella DePinho Joseph Liggio Asst. News Editors

Megan Dreher Features Editor

Lauren Schuster Asst. Features Editor

Rose Brennan Arts & Entertainment Editor Managing Editor

Alexa Schmidt Asst. Arts & Entertainment Editor

John Jackson Sports Editor

C. Garrett Keidel Asst. Sports Editor

RikkiLynn Shields Catherine Goodyear Social Media Editors

Anja Pollozi Photography Editor

Alyssa Velazquez Production Editor

Samantha Walla Asst. Production Editor

August Kissel Michevi Dufflart Web Editors

Mohsin Ahmed Shannon Gleba Copy Editors

Abby Crowell Distribution Manager Nicholas Gilewicz Faculty Advisor About The Quadrangle A tradition since 1924, The Quadrangle is a news organization run by the students of Manhattan College. We strive to cover news around campus and the greater community, publishing weekly in print and daily online. Our goal is always accuracy, relevancy and professionalism.

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Official renderings of the Patricia and Cornelius J. Higgins ‘62 Science and Engineering Center’s southwest corner (above) and commons (below).

MANHATTAN COLLEGE / COURTESY __________________________ extended to 10 p.m. Public stretching from the ground CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Safety is planning to add an ID floor (the second) to the top floor (fourth). The atrium will scanner on Broadway soon.

Public safety is managing tables and chairs to be used for Making Way for Higgins the higher demand in the struc- lounging or studying.

In the existing Leo, rooms ture as best they can.

According to partial floor are starting to be shuffled “We’ve been monitoring it plans released to The Quadranaround to make way for the new daily now, like taking a count gle by Ryan, Higgins’ second building. “In the southwest part on each floor,” Associate Direc- floor will house five new labs. A of Leo, starting from the base- tor of Public Safety and Risk new civil engineering projects ment level, we took out various Management Peter DeCaro lab will be located in the southsections going up in a vertical said. “We haven’t run into a sit- west corner, next to a dedicated column there, because that’s uation where there aren’t any lab for the college’s concrete where the new building con- [spaces] available.” canoe team. nects,” Ryan said. The closures “We are very excited to be According to Cerezo, there affected the civil and environ- are typically at least a few doz- receiving a concrete canoe lab mental engineering depart- en available parking spaces in in the new Higgins building,” ment, whose office suite was the Broadway facility during Visiting Assistant Professor cut in half, and the mechanical the peak hour. of Civil Engineering Christina engineering department’s miniDeCaro urges students to Cercone, Ph.D., wrote in an Baja garage. call 718-862-7853 if they are un- email. “This lab will give stuThe new Higgins Center able to find a parking spot. dent members a unique space will occupy the space formerly “If you can’t find a spot, just where they can have group used for faculty parking at Leo. tell our officer. We’ll find a spot meetings, work on the design According to Juan E. Cerezo, for you,” Cerezo said. and even fabricate the canoe the college’s director of public The West 240th Street each year.” safety, the permanent closure lot, located beneath the train Three general physics labs of the Leo lot has eliminated 76 tracks, is still reserved for stu- will be next located along the parking spaces. corridor, on the building’s dents only.

According to Cerezo, faculsouthern face. ty will now have to park across Labs for general biology Inside Higgins Tibbett Avenue, at what is being The new Higgins facility will be located one floor up, in called the “GPAC Lot” (Gaelic will be a three story, L-shaped addition to a mechanical enPark Athletic Center), where structure along Tibbett Avenue gineering projects lab. At the roughly 30 parking spaces will and West 238th Street. The northern end of Higgins’ third become available following the building will connect to Leo floor will be the engineering completion of construction in at Leo’s southwest corner, on science tissue suite, which conthe former Robert A. Mahan Tibbett, and wrap around what tains a large main space, as well Physical Plant Building. is being dubbed “a new Quad- as smaller rooms for microfabFaculty are also able to park rangle,” in between Leo and rication, tissue culture, microsin the 678-spot Broadway Ga- Higgins. copy and a confocal room. rage, where access to Broad“It’s going to be a lab for At the connection with Leo, way via the south gate has been there will be a large atrium, both teaching and research in

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mpus Vision Begins to Take Shape tissue engineering,” said Ehsan Atefi, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering. Atefi has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering, and two doctorate degrees in biomedical engineering.

“It’s a good lab that [equips] students with all those tech-

niques that they need to find [a] job in biomedical engineering, specifically related to tissue engineering, drug delivery, and those type of things,” Atefi said. The new lab will allow for the creation of a new tissue engineering lab class, to pair with Atefi’s lecture course on the subject.

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The tissue lab will aid in the development of the mechanical engineering department’s biomechanics track.

Higgins’ top floor will have three new labs for general chemistry and a chemical engineering projects lab.

“It’s a wet lab,” said Richard F. Carbonaro, Ph.D., associate professor of chemical engineering. “The freshmen are going to do some of the freshman projects in that room, as well as the ‘Chem-E Car.” Digital copies of the plans released to The Quadrangle are available on mcquad.org.

New Space in Leo for Chem-E In addition to the new building, numerous renovations and repairs have begun in the existing Leo Engineering Building.

On the third floor, chemical engineering has just opened a pair of brand new research labs, including a state-of-the-art cosmetic engineering lab, with roughly $500,000 in new equipment - some of which the college paid for and some of which was donated or loaned on a long term basis.

“I started working with [Associate Professor Samiul] Amin on this lab, actually, starting in April,” said chemical engineering graduate student Denice Xu. The new equipment includes a DLS machine, short for dynamic light scattering, and a $100,000, state-of-the-art rheometer.

“We are the only school that has that,” Xu said of the DLS machine, which helps to determine the size of particles in a solution. “We call it like the ‘Tesla of DLS,’ because it’s the best.” The rheometer is used to measure the rheological responses of mixtures, including properties like viscosity.

The second lab, which will be used primarily by Assistant Professor Avarind Suresh, Ph.D., who arrived at the college this fall, will be used to research chemical vapor deposition.

On the fourth floor, the chemical engineering department will be getting a brand new computer lab in the former Reynolds Room. As of Friday, installation of the 33 desktop units was underway.

Up the hall, the large undergraduate chemical engineering lab will be subdivided and given a full facelift.

“Coming summer, they plan to convert that undergraduate lab into an undergraduate lab plus four research labs,” Professor and Chair of Chemical Engineering Sasidhar Varanasi said.

Leo’s Shakeup “We got a little bit of checker game,” Ryan said of the shuf-

Construction of the Patricia and Cornelius J. Higgins ‘62 Engineering & Science Center has resulted in sidewalk closures near Leo Engineering Building.

EMILY ORTIZ / THE QUADRANGLE fling of space going on in Leo. The fourth floor’s Fischbach Room, presently a study space, will be converted into civil and environmental engineering labs. Plans for the large chunk of space on the third floor, which will be vacated following the departure of the general chemistry and civil and environmental labs, have not been finalized.

Room 401, the current biology research lab which bisects the fourth floor, will be divided to make space for civil and environmental engineering, as well as a new corridor connecting the two sides of the fourth floor. This research space will relocate to the western face of the building, where biology offices are currently located.

These offices will move to a brand new, consolidated biology department suite in the former location of classrooms 318 and 319. Construction on this new suite began shortly before the start of classes.

These classrooms have, in turn, been replaced - by Leo 259, formerly a student lounge, and RLC 205, formerly a conference room.

This summer, the college plans to shift its attention down-

ward to the first floor, where renovations are on deck for the concrete, materials, hydraulics, solid mechanics and geotechnical labs.

“Next summer, we’ll be doing all the labs on the west corridor. And those are used by civil, mechanical and chemical,” Ryan said. “What we did this summer was a lot of the prep work that we needed to do for that area so that we could deal with some of the mechanical issues.”

The Leo fire alarm modernization project is also slowly nearing completion.

“Dealing with fire alarms is extremely complicated in New York City,” Ryan said. “We hit a pause on there dealing with the timing of when we wanted to put that system in service, relative to all of the other construction projects that we have.”

Ryan expects the new fire alarm system to enter service by the spring semester.

Follow The Quadrangle for continued updates on Manhattan College’s changing campus.

A digital copy of the official floorplans supplied by Ryan will be available on mcquad.org.

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Shared Discovery: The Value of a Sabbatical Sophia Sakellariou Staff Writer

Just as students devote a majority of their time to their studies, professors often devote their whole lives to theirs’.

However, being holed up in a classroom can lead their constant quest for knowledge to a stalwart, leaving them uninspired and in need of performing new research. This is when a sabbatical comes in handy.

Sabbaticals are paid leaves of absence granted to a professor or other professionals in order to travel or study. These moments away from a university not only improve a professor’s personal development academically, but that of their students and co-workers upon their return, for the knowledge they accrued on their leave will enhance the learning experience of those who work with them.

Professor Michael Grabowski, of the Communica-

tion Department had one such experience, having taken a sabbatical during the Spring 2018 semester. Dr. Grabowski has an extensive background in film and new media and television production, making him a valuable asset to the students in his production classes.

His sabbatical was focused around neurocinematics which he explained as a field of study that examines how the brain processes movies and what ecological relationships are revealed in the brain when watching movies. “There is a reason why movies captivate us: they tap into a perceptual system that has evolved over millions of years in a natural environment.

How that works is of interest to me,” said Dr. Grabowski, “I am interested in this area both for what it can tell us about how we understand our reality, and for generating explanations for why certain filmmaking techniques work.”

Dr. Grabowski is happy to be back on campus, but en-

joyed having the time to gather this research.

“Being on sabbatical allowed me to travel to destinations and conduct interviews for my research, including the Castle Noel house in Ohio, which features a collection of Christmas movie sets and storefront windows, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Illinois, and the Institute for Creative Technologies at the University of Southern California,” Grabowski said.

His travels enabled him to develop a new course for the Media Production concentration as well as work on his book. “The book examines how we perceive and process our environment, old and new media like VR and digital media, and tourist destinations constructed from fictional places and concepts,” said Grabowski.

The new course he developed, Introduction to Story and Post-Production, is said by Grabowski to “take an innova-

tive approach by combining instruction in story construction with motion image editing.”

Grabowski gathered over 30 clips from films as well as readings on storytelling and myths that will provide students with a better understanding of how to be a good storyteller in the works they will one day produce.

Head of the Communication Department, Dr. Thom Gencarelli, is happy to have Dr. Grabowski back. On filling the void in classes when professors like him leave, Dr. Gencarelli said it’s always hard.

“Because of what we do, its best to hire adjuncts from the industry with expertise,” Gencarelli said.

However, he explained that even industry professionals don’t seem to do as good of a job in classes such as senior seminar as full-time professors.

Gencarelli thinks the new course will absolutely be of great benefit to the students in the media production con-

centration. He explained how the dynamic between film and editing is changing. In the past, mistakes in footage were not seen until the film was sent out for editing. Now, films are being shot in 6K and the production team can see rushes right there and make the essential edits and reshoots within minutes.

“Film is all about storytelling- making sense of things as they are in the world or as we make them up as a figment in our minds,” Gencarelli said.

Rather than focusing primarily on one media platform such as television news or radio, Grabowski’s emphasis on storytelling will allow students to learn how to make works with respect to narrative and fiction and can use these skills for non-fiction based productions as well. After all, news reports, even this article tell a story and it’s important to understand how they can be told best.

Faculty Dining to Become New “Kelly 4C” Taylor Brethauer Editor-in-Chief

The fourth floor of the Raymond Kelly Student Commons is getting a minor facelift; the room previously used for faculty dining will now become another reservable room for lectures and events. It will join Kelly 4A and Kelly 4B, with the room now being called Kelly 4C.

An announcement about the move appeared in an MC Announcements email sent out to students and faculty at the beginning of the semester. The announcement was submitted

by Kenneth Waldhof, director of business services.

“The Kelly Commons Faculty-Staff Dining Room has relocated back to its former location in the Thomas Hall Cafe 1853 area Atrium. The dining space will open on Monday, August 27 with the start of the fall term,” the announcement said.

Before Kelly Commons was built, the atrium in Cafe 1853 served as faculty dining.

The move was something discussed with faculty and Provost William Clyde, according to Richard Satterlee, vice president of student life.

“With consultation with the faculty and the provost, we agreed to relocate the faculty dining and convert [4C]. The space that was faculty dining will essentially be freed up to be scheduled for programming.

I think this really benefits the entire campus,” said Satterlee.

The reason of the move, simply, is that the Commons is

used most frequently for events and the building was in need of another room. During the academic year, the rooms are booked practically every single day.

Or as Satterlee put it, “we’re like a victim of our own success in the Commons, which is really good news.”

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The relocation of faculty dining to Cafe 1853 atrium was discussed with faculty and Provost William Clyde, according to Richard Satterlee, vice president of student life. The Cafe 1853 atrium is the original location of the dining room before Kelly Commons was built. ing equipped with a projector and screen to be used for presentations, along with new AV and sound systems similar to those housed in rooms 4A and 4B, along with rooms 5A, 5B and 5C. Along with the technology, 4A and 4B have collapsable walls that can connect the entirety of the fourth floor into one big room, similar to the fifth floor.

With the new 4C being renovated to accommodate for

events, Satterlee says there will be priority given to faculty and department events in order to give back to academic-related endeavors.

There will also be the advantage of the proximity to the kitchen, for events with snacks and meals.

Regarding the move of faculty dining back to the atrium, Satterlee says there are new advantages by connecting dining space with the current dining spaces of Cafe 1853, the CStore and Locke’s Loft.

“It may be more centrally located and be more connected to Gourmet Dining spaces in Thomas and therefore attract more faculty on a regular basis,” said Satterlee.

The atrium provides meals to any member of the staff through purchase of Jasper dollars, dining dollars, cash, credit card, debit card or Gourmet Dining charge form. The operation hours run from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. every Monday through Friday, except during holidays and when classes aren’t in session.

The school advertises the dining space as follows: “Located on the second floor of Thomas Hall in the Cafe 1853 atrium, faculty dining is exclusive to faculty and employees of Manhattan College, and offers hot entree menu items, salad/deli bar, soups, desserts, coffee, tea, and beverages.” A weekly menu is posted on the website’s announcement page.

The new Kelly 4C is scheduled to be complete by Oct. 1 for the STEM Career Fair, according to Satterlee.

What was formely known as the Faculty Dining space will now be transformed to the third reservable event area on thefourth floor of Kelly Commons.

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238th Street Station Renovations Underway __________________________ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 off the train throughout the repairs.

Rob Walsh, newly appointed Senior Advisor for Strategic Partnerships at Manhattan, hopes that improvements to the 238th Street Station will remain timely and ultimately extend past the stairs alone.

“We want to ensure that this project stays on track and is completed as soon as possible given that a good share of Manhattan College uses this station,” said Walsh in an email statement.

Walsh recognizes the repairs as an opportunity for the college to collaborate further with the MTA beyond initial structural improvements.

“With the capital plan underway to replace the stairs, there is a real opportunity to work creatively with the MTA Arts & Design team. [...] As you’re going around the city, you will notice some creative

art incorporated into stations. I think at 238th Street and 242nd Street we really have the opportunity to work with the MTA on adding art or preserving and repairing the existing station to enhance the experience of the rider and the visual look of the station.”

Ultimately, Walsh is looking into how these improvements can benefit the immediate area around the station. He has been in touch with the MTA about these ideas.

“If you look up and take a good look at 238th Street station from the street you will notice that with a bit of repair and fresh coat of paint, the station could be a nice attraction on 238th Street. It definitely needs a bit of attention.”

Those who may have trouble getting to a nearby station on foot can board a Bx9 Bus and transfer to the 1 Train for free at either the 242nd Street or 231st Street.

The 238th Street Station will be closed throughout the fall and to the end of the winter season in 2019. Those who wish to take the one train can either walk or take the Bx9 Bus to the 242nd or 231st street stations.

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Overlook Gas Leak Incident __________________________ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ly hired out for utility work, but the problem with sub-contracting out relatively dangerous gas work is you get people with less training than they would have if they worked for Con ED and you know stuff goes wrong,” Campbell said.

Old pipes were the cause of the gas leak, according to Campbell.

“They were in the middle improving the gas line on 238th street. They were doing some excavating and accidentally hit an old gas line from 1994. The old pipes are still attached to the new line in certain spots, which is pretty normal in New York because it’s too expensive and time consuming to take all of the old pipes out... but the old pipes are sometimes not in very good shape and crack easily,” he said.

Tom Lehr, 52nd Ladder Cofirefighter, explained the situation more thoroughly.

“JR Cruz and their guys were digging up the gas line with the excavator and they busted up an old gas main,” Lehr said.

He continued.

“That hissing sound you hear is the gas, it’s about 80 pounds of pressure pushing gas out of a 1 inch pipe,” Lehr said. “Normally before this sort of work is done, Con Ed comes and marks the pavement in order to let the workers know where and where not to dig, if this spot was in fact marked by

con ed, then JR Cruzis in big trouble.”

Mark Salivine, is a JR CRUZ utility worker.

Salivine was asked why the gas is still pouring out of the pipe and why they can’t just turn it off.

“Only Con Ed can turn it off, so we’re waiting for con ed hopefully they don’t take much longer because the smell you’re smelling, and not good,” he said.

As previously stated, the gas smell lasted just ten minutes, but due to gas being turned off in the area, other issues arised.

Mr. Wu is the owner of Yokohama on W238th street.

According to Wu, Friday is Yokohoma’s busiest day.

“Friday is our busiest day so it’s really not good that our gas is turned off, it’s been more than 3 hours now,” he said.

Nothing stopped Yokohama from conducting business, though.

“We can still make sushi, but sushi only makes for a small amount of the business we do, we hope it comes on before dinner I already sent home a cook.”

Jasper Deli was well prepared for situations such as this one.

“The skillet that most of the sandwiches are made on is actually electric, we switched five years ago, and the fryers and the ovens are all on a backup generator, so thankfully we were prepared for this but for everyone else on this street trying to sell food on a beautiful

friday afternoon, it’s no good and probably very frustrating,” Omar, a Jasper Deli Employee said.

Like others, Omar was concerned about the gas smell at his place of work.

“The smell inside was scary, and outside it smelt the exact same, everyone was saying ‘is it supposed to smell like that?’ And then finally the fire department came and it was obvious that it’s not supposed to smell like that,” he said. “I’m happy it’s no longer leaking but for people trying to run a restaurant, they only care about if they can make food or not.”

The gas was turned back on early Friday evening and students, workers on W238th and all others remained safe during the dangerous gas leak.

ABOVE: Workers inspecting building plans to stop the gas leak.

LEFT: Old pipes, like the one pictured, are still attached to the new line in certain spots.

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Yanagihara Addresses Tough Issues in “A Little Life” THE BOOK NOOK Regan Alejo Contributor

Raw. Honest. Powerful.

Necessary. Hanya Yanagihara’s “A Little Life” is a heartwrenching, heartbreaking, and yet heartwarming novel that resonates with our generation and speaks volumes about growing up, chasing success, and facing pain.

The story is centered around four friends: Willem, the handsome and auspicious actor; Malcolm the aspiring architect; JB, the passionate painter; and Jude, the brilliant and tragic mystery of a man.

After college, they move to New York City in pursuit of a fresh and exciting start to their young lives.

They face the usual sitcom problems such as being broke in the city in a tiny apartment they can’t afford while barely getting a foot into the door of their dream jobs. Yanagihara addresses these issues with the juvenile excitement they deserve. The nervous exhaustion accompanied by eagerness and anticipation that goes hand in hand with the start of being an

adult, moving out, and moving on to the hopefully bigger and brighter future.

As the years progress, things begin to darken. Secrets of the past and anxieties of the present are revealed. Jude in particular is brought into the light. His story and trauma unfold and his closest companions are forced to process the new information that is slowly being disclosed.

While it may seem like it’s all about suffering and distress though, “A Little Life” is a moving story that calls attention to friendship and human connection in the wake of life’s many hardships. The relationships between the men take hit after hit, yet they seem to grow closer with each obstacle faced.

By the end of the book, Yanagihara has firmly addressed things like abuse, trauma, depression and anxiety in one of the most real and honest ways imaginable. Within the confines of the covers, she fearlessly dove into dark to push her readers outside of the comforts of casual small talk and into the arms of truth and what it truly means to be human.

When you read “A Little

Life” you come out a different person. I read it for the first time this June. Then I read it for the second time at the end of August. Even reading the book twice in such quick succession didn’t leave me with enough though. I needed more time with the characters. More time to breathe in the beautiful and tragic novel that seemed nearly personal. I felt devoured and immersed and touched and whole in a broken kind of way, a feeling you only get with certain books. A special kind of connection.

Yanagihara shows readers that it’s all right to feel things deeply, acknowledging that things aren’t always sunshine and rainbows, even in fiction.

She spins a tale that strikes to the core but provides solace and comfort within the same string.

I can say with honest conviction that “A Little Life” is the most influential book in my life.

Reading it felt like a war within me. Each chapter broke me down a little more. In the end though, I was changed for the better.

Published in 2015, “A Little Life” has recieved both the Booker Prize and the National Book Award for Fiction REGAN ALEJO / THE QUADRANGLE

Jenn Bueti: Small Town Girl, City World PERFORMER PROFILE Maria Thomas Staff Writer

The performing arts scholarship is for a select few Jaspers at Manhattan College. Students audition on Accepted Students Days, and those who receive the scholarship are required to participate in two distinct performing arts groups.

For sophomore performing arts scholar Jenn Bueti, those groups are the Jazz Band and the Manhattan Singers.

“You have to go to every meeting that they have, participate in all the events, and do more than the average person would,” she said.

Bueti plays the trumpet, but loves to experiment with different instruments and sounds.

“I tried learning the piano over the summer, but it was harder than I thought it was going to be,” she said.

Bueti’s experience in performing arts began early in her life while she was in elementary school.

“It all started back in the summer before fourth grade.

We had a bunch of people from the high school come in and show us different instruments.

They had the flute, saxophone, trumpet, the trombone, and

other types of classical instruments. I remember going home and telling my dad I wanted to play the trumpet,” Bueti said.

In addition to her involvement with the trumpet, Bueti began acting and singing in the fifth grade, accrediting her beginnings in theatre to her uncle.

“My uncle would always sing with me, which was really encouraging,” she said.

Last year, Bueti did the pit orchestra for the theatre department’s featured musical “Into the Woods”. While this was a great opportunity to meet new people, it was also a challenge.

According to Buetti, learning a new song can take months to master, and in doing a performance musicians are often faced with strict and fast-paced deadlines.

Overall, however, Buetti saw it as an opportunity to grow.

“I loved that music. It was really a great experience,” Bueti said.

One of her favorite memories derived from her time spent at Manhattan College was a fanfare portion of a song she performed for “Into the Woods”.

Bueti began her involvement in the arts during elementary school when she decided to learn the trumpet. before diving into acting and singing JENN BUETI / COURTESY “I couldn’t do it by the time opening night came around, but I finally got it by the end of shows and it felt so good to be god at what I do,” Bueti said.

Besides her involvement with “Into the Woods”, Buetti has participated in the opening house performance for the Jazz Band, a December performance entitled Lessons in Carols, and several other showcases.

As a qualification for her performing arts scholarship, Buetti participates in the Man-

hattan Singers, a choral group on campus. She began the choir group her freshman year, and plans to continue her sophomore year.

It is often found that clubs and activities held on campus are a useful source for building new friendships, and Bueti provides perhaps the most realistic example of this.

“I’m not just friends with the performing arts scholarship kids. I”ve basically made friends with all of the performing arts kids, especially the im-

prov group on campus, Scatterbomb,” Bueti said.

Bueti began performing in Scatterbomb the fall semester of her freshman year, and refers to it as one of her favorite groups on campus.

“You do get as lot of friends from your classes, but you do get the majority of your friends from the clubs that you join and the things that you show up to. I’m glad that all of my friends are interested in the same things that I like to do,” she said.

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Arches Program Attends Final Run of “SpongeBob Squarepants: the Musical” Madalyn Johnson Staff Writer

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea or perhaps Palace Theater? SpongeBob SquarePants: the Musical.

The hit Nickelodeon show turned into a Broadway musical with music written by a line of impressive and well-known artists like David Bowie, John Legend, Sara Bareilles, Plain White T’s, Panic at the Disco and so many more amazed all audience members. Small children, adults and teens who wish to take a trip down to memory lane were mesmerized by the show’s colorful characters, exotic costumes, bright set designs and outstanding talent.

Manhattan College’s Arches Program took a handful of its members to a show on Sept. 13.

The program, that has visited many popular destinations in New York such as Coney Island and Chelsea Pier, is a living and learning community that allows first-year students to explore parts of New York City while engaging in team exercises and activities. The students were able to sit in orchestra seats as they watched beloved cartoon characters perform and enter-

tain.

The show takes place in the heart of Bikini Bottom in which the protagonist SpongeBob SquarePants, played by Tony nominee Ethan Slater, has to save his hometown from an erupting volcano. He is joined by his two friends Patrick Star and Sandy Cheeks who are played by Danny Skinner and Christina Sajous. The three together team up to stop the volcano and reunite the town from a chaotic state in a variety of song.

Many musical numbers in the show left people humming to the catchy beat or talking about the groovy and energetic choreography. One of the most comedic and favored songs, “I’m Not a Loser” sung

by Squidward, played by Gavin Lee, had audience members out of their seats cracking up and then giving a standing ovation.

One of the youngest cast members of the show, Jai’Len Christine Li Josey, who plays Pearl the whale teenager daughter of money-hungry Mr. Krabs was a show-stopper, literally stopping the show with her incredibly powerful vocals stunning everyone in the room.

Ethan Slater put on a spec-

tacular performance embodying the character perfectly by keeping up with the standards of the original SpongeBob’s iconic, squeaky voice. He also put on a promising performance with an appealing singing voice and athletic ability like no other, climbing, flipping and jumping all throughout the show.

After 327 performances and 29 previews, the show, unfortunately, closed on Sept. 16 but is set to begin a national tour in the fall of 2019. The Palace Theater, which has held many classic Broadway shows including Oklahoma, Legally Blonde, West Side Story and Annie is being shut down and is going to undergo construction. The musical also didn’t succeed the financial mark Nickelodeon had hoped for which was $18 million.

With two-decades of TV content, two movies and now a Broadway musical, the SpongeBob SquarePants series has sure proved itself worthy of pleasing audiences. The musical, especially, didn’t disappoint in delivering a happy, good feel and heart-warming story about a “simple” sponge.

The show featured the works of artists including David Bowie, Sara Bareilles, John Legend and others.

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Auditions Held for Upcoming Student-Run Production Sophia Sakellariou Staff Writer

Players held auditions for their spring production “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare” in the box on Wednesday, Sept. 12.

The play is a comedic work that parodies William Shakespeare’s plays in shortened forms, each consisting of only three actors. The 35 auditioners are competing for a mere 12 spots so they certainly had their work cut out for them.

Those auditioning were greeted by a panel consisting of the director, Katharine Scheid, co-director Camryn Kidney and stage manager Caroline Shea. Staring back at three faces as one recites a monologue sounds intimidating, but the Players board eased tensions by greeting everyone with a smile and a relaxed air.

Perched on a couch, Shea explained why this play was chosen and how it will be unlike any other in Players history as the first fully student run production.

“At the end of the year we all get together and pitch shows that we wanna do for next year.

We didn’t choose it for the main stage, but were like oh, this will be like a great educational opportunity if we want to find students interested in directing,” Kidney said.

On why she chose the show, Kidney said,” “The show is really funny, it’s hysterical actually, so I was like yeah that’s what I wanna do.”

Players has never done a work of Shakespeare before.

Shea explained that the American Shakespeare Company, a theater group not affiliated with Manhattan College , comes every year and performs one of Shakespeare’s plays. Last year they performed Macbeth and will be doing Winter’s Tale this October.

Shea explained the Company does a modern take on Shakespeare that’s really engaging with the crowd.

When pitch ideas are tossed around at the end of the year, most students shy away from Shakespeare works Kidney explained. However, “The Complete Works” is a different take on his work that they feel will be a big hit with the crowd, and many students within Players seemed intrigued enough to try.

“The pitch had a big enough following of kids interested that the board came up with the idea that this should be a student run production so we would have as many rehearsals as a main stage like our fall production, Present Laughter, but it would be completely student run,” Scheid said.

Running a complete production and juggling classes

makes for quite a busy schedule, but Scheid said, “It can be hard to balance, but I’m lucky enough that I have Camryn and Caroline and the three of us I believe make a solid team that can get it through so that none of us are ever struggling.”

As stage manager, Shea is very excited to work on a fully student run production.

“We have a lot of assistants like lighting assistants and sound assistants who will help if we contracted out but for this production actually it’s going to be fully done by students.”

Pointing toward the hanging lights Shea said, “Since I’m the stage manager I’ll be up there sort of calling the shots and I think that the collaboration of all the students will make the show run smoothly.”

When asked what she’s looking for in hopefuls, Scheid said, “I really just wanna find people that have fun on stage.

Like they don’t have to be word perfect every time and they don’t have to be super serious. The show is supposed to be fun and relaxed and I really want people to be fun and relaxed and really themselves on stage.”

Freshman hopeful, Ageta Gryzb reviewed her monologue up until the very last minute as she awaited her turn.

“This is my first time [auditioning for a play] and I’m super nervous,” said Gryzb. “I’ve

Auditioning students read a monologue before a panel during auditions for the spring production of “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare” on Wednesday, Sept. 12.

KELSEY KOVACS / THE QUADRANGLE always wanted to be in a play and I thought this was a good time to try.”

Another freshman, Isabelle Campbell, was also reviewing her monologue in the hall, but her theatrical background is quite different from Gryzb’s.

Campbell explained that she has been doing shows ever since she was seven and is excited to continue this passion in college.

Although unfamiliar with

the play she was auditioning for, Campbell said, “I’m not familiar with it, but I did take the time to look it up and research.

I was laughing when I first read about it, it’s pretty funny.”

Hopefuls will find out by the end of the week whether or not they made the final cut. Players will have the show ready for an audience on their opening night, Feb. 8 at 8:00pm in the box and are excited to begin work on the production.

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Student Performers Take Ov Rose Brennan & Alexa Schmidt A&E Editor & Asst. A&E Editor

In the first major event of the year hosted by Student Government, Manhattan College’s annual music festival known as Quadchella was held on Friday, Sept. 14.

True to its name, Quadchella (previously known as “Quadstock”) is usually hosted outside on the campus quadrangle. However, at the last minute, the venue was changed and the event was entirely reorganized in Jasper Hall’s backyard. People were notified of the change around 2:30 p.m., and the event was scheduled for 4 p.m.

“I think [the venue change] was a miscommunication between some of the administration and I and Andy [Bauer]. I don’t think we were all on the same page, but we learned from this mistake, and we are going to make sure that every plan is down pat [...] so this kind of mistake does not happen again,” said Jaycie Cooper, student body president.

This year, the Cooper administration faced a unique challenge in planning Quadchella. Due to budget cuts across the board, there was some uncertainty surrounding whether or not the festival would include a musical guest like in previous years. But Cooper found a way to make it work: a festival of entirely stu-

dent performers.

“I didn’t want Springfest and Quadchella to suffer, and that’s what I was kind of told when the budgets had to be cut. Everything was being cut across the board so I was like, okay, how can we fix this?”

Cooper said. “This was kind of my idea to [...] plan to make Springfest better and still have a fall event for students that’s still enjoyable without breaking the bank.”

As the event began at 4 p.m., students started to trickle over from dorm buildings and classes, magnetized by the three food trucks in the Jasper parking lot. The mouthwatering options included mini donuts, grilled cheese and Korean barbecue.

As hordes of students began filling up on the delicious (and free!) food, the stage was set for the first act of the afternoon: Flycatcher, a rock band native to New Brunswick, N.J.

Flycatcher was unique among the performing groups because it was composed entirely of non-MC students.

They had come to perform at Quadchella at the request of close friend Kevin Donald, a senior at the college.

“I’m really good friends with Kevin, and [...] he told me they were putting together a Quadchella thing, he said they were thinking about getting rid of it altogether. He said, ‘why don’t we get some local bands to do it’ and so we [...] kind of got dibs on throwing our names in the ring. So we were just like, ‘hey, we’ll do it if you guys want

“Let Me Ask My Mother” opened for the portion of the event that featured student performers.

Here, front-man Kevin Donald sings and plays guitar.

JOSEPH CORRARO / THE QUADRANGLE us to,’” said Flycatcher guitarist and vocalist Greg Pease.

It’s never easy to be the first group to perform, because it also comes with the added task of breaking the ice in a prospective audience. And so, while Flycatcher was performing, they had to slowly coax students away from the food trucks into Jasper backyard to watch them and the rest of the performers. However, some students that didn’t need any coaxing were residents of Jasper Hall, some of whom could watch the performances from the comfort of their dorm rooms.

“You almost have to make them uncomfortable. It’s uncomfortable for everybody but if you look now, everybody’s nice and comfortable and everybody’s hanging out,” Pease said.

Pease would make a second appearance later that afternoon as a guest performer with Donald’s band, Let Me Ask My Mother.

Following Flycatcher, the afternoon’s set of performers ran the musical gamut from fullon rock ensembles like Let Me Ask My Mother to traditional crooners to girls with ukuleles and everything in between.

One of the true showstoppers of the evening was senior Emelia “Emely” Martinez. She performed with a guitarist and pianist. As Martinez sang on stage, they accompanied her using just their improvisational skills.

“It was super scary to perform at Quadchella at first, but it was really nice to see everyone gather and support each other. You could tell whose friends are watching who, which is the the cutest thing ever because you can hear them and see them when they get closer. It’s just so much fun.

Everyone’s having a good time,

LEFT: Students Sam Wilson, Shereen Chaudhry and Karla Ortiz made a sign to cheer on their friend, Emelia “Emely” Martinez, one of the student performers.

RIGHT: The band Flycatcher from New Brunswick, N.J., opened up the event at 4 p.m., as a sort of “opener” for the student performers. They performed their original songs for the crowd and promoted their newly released album. The four members of the band are friends of “Let Me Ask My Mother”’s Kevin Donald.

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osts Annual Quadchella :

ver the Fun-Filled Afternoon

The event, which was moved to Jasper Backyard last second, still drew in many students for an afternoon of food, music and fun. Above is an aerial shot from the stairwell of Jasper Hall.

JOSEPH CORRARO / THE QUADRANGLE there’s good food, good music and they’re DJing in between which I think was a very smart idea. It’s straight good vibes, I love it,” she said.

Martinez originally started playing piano and guitar, but pushed away the idea of singing. When she finally started to her senior year of high school, she enjoyed it, but thought it wasn’t enough. She started songwriting, found it was her niche, and has since stuck to it.

Martinez bases her songs off of personal events. She also likes to play around and do remixes.

“When I do a remix, some-

Emelia “Emely” Martinez has written many of her own songs, which she performed at Quadchella to a crowd of her peers.

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times when I hear a song I just I think to myself, oh how would I have written that song if I had thar concept or that idea. So then I write my own verses to songs that are already there and I write songs about experiences that I’ve had. It always starts with me playing random things on the guitar and I’m like, I kind of like this, and then it takes me somewhere, and I write, and that’s it,” she said.

RIGHT: Alex Constantine, tentatively named his band “That One Hot Girl in Your Engineering Class.”

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Poetry Night: The Art of Opening Up Michevi Dufflart Web Editor

The night was one of laughter, solemnity and true artistic expression. Held in the Multicultural Center in the Kelly Student Commons, students of all grade levels met last Tuesday at 6PM to celebrate poetry and each other’s talents.

Before the night began though, coffee, cookies and doughnuts were offered to those in attendance and students ate and drank, conversing among those sitting in the room. Several students had attended the event in the past and several others were new to it.

Among these newcomers was graduate student and data analytics major, Kevin Garcia.

Garcia, a commuter throughout his undergraduate years, was always interested in attending the event, but never had the chance to until this past Tuesday.

Initially nervous to share one of his poems, Garcia eventually shared over three poems, all of which were greeted with snaps of support. The poems varied in topic, but each one was inspired by things in his life.

“I feel like everyone has their own struggle and obstacles and it’s really good when we are able to have our voice heard because most of the time it’s always suppressed … I feel like everyone has something to say, but they just feel like they don’t have the power to say it or they’re too scared to say it.

So the fact that we can come together with people that give [others] the ability to speak up,

The first poetry night of the semester took place in The Multicultural Center on Tuesday, Sept. 11.

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I think that’s when we start to become more human and that’s what’s most important,” said Garcia.

Many others used their words and voices to express their thoughts in the open space last Tuesday as well and the subject matter was mostly an assortment of personal anecdotes. These anecdotes comprised topics of family, love, growth, hate, travels, and more.

Bryan McKeon, a sophomore civil engineering major and a member of the Multicultural Center events board, was one of the first students to share a poem that night. Once read, McKeon also provided an explanation to his poem, which is an aspect that he’d like to incorporate in future Poetry

Nights. “[The events board has been talking] about possibly [teaching poetry]. We can have a theme and show it to a group setting or audience and try to teach them certain things about a sonnet, what is it made out of, and what it is... stuff like that,” said McKeon.

Rabea Ali, a junior management and marketing major, and one of the regular participants of Poetry Night, shared a number of her own poems as well.

For her, the experience is more than just being able to share her own poetry.

“There is a huge amount of talent on this campus and this is a good way for people to get together to both highlight that talent, enjoy good poetry …

hear people’s thoughts, [and express yourself]” said Ali. Ali also mentions that an event like this is important because of the circumstances and current climate of our world.

“It’s interesting to have a space where everyone of different views feels welcome because there are things that you might not have heard of … experiences that you have not been through yourself and hearing that perspective is like ‘Oh okay, I never thought of it that way’ and then it sticks with you,” said Ali. McKeon and Ali both note that events like this would not be possible or successful without the dedication of students and other members of the events board. This success is

reflected in those students who return and or tell their friends to attend.

“I would love to come back with much better poems. I really want more people come, to speak up and say what they want to say in a no judgment kind of environment … so I’d definitely come back,” said Garcia

Poetry Night is part of a series of events hosted by the Multicultural Center each semester. It is typically hosted every semester on the second Tuesday and last Thursday of each month.

Patricia Carey: The Woman, The Myth, The Legend Gabriella DePinho Asst. News Editor

While many recognize Hayden Greene as the face of the Multicultural Center, he is actually not the first person you see when you walk into the space. Day in and day out, Patricia Carey sits at the tall desk in the corner of the room and is the first person that most people will be greeted by when they walk in.

Patricia Carey is the Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Student Life but she is fairly new to the staff, having only been here for a little over a year and a half now.

“I was looking for a full-time position because my daughters didn’t really need me anymore to pick them up and drop them off. I applied to several jobs and got several interviews,” said

Carey, “I was in the doctor’s office with my dad and I got three phone calls stating ‘oh we’d like to offer you the position’ so I turned to my dad and asked him what I should do. He said to take the first one that called and that’s what I did.”

Before looking for a full time position, Patricia spent her professional career working part-time, able to focus on raising her daughters.

Carey said, “Since my oldest daughter, who is now almost 24, was born, I always worked part time. They were always secretarial jobs. For 15 years, I worked from home, I had my own office at home and it was great.

She continued.

“I was able to pick my children up, drop them off at school, be involved at school but still put in a good 6 to 7

hours of work a day. Sometimes I would throw the laundry in while I was on a call with somebody. I love working and I loved that my daughters saw that I could be a mom and work and I was lucky that I was able to do that.”

“I’m the secretary for Sonny [Ago] and Debbi [Damico] and Hayden [Greene] and the Orientation Office and now, the Women and Gender Resource Center. Hayden sometimes calls me the office manager, but I’m really just dipping my hands in all these pots,” said Carey.

According to Carey, the job never gets boring. In the early fall, her focus is more on the Multicultural Center, but then in November, the Orientation office starts to prepare for mid-year orientation. In February, preparations for the June and August Orientation events

start. Carey helps out Debbi [Damico] with her appointments and guiding students to her. Now, Carey is also managing the new and growing duties that come along with the opening of the Women and Gender Resource Center.

Not only do students recognize Carey and she recognizes them, but students often go to her when they need someone to talk to because of her familiarity to them.

“I think because I’m the first person a lot of students see when they walk into the Multicultural Center, I’m a familiar face, especially with freshmen,” said Carey, “I know it sounds crazy but I think I’m like a mom figure to some of the students.”

She continues.

“Sometimes they ask me for my advice, which sometimes I’m afraid to give, so I suggest they go to the Counseling Center or the Center for Academic

Success. A lot of them just want me to listen to them, so I just listen,” said Carey.

Carey feels that she is better able to carry out her tasks at MC and guide students because of her duties as a mother.

Conversely, she feels she can better direct her daughters because of what she learns on a daily basis from the students.

“I’m with students 90 percent of the time, whereas my other jobs were all adults. I love the students, I think I have a basic understanding of where they’re coming from because I have two daughters who are 18 and 24. I know what they’re like coming in and I know how much they grow. The students here have taught me so much too,” said Carey.

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Rabea Ali and Her Relationship with Poetry PEOPLE OF MANHATTAN August Kissel Web Editor

The Quadrangle: At what point did you start your relationship with poetry?

Rabea Ali: I think the fact that you summed it up as a relationship is the most accurate summary I have gotten to date.

I have always been really interested in creative writing, that has always been something that is my thing. My father always said that as kids he never saw me and my sister without our noses in a book. We always read and that inspired both of us to become interested in writing. I fell into this whole world of “Wow, you can do things with words, and convey all of this and I can do this too.” And then when my life started to take points of up and down, that’s when I started to use writing as my medium of coping.

At first it was literally just throwing words onto paper.

Then I discovered poetry, I discovered it through the joy that is the internet. I discovered a specific poet, Nayyiyah Waheed, and this was before she became semi-bi because she is not super big, everything she said related to me as someone who was born and raised in America but always felt like I was lost in this world of the “brown girl living in Ameri-

ca” because I have never belonged back home and I never belonged here. This was the point where I found my writing can do this for other people so maybe I shouldn’t keep it in a box, I used to keep my poems in a shoebox I still have to this day. I started actively pursuing poetry.

At first it wasn’t even writing poetry it was slam poetry.

I spent most of high school at slam poetry cafes, and just showing up and listening to people while also doing a few poems myself. I slowly discovered I don’t always have time for this, and I lost that element of me completely because I wasn’t giving it the time. I lost myself freshman year because I was in the process of transitioning to a completely different life.

Come around mid-freshmen year, and Hayden approaches me and said, “We have a poetry night, did you know this?” and I have been in the Multicultural center pretty late and I did see it happen but typically I would evacuate the premises.

That always stuck with me and over that summer I travelled to Pakistan as an adult, and that is where I found the most inspiration to date. It still feels like home but it also does not feel like home and that confusion is what drew me to writing.

I finally showed up to my

first poetry night my sophomore year and I have been a regular since.

TQ: If a person is actively trying to start their own relationship with poetry but cannot identify with any particular author, and feels terrified and intimidated as a result, what would you recommend they do?

RA: The biggest thing I find for me even, poetry when I read it, it’s never what’s in the newstands. The smaller known people who have self published books on Amazon or have their own instagram page, you would be surprised the kind of inspiration that draws because it is so much closer to someone who is trying to get to that point in comparison to someone who appears to have “made it.” It seems as, as people make it, they become less relatable for me, that relatability is everything.

TQ: Would you say writing poetry is for everyone?

RA: I don’t think so, if you find joy in it and or it brings some form of closure to you yes. Do I think reading poetry is for everyone? Yes, I think it is. I think understanding poetry is not for everyone, I think understanding it is for a poet themselves, one can always guess and wonder but you will never know their truth.

TQ: Where do you find

Poems that Rabea haas written in her poetry notebook.

She has found the most inspiration from her trip to Pakistan.

RABEA ALI / COURTESY your poetry?

RA: Instagram, The Strand, Reddit surprisingly on their Poetry Thread, Writing Thread, the Writing Prompts Thread.

One of my favorite things to do is to go into a random bookstore and just pick two books there I have no context about and walk out with them. Sometimes the books will be flops and they will suck but sometimes I find some of my greatest treasures that way.

Poetr y Night Info I am going to give a plug for Poetry Night. Quote me on

this, this is the BEST event on this campus that happens consistently. Also they have cookies, and those bring me life.

Poetry Night happens every second Tuesday of the month and every last Thursday of the month. This month’s Thursday is combined with an event with the Muslim Student Association, we are bringing in a poet, she’s doing a bunch of her own poems and a Q&A, and then we are jumping into Poetry Night Open Mic.

Magic Mike at Manhattan College Maria Thomas Staff Writer

Some students at Manhattan College consider being a Jasper a magical thing. The pride that fills our campus unites us in a way so mysterious and consuming that it feels unearthly. For one Jasper in particular, however, every day involves magic.

Freshman Mike Ficaro, often referred to by his peers as “Magic Mike”, has been practicing magic since the age of nine years old. He was first introduced to the hobby by his uncle. “He showed me a magic trick and I thought, that was the craziest thing I’d ever seen in my whole life. I taught myself how to do that trick, and then I learned another one, and another one, and here we are. “ His nickname, “Magic Mike”, began to spread in his freshman year of highschool.

At first, Ficaro didn’t appreciate the title.

“I didn’t really like it at first, because I thought it was annoying and corny, but then it just grew on me. I think it could end up being my stage name,

or maybe I’d just put ‘Magic’ before my first and last name.”

One of the most difficult aspects of practicing magic is the development of new tricks.

While some magicians learn their material from books and video tutorials, those who make a professional career out of magic are expected to develop their own tricks. Ficaro says he incorporates a mixture of stuff he has learned from others and stuff he has created into his performances.

“I’m mostly self-taught. I read a lot of books that I got from a magic store here in New York City. Youtube is also a great platform. A great recommendation would be the book Expert at the Card Table. It’s basically regarded as the magic bible. Once I showed interest in magic I was gifted that book from a family member” Ficaro said.

Along with inspiring books and Youtube videos, certain performers have made a lasting impact of Ficaro.

“I saw Penn and Teller live in Las Vegas when i was about ten years old , and that to me was an amazing feat of magic and performance and I thought

it was very interesting. I remember thinking, ‘Wow, this could actually be fun’, and it just kind of snowballed from there into something way bigger. “ As with any profession, there are definitely pros and cons to being a magician. Ficaro said, “On one hand, it’s definitely a good icebreaker and a really good way to meet new people. To share that experience with others is amazing. As far as cons go, sometimes it’s difficult because I perform a lot of close up magic to people, and sometimes you get those spectators that try to make it about themselves rather than the performer. People will say stuff like ‘I saw how you did that, I know what you were doing, this is lame let’s get out of here’”.

While being a street performer has its ups and downs, Ficaro says he has experienced some of his best times whilst doing magic. Ficaro recalled one of his favorite memories.

“We were at the Millford Mall in Conneticut, performing magic for people, and the group we were performing to actually got so large that the security guards had to come over

Mike Ficaro self-taught himself magic, from reading books to searching up videos on Youtube, to perfect his tricks.

MIKE FICARO / COURTESY and tell us to disband whatever was going on, because it was literally blocking the entire walkway, from one store to the other. There had to be about

thirty or fourty people in that group, all huddled in staring and our little hands performing card tricks. That is part of the joy of what I do.”

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The 1 Train Returns to Cortlandt Stree Stephen Zubrycky Managing Editor

For 17 years, the No. 1 subway stop at Cortlandt Street in Lower Manhattan was left unused beneath Greenwich Street.

The station was destroyed by the collapse of the World Trade Center towers in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Following those attacks, the No. 1 train was rerouted away from Lower Manhattan and the impassable mass of twisted steel, broken concrete and shattered glass that blocked the tunnel.

The cleanup and restoration of the tunnel took a year, and on Sept. 15, 2002, the No. 1 train again roared in the tunnel, shuttling passengers to the Rector Street and Whitehall Street stations at the tip of Manhattan, the only two stations south of Cortlandt.

The tunnel may have been fixed. But the station was not.

In 2006, 7 World Trade Center, the first completed project at the new World Trade Center site was finished. In 2011 - ten years after the attacks - the National September 11 Memorial opened. Followed by the 74-story 4 World Trade Center in 2013. And the iconic 1 World Trade Center in 2014. And the opulent World Trade Center Transportation Hub, housing the PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) train and several subway lines, in 2016.

Still, the No. 1 clambered through Cortlandt without stopping for passengers.

Until this month.

On Sept. 8, the No. 1 train pulled to stop at Cortlandt Street for the first time in almost 17 years.

The new station, called “WTC Cortlandt” or just “World Trade Center,” connects to the main train and shopping hall of the WTC Transportation Hub, “The Oculus,” at the hub’s west end, closest to the World Trade Center. Despite its proximity to the massive Fulton Street Station, which services the 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J and Z trains and is located across the Hub, free

transfer is not available.

The station also has access points along Greenwich Street, near the eastern edge of the World Trade Center memorial plaza.

The platform area features an bright, airy and modern design atypical of other stations in the subway system.

Unlike older stations, the platforms are not lined with structural columns, making it easy to see across to the other platform and providing for a less confining experience.

The walls are white marble, with the Downtown platform wall covered in a three-dimensional marble mosaic of the Declaration of Independence.

On the uptown side, a mosaic of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - right now a work on progress - is working its way north along the wall.

While the mosaic is completed, a print out of the declaration

The entrance to the new Cortlandt Street 1 train station from the World Trade Center Transportation Hub, also called “The Oculus.”

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For 17 years, even as the World Trade Center began to rise around it, the Cortlandt Street No. 1 train station beneath lay unused.

Until this month. will line the platform.

“I really liked the new station. It was more modern, and it looked very clean and sleek,” sophomore Maddy Puzdrakiewicz said. “There was a piece of art on the wall that had words from the Declaration of Independence on it which was really cool because it made the station stand out in a deeper way than just a normal wall or a pretty mural.”

On a practical level, the new station will enable riders on local downtown trains to more easily access the World Trade Center. On a symbolic level, it marks an important step on Lower Manhattan’s long road from Sept. 11 to recovery.

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Jasper Student-Athletes Thriving In The Classroom Jamie Regan Contributor

The athlete who slacks off in class is seemingly unbeknownst to Manhattan College.

Jaspers are doing the most they can to debunk the stigmas surrounding the college jock- and they’re doing a pretty good job.

Despite the demanding commitments of being a Division I athlete, last spring provided the perfect illustration of how proficiently Manhattan’s studentathletes are excelling in the classroom.

Women’s soccer team set the bar high with a 3.54 team GPA. Women’s lacrosse and volleyball were right behind at 3.53, while men’s swimming was a laudable 3.47. Seventeen of 19 sports teams finished with a team GPA over 3.1.

In addition, 162 Jaspers earned inclusion to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Honor Roll last semester. Half, who achieved a GPA higher than 3.6, were named to the President’s Honor Roll, while the other 81 athletes celebrated being on the Academic honor roll with minimum GPAs of 3.2.

Women’s lacrosse placed seven on the IWLCA Academic honor roll, women’s volleyball earned the AVCA Team Academic Award, Samson Usilo of the basketball team was one of few engineers nationwide named to the 2017-2018 NABC Honors Court, and 215 athletes were included on the MAAC Academic Honor Roll (Minimum GPA of 3.2). Manhattan’s contribution to MAAC Academic Honor Roll comprised the second greatest total of athletes from a single school within the entire conference.

The seven women on the

lacrosse team who made the IWLCA honor roll were recognized for having a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher. The seven were among 465 honorees from 105 schools; a distinction available to only Division 1 juniors, seniors or graduate students.

A single question remains.

How are they doing it?

Maintaining the balance between sports and studies isn’t always easy for college athletes, and twenty-four hours can often be much less than it seems.

However, having less free time may be the reason our athletes are so productive in the classroom. Seemingly defying common sense, at Manhattan College having less time seems to get more things done.

On days where teams have mid-day practice followed by late-afternoon lift (with no time in between to do anything besides eat lunch) athletes will spend their mornings either in class or in the library trying to get ahead on work instead of saving it for later after they’ve been worn down physically and mentally.

Caileigh Lampersberger, a junior defenseman on the women’s lacrosse team, was one of nine Jaspers from the team that was named to the 2018 MAAC All-Academic team in the spring. For Lampersberger and the majority of athletes at Manhattan, the days are packed with practices, lifts, film sessions and study halls, often from sunrise to sunset.

“The biggest thing is time management because the days are so full of practices,” Lampersberger said when asked about her specific success with academics and how she manages her responsibilities and obligations as a Division I athlete.

Something that’s really

helped her and her teammates has been mentally making a schedule. She’ll plan things like when she needs to do homework, study or take part in another extracurricular, so she already has an idea of what her days look like going into a week.

“It lets me know I can delegate four hours to this class this week and a couple hours for this assignment on this day,” Lampersberger said. “It all helps me not fall behind on anything. If I know I have three hours of lift and three hours to get a project done after that, I’m going to get right to work and waste less time.”

Making the most of her time and putting petal to the metal during crunch time is a quality that Lampersberger says many of her teammates also possess.

For her and her teammates, being a student-athlete is all about having to make constant adjustments, which she mentioned got easier with time.

She admitted that her freshman year was shaky, but now as a junior she, like her teammates, has a very good understanding of what her work requires and has learned to plan accordingly. This may help explain why her team had seven upperclassmen awarded with inclusion to the aforementioned IWLCA Academic Honor roll.

While the student-athletes are the ones who make it happen and get the recognition for all they do, they are not doing it alone. Coaches, teachers, and good academic resources play a very big role in the successes that our athletes share. Despite the reality that most head coaching positions are far from secure and that coaches are under heavy fire to win championships each and every season; they seldom put the athlete in

front of the student.

Coaches are fully aware and receptive to what their players are balancing on all levels, and structure their coaching accordingly. Women’s lacrosse Head Coach Katie McConnell noted that, “they are here to graduate, here to get a degree and then they are here to play lacrosse.”

Such words are indicative of the flexibility and consideration of Manhattan’s coaches that transcends all sports.

“If they have to come and go to class, if they have to go to a tutoring session and miss the end of lift, then that’s what is necessary, because at the end of the day none of my players are going to be playing lacrosse for the rest of their lives,” said Coach McConnell. “That degree is going to go a whole lot further.”

The coaching takes nothing away from the players, though.

McConnell says that the student-athletes and the culture itself at Manhattan are at an entirely different level then what she experienced formerly coaching at Coastal Carolina University and Lockhaven College.

It’s not always about being faster and stronger than your opponent, sometimes the smarter team comes out on top and coach McConnell impressed the idea that she has a remarkably cerebral team here at Manhattan.

“I can see their thought process,” said Coach McConnell.

“They want to know if point A happens then what will happen after it. They seek to see the game a few steps in advance at all times. In that way I can really see the kind of students they are on the field. It really is amazing” Another trait distinctive to

the successes Manhattan’s athletes share, is their willingness and determination not only to get good grades, but to go get extra help, and to help each other. Associate Director of Student-Athlete Academic Services, Rory Redmond, bore this belief fully.

“Take the volleyball team for example,” said Redmond.

“They’re fantastic. They get all their study hall hours done in advance and in the rare instance that an issue arises they’re the first ones in my office. They take care of everything pretty much on their own, always helping one another along the way.”

Coach McConnell, Redmond and Lampersberger all stressed the pride Jaspers take in their academics.

“I would say we’re all very future driven,” said Lampersberger. “No one’s okay with bad grades.”

At Manhattan, the studentathletes have built more than just a reputation for academic success. They have built a culture of striving for academic excellence through hard work and support; and it doesn’t go unnoticed.

“One thing that I think is the difference here is that it’s cool to do well in school,” said Coach McConnell. “It’s cool to want to go to the library. It’s not something that is ever looked down on. It’s never ‘Oh you’re going to the library?’ It’s ‘Yeah I’m going to the library and you’re coming.’”

Academically speaking, big things happened in the spring for Jasper student-athletes. It’ll be interesting to see how they follow it up this semester.

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2018-2019 NFL Season Underway at Manhattan College Jack Melanson News Editor

A new NFL football season represents hope, pride and a chance for the ultimate reward; hoisting the Lombardi Trophy come February.

After last season ended with a 41-33 victory for Nick Foles and the Philadelphia Eagles over Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, football fans from all over are ready for more.

As the season has kicked off, Week 1 was full of surprises, fun and entertainment for some Jaspers who enjoy the gridiron game.

With Manhattan College’s close proximity to MetLife Stadium, and a large percentage of students coming from either New York or New Jersey, the majority of the beginning of the season hype revolves around the New York Giants and the New York Jets.

The Jets opened their season with an outstanding performance against the Detroit Lions.

With rookie quarterback Sam Darnold under center, the team easily tamed the Lions in a 48-17 victory.

Despite Darnold’s first NFL passing attempt landing in the opposite end zone by way of an interception return, the quarterback showed poise, fight-

ing back to complete 16-of-21 passes for 198 yards and a pair of touchdowns through the air.

“Darnold showed resiliency when bouncing back from an interception during opening day [and] Monday Night Football,” said David Caiafa, a senior at Manhattan College. “He completed tight throws and he led the offense strongly and with process.”

Dom Paggi, a senior engineering student at Manhattan, summarized Caiafa’s thought in a short-and-sweet statement.

“Sam Darnold has a bright future in New York,” Paggi said.

Caiafa commented on the team’s strong defensive showing, too.

“The defense was hard hitting and smart,” Caiafa said.

“They got their first turnover for points in 74 games. They were hyped and the defense will need to step up when the offense has rough times.”

Caiafa has experienced his favorite team (the Jets) struggles over the years. This year, however, Caiafa expects to have a more enjoyable Sunday experience.

“They are going to have their bruises and lumps, but they will be fun to watch,” Caiafa said. “They should be a solid team, but what happens remains to be seen.”

In bold fashion, Paggi made

a prediction which included dethroning the Patriots in the AFC East.

“The Jets are easily the top team in the AFC East,” Paggi said.

Basem Metri is a sophomore at Manhattan College.

Hailing from just outside of Boston, Massachusetts, the Patriots fan disagreed with Paggi.

“The Pats looked like their old selves with [Rob] Gronk[owski] and [Tom] Brady connecting,” Metri said. “[Head Coach Bill] Belichick loves it and Pats fans are in for a wicked sick run for another Super Bowl.”

Like the Jets, the Patriots also found victory in Week 1 as they outlasted the Houston Texans by a score of 27-20. As of now, both teams remain atop the AFC East.

As previously noted, many Giants fans also exist on campus.

Similar to the Jets, the Giants also have a rookie to rally behind. Saquon Barkley was selected second overall in this year’s NFL Draft, and regardless of a strong first outing on his behalf, the team was unable to find victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars as they fell 20-15.

Nevertheless, Giants fans remain hopeful behind Barkley.

“Big Blue is going to take it this year,” said Pat Maurer, a senior at Manhattan. “Barkley

is an absolute unit.”

Other Giants fans at the college, like senior Mike Corteo, can spot some challenges along the way.

“The Giants offensive line continues to struggle, but that doesn’t stop my high hopes of the team having a top-five offense for the rest of the season,” Corteo said.

Corteo also believes that Eli Manning still has plenty of gas left in the tank.

“Eli Manning is still New York’s quarterback and will be for years to come,” Corteo said.

The other New York team, the Buffalo Bills, have some signing to do, according to Matt McMorrow, another senior at the college.

“Colin Kaepernick deserves to start in Buffalo,” McMorrow said.

Kaepernick, a quarterback who is now most notable for his 2016 national anthem protests which sparked even more protests last season, has yet to receive an offer from any of the 32 NFL franchises.

Manhattan College’s diversity shines in many ways, and football fandom is just an another example of such.

One student, Dan Delbene, was raised in New York but is a loyal fan of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

“The Buccaneers exceeded all of my expectations this past

week, but I know not to get too excited just yet,” said Delbene, who referenced backup quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick’s 21for-28 passing performance en route to 417 yards in the air and four touchdowns.

In Week 1, the Buccaneers out-shot the New Orleans Saints 48-40.

There is also a Carolina Panthers’ presence.

“I think Week 1 was pretty mixed for the Panthers,” said Kenny Crocamo, a senior at Manhattan College. “The defense stopped the run really well against a great running back (Ezekiel Elliott) and racked up six sacks. The offense was slow though and with a depleted offensive line, I think the team can go as far as Cam [Newton] can take them.”

During the game, the Panthers topped America’s Team, 16-8.

Although more fans of other teams exist at the college, it is fair to say that football fued is in session.

With a lot of time left in the season, anything can happen for these teams, their fans and the cities that they represent.

For Cody Delasho, a student at the college and a fan of the NFL as a whole, Week 1 was something special.

“It was one of the most exciting starts to the season I’ve ever seen,” Delasho said.

Catching Up With Former Jasper and Current Minor Leaguer Tom Cosgrove JASPERS TALK RikkiLynn Shields Social Media Editor

Tom Cosgrove, a former Jasper was drafted from Manhattan College in the 12th round of the 2017 MLB Draft by the San Diego Padres during his junior year. Before being drafted, Cosgrove was studying finance here at Manhattan. Since being drafted, Cosgrove has already been promoted twice and most recently pitched for the Class A Fort Wayne TinCaps. Overall, Cosgrove pitched very well this past season, and while his team was eliminated from playoff contention on the final day, Cosgrove pitched the game and kept the team going for the first seven innings before they lost in the 10th inning.

The Quadrangle: Tell us how you got into baseball, your journey with the sport, and what made you choose to play baseball at Manhattan College.

Tom Cosgrove: My Dad was a big influence, but it was just something I always did. I never had to make a decision

to play, it was just something I knew I was going to do for as long as I could.

TQ: What was your experience like at Manhattan College as a student-athlete?

TC: Manhattan has a very family-oriented athletic department and I know there are not many schools where studentathletes are cared for as much as faculty and staff at Manhattan care for their student-athletes.

TQ: What was it like being drafted in the 12th round of the 2017 MLB by the San Diego Padres?

TC: It was a blessing and I’m very thankful the Padres gave me this opportunity, but at the end of that draft day I knew that being drafted is not the goal– the goal’s to have a successful and long big league career. So, for me, it was just another step in the process.

TQ: What is a typical day like for you?

TC: While I’m in season (March-September) we play 140 games with few off days, so it’s really a grind between

the travel and nine-plus hours at the field everyday. For a 7:05 p.m. game, I usually get to the field around 1:00 p.m. Eat, watch some videos, stretch, throwing programs, run, get in the weight room, eat, get ready for the game.

TQ: We’ve heard that you were promoted twice already and recently pitched in full-season Single-A. What promotions have you received and how does it feel to be doing so well?

TC: Yes it definitely feels good to be moving up on track.

I am trying to not focus on anything but what I can control, so promotions isn’t something I think about. Just try to find ways to get better and that other stuff will work itself out.

TQ: Do you think there a possibility of one day playing the Majors?

TC: If I didn’t think so I wouldn’t be here. And if the Padres didn’t think so I wouldn’t be here.

TQ: How did your time at Manhattan influence your baseball career?

TC: I wasn’t good enough

Cosgrove pitching at Duchess Stadium in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. GOJASPERS / COURTESY to go play pro ball out of highschool like some kids. So, Manhattan is where I grew under great coaches, and without my teammates and coaches at Manhattan, I believe I wouldn’t still be playing.

TQ: What advice would you give to anyone trying to make a

career out of baseball?

TC: Stick with the process and only worry about controlling the things you can control.

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Men’s Soccer Tops St. Joseph’s 2-0 On Alumni Day Mohsin Ahmed Copy Editor

The Manhattan College men’s soccer team (6-1; 0-0 MAAC) brought home yet another victory amid Alumni Day festivities at Gaelic Park on the evening of Saturday Sept. 15.

The Jaspers played the Saint Joseph Hawks (4-3; 0-0 A-10), as Joseph-Baudi led the team to their third consecutive victory.

The first half started with the blast of the whistle and the game quickly grew heated. Just four minutes into the start, after a throw-in by junior captain Tristan Doran, junior midfielder Milan Devuyst fired the first shot of the game just above the crossbar.

Five minutes later, senior forward Lucas Da Silva, slammed the Jasper’s first corner kick to freshman defender Simon Busch who fired it across the field in a stunning defensive maneuver. Fast approaching the halfway mark of the first-half, Saint Joseph’s David Grana managed to break through the Jasper’s defense and take a shot at the goal but was quickly overwhelmed by junior goalkeeper Marcellin Gohier. As one of the most

talented and record-breaking goalkeepers Manhattan has seen in some time, Gohier managed to extend his feet in the nick of time for an impressive kick-save.

The game heated up around the 26th minute as the Jasper offense rammed through the Hawk’s defense. Junior Adrien Awana made a spectacular attempt at a goal with a header, was quickly denied by Saint Joseph goalkeeper Joseph Boehm, who then immediately had to protect the net again by a shot from sophomore forward Brandon Joseph-Buadi.

Joseph-Buadi had another shot blocked in the 34th minute with freshman midfielder James Cotter catching the rebound.

The first-half ended much like their last home game, scoreless and with both sides frustrated but very much relieved as well.

The second half was much more invigorating for both sides of the field. In the 52nd minute Awana scored unassisted with the first direct kick goal of the season for Manhattan.

“It’s my first goal at home, my first free kick here, so I’m happy with it and I’m happy that I can help the team and lead them to a win,” Awana said

The men’s soccer team poses with alumni at Gaelic Park on Saturday, Sept. 15.

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in a postgame interview with Go Jaspers.

Now with the score 1-0 in favor of the Jaspers, and with time slowly running out, the Hawks became more focused than ever. In the 62nd minute Joseph-Buadi sent a cross to his right and had it headed by Doran to Boehm. The Jaspers kept a tight defense, keeping the Hawks from scoring backto-back. Gohier nabbed another extraordinary save.

It wasn’t until the 74th minute that the Jaspers cemented their victory. Fifth-year senior Troy Carrington, with an assist by sophomore forward Berti Fourrier, deked out the defender before finishing far left to extend the score one last time.

The relief of another goal was somewhat dampened by a yellow card caution on Devuyst.

The win was an accomplishment in more than just name.

The Jaspers not only improved to a record-setting 6-1 start to the season, but defeated the Saint Joseph Hawks for the first time since 2006. It was a proud moment for the alumni present as they have watched their alma mater shut out an opponent for two straight Alumni Day games.

“Tonight in the second half we came out with a little bit of fire underneath us,” Head Coach Jorden Scott said in a postgame interview with Go Jaspers. “We started to be a little more direct and we scored

two great goals.”

The Jaspers’ win makes them 3-0 at Gaelic Park this season and 10-4 in their last 14 games at Gaelic Park, with a total of nine shutouts in the process. It should also be noted that of the 16 goals this year, 12 have come in the second half. Gohier, with a total of 10 shutouts in his career, now possesses the title of second-place all-time in program history.

Be sure to show some support as the Manhattan Jaspers square off against the No. 12 Fordham Rams (3-0-2) on Tuesday Sept. 18 at 7:00 p.m. in Gaelic Park, for a Battle of the Bronx that features two highly competitive teams this season.

Women’sSoccerTiesFairfield1-1InMAACOpener Peter Janny Contributor

The Manhattan College women’s soccer team (1-3-2; 0-0-1 MAAC) kicked off MAAC play at Gaelic Park on Sept. 14 at 7:00 p.m. against a familiar foe in the Stags of Fairfield University (5-2-1; 0-0-1 MAAC).

On this muggy night, the on-field product that both teams displayed was anything but muggy in what was a thrilling double-overtime affair.

However, despite such back and forth excitement, neither side came away victorious.

Both teams were a little sloppy right out of the gate until the Stags grabbed ahold of the momentum and gave the Jaspers problems in every aspect of the game for the remainder of the first half. In the ninth minute, Fairfield’s senior back Jenny Jacobs had the first real scoring chance of the game coming down the left side, but her shot was handled easily by Manhattan senior goalie Kelly DiGregorio. As the first half wore on, it became apparent that the Stags were using their physicality to gain an advantage over the Jaspers.

“They are an athletic team and we tried to get in an athletic match with them,” said Head Coach Brendan Lawler on his team’s first half performance.

“It just took us a little bit to figure that out.”

Manhattan sophomore midfielder Tia Painilainen

helped her team weather the storm midway through the first half by showcasing her elite playmaking ability. Her corner kick in the 27th minute provided the Jaspers with their best opportunity up to that point, but fellow sophomore midfielder Bri DeLeo’s header attempt sailed over the crossbar. The Painilainen/DeLeo combination wreaked havoc again moments later when DeLeo’s beautiful chip pass gave Painilainen her best chance of the game, but her one-time shot was a little too strong and sailed over the goal.

“After figuring out our game we were able to execute well with the ball with passing and moving,” said Painilainen, who played the 2016 season for the University of Arizona before having to redshirt last year due to transfer regulations. “We created a lot of scoring chances so we just need to be more confident to finish those.”

Meanwhile, the pressure of Fairfield’s attack persisted and after freshman midfielder Amy Akerley’s blast off the crossbar in the 40th minute, sophomore forward Alex Madden broke through for Fairfield’s first goal in the 41st minute.

“We talked in halftime about how things are good, but we weren’t getting that last pass in there and we weren’t getting that last run in there,” said Lawler.

The Jaspers were clearly receptive to their coach’s message coming out of halftime.

The way Manhattan responded to Fairfield’s goal says a lot about the belief and tenacity of this team.

In the 55th minute, coming down the right side, Painilainen connected with sophomore midfielder/forward Lindsey Healy who then found sophomore midfielder Gemma Perez, whose shot from 10 yards out equalized the score at one. The goal was Perez’s first of the season.

“I decided to challenge their outside back,” said Painilainen. “I played to Lindsay who took a great touch towards the end line and then slid it back to Gemma for the goal.”

This much-needed boost for the Jaspers changed the complexion of the game and set the stage for a wildly entertaining 50 more minutes of action. After being outshot 11-4 in the first half, the Jaspers suppressed Fairfield’s continuity and went on to outshoot their opponent 12-7 for the rest of the game. In the 83rd minute, a crazy sequence developed which resulted in an open net opportunity for sophomore midfielder Shelby Jones, but an army of Fairfield defenders blocked her shot at an opportune time and were able to clear the ball away. Manhattan’s last opportunity in the final seconds was thwarted by an offsides whistle which effectively ended regulation time.

In overtime, DiGregorio registered a few big saves, while on the offensive end

Gemma Perez, who scored for the Jaspers in their 1-1 tie with Fairfield on Friday Sept. 14 GOJASPERS /COURTESY

Manhattan was unable to convert on any of their final scoring opportunities. The final whistle marked the end of what was a great game between two physical and well-organized teams.

“We just need to clean up the small technical details. We are in the right places and we are seeing the right passes, but we just need to execute those,” said Lawler. “Once we do that we will create even more opportunities.”

The Jaspers will have a full week of practice before continuing MAAC play at Canisius on Saturday, Sept. 22.

As for Painilainen, she’s en-

joying every minute of her new opportunity at Manhattan after coming over from a highlycompetitive conference in the Pac-12.

“I have really liked every aspect of being here,” Painilainen said. “Everybody has made me feel part of the team and I think this is a great opportunity for me to get a lot of responsibility.”

If she continues to flash the potential she showed on Friday night, Manhattan’s offense will ascend to new levels.