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COMPUTERS HACKED IN CRYPTOMINER ATTACK MORE THAN 400 LAB MACHINES IMPACTED ACROSS CAMPUS Timothy Hamling & Stephen Zubrycky Senior Writer & Managing Editor

The End of the Road

Kayla Grimme (pictured earlier this season) finished her collegiate career in a quarterfinal loss to Marist this weekend. Both the men’s and women’s seasons came to an end at the MAAC Tournament in Albany.

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School of Business to Be Named After Thomas O’Malley, Donor of $25 Million Rose Brennan, Taylor Brethauer & Stephen Zubrycky Editor, Editor-in-Chief, Managing Editor

Manhattan College announced the renaming of the School of Business on Monday, following a $25 million gift from Thomas D. O’Malley ’63.

This recent donation by O’Malley is the single largest gift in the college’s history.

Both O’Malley and his wife Mary Alice have already made contributions to the school, including financially supporting the construction of both O’Malley Library and the Raymond W. Kelly Commons.

“Mary Alice and I are pleased to continue our support for Manhattan College,” O’Malley said in a statement posted to the college’s website.

“It’s an institution that has remained faithful to its core values. It provides a top quality education in a dynamic and open environment while at the same time maintaining its Catholic identity.”

In an email to students and faculty, the Board of Trustees and the Office of the President announced, “This generous gift will support innovative teach-

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ing and research at the undergraduate and graduate level, foster the integration of ethics and integrity into the curriculum, and strengthen and expand Manhattan College’s already extensive connections throughout the New York City business world.”

The O’Malley School of Business will become the first named school in Manhattan College’s history when it is formally dedicated in September.

“The O’Malley gift takes our School of Business to a whole new level,” said Brennan O’Donnell, president of the college, in the press release. “It allows us to expand and deepen our curriculum and research, encourage innovative pedagogy, and strengthen our support for experiential learning.”

O’Malley graduated from Manhattan College in 1963 and went to work for Philipp Brothers. He then made a career in the oil industry, culminating in June 2016, when he resigned as chairman and CEO of PBF Energy.

Janet L. Rovenpor, Ph.D., interim dean of the school, spoke to The Quadrangle over the phone about this announcement.

“I am very privileged to be serving as interim dean at this exciting time,” Rovenpor said.

“It’s a momentous time in the history of the School of Business at Manhattan College.”

According to Rovenpor, the gift will allow the School of Business to greatly expand its course programming and opportunities into new fields of study, increase scholarship opportunities and facilitate research with faculty members.

“We’re going to introduce [students] to a discipline that we don’t really have right now, which pertains to the present and the future of the economics of energy, which I think is a very important topic that we’ll be able to address with programming,” Rovenpor said.

She continued.

“We look forward to engaging in a conversation with Mr. O’Malley to get more information about his ideas, because he really is an expert and has a lot of knowledge in the energy business,” Rovenpor said.

“My heart is overflowing with gratitude to Mr. and Mrs. O’Malley,” she said. “I know they’ve been very big supporters of the school and the college in general, and this is really an amazing opportunity for us and we look forward to exploring all the options available with this extra gift.”

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Manhattan College’s computer system was compromised last month in a largescale, cross-campus effort to mine cryptocurrency.

According to Information Technology Services (ITS), nearly all of the college’s roughly 500 lab computers were compromised in the attack. These included about 430 machines in the Research and Learning Center (RLC), De La Salle Hall and O’Malley Library.

ITS was made aware of the attack late in the day on Feb. 21, when the department received two reports of poor performance on lab computers in RLC. The mining software, operating under the name “NsCpuCNMiner64” was able to chew up as much as 80 or 90 percent of the computers’ processing power.

“Both tickets described slow performance, and then one of them just flat out said, ‘There’s a cryptominer on this computer,” Richard Musal, ITS’ director of client services, said.

Student- and staff-owned computers and devices were not affected by the attack.

The attack was carried out using an ITS administrator account reserved for use by the department’s student employees.

“We do share a limited-use admin account which gives [student workers] escalated privileges normally meant for doing installation things or stuff required on the lab computers,” Chief Information Officer Jake D. Holmquist said.

“That’s the account we’re talking about having been handed out or credentials obtained.”

ITS has since eliminated the administrator credential that had been compromised and taken further steps to close some of the routes by which

the attack was carried out.

“We did trace some paths that the attacker probably took.

And it looks like the software was installed over the course of about 24 to 36 hours, kind of coming to a culmination that Wednesday [Feb. 21] night,” Director of Enterprise Infrastructure Robert Moran said.

According to Moran, this was name a remote exploit. “ You have to log into each individual machine [to fix the issue]. We t h i n k that the attacker physically sat Jake D. Holmquist d o w n MANHATTAN COLLEGE/ COURTESY a n d logged into a number of them and then used a remote login to access others, and that’s one of those things that, again, we had open for administration purposes that we have closed,” Moran said.

In addition to the remote login feature, ITS has eliminated the administrator credential that was compromised in the attack.

Extensive steps to eliminate the cryptomining malware were taken the following day.

“Remediation steps were taken on Thursday [Feb. 22] morning to first disable and then remove the malware,” Holmquist said.

The remediation process involved completely reimaging the 430 compromised lab computers.

“During that process, ITS evaluated the risk of effect on

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the Quadrangle Volume XCVII, Issue 7 MARCH 6, 2018

The Editorial Board

Taylor Brethauer Editor-in-Chief

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MC Computers Labs Hacked in Cross-Campus Cryptominer Attack

Stephen Zubrycky Managing Editor Jack Melanson News Editor

Haley Burnside 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

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Gabriella DePinho Michevi Dufflart Web Editors

Mohsin Ahmed Shannon Gleba Copy Editors

Abby Crowell Distribution Manager Thomas Callahan 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.

The opinions expressed in The Quadrangle are those of the individual writer and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Editorial Board, the College or the student body.

The fifth floor O’Malley computer lab was one of several affected labs.

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The investigation has now made its way to Public Safety, who emphasizes the severity and consequences of the attack.

“It’s important that students know a cyber attack like this is taken very seriously. It’s both a violation of both college rules as well as local laws,” Juan Cerezo, director of public safety, said.

“This matter is being handled by Public Safety and we do have a person of interest,” Cerezo wrote in an email.

Neither Public Safety nor ITS could comment on the identity of the suspect.

The term ‘cryptocurrency’ has been gaining prominence in recent months. Bitcoin, one of the most popular forms of cryptocurrency, hit a peak value of nearly $18,000 last December, leading to a surge of interest.

Cryptocurrencies are decentralized digital currencies, meaning that transactions that

are carried out using cryptocurrencies are not managed by central organizations such as banks.

However, the cryptominer that was found on Manhattan College’s computers has capabilities that go beyond just Bitcoin.

“This particular miner can actually mine a few different cryptocurrencies and tries to make a decision based on processing power available, the video card in the computer,” said Moran.

In order to keep these cryptocurrency transactions fraudfree, complicated algorithms and encoding functions are used. These functions work using specific values and numbers, called “nonces.”

The task of finding a working nonce that validates a transaction uses a lot of computer processing time and power.

Miners must test billions of possible combinations until a correct nonce is found.

The miners that find a valid nonce are given some amount of cryptocurrency as compensation for their effort. By using more computers and working together with other miners, nonces can be found faster and miners will ultimately receive

more compensation.

Thus, if a miner had access to a large network of computers, like the one at Manhattan College, he or she could find more nonces faster, yielding more profit.

ITS says the campus computer system is now secure and has confirmed that there was no compromise of confidential information as a result of the attack.

“We classified what the risk was of this running on the machines, and we found there was no risk of compromising sensitive user information,” Holmquist said.

To prevent future attacks, Public Safety and ITS urge vigilance on the part of students.

Associate Director of Public Safety and Risk Management Peter DeCaro recommends that students act in a “see something, say something manner.”

“Cybercrime seems to be the latest thing and you hear about it more and more. Students should know that the best way to catch these attacks is by letting us or IT know,” DeCaro said. “If students ever think something is ever wrong [...] in terms of computers, report it.”

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MARCH 6, 2018

Retention Committee Holds Meeting Gabriella DePinho Editor

On Tuesday, Feb. 27, the Retention Committee met for their scheduled monthly meeting to continue to discuss information about the college’s retention rates and how they can better support students.

The committee is led by Provost William Clyde who came to Manhattan College in 2010 and started the committee that fall.

When arriving at Manhattan College, the Provost noticed that the Enrollment Management Committee was focused on bringing in a richly diverse class but there was no attention being paid to the success of the diverse population.

Thus, the Retention Committee was born.

Other committee members include assistant deans, people from student life, Dean [Michael] Carey, Andrew Weingarten, Emmanuel Ago and Marilyn Carter, to name a few.

The committee not only looks at quantitative data but qualitative data that comes in from students through a variety of surveys they take, such as the NSSE (National Survey of Student Engagement) or Mapworks surveys.

Some of the data that the committee discusses includes the retention of students from year to year, the percentages of students retaining in each school, the percentages of males and females, multicultural students, first generation students and veteran students that retain.

The committee looks at the data it collects and tries to come up with ways to better support the students.

“At the heart, our mission is to provide for underserved students and to provide an excellent education and we want to make sure that we’re serving every population and subpopulation that comes here and you can’t do that if you’re not thinking about them,” said Clyde.

The Retention Committee’s increased retention rate goal is not just that; the quantitative data shows that the school’s retention has been on the rise since the committee started implementing changes all throughout the institution.

“The first couple of years that I got here, we were retaining from first to second year at about 83 percent; the college had never had a retention rate of above 87 percent, but since that time, we’ve had two 87 percent, two 88 percent and one 89 percent. We’ve also had some 84 percents and 85 percents but the point is there is kind of an upward trend, regardless of the times we bounce around depending on each class,” said

Clyde.

The committee discusses retention on a large scale, looking at all types of populations, relevant demographics and big numbers. Members of the committee may share individual students’ stories that pertain to the larger demographics, but they don’t focus they don’t specifically discuss one individual student’s risk of leaving the school.

Acacia Stevens-Mauriello is MC’s Retention Specialist.

With that said, her job is not just limited to the monthly committee meetings.

Stevens-Mauriello has a background in tutoring, academic advising and data analysis and she combines her past experiences to serve her position.

While the committee does not particularly discuss and focus in on individuals, StevensMauriello is a gap between the big picture and the individual, working with both the micro and macro levels of retention.

“I meet with students who are having particular issues and I also review institutional data. I am sort of like a trend spotter. When students are coming in saying they’re having certain issues or we here certain things in the office, I then look at the institutional data and think ‘hm how many more students might be having this issue’ or something like that to see what we can do about it,” said Stevens-Mauriello, “We’re trying to be more proactive about making sure students are successful.”

Stevens-Mauriello also feels that students vocalizing their needs and struggles can not only help the individual student do better but help the institution improve as a whole.

“I think student voice and feedback is very important, so students should always feel free to email or stop into my office and talk if they have a question or need something and aren’t sure where to turn.

By doing so, they’ll also help us help more students,” she said.

Assistant Vice President for Academic Success, Marisa Passafiume, looks at retention in a similar way that Stevens-Mauriello does. She works and coordinates operations that pertain to individual students and helps them succeed, keep their academic scholarships and make sure their needs are met.

“While the committee is very data-driven, it hasn’t forgotten to talk about the students. As administrators, sometimes we get lost in numbers and big picture data but that committee has not lost sight of individual students and that’s the beauty of being here at a small school,” said Passafiume, “We see the actual change. A lot of committees, you can sit in

meetings all day, but you don’t see the actual change but here, we do.”

Both Stevens-Mauriello and Passafiume talk about the proactivity of their jobs and the committee, as well as the visibility of results.

Both of their positions were created by the Retention Committee.

Clyde also shared that the Center for Academic Success, the Multicultural Center, the Arches program, the veteran services and The Director for Commuter Affairs are all direct results of the Retention Committee. Clyde even noted that at one point, the Arches program was revamped because it was not achieving its intended goals.

The Retention Committee’s conversations have resulted in things that are hard for MC’s current students to imagine campus without, but the committee’s work is far from finished.

“A lot of the ‘obvious’ things we’ve done already [such as] creating the multicultural center, creating the center for academic success, mapworks… a lot of those basic things we’ve done already, so we don’t have those to do again but I think we constantly have to try to be thinking and gathering data about what the incoming students are doing differently than previous students and do we need to adjust because of it? Do we need to think about it differently?” said Clyde.

Clyde continued.

“Ultimately, what we’re trying to do is get the largest percentage of our incoming students to graduate as possible. We focus on first to second year because that’s where most schools lose the most students and that’s where the transition to college is the most difficult but really the whole path, all the way from beginning all the way to walking out graduating to finding a career, are all things we might talk about.

I say there’s more work to be done than we can do. We try to prioritize it the best we can and we’ve had a lot of success but you don’t stay successful just by sitting back and watching, so there will always be a role for this committee.”

Passafiume identifies the committee’s mission as, “Figuring out what is preventing students from performing at their optimal level and then trying to make the necessary adjustments and changes so that every student has the opportunity to come to Manhattan College, learn, be educated and successfully complete their degree and their program of study.”

The committee will continue to meet monthly to resume their discussions of the data surrounding retention and the needs of the student body.

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FED Challenge Team Preps for 2018 John Jackson Editor

While over three months have passed since a group of Manhattan College students participated in the semi-finals of the College Fed Challenge, preparations have already started for the next one.

The challenge is a national academic competition which is held annually by the Federal Reserve Bank in Manhattan.

“The College Fed Challenge is a competition designed to bring real-world economics into the classroom,” reads the New York Fed website. “Teams play the role of monetary policymakers by analyzing economic conditions and recommending a course for monetary policy.”

Not only is the challenge viewed at as an academicallyenriching experience, but it also has a number of supplemental benefits as well.

“I think the benefits are that you just learn a lot more than you just would learn in classes,” said junior economics major Zoey McGreavy. “So there’s a lot of work you can do by yourself and learn a lot of things surrounding current events that maybe you wouldn’t get until your senior year of econ.”

For Diego Miguens, a junior finance and global business major, the challenge has helped him improve his public speaking skills and also given him a chance to network.

“It teaches you different things and opens different doors for you in your careers,” said Miguens.

The competition is broken up into two divisions: Maiden Lane (for teams of students who have not taken a 200-level course or higher in economics) and Liberty Street (for teams with at least one student who has taken a 200-level course or higher in economics). Manhattan participated in the Liberty Street division last semester.

Manhattan was one of 43 teams to compete in the 2017 challenge. Their division’s preliminary round took place on Oct. 31. After their performance in the preliminary round, they moved on to the semi-finals on Nov. 14.

While they did not make the National College Fed Challenge which was held on Dec. 1 in Washington, D.C., the students on the team were able to learn from their experience in the semi-finals.

“How to interact more with the judges and people who work at the Federal Reserve.

How to appropriately answer questions in the time frame,” said McGreavy on what she has learned from her experience in the semi-finals last year.

Miguens realized how important it is to show the judges their team chemistry when an-

swering their questions.

“We learned that there’s a lot of other schools out there that are putting in as much work as us, maybe more,” said Miguens. “It just showed us how we should be prepared and how team chemistry is a huge contributing factor to making it to the finals because the judges like to see not that one person knows everything and will answer all the questions. They like to see how the team works as a whole and how you guys feed off of each other between questions and how you guys deliver your research.”

Miguens outlined a few things that they could improve upon.

“We saw how we should definitely do a lot more research, prepare our speeches a lot better and potentially get a lot more chemistry so the judges can see that we all work together and can feed off of each other,” said Miguens.

While they have about eight months until the challenge, the team does not have a long offseason. Since the 2017 challenge, they have already recruited a few students to take over for the seniors who will be graduating this May. Not only were they able to fill those spots, but they were also able to add additional members.

One of the new members is a business analytics major who can help with aspects of the data.

The team has also began their research for 2018. They meet about twice a week at 7 a.m. to research the new information released by the Fed so far.

Once it gets closer to the challenge, their meetings increase. During the week before the challenge, they typically meet twice a day; once at 6:00am and once sometime during the night.

The group of almost a dozen students are assisted by faculty advisor, Hany Guirguis, PhD. Guirguis puts a lot of time into helping the team and that does not go unnoticed by students like McGreavy and Miguens.

“I can only say good things about [Guirguis],” said McGreavy. “He’s really the best.

He holds the team together.

He knows exactly what everyone is good at so he placed everyone’s strengths and really brings together the team.”

“He’ll help us with whatever we need and even outside of the club,” said Miguens. “Definitely a great guy and we appreciate everything he’s done for us up until this point.”

With eight months remaining until the next challenge, the teams’ hope is that Manhattan can represent the Second District in Washington, D.C. for the National College Fed Challenge in 2018.

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Government And Politics Club Attempts to Unlock the Grid Sophia Sakellariou, Alexa Schmidt & Samantha Walla

Contributor & Asst. Editors The Government and Politics Club sponsored an informational lecture in Kelly Commons on Thursday Feb. 22, where four panelists attempted to answer the question “why I am a [insert political party]”.

The event was organized by Ryan Kwiecinski, president of the Government and Politics Club.

“I started planning this event back in November after our club hosted tables registering students to vote and we learned that many students were not aware of what each political party stood for,” said Kwiecinski. “I decided I wanted to host this and have all the speakers together on one day instead of on different days, because otherwise students would only attend the one that stood with their beliefs.”

At the event the club handed out pamphlets with essential information regarding political parties and copies of the U.S. Constitution. The event started with a short introduction from Kwiecinski and then progressed to the representatives recounting their personal political journey.

The first speaker was Re-

Representatives from four political parties discussed their beliefs.

ALEXA SCHMIDT / THE QUADRANGLE publican Party representative, Brian Maher, a three-term mayor of Walden, N.Y. In 2009, Maher set the record for youngest mayor elected in New York State (23).

Maher mentioned that he had no political upbringing but got involved with lobbying and non-profit work at a young age.

Through these efforts he was inspired to be a leader of his party.

The Republican attributed his affiliation towards his upbringing. His family attended church every Sunday and had a conservative outlook on life.

Maher also explained that he doesn’t believe in a party of no government, but good gov-

ernment when necessary.

“As much as you have to learn, you can be leaders now,” Maher said, encouraging the students in attendance to get involved in their community.

The next speaker of the session was the Libertarian Party representative, Devin Balkind, a New York City native who serves as the chair of the Brooklyn Libertarian Party.

Balkind explained that the Libertarian party is America’s third largest party with half a million members nationally.

“The Libertarian Party’s beliefs center around a single principle, the NAP, or nonaggression principle. We are a party trying to apply anarchist

principles in practical means to reduce the amount of force in society all the time. We are new and radical enough to apply this vision,” said Balkan.

Gustavo Rivera, a Democratic New York state senator, spoke next.

“I’m a Democrat because the Democratic party is the party that most closely resembles what my values are. I believe in the idea that the state has a responsibility to the people because we can and should make people’s lives easier,” Rivera said.

Rivera cited his time in academia as a motivator to become involved in politics.

“When I started listening to

the stories of my students I realized that my life was defined by privilege,” said Rivera. “I can call myself progressive, but I am not scared of the word liberal. Let’s be clear,” said Rivera.

Juan Antigua, the Working Families Party representative, was the last speaker.

Bronx born and raised, Antigua entered politics to make change.

“The reason why I joined [is] because I was told no, that I couldn’t do something. And I was like, I’m going to do it. So I became a member, and learned how to organize campaigns,” he said.

The four politicians all had very different origin stories, but they all craved change and progress.

After each representative spoke they opened the floor up to questions from attendees.

The audience led the discussion topics and the representatives did their best to answer questions regarding gun control, anarchism and advice for those who are interested in getting more involved in politics.

Despite their opposing ideologies, the politicians all shared a desire to educate the attendees.

“I’m a Democrat because both of my parents are, but this lecture definitely opened my eyes to different opinions,” freshman Tara Naraghi said.

Center for Career Development Hosts Internship and Job Resource Workshop Shannon Gleba Editor

The Center for Career Development hosted an internship and job resource workshop on Feb. 21 that provided Manhattan College students with different resources to help them in their search for future internships or jobs.

Through the college, students have access to career counseling, an online internship and job connecting program “Handshake”, a suit-up closet for those who may or may not own business wear and interview rooms where students can reserve a quiet space to have a phone or video chat interview.

Sharon D’Amelia, associate director of career development, led the workshop and provided Manhattan College students with tips on how to go about the internship and job process.

In a slideshow presentation, D’Amelia showed students what they need to be doing to prepare for an internship or job interview and also what to do once hired.

D’Amelia stressed the importance of internships for MC students.

“You will see when you’re ready to graduate and you’re applying to entry-level jobs that companies will still require that you have at least a year experience. Students will come to me all the time and ask, ‘How do I get that experience?’, and it’s through your internships, clubs, research, leadership roles and part time jobs,” said D’Amelia.

D’Amelia advised that students should ask themselves what they want when choosing an internship, and how to make themselves stand out from other applicants. She also emphasized that students figure out

what experiences they would want to gain before jumping into the reality of post-grad life.

“You gain experience, you’re building your resume, you’re building your confidence and it’s giving you a competitive edge in the job market,” said D’Amelia about the benefits of internships.

A Handshake tutorial was also given.

Handshake is a career network that the college works with to help students connect with employers in their specific field in order to find internship and or job opportunities. Handshake allows students one outlet to find their desired internship or job.

Sprucing up your resume, creating memorable cover letters and updating social media accounts were other suggestions mentioned at the workshop.

The Center for Career De-

velopment has Peer Career Advisors (PCAs), that are MC students who offer assistance to those who would like help preparing their resumes, cover letters and applications.

Stephanie Roberts, a sophomore biology major, found the workshop to be very informative.

“A lot of people you go to talk to just hand you a flyer and say, ‘Go and do this’ and I’d rather have more instruction that would show me what to do, where to go, where do I sign up. I liked that a lot. If you give me a piece of paper I’ll probably say, ‘Yeah I’m going to do this’ but then I won’t. But here, I was actually shown how to do it and now I have no excuse not to,” said Roberts.

Kevin Aguirre, a sophomore mechanical engineering major also gained a lot of knowledge from the workshop.

“I found the workshop very

helpful. I sort of knew that internships were going to be hard to find for an engineer but I never knew about all the different resources I had. Maybe I’ll stop by again for a suit. I think for the student looking for help and seeking for that extra push in the right direction, Manhattan College does offer as much help as you need,” said Aguirre. “I would have never known about any of this type of help if I didn’t go to the Career Center myself. If students got a reminder or an invitational email of these workshops or something to attract them and make them feel like they can be comfortable with the career counselor,” said Aguirre.

If struck with any problems or issues regarding internships or jobs, the college offers wide varieties of support and service for the success of students, the Center for Career Development is just one of many options.

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Why the Fashion Industry All Foods Fit Needs to Change Megan Dreher Editor

WOMEN’S HISTORY M ONTH Olivia Paladino Staff Writer

Editor’s Note: In collaboration with Lotus Magazine, Manhattan College’s women’s empowerment magazine, The Quadrangle will be featuring three guest writers from its fellow student publication over the month of March in celebration of Women’s History Month.

Since I was a young girl, I have wanted to work in beauty and fashion.

Like any kid, I paced back and forth between wild career fantasies. I wanted to be a surgeon, and a forensic investigator, a writer and a hairdresser, but I inevitably circled back to the same worn-out dream: to become a fashion journalist.

I wanted to be the Carrie Bradshaw of our generation, floating through the streets of New York City with an attractive man on one arm and a Kith bag on the other. This idealized perception of what that lifestyle and industry was like—fabulous, glamorous, and full of creative energy—has carried me through my entire (albeit short) adult life. Until now, that is.

In December, I received an email about an internship opportunity that seemed too good to be true. I would be working under an editorial stylist, who even serviced a celebrity clientele, as the intern to her assistant. Visions of red carpets and designer gowns danced through my head. It turns out, however, that the job was, in fact, too good to be true.

I’m in no way opposed to hard work and fully believe in its character-building ability, especially early on in one’s career. It was expected, when I took this job, that I’d be asked to pick up toilet paper for the office, or a Valentine’s Day gift for my boss’s boyfriend (yes, these are real things I was asked to do) because the interns’ purpose is ultimately to make the lives of her superiors easier. So I will pick up the toilet paper and the gifts, and I will organize containers of full of Spanx and shoes and racks of clothing, and I will run up and down the island of Manhattan all day long in freezing temperatures, and I will do it all with a smile, because I will be the best damn intern that office has ever seen.

But I will also cry to my mother on the phone during my lunch break about how I am not as skinny and beautiful as our clients. I will feel so much anxiety that I leave work to spend hundreds of dollars I don’t have on new clothing, so

Olivia Paladino is a junior communication major from Scotch Plains, N.J. She is a founder and Editor-in-Chief of Lotus Magazine.

OLIVIA PALADINO / COURTESY. as to not feel like the frumpiest person in the room (with very little success). I will spend two hours in the morning picking myself apart in the mirror and trying on ten different outfits in hope that my boss will look at me with anything other than indifference. I will roll my eyes when my boyfriend tells me that I am hardworking or pretty or that I will be successful someday—because I no longer believe any of that is true.

This is the result of working in an industry that makes its money off of people’s insecurities.

I have nothing but respect for the creativity and innovation of the fashion industry, and I believe that style is an integral part of a person’s identity. My boss’s work and her creative process are a true art form. But the art and the high of creating it, however, gets lost in the culture, and that has to change.

Being surrounded by beautiful people all day, who are so consumed with whether or not other people think they are beautiful, is exhausting. Running around all day trying to make someone look good by everyone else’s standard but their own is exhausting. Dealing with the egos and power trips that degrade you into believing you are nothing is exhausting. And questioning who you are and your every move, every second of the day

(down to whether bending over in a certain position makes you look fat), is the most exhausting of all.

From my very limited experience as an insider, the way this industry operates is dangerous, and I know that I no longer want to work in it as it currently exists. Fashion is not purely physical—its mental component is equally important. Getting dressed should make you feel empowered; it’s cliché, but an outfit you love will make you feel like you can do anything.

The most important part of that statement is the idea that you love how you look—not the fashion police, your boss, your friends or some loser you’re trying to impress at Fenwicks.

It isn’t about who looks better or the best: if there’s one thing I’ve learned over the past two months, it’s that if a person can walk down the street feeling confident in themselves, both physically and emotionally, a stylist has done their job.

That is what fashion should be about.

And let’s remember to thank our interns every now and then: they’re good for more than just fetching toilet paper.

Olivia Paladino is the Editor-in-Chief of Lotus Magazine, as well as a staff writer for The Quadrangle.

“Every 62 minutes, at least one person dies as a direct result of an eating disorder,” (The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders).

That’s about 23 people per day, 161 people per week, and 8,372 people per year. It’s a staggering amount of lives lost over the course of a day, let alone a week or year, for a mental illness that is commonly thought to be a “choice” for the 30 million people that are suffering across the United States.

This past week, Feb. 26 to March 4, was known as National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. While it’s just an ordinary week for millions of people, it is one that offers an opportunity for many people, like myself, to raise our voices and start a necessary conversation about body image and body positivity in our weightcentric society.

As the older sister of two beautiful girls struggling with anorexia nervosa, I learned very quickly that suffering from an eating disorder is far from a choice. Living in a world so focused on calorie counts, and the number on the scale, and the size of your skinny jeans, it can be hard to remember that numbers do not measure the worth of an individual.

Humanity has grappled with the issue of body image across the ages. Americans in particular have developed a very complicated relationship with food, appearance and exercise, and how the three coexist. As different body types have gained popularity, women in particular have felt the pressure to conform to the new, enticing, and in a sense, ideal body. But, the fact of the matter is that no two bodies are the same, and therefore no two bodies can achieve

the same standard of perfection.

We cannot place the blame solely on wanting the trendy body type of the times or following the diet fad of the era that an eating disorder comes to be. The nature of an eating disorder is bio-psycho-social, meaning that there is a biological predisposition to the disorder, a psychological component, and a social trigger. The three come together, creating a “perfect storm”, and thus the disorder develops. Pressures from “clean eating” diets and Instagram models contribute to the social aspect of the disorder, but in the end there are genetic and mental components that are out of a patient’s control.

As the mental illness with the highest mortality rate, it is time that we, as a nation, take responsibility for how talk about our bodies and how we talk about food. The National Eating Disorders Association is asking that we “get real” and end the stigma around eating disorders. In a time where social action is so prevalent, and fighting for inclusivity is so important, it is imperative we learn to be body inclusive, and love our bodies the way they are.

Everyone should be educated on the reality of living with an eating disorder. It is not a choice, it is not for attention. We can change the the dialogue, we can learn to love ourselves, and we can fight for those 30 million Americans struggling everyday to love and accept their bodies and their being.

One person every 62 minutes is one person too many.

Let’s start a national journey towards healing, rewriting the body image narrative to love and accept our bodies as they are. Because you are you, and that is enough.

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Sophomore Talks Women’s History Month SHE PERSISTED Tara Marin Senior Writer

Editor’s Note: “She Persisted” is a special weekly column for Women’s History Month featuring women who are making history on Manhattan College’s campus.

For Anna Rosario, a sophomore commuter student with a major in international studies and a double minor in peace studies and Spanish, Women’s History Month is about women who make a difference.

“We [women] are so important. People take advantage of us all the time. And I think we should be celebrated all the time, but it’s awesome that we have this month to look into our accomplishments and reflect,” she said.

Rosario has made quite a difference herself. The oldest of a family of eight, she’s been a natural leader her whole life.

Rosario is actively involved with Campus Ministry and Social Action (CMSA). Last year, as a freshman, Rosario participated in a L.O.V.E. trip to the Blackfeet Native American Reservation in Browning, Mont. It was here that her knowledge of poverty and injustice deepened, as life on reservations is plagued by sickness, addiction, and hardship.

In June, Rosario will lead a L.O.V.E. trip to the Dominican Republic, a destination which is close to her heart—Rosario is Dominican herself.

“One would think, why are you going to the Dominican, it’s like going home, but I never go to that side of the island. It’s very much underdeveloped, only recently have the roads been paved, and the residents

now have 24 hour electricity.

That’s not something I had to worry about growing up in the DR. So I want to know how the rest of my country is living,” Rosario said.

Rosario is also a Fair Trade assistant on campus, something she’s familiar with since her hometown, Teaneck, N.J., is a Fair Trade town. Rosario helps with planning and running Fair Trade events on campus that spread Fair Trade awareness.

“It’s giving people the pay they deserve. They get fair wages. I’m planning an event right now about women in fair trade, and how it’s given women a purpose in developing countries,” Rosario said.

Rosario will be attending the National Fair Trade Conference in Washington D.C. in March. This won’t be her first trip to the capitol with the school, however. She also recently attending the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice, which focused on immigration and prison reform. In D.C., Rosario connected with a variety of non-profits and participated in lobbying on Capitol Hill in support of legislation like the DREAM Act. Rosario also uses her passion for social justice on campus through her involvement with the Multicultural Center and especially Fuerza Latina, a club that immerses the community in Hispanic culture, and a club which she saved from being dropped from Student Engagement last year. She now serves as the president, a feat that she calls one of her biggest accomplishments.

“It [the club] was completely dead. There were two students trying to run it but they just didn’t have enough time,

but I got a hold of it and my VP and I completely rewrote the constitution, and just started from the ground up. Coming into Manhattan, I didn’t know about the Latino community here, I didn’t see many Latino people, and I didn’t want that to be a deciding factor for other students. I want them to know that Hispanics are a force on campus,” she said.

On top of all of this, Rosario is also manager of the women’s basketball team, a job which she acquired last year as a freshman, and which she credits as a stepping stone for her involvement on campus.

“Before, I was very much of a shy person, I didn’t do anything. The moment I got involved in basketball, I started talking to more people, and then I met people from student government,” Rosario said.

Rosario now serves on student government as a commuter representative for the Commuter Student Association, and she also runs the Food Service Committee, which serves as a liaison between students and Gourmet Dining to address issues and feedback that students have for the dining halls.

Off campus, Rosario is a representative for International Movement of Catholic Students, a non-governmental organization (NGO), and often works at the United Nations.

Her most recent accomplishment was attending a high level political forum at the UN, where she was one of the youngest representatives present, and it was there that Rosario was able to learn more about a movement she’s passionate about: implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030.

“My role was to explain

Anna Rosario is a sophomore majoring in international studies.

Rosario is actively involved in the L.O.V.E. program and the manager of the women’s basketball team.

ANNA ROSARIO / COURTESY how I can bring back certain information that goes into my NGO’s Catholic teaching, and what we can do in order to get youth around the world to know what the SDGs are. I was still very new to the organization, and I knew I wanted to expand what I was doing, so I needed a team for that,” she said.

Rosario needed a team, and she did just that: she founded an Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Committee here on campus to promote awareness about the SDGs. The members attended a UN forum in January.

“It [the event] was nice because it was directly lead by youth, we actually had a voice, and we could speak freely. It was good for our organization to be involved,” Rosario said.

Her passion for the SDGs for 2030 are what drives her work both on and off campus.

“The SDGs are a really big

deal, and I feel like not enough young people know about them, so my committee and I are planning an event in the Spring here on campus to teach people about the goals and ways that we can implement them on campus and in our community. It’s something that people should know about,” she said.

Rosario’s dream job is to be a delegate at the UN. “I want to be a foreign service officer. I want to get to travel for my job, but being in this field of social justice has made me more aware of poverty, and I’ve been asking myself what can we, as privileged youth, do about it? How can I use my Catholic faith in order to promote social justice? In doing what I’m doing now, it gives me a voice on certain policies that could end up being made to help youth in the future,” she said.

Active Shooter Presentation Instructs the Manhattan College Community Daniel Molina Senior Writer

After the tragic events that happened on Feb. 14 in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, every school in the nation is working on ways to prevent this to happen elsewhere.

“Active shooter incidents are often unpredictable and evolve quickly,” the email from Public Safety inviting students and faculty to the conference, said. “Anyone can play an integral role in mitigating the impacts of an active shooter incident.”

As part of this movement, Manhattan College invited

Lieutenant David Kalin, field intelligence coordinator for the NYPD Counter Terrorism Unit, to talk about the procedures in case of a possible shooting on campus.

During the conference, videos exemplifying the contrast between what to do and what not to do were shown, and the correct procedures on how to operate in an extraordinary situation like this were explained to the community.

“I would say [the talk] was definitely instructive, but I thought it would be more geared towards college; residence halls, dining halls or other populated areas on campus,” Kaitlyn von Runnen, RA and class of 2019, said. “In the fu-

ture, I would want to see more training towards this, maybe during freshman orientation or during RA training. As an RA myself, this is something very important that should be addressed.”

And even if the conference was focused on specific actions and what ifs in situations where life is endangered, in the moment it happens, most people are shocked and clueless on what to do. That’s why, the NYPD has a practical training where organizations are trained in real scenarios with real actors to stimulate people to think on their feet.

“We have what’s called CRASE: Civilian Response Acting Shooter Event. it’s a whole

day event, we have presentations, and then we demonstrate how to lock down, how to barricade…” said Lt. Kalin. “Then we go for lunch, we come back and we make a drill where we have a gunman and people have to properly react to the attack.”

After the activity is practiced once, the main errors are highlighted and a review of how to deal with them in a proper way is imparted by the NYPD. The exercise is executed a second time and the results show that there is significant improvement in how people react, which means that they are more prepared for a real situation than before.

The other main goal of the presentation, besides inform-

ing people how to react in case an active shooter situation occurs, is how to prevent this to happen by being vigilant in our day to day activities.

“In most of the cases, people see something and do nothing about it,” Lt. Kalin said.

“And I think that’s where we can become very proactive.

Because there are signs before they actually do this, and we might be able to stop it beforehand. “ Run, Hide, Fight are the three actions to take in case something like this happens, as stated by the NYPD, and More detailed information about these protocols can be found under the Manhattan College’s Public Safety webpage.

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RCIA Program Allows MC Students to Receive Sacraments Shannon Gleba Editor

This year, five Manhattan College students and one faculty member are participating in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults program.

At the start of the fall semester, the Campus Ministry office at MC began reaching out to students and faculty interested in receiving the sacraments of Baptism, Communion or Confirmation. Interested individuals then completed a Google form indicating the sacrament they desired to receive, and were welcomed into the college’s RCIA program.

RCIA is a process of the Catholic Church in which adults can receive the three sacraments of Christian initiation (Baptism, Communion and Confirmation), and be welcomed into the Church. While the typical age of Confirmation candidates is 14 years old, all five adult participants will be

receiving the sacrament this year.

Manhattan College’s Chaplin, Fr. Thomas Franks, is leading the RCIA participants and understands the importance of the program throughout the history of the Catholic Church.

“RCIA is actually a really ancient process in the Church.

In the first years of the Church, folks did not get baptized or receive the sacraments when they were young, they would as adults and there was a whole process of learning the faith and preparing to receive the sacraments. And receiving them at the Easter Vigil was the normal time when people were initiated. So RCIA, since the Second Vatican Council has revitalized that process and provided a way for adult Catholics, or adults, to either enter the Church in order to receive their sacraments of Initiation,” said Fr. Thomas Franks.

When spring semester began, the RCIA participants

started meeting once a week to learn more about the Catholic Church and the sacrament of Confirmation. The class watches videos and participates in meaningful discussion in order to prepare to be initiated into the Church.

Sofia Creanza, freshman computer engineering major, is a catechumen preparing to receive Confirmation and has been really enjoying the preparation classes.

“It has been pretty smooth, and it has been casual. We meet every week and we talk about religion and we learn about the Catholic faith and things like that,” said Creanza.

While all of the participants have one central goal in mind, their reasons for joining RCIA this year are all very different.

Carol Bisono, a student account representative, has decided to receive Confirmation this year after she learned that RCIA was offered at Manhat-

tan.

“Receiving my Confirmation sacrament had been very important to me since I was brought up in a Catholic household with very strong beliefs.

There comes a point in your life where you realize life passes by so quickly and you never have time for much, especially when you become a parent. I had steered away from church for some time as well because of my busy schedule and due to the fact the Visitation Church closed a few years ago,” said Bisono.

Creanza also appreciates the convenience of the RCIA program at MC, and that it allows her to be fully initiated into the Church.

“I was meaning to get Confirmation for a long time and I never really got around because I moved from a Catholic school in middle school, so I was not able to get it. So, now that we have RCIA, I joined,” said Creanza.

The RCIA program will be wrapping up on April 15, as the participants receive Confirmation at the 7:30 p.m. mass. Fr. Thomas Franks encourages all those in the Manhattan College community to contact him, or fill out the form on the campus ministry website, if they would like to join the program for the spring semester of 2019.

“As far as how is receiving my Confirmation will changed my life well it is already changing it. I believe it will change it even more since it’s the faith given in Baptism which is then now confirmed and made stronger,” said Bisono. “I believe it’s one of those things that everything just felt into place so I can make my Confirmation sacrament and be an active parishioner once again.”

Midterms Already?

VOICES ON THE QUAD Interviews conducted by Alexa Schmidt.

Maria Nieto Senior

How do you feel that it’s already the middle of the semester?

Well, it flew by. I mean, it seemed like yesterday when we started. It seemed like it was just January. First, because February is so short and and January we only had two weeks. As a senior, it’s a bit scary, considering that we have like eight weeks left. The work for my classes hasn’t been very heavy, because the classes I take are very practical, and I enjoy them much more than in past years. I guess I’ve been more concentrated on applying to jobs. So more than the workload being a burden, it’s been traveling to the city, being in contact with people and doing things like emailing, getting back, saying thank you, reaching out to new companies to figure out new opportunities. The whole stress that comes with not knowing exactly what’s going to happen after May. And even whether it’s not having options and then when the opportunities come, trying to pick which one.

Alexandra Fjora Sophomore Thoughts on mid-semester?

I guess it went by like really fast. I didn’t really feel it I mean my classes this semester are supposed to be hard but I don’t really feel like I’m doing much better than other semesters.

How was your midterm experience compared to past semesters?

I feel like since I’m a sophomore I’ve been taking things a lot more seriously and I feel like this is one of the best semesters that I’ve had yet.

Vincent Zaninovich Freshman Can you believe it’s mid-semester already?

It’s crazy.

It doesn’t even feel like that, like I feel like it just came out of nowhere. I feel like it should be next week, but it’s not. It’s been really stressful.

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MC Players Awarded for Fall “Rumors” Performance

Ally Hutzler Senior Writer

The Manhattan College Players have taken home two awards from the American College Theater Festival for their fall semester performance “Rumours.”

The first honor was given to the entire cast and crew for “Excellence in Creation of Student-Driven Work” and awards were also given to two players, Matthew Peters and Camryn Kidney, for their outstanding comedic performances.

The comedy, a farcical play written by Neil Simon, follows characters who attend a dinner party gone topsy-turvy. As guests arrive they find one host missing and the other unconscious from accidentally shooting himself in the ear. The audience is along for the hilarious and absurd ride as the cast tries to sort out what has happened and avoid police intervention.

Peters, a junior at MC and a secondary education major, played the role of Ernie Cusack - the psychologist of the man who has shot himself.

The Players veteran first got involved with the theater group after participating in the annual murder mystery performance his freshman year. He directed the annual drama this past fall while also rehearsing for his role in “Rumours.”

His passion for theater carried over from his days of performing in high school, though he never thought he would ever get involved in drama in the first place.

“I hated it at first,” Peters said. “My English teacher, who was also the drama director, forced me to audition and I did

Matthew Peters and Camryn Kidney both earned awards for their outstanding comedic performances in “Rumours.”

SARA MILANO / COURTESY and I loved it.”

Peters favorite part about his award-winning performance was the fact that the Players finally chose a comedy for their mainstage play, something they had not done in the three years since he had joined.

“I love doing comedies.

I like that aspect of being on stage and making people laugh because I try to make people when I’m off stage and it

-----------------------------When the duo discovered they had won awards for their performances, the first thing they felt was shock and surprise. _____________ doesn’t really work that often,” Peters joked. “It was fun working with people in a high stakes

environment and trying to figure out how to get to a certain point.”

Camryn Kidney, a freshman at MC and a special education major, was also awarded for her performance in “Rumours” where she played alongside Peters as Cookie Cusack, the overly eccentric wife of Ernie Cusack.

Kidney, who is also involved in the college’s pep band and MC Singers, has done theater since she was in elementary school.

“When I was in fourth grade, I lived in Vermont and there was some really crappy old theater group in my town, and my mom asked if I wanted to join and I said yes and I’ve been doing it ever since,” she said.

Like Peters, Kidney’s favorite part of being involved in “Rumours” was the ability to play a funny character.

“They are the most fun,” Kidney said. “I liked how weird [Cookie] was and I liked how much leeway I had to make her

“Rumours” is the first comedy chosen for the mainstage play in three years at Manhattan College.

SARA MILANO/ COURTESY whatever I wanted.”

When the duo discovered they had won awards for their performances the first thing they felt was shock and surprise. While the play was performed in early November, Peters and Kidney did not find out about their awards until it was posted online a few weeks ago.

The MC Players will carry these awards with them as they prepare for their spring show “Into The Woods” which will be

performed for the first time on Friday, April 13. Both Kidney and Peters will be on stage in the Brothers Grimm fairytale musical with Peters playing the lead role of the Baker.

“It is a really nice way to go into the spring semester,” Kidney said of the award recognition. “It’s a good group of people to be around, we are all friends and we can’t wait to put on another good performance.”

Multicultural Center Presents Third Annual SHOUT Event Gillian Puma Staff Writer

On Thursday, March 1, the Multicultural Center kicked off Women’s History Month with their third annual SHOUT! Event.

Put together by Hayden Greene and student Gabriella Montes, the event was created to celebrate all kinds of talent that women have culturally.

“The goal was to shed a light on all that women can and have done in the arts, but also to bring a cultural element to it,” said Montes. “We really want to showcase and put on

display women’s artistry and expression.”

Technical difficulties did not stop the Multicultural Center from putting on their event. Students Rabea Ali, Kimberly Hall and Nadia Intani opened the event reading an original poem.

The poem was titled “I Remember”, and Itani read the first stanza, Hall read the second stanza, and Ali read the third stanza. The poem had touched upon major issues in society regarding stereotypes of people of different races and religions.

This was then followed by a

performance by the Columbia RAAS. The Columbia RAAS are a South-East Asian dance group from Columbia University. The group performed a very upbeat and vivid dance to show off their culture in a very beautiful demonstration.

Finally, Emely Martinez performed an original song with female beatboxer Ara Luke. The song was titled “Give Me A Try”, and Luke surprised the crowd when the song was over and showed off her beatboxing talent.

“I got into beatboxing because I was in an all female acapella group and someone had to

step up to beatbox because our senior beatboxer was graduating”, Luke said. “I continue to beatbox because I know there is a small presence of females on the scene and I want to represent! Beatboxing makes me feel independent, powerful, and unique and I want to use my loud voice to speak up for love, peace, unity, and having fun!”

Martinez also gave her input on performing this song.

“She did an amazing job without even having a proper beatboxing mic,” Martinez added when explaining Luke’s talent. Martinez and Luke hit it off very well and were both

very impressed with each other’s talents.

“She was very respectful about what I wanted to hear happen and I was also open to her interpretation,” said Martinez. “So with that experience, we found out that we work well together which is something rare to find.”

Needless to say, this unique variety in talents that all the women had shown was a great way to start off Women’s History Month.

The Multicultural Center has several events planned for Women’s History Month, including “Herstory” and a poetry night.

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“Across the Divide” Screening Closes Out Bethlehem Exhibition Lauren Schuster Asst. Editor

On Tuesday evening in Kelly Commons, the Manhattan College Muslim Student Association (MSA) hosted a screening of the film “Across the Divide,” followed by a faculty Q&A session.

The film “Across the Divide” showcases the lives of students at Bethlehem University, a sister school of Manhattan College. The film explains Bethlehem University’s significance as the first university in the West Bank and then focuses on several individual students and the challenges they have faced due to the IsraeliPalestinian conflict.

One of the students in the film, Berlanty Azzam, was detained at a checkpoint due to her Gazan origin and was then not allowed to return to Bethlehem University because she was determined to be in violation of territorial restrictions.

Brother Jack Curran, vice president for mission at Manhattan College, was working at Bethlehem University at the time, and was personally involved in efforts to convince the government to allow Az-

zam to return to the school.

He shared his experience of the situation during the faculty Q&A after the film.

“When I got the call [about Azzam] I wasn’t trained to figure out how to deal with that situation, but you do the best you can with what you got and everyone came together and supported us,” Curran said.

Despite both international support and the best efforts of the school community, Azzam was still not allowed to return to Bethlehem University. However, she was allowed to complete her degree by submitting the necessary supplementary schoolwork. With the help of Bethlehem University faculty, she later went on to travel to the United States where she earned her master’s degree in business administration.

“One of the things that Lasallian education is about is recognizing your privilege, but using it for the advantage of the students who are entrusted to you,” Curran said.

The fact that both Manhattan College and Bethlehem University are Lasallian schools is a large part of their strong connection. The schools have engaged in a number of programs together over their

years as sister schools, including trips to Bethlehem University for MC students.

James Freeman, Ph.D., who will be going on the Lasallian Outreach Volunteer Experience (L.O.V.E.) trip to Palestine this spring break, also participated in the faculty Q&A session after the film. He expressed the importance to him of the Lasallian connection between the two institutions.

“The ideas of social justice and mission mean a lot to me, I know they mean a lot to the students who go to school here, and they mean a lot to the people who work at Bethlehem University and the students who go there as well,” Freeman said.

For Freeman, both the film and the L.O.V.E. trip to Palestine are about engaging with the issues that the people in the West Bank face due to the conflict there and then using that knowledge to create awareness and foster change.

“I learned a lot going [to Palestine] and I brought it back here, and so now I’m sharing it with my students in my sociology classes, and so I think it’s not just about us going over there and learning something, it’s about us going over there,

The film “Across the Divide” showcases the lives of students at Bethlehem University, a sister school of Manhattan College.

LAUREN SCHUSTER / THE QUADRANGLE learning something, and then bringing it back here and having it inform what we do here,” Freeman said.

Fatoumata Saho, secretary of the MSA, found the film to be very emotional and inspiring.

One scene, where the brothers from Bethlehem University traveled all the way to Azzam’s house in Gaza to give her an individual graduation ceremony, particularly struck Saho.

“That [scene] shows how no matter where she came from, no matter where the brothers came from, no matter the connotations between those two

different places, people still had the heart to go out to her and help her,” Saho said.

The MSA’s main goals for the film screening were to show the humanity behind the conflict in the West Bank and to better inform the campus community about the conflict.

“Everyone is a human being. Even though [Azzam] was in Palestine, even though she is from Gaza, she also has the same ambition as us to complete her dreams, to just make a living, and no one should be refused that,” Saho said.

Novel Offers Inside Look into Hemingway’s Life THE BOOK NOOK RikkiLynn Shields Editor

One of America’s most celebrated writers, Ernest Hemingway, lived an ideal life according to most: his life was full of adventure, he was married four times and most importantly, he was a very fine writer.

The life of Hemingway seemed to shock the world when in July of 1961, Hemingway awoke in his Idaho home, picked up the double-barreled shotgun he often used to shoot pigeons, placed the twin barrels against his forehead, pulled the trigger and ended his own life.

From the outside, Hemingway seemed to have it all. However, to this day, no one can quite put their finger on his reason for suicide. While a variety of reasons have been held responsible, such as alcohol dependence, bipolar disorder, depression brought on most likely by his father shooting himself and traumatic brain injury, among other reasons, no one is certain why Hemingway suddenly ended his life. Those closest to Hemingway were puzzled by his death, and even

those closest to him did not see it coming.

While her book does not give an answer behind Hemingway’s motive for suicide, American author Paula McClain’s novel “The Paris Wife” explores a fictionalized account of Hemingway’s relationship with his first wife, Hadley Richardson. While this book may be deemed fiction, there was clearly a lot of research done on McClain’s part, because the novel is historical in nature and closely parallels real events, making every single moment in this story feels more real than it does fake.

When Hadley and Hemingway first met, Hadley was a twenty-eight-year-old woman who had already given up on love. Meeting Hemingway, however, flipped her world upside down. The two quickly married and moved off to Paris so Hemingway could begin his career as an author, rather than continuing to write for local newspapers.

Throughout the novel, we see the constant struggle between Hemingway, attempting to find his voice while writing

and eventually publishing his first novel, The Sun Also Rises, while Hadley is struggling to find her voice as a wife and muse to Hemingway.

Surrounded by a variety of other American writers and artists living in Paris at the time of the Jazz Age, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ezra Pound, Hemingway’s work soon began to take a toll on not only his own life, but also his marriage with Hadley.

“The Paris Wife” follows Hadley and Hemingway through both their individual and combined trials and tribulations. Ultimately, the two have to face the ultimate crisis of their marriage, an event that may crush the relationship they have spent so long fighting for.

While as a reader, you may have no burning interest in the life of Ernest Hemingway, this novel is not only for his fans.

Rather, this novel is for anyone interested in reading a tale of love and the end of loyalty.

This fictional account of Hemingway and Hadley’s relationship is full of rich and true history, beautifully de-

“The Paris Wife,” a historical novel by Paula McLain, was published in 2011.

RIKKILYNN SHIELDS / THE QUADRANGLE scribed scenery and an amazing timeline of events. In the end, Hemingway writes that he would rather have died than fallen in love with anyone but Hadley, and even dedicates his first novel, The Sun Also Rises, to Hadley and their son.

What makes this novel great is that you do not have to know anything about Hemingway or his wife to enjoy this novel. You could spend hours reading about Hemingway’s life, but this is Hadley’s story.

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What the MAAC Means to Campus Deidre Ledley Contributor

For devoted sport lovers, this time of year is one of the more exciting occasions because March Madness is right around the corner. For Manhattan College students, this means it is time for the men and women’s basketball teams on campus to take part in the beloved MAAC Tournament which was held from Mar. 1-Mar. 5 at Times Union Center in Albany, NY. Last year, both basketball teams struggled during the MAAC Tournament. However, both teams this year have been competitive in conference play and came in hoping to be successful during their matchups.

The MAAC Tourney is always an exciting time that the teams take very seriously in the hopes of coming away with trophies.

Since these games take place off campus, it is hard for the entire student body to get excited and follow along. Luckily for some students, they get to experience these games

Times Union Center in Albany. GOJASPERS / COURTESY. first-hand.

Mairead Russell, a sophomore cheerleader, said “Our season depends on theirs so I’m rooting for them to be able to continue cheering with my team. Once their season is over, that means cheering is over for us. There are no other sports for us to cheer for as a whole team.”

Cheerleaders get to see the growth of the players firsthand when attending all of the games. So for them, they are

apart of the whole tournament as well.

Russell continued by saying, “I have watched them work for this all season long, so I feel like I have been apart of it all along which is why I want them to do well.”

For the rest of the students on campus, they are not as lucky as the Jasper cheerleaders to see every bit of growth up close. Unfortunately, being a student comes with struggles when it comes to the MAAC

Tourney. Most people wait to see the results and only a handful of students will intently follow along. That comes with the fact that tournament is far enough away to the point where not many students will be in attendance.

Mike Martello, senior resident assistant and civil engineering major, agrees that he does not follow the tournament that intensely.

“I do keep track of the MAAC tournament and when it

does happen, like every year I do hope that we win,” said Martello. “But even though this is my last year and semester on campus, I don’t think I will be following it anymore closely than usual.”

Typically, most students feel the same way. A negative aspect of the MAAC tournament is that it happens to fall right around the same time as midterm exams. So, even if students did want to follow along with every game, they usually cannot because of their studies.

The fact that MC even gets to participate in this tournament that gives the athletes the opportunity to prolong their basketball seasons is rather exciting. Martello does add that winning “would definitely lift some school spirit, I think.”

So, even if the students do not participate in the excitement of the tournament itself, going all the way and winning it would certainly be the talk on campus that would for sure liven up the place in a month that is cold and filled with stress and tests.

Meet Manhattan’s Intramural Sports Program C. Garrett Keidel Asst. Editor

Intramural sports at Manhattan College have been around for about eight years, and you are probably wondering why a “sports” program is run by the Student Engagement office and not the Athletic Department.

According to John Bennett, the director of student engagement, originally the intramural sports program was started as a residential program to give the residents something to do at night, during the time when Lee Hall had just opened. Now, intramural sports are open to both residents and commuters, and have grown in the past eight years more than expected.

While Manhattan College also has plenty of Division I athletic teams, intramural teams are a great way to get involved on campus without the commitment of time and pressure that most of the Division I athletes go through.

“Intramurals are the sports that we offer nightly on campus, usually once you’re on a team, you get one or two games a week, so it’s not a huge time commitment, but it’s a great way to get out of your room and see friends and classmates in a social setting,” Bennett said.

From semester to semester, year to year, the intramural sports offered at Manhattan have changed, for better or for worse. This semester, basketball, dodgeball and softball are

being offered. However, there has been a change made in the way that the teams are organized.

In prior years, most intramural sports offered the option for both male-only leagues and co-ed leagues. This year however, Student Engagement made the switch to offer only co-ed leagues..

“No one did anything wrong, but it’s a simple case of we just don’t have enough court time, or field time, this year,” Bennett said. “Athletics does a great job of sharing their facilities with us and letting us use their spaces when it’s free, but unlike some schools that have dedicated fieldhouses, courts and fields just for intramurals, all of ours are shared.”

“So it’s just a reasoning of timing. For instance, last year, we weren’t able to hold intramural softball, which I think everyone pretty much agrees, is the most popular co-ed intramural we have. It was just a case of not receiving enough field time to put a legitimate league and schedule together,” said Bennett. “The same thing essentially happened this year with court time in Draddy, with the times we received as available for intramurals, there wasn’t enough time to schedule multiple leagues.”

According to Bennett, aside from the switch to all co-ed leagues that happened this year, the biggest change that happens in intramural sports is the sports that are offered from year to year.

“It changes every year, in

past years we’ve had enough court time for a men’s league, a co-ed league, and we’ve even offered a women’s league in basketball,” Bennett said. “And then there are those same years too sometimes where we don’t end up getting enough field time for softball. So it changes yearly depending on availability, but if we’re only going to have enough time to schedule only one league, that’s a no brainer, it must be co-ed so that it’s open to all students.”

“The other change is a few years ago we started to implement the IMLeagues.com system, which is a free platform for students to sign up with, and that’s where we do our scheduling of the games, which keeps everything more organized and professional,” said Bennett.

Throughout the years, Manhattan College has seen a variety of intramural sports, some more popular than others.

“Some students have recently expressed interest in tennis, so we’ll see if that gains any steam,” Bennett said. “I will say though, the staple sports that we offer every year students shouldn’t be worried about going away. We have [also] had Quidditch. That’s the Harry Potter sport, a few years ago, we held a tournament in Gaelic Park that was really successful.

Ice hockey too has happened a few times, and last year, equestrian was starting to build some momentum, so we’ll see if that comes back this year if the students want to pursue that again.”

Participating in an intramu-

ral sports league at Manhattan College is a great way to make friends, and get involved.

Whether you are interested in starting an intramural league of your own, or simply joining a sport for the fun of the game. “[To join an intramural league…], either send an email to recreation@manhattan.edu, or just stop in one of our two offices, on the fourth floor of the Commons,” Bennett said. “A little secret is that every year, there are many students that email us asking to participate but not knowing enough people to start their own team, etc… and we will always put these students on a team.”

“I say this all the time, this is the best way to make new friends and meet new people on campus – we will literally put new people together to form new teams, and many times, they end up hitting it off and otherwise would have never met,” said Bennett.

Jordan McGinnis, a junior business management major, plays on the intramural softball team. During his freshman year, his co-ed team made it to the championship game, however lost in extra innings. The following year, intramural softball was not offered. McGinnis is excited for the season this year.

“I picked up softball about two years ago in my hometown,” McGinnis said. “My friends and I created a men’s team in an men’s adult league.

I love playing co-ed softball because I get to hang out with all of my friends and enjoy an

easy-going game. It is an inclusive experience for everyone.”

While McGinnis did not play softball prior to attending Manhattan College, his experience playing on the intramural league here nonetheless has been nothing but a great experience.

“My favorite part about intramurals is seeing the competitive nature of our student body,” McGinnis said. “I believe we have an extremely active student body here at Manhattan College. Ryan Corbett, our Intramural Director, does a fantastic job with the lack of resources and facilities at his disposal. He tries to give the student population a chance to enhance their experience here at Manhattan College, even though that isn’t a top priority for the school. The lack of court time and field time is baffling, but Ryan maximizes it.”

While the intramural sports are always changing, the amount of students participating is always increasing.

“It’s something healthy to do, being physically active a few nights a week, without a huge time commitment to interfere with classes and your studies,” Bennett said. “However, socially I feel it has the biggest benefits. It’s a great way to meet and make new friends in a relaxed atmosphere. Some of the games and teams are extremely competitive, but there are also many students that view intramurals as just a chance to get together and have some fun.”

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Season Highlights and Honors on the Hardcourt John Jackson Editor

The Manhattan College basketball teams have put on a show this season. Both the men and women programs have religiously won at home, while individual players have worn the Jasper jersey with pride and excellence.

Their accomplishments as a team and as individuals are listed below.

1,000 Point Club Seniors Kayla Grimme, Amani Tatum and Rich Williams mounted career highlights this season, as each player scored their 1,000th point in a Jasper uniform on the hardcourt.

Grimme, a senior forward from Altoona, PA, scored her milestone back in November in a loss against Sacred Heart.

The bucket was converted in classic fashion for Grimme; a three-pointer. Grimme scored 32 points in the game while snagging 13 rebounds.

Grimme later went on to score her 1,200th point and secure her 800th career rebound, becoming just one of just five Jaspers to do so, according to GoJaspers Instagram.

On the other hand, Williams became the 39th member of the men’s Jaspers 1,000 point club on Jan. 13 with a jump shot.

Williams added 19 other points in the game while grabbing five rebounds and five assists.

Tatum was the most recent member as she scored her 1,000th point in the first quarter of the MAAC Tournament quarterfinals against Marist with a jump shot. She finished the final game of her playing career with nine points, five assists and four steals.

MAAC Individual Awards Pauly Paulicap earned MAAC’s Defensive Player of the Year award. The sophomore’s elite rim-protecting ability and lock-down defense helped the Jaspers find success throughout the season.

Standing at a tall 6’8” and weighing 220 pounds, the transfer from Harcum College averaged a team-high 6.7 rebounds-per-game and 2.6 blocks-per-game.

The forward’s best games include 13 rebounds against Iona College and six blocks against Canisius.

Aside from defense, Paulicap was second in the MAAC for field goal percentage, converting on 56 percent of his attempts.

In addition to Paulicap’s honor, Gabby Cajou was named MAAC’s 6th Player of the Year.

The sophomore averaged 29.5 minutes-per-game while adding 8.1 points-per-game, 3.5 assists-per-game and 2.1 steals-

per-game.

Becoming the first player in Jasper women’s history to win the award, Cajou added energy and athleticism to the team.

The 6th Player of the Year award honors the most valuable non-starter, as Cajou played 915 minutes throughout the season, only behind Tatum (1041 minutes) and Grimme (951 minutes).

All-MAAC Team Honors On the women’s court, Grimme earned All-MAAC Second Team, Tatum clinched All-MAAC Third Team and Courtney Warley made the AllMAAC Rookie Team.

Capping off her historic career at Manhattan, Grimme averaged 14.8 points-per-game and 8.5 rebounds-per-game.

Grimme also shot 43 percent from the field and 26 percent from beyond-the-arc.

These awards are not new to Grimme. In the 2016-2017 season the forward made the All-MAAC and All-Metropolitan Third Teams.

On the Third Team, Tatum averaged 12.9 points-per-game, 4.4 assists-per-game and nearly three steals-per-game.

On a team where stealing the ball was habitual, Tatum led the Jaspers, creating extra chances to score off of the fastbreak all season long.

In late January against Monmouth this season, Tatum snagged eight steals en route to a Jaspers’ victory.

In 2015-2016, Tatum was the MAAC Defensive Player of the Year, also making the AllMAAC Third Team.

For the Rookie-Team, Warley tallied 4.6 rebounds-pergame and 3.9 points-per-game while averaging 22.3 minutes played.

The 6’3” center from West Chester enjoyed a 14-point game verus LIU Brooklyn, a 12-rebound night versus Rider and a five-block contest while playing Canisius.

For men’s hoops, Williams joined the All-MAAC Second Team and Zane Waterman made the All-MAAC Third Team.

Williams averaged 14.7 points-per-game (ninth in the MAAC), with his best night coming against Quinnipiac at the end of the season where he scored 29 to help the Jaspers win in double-overtime.

The highly versatile guard was a threat whether he was in the paint or behind-the-arc.

Over the season Williams shot 44 percent from threepoint range.

Waterman had fun this season too.

The All-MAAC Third Team member for the second year in a row averaged 11.9 pointsper-game, good for 19th in the MAAC, and 6.6 rebounds-per-

Senior Kayla Grimme at Saint Peter’s earlier this season.

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Sophomore Pauly Paulicap goes up for a dunk against Canisius earlier this season.

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game (tied for seventh in the MAAC).

Waterman’s best games include a 28-point performance while playing Monmouth and a 12-rebound game against back-to-back MAAC champions Iona.

Turner, Not Too Shabby Either Zavier Turner on the men’s team was fourth in the MAAC for free-throw percentage, shooting 82 percent from the charity stripe. Turner scored 110 points from the line alone this season in only 134 attempts.

The point-guard also shot from distance at a impressive rate. Turner was seventh in the MAAC conference, converting on 44 percent of his attempts from three-point range and 52 percent overall. This season Turner hit 37-of-85 three-pointers, while his teammate Williams made 54-of-123 (fourth in MAAC).

Overall Records

As the regular season came to an end, the women Jaspers placed seventh in the MAAC before tournament play. The women were .500 during conference play at 9-9, and 13-18 overall. In Draddy Gymnasium, the team went 7-5, but they struggled outside of Riverdale, only winning four of the 16 road games.

For the men, the team placed fifth in the MAAC before the tournament. Like the women, the men went 9-9 against their own conference.

Overall, the men were just below .500 this season as they finished 14-16.

Away from Draddy, the men’s program won 5-of-13 games, but found more success on their own court finding victory on 8-of-11 occasions.

Leaving Seniors Next season, both the men and women’s teams will miss four seniors due to eligibility and graduation.

The women are losing

Grimme (C), Tatum (G), Mikki Guiton (C) and Taylor Williams (G).

Combined, these seniors contributed 36.5 point-pergame, 6.9 assists-per-game, 17.8 rebounds-per-game, 4.5 steals-per-game and 2.5 blocksper-game on average.

The men’s team will part ways with Calvin Crawford (F), Turner (G), Waterman (F) and Williams (G).

As for the men, these seniors bring a combined 56 points-per-game, 9.4 assistsper-game, 18.2 rebounds-pergame, 2.8 steals-per-game and 0.6 blocks-per-game on average.

Conclusion With tournament season behind us and no MAAC Championships for either team, the Jaspers have still had historical and honorable seasons. *All stats are according to ESPN.com

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THE QUADRANGLE

JASPERS FALL IN MAAC Gaels Top Jaspers in Men’s Quarterfinal

Marist Defeats WBB, 84-60

Iona 72, Manhattan 60

No. 35 Kayla Grimme scored 25 points in the Jaspers’ losing effort against Marist in the MAAC Quarterfinal.

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John Jackson Editor

Zane Waterman finished his collegiate career with 14 points in a quarterfinal loss to Iona.

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Charles Lippolis Senior Writer

On Saturday Mar. 3, the Manhattan College men’s basketball team fell to their rival Iona Gaels in the quarterfinals of the MAAC Tournament by a score of 72-60, ending the Jaspers’ season.

After the team’s second first-game elimination in as many years, head coach Steve Masiello was beside himself while having to say goodbye to a senior class he adored.

“These four seniors…are as classy as it gets. I’m going to miss them, terribly,” Masiello said.

The matchup was a tough one for the Jaspers, who have not topped the Gaels since the two teams met in the MAAC Championship back in 2015.

Tim Cluess’ Gaels led for 36:49 of the game’s 40 minutes and were able to constantly deter the Jaspers’ rallies throughout the second half.

Iona was led by graduate transfer guard Zach Lewis, who poured in 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds in the game. Junior guard Schadrac Casimir, who has been a Manhattan killer on the court during his career, added 18 points and was perfect from the line in their win on Saturday.

Sophomore forward Pauly Paulicap led the way for the Jaspers with 16 points and 12

rebounds in his fifth doubledouble of the season. Senior forward Zane Waterman added 14 points and six rebounds, but was forced to leave the game midway through the second half due to an ankle injury.

For Paulicap, his revelation of a season ends with disappointment in the MAAC Tournament, but a MAAC Defensive Player of the Year Award and a model of success to follow in the graduating seniors.

“I necessarily don’t look at an ‘L’ as a loss, I learn from everything we’ve been through this season,” Paulicap said. “So, I’m just going to learn from it, translate it, and turn it into a positive next season.”

Now Masiello and the Jaspers say goodbye to the remainder of Manhattan’s championship nucleus. With Rich Williams, Calvin Crawford, and Waterman graduating this spring, the 2018-2019 season will be Masiello’s first without a member of a Manhattan championship team since winning his first MAAC title in 2014.

Not only do the Jaspers say goodbye to their championship pedigree; but Waterman, Williams, Crawford, and Zavier Turner led the team in all major offensive categories.

Over the weekend, Williams and Waterman were also acknowledged with second and third team All-MAAC selections respectively.

After the game, Masiello,

Waterman and Williams shared their somber goodbyes.

“What they meant, to me, what they meant to Manhattan College, you can’t put into words,” Masiello said.

“It’s been an unbelievable time. If I could go back, I’d do it all again,” Williams added, while choking up.

“It’s just like a family atmosphere. I’m going to miss my family,” Waterman concluded.

Masiello and the Jaspers now enter the offseason with questions, and opportunity.

Thomas Capuano and Paulicap will return as the core members of Manhattan’s team, but new players will be asked to fill the shoes of a do-it-all senior class.

Of the notable players with opportunities in front of them next season, freshman Nehemiah Mack and Ebube Ebube figure to see more time at their respective positions and will carry more weight on the offensive side of the ball. Rising senior Samson Usilo, whose career has been plagued with injury but has always been a favorite of Masiello, may see the opportunity he’s been waiting for his entire career.

Either way, Masiello and his recruiting team will be hard at work this spring attempting to re-create the championship culture that Williams, Waterman, Crawford and Turner worked hard to instill here at Manhattan.

The seventh-seeded Manhattan College Jaspers (13-18; 9-9 MAAC) fell to the secondseeded Marist Red Foxes (1912; 14-4 MAAC) by a score of 84-60 in the quarterfinals of the 2018 MAAC Tournament held at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY on Friday, Mar. 2.

The Red Foxes came storming out of the blocks with 10 unanswered points within the first two minutes and 10 seconds of the game.

While Marist held onto the lead for the remainder of the game, Manhattan took over the remainder of the first quarter.

The Jaspers went on a 12-3 run until the 0:55 mark to get within a point of the Red Foxes. During that run, senior Amani Tatum connected on a jumper to score the 1,000th point of her college career.

From the last 55 seconds of the first quarter to the first four minutes and three seconds of the second quarter, Marist made it a 31-12 game with 18 unanswered points. Manhattan did not have any really powerful runs the rest of the half as they went into halftime trailing 41-29.

Kayla Grimme, who put up 16 points in the opening round of the MAAC Tournament, led the team with nine points at halftime. However, she kicked it into an even higher gear in the second half.

Grimme added an additional eight points in a mere five minutes and one second to start the third quarter. While that was an impressive showing indeed, it only cut into Marist’s lead by a point. Marist then went on a 12-3 run to finish out the third and take a 62-42 lead.

There was not much hope for Manhattan going into the fourth. A 20-point deficit with 10 minutes to go is hard to overcome for any basketball

team.

Marist would not let up either, as they were able to extend their lead to as large as 28 points at the 2:38 mark and again at the 2:07 mark. Tatum and senior Mikki Guiton would both add three points apiece the rest of the way before the game officially ended in a 84-60 Marist victory.

Grimme’s performance was quite a memorable one to end her playing career. She registered 25 points, five rebounds and two steals. She ends her career with 1,433 points and 961 rebounds which are good for fifth and third all-time at Manhattan, respectively.

With the win, the Red Foxes moved onto the semifinals against Siena which was held on Sunday, Mar. 4. The Jaspers’ season, on the other hand, comes to an end.

Although the Jaspers will not be playing basketball until the 2018-2019 season starts up in November, there are plenty of positives to take away from this season.

It is only the second time in six years that the Jaspers finished .500 or better in conference play and second time in five years where they have won a game in the MAAC Tourney.

Tatum joined Grimme as a member of the 1,000-point club and both athletes were named to All-MAAC Teams.

Freshman Courtney Warley and sophomore Gabby Cajou also brought home awards with the former being named to the MAAC’s All-Rookie Team and the latter being named MAAC Sixth Player of the Year. Cajou was the first member of the women’s basketball team to receive that honor in the history of the program.

While the 2017-2018 campaign is in the books, the team can hold their heads high knowing they exceeded the expectations of the preseason poll that slated them to finish tenth in the conference.