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After much conflict between Manhattan College students and administrators due to the controversy regarding the namesake of Kelly Commons, there seems to be a decision approved by all. Students sought change last semester as they returned to campus from a summer of protesting police brutality, as many did not find it appropriate to keep the name of the NYPD commissioner on a MC building. However, there seems to be an answer for this dispute.

Finding common ground through one of the most young and well-known unproblematic-white-guys in pop culture today, MC administration has agreed to rename the Kelly Student Commons after Machine Gun Kelly, renowned recording artist and fashionista.

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old daughter, Casie. Additionally, there will be a third floor cafe opened with a balcony for what MGK calls “munchies and puff.”

For many Manhattan College students, the renaming of the commons will prompt attention towards MGK’s certified homie, Pete Davidson, SNL star and inspiration for Ariana Grande’s “Sweetener” album.

Of course, Davidson has already put forth a large donation for the previously mentioned third floor cafe.

For our sound studies students, MGK is planning to oversee a new music studio built in the basement of the commons, which will feature an impressive collection of guitars, slushie machines and the latest recording equipment.

MGK’s agent also shared with The Triangle that Davidson is planning on periodically visiting the commons with extra SNL tickets, and will give them away to whichever student performs the best Dobby the elf impression.

The Triangle interviewed a number of students to see what they thought of the new updates. Katelyn Hall, a junior engineering student at the college, is specifically interested in the proposed piercing and tattoo shop for the fifth floor.

“Look man, I’ve been trying to get inked up since last year,” Hall said. “It’s just that I lost my license, and then my phone, and the lady asked me my

birthday and I forgot, and the whole thing was such a mess.

I went next door to the tattoo place and got a pretzel and danced a little and my license fell out of my shirt which was cool, but then I remembered it doesn’t have my real birthday on it and I still couldn’t remember it.”

Hall continued this story for quite some time, but unfortunately The Triangle cannot afford that much ink.

Overall, however, the students seem to be ready for these new changes, and feel that the renovations will help the college start fresh after a year of COVID and other struggles. The Triangle tried to speak with administrators, but literally no one would pick up the phone. Unfortunately The Triangle is like that guy you said hi back to that one time and WILL NOT stop calling you and thinks you must be in love with them.

President O’Donnell has repeatedly denied this.

Now, back to the commons. The MGKelly Student Commons will be the freshest college building in all of New York City. With the latest technology, top of the line herbal therapy and plenty of new resources, students will be better equipped for their students than ever before. Stayed tuned for the new renovations, which are planned to take place June 2021.

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We interrupt your regularly scheduled Quadrangle for this IMPORTANT SATIRE EDITION. (For the normal Issue 9, visit page 13)

About The Triangle An annual tradition. The Triangle is a fake newspaper published by the students of Manhattan College. We strive to make fun of the most ridiculous things on campus and the greater community, publishing only once a year in the spring semester.

Our goal is always humor, subpar Photoshop skills and smart satire.

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✨ ✨ MC Alum Rudy Giuliani Steals His Portrait After Watching Favorite Movie fake

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HBIC Head Banana In Charge Manhattan College alum Rudy Giuliani was caught breaking into the O’Malley Library with the intent of stealing his portrait. The incident occurred late last Friday night when a group of engineering students heard a man breathing heavily and smelled the scent of a coward. Fortunately through the combined efforts of public safety and the 50th precinct, Giuliani was caught red handed.

A representative from the 50th precinct said that Giuliani left clues that led right to his getaway car.

“Officers Benson and Stabler found a trail of brown liquidy residue that appeared to be hair dye leading towards the getaway car,” the representative said. “Now this is real amateur hour folks.”

The crime report also stated that in the process he tried to pick up female students with horrible pick-up lines.

“Yeah thie weird guy that looked like he was melting came over and started harassing us,” one of the girls said.

“He leaned over and said ‘Are you January 6, because you’re giving me an insurr-ERECTION.’ I was confused by all of it and then he waddled away

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screaming ‘you can’t catch me I’m the gingerbread man’.”

A representative from the college didn’t realize that the portrait was still up. They shared that they had thought that the portrait was going to be used in Locke’s Loft lunch special called “mashed po-TRAITORS.” Giuliani spoke to The Triangle in an exclusive interview explaining the crime that he committed.

“I was inspired by my favorite movie ‘National Treasure’,” Giuliani said. “I just can’t get

enough of daddy Nicholas Cage. I hope one day that I can grow up to be just like him.”

When asked why he decided to steal the portrait back he said that he was trying to impress his former boss and that it would bring him light in his dark days.

“I do everything for my former boss –– commit crimes, floss his toes and remind him that his hands aren’t that tiny.

Stealing the portrait was another way to impress him. My boss doesn’t really like me anymore

and I thought that if I did this he would want to share a prison cell with me when we finally get arrested for treason or whatever,” Giuliani said.

Giuliani explained that he can’t say his boss’s name in fear of a “Beetlejuice” like effect.

“Yeah I can’t say Tr*mp more than once. Since he is part demon and Satan’s favorite minion, if you say his name more than once he appears. I really don’t want to summon him with my hair looking like this. He’ll spank me if he saw me now,” Giuliani said.

Giuliani, a former writer for the Quadrangle shared his contempt about the publication.

“The Quadrangle is the CORRUPT NEWS MEDIA. I only trust the work that The Triangle does. It’s the best and most trustworthy reporting I’ve ever seen,” Giuliani said.”

No arrests have been made yet because Giuliani hissed at them and licked his lizard eyes, scaring the officers.

The Triangle is following the story closely and will continue to update our readers as it develops.

Bernie Sanders Spotted on Campus Jackie Kennedy & Br-ain.

The absence of spring break is not the only thing that has Jaspers feelin’ the Bern’ this semester. United States senator Bernie Sanders has been spontaneously spotted on campus multiple times since the start of the Spring semester.

Very real photos confirm that the Vermont Senator made several appearances on campus. Sanders has been photographed sporting a kelly-green jacket, using school pride colors to match those of the community and remain inconspicuous as he makes his way through campus. He also wore patterned mittens to complete the look, thus passing “the fitcheck” of judgemental college students, allowing him to further blend in.

You may be wondering “What was Bernie Sanders doing in Riverdale? Shouldn’t he be in Vermont, advocating

for better working wages for the cows employed at the Ben and Jerry’s factory?” However, Sanders seemingly had quite a few tasks on his mind in his trips to MC. Sanders was first spotted on the quad, advocating for more affordable college tuition and student-loan forgiveness. Unfortunately, this silent, sitting protest did not gain much traction, as Sanders failed to realize students had not returned to campus yet.

Next, he was found in the new Higgins Science building.

Engineering students were very excited, assuming Sanders had been hired by the school to come lecture as a guest speaker. However, it was later discovered that Bernie was actually in search of the Environmental Studies department, hoping to discuss his thoughts on the Green New Deal with young tree huggers.

Next, Sanders was seen in the film studio. He asked members of the student Film

Society to help him shoot a promotional video. While students were kind enough to offer help in writing the script, Sanders insisted on keeping it simple.

As the cameras rolled, he repeatedly said “I am once again asking for Residence Life to reopen the bridge to Horan and Lee Halls.”

Sanders’ travels on campus didn’t stop when the sun went down. Bernie was found at the Gamma-Delta-Kappa-Sigma-Tigma-Phigma Fraternity house, discussing his platform on drug legalization. The brothers thought Sanders would bust their party, but this 79 year-old progressive politician explained he remains strong in his belief that “Snitches get stitches.”

The most recent Sanders sighting took place on February 31st at the mini-quad. According to sources, they heard him telling our beloved campus squirrels that “It should’ve been me, but no, same thing every year.”

According to recent political analytics, many of Sanders’ stances could actually be very beneficial to the Jasper community. For example, next time you see him creeping around the computer labs, consider asking him to discuss his thoughts on high speed internet for all. Perhaps Sanders could help us fix JasperNet so it doesn’t cut out and delete all our hard work just when it’s time to turn in a midterm paper. In addition, Sanders’ firm belief in housing for all could be beneficial for students who have been forced to pitch tents on the Quad after being kicked out of Jasper Hall for “de-densification,’’ whatever that means.

If you think you may have seen a confused Larry David on campus, it was likely the senator himself. The Quadrangle is hoping to catch up with Sanders next time he makes an appearance.

Until then, send in your very real Sanders spotting pictures to the Quad at please-

donotactuallyemailthequadthesearejustphotoshop@manhattan.edu.

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Locke’s Loft Welcomes a Crazy New Cooking Staff Cari-my car-thy Spaghetti Taco Enthusiast Fleeing the San Diego scene after kidnapping allegations of 14-year-old Megan Parker, mentally-disturbed employee of The Premiere movie theater, Steven James, is expected to take over cooking duties in Locke’s Loft come the 2021 Spring Semester.

James, affectionately known as “Crazy Steve” by colleagues and peers is known for his signature dish “Really Big Shrimp” which he finds to be both a paradoxical masterpiece and fan-favorite.

James, motioning us to come closer, reveals the secret to his world-renowned dish to The Triangle.

“The secret is an insanely spicy pepper in the sauce,” James said. “They’re not legal in the US so I have them sent from South Ah-merika.”

James declined further comment on the name or distribution efforts for the mysterious pepper but confirmed that both the secret sauce and “Really Big Shrimp” will be a welcomed favorite in the Locke’s Loft menu.

Upon further investigation, undisclosed sources insinuate

the use of Peruvian Puff Peppers, the hottest pepper in the world. Requested anonymity prohibits The Triangle from revealing this source’s identity, but their claim of the peppers was validated through their disqualification of a salsa-making competition back in 2005.

“It was Crazy Steve who gave our [family] the peppers,” the source said. “I don’t know how he got them over the border...he was in contact with some bad guys.”

Manhattan College dietician Tiffany Ma is investigating the nutritional value of these peppers to see if they are safe for consumption. Ma promises to keep The Triangle updated on any and all illegal substances put into the food under James’ direction.

Steve James has also announced his new partnership with brother-sister duo Spencer and Carly Shay. Both were strangely unavailable for an interview at the same time as James, but joined us via phone for a brief interview a few days later.

“I’m so excited to be joining Manhattan College’s team,” Carly Shay said. “I always loved cooking with my friends back in San D-Seattle. Especially on every Fourth of July.

Word. Those were the days. Every Fourth. Word.”

Immediately after this rather strange quote, Shay requested this statement to be released to the Manhattan College Community and “anyone with connections to the SDPD.” The statement reads: “It’s great to help make Spaghetti Tacos. Spencer loves them and is always saying how Crazy it is that Steve Masiello has not tried them. It’s awesome to finally see the escape from traditional food but not be so forced to eat something too different.

As the host of a popular Webshow - it was called iCarly - I frequently tried new recipes that I name Spaghetti Tacos.”

Spencer Shay, aspiring artist and co-creator of the trendy tacos, says that he is so excited to start a new life in New York, especially with the return of Carly’s webcast approaching.

“I’m not sure how often I’ll be working alongside this Steve James fellow,” Shay said.

“Seems like an alright guy but I think our menus will clash.

Probably best if we alternate days in the kitchen.”

Despite these strange encounters with our new kitchen staff - the Fall 2021 semester is sure to be a tasty one!

Fall 2021 is sure to be a tasty one with new hires Carly Shay, Spencer Shay and Steve James.

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Brother Jasper Mascot Gone Wrong: Clearly Overaged Faculty Hires Norm of ‘Phineas and Ferb’ as The College’s Mascot Vanessa D. Shmirtz Since the college debuted the new mascot last semester, in hopes to get everyone off their backs with the question, “What is a Jasper?”, our dear new Brother Jasper human-powered-doll has raised some new questions. Specifically, why are we turning MC into a Phineas and Ferb reboot?

Administration has been very timid to answer this, keeping the design committee for the mascot completely secret.

But the pressure has been mounting. Just last week, Dr. Jonathan Keller, professor for the political science department, reported that his entire class refused to participate in a debate for the next election. Keller told The Triangle that his students let an entire crate of platypuses loose while screaming “Gitchee Gitchee Goo” and “chicka chicka choo”.

President O’Donnell has refused to speak to any student journalists, but word around campus is that he has been suspending students left and right just for owning brightgreen hair dye. There have been whispers around campus that the student body will not put up with the oppression for much longer, and that all traitors, nicknamed “Candaces”

by the student leaders, will be taken care of in a public event this Saturday on the Quad.

This madness can only be explained by one thing: Norm from the celebrated animated classic, “Phineas and Ferb” has been posing as the Manhattan College mascot, Brother Jasper, since Aug. 31, 2020.

Even worse, this means that Dr. Doofenshmirtz, tried and true criminal, must be in the tri-state area.

Of course, this has caused a serious issue for Manhattan students, as they are subject to believing literally anything that comes onto their TikTok ‘For You’ pages. And, naturally, this issue has spread to the TikTokverse.

Specifically, Lexington Passamonte, big-time influencer and junior at MC, has been posting a TikTok series about this conspiracy since September. Now that the rest of campus has begun catching on, Passamonte reached out to The Triangle to tell her story.

“I’ve been rewatching Phineas and Ferb since I first saw ‘Brother Jasper’,” Lexington said, using aggressive air quotes when hastily spitting out the name of the mascot. “I knew it from the start. Luckily, I have a MASSIVE online presence, and I was able to get the rest of these zombies to under-

stand what was going on here.”

Passamonte refused to say this out loud, but pieced together a crayon drawn map to explain where she believes Dr. Doofenshmirtz is hiding.

Unsurprisingly, the map shows Dr. D to be hiding in the enigma that is Chrysostom Hall.

While no one at MC has been brave enough to enter these haunted halls, mounting pressure has led President O’Donnell to form a squad to enter C-Block. Of course, these individuals will be given full body protection from the mold, rats, and corpses that line the halls since its last residency in 1972. However, President O’Donnell made the mistake of refusing his own protective gear, leaving him subject to the recent threat of squirrels-inthe-pants throughout campus.

Luckily, only minor surgery was required for President OD in the lower levels of Horan Hall.

The mission has not yet been completed, and chaos remains on campus following this complete alternation of reality, but students remain hopeful.

“My DMs are full, like TikTok almost had to reset my account full, and everyone is just so glad I’m genius enough to figure this s*** out, you know, I really just want to get back to my room and get my chicken

nuggets, but until this is over I have to be live streaming 24-7,” Passamonte said. “As long as I’m active, there’s hope.”

The college administration is flustered amid the chaos, and may even outlaw the colors of ‘Ferb’ green and ‘Phineas’ orange from campus. Student groups are already planning

their protest signs.

While this may be the most tumultuous infiltration of MC property, it has brought the students together in a way never seen before. Miles away from campus, Bronx commuters hear nothing but “Gitchee Gitchee Goo” from morning to night.

The resemblance is uncanny.

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Foolish Manhattan College Student, Josh Nichols, Ruins Graduation by Running Over Oprah Megan Parker After months and months of the class of 2021 fighting with administration for an in-person graduation ceremony, the school finally has agreed to organize a traditional commencement, with no other than legendary talk show host and bread lover, Oprah Winfrey, set to be the guest speaker.

But just like how this academic year has brought nothing but terrible and disappointing news to students time and time again, graduation did not fail to do the same. Last week, it was reported a student ran over Winfrey, and now she refuses to step foot on campus.

While recovering in a nearby hospital, The Triangle was able to find Winfrey and collect a statement from her regarding her frustration and regrets of considering to speak at Manhattan College.

“Follow your instincts.

That’s where true wisdom manifests itself,” Winfrey said.

“I should have followed mine when deciding to speak at this school, next thing I know I’m

crossing at the street at Waldo avenue and BAM, I’m struck yet again by a young, reckless driver.”

President Brennan O’Donnell, Ph.D, also spoke on the matter sharing how he’s upset about how the Jasper community’s welcome for Oprah was short-lived.

“First we couldn’t manage to get an entire band to come perform for last year’s Springfest, just the lead singer of beloved, early 2000 rock band, The Fray...where did I go wrong? So when we got Oprah to speak at commencement, we were elated.”

O’Donnell added, “I guess we’ll never know if Oprah was going to second her epic car giveaway.”

With the help of an angry mob of Manhattan College seniors and the creators of the GoFundMe page, “Expel the Monster who...RAN OVER OPRAH”, The Triangle was able to identify the culprit. Former senior Josh Nichols explained he was a die-hard fan of Winfrey and had no intention of hurting her when hearing she

was coming to campus.

Nichols blames his step brother Drake for his accident, claiming that this was an effort to set him up, a claim many students deem dubious. Nichols’ attempt to shift blame to an innocent boy disgusts Winfrey.

“I was racing to get to campus as soon as I heard she was coming to meet with faculty and students! Drake was fighting with me in the car, as usual, that kid gives me headaches...

HEADACHES. Anyway, one thing led to another and...I RAN OVER OPRAH.” The Triangle tried to ask Nichols more questions about the accident but he denied answering until he could speak with his lawyer. When confronted by a student who accused Nichols of purposely running over Oprah, Nichols angrily denied allegations. The student proceeded to argue with Nichols asking, “Are you calling me a liar?,” in which Nichols responded, “Well, I ain’t callin’ you a truther!”

The Triangle will continue to investigate the accident.

Grief-struck Nichols at the scene of the incident.

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Get Ready to Slip & Slide: MC Acquires Karl’s Auto-Body Shop and Builds Water Park Aquafina

is water wet?

Jaspers can now slip and slide on their way to class in Leo. That is because Manhattan College just added a new water park after finally acquiring Karl’s Auto Body Shop.

Located at 316 W 240th St, the new water park will feature over hundreds of slippity-dippity and swirly whirly slides, with over 50 new swimming pools, including one with a lazy river! The park is open 24/7 for students, and is the perfect place for Jaspers to take a study break, relax and hang 10!

“The addition of the water park is exactly what we need on this campus,” said senior Crystal Waters. “Everyone’s been under a dry spell so I think this

will help a lot.”

As a theme park studies major concentration in water park experience, Waters found that having a water park at the college was crucial to her educational experience. She considered transferring to Great Wolf Lodge University because of their water park program but ultimately decided to stay at MC and launch an initiative that would bring water attractions to the Bronx. For the past two years, Waters has worked non-stop to install a water park on campus, and now her dreams, along with the dreams of other theme park majors, have come to fruition.

“It really is a dream come true,” Waters said. “Not only can I properly pursue my major, but I can get wet and wild while doing it, which is some-

thing all theme park majors need.”

However, getting the water park approved on campus wasn’t an easy process, and it couldn’t have been done without the help of Waters’ friends, Rick Pole and Jeremy Springs, who are also theme park studies majors. Pole and Springs served on the water park installation committee and worked tirelessly to advocate for Waters’ dream. Pole and Springs had to go through countless school and city officials to get the park approved and struggled to find the proper location for the park. At one point, they almost gave up. That was until the idea of building it next to Karl’s Auto-Body was introduced.

“It was a tough process,” Pole said. “We were about to

throw in the towel. But then the idea was introduced for us to build the park by the auto-body shop. There’s a massive amount of space there that hasn’t been used in a while, and we thought we could put it to good use.”

The idea to build it on the land formerly occupied by Karl’s Auto-Body was introduced to Pole and Springs by their theme and water park studies professor, Aqua Dasani.

“I brought the location to the students’ attention because I knew the park would fit nowhere else on campus,” Dasani said.

Yet acquiring Karl’s Auto-Body Shop wasn’t as easy as it sounds. MC has been trying to get a hold of that property for a while now in an effort to expand campus. It wasn’t until

the shop’s owner heard of the theme park and finally decided to sell his business to MC for $10 million. In addition, the owner negotiated for an all-access pass to the park whenever he wanted.

Dasani is ecstatic that MC was able to acquire the shop to build the park because she finds Waters’ and Pole and Springs’ cause to be important to the campus community. As Dasani describes, the park will not only serve the theme park studies majors but can also serve the campus community at large.

“The park is not only for the theme park studies majors, it’s for all to enjoy,” Dasani said. I can’t wait to see students and faculty, and even Karl himself slipping and sliding everywhere. It’s going to be great.”

Jaspers will now get wet and wild like never before. MC acquired Karl's Auto-Body shop and is now building a water park for their theme park studies program, but it's meant for all to enjoy!

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Jasper Jams: Songs “Glee” Actually Made Better JASPER JAMS Rachel Berry & Kurt Hummel

This week we bring you a very special edition of Jasper Jams. It’s one we’ve been wanting to write for a very long time, but we knew it could be controversial to publish. After hours of meetings with the Editor-in-Chief, the managing editors, the club’s faculty moderator and the college’s legal counsel, we’ve decided to move forward with this article. We only ever have the people’s best interests in mind and honestly, we’ve waited too long for this.

We have been doing you all a disservice by not publishing this. This week’s Jasper Jams is about the songs ““Glee”” actually made better. If you’re unfamiliar with “Glee,” it’s a Fox network show about a high school glee club that aired from 2009 to 2015. If you’re unfamiliar with ““Glee”” that probably also means you lived under a rock from 2009 to 2015. Now for those of you familiar with “Glee,” you may be quick to want to defend your favorite songs, but we here at Jasper Jams are the experts when it comes to music, and you should at least hear us out.

Don’t Stop Believing Originally by Journey, this song was covered in the show’s very first episode, setting the tone for the show — well kind of, at least — and setting viewer’s expectations high. This song was the first moment the ragtag group proved they had a bright future ahead. Journey’s original track is bogged down by the clear 1981 sonic experience and the simple fact that it was created by Journey of all bands.

Gold Digger It’s a Kanye song. Sure it’s an iconic one before Kanye be-

came the kind of nightmare/ performance artist/social experiment he is now, but anyone could make it better, even a grandma who doesn’t speak English or like rap music. It was pretty easy for “Glee” to make it better.

Gives You Hell

The original version by The All-American Rejects clearly had way too much angst, so “Glee” knew what they were doing when they cleaned up and crisped up the rough edges of the song. They even pulled off that cleanness with the whole chorus shout-singing the chorus. I’m impressed and you should be too.

Teenage Dream

There is nothing more quintessential 2009-2014 than Katy Perry and “Glee”, so combining them is clearly the best idea anyone has ever had. Also, this version features Darren Criss specifically so if you ever ran a fan account for him, this is YOUR teenage dream come true.

Dancing Queen ABBA didn’t know what they were doing with this song, neither did the cast of the 2008 fim “Mamma Mia!” but “Glee” really took their blueprints and got to work. I can’t believe anyone dared to sing this before the “Glee” cast did, but I’m so glad the “Glee” cast righted the wrongs of the universe.

New York State of Mind Who better to sing a song about New York than a glee club from Ohio! “Glee” took all the mistakes that Billy Joel originally made with this song and improved them tenfold. I can’t imagine we were ever listening to the Billy Joel version, when the “Glee” version is better in every sense of the word,

technically, musically, emotionally.

even

ABC The Jackson 5 were definitely too young to understand how to truly bring this song to life. Luckily, the “Glee” cast covered it in 2011. The song just sounds so much better with a early 2010’s bubblegum pop vibe than it ever did in the original. We can only thank the “Glee” cast for improving on this now classic.

Total Eclipse of the Heart This song definitely needed a revamp, and the “Glee” cast happily took on this burden.

They then provided us with the greatest version of this song to ever grace the planet. The rock ballad style just makes the song really pop when it’s sung by the “Glee” cast, it’s obvious now that Bonnie Tyler had no idea what she was doing.

Let it Be

John Lennon was mildly successful when trying to get the message of this song across, but when you hear Kurt, Rachel, and Santana harmonize during this song you’ll understand. They took this song and made it beautiful. John Lennon could only dream to improve so much on a song.

Heroes We can all agree that Da-

Undercover, super secret meetings not in Kelly, not on floor 4 in the Quad office. DO NOT knock three times and whisper “Hail The Trigang-gang.”

And certianly do not BYO Bacon Egg and Cheese to share with the class...

We will NOT see you there

We do super secret meetings (and sacrifices).

Kelly Commons...

son Four while simultaneously tying it to a great plot point about Sam potentially leaving McKinely. “Glee” consistently and successfully does the most just for their fans.

Poker Face I know we’ve all had the thought before, “what if Lady Gaga’s song Poker Face was actually a piano ballad reminiscent of Sara Bareilles golden days that also ends up being a duet with Elsa from Frozen?”

Well, I have great news, “Glee” has granted our wish. This version of Poker Face is one thousand times better than the original, it was just waiting to be redone.

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vid Bowie’s “Heroes” would obviously be better if it sounded like it was being covered

by The Fray. It seems like the “Glee” cast had the same thought. They produced the better version of Heroes in Sea-

Sacrificial Sandwitch meetings

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Rick Rack Rocking the Wild Style Birdy Tea & Quinn Purr

Wild Animal Stylist & Forrest Runway Influencer Rick Rack, the Campus Raccoon, MBA Student- D1 Trash Eater.

Ricky Rack is a graduate student at Manhattan College.

Often see lurking in trees or behind Locke’s while sporting his signature MC shirt and cap.

Maybe he was once a star basketball player but he has since decided to sit on the sidelines and let the younger MC students take the reigns. When scurrying across Broadway he talked to the Triangle about his style influences and inspiration.

Keep an eye out for him if you live in Lee or Horan Hall, he’s hard to miss.

Where does your style inspiration come from?

I am inspired by the lockes food trash, those colorful Tex Mex leftovers are great for pattern ideas.

How have you noticed your style change as you grew older?

I just get larger with age... nothing seems to fit me anymore i have to go naked...

What are some of your favorite places to shop?

I steal deli sandwiches from

stoned teenagers in the park What is your favorite pair of shoes?

I have paws… i think everyone should go barefoot people wear too many shoes here Do you have a favorite piece of clothing?

My favorite is fur.

Fur is in this season - take it from me Favorite Accessor y?

Crushed white claw cans from the Overlook bins that i

use as jewelry for my nights out on the town. Super flashy but I know the ladies like it Tell us where your outfit is from!

My outfit I was wearing today is all about the natural elements, I’m sporting a purple “thank you” BEST DELI bag as a sweater and some brown lockes baggy jeans.

What is the best chill outfit?

When I wanna be casual I

Speaks for itself huh cutie...

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like to let it all out, shake out my fur and just tan in the sun.

What is your type of date outfit?

I like to be mysterious, I wear my black superhero eye mask. Keeps things interesting when I meet someone new.

What styles do you expect to be “iun” this season?

If I’ve said it once I’ve said it a million times... trash.

Rick Rack feeling himself. Would you swipe right?

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Smith Hall to be Featured in “Bridgerton” Lady Zoe DaFancy

of Quadrangleous Manhattius My fellow students, It is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that I may announce that our dear Smith Hall shall be featured on the next season of Netflix’s original “Bridgerton.” I am beyond thrilled with this announcement. However, there are those who believe as if our precious Smith Hall is too beautacious for that crass show.

While at the weekly Jasper Hall tea party with Lord and Lady Jasper they continued to bombilate gossip with me as they shared their insights. As I was confabulating with them I couldn’t help but notice how the news of this turned Lord Jasper into a skitterbrook.

“I for one would never imagine that our exquisite Smith Hall would be featured on a show of such bedevilment,” Lord Jasper said. “That show and a pile of bricks are unasin-

ous, if I dare say so myself. It’s preposterous to say the least!”

I adore you, Lord Jasper, but you’re a mewling fen-sucked nut hook. I cannot bare another word you say, you flap mouthed unmuzzled puttlock. The news of Smith Hall being featured on such a show will create nothing but positive attention towards the kingdom of Manhattan College.

Lady Jasper, who is also a disappointment noted that her feeling towards this is similar to her husband. How quaint?

And to think that I almost believed that she was not only a brickey, but an afternoonified brickey.

“Bridgerton is a show masked in beauty,” she said.

“Its viewers are captivated by the pristine wardrobe and lovely tunes that are orchestrated. But underneath that facade what is Bridgerton really amounting to? Dare I may say but it seems as if that show is nothing but pornography. The countless scenes of Simon and Daphne going at it as if they were practically animals.”

Lady Jasper, what you say may be true, but you my lady are a flax witch. I say this with all facetiousness, but you are not and will never be a nice joint. You are an art-less hasty witted clot pole. I still adore thee nevertheless.

Smith Hall is an incredible work of art that shall be showcased among the masses. Why would anyone let this opportunity slip away? The pristine building must be shown off.

While I was on my carriage ride to attend the Gala of COVID I couldn’t help but notice the Duke of Lee talking about this very topic.

“This is the most exciting and thrilling news i’ve heard in a long time. Almost like that time the King of Manhattan had fallen down the steps of the arches. I am beyond elated,” The Duke said as he downed his flask. “What an amazing opportunity.”

Duke of Lee, you are a true rooter. Bethsabe, in our friendship you’ve been many things, but today, you’re a natty jam.

Thank you for advocating for

this tremendous occasion. Darling, you’re a well-rigged wag and I adore you. A real ripper you are!

As we the kingdom of Manhattan College use this opportunity to show other kingdoms how much better we are by showcasing Smith Hall then

perhaps we could increase our revenue.

Get the heels on it darling, you deserved it!

Till then, Lady DaFancy of Quadrangleous Manhattius

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Basketball Gets Cut in Favor of Spikeball Team Laurie Raz & Pedro Janitor There’s a new team in the Manhattan College community for all those who just can’t quite leave behind their high school athletic careers. The new upand-coming Spikeball team is striving for national headlines as they are quickly gaining members.

The Spikeball team quickly drew in participants, adding thirty members just in case too many injuries pile up from inadvertent collisions with passersby or objects on the quadrangle like the benches. Eyewitnesses say a bench almost killed a player last semester, claiming that it was targeting him.

The founding member is Q Johnson, who enjoys playing Spikeball on the beach in Miami while on spring break.

“COVID-19 won’t stop us from gathering in large groups and bringing some normalcy to the community through our Spikeball skills,” Johnson said.

“I’m hoping to take the team down to Miami… for some extra practice.”

When asked about his love of sport and the other members of the Spikeball team, Johnson could hardly contain his excitement.

“It’s lit,” Johnson said.

“We’re all lit.”

The school has confirmed that the Spikeball team is getting its funding because the men’s basketball team got cut.

“We are proud to announce a new addition, Manhattan College Spikeball team,” said Marianne Reilly, director of intercollegiate athletics. “The funding

is coming from the basketball team effective immediately.”

“It’s disappointing but it is what it is,” men’s basketball head coach Steve Masiello said. “I hear they need some height so I’ll tell my guys.”

According to Johnson and Reilly, the school has reached a sponsorship deal with Nike for uniforms and other equipment.

They are expected to have more uniform combinations than the University of Oregon football team.

“We are excited that the Spikeball team can be Nike’s number one client,” Reilly said.

It’s apparently a “rite of passage” in Spikeball to continuously bust the sole of your sneakers beyond repair. The more shoes one busts, the higher pedigree one has.

Mike “Net Killer” Yawl, a junior chemical engineering major, is hyped about receiving the extra benefits, more so than actually playing.

“First and foremost I’m a sneakerhead,” Yawl said. “I may not be great at Spikeball, but I’ll definitely be looking the best out there.”

The Manhattan Spikeball team will debut against the “Blue Ballers” of the University of Kentucky this Sunday at the SpikeMaster Tournament in Frankfort, Kentucky. The prize for the tournament is a family-sized bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken, instead of any monetary earnings.

“Kentucky doesn’t know what Spikeball talent is coming to smash their nets.” Johnson said. “If you don’t know what a Jasper is, they’re about to find out.”

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Sunday Service: “Mas” does Mass Connie Keitel In a bizarre twist of events, Manhattan College announced Mon., March 29 that Father Tom will not be holding a Mass on Easter Sunday. In an email sent to faculty, staff and students the Office of the President noted that in fact Father Tom had won tickets to the Final Four of March Madness and will be out of town.

The college did announce in the same email that there will still be Mass held on campus Easter Sunday, albeit with a different person behind the lectern. The Office of the President announced that by a unanimous vote by the Manhattan College Board of Directors, men’s basketball head coach Steve Masiello will be performing Mass on Easter Sunday.

“I think this is a great opportunity for athletic life and religious life to combine harmoniously,” said Father Tom. “Coach Masiello is highly regarded on campus and has shown multiple times that he is a pillar of leadership in our community.”

The men’s basketball team, unfortunately, did not make it to the NCAA tournament this season, with MAAC representation coming from Iona. This opening of Masiello’s schedule allowed him to be a candidate

and eventually selected for the position.

“I was greatly appreciative and gracious to be taking over the role for Easter Mass,” Masiello said. “I want to hold the utmost respect for the position, and to provide a memorable experience to the Manhattan College community.”

In an interview done with The Triangle, Masiello gave a hint as to what the topic of his first sermon would be about.

“I want to talk about something that is very important to me, honesty and transparency,” said Masiello. “I want people to know how important it is to be true to yourself, true in your words and true in your actions.”

President Brennan O’Donnell is confident in the decision from the Board of Directors and is looking forward to attending the Easter Mass by Masiello.

“You know what? I think it’s great,” said O’Donnell.

“We are a Catholic institution, and with our men’s basketball coach performing mass, I think it will strike fear into the eyes of our future opponents.

They will know that God is on our side on the court.”

Students on campus seem unphased by what could be perceived as a rather strange decision by the Board of Direc-

tors.

“Yeah I am not really sure I get the decision,” senior Timothy Chalamet said. “It’s whatever, I am not even Catholic, so I guess my opinion doesn’t even matter.”

This will be the first time

in the history of Manhattan College that a layperson will perform mass. Masiello is not wary and is accepting of the opportunity.

“I am not nervous at all, honestly I think I am the perfect fit,” said Masiello. “I am

going to give it 100 percent and leave my heart on the altar.”

The Triangle has reached out to the Vatican regarding the legitimacy of the Mass, and has not received a comment. This is a developing story and will be updated as it unfolds.

Men’s basketball head coach Steve Masiello will be performing Mass on Easter Sunday.

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Freshman Make History with First-Ever Manhattan College Football Team Kung-Fu Bear & Gerber Baby

Legit Sports Editor & Beer Pong Champion Things are heating up as the Manhattan College freshman football team, FC Seaman, begins their practices in Gaelic Park. Like most men’s sports, the team will take funding from the women’s sports teams.

The Triangle sat down with Head Coach, General Manager, backup QB, backup tight end, starting center, safety, linebacker and team namesake Anthony Seaman.

“I came out of the womb wearing a Cowboys jersey and holding a football,” Seaman said. “When I heard that Manhattan had a football team, I knew that it was my destiny to create a team and lead them to a championship.”

Since FC Seaman is currently ineligible for participation in any college-level football games, the team will instead play in the Riverdale Middle School Football Rec Tournament. They are gearing up to make history as Manhattan College’s first-ever

freshman-only, NCAA-certified football team that competes exclusively against middle school teams.

Although the players have no previous football experience, their enthusiasm will shine through against their 10 to 14-year-old opponents. Despite a lack of playing time and little to no appreciation from their coach, players are still dedicated to their craft.

“There is a lack of talent but I can work with it,” said Seaman, who stands at 4’11.

This was disputed by his players who argued that Seaman had “unrealistic expectations of them.”

The Triangle also spoke with player Joey Fanni who explained his main positions on the team are corner and bench, though he’s occasionally charged with doing the team’s laundry.

“We practice every day,” Fanni said. “Sometimes Coach wakes me up in the middle of the night and makes me practice plays. I don’t sleep anymore.”

Unfortunately, management concerns have lowered morale for the rest of the team.

Hinting at the possibility of the

team being trashed completely. His intense coaching style has drawn parallels to New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichik.

“I love to play, but coach scares me sometimes,” Fanni said. “We don’t work well together at all. I don’t know how we’ve made it this far.”

Unfortunately for Fanni, cleaning this team’s uniforms is quite a big responsibility. Due to the lack of funding, when it came to uniforms, FC Seamen had to improvise. Rather than the traditional protective gear worn by football players, they were forced to order uniforms off of the ever-popular fast-fashion site, Shein. Adorned in plaid mini-skirts and Jasper green crop-tops, you’ll never lose sight of them on the field.

Their first game is scheduled for fall of 2022, giving them plenty of time to get into proper shape and perhaps find some updated uniforms– and maybe even find a better coach too.

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Residence Life Reduces Number of Residents in Jasper Hall Katherine Henegan & Zoe DeFazio Web Editor & Staff Writer

Following the sharp rise in positive coronavirus cases on campus, a decision was made by the One-Manhattan coronavirus task force, to de-densify Jasper Hall. Jasper Hall offers traditional style dorms with communal bathrooms, which has presented a challenge in terms of quarantine mandates.

Charles Clency, director of Residence Life, told The Quadrangle, “Jasper was targeted in particular because in those first five or six weeks of classes, there were multiple floors

going down (to quarantine).

When there was a positive person on the floor, it would take down the whole floor because they shared a communal bathroom.”

When one student on the floor tested positive, the entire floor was mandated to quarantine. This strategy was effective in catching possible positives.

“We did see many cases where people we placed in quarantine turned positive while they were quarantining.

We saw that multiple times in Jasper,” Clency said.

Jasper Hall ordinarily holds about 250 students, however at the start of the spring 2021 semester, there were 171 residents living in Jasper Hall

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among it’s six floors. In response to the spike in cases, One Manhattan and Residence Life decided reducing the number of residents would assist in the quarantine situation both on and off campus.

“Our goal was to get it down by 50 students,” Clency said.

The rest of the process included students volunteering to move into a different residence hall as a means to keep their same roommates.

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To combat the spread of the virus during this time, Manhattan College has issued advice to students as they finalize their Easter Break plans.

According to an email sent out by The Steering Committee on March 18, their plan involves advising those whose next surveillance testing due date is between March 31 and April 5 to take their COVID test before March 30 in Smith Hall since it is the last testing date on campus before break. Testing on campus will resume on April 5.

Additionally, those who travel domestically will not have to quarantine due to the lifting of travel restrictions in New York State starting April 1. Those who state that they travelled domestically via the daily symptom tracker will have their new surveillance testing date issued seven days after filling out the tracker. Those who travel internationally must adhere to the New York state testing and quarantine protocols.

For those quarantining on campus, a Concierge team will assist students with their non-medical needs such as “meal delivery, package delivery and other reasonable requests that may occur,” according to the email.

Michele Famularo, director of the One Manhattan Office of Campus Health and Safety, provided more information about the Concierge team and the plans for Easter break.

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“The services they offer are on-campus Dining Services food delivery three times a day, mailroom and care package delivery, room inspections prior to move-in, non-medical wellness checks, and customer services-related items surrounding the concierge phone/text and email lines of communication,” Famularo wrote in an email.

Additionally, Famularo states that MC encourages students going home during the break to get tested before visiting family as well as wearing a mask, social distancing and staying in small groups.

“We are encouraging students to either remain on campus and/or make sure they are not participating in large gatherings over the break, “ Famularo wrote in an email. “This Easter break is an important religious tradition that coincides with Passover. For mental health and with the elimination of Spring break this year, this Easter break provides an opportunity for students to see their families. We trust that our students will be safe at home.

We are encouraging testing on return to campus especially for those who have traveled.”

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Manhattan Students and Staff Gear Up for a Safe Easter Break

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 Carr is confident in MC’s plans for Easter break but hopes that the COVID rates do not increase.

“I just hope that the rates don’t start getting so high to the point where it’s like a risk that the school would have to shut down,” Carr said.

Brendan Chan, a freshman civil engineering major, is a commuter student and thinks that making sure to wear a mask, wash hands and practice social distancing will ensure that he keeps his family safe. While Chan has confidence in MC’s plans for Easter break, due to the recent rise of positive cases he is worried about rules not being adhered to.

“I think Manhattan College is dealing with it, they’re dealing with it, okay, but it requires cooperation from the students and faculty and making sure they actually follow the rules and instructions,” Chan said.

Famularo, on behalf of the college, emphasized the need for individuals to monitor any COVID-19 symptoms and to get tested as necessary.

“For all students, we cannot stress enough the need for them to monitor themselves for any of the known symptoms of COVID and to get tested immediately if they have symptoms and to not participate in class or other activities while they await.

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Residence Life Reduces Number of Residents in Jasper Hall

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 move prior to the announcement coming out from the COVID task force announcing the mandate. We didn’t get any takers. Majority of the people who ended up deciding to move, basically volunteered after they understood the circumstances that we were in. By far the majority of them willingly left to seize the opportunity to keep their same roommates,” Clency said.

Molly McLoughlin, a civil engineering major, was recently put into quarantine among the majority of campus. Shortly after her two week isolation

period she found herself having to move out of her dorm and into another building with not a lot of time to spare.

The decision was announced in a quick manner which raised some concerns from students. Mainly due to the fact that students were rushed out of their dorm and ordered to move during midterm week.

“We were ordered to move during midterms week so it was rough trying to study and also move across campus,” McLoughlin said. “Especially with all the bridges being closed. So the moving process was difficult. It took me an entire week to move in the middle of mid-

terms.”

“Perhaps if we were warned earlier about the situation then maybe things would have gone smoother. I came out of quarantine and then I was ordered to move within a few days which isn’t fair considering that I had spent two weeks in quarantine and I’m trying to study for midterms.”

The vast decision to de-densify Jasper Hall has put the building’s residents in a difficult place. From being put into isolation for two weeks, to studying for midterms and now having to pack up everything and move across campus with short notice.

Jennifer Boyle, a chemical

engineering major and lacrosse player, was also in quarantine and faced the same issues as McLoughlin.

“As someone who had to quarantine due to a non-sports team contact I think that this process has definitely been positive on that front. I now live with all athletes so we aren’t in contact with as many other people now,” Boyle said. “It is still a tough situation that can’t be completely avoided or fixed because there is still the risk of needing to quarantine due to team related issues.”

The decision to lighten the load for Jasper Hall is only for the good of students and staff’s health. This semester has

seen a spike in cases and the de-densification is to ensure everyone’s safety and is just a precaution in order to decrease positive cases.

“I do feel like this was the right decision however, I think the school should have seen this coming earlier and done something sooner,” Boyle said.

“The pandemic has forced us all to be very flexible on campus and I think the de densifying process showed that. We had to be ready to move out within days of returning to campus.

There’s no one to blame for this because I believe the school is doing their best to adapt as well to keep us all safe.”

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Manhattan College Students Compete in Innovation Challenge Jilleen Barrett & Caroline McCarthy A&E Editor & Asst. Features Editor

The eighth annual Innovation Challenge was hosted by the O’Malley School of Business on Wednesday, March 24. Five teams presented their business ideas to a panel of judges with experience in entrepreneurship, with the top three winners and the audience favorite receiving cash prizes to pursue their ideas.

The teams consisted of Omnia, a clothing app; Wizard, a biodegradable pre-pasted toothbrush; 14th Street Data, a residential real estate application; Apparent, which sought to help small businesses succeed on a larger scale through social media; and i-adapt, a prosthetic company which ended up winning first place at the competition as well as being voted the audience’s favorite.

“There is an underserved population,” said Shawn Abraham, i-Adapt’s partnership and investor relations liaison.

“There are so many people who are living with limb deficiencies. As a number of these people grow every year there needs to be a solution that is both adaptable and affordable.”

The team consisted of Abraham, Finance and Production Operations Manager Alex Castro, Communications and Public Relations Manager Kelly Cwik, and Product Design/ Engineering Manager Steven Palacios. Their product was a prosthetic device for those with limb impairments. Abraham explained the team’s mission during their presentation, which is to help those with disabilities to participate in athletics despite their disablement. “i-Adapt is an innovative

The Challenge was hosted by The O’Malley School of Business on Facebook Live. @MC_OMALLEYBUSINESS / COURTESY prosthetic design company,” Abraham explained. “Our mission is creating prosthetics to assist those with limb deficiencies in sports recreational activities. Our goal is to provide a tool that can be adapted to a user’s life.” i-Adapt’s unique design offers removable sockets and arm pieces that will allow artificial limb users to participate in a range of recreational activities formerly unimaginable with a prosthetic limb. Using this technology, those with limb deficiencies will be able to ride bikes, play sports such as baseball and even swim.

Frank Pietrantonio graduated from Manhattan in 1980 with a B.S. in electrical engineering and participated as

one of the judges for the Challenge. After the winner was announced, he commented on the team’s efforts to promote a product for a problem that he referred to as an “interesting niche.”

“I think one of the key strengths, certainly, was the dynamism of the team and the enthusiasm for the mission of the team,” Pietrantonio said. “I think the way the team operated together, it kind of created an aura that success was something that they would pursue until they actually achieved it which I thought was great, which is something that’s absolutely critical in an area where you’re likely to fail more than you are to succeed right so just keep that level of enthusiasm

and passion going.”

The second prize was awarded to Apparent, a “big data” technology company that organizes and analyzes social media data for small companies trying to grow their online presence. This product is predicted to bring even the smallest businesses into the modern age of social media. Team members Celine Lewandowski, Caroline Voigt, and Teresa Donlon earned $2,500 and runner-up for the audience choice award.

Joseph Demauro and John Maziarz claimed the thirdplace win with their revolutionary idea for an app that treats clothing shopping like Tinder.

The app recognizes your swiping patterns and uses its algorithm to show you clothing that fits your preferences. The duo won $1,500 for their presentation.

Donald Gibson, the dean of the business school, wrote in an email what he believes the importance of the Challenge is for students at the college.

“The Challenge is a great opportunity for students across the Manhattan College campus to work on business ideas that solve problems,” Gibson wrote. “Developing a new idea into a business is a very challenging but very rewarding experience, and the Challenge is a way for students to put their ideas into action.

The event consisted of five teams and five judges Our alumni entrepreneur ex@MC_OMALLEYBUSINESS / COURTESY perts get involved as mentors to help students develop their

ideas. It’s truly amazing to see what they come up with!”

Professor Aileen Farrelly, the Assistant Dean of the O’Malley School of Business, has been coordinator of the Challenge since it began in 2013. She shared similar sentiments as Gibson.

“The Innovation Challenge started off with a small prize of $250 for the winner,” Farrelly said. “Tonight we awarded $4,000 to the winner and over $9,000 in prizes to the participants. This growth was made possible by some very generous alumni donors. Additionally, Over the years, over 30 judges, entrepreneurs, patent lawyers, investors, and faculty across campus have come and donated their time to the Challenge. For this, we are very grateful.”

She noted the necessity of competitions like this for a small school like Manhattan.

“Supporting and promoting initiatives like this is important for the O’Malley School of Business to keep growing,” Farrelly said.

The next step is the Battle of the Bronx: Innovation Style, which will be a competition between the winners of the Challenge and students at Fordham University and will take place on April 13th.

Editor’s Note: Kelly Cwik is a member of The Quadrangle staff.

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Commencement Plans for the ‘20 and ‘21 Classes Finalized Nicole Fitzsimmons, Victor Franco & Maria Thomas News Editor, Staff Writer & Managing Editor

Plans for commencement regarding the classes of 2020 and 2021 have been recently finalized. Upon months of addressing details, the commencement ceremonies for each class will vary, with most of the events being virtual.

An email sent out on March 16 stated that the 2021 commencement ceremony plans had “evolved” and the event would consist of “multiple in-person, school-based ceremonies for graduating undergraduate students over a period of three days.”

This came as a shock to the graduating students and alums, as President O’Donnell previously released an email on Feb. 22 stating that commencement ceremonies for both the graduating classes of 2020 and 2021 would take place virtually.

While the 2021 diploma cover distribution ceremony will take place in person with small groups based on school, no guests will be permitted.

Rather, families and friends will be able to watch the event virtually as it is live-streamed in real time. Details on where the ceremonies will be held will be released in the future.

“According to the email we received as part of the Class of 2021, the administration is going to hold ceremonies for the separate schools over three days. The ceremony will be a diploma case distribution, and students will receive their diplomas at a later date.

These ceremonies will be livestreamed to family members, because we cannot welcome guests to campus,” president of the student body Shannon Gleba said.

The plans that have been evolved for the class of 2021 continue to follow COVID-19 guidelines to keep students safe.

“Currently, the maximum amount of people is, together, 150 for indoors. So, because of that, we can’t have the entire class together at once, so breaking it up into the schools, it’s just the natural way to do that,” executive director of Student Engagement, John Bennett, said. “And, for the most part, we really should be able to fit each school into one ceremony.”

While following the safety guidelines, the college is also looking for ways to make the portion of the in-person ceremony eventful. Trying to find ways to incorporate taking photos safely into the ceremony is something that administration is considering when looking over details.

“The planning is really detailed. That has been a big evolution in figuring out what we can do. So, in my opinion, there’s been no change in the planning. We’re just evolving it and making it the best we can for the students. For actually, both classes, quite frankly, the best we can,” Provost Steven Screiner said.

However, plans for the ceremony for the class of 2020 remain fully virtual. Provost Schreiner explains that this is because alum are no longer in the daily-tracking system, and cannot record their symptoms to administration. “...There’s just no way to

Photo from the 2019 Manhattan College Undergraduate Graduation which reflects the kind of in-person cerremony current seniors wish to participate in.

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bring them back into the system and keep track of all of it. There’s just so many reasons. They’re not already in the bubble, if you will, and we can’t just turn a switch and make it happen,” Schreiner said. “We take it beyond our capability to make that happen.”

The announcement of a virtual commencement led to a rise of responses from the class of 2020, confused as to why both events cannot have in-person components.

A petition was posted from the class of 2020 regarding the issue. Kaylyn Atkins, former president of the student body for the class of 2020, took to Instagram to speak about the petition which gained some popularity amongst alum.

“I’m a strong believer that there’s strength in numbers and power in numbers, but not for this event. Maybe if we had more time, and had more of a push back, and maybe if other colleges were having an in-person ceremony, it would hold a lot more weight,” Atkins said. “But, I wanted to address every single decision that came out from my board and I, to say that it’s not gonna hold any weight whatsoever within administration, right, and you wouldn’t want anyone else to waste their time when we’re spending so much time, you know, moving forward and thinking about the next steps that we have to do in six weeks.”

Still, the 2020 student government assembly is meeting weekly with administration to address issues of graduation Class of ‘21 Students hope to have to same experiences as and to help finalize details while years before them. talking through plans.

The student government MANHATTAN.EDU / COURTESY assembly for the class of 2020

is also working on setting up events that will allow for the alum to unite together after graduation to make up for some of their time that was lost. Currently, plans are in the works for an in-person formal that will reflect that of a traditional senior week celebration.

These efforts are a response to the disappointment of the class of 2020 in missing out on a lot of their final year at Manhattan. Further, the initial response from the class of 2021was similar to that of the class of 2020. Students were confused as to why the plans seemed so rushed.

“I feel honestly, talking to my friends about it, we feel like they just announced it too quickly” Molly Prior, senior communication major, said.

“Like, we just don’t really know, there’s other schools that are a lot bigger than ours, like Boston University, and schools that are similar size that are trying to figure out ways to have graduation, and have said that they will have some form of an in-person graduation.”

Provost Schreiner notes that the college is trying their best to work with the students to make the experience as memorable as possible for each class, despite the circumstances surrounding their graduation.

Surveys have gone out to the class of 2021 to try and iron out the details to make the event go as smoothly as possible.

“Student Government has been working closely with the Administration, and have been participating in dialogues that give us an opportunity to advocate for the students,” Gleba said.

Despite circumstances being less than ideal, the plans for each commencement have finally begun to fall into place.

The student government assembly and administration has been working to figure out how to make the experience valuable, yet safe for students and their families.

“These two classes are going to be in our hearts forever, as the ones who share the burden of the pandemic and what the pandemic has done for us,” Schreiner said.

“So, we’re going to be working with them, for probably years to come to make sure that they understand, we’re not forgetting about them, we care a lot about them, and we want to make sure they understand how proud of them we are.”

Editor’s Note: Shannon Gleba is a member of The Quadrangle staff.

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KDP Sparks a Love for Literacy in Grades K-12 Christine Nappi Features Editor

The Kappa Delta Pi Education honor society wants nothing more than to spread the love of reading and writing to younger generations, and they’ve been able to do so through running the Literacy Alive event.

Literacy Alive is an event where younger students, grades K-12, can develop their reading and writing skills and grow a passion for literacy.

Typically, the event would take place in-person, however, cochairs of the event, Emma Piazza and Lisa Tyrell, adapted the program to meet COVID-19 restrictions. The event, now asynchronous, took place March 22-26 on KDP’s website, and participating students chose from a number of reading and writing activities to complete throughout the week.

Kelsey Kovacs, a senior childhood education major and chair of KDP’s campus community events, oversaw Piazza’s and Tyrell’s plans for Literacy Alive. She hopes the event ignites a new passion in literacy for students.

“The goal of this event is to really encourage kids to read and write in their free time,” Kovacs said. “Fostering a love for literacy is so special and beneficial for everyone….

I hope [the students] feel motivated to read and can enjoy some favorite books or authors of theirs.”

Literacy Alive gave students a number of activities to choose from throughout the week, such as reading and writing prompts, bookmark decoration activities and more. Members of KDP also submitted videos of them reading bedtime stories, so students could tune in and listen.

The event was open to all elementary, middle and high school students, and the online format made it accessible to a large number of students from all over the country. However, most of the participating students were from the greater Riverdale area as KDP sent their site’s link to local schools.

As Kovacs describes, the asynchronous structure of the event was beneficial because it gives students the opportunity to return to the activities at any time, even once the week for the event was over.

Tryrell, a junior childhood education major and event co-

chair, also found the asynchronous format to be beneficial for students. She hopes the activities on the site challenge students to learn and develop their literacy skills, yet she also hopes the event sparks an ongoing passion in which students will keep returning to the site.

“I hope students use these prompts to really challenge themselves and practice their reading and their writing skills,” Tyrell said. “I also want [the website] to serve as just a place where they can constantly come back to like even though the event was just listed as days of this week. It’s a site that they can come back to whenever they want.”

Tyrell also finds Literacy Alive to be a crucial event in getting students more excited about reading. As she describes, children nowadays are growing up in the age of technology, and video games and apps tend to distract them from the learning aspects that come with reading and writing. “[The event] is just so that students can have something fun to do [on] different days of the week, but I think it’s also just so important to keep kids excited about reading, especially now that technology and gadgets have really taken over so much of society,” Tyrell said. “[It’s] what’s different compared to when I was in elementary school, and like middle and high school. So I think the purpose is just to get children motivated and excited to not only read but like talk about why they like reading.”

Piazza, a junior childhood education major and event cochair, also hopes the event excites students about reading, yet she finds that simply exposing students to these activities is beneficial to their learning experience.

“One of the most important things we learn as teachers when we’re learning about teaching literacy or ELA, English Language Arts lessons, is that exposure is key,” Piazza said.

Whether students learn a little or a lot, Piazza finds that simply introducing these ready and writing activities will benefit the students. She hopes that students learn something new and gain even the slightest bit of knowledge, because doing so can improve their education in the long run.

“What I’m hoping students learn is that maybe just like

something that they’re exposed to is just something new,” Piazza said. “Maybe they just learn one or two things [that are] small that could have an impact in the future, and just make them excited about reading.”

Despite what students take away from the event, Piazza, Tyrell, Kovacs and KDP at large hope participants simply have fun and discover what types of literacy activities excite them.

“Our big focus on this was to make students excited about reading,” Piazza said. “Sometimes reading can be a daunting task for some students and we kind of just wanted to make reading and literacy more fun.”

Those interested in exploring the Literacy Alive event more can visit: https://sites. google.com/manhattan.edu/ manhattan-college-community-pa/home

Emma Piazza and Lisa Tyrell, co-chairs of Literacy Alive, hope the event in a fun way for students to learn more about reading and writing and develop their literacy skills.

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Kappa Delta Pi, the education honor society at Manhattan College, hosted the Literacy Alive event to foster a passion for reading and writing in grades K-12.

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Women’s History Month: The Women Kyla Guilfoil & Adrianne Hutto

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Production Editor Women first joined the ranks of Manhattan College’s undergraduate student body in the fall of 1973, making this the 47th Women’s History Month spent by female students at MC. In honor of the women who broke the glass ceiling in those first decades, and those who continue that legacy at Manhattan today, The Quadrangle will reflect on the women of MC, then and now.

According to manhattan. edu, the college’s student population today is 46 percent female, remarkably closer to the 50-50 mark than the 13 percent of female students at the college in 1986, which is even higher than the handful of women who were accepted in 1973.

Even though the president of the college, Brother Gregory Nugent, F.S.C., signed the college’s “Equal Opportunity Manual and Affirmative Action Program” in the fall of 1973 that outlined the commitment of the college to have equal opportunity for female faculty, students and staff, and would perform self-analysis and reporting to ensure that these actions were carried out, women still reported slews of harassing comments. According to documents in the college’s archives, it took decades for women at MC to be respected and equally treated as men were. Powerful work was done to achieve improved conditions for women through a series of committees led by women faculty members.

In September 1976, an impressive coalition of women met as the Women’s Organizational Committee to raise ideas regarding sponsorship of women’s events, fundraising, leading lectures on women’s issues, dance groups and lectures on different types of mind control currently being experimented with. Soon after, the Women’s Committee met in November to perform a lecture on rape, and a possible health care center for women at the college. The following spring, the college conducted an event entitled, “Options for Women.”

Flyers from the college’s archives read, “The choices available to women in the areas of career, marriage and family will be examined by four outstanding speakers in a conference on ‘Options for Women,’ to be presented next Wednesday from noon to 3 p.m. in Smith Auditorium, Manhattan College, Riverdale. Meant to cover ‘the impact of the women’s movement upon marriage to the consequences of having a career while raising a family, will relate their own experiences and discuss changing lifestyles.’”

The Quadrangle staff of 1977 covered this event in Vol. 60 No. 25, quoting the Coordinator for Women’s Programs, Dale Esposito, to say that she hopes “everyone, not just women, will attend the conference because a lot of work went into it.”

The committees of women at Manhattan were successful in performing many programs and lectures, and in communicating with the administration to ensure equal opportunities for women. Committee W, an active chapter that addressed

“policy issues [such] as anti-nepotism regarding full time and part-time faculty, leave policies for child-bearing and child-rearing, and grievance procedures for complaints involving allegations of discrimination,” according to the archives.

According to a letter written by Rosita Marcello on Sep 1, 1987, Committee W was active in the early and mid-seventies, and she was in motion to restart the organization.

Letters and correspondence of Committee W from 1987 until the early 90s can be found in the college’s archives, illustrating the committee’s efforts to ensure affirmative action, equal salary, and adherence to Title IX in the college’s sports teams.

In addition to their consistent correspondence with the administration, Committee W led a series of lectures and meetings that discussed men and women in business, education, the sociology of working mothers and familial roles, religious roles and women and men in politics. The committee’s work underscored the college’s slow transition to fully respecting and accepting women’s presence in the MC community.

In a June 22, 1988 letter, June Dwyer, a professor of English and the chair of Committee W in the late 80s, wrote to Provost Dr. Walter Emge, “There is a lack of awareness about affirmative action in several of the College’s academic departments and perhaps some unwillingness to embrace the concept as well. A set of procedures–even interim procedures–issued by your office would carry a great deal of

Marie McGovern, elected in 1971 as the first woman on the Board of Trustees MANHATTAN.EDU / COURTESY

authority and would provide all departments with a much-needed framework for hiring.”

This unwillingness can be seen through the ‘climate surveys’ performed in the late 80s and early 90s, which inquired both male and female members of the MC community about the climate which women faced at the school. In the April 1986 report, 65-75 percent of women (faculty, administrators, students and support staff) did not believe that they have the same access to a leadership role as men do. Meanwhile, 6080 percent of the college’s male population reported that they believe women do.

Additionally, this survey found 55-70 percent of women faculty, administrators and support staff held the belief that male faculty and staff are regarded with more respect and recognition than that of the women, but all male respondents and female students did not believe this as seen by a 45-65 percent majority. When asked the most sexist statement that women had experienced at the college, responses included, “girls shouldn’t be engineers” by 10 women, and six women reported hearing some variant of “women will just get married and no longer work.” For comments heard towards someone else, seven said “Some male teachers in engineering feel women do not belong and try to discourage them.” The pages continued on in the archives, with these being the most common variants of statements.

In the 1987 climate survey results, the college found that on average, men earn $1,232 ($2,852.41 today) more than women faculty at MC. This statistic was found by also taking into account degree, school, rank, experience, and whether or not the individual was a Brother (which makes a significant difference). Further, there were reports of a “male faculty member [that] made overt sexual advances,” a male student refusing to be taught by a female professor and a male professor who answered a question regarding the length of an assignment by saying, “It should be like a woman’s skirt, long enough to cover everything but short enough to be interesting.”

Women had reported men forcefully entering their room while they slept, and harassment in dorms and the dining hall. As women in engineering seemed to have faced the worst harassment, one comment was attributed to a male student saying, “An ideal girl is like an ideal conductor— there’s no resistance.” There are too many comments to include from even just this 1987 report, but multi-

tudes of women reported chauvinistic and sexual comments.

Two women faculty members in Committee W still teach at Manhattan today. This includes Nevart Wanger, professor of Italian and French, and Winsome Downie, Ph.D, professor of political science. Their names can be seen throughout the archive’s women faculty lists and letters to administrators from Committee W. In particular, their names were among those in the Committee who wrote to administrators on Oct 11, 1988, expressing concern over the fulfillment of the college’s Affirmative Action Plan.

In the 1988-89 academic year, only 12.9 percent of the college’s faculty were women, with that number rising only to 19 percent in the 1991-92 school year. However, this marks a great achievement, as women in 1968 only represented four percent of the faculty, and in 2021 they make up 45.4 percent of faculty. According to manhattan.edu, this places Manhattan College slightly above the national average in gender diversity.

Downie joined the MC community in the fall of 1987, and again in the spring of 1979, both times as an adjunct professor.

“I was a graduate student in political science at Columbia University in the 1970s when I saw an advertisement in The New York Times for an adjunct professor in political science, someone who could teach Caribbean and Latin American politics,” Downie said.

Downie joined the full-time staff in 1980 as a political science professor, after Eleanor Ostrau, Ph.D, hired her. Ostrau was the only other woman in the political science department when Downie joined and was the Government Department Chair from 1978-1983.

Ostrau was also a member of Committee W, according to the archives.

“At a time when there were very few women on campus, Eleanor was very vocal, and we worked together, for example, to get Manhattan to join Phi Sigma Alpha, the political science national honor society, and do a couple of other things,” Downie said.

At the time, there was very little diversity in both gender and race among faculty, Downie said. She recalled two other women of color during those early years, who worked in the economics department, which Downie dubbed as “progressive” for their representation.

Downie recalls an evening in the early 80s when a security guard stopped her on campus, telling her she could not park in that lot because it was for faculty. She was allowed to park,

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n of Manhattan College, Then and Now but he had responded with surprise and judgment when Downie explained that she was in fact faculty.

“These little kinds of, I suppose, microaggressions, I guess I didn’t fit the stereotype at the time because at that point, a disproportionate number of our faculty were Brothers, or they were male,” Downie said.

In addition to these microaggressions, Downie recalls how noticeable the number of women’s facilities were in respect to the men’s. According to documents in the archives, women could not dorm on campus in the first year of coeducation, and bathrooms were slowly converted to women’s. In addition to updating facilities, women’s presence at MC also led to updated coursework.

The college’s archives included much correspondence regarding the introduction of women and gender studies at the college.

“Professor Dwyer and Plasko [faculty members and chairs of Committee W] noted that the present courses offer nothing on feminist theory per se,” read archives documents.

“It was agreed that all of the courses that address the topic at the start of the semester and that perhaps a capstone course on theory could be considered eventually. There was some discussion of ‘gender’ versus ‘women’ with the consensus being for the latter.”

In a separate letter found in the college’s archives, Dwyer emphasized the women’s studies courses at Manhattan were developed largely as a result of individual faculty member’s commitments in particular departments.

Downie was one of these individuals and created two courses while teaching in the 80s. “I think that it is essential that we remember,” Downie said. “We need to remember the women’s struggle. I remember that we had no courses back then that dealt with anything that resembled diversity, so I decided the first course in women in politics, is what I called it. So I designed a women in politics course for the department, as I did a course in race, ethnicity and class in American politics.”

And while women struggled to establish their narrative, they still flourished at MC, despite all odds. According to documentation in the college’s archives, women were recorded to enter many graduate schools and companies, in the law, medical, political and science fields.

“I think most of our institutions were designed for men, and women have weaseled their way in, and of course as we know, they’ve excelled ac-

ademically, ahead of many of our male students, if we look nationally at grade point averages, and so on, we can see women are getting higher test scores and grade point averages that many of the male students are getting. And I think it engenders some resentment, but women need to be strong and they need to push back,” Downie said.

In addition to the classroom, Manhattan’s female athletes quickly made a name for themselves after a handful of dedicated women established the first women’s athletic teams at MC in 1975.

This was in large part due to the efforts of a freshman business administration major, Kathleen McCarrick, now Kathleen McCarrick Weiden.

Weiden helped create Manhattan College’s all-women’s basketball team with the assistance of administrators on campus and had no difficulty finding interested players. In February of the same year, The Quadrangle finally shone a light on the team with the headline “Girls’ Basketball Arrives at Manhattan.”

The team won the Hudson Valley League within three years of its inception as the only non-scholarship team in the league competing against varsity squads. This win secured them varsity status for the next season. In an article from June of 1997 Manhattan College’s women’s athletic program was praised for its incorporation of women’s sports into its athletic programs, even receiving an ‘A’ from the Women’s Sports Foundation in East Meadow.

“The study was released days before the 25th anniversary of a federal law known as Title IX which mandated equal educational opportunities for women. The law later applied to sports as well,” the article states.

The founding of MC’s varsity swim team was much more difficult. Despite numerous submissions to the Athletic Department, the team’s status was failed to be ratified. In the Fall of 1985, without the knowledge of the Athletic Committee, the Athletic Department approved the establishment of the women’s varsity tennis team, ignoring status requests for the women’s swimming team. This was done as an emergency response to NCAA requirements for six women’s varsity teams.

In an “Analysis of the Draft Report on the Women’s Varsity Swim Team,” a member of the Title IX sub-committee stated that the response to the status request by the women’s varsity swim team was “the worst form of discrimination possible.

What we have been asked to do is put Manhattan College uni-

Lone MC female student passes by the crowds of her male peers in the early 70s.

MANHATTAN.EDU / COURTESY forms on the backs of women and send them out as Division I, without separate coaches, without adequate recruitment and without college support.”

Today, women continue the legacy at MC. Christina Trichilo, a junior psychology major, has been working towards empowering women through her work as an intern at the Lasallian Women and Gender Resource Center.

“I’m currently co-running ‘Me Too Mondays’ which is a support group for survivors of sexual assault, so we journal and discuss what we write about,” Trichilo said. “So each Monday we have a different prompt. I am also currently working on a consent guide which has the definitions of consent, what is consent and is not consent. I am also a committee leader for ‘Take Back the Night,’ which is an event also for sexual assault survivors just to stand in solidarity with them.”

Dayna Lee McGinley, a junior accounting and marketing major, emphasized a need for education and exposure to different topics and people, as that allows greater understanding of others. She uses this mindset as the President of the Women in Business club here on campus.

“I think that the more everyone is educated in different topics, it’s easier to have those discussions,” McGinley said.

There are certain things that I’m not fully educated on, but the more people I surround myself with, and the more diversity that I have around me, then the more I learn and I’m

able to open my eyes to different things.”

McGinley added that Women’s History Month is important, as it draws people to learn and be exposed to women’s issues, and all that women can bring to the table.

Michele Saracino, Ph.D., professor of religious studies, underscored the complexity and importance of representation, especially in the conversation of Women’s History Month.

“It’s very important for all identities to be in the classroom, and in front of the classroom,” Saracino said. “There’s something really powerful in terms of having your professor be a female when you’re a female, because I think there’s an unconscious identification that goes on, not that anybody in the class necessarily wants to become a professor, but to know that they have an authoritative voice in the classroom, and can manage the classroom, and that they have a professional identity that is different from their family identity and their personal identity, and I think it’s really important for students to see that, that it’s possible, and more than that it’s possible, but that it’s life-giving.”

Sydney Waitt, a junior peace and justice studies and political science major, shared how she has been able to embrace her identity as a woman through her work as an intern for the Lasallian Women and Gender Resource Center. She references the center’s advisors, Ashley Cross, Ph.D, and Jordan Pascoe, Ph.D, as well as the graduate assistant, Ra-

bea Ali, for their commitment to women’s work at the center.

According to Waitt, the center is a key part of the college’s plight towards gender equality.

However, Waitt believes that more could be done overall at the college.

“I think that Manhattan College has definitely allowed spaces where women, like the LWGRC is a perfect example, can be made a priority, but the fact that we even need a space where women and those who identify as women can be a priority is kind of like telling to an issue in it of itself,” Waitt said.

“You know the fact that you need a women’s resource center to go to problems that you should probably just go to the health administrator for I feel like is a little bit of an issue itself.”

While Women’s History Month is a celebration of the women who have paved the way for future generations to receive equality and opportunity, it is also a reminder that there is still work to be done.

“We’re not there yet, and we’re in a situation where rights could literally be taken back,” Downie said. “So young women coming along should not assume that all these rights are going to be permanent, history can be cyclical in terms of rights, you always have to be amending those rights, and it’s still a male-dominated system, as such, women need to be careful and certainly need to be aware of realities around them and that their rights are not guaranteed, they’re not ensured, and you’ve got to keep fighting for them.”

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Olympian Aly Raisman Shares Her Story With MC Lauren Raziano & Caroline McCarthy

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Features Editor Aly Raisman spoke to the Manhattan College community about her time as an Olympic athlete who had experienced sexual assault on Thursday, Mar. 25. The event was hosted by both Student Government and students within the Communication department through a Zoom lecture meeting and later an open discussion for attendees.

Raisman, a two-time Olympian and three-time Olympic gold medalist, competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. She served as a team captain and played an integral role in leading Team USA to a gold medal in the team event. She brought a sense of maturity to the 2016 team, where she was the oldest member at 22 years old.

“I think I also learned from a young age that there’s more important things in life than winning,” Raisman said. “It can feel like it’s almost life or death at that moment, if I don’t do as well as I want to, but I tried to remind myself that at the end of the day it’s just your gymnastics.”

Her parents were strong supporters of her gymnastics career but reminded her that her place on the podium does not define her.

“My parents would always tell me that people remember me for the kind of person I am rather than what place I’m on the podium, and when I was younger I didn’t understand that message at all,” Raisman said.

Raisman was considered an elite level athlete at 14 and at the time, she was four years from competing in the Olympic games which was a goal she was working towards. She felt a lot of pressure to perform and make the team and achieve gold.

“We live in a society where our country has a lot of really great athletes but there’s a lot of pressure for athletes to win,” Raisman said. ”I think we recognize that winning was the priority for the team and then the rest was important but the

priority for us was doing it together.”

Raisman addressed concerns regarding professional athlete’s mental health while competing and recounted that while training at such a young age, the effects of stress were really the last thing on anyone’s mind. Her teammates were essential to improving her mental health during these times as they would often turn towards each other for support.

“We’re so serious in the gym, and it’s so intense and it’s so much pressure that I just think when we’re not at the gym, we’re just so goofy and so silly and really let ourselves come out of our shell. We were so young and mental health wasn’t really something that was talked about and so I don’t think we realized how much we were helping ourselves by just laughing, being silly, and just having fun.”

Raisman is a part of the #MeToo Movement, where women across the globe join in solidarity with sexual assault survivors by addressing their own experiences. As a member of the USA team, she publicly spoke out against the infamous sexual abuser Larry Nassar in court in 2018. Raisman later sued The United States Olympic Committee for not taking the appropriate steps to stop the team’s former doctor from assaulting hundreds of athletes right under their noses.

Raisman’s story struck a chord with Manhattan College students. Senior Micaela Beatty spoke to The Quadrangle via email after the event.

“In my opinion Aly Raisman is the epitome of a strong female athlete,” Beatty wrote.

“Not only is she an incredible athlete, but she also helps promote feminism by sharing the importance of being heard.”

Beatty is one of the many women who have been impacted by Raisman’s experience.

“I really didn’t realize when I first shared my story publicly how many people would be able to relate, and it’s really unfortunate how many people can relate to it, but it’s also with something so horrible I’ve been so impressed,” Raisman said.

“And so, I’m just really grateful for all the love and support and the community that I have.”

This support system is made evident through Raisman’s involvement in the #MeToo movement. Getting support from her fellow athletes, family, friends and strangers have been comforting as she shared her hardships with the public.

“It’s been very validating and so I hope to help validate other people and make them feel comfortable coming forward and even if they share their story with someone else and they’re not supported,” Raisman said. “I hope that they’re able to recognize there are good people out there who will support them.”

Raisman’s confidence to share her story is inspiring, especially as she is a role model for others and encourages them to acknowledge their experiences.

“It can be very empowering for women to see such a powerful female athlete speak about these difficult topics,” Beatty said. “I believe Aly Raisman has impacted the lives of so many women because as she shared her story, many other women also gained the courage to share theirs.”

Raisman also highlighted the importance of being kind to oneself and practicing selfcare. This is something that sophomore Rebecca McCann heard loud and clear. McCann describes how Raisman’s lecture had her reevaluating how she spoke to herself on a daily basis. “[Aly] made me rethink the way I have talked to myself in the past,” McCann said. “I want to strive to talk to myself better in the future from now on like she said. I think there’s really

something to talking to yourself how you would your best friend.”

Most importantly, Raisman recognizes that giving yourself time to relax is key to recovery even though rewarding yourself and having self-care moments can be challenging.

“I try to just be kinder to myself but it’s definitely, I’m definitely my own biggest critic, so I came from gymnastics so I’m a perfectionist, so I’m used to picking out every little thing that I do wrong so I’m working on giving myself a break, and trying to be more go with the flow, it’s definitely interesting and a challenge,” Raisman said.

“It’s really important to be kind to yourself and give yourself the same love that you give to, you know, your kid or someone that you love and care about.”

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Performer Profile: Jonathan Abadir PERFORMER PROFILE Shannon Gleba Senior Writer

At the start of the fall 2020 semester, many talented firstyear students joined the performing arts department at Manhattan College. Among those freshmen is Jonathan Abadir, who has started to make his impact on a number of different performance groups on campus.

Abadir’s journey in music and performing began many years ago when he began singing in his school’s second grade choir. At first, he did not not think it was going to be his passion, but after sticking with it, he began to enjoy music.

“From a young age, my mom made me play piano,” said Abadir. “And I kind of dreaded it honestly, until I really understood what was on the page with music theory and everything like that.”

When he reached middle school and started at a new school, he was looking to make friends and decided to try out for the school’s production of Aladdin. After auditioning, he was assigned the lead role of Aladdin despite being new to theater.

“I don’t know how lines work, I don’t know how anything worked, but they really took me in,” Abadir said of the experience. “And then, I got really involved in high school theater, and it has been like that ever since.”

His passion has not decreased over the years, and since coming to campus, Aba-

dir has been able to join the following groups: Pep Band, Jazz Band, Singers, Manhattones, and Players. While the groups have been forced to adapt to a new style of performing virtually, he has still been able to form friendships and feel connected to his fellow performers.

“Even with things in a completely virtual show, you can just tell how nice everybody was,” Abadir said.

Earlier this year, Abadir participated in the Players’ production of “The Laramie Project” in which he took on a number of different roles. The production was then chosen to perform at the annual awards ceremony, which was an exciting opportunity for Abadir and the rest of The Players.

“I have always had that little bit of anxiety before a show,” Abadir said. “But, before ‘The Laramie Project,’ the stage management department and everything was just so well done, even with the virtual show. There was some anxiety with a virtual show, but just like everything with Manhattan College, I genuinely feel like everyone here is just insanely kind.”

In the future, Abadir looks forward to continuing his involvement in the performing arts groups he has joined so far.

He especially looks forward to attending all of the events that are exciting for Jaspers in a typical year.

“I am really looking forward to going to a basketball game and playing,” said Abadir. “I just really want to go to Manhattan Madness. I saw that

Abadir plays the keyboard for the MC Pep Band. @MCPREPBAND/COURTESY online, and I was like ‘I need to go here.’”

In the meantime, Abadir is also committed to his studies and is currently a chemical engineering major, with hopes of attending medical school and potentially completing a minor in music. While these subjects seem to differ from one another, he said that it is not uncom-

mon students at MC explore different interests.

“It’s funny, showing up I felt like everybody that was in the music department was going to be like Liberal Arts majors or stuff like that,” said Abadir.

“There’s a lot of engineers here that are part of the band especially, believe it or not.”

In the end, Abadir is grate-

ful to have music as a space to express himself, and will continue to do so during his time here at the College.

“Music has always been my escape, personally,” said Abadir. “But, work is work, you still have to practice, but it is an escape from crazy courseloads.”

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Jasper Jams: Deep Cuts JASPER JAMS Gabriella DePinho & Emily Rumsey Senior Writer & Contributer

When artists release albums and EPs, they all carefully choose their singles. What’s the most upbeat track that will get high radio play? What collaborations will get mixed audiences to listen? What song will generate the most buzz? While those songs are good, and usually accurate representations of the sound and mood of the album, it doesn’t mean they are the best songs on the album.

This Jasper Jams is dedicated to the forgotten and looked over tracks that are actually wonderful songs.

Gabs’ picks More Than Friends Quinn XCII This track comes from his 2020 album “A Letter to My Younger Self.” Quinn XCII has already released another album in 2021, making “A Letter to My Younger Self” lose the title of his “most recent release.”

While this track was not a lead single, it’s one that shouldn’t get buried in all of the new releases. It tells a story of a guy who missed the chance to be romantic with a friend, and now they’re just people who follow each other on social media.

That probably sounds pretty typical for Gen Z-ers.

Let’s Get Married Bleachers

From Bleachers’ sophomore album “Gone Now,” this track encapsulates the album’s exploration of euphoric, all-consuming, and anxiety-ridden

love. On Twitter, Jack Antonoff, the one man behind the band, said he wrote the song the day after President Trump was elected, which takes the phrase “don’t wanna walk alone / so let’s get married” from something sweet, into something a little bit more stressful. Nonetheless, anxiety aside, like the rest of the album it’s perfect to listen to while driving through the suburbs or coping with a crush.

Portugal - Walk The Moon Two of my friends saw Walk The Moon open for Panic! At The Disco in a high school gym in New Jersey less than a year before Walk The Moon’s single “Shut Up and Dance” was all over the radio. (Fun fact: I later wrote a parody “Shut Up, Do Chemistry” for extra credit for my high school chemistry class).

While that single rocketed the band to some mainstream and alternative fame, the album it came from “Talking Is Hard” is full of really wonderful, sonically unique tracks. “Portugal” is one of my favorite deep cuts from the album.

Fast In My Car - Paramore

From the band’s 2013 self-titled album, “Fast In My Car” is the opening track. The song actually honors the band members’ relationships with one another — how they’ve come so far and are still going strong — which makes it great for the band’s “reintroduction” to the world. While hits like “Still Into You” and “Ain’t It Fun” got all of the radio play, this song is one of three songs tied for my favorites from the

album. My other two favorites are “Interlude: Moving On” and “Future” but those songs are less than two minutes and longer than seven minutes, respectively, and this one is just right.

Red Eye - Vance Joy If you knew someone with a ukulele in 2013 or 2014, then you were subjected to many renditions of “Riptide,” which was actually the second single from Vance Joy’s first album “Dream Your Life Away.” The album has numerous successful singles, but none of them reached the same mainstream notoriety as “Riptide” did. As infectious as that song is, “Red Eye,” a track a friend of mine introduced me to, is my favorite on the album. I believe it showcases Joy’s voice and songwriting abilities in really beautiful ways and that it’s a deep cut worth checking out.

Emily’s Picks Party on Fifth Ave. - Mac Miller This is the third song off of Mac Miller’s 2011 album Blue Slide Park. “Party on Fifth Ave.” is a great jam song, with a groovy brass sample as the centerpiece of the beat, and definitely is one of Mac Miller’s more overlooked songs. This song breaks away from the expectation of a “Mac Miller song”. When people think Mac Miller, people expect mostly relaxed, emotional songs like “Circles,” “Self Care.” or even “Blue World,” since they’re most popular. But Mac Miller’s older stuff is definitely worth listening to, there’s more good songs besides “The Spins.”

M.O.N.E.Y - the 1975 A classic off of the 1975’s self-titled 2013 album. The big hits from that album, “Chocolate” and “Robbers”, aren’t really even talked about anymore so this is a super deep cut. “M.O.N.E.Y.” tests the genre of dream pop while also keeping to the 1975’s roots with vibrant guitar and strong bass.

This song is off of the least experimental album that the 1975 has, as they change their style every album. This song was introduced to me a few years after the album was released and has kept the spot for one of my favorite driving songs since.

Flight 22 - Kali Uchis I don’t know if it’s just me, but I had never ever heard of this song before I found it. Kali Uchis is just famous for other songs, like her song “telepatía” off her new album Sin Miedo, or “After the Storm” that has a feature from Tyler, the Creator.

However, “Flight 22” deserves a spot on your chill vibes playlist. If you are familiar with Uchis’ 2018 album Isolation and the sound of it, “Flight 22” fits in very nicely with the theme. The song itself is a slowjam, with a classic rhythm that brings memories of old love songs and doo wop music.

Japan - Rex Orange County

Rex Orange County is a name that most everyone knows right now, probably due to the recent blowup of “Pluto Projector”, especially on TikTok. However, the places where Rex expresses true lyrical prowess are on his first album Bcos U Will Never B Free.

The song “Japan” is a sad love song about giving up the chase

due to unrequited love. I feel like this song is super underappreciated despite its beauty.

He sings the lyrics like a poem, which fits with the smooth beat and the simple instrumental.

Sidelines - Wallows Wallows is so great about releasing new music that it’s easy to find underappreciated hits in their small but mighty discography. If you need a song that feels like high school nostalgia with a twinge of indie coming of age movies then “Sidelines” is for you. The third song off of their first album “Nothing Happens,” “Sidelines” tells a story about a couple growing apart despite there still being feelings between them. The hits off of “Nothing Happens” are definitely “Are You Bored Yet” featuring Clairo, and “Scrawny”, which are Wallows first and second most played songs respectively. However, “Sidelines” has its own charm and is a perfect song for the upcoming warm weather.

Touch The Sky - Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco This song is great for a morning wake up call. I found this song over quarantine when looking for motivation to finish all these new projects I had started. This 2005 song has it all, Kanye’s classic style with a sample from Curtis Mayfield, and a feature by Lupe Fiasco.

The lyrics are full of confidence and the beat is light and classy.

This song is great for your early walk to class, running errands, or a day in Central Park with friends.

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Senior Spotlight: Chris Emerson & Jose de La Cruz Want to Make Final Season Count The pandemic has offered a unique set of challenges for student-athletes. Manhattan College Baseball and Track and Field, among other sports, are returning to the playing field after nearly a year without competing.

The class of 2021 student-athletes have missed out on a lot since the pandemic started, but this spring presents the opportunity to compete with their teammates one last time. The Quadrangle spoke to Chris Emerson, a distance runner for the men’s track and field team, as well as Jose de La Cruz of baseball to hear how they’ve stayed sharp during the pandemic and their hopes for their final season in the Kelly Green and White.

Interviews compiled by Katherine Heneghan.

Jose de La Cruz The Quadrangle: How weird will it feel going out there to compete with your teammates for the first time in almost a year?

Jose De La Cruz: It’s going to be a bit weird going out on the field as a team for the first time in over a year. We are all very excited to finally compete against another uniform. The feeling of finally playing again is going to be like no other and I expect everyone to be super energetic that first inning.

TQ: What has been the hardest part about being a student-athlete during a pandemic?

JC: The hardest part of being a student-athlete during the pandemic has been the amount of limited workouts and practices. Not having everyone at the gym working out has been a little difficult. Also, we barely had the opportunity to practice as a whole team. For the most part, the academic side was not affecting our practices because classes were mainly online and we didn’t have to rush to practice.

TQ: How have you stayed sharp during the hiatus?

JC: In the heat of the pandemic I stayed sharp by doing workouts inside my house.

I also took on reading books which helped me mentally.

TQ: What are your goals for your final season as a student-athlete?

JC: My goal for this year is to bring the MAAC Tournament Championship back to the Bronx.

TQ: What has been your favorite memory as a student-athlete at Manhattan College?

JC: My favorite memories have been traveling with my teammates on the bus and plane, having a good time and talking about baseball. We spend so much time together practicing and playing, that’s something I’m going to miss a lot.

Chris Emerson The Quadrangle: What has been the hardest part about being a student-athlete during a pandemic?

Chris Emerson: It was definitely hard not knowing if I was going to compete again.

I really laid back my training over the summer and I didn’t come back in the best shape. I definitely didn’t know what I was training for.

TQ: What have you done to stay in shape during the hiatus?

CE: I tried to get to the track pretty often. I really tried to get in two runs a day at least a few times a week. Just always increasing my distance.

TQ: What are your goals for your final season running track at Manhattan?

CE: I really just want to finish respectively. I wasn’t in the best shape last semester so I really just want to finish strong. I want to look back on this season and know I stayed focused.

TQ: What has been your favorite memory as a student-athlete at Manhattan College?

CE: For me, my favorite memory just has to be all the people I have met. You really get to meet a bunch of people each year and I’ve made so many great friends.

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Fans are Welcomed Back on Campus Through MAAC Attendance Policy

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As of April 1, Manhattan College will be welcoming two family members per student-athlete to watch the athletic competitions on campus.

Marianne Reilly, director of athletics at Manhattan College, appreciates having student-athletes competing again and is equally thrilled to have their family and friends back in attendance soon.

“It brings me joy to have our student-athletes compete and for our coaches to be able to continue to do what they love,” Reilly said.

MAAC regulations allowed two family members per student-athlete for fans beginning March 6, but Manhattan College was forced to follow New

York State guidelines.

“We had no choice [but to follow New York State guidelines],” Reilly said. “I would have loved to have our fans come to watch earlier, but I also want to do it safely. If the state says April 1, then April 1 it is.”

In the meantime, Whitney Swab, associate athletic director for Marketing and Fan and Donor Experience at Manhattan College, has worked to have fat heads of athletes’ families, friends, or pets created and placed in the stands in addition to streaming the games for fans to watch online on YouTube.

“We have gotten tremendous interest [from the streamed games],” Reilly said.

“I would log on [to the YouTube channel] and see 268 people watching our lacrosse game, or someone internationally viewing the women’s soc-

cer game, so I am thrilled to reach a larger group and share our athlete’s competitions.”

Despite the success of the streaming of the games, Manhattan College is advocating for students to be allowed into Gaelic Park to watch their friends compete in what Reilly called a “return to normal” plan.

“I am ecstatic to eventually have the students come cheer our teams on as well as the parents because it has been a long time, and as a community, we need to get back to what brings people happiness and that means getting involved with activities on campus,” Reilly said.

Matt Padre, a senior catcher on the Manhattan baseball team is glad to have his parents watch him play in-person.

“My parents are my biggest supporters and they are definitely excited to watch me and

the team play live,” Padre said.

“My parents don’t miss a beat, with or without the fans, I’m sure they would’ve tried to find a way to watch the game one way or another, but now that they can come watch, starting April 1st, they are thrilled to support the team and myself.”

In-person attendance is particularly exciting for fans of the Manhattan baseball team, as Padre predicts they will have a strong season.

“This year there’s a different energy and it comes because there’s a little edge and the attitude is a little different, so we’re expecting to win,” Padre said. “We know we got some talented guys, some probably going into the draft. So we have the attitude that this is the year to take advantage of our skills and capitalize.”

Victoria Alonso, a senior infielder on the softball team, loves playing again and pre-

dicts this season to be more rewarding than ever.

“I’m just really excited to play and this year is especially heartwarming because I am playing for my team to hopefully bring us to the MAAC Championship and prove that all the work I’ve done in the past 14 years will pay off now,” Alonso said.

Alonso’s family is eager to watch her compete from the stands of Gaelic Field.

“My dad and my brother have been through it from the beginning with me,” Alonso said. “So now that the coronavirus stopped fans [from watching in-person games], it was upsetting because I really wanted them to be there. But now that we’re allowed fans, I’m really excited to have at least both of them there.”

Matthew Padre, senior catcher, embracing his father.

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