Fenwicks Pub will now host “college nights,” a revival to the rule that was enacted last semester wherein only Man hattan College students could enter the bar on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays between the hours of 9 p.m. and 4 a.m.
“Literally the rumbling of the subway would shake the buildings of Manhattan Col lege,” Surak said. “So this was
Nicole Leone, a senior at Manhattan, wanted to go into Fenwicks with her sister last spring, when bouncers only admitted those with Manhattan College student IDs. Her sister, who attends a different college, was not able to get in that night.
This rule was developed in February after a fight broke out between two groups of people, none of which were students. According to bar staff, someone in one group had put enough money in the jukebox to skip over someone from the other group’s selected song and play a different song instead.This semester, however, students can expect to see non-Manhattan College stu dents in the bar again — but only if they have an ID from a different college.
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The land for what would be referred to as MC’s “new” cam pus in the Bronx was bought in 1902. Students continued taking classes at the “old Man hattan” campus in west harlem while the college raised money and worked on plans to develop the land for the new campus.
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Leone said this may influ ence where she takes her sis ter if she ever visits her in the Bronx“Honestlyagain. I think it proba bly is for the better because of the incident with the gun, they want to keep it safe which is un derstandable,” Leone wrote in a message to The Quadrangle. “However, next time she comes I probably won’t bring her be cause there are other bars we can go to without her having a studentDespiteID.” the checking of
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Puentes feels strongly that certain locals who have spent a lot of time and money at Fen wicks — especially during the pandemic — should be allowed into the bar, as long as they ar rive before 8 p.m., on the nights that are designated to college students.“They’re family, they’ve al ways come here and there’s no way that I could deny entry to the locals that come here and spend money every single day,” Puentes said. “The college kids have to understand that … I’ve also just set up a specific slot for them to come and enjoy the time as well. So I try my best to kind of keep both crowds hap py.”Jessica, a psychology major at the college who chose not to reveal her last name, frequents Fenwicks and feels this poses a challenge for college-aged women when they go out with their friends.
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“It’s very frustrating,” she said. “As a young girl … you can be taken advantage of, even if they just want to talk to a young girl and flirt with them. It’s still uncomfortable and you
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Signs decorate campus to remind Jaspers of their campus’ history.
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“I’d love to open it up to other colleges in the area — mostly Mount St. Vincent and Fordham University students,” Rich Puentes, the owner of Fenwicks, told The Quadran gle. “I think that we might just open it up to them as well.”
Amy Surak, the director of archives and special collec tions, told The Quadrangle how this issue led to the idea for re locating the campus entirely.
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many young persons’ student IDs at the door, some students have noticed that a usual crowd of non-MC students, or those who do not look “college-aged”, have been admitted to the bar. These customers, Puentes told The Quadrangle, are locals of the Riverdale area.
Jessica added that she only feels safe in Fenwicks because she usually goes with a group of both men and women. Hav ing male friends who can inter vene, she said, is important to her as she has witnessed wom en in Fenwicks who have had to face those situations alone.
1901, 1902, when it [the sub way] extended and so at the time, we [at the college] were like, ‘We can’t stay here any more. We need more space. We need it to be almost in the country.’ And if you think about it at the time, at the end of the 19th century, the country was up here [in Riverdale].”
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“I mean, most of them are harmless, I would say, but it’s a little creepy when there’s the older men hanging around, and they approach you and you just don’t really want to be in that situation,” Jessica said.
The beginning of the fall 2022 semester marks the cen tennial of Manhattan College’s residency in the Bronx. Having been originally established on the island of Manhattan, Jas pers first began taking classes at the “New Manhattan” cam pus in fall of 1922.
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has given a $300,000 grant to the computer and electrical engineering de partment for students to partic ipate in a global project.
The project entails a collab oration between the University of Zaragoza in Spain and 18 undergraduate students from Manhattan College and the City University of New York at Staten Island students. The students “will be mentored by professors from the Universi ty of Zaragoza for eight weeks during the summer,” according to manhattan.edu. The total du ration of the project will extend for three Followingyears.their participa tion in the eight week program, students will be able to collabo rate on a senior capstone proj ect to demonstrate their knowl edge of connected systems on a global scale.
His role consisted of over seeing volunteer activities and also connecting and commu nicating with other university students and faculty.
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connected homes,” Sultan said. “Currently we have the idea of a smart home that you control everything in your home re motely. That’s what we are try ing to do in this research proj ect, to make it available for all users to be able to implement that idea in their homes.”
Robert Mauro, Ph.D., chair of the department of computer and electrical engineering also shared his sentiments about the department expanding into global projects.
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“In our own department, for example, we have such a broad diversity of people that it makes it an exciting place to be,” Mau ro said.The overall expectation of the project points towards en couraging students to gain a global perspective of problem solving and incorporate it into their professional careers after graduation.Sultan credited the sup port of the MC community and School of Engineering for their
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He spoke about the overall impact the grant will have on the college due to the competi tive nature of receiving funding from government institutions such as the National Science Foundation.“Ifeelit’s a very good op portunity for us, for our de partment, and then also for the college going forward. MC stu dents will gain a global perspec tive on collaboration, unique hands-on educational opportu nities in the field of smart and connected systems through in ternational experience” Wang said.Radwa Sultan, Ph.D, also spoke of her expectations for the project and what she hopes to see accomplished through it.
“Our main objective is to give some students in Manhat tan College the chance to have the experience to work in a real life application. It will definitely give them an edge if they want to apply for a graduate school, so it will greatly affect them from different aspects” Sultan said.She also spoke about the context of the project and how it ties into the theme of a glob ally connected world.
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don’t want to be in that situa tion, and it feels like you don’t haveIncontrol.”response to this concern, Puentes told The Quadrangle if there is ever a situation where someone is made to feel un comfortable, they should re port it to security or a bartend er so he can look at the security cameras and evaluate the issue himself.“This is a tough situation because I can’t really do any thing with hearsay situations like this,” Puentes wrote in an email. “I also can’t do much if a patron is ‘hitting’ on another patron. It’s a public space … I’m sorry that some feel like that but there isn’t much I can do unless I have more informa tion.”Puentes said he has also attempted to address safety for students after they leave Fenwicks. Citing that “nothing great happens after 2 a.m.” in any bar, Puentes said he will
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“new” Manhattan College cam pus.“I’m very excited about the anniversary year.” Gardner said. “I mean, it gives us an op portunity to take a look at the contributions that Manhattan College has done for the Bronx Community over these past 100 years. But even more impor tantly than that, I think it gives us the opportunity to review all of the good things that the Bronx Community has brought to our Manhattan College com munity. So it’s a wonderful op portunity just to sit back and reflect about the relationship with the Bronx, but it’s also a great opportunity to celebrate.”
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Gardner also mentioned the ways in which the Bronx and surrounding areas have bene fited from having MC as part of their communities.
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“I try to do things to get people in right away, because once you’re in here, you’re safe,” Puentes said. “Once you’re in here, you’re having a good time.”
The college’s then Pres ident, Brother Thomas, first had the idea to seek financial support for the new campus from the college’s alumni. This concept proved successful, and after gaining the support needed from the Catholic di ocese and MC alum, the col lege broke ground for the new campus during the spring com mencement ceremony for the class of According1921. to Surak, when the “new Manhattan” campus opened for classes in the fall of 1922, the campus consisted of only three main buildings to form what we now know as the quad.“There was Alumni Hall, which was obviously what’s known now as the adminis tration building,” Surak said. “Then De LaSalle Hall, and then what was known as Man hattan Hall before it became Miguel Hall, this was basically where the library was.”
“I think that because we’re here, the people that are in the general area around us benefit from all the services and the ability that we have here to to bring the light of our campus to them. And then we have their presence with us, in the same geographic area.” Gard ner said. “ The Bronx has been
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another place where we can communicate in another open space. People can share pic tures, videos, people can spend their money and get credit. And in this way, Fens (Fenwicks) is also giving back in that way,” PuentesPuentessaid.said that his main goal in Fenwicks is to provide
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be closing Fenwicks at 2 a.m. every night in an effort to keep his clients out of unsafe situ ations. Previously, Fenwicks stayed open until 4 a.m. on Thursdays, Fridays and Satur days.“I’ve spoken to students and people who are upset [about Fenwicks closing at 2 a.m.] because college students like to party all night long,” Pu entes said. “The flip side of that is that crazy people are also out at that time … I’d rather every body be safe and I think that two o’clock is a strong cut off time.”Puentes said he wants his patrons to know that if they have any issues in Fenwicks, especially relating to safety, they should direct message the bar’s Instagram account @fen wickspub or email him at fen wickspub@gmail.com.Inadditiontothenew rules, Puentes is also finishing up the Fenwicks app, which he has been planning since the incident last spring. The app,
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“The first goal for me is to learn like the Manhattan com munity, learn a culture, learn with student needs, learn what students want,” Gray said. “That’s my first thought. I am trying to spend some time learning, and now that students are back I just tried to get out as much as I possibly can to
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Manor will be sold, Gray clari fied that the institution and the board of trustees are interest ed in putting the building up on the market and are currently in the process of considering their options. Questions in re gard to what will happen with Horan hall have been raised. Gray spoke on that issue.
The Manhattan College community welcomed its stu dents back to campus for the second week of classes by host ing the semi-annual club fair on Tuesday, Sept. 6. Over 70 clubs were in attendance, sporting tables full of information, post ers, and gift bags intending to draw in new members.
Andy Ortiz, the graduate assistant for Campus Ministry and Social Action (CMSA), told The Quadrangle that engage ment with the local community also faltered during COVID.
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An email with a survey was sent out last semester speaking about whether or not Manhat tan College should become a university. Gray helped clear up the questions around whether or not the college will become a university or stay a college.
“Some people also didn’t want to take part [physically] because they didn’t want to catch COVID, and that’s under standable,” Ortiz said. “But not a lot of organizations offer re mote work, but we do have one now that appeals to students who can’t commit to in-person events each week. But overall, a lot of the work is hands-on with food or patient care, and so now we’re trying to reach out to peo ple and get them engaged with community service again.”
Hope is high with Gray to continue to build a relationship with student government by having meetings and staying vocal with each other.
“The college has to be care ful, before we [become a univer sity], there’s a lot of different requirements for a university,” Gray said. “If that is a decision that the college needs to make, I think we have to be smart be fore that happens. There are a lot of different ways in which that can impact the experience for students.”Withrumors that Overlook
“I think people were defi nitely more motivated to get more things started with the club, more motivated to actual ly meet and get things togeth er,” Kelman said. “I feel like it definitely gave us a push.”
Adegoke said that for the upcoming semester, BSU hopes to host a wide variety of events such as cookouts, roundtable talks, and collaborations with other organizations on campus.
Ortiz also explained that CMSA provides opportunities to help students connect with their local communities and en act positive change.
pus.“Now we’re up and running. We can all be together and cre ate better times. So all these events are going on; we’re re ally pushing them because we really want people to get more involved,” said Marino.
The former Penn State graduate and resident assis tant officially began his duties as the new VP of student life in July of Gray2022.spoke to the Quadran gle about some of his goals as the new VP of student life and intends to learn about the com munity of Manhattan College.
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Dylan Kelman, a member of the Jewish Student Union, com mented on how she noticed a positive change in students’ attitudes towards involvement amid the pandemic.
lead if they say hey, there’s great there are some things that we want to do. Can we can you help? I want to follow their lead. I never want to impose, I remember as a student I don’t like it when the administrators impose on me so I never want to impose myself on them. I’ll make suggestions but I never would impose myself on a set but I’ll take their lead. They are helping me to give the students what they need.”
to do a decent amount, like when we couldn’t do things in person, we still made online re cordings, we were able to work on things that we made videos of to release to the public,” Leonard said. “We did record ings for just us, just to be able to work together as a group. We were still able to do things, but it’s for sure nice to be in front of audiences again and without masks, to be able to sing and really hear each other.”
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The residents of the col lege’s main concern was the bridge. Gray confirmed that the bridge will be opened but not before making sure safety procedures for the additional entrance have been implement ed.
introduce myself by talking to students.”Grayemphasized his pas sion for improving the quality of life for Manhattan college students by collaborating with academic affairs.
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bent was going to live up to some of the needs that we had, and also some of the hopes that we have to write in terms of a very engaged vice president, someone that the students could go to,” Abreu-Hornbostel said. “Someone that had cer tain priorities in mind, all of us had a voice but for me, it was important that we got someone who cared deeply about stu dents. I’m someone who under stands that we’re in the middle of a crisis nationally, not only economically, but also psycho logically and emotionally. Right. So I wanted an incumbent that could prioritize those areas that were important to me. Those were important. I think we got that with Dr. Gray.”
Leonard, co-presi dent of the Manhattan Singers and president of Manhattones, explained how COVID-19 pre viously affected the perform ing “Iarts.still feel like we were able
“We saw less [involvement] because of virtual options be cause we believe most of them [students] might not really want to check their emails, or do a meeting via zoom,” she said. “They really want hu man-to-human interaction.”
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“[The transition] was fair ly seamless, I was doing both positions,” Abreu-Hornbostel said. “I came to Manhattan Col lege to be the dean of students. That was the goal and what happened was six weeks after my being on campus COVID started. I went very quickly into price management then our vice president left and he said, you’re working with the leadership team, to try to make sure that the students didn’t miss whatever they Abreu-Hornbostelneeded.”waspart of the division that hired Gray for his new position. The divi sion wanted to make sure that the next person was going to provide the needs that they had such as an engaged vice presi dent.“The whole division was very involved in making sure that the next person the incum
“The second goal is to learn from what we can do to make and improve the quality of life for students,” Gray said. “Manhattan College is a strong school and we are going to build on that and collaborate with ac ademic affairs to balance the co-curricular experience for the students so that students stay, and enjoy themselves…when I look back on my experience in college, I can say that was a blast. I had a lot of fun. I learned a lot. I grew a lot.”
“Horan is going to have a renovation and every floor will have different types of living experience,” Gray said. “Apart ment style is gonna have a couple of rooms that hold two individuals and different style bathrooms for those rooms, living room, a kitchenette. It’s exciting. The desire is to pro vide students with a variety of different living experiences here at the institution. I think it’s going to be a lot of fun.”
Due to the rain, the fair was moved indoors to Smith Auditorium. The large indoor gathering is one of the first since the college returned in the wake of the COVID-19 pan demic.The Quadrangle spoke to members of MC’s clubs at the fair as they prepared for the newJennayear.
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Some clubs saw decreased involvement due to virtual meetings and events’ lack of appeal compared to in-person events. Precious Adegoke, the treasurer of the Black Student Union (BSU), said this was a significant struggle.
Emma Pizzullo, the exec utive vice president of the stu dent body, spoke to The Quad rangle about how pivotal their relationship with Gray is going to be for the upcoming school year.“Student life and student government go hand in hand, and Dr. Gray should be work ing with us relatively frequent ly. We met over the summer and that meeting went well. He’s very receptive to all of our recommendations or our requests for things. I think that he’s more than willing and we’re more than willing to meet with each other throughout the semester.”Pizzullo’s request for Gray is to have a line of open com munication with the student government. If open communi cation transpires she believes that more enjoyable events can be brought to campus.
The wait for a new vice president of student life is offi cially over. Ronald Gray Ph.D is taking over for the former interim VP of student life, Es milda
“It came to me gradually, I don’t think that it was some thing like St. Paul getting hit with lightning and thrown off of his horse or anything like that,” Gardner said. “It was just a gradual admiration for the work of the brothers that I had in high school. And as I became stronger in my own Catholic faith, I saw this as an idealistic option.”Gardner explained the im portance of the brotherhood in his own life, especially as it has led him to where he is today.
Prior to being appointed in terim president, Gardner held the position of assistant direc tor for the Center for Graduate School and Fellowship Advise ment, spending time helping students apply to and prepare for graduate school. Gardner explained that this was one of his favorite positions he’s held.
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much slower because of the lack of students on campus, but is excited to see how the year unfolds.“I’m really excited about our students in their activities. Student Life is a very important part of the culture for me, be ing able to be part of those dif ferent activities, whether they be theater, music, intramural clubs, student government or certainly athletic events, you know, being there and having that Jasper spirit,” Gardner said. “That’s going to be a real ly great experience this year.”
Gardner said that he doesn’t expect to make any major changes in the positions with this being an interim role.
er while they learn.”
Most students know Gard ner as being a welcoming, friendly face on campus. He is almost always seen talking to students and staff on campus.
“The most impactful part of it is to be able to share an envi ronment with people who have a common mission and com mon values,” Gardner said. “It always feels better when peo ple are rowing their oars in the same direction and in the same rowboat.”Gardner has been at Man hattan College since 2016, having worked closely with stu dents in the Department of Aca demic Affairs and as an adjunct professor of religion. While here, he has grown to love the community here at MC.
Gardner found himself at Manhattan College after being assigned to the admissions of fice by the Christian Brother hood.A brother is a consecrated religious member of the Ro man Catholic Church. There are a variety of different broth ers that service different types of ministries, such as hospi tals and churches. However, the Brothers of the Christian Schools otherwise known as the De La Salle Christian Brothers, was started by John Baptist in order to operate schools. The Brotherhood now has schools in over 80 coun tries around the world and 67 of those institutions or institu tions of higher education, Man hattan College was the first.
Now that Gardner has been officially made president and with the semester starting only two weeks ago, there is a lot of work to come. Gardner shares how the summer has been
“It’s always rewarding to get the campus ready for the beginning of school and then to see everybody arrive back here and say, ‘Oh, wow, this is a great place to be,’” Gardner said. “And so that’s probably the most rewarding part of all of this is to see people are happy and eager to return not only just to an academic envi ronment, but to this specific community.”
“There is a great sense of community,” Gardener said. “People just enjoy being togeth
“We don’t want to do too much because this is definite ly a transition administration.” Gardner said. “Both myself and the provost are both inter im in these roles. We’re almost caretakers of the position un til the college is able to find a permanent and long lasting leadership in here,so we have to have a healthy balance here of making the engine run and run well. We’re trying to strike a healthy balance here. This is definitely an administration of transition and not transforma tion.”Gardner may hold the po sition in an interim capacity, but he encourages students to reach out to him with any con cerns they may have.
“What I really like people to know is that my doors open and I’m approachable and I love to collaborate with people,” Gard ner said.
he had originally planned to do.
“Because I was constantly working with highly motivat ed students that were really looking to get PhDs or become MDS or to become lawyers or to apply for fellowships because they were really excited about moving to the next level,” Gard ner said. “So there’s a certain amount of rewarding satisfac tion in working with people who are all highly motivated.”
Because of his love of peo ple, Gardner is able to get to know the campus community in a personal way. He explains that he enjoys the people associated with this campus and getting to know them better.
Gardner sees the impor tance in speaking to students as a means of better understand ing the needs of the campus as a whole.“Ithink that the develop ment of relationships, the abil ity to get to know people from various constituencies across campus just really informs us on how we can make Manhat tan College more effective and better, because we can see the needs of people through those relationships,” Gardner said.
“I take my lead on this from Pope Francis, who says that you need to build relationships with others in order to understand what they’re going through, and to help them to reach their goals,” Gardner said.
He describes this as being a close second to the academic excellence of the students and staff at the college.
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“It just got to a point that I just could tell he’s being over worked because service dogs
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get washed out where, espe cially with young service dogs with people who are first time handlers with them, will bring them everywhere and never give them the rest they need and they start getting really frustrated and maybe lash out and just are overworked and then can’t work anymore,” Ri cardo said. “So that’s what I was getting worried about with him. So I was like, I’d rather him go home and get the rest and like the proper exercise too. And then like to bring him when he’s more trained versus bringing him here and then have the possibility of him get ting Despiteoverworked.”Booker being a service animal in training, Ri cardo stated that the college was very supportive and ac cepting for a private institution, who could choose to not house a service animal unlike public schools. Where she is from in New Jersey, service animals in training are not entirely pro tected by the ADA so having that support from MC was re lieving.The only complaint Ricar do had throughout this process was dorming. She was origi nally placed in Horan Hall. She did not want to move halfway through the year since Book er was assimilated into his space. However, the college moved her to Lee Hall into a standalone suite, which she stated was very small. Despite this challenge, they made this space work while Booker was on campus.“Ipersonally don’t have him here anymore. And, I miss them but I’m also glad that I kind of knew and could read the situation and know what was best for both him and I,” Ricardo said.
Reese joins Boyum at the dining hall to start off their day.
Despite the extremely pos itive impact a service animal could have on a college student and anyone diagnosed with a disability, Boyum emphasizes how important it is to give your service animal time to rest and play like any dog would need.
a mobileBoyumdog.”states how her pro fessors have been extremely supportive in class, some of them even introducing her to the class.“It’s just like, you got to really talk to the instructor,” Boyum said. “But, as long as she’s not a disturbance to oth er people, and I make sure that nobody’s allergic to her, she’s fine. And since she’s like, trained not to be a disturbance, she’ll just sit there. Like, she tends to just kind of sometimes fall asleep in class, if it’s very clear that I’m doing okay, and she’s not like super needed, she’ll just rest. So it’s like, she spends the majority of her day laying at my feet or sitting at my feet.”Reese is specifically a psy chiatric service animal, which Boyum says has completely transformed her time on cam pus. Reese is a rescue who Boyum self-trained to perform a number of specific tasks, such as deep pressure therapy or monitoring her breathing, or even being a source of comfort throughout the busy day.
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines a service animal as a dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for an individual with a disability. The task(s) per formed by the service animal must directly relate to the per son’sThedisability.”school staff may only ask two questions: whether the animal is required because of a disability and what work or task is the animal required to perform.Sabrina Boyum, sopho more philosophy and sociology double major, has just com pleted her first week of classes with her service dog, a choco late labradoodle named Reese. Reese is currently the only ser vice animal on campus.
This fall, a normal walk onto the quadrangle could lead you to see various dogs on campus. The college has recently seen an influx of animals on campus, including emotional support animals and service animals, now that the college is fully in-person.While emotional support animals need to be registered through the Specialized Re source Center, service animals are protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act and are not required to be registered with the Accordingschool.to the Service
It is important to note that animals wearing a service an imal vest are at work, which means petting them with this vest can be distracting. Both Boyum and Ricardo stated that they dealt with this sometimes on campus, which was a slight challenge.Despite some obstacles, awareness of the importance of service animals is essential as their presence grows on campus. Both emotional sup port animals and service ani mals alike can introduce key conversations about mental health support to the Manhat tan College community while also bringing joy and comfort to their owners and others.
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Ricardo states that because Booker was still a puppy, he would get separation anxiety and she also did not want to overwork him.
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During her freshman year, Boyum took the time to decide whether to bring Reese on cam pus. This year, Boyum does not regret bringing her companion along.“It’s very scary to be told that you have a disability and that that’s something that you’re going to have to live with for the rest of your life,” Boyum said. “But, like, knowing that that also means that I get to have her with me in those spac es, that was like, ‘Okay, I can keep doing this, I have her.”
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ing in a suite in Lee Hall with her roommate Annie Brennan, a sophomore communications major with a concentration in media production. In the morn ing, before Reese starts her work for the day, she eats and goes on a walk with Boyum. Before classes, Boyum puts Re ese in her service animal vest and begins her schedule. After work, Reese might play fetch on the quadrangle or relax in Lee.“She’ll join me for every thing,” Boyum said. “She goes to all my classes. All my teach ers know about her. She’ll go to the library with me. She was in the library today while I was doing schoolwork. She’s just pretty much everywhere. If I go downtown, she’ll come downtown with me. Yeah, she’s
Senior psychology ma jor, Regina Ricardo, similarly welcomed her moyen poodle, Booker, as a psychiatric ser vice animal to campus this se mester. While she thought it was best to bring him home for more training, she is consider ing bringing him back for the spring semester if he is ready.
I love Paul Simon, and ev eryone should love him too. When my mom was in her twenties living in Brooklyn, she and her roommate would return home after a night out, blast this song and dance around their living room. It’s an all time favorite of mine.
it came straight out of “Royal Tenenbaums.” Listen to this song while you lay in Central Park, it’s the best feeling in the world.
The reason for this is that it re minds her of being in college, a sentiment I love.
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Ramblin’ Man - The All man Brothers
Another artist that every one should know and love, Van Morrison is likely an artist you don’t know by name but do by song. He is the singer of Brown Eyed Girl and Into the Mystic. Everytime I get togeth er with my family we listen to Van because of the nostalgia he brings. This song specifically reminds me of falling asleep in the back of my mom’s Volvo in elementary school.
The Only Living Boy in New York - Simon & Garfunkel
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Another great artist, Steely Dan is one of my mom’s favor ites, and it shows as she plays his music anytime we give her control of aux. This song re minds me of our family’s sum mer vacation to Maine when we had a house on the water, caught lobster and watched “The Smurfs” every night.
Jungleland - Bruce Sri ngsteen
Tupelo Honey - Van Mor rison
Now, I wouldn’t be a good Southerner if I didn’t include at least one song that had a country vibe to it. The Allman Brothers, which up until five years ago I thought were called the Almond Brothers, have a lot of songs that remind me of growing up in South Carolina and being out in the boat or in the back of my dad’s old Sub urban on the way home from school. “Midnight Rider” and “Melissa” are two other great ones.
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Growing up I listened to a lot of artists which I had entire ly forgotten about until about two years ago. Since then I have rediscovered about 10 hours worth of songs, all of which bring me joy just to lis ten to. From conversations I’ve had with my friends, other peo ple also have this kind of rela tionship with music from their childhood. All the songs on this playlist I listen to multiple times a day and take me back to spe cial moments in my life. I hope you get the same happiness from them as well.
This is a song via my broth er, who has the best taste in music in my opinion. I love Wes Anderson movies and I got my brother to love them as much as I do. The reason I say this is because this song plays like
sing, this is one of our car singalong songs.
This is my favorite Van Morrison song and the reason for that is not just how much it reminds me of my family, but because of how calming it is. It’s a love song and it’ll make you feel like you’re in love even if you aren’t. It’s the line, “she’s as sweet as Tupelo honey, she’s an angel of the first degree,” that I love the most.
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Stay - Jackson Browne I actually missed out on the opportunity to see Jackson Browne recently which is a re gret of mine. He has a lot of oth er great songs, one of which I will feature later in this playlist. However, the reason I picked this song is because it reminds me of my grandparents. De spite my grandfather insisting that no one in my family can
Kodachrome - Paul Si mon
Probably the most mean ingful of the songs on this play list, Springsteen’s “Jungleland” was the song my father sang to me every night of my child hood before bed. It’s got some of the strangest lyrics ever, like “the magic rat drove his sleep machine over the Jersey state line,” but at the same time, is very poetic in its own way.
And It Stoned Me - Van Morrison
This is one song I had all together forgotten about un til my mom played it for me recently on a long drive from Charleston, South Carolina to New York City. While no spe cific memory stands out for this song, it’s a great walking to class, sitting and reading or It Girl song.
Eyes of the World - Grate ful Dead
The Dead are a brand heav ily equated with my childhood because my mom spent most of her twenties going to as many concerts as she could. Now that I’m an adult, my mom and I have seen Dead & Company in concert twice. The reason I like this song is because it’s just a really happy song and it reminds me of the summer.
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She’s a Rainbow - The Rolling Stones
You will fall in love with this song if you’re someone who left their hometown, which is why I enjoy it so much. It also has some of my favorite lyrics. I first heard this song for the first time in years because my mom and I were talking about The Chicks (formerly the Dix ie Chicks) concert she went to the weekend before. She was saying that the reason she liked this song so much was because of the line, “drank with the Irish, smoked with the hip pies, moved with the shakers.”
As in previous years, the radio will play Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. with a wide range of DJs filling in the spots. Students can listen to their friends and peers live on the WRCM website (wrcm.rocks).
As in previous years, the ra dio will play Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. with a wide range of DJs filling in the spots. Students can listen to their friends and peers live on the WRCM website (wrcm.
“We use DJ as the general term for our club members that stream on air,” Uffer said. “But a DJ can be a talk show host, a DJ can be a music show, a DJ can be a news show host, any thing and everything you could think of you know within rea son can be done as a show.”
This club evidently has something for all music lovers. When asked why she joined the station, Emily Daly, the program director of the studio, explained that she enjoyed the freedom and self-direction that WRCM offers students.
“I really enjoyed the fact that I could play any music that I wanted, knowing that I was in
will be aired from the sound booth as they had been, with all the water dam age from last semester being repaired. Sean Powers, Tech Director of WRCM, described how the past year had been a challenge for the station.
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“[Due to water damage] in previous years, the micro phones didn’t sound too good on air, and we just got new equipment to equalize the sound levels. It sounds more like what a radio station should sound like.” Powers said.
Manhattan College’s radio station, WRCM, has accepted new DJs for the Fall 2022 se mester. After water damage in the booth and several members falling to covid infections last year, their recovery plays like an underdog story.
school would pick us back up again…it wasn’t like a planned thing, for at least what I know.”
For those who are interest ed in joining, WRCM will not be limited to just music. WRCM allows its members to host any style of show they choose.
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These slots are scheduled by the program director, Emily Daly.“I make the program sched ule for each semester, which is around fifty slots that are filled by various shows,” Daly said.
“Anyone who is interested in joining can join our email list and follow our instagram page, @wrcm.rocks. The show application will be open soon, and anyone can apply for a one-hour weekly spot,” Daly said. “We are also interested in doing some on and off-campus events, hopefully, later in the semester.”EvenJaspers who don’t join will be able to look forward to WRCM’s next semester, and tune in to listen to their fellow students fill the airwaves.
Students can scan the QR Code to join WRCM.
directly sharing it with the rest of the Manhattan College com munity,” Daly said
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Kate Uffer, the president of WRCM, spoke with The Quadrangle while personally cleaning out the sound booth in preparation for the new se mester.“Because we were doing elections during finals we didn’t have time to get the old board or the new board and to help kind of clean up the rest of what the physical plant had done, and that’s out of respect for our board members,” Uffer said. “We’re basically setting up the booth to get ready to air for the 19th [of September].”
While the forms to apply close on Sept. 14, does not mean students are unable to participate as a general mem ber.“We have a system within WRCM where if someone can’t make a show, that slot then opens up for people who either do or do not have a show that semester, to be able to go on air for the hour and run the show that they want,” Uffer said.
Along with club application forms, there are other ways to get involved with the club.
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Students may have already seen the WRCM on campus during orientation and at the club fair. This is not a rare phenomenon, and in the past WRCM has hosted events with live bands in and outside of the college and hopes to continue to do so this year.
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As for funding, Powers ex plains that this is the first year the station will be funded by the school, after previously being self-funded for a brief period.“2019 was the first year [WRCM] was back in the mod ern era, and it was self funded up until now,” Powers said. “I think whenever this new era of WRCM started, we just knew that we’d be self funded for a while and then eventually the
Kirk encourages any stu dents considering joining the club to attend a meeting and start somewhere, even if you do not have much experience in media production.
MCTV has recently re ceived pitches for future pro duction ideas like a comedy skit which also discusses news taking place in the city, which is set to be produced this year.
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shows they have been doing, and to offer new content that they can produce.”
“My main goal this year is to really get the freshmen involved to teach them how to do the switcher, how to operate cameras or the audio parts- just the basic essentials of a televi sion studio,” Kirk said.
nication majors because we’re together in a more comfortable environment than like sitting in class,” Alfaro said.
Currently, MCTV is not officially registered as a club on campus, which affects their ability to receive fundings. While the members have ac cess to the Sumner Redstone Television Production Center in Leo Hall, when it is not in use for courses, there are still issues in organizing the mem bers.“So attendance was defi nitely a struggle last year, but we’re trying to rebuild it from the bottom. Because, you know, it’s hard without a bud get, and there’s certain things that we would like to do that we necessarily can’t sometimes,” KirkGrabowskisaid. states his role supervising is to eliminate obstacles for MCTV to assist them in their growth.
The Manhattan College television station, also known as MCTV, is building itself back following challenges during the height of the pandemic.
“We were all mini producers on Zoom for the last two years, and the need to promote our content and figure out how to capture our content so we can share it with other people, that’s a skill that everyone can benefit from. So the more prac tice you get in that, the better. But also, productions need
looking towards getting fresh men involved in these new productions and teaching new members the skills to contrib ute.
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your expertise no matter what school you’re in.”
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MCTV’s first meeting will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 14 in Leo Hall 231, for those who are interested in gaining hands-on experience in media production and to engage with creating content on campus in the “Istudio.think MCTV brings a visibility to everything going on campus that that the ability to capture what is happening, the documentary or journalism side of things, and to be cre ative and do things in the vid eo medium that you wouldn’t be able to do in print form… that you could actually pro duce something and put it out there,” Grabowski said.
“I was so nervous freshman year…because when you walk into a TV studio for the first time, it’s so intimidating,” Kirk said. “But I even sent out in the first emails: don’t be nervous or discouraged, even if you ha ven’t even touched a camera. I was like, that was me, but you have to learn somehow, and this is like the perfect oppor tunity to really just get that hands-on experience without the immense pressures.”
Currently, the members want to expand their produc tions and give the MC commu nity more content to enjoy this year.Maeve Kirk, senior com munications major with a con centration in media production, is the president of MCTV and is
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“I really applaud them for being able to do as many pro ductions as they did after not being able to do them for about a year and a half,” Grabowski said. “So this year, I’m hoping that they grow, that they ex pand those offerings, that they continue doing the successful
Students end their last show of the 2022 Spring semester.
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Before joining Manhattan College, Grabowski was the manager of NYU TV, the tele vision center at NYU. Upon becoming the faculty adviser of MCTV in 2015, Grabowski wanted to expand the opportu nities given to the group.
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Chair of the communica tion department and faculty supervisor of MCTV, Michael Grabowski, Ph.D., believes that MCTV also provides a learning community for those who are not in the communica tion department because of the recent increased importance of video.“So really, no matter what your major is, or what school you’re in, given that in every profession video is becoming necessary,” Grabowski said.
Cam Alfaro, senior com munication major with concen trations in media production and sports media, is the studio supervisor of MCTV. Alfaro be lieves joining MCTV provides a community for those pursuing a degree in media production to learn and be creative with new ideas outside the classroom.
MCTV is a student-run club on campus that produces original shows for the Man hattan College community to enjoy. As of last year, the mem bers produced a podcast in col laboration with the Lasallian Women and Gender Resource Center to discuss social issues and raise awareness on cam pus.
tioning the large amount of time they would spend with each other every day, training, cooking, and even washing cars.The academy connected its players with an agent from Wagner and Woolfe-Elite Col lege Sports Recruitment, who contacted many Division 1 and 2 programs all over the coun try, sending schools in the U.S. highlight reels and statistics.
With so much talent sprout ing from this team, many are excited to see what they accom plish this season. All 4 players are very grateful for the oppor tunity they have earned since they cannot attend college back home and pursue their sport.
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“I really liked the interest Jorden, the head coach, was taking in me. He thought high ly of me so I thought it would be the best option to come here,” Bark
“Coming over here, every one is pretty shocked you’re from New Zealand. People don’t really know where New Zealand is or they’ve never met anyone from New Zealand be fore, which is pretty cool,” Bark said.Liam Moore was first to come to the Bronx, starting in January of 2021, where he lat er played a game of telephone and encouraged Harry Bark to attend Manhattan College as well. Bark and Boyce came in the fall of 2021 and Hamilton
Harry Bark, Henry Ham ilton, Liam Moore and Noah Boyce trained at the same soc cer club, Wellington Phoenix Football Club in Wellington, New Zealand before deciding to pursue their careers at the same small liberal arts college in New York City.
With no university teams in New Zealand, you have to de cide what you want your future to entail: education or sports. By traveling so far from home, they are able to pursue both. These boys made the sacrifice to come here and play for MC, and the community could not be more excited to have them as Jaspers.
Everything can change over seven years. In the years between 2015 and today, the Manhattan College men’s la crosse team went from six straight losing seasons to win ning the 2022 MAAC champi onship.Seven years ago, Manhat tan hired Drew Kelleher and John Odierna to be the head coach and assistant coach of the men’s lacrosse team re spectively, replacing former Jaspers head coach, Steve Manitta. The coaches inherit ed a team that was just coming off of a 1-14 season, making it their 6th straight losing sea son back in Brendan2015.Krebs ‘22, a fouryear starter as the Jasper goal ie and recent graduate, noted the differences between what the team was when he first ar rived to now.
“It’s cool to care” is a team motto Odierna remarked on. He described it as one of the biggest reasons for the turn around of the program. It can encourage all members of the team, no matter what their role is or how big or small that role may be, to care about their job and contribute to the team.
With so many opportunities calling towards them they all chose the one where they get to be among each other experi encing college soccer.
and we’ve got to hold ourselves to a higher standard. We can’t be satisfied because we accom plished a goal last year,” Odier na said.The Jaspers will look to repeat and build on their mas sive success from last season. The expectations will of course be high, but that doesn’t deter Sean Mackinney’s confidence in the Jaspers.
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Thesaid.team seems to greatly benefit from having these play ers on their roster because of the experience these men have in professional soccer. When asked about the playing envi ronment in New Zealand, Bark shared it was all-consuming and had a level of profession alism that the New Zealanders brought with them to MC’s pro gram.Hamilton added that he be lieved the four’s dedication to the sport set them apart from other players. The Wellington Phoenix football club deemed a large commitment for the boys as they have been a part of the program for a long time, Hamil ton with 6 years of experience.
“In the world of football, you sort of grow as a team,” Hamilton said. “You might play
“We’re all really honest, hard workers,” Hamilton said. “I think you know what you’re going to get out of us. We’ll put our best foot forward.”
the Jaspers expressed how dif ficult it is to be apart from their family, most of them try to find comfort through the campus, finding similarities that remind them of home.
“I think our culture is elite, I think our buy-in here is only compared to only a few other places. I think it’s really cool what we have, and having a great culture is so hard to do,” Odierna said. “It has taken us five years to get to this point and now (going into) year six or seven we’ve kind of seen it
followed in the Spring of 2022. Still, there were many other reasons why MC felt like the right place for Bark.
The men’s soccer team is stoked to welcome four play ers from New Zealand for the 2022 season. These interna tional players have traveled 8,933 miles away from home to play for Manhattan College.
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Bark and Hamilton reflect ed on this experience, men
With Moore being older, the boys watched his transition to Manhattan College as they all continued to play in New Zealand back in 2019 and 2020. Bark and Hamilton played to gether for the longest, getting to experience the FIFA U-17 World Cup on the same team.
tations for Jasper fans for this year.“Every team is going to have a target on Manhattan and you’re going to be chas ing the Jaspers. So you know, it’s a pretty cool opportunity. I said to our guys last week that we’re the first Manhattan team in 20 years that has an opportu nity to defend a championship. So it’s a whole new approach
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8,933 Miles from Home: The Jaspers from New Zealand
“I was kind of amazed at how beautiful the grounds were, especially in the Bronx where it’s quite hard to have beauty like that, and it kind of just reminded me of home,” Noah Boyce stated.
“My expectations for the team were pretty high, es pecially coming from a high school where we were pretty good at lacrosse, so I was kind of ready for a pretty high lev el of competitiveness,” Krebs said. “That was definitely the tone that Coach (Odierna) set. However, I would say the cul ture wasn’t where it needed to be at the time during my fresh man year. But now you see where it is now and how it is so strong.”After now being promoted to head coach of the team, cul ture is certainly something that coach Odierna is very excited about going into this season.
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day to day and the results are starting to match it.”
The Jaspers have certainly made a name for themselves af ter making the NCAA Tourna ment last year, pushing expec
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one or two seasons as a team together, and then you pretty much go your separate ways.”
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To comprehend the distance and sacrifice these players have made to attend MC and pursue their dream, it is important to understand the timeline. All 4 boys started initiating their transition to Manhattan College when COVID-19 was beginning or thriving among the states. This made it very difficult for some to see their families and even travel back home. While
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The Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a profession al soccer organization that strives to seek out opportuni ties for talented players. Many of the boys had to move away from home at a young age to pursue their soccer dreams.
Hamilton mentioned that he is still transitioning and experi encing all that New York has to offer, even displaying shock at the fact he is playing soccer in NYC.“It’s not even a dream come true, because I never would have dreamed it, to be honest. I can’t explain it,” Hamilton said.
“When we first got there during my first year, some of the older guys didn’t push us in practice,” said Sean Mackinney ‘22, a five-year attackman for the Jaspers. “But as we got old er, there was more competition and more intense practices. We all pushed each other to get better.”“The 2022 MAAC champi onship doesn’t help us win the 2023 MAAC championship,” Odierna said.
ly just want to work on starting from scratch,” McKee said.
The team faced multiple in juries in the past few years, cre ating even more chaos within the “Weprogram.obviously haven’t had the best luck in the past with either wins or injuries...we just had to face a lot of adversity in the past more so than other teams at Manhattan, so we real
at you and lecture you. He kind of just has a way of making ev eryone want to be playing and he has a way of getting every oneItexcited.”isMiletic’s positive coaching style and radiant per sonality that makes this season hopeful for the team. Miletic’s ability to return the fun of the sport back to the players not only allows them to have fun but also pushes the girls to play hard. The girls look forward to practice and games every day due to the fact that they trust they will be supported no mat ter what.Theteam has also gained a new assistant coach: Sara Atai. Coach Atai has also been a source of positivity for the play ers and is a great resource for their“Havingplaying.an assistant coach has really helped because for me, personally, her specialty is where my position is,” McKee said. “To be able to have that coaching and be able to talk to a player who once played in my position and can give me feed back has been so great.”
The Manhattan College vol leyball team is kicking off their season with a total of only nine players and a new coaching staff.Coach Miletic rejoins the Jaspers as head coach after serving as an assistant coach from 2014-2016. His first hire, Sara Atai fills the assistant coach position that has re mained vacant from 2017-2021.
Coach Miletic is aware of the struggles the team faced in the past, and he too plans on trying to start from scratch in order to make MCs’ Volleyball team the best it can be.
The team faced many dif ficulties during the 2021-2022 season, including head coach Lora Sarich Egbert being barred from Draddy Gymna sium due to her vaccination status, and an overall losing record, McKee shares that the new leadership has helped bring back the girls’ eagerness to play.“Idefinitely think having a new coach and just a new lead ership was just very refresh ing, especially since I think the volleyball program has been in quite a low for some time,” said Julieanne McKee, a senior set ter on the team.
The coaches want to bring the fun back onto the court for the players this season in order to get themselves back into the game. They are looking to ex pand the team in the future, as recruiting this year was very difficult.“The last coaching staff left us with nine players on the roster, which is like a small number of players when other schools have 15 to 20. And then on top of that, sadly, we have a few injuries and it is a tough sport, but luckily we have a smile,” said Miletic.
The MC volleyball team is proving its strength by portray ing its ability to fight through its challenges. They have faced a lot in the past year and consis tently show that they will come back stronger and have a lot of hope for this season.
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“Itsuccess.wasbasically the past few years that were not great. And after speaking to our play ers now they really had not the greatest of experiences,” Mi letic describes, “Right now it seems that our goal this year is to make the players fall in love with volleyball again.”
Coach Miletic and Coach Atai both remain positive and optimistic about this season.
“We know it’s not the great est situation right now, because of our injuries. But then all you can do is put a smile on your face and carry on and believe that you can fix it for the fu ture,” Miletic said.
“We know it’s not the great est situation right now, because of our injuries. But then all you can do is put a smile on your face and carry on and believe that you can fix it for the fu ture,” Miletic said.
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After having multiple play ers with season-ending inju ries, dealing with a lack of coaching and a reported lack of enthusiasm from players, the women hope to use their past challenges to embrace their fu ture
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“It was the uncertainty and it was constantly just jumping around. Do we have enough girls? When does this girl come back? Are we eligible to play? So not having that un certainty anymore? is really a game changer for us,” McKee explained.Oneof the highest con tributing factors to the team’s growth is coach Miletic.
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The MC volleyball team is proving its strength by portray ing its ability to fight through its challenges. They have faced a lot in the past year and consis tently show that they will come back stronger and have a lot of
“Not only is he personable, where girls are comfortable being coached by him, are not afraid to speak up to or confide in him, not only does he do that very well but he just boosts morale,” McKee described, “he makes you want to take every ball he makes you want to hit every ball to your best power. It’s not just a coach that will yell
Coach Miletic and Coach Atai both remain positive and optimistic about this season.
“It’s just kind of like the situation we’ve been handed. That being said, yeah, we’ve had to get creative and be able to make sure this season survives and we’re having fun doing it. We’re having a good time,” Atai said.
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Having a small number of girls along with many injuries has definitely impacted the team’s performance. Coach Miletic plans on adding more freshmen and hopefully trans fer students in the next season in order to gain more players.
ed, “We’re doing our best with what we have, but in the hopes that we can bring some people on for next year.”
hope for this season.
returners, so we are recruiting a big group of players for 2023. The goal is to recruit six or sev en new players for 2023,” Milet ic said.Assistant Coach Atai add ed, “We’re doing our best with what we have, but in the hopes that we can bring some people on for next year.”
COVID was also a challenge for the team, as it gave even more unexpected setbacks that the girls struggled to battle.
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“She will go down as one of my all-time favorite human be ings and players,” said Vulin. “She just was consistently someone I could count on to give me her best effort. She’s really a foundational player in terms of someone who really helped elevate the program to where we are today. What she has done will last.”
John Odierna was solid ified as head coach just four days following Kelleher’s departure and hired his first
additions to the coaching staff Chad Surman and Doug Sage earlier this summer.
worked for six years.
Women’s rowing coach Alex Canale announced to his team he will be leaving the pro gram on a zoom call last week.
“Whenseason.youlook at Man hattan College, we recruit really good people to work here,” Reilly said. “What’s go ing to happen if they have any success? They’re going to get moved.”Editor’s Note: This article was first published in the Riv erdale Press by Sports Editor Caroline McCarthy.
Warley not only made an impact on the court, but she excelled in every aspect that Manhattan College offered. Warley was Manhattan’s NCAA Woman of the Year nominee as well as a finalist for the Senior ClassWarleyAward.proved that she was a foundational and impactful player and leader on the Jas pers and the Eurocup Women’s league will provide her with an other opportunity to make her mark with another team.
Not only was Warley a foundational member of Vulin’s first recruiting class, but she was an inspiration to
After a chaotic 2021-2022 losing season, the women’s vol leyball coach Lora Sarich Eg bert will be replaced by Mauro Miletic. Miletic first joined the Jaspers as an assistant coach from 2014-2016 and recent ly volunteered his time this past season when Egbert was barred from entering Manhat tan’s Draddy Gymnasium due to vaccination status. Miletic has hired Sara Atai as his new assistant coach, a position that remained vacant at the college from 2017-2021.
Men’s basketball assistant coach Scott Padgett is leaving his position under head coach Steve Masiello to join the Mis sissippi State staff as an assis tant under new head coach Chris Jans. This change comes during the last year of Masiel lo’s contract with the Jaspers.
Lady J’s assistant coach Callan Stores also played for Sport Lisboa Benfica in the Eurocup Women’s league. As a member of the team in the 2015-2016 season, Stores unanimously earned the Eurocup Women league MVP. Stores was an essential part of Warley’s re cruiting process as she was the international recruiting co ordinator for the team.
Keith Prokop has been selected as the new head coach of the golf
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Margaret Hayden has been promoted from volunteer as sistant coach of the track and field team to assistant coach. Hayden will work alongside head coach Kerri Gallagher and assistant coach Patrick Mc Grath as a throwing instructor and day-to-day operations man ager for the Jaspers.
Head baseball coach for the Jaspers Mike Cole’s departure from the team was announced via a tweet from Kendall Rog ers. Cole will be joining Army West Point’s squad as head coach Chris Tracz’s top assis tant.Assistant coach Dave Vandercook has been named interim head coach and a per manent replacement will be officially announced this week. Rogers also tweeted that the college is set to hire David Mill er, former Major League Base ball player and coach for Penn State-Abington and La Salle University.Players on the team have confirmed this hire, stating they had a meeting on Friday, Sept. 2 to discuss.
The Manhattan College Athletic Department faced coaching turnover and addi tions in nine of their Division I sports, which will affect six men’s teams and five women’s teams for the 2022-2023 sea son.“I think turnover is like a rejuvenation. I always think when there’s a vacancy, there’s an opportunity to grow and change,” said Marianne Reilly, director of intercolle giate athletics at Manhattan College.Most notable of the coach ing changes lies with the 2022 MAAC Lacrosse Champions. After leading his team to victo ry for the first time in 20 years of the program’s history, head coach Drew Kelleher was of fered and accepted the head coaching position at the UMa ss Lowell.Reillyreports that after the championship, UMass Lowell was the first of many athletic departments to inquire about Kelleher. Just a few days later, Kelleher moved on and left his assistant, John Odierna, to be the interim head coach.
and life. Without the stress of maintaining her nearly perfect GPA, Warley can fully focus on her game and the new culture around“Whather.I’m looking forward to most in this new chapter are all the different people and places I’ll get to experience while playing,” said Warley. “My new team is so amazing and I’m super excited to get to work with them.”
Jasper Courtney Warley Signs to Play Professional Basketball Overseas
While the Jaspers will be missing her on the court this season, Warley is already making an impact on her new team. She is currently listed
on the court for her new professional team, Sport Lisboa Benfica.
Swab, Manhat tan College’s senior associate athletic director for external relations and senior woman ad ministrator will be leaving the college after five years. Swab has accepted a position at the Metro Atlantic Athletic Con ference, where she previously
“She set a great example of how you should be as a stu dent-athlete,” said former team mate Christina Katsamouri. “She was never settling for any thing less than being the best that she could be. When I was a freshman and she was a junior, I really looked up to her. She kept everybody in line.”
in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) and pro vided her with the ammo to push her basketball career to a professional level.
Head coach Jenna Dingler added Stefani Peluso to the women’s lacrosse coaching staff as an assistant coach in May.Whitney
Warley is not the only for mer Jasper to enter this league.
Reilly shares that the ath letic department is proud of the coaches who have moved on to other opportunities and is excited about the new wave of staff members set to lead the 2022-2023
Manhattan College bas ketball alumni Courtney War ley has signed with Eurocup Women’s Sport Lisboa Benfica in Lisbon, Portugal. The fivetime All-MAAC star picked up her life and moved overseas to follow the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play profession al basketball.Playing professionally was not something that was on Warley’s radar entering her collegiate career, but it be came a very real possibility as she entered her fifth year as a Jasper.“Itwas last summer when I decided I wanted to pursue going overseas to play,” said Warley. “I think like for many people, Covid put a lot into per spective for me about myself and my goals. When the bas ketball season was cut short that year I realized that I want to keep playing.”
as the starting power forward, so her effect on the overseas professional world will soon be determined in their upcoming season.Nomatter what impact War ley has in her professional ca reer overseas, she will forever be remembered for her leader ship on and off the court, her record-breaking statistics, and her loyalty to the Manhattan CollegeJaspercommunity.fanscanwatch War ley kick off her professional ca reer on Oct. 2 against Eurocup Women’s opponent Natacao.
Women’s basketball says goodbye to two assistant coaches, Allie Bassetti, who also served as recruiting co ordinator, and Kiambra “Kiki” Griffin. Bassetti has accepted an assistant coaching position at Columbia University and Griffin is now working with the Women’s National Basketball Association as a league opera tionRenaanalyst.Wakama and Callan Stores, two assistant coaches for the Jaspers, will be taking on the recruiting roles former ly held by Bassetti. Stores will be the defensive coordinator and the international recruiting coordinator, and Wakama will be the recruiting coordinator for the United States. Samera Marsh will join the squad as an assistant coach, and Raven James will join as the new di rector of basketball operations.
Maddie Mulkigian Asst. Sports Editor
Phil Wildermuth, former head coach of the golf team, has left the position to Keith Prokop as he continues his career at St. John’s University. The program is also set to re ceive a new golf house and sim
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Warley’s former coach and current head coach of the Manhattan College wom en’s basketball team, Heather Vulin, understands that Sport Lisboa Benfica head coach Eugenio Rodrigues is getting a special opportunity to coach Warley.“She is just a once-in-a-life time player,” said Vulin. “She was a very accomplished stu dent-athlete. She’s not just a great basketball player, she’s a great human being and she re ally fit the Manhattan College community really well.”
At Manhattan, Warley leads the program in offen sive rebounds and is tenth in career points. She also played in and started the most games and had the most minutes in program history. As a Jasper, Warley’s impact on the court made her name one to fear
her younger teammates.
Warley’s new life in Por tugal will allow her to experi ence a new way of basketball
Caroline McCarthy Sports Editor
