The Quadrangle- Issue 4, Fall 2022

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MC Expands Program to Offer Scholarships To Students From Lasallian Schools

Lauren Raziano Copy Editor/Web Editor

Fall Brings Shorter Days

Fall started this past week meaning the sun will begin to set sooner.

Manhattan College

Listed Highly in RegionalColleges Ranking

Mary Haley Staff Writer

Manhattan College was re cently ranked highly on both the Washington Monthly’s “Best Bang for the Buck” list and on U.S. News & World Re port’s “Best Regional Universi ties North Ranking” list.

According to the Washing ton Monthly’s website, a rank ing takes place each year that is based on what contributions colleges make to the country. This year, the college was fea tured on the “Best Bang for the Buck” list, rising from 96th to 40th place.

William Clyde, Ph.D., in terim vice president and pro

vost, spoke on the connection of this ranking to the school’s strong alumni success and net working.

“A lot of the rankings are about how our graduates are doing ten to fifteen years down the road,” Clyde said. “[The rankings] have to do with how the graduates are doing, and how their salaries are relative to those [graduates] from other schools.”

Clyde also emphasized the advantage of being in New York City, explaining how often stu dents get internships that even tually turn into jobs.

“People get internships, people get jobs, people have experiences in New York City, and that means that they go on to careers that are very suc

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cessful,” Clyde said.

Four-year colleges consid ered on U.S. News & World Re port’s list must meet the criteria of offering undergraduate and masters programs and are split into four sections: north, west, midwest and south. Manhattan College ranked sixteenth in the north region.

Along with this high rank ing, the college was also rec ognized for its efforts in social mobility and was ranked no. 48 of 178 colleges and universities for undergraduate engineering in the region. Tim Ward, Ph.D., dean of the school of engineer ing, shared his thoughts on the cohesiveness of engineering programs with a liberal arts ed

Manhattan College is the only Lasallian higher educa tion institution in New York City, and is now seeking to ex pand their Lasallian tradition through a revised scholarship award.

The Lasallian Scholars Award is a $2,000 scholarship that is offered annually to all full-time undergraduate stu dents who have graduated from a Lasallian high school, secondary or middle school.

The school’s website, manhat tan.edu, states that there are currently 13 Lasallian Scholars from Lasallian High Schools.

The award is named after John Baptist de La Salle, the Patron Saint of Educators and Founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. There is no application process for this scholarship.

Ben Boivin, ‘09 & M.S. ‘15, is the current director of under graduate admissions and was the recipient of the Lasallian Scholars award from class of 2009.

“I am the director of under graduate admissions at the col lege and a proud Jasper, class of 2009, I actually came to Man hattan College from a Lasallian scholarship,” Boivin wrote in an email to The Quadrangle. “If I did not get the scholarship I did, I would not have been able to come to Manhattan College from the Christian Brothers Academy in Albany, NY.”

As the director of under graduate admissions, Boivin has a unique perspective on how to acquire more students from Lasallian high schools.

“From an enrollment

standpoint, we are visiting more Lasallian high schools this year than we have in the past decade,” Boivin said. “We are going to places like Boca Raton, Fla., San Francisco, Ca lif., Philadelphia, Pa., Albany, Troy, Buffalo and Syracuse, N.Y., Baltimore, Md., Lincroft, N.J., Washington D.C., Provi dence, R.I. and Chicago, Ill. in search of future Jaspers from Lasallian institutions.”

Boivin is working towards making Manhattan College a premier Lasallian institution.

“Our goal is to put Manhat tan College on the map as the premier Lasallian institution of higher learning in the United States,” Boivin wrote. “I think if St. John Baptist De La Salle were around today, he would be proud of the Lasallian Schol ars Award and the initiative to bring more students to cam pus.”

As a Lasallian Scholar, stu dents are a part of the Lasallian Ambassador Program, which is composed of students that came from Lasallian secondary schools around the country. There is a special blog for the Lasallian scholars to post on so that they can share their expe rience at Manhattan College.

According to Boivin, the La sallian Ambassadors Program has changed over the years to be more inclusive.

“As the Lasallian ambas sadors program has changed over the years, we decided to change that scholarship to a more inclusive scholarship. The Lasallian Ambassador program was given to a select group of Lasallian high school graduates who possessed lead

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The Editorial Board

Kyla Guilfoil Editor-in-Chief

Caroline McCarthy Managing Editor Jilleen Barrett Managing Editor

Lauren Raziano Copy Editor

Angelina Persaud Asst. News Editor

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Karen Flores Asst. Features Editor

Angelica Niedermeyer Maddie Mulkigan Asst. Sports Editors

Adrianne Hutto Jocelyn Visnov Production Editors Rebecca Kranich Asst. Social Media Editor

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Nicole Fitzsimmons News Editor

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Entrepreneurs@MC Rapidly Expands asBeginsPartnership with Amazon

Grace Cardinal Staff Writer

Entrepreneurs@MC is back in session to provide fu ture entrepreneurs or anyone interested in entrepreneurship with the real-world skills it takes to create and run a busi ness.

The program was founded through the O’Malley School of Business at Manhattan Col lege last fall. Previously, they paired up with the Signature Innovation Challenge business plan competition, providing students with up to $10,000 in awards to help develop their startups.

This year, the program has paired with AWS Activate, a program facilitated through Amazon, to help allow stu dents to further their business growth.

“AWS Activate is a program giving students with existing businesses opportunities to grow their business,” Winston Peters, director of Entreprenu ers@MC and professor of man agement and marketing, said.

Because of the new part nership, Peters’ access to re sources for participants is in creasing.

“Starting off, I’m able to provide students with $6,500 in AWS credits up to $100,000 in AWS credits to further their businesses, as well as get tech support from AWS,” Peters said.

A major part of the entre preneurs program is the year ly Innovation Competition in

which Manhattan College stu dents have been competing for the last nine years.

“When I arrived in 2018 as dean, I wanted to have a big ger program, so we expanded it then and increased the prize money, so now it’s at $10,000 for the Innovation Challenge business plan competition,” Don Gibson, dean of the O’Mal ley School of Business, said.

“Last year, we started with Winston directing the Entre preneurs@MC program, which is the umbrella for all entrepre neurial activities,” Gibson con tinued.

Previously, Manhattan had many student winners, includ ing then sophomore account ing major Theresa Donlon, who placed first for her business plan.

“The project I did last year was a self-administered [COVID-19] testing device that connects via Bluetooth to your mobile device, allowing you to take a test and receive results on an app that’s compatible with the testing apparatus,” Donlon said.

This business plan came from watching the testing situa tion on campus throughout the pandemic.

“With the frequent surveil lance testing [on campus] I thought maybe there should be a simpler way,” she said.

The challenge itself mimics a real world, Shark Tank-like panel for students to pitch their business plans to.

“It was definitely intimi dating doing it solo, especially when you’re not a very extro verted person,” Donlon said.

“I always tell myself when you put yourself in those uncom fortable positions, usually the greatest things happen.”

Throughout the year, lead ing up to the spring Innovation Challenge, Manhattan College hosts various speakers to talk to students about the world of start-up businesses.

“This year, we’re looking to do more, bigger than what we did last year, in regards to bringing in more guest speak ers for students to vet their business idea, learn how to market their business, learn where to get funding, but also to just bring in other entrepre neurs to give them insight of what is the day in the life and how to think about your ca reer,” Peters said.

Along with the new AWS Ac tivate partnership, the program is actively expanding into other partnerships with big business es to help provide students with every tool they may need to help their business grow.

“For the Innovation Chal lenge, Ink Magazine has of fered to provide master men tors for the student groups, as well as give students a free subscription to their magazine, just to bring more entrepre neurship into their world,” Pe ters said.

Entrepreneurs@MC and the Innovation Challenge are open to students from all schools at Manhattan, grad uate and undergraduate. On Wednesday Sept. 28, the pro gram will host its yearly Inno vation Challenge kickoff in Kel ly Commons for any students interested.

Theresa Donlon presenting her winning business plan at last years Innovation Challenge. GRACE CARDINAL/ THE QUADRANGLE

MC Expands Program to Offers Scholarships

To Students From Lasallian Schools

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ership skills and could bring the Lasallian values to Manhat tan College,” Boivin wrote.

Since students are in the different majors at Manhattan College, the blog allows all on campus to connect as leaders and share life in the Lasallian values of unity, justice, respect, inclusion and service to others.

“The new Lasallian Schol ars Award replaces the ambas sador program,” Boivin wrote. “We felt this was a wonderful way to recruit more Lasallian

students and on a mission-level it will also bring more Lasallian leaders into our community.”

Abbey Mink, sophomore political science and philos ophy double major, is one of the recipients of the Lasallian Scholars Award.

Mink attended Bishop Kelley High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Aside from being a member of Jasper’s swim team, Mink is an active member of the Rainbow Jaspers, the LGBTQ+ student group. Mink values the Lasallian scholarship.

“It means being part of a

community that cares about the well-being of those around them,” Mink wrote in an email to The Quadrangle.

Mink plans on abiding by Lasallian values past under graduate school by pursuing a law degree.

“Social justice is really im portant to me, in the future I plan to attend law school and work for a public defenders of fice so that I can help those less fortunate,” Mink wrote.

Daniel Cipollone, junior civ il engineering major, is an alum

from St. Peter’s Boys High School on Staten Island, N.Y. and another Lasallian scholar ship recipient.

Cipollone wrote that being a Lasallian Scholar is about em bodying the Lasallian values.

“To be a Lasallian scholar is to embody the values of faith, service and community as I continue my education over the years,” Cipollone wrote in an email to The Quadrangle.

Lasallian scholars are en couraged to be an active par ticipant in campus leadership activities and spread the word of the Lasallian mission and the heritage of Saint John Bap tist De La Salle to their peers through their actions.

As a member of ASCE and Engineers without Borders,

Cipollone values his commit ment to being involved in the Lasallian community at Man hattan College. According to manhattan.edu, Cipollone is also a student worker for cam pus ministry and a Fair Trade advocate.

“I plan on continuing my Lasallian values by staying in volved in the community and helping others in my field of work when I graduate,” Cipol lone wrote.

To know more information about the Lasallian Scholars, check out their Instagram: @ MC_lasallianambassadors.

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ucation.

“It’s because we are in a liberal arts college that makes a difference in the quality of the students who graduate from our engineering programs,” Ward said. “If you talk with our graduates, they know it’s not just the engineering they’ve learned, but also of the other things about life and other cul tures, other religions and other people.”

While reflecting on his time at Manhattan College, Ward explained how the college’s demographic was changed during the 2008 recession and how one out of three Manhat tan students are in the school of engineering.

“When I got here in 2008,

right when the huge recession was about to start, the school of engineering and the school of liberal arts had the same num ber of undergraduate students. The next year, we surpassed them, because students and their parents wanted their sons and daughters to be in a STEM field,” Ward said.

The SGA president, Calissa McNeely, senior international studies major, explained how Manhattan College recognizes and has been improving stu dent’s social mobility.

“With [social mobility] being the idea we are honing in on and agreeing on, I think that means that Manhattan Col lege is doing something right considering education right now is something that is really expensive for most people, and it’s really good that people are

getting the education that they paid for, hopefully, and utilizing that as a resource to take them into different opportunities,” McNeely said.

This ranking not only high lights the quality college edu cation Manhattan College has made accessible to students, but also is a reflection on the faculty behind these projects.

“I think it says something that there are people who are working hard on this campus to make sure people are able to access the resources that are here,” McNeely said.

“I feel like this is more of knocking on a door for the school to be like, ‘Hey, there are some really great people on this campus who are doing really great work’.”

The college was recognized for a liberal arts school with many cohesive engineering programs.

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Abigale Mink ‘25, a political science and philosophy double major, is one of the recent students who received the Lasallian Scholars Award.

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Daniel Cipollone attended St. Peter’s Boys High School on Staten Island, NY.

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MCReactsto QueenPassing

Angelina Perez Contributor

Noah Boyce ’25 Psychology

The Quad: How has British Colonialism affected you, your family and country?

Noah Boyce: British Colonialism hasn’t affected myself or my family majorly, yet for theindigenous people of New Zealand called the Maori, it has had a major impact.When colonists first came to New Zea land, they took the land of the Maori by manipulating them to sign a treaty that they did’t fully understand due to the language barriers. To this day it is still a major issue as there are many parts of land that are yet to be given back and reclaimed by the Maori in a na tion-wide effort to condone for the mistakes originally made by the crown. However, it is good that the gov ernment outwardly acknowledges the wrong that they did and are now attempting to apologize and return what was wrongly taken from the Maori.

TQ: How do you feel about so many people who aren’t from the UK outwardly reacting to the queen’s death?

NB: I think with any celebrity death there is going to be a lot of opinions and reactions from people who aren’t directly affected or involved with the matter be cause that’s just the way people are. Especially in this case, with the Queen’s death as she was such an influ ential figure. However, it’s important to remember that she, just like any of us, is a person and that we should respect her and her family as they mourn her death. To not lose sight of the fact that we are human is hard when a public figure has so much power and influence that there will always be people who don’t like her. Yet for a majority of people, I really think they loved her and that speaks to the person she was and the legacy she left.

TQ: Have you seen/heard more positive or nega tive reactions towards the Queen’s death?

NB: For the most part, it’s been positive in the fact that people are deeply saddened to have lost her. There’s definitely been frustration in terms of the im pact it’s had towards the day-to-day life of people with sports events and transportation being canceled but in a way it’s necessary because it allows everyone to give pause to the fact that we lost a wonderful woman and Queen.

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The Quad: Have you heard more positive or nega tive reactions to the Queen’s death?

Caroline D’Agostino: It’s been pretty 50/50. Some people are like, in utter shock and disarray. And then on the other side of the spectrum, other people just don’t care.

TQ: Did you grow up knowing who the Queen of England was?

CA: Yeah, my mom was a history teacher. So she was really interested in Europe, specifically the United Kingdom’s history. So I’ve always grown up with back ground and working knowledge.

TQ: What is something the Queen of England did that has stuck with you?

CA: I guess she had Princess Diana killed so that’s pretty scummy. I don’t know. I mean, she lived a long life, I am assuming she had a lot of wisdom with her or carrying with her.

The Quad: Have you heard more positive or nega tive things regarding the Queen of England’s passing? And how do you feel about her death?

Gabrielle Blair: Black Twitter was kind of going crazy about the Queen’s death. [I’m] kind of happy, be cause of the colonization of so many countries due to the Commonwealth.

TQ: How do you feel about the new King of En gland?

GB: I don’t like King Charles. I mean, I don’t like the monarchy really. So kind of indifference.

TQ: Are there any values Queen Elizabeth had that you particularly liked or disliked?

GB: I like that she stuck to her service, but dis liked the service that she was doing, which again was the Commonwealth.

On Sept. 8, 2022 Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, the now former Queen of England, passed away. Many in the United Kingdom and around the world were hit with grief and sadness and had some thoughts on the matter. Manhattan College students from different parts of the world opened up and expressed their opinions on the former Queen’s reign.

Gabrielle Blair ’26, Philosophy

Caroline D’Agostino, ’22 ’23 Professional Ac counting

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#MeTooMondaystoSupportVictims ofSexualViolence

Kelly Kennedy Social Media Editor

The Lasallian Women and Gender Resource Center will revitalize #MeToo Mondays for the fall semester on Oct. 3 in Kelly 3C. #MeToo Mondays is a student-led support group for survivors of sexual abuse and harrassment. This year, the group will be led by senior Kate Behrens.

#MeToo Mondays were started in 2019 by Julia Ettere ’21 while she was a student at Manhattan. She has since passed the torch down to Be herns, who has been leading the group since fall 2021.

“I started #MeToo Mon days because I know how iso lating it can be to experience sexual assault, sexual harass ment or intimate partner vio lence,” Ettere said. “And unfor tunately, there’s a lot of victim blaming, victim shaming and stigma directed towards sur vivors and it can be very diffi

cult for survivors to find people where it’s safe enough to open up to them.”

The group hopes to cre ate a welcoming environment where students can come to talk about their healing pro cess without having to go into detail about their abuse. Each session begins with a prompt, where students are then given the opportunity to write about it and share with the group if they want to.

“We meet bi-weekly, and it is for anyone who has ever ex perienced any intimate partner violence, ending sexual harass ment and sexual assault,” Be herns said. “Sometimes people are a little afraid that we touch on what happened and we don’t do that. Our prompts are about your healing process.”

The most important part of the #MeToo Mondays program is that it gives students the chance to make friends who have experienced the same trauma, and know that they ar en’t alone.

Goldie Adele is the current

compliance officer of Title IX here at Manhattan College. He believes that this type of sup port can be very helpful to stu dents who are beginning their healing process.

“Programs like these are very important, it creates a safe space, a comfortable space for students to hopefully talk about the trauma they experienced and build connections with other students and share re sources and experiences with others,” said Adele. “I think it’s very critical. Outside the for mal process, we have Title IX as one key piece. It is import ant that [students are] actually doing what he or she needs to get through this traumatic ex perience.”

Ettere began this program for this reason, to make sur vivors know that they are not alone.

“I wanted survivors to have the chance to speak with other survivors. There’s something really powerful about it to talk to people who have experi enced the same type of trauma

as you and I wanted survivors to see that they weren’t alone, and that there’s nothing wrong with them, or what happened to them,” Ettere said.

Behrens joined as a fresh man, and has found the group to be a huge support in her healing process. After finding so much support in this group, she now encourages others to join.

“Coming to college and be ing away from everyone who knew what had happened to me, I felt like I didn’t have an

outlet. I was like, ‘How do I tell people?’ and it was so intimi dating. I think it gives students a place to go without having to ever say, ‘This is what hap pened to me specifically,’ it’s just assumed and we don’t have to talk about exactly what hap pened, but it’s a nice way to make friends and just have an outlet,” Beherns said.

#MeToo Mondays first meeting will be on Oct. 3. For more information, follow the Instagram page, @mc_metoo mondays.

#MeToo Mondays were started in 2019 by Julia Ettere ’21 while she was a student at Manhat tan.

The LWGRC regularly updates their social media pages with information about upcoming events. This post pro vides a brief explanation of#MeToo Mondays.

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ManhattanCollegeAdvocates forRefugees

Mack Olmsted and Brianna Coppola

Asst. Production Editor & Contributor

Manhattan College kicked off refugee advocacy week with a discussion event on war and displacement. The discussion was organized by junior Chris topher Belden and campus minister Conor Reidy, with the intention to encourage faculty to raise awareness about the Ukrainian refugee crisis.

The idea came after Belden spent his summer internship at The Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith (HGI) Education Center on campus. Belden also attended a video conference with Jesuit Refugee Services (JRS) about refugee issues, which gave him the idea to create this opportunity for stu dents to learn more about the worldwide situation.

The speakers at this event were Jeff Horn Ph.D., Margaret Groarke, Ph.D., Eoin O’Con nell, Ph.D., Kevin Ahern, Ph.D.

and Irina Kimelfeld, who were chosen by Belden because of their unique backgrounds and areas of expertise.

“We have so many speakers on campus who have the abili ty to speak professionally with expert knowledge on a range of geopolitical topics,” Reidy said. “So speaking to the geopolitics of specific situations, speaking to the history of certain situa tions, speaking to the current political climate in those places and speaking psychologically about the psychology of refu gees.”

The discussion started off with Horn, a professor of histo ry at Manhattan College, teach ing the struggles of Ukraine and connecting the past with the world events going on to day. During his discussion, Horn emphasized the impact over Ukraine’s history, describ ing to the audience the fight Ukraine went through to be come the nation that they are now.

He showed a passion for spreading awareness on the

state of refugees around the world. Horn felt grateful to be a part of a meaningful and em powering event.

“You always want to support students who have a desire to help, but I’m also the closest we have to somebody who knows the story and our modern Eu ropean history, so it makes sense for me to be a part of that. We want to raise people’s attention; to not be part of this would be unthinkable,” Horn told the Quadrangle.

Groarke, a professor of po litical science at MC, has been doing advocacy work for 25 years. Groarke discussed the relationship between Ukraine and Russia, and the aftermath of the Ukraine declaring inde pendence in 1991. Groarke also wanted to bring attention to the well-being of refugees.

Groarke mentioned the displacement of 8 million peo ple and noted that some coun tries have been welcoming and some have been stubborn but eventually opened their arms and provided resources. She

emphasized the important role that the United States plays in helping refugees, as it’s easier for us to provide more resourc es. Groarke expressed that she believes Americans can do more than what has already been done. She wants people to be more aware of their privi lege and she encourages more communities to get involved and help in any way possible.

“I think we need to be aware of our responsibility to help people who are escaping war. We’re lucky in our country that the bombs and the shoot ings are almost never in our cities, but these people are fac ing a war, you know, the bombs are landing on their houses and so we need to help people deal with the awful situation,” Groarke said.

O’Connell, associate profes sor of philosophy, spoke about how philosophy ties into this crisis. O’Connell has expressed that the government needs to step up and help more. He dis cussed it’s also a community responsibility to provide aid to refugees.

“In most cases, it’s pretty natural for people to begin to form bonds with their society, and be part of the communi ty,” O’Connell said. “As much as individuals have rights, communities have rights. One thing a community has a right to do, is not to be unfairly inter fered with by a government. If a person lives in a community long enough, then they’re part of that community and they

should be allowed to remain in our community and become citizens, as opposed to being dragged out, as some countries like to do.”

The last speaker of the event was Kimelfeld, chair woman of the Ukrainian Wel come Circle, which is a part of NorthWest Bronx Coalition for Refugees. Kimelfeld discussed the ins and outs of her work at the coalition, where she helps refugees get back on their feet and teaches them everything they need to know. She greatly encourages students to get in volved and help in any way that they can.

“Sometimes it’s just a matter of helping kids get familiar with school, maybe a little tutoring, sometimes it’s just language assistance, and maybe if you don’t speak their language, it’s just helping them sort of accli mate to the English language,” Kimelfeld said. “So there’s lots of smaller and bigger ways to get involved, if you so wish.”

Reidy was proud of all the work that was put into the dis cussion event. He explained his hopes for the future, and how people can help the refugee crisis.

“I hope that it becomes something we do more fre quently,” Reidy said. “This is our first time ever doing some thing like this, but I would love to see students get involved, to make this happen every year. The refugee crisis, sadly, is not going to end thanks to one week of advocacy.”

Jeff Horn Ph.D., speaking at the Ukraine: War & Displacement discussion event.

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Junior Chris Belden gives a speech at the event. DR. MEHNAZ AFRIDI/COURTESY

Sound Studies Major Brings a New Meaning to Music at MC

Karen Flores Asst. Features Editor

Manhattan College is home to a unique and artistic major: sound studies. Have you heard of it?

The music and theater de partment here at the college introduced the sound studies major in the fall of 2020 with the pioneering influence of Mark A. Pottinger, Ph.D, chair of the department.

The sound studies major aims to combine both the tra ditional music study with the science of sound. According to the Manhattan website, Pot tinger said that “by redefining the study of music as the study of sound, the [sound studies] program will examine the en tire listening experience and the various societal forces that inform it, including technolo gy, physiology, religion, poli tics, history and the environ ment.”

Suzanne Thorpe, P.h.D., is a visiting assistant professor in the music and theater depart ment and the interim director of the music department while Pottinger is on sabbatical.

“The sound studies ma jor is a very innovative and interdisciplinary program in its approach as it allows them to investigate any number of other disciplines from the po sition of sound science to that of music,” Thorpe said. “So it’s a very unique and innovative way for us to start to expand how we think of the creative arts and the humanities.”

Andrew Bauer, director of performing arts and adjunct professor, says that the pro gram allows for students to be prepared not only in a perfor mance aspect but also in the technological and engineering aspects of music.

“You know, when you think of traditional music study, you think of musicology, music theory and composition. We’re integrating those studies with the science of sound and activ ities such as music production, technology, recording, editing and audio research,” Bauer said.

Bauer believes that the courses given by the program can prepare the students for a variety of career paths.

“I teach several classes, in

cluding recording engineering classes and the album compo sition class, which are connect ed to the sound studies major,” Bauer said. “The sound studies department would prepare you for graduate school and careers such as being a music teacher, a music engineer, an acousti cian and so on. Certainly music performance would be a part of someone’s career and if they were doing sound studies, it would be like exploring the sci ence of the sounds within per formances.”

Luis Chavez, a senior sound studies major with minors in music and theater, reflected back to when the major was first established. Chavez came into his freshman year as an undecided major. He explained that seeing this major come to life was amazing.

“It was only established as an official major on Degree Works my sophomore year, so two years ago, when Dr. Pot tinger was finally able to offi cially put it into action, and it’s been really awesome seeing it develop and classes expand ing,” Chavez said.

Chavez hopes to see the sound studies major and the music and theater department as a whole grow and expand as well as see collaboration with outside institutions.

“I think [the sound studies major is] heading in a great di rection,” Chavez said. “I hope to see more. I hope to see more funding for it and more spaces for music and acoustical engi neering to be developed here at Manhattan College. I also would like to see if there will be collaborations between schools nearby. I’d like to see music unite us with others.”

George Callaghan, a junior sound studies major, also hopes to see an expansion to the arts majors and classes provided by the program.

“[I chose this major] be cause there isn’t a music ma jor,” Callaghan said. “I would have just done the music major because although I’m interest ed in the other things [the ma jor] offers, I would really like to be focusing on music theory and performances and playing the music itself. I do like and enjoy the music classes that are offered and the requirements for the major, but I wish that the core requirements were more

music based.”

Brandon Zuniga, junior sound studies major, sees the sound studies program as a way to broaden his love for mu sic and give him more opportu nities in the future.

“I want to get a whole as pect of [music] and decide in the future what I want to do,” Zuniga said. “The major pro vides me with that. It gives me the whole spectrum of music from audio production to the

theory behind music. I’m al ways going to be a musician at heart. So I definitely prefer to like the music side of it. But the science part is really in teresting. Just like seeing how acoustics work, understanding how sounds bounce off a wall. It opens up a new door for me.”

Zuniga along with other sound major students have en joyed the opportunities provid ed by the program and hope it expands past its current point.

“To be honest, I think it might be one of the best run departments in my opinion, just because the faculty real ly knows what they’re talking about and are willing to sit down with you and help you understand concepts,” Zuniga said. “They are willing to help you out if you want to learn more past the classroom too. And yeah, they’re great people. I’m glad that they’re teaching me.”

Dr Pottinger and his MUSC 150/305: Music in France: The Sonic Legacy of the Past study abroad cohort in Summer 2022.

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Whitman on Walls! Event Brings Poetry to Gaelic Park

Jocelyn Visnov Production Editor/Web Editor

Jaspers welcomed guest poets and Manhattan College alumni to Gaelic Park for a celebration of poetry and film. Whitman on Walls! (WoW!) brought the words of the icon ic poet to life through a se ries of short films which read Whitman’s “Song of Myself” followed by responses to the films in the form of original works of poetry.

The event took place on Friday, Sept. 16 beginning at 8 p.m. as part of the ongoing effort to celebrate the college’s centennial anniversary of the move from Manhattan to the Bronx. The event is one of eight WoW! events in which lo cal poets are tasked with writ ing original poems in response to a short film.

The short films were pro duced by Compagnia de’ Co lombari, a local theater col lective which turned Karin Coonrod’s original production of “MORE OR LESS I AM” into seven short films.

Coonrod spoke with the Quadrangle on her feelings at the conclusion of the night.

“We had a wonderful time bringing all these different

people together,” Coonrod said. “The poets were all so energet ic and wonderful to work with!”

No two WoW! events are alike, as each one brings in the talent of different local poets. For the WoW! event in Gaelic Park, the guest poets includ ed faculty members from the Manhattan College English de partment, as well as two recent alumni of the school.

Among the alumni who read their original works to the crowd was former edi tor-in-chief of The Quadrangle, Gabriella DePinho ‘21 who ac cepted the invitation to return to campus as a guest poet.

“I was totally surprised that I was asked to do it,” DePinho said. “But I’m still in touch with a lot of the professors in the En glish and communication de partment. And so they reached out to me and I was totally on board.”

DePinho gave The Quad rangle a brief explanation be hind what else had inspired the original poem she shared, oth er than with her assigned short film.

“I just kind of wanted to talk about how, you know, in per sonal moments you really feel connected to yourself and your body and your mind is all kind of aligned,” DePinho said. “But

then, you know, you look out at society and the way we treat people at a larger level, and it doesn’t seem like we recognize humanity and the self and the body as all being connected. And I had the opportunity to talk about that in my poem, and I hope it resonated with peo ple.”

The event was hosted by the communication department as well as Michael Grabows ki, Ph.D., professor and chair of the department. Grabowski gave a brief introduction before the event began with the first of seven short films which played on a blow-up projector screen.

Attendees for WoW! were able to sit in the bleachers of Gaelic Park, where the event concluded with a call-and-re sponse poem with participation from the audience.

Among the attendees was junior Alicia Camargo, who came to WoW! having never been to a similar event prior.

“I’ve never been to a poetry reading before, and honestly, I really enjoyed it,” Camargo said. “I was kind of nervous because I sometimes feel like I just don’t get poetry, but I en joyed the event. I really liked a few of the poems that were told, and I think it was a good expe rience.”

Camargo was accompanied by Mary Gerhaag, a junior, who spoke to the Quad at the con clusion of the night.

“I came here for an assign ment for my creative nonfiction workshop class,” Gerhaag said. “And I’ve actually been to a lot

of poetry events, but this one was very, very different. It was very upbeat and lively!”

Editor’s Note: Gabriella De Pinho, interviewed in this piece, is a former editor of The Quad rangle.

Jasper Jams: Empower Hour Playlist

JASPER JAMS

Megan LaCreta and Jocelyn Visnov Arts and Entertainment Editor & Production Editor/Web Editor

With the colder weather on the way and the semester in full swing, it’s okay if you find your self feeling a little down. That’s why we’ve curated a collection of songs by a few of the most empowering artists of today as a reminder that you can do any thing.

Keep your head up, queen. We’ve got you covered.

Special - Lizzo

In case nobody told you to day, you’re special. We all need a reminder sometimes. Lizzo gets that, so she’s here to tell you with the song that gave her most recent album its title.

RAIN - Ben Platt

We’ve all heard the old say ing “When it rains, it pours.” If you feel the stressors in your life piling up, you’re probably not alone. This upbeat song is

a fun reminder to face the rain and dance.

Shake it Off - Taylor Swift

Sometimes haters are just going to do just that; hate, hate, hate, hate, hate. Don’t let some one else’s opinion change your opinion of you. If you need a few minutes to shake off the stress, turn the volume up with this throwback Taylor Swift song.

GIRL - Maren Morris

Maren Morris is known for blending elements of country, pop, and R&B, so there’s some thing in this song for almost everyone.

Flawless - Beyonce

You don’t have to be part of the Beyhive to appreciate this beat. Listen to the remix with Nicki Minaj for an extra dose of fierce.

The Sign - Lizzo

Don’t wait around for some magical sign to take that big leap. Let Lizzo be your person al hype-woman with this song.

Shatter - Maggie Rogers

If you’re having trouble get ting up for your 8 a.m. class, make this song your alarm. Maggie Rogers brings the ear ly-aughts teen movie montage energy that we so desperately need in “Shatter.”

Paradise - Briston Ma roney

Incredible vibes from a con sistently incredible artist. Bris ton Maroney has no shortage of songs that make you feel like you can run a mile, and “Para dise,” his most recent release, is no exception.

No Better - Lorde

Rediscover this Lorde deep cut from 2013 and recapture the carefree feeling of sum mer. Take Lorde’s advice, and “get through the days, do your thing, do it well.”

I Think He Knows - Tay lor Swift

It would be a discredit to both authors of this piece to not each include at least one Taylor

Swift song. Queue this one on your hot girl walk, treadmill strut or cardio activity of your choice.

Dancing With MyselfBilly Idol

Play this when you’re — guess what — dancing with yourself. But seriously, there’s no better feeling than spinning around your bedroom, or danc ing like you’re in “The Break fast Club” with your friends, and no better song to accompa ny you than this!

King - Florence + The

Machine

Sometimes you just need Florence Welch to tell you that you are powerful, and she ab solutely does in this song. You are king, and don’t let anyone say otherwise!

Sh*t Show - Peter McPo land

“I dropped my mind some where on the one line,” is cer tainly a relatable lyric to many a Jasper. Listen to this to remind yourself that hey, life might not be the best, but it’s the life you have, so you have to live it to the fullest.

Scan here to listen to The Quadrangle’s playlist!

Whitman On Walls! took place on September 16th at Gaelic Park.

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Poms Up! Manhattan College Cheer Back at it for Another Season

Grace Cardinal Staff Writer

Manhattan College cheer leading wrapped up their yearly tryouts last week, welcoming seven new members to the team. Manhattan Cheer has made a name for itself in the last few years through various performances at basketball games, yearly performances at the MAAC tournament, and by challenging the traditional ide als of cheer through accepting students based on attitude, not just skill.

Even when not in uniform, the team can be seen around campus cheering on their friends in other sports and keeping campus spirit high. The team’s performance at the club fair last week was just the beginning of what they have planned for the upcoming school year.

“We’re going to London in November, so we’re currently fundraising for that which is really exciting,” junior Emily Gianni said.

Gianni is a third-year cheer leader on the team and serves as the cheer team’s manager and fitness coordinator.

“Overall for the season, I’m excited to get to know the new girls on the team through team bonding activities, and to participate in madness and the MAAC,” Gianni said.

Members of the team are excited for the upcoming sports season and the opportu nity to cheer on players in per son once again.

“This upcoming season is exciting, but a little sad be cause it’s my last one, but I’m just excited to get back on the court and cheer on our Jaspers like always,” said Taryn O’Con nell, a senior and fourth-year member. “It’s exciting to be back in the uniform and just feels good to be there support ing our school.”

This year, along with many new additions, the team wel comes back their 17 returning members. The team makes a conscious effort to spend time on team bonding. According to Gianni, this leads to a family at mosphere that is appealing to

many of the members and con tinues to draw new members in each year.

“We really like to build a tight-knit community between us,” she said, “You have your class friends, your roommates, your friends you hang out with on the weekends, but then cheer friends are people you can always go back to, and the coaches too. They’re great peo ple to always reach out to if you need help.”

O’Connell echoed this sen timent saying, “The team teach es you structure, I think also like the family aspect of it. It kind of gives you a home away from home, when you’re feel ing a little homesick you know you have a second family.”

Sophomore Caitlin Haiduk spoke on her experience as a new member on the team.

“All the girls are so excited to help all the rookies learn new stuff,” she said. “I have so many questions, and it makes me not feel overwhelmed when they answer because they’re always so positive in their answers.”

While Manhattan College Cheerleading is considered a

club by the college, the mem bers of the team consider it a sport due to the rigorous activ ity, time, and energy they put into the organization weekly.

“I feel like sometimes peo ple think it’s just about jumping

up and down the sidelines for the basketball team,” O’Con nell said. “I wish more people understood how much of an im pact it actually has on you men tally and emotionally as well as physically.”

Many members of the team expressed their frustration with not being taken seriously as athletes on campus.

“We’re more than just girls with pom poms,” Casey Schell berg, a fourth year member and team manager, said. “We spend a lot of time perfecting our stunts, performances, and jumps.”

Despite missing out on the benefits of being considered an athlete at the school, student engagement supports the team and their needs by providing them with many fundraising op portunities.

“I think it’s good that we’re a club, but also bad,” Gianni said. “It’s good because we get benefits through student engagement because they’re super helpful and they love hav ing us as a club so they give us as much help as we need to go to MAAC. They fund different events for us, and they hold madness, which is super cool.”

The team says they’re ready for a successful season.

“I’m just excited to get the season started,” rookie Chloe Gennarelli concluded.

The team in March of 2022 in Draddy before a men’s bas ketball game against Iona.

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MC’s Cheer team in March of 2022 at the MAAC Championships.

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Gunnar Studenhofft Is Ready for thePressure of MAAC Play

Maddie Mulkigian

Asst. Sports Editor

With its challenging non-conference schedule out of the way, the Manhattan Men’s Soccer team is ready to face its toughest opponents in the Met ro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). At the front of their starting line and ahead on the scoring leaderboard, Gunnar Studenhofft is about to face his toughest challenge yet: ten games in a row in a grueling MAAC schedule.

“Simply, I want to bring the MAAC Championship back to this school,” Studenhofft said. “We’ve all been working hard and I just want to score as many goals as I can for this team and be the best teammate I can be for my teammates on the field as well as a good teammate off the field.”

With his indescribable pace and finishing ability, Stu denhofft is the player that all MAAC teams will have at the top of their scouting reports. He might only be a sophomore competing in his first season with the Jaspers, but his impact

on the team is undeniable with him as the leading goal scorer going into MAAC play.

“He’s always willing to do work,” senior forward Johan Valez said. “He’s brought a lot of pace to the team, so it opens up a lot of space for the more creative players to get on the ball, create, and find him in behind. He’s obviously a really big help.”

Studenhofft’s most obvious asset is his ability to put the ball in the back of the net, but his athletic ability allows other players to step up their own of fensive skills. His inspirational journey of leaving home at an early age to pursue his soccer career proves that he is going to take every opportunity to be the best player for his coaches and teammates. However, it is important to remind all Jasper fans that he is only a sopho more on this team.

“I think that trying to bal ance speed and technical ex ecution,” head coach Jorden Scott said. “How do you control a car that’s driving 100 miles an hour? You gotta find a balance. He’s worked on it and he’s get ting better, but he’s so young.

I think people forget that he’s still really young and he’s got a lot of personality growth as well to do, but he’s getting there.”

Studenhofft’s young age provides him with the time to continue to develop and balance his athletic and soccer abilities. This is something that the team’s coaches and players be lieve he will eventually achieve, but his current athleticism will be foundational for the team as they enter their conference schedule and post-season.

“I think he’s obviously an attraction because of his athlet icism, but I think that he’d be the first to admit that he has a lot of growth in him too,” Scott said. “You can’t just expect him to walk on the field and be the next MLS prospect overnight. It takes time. And if he was able to be that perfect, he wouldn’t

be here right now. He would be playing in the pros. And that’s what he’s built for.”

Scott’s image of Studen hofft being ready to play pro fessionally by the end of his ca reer as a Jasper is a testament to the skills he already possess es. However, both he and Stu denhofft are aware of the role he needs to achieve in order to get to this desired level of play.

“I feel like I have a big re sponsibility to score goals,” Studenhofft said. “Going into the MAAC, I at least want to be at the top of my game. I think my coaches trust me and be lieve in me to do that. From there, we want to move for ward. If we make mistakes, we have to keep moving forward. That’s the Jasper way.”

No matter what stat cate gory or record he holds, Stu

denhofft’s mindset is to put the team first. He is proud to rep resent Manhattan College ev ery time that he enters a game and is tirelessly preparing to leave everything on the field in MAAC play.

“He’s going to be a tough deal for some people. He’s a nightmare to play against,” Scott said. “It’s taking the team a while to learn how to adjust to him. It’s not easy when a guy is running that fast. It’s a team growth moment and he has to fit into that a little bit, but we don’t want to take away some of the things he brings.”

This offensive nightmare in the form of Gunnar Studen hofft will make his MAAC de but next Wednesday, Sept. 28, as the Jaspers face off against the Rider Broncs.

Number 9, Gunnar Studenhoff, sweeps the ball from an opposing player. GOJASPERS /COURTESY

Men’s Soccer forward, Gunnar Studenhofft, leads the Jas pers to MAAC play.

A Look at the New Men’s and Women’s Basketball Schedule

Isaiah Rosario Staff Writer

Jaspers basketball has of ficially released its 2022-23 schedule. Despite the diffi cult finish to their last season with the men losing in the first round of the MAAC against Rid er and the women’s tough loss in the championship game of the MAAC tournament against Fairfield, the Jaspers look for a fresh start this season.

Head women’s basketball Coach Heather Vulin gave The Quadrangle a statement about the adversity that this team had to face over the last year.

“Last year we had to deal with five tremendous seniors graduating and bringing in eight new players,” Vulin wrote. “It was a huge learning curve in an incredibly competitive MAAC conference. I was so proud of how the team grew and matured over the season and fought through adversity with injuries and missed time due to COVID.”

There are some marquee match-ups on the women’s schedule this year. The Jaspers’ first game is Nov. 7 against Wag ner, but their first eye-opening matchup of the season is Nov. 19 as they play Howard for the

first time since 2007. The Jas pers will also be attending the GCU Thanksgiving Classic in Phoenix, AZ with games against Lindenwood and North Dakota on the weekend of Nov. 25.

The women’s team will participate in the Battle of the Bronx this year, with a match up against Fordham on Dec. 3 at 2:00 p.m. Once the new year crosses, Manhattan will look to get revenge against Fair field on Jan. 7 for their loss in the championships.

Looking ahead to the win ter, Vulin is eager to see what this season will bring after a very successful season last year.

“We return four starters and some of the most dynam ic players in the MAAC with Dee Dee Davis and Brazil Harvey-Carr,” Vulin wrote. “I love being in the gym with this group and I know they are hungry and willing to put in the time and effort it will take to win the championship this year. Plus, this season would be the 20th anniversary of our last MAAC title and NCAA bid. It would be extra special if we could do it this season.”

Starting point guard Dee Dee Davis has high expecta

tions for this season with how the roster is currently built.

“Despite the ups and downs of last season, with a fresh start, we’re looking to improve upon everything we’ve built and done thus far,” Davis wrote in a statement. “Last year was truly a fun ride but we didn’t end up where we wanted to. We won’t hang our heads anymore, we’ve done enough of that. We know what’s expected of our selves and the kinds of targets other teams will place on our backs. Throughout the years, everything our coaching staff has done, all of the adjustments and puzzle pieces they’ve add ed, will all be worth it. We plan on putting all of those pieces to gether for something spectacu lar this upcoming season.”

Jumping to some marquee matchups for the men’s team this season is Manhattan at VCU on Nov. 7, Manhattan vs. Northeastern, and the possi bility of Army or Princeton in London on the weekend of Nov. 24th. With the recent depar ture of Monmouth University from the MAAC, the Shadows make a return to the Bronx on Dec 4.

The men’s team hopes to get back at Rider on Jan. 22 in Lawrenceville, N.J. for their

first round loss in the MAAC Tournament, and a matchup with the Cinderella story of 2022 March Madness, St. Pe ter’s at home on Feb. 12.

Head Coach Steven Masiel lo, spoke with GoJaspers about his excitement about non-con ference games this season.

“I am extremely excited about this year’s non-confer

ence schedule,” Masiello said. “It will prepare for a rigorous MAAC schedule. We will face many different styles of play, great players, and terrific coach ing. There will be no nights off, and the schedule will require us to bring our best every day.”

Men’s Basketball to Skip Battle of the Bronx this Year

Kyla Guilfoil Editor-in-Chief

Despite a century-long tra dition, the Jaspers men’s bas ketball team will not rival the Fordham Rams in the annual Battle of the Bronx game.

Marianne Reilly, Manhat tan College’s athletic director, and Ed Kull, Fordham Uni versity’s athletic director, an nounced in a joint statement earlier this month that the highly anticipated game will not be on the 2022-2023 sched ule.

“While we are disappoint ed that we will not be playing

the long-standing series this year, we are looking forward to both programs resuming com petition next year and in the future,” Reilly and Kull said in the statement.

The statement cited sched uling issues for the reason for cancellation. However, Reil ly told The Quadrangle that there’s likely more to the story.

Reilly said that since this year’s game was scheduled to be at Fordham, the Rams staff had the lead in finding the right date. Reilly added that the Fordham men’s basketball team is playing 11 of their 13 games at home this season.

“From our perspective, if you’ve got that many home

games and you’ve got game guarantees, and we don’t know for sure, but we’re speculating, you can move those games around if you really want to,” Reilly said.

Fordham University’s ath letic department did not re spond to The Quadrangle’s re quest for comment.

Reilly said she was disap pointed, particularly because the game has taken place ev ery year for almost 111 years with only two exception years: World War II and COVID.

“I did not want that on our record that we didn’t play them because a game couldn’t be figured out,” Reilly told The Quadrangle. “But it really was

their call in many ways because it was their home game. I can’t force them, I can’t force a game over there. They have to work with us.”

Going forward, the Jaspers and Rams are looking to estab lish a contract to ensure the two teams meet in a game each year.

Reilly said the purpose of the contract would largely be to put some of the logistics of planning into writing. That would mean establishing a date earlier in the season to make sure a cancellation like this year’s could be avoided.

Reilly added that no matter how either team is perform ing, it’s important to keep the neighborhood tradition alive.

Last year, the men’s team took a thrilling win in the Battle of the Bronx, beating the Rams 66-60.

The cancellation of the men’s game this year not only affects the players, but the per formers who rely on the iconic event.

Christina Rella and Sam Miraglia, senior captains of the Jasper Dancers, told The Quad rangle that the game’s cancel lation this year is a disappoint ment to their squad.

Besides Manhattan Mad ness and the game against MAAC rival Iona University, the Battle of the Bronx is one of the dancers’ standout perfor mances.

“We don’t always get the recognition as a team or just as performers,” Rella said. “So having all those people there, even if it’s just for the basket ball team, they do also get to see us, too. That is exciting for us because we have people cheering us on more than we regularly would.”

Despite the loss of the men’s game, the dancers are excited to perform at the wom en’s basketball team’s Battle of the Bronx game on Dec. 3.

However, Rella and Mi raglia said they wished MC showed the same support to the women’s match-up as the men’s. They added that the stands are usually packed for such games on the men’s side, while the women don’t get such a crowd.

“The school honestly has always just promoted the men’s team way more than the women’s team, which it’s been a struggle for us as a team be cause the women[’s basketball team] honestly has always sup ported us way more than [the men’s team],” Miraglia said.

Reilly told The Quadrangle that the athletic department will promote the women’s game as “they always do … even if we had the men’s.”

Reilly said she has been encouraging alumni to make it to the Dec. 3 game in Draddy Gymnasium.

Women’s basketball team celebrating their trip to the 2022 MAAC Championship.

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The Jaspers won last year’s Battle of the Bronx after a heated game. GOJASPERS/ COURTESY

Reina Callahan Brings Japanese Techniques to Manhattan

Angelica Niedermeyer Asst. Sports Editor

Soccer has always sur rounded junior Reina Callah an’s life.

“Our dad wanted us to play soccer when we were young because he was a soccer play er,” said Callahan. “He kind of pushed that on us.”

Michael Callahan, her fa ther, played soccer at Saint Michael’s College in Vermont, while her brothers Yuji and Junta also played collegiately. Yuji played soccer at the Col lege of the Holy Cross in Mas sachusetts and Junta currently plays soccer at Valparaiso in Indiana.

“There are multiple bene fits of playing the sport of soc cer such as collaboration and resiliency,” said her brother Junta. “We have grown up in the American school system on a Military base, but lived in Japan. Soccer was a way for us to learn the Japanese culture/ language by participating in lo cal Japanese soccer teams. By participating in these teams, it allowed Reina to grow in a mul ticultural background where she was able to live the best of both worlds of Japanese and American culture. Overall, it is very exciting to see that Reina has been able to compete at the college level and to see her grow as a player and a person.”

Before moving to the Riv erdale neighborhood of the Bronx to attend Manhattan College, Callahan visited twice before staying.

“To be honest, I really liked New York City and I kind of just looked up online like schools in New York City,” said Callahan. “I saw that Manhattan was one of the first schools and there were also other options too, but I like the small community of the college. Also, when I was getting recruited here I talked to Brendan and I thought he was a really nice, good coach.”

Callahan, who is double-ma joring in childhood/special ed ucation, had been to the East Coast area before, but fully making the move was a big change for her.

“I’ve been to the states be fore because my dad is Amer ican and my mom is Japanese. So, my dad has family in Con necticut and we come every summer. I would go to Con necticut and the Tri-state area. I was kind of familiar, but once I got here it was a huge culture shock.”

On the tropical island of Okinawa, Japan, soccer is more about the art of passing than

one player running and kicking a goal.

“Soccer is way different here in the states compared to how I played soccer in Japan,” said Callahan. “So I feel like that was like a huge adjust ment, especially here it is a lot more physical and more about athleticism. In Japan, you use your technical skills.”

Abe Summers, Callahan’s high school soccer coach ex plains how Callahan used the differences in soccer to her ad vantage.

“A lot of the Japanese teams are more possession based, they’ll pass the ball a lot more and they work about the field,” said Summers. “Whereas in America, I feel it is more like hitting a long pass and having your fast runner run on to it. So, she [Callahan] was kind of trained more in that kind of soccer where you have really good passes and everything. That helped her have a strong foundation.”

Callahan played her prep soccer at Kadena High School, under the direction of Sum mers and Tony Washington,

where she was voted the 201920 Kadena Female Athlete of the Year.

“Just kind of looking at all of our athletes, I think a lot of coaches and a lot of people rec ognized her as someone who accomplished a lot and getting that scholarship to [Manhattan College] was probably a big part of that,” said Summers. “Recognizing what her level of play was, that she was not only getting recognized by us, but also from a school that was on the outside.”

Callahan signed to Man hattan College her sophomore year, while her freshman and sophomore year she didn’t play for the high school. She was playing club soccer for Ryukyu Deigos in the Kyushu League, under the tutelage of Rie Ya maki and Takashi Onaga, ac cording to GoJapsers. On the local adult Japanese team, the competition was a lot better, ex plains Summers.

“Her junior year she played with us,” said Summers. “Her senior year was the first year of Covid-19 and so it was cut short, having like one or two games. But her junior year, we

went all the way to the cham pionship game. We could have won the championship game, but we lost in penalties. She was a big part of that team.”

The international recruit ment process for players who live overseas is really difficult, says Summers.

“Teams don’t get to see them and if they see video on them, they don’t really know who they are playing against the level of competition. Reina and her parents were very pro active. I think she was part of a team that went out and did a trip through the United States and visited a bunch of different schools and played games. So, the coaches over there could actually see them.”

Callahan, midfield/defense, thinks she brought the Man hattan team a new point of view.

“I was recruited as a mid fielder which is a lot more technical than right defender. I think I brought a different per spective,” said Callahan.

Okinawa, Japan is a 13 hour time difference and an 18 hour plane ride away. So, the dis tance is difficult for Callahan.

“I would say it is kind of

hard to not have your immedi ate family here,” said Callahan. “My roommates can go back to their parents every weekend or wherever they want. Especially with Covid-19, I can’t go back every other week.”

Most of the women on the soccer team are from the tri-state and North American area and even though it is not a problem for Callahan, she wishes there were more play ers in her position.

“I think we are a pretty good team overall,” said Callahan. “But, it would be nice if there were more internationals, so we are going through the same things with Covid-19 like where we are going to stay and espe cially over the holidays.”

Currently, the women’s soc cer team is going into MAAC play on Saturday Sept. 24 at Ni agara, according to GoJaspers. The Jaspers with four wins and two losses, one of those games being a tie against Stony Brook, are ranked seventh out of elev enth on the MAAC standings.

Junior Reina Callahan, midfield/defense, wears number 13. GOJASPERS/ COURTESY