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Mold Returns to Campus: Horan and Alumni Hall Affected Joe Liggio Senior Writer

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The Search For MC’s New Provost Is Underway Kelly Kennedy & Jessica McKenzie Staff Writers

As Manhattan College’s current provost, Bill Clyde, Ph.D., prepares to step down after 10 years of service, the Provost Search Committee has begun looking for potential candidates to fill the position.

The provost is a head administrator for the college, and also acts as Vice President of Academic Affairs. The provost is second to the president on the cabinet of the college.

“Any provost is expected to have very good working relationships and to participate in the areas such as facilities, enrollment management, and financial consideration, as all of those have a significant impact on academic affairs,” Clyde explained.

In order to find a new provost, MC has formulated the Provost Search Committee,

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which is made up of a faculty member from five of the six schools on campus, two students selected by the faculty and two administrators.

Tim Ward, Dean of the School of Engineering, was chosen by President O’Donnell as chair of the search committee. He is the longest serving Dean on campus, serving twelve years.

“I’ve been here longer than the president and the provost.

The president asked me to serve and I agreed to do so,” Ward said.

On Oct. 10, the Provost Search Committee went public with information regarding the search process. To find a candidate that aligns well with the college’s Lassalian values and mission, the search committee has been working closely with higher education search consultants from RH Perry and Associates.

Matthew Kilcoyne and Sue DeWine, Ph.D, the consultants from RH Perry and Associates

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that are presently working with MC, declined The Quadrangle’s requests for interviews, due to the confidentiality of the search.

President O’Donnell discovered RH Perry and Associates during his time as a board member at Lewis University near Chicago. RH Perry assisted the school, also a Lasallian Catholic institution, in finding their current president, as well as three of their deans.

“They are very active in the Catholic higher education system, and I thought they’d be a great option for Manhattan,” O’Donnell said.

Ward acknowledges that the search for a new provost for any institution is a complex, delicate process. In welcoming the new provost, the college hopes to improve its retention and graduation rates, encourage the continued use of technology in the classroom, innovate enrollment management, __________________________ CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

There’s a fungus among us yet again.

Two separate buildings on campus, Horan Hall and Alumni Hall, have been afflicted with mold since the start of the semester, with each situation posing their own unique problems for students and staff to contend with.

Horan Hall had undergone the same situation this time last year, affecting approximately 15 percent of residencies within the building.

This year, freshmen John O’Connor, Peter Lacalamita and Salvatore Schillace were all living together in a fourth floor suite in Horan until mold in their room forced them to relocate to a set of rooms on a different floor in the building.

“When we walked in [on move-in day] we immediately smelled it,” said O’Connor.

The roomates initially noticed the greatest concentration of mold covering the insides of one of their closets. After a few of their parents went to residence life staff to discuss the situation, Physical Plant staff cleaned and painted over the afflicted areas.

“It was fine for a couple of days, then we started getting sick from it,” said O’Connor, who became so ill that he had to take antibiotics.

O’Connor and Lacalamita, who have autoimmune diseases, felt the worst out of the four in the suite.

“I’d wake up in the morning with red eyes,” said Lacalamita.

“I never felt 100 percent, I never felt healthy.” said Schillace.

After repeatedly meeting with Residence Life staff in person, the roommates were initially told that due to a constraint on free space in the hall, only two students from the four-man suite could be relo-

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cated to a mold free room, and that two would have to remain.

All the while, O’Connor and Lacalamita’s parents were in contact with staff trying to advocate for a solution.

On September 18, the students were informed that a suite had opened up in the building, and they moved in to the new space later that same day. As they were packing up their belongings to bring to the next room, they removed a mirror from the wall and found that mold had covered the back. It had also spread to other items which had to be tossed out altogether.

Since the move, the three have felt healthy once again.

“I feel better now, but I feel like if we were to stay there it could have been a lot worse,” said Lacalamita.

The three also noted how the situation put a damper on their transition into college.

“You wanna feel at home, but we never could, because we tried to stay out of our room as much as possible,” O’Connor.

Charles Clency, Director of Residence Life, explained the proper staff procedure when situations like these arise.

“Once a resident notifies our staff of possible mold in their room, Residence Life’s protocol is to make sure a work order is submitted into Physical Plant to have it inspected,” said Clency in an emailed statement.

He continued.

“Typically, a Physical Plant designee meets a housekeeping supervisor at the designated location within two business days to determine whether or not the mold report has merit.

If the staining is deemed to be mildew, our housekeeping staff will clean and prepare the space. If the staining is determined to be mold, the College works with an outside vendor to implement mold remedia__________________________ CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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SGA Holds MidOctober Meeting Brian Asare & Kelly Kennedy

Photography Editor & Staff Writer Student Government held its most recent meeting in Kelly 5C on Oct. 16 at 12 p.m., where they discussed Manhattan Madness, Hall Council, Safe Halloween, Access Control Policies, Study Rooms, Park Cleanup and E-Board open hours, among other topics.

Social Life Committee The Vice President for Social Life, Ginamarie Napoli, started off the meeting by discussing what their upcoming involvement in Manhattan Madness will be.

“The only thing I have [for today] is that Manhattan madness is coming up soon so we need volunteers to help bring the shirts to Draddy and then hand them out. If you do help, you will get a shirt, and if you are interested email us.”

Manhattan Madness will be on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m. in Draddy Gymnasium.

Resident Student Association The Resident Student Association first discussed the new hall councils, which have been fully set up in Jasper and Crystostom halls. These councils are run by residents and are an opportunity for residents to address concerns with the Office of Residence Life.

These hall councils will be finalized and implemented in the other residence halls within the next couple of weeks.

Luke Malpica, Vice President for Residential Affairs, informed students in attendance that the updated access control policy is now posted in accessible areas.

“Some of you may have noticed, the new access control policies have been posted at the Public security desks, so that should clear up any confusion about the new policy,” said Luke Malpica, the Vice President for Residential Affairs.

Education Affairs Committee Nadia Itani, Vice President for Academic Affairs, had two

updates for the assembly.

The first announcement Itani had is that commencement for the class of 2020 is scheduled to be held in Draddy Gymnasium.

In addition to looking towards Spring, Itani and the Educational Affairs Committee is looking ahead to finals week.

The EAC is working to keep buildings on campus open during late hours for students to be able to study in. These buildings will hopefully begin to stay open during late hours starting in the middle of the week prior to finals week and throughout finals.

“In terms of finals week, I’m in the process of reserving classrooms in De La Salle and Miguel as study spaces for students during finals week.

Those buildings will be open as well as the Library and Smith Auditorium,” said Itani.

Miguel and De La Salle are expected to be open until 2 a.m., while Smith will be open until 11:30 p.m. The library will stay open 24 hours per usual, with the Alumni room on the first floor also being open for students to study in. Kelly Commons and RLC are also expected to be open during late hours during finals, especially for students with lab work in RLC. Neighborhood Relations Committee Matt Sweeney, chairman of the Neighborhood Relations Committee, discussed three important topics at the recent meeting.

Sweeney started with a nonNRC concern, sharing that a possible “green fee” will be attached to tuition in upcoming academic years. If imposed, it would be a maximum of an additional $30 fee on tuition each year. The proceeds from this green fee would fund sustainability efforts on campus.

“Dr. Gonzalaz in the school of business, she and her students did some research on a ‘green fee’ that would be attached to your tuition each year and would go towards funding sustainability efforts on campus. She will be doing a presentation on this with the rest of the school of business on Octo-

ber 23,” he said.

Moving on to NRC concerns, Sweeney also discussed the neighborhood cleanup which will be at Dogwood Junction on November 2nd.

“The clean up will be cohosted by WRCM Radio who will be MC-ing the event and working with New York City Parks to bring native planting.

This will hopefully reduce erosion as well as improve biodiversity in the area,” said Sweeney.

Sweeney additionally shared that as Andrew Ryan has left MC, there is a search committee for a newVice President of Facilities. Dr. Chasek from the political science department is petitioning for a sustainability representative to be on the search committee.

Miscellaneous Topics President Kaylyn Atkins reminded students of the upcoming open house that is going to be held next Sunday, Oct. 27 from 12 to 3 p.m. She urged members to volunteer to help out at the open house next Sunday.

Atkins moved on to discuss Safe Halloween, which will take place on Friday, Oct. 25, from 4-6 p.m.. The SGA will have their own room during the event, which will be jungle themed. Atkins encourages students to volunteer and participate.

“We have three times slots that we thought would be good times for both resident and commuter students. The hope with is this that any concerns students have can be addressed with students just stopping by and talking to us.” said Ryan Kwiecinski, Executive Vice President.

Additionally, the executive board shared that the multicultural center will be holding a Trivia Bowl on Nov. 7 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Students can sign up either individually or in groups of three.

The meeting was then adjourned and the minutes were accepted at approximately 12:17 p.m. The next meeting will be on Oct. 30 in Kelly 4B.

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Mold Affects Horan and Alumni Hall __________________________ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 tion.”

Clency also pointed out that what some residents have perceived to be mold is not always the case.

“Residence Life has received multiple complaints about speculated mold, however, the majority of these work orders have been determined to be mildew or required routine cleaning by the residents,” said Clency.

Directly across the hall from O’Connor, Lacalamita and Schillace’s old residence, Freshman Izzy Frazza has had to contend with similar issues in her own suite, after first noticing mold above her shower sometime in September.

“We knew to keep an eye out for it because there’s no ventilation in the Horan bathrooms” said Frazza. “We put in a work order right away, they came and cleaned it and then painted over it. It took them a few days [to arrive] but I also had my mom call so that might have helped as well.”

Like O’Connor, Lacalamita and Schillace, she expressed concern over the possibility of the mold’s return.

“I’m not too confident that [the mold] is not gonna come back, I kind of expect it to come back because it’s happened in other rooms on my floor. I think they’re just trying to cover it up and really focus on their reputation instead of focusing on the safety of their students … It should be talked about, not swept under the rug and painted over.”

As Freshman Vice President, Frazza has been proactive about raising awareness about the issue at Student Government meetings.

“We want open communication about this, for people to be upfront about what’s going on, and we want to know exactly how they’re dealing with the problem,” said Frazza.

While resident students can get shuffled around to different suites to avoid and address potentially toxic mold in their living spaces, when mold infiltrates other campus buildings, such a solution is not always so simple or possible.

Just a short walk from Horan, mold has created a whole other set of problems in Alumni Hall, home to MC’s Kinesiology department and Sports Medicine facilities.

Here the discovery of mold has forced the closure of the first floor of the building, affecting the Galligan Fitness Center and Athletic Training Room located within.

On September 13, an email from Marianne Riley, the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, was sent out to Manhattan athletes to advise them of the issue.

“The lower level of Alumni Hall (visiting team locker room, training room and weight room) will be closed as of today due to environmental issues.

The areas will remain closed until further notice,” read the email. “We are making arrangements to relocate offices and activities currently located in those areas and will update you with that information when it becomes available.”

Manhattan athletes have since been relocated to the training room at the Gaelic Park Athletic Center (GPAC), the Kelly Commons Fitness Center and Draddy Gymnasium to continue their strength and conditioning activities, posing an inconvenience to their normal workouts.

Aside from the email to athletes, there has been no widespread, formal announcement of the situation to other students or staff on campus.

Dr. Shawn Ladda, a professor in the Kinesiology department located just one floor above the affected area in Alumni Hall, stated that her department has not received much update on the state of the situation.

“No date has been given about remediation … Hopefully a plan will be communicated soon by the college so we can plan accordingly,” said Ladda.

Senior kinesiology major Sam Szabo learned of the situation earlier than most, as a work study employee in the athletic training room on the first floor.

“As soon as I found out about it, I told my kinesiology classmates and professors, and they knew nothing about it,” said Szabo. “One week, all of the work study students who work with Sports Medicine ... were told to report for their hours in the new Gaelic Park Athletic Center training facility. All we were told [was] that the reason we had to move was due to the toxic levels of mold.

Of course students rumored on what happened, but when our boss, [Associate Athletic Di-

Mold in a closet of a fourth floor suite in Horan Hall.

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Szabo and others based out of the building share now share a feeling of uncertainty as to what lies ahead for the lower level of Alumni.

“There are a lot of questions and none of them are answered … We aren’t notified [or] updated on the situation of where we are going to end up in the next week, month or year, and the people that go in these classrooms in Alumni probably know even less than we do.”

One major shared concern stems from the lack of widespread, formal announcement

of the problem, and how most awareness of the situation has since relied on word of mouth.

“I feel like it’s not alright to leave students and faculty in the dark ... This is a major health concern and therefore should not be taken as lightly as it has been. There is no information given to us. We are the ones paying high fees for the school to help keep our buildings clean, but it seems like the school doesn’t care about the health and well-being of their students,” said Szabo.

Physical Plant did not respond to requests for comment.

Resident students that may need assistance with mold can fill out a work order at manhattan.edu/myhousing

The Search For MC’s New Provost Is Underway __________________________ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 and further secure finances.

“The students, faculty, and administration have all been expressing their views on what we believe we’d like to see with the next provost. We want to consider what’s been going well with the current provost, but also some new things we’d like to see in the future,” Ward said.

The search committee has been asking students and staff for feedback in who they feel would be a promising candidate in order to meet the school’s needs. Additionally, the search committee has been releasing job advertisements to reach a broader audience.

“What we are hoping to get is not so much feedback but involvement from the campus community and nominations for the position,” Ward explained.

In order to keep the school community involved in the search, several emails have

been sent to students and faculty. Ward has sent an email to the student body including a PDF of the Executive Search Profile, which was created by RH Perry and Associates.

According to the PDF, the perfect candidate is “entrepreneurial and innovative, with the ability to use data-driven decision-making for academic programmatic development to address a changing higher education landscape.”

While there are not yet any specific applicants in mind, the Provost Search Committee will have access to the application pool on Nov. 22.

Though there is no set start date for the next provost, Provost Clyde is set to be stepping down to join the administration of the School of Business in early 2020.

Clyde knows that whoever is chosen to be the next provost will have an eye for continued innovation.

“The overall thing that I tried to instill as provost here is

an entrepreneurial spirit. We’ve got a lot of smart people here and they all have a lot of great ideas,” he said.

While many have been working to find the next provost, President Brennan O’Donnell makes the final decision in the end.

“It’s intriguing to think about what life will be around here next year when someone [comes in] with probably a very different academic, ethnic, geographical background and a whole new point of view,” said President O’Donnell.

The provost is second-incommand to the president, therefore, they will be working very closely; the office spaces of the provost and the president are even connected.

“I hope to energize to the cabinet and the college administration and faculty. I want to have someone come in with a fresh perspective,” O’Donnell said, “And I hope our applicant pool makes it a difficult decision for me.”

William Clyde, Manhattan College’s current provost, has served in the position for 10 years.

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Pérez Jiménez Brings a Taste of New York to Table as Ford Fellow Gabriella DePinho News Editor

Professors love getting the chance to geek out over their area of expertise when your class reaches the unit that includes information or lessons about their research and passion projects. For Cristina Pérez Jiménez, Ph.D., ethnic and cultural studies within American literature, specifically Latino studies, is the work that gets her excited. Being the Manhattan College resident specialist in the field, regularly gets the chance to teach the course Ethnic American Literature.

For the 2019-2020 academic year, instead of teaching a variety of English classes, she gets to spend the year researching as a recipient of a Ford Fellowship. The funding comes from the Ford Foundation which funds doctorate students at different stages, post-doctoral fellows and senior scholars through the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.

“This year there were 24 fellows selected for post-doctoral fellowship and it’s one of the most, it depends on what field you are, but it’s one of the most competitive fellowships in the united states. In some fields it has around a three percent acceptance rate, so it’s competitive,” she said.

The prestigious program is not the only one that Pérez Jiménez spent her fall 2018 semester working on applications for, nor was it the only one she was accepted to for this year.

She also applied to and was accepted by the Career Enhancement Fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson foundation and an in-residence fellowship offered by Harvard University.

Pérez Jiménez found herself in a lucky position to be accepted by all three, giving her a choice to partake in the program that was the best fit for her. She ultimately decided to accept the Ford Fellowship’s offer, excited by what the program offers to their fellows.

“It really seeks to ferment cutting-edge research in engineering, science, the humanities, all fields and identify scholars at various stages

in their careers that are doing cutting-edge research, that really helps us promote diversity, both within the academy and on a national scale, helping us think about issues related to diversity and social equity,” she said.

The Ford Foundation hosts a yearly conference for its participants that Pérez Jiménez gets to participate in both this year and next year, with all expenses paid for.

“What’s really beneficial is, you join the Ford family, they call it. You join this network of other Ford Fellows that basically become a resource for you. I actually just came back because I was out of town because every year the Ford Foundation hosts for the fellows a yearly conference. It’s a way of networking, it’s a way of being in contact with other people who are doing like-minded,” said Pérez Jiménez.

“It was really wonderful.

It had these very important scholars in my field broadly in race and ethnic studies but also it had scientists and engineers.

There are very limited opportunities – we’re sort of siloed into our disciplines – there’s very little opportunity to have discussions or conversations with people that are outside our immediate area of expertise so it’s been incredibly invigorating to be able to have conversations and hear people presenting their work in fields that are very different than mine.”

As a fellow, Pérez Jiménez has a big project that she is eager to have the time to delve into.

“I’m working on my book project which is tentatively titled “Here To Stay: The Making of Latinx New York” and it examines a consolidation of a Latino New York that we’re so familiar with now but in the decades of the 1930s, 1940s,” said Pérez Jiménez. “It takes a look at the Roosevelt era, the Great Depression, the New Deal, the rise of American communism, the second world war, antifascist movements worldwide.

It thinks about how the sociopolitical conjuncture of the era, the national and the international, kind of forged ethnical alliances in the city.”

For Pérez Jiménez, this project is special to her. Not

only is it very focused work in the scholarly fields she is trained in, the project allows her to revisit her scholarly origins: it’s a reworking of her dissertation.

“My book project is a revision of my dissertation for which I consulted over 15 archives, so I’m going back to a lot of archives in which I had done preliminary work for my dissertation. So that involves travel. Last week, I spent two days at Rutgers and one day at the New York Public Library, so these are the kinds of things that demand full day, often going several days in a row, and these are fairly local archives,” she said.

She will be traveling across the country to go back to the same archives, going as far as Iowa to look at the same materials she looked at several years ago. In addition to going back to the archives to revisit her source materials, she gets to dedicate her full attention to writing.

“While I’m teaching, I’m very diligent about keeping a writing schedule even with the demands of teaching because I think it really informs my pedological practice and really informs my teaching so it’s important for me as a teacher to always continuously be reading, writing, digesting,” said Pérez Jiménez.

“It’s easier when you’re teaching and have limited time slots for writing to be working on small pieces. On a book project, that’s a whole different beast that really demands looking at the big arch, asking big questions. I need to immerse myself in various fields and really think about how I’m situating my project in various fields and so forth. I really needed a big chunk of time which is really hard to gather during the semester.”

Besides giving Pérez Jiménez more time to work on her research and a network of resources, accepting the Ford Fellowship has allowed her to spend time on projects she normally would have to shelve or decline.

“This summer, knowing I’d have this fellowship year, there’s a Latinx poet I absolutely adore, her name is Ada Limon, and I was invited to

Cristina Pérez Jiménez, Ph.D., is spending her year researching as a Ford Fellowship recipient.

MANHATTAN COLLEGE / COURTESY write a piece for post45 sponsored by Yale University and I would have had to decline had I not had this fellowship year because my time is very limited and I have to be very focused but because I had this year, I was able to say okay, I’ll write it,” she said.

Accepting the opportunity to write this short piece was just one new opportunity she has had this year that has excited her thinking and excited her to return to teaching with new ideas.

“In the process of writing this essay that I would not have written otherwise, I was able to come up with a long list of notes of how I’m going to integrate this author, Ada Limon, into my syllabi. I’m keeping a folder of stuff that I find in the archives that I want to integrate into my classes, so posters, visual culture, sounds, I have film clips so I’ve been keeping a specific folder in terms of archival resources that I think will be really helpful integrated so students won’t just be reading texts but they’ll have a sense of familiarity and direct experience with the larger culture from which these texts emerge,” she said.

“I could talk forever because I have so many ideas.

Coming back from the Ford conference, there were four panels that were specifically

on integrating issues of social justice, equity, racial equity, different forms of educational disparities and addressing these issues in our classrooms and having very engaged pedological approaches, which is something I’m very passionate about. They gave me so many ideas, in terms of how to think about our syllabi, how to think about assignments. At the conference it was a very hands on, kind of training opportunity, which was really helpful.”

While Pérez Jiménez is throwing herself deep into her research and writing and getting excited for all the new ideas she can bring back to the classroom with her when the fellowship year is over, she is just extremely grateful to both have this year and all the support she has received.

“I am really thankful for the support that I’ve had both on the departmental level and on the institutional level. I felt very supported by my chair, Dr. Meyers, he was extremely supportive. Even before applying, I consulted him. “Would this be okay? What do you think?

Would you be supportive of this application?” It was an absolute yes and even a yes from the institution too. I’m very thankful for the departmental and institutional support,” she said.

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Shanduke McPhatter Speaks to Students about Reducing Gang Violence Maria Thomas & Elizabeth Griffiths

Asst. News Editor & Staff Writer Labels are everywhere. Everyone has them. Sometimes we choose our own labels, and sometimes they are prescribed to us. Shanduke McPhatter is known as the founder of an inspirational organization devoted to reducing violence. He is also known as a former gangster.

Shanduke McPhatter has two labels that describe him: founder and executive director of the not-for-profit “Gangstas Making Astronomical Community Changes”, or G-MACC, and former gang member of the Bloods. It is clear, due to their contradictory nature, that McPhatter has not let his labels define him.

On Oct. 15, Shanduke Mcphatter spoke to Manhattan College students about his mission to reduce gang violence, and recalled his personal journey, starting from his convictions to becoming a peace advocate.

When McPhatter was first incarcerated at the age of 16, he suffered a great deal of abuse from his fellow inmates, which left him feeling isolated and hopeless. His life changed drastically when an older inmate introduced him to the meaning of the acronym “B.L.O.O.D.”, which, according to McPhatter, stands for “Brotherly Love Overrides Oppression and Destruction”.

“At sixteen I had nothing going on in my life, I had nothing to live for, nothing to die for, so it just made sense to me. I decided that was what I wanted to be.”

While McPhatter originally joined the Bloods gang in search of community, all the gang brought him was violence and additional jail time.

McPhatter went on to serve 13 years in jail for a total of 18 different arrests. He was caught in a vicious cycle of violence, crime, and conviction.

“You become a product of your environment, I didn’t wake up one day wanting to be a gang member shooting people and selling drugs,” McPhatter said.

McPhatter had a moment of clarity when he saw a father and son reunite in prison. At the age of 17, the son had been sentenced to 35 years in prison.

“I saw the father and the son having a conversation, and I was the only person standing there, and that was the changing point of my life. Right at that point, I had twin boys who were five or six years old, and I said to myself, ‘do I want that to be me, seeing my sons walk up to me in the prison yard because they want to live the life that I lived? It’s time to make a change.’ That’s when I shifted,” McPhatter said.

In 2015, McPhatter opened up the first G-MACC office in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, an area known for high gun violence rates. Within three years, the G-MACC team had brought down violence in the communi-

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ty by an astonishing 67 percent.

“All the time that I was back and forth in prison, there were no services for me. They never gave me help, they just locked me up and sent me back out. I decided to be and create what was not there for me. That’s why I started my organization, G-MACC” G-MACC provides priceless services to communities with high levels of gang activity.

Part of their mission is to help at-risk youth stay in school, get mental health counseling, and find jobs. In addition to that, the organization attempts to reduce gang violence by mediating street activity.

“We have individuals who are violence interrupters. Their job is to mediate conflicts every day. Our team goes out in the street, we have team meetings about the neighborhood, beef, issues, who we gotta talk to,” said McPhatter.

“You become a product of your environment, I didn’t wake up one day wanting to be a gang member,” McPhatter said.

According to McPhatter, ‘violence interrupters’ working for G-MACC have even established some credibility with law enforcement in their regular areas.

McPhatter said, “Police know not to even mess with us because they know what our job is. I actually know the police chief myself, he’d tell you my name and shake my hand.”

Although McPhatter’s reputation on the street has helped him with getting current gang members to listen to him, it was difficult for people to understand his mission in the beginning.

“When I first started, people didn’t understand what I was doing … now I’m talking about stopping violence versus being the one who was apart of it. That’s not necessarily accepted by everyone.”

Madeleine Novich, Ph.D., is a sociology professor at Manhattan College and teaches the course “Modern American Gangs”. She arranged for McPhatter to come speak at the college.

“I think it’s important to bring speakers like McPhatter to campus because it allows students a chance to form a holistic understanding of who gang members are. It can be hard to look past the label and, if they have one, the criminal record, to see that they are people with complex history,” said Novich.

Similarly, McPhatter addressed how one way to aid in reducing gang violence is by reducing the stigma associated with gang activity. One of

McPhatter’s goals is to change the narrative that is currently being written.

“Just because a person may be a part of a gang, that is not what drives up the crime. It’s who they are, what they’re going through and what they have or don’t have that leads to the crime, and that’s what we need to focus on,” McPhatter said.

Niamh Fee, a Junior at the college who attended the event, said, “This is definitely the sort of issue that is talked about a lot in a negative way, with no solutions put forward. So it’s refreshing to hear a community is being acknowledged for its efforts to fix the issues, rather than be criticized for having the violent problems in the first place.”

Arianna Montefusco, a senior in Novich’s “Modern American Gangs” class, believes spreading awareness on McPhatter’s proactive work is one way to rewrite the narrative on gang affiliation.

“Taking Novich’s class definitely helped me have a better understanding of the points McPhatter was trying to get across. In class we learned that people who are in gangs are usually kids/people who are neglected by their parents/ family and look for a place to belong. We also learned that most gang members live in poverty and become products of their environment … Most people who live in poverty use delinquency as a resource to prosper,” Montefusco said.

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New Cru on Campus: Student Group for Protestant Christians Emily Hollar Staff Writer

As a Protestant Christian in a Catholic school, it can get easy to feel alone in your faith on campus. Cru has a mission to end that feeling. Their website, Cru.org, gives very detailed descriptions of the worldwide program, including 5,300 campuses around the globe.

Campus Crusade for Christ is devoted to spreading the truth of the Word and the power of the Holy Spirit. They offer non-denominational “spiritual guidance, resources, and programs tailored for people from all cultures in every walk in life through many diverse outreaches.” Cru’s ministres reach different campuses, and cities all around the globe, sharing God’s love throughout all of them.

Cru was founded in 1951, when “Bill and Vonette Bright began the ministry at the UCLA campus.” Bill was called by God to fulfill the Great Commission, to teach and bring people to the Lord, as seen in the book of Matthew, chapter 28, verses 18-20. Since then, Cru has changed the lives of hundreds to thousands of young people, simply by bringing them to the Lord in various of the following ways.

Cru also has an athletic ministry, which has outreaches in 64 countries, 225 college campuses, and 46 professional team sports all throughout the U.S. The website has multiple articles about their work in the field, including NFL football cleats, baseball players explaining their faith, team leaders, and even the all too familiar

Cru offers students a safe space to talk about Christianity and their faith.

EMILY HOLLAR / THE QUADRANGLE question, “why, God?” Cru is working through athletics to help show God’s light in every aspect of life.

Cru is also involved in the Jesus Film Project, “helping to provide media tools, training, strategies, and resources for abundant follow through evangelism in every needed language.” This project is credited for more than 7.7 billion exposures to the gospel, and an incredible more than 530 million total estimated decisions to live for Christ. These incredible statistics are growing everyday,

and only further exemplifies the light of the Lord.

Senior Noah Alexander is a second year transfer student, where Cru was in motion at his previous school. Now, he is one of the few starting Cru here at Manhattan. “One of the guys from Cru reached out to me and a couple other guys, he had come to campus looking for a group of Christian people who were willing to start it up, and so I said ‘Oh yeah, for sure! It was really big at my old school.” Noah and his group are excited to share the love

Members of Cru aim to help studetns feel less alone in their faith on a college campus.

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“I think it is so important to have a faith-based community, where we can dissect the word of God, and at the same time be able to live it out together,” said Szabo. of God with Christians all over campus.

Essentially, it is a small group meeting for all Christians who believe in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Cru is not specific to any denomination, it simply exists to help students find friends in their faith, and to help them grow in their relationship with Jesus.

“We’re trying to start out with a pretty laid back structure, because our Cru mentor’s idea is ‘what will best reach Manhattan College?” Noah explained. “We were thinking of a simple group of people, just getting together and having a place where they can talk about their faith and their Christianity.”

Cru here at MC has just begun. It is not of club status, it is no more than a group meeting to help students learn and grow. They begin with a little bit of getting to know each other, maybe a quick game, and then dive into a Bible study.

This incredible group of people is so devoted to sharing their faith, and cannot wait to see the growth in the group. Meetings have been taking place in the Alumni Room on the first floor of the O’Malley Library, on Wednesdays at 4:30pm.

Senior Sam Szabo describes what he noticed, “I think it is so important to have a faith-based community, where we can disect the word of God, and at the same time be able to live it out together. And to have a Bible based ministry finally come to campus is certainly what I personally was missing, and now I’ve found it.”

“I remember how easy it is to feel alone in your faith on a college campus,” Noah said.

Cru is certainly a group of people that can help with that, it is time out of your wednesday that could not be better spent.

“For the past two weeks,” Sophomore Nicholas Carrado said, “God has really put a desire in me to take this group further, I want this to go far.

I’ve noticed that thoughts here on campus seem to have a negative tone, like ‘I’m so dumb’ or ‘I’m so not ready for this test’and there is no thinking positively. Not only that, but doing so for a reason. So just offering that different path to a universal truth can change everything.”

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Some Favorite Curated Collaborations JASPER JAMS Gabriella DePinho News Editor

Over the summer, Ed Sheeran released his album “No. 6 Collaborations Project” inspired by the EP “No. 5 Collaborations Project,” which he made before his album “+” which launched his career.

As a fan of Sheeran’s music and that original EP, I found myself excited because I knew the collaborations he would be doing would be sonically different than what he did on his original collaborations project because of his status as a pop superstar. Now, in the prime of his fame, he could reach out to more people from different genres and different fame statuses to make whatever music he felt he needed to make.

Collaborations give musicians a leg-up in the industry.

With at least two artists or groups working on one song, you have at least double the fanbase to sell the song to. The more different the musical stylings are of the two artists collaborating, the more fans you reach.

While Sheeran collaborated with Justin Bieber on “I Don’t Care,” the amount of fan overlap between the two artists is probably high considering how similar in genre the artists are often considered, despite Sheeran being more guitarbased pop and Bieber being, well, Bieber. However, when Sheeran chose to collaborate with Chance the Rapper and PnB Rock on “Cross Me,” the song had a better chance of reaching a larger audience, which, in my opinion, is what often makes collaborations so magical.

This Jasper Jams is dedicated to those unexpected collaborations that worked magic, the ones in which artists, who you never could have imagined working together, came together and created a song that you can’t quite get out of your head.

I Don’t Want Your Money Ed Sheeran feat. H.E.R. Since the inspiration from this playlist came from Sheeran’s latest album, I felt it was

best to start off with one from it. I had a whole album to pick from so picking just one was a challenge but I felt this collaboration was a good example of one that is a bit more unexpected.

Numb/Encore - Linkin Park and Jay Z I’ve known every word to this song since I was nine years old; I blame my older sister for that one. Until writing this column, I never questioned the matchup of artists but I do have to admit, it is a little bit odd.

However, I am personally grateful for it.

Boy With Luv - BTS and Halsey I remember hearing about this collaboration and nearly laughing at the idea of it. When I finally listened to the whole song, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it and how long the chorus stayed stuck in my head. From Brooklyn to Seoul, this song has unbelievable international reach.

Get Lucky - Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams A Grammy award winning song, this collaboration was originally the lead single from Daft Punk’s 2013 album. It’s a great, catchy, song that got its fair share of radioplay and fanfare when it was released. However the French electric duo and the Virginia-born American artist are an odd pairing when you look at their histories before their collaboration.

FourFiveSeconds - Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney

The first time I heard this song was when they performed it at the Grammys and I thought, originally, it was McCartney’s song that Rihanna and West were on just for the performance, but I was wrong.

It certainly was not what I expected for a collaboration between the three to be like, but then again, I can not say that I could have ever had expectations that the three of them would work together.

Khalid and Kane Brown

The track originally appeared on Khalid’s most recent project “Free Spirit” sans Kane Brown. This combination definitely probably reached almost double fanbases, but maybe there are other people, besides myself, who are both Khalid and Kane Brown fans.

Hands - Mike Perry feat.

The Vamps, Sabrina Carpenter The lyrics provided by Perry and a cohort of co-writers make the song reach beyond the tween appeal of the featured artists. When I first heard of the collaboration, I was unsure that it would be good or likable but it’s I was pleasantly surprised.

Thanks Spotify Daily Mixes.

Airplanes - B.O.B and Hayley Williams This song is iconic for so many reasons but if you stop to think about it, what exactly drew the lead singer of a poppunk band to collaborate with B.o.b? B.o.b. has a number of notable collaborations worth checking out if you have the time but I had to limit myself to just one.

Blame It On Your Love Charli XCX and Lizzo All I’m saying is that Student Engagement has had Lizzo listed as a possible artist for SpringFest for the past two years and now that she’s on the radio, performing at Coachella and collabing with an electronic pop sensation, I highly doubt that Manhattan College will ever be able to consider her as an option again. This song goes hard.

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Here With Me - Chvrches and Marshmello Marshmello has been making such solid collabs all year long so it was hard to pick just one. This one came out on top because it’s a personal favorite and I love Chvrches. This song did not have as long of a radio run as “Happier” which featured Bastille, but it was in the trailer for “The Sun is Also a Star” which was pretty cool.

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DKE Hosts Second Annual Harvest Fest August Kissel Web Editor

Pumpkins, apple pies and fraternity brothers, oh my! This past Friday, Oct. 18, the quadrangle was filled with students attending the second annual Delta Kappa Epsilon Harvest Fest, a philanthropy event that raises money for the American Cancer Society and this Sunday’s Breast Cancer Walk.

“Harvest Fest was something that we created last semester,” said Chris Mulford, a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. “October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and we have always done the Breast Cancer Walk as long as we have been a fraternity, and we thought of a way to fundraise more money other than just through social media would be on campus.

We decided to use the month of October and cute fall things as a way to get people out here and donate some money to the American Cancer Society and the Breast Cancer Walk we are attending this Sunday.”

The Breast Cancer walk is an annual philanthropy event that all Manhattan College Greek Life participate in together. They design t-shirts and fundraise on campus and through social media to garner support for their donation pages. Then they walk together as a collective group representing Manhattan College.

“The Breast Cancer Walk is something that the fraternity has been doing for a while now… We try to fundraise as much money as we can, as it hits home for a couple of brothers who have had family members who have died from cancer. For us, it is something that is personal and the reason I care so much is for that reason.

We use the fall fest as a way to jump up the money we are going to make,” said Mulford.

The goal amount of money the festival was trying to raise was $1,000 dollars. They did this predominantly through

their bake sale, where they sold a variety of baked goods, including 25 homemade apple pies.

“My favorite part of Harvest Fest is the pie. If you didn’t get one this year, be sure to buy one next time. The apple pies that we make are the best pies I’ve ever had,” said senior Tim Hebert, a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.

Along with collecting donations from their other events such as pumpkin painting, corn hole, football and a photo wall made of the DKE letters and hay bales.

“It’s a really cute event, especially because we are in October and fall season. Our booth is pumpkin painting, and we had a good turnout, there are some cute pumpkins.

DKE wanted someone to run the booth and so they asked us to co-sponsor. We have had a good turnout. Everyone is enjoying the cornholes and people have been loving the pumpkin painting,” said freshman and Event Coordinator for Fuerza Latina Mia Enmanuel.

Social media was buzzing with positive support for the fall fest and student interest.

The event was popular despite the cold fall weather.

“I thought the event was a lot of fun. The guys in DKE created a warm environment for the MC community, despite the fact that it was pretty cold outside. All in all, I thought the event was a success,” said senior and President of Fuerza Latina Anna Rosario.

The fraternity hopes to keep the event going with the years to come. They also hope that the event grows to include more clubs and student groups from throughout the college to foster a stronger Manhattan College community and to continue to support cancer patients and their families.

Rose Brennan contributed reporting.

Delta Kappa Epsilon took to the quad to raise runds for the American Cancer Society.

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Standing Room Only at ASC’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Rose Brennan & Anna Woods

A&E Editor & Staff Writer In what became the group’s eighth consecutive annual performance at Manhattan College, the American Shakespeare Center (ASC), a touring acting troupe from Staunton, Va., brought Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to life in Smith Auditorium on Friday, Oct. 19.

The ASC first came to Manhattan College in 2012 and performed “Twelfth Night.” Since then, they have returned every year and have become a mainstay of the college’s fall semester.

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” marks the first time in recent history the ASC has performed a comedy at the college. Their three previous productions include “The Winter’s Tale” (2018), “MacBeth” (2017) and “Romeo and Juliet” (2016). But according to Brian Chalk, associate professor of English and a key player in the ASC’s continued performances at the college, the decision to do a comedy might be wellinformed.

“I think if there [were] one play that could potentially convert someone not interested in Shakespeare to become in-

Andrew Tung, Sara Linares, Mia Wurgaft, and Michael Moret in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE COMPANY/ COURTESY terested in Shakespeare, it’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream.,’ Chalk said.

Chalk’s tie to the ASC began when he was an undergraduate and was taught by a professor named Rob Cohen. Cohen was also instrumental in co-founding the Black Friar’s Theater, the home theater of the ASC.

Maddie Calais in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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The Black Friar’s Theater is the only replica of Shakespeare’s indoor theater in the world.

Once Chalk became a professor at MC, he began “scheming” to bring the ASC to the Bronx.

And bring them he did.

To Chalk, thought “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” was written hundreds of years ago, many of its main themes have salience to a contemporary audience.

“It … has fairies, it has young love, it has a man whose head is converted into a donkey’s head. It works on the level of spectacle, it works as a brilliant piece of comedy, and if you press on it, you’ll find, as you would anywhere with Shakespeare, [these] fathomless levels of depth, having to do with human relationships and why people get married and whether transformation is possible,” he said.

Chalk noted the importance of women in Shakespeare’s comedies, particularly in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” as absolutely pivotal to its plot.

Furthermore, he felt the presence of strong women could especially resonate with a contemporary audience.

“It’s always worthwhile to locate the smartest character in a Shakespeare play, and in a comedy, it’s always the women,” he said. “The women are always smarter and deeper. To my mind, the most extraordinary character in the play is Titania, the queen of the fairies. So in that sense, watching a strong woman navigate through a patriarchal context

is exhilarating, especially in a comedic setting.”

And clearly, Chalk was right about “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”’s contemporary appeal, if the audience standing in the back of the production and the standing ovation at its end were any indicator.

A cornerstone of the ASC is replicating the Shakespearean condition to the best of its ability. Prior to when a show would be staged in Shakespeare’s time, contemporary music would be played by a variety of performers. Thus, before the show and during intermission, the actors remain onstage and perform contemporary tunes.

Another key aspect of replicating the Shakespearean condition is the lack of lighting cues. Obviously, electricity was not invented in Shakespeare’s time, and plays would be performed outside, so the ASC keeps the lights on during their performances. This condition has sparked one of their humorous mottos, “We do it with the lights on!”

One person in attendance at Friday’s performance was Deirdre O’Leary Cunningham, Ph.D., associate professor of English. Although O’Leary is a fan of Shakespeare’s darker comedies, she still loves “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” and was impressed by the performance.

“Oh I think it’s wonderful.

I think it’s great. I think it’s the perfect comedy of Shakespeare’s to do in Smith Auditorium. I think that the themes of the play, the disruptive nature

of it, the kind of madcap nature of the story plays really well anywhere but especially at a college,” said O’Leary O’Leary’s sentiments were not alone as she was accompanied by her 12-year-old daughter and her best friend who also enjoyed it.

“I brought my 12-year-old daughter and her best friend and they have not read the play and they did not know anything really about it and they are following it. And that’s what it’s all about,” she said.

The play was popular among the students in attendance as well. Matthew Blackwood, who also served as an usher, noted some particular strengths of the show during intermission.

“Their comedic timing is really good. I love their costumes. And I love all the music!” he said.

Prior to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Blackwood had never seen an ASC performance at the college. But after attending the play on Friday, he swore to return next year.

For Chalk, it is extremely important to continue to bring the ASC to the college each year, largely because of the profound effect the arts can have, particularly young people.

“People think through different parts of their lives via the arts, refracted through … powerful experiences they’ve had with art. I think ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ can be a really wonderful instance of that,” Chalk said.

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Men’s Soccer Suffers Heartbreaking Loss to Marist

After the Marist game, Manhattan junior Berti Fourrier now has three goals and three assists on the season.

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Pete Janny

Asst. Sports Editor Looking to avenge Wednesday night’s 3-2 double overtime loss at Rider, Manhattan (38, 2-3 MAAC) met the Marist Red Foxes (6-6, 3-2 MAAC) this past Saturday for a late afternoon showdown at Gaelic Park. Every MAAC game is meaningful, but this one had added importance considering both teams were tied for sixth place in the conference standings entering the game.

Surprisingly, Manhattan got into an offensive shootout for once on their way to a crushing 3-2 loss. A goal by Marist’s Justin Jaime with six seconds left proved to be the difference in the game.

The opening 45 minutes were ordinary at best. Manhattan’s early inactivity on the offensive end set the tone for a disappointing half for the Jaspers. On the other hand, although a bit inconsistent, the Red Foxes showcased some of their impressive offensive talent a few times throughout the half.

Only five minutes in, Marist came very close to scoring when Samad Bounthong accelerated down the right side of the box before sending a pass to the back post intended for teammate Allen Gavilanes.

His touch on the ball led to an errant shot that went wide

of the net to save Manhattan from facing an early 1-0 deficit.

Marist raised eyebrows again about seven minutes later when Marcus Ginman let a shot fly from just outside the box on the right side that luckily went over the net. Marist’s offensive aggressiveness out of the gate explained why the team had scored 18 goals in 12 games before arriving in Riverdale for this match-up.

In addition to causing headaches on the counter-attack, Marist was also making Manhattan work on corner kicks.

Marist earned six corners in the first half alone against Manhattan’s zero with most of them requiring Manhattan to exert a lot of energy to make the necessary clearances.

Of all the chances Manhattan had in the first half, their best probably came in the 31st minute when senior Noah Amissah trapped a ball just outside the left corner of the box before unleashing a strike that was blocked by a red shirt. The defender came up clutch with that block because the ball might’ve been destined for the back of the net.

Two minutes after Amissah’s chance, Marist got on the board first thanks to a remarkable display of teamwork.

Marist neutralized the Manhattan defense with some crisp passing that culminated with Jaime finding Bounthong on the far post for a tap-in finish.

In retrospect, it proved vital that Marist was at least able to score one goal while the Manhattan offense was harmless.

The remainder of the half was also dictated by the Red Foxes with their momentum only growing stronger after the goal. In need of a recovery coming out of the break, the Jaspers fortunately woke up.

Six minutes into the second half, Manhattan junior Brandon Joseph-Baudi created a breakaway for himself using his dangerous speed, however, he was met at the top of the box by the Marist goalie who arrived to make a nice play on the ball. Even so, Joseph-Baudi still somehow retained possession of the ball and was able to get off a shot near the end line that hit the crossbar to go out for a Marist comer kick. If not for the unfavorable angle he was positioned at, JosephBaudi most likely would’ve scored due to the goalie being out of position. It was a tough break at a time when Manhattan could’ve really used a goal.

Fortunately for the fans in attendance, this exciting play was only the start of a promising half for their team.

In the 58th minute, Manhattan senior Tristan Doran wreaked havoc when junior Desmond Cole found him on a through ball down the right side that led to a shot by him from a long ways out that went

wide right. Despite not making the most of the play, Doran’s day was far from over. In the 72nd minute, Manhattan broke through thanks to Doran’s speed and competitive spirit.

Upon receiving another ball down the right sideline that was similar to the last, Doran picked out junior Berti Fourrier with a nice ball to the far post that hit the outstretched legs of the French native in stride for an easy finish. The score was now leveled at one apiece with the momentum swinging Manhattan’s way.

Just over a minute later, Doran was on the move again.

Using his speed to pressure the Marist backline, Doran was able to catch them sleeping when he stole a ball in the 73rd minute for a breakaway goal.

The shot was far from easy as the goalie wasted no time leaving his domain, thus forcing Doran to execute a chip shot to secure his first goal of the season. Doran rushed to the area of the team bench to celebrate the moment, while the Manhattan faithful rose to their feet in jubilation. A minute later, Manhattan scored again, but it was called off because of a purported hand ball on Fourrier before he deposited the ball into the back of the net. It was a tough break for Manhattan that would actually come back to bite them.

Despite all the good vibes produced by Manhattan’s of-

fensive outburst, the job was still not finished, especially against an offense of Marist’s caliber. As fate would have it, the Marist offense ascended to new heights over the last 15 minutes of play, leading to Manhattan’s eventual downfall.

After hitting the crossbar with 13 minutes left, Marist silenced the crowd by scoring with 10 minutes left thanks to the heroics of Stefan Copetti.

That goal was assisted by Jaime.

Just when it looked like Manhattan was ready to deal with overtime for the fifth time this season, Marist abruptly ended things. With six seconds left, Jaime eluded his defender on the left side before burying a ball into the right corner of the net. It was one of the most heartbreaking losses you will ever see in a soccer game considering Manhattan led just 10 minutes earlier.

Despite the loss, Manhattan outpaced the Red Foxes in shots 11-10 thanks to an 8-4 second-half advantage.

The Jaspers will look to get their season back on the right track when they host Fairfield (3-5-4, 1-2-2 MAAC) this Wednesday, October 23rd at 7 PM. Three days later on Saturday, October 26th, they will square off with Canisius (2-11, 1-5 MAAC) in Western New York. Kick-off for that road game is slated for 7 PM.

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RaShawn Stores Named Associate Head Coach of Men’s Basketball Maria Thomas & Anna Woods

Asst. News Editor & Staff Writer At the start of the school year, ​ Men’s Basketball head coach Steve Masiello named RaShawn Stores associate head coach for the upcoming season.

During his time as a student at Manhattan College, Stores was a two-year team captain for Men’s Basketball, winning two MAAC Titles. Stores was a part of 71 total wins, including nine during MAAC Tourney play.

Stores, entered the program as a walk-on, graduated ninth in school history with 314 assists and was a Defensive All-American as a senior in 2015-16 Stores graduated from MC with a degree in business management in 2015 and received a master’s degree in organizational leadership in 2017.

When starting our on the Men’s Basketball coaching staff, Stores was hired as special assistant to coach Masiello.

A year later, however, he was promoted to assistant coach.

He held this position for two years and, in his fourth year on the coaching staff, he has been named associate head coach.

Stores is one of two associate head coaches, working alongside Matt Grady, who has been in the position for the last nine years.

“I feel blessed to be with Coach Mas, the coaching staff, and Coach Grady ... for the last eight to nine years,” said Stores.

As associate head coach, Stores says his responsibilities consist of recruiting, filming, scouting, administrative work, and being a model for his players. Stores sees his new position as an opportunity to help his players grow in every aspect of their lives.

Stores said his favorite part of coaching is “being able to help young men grow everyday to become better leaders.

We get them at a young age but it’s a lasting impact on their lives so we want them to grow, of course, in basketball but also off the court. And that’s what I can say Manhattan College has done for me, especially.”

Stores has high hopes for this upcoming season and is excited to work with everyone to achieve the goals of the team.

“It’s just another opportunity to go with the guys and

the staff ... trying to reach the NCAA tournament with another MAAC title and hopefully continuing to grow, building the journey and the Manhattan legacy,” said Stores.

Stores says that this particular team has gotten to know each other well, and this bonding is what will carry them into a strong season.

“We’re just working hard.

You know, this team was young last year. We returned everybody except Capuano, who graduated last year, and now we’re just growing together as a team, as a family, growing closer every day. You know, we had our battles last year. So we continue to just grind and just stay together on this journey.”

He is grateful for the opportunities that Manhattan has offered him.

“Manhattan has been great to me. I’ve been fortunate and blessed to be a part of this university, this school, this college. And won two championships being able to play nationwide on ESPN and other networks and just continuing to build the brand,” said Stores.

RaShawn Stores will serve his first season as associate head coach of Men’s Basketball.

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Adrien Awana On How Soccer Has Transformed His Life JASPERS TALK Jessica McKenzie Staff Writer

Adrien Awana, a Manhattan College senior Business Management major from the suburbs of Bordeaux, France, has used his passion and talent for soccer to inspire the Manhattan College community. His transition from France to the United States has transformed him as a player and as a student in New York City.

The Quadrangle: When did you come here?

Adrien Awana: I came here last summer actually as a junior. I transferred from Bordeaux, France.

TQ: How long have you been playing soccer? How did you become interested in it?

AA: I’ve been playing since I was six. Soccer is really big in my country. My father was a really passionate player, so it was

kind of my default. My father played soccer, but not professionally. I have a brother who also plays.

TQ: What is your proudest achievement as an athlete?

AA: I got nominated for the Student Athlete of the year. One of thirty nominated. Community service, your performance in class and on the field, and character. I wish I’ve done a little more community service with my team, but we don’t really have a lot of time to ourselves.

We practice usually every day.

After big games, we only have one or two days off.

TQ: What do you do in your free time?

AA: I do my homework. I like reading. I’m big on personal development, so I do some meditation. I’m trying to learn Spanish.

TQ: Why did you choose to play at Manhattan?

AA: It’s D1, and in the most beautiful city in the world. I

thought it was interesting because the coach had very good arguments to convince me. Actually, he didn’t really have to convince me. It was a promising proposition. I knew they had some very good players that would be my teammates.

TQ: What do your teammates mean to you?

AA: Honestly, I’ve learned a lot [from them] since I’ve been here. The cultural differences are quite a big deal, but I’ve learned to respect them. But all that matters is that when we get on the field. There are five French guys, and I mostly hang out with them. On the field, however, the communication is the same for everybody.

TQ: Is there anybody that has been an inspiration to your soccer career?

AA: I play defender, so in my position I would say Sergio Ramos, a Spanish defender in Madrid.

TQ: What are your team’s

greatest challenges? What are your strengths?

AA: We started with a tight schedule, and our coaches really tried to challenge us with difficult exercises for the max championship. I assume they’ve done a pretty good job at it because we’ve been well prepared as a team. We were definitely ready for the championship. We play better with each other, but we still have to work on scoring goals. We could be more aggressive and focused, but there’s an area for improvement in everything.

TQ: How will your passion for soccer carry as you leave Manhattan College?

AA: I mean, soccer is my whole life. My schedule revolves around it. Everything I do is for the field, with the exception of my classwork. I have to maintain my GPA. But other than that, I do everything I can to improve. I sleep early, eat the right foods, work out a

bit earlier, stay after practice a little later. I wanna go pro so I’m gonna go trial and hopefully I’ll get drafted. If I get drafted, it would be the perfect scenario but I’m going on trial in the fall.

TQ: What have you learned from moving to Manhattan College?

AA: I’ve learned so much about myself. Being exposed to another culture is a big deal.

You learn a lot. It’s really challenging at the same time. You have to adapt. You have to take care of everything academically, it’s completely different in France. I learned to really be conscientious, be disciplined, and to communicate better.

TQ: What are some characteristics of a successful athlete?

AA: I’d say you’ve got to be able to handle the time commitment. You have to take care of yourself above all. You body is your tool. You have to use it.

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THE QUADRANGLE

Women’s Soccer Finishes Two-Game Homestand With A Win and A Tie WS: MANHATTAN 3, RIDER 1 WS: MANHATTAN 1, SIENA 1 Pete Janny

Asst. Sports Editor The Manhattan College women’s soccer team (3-101, 2-4-1 MAAC) entered the stretch run of their season with two home games last week against Rider (7-3-4, 4-1-2 MAAC) and Siena (4-8-4, 2-3-2 MAAC) respectively.

Both games couldn’t have been different in terms of weather conditions and fan support. What mattered most was that the team was able to avoid adding another loss to their record, taking down Rider 3-1 on Wednesday afternoon and finishing with a 1-1 tie against Siena on Saturday afternoon.

Wednesday’s win over Rider almost didn’t happen because of a rainstorm that lingered for most of the game.

Originally scheduled for 7 PM, both schools had no choice but to agree to play at 1:30 PM in order to miss the brunt of the storm. Despite the annoyance of the elements, the Jaspers showed up ready to play with the offense looking as sharp as ever. Goals by Bri DeLeo, Tia Painilainen, and Arianna Montefusco fueled the team’s winning effort.

On this day, it looked like the Jaspers were the ones currently sitting in third place in the MAAC standings and not the Broncs. Coming off a lackluster performance at Fairfield, the Jaspers did a nice job turning the page on that result by engineering what was arguably their best all-around performance of the season against the Broncs.

After a recent win over Iona, head coach Brendan Lawler said, “We have dynamic players who can get forward as a unit.” Those words certainly rang true against Rider as evidenced by the three goals the team scored. After establishing control in all facets of the game early, Manhattan proceeded to terrorize the Rider defense often.

After a few early chances to break through, DeLeo gave her team the lead in the 22nd minute off a rebound opportunity following a shot on net by sophomore Eve Montgomery.

This was only the beginning of a prosperous afternoon for the Manhattan offense.

Following a first half in which the Jaspers outshot the Broncs 8-4, Manhattan made sure not take their foot of the gas.

The team extended their lead to 2-0 by virtue of a pointblank finish from Painilainen in the 63rd minute. The build up to the goal goal featured a chain of passes that saw the ball go from junior Alexa Chapman to classmate Lindsay Healy before ending up at the feet of Painilainen for the goal.

Down but not out, Rider retaliated with a goal in the 70th minute to keep themselves in striking distance. Hailey Russell did the honors for the Broncs on an opportunity made possible by a feed from Cameron Sanders.

Unfortunately for Rider, there was no way Montefusco was letting her team’s inspiring performance go to waste.

After stealing the ball away from Rider in the 87th minute, Montefusco deposited a shot in the back of the net from 30 yards out to effectively quash any hopes Rider had of coming back.

Manhattan’s win was fueled by unselfish play with all three of the goals stemming from assists. Montgomery earned her second assist of the season thanks to DeLeo’s goal, while Chapman and Healy were both

emotional senior day, but the Jaspers still did many things well that will benefit them moving forward.

The opening minutes of the game were characterized by a few chances for Siena. Conversely, the Manhattan offense was nowhere to be found out of the gate.

Eight minutes in, Siena’s Carrie Krohn fired a cross into the box from the left side that gave way to a soft one-time shot from Amber Alfonzo that was easily corralled by Manhattan senior goalie Olivia Printy. A minute later, Siena gave Manhattan a scare when an errant pass from freshman Kaitlyn Cooke found its way to Alfonzo at the top of the box whose volley shot hit off the crossbar.

Manhattan was a bit lucky to come out of this sloppy stretch of play unscathed. Little did anyone know at the time that Siena would fail to produce another shot for the rest of the half.

It would take Manhattan 22 minutes before registering their first shot on goal. The shot came off the foot of sophomore Kaitlyn Hogan from about 30 yards out that caused no

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After a recent win over Iona, head coach Brendan Lawler said, “We have dynamic players who can get forward as a unit.” Those words certainly rang true against Rider as evidenced by the three goals the team scored.

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credited for their first assists of the season on Painilainen’s goal.

By the time the final horn sounded, Manhattan owned a narrow 14-11 advantage in shots. However, this was not the best indicator of the narrative of the game with Manhattan looking in control for most of the game.

The Jaspers looked to stay in the win column when Siena came to Gaelic Park this past Saturday. Before the game, the program honored all seven of the seniors on the team during a pregame ceremony on the field. With great crowd support behind them, the Jaspers battled hard for the full 110 minutes of action, but had to settle for a tie. A win would’ve been the appropriate outcome for an

trouble for the goalie. Although there was virtually no chance of it going in, it was encouraging to see Hogan try to invigorate her team with her aggressiveness. Two minutes later, junior Shelby Jones introduced herself to the Siena backline with a respectable attempt from way outside the box that sailed wide right of the net. From that point forward, Jones impressed with the way she passed the ball and fought for loose balls.

As the first half progressed, it was clear that the Jaspers were starting to dominate in all facets. Unsurprisingly, it was Montefusco and classmate Painilainen who helped lead the charge.

In the 32nd minute, Montefusco got a head on a ball off a free kick that forced the Siena

goalie to make a diving stop.

Four minutes later, Painilainen threatened when she beat a defender on the right side of the box before trying her luck with a shot that went high of the net to prolong the hunt for the game’s opening goal. The offensive excitement would later culminate with a big chance for Montefusco with 17 seconds left that saw her power s shot over the goal.

All in all, it was a commendable first-half showing from Manhattan who outshot their opponent 13-5 for the half. The moderate success the team had on the attack was a preview for more offensive entertainment.

The Jaspers got off to a fast start in the second half with offensive stalwarts Eve Montgomery and Lindsay Healy leading the charge.

Seven minutes in, Healy and Montgomery recorded shots on goal in quick succession of one another to put their team on the verge of taking the first lead. It all started thanks to the effervescence of Healy. Flying down the right side, Healy eluded a defender to give herself enough time to attempt a shot in the lower right corner of the box that was blocked by the goalie. In the right position at the right time, Montgomery obtained the ball at the top box and let one fly herself that was countered with a diving save by the goalie to give Manhattan a corner. Time and time again have both Healy and Montgomery parlayed their athletic prowess to create offensive opportunities for their team. Expect that trend to continue with the MAAC season entering the stretch run.

As for Siena, their offense bounced back after being nonexistent for a good portion of the first half. Manhattan senior Camryn Nici replaced Printy in net at the half and was subject to a slew of Siena shots.

In the 58th minute, Nici made a big save off a shot from Krohn at the top of the box to keep the team’s clean sheet intact. It appeared Krohn didn’t connect with the ball as cleanly as she could have or else the shot may have even been more problematic. Five minutes later, Nici passed another test when a high ball was shot on net in which Nici responded to by simply tipping the ball over the net. It was a smart play by the battle-tested veteran. Over her 65 minutes of playing time between the second half and both overtime periods, Nici registered six saves on her senior

day In need of more offensive contributions, the Jaspers turned back to Montefusco and Painilainen.

The junior classmates showed nice chemistry on a sequence that started with a nice pass from Montefusco to Painilainen on the right side. Upon gaining possession, Painilainen quickly sent the ball back into the box leading to a volley attempt for Montefusco that went over the net. Despite the fruitless outcome, it was a play that typified the mutual trust both players have in each other.

After Siena’s Rachel Sullivan hit the crossbar in the 74th minute, Manhattan responded in the 79th minute with the game’s opening goal. Manhattan seemed to have caught Siena off guard on the play. After Painilainen made a direct pass to sophomore Olivia Maldonado off a corner kick, Maldonado sent in a dangerous ball into the box that found its way to the feet of Montefusco for her seventh goal of the season.

It was a feel-good moment that sent the crowd into a frenzy.

Now up 1-0, the game was Manhattan’s to lose. Much to the chagrin of almost everyone in attendance, Siena would go on to equalize just over a minute later with Krohn doing the honors. The score was made possible by Deanna Lomino who picked out Krohn on the left side of the box for the finish. If there was any one to blame for the goal, it certainly wasn’t Nici. The chances of her coming up with a save off a shot from such a close distance were very slim. Much credit goes to Siena for the way they responded to the Manhattan goal. That equalizer changed the complexion of the game and sucked the life right out of the Gaelic Park crowd.

Overtime was a slog for both teams with neither side coming particularly close to scoring. Both teams looked tired over the final 20 minutes of play and were probably happy to settle for a tie.

Over the last 65 minutes of play including both overtime periods, Siena outshot Manhattan 11-9. However, Manhattan outpaced the visitors in total by a 22-16 count.

Manhattan’s next two contests will come on the road at Quinnipiac and Marist, respectively. The first of the two games will take place on Wednesday, October 23rd at 2:30 with the latter set for Saturday, October 26th at 5 PM.