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The Editorial Board Megan Dreher Editor-in-Chief

Gabriella DePinho News Editor

Joseph Liggio Maria Thomas Asst. News Editors

Alexa Schmidt Features Editor Managing Editor

Katherine Heneghan Asst. Features Editor

Rose Brennan Arts & Entertainment Editor Managing Editor

Madalyn Johnson Asst. Arts & Entertainment Editor

C. Garrett Keidel Sports Editor

Pete Janny Asst. Sports Editor

Lauren Schuster Social Media Editor

Brian Asare Photography Editor

Alyssa Velazquez Production Manager Sophia Sakellariou Samantha Walla Production Editors

Nicole Rodriguez Asst. Production Editor

Michevi Dufflart August Kissel Web Editors

Abby Crowell Distribution Manager

Nicholas Gilewicz Faculty Advisor About The Quadrangle A tradition since 1924, The Quadrangle is a news organization run by the students of Manhattan College. We strive to cover news around campus and the greater community, publishing weekly in print and daily online. Our goal is always accuracy, relevancy and professionalism.

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

Join The Quadrangle The Quadrangle’s staff holds weekly open meetings on Tuesdays at 4 p.m. in Kelly Commons Room 412. All are welcome to come and join the club.

THE QUADRANGLE THE GENERATIONAL ISSUE

Happy Earth Day

Alexa Schmidt Features Editor

I wrote an op-ed last semester about environmentalism, and I’m back to talk a little bit more about why you should care. It’s only fitting that this is placed in the generational special issue because of how much things have changed, and that earth day is coming up in two weeks.

This semester, I have been taking an introduction to environmental science class. I don’t particularly have an interest in science, but through this class I can understand and learn about the technical aspects of climate change, pollution, agriculture and more, and how they contribute to Earth’s destruction.

Needless to say, I leave class stressed every day.

Climate change is real.

Agriculture affects how we get our food, and uses excess resources only to get a low output. Big industries have small businesses under their thumb, and the definition of family farms have changed for the worse. Fossil fuels are still burned to an excess amount.

Bee colonies are dying. Coral reefs are bleached, and there is no going back. Habitat loss and deforestation is destroying biodiversity. Environmental displacement is forcing people in the pacific islands to move, which is oftentimes not a plausible option for them. Glaciers and the arctic are melting. The. List. Goes. On. Don’t these problems make you want to do something? Just because we don’t see them have an immediate impact on us, especially in the NYC area, does NOT mean they don’t exist.

It’s a systemic issue that the government controls. Within the socioeconomic classes, sometimes going green is not an option. And why is that?

Let me create a situation.

In a low-income neighborhood, there is a single mother who has four kids. She works two jobs, and when she gets home, she does not have the time nor energy to cook a healthy meal that covers all the food groups.

So she goes to McDonald’s to order from the dollar menu.

First of all, food should not be able to be sold for a dollar, but that’s an issue within itself.

Appreciating nature in Calf Creek Falls, Utah in 2007.

ALEXA SCHMIDT / COURTESY What I’m trying to get at is that this mother has a lot of other things on her mind, and being green is not on that list.

Even if she was to try and buy healthy foods at the store, they are so overpriced that it’s out of the question. What is more reasonable: to buy organic products, or to pay the bills and to send the children to receive a higher education? Food distribution and environmental injustice needs to change for the better.

While I understand that there are so many other issues in the world, environmentalism is one of those things that affect how those other issues will be dealt with. If there is no earth, these issues won’t matter.

When discussing my future, I just assume that I’ll have a job, and I’ll be able to raise my kids the same way I was raised.

To feel unafraid every time I step outside. To be able to hike in national parks and feel insignificant in these monumental places that only mother earth can create. To show my children some of the rare places that haven’t been touched by man.

As a kid, I thought I could save the world. And here I am trying to do just that, by asking for your help to be conscious and make sustainable choices.

Oftentimes, I lose hope. I ask myself what I can do, because it is so easy to believe that one person cannot make a difference. And the truth is, I can’t save the world, despite what my younger self wanted. But if every person made a change in their life, we could make strides to save this beautiful world.

Do not lose hope. There are people out there whose passion is unmatched, especially when it comes to the environment.

And they are here to fight for us, and they ask you to join them in the fight. It is up to you to make those choices, and to care about something that affects you and the generations that follow.

Start with little changes.

I’m not saying that you need to become a vegan. I love cheeseburgers, and could never give them up. But try meatless Mondays. Buy Fair Trade products.

Use tote bags. Conserve water and energy. Reduce the amount of waste you produce. Most importantly, know your politicians and vote. Build a strong community. Educate yourself and share that knowledge with as many people as possible.

It is not enough to express how much you love the earth on Instagram. Every day needs to be earth day.

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Manhattan College, For All Generations Shannon Gleba Staff Writer

When I decided to attend Manhattan College during my senior year of high school in 2017, I realized that my decision came a result of generations and decades before me.

MC has been a part of my family’s history for at least 60 years, and I am thankful for the values I have learned from such an outstanding community.

As The Quadrangle explores the progress MC has made across generations throughout this special issue, I think it is also important to recognize the traditions that help make our school great.

During the early 1940s, my great grandmother Helen Caughey worked in housekeeping at the College. Living in the Bronx alongside her husband, she raised my grandmother Helene and my great uncle Howard near MC and fostered a love for the Bronx that has transcended generations. As time passed and my grandmother grew up, she found herself in love with my grandfather Joseph Gleba who lived in Staten Island.

After marrying in 1965, the couple moved back to the Bronx into an apartment on 238th Street and Bailey Avenue. In this apartment is where Manhattan College began playing an even larger role in the Gleba family history. Within two years, my grandparents had two children: my father, Scott, and my uncle, Michael.

As my father and uncle grew, my grandfather, who recently returned from the U.S Army, began working towards his degree at MC. For almost seven years, he attended night classes and graduated at the age of 35 with a BS in business administration in 1976. My grandfather’s story is just one of many Jaspers in the same situation as him.

Last year during one of my classes, my professor described the MC community as having “a certain kind of grit to it”. To me, being a Jasper means working hard, overcoming expectations and achieving goals despite the obstacles in the way. While my grandfather lived in a different time than me, he saw the value in an education from MC and worked for years to achieve it and used his “grit” to get him there.

About 10 years later, after graduating from Cardinal Spellman High School, my father followed in my grandfather’s footsteps and enrolled at MC to pursue a degree in marketing.

In the same year, my mother also enrolled at MC and drove across the George Washington Bridge each day from Midland Park, N.J to attend as a com-

muting student majoring in economics. As the story goes, my parents met in their statistics class and after a few “study” dates, fell in love.

I remember hearing stories of their first kiss on the stairs up to 238th street by OV, conversations over a slice of Broadway Joe’s pizza, and late night romps through Van Cortlandt Park, and most importantly the happiness that MC brought them.

My parents graduated in 1989, and my uncle Michael graduated from MC the following year with a BA in government & politics and urban affairs. Following their graduation, my parents moved to N.J and got married in 1991, and had three children, with me, the youngest, being born in 1999.

Throughout the years following, the word Jaspers was a popular word in my home. My family and I would often return to the Bronx to watch Irish football in Gaelic Park and to eat the most delicious burgers at The Piper’s Kilt on 231st Street.

While the Bronx has most definitely changed since my great grandparents made it home, the Bronx still holds a special place in my heart.

While I am nearing the halfway mark at my time here at MC, I am grateful to say that my experience so far has been even better than I could have imagined. I look forward to telling my own children about the Jaspers and the support I received, and hopefully encourage yet another Gleba generation to find their way to the Bronx.

While the women in my family began their time at MC in a housekeeper’s uniform, I am proud to wear a uniform that states that I am a Jasper each time I compete on the women’s rowing team. I am proud to carry on the tradition of writing for The Quadrangle as my uncle did during his time here. And lastly, I am proud to make my mark on the college as those in my family did before me.

Manhattan College is truly a place for all generations. For those taking classes at night while raising children, to those who commute from home, to those who come to Riverdale and live on campus. The grit we all have as Jaspers connects us and allows us to work together and carry on the traditions that have made Riverdale home for many since 1853.

Helen Caughey (second from right in back row) alongsider her fellow workers.

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Scott and Barbara Gleba following the commencement ceremony in 1989.

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LEFT: Helene, Helen, and Howard Caughey sitting in front of Memorial Hall, 1943.

RIGHT: Scott and Michael Gleba posing with Manhattan College in the far distance.

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Living Out My Legacy

Christine Nappi Staff Writer

While having a night out with his friends, Martin Enright was instructed to only drink claret wine and lemonade. His track and cross-country coach, future hall-of-fame member George Eastment, told Martin and his teammates to do so in order to maintain a somewhat healthy well-being while still being able to have a fun night out.

If it weren’t for his athletic scholarship, Enright wouldn’t have found himself being told to drink claret wine. More importantly, he wouldn’t have been a headlining track athlete at Manhattan College or even be at college in general. He was track standout star at Archbishop Malloy High School, and felt blessed to have been awarded a scholarship at Manhattan to continue doing the sport he loved. Enright attended Manhattan from 1948-51 and throughout his career there, helped lead his track team to success. He never imagined that one day his future two daughters and granddaughter would be living out his legacy at the school he once loved.

“One thing about my dad is that he loved his track and cross country and Manhattan College,” Enright’s daughter Sue said. “The college held a special place in his heart and he was so grateful for that athletic scholarship.”

My grandfather Martin, or “Pop-pop” as I used to call him when I was little, met my grandmother Rita, a current phone switchboard worker, at a club one night in the city. The two hit it off, and Rita later found herself spending a lot of time with Martin at Manhattan attending multiple social events.

“It was nice, I had a good time there,” Rita said. “Manhattan College was a lot of fun.”

In addition to track and cross country, Enright was also an active member of the Pi Rho Phi fraternity and had Rita accompany him to events and formals, known as “Tea Dances” that the club hosted. With the amount of time she spent with Martin at Manhattan, Rita was

awarded the title of the “Pi Rho Phi fraternity sweetheart.” She was also featured in a 1951 edition of The Quadrangle in which she was a contender for “Queen of the Quad,” a contest to determine the “first lady” of the college considering it was an all males school at the time.

One night, the couple was headed to a Tea Dance at West Point because Enright had friends there that he met through track. While strolling through campus that evening, Rita stopped by the grotto and had her picture taken. My grandmother then began the infamous family tradition of having your picture taken by the grotto.

“The campus has given me a lot of memories,” Rita said.

After Martin Graduated in 1951, the two bounced around moving to Queens, Connecticut, back to Queens, and then ultimately to Ridgewood, a small suburban town in North Jersey, where they had five kids. Among them was my aunt Marianne and my mother Sue. By the time it came for their children to start applying to colleges, Manhattan was the only school their daughters applied to.

When Marianne was a Jasper from 1977-81, she would often pile onto the one train with her friends to watch the Manhattan basketball team play at Madison Square Garden, because Draddy Gymnasium wasn’t built yet. Hundreds and hundreds of Manhattan students filled the train–– everywhere she looked Marianne was surrounded by Jasper basketball fans. Due to the overwhelming Jasper pride present on each subway car, the train didn’t make any stops and went right to the garden to accommodate the Manhattan Students.

One reason why Marianne loved social outings and events at Manhattan was for the strong community bond and inclusive atmosphere the school had.

“I don’t think this has changed today, but everyone really looked out for each other,” Marianne said. “Everyone was included at every place. It was a really fun school to go to.”

Martin Enright (right) attended Manhattan College on an athletic scholarship from 1948-51.

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Rita in front of the Grotto in 1951 (left) versus the two of us at the grotto present day (right).

CHRISTINE NAPPI / THE QUADRANGLE From sports events to social outings, and simply hanging out with friends, Marianne had a blast attending Manhattan.Yet through life as a Jasper, she continued to reflect her father’s legacy.

During Marianne’s time at Manhattan, her younger sister Sue would come visit and get a feel for the campus life.

After spending a few weekends there, she saw herself as a future Jasper, and ultimately ended up attending the school from 1981-85 because she knew how special it would be for her father.

As Sue was going out with her friends one night, she headed to the Pinewood, a then popular bar on broadway that all the Manhattan kids went to. Little did she know that she would meet my father Chris, a State University of New York Oneonta graduate, and their love would flourish on Manhattan’s campus.

Chris would often pick Sue up at her apartment in Overlook, and they would head to Piper’s Kilt on W. 231st St. for brunch. After many dates, Chris then attended Sue’s college Prom and the rest is history, all thanks to Manhattan.

“It was fun when I would go drive down and see mom,” Chris said. “I was never on campus until mom had invited me to a dance with her and I’m like wow, this campus is really nice.”

Today, there are differences and new additions to campus since Martin, Marianne and Sue were students at Manhattan. The famous Quadrangle and general architecture have remained the same, yet over the years the school has undergone a few changes.

The dorms, food, security and amount of diverse activities present on campus have improved since their time there.

One big difference is the fact that the college is now coed. It used to be an all male institution at the time Enright attended, and Marianne belonged to one of the first class-

es of females. Marianne and Sue agree that the most notable difference is the drinking age.

Cafe 1853 used to be known as “Plato’s Cave,” an on campus bar that Marianne describes as having a “coffee house” vibe.

“That’s the biggest difference between now and then when we went there, is that the social life really revolved on and around campus because the drinking age was 18,” Sue said.

Something that has remained the same is the supportive community and friendships that have formed while being a Jasper, an aspect which is unique to Manhattan.

“I talk to people my age and the amount of people that see their friends from college, it’s nothing like the amount I see my friends from college,” Marianne said. “I have about 10 or 12 really good friends that I still see all the time and that’s really special. A lot of people don’t have that.”

In addition to the friendly environment Marianne and Sue found that they weren’t the only legacy students, and that fact continues to be true today.

The two describe that “everybody” at Manhattan had some family ties during their time there. Sue notes that five out of her six roommates had fathers who attended school at Manhattan, including siblings that attended also.

In addition to the common familial aspect, Sue also notes of the extensive alumni network the school has.

“It has a really nice alumni network and I think that’s one thing that hasn’t changed about the school from the time that our dad was there,” Sue said.

“Even back then it had a strong alumni network and I think that’s still the case, Manhattan graduates like to help out other Manhattan graduates.”

Something Sue claims that hasn’t changed, is the special feeling one gets when on campus. The general atmosphere has remained the same, even since the time Martin was a

student.

“How beautiful that quadrangle is and the campus, that hasn’t changed from when my dad went there. That feeling you get when you’re walking up those steps through the arches, is such a nice feeling and I don’t think that ever changes,” Sue said. “Doing that the last time before graduation was emotional, and even when I took you to visit the school, you just get that feeling walking up those steps.”

When I decided to make the decision to come to Manhattan, I kept my family members in mind.

“It’s pretty special you’ll be at the place not only where your parents met, but also where you’re grandparents met,” Chris said.

Yet I didn’t always think I would be a Jasper, in fact I began my college experience at a different school down in Virginia. After my first semester there I decided to leave, and there was something drawing me to come to Manhattan. The location, size, Lasallian heritage and proximity to the city are all factors that played into my decision making, yet my family history was the most prominent.

“It’s very nice that you’re there and it’s nice for me to be able to come back to campus,” Sue said. “When you said you wanted to transfer schools, I was happy you were considering Manhattan. Of course I was biased, but I knew in my heart you’d be happy there.”

My legacy is part of the reason why I decided to come here. To belong to place with a such a rich family history is a special and comforting feeling.

As my mom always tells me, “Your grandfather would be over the moon that you’re here, just thrilled.” To me, that was the most important reason of why I decided become a Jasper, to live out my legacy.

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The Story of the Stories

The Quad’s Biggest Stories in 95 Years of Campus Reporting Gabriella DePinho News Editor

The Quadrangle is Manhattan College’s oldest longstanding club and publication. The Quadrangle started in 1924, it was preceded by The Green Horn in 1923. In the Editor’s note of the first edition, The Quadrangle was described as being “strictly a college paper” and promised that “our news wll be yours, and yours ours.”

The tradition has continued until today, with short breaks during the spring of 1925 and the second World War, where the paper dropped off but was maintained as “Campus Notes.”

The Quadrangle has survived through several wars, the creation of computers and cell phones, fashion trends from drop-waist dresses to ripped jeans, all-male education to co-education, the civil rights movement, the legalization of same-sex marriage and more, seeing the country and the world through a very particular lens.

The first issue of The Quadrangle was published Monday, Oct. 27, 1924, which included reports on the swimming pool opening on Nov. 1, sports teams’ outcomes, seniors starting a literary society and the return of the Manhattan College Engineering club, which was coming back with the goal of forming a national chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineering.

For two issues in January of 1925, The Quadrangle was renamed The News. The name was returned to The Quadrangle and has not been changed since, with the exception of the period of time it was “Campus Notes.”

All editions of The Quadrangle have been saved and are kept either bound in a book or folded neatly in a box in Manhattan College’s archives. The Quadrangle set on a mission to find out just what stories we’ve been telling over the years and how The Quadrangle has reported on the world around them.

Senior Class Plans Yearbook On Jan. 22, 1926, The Quadrangle reported on plans and efforts to bring back the “Manhattanite,” Manhattan College’s yearbook. According to the article this name “has not been used in its true sense since 1917.” Manhattan College’s yearbook has ceased publication but it was “the aim and fond desire of the class of ‘26 to found the Year-Book as a firm institution in the New Manhattan, and, one to be perpetuated by the classes to come.”

Athletics Name Contest

Revives Old “Jaspers” In the May 14, 1926 edition of The Quadrangle, the largest headline boasted about the revival of “Jaspers” with several subheadings including “OLD NAME HAS FAME” and “Green and White Teams to Be Known in Future by Cognomen of Venerable Progenitors.” Through Athletics, the college held a Name Contest which was prematurely ended when the committee decided to revive the name of “Jaspers” because of “petitions and private pleas.” Alumni and an interview with a brother at the school, the committee decided to adopt the name “Jaspers,” which “indicates Manhattan ideals in athletics” and is a name Manhattan College has kept to today. The name came from the Manhattan baseball team who opened the season with the N.Y. Giants, whose manager, Jim Mutrie, called the team Brother Jasper’s boys.

The name deciding committee decided to not give out a prize because of the unanimity of the decision.

Mussolini Is Not Dead, He Ain’t Even Sick Under the title of The Quadrangle, this headline filled up the front page along. Other funny headlines such as “Gymnasium To Be Torn Down,” “Telephone Booth On Wheels,” “Seniors Refuse Degrees; Frosh To Graduate” and “Sons of Rest, Tramp Fraternity, to Establish Chapter at Manhattan” filled the pages. This was the May 20, 1927 edition of The Quadrangle, which in the editorial board’s note was referred to as “The Squabrangle.” While the tradition of The Triangle didn’t start until much later, The Quadrangle has always been made up of writers who know how to laugh.

Sept. 23, 1944 Issue The Quadrangle printed its first edition “after an absence of more than a year and a half from the college campus” reestablishing it “among Manhattan’s traditional publications.”

The tradition of the paper had been to publish in all first editions the “policies” the paper adopted and this edition’s statement of policy announced the return of The Quadrangle. Another article in the paper stated that the “folding of the “Quadrangle” in May of 1943 marked the end, the very end, of active extracurricular organizations on the campus.” This dip in activity was a result of the war.

Despite the gap in publishing, The Quadrangle was kept alive in spirit through the publication of “Campus Notes,” which was created by Brother Charles Ambrose, until the paper properly returned to campus. This edition of the paper even notes

The Quadrangle has served the Manhattan College campus since 1924.

STEPHEN ZUBRYCKY / THE QUADRANGLE that student government disappeared from Manhattan’s campus and was considered to be “one of the greater war-time losses of extracurricular nature suffered by the college.” ...Jasper Jottings…

A column started by Dan Gallagher in the May 15, 1946 edition of The Quadrangle has the same name that a modern blog about Jaspers’ lives boasts.

This first edition of “Jasper Jottings” discussed the baseball team, track, and the Chesterfield sports quiz contest. The story included that The Quadrangle’s “versatile sports editor, Bill Did-You-Finish-Your-StoryYet Miller” had to actually step into the baseball game and play for the team.

April 26, 1968 - Editorials In this April edition of The Quadrangle, the editorials the publication published featured two on Martin Luther King Jr. and one on the Vietnam War. One piece “Free At Last” argues that ‘[MLK Jr.’s] end is perhaps only the beginning.”

The piece identified that “A nation whose cornerstone of existence is the equality of one man with another has once again marred itself with the stigma of hatred - a hatred so deep and so well founded that it threatens to obliterate the society we call “free”.” The piece “In Memoriam” expressed the editors’ “heartfelt sorrow over the death of Dr. Martin Luther King” and their “dissatisfaction with the [College] Administration for their extremely slow reaction to the national day of mourning for Dr. King.” The piece stated that “A college that is dedicated to a “Catholic profession of faith” should react mucher quicker to such a national tragedy to a man who was a paragon of Christian virtue.” A third piece titled “Concern Day” stated that “During this semester the Quadrangle’s endeavored to feature various articles on the Vietnam War.” The college planned to host an

educational forum about the various aspects of the Vietnam War and “The editors urge students to forego class for this one day and to attend” the forum.

Jane Fonda Speaks to Overflow Crowd at Smith Auditorium The Sept. 27, 1972 issue of The Quadrangle reported that Fonda came to campus for The Indo China Peace Campaign.

The event included speakers, movies, songs and a lot of “anti-war” sentiment. This event gathered a crowd of over 1,000 attendees. Some of Fonda’s remarks “were devoted to a discussion of the supposed atrocities committed against the people of SOuth Vietnam by the guerillas.” Fonda urged everyone to “... involve yourself in individual action, to avail yourself of information, and above all to organize.”

Trustees Approve Co-Ed On Sept. 20, 1972, The Quadrangle reported that “the Board of Trustees of Manhattan College has voted to approve the College Senate resolution concerning coeducation.” The college community was still waiting for an official statement from Brother Gregory before any information regarding the proceedings of the meeting could be released.

According to the article, the resolution passed “overwhelmingly” in the Senate. This story was not yet confirmed by a variety of important sources but an anonymous reliable source in the Administration had confirmed this information with The Quadrangle.

Senate to Discuss Co-Ed The Feb. 14, 1973 edition of The Quadrangle reported that the Senate will be re-discussing the co-educational issue because of rumours that only the schools of Business and Engineering would be going coeducational. The Quadrangle reported that to have “the coed policy undercut would certainly leave the Senate in a weak

position as a legislative body since the coed policy was the first major piece of legislation to come out of the Senate.”

Jaspers Win NCAA The first national title Manhattan College ever won, the distance medley relay in the Indoor Track and Field Championship was in March 1973. The Quadrangle reported on this and the fact that the college set a record in that event in the March 13, 1973 issue.

MC Reacts In Wake of Terrorism Jumping ahead to 2001, the first issue of the fall semester was published on Sept.

25, 2001. The paper’s first headline was “MC Reacts In Wake of Terrorism,” an article documenting Manhattan College’s reaction to the terrorist attacks that occurred two weeks prior on September 11.

The Editor-in-Chief, Tim Maddux, explained in his “From the Editor…” that The Quadrangle was publishing its first issue a week late due to trouble with accessing their office and waterlogged ceiling tiles but he noted, “But it worked out for the better. If we had printed a week ago, it would have been very difficult to report on what happened September 11.” The issue also featured a centerfold comprised of submission pieces about the events of Sept. 11.

The Masiello Series After the men’s basketball team made it to the NCAA tournament in March of 2014, Masiello was considering a move to the University of South Florida but all chances at a move came to a crashing halt. In a series of articles, The Quadrangle reported on the rise of the men’s basketball team, Masiello’s uncertain future, his past with his unfinished degree, and the college’s decision to reinstate him.

These articles spanned a few weeks from the end of March to the beginning and middle of April and are the most exciting recent scandal The Quadrangle has had the chance to report on.

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Exploring the College Catalogs: 1865, 1919, and the Present

A landscape depiction of Manhattan College found in the 1865 college catalog.

NICOLE RODRIGUEZ / THE QUADRANGLE

Nicole Rodriguez

Asst. Production Editor Over the years, Manhattan College has not only evolved socially, politically and economically since its founding, but more importantly has expanded in terms of matriculation and academics.

The first college catalog stated the goals of the institution as being “to afford the youth of our country the means of acquiring the highest grade of education attained in the American universities.”

While these goals remain sought after, the approach taken in 1865 appeared to be vastly different in comparison to today.

The college’s course of studies were divided into classical, scientific and commercial. This would be equivalent to and the basis of the schools of liberal arts, science and business. The classical course of study placed an emphasis on the humanities with courses taught about natural philosophy, rhetoric, composition and classical literature at its core. The scientific course of study was more math-based offering courses in algebra, geometry, trigonometry and calculus, in addition to scienc-

es like chemistry, astronomy, geology, botany and mineralogy. The commercial course of study focused on courses like penmanship, arithmetic, bookkeeping and commercial law.

At this time, the classical languages were thoroughly studied, but prominence was given to higher mathematics and the natural sciences. As a result, the college believed to be, “combining the advantages of a first-class College and Polytechnic Institute.”

According to the 1865 college catalog, “Before receiving any degree, the classical student will be required, not only to be able to translate with facility any classic author, whether Greek or Latin, whose style he has studied; he must also be able to express his ideas orally as well as in writing; whereas the mathematical student, seeking similar distinction, must extend his scientific knowledge so as to embrace the differential and integral calculus.”

Dating back 100 years ago, the college underwent further advancements.

In 1919, the college offered two departments of study, the department of arts and the department of civil engineering. As opposed to only having courses of study to follow like

in 1865, the college in 1919 appeared to have much more structure regarding their departments of instruction.

The departments of instruction at this time consisted of astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, drawing, English, French, geology, German, history, Italian, mechanics, pedagogy, philosophy, physics, public speaking, religion and Spanish.

According to the 1919 college catalog, there was a place within the college for every study: “Special attention is given in both departments to the study of English. The importance of the natural and experimental sciences is emphasized in the courses given in biology, physics, chemistry, and geology. These courses are of special benefit to students preparing for medical school. Of no less advantage for the prospective law student are the courses in logic and political and social science. For students who intend to embrace the teaching profession, there are offered courses in pedagogy and in the history and psychology of education.”

Today the college is marked by its Lasallian tradition which has characterized and offered the same special educational

experience.

According to the current college catalog, “The College continues to realize the objectives stated in its first catalog by maintaining a full range of programs in the liberal arts and sciences joined with professional programs in engineering, business, science and education.”

The college encourages students to pursue their passion with the extensive and varied set of undergraduate and graduate programs of study. There are more than 100 majors, minors, graduate programs, advanced certificates and online programs.

Since 1919 the college has branched out from its two departments of study into six schools of study which are the O’Malley School of Business, the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, the School of Education and Health, the School of Engineering, the School of Liberal Arts and the School of Science.

The O’Malley School of Business offers seven distinct majors, eight distinct minors, and an MBA program. The School of Education and Health offers undergraduate programs in education, kinesiology and health professions, as

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well as graduate programs in special education, counseling, school leadership and instructional design. The School of Engineering offers a varied and advanced engineering curriculum with departments in chemical, civil and environmental, electrical and computer, and mechanical engineering. The School of Liberal Arts offers 29 majors and minors through 16 departments and interdisciplinary programs spanning a wide range of liberal arts studies.

The School of Science includes the departments of biology, chemistry, biochemistry, computer science, mathematics and physics. The School of Continuing and Professional Studies offers degree programs designed specifically for adult learners with in-person classes and online lessons.

Over its long history, there is no denying that the college has evolved monumentally and continues to evolve. The college continues to add new programs with the addition of the Digital Arts and Humanities and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies minors in the school of arts for the fall of 2019. Students today enjoy a wide array of endless opportunities for their educational endeavors as the college continues to expand.

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Virtual Reality in the Classroom Megan Dreher Editor-in-Chief

There have been great changes in how students learn inside and outside of the classroom setting over the decades, and with that, students and faculty alike have learned to adapt to new technologies and mediums that assist in learning.

Manhattan College is no exception to these changes.

With the new, interdisciplinary Digital Arts and Humanities (DAsH) minor available to Manhattan College students beginning in the Fall of 2019, preliminary classes have been offered that incorporate digital elements within unexpected fields of study. This spring, there are five courses that fall under the DAsH title, one of which is English 335: Victorian Media.

This course, instructed

by Dr. Maeve Adams, meets every Monday and Thursday from 3:00 P.M. to 4:15 P.M. in Hayden Hall. Many students weren’t exactly sure how Victorian literature could possibly be intertwined with digital elements such as virtual reality, but were intrigued by the idea and willing to learn.

“At first, when I enrolled in this class, I wasn’t quite sure how the virtual reality component would be incorporated into Victorian Literature. I had never taken a class that used VR, so I was really intrigued to see how modern technology was used to explore literature

that is from the 1800s,” said junior Kiera Brady.

Senior Sydney Kukoda echoed Brady’s curiosity surrounding the course.

“I was very excited for this course, as Dr. Adams is one of my favorite professors on campus, and Victorian literature is one of my favorite areas of study as an English major. I don’t think I was prepared for how much we would be learning new technologies in the class; I knew it was a DAsH course, and I wasn’t yet sure what that would entail. But I’m not at all complaining, and I’m very glad I’m taking ENGL 335!”

But the students trekked on, exploring this new and exciting field of study using a technological lens. The course thus far has incorporated a variety of technologies beyond virtual reality, and students have agreed that it has been interesting to explore Victorian literature in multiple interactive ways.

“The course content, the actual literature, has been Victorian short stories, rather than the typical novel- heavy English class. So we’ve read a different story (or two) every week in our online textbook, which we’ve actually written ourselves. In small groups, we’ve researched, edited, written a forward for, and posted that week’s story to our online PressBooks textbook, and we collaborate on online annotations through the Hypothesis

app for Google Chrome. This is not only cheaper for us, because we don’t have to purchase 6 additional texts for the class, but it also allows us to have experience in editing texts for a wide audience (which we can all put on our resumes!) and to more deeply engage in the materials we’re working with,” said Kukoda.

Junior Taylor Aloisio, another member of the class, added, “Students also used a site called ‘Omeka’ throughout the semester, where each student created their own exhibition page which acted as an ‘online museum’ of many different topics during the Victorian period.

Also, a gaming program called ‘Unity’ was used where students were required to create a virtual scene from one of the stories that we read in our Pressbooks throughout the semester. Lastly, students were required to go on multiple different trips in NYC that have something to do with virtual reality. Some of these sites include the New York Public Library, VR World, ‘It’s Alive! Frankenstein at 200’ exhibit at the Morgan Library & Museum, and the Tribeca Film Festival.”

Understanding that students learn very differently, courses within the DAsH minor such as this one offer an alternative way for students to learn, and it has proven to be favored among students within this class.

“I think VR and other modern technology should defi-

nitely be integrated within academia. As someone who has never used this kind of new technology, it has really helped me understand the material in a new and advanced way. The immersive quality of VR provides students with a different angle to examine the work they are doing, and it gives students who might struggle with the traditional way of learning an alternative way that may better suit their needs,” said Brady.

As a future educator, Aloisio sees the importance of using this technology in the classroom.

“Prior to taking this class, I never heard of Omega, Pressbooks, or Unity, and I am grateful for being given the opportunity to learn about these different programs and hopefully I will be able to implement them into my own classroom with my students one day.”

Throughout the semester, the students have agreed that while the work has been very different from other coursework they have had and the software has been challenging to learn and use at times, it is an academic experience that they have thoroughly enjoyed and have appreciated using in a classroom setting.

“By incorporating VR into this class, I learned the importance of making learning as immersive as possible. This technology is a great way to provide support for understanding new material in the classroom. Also, learning how to work virtual re-

ality and more modern technologies has been really fun and it is something good to have under my belt that I can use in the future,” said Brady.

“I had had zero (0) exposure to virtual reality before taking this course, so to gain exposure not only to using VR in field trips, but additionally to creating it, has opened doors for me in so many ways to a world I’d never expected to have access to. Our class began the semester by looking at artistic and storytelling technologies that came about during the Victorian era, such as modern photography technologies and stereoscopes, and we framed these historical techs as early examples of what we now consider VR. Dr. Adams has also ingeniously incorporated the idea of a virtual reality (not specifically to VR as technology, but meaning a reality which exists outside of the one we inhabit) into the majority of our class discussions.”

She continued.

“We’ve emphasized immersive language and the feeling of getting lost in the world of a story throughout the semester, and she’s helped us emphasize how and why authors create virtual realities within literature for their audiences. It’s an entirely new way of looking at literature for me, and I’ve been fascinated by it. I’m incredibly grateful to have had the opportunity to take this course before I graduate in a few weeks,” said Kukoda.

the Quadrangle: Through the Years Brian Asare & Rose Brennan

The Editorial Board 50 Years Ago

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Photography Editor & A&E Editor As one of the oldest clubs on campus, The Quadrangle has a truly storied history. With a near 95-year tradition of doing journalism, it is inevitable that much has changed since The Quadrangle published its very first issue, including the people that produced it year after year.

So much time has passed that some of the positions of the 1968 version of The Quadrangle no longer exist on The Quadrangle’s 2019 masthead.

But because of the technological development across the world, demand was created for entirely new positions. Here are a few masthead members whose positions no longer exist, but have been replaced with new positions.

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Alexa Schmidt

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Worth Training For Walter Saukin Reflects on 42 Years at Manhattan College Stephen Zubrycky Senior Writer

You might know him by his distinctive beard. You’ve probably seen him at Starbucks… ordering a latte or a peach iced tea. Or maybe you know his ties… like the one with the M&Ms or the one with the smiley faces. But somehow and some way, you probably recognize when Walter P. Saukin, Ph.D., enters the room.

The beard is one of several things about Saukin, 75, that has remained a constant over his 42 years with the civil engineering faculty at Manhattan College.

“I had the beard since I was a kid, because I always looked young,” Saukin said. “I shaved it only once, and that was when my mother died.”

But while the beard may have defined his look for generations of Jaspers, it’s his dedication to teaching and outreach, his zeal for engineering and sports, along with his rock-steady commitment to the college, that have defined his legacy.

Saukin was born in 1943 to an immigrant family in the South Bronx. Saukin’s mother, a Polish immigrant, was a stayat-home mom and his father, a Russian immigrant, worked in a factory. He is a proud product of New York City’s public schools, where he proved himself to be a diligent and gifted student.

“Every morning, from five

o’clock to nine o’clock in the summertime, I would read… learn what I could learn, memorize the rest,” Saukin said.

“And from nine o’clock in the morning until nine o’clock, ten o’clock at night, I was your regular everyday kid… running around, playing, having fun.”

He attended Morris High School, where he graduated as valedictorian, before moving onto the City College of New York, which Saukin has given the moniker “poor man’s Harvard.”

“I was there for a functional education, because I need this money, I need to get a job and make money because I have these parents at home that I’m going to be responsible for,” Saukin recounted. “It was a challenging experience, but I did well.”

Saukin aimed for both academic and athletic excellence.

“I used to run… I took weights, and I’d run with weights,” Saukin said. “It got to a point where I was sprinting a straightaway with a 15-pound dumbbell in each hand. Crazy?

I don’t know. Because you’re trying to learn how to build your body.”

In 1971, after earning his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate from City College, Saukin began his career in education, sending cover letters to every engineering school within 100 miles of New York City.

Only one school bit - Lafayette College, in Easton, Pa. and Saukin was off to the races.

Saukin’s days at Lafayette started at 4:30 a.m., when

he’d leave his Brooklyn home and jump into his Volkswagen bound for Easton; he would arrive at 6:15 a.m. for an extra nap.

From 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saukin taught. Then, it was back in the car to his consulting job 20 miles west in Allentown, Pa., where he’d work until 7 p.m. before hitting the gym for two hours. When it was time to hit the hay, Saukin would retire in a rented room near Lafayette.

The next day, Saukin would rise again for class, then jump in his car and take a quick pitstop at Princeton University, where he was doing research and consulting, on his way back to his wife in New York.

Saukin and his wife, who are this year celebrating their fiftieth anniversary, met in 1961.

“I met her just walking down a country road in the middle of no place… but as soon as I met her I said, ‘This is who I want to marry.’”

Saukin was first introduced to Manhattan College in 1972 when he was a part of the college’s environmental engineering summer institute.

“I wasn’t there so much to learn the subject,” Saukin said, “but to scout the area.

And when I saw the number of faculty here and their stature in the environmental field… I said, ‘forget about it.’”

“I’m a competitive guy. And I’m here to make money, and if I see that on the east coast I’m going to have that kind of competition… I took it personal.”

Five years after attending that institute, Saukin would join

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Walter P. Saukin, Ph.D., became a member of the Manhattan College faculty in 1977, and has been a fixture of the civil engineering department ever since.

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the faculty.

“I found the faculty at Manhattan College were very supportive, very friendly, and I felt that the administration was more than accommodating,” Saukin said. “Anything I ever asked for, they always provided.”

And Saukin asked for a lot.

When Saukin was the executive director of the New York Water Environment Association (NYWEA) in the 1980s, he was able to bring the association’s headquarters to the Manhattan College campus.

Saukin also started the first NYWEA student chapters, and had student chapters written into the NYWEA bylaws before he left office. Today, Manhattan’s NYWEA chapter is among

Walter P. Saukin (back, center) in his first year ta Manhattan College in 1978.

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the most active in the state.

“Dr. Saukin has made a profound impact in NYWEA. He continuously encourages students to be involved in the organization. He is always the first person to tell students about the organization and get students excited about NYWEA events,” said senior civil engineering major Jamila H. Thompson, who currently serves as the NYWEA president.

She continued.

“Last semester, I told Dr. Saukin about my idea on how we can get more involvement in NYWEA. A few weeks later, we were overwhelmed with countless membership applications.

We were extremely excited, but a majority of my happiness was because he was happy.”

But Saukin’s biggest ask was made in 1982, when he started Manhattan College’s Summer Engineering Awareness program, which is still very much alive and kicking today.

“I first met Dr. Saukin when I was a student at his summer engineering program. It was there where I first heard about NYWEA. I am very grateful to have grown with this organization and make him proud,” said Thompson.

Thompson is one of several students who have taken inspiration from the program.

“I knew I was interested in engineering and interested in coming to Manhattan, but I didn’t know a lot about all the different sections of engineering,” junior civil engineering student and program alum Mike Ramos said. “The program promoted getting your hands dirty, which is what I __________________________ CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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Saukin speaks to prospective students at Accepted Students Day.

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Even though it’s Saukin’s baby, the program is interdisciplinary and open to engineers of all disciplines.

“Not only does he have academic experience, he gives you life experience,” said another program alumna Alexis Velardi, who is now a senior chemical engineering student at Manhattan College. This summer, Velardi was a member of the student staff at the program. “He is the most energetic [and] just a great guy.”

In recognition of his work with the summer program, Saukin was named the guest of honor at the New York Building Foundation’s annual benefit in 2016.

His outreach work does not stop there.

Saukin is one of the first board members of the ACE (architecture-constr uctionengineering) mentor program.

Founded at Manhattan College by alumni in 1994, ACE partners professional engineers with teams of high school students to work on engineering projects. Saukin is still on the board of the organization - which has grown to serve 1,700 students annually across America.

He is also a fixture at the college’s recruiting events, like Accepted Students Days in April and Engineering Awareness Day in November. Additionally, Saukin offers private tours of the college to individual prospective students and their parents.

In 1993, Saukin was elected chair of the civil and environmental engineering department.

“At that time, the college

was being challenged by recruiting students for engineering. It was a tough time,” Saukin said.

“When I became chair, I said, ‘I always do things myself, so how do I get other people to do things? The only way to do it is to lead by example,” Saukin recalled.

As chair, Saukin hired Professor Anirban De, Ph.D., the department’s current chair.

“He’s a caring person, and sets a caring environment… a welcoming, nurturing place for students and for young faculty,” De said of Saukin. “At that time, he was my mentor, and I’ve looked at him that way ever since.”

But first and foremost, Saukin is an educator.

“Dr. Saukin is the most captivating professor you’ll ever have,” said Christina Cercone ‘08, a former student of Saukin’s and current visiting assistant professor of civil engineering. “He’s so motivating in class… he made civil engineering seem like the greatest thing ever.”

Ramos agrees.

“Dr. Saukin is very energetic in class. He really knows his stuff and he’s a wealth of knowledge,” Ramos said. “He’s always up and beyond, extremely interesting and always has knowledge in anything you want to know… engineering, how to live your life, real estate.

He’s a fountain of knowledge.”

A long time lover of sports, Saukin encourages his students to maintain both a sharp mind and a fit body. He played a role in recruiting junior mechanical engineering major Pamela Miceus and senior civil engineering major Samson Usilo to the women’s and men’s basketball teams, respectively.

“I love to watch the practices, because what you see on the court is what you see in the classroom,” Saukin said. “I can

see the problems that occur on the court, and I can bring that to the classroom.”

For Saukin, lessons learned on the court have always reinforced what is learned in the classroom.

“The gym and the classroom are one in the same,” Saukin said. “In the gym, I can be the trainer and I can tell you what to do, but I can’t do the lifting for you. And in the classroom, I can tell you what to do… but you got to do the lifting.”

Saukin’s three children were all raised in this vein,

showing academic and athletic excellence. His daughter is a medical doctor. Both his sons earned civil engineering degrees at Manhattan College before attending law school.

Saukin acknowledges that he is getting advanced in years, but has no intention of slowing down anytime soon. Next fall, he will be teaching seven sections of two courses.

“You never know at what age you will play your best game, or do something that will make a major difference,” Saukin said.

It is the work that keeps

Saukin going - and keeps him young.

“What have I discovered?

Want to call it the fountain of youth?” Saukin asked. Or, put more succinctly, home.

“Anybody who is here knows that their soul has a home,” he said. “So when you see me running around campus, [it’s because] I just enjoy it. It’s like going to the park, going to the Botanical Gardens.

And the students are the flowers… you want to water them.”

Taylor Brethauer contributed reporting.

Saukin with students at the Manhattan College Engineering Awareness Summer Institute, which he founded in 1982.

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Manhattan College: A Rock and Roll Retrospective (Part 1) ------------------------

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Arlo Guthrie, right, and The Drifters, left, performing at Manahttan in 1969, and Chicago, bottom, performing at Gaelic Park in the 1970s concert of Manhattan College.

Asst. News Editor Note: This article is the first of two chronicling a history of concerts at both Manhattan College and Gaelic Park.

The majority of information available on these shows was sourced from articles featured in The Quadrangle between 1969 and 1972, and is a testament to the excellent reporting done by student journalists at this college.

The annual selection of Manhattan’s Springfest artist generates buzz on campus every year, and as debates over popularity, relevance and budgeting arise, the hype generated prior to the announcement of the once-a-year concert headliner is often met with a sizeable degree of disappointment upon the reveal.

It is hard to imagine that in decades past, Manhattan sponsored and provided venue for multiple concerts a year, both on and off campus, with some of the biggest names in the annals of rock, folk and pop history gracing our very own section of the Bronx.

What began as a few scattered shows with low-budget contemporary artists would ultimately culminate in tens

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The following year’s show featured rock group the Turtles, best known for their 1967 hit “Happy Together,” this time performing at the College of Mount St. Vincent in North Riverdale. The show was described as underwhelming, and despite the switch to a less expensive venue, again resulted in a financial loss for the college.

The change seemed to

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What began as a few scattered shows with low-budget contemporary artists would ultimately culminate in tens of thousands of concert-goers flocking to Gaelic Park in the early 1970s to see legendary acts...

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of thousands of concert-goers flocking to Gaelic Park in the early 1970s to see legendary acts like the Grateful Dead, the Allman Brothers, the Guess Who and Yes, all for no more than a few dollars a ticket. But how did it all come about?

The story begins in 1967, when the Social Life Commission of Student Government at Manhattan hosted its first official concert, headlined by folkpop group the Kingston Trio, at the Manhattan Center on West 34th Street. The cost of overhead at the venue proved to be too great, resulting in what The Quadrangle referred to as a “financial flop” and the loss of approximately $2,000 dollars for the college.

come during the 1968-69 school year when Manhattan began hosting a few live musical acts to supplement recurring campus-wide events known as “Manhappenings.”

These “social extravaganzas” were also organized by the Social Life Commission and were scheduled to occur six times throughout the year, in addition to one or two dedicated music concerts.

One of the first of these highlights was an on campus performance by Arlo Guthrie on September 21, 1968, which was met with a large student crowd that actually turned a profit for the school. Yet reviews featured in The Quad-

rangle following the show indicated mixed reaction among students in attendance.

“Many left the concert thinking that Guthrie wasn’t as good as he had been in previous appearances.” wrote one editorial. “Some thought that the show was very good and wondered at his blasts of the establishment. Notwithstanding either of these views, the concert was a success financially. This is something new for Manhattan following the losses of the Kingston Trio and the Turtles.”

The implications seemed obvious even at the time, that the potential for popular, successful concerts at Manhattan was there.

“This concert should go to show that the administrators of the college who feared another loss, that with another great entertainer and with an innovation for Manhattan such as an outdoor campus concert, there is a good deal of money to be made … Arlo Guthrie may well have given Manhattan College a new social life. Now it will be the job of Student Government to prove that it can be done again.”

The Drifters, best known for their 1964 hit “Under the Boardwalk,” played at the fifth Manhappening of the school year on January 31, 1969, supplemented by two local bands and and 11-piece soul group.

The Quadrangle described the event, which took place in what is now Thomas Hall, as “a discoteque atmosphere on the main floor with light show and psychedelic poster display,” while the bands played upstairs in a “nightclub” setting. Beer was served on two floors to

those with proof of age.

Admission was just $1.75.

In conjunction with the Junior, Sophomore and Freshman classes, Manhattan’s Special Events Commission also set up an evening concert with rock and pop singer Judy Collins at the College of Mount St. Vincent on April 26, as a part of Manhattan’s first “Spring Weekend” event to close out the academic year and send students off for the season.

Yet the summer break did not halt the musical momentum the college had started, as things were just starting to heat up on campus and in the Riverdale community.

In conjunction with the Special Events Commission, the idea was developed for a local concert series, the proceeds of which would be used towards scholarship funds for Manhattan College students. Thus was born the Manhattan College

Scholarship Concert Series Summer ‘69 Festival.

According to an article in a July 1969 issue of the Bronxville Review Press-Reporter, the series was chaired by Special Events Commissioner Mark Walsh, Class of ‘69, and came at an expense of approximately $200,000.

The college worked with Ruston & Brenner Associates, Inc., a booking agency based out of Bronxville, NY, to bring the shows to Gaelic Park, which at the time was not yet owned by the school. The company specialized in providing musical acts and entertainment for colleges, schools and clubs throughout the New York metropolitan area, particularly contemporary rock bands, and had also assisted in arranging several Manhappening artists.

The concert series kicked off on July 17, 1969 with a show headlined by California pop

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group the Association, who had opened up the legendary Monterey Pop Festival two years prior, along with The New Colony Six and The Critters. The Association had originally topped a school-wide poll to play at Manhattan in 1968, but had accepted a contract to perform at Notre Dame before they could be booked for a show.

The Beach Boys, backed by the Box Tops and Brooklyn Bridge, would follow just one week later. The following month would bring Pete Seeger, the Four Tops, the Rascals and many others to the athletic field on West 240th Street.

Riverdale residents living on Waldo Avenue at the time had a clear view of the Gaelic Park concerts from top-floor apartments and rooftops, and those who couldn’t get into the shows could often listen to the music from the street.

On August 18, as Woodstock was wrapping up its third and final day about 80 miles to the northwest, Manhattan College’s Summer ‘69 Festival was supposed to close out with a

show headlined by the Byrds, but the concert was ultimately cancelled. Some problems arose at the beginning of the fall semester as Student Government argued over what to do next, as detailed in a Quadrangle article covering an assembly meeting prior to the final decision.

“It seems that since there had been allotted money for the Byrds and the [college] legislature had not been consulted, whoever had signed the Byrds [from the Executive Committee] had done so illegally. The trouble lay with the fact that it was only illegal as far as Student Government was concerned. The problem left the legislature with two poor choices … either cancel the concert and take an immediate, sizeable loss or it could give its approval to the concert, thus making it legitimate.”

It was decided that the band would return to play two shows on September 20 at Mount St. Vincent. The most expensive ticket to either show was $4.

The start of the 1969-70 aca-

demic year also signaled the return of Manhappenings which once again proved popular, often drawing crowds of over 1500 students at the same time.

Meanwhile, it was decided that the college could once again undertake another summer concert series, and that with better planning and fewer acts to manage, the show could generate a greater profit than the year prior.

In the summer of 1970, Manhattan College would host its second Scholarship Concert Series, this time co-sponsored

by P. Ballantine and Sons, the Newark-based brewing company best known for Ballantine Ale. The Summer ‘70 Festival was much shorter than its predecessor, featuring only three concerts, but packed a wallop in terms of talent.

Chicago and the Guess Who took to the stage the night of August 5, 1970 to open up the series. The concert lasted until 1:20 a.m., and despite some technical difficulties resulting from audience members crowding against sound

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equipment near the stage, the concert was successful and netted an $8000 dollar profit for the school.

John Lovett, Assistant Track Coach at Manhattan as well as a member of the class of 1973, was one of those in attendance at the show, which took place in the summer of his freshman year at the college.

He recalled how inexpensive the concert was, as were most at the time.

“Back then everything was fairly cheap,” said Lovett. “I’m sure it wasn’t more than a couple dollars. It was a nominal fee to get in, wasn’t like nowadays, you know, where you gotta take a loan out.”

Lovett, who ran track for the college at the time, recalled taking the train from his thenhome in Flatbush, Brooklyn up to the Bronx.

“It was like an hour and a half ride [via subway] back then … people would just go and hop on the train and you’d go and you’d party, everything was a party basically, it was the 70s.”

He recalled the large number of audience members packing Gaelic Park that day, which he had previously visited to watch club football games.

“You never went to a concert where they were halffilled.”

13,000 fans ended up at Gaelic Park that night, the second largest concert crowd in New York that summer, trailing only behind Simon and Garfunkel’s show at Forest Hills Stadium.

An Irish-themed show headlined by the Irish Rovers followed on August 25. While the concert was taped by news station WPIX-TV and drew many of the surrounding Bronx-Irish locals, it was unsuccessful at attracting fans from outside areas and proved to be another financial setback.

The last and final concert in the series featured Three Dog Night the following day, August 26. Their opening act, Pacific Gas and Electric, was unable to perform that night, forcing an hour and 25 minute-long set of new and old material by the headliner that was well received by the crowd.

“Three Dog was good but the audience was even better,” wrote Special Events Commissioner Walsh in a September 1970 edition of the Quadrangle. “The predominantly high school audience was on its feet from the start, and the snow fence which had been erected between sections had been torn down by the end of the concert.”

Walsh ultimately felt that the shows went over well, and did benefit both the school and students.

“The avowed purposes of this series were to raise scholarship funds ... to affect good public relations for the college ... [and] to provide a significant social event for students and the general public,” wrote Walsh. “If the size and fervor of the gatherings were any indication of the social value of the events, then Summer 70 is also an indication of the success of the concert series.”

Part II of this story will appear in next week’s issue of the Quadrangle.

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A Tradition Impacting Baseball for Generations: The Seventh-Inning Stretch

According to tale, Brother Jasper will forever be remembered for creating baseball’s seventh-inning stretch.

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Baseball’s seventh-inning stretch is a tradition in America’s pastime that allows players and fans alike to get up and stretch between the top and bottom halves of the seventhinning.

For Yankee fans, this is when Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” proudly plays throughout Yankee Stadium.

Other professional teams, such as the Boston Red Sox, play Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” during the “stretch,” while the New York Mets play “Che la Luna Mezzo Mare” by Lou Monte.

With that said, the most common song across the country is none of other than “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.”

However, the origin of this countlessly practiced tradition is up for debate.

The most recognized of seventh-inning stretch theories revolves around President William Howard Taft: the only president to also serve as a Chief Justice on the Supreme Court, and the only Commander-in-Chief to get stuck in a White House bathtub.

Political career aside, Taft was also a “baseball revolutionary,” according to Chris Landers of MLB.com.

“On April 14, 1910, Taft was enjoying the hometown Washington Senators’ Opening Day contest against the Philadelphia Athletics -- the very same game at which he threw baseball’s first presidential first pitch. There was just one problem: At a reported 6-foot-2 and

well over 300 pounds, Taft was a rather large man, and after a while, the rigid wooden seats at Washington’s Griffith Stadium took their toll on him.”

Landers continued.

“After the top half of the seventh, Taft stood up to stretch his legs -- and, not wanting to be disrespectful of the highest office in the land, everybody else in attendance did, too. The Senators went on to win that day, the stretch soon became common practice and the rest is history.”

But one could argue that this “stretching” started on Jasper turf, an argument that Manhattan Jaspers’ hold close to their hearts.

Brother Jasper of Mary, F.S.C., represents more than just the school’s mascot.

“A native of Ireland, Brother Jasper came to Manhattan College in 1861 as the head of resident students. During years at Manhattan, he founded the school’s first band, orchestra, glee club, various literary clubs, and became the school’s first athletic director,” read an excerpt from GoJaspers.com.

Not only was Brother Jasper the first athletic director at the College, but his legacy lives on in the hearts of all baseball fans.

“One of the greatest achievements of Brother Jasper was that he brought the then little-known sport of baseball to Manhattan College and became the team’s first coach …

During one particularly warm and humid day … Brother Jasper noticed the Manhattan students were becoming restless and edgy as Manhattan came to bat in the seventh inning of a close game,” read GoJaspers.

The story continued.

“To relieve the tension, Brother Jasper called time-out and told the students to stand up and stretch for a few minutes until the game resumed … The Manhattan College practice of the seventh inning stretch spread into the major leagues, where it has now become a time-honored custom practiced by millions of fans.”

Richie Barella is a senior on the Manhattan College baseball team who shared his thoughts in this regard with the Quad last year.

“The story of Brother Jasper will forever be imbedded in my head,” said Barrella.

“Brother Jasper was the first athletic director and baseball coach here at Manhattan College, while also being responsible for keeping the fans excited in each game. He realized that during the seventh inning of each game the fans would become restless.”

Barrella continued, as his genuine interest in baseball and the school’s mascot poured.

“To lighten the mood and regain the interests, Brother Jasper decided to stop the game and go to the student section and let them stand up and stretch for a little bit to get the blood flowing again,” said Barrella. “Ultimately creating the seventh inning stretch, which is now a tradition throughout every Major League Baseball stadium.”

And that it did.

“Since the College annually played the New York Giants in the late 1880s and into the 1890s at the old Polo Grounds, the Manhattan College practice of the ‘seventh inning stretch’ spread into the major leagues,

where it has now become a time-honored custom practiced by millions of fans,” read GoJaspers.

You don’t have to be on Manhattan’s baseball team to be proud of the tale, however.

“I tell people that [Brother Jasper] came up with baseball’s seventh inning stretch and they usually find that pretty interesting,” said Morgan Graziano, a senior at MC. The least common, and possibly oldest, of seventh-inning stretch theories comes from Harry Wright, a founding father of professional baseball.

“In 1982, Cincinnati Magazine dug up a letter written in 1869 -- 13 years before Jasper’s innovation -- by Harry Wright,

original Cincinnati Reds organizer … In it, Wright describes how Reds fans ‘all arise between halves of the seventh inning, extend their legs and arms, and sometimes walk about. In so doing they enjoy the relief afforded by relaxation from a long posture upon hard benches,’” said Landers.

Regardless of where the tradition was birthed, the seventhinning stretch dates back to the the mid-to-late-19th century and has impacted baseball players and fans for generations.

And the “stretch” shows no signs of stopping.

Your grandparents may owe this beloved baseball tradition to Brother Jasper, as may your grandchildren.

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“A native of Ireland, Brother Jasper came to Manhattan College in 1861 as the head of resident students. During years at Manhattan, he founded the school’s first band, orchestra, glee club, various literary clubs, and became the school’s first athletic director,” read an excerpt from GoJaspers.com.

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The Cost of A National Championship (and What It All Really Means) Megan Dreher Editor-in-Chief

Empower and Exceed.

On January 10, I returned to school with my 10 teammates and coach as we prepared for the second leg of our season, and it was arguably the most rigorous preparation I’ve been through thus far in my time here at Manhattan College.

Back to School Bootcamp is no stranger to the Jasper Dancers, but this year felt different. Upon our early return each spring semester, our team brings back one agreed upon phrase that will keep us motivated in the toughest of times, and this year we decided to keep it short and sweet. These two simple words packed quite the punch, reminding us to empower one another and exceed any and all expectations that we placed on ourselves, as well as the ones that might have been placed on us from others. We completely embodied these two words, knowing that if we just kept reminding ourselves of the story they told, we would have the fight to keep going.

Boy, did it work in ways that I have yet to comprehend.

If you didn’t already know, I

split my time between the two most important things in my life here at school: the Quadrangle and the Jasper Dancers. I took a bit of a hiatus from article writing these past few weeks in preparation for NDA Nationals, the biggest event of the year in the collegiate dance team world. From the time the Jasper Dancers return to campus in January for Bootcamp, until the minute we board our flight home, we are living and breathing dance. We practice upwards of 15 hours a week, six days a week. We test our endurance, our technical capabilities, our mental and physical strength. We laugh, we cry, we hurt, we ice our bodies. We push ourselves past each and every mental barrier for 4 days, and more specifically 4 minutes. Crazy.

But why? There is no scholarship for this. There is no athletic training for this. It’s simply eleven girls and one coach who have a love for the program, a love for one another, and a love of dance. We spend an entire season preparing for two dances to perform in Daytona Beach, Fl. Each dance, only two minutes long, is performed one time for a panel of judges.

If you’re lucky, and the judges

score you well, you move on to the final round of competition and are afforded the opportunity to perform again. How hard could it be? Extremely hard, to be frank. Eleven girls representing Manhattan College are up against Division 1 dance teams from some of the largest universities around the country. In our Hip Hop category alone, we saw competition from schools such as Weber State University (24,000 undergraduates), the University of Illinois at Chicago (19,000 undergraduates), Boston University (17,000 undergraduates), University at Albany (13,500 undergraduates), Wright State University (12,000 undergraduates), and Elon University (6,000 undergraduates). These are the teams that clearly have a much larger pool of prospective dancers to choose from, win titles year after year, and are essentially guaranteed a place in the finals round. It’s intimidating, but it’s also the most rewarding feeling in the world.

Back in 2017, my freshman year of college, the Jasper Dancers placed 5th in nation for Division 1 Hip Hop. This was the first time in the program’s history that we made it to finals

and placed so highly. To this day, I will never forget the feeling of my first time dancing on the Daytona Beach Bandshell.

It was something that wasn’t guaranteed, and I honestly had no idea if we would have this opportunity ever again. Last year, my hopes of getting back on the Bandshell were lessened, as we placed 11th and did not advance to finals. I questioned everything, but specifically if freshman year’s success was a fluke? I knew that as a rising junior and captain, things needed to change because more than ever before I was going to dance on that Bandshell again.

The reason Back to School Bootcamp felt so different this year is because there was a fire burning and a story brewing.

We were hungry, we were motivated, we were determined to get back to where we belonged in this National competition. I am so incredibly proud of the work that this team had put in over the course of the past few months, because our drive never waivered. It was that same drive that carried us through until we arrived in Daytona Beach that won us our National title in the Division 1 Hip Hop category, the first team National Championship that Man-

hattan College has seen since 1973. Eleven girls and one coach crawled their way out of 11th place in 2018 to score a 94.97/100 just one year later... landing safely in first place.

I’ll tell you why we do this, day after day, month after month, year after year. Dance is so incredibly overlooked on a collegiate level across the country. It’s not just about the sporting events that we attend and practice for. It’s not just about the fun costumes and pom poms that we get to dance around with. It’s the blood, sweat and tears (often all three occurring at the same time) that make dancing at the collegiate level so worth it.

It’s the love and dedication of each member of this team. It’s the countless hours of passion and labor, frustration and joy that my coach has spent building this program into what it is today. It’s the bonds that we share, knowing that each and every moment you are dancing, you’re giving your all for the girl next to you because you know that she’s doing the same. We dance, we fight, because a National Championship is worth all of that. And I wouldn’t trade it for the world.

The Shift in What It Means to Be Lasallian and Its Values August Kissel Web Editor

Prior to attending Manhattan College, I had no idea what a Lasallian was. My freshman year, I believed that Lasallians and Catholics were separate from each other and when I attended Mass I thought the only difference was that Lasallians just didn’t kneel during mass.

I even remember calling my mother and saying “Lasallians are so weird, they don’t kneel at mass,” to then participate in no further research about my new home’s Lasallian heritage.

Since then I have had many Lasallian experiences, such as participating in the Lasallian Outreach Volunteer Experiences, also known as the L.O.V.E. program, where I learned and later facilitated dialogue about the Five Points of the Lasallian Star. I could recite them like nobody’s business and apply them to the mission of the program, but at that point I didn’t truly identify as a Lasallian. I valued the community’s work but I didn’t feel I fully belonged.

It wasn’t until I moved into the Generalate of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in Rome for a semester that I actu-

ally started to understand what a Lasallian was, and that you didn’t have to be Catholic or a teacher to be a Lasallian. Prior to moving to Rome I would tell my friends I was moving into the central house of all Lasallians, specifically mentioning that “His BONES are there,” to everyone who asked. Upon arrival to the Generalate I was transfixed. We had weekly dinners with the Brothers, having access to the different projects the Lasallian world was actively working on, I had the first understanding that the Lasallians genuinely focus on Social Justice through an inclusive education program, and I thought it was pure magic.

Then like all institutions I learned about the good and the bad. As we lived there longer I learned the History of Saint John Baptist de la Salle, and the true involvement of women and all lay people within the Lasallian community. The first religious group that Saint John Baptist de la Salle worked with was a community of nuns, who encouraged his work and development of schooling. These nuns were the people who motivated his work of educating and social justice. He then

moved onto working and creating the community of brothers we know today. The tale of this community of sisters is hard to locate and is not shared as often in the tale of Saint John Baptist de la Salle.

As the years have gone by the Lasallian lay community continued to grow and grow.

This lay community is now international, and has become 60 percent female and 40 percent male. These communities engage in dialogue to create the schooling system that would be the most beneficial and inclusive to each community they plan on serving. This is one of the best aspects of the Lasallian community worldwide, the communication and work between the lay community and the brothers in each community.

Yet something I noticed despite this generational transition that there is a power dynamic issue within the Generalate. While the community who is serving the Lasallian mission has transitioned to predominately lay people, specifically minorities, those in control at the top are still predominantly represented by only Brothers.

Each of the higher offices were designated to the brothers that

were the representative of their portion of the Lasallian world.

The offices for the lay people and the sisters were physically lower, often in the basement, and were not being as represented in the hierarchy of power. During my time at the Generalate only the brothers were invited to our dinners, I didn’t even know there was a community of sisters there until much later into my program.

Later that year, I attended the IALU conference and fell even more in love with the Lasallian Mission as I was in a room of peers my own age who embodied the pillars of the mission. This group of students further my desire to be openly Lasallian, each of us stemming from other backgrounds and life experiences. This community justified my place in the Lasallian world, as I was able to get to know so many peoples who cared so deeply for social justice. While I am currently struggling with my religious identity, it was demonstrated that I deserve to claim my Lasallian identity.

When one day we were prompted to share an issue within the Lasallian community, myself and my peers brought

up our issues with representation within the Lasallian community, we felt silenced. We were the only group that had an adult from the conference sit in and listen to our discussion, our poster was the only one that wasn’t hung up on the wall, and we felt we were repeatedly given statistics about how the Lasallian lay community to state where we were wrong.

While I understand that our lay community is so inclusive, our leadership board is less so, and as person who identifies as a young Lasallian I believe I should be able to see the Lasallian leadership and be able to identify myself within that community.

All in all, like every other institution this world has to offer, the Lasallian is both wonderful and problematic. I believe that without dialogue we can never improve, so I hope moving forward, into new generations we can begin to expand our definition of a Lasallian leader. Who they are, what they look like, and what they believe in. Without an inclusive leadership, there cannot be a completely inclusive lay community.

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Student Government Election Results Are In, Many Candidates Run Unopposed 2019

SUDENT GOVERNMENT BALLOT

PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE V.P.:

Kaylyn Atkins and Ryan Kwiecinski Jasper State of Mind V.P. FOR CLUB ADMINISTRATION Anna Rosario Jasper State of Miind V.P. FOR FINANCE Gallagher Gregory Jasper State of Mind V.P. FOR RESIDENTIAL AFFAIRS Luke Malpica Jasper State of Mind V.P. FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS Nadia Itani Jasper State of Mind V.P. FOR SOCIAL LIFE GinaMarie Napoli Jasper State of Mind V.P. FOR COMMJNICATION Megan Dreher Jasper State of Mind V.P. FOR COMMUTER AFFAIRS

Members of the newly-elected Student Government team: Jasper State of Mind RYAN KWIECINSKI / COURTESY

Gabriella DePinho & Taylor Brethauer News Editor & Senior Writer

The results are in: Jasper State of Mind will be the party in the executive board positions of student government for the upcoming 2019-2020 school year.

The party, led by president Kaylyn Atkins and executive vice president Ryan Kwiecinski, ran unopposed. The other positions filled are as follows: Parveen Rampersaud, vice president of commuter affairs, Luke Malpica, vice president for residential affairs, Megan Dreher, vice president of communications, Anna Rosario, vice president of club administration, Nadia Itani, vice president of academic affairs, GinaMarie Napoli, vice president of social life and Gallagher Gregory, vice president of finance.

The current party, Best of the Bronx, is now in its final weeks of their administration.

For student body president Jaycie Cooper, it’s a bittersweet time.

“It is so bittersweet, I am

so grateful for the experience [...] I’ve learned that collaboration has to be at the heart of anything that I had to get done.

That was my most valuable lesson. It’s going to be hard to leave,” said Cooper.

But she wishes the best for the incoming party, stating that the current board will have binders and digital copies of guidelines and directions for the new executive board.

“I know the graduating seniors are definitely stressing to the new board that they can come to us with any questions they have,” said Cooper.

The only real competition for elections this year came down to the senior class vice presidents and sophomore class vice presidents. There are only two slots for these positions and three students were running for each.

For the junior class, they have elected Cate Weiden and Donovan Reilly as next year’s senior representatives. For the freshman class, they have re-elected their current representatives to fill the sophomore vice president roles next year, Kevin Rojas and Sydney Collins.

This is Weiden’s first in-

volvement with Student Government, but she’s excited.

“I decided to run because I thought it was super awesome how involved student government was with the student body this year. And I really liked how they were able to protest the administration over the number of graduation tickets and actually got them to up the number,” said Weiden. “I’m excited for next year!”

The Jasper State of Mind is looking forward to filling their assembly next year, along with their party calling the shots.

They put the party together with a wide range of students from different backgrounds from athletes, residents, commuters, etc.

“We were looking for different leaders on campus so that we could cover as much ground as possible and make sure every student on campus has a voice on campus,” said Kwiecinski.

It became clear early on that the party would be running unopposed, but that didn’t stop their campaigning on campus and social media.

“We’re a group of active students and we didn’t want to become complacent just because

Parveen Rampersaud Jasper State of Mind SENIOR CLASS VICE PRESIDENT Catherine “Cate” Weiden Donovan Reilly Rachel Bianculli JUNIOR CLASS VICE PRESIDENT Ireland Twiggs Uncontested SOPHOMORE CLASS VICE PRESIDENT Kevin Rojas Sydney Collins Liola Moody SCHOOL OF BUSINESS VP Jixing “Paul” Fucao Uncontested EDUCATION AND HEALTH VP Shannon Gleba Shanice Lyle no one was running against us.

It doesn’t mean we can’t be passionate. So whether or not we had an opponent, we were going to push no matter what,” said Atkins.

The party was running on four major platforms: inclusivity on campus, JasperNation 2.0, campus health and rejuvenating campus space.

All of the members are still riding the high of winning the election, but are excited to

reign in the excitement and begin working for the Manhattan College student body.

“We need the energy for next year because we want a lot of things to happen,” said Atkins.

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Anthony Scaramucci Speaks at MC Megan Dreher & Pete Janny Editor-in-Chief & Asst. Sports Editor

On Wednesday, April 10, members of the Manhattan College community gathered in Hayden 100 to hear businessman Anthony Scaramucci speak about his career experiences in finance and politics.

Nicknamed the “The Mooch,” Scaramucci is the founder of SkyBridge, a global investment firm based in New York City, and is a former White House Director of Communications under the current administration. Student Body President Jaycie Cooper and Raymond Castello had the pleasure of moderating the panel in which Scaramucci touched on a widerange of topics involving his financial and political experiences. After about an hour of discussion, the event wrapped up with a Q&A session between Scaramucci and audience members. Although attendees were still able to buy tickets at the door, those who pre-ordered their tickets were gifted a copy of one of Scaramucci’s books called “Trump-the Blue-Collar President.”

Cooper recalled her pride in having the privilege to host and moderate an event such as this.

“Over the last four years I’ve done my best to put on events for students I thought would be interesting and generate a substantial amount of people.

This was one of the bigger audiences I had for an event. I also want to point out that I was surprised how willing he was to come to the school and volunteer his time. He was not paid and it was pretty special that he stayed about an hour after the event answering questions, signing books and giving out his card to students.”

While hosting a guest with

such a political presence in the public sphere, Cooper and Castello wanted to ensure that Scaramucci was being presented as more than just a political entity.

“Before the event, I never took Scaramucci too seriously.

After doing a little bit of research, I found he is a pretty complex guy and has an entire life separate from politics. We made sure to show the audience this other side of him with the questions that me and Raymond wrote,” said Cooper.

Scaramucci started off the panel talking about his experiences growing up in Long Island in a blue collar household of modest means. Scaramucci credited his father’s work ethic as a construction worker for instilling within him the determination to be successful. Scaramucci set the bar high in the classroom on his way to earning a B.A. in economics from Tufts University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

It didn’t take Scaramucci long to realize just how different the wall street culture was from anything else he had previously encountered in his life. He had no choice but to accept the reality that his experiences coming from a middle class family had put him at a disadvantage against those who were bred around luxury and privilege. One memory in particular served as a wake up call to Scaramucci. While interviewing for a position at Goldman Sachs out of college, he was called out for the way he was dressed. He referred to the incident as “one of the most embarrassing moments” of his life. In spite of his mistake, Goldman was admittedly impressed by Scaramucci’s wit and ended up hiring him anyways.

He then transitioned into talking about the trajectory of his business career.

He recounted his early days at Goldman Sachs in which he

worked in their Investment Banking division in 1989. Just as he was beginning to find his niche at Goldman, Scaramucci was confronted by adversity. After just one year with the firm, he was fired due to the onset of a real estate crisis. The ensuing days were filled with great anguish for Scaramucci due the uncertainty of what lied ahead.

Little did he know that his first lay-off would be the prelude to a successful second stint with Goldman.

Ironically enough, Scaramucci was re-hired by Goldman on March 27th, 1991 to work in Private Wealth Management; only a month after his firing from the corporation. He asserts that his role in Wealth Management was a better fit for him anyway than his previous assignment in the Investment Banking Division Scaramucci’s run at Goldman Sachs came to a close in 1996 when he and a close friend founded Oscar Capital Management. According to Scaramucci, the process of starting his company was anything but easy. As it turns out, this monumental step in Scaramucci’s career was only the beginning of his rise in the financial industry. In 2001, he opted to sell Oscar Capital Management to investment firm Neuberger Berman shortly after the September 11th attacks.

Scaramucci further enhanced his status in the financial sector when in 2005 he founded SkyBridge Capital, a global alternative investment firm. From there, he continued to receive special recognition for his business expertise, earning the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011 and placing eighty-fifth in “Worth Magazine’s Power 100: The 100 Most Powerful People in Global Finance” in 2016.

The obvious elephant in the room surrounding Scaramucci’s career was his infamous tenure as White House

Communications Director under President Trump. The businessman-turned-politician expressed regret for the backstabbing comments he made about Reince Priebus and Steve Bannon that led to his firing on July 27, 2017 after only eleven days on the job. According to Scaramucci, his willingness to forgive himself for that costly mistake has helped heal the inner pain that has come from it.

For freshman business student Sam Thompson, the way Scaramucci tries to turn every negative situation into a positive one is worthy of respect.

“I liked his advice on don’t burn your bridges even when you get fired and how it’s important to keep good relationships,” said Thompson.

Aside from discussing his financial and political endeavors, Scaramucci gave out general life advice. He encouraged every student to aim for a job that excites them, instead of simply picking the most financially attractive one. As someone who has been scrutinized many times before, Scaramucci stressed the importance of keeping a positive attitude in the face of adversity.

Thompson figured that a man of Scaramucci’s ilk would be a great source for advice on how to be successful.

“I wanted to know if he had any advice just on the real world and being successful,” said Thompson on why he chose to attend the panel.

Like Thompson, Freshman business student Stephen Petrosino tried to absorb any tips that could potentially give him a leg up in the real world.

“I figured he would have good advice to share because of his success in business,” said Petrosino. “It was interesting how he was able to overcome all his difficult situations and just forgive.”

Cooper also commented on the advice that Scaramucci had to offer.

“[He] shared some pretty insightful lessons on failure and advice on how to overcome dark moments in life. While I may not agree with his politics I think it’s important for people to hear how others with different perspectives and viewpoints think, and this interview did a great job of showing that.

Of course I found him to be witty but most importantly, I surprised by his level of candidacy, authenticity and open-mindedness, especially in regards to the questions that were asked.”

Scaramucci’s relationship with President Trump dates back twenty years to a time when neither of them could have ever envisioned themselves taking a stab at politics.

Scaramucci did not shy away from divulging his unvarnished thoughts on the president’s performance and his prospects for winning again in 2020. Scaramucci’s confidence in the President has yet to fully waver but doesn’t appear to be as high as it used to be. One major recommendation that Scaramucci offered to the President was to dial back his support for separating families at the southern border. Scaramucci also has concerns over the President’s behavior on Twitter.

Looking ahead, Scaramucci believes Trump is the early favorite to win in 2020 thanks in large part to the good health of the economy under his administration. Scaramucci issued a caveat to democrats in the room that 2020 won’t go their way if the left-wing party continues to “move further left.” In contrast, Scaramucci believes Trump supporters may be in for a scary 2020 election cycle if a recession arrives before then.

“It was a reminder to be open-minded about Trump,” said Thompson of Scaramucci’s assessment of the President.

SGA Holds Sixth Meeting of Semester Gabriella DePinho & Maria Thomas News Editor & Asst. News Editor

On Wednesday, April 10, Student Government hosted its sixth meeting of the semester, where important discussions were led by the Resident Student Association, the Neighborhood Relations Committee, the Club Oversight Committee, and the other various assembly committees. tee

Club Oversight CommitThe Club Oversight Com-

mittee, led by VP of Club Administration Hayley Nightingale, is preparing to present two clubs for voting before the assembly at the next assembly meetings. Clubs that were applying brought representatives to the meeting to speak about their clubs and why they want to be recognized by student engagement.

From the Women in Business club, Rabea Ali addressed concerns about funding and recognition on campus.

Ali said, “We have a system already, we’ve started up but we’re an unrecognized club so there’s no funding tied to that, so anything and everything we’ve done has either been co-

sponsored or out of pocket.”

The club does not receive any funding from the school of business. Women in Business is a national organization, but at Manhattan College they cannot apply to be an official chapter because they are not under student engagement.

Additionally, the prospective Jewish Student Union explained why they think an organization on campus would be beneficial to students. The student representative present said that Jewish faith has a big emphasis on community, so they’re looking to start a community at Manhattan. The organization is first trying to accomplish this through student

government before contacting Campus Ministry and Social Action (CMSA).

Dining for Women, a club founded as a unofficial chapter of a national organization, also addressed the issue of needing funding as a reason for applying to be a club under student engagement. Shannon Forty and Ireland Twiggs are the two co-founders of this group. The two are hoping to expand the reach of the club’s work but finds that having no funding is stopping them.

“Dining for Women is a national organization who was founded by women who were looking for a way to give back to women internationally who

were facing a lot of issues, specifically regarding feminism.

We get together and we talk about these issues, it’s called dining so we have some food and we do it for the purpose of helping women,” said Forty.

Forty said that often times the organization spends money out of pocket to get refreshments and are trying to send money to the charities they talk about at their meetings. This group is another group that does not get any funding from CMSA. Lastly, Peter Halliday, the __________________________ CONTINUED ON PAGE 16

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Bronx Native is First Sitting Justice to Speak at the College Commencement: Sonia Sotomayor to Speak at 177th Undergraduate Commencement Stephen D. Zubrycky Senior Writer

Supreme Court Justice and Bronx native Sonia Sotomayor will deliver the keynote address at Manhattan College’s 177th Undergraduate Commencement Exercises next month, the college announced last week. Sotomayor will be the first sitting Supreme Court Justice to visit the college.

The announcement is the culmination of a years’ long process to bring Sotomayor to campus involving Board of Trustees member Patrick G. Boyle ‘75, who attended Cardinal Spellman High School at the same time as Sotomayor. “[Sotomayor] spoke at a Cardinal Spellman commencement and [Boyle], who is also a member of the board of Cardinal Spellman, met her there and she gave a really really great talk there, which he thought would be very very well received at Manhattan too,” Manhattan College President Brennan P. O’Donnell, Ph.D., said.

From there, a formal invitation written by Boyle was handdelivered to Sotomayor by a

second Manhattan alum who wished to remain anonymous.

That was in 2016.

Given Sotomayor’s busy schedule, she could not attend the following year’s commencement, nor the one after that.

“We basically said, ‘you pick the year and when you’re ready,’” O’Donnell said. 2019 was the winner.

Sotomayor was born in 1954, and raised in a working class Puerto Rican family in the South Bronx. Sotomayor attended Cardinal Spellman High School in the Edenwald section of the Bronx.

She graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor of arts from Princeton University in 1976, before moving onto Yale Law School, where she was awarded her juris doctor in 1979.

President George Herbert Walker Bush nominated Sotomayor to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1991. As District Court Judge, Sotomayor issued the injunction that put an end to the 1994-1995 Major League Baseball strike.

In 1998, President Bill Clinton nominated her to the United States Court of Appeals for

the Second Circuit, which includes Connecticut, New York and Vermont.

President Barack Obama nominated her for the Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice David H. Souter on May 26, 2009. She was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 68-31 on Aug. 6, 2009, and assumed her office two days later, becoming the first Latin American and third female on the high court.

On the court, Sotomayor has been described as a liberal vote, frequently voting alongside fellow Associate Justices Stephen G. Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan.

She is known for strongly written opinions, especially on issues of criminal justice, race and gender.

“Her most famous [opinions] are her dissents, because she’s typically in the minority,” Keller said.

Among Sotomayor’s most fiery dissents is her opinion in the 2016 case Utah v. Strieff.

In the case, officers detained a man named Edward Strieff, seizing methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Strieff had an outstanding arrest warrant for a traffic violation. The Supreme Court held that the

evidence seized by the officers is admissible, even though the stop and search itself was unlawful.

Sotomayor’s dissent opened, “The Court today holds that the discovery of a warrant for an unpaid parking ticket will forgive a police officer’s violation of your Fourth Amendment rights,” continuing, “This case allows the police to stop you on the street, demand your identification, and check it for outstanding traffic warrants—even if you are doing nothing wrong.”

“There’s a kind of raw edge of lived experience in her writing that’s unique,” Keller said.

“So [Justice Antonin] Scalia liked to quote operas, philosophers, and he was a great stylist in his own way. She tends to bring it down to this reality of lived experience.”

Sotomayor also wrote a dissenting opinion in the 2018 landmark case Trump v. Hawaii, which by a 5-4 vote upheld President Donald J. Trump’s travel ban from seven majorityMuslim countries. Sotomayor opined that the decision turned “a blind eye to the pain and suffering the Proclamation inflicts upon countless families and

individuals, many of whom are United States citizens.”

Keller believes that even those who disagree with Sotomayor’s jurisprudence will still enjoy and be inspired by Sotomayor’s remarks.

“It can’t get much better than this,” Keller said. “Whether or not one agrees with her, it’s really hard not to find her inspiring.”

“Everyone that I have heard that has ever heard her speak has said that she’s inspirational. And that’s what you want in a commencement speech.

You want students to leave feeling that they’ve been lifted up,” O’Donnell said. “She’s a great example of a graduate of a Bronx Catholic school. And we’re a Bronx Catholic school.”

Students agree.

“I’m honored to have Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor as our commencement speaker,” Student Body President Jaycie Cooper said.

“Me and my family are very much looking forward to her keynote address.”

The commencement exercises will begin at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, May 17. Eight hundred eighty-four candidates are expected to walk in the ceremony.

SGA Holds Sixth Meeting of Semester __________________________ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15 representative for the Students for the Ethical Treatment of Animals club, explained the club’s mission and what he hopes SETA can do.

“I’m trying to further awareness for a plant based diet, a vegan lifestyle, cooperating with all the dining options, specifically Nick Vallinoti, revolutionizing all the menus, and holding events on campus,” said Halliday.

Halliday said they would use a budget to organize guest lecturers and different events.

Lotus Magazine, HerCampus at Manhattan and Photography Club also applied to become an official club under Student Engagement but did not have a representative to speak for them.

The Club Oversight Committee will meet next week to decide which clubs will be brought before the assembly for voting.

Nightingale said, “The club oversight committee will meet to come up with two proposed clubs and we’ll bring those to

the assembly and vote on those and if there are disagreements we’ll go back to the other seven.”

Nightingale confirmed that clubs need to have funding under Student Engagement in order to be considered an official club; they can have an official email even if they aren’t an official club.

The B.E.S.T of the Bronx party is in full support of the new clubs that are trying to form.

“We are pushing and working with administration to be able to accept you guys. It’s just that there’s a lot of behind the scenes and rules that they press upon us. It’s not just a black and white process, as much as we would like it to be,” said President Cooper.

Nightingale said, “To go off of that, even if we’re not able to recognize [everyone] as a club, we do have plans in place to work with them and help them hold events they’ve requested.”

Commuter Student Association

Anna Rosario, the Vice President of Commuter Affairs,

has once again advertised the commuter field trip to New Roc bowling. Rosario noted that spots are filling up quickly.

Additionally, Rosario brought attention to Commuter Appreciation Day, which will be held on April 30th from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on the quad.

Neighborhood Relations Committee The Neighborhood Relations Committee discussed the neighborhood cleanup which will be held the day after Springfest, on Sunday, April 14.

Chairperson for the Committee, Marshall Strawbridge, said, “We were lucky enough to partner with the great community group from the neighborhood, Students of Brust Park, so this weekend we’ll be doing our bi-annual neighborhood cleanup with them. We’ll be focusing on the lower part of Brust Park. One thing I want to do a better part of communicating is that it’s part of a threepart series, the ‘It’s My Park” series.”.

Resident Student Association

The Resident Student Association noted that there would be no changes made to the Springfest guest pass rules.

Isabel Quinones, VP of Residential affairs addressed the rumours going around about dorm policies for next year.

“There are some rumours going around about next year’s dorm policies. It’s still in the preliminary stages, they’re still looking at it so rumours shouldn’t exist because there’s no policy being spoken about yet. They’re basically just looking at who has access to the buildings, when they have access, things like that,” said Quinones.

Rosario said, “Their main concern is the safety of the residents. Most colleges don’t have the open door policy Manhattan College has with everyone being allowed to swipe into everyone’s dorm. That’s just something Charles [Clency] has been looking into.”

The assembly discussed some of the rumours about the potential changes, especially the ways in which commuters would be affected by it. Clency plans to come to the last assem-

bly meeting so students can come and raise their concerns to him.

Miscellaneous Topics Scaramucci’s visit to campus was held the same day as the assembly meeting and was advertised to the assembly.

The next Senate meeting will be on April 16, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the alumni room.

Speaker of the Senate, Liam Moran confirmed that President Brennan O’Donnell will be there.

VP of the School of Business, Jiuxing “Paul” Fucao announced that Players would be doing a fundraiser for Flint, Mich. at the Urinetown shows on April 11, 12 and 14.

The executive board announced that there are still openings for next year’s school Vice Presidents and that these elections would take place in the fall but students who are interested in these positions are encouraged to attend the next assembly meeting to get a taste for it this semester.

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Changes to Talent Scholarship Application for Class of 2023 Joe Liggio, Sophia Sakellariou, Christine Nappi & Pete Janny Asst. News Editor, Production Editor, Staff Writer & Asst. Sports Editor

Manhattan College’s two talent scholarships, the Performing Arts scholarship and The Quadrangle Student Newspaper scholarship, will be operating under a different timeline for the recipient selection process this year.

In the past, the scholarship application and awarding process took place in April, after a college had been accepted to but not necessarily enrolled in Manhattan College. Rather than taking place in April as in years past, the school has pushed the start of the process until after the May regular decision deadline, also known as National College Decision Day. As a result of the change, prospective scholarship recipients are now required to be committed to Manhattan College and enrolled for the Fall 2019 semester in order to be eligible to receive a Quad or Performing Arts scholarship.

In previous years, students applied for and received notification of a verdict prior to May 1. The deposit for students is either $400 or $900, depending on their status as a commuter or resident student.

With scholarships no longer guaranteed prior to committing to Manhattan, this procedural change now lessens the weight the scholarships would have held in a student’s college decision. For some, this revision may affect whether or not an applicant chooses to enroll at Manhattan.

According to Denise Scalzo, Director of Financial Aid Administration, the change has been made to accomodate the “current Jaspers.” Scalzo describes that the scholarship should be awarded to committed students, because they have shown a dedication to the Manhattan community. Due to market research that has been conducted, Scalzo notes that enrolled Jaspers have a “better” opportunity to receive the scholarship.

“We want to make sure this class coming in feels part of the Jasper community,” Scalzo said. “That’s why the process is a little different.”

The only factor in the application process that has been changed is that the scholarship will now only be awarded to committed students.

Although the Quad scholarship has been around for more than 10 years, Scalzo claims that students were unaware of this opportunity, which is one reason why it’s being changed.

The idea to switch the scholarship requirements to only be-

ing open to committed students has been discussed amongst the college’s cabinet for a while, yet has only been in the works since this past fall.

A letter and e-mail will be sent home to prospective students who may be interested in applying for the scholarship, but only if interest has already been indicated on a student’s application to Manhattan in general. Students who do not indicate a high school activity that relates to The Quadrangle or entails writing are still eligible to apply, but may not be notified.

“Anyone who indicates writing experience on the common app will get a letter home,” Scalzo said. “All have the opportunity to apply.”

Students who indicate a musical involvement in high school on their common application will be sent home a notification for the Performing Arts scholarship but all students are eligible to apply for the scholarship.

The Quadrangle scholarship is awarded to five students in every class year adding up to a total of 20 students on scholarship at any given moment.

The scholarship is an award of $5,000 per year, divided evenly each semester.

In addition to the incoming committed students, the scholarship is also open to current students, dependent on if there is an open spot to award it to someone. Current scholars need to meet a certain criteria to maintain their scholarship; if they don’t, the director of the program, Thom Gencarelli, Ph.D., can make the decision to award it to a different student who is shown to be committed to the newspaper.

“We have a certain amount of spots for freshman, sophomores, juniors and seniors,” Scalzo said. “There will be students who don’t get it, but can have an opportunity later on.”

Scalzo emphasizes that the scholarship be open to only committed students because it will help encourage participation in the club. In general, she finds the scholarship to be important to the community because it enables students to maintain the publication of a newspaper, a service that’s important to the college community.

According to Scalzo, the amount of money the school can award to students has been accounted for when considering the scholarship.

“The Performing Arts and Quadrangle scholarship are cal-

culated in part of our discount percent,” Scalzo said. “We just want to make sure the current jaspers have an opportunity to receive this award.”

While these two talentbased scholarships are seeing changes, other scholarships the college offers are not. Athletic scholarships, which are performance based and require an extensive recruitment process beginning in high school, are not seeing a change in the awarding process. The Lasallian Ambassador Award will also not see a change in its awarding process.

Unlike the Performing Arts and Quad scholarships, the Lasallian Ambassador Award, a scholarship awarded to a select number of high school applicants who come from a Lasallian high school, will still be awarded before the May 1 deadline. This means that prospective recipients of this award will have the advantage of making a college decision with a clearer understanding of what their financial obligations to Manhattan would look like.

Andy Bauer, Director of Performing Arts at the college, highlighted issues concerning getting the word out to prospective students.

“We’ve always struggled in disseminating the information about the scholarship and raising awareness about it with the incoming freshman class. Maybe we need to do a better job as an institution of making these things better known … I could imagine more profile efforts on social media can help this and maybe send out more mailings about this,” said Bauer.

Bauer described how the change to the process will similarly affect his own department, and the prospective students seeking to apply for a Performing Arts scholarship.

“The official position of the school is that the Performing Arts scholarship auditions will be held on orientation days during the summer. We will actually make the determination of the individual awards after September 1. So it’s not until [incoming students] arrive on campus before we could offer the scholarships,” said Bauer.

Unlike the Quadrangle, the Performing Arts club is given 12 scholarship spots per grade that are worth $2,000 for a single academic school year. Yet in both cases, the awards are merit-based, meaning an individual must have the requisite skills for their area of interest to be considered for a spot.

Freshman Alek Dembo currently occupies one of the 12 spots alloted for the class of 2022 and is among those who are skeptical of this change.

“This change is huge for anyone coming in thinking they

are borderline candidates for a spot,” said Dembo. “Two thousand dollars is huge for anyone making a college decision.”

Several Quadrangle alumni have highlighted the significance the scholarship opportunity had on both their decision to attend Manhattan and their ultimate careers post-graduation.

Claire Leaden ‘15, former managing and features editor for the paper, applied for the scholarship as an incoming freshman at Manhattan. She is currently a freelance writer for various publications, including amNY, Gothamist and Medium.

“The Quadrangle Scholarship definitely impacted my decision to attend Manhattan College – I’d actually say it was the deciding factor. I was debating between two or three schools and financially, along with my academic scholarship, it tipped MC over the edge of who I was receiving the most money from,” said Leaden via e-mail.

Leaden viewed the scholarship opportunity as more than just financial support, and looked forward to the practical training and insight it would entail upon her arrival at the college.

“I didn’t have a ton of journalistic experience in high school … so it was really appealing to me to have a director resource and ‘mentorship’ of sorts to guide me in the field and my experiences on the school newspaper. Also, when I decided to switch my Communications track to Public Relations, I still loved writing and journalism so it was great to have a concrete reason to stay devoted to The Quad and have those classes that kept teaching me about reporting and the industry even though it wasn’t my full major,” said Leaden.

Kyleigh Panetta ‘17, former assistant news editor and copy editor at the paper, shared similar sentiment and was surprised by the decision to change the application process.

“Applying for a scholarship should not cost you money,” said Panetta via e-mail. “Since college is so expensive now, a lot of people base their college choice off of how much they are getting in scholarships. I personally wouldn’t have applied to colleges if I didn’t know how they could help me financially. It seems like a risk as a student to put a deposit down to even apply for a scholarship and not a fair burden to put on prospective students.”

Panetta is currently a producer at WMDT 47 News, an ABC affiliated television station based out of Salisbury, Md. She applied for the scholarship as an incoming freshman but didn’t receive it until her second semester, after another

student recipient ended up not attending Manhattan.

She also maintains that working for the paper helped her along her career path.

“The Quad was the closest experience I had, in college, to a newsroom where I felt responsible for the content and coverage. In the journalism industry, real world experience is sometimes prioritized over anything else. So working on the Quad during college helped prepare me for the real world and show my prospective employers that I had a range of experiences,” said Panetta.

To Jeanette Settembre, a 2013 graduate and reporter for Market Watch, the scholarship helped her finish her collegiate career as Jasper.

“I wouldn’t say [the scholarship] was the defining factor in my decision [to go to Manhattan] because I was in a unique situation where I didn’t get the scholarship until after I started, so second semester of my freshman year, but it really did help me,” said Settembre.

She explained how she loved being a Jasper, but after just one semester the financial burden was becoming too much and said, “If it weren’t for that and my RA status I would’ve had to commute or go to a state school.”

The scholarship set Settembre on the path to success. By mandating that recipients write with relative frequency throughout the semester, Settembre explained that it enforced her to excel, climbing the masthead from A&E Editor to Managing Editor to Editorin-Chief.

“There are students who have risen in the media industry and [the scholarship] was that small step that helped them go to Manhattan and get to those major organization.

I mean look at where some of our alumni have gotten,” said Settembre.

Settembre has reached some of those major organizations herself. Her career began writing features for the New York Daily News and she contributes to the Wall Street Journal along with her current job as a reporter for Market Watch.

She explained how working on the Quadrangle helped her foster the essential reporting skills that have helped her get to where she is today.

While the college decided to make the changes to these two scholarships to take into account students who have shown a commitment to Manhattan College, the voices of alumni and current students show that, for some, the previous scholarship application process allowed them to commit to Manhattan College.

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“Urine” Luck! Manhattan College Pla

Rose Brennan & Lauren Schuster A&E Editor & Social Media Editor

In a scathing critique of contemporary American society, coupled with the endless laughs of satire, the Manhattan College Players presented their spring musical, “Urinetown,” in Smith Auditorium on April 11, 12 and 14.

“Urinetown” tells the story of a town in the twentieth straight year of a drought, where private amenities to use the bathroom are unthinkable.

As a result, everyone must pay to use public restrooms, which are subject to arbitrary fee hikes. Public urination is strictly prohibited, and violators of the law are strictly punished by sending the offender to the mysterious “Urinetown.”

This world is introduced to

us by Officer Lockstock (Peter Martino). Along with street urchin Little Sally (Camryn Kidney), the two characters double as characters in the show and as its narrators, guiding the audience through each scene.

Lockstock is chiefly in charge of exposition, while Little Sally serves mainly to question the logic of the show.

“I like having the ability to talk directly to the audience,” Martino said. “There’s a lot of fourth-wall-breaking that my character does, and it’s fun because most of the time when you’re performing, you have to pretend like the audience isn’t there. It’s hard, so it’s nice to play a character where I don’t really [have to] so much worry about that.”

The show opens in the slums of town, where citizens are lining up at Public Amenity #9 for their “morning pee.”

Public Amenity #9 falls under

the jurisdiction of Penny Pennywise (Megan Lawlor) who rules with an iron fist and has no mercy for any fee dodgers or violators. She lays down the law for the citizens in her song

Strong (Joel Sanson), whose compassion can get him in a world of trouble. Unfortunately, on the day on which the show begins, Bobby’s father Joseph Strong (Max Toder) is

of Urine Good Company, and is the man behind the curtains when it comes to the oppressive fee policy for urination.

On her way home after her first day, Hope runs into Bobby,

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“Urinetown” serves as a harsh critique of capitalism and the legal system, Players brought the issues presented in the musical back home to the Smith Auditorium... Players hosted a concession stand during intermission in which all proceeds would be donated to-----------------------Flint, Mich.

“It’s a Privilege to Pee.” Assisting Pennywise is her assistant, everyman Bobby

unable to meet the fee. As a result, he commits the crime of public urination and is hauled off to Urinetown as punishment.

“Urinetown” is Sanson’s first mainstage production with Players, and he was thrilled to play the lead role.

“It was an interesting situation because initially, I wasn’t going to be the main for the show,” Sanson said. “I think something like a month into the rehearsal schedule, the main had to drop out because he had to focus more on the work he was doing, and they asked me after seeing me … after they saw me in the production for [“The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged)”].

They thought I would be a good fit, so they asked me to step in, and I gladly accepted!”

Details about Urinetown remain a mystery to the townspeople, and the police officers do little to quell the rumors.

In fact, the audience is left wondering about the truth of Urinetown, except, of course, for an untimely outburst from Officer Lockstock in between scenes from the first act.

After Joseph Strong’s arrest, the poor meet optimistic but naive Hope Cladwell (Emma Piazza), off to her first day as a “copy fax girl” at Urine Good Company, a shining beacon of the city … and nepotism.

It is revealed that Hope’s father, Caldwell B. Cladwell (Joseph Weitekamp) is the CEO

whom she tells to listen to his heart in the ballad “Follow Your Heart.” Despite the stark contrast between Hope’s polished world of Urine Good Company and Bobby’s darker world of Public Amenity #9, the two begin to fall in love.

Because of Hope’s advice, Bobby begins to follow his heart and publicly states his opposition to the urination fees. He rallies the citizens of the slums and they try to take back the amenities for themselves. Word reaches Caldwell Cladwell and outright class warfare begins.

The poor are less than optimistic about how everything will turn out, but Bobby remains hopeful and draws everyone together in what was truly the show-stopping gospel number of the show: “Run, Freedom, Run!” Bobby continues standing up for the poor and their right to “free access,” leading all of the characters to unpredictable and unforeseen consequences by the show’s conclusion. “‘Run, Freedom, Run!’ is my favorite song, it’s in act two,” said Jennifer Bueti (Senator Fipp). “In my opinion, I love the choreography, it’s one of the best in the show, and then we’re all singing off stage. It’s such a great song and it’s pivotal to the show too.”

The long hours and hard work required to put the show together also create a strong bond between the members of

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ayers Perform Unique Spring Musical!

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The cast of Urinetown performed on April 11, 12 and 14 in Smith Auditorium.

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the cast off stage.

“The best part of [playing Bobby], I’d say, is just getting to work with so many really good people in the cast,” Sanson said. “This cast is just nothing short of fantastic. Everybody plays their roles incredibly well. It really helps you get into character with how deeply into character everyone gets. It’s really impressive.”

For freshman student Matthew Blackwood (Tiny Tom), being involved in Players and in “Urinetown” has allowed him to make a close-knit group of friends during his first year of college. “[My favorite thing] is totally the people, one hundred percent. I’ve made so many friends so fast, and really strong friends,” Blackwood said. “Being in musicals can be very physically draining, but also it leaves that sense of ‘we’re all doing it together and we’re all having fun,’ and we’re all there for each other.”

As “Urinetown” serves as a harsh critique of capitalism and the legal system, Players brought the issues presented in the musical back home to the Smith Auditorium. Mirroring “Urinetown”’s central conflict of drought and lack of clean water, Players hosted a concession stand during intermission in which all proceeds would be donated to Flint, Mich., a city in the middle of a five-year-long water crisis itself.

“I think that the topics the show deals with are timeless,” said Martino. “We’ve been dealing with ecological issues for a long time now and also, the show deals with how corporations take advantage of issues for their own benefit and I feel like those are the kinds of things that it doesn’t really matter, you could set that in the ‘20s, you could set that in the ‘30s, ‘40s, ‘50s, basically anytime in history, you can set the show. That’s why what time period the show is set in doesn’t matter, because the issues that it deals with have been present for so long.”

Sanson is particularly interested in how “Urinetown” serves a larger purpose outside of simply being a musical.

“Urinetown’s an interesting show, because it has a lot of connotations that air toward

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TOP: The cast of Urinetown in their final scene of the musical, describing their ultimate demise as a dystopian society.

This is when every character in the show come to the realization that their way of living is unsustainable.

BOTTOM: The two main characters, Bobby Strong and Hope Cladwell, illustrating their star-crossed love.

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of getting a laugh and pointing out, ‘Hey this is kind of funny that … this kind of thing goes on. It’s just an interesting show altogether.”

Other cast members included Maren Kain (Officer

Barel), Sami Rini (Mr. McQueen), Johanna Gavigan (Josephine Strong), CJ Cotza (Hot Blades Harry), Maria Summerville (Becky Two Shoes), Calista Baker (Soupy Sue), Andrea Gorrin Sepulveda (Billy

Boy Bill), Erica Cafarelli (Mrs. Millenium), Katie Doyle (Dr. Billeaux) and Anna Burnett (Cladwell’s Secretary).

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The Springfest Trifecta:

Skylar Grey, 3OH!3 and Jeremih Visit MC Rose Brennan & Gabriella DePinho

A&E Editor & News Editor

On Saturday, April 13, Manhattan College held its annual Springfest, an end-of-year celebration for students’ hard work and a day that is anticipated for the entire academic year.

This year’s Springfest was unlike any other, in which three featured artists took the stage: singer-songwriter Skylar Grey, electro-pop duo 3OH!3 and R&B artist Jeremih. This lineup of artists led to a day chockfull of festivities, including live music, carnival games, karaoke and more.

Springfest was made possible through the efforts of the Office of Student Engagement and Casey Monroe, vice president for social life.

“I think each year, especially from what I’ve seen in the past four years that I’ve been here, every show has been unique and individual in its own way,” said Monroe. “I pushed for the best, the person before me pushed for the best and I want that to continue to be my legacy that I leave for the next person who does this job.”

The day’s activities kicked off at 11 a.m. with a barbecue on the campus quadrangle, catered by Gourmet Dining. It was during this time that carnival games and a mechanical bull were set out for students to play with. Many students faced their friends in the games, but many others chose to eat, sit on the Smith Auditorium steps, and soak up the sun on the beautiful above-70 degree day,

CAPTION TAYLOR BRETHAUER/ COURTESY Students enjoyed a variety of songs during a crowd-pleasing performance by 3OH!3 TAYLOR BRETHAUER / THE QUADRANGLE the first of its kind this year.

At about 1 p.m., students began filing into Draddy Gymnasium to listen to the first artist in the Springfest lineup, singersongwriter Skylar Grey. Grey, who declined a request for an interview, opened for 3OH!3 with some of her tried and true favorites, including “Love the Way You Lie,” “Glorious,” and “Coming Home.”

Following Grey’s performance, Monroe took to the stage to introduce 3OH!3, but

3OH!3 performed in Draddy Gymnasium at 2:00 P.M. RISHI MONTESDEOCA / COURTESY

before she did so, she invited the Jasper Dancers, fresh from their first place win at NDA Nationals onto the stage to rally the crowd. The team also brought with them their first place trophy, and the crowd went wild.

Once the dancers left the stage, it was time for 3OH!3 to perform. At approximately 2:23 p.m., the duo, comprised of Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte from Denver, Colo. took the stage to deafening cheers,

and opened with “Hear Me Now.” The set lasted a bit over an hour and included crowd favorites such as “My First Kiss” and “DONTTRUSTME.”

Foreman said, “[Our favorite song to do for a college crowd] changes. My First Kiss and DONTTRUSTME, a lot of people know from their childhood but for us when people sing it back super loud, that’s the best for us.”

Motte and Foreman, who met and started making music together in college, find they feel most at home in front of college audiences.

“We love it, honestly, we’ve been doing colleges for a really long time, it’s very kin to us.

We went to a big university, we went to the University of Colorado and we made some of our best memories, friendships, started making music there,” said Motte. “Being able to rock a party and today people came out and were so amped, it’s easy for us.”

Following 3OH!3’s performance, more fun activities were provided for students on the campus quadrangle, but soon the crowd began to grow restless for the third and final act scheduled for the day: Jeremih.

Once again, a few minutes before Jeremih’s set was to begin, students began to file into Draddy Gymnasium. While his act was set to begin at 7:30 p.m., a DJ first walked onto the stage at 8:11 p.m. to warm

up the crowd. Finally, at 8:25 p.m., Jeremih himself went onstage to begin his act. Along with some of his lesser-known songs, the crowd went crazy for some of his bigger hits, including “Don’t Tell ‘Em,” “Down on Me” and “Birthday Sex.” Jeremih engaged with the crowd through his music, and even invited the men’s basketball team up onto the stage with him.

After Jeremih’s set, the show and the evening’s activities closed with a DJ. Overall, all the planning paid off and Monroe found that everyone enjoyed the day as much as she did.

Monroe said, “I heard from a lot of students that they genuinely enjoyed all of the concerts. From my perspective, the reason we put on the show was to have some people who like this genre listen to this music and some people who like that genre listen to that music but everybody seemed to enjoy every genre. Everyone was having a good time. I felt a lot of sense of community which I don’t, I’m not going to say always feel, but it’s really nice to feel that.”

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MSA Hosts Islam Awareness Week VOICES ON THE QUAD The Muslim Student Association hosted a series of events last week in honor of Islam Awareness Week. These events were hosted in order to honor Muslims and promote activism and advocacy on the Manhattan College campus. Islam Awareness Week was held from April 8 to April 12.

The MSA held movie screenings, hosted keynote speakers, held an art exhibit, and hosted multiple interfaith prayer sessions. Additionally, there was an interfaith prayer session held on the Quad to honor and pray for the victims of the New Zealand Mosque shooting.

Interviews conducted by Katie Heneghan, Asst. Features Editor

Rabea Ali

Donya Quhshi

The Quadrangle: What events have you been particularly involved in this week?

Rabea Ali: All of them! As president I’ve got a hand in each and every one of them and many of them happen to be my “I have a crazy idea, let’s do this” ideas that have come to fruition courtesy of an amazing executive board for both this year and next year who started early!

TQ: What does this week mean to you?

RA: IAW’s meaning for me is twofold. The first is continuing the tradition, for the second year now, of educating and informing the MC community and larger about Islam.

The second is correlated to this year’s theme of Muslim Activism and Advocacy - which to me means a commitment to a better future for Muslims and everyone alike, free of Islamophobia and all hate for my liberation is tied to each and every other human beings and I hope to live to see a better day.

The Quadrangle: What does this week mean to you?

Donya Quhshi: This week is very important to me, and not only because we have been working so hard on making it happen, but also because there is a strong need for it in Manhattan College.

As a minority religion on this campus, and living in an openly Islamophobic country, many of us do not feel safe nor welcome. Our theme is centered around Muslim activism and advocacy, which reflects our goal of educating people on issues that Muslims in the U.S., and all over the world, face. We are using education to combat Islamophobia. This week is an opportunity for Muslim students to have their voices amplified. It is also an opportunity for the MC community to learn about these issues and use their privilege to make active changes, both on and off campus. The “Muslim American Identity” art exhibit is one event that I am extremely proud of. The exhibit featured different forms of art from both Muslims and non-Muslim allies to show multiple perspectives, and I believe that to be powerful. This event was personal for me as I got to submit photos and tell my own narrative of being a Muslim woman in America. it was overall very inspiring to see how everyone’s pieces and personal narratives captured the theme of the Muslim American identity.

Management and Marketing Major, Religious Studies Minor, Class of 2020 MSA President

Marketing Major, Psychology Minor Class of 2019 Vice President of MSA

Janat Ifitkhar

Radiation Therapy Technology Major Class of 2019 Social Media Coordinator for MSA The Quadrangle: What events are you involved in this week during Islam Awareness Week?

Janat Ifitkhar: I was involved in the Muslim American Identity art exhibit where I showcased two of my own artworks.

TQ: What does this week mean to you?

JI: This week means spreading awareness of Muslim Americans not only at Manhattan College, but in the world. The memorial we held at the quad for the victims of the New Zealand shooting was particularly meaningful to me because so many innocent lives were lost and it was a moment for everyone to realize that Islam is a religion of peace, not terrorism.

TQ: How has the turnout been?

JI: The turnout has been great, we’ve had students and staff come support and join in on our events.

We hope to see more people and will plan another Islam Awareness Week next year!

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Gaelic Park Athletic Center Continues Construction, Despite Holdups

Members of the athletic department at the Gaelic Park Athletic Center’s groundbreaking last spring.

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Samantha Walla Production Editor

During the spring semester of 2018, the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced an upgrade to the athletic facilities at Gaelic Park.

The Gaelic Park Athletic Center Project, known as GPAC, will serve five of Manhattan College’s outdoor sports: men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s soccer, and softball.

Designated locker rooms for each sport will be installed for sports that currently do not occupy their own spaces, including locker rooms for

coaches. An on-site athletic training room will be built to supplement the training facility already located in Draddy Gymnasium. A lounge room for students to study, hold meetings and aid in team-bonding completes GPAC’s specs. This will also allow them to watch their filmed games, which can hlep to improve their performance.

The facility is to be located in South Campus across from Leo Hall and the new Higgins Engineering and Science Center. The new addition to Tibbett Avenue was anticipated to be completed by the fall 2018 season after beginning construction last spring.

The hold-up can be attributed to logistical processing within New York City.

“Punch list items are being addressed and completed, and we are waiting on the Certificate of Occupancy from New York City,” said Kevin Ross on behalf of Manhattan College’s Athletic Department.

The project, which requires and estimated $1.5 million to complete, is completely supported by private funding from the Manhattan College community, including donations from local businesses and alumni.

Despite the delays, the College is committed to opening the Gaelic Park Athletic Center

as soon as possible. Prospective and current students will be able to enjoy everything the athletic department at MC has to offer.

Marianne Reilly, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, spoke to Manhattan College about the project while in its early stages last year.

“Building on renovations and replacement of the turf at Gaelic Park last summer, these upgrades reflect our commitment to providing a first-class student-athlete experience.”

“We are looking forward to opening the GPAC in the near future and have it meet the needs of our student-athletes for our outdoor sports,” said

Ross.

Marianne Reilly, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, at the groundbreaking last spring.

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Women’s Lacrosse Picks Up Two More Home Wins Over Iona and Quinnipiac Pete Janny

Asst. Sports Editor The Manhattan College women’s lacrosse team has put together a fruitful 2019 campaign to date. Through 14 games, Manhattan has compiled a 5-1 MAAC record to go along with an overall record of 10-4.

Manhattan’s early season success is a big reason why the team is sitting pretty right now.

The team showed signs of just how good they could be when they jumped out to a 5-1 start against non-conference competition. All five of those wins came as part of a five-game winning streak in which the team knocked off La Salle, LIU Brooklyn, Lafayette, Central Connecticut State, and Sacred Heart. During that hot stretch, the team amassed a total of 47 goals, while only letting up 26 against.

The tail end of Manhattan’s non-conference schedule was a bit of bump in the road in what was otherwise a prosperous start to the season. Manhattan’s final two games before the start of the MAAC season resulted in losses to Drexel and Wagner by scores of 13-7 and 10-5, respectively. Luckily, the team re-discovered their excellent form just in time for the MAAC opener on March 22nd in which the team out-dueled Canisius 15-10 at Gaelic Park.

Manhattan used the momentum from their win over Canisius to pick up narrow victories over Marist and Siena in the team’s next two games.

With a 3-0 record in conference play, Manhattan had emerged as early contenders in the chase for MAAC supremacy.

The nadir of Manhattan’s season came on April 3rd when the team lost at Fairfield by a score of 14-6. The outcome represented Manhattan’s first conference loss of the season as well as their most lopsided loss. With Fairfield currently anchoring first place in the standings, the defeat prevented Manhattan from closing the gap on the dangerous Stags.

Manhattan’s attention then turned to rival Iona (1-12, 0-4 MAAC) when the Gaels came to visit Gaelic Park last Wednesday for a mid-season clash.

An inauspicious start from Manhattan allowed Iona to jump out to a 2-0 lead by the time the opening seven minutes had elapsed. Iona’s Danielle Keenan put her team on the board first when she found the back of the net at the 26:12 mark. The Gaels struck again a little under four minutes later when Libby Miller’s shot beat senior goalie Nikki Prestiano at 22:54.

The next fifteen minutes of play featured five unanswered goals from Manhattan to morph a two-goal deficit into a three-goal advantage.

Senior Molly Fitzpatrick initiated the scoring rampage when her shot at the 20:25 mark snuck in to cut the deficit to one at 2-1. Four minutes later, Manhattan’s aggressive play yielded two quick goals with a Talia Price finish at 16:59 and an Alaina Burgess strike at 16:19 to gain control of a 3-2 lead. Both scores were made possible by assists from Emily Sanford and Cassidy Burns, respectively.

The scoring display was not done yet though.

Burgess and Burns flashed impressive chemistry again when the latter found the former for another goal that stretched Manhattan’s lead to 4-2 at the 11:47 mark of the first half. The scoring run culminated three minutes later on a onetime goal from Murphy that pushed Manhattan’s advantage to 5-2.

Iona refused to let the Manhattan lead grow from there.

Iona’s Caton Brisbin ended the Gaels’ scoring drought with a free-position goal to get to within two at 5-3 with a little over five minutes left. Manhattan would retaliate less than a minute later when Sanford fed Lipponer for a score that gave Manhattan their sixth and final goal of the first half.

The Gaels would get the last laugh in the half when they quickly notched two more goals in the final minute of play to enter the break only one back of Manhattan at 6-5.

The home team threatened to run away with the game when they opened the second half with three straight unassisted goals from the likes of Burgess, Liponer, and Burns.

Leah Marshall temporarily stopped the bleeding for the Gaels when her strike found the back of the net off of a feed from Christine Gironda to make the score 9-6 at the 18 minute mark.

Meanwhile, the Manhattan offensive attack remained destructive. The Jaspers seized their largest lead of the afternoon at 11-6 after Fitzpatrick and Burns both claimed their second goals of the game at 15:56 and 15:01, respectively.

Burns and Lipponer were just too much for the Gaels to handle in this one.

The Manhattan neophytes capped off their special performances with late game goals that gave each player a hat trick. Aside from their scoring prowess, Lipponer added one assist with Burns contributing two. Burgess also contributed a hat-trick to help fuel the Man-

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The final scoreline line read 14-8, marking Manhattan’s fourth conference victory of the season in five tries. This was also the third time the 2019 senior class had beaten the Gaels.

“It’s always a tough battle when we play them,” said Prestiano during a postgame interview with Go Jaspers. “We always look forward to playing them.”

Aside from the victory, the program celebrated two impressive milestones.

Prestiano etched her place in the record books by registering her 500th career save in net for the Jaspers on a day in which she posted seven saves.

“It’s honestly just an amazing feeling,” said Prestiano during a postgame interview with Go Jaspers. “I never thought coming in that I would be leaving with at least five hundred saves. Every single year I just got better and better.”

Burns was the other Jasper to make history against the Gaels. Her second assist on the afternoon gave her 19 on the season, handing her the rights to the all-time record for most assists in a season by a freshman in program history.

The previous record-holder was Rory Maguire ’02, who amassed 18 assists back in 1999.

Manhattan looked to make it two in a row when the Quinnipiac Bobcats (5-10, 2-5 MAAC) arrived in Riverdale on Saturday for a senior day match-up.

Prior to the start of the game, the program honored Prestiano, Fitzpatrick, Emma Kaishian, Jordyn DiConstanzo, Caitlin Murphy, Jillian Calandra, Nicole Quivelli and Talia Price for everything they have meant to the program over the last four years.

The Jaspers battled for the full 60 minutes of action on their way to pulling out a nar-

row 11-9 win to send the senior class out in style in what was their last ever home game at Gaelic Park.

Manhattan never trailed in the game, yet only saw their lead grow to as high as four in what was a thrilling battle.

Manhattan got off to a hot start to go up 2-0 on goals from Fitzpatrick and Burgess in the first four minutes of play. The goals represented Fitzpatrick’s eighteenth of the season and Burgess’s fifth.

The Bobcats didn’t waste any time after Manhattan’s goals as the visitors quickly tied things up at two apiece by the 24:30 mark.

The Jaspers would regain the lead when Cassidy Burns scored her seventh goal of the season at the 21:54 mark. That lead would grow to two when Lipponer found the back of the net at 17:18.

The lead stayed in the hands of Manhattan thanks in large part to Fitzpatrick’s heroics. The senior attacker was nothing short of spectacular, proceeding to score two more goals in the half at 14:13 and 3:19 that helped keep Quinnipiac at bay.

After Quinnipiac’s Allison Kuhn converted on her shot at the 1:47 mark, Manhattan quickly stole the momentum back less than a minute later when Murphy eluded defenders with a spin move to give her enough space to score.

When the first half buzzer had finally sounded, Manhattan owned an 8-5 lead.

Coming out of the break, Fitzpatrick was on the move again. Her first shot resulted in her fourth goal of the day to push the lead to 9-5.

From there, things took an unexpected turn for the worse for Manhattan.

Quinnipiac would unleash a 3-0 scoring run over the next five minutes to cut Manhattan’s lead to one at 9-8.

The stage was now set for an entertaining race to the finish. The next seventeen minutes of action had the look of a dogfight with neither team able to find the back of the net over that span.

Fighting to preserve their lead, the Jaspers finally ended a twenty-two minute scoring drought with a goal by Burgess at 5:58 to extend their lead to 10-8.

The Bobcats were not ready to pack their bags just yet though.

The visitors moved to within one at 10-9 on a goal from Szawlowski just under the five minute mark in regulation.

Up stepped Fitzpatrick once again.

Her finish at 3:21 upped her goal total to five on the afternoon and helped close the door shut on Quinnipiac’s hopes.

Fitzpatrick’s five-goal performance was complimented by a three-goal effort from Burgess. Murphy also had a nice day, contributing a goal and two assists for Manhattan. As for Quinnipiac, their nine-goal attack was fueled by hat tricks from Kuhn and Szawlowski.

After the win, the team received news that they have officially qualified for the MAAC tournament. This will be Manhattan’s first appearance in the MAAC tournament after a tenyear hiatus.

Manhattan still has two road games remaining on their regular season schedule with the first coming against Monmouth on Wednesday, April 17th and the second coming three days later against Niagara on April 20th.

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Staying Hungry, The Jasper Dancers Win A National Title in Division I Hip Hop Taylor Brethauer & August Kissel

Senior Writer & Web Editor The Jasper Dancers are national champions in the division I hip hop category after competing at the National Dance Alliance college national championship in Daytona, Fla. last week.

The win, which comes after a season spent focusing on redemption and strength, was highly celebrated throughout the Manhattan College community.

“The Manhattan College @MCJasperDancers are NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!! They won the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR DIVISION I HIP HOP! Not the MAAC Championship. Not a Northeast or Regional Championship. The 2019 NDA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!! Congratulations!!,” tweeted Student Engagement.

Other well-wishes on Twitter came from Marianne Reilly, director of athletics and Heather Vulin, head coach of women’s basketball.

But the work put in throughout the entire season led them to the very title they now boast today.

With late-night practices, full-day run-throughs, visiting choreographers and constant fitness evaluations to make sure the team was healthy and in shape, the preparation process has evolved for the dance team, which co-captain Taylor Malagone has definitely noticed.

“The preparation process definitely varied from my previous years as a member of the team. It became a lot more intense and I felt like everyone had a different kind of drive.

We also reached out to more resources for people to come to our practices to help clean the dances and make any necessary changes. It was nice to get feedback from different perspectives, which proved to be beneficial,” said Malagone.

This year was also a dif-

ferent process when it came to adding a brand new category the team had never competed in before: jazz.

In the words of coach Kaitlyn Marquette, it’s something she spent a lot of time thinking and planning out since last year’s nationals.

“The Jazz routine was my concept; an idea I had since nationals last year. The girls started to learn the routine in November, but it’s a process.

The dance wasn’t complete until January with a few tweaks before nationals. I choreograph at home, in my head, on paper, and sometimes in person at practice. There is a lot of artistry that goes with choreographing which takes time,” said Marquette.

Another new thing they were trying out for their routine was a story behind the dance.

“We told a story rather than just dance to a mix of popular songs. It’s almost easier to dance when there’s real emotion and intention behind the movements,” said Malagone.

This year’s story was about an attempt at a triumphant return to nationals and “staying hungry.”

This proved true as the team traveled down to Florida early Wednesday morning to prepare for the two semi-final performances.

Unfortunately, the heavilypopulated jazz category did not allow for the team to move on to finals. They finished in 17th place.

“I knew Jazz was going to be a tough category. Especially because we haven’t competed in Jazz before. All I wanted was for the girls to perform their best, regardless if we made finals or not. And that’s exactly what they did. I couldn’t be more proud of their performance and I wasn’t upset or disappointed one bit,” said Marquette.

But that didn’t mean the excitement and “hunger” ended there. The team soon earned a spot in hip hop finals, in which they were entering in the first

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place spot.

This was a drastic difference from last year, when they didn’t move on. That heartbreak from last year fueled the “hunger” that the dance team referenced throughout this entire season. Their hard work had paid off and they only had one more chance to secure the title.

As the team was about to take the bandshell stage in their khakis, black shirts with a big M for Manhattan on the chest and green plaid flannels, coach Marquette wished each of them luck.

“I told them was that I couldn’t be more proud already. We made our goal of making finals and now all I want is for you to dance better than the day before. Stronger, more confident. This is your last time ever performing this dance with this team; make it worth it and leave no regrets on the stage.”

Luckily, the team dynamic had been in place all year long, and the group of dancers knew everyone had each other’s backs.

“Having a good team dynamic is so important for success and it’s something that comes so easy for us. The long

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hours of practice are so much easier when you’re surrounded by people that you love to be around. When we’re on stage we dance for each other and trust that everyone’s going to do their part and be the best they can be,” said Malagone.

Marquette also gives them “good luck” cards to put in their pockets before competitions, knowing that their coach is always with them and supporting them.

This year’s card read: “You’ve got 2 minutes. Leave your mark. Embrace it. Cherish it. Conquer it. Make it count!

And at the end, when your legs are tired and your arms are giving out, GET ANGRY. Get angry that you are tired then HIT IT HARDER! EMPOWER one another and EXCEED all expectations!”

Exceed expectations, they did. One by one, the other teams were called until only two teams were left to be awarded second or first place.

When second place was called, the dance team erupted into screams and tears, while Marquette ran up on stage to join them as they were handed the trophy and banner.

“It actually felt unreal. I immediately starting crying of happiness. I couldn’t believe it and I still sometimes don’t. It’s such a crazy experience to hear your team announced for first place,” said Malagone.

“I couldn’t breathe, it didn’t feel real! A literal dream come true,” said Marquette.

For Marquette, this is her fifth year coaching the team and proud might be an understatement for how she feels about the Jasper Dancers.

“I think since I’ve started coaching, year after year we have elevated in talent, dedication and professionalism.

Every aspect of the team (practice schedules, team workouts, costumes, dances and everything in between) is taken very

seriously with thought behind every decision to ensure this program continues to grow,” said Marquette.

She is also already brainstorming for next year.

“Just because we won once does not mean we are going to win again. We need to stay humble and fight throughout the entire season as if we are in last place. I plan to go above and beyond everything we accomplished this year,” said Marquette.

Tryouts are already planned for the incoming freshman class, being held during orientation dates in June on June 6, 13, and 20. Interested students are encouraged to reach out to coach Marquette via email at kaitlyn.marquette@ manhattan.edu.

“I hope that in the near future we will stay at the top of our division, making a name for Manhattan College and have Manhattan be the ‘go to’ college in the Northeast if you want to be on a college dance team,” said Marquette.

When the team returned to campus, they were met with many congratulations. They even got to come up on stage at Spring Fest before 3OH!3 performed with their trophy. The crowd chanted “let’s go Jaspers” as coach Marquette took the mic.

“We’re so proud to bring this win back to Manhattan College for you guys.”

The win, which was a longtime coming, has filled the school with pride.

Just last year, in the article titled “Jasper Dancers Participate in 2018 Nationals,” Marquette promised that “Jasper Dancers will be the best they have ever been 2018-2019.”

And they were.