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Serving York College of the City University of New York and the Surrounding Jamaica, Queens Community Fall Edition II: Monday, Nov. 5, 2018

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Prof Fired for Sex Harrass Last Year at LaGuardia Continued to Teach at York

By Angel Adegbesan An adjunct professor who was fired by LaGuardia Community College last year for sexual harassment was still teaching at York College until a New York Post article appeared in mid-October about a federal lawsuit filed against him, according to several sources including court records, the Post article and a York student.

York College officials have not responded to repeated requests for comment about the sudden replacement of Professor Hany Fam, who was teaching Anatomy at York for the first half of the Fall 2018 semester.

Fam was relieved of his teaching duties in November of 2017 at LaGuardia after a student filed a complaint alleging that he had offered her good grades in exchange for sexual favors, according to the Post article.

Wanda Estill, a student at

York College who registered for Fam’s Biology 234 Anatomy and Physiology lab class this semester, confirmed that he was replaced without explanation when she showed up for class three days after the Post article appeared.

Estill said that Fam frequently cracked dirty jokes in his class and often made inappropriate comments like “I need alcohol,” during class lectures.

“Most of us (students in the biology lab class) were surprised when we read the article about him,” Estill said.

According to the lawsuit, the LaGuardia student, listed as Jane Doe, was taking an Anatomy course with Fam when she emailed him on Oct. 5, 2017 to request an office-hours meeting.

Fam replied by asking for her phone number, then began a series of text messages to arrange a meeting at the student’s apartment.

Fam allegedly showed up

Academic Core building. Photo credit: Greis Torres.

at the student’s apartment with a bottle of wine and kissed her when she opened the door, according to the lawsuit. The student said Fam opened his shirt to show him a scar from heart surgery, told her he was lonely and had marital problems, and tried repeatedly to coerce her into drinking wine and holding his hand, which she said she refused to do.

“He asked her why she was so tense, said that he could make things much easier for her, and repeatedly asked if she would be his ‘friend’,” according to the lawsuit. “Plaintiff asked what he

meant and whether he meant sex, and Professor Fam confirmed that he did.”

A spokesperson for LaGuardia told the Post that Fam’s last day at the school was Nov. 7, 2017, the day the student filed her formal complaint.

Fam is also listed as teaching an Anatomy course at Adelphi University this semester, but a spokesperson for that school confirmed that Fam no longer works there either. Adelphi removed Fam from their website’s list of adjunct faculty, while, as of press time, York still had him listed.

Alicia Franqui, York’s Title IX coordinator whose office handles sexual harassment complaints, said she was not aware of any policy requiring individual campuses to report such incidents to other campuses.

A request to CUNY’s media relations office for a comment about University-wide policies was referred back to Marcia Moxam Comrie in York’s office of marketing and communications, who responded via email, “I respect that you’re trying to get answers for your story, but CUNY prefers that these matters get handled on the individual campuses. However, sometimes administrators on the campuses are not allowed to get into the specifics of a situation because of privacy laws, etc.”

Attempts to reach Fam for comment were unsuccessful.

Angel Adegbesan is the News Editor. She can be reached at angel.adegbesan@yorkmail. cuny.edu

Lab Tech in Coke Arrest was Hired Despite Prior Conviction for Same Charge

By Greis Torres The former York Lab Technician who pled guilty in September for selling cocaine on campus was previously convicted of the same charge back in 1999.

Timothy Hawkins was arrested in January of 2018 for selling cocaine on campus and was charged with 13 felony charges and one misdemeanor.

On Sept. 11 Hawkins pled guilty and received a year in jail and another year on probation.

He was also convicted of third degree criminal sale of controlled substance and got his driver’s license suspended.

But Department of Corrections records show that a man with the same name and birth date as Hawkins was also convicted with the same charge of controlled substance possession in December of 1999. The man’s sentence expired in November, 2002.

Hawkins joined the full-time staff at York in the Health & Physical Education department in 2008.

According to CUNY, criminal history background checks are required for current and future employees.

“The City University of New York and the constituent colleges and units of the University are required to recruit, employ, retain, and promote employees in a man-

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Timothy Hawkins at the 2017 banquet gala at York College. Photo credit: Verity Rollins.

ner that promotes a safe and secure environment for its students, faculty, staff, and other members of the University community, and that protects the University’s assets and resources,” said Sabrina Johnson Chandler, the executive director of human resources at York. “As a result, York College performs background verifications on newly-hired employees in accordance with University Policy and in compliance with applicable provisions of collective bargaining agreements.”

Human resources and legal affairs officials declined to comment on Hawkins’ cases citing that, “In all personnel matters, including hiring, York College complies with its obligations under

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Hawkins, who is currently in custody at the Watertown Correctional Facility, previously served time in the Moriah Shock Correctional Facility in 1999. He was released on parole in July of 2000.

He and his alleged supplier, Barry Salter, were the subjects of a nine-month surveillance operation by the New York City Police Department and District Attorney Richard Brown’s office that began

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in April 2017 that culminated in Hawkins’ second arrest.

On multiple occasions Hawkins left York campus with cops posing as drug buyers and went to Salter’s home to buy cocaine, then returned to campus, according to a press release by District Attorney Richard Brown’s office.

On two occasions, Hawkins allegedly conducted sales on campus grounds near the Queens High School for the Sciences.

During a search of Salter’s home, police seized two kilos of cocaine, two digital scales, a money counter, and $2,000 in cash.

Many people who worked with Hawkins at York claimed that they never suspected he was conducting drug sales on campus.

“In regards to what went on, there was nobody here coming back and forth or anything like that,” said John Baxter, the director of aquatics, recreation and intramurals at the health and physical education building. “That’s why we were all shocked to find out about it. He was very helpful, a good worker and always here early.”

Hawkins was held for four months without bail after being taken into custody last January.

He had six court appearances before he was arraigned, and his case was transferred to the Supreme Court.

According to Baxter, Haw-

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kins called him at the end of the Spring 2018 semester and told him that he was innocent.

“I think he saw the information in the newspapers, and he said they are putting it out like I’m a monster because of his position as a college lab technician,” said Baxter who never heard from him again after that call. “I think it was the Daily News. They made it seem like he was cooking because there was a lab, but it’s nothing like that. His job duty was to primarily set up equipment.”

Hawkins got an arraignment and a plea hearing on July 11, where he waived his right to appeal for his felony charges in a Superior Court information.

After getting his sentencing pushed back twice, Hawkins received the promised sentence of one year and one year post-release on his right to appeal waiver at the Queens Supreme Court. He had a surcharge of $300 and a $25 assistance fee.

Hawkin’s lawyer, David Jeffries declined to comment.

“I believe him,” said Baxter.

“Maybe there was an involvement, running around with the wrong people. If I see him again, I’ll smack him for being stupid.”

Greis Torres is the Editor-in-Chief. She can be reached at greis.torres@yorkmail..cuny.edu

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More Young Americans Plan to Vote on Midterm Elections, Harvard Poll Says

From left to right: Mary Franklin, Vivian Afuwah, Roslin Spigner and Armenta Weekes. Photo credit: Anthony Andrews.

By Tuwanna Vassell & Richard Heaton Not all college students vote, or are even registered to begin with. Some might think their vote won’t make a difference or they simply don’t care for the process.

If this describes you, the sudden surge in young voters may cause you to change your mind about voting.

Years ago all votes were cast by old white men, but every year the voting roles has become more and more diversified. Today, young adults are beginning to make a stand with their votes.

In a poll conducted by Harvard’s Institute of Politics, 51 percent of young democrats ages 19 to 29 reported that they were “definitely” going to vote in the upcoming November elections representing a nine percent increase compared to November of

last year.

New York set an unprecedented voter turnout record in the September gubernatorial primary elections with 1.5 million votes cast, nearly three times more than the ballots cast in the 2014 elections, the Gothamist reported.

Minnesota also set another record with new voter registration. The Star Tribune said that the number of new registrants is more than double that of the 2014 voter tally and that more than two-thirds of the new registered voters are between the ages of 18 and 30.

Over the years, more college students have been taking the initiative to vote. In the last election The New York Times said there were big increases in student turnout in the tri-state area. More colleges have been encouraging their students to vote so that they have an input in government.

One way colleges get more

students involved in the elections is through the use of incentives and special events. On Sept. 26 York College gave out pins and buttons on National Voter Registration Day to entice students to register to vote. Between 50 and 60 students registered to vote that day according to Anthony Andrews, the Student Government advisor at York College.

“In order to appeal to young people we have to find ways to influence and encourage them to vote,” said Andrews. “When Obama was running we had hip hop stars like P. Diddy and other celebrities create Rock the Vote.”

Who’s out there pushing for young people to vote?” asked Andrews who also emphasized that most college professors are very influential on students’ political views.

In a survey done at York College’s campus over 60 percent of the students ages 18 to 26 said

they are registered to vote, with 40 percent being recently registered this year. More than half of them are Democrats, 43 percent of them are undecided and 13 percent are independent.

“I would be very happy to see the democrats win the house because it would finally give room for Donald Trump to be investigated as he should be,” said Anayka Sheperd, 20, a Psychology major at Brooklyn College. “There are way too many scandals and other things he’s been accused of and I feel like the Republicans are ignoring it and American citizens want answers.”

Sheperd isn’t registered to vote but said she intended to register and vote.

Since the Parkland High School shooting in February, the survivors organized the “March For Our Lives” in order to reach a larger audience of young people and to demand change in govern-

ment.

CNN said that the Parkland students have largely been focusing on gun control and legislation, encouraging young people to vote for the 2018 midterm elections and hold politicians accountable— specifically those in power who are pro-gun rights.

“I would not want the Republicans to control both the House of Representatives and the Senate because they don’t emulate what I believe democracy should be,” said Jamel Robinson, 21, a registered voter and alumni of Medgar Evers College.

Tuwanna Vassell is a contributing writer. She can be reached at tuwanna.vassell@ yorkmail.cuny.edu Richard Heaton is the Sports Editor. He can be reached at richard.heaton@yorkmail. cuny.edu

York College Students Applied For the First Time For Gilman Scholarship

Ashleigh Brown in London. Photo courtesy: Ashleigh Brown

By Anslem Joseph 2018 became the first year in which York College students applied for and were awarded with

the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, according to Julissa Contreras-Martinez, the administrative specialist for the Scholarship Center.

A total of 12 York College

students applied for the scholarship last semester. Six were selected for the opportunity to go study abroad and won money, two other students won money only, and the remaining two were wait-listed for awards. One student received $4,000 and went to London, another student received $3,500 and went to Moldova, and two other students received $2,500 and also went to Moldova, according to Contreras-Martinez.

“I’m happy about students getting the opportunity to study abroad,” Contreras-Martinez said. “This is why I wake up in the morning!”

The Gilman Scholarship is open to U.S. citizens who are currently receiving the Federal Pell Grant funding at two or four-year colleges.

The grant is a study-abroad scholarship for students with high financial needs, said Contreras-Martinez.

This year alone 12,000 applicants applied for the scholarships

throughout the country.

With this scholarship, students also have the chance to intern in many different places around the globe. The Gilman Scholarship encourages students to study different languages, and develop their academic and career interests while abroad.

The scholarship also helps underrepresented students such as first-generation college students, students from minority groups, STEM students, and students with disabilities. The amount of money students win varies depending on how much financial help they need. The maximum amount a student can receive is $8,000.

York College student and Journalism major, Ashleigh Brown, a recipient of the award, went to London last summer. She acknowledged the impact the scholarship made in her life.

“The scholarship made a difference in my life because I got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

to study internationally for the first time,” Brown said. “It made me realize how many different opportunities there are around the world and how important it is to have a global educational background.”

The registration for the Gilman Scholarship for the 2019 Spring and Summer semesters closed on Oct. 2, but students can look forward to sign up for this scholarship next year.

For more information about upcoming scholarship deadlines visit: http://www. dennyshungryforeducation. com, https://www.iie.org/Programs/Gilman-Scholarship-Program, https://www.tmcf.org/ our-scholarships http://www.apiasf.org/resources.html

Anslem Joseph is a staff writer.

He can be reached at anslem. joseph@yorkmail.cuny.edu

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The Black Initiative Program at York College Aims to Cover Polemical Topics

By Asar john York College’s Black Male Initiative program hosted a talk series to discuss the negative media representation of black fathers in the U.S. The program plans to discuss more topics surrounding misconceptions about racial and sexual inequality.

The “Let’s Talk” series takes place on Thursdays from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the African American Research Center at York College.

On Sept. 27, the series held its first discussion of the semester based upon a video called “The Myth of The Absent Black Father” produced by AJ+, an online news channel run by Al Jazeera, which provided information that debunked the myth of most black children stereotypically growing up without a father figure.

The series is coordinated by the Men’s Center and headed by Jonathan Quash, the director of the center. The “Let’s Talk” series is hosted by Kevin Caraballo, a senior majoring in Social Work, and Charles Clink, also a senior majoring in Social Work, who goes by “Prince.”

“This program is perfect for York College because it helps give the underrepresented population fair game, and that support we need in order to succeed,” said Caraballo.

Sana Saeed, a reporter for AJ+, presented data in the video from the LA Times that showed black fathers in fact spend more time engaging in activities and duties such as bathing, feeding, and playing with their kids on a daily basis, opposed to white and Hispanic fathers.

According to the video, 70 percent of black fathers either bathed, diapered or dressed children daily compared to 45

Photo credit: Kevin Caraballo.

percent of Latino fathers and 60 percent of white fathers.

Black fathers were also more likely than Latino and white fathers to both feed their children and play with them daily.

“I happened to stumble into a news clip last month while I was watching television, and once I saw how a black father was poorly portrayed in the media even when his actions were justified, it moved me,” said Caraballo. “I knew that I was going to bring this up eventually in form of an essay or oral presentation.”

“My goal for the program is to continue to have a space where student scholars can come together and have an exchange of ideas that will benefit us in many ways possible,” said Clink.

The video also showcased a 1965 study called “The Negro Family: The Case for National Action,” from former Assistant Secretary of Labor Daniel Patrick Moynihan. The study meant to explain why the Lyndon B. Johnson Administration focused more towards racial equality rather than passing the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Moynihan originally stated that to achieve racial equality the government must comprehend why black communities were in the state that they were. The study ended up going down the wrong path and only focusing on the black family. Moynihan stated that the reason for the large gap in wealth between black and white families was the “crum-

bling family structure” in black communities, and that the lack of presence from black fathers was the main contributor.

Moynihan also viewed out of wedlock birth rates and fathers who did not reside in the same household as their children, which resulted in him making several inaccurate assumptions of black fathers and their relationships with their children. He did not take into account generational wealth and/or fathers that worked jobs far away just to support the family.

“It is important for us to have these discussions, and this is the beginning of a much larger and longer and detailed discussions that we need to have,” said Ebony Jackson, director of the

Women’s Center.

This report done by Moynihan represents just one of the many ways the media portrays black families. A 2017 study conducted by the non-profit civil rights advocacy group Color of Change showed that black families tend to be portrayed as dependent on welfare and with an absent father figure when in fact black families represent just 27 percent of the poor of the general population in the U.S., and white families represent 66 percent of the poor in the whole country

can communities. She was particularly motivated by a domestic violence incident that happened to her neighbor who got shot in the back.

“There was even a time when there was a shooting two blocks from my house and that could have been me or one of my family members,” said Volcimus.

“This is why I draw about these issues. By drawing attention to these issues, people can become more aware and get involved. We can come together to help solve these issues in our communities” Although these issues never personally affected Yolanda, she feels the need to address these problems because they have been happening too frequently in African American communities.

Yolanda recalls the time the topic of gun violence became relevant to her and her community.

Marie Massier, 19, a BioInformatics Major at New York City College of Technology, regards Volcimus as a talented artist and an irreplaceable friend.

“One of her best qualities is how caring she is towards her friends and family,” said Massier.

“If you’re doing bad she’ll find a way to help you get back on your feet.”

Most people would be traumatized by such negativity in the environment, but Volcimus became motivated to want better for herself and improve her environment through her artwork.

Imagery became a big part of Volcimus’ journey to create a better environment for herself.

When she immigrated to the United States at the age of 10, Volcimus could only speak Creole and she could not understand the language the cartoon characters were speaking. As a result, she paid more attention to the visuals and colors of cartoons so she decided that she wanted to draw them.

“I started off drawing cartoon characters such as Dora, and I eventually got better,” said Volcimus. “With the help of YouTube, I was able to elevate my drawing skills to new levels because YouTube was my only teacher.”

Sara Guerrero, the Director of Education & Public Education at No Longer Empty, Inc., commends Volcimus for her dedication in gathering, and representing the stories and lives of people in her community.

“Yolanda’s professional work on her art projects contrib-

uted to a public visual report featuring local stories and demographics,” said Guerrero. “Having worked closely with Yolanda, we observed the thoughtful insights and dedication she brings to her work, as well as the kind guidance and feedback she often offered to her peers.”

In 11th grade, Volcimus was in an art contest by a program called the Youth Organizing to Save Our Streets, YOSOS. The contest consisted of creating art that speaks to the issues in their community and to put a solution to the problems in the art. Volcimus drew a portrait of Trayvon Martin to show racial injustice and police brutality.

A year later, Volcimus re-entered the contest and drew a portrait of a disappearing African-American male in the army who is standing in front of a bleeding American flag. On the left side of the picture, Yolanda drew struggles that African Americans face every day such as police brutality and use of illegal drugs. She also added a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the bottom right of her portrait.

“Is it a coincidence tobacco companies pay more attention to low socioeconomic status areas?”

Yolanda said when describing her portrait. “Is it really a coincidence black males get sentenced to more years than whites? Black men have become the prey of America. They are slowly disappearing.”

Volcimus said that people need to be aware and bring light to these controversial topics in their neighborhoods, communities, and urges Congress to help create change in the justice system. She hopes that her art reaches people from around the world so that the conversation about injustice goes beyond America and inspires other countries to start correcting the injustices in their justice systems.

“I want to have an art gallery for profit or non- profit so that I can sell my art and people can understand and see the message of my art,” said Yolanda. “I want to improve on my skills so my art can look hyper-realistic. I also want to make a program for kids who want to learn to become artists.”

Asar John is a contributing writer. He can be reached at asar.john@yorkmail.cuny.edu

York College Student Addresses Social Issues in Brooklyn Through Art

One of Volcimus’ pieces showcased on the Art Callery at York. Photo credit: Anslem Joseph

By Anslem Joseph Yolanda Volcimus, 20, a Health Science major at York expresses her views of social problems in the African-American community through her art. In her art, she displays issues such as gun violence, domestic abuse, police brutality, and racism in the Crown Heights and East Flatbush communities.

Volcimus grew up in Trouin, Haiti and witnessed cases of domestic abuse and violence within her own family. She also witnessed a neighbor physically abusing his wife. Although these social issues were not directed at her, she feels the need to address the problems that, to her, happen too frequently in African-Ameri-

Anslem Joseph is a staff writer.

He can be reached at anslem. joseph@yorkmail.cuny.edu

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How York College Tries to Fight Student Food Insecurity On and Off Campus

Abraham Khandakar (left) and Miya Bass (right) at the Men’s Center with the food pantry application. Photo credit: Greis Torres.

By Greis Torres The Men’s Center is coordinating York’s first food pantry, Hungry for Knowledge, which started at the beginning of the Fall 2018 semester as part of Governor Cuomo’s “No Student Goes Hungry” program, but this isn’t the only food program York provides to students.

Indeed, the Men’s Center has been running a food voucher program since 2012. Many other programs at York also give food vouchers to students, according

to Jonathan Quash, the director of the Men’s Center.

“York has been addressing this (food insecurity) for the last several years but just through the voucher and grant,” said Quash who mentioned that the establishment of the food pantry at York is to better serve students while they are at home too. “So when the students said to us they needed food, we just gave them the money as opposed to actual food. As I mentioned for students who are living in transitional housing, you can have

York College Offers Free Lynda.com Suscriptions to Students

By Angel Adegbesan Every York college student has a free subscription to Lynda.com, a company that provides online tutorials for many fields. The IT department announced this initiative last March.

This is a platform for anyone who needs help with anything including 3D animation, business, education, information technology, marketing, photography and so much more. It also includes video tutorials on programming, many software programs and customer service representative skills. The service provides detailed, step by step how-to videos.

Lynda.com is free for every York College student. Students can sign up for it via the library section on York’s website. Students have to sign in with their library login information that is used for the library’s computers and college wifi. The IT department can help set up the login information for students who don’t have it. The account is free for as long as you remain a student at York.

“It is pretty straightforward how it’s sorted out,” said Michael Knight, Journalism major, who resides in Westchester. “If you’re not the type to watch, there’s a passage and you can pause the video and read a passage that has what the video is saying.

You get the best of both worlds.

It is pretty easy. If you need to go back to something you did not understand in class, you can always go back and get a better concept through Lynda.”

Professors also have faculty access to the website. Some Communications Technology professors use Lynda in their classes to teach students how to use Adobe software like Illustrator, Java, Premier Pro for graphic design, coding, film, etc.

Aside from classes, students can learn other full courses from the website like social media marketing, advertising, business skills, music production, photography skills, web development and so much more.

“I think it’s been helpful,” said Adisa Sobers, a Journalism major, Queens Village resident who is a portrait documentary freelancer. “It’s relevant for me. I work in the field as a freelancer.

For you to do a documentary, you have to have journalism knowledge to do research on a topic. Lynda is cool. It’s not the same as a classroom setting. You learn from an actual professional in the industry. It’s cool that the school gives it to you for free because it’s expensive.”

Angel Adegbesan is the News Editor. She can be reached at angel.adegbesan@yorkmail. cuny.edu

money, but what are you going to do? You can’t exactly go home to cook because you don’t have the facility to do that.”

Both the food pantry and the food voucher program at York are part of the Petrie Emergency grant program which is currently assisting both CUNY and SUNY campuses to incorporate programs to address food insecurity as mandated by Cuomo, according to Quash.

Students who wish to receive food from the pantry need to fill out a form that contains the food items they would like to receive at the Men’s Center. Then, an email will be sent notifying when the order is ready to be picked up.

As of press time, York’s food pantry does not have a physical space on campus. Quash is looking forward to expanding the pantry, which serves at least 20 students at York. The effort has been unsuccessful so far due to renovations happening around the campus.

“At least we are looking at it from the point of view that it is commenced,” said Vincent Banrey, the vice president of Student Development. “Students are picking up the packages of

food until we can get the full one in there.”

But The Hungry For Knowledge would not be the only food Pantry that York would be housing.

Quash is also working to partner with New Ford Visions, a local food pantry currently hosted at a local church that’s being renovated. Quash is expecting to use Beaver Road as the location to house the food program in the meantime to both serve the community and students, said Banrey.

“The current idea is to have the people who currently use the food pantry, which is about three or four thousand a month, to not have to go terribly far away,” said Quash. “Most of them actually use the (Long Island) railroad, so they come through here on their way to go home because they most likely live in that area.”

The Beaver Road is still pending evaluation in order to get a permit from the New York City Department of Buildings to install the trailers in the area.

Cuomo announced in late August a five-point plan to alleviate hunger in students from kindergarten through college. The plan

also required SUNY and CUNY schools to provide free food pantries on campuses or partner with outside pantries.

According to Cuomo, this initiative will make New York the first state to require all public schools to have a food pantry or “stigma-free” access to food by the end of the Fall 2018 semester.

18 CUNY campuses had already a food program in place before Cuomo introduced this initiative.

This program was formulated as a response by a 2015 study done

by Healthy CUNY, a campaign designed to make CUNY the healthiest urban university in the country, showing that about one in four undergraduate students are food insecure.

“Hunger should never be a barrier for those seeking to achieve their dreams of a higher education,” said Cuomo in a press release. “New York is proud to be the first state in the nation to require every public campus to have a food pantry, ensuring that our students have all they need on the path to success.”

Greis Torres is the Editor-in-Chief. She can be reached at greis.torres@yorkmail.cuny.edu

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Pandora’s Box Exclusive Photo Gallery York College’s 2018 club fair was the most diverse club fair ever, according to members of the Student Government Association. 30 out of 34 active clubs participated in the event on Oct. 4 showcasing talents and recruiting new members.

SGA President Danielle James said even the food offered was more diverse since it catered to different food styles. James also said that the student turnout was better than expected and better than the previous events.

“Overall, the results would be to see how many people would join clubs, and who pays attention to the message,” James said. “From last year, we can get better. I want to see more activities and events.

I want to see more collaborations between clubs as well.”

“I’m just speaking for myself when I say this but, a lot of students came out which is always a great thing to see,” said Shelby Samuel, 24, a Speech Communications major.

York’s SGA hosts a club fair every fall. James said she plans to provide more opportunities for students to take advantage of the resources that the school and SGA has to offer.

“There are so many opportunities here, you just have to know where to find them,” James said. “This year for giveaways, we are raffling meals at Aladdin. Students can go see a show and get a free meal. In one way, it helps the students and in a way, the money comes back to the school.”

Samuel, a resident of New Hyde Park, Long Island, is not affiliated with any clubs but he appreciated being present at the event. He was able to view the many clubs and their interests. He was particularly fascinated with YC Radio, York College’s radio station.

“I thought it was just about talking on the radio, but it’s much more than that,” Samuel said. “Basically, what caught my attention was just the speaking element of it.”

Nefratari Stennett, 23, a Movement Science major and resident of Springfield Gardens, Queens, said she appreciated the diversity of the students and the clubs. She said the variety of clubs motivates her to join a few of them. She named Jumpstart and Black Student Union as potential clubs she would like to join.

“There were clubs that had fit a wide range of people from those who are interested and professional clubs, such as the Occupational Therapy and Marketing clubs,” Stennett said. “Just clubs that are helping you prepare for future careers.”

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NYC Artist and Former Professor, David Antonio Cruz, Opens Art Exhibit At York

By Marc Torres New York City artist, David Antonio Cruz, had some of his artwork featured in the York College Fine Arts Gallery from Sept. 13 to Oct. 12.

Cruz, a former adjunct of the college, came back to York on Oct. 11 for an artist talk with students and faculty, where he explained the symbolism behind some of his newer works like Returnofthedirtyboys, and Howtoorderchocolatecake.

A majority of his work deals with the theme of breaking through the barriers of gender and race, whilst also speaking on queer and gay culture within the black and latinx community.

Returnofthedirtyboys explores gender, queerness, race, and spaces. He also speaks on the lack of correspondence between the human body and societal structures, as well as the power of the male to male gaze.

“It’s truly going back into thinking about sexuality, thinking about brownness, blackness, and addressing how we look at the male body in relationship to society and history,” said Cruz.

His use of colors really emphasize this idea because his colors are purposefully vibrant in some places and neutral in other places.

For example in one of the paintings from the series, a man has a greyed out body and very colorful head. This is meant to represent a fracture within society and how people who identify as queer or gay, are not seen as conventional or normal. The fractures are meant to look visually correct as the bodies on the men are normal, but it all looks slightly off because of the use of the grey color in the bodies throughout the paintings.

Cruz’s use of colors in his artwork are meant to “seduce” viewers and make them look at his work long enough for the

work to reveal itself.

“We don’t quite fulfill what you normally think of in society, and so there is a fracture in that,” said Cruz. “I’m constantly think about how to change the body.”

One of his performance pieces, Howtoorderchocolatecake is all about visibility and race. The piece is a video where Cruz can be seen covering himself in chocolate and singing in spanish while also yelling out the word “chocolate.”

Howtoorderchocolatecake speaks on the issue that people are not as vocal as they should be when it comes to race and it also touches on the fact that the artist himself has struggled all his life to be visible.

“So much of my work is about being visible,” said Cruz. “Standing in place and causing chaos or causing attention. Being present, being alive, and being able to change that space.”

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Game Review: Spider-Man for PlayStation 4 Some of these real landmarks were located up to half a mile away from where they actually are. It brought up confusion on Twitter, with some fans wondering why some things were so different than their real life counterpart when most of the game was so detailed and accurate?

Other than that, the game was a huge success in terms of both critical acclaim and revenue. If you take into account just the 3,000,000 copies of the individual game that were sold during its first three days, that amounts to about $190-200 million. That’s more than any other Spider-Man media made during its first three days.

By Richard Heaton To some fans, in order for a game to be successful, it needs to be the kind of game that makes players talk about it for weeks after its release. That’s exactly what happened with the new Spider-Man game for PlayStation 4.

Many years ago, video game developer Insomniac Games announced they were working on a new Spider-Man game. It wasn’t exactly big news because at that point there had been many Spider-Man games in the world.

Most of which had failed.

But Insomniac promised this game was going to be different.

In their history, they developed multiple games that were critically acclaimed and once they started showing gameplay footage of the new game, hype started building up.

The game was released on Sept.

7 and instantly became one of Sony’s biggest video games of all time. It sold more than 3,000,000 copies during its first three days (not including the copies that were bundled with limited edition PS4 consoles).

That night, millions of gamers booted up the game and fully experienced what Insomniac promised. They were not disappointed. The developers promised gamers that they can swing through a lifelike replica of Manhattan while battling classic Spiderman villains in a dark and emotional story.

The game really delivers. While some of its side missions are quite dumb and repetitive, the main story, which can take approximately 20 hours to finish, is full of character development, beautiful cutscenes, and wonderful combat sequences.

The game is incredibly smooth and fluid. In previous Spider-Man games, if you were swinging, the slightest movement in a different direction would have caused you to crash.

The new Marvel Spiderman game for the PS4 has quickly become Sony’s best seeling game. Photo credit: Richard Heaton.The

In the newest reincarnation, you can literally swing for hours without ever stopping and doing some sick tricks.

Spider-Man has the best combats any game could have, with great controls and a near instantaneous reaction time. There are plenty of well-known games that suffer because of okay reaction times, but this one goes above

and beyond making sure that nothing gets in the way of your experience.

One thing that angered some fans was how realistic the city looked. Unlike previous games, this one went to new lengths making sure you knew it was Manhattan. Every street was named and hundreds of actual landmarks and buildings were

featured throughout the game.

Since the graphics of the city were so perfect, flaws really stood out to gamers. For example, some of Manhattan’s greatest attractions such as Madison Square Garden, Grand Central Terminal, and the New York Public Library were actually relocated to a new spot in the game.

Last year, Marvel’s first Spider-Man movie, Spider-man: Homecoming, was released and it made just $117,000,000 during its first three days, which is still a lot. If the new Spider-Man game was a movie, it would have been one of the 10 biggest opening weekends in history, a list that already includes five Marvel movies.

Those numbers are even more staggering when you realise that the game is a PS4 exclusive. Most blockbuster games are released on multiple PlayStation consoles, along with Microsoft and Nintendo consoles and still don’t sell as many copies.

When it comes to acclaim, the game scored 87 out of 100 in Metacritic, an entertainment review website. This is one of the highest scores of any superhero video game, even higher than most of Marvel’s movies.

Starting near the end of October, Insomniac will begin releasing new downloadable content (DLC) for the game, and a sequel is already being teased.

Richard Heaton is the Sports Editor. He can be reached at richard.heaton@yorkmail. cuny.edu

Fall 2018 Guide to Cheap Sports and Concert Tickets

By Richard Heaton Have you ever wanted to attend a concert or sporting event but the cost was just too high?

Have you ever thought of looking for cheap tickets through the use of a resale site? If you have, then you came to the right place because there are plenty of sites where you can find cheap tickets.

I know what you must be thinking: how can tickets that are being resold be cheaper?

Wouldn’t the person who bought the ticket for full price and then sold it at a lower price be losing money?

Resale sites are usually for people who don’t need their tickets anymore because when it was time for the event, something came up and they couldn’t make it.

If they tried to sell the ticket for face value nobody would buy it. They would just choose to buy the ticket from an official site instead. That’s why sellers will have to choose between not

selling the ticket and letting their money go to waste, or selling it cheaper and getting at least some of their money back.

Resale sites are also used a lot for season tickets to sporting events. Season tickets for a baseball team are 81 games, and very few fans will go to all of the games, so they would sell the rest.

The only time a resale site won’t be cheaper is when it’s a special sold out event, and in those cases, the prices might be even higher in the resale site.

But for most events, going to a resale site can get you a huge discount for sporting events, concerts, and even Broadway shows.

Some resale sites might even offer coupons for more savings on top of already cheap tickets.

Two of the best resale sites are Stubhub and Vivid Seats. A couple of other sites that are pretty well known are SeatGeek and Fanxchange. While SeatGeek is primarily a resale site, it became the official ticket selling platform for the Dallas Cowboys earlier

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this year, which could lead the way for other teams officially selling their tickets on resale sites.

Other resale sites have similar partnerships as well. Stubhub has partnered with the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team, naming their stadium the StubHub Center. As of Aug. 2018, VividSeats is the official seller for the Los Angeles Clippers.

There’s only a few partnerships out there right now, meaning there’s still plenty of oppor-

tunities for cheap tickets. In fact, T-Mobile recently worked out a deal with Fanxchange. During the first week of October, T-Mobile gave to all their cus- tomers a $25 gift card to use towards any sporting event or show bought through the site.

There’s really no way to gauge if one site is better than another. They all will have cheap tickets and have different ways to deal with fraud. If you’re thinking about getting a cheap ticket through one of these sites,

you should look up the event that you want to go and check the price for each seat.

Most of the time through resale sites you will be able to find some of the “good” seats for great prices, especially for events and teams that aren’t that popular on slow days.

For example, the New York Islanders started their season during the first weekend of October. Tickets for their first home game started at $24 on their official site but they started at $17 on VividSeats. The last two weeks of the New York Mets season featured tickets for five dollars that had a $30 face value also on VividSeats.

If you want to see the Giants or the Knicks, attend a concert, or whatever, your best bet might be to check out what the prices are on resale sites. You might get surprised.

Richard Heaton is the Sports Editor. He can be reached at richard.heaton@yorkmail.cuny. edu

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Student Artist Spotlight: Poetess Camryn Bruno

By Danielle Cruz Poets In the Square was one of the many events held during the 2018 St. Kitts and Nevis Culturama Festival and it was also where Camryn Bruno, a York College sophomore, was chosen to perform some of her spoken word pieces as the featured poet.

Bruno, who is currently majoring in communications technology, has been writing and performing poetry and spoken word for more than four years.

She got her start writing poetry when she joined a community development program while she was living in Trinidad and Tobago.

“I started in this community development workshop that one of the divisions had in Trinidad and Tobago and from there they started to host competitions and workshops for us to practice (our spoken word)” said Bruno.

Since her start as a poetess Bruno has won many competitions such as the 2017 First Citizens National Poetry Slam Championship, the 2017 Ms. Tobago Heritage Personality, and the 2017 Courts Bocas Lit Fest Spoken Word Competition.

In 2015 she was also the recipient of the Zelma A. Cowie Award for Civic Mindedness, she has participated in the Brave New Voices International Poetry Festival and was chosen to be the Feature Presenter at the We Day celebration in Trinidad and Tobago.

Although her poems have earned her recognition Bruno recalls that when she first started writing poetry she wasn’t all that good and the first poem she wrote on the feeling of saying hello to someone was terribly written.

“It was terrible. It was very short, it was probably about a minute long. It had to do with telling someone hi without telling someone hi, like that feeling just before you tell someone hi.

I performed it at one of the showcases that they had in school.”

Camryn Bruno reciting one of her poems at the Poets in the Square event in St. Kitts and Nevis. Photo courtesy: Camryn Bruno.

She also recalls that another one of her earlier poems ended up turning into a song of sorts that centered around calmness and was inspired by her younger sister.

“It was about my sister, my little sister. I was looking at her and the glisten in her eyes and her eyes had sort of like this blue reflection so it was like blue shining eyes and it was a poem on like calmness,” said Bruno.

When asked what else inspires her poems Bruno explained her poems are mostly her way of making a statement on current social issues and events. So for her she draws inspiration from society and things happening to or around her and then she relates it to the issue she wishes to address.

“Most of the time it comes to me. If I see stuff in society like how a car works and I’ll relate

it to a social issue. I just see it and then it just unconsciously comes to me…I write down ways to encourage, change and start reformation. ” For example one of her favorite poems is titled Report Card, and while it was a comedic piece, the poem addresses the increasingly high number of teenage pregnancies in Trinidad and Tobago and was inspired from some remarks she had overheard in school.

“It was inspired by someone’s like monologue in school and it was like ‘she preggy, she preggy’... and right now there are alot of teen pregnancies happening in Trinidad and Tobago right now,” said Bruno. “So I wrote that piece on like the perspective of a teacher in a school that was named Teen Get Preggy Highschool. It was a high school were everyone was getting pregnant

and I presented them with a report card giving some reasons why teenagers were getting pregnant at that time.”

Another poem she wrote a year ago used the rain cycle to address the reoccurrence of crimes and murders in Trinidad and Tobago.

“I used the rain cycle as one of the reasons why everything was happening, so the rain falls and the streams pick up all of the bodies and carries them into the ocean… There were a lot of reports of bodies that were floating up in the ocean last year.” said Bruno. “Then it rain starts again and it’s like a cycle of crime and abuse.”

Violence, specifically gender based violence is a social issue and topic that Bruno is actively fighting and writing about.

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Series Review: Maniac

Screenshot of Netflix’s series Maniac.

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By Marc Torres When Netflix’s Maniac first premiered in late September, my first thoughts were: why am I watching this? What is this even about? This is kind of cool. This is garbage. Okay, wow. This is actually good.

The 10 episode miniseries starring Emma Stone, and Jonah

Hill makes you become just that, a Maniac.

We follow Owen Milgrim (Jonah Hill) and Annie Landsberg (Emma Stone) as they both take part in a strange pharmaceutical trial. They’re both very unsatisfied with their lives and they hear of a new drug that can apparently repair the human mind without any side effects.

They both hope this new pill and its promises can really come through for them, and of course that’s not what happens.

There are few reasons why Maniac would ever be considered garbage. One of those reasons would be the sometimes awkward transitions between the scenes. If you miss a small detail or look away for a few seconds, you could miss a lot. If you miss anything, you’ll pay for it by having to watch the next scene totally lost as to what’s happening. This show is not for

the casual watcher. You have to pay attention to every detail and every little moment.

The second reason would be for its long runtime. We should definitely have shorter television shows after so many experts have stated that attention spans are becoming shorter. With new shows like FX’s Atlanta and HBO’s Barry, we’re starting to see that a 20-30 minute runtime can still be as jam-packed and impactful as a 45-50 minute show.

There are so many reasons to love Maniac. One of those reasons would be how the show distorts reality. The show’s viewpoint shifts between reality and hallucinations, and at some parts viewers won’t quite know where they are. Sometimes you’re not sure of what’s real and what isn’t when watching Maniac. I love how the show plays with this idea of reality, making the show

more interesting.

The directing is also cutting edge. It feels like you are watching a good movie with every episode. The colors are vibrant and are a huge part of the show. The budget for it was pretty big and you can see that in the quality of the directing and writing. The cinematography is something special. It’s stunning, fresh and feels good to watch. You won’t want to turn it off once it’s on because of how visually appealing it is.

The acting is surprisingly great. Jonah Hill has one of his best performances since The Wolf of Wall Street, and Emma Stone is also pretty good. She’s not my favorite actress, but she does a stellar job in this show. I’d even say she did a way better job in this show than she did in La La Land.

The storyline is pretty original and the characters are

Trinidad and Tobago as they went around touring around 50 schools, where they did short classes/ workshops that taught the kids about gender based violence and what they can do about it and how to handle situations involving it.

Bruno has also started to begin teacher artist training with that same community development program, where she is learning how to teach kids how to use spoken word to express themselves.

“In the last year and a half I began doing teacher artist training which is where you teach students how to use spoken word to better themselves and to better their craft.”

Danielle Cruz is the Arts & Entertainment Editor. She can be reached at danielle.cruz@ yorkmail.cuny.edu

well-rounded. There’s comedy, drama, and sci-fi. All in one package. The sci-fi part is really weird and at the same time, really satisfying. We get a glimpse into the dystopian society we might become if we keep relying on technology to replace our face-to-face interactions. It feels good when a show tells us to stop and take a look in the mirror at who we are becoming as a whole.

Maniac is fun, fresh and exciting to watch. When the next “100 shows to watch before you die” list comes out, this show will definitely be on it. Do yourself a favor and become a Maniac fanatic.

Marc Torres is the Assistant Arts & Entertainment Editor.

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Jimmi Kimmel Brings Show to New York City For One Week

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By Autumn Matthews

The Jimmi Kimmel set in Brooklyn. Photo credit: Richard Heaton.

By Richard Heaton For the fourth year in a row, Brooklyn Native Jimmy Kimmel brought his world-renowned show back to the city that never sleeps.

Right now, Jimmy Kimmel Live! is one of the most popular late night talk shows in the world, with nearly 3,000 episodes, countless guest stars, and one of the most heated rivalries in television history.

Since 2015, Kimmel has spent a week in October filming new episodes at the Howard Gilman Opera House, located just a block away from the Barclays Center. During his stints in NYC, Kimmel always puts his best foot forward when trying to put on amazing shows and bringing New York based guests onto his show.

During the first Brooklyn week in 2015, some of the guests to be featured included Howard Stern, Michael J. Fox, and members of the New York Mets just days before they were in the World Series.

In 2018, Kimmel pulled all the stops to make sure viewers were entertained featuring Tom

Holland, Adam Sandler, and even a killer performance from Eminem. The first episode of the 2018 iteration of Brooklyn week aired on Oct. 15.

In addition to his standard monologue which mostly made fun of Donald Trump, Kimmel had a long discussion with Adam Sandler about his standup work and New York. The episode ended with a very special performance by Eminem.

The day that the film Venom was released, tens of thousands of New Yorkers were stunned by what was going on with the Empire State Building at night.

The lights were actively changing and flashing, and there were helicopters flying all around.

It turns out this was all a stunt made specifically for Kimmel. On the very top of the Empire State Building, Eminem shot a brand new Venom music video.

The video featured the rapper at various points in and on top of the building as well as a scene with Guillermo Rodriguez, Kimmel’s television sidekick.

Guests who appeared the remainder of the week included John Krasinski, Bryan Cranston, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cardi B, and Bebe Rexha.

Of course, it wouldn’t really be a New York themed episode without New York’s most famous superhero, Spider-man. Thursdays episode featured a brief and unexpected skit where Tom Holland made an appearance as Spider-man, again hilariously featuring Guillermo. The skit was mostly for comedy but Holland also debuted Spider-man’s new suit from the upcoming film, Far From Home.

On their final day in Brooklyn, the staff of Kimmel finished their week by going around the city and talking to Yankees fans about the Boston Red Sox. This was barely a week after the Red Sox beat the Yankees in the first round of the playoffs and the responses were fun to say the least.

Kimmel spent the weekend after marvelling in the city for one last time before heading back west. Knowing Kimmel, he will want to make sure his next time back in Brooklyn in 2019 is even bigger.

Richard Heaton is the Sports Editor. He can be reached at richard.heaton@yorkmail.cuny. edu

Jade had just got off of working a five hour shift at a local bookstore that was only ten minutes away from home.

Normally she walks home with her co-worker but today the co-worker was at home sick. Jade was taught by her mother to always look back to see if anyone is behind her and to pay attention to her surroundings.

Jade turns around and sees a guy that looked like he was about her age. Jade puts her headphones in her ears and starts listening to music with the volume up all the way. She continued walking unaware that she couldn’t hear the boy informing her that she dropped her sweater.

Jade stops at her favorite Mexican restaurant to get a bite to eat. The same exact boy that was walking behind her walked inside the restaurant a few minutes after her. Jade and the boy ordered their meals at the same exact time. It took about ten minutes for both meals to come out. Jade grabs her food, puts her headphones back in both ears, and walks out of the restaurant.

She looks behind her to see if the same exact boy is still walking behind her. She does not see him anymore. She continued

walking then a few moments later she turns around and sees the boy walking behind her again. She stops walking taking the headphones out of both ears and he stops walking as well.

They stared at each other and Jade breaks the silence.

“Why are you following me?”

She asked him rudely. He responds along with a chuckle and gives her back her favorite purple sweater.

“I believe this belongs to you. I was trying to get your attention earlier but I guess you couldn’t hear me because of your headphones.”

She thanked him for returning her sweater and apologized for being so rude to him. It turns out that the boy lived a couple of doors down from Jade but she was unaware of that because she never walked this way home. She always took the long way home with her co-worker.

The moral of the story is if you are walking anywhere make sure that your headphones volume is not turned all the way up. It is better to be aware and alert of your surroundings.

Autumn Matthews is a contributing writer. She can be reached at autumn.matthews@ yorkmail.cuny.edu

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Singers Ella Mai and Jacquees Controversy Over Trip Remix

By Tylaisha Davis

Singer Ella Mai. Photo credit: Finish Line.

R&B singer, Ella Mai released her self titled, debut album on Oct. 4, following the chart breaking success of her summer hit Boo’d Up. In the lead up to the release of her album she released a remix for Boo’d Up, with rappers Nicki Minaj and Quavo, then later she also released Trip, the third single off her upcoming album.

Though Trip was pretty well received by fans it came with a little controversy when singer Jacquees released his own remix and video to Trip. Jacquees’ version of the song ended up getting lot more attraction than Ella Mai’s version did, and soon after

the remix was abruptly removed from all sites. After its removal people began to speculate that Ella Mai, jealous of the success of the remix, had played a part in getting the song taken down.

In response to the rumors rapper T-Pain took to twitter claiming that Jacquees had tried to make money from the remix, to which Jacquees responded by saying that that he didn’t make any money off of it since he had only released it on SoundCloud and YouTube.

Producer Mustard, who had discovered Ella Mai, then put out an official statement on Instagram stating that Ella Mai had no say in what happened to Jacquees’ version of Trip and that the decision to take it down was

decided solely by her label.

However the rumors didn’t die down as some people began to believe that Ella Mai had blocked Jacquees on Instagram, a move that some people took as a sign that she had indeed played a part in taking down his remix.

In a recent interview with HOT 97 radio hosts Ebro, Rosenberg and Laura Stylez, Ella Mai addressed the success of Boo’d Up and the Jacquees situation.

“I don’t play any role in it, my label made a statement. People don’t know the actually end and outs of the industry and what actually happens in the situation.” Ella Mai said.

Then addressing the allegations that she blocked him on instagram she replied with “I do

know him, I never followed him on Instagram. You can’t believe everything you see on the internet.”

Despite the controversy everything seems to be fine between the two artist now. Jacquees still has the one minute video of him singing his version of Trip on his instagram and he also recently posted a short clip of him and Ella Mai hugging and having a short conversation.

Tylaisha Davis is a contributing writer. She can be reached at tylaisha.davis@yorkmail.cuny. edu

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PB Sits Down With The Vo!d to Discuss Their Debut Album Euphoria.

Cover of The Vo!d’s album Euphoria. Photo credit: The Void.

By Danielle Cruz Euphoria, the debut album of York College student band The Vo!d, was released on YouTube and various streaming sites on June 25.

Comprised of six songs the album took the band nearly a year to complete and produce a product that the band was ultimately proud of and ready to release.

Describing the release of their long awaited album as “euphoric” Mark Arias, singer/guitarist for the Vo!d, said that they were happy to finally release their music for others to hear “I was feeling very, I guess

you could go with the word, very euphoric, and very accomplished it was a milestone within my goal and my path as a musician and an artist,” said Arias. “It’s very pleasing to know that your music is out there for people to hear.

I don't have to tell people ‘oh come to my show’.. You can listen to it on your phone now, go ahead you can stream it anyway you want.”

Each of the six songs covers a different musical genre from the reggae influenced Waiting Upon A Miracle and the alternative rock influenced song From What I Remember. Arias explained that they were hesitant to categorize themselves as one genre since

they like to explore with creating different genres of music.

“We have an influence of everything, there's a reggae song, there's a ballad, we have heavier songs and we have punk rock songs,” said Arias. “It has little bit of everything and it shows you that we don’t like too just be in one type of genre we like to spread out and find our other music interest and influences.

I listen to honestly everything so why just stick to one thing... we have an open mind about everything.”

When asked why they decided to call their debut album Euphoria Arias was quick to respond that the band had come up with various names for the album but settled on Euphoria because they thought it best fit how they felt as they were creating the album.

“Everytime we would be in the studio it would always be very chill. Our stress, everything that would weigh us down and the reality of life would just escape through our music… It was all about having fun and making music so it was always euphoric” Choosing the six songs that would make it into the album was also a process for the band.

As a band they have a total of 14 songs but they knew that producing all 14 songs would take longer than a year. So they settled for the six songs that they felt best fit the sound they were going for in their first album.

While recording at Level Up Studios, they were constantly changing the lyrics and sound as they tried to perfect their songs until they got a product that they were happy to release.

“I would write the lyrics and with time I would change it up a bit. I was constantly changing the song and coming up with an idea then coming up with another idea and then go to the studio and changing it up again,” said Arias. “I would always want to add to it. It’s good that it took a year because the songs have changed a lot from when we first started playing them. So it was good that we took a while, it actually sounds like what we wanted it to sound.”

The songs also all have some sort of meaning or message behind them.

Don’t Judge for example is about not judging anybody for who they are. The lyrics call for everyone to be treated the same regardless of how they look or their gender identity.

“We are all humans at the end of the day, we are all the same, we have the same organs so why judge anybody for who they are,” Arias explained. “We are all different in our own unique way but at the same time we are all the same biologically.”.

Their song Unite on the other hand encourages people to join together to make a change and talks about going against the “higher powers” and uniting and coming together as one.

“The 99% of us should be coming together and fighting the 1% the higher ups,” said Arias. “We should retaliate against it and we should have a better leadership then we have now, because right now we are in a state where everybody is like ‘oh, screw this and screw that’ but it’s like no we should come together and figure

YouTube Duo Releases New Clothing Line

By Richard Heaton Mark Fischbach, who goes by the name Markiplier and Sean McLoughlin, who goes by JackSepticEye have been two of the worlds biggest YouTube celebrities for years. On Oct. 19, the two friends took the next step in improving their brand by starting their own clothing line.

Both of their channels currently have more than 20 million subscribers each and they each uploaded a video to announce the launch of their clothing brand, Cloak. According to Mark, they have been working on the brand for more than a year, polishing their logo, clothing designs, and putting finishing touches on their website.

The site was opened later that day, with the ability to pre-order T-shirts and hoodies. The brand will officially launch on Nov. 16, and is one of the most expensive clothing brands sold by YouTube stars.

The launch lineup consisted of shirts that cost $35 and hoodies that cost $80. In comparison, another YouTube brand called Crystal Wolf sells shirts for $30 and hoodies for $50. It’s unclear if Cloak will be able to sustain itself with such high prices, however both both YouTubers have a very large and loyal fan-base that should keep the brand going for a while.

Youtuber Markiplier releases new clothing line, Cloak. Photo credit: Richard Heaton.

In the launch video, Mark spent a few minutes talking about why the brand was created and what kind of clothing they had made. In the video Mark states that they wanted to make “Clothes that we would be proud to wear, clothes that we would be proud of where it came from,

of who it represented, and who it was for.”

Marks reasoning for the brand was that he didn’t want something with huge branding, and he wanted clothes that were high quality, fit well, and were comfortable.

“It’s shocking how hard it is

to get in clothing today. Every company is so worried about shouting their brand at the top of their lungs, that they kind of forgot about the people that are wearing the clothes in the first place,” he added.

Cloak is joining an already crowded group of self-made brands. Crystal Wolf was created by vlogging legend Joey Graceffa and partner Daniel Preda more than two years ago. Joey has nearly 10 million subscribers and has proven that clothing lines made in such fashion can be successful.

Felix Kjellberg, also known as Pewdiepie is the last of the mega YouTubers who created their own clothing line. Currently he has the largest following on YouTube with more than 60 million subscribers and his brand, known as Tsuki, was launched in March.

It’s another step in the journey of these celebrities who made their names known by playing games, vlogging, and making comedies. It might also be a move that can put others on the map, or can lead to other creative ventures.

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this out together.”

Waiting Upon A Miracle also talks about making sure you stand up for what you believe in and taking initiative. The lyrics explain that if you want to see change whether it be a change in society or a change in your own life then you’ll have to get up and start the movement and not just sit around and wait for a miracle.

Though the band is currently not together Arias says that The Vo!d is still going continue and he is now looking for new members to join the band and continue on making music.

“I'm honestly getting new members to come in and start over with basically the same concept but basically with new members,” said Arias. “I’m still writing music I have ideas right now. I want to get new members and go into the studio and making it a different type of vibe but the same type of influences.”

Arias also said that he is also working on a music video for their song Disintegrate and he has plans to release a new song before the end of this year.

“There's actually a song that’s about to come out soon,” said Arias. “I just need to go to the studio and like set the vocals down and it’s basically done. Its a single, it’s almost like a ballad and it’s very chill.”

Check out The Vo!d and Euphoria at www.thevoidbandnyc. com.

Danielle Cruz is the Arts & Entertainment Editor. She can be reached at danielle.cruz@ yorkmail.cuny.edu

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Kavanaugh’s Confirmation: How People in High Positions Avoid Punishment

By Rachel Dalloo On Nov. 17, 2017, Brett Kavanaugh lands on President Donald Trump’s list of potential Supreme Court nominees. On July 9, 2018, Kavanaugh is nominated to the Supreme Court. On Sept. 16, 2018, Christine Blasey Ford, a Psychology professor at Palo Alto University and a research psychologist at Stanford University School of Medicine, publicly steps forward with her sexual assault allegation against Kavanaugh.

This confirmation battle goes down as one of the most influential yet controversial topics of our lifetime.

We live in an era where the #MeToo Movement has been just more than impactful onto our society.

It’s a movement that is seen as inspirational, histrionic and significant. Trump, who has faced many accusations from notable females in the past, showed his true colors when he described Ford. According to Huffington Post, “Trump called Blasey a ‘very fine woman’” following a Senate Judiciary Committee vote on Kavanaugh.

‘I thought her testimony was very compelling and she looks like a very fine woman to me,’ he said. ‘A very fine woman. She was a very credible witness. She was very good in many respects.’

Then, at a rally in Mississippi on Oct. 3, Trump mocked Christine Blasey Ford for her testimony in front of the Committee. “ ‘I don’t know. I don’t know,’ the President continued.

‘What neighborhood was it in? I don’t know. Where’s the house? I don’t know. Upstairs, downstairs -- where was it? I don’t know -- but I had one beer. That’s the

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only thing I remember.’ Trump’s mocking remarks come amid a protracted and heated confirmation process for Kavanaugh,” CNN noted.

Trump had also ordered the FBI to do a background check on Kavanaugh, but still acknowledged the fact that he will still vote for his pick at the end. Now, this is all coming from a man who tried to pay out his accusers in secret, with hush money, to try and stop them from coming forward with Trump’s misdeeds.

At the end, the Supreme Court did confirm Kavanaugh.

Even after Ford’s memorable, powerful testimony made on Sept. 27 in front of hundreds of people, televised to millions more in the U.S. and around the world.

“It means that they (Republicans) have tilted the direction of the Supreme Court to the conservative right for at least a gen-

eration, in its capacity to shape many critical issues including civil rights protections, workers’ rights, and a women’s right to choose,” said Associate Professor of Political Science Michael Sharpe. “…The recent actions are a sign that US values and democratic institutions are being undermined for both parties and the society. My advice to young and old alike is to join an organization, read credible newspapers and publications, and vote as an active civil society. Informed citizenry and participation are fundamental to our republic”.

Sharpe added that this should be a big concern for both Democrats and Republicans since many members of the Supreme Court have been nominated by Republican Presidents who failed to win the electoral vote.

Ford spoke with tears in her eyes and with a whole lot of boldness. Her testimony will

always be looked as a compelling confrontation of the darkest past she has gone through. Ford is a survivor and there are many people in this world who are just as strong and courageous about sharing their personal stories, to let us know that what they’ve gone through is real. There are some people, surprisingly, who do not believe in Ford’s testimony. Some people see it as a waste, as a ‘hoax.’

Sexual assault does happen, and when it does, it changes us into becoming warriors, to concede about the situation and create a change. So, no one, either male or female, who is struggling with opening themselves about sexual assault, should feel like they can’t.

There are people willing to listen. There is absolutely no reason to hide it, to feel ashamed about it. The truth is, this is just the overall beginning of a new way

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on how our society should view women who have gone through and are still going through sexual assault.

It’s not fair that some women should feel petrified to talk about a situation that has forced them into being viewed as vulnerable, but really, was it their choice to have this happen to them? The bottom line is, it happened and now someone needs to be held up accountable for their actions.

As for Congress, they are not much of a backbone support.

U.S. Maine senator, Susan Collins, 65, called for a testimony for Ford claiming that she deserves to be heard. Then, after the testimony, Collins appeared on CNN’s ‘State of The Union’ stating that she doesn’t believe Kavanaugh is Ford’s assaulter.

She also went on to say that for a while she was “undecided” on her vote for him because she wanted to hear what the three accusers had to say about Kavanaugh.

To tie it all up, this is what you call hypocrisy, big time.

This shouldn’t be about which political party you stand for, this shouldn’t be about how big of a job position you are fighting for.

Put all politics aside.

This should be another wake up call, that yes, even people in high positions in life do have something in their past that they’re afraid to show. But when certain things are revealed, it is our job, as a democracy, as citizens, to stand up for what we believe serves justice and fairness.

Rachel Dalloo is a contributing writer. She can be reached at rachel.dalloo@yorkmail.cuny. edu

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The MTA is Scared to Promote the Atlantic Ticket in Subway Stations

By Asar John “An attractive new way to travel” is the way the MTA describes the Atlantic Ticket in its ads in Southeastern Queens and Brooklyn stations. Or should I say only Brooklyn stations? Or maybe JUST Atlantic Terminal?

After all, it is called the ATLANTIC Ticket.

But before I totally slam down on this “attractive way to travel,” you should hear the details about this ticket.

The Atlantic Ticket is a portion of the “Freedom Ticket,” which has been advocated for

by Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA since 2007 as an effort to reduce NYC railroad fares and provide free transfers from the bus to the subway, according to amNewYork.

The Atlantic Ticket debuted last June. It serves mainly Southeastern Queens stations that are far away from a subway station. The Atlantic Ticket is available to any Long Island Railroad passenger traveling to or from any Southeastern Queens or Brooklyn LIRR stations.

In order to boost this initiative, the Atlantic Ticket is offered at a discounted price, since the regular price traveling towards the two city terminals is considered costly.

The nine stations where Atlantic Ticket is available for use are: Atlantic Terminal, Nostrand Avenue, East New York, Jamaica, Rosedale, Locust Manor, Laurelton, Hollis and Queens Village. The ticket can be purchased from a LIRR ticket vending machine at any of those stations as it is not available on the MTA mobile ticketing app eTix. When you purchase the ticket, be wary for there are two versions of the ticket: the one way ticket (valid only on the day of purchase), which is five dollars, and the weekly ticket, which is $60.00. A weekly ticket not only gives you a full week of LIRR rides within Southeastern Queens and Brooklyn, but also a seven-day unlimited MetroCard on the other side of the ticket. It’s a pretty good deal

Few subway stations only feature one advertisement of the Atlantic Ticket. Photo credit: Asar John.

as it would cost a fortune to ride LIRR and subway for a regular price throughout a week.

In fact, a regular one-way ticket between Atlantic Ticket stations cost $10.25 during peak hours, while the combined weekly pass costs $104.25, amNewYork reports. And that amount doesn’t include the $2.75 subway fare if you have to complete your commute by subway or local bus.

This means that the Atlantic Ticket is still your best bet if you commute by subway/bus and the LIRR. Now as juicy as the Atlantic Ticket may sound, it doesn’t seem to be so “attractive” as the MTA claims it is. I say this because there isn’t much advertising for it at all the stations it serves. I first heard about it in June from a passenger on the LIRR. I searched it up on Google and found more information about the ticket on the MTA web-

site. When the school year began, I took full advantage of the weekly ticket option. It all felt like both perfect timing, and a blessing from the public transportation gods.

But for people that use the stations where it is available, how will they know about this blessing/money-saver known as the Atlantic Ticket since there are barely any advertisements about it on the platforms? To find an answer to this question, I went on a search around Southeastern Queens to find any advertisements of the ticket.

My first stop was Jamaica Station, a major transportation hub in Queens, that services both the subway, LIRR, buses, and The AirTrain to John F. Kennedy Airport. Now if you’ve ever visited the Jamaica station, you would know it’s the Goliath train station in Queens, nestled in the heart of Jamaica. You can’t miss it.

The station is filled with large pockets of space, including the blank walls where space for large, eye-catching ads is abundant. Well, there are ads in the Jamaica Station. However, there is only one advertisement of the Atlantic Ticket near the ticket booth, and a single lousy stack of brochures that promotes the ticket in the corner of the waiting room.

There are none on the five platforms, the mezzanine level, or by the AirTrain. There is barely any sign of The Atlantic Ticket’s existence at the grand Jamaica Station. This stop, however, is not the only one fearful to advertise the Atlantic Ticket.

I boarded the next arriving Hempstead-bound train to Hollis station which had the same lousy brochure, this time enclosed within a bulletin board with a glass screen over it.

Next stop is Queens Village.

Same story, but this time a single brochure is jammed through the side of the glass, like someone spotted it, looked back and front, and said “Eh, not so sure if my wallet is that attracted to this deal.”

After traveling to St. Albans station, I walked up the stairs and onto the empty, windy and slightly curved platform, and found no sign of advertisement for the ticket. Over the Rosedale station, with hopes of spotting the rare Atlantic Ticket ad, I find the same lame stack of brochures like the ones at Jamaica.

A four minute ride on the next arriving train takes me to Locust Manor, giving me the exact same results as St. Albans. Same can be said for the Nostrand Avenue station in Brooklyn. The eerie looking East New York station in fact features a few of the larger ads shown at Atlantic Terminal.

However, one of the ads is cast off to the end of the Atlantic Terminal-bound side of the station, away from exits and entrances where it goes mostly unnoticed unless you walk to the end of that platform. The most advertised station I stumbled upon was Atlantic Terminal, which has an obnoxious decent amount of advertisements inside.

However, there are not many advertisements within LIRR waiting areas of the platform, but most ads are placed within the subway parts of the transportation hub.

After visiting all the Atlantic ticket eligible stations, my investigation was not complete. I returned to Jamaica station to speak to employees who are looking at the Atlantic Ticket from the inside out, and not from the outside in, as I and many other Atlantic ticket users do. After speaking to several MTA “ambassadors” wearing their bright orange safety vests and large pins that read “HOW CAN I HELP YOU?” Well, clearly not very much, is my response to the obnoxiously large and contradicting pins they wear.

When I asked if I could find any information about the promotion of the tickets they all responded, “Maybe you could ask the station manager any questions about what you are looking for.” So I took their advice. The Jamaica Station manager, who refused to give her identity, claims that the MTA does in fact much to promote the ticket.

“We have customer service representatives explaining that we sell the ticket for five dollars, and how to buy it,” said the station manager. “We still do this during rush hour.”

To verify if I could receive any information from service representatives who were standing by a podium in the waiting room, they directed me to read the advertisement by the ticket booth. Doesn’t seem like the best way to represent the MTA, does it?

As the Atlantic Ticket reaches its midlife in December, my question of whether enough people know about the ticket to take advantage of it and make it permanent will continue to wander.

That, and several other questions I have for the MTA that I may never get an answer to, which I find all too familiar and typical.

Asar John is a contributing writer. He can be reached at asar.john@yorkmail.cuny.edu

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The Yankees Fought Hard But it Was Not Enough

By Richard Heaton 2018 is a pretty bad year to be a Yankees fan really. It is a year of failed expectations and if you think back to what everyone was saying near the end of the 2017 season, things went downhill fast.

Think back to the middle of the 2017 season. That year, the Yankees were in the middle of an intense rebuilding process. They weren’t trying to win in 2017.

They were trying to get the tools to start another dynasty. Even most broadcasters were saying that the Yankees were looking to be contenders again in a couple of seasons.

That’s why they went and got guys like Gleyber Torres and Clint Frazier, to lead them to a new future... but then things happened. Aaron Judge became a star and Aaron Hicks became secretly good. Then, all of a sudden, the Yankees were good.

Everyone went back on their predictions. Now they said the Yankees were going to win it all, and they started to prove it by beating the Indians in the American League Division Series (ALDS), but they couldn’t get past the Astros in the ALDS. It wasn’t a big deal because just three months earlier, they were in a rebuilding phase. They were going to get better. Then the Yankees went ahead and brought in Giancarlo Stanton to work the outfield along with Judge.

A month into the season, Judge and Stanton were doing their thing and sudden outbursts from Torres, Didi Gregorius, and Luis Severino made them look unstoppable. But then came the second half and then the Red Sox.

They finished the season with 100 wins. The first time they won 100 since 2009, but it’s a shame that the one time they have an above and beyond season, the Red Sox also have an above and beyond season of their own. The Red Sox won 108 games making it the first time they won 100 since 1946.

If the Red Sox had one of their usual seasons, then the Yankees would have easily won the division.

But even though they won 100 games, all hell broke loose in the second half. Judge was injured for an extended period of time near the end of the season, Severino had one crazy slump, and both Torres and Gregorius reverted into normal hitters.

For all we know, their numbers could have been even better.

Maybe even good enough to have more wins than the Red Sox and win the division. But as we all know what happened, things didn’t work out the way we would have liked.

The Yankees beat the Athletics in the wild card game, but then the divisional series began and of course they matched up with the Red Sox. It was the last time in more than a decade that the Yankees faced the Red Sox in the playoffs. The last time was back in 2004 and the Red Sox went on to win the world series.

It was pretty even for the first two games of the series. The Red Sox won game one by a score of 5-4 and the Yankees won game two by a score of 6-2. But then game three was an accurate representation of how the second half collapsed for the Yankees as the Red Sox won by a score of 160-1 with Severino giving up six of them.

At this point the Red Sox just

Yankees fans. Photo credit: Richard Heaton.

needed to win one game to advance while the Yankees needed to win two. That final win came for the Red Sox in game four.

They entered the eighth inning with a one-run lead and in order

to make sure they won, they sent out their ace to pitch.

Despite not making it to the championship series, which they did last year, the Yankees showed a lot of progress and

have had players that reached multiple milestones.

They had six players hit 20 or more home runs, two of them being rookies. The number of players with at least 10 home runs was 12. The Red Sox only had eight. They also had three players steal 10 or more bases, which only proves that the Yankees can be a threat on the bases in addition to being a powerhouse.

Pitching wise, you can forget about Severino because the real star is J.A. Happ. He was acquired at the trade deadline and he hasn’t lost a start during his time with the Yankees. He posted a 7-0 record and a 2.69 ERA in 11 starts with the Yankees.

The rest of the Yankees rotation is rounded out with Severino and Masahiro Tanaka, who both had solid years. The two of them combined to win 31 games, and next season, the three of them will probably be one of the five best three ace rotations in all of baseball if they bring back Happ.

Don’t think of the 2018 season as a failure for losing to the Red Sox. Think of it as an audition for an even better season. Happ will be with the team for the whole season if they resign him, and both Torres and Miguel Andujar will have even more experience and be poised for bigger seasons.

The Yankees don’t even have to go after a big free agent like Bryce Harper or Manny Machado. All they have to do is improve on what they already have and their 2019 campaign could be amazing.

Richard Heaton is the Sports Editor. He can be reached at richard.heaton@yorkmail.cuny. edu

York College 2018-2019 Basketball Season Ready to Kick Off

Women’s basketball team. Photo credit: York College Athletics website.

By Fiifi Frimpong With November underway and the cool breezes of winter making its way, winter sports are right around the corner for York College.

The men and women’s basketball seasons are set to begin soon for some exciting action on the court.

Both teams are ready to begin the coming season following an offseason of hard work and preparation. The theme this year seems to be freshmen joining the team and getting accustomed to college regimen.

The women’s team is looking to continue their progression after earning six more wins last season from the previous year.

Led by their second year head coach, Anastasia Bitis, the women’s team is primed to mark their names within the City University of New York Athletic Conference.

Bitis stressed the importance of establishing good team culture as a point of emphasis the team would work on for the season.

“We really want to emphasize hard work, commitment, and playing like a team, “ Bitis said.

“People have various definitions, but for us that is coming together as a family and starting fresh. I feel like this is our year to start from scratch because we have a really young team.”

On the women’s team, Freshman guard Ellma Hodzic is a player that has what it takes to take the team to the next level, according to Bitis. Mac-Dege Dessources brings height, toughness and will produce for the next coming years as a walk-on, Bitis added.

Sheahna Roscher is the lone senior on a young roster that brought in seven freshmen this season.

Bitis does not consider any specific player a higher author-

Men’s basketball team. Photo credit: York College Athletics website.

ity amongst the team.. She isn’t specifically looking to another player to fill a leadership role.

Instead, the coach is looking for multiple players to fill in various roles within the team.

“I think leadership is an interesting topic, Bitis said. “It’s not necessarily based on age. It’s really about the focus you have, what your drive is, what your goals are, and how you can pass that on to others. We’re not looking for one person to be our leader.

We’re looking for everyone to step into different parts and have ownership over different parts of our team.”

For the men’s basketball team, third-year head coach Nolan Adams has his sights on having a great regular season while making a run in the postseason. He mentions that getting there will require a list of objectives getting

accomplished.

Adams pointed out solidifying their defense and putting up more points on offense using interchangeable parts that can spread the floor are two components that will lead to success.

Like the women’s coach, Adams emphasized the importance of keeping a good team culture throughout the season.

“The biggest thing for the team this year is camaraderie, said Adams. “I think in the past we’ve had a combination of talent, but we really didn’t have that unity we needed.”

Adams also noted that there are a lot of young students that are an addition to the team which has been missing in the past seasons.

“We have a talented group of freshmen coming in that are being led by a talented group of

seniors,” said Adams. “I have a chance to coach real freshmen.

So it’s an interesting mix we’re really excited about this year.”

The student body has embraced the young guys, showing their appreciation during Midnight Madness.

“So far the kids are loving it,” said Adams. “The community here and the student body has really embraced them. After coming out to the Midnight Madness event and getting to know the guys, they’re really loving it.”

On the men’s team, Devine Chisholm is a freshman guard who is a 1,000-point scorer in his high school career that is ready to implement his force in the offense, accoding to coach Adams. Sophomore forward Akil Vaughn is a two-sport athlete that defends and shoots very well, Adams added.

Be on the lookout for the York College Cardinals this upcoming season.

Women’s season begins on Nov. 14 and first home game is Dec. 7.

Men’s season begins at home on Nov. 10.

Fiifi Frimpong is the Assistant Sports Editor. He can be reached at fiifi.frimpong@ yorkmail.cuny.edu

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New York Islanders Can Play Well Without Their Star

By Richard Heaton In early October, the New York Islanders began their season without their star John Tavares.

They quickly learned that they can survive without him.

Despite being just 27 years old, Tavares was one of the best players in their history before leaving. He left New York after nine seasons to join the Toronto Maple Leafs, mainly because of his dream to play in his hometown.

Anders Lee led the team as their newest captain replacing Tavares. Lee has already spent six seasons with the team as their winger and has been a workhorse lately. During the last three seasons, he’s only missed three games in total.

Last season he scored 40 goals, placing eighth on the league’s goal scoring leaderboard. During his first three games of the 20182019 season, he’s scored two goals which puts him on a head start towards an amazing season.

The rest of their team has been pretty good as well especially their defensive line which some say is led by Nick Leddy. He’s been with the Islanders for four seasons ever since coming from the Blackhawks, and like Lee, he rarely misses a game. During his four seasons, he’s played in 320 out of 328 games.

Last season, Leddy scored 10 goals and racked up 32 assists while blocking more than 100 shots.

John Tavares. Photo credit: Michael Miller for Wikimedia Commons.

The Islanders’ defense was made known on Oct. 8, which was their second home game of the season against the San Jose Sharks. The Islanders’ defense kept the Sharks from going on the offensive by blocking 23 shots throughout the game and keeping them from scoring.

The Islanders won that game by a 4-0. It was their first shutout in more than 20 games. The shutout was made possible by a brilliant performance by their newest goalkeeper Robin Lehner.

It was his first game of the season and first since joining the Islanders. He was brilliant, with 35

saves and it was the ninth shutout of his career.

In addition to their 4-0 shutout over the Sharks, the Islanders won their first game of the season by a score of 2-1 and they lost their home opener 3-4. Following their shutout, the Islanders were second place in the eastern di-

vision. This was their first time in four seasons winning two of their first three games.

It was a good sign looking forward, especially after how the Islanders played before the season began. The Islanders played in eight preseason games in September, which included two against the Rangers and one against the Devils. They won all three of those games and averaged nearly four goals per game which is very good.

If the Islanders can continue this line of success going forward, the 2018-2019 season might be one to remember. Last season they finished in seventh place, winning only 35 games all season.

The Islanders would also like to perform well this season because soon they will be saying goodbye to their Brooklyn fans.

This is their fourth season playing at the Barclays Center, and in the middle of the season, they will start alternating their home games between Barclays Center and Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum which is where they played during their first 40+ seasons.

Eventually they will be relocated to a new arena located at Belmont Park, just three miles from Jamaica on the Queens/ Long Island border.

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New York Giants Must Move On From Eli Manning

By Fiifi Frimpong It’s October and it already looks like the New York Giants have thrown in the towel, on their way to their second straight losing season in a row.

There are issues at almost every position on the depth chart.

The re-modeled offensive line is bad and defensive backs on the roster lack talent. The team faces an even larger loss now that Eli Apple was traded to New Orleans for two draft picks.

Among all these issues, the most glaring of them is at quarterback, which for years was held down nicely by Eli Manning. This is Manning’s 15th season with the Giants and his best days are long gone. Now the Giants must search for a replacement to play under center in the future.

This decision comes a year too late, as the Giants elected to draft running back Saquon Barkleywith the second pick in the 2018 draft instead of selecting one of the four quarterbacks that laterwent in the first round.

Manning has shown Giants fans too much incompetence on the field. The NFL is a quarterback-driven league, where points are being scored like nothing. In the last 40 games, the Giants have been able to score 30 points just once.

Adam Martinez, A Giants fan from the Bronx, offers his thoughts on what’s wrong with the team.

“It seems like there are issues everywhere,” Martinez says.

“What sticks out to me the most is the quarterback play. Eli just doesn’t seem to be up to par with the rest of the talent across theLeague,” he added.

All the offensive inefficiencies aren’t Eli’s fault, but for a quarterback who will make $22 million this year, you should expect more. $22 million is a lot. It’s more than the contracts of the past two out of three league MVP’s, Tom Brady and Cam Newton.

The ball just doesn’t get thrown down the field. Even in situations when more than five yards areneeded for the first down, Manning will throw check down after check down. Joe Clarke, a 23-year-

Eli Manning. Photo credit: Alexa for FLICKR.

old fan from Queens, details his dissatisfaction when watching games on Sunday.

“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been yelling at my television screen, It’s been the same story repeatedly. Something must change,” he said.

Replays are shown after plays where receivers are running open and Manning can’t get them the ball. During week seven against the Atlanta Falcons in the third quarter, star receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was running open on a smash route toward the sideline designed for him to score. Manning didn’t pass to Beckham for the touchdown, instead he forced the ball to the third string tight end who was draped in double coverage which led to an incompletion.

This not only led to frustra-

tion from fans, but to head coach Pat Shurmur. Cameras caughtShurmur upset, mouthing what should’ve been done on the play.

This wasn’t the first time cameras caught the head coach displaying displeasure with Manning’s decision-making.

Just a week prior against the Philadelphia Eagles, cameras showed Shurmur in disgust after a completed check down to Barkley came up well short of a first down.

“Throw the ball,” he said on the sideline.

The inability to score touchdowns, even against poor defenses, has been the story of the pastcouple of seasons for the Giants.

Evidence of this was shown this season by only scoring 18 and 20 to the Saints and Falcons respectively. Both teams are ranked in

the bottom half of the league in passing defense.

Richard Hamilton, former division two football player, stressed the importance of getting the ball into the endzone.

“It’s imperative for a quarterback to get the ball in the endzone, If you don’t score touchdowns, you won’t win games,” he said.

Hamilton’s former teammate, Ben Allen, echoed those statements.

“A quarterback that can’t get the ball into his receiver’s hands for touchdowns isn’t getting thejob done,” says Allen. “This is the quickest way to frustrate a wide receiver.”

Receivers on the Giants aren’t too pleased about not getting enough targets each game. Sterling Shepard was seen having a meltdown after an interception

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during their week 6 embarrassment against the Eagles.

A situation that was more noted was the Odell Beckham Jr.’s interview with ESPN’s Josina Anderson where he made some critical statements about Manning and the team.

Beckham expressed frustration throughout the interview, questioning the team’s heart and taking shots at the offensive staff.

When asked if there’s an issue at the quarterback position, the star receiver’s comments were telling about how he felt about his quarterback.

“I don’t know,” Beckham told Anderson. “Like I said, I feel like he’s not going to get out the pocket. He’s not, we know Eli’s not running it. But is it a matter of time issue? Can he still throw it, yeah, but it’s been pretty safe and it’s been, you know ... cool catching shallow [routes] and trying to take it to the house. But I’m, you know, I want to go over the top of somebody.”

Following the interview, Beckham was fined by the team and endured criticism from the media.

But, why is he being scorned for telling the truth? In a league where mobile quarterbacks who extend plays to get the ball downfield are needed, Manning just doesn’t fit the bill.

As the Giants are entering rebuilding mode, the decision must come to move on from Eli Manning. The man who brought two championships to this town has now lost his luster.

The next draft won’t be filled with quarterback prospects like last year, but maybe management gets into position to select Justin Herbert in the first round. We may get a chance to see rookie Kyle Lauletta before the season ends.

A trade or free agent signing isn’t imminent, Whatever the Giants plan to do in the future, EliManning can’t be an option. All good things come to an end, and the Eli Manning era in New York needs to be over.

Fiifi Frimpong is the Assistant Sports Editor. He can be reached at fiifi.frimpong@ yorkmail.cuny.edu

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