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VOLUME 86, ISSUE 15
Sophomore arrested for weapon possession
QU gives $400,000 to North Haven By JULIA PERKINS Editor-in-Chief
Fourteen students relocated after dorm leak Staff Writer
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“At first it wasn’t that bad, it was just a little bit of water and then the pipe broke ten minutes later and we had four inches of water and that is when it started coming into our rooms and stuff.” – BENJAMIN TZODIKOV
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Despite the water spilling into the rooms, Gonzalez and Tzodikov said their personal items were not affected by the situation. “Our stuff didn’t get...ruined as much as the room below us,” Gonzalez said. “We went down there after… The guys, they came up because it was starting to drip in their room and we all went down there and then it was literally [like it was] pouring rain [in their room]. Well, not rain–dirty toilet water.” Gonzalez said the damage to the room below the leak got the worst of the situation.
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Fourteen Hill residents have been relocated after extensive water damage affected their apartments. Public Safety is investigating an incident regarding water damage to two apartments in the Hill residence hall on Friday, Jan. 29, according to Associate Vice President for Public Relations John Morgan. The incident is believed to have started with a damaged toilet leaking in an apartment and into the one below it, Morgan said. The 14 students who lived in the two apartments have been reassigned to other residence halls while repairs are underway. Sophomore public relations major Benjamin Tzodikov is one of the residents from the room where the toilet leaked. “I flushed the toilet and the toilet wouldn’t stop flushing and then the pipe broke–or something like that–and then water went everywhere and we literally had...four inches of water in the bathroom,” Tzodikov said. Josh Gonzalez, a sophomore health science major, also lives with Tzodikov. “The toilet kept flushing and flushing and flushing and the pipe behind it just, like, burst. So then once it was going everywhere, it started to...leak out into the room,” Gonzalez said. Tzodikov said their initial reaction was to call Public Safety and he said that soon after an officer arrived.
“It got worse...within ten minutes after it happened,” Tzodikov said. “At first it wasn’t that bad, it was just a little bit of water and then the pipe broke ten minutes later and we had four inches of water and that’s when it started coming into our rooms and stuff.”
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“It started to leak all over their room and their whole common room got messed up,” Gonzalez said. “I think they had more broken–more damaged–stuff than we had.” The next morning facilities was in the lower room trying to clean the mess, according to Gonzalez. “The facilities men were, like, ripping out all the insulation stuff and they were, like, trying to clean everything up,” Gonzalez said. “I kind of feel bad… It was so late in the morning–it was like three in the morning.” Tzodikov said it all could have been avoided if they knew how to turn off the water, because he said it only took one tool to turn the water off and stop it from leaking everywhere. Facilities has set up the floor driers that are usually set up in the cafeteria on rainy days, according to Tzodikov. But that’s not all. “There’s, like, two giant dehumidifiers, which are just in the hallways,” Tzodikov said. The flooding forced the students to relocate to different dorms while their rooms are fixed. “They were basically like... you guys are going to have to pack up your bag and...we’re going to relocate you somewhere for a couple of days,” Gonzalez said. “They weren’t sure how long it was going to take.” Gonzalez and Tzodikov have been relocated from their room in Hill to a room in Village and the students who live in the room below them are currently located in Perlroth until the rooms are fully repaired.
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Above shows three separate shots from a Snapchat video, which featured sophomore Nicholas Pappas shooting a firearm from his car. Pappas was arrested for having other weapons in his car. . By STAFF REPORTS baton, an automatic switchblade knife and two Freshman biology major Jackie Schurick pairs of brass knuckles. Officers arrested Pappas said Pappas’ punishment from the university is Sophomore Nicholas Pappas was arrested on Jan. 29 at police headquarters. more than fair. Friday after Hamden police found weapons in The university issued Pappas a suspension, “It could have been so much worse for him,” his car, according to a police press release. according to Vice President for Public Affairs she said. “Just imagine a little kid sleeping [when Police say they received a complaint on Jan. Lynn Bushnell. he shot the firearm in the video], it’d be terrify25 about a social media post that featured the stu“The student has been suspended from the ing.” dent off campus firing a handgun into the ground. university pending the outcome of his student Pappas likely wanted to be filmed shooting The Chronicle obtained a video from a student’s conduct meeting,” Bushnell said in a statement. a firearm so he could look tough, Schurick said. Snapchat story, which shows Pappas driving a “We will always remove any individual whose But she said this wasn’t a good idea—especially car and shooting a firearm out the window while actions threaten the safety and security of our since it was recorded and could be used as evisomeone else was filming. In the four-second community.” dence against him. video, Pappas is seen driving by houses when he Pappas was released from police custody afBen Mucci, a sophomore in the physician’s fires the weapon. ter posting a $15,000 bond and is scheduled to The complaint led the police to search Papappear in court on Feb. 12. See ARREST Page 3 pas’ car and they found four weapons: a police
President John Lahey and the university gave $400,000 to the town of North Haven at a ceremony on Monday, according to a press release. Lahey presented the voluntary payment to North Haven First Selectman Michael J. Freda in Freda’s office. The university chose to give $260,000 to the town because this amount is 40 percent of what North Haven got in 2014 from a state program because Quinnipiac does not pay taxes on property that is used for educational programs. Quinnipiac then decided to give another $140,000 to the town for outdoor lighting for the North Haven girls’ softball program. “This voluntary payment represents an affirmation of the university’s ongoing support and appreciation for all that North Haven does for Quinnipiac,” Lahey said in a statement. Lahey remarked in the statement about how Quinnipiac’s presence in North Haven has grown since 2007 when the university purchased the land for what is now the North Haven campus. Five of the university’s eight schools, as well as the information services department, are located on the North Haven campus, 3,000 students attend classes there, 373 faculty and staff members work there and last semester the university added shuttles to the campus. “We truly appreciate how the leadership of the town of North Haven has supported Quinnipiac as the university has invested more than $300 million in constructing the North Haven campus,” Lahey said in the statement. Freda said in a statement that Quinnipiac is becoming an important asset to North Haven. “Quinnipiac continues to demonstrate an interest in the concerns and welfare of our community through its concerted and ongoing efforts to give back to the town,” Freda said in the statement. “This healthy relationship is dependent on maintaining an open line of communication between our town officials and the university. This communication allows for a strengthening of personal alliances and keeps our offices current on emerging plans and objectives.” This will be the first year Quinnipiac does not make a voluntary payment to Hamden in several years, Associate Vice President for Public Relations John Morgan confirmed. Connecticut passed a law last year requiring Quinnipiac to pay property taxes on houses it owns and rents to students. “In Hamden, the gifts we had made in the past were in lieu of taxes,” Lahey told the New Haven Register on Monday. “We have made a payment already for the overtime for the police — in particular for the athletic games — as we did last year. We also will be paying taxes on the properties we rent to students consistent with the bills that were passed this past year. Instead of making a voluntary contribution we will be actually paying taxes that I’m told will be in the $350,000 range and I think the amount we gave for the overtime was also in the $300,000-plus range.” This North Haven payment is less than the amount Quinnipiac voluntarily gave to Hamden last year. Last March, the university gave Hamden more than $1.2 million, after Lahey delayed the payment because he opposed a proposed Planning and Zoning amendment. In previous years, however, the university had given Hamden $100,000 each year.
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The Student Programming Board announced on Friday, Jan. 29 that the artist to perform at this year’s Wake the Giant concert will be Fetty Wap. Students expressed their excitement and surprise that Fetty Wap would be headlining the concert. By DAVID FRIEDLANDER Photography by ERIN KANE Design by HANNAH SCHINDLER AND KRISTEN RIELLO
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“I’m really excited for Fetty [Wap] to come. It was a very fun and exciting process planning [the] reveal and I was so excited about it and now I’m glad that the rest of Quinnipiac knows that Fetty [Wap] is the one for Wake the Giant. Now the university can be excited with me. I’m pumped!”
CO-NEWS EDITOR Tara O’Neill CO-NEWS EDITOR Sarah Doiron ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR David Friedlander ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Hannah Feakes ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Nisha Gandhi ASSOCIATE ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Kellie Mason ASSOCIATE ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Madison Fraitag ASSOCIATE ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Caroline Millin
Kristopher Garr | Senior | Accounting “I’m surprised [that it’s Fetty Wap]. Everyone was saying that we weren’t going to be able to get him because it was too expensive but that’s great. I’m excited. I’d love to go see Fetty Wap.”
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“I think it’s pretty cool. I’m a big Fetty Wap fan. I think it’s a lot different. Last year it was Jason Derulo and it kinda appealed more to girls. I’m not a big fan of Jason Derulo. I know a lot of people--male and female--are big fans of Fetty Wap so I think that’s something so unique about this concert this year.”
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Dejah Boykin | Sophomore | Political Science “I think that Fetty Wap will be good only because it relates to a lot of what the people listen to… I think Fetty Wap would be an awesome choice though. [I was expecting] either Fetty Wap or J. Cole or even Kendrick Lamar ‘cause those are the hottest people right now.”
Beyond the Bobcats
A rundown on news outside the university. By Tara O’Neill
Thousands of migrant children missing
Microcephaly affects newborns in Brazil
ISIS supporter sentenced to prison
The European Union’s police agency said there are approximately 10,000 migrant children who travelled to Europe who are currently missing, according to CNN. There are fears that some of the children might be subject to human trafficking because many suspected migrant smugglers’ names can be found in the Europol human trafficking database.
Thousands of children in Brazil have been diagnosed with microcephaly--a Zika-related birth defect--according to The New York Times. Microcephaly is a condition associated with incomplete brain development and usually results in abnormal smallness of a newborn’s head. The Zika virus, which is typically not life-threatening, is spread through a mosquito bite. Health authorities in Brazil saw a 7 percent increase in cases of microcephaly in just a week.
A British woman was given a six-year prison sentence on Monday, Feb. 1 for travelling to Syria to live under the Islamic State group’s rule, according to the New York Post. The woman, 26-year-old Tareena Shakil, was convicted of encouraging acts of terrorism and being a member of ISIS last week. Her sentencing was the result of her fleeing to Syria to become a part of the group in October 2014.
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Kindness takes over QU
Student organizaiton spreads positive thoughts By KELLY RYAN Staff Writer
A few years ago, then-senior Larissa Madison, decided Quinnipiac’s campus needed a little bit more kindness. Have you ever seen Post-It notes stuck around campus with compliments and positive quotes? Have you received an anonymous shoutout on social media? These things can be attributed to GiveKindness QU. Madison created the GiveKindness QU Facebook and Twitter pages and began asking students if they would like to start a club to help spread kindness. Today, the idea has turned into a whole organization, stretching beyond the Quinnipiac community. GiveKindness can be found at Hofstra University, Farmingdale State University and more. High schools are also advocates for spreading kindness, but Quinnipiac is the place where it all started. The mission is simple: being dedicated to promoting the importance of kindness on campus, striving to emphasize how easy it is to spread kindness and showing how tremendous the impact of kindness can be. It is an anonymous, chain reaction-seeking, kindness-giving organization. Students can message GiveKindness QU through Facebook or Twitter with their anonymous, kind post about their peers and friends. The person will then receive a notification that they have been posted about, but are not told who wrote the compliment. “I’ve actually submitted to it before for all of my close friends,” freshman Kate McGrath said. “I think it’s great to see so many people mentioned, and that the page is made about anyone
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GiveKindnessQU members post sticky notes, such as the ones pictured above, periodically around campus that have inspirational quotes on them. who receives a submission, instead of a select group of people.” At the time GiveKindness was originally introduced, Ashley Carle was a sophomore and was interested in joining. Now, as a senior she is the president of the organization at Quinnipiac. Madison runs the social media for the organization at Quinnipiac and other colleges. “[Madison] runs posts for all the campuses, so nobody on this campus knows who sends them [the kind messages] in, not even me,” Carle said. Carle said Madison will give presentations at other colleges and high schools to initiate the movement elsewhere. She is not a student at Quinnipiac anymore, but she still heads the or-
ganization. GiveKindness QU is not an established club here yet, but Carle and the other 12 members of the organization are pushing toward being funded. They are currently going through the process of becoming an official club. “We have a constitution, we have an advisor and we have an executive board, but we still need to work with the community and our constitution still needs to be approved,” Carle said. Even though they aren’t funded yet, that has not stopped the Kindness crew from working hard. Right now, everything bought for the movement comes out of the members’ own pockets. The 13 members have meetings often and
take the time to write Post-its with nice messages to distribute around the school. Each member is assigned to a building to stick notes. The team will also leave notes with a dollar attached in the library for someone to find while studying during midterms week. In the spring, the organization hosts “Kindness Week” where hundreds of people come up to a student center table to write anonymous compliments. “Kindness Week” features the “Positivity Poster” where students can contribute a kind quote or compliment to anyone and receive a GiveKindness gift. Around Easter time, the Kindness crew will give out eggs that have kind quotes in them, as well as candy and, for some lucky egg-finders, gift cards. Other events include a free bake sale where instead of paying money for baked goods, students write something kind about someone. The free raffle is another, where companies donate baskets and prizes and students receive tickets to enter into the drawing by contributing kindness. “I love the message that GiveKindnessQU gives,” freshman Hannah Dunlevy said. “Sometimes it just brightens up my day and improves my confidence and makes me smile probably for everyone it does too!” In the next few weeks, Quinnipiac students will be seeing “Kindness Passes.” If a student does something nice for someone else, that student would give a “Kindness Pass” to whoever they were kind to. That person must pass it on within the next 24 hours to make somebody else’s day. “The pass has one of my favorite quotes on it,” Carle said. “‘Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.’”
Faculty members, students team up for intramural sports By HANNAH FEAKES Associate News Editor
For at least nine years, professors have been able to start their own intramural sports teams and even join existing student teams. Mike Medina, the associate athletic director of intramurals, started working at Quinnipiac University in 2004, after this rule was put into place. “Faculty and staff have always been eligible through the guidelines that I know of, through Quinnipiac’s intramural program, to participate in games,” he said. The volleyball team has more professors than students, whereas the softball team tends to be half students and half professors. Professors and faculty members have the ability to join any intramural team. The softball team is coed and has been around for about 30 years. Raymond Foery, is the captain of this softball team. He is a professor of Communications in the department of Film, Television, and Media Arts. “It has been hit and miss,” Foery said. “Often we have had to forfeit because we cannot get enough players. We do recruit a few students, but never more than three, to help us round out the team.” Foery decided to participate in an intramural sport for the bonding experience and relation-
ships that were created with both fellow faculty and students. “I have said to my fellow faculty members that I think this activity is as important as anything else we do,” Foery said. “It is a kind of mentoring. We bond with each other and with the students. We enjoy the camaraderie. We like to share this experience in a multi-generational way.” Michael Vieth is the team coordinator of the coed, Division II volleyball team. He keeps all the players up to date on the games. He has played every semester for the last five years. Originally, Vieth was asked by two colleagues if he had played the sport before because of his six foot height. At the time, he was an adjunct instructor at QU and two other schools. “We do it to have fun and get out of the classroom,” he said. “And, it is fun playing against current and former students. They do not think we will be that much of a challenge.” Vieth said he joined the team with the hopes of connecting with more of the Quinnipiac community. “I remember playing [volleyball] in college at the fraternity house, and I also thought playing with more QU faculty would create more connections within QU.” Other colleges and universities allow students and faculty to play together as well, al-
though some have separate divisions based upon how many staff want to participate. Medina said he isn’t sure Quinnipiac will ever be able to have faculty, staff and graduate divisions to play on intramural teams like some other universities because of Quinnipiac’s size. “With our numbers, we would not have enough teams to run a separate division,” he said. “So we will keep them incorporated and as long as things remain friendly, I do not foresee us changing this rule anytime soon.” Foery said when the professor teams win, it’s a big deal. “On the rare occasions when we win, we faculty, most of whom are well over 40 and quite a few over 50, jump and holler as if we had won the World Series,” Foery said. “After all, we managed to beat a group of strong and healthy 20-year-olds.” Freshman Jared Murgio played against Vieth in one of their games. “I personally thought it was exciting being able to play with my professor,” Murgio said. “It made it easier to see him as another person and not just a teacher I had.” Vieth said he doesn’t think there is an issue with faculty and students being on a team or playing against each other, but he does have one exception. “Once the school day is done, I do not think
there is any issue with faculty or staff playing with/against students,” he said. “The one caveat to that; I would not agree to play on a team with a current student.” Joining an intramural team was Vieth’s way of forming more connections within the Quinnipiac community. “Most of us who play come for the fun, come back since we win, and it gives us more time to talk to colleagues and friends, outside of a department and university meeting,” Vieth said. Freshman John Franklin has played against one of his friend’s professors before. “I think it is interesting,” he said. “It adds a little more competition. You want to go to class and give a little trash talk, it’s fun.” Franklin also said the age difference between professors and student players doesn’t matter. “Age does not make much of a difference in intramurals,” he said. “It’s more about talent outplaying talent.” But according to Medina, a professor team has yet to win a championship, so there has never been that question of advantage or disadvantage. “The professors are doing it for fun and a little bit of extra exercise and they are doing it really to get more involved in the community. I think it makes for a great atmosphere when those games are played,” Medina said.
Student charged after social media post sparks concerns ARREST from cover assistant program, saw the video after a friend showed it to him and said he thought it wasn’t a good idea for Pappas to have used a firearm. “But I think college kids do stupid things sometimes and I think it was just one of those things,” he said. This doesn’t mean Pappas should not be punished, Mucci said.
“He should definitely be suspended and if he’s guilty of further things, potentially be expelled,” Mucci said. But freshman psychology major Tyler Zarin said he thought the bond should have been higher and the university’s punishment should have been harsher. “Some kids are going around, driving around, shooting at houses, you don’t want him going to the school,” Zarin said. “One, he’s a danger to all the students who go here. And two, this gives the
school a bad name.” Junior public relations major Shannon Spitzfaden said people should not be able to shoot a firearm so “freely,” as she said Pappas did. “I think it is definitely scary that someone can have possession of a weapon and use it that freely,” she said. Spitzfaden is also concerned about the reaction the arrest will stir up among Hamden residents. “I think this situation might affect our rela-
tionship with Hamden because Hamden already does not like Quinnipiac students in general,” Spitzfaden said. The Hamden Police Department did not return multiple requests for comment on whether it has found Pappas’ firearm or where he was in the video. Pappas also did not return a request for comment. Tara O’Neill, Julia Perkins and Hannah Feakes contributed reporting to this story.
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Intramural basketball registration continues The basketball intramural season will run through February and March, with games being held Sunday through Thursday nights. The first game will be on Feb. 8. There are co-ed, men’s and women’s leagues available. The final day for registration is Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 11 p.m. Those interested can register at IMLeagues.com. Any questions can be directed to Mike Medina at mrmedina@quinnipiac.edu.
QU in LA information sessions begin Students interested in a semester in Los Angeles during the summer or fall semesters must attend one of the three sessions on Thursday, Feb. 4 or Friday, Feb. 5. The director of the program, Miguel Valenti, will be on campus and available to meet with students from Feb. 1-Feb. 5. The information sessions will be from 3-5 p.m. in SC 225 and 7-8 p.m. in SC 116 on Feb. 4 and 12:30-2 p.m. in SB 109 on Feb. 5.
MAPs to host Wear Red Day The Quinnipiac Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students will be raising awareness and promoting prevention of heart disease and strokes in women by wearing red on Feb. 5. This is a national awareness day and is part of February’s American Heart Month. MAPs will be handing out pamphlets and red ribbons to students at the Carl Hansen Student Center Tables from 10 a.m.-4 p.m and will be accepting donations for the American Heart Association.
Manuel C. Carreiro Leadership Conference to be held The Department of Campus life is hosting its annual Dr. Manuel C. Carreiro Leadership Conference, which will be open for all undergraduate students to attend on Feb. 6 in the Mount Carmel Auditorium. The conference will provide students the opportunity to get ahead of the competition when it comes to applying for student leadership positions, internships and jobs after graduation, according to DoYouQU. Free food will be provided for attendees and there is also a chance to win a pair of QU vs. Yale hockey tickets. To register, log onto DoYouQU and look under forms located on the Campus Life profile page.
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Res Life, Campus Life compare numbers, processes for RA, OL applications By VICTORIA SIMPRI Staff Writer
It’s the time of year when students can apply to be orientation leaders and resident and community assistants. To apply for these positions, students must have a minimum GPA of 2.75 and no current disciplinary probation, according to Assistant Director of Residential Life Mike Guthrie. Guthrie has been overseeing the application process for two to three years and said that last year was the biggest year ever with over 230 applicants for the positions. Approximately 240 students applied for an RA/CA position last year, according to Guthrie. Only 225 students qualified to move onto the group process and 100 of those students were cut, leaving 125 to move on to the individual interviews. Of the 125 students that remained, 44 students were hired. Senior Soraya Melle became interested in the Resident Assistant position her during junior year. Melle chose to apply for the position because it is a leadership role which requires one to look out for the well-being of others. “I get along with people and I like interacting with people and I’m really good at problem solving issues between students,” Melle said. Melle commented that the willingness to learn and grow are essential qualifications in order to be considered for this position. Guthrie explained that all are welcome to apply for the position, even those who may not see him or herself as a resident or community assistant. Positive role modeling is something expected from all resident and community assistants, Guthrie stated. According to Guthrie, the office of Residential Life looks for someone who they feel is going to support the residents and be a posi-
tive role model. “We look for someone who is going to be able to fit into a team and has that team mentality,” he said. “We look for someone who is going to be supportive. I would say outgoing but it’s okay if you’re an introvert. If you’re an introvert you still have plenty to offer your residents.” Sophomore Mazel Genfi considers herself both an extrovert and an introvert. “There [are] moments when I can be reclusive and stick to myself,” Genfi said. “There are also moments when I’m outgoing and like to interact with people.” There have been RA/CAs who have been documented in the past with conduct sanctions but still got hired, according to Guthrie. “As long as they have completed their sanctions and finished their probation at the time of their application [they can apply, but] they can’t be on a current sanction,” Guthrie said. “RAs and CAs who have been documented can also provide valuable knowledge to their residents who may be going through the conduct process.” Assistant Dean and Director of Campus Life Daniel Brown has been working for Campus Life at Quinnipiac for the past 14 years and oversees the OL application process and the orientation program. The application process to become an OL is similar to that of the RA/CA application, however more students tend to apply for the OL position than the RA/CA position, according to Brown. In comparison to the 44 RAs that get hired, Brown stated that the Orientation Leader staff is always set at 72 members. “We always hire a staff of 72,” Brown said. “The highest it’s been since we’ve been paying them has been at 80, the number of actual new hires is between 20 and 30,
The university hired 72 OLs and 44 RAs last year. which is about half the staff.” Genfi realized the competitive nature of the application process but remains enthusiastic about the position. “Since being an OL is such a competitive position, I wouldn’t really know what they want. However, I believe that I am quite involved on campus and that is a trait needed to be an OL,” Genfi said. Sophomore Danielle Radeke prefers the orientation leader position to the resident assistant because it is something she has been interested in doing before she came to Quinnipiac. “Orientation Leader for me is something I’ve always been interested in doing,” Radeke said. “RA is really cool too but OL is where I’m called to be.” Brown commented that ap-
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proximately 300 students attend the information sessions and about 150-200 actually apply and go through the process. Brown said the goal of the application process to get a diverse and well qualified staff. “We are looking for who is going to represent the student body as a whole. We are looking at different majors, different involvement opportunities to have as diverse of a staff as we can get,” Brown said. To Radeke, being an OL means being someone who can work well in a group and as a leader. “It’s somebody who is involved on campus,” Radeke said. “Somebody who loves Quinnipiac and somebody who is going to represent them well.”
A fresh start
Students, deans say it’s okay to change your major By MATT GRAHN Staff Writer
Choosing what to study in college can be a difficult decision. But some students find that they want to switch their major. To start the process of declaring a new major, a student should get more information about their programs before making the switch. Danielle Reinhart, assistant dean for the School of Communications, said a student should get in contact with someone who works for the appropriate program, like a department chair, or an advising director. Reinhart also said a student should check what kinds of classes they may need in order to complete a new major, as some of their credits may not transfer. Matthew O’Connor, the dean of the School of Business, said a student should understand everything before making a switch, even if it means taking different electives and minors to “craft” a major to one’s taste. “Maybe there’s something about the [current] major you didn’t know...and maybe just a tiny variation in what you are do-
ing could make that major work for you,” he said. However, if a student wants to make their major switch official, they would look for the “Declare or Change Major” form, which can be found on the Registrar’s page on MyQ. The form, aside from personal information, asks what the current and the new majors are, and a confirmation prompt. After that, O’Connor said all that needs to be done is for a dean to sign off on the form. Freshman Jazmine Santos wanted to pursue legal studies, but she started as a health sciences major because she said her parents wanted her to try “the whole doctor thing.” When Santos got the chance to switch her major, she thought that the process was initially stressful, but felt like she was supported along the way. Starting her new major of legal studies this semester, Santos is more enthusiastic about her classes. “You have to do what you love, so if you don’t love [your major], why study it, ‘cause you’re gonna hate it eventually,” she said. After making the switch, there are ways to help a student get set-
tled in their new program. For example, the School of Communications offers the COM 101 seminar, which Reinhart said is intended to support the student’s first semester in that program.
“You have to do what you love, so if you don’t love [your major], why study it, ‘cause you’re gonna hate it eventually.” – JAZMINE SANTOS
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Sophomore Marcus Barrett originally came to Quinnipiac to pursue Marketing. Last fall, he decided to change his major to Management. Even though Barrett said the process was easy, he still was happy with his advisor’s assistance. “I’ve never been through the process before, so I got a new advisor, and she was a lot of help,” Barrett said. Reinhart loves that she gets to help students with their personal journeys. “Everyone is coming in with dif-
ferent strengths, goals, and dreams,” she said. “Instead of just kinda signing papers, I like those one-on-one conversations [with students] and trying to dig down into the reasons why they’re making these choices, and what they’re planning on looking into the future,” she said. Senior Melissa Barclay originally came to Quinnipiac as a biology major. However, she realized she didn’t like how the classes were taught, and that she wasn’t as interested in the material as she once thought. Similarly to Santos, Barclay’s first major was based off of what her family wanted “I thought I wanted to be a doctor; and my family wants somebody to be ‘the First Doctor’, so all eyes were on me but, I didn’t care what anybody else thought, so I switched,” she said. Barclay, having a love of writing, switched to the journalism program in the second semester of her freshman year. She has this advice for someone who might want to switch their major. “Don’t be afraid [and] do what makes you happy,” Barclay said.
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Graduation on the Quad is overrated I represent a portion of the senior class that shares a very unpopular opinion: I do not want to graduate on the Quad on main campus. Though I understand the people who want to graduate on the Quad,here is why graduating in the TD Bank Sports Center will be a lot better. I understand that a lot of seniors feel like the TARA O’NEILL university is breaking the promise we were given Co-news Editor during our freshman @Tara_ONeill induction ceremony on the Quad that we would get to graduate on the Quad. But remembering that ceremony, it isn’t that promise that comes to mind. I remember how sweaty we all were, how we all just wanted it to be over. If we graduated on the Quad, we might feel all those things all over again. But graduation should be a more
enjoyable experience. The TD Bank Sports Center can accommodate more people. Though I’m not one of the people who has a huge, close-knit family, I know a lot of people who do. That being said, the TD Bank Sports Center—according to administration—is better equipped than the Quad to fit more family and friends. It will be easier for relatives and friends to actually see you when you’re graduating. Sitting on the Quad and walking across the steps of the Arnold Bernhard Library might be your current dream, but the ways the chairs are arranged on the Quad, your family might struggle to see you cross that threshold into your future. But in the TD
Bank Sports Center, the way the seating works makes it so that every person you bring as a guest to graduation sees you walk up, shake some hands and graduate. Plus, you won’t be sweating if the weather is outrageously warm, sunny or rainy. As someone who had her high school graduation outside on a hot, sticky day in June, I can easily say that I always dreaded my college graduation being outside. Now that the graduation location has been moved, you can sit in a cool arena and your family and friends can get photos of you that don’t capture the sweat on your face, but the joy. As for that petition to have graduation moved to the Quad that has been circling the campuses and talked about in the Quinnipiac Facebook groups… I just don’t see the point. I understand you’re all upset, but realistically I don’t see the university going back on its decision to relocate graduation.
Beyond just the petition, I’ve seen people suggesting to actually protest graduation. But before you do that, I implore you to put yourself in your parent’s shoes. Most of your parents have patiently stood by your side for four years—hearing about those tests you did well on and those you failed, hearing that you haven’t slept in 28 hours because you’ve been working so hard. Imagine them hearing you say that they won’t see you at graduation because you’re going to protest it, just because it isn’t in the location that you wanted it to be. The Rolling Stones said it best: you can’t always get what you want. So embrace graduation in the TD Bank Sports Center. Change is good. Let’s make this a new tradition—one that starts with us.
Get out and vote
More students should contribute to primary, general election Primary voting season for the 2016 presidential election is finally underway. After over six months of democratic and republican debates, residents of Iowa began determining who will represent each party in November’s general election on Monday. If you planned on voting in Iowa, you’ve already lost your chance to contribute to the primary. If NICK SOLARI you can vote in any other state, though, you still have Web Director an opportunity. @solari_nick I’m not going to try and convince you to support a certain candidate or vote on a certain party’s ballot – and this piece won’t give any indication of my voting preferences. In fact, I won’t even mention any of the candidates in this piece. I’m writing this to serve one purpose: to implore you to vote. It doesn’t matter who you vote for; it doesn’t matter why you vote for them. What matters is that you give a voice to your generation. I understand that sounds cliche. You
hear people say things along those lines all the time. “It’s your right to vote,” and “every vote counts” will be two of the most overused phrases in society between now and November. So let me try and convince you to vote in a different way, with an argument that has some substance. According to the US Census Bureau, voters between 18 and 24 have voted at lower rates than all other age groups in every single presidential election over the past 52 years, dating back to 1962. The Bureau’s data also shows that the same age group, on average, will turn out less than half of its populace in 2016’s national election. Only 38 percent of eligible 18 to 24-year-old people voted in the 2012 election. But college students are an important voting bloc in most elections, and can often swing an overall result. If you don’t believe me, you should
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look back at the results from Connecticut’s means you’ll likely be getting a job, paying second congressional district election in bills, owning property and paying health care 2006. Democratic candidate Joe Courtney sooner rather than later. Who knows, you won that election, and is still in office today. might even be starting a family soon. So you should be concerned with where He topped republican Rob Simmons by just 83 votes, while the turnout at the UConn candidates stand on issues like student loans, polling place was just over 800 people, private vs. public health care, taxes, the according to Rock the Vote’s study in 2007. economy, marriage and even foreign policy. College-aged voters are more diverse Typically, a majority of college students who vote tend to lean toward voting for the than any other group of people in this democratic nominees, likely contributing to country. We come from all different types of backgrounds. Courtney’s victory. The bottom line is that we’re all in I dare you to try and tell either Courtney or Simmons that the college vote doesn’t matter. college for the same reasons. We want to You might be thinking that this was only expand our minds, to challenge ourselves, a local election, and that your vote in the to get an education and, ultimately, land a LibQUAL Survey field of study. We’re all in national election still doesn’t matter. But job in a desired LibQUAL Survey Students, Faculty LibQUAL Survey take control of our life. consider this: over 20 million people attended college tofor forLibQUAL Students,Survey Faculty and So learn about each Staff candidate. Consider American colleges and universities in 2015, forLibQUAL Students, Faculty Survey LibQUAL Survey and Staff forLibQUAL Students, Faculty and make decisions for yourself. per the National Center for Education their policies, Survey and for Students, Faculty Look for it inStaff your email forLibQUAL Students, Faculty Survey and Staff And Look when the time comes to further Statistics. Just over 129 million people voted foron it February in your email for Students, Faculty inbox 8th and Staff for it in your email th yourself, don’t skip the chance and Staff in the 2012 election, so college students could empowerLook for Students, Faculty inbox on 8th to Look for it February inStaff your email and inbox on February 8th vote. Nobody likes a hypocrite. represent a large number of voters. Look for it in your and Look for it February inStaff your email email inbox on 8th For many of you, like myself, you’re only Look foron it February in your email inbox 8 inbox on February 8th foron itFrom in your email To Hear a few months away from graduating. ThisWe WantLook inbox February 8th
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Wake the Giant will be held on April 22, but if that’s too far away for you, satisfy your concert craving at one of the many venues in the area. Check out some of the artists who are making their way to Connecticut in the coming months and the venues that are housing them. -K. Riello COLLEGE STREET MUSIC HALL 238 College St., New Haven
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Twiddle will play at Toad’s Place two nights in a row in March.
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Students love to look back on their favorite TV shows, music, movies, toys and books from their childhood. This week students reflect on their love for the winter. By CAROLINE MILLIN
Associate Arts & Life Editor
Remember when “snow days” meant more than just canceled classes? When you got that “no school” call and had your snow pants on before your mom could even hang up the phone? We all secretly long for those times, when snowcovered clothes and mild frostbite meant it was a successful day. So if this warm weather ever subsides and leaves us buried beneath the cold stuff, don’t just stay indoors and make Easy Mac (although you can certainly do that too). Channel your inner child and have some good old-fashioned winter fun. Build a Fort. Gather your friends and compete to see who can build the best one or combine your efforts to make a mega-fort. Either way, you’ll be whisked back to a time when those little snowy walls seemed to tower over the world. Now you’ll need to build it bigger, of course, so get to work. “My friends and I used to build snow forts,” junior economics major Chris Desilets said. “When the snow banks got really big, we’d dig them out and then we’d have our own little spot.” When your fort is finished, either use it as a spot to hang out and enjoy some hot cocoa with friends or as a base for the upcoming battle. Have a Snowball Fight. What’s more fun than pelting chunks of snow at your friends?
Nothing, of course. This playful pastime will have everyone in hysterics as the fluff begins to fly. Use your fort as cover and play until the sun goes down–or until someone gets an ice ball to the face. Then it’s time to sled to the health center. Go Sledding. One of the most popular childhood snow day activities is still very much alive on campus. Many students use cafe trays or bin covers, but honestly you can pick up a cheap sled at Walmart that you’ll be able to use more than once. There are plenty of hills on campus to explore–please don’t use the Giant–so get out there and go for it! Want more of a thrill? Find a safe spot and build a jump to get some extra airtime. Build a Snowman. I dare you to complete this task without making any “Frozen” references. Go back to the days before Disney’s winter wonderland and create your own. Make it as silly as you want, work with your friends or make it a competition. Sophomore biomedical science major Supriya Goel said she loved building snowmen with her brother and her friends when she was younger. “We’d all work together to build the lopsided snowman or we’d get super competitive and try to pelt each other with snowballs,” Goel said. If you’re really artistic, try and sculpt a QUinspired creation in the snow.
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Students take advantage of a snow day to go sledding on York Hill. Decorate with Food Coloring. Take that boring white snow and make it pop. While you’re out getting a sled, pick up some food coloring and create a masterpiece in the frozen canvas. If you did this when you were little, it probably consisted of a lot of squiggly lines. So go crazy.
As long as it’s appropriate, of course. Think about what you used to do as a kid, and next time it snows let your inner child loose. I think you’ll be surprised at how much childish wonder the wintertime can still bring out in even the most cynical college student.
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Real smoothies arrive on campus
These printers ain’t loyal
Trying to be healthier this year? Getting tired of your usual breakfast options? QU has got your back with a new addition to the main cafe breakfast spread. The sandwich line has been converted to a smoothie station for the morning crowd, offering real fresh ingredients to get your day started. For those of you who were as disappointed as I was with the sugary smoothies at the Ratt, this is an awesome addition. The surprisingly peppy morning workers at this station will happily blend any combination you desire. It’s a delicious way to get in your fruits and vegetables, with options such as bananas, strawberries, blueberries, mangoes, kale, spinach and more. If you’ve never had kale or spinach in your smoothie, it’s an excellent way to consume them because the fruit overpowers the taste of the greens. They also have the option to blend in yogurt, a variety of milk or orange juice. Yogurt is a good option to add some substance and protein to really get your morning going. It’s nice to see QU providing its students with a truly healthy and tasty option in the mornings. Honestly, the only complaint I have is that I wish the station would run all day. I’m sure we’ll find more to complain about, but for now let’s just enjoy the fruity bliss of fresh ingredients in this new addition to the Chartwell’s menu. I love the sound of blenders in the morning. –C. Millin
On the first day back at school, I already found something worth wrecking: the unloyal Quinnipiac printing service. Needing to print out our syllabi, a friend and I went to the library before our 11 a.m. classes. I kid you not, every single printer in the library was out of order. Then, we went to the Student Center and tried a printer in Tator Hall and in the student organization suite and had no luck there either. The only place left to look was at the Communications building where we luckily found a working printer, but it was in use, so we could not print the syllabi that our professors insisted we print before our classes. This not the first time this has happened, and I feel as though this problem should have been fixed before students came back to school. It should be anticipated that the printers will need to be used, even on the first day of school. Not everyone can afford a printer on top of everything else we pay for here, so it is crucial that students have easily accessible WORKING printers. Also, it is not clearly advertised which printers have only black ink. Countless times I have printed things in “color” only to find out that it was going to come out in black and white. Not only is that an annoyance, but a waste of extra money I am spending on color ink when I only get black. –C. Popik
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Fetty’s coming our way
SPB expects sold out show when rapper wakes the giant in April By NISHA GANDHI Arts & Life Editor
After last Friday’s reveal, everyone on campus is getting excited for the Wake the Giant concert in April. We sat down with Alex LaMagna, the Mainstage Chair for QU’s Student Programming Board to get the scoop on this popular event. Even though it seems far away, make sure you get the details down so you don’t miss out! 3,500 tickets are expected to go on sale mid-February. The last time they sold out was six years ago when Ke$ha performed.
Q:When and where is the concert? A: April 22 at the Basketball Arena on York Hill. Q: It was on a different date previously, right? It was during finals weekend? Why did you change that? A: It wasn’t always on finals weekend but for the last two
years we did it on the last day of classes. The administration liked that, but I thought that it was rough for people who had already started studying for finals. Like the health science people are already in the zone, so I wanted to make it earlier so that people could all enjoy it
Q: Where/how do you buy tickets? A: It’s going to be on the portal for games. The link is
going to be sent out via campus life email. We’re thinking mid-February for undergraduates. We don’t have the exact date yet so if people follow @QUSPB on Snapchat, Instagram or Twitter, as soon as we know, you’ll know.
Q: Are there different kinds of tickets? How does the pricing work? Is there a limit? A: For undergraduates, floor is going to be $25 and
seating is going to be $20. For grad students and alumni, their tickets will go on sale mid-March and their floor will be $30 and seating will be $25. We wanna give undergraduates first choice. You can purchase up to two a student so you and a registered guest can come.
Q: How’d you guys get Fetty Wap? How does that process work? A: So we work with a middle agent and find people
according to budget, date and availability. We booked him in November actually and it was right after the concert survey went out. We had an overwhelming response for hip hop and in the open responses, a lot of people said Fetty Wap. I knew that he was going to be the perfect choice for this school, so I worked really hard to get him and he happened to be in our budget so it worked out really well.
Q: I know a couple years ago, you guys had Capital Cities and the turnout wasn’t as great. Do you guys go based on the turnout every year when you’re picking people? A: No. we do it based on the survey. With the Capital
Cities, something happened behind the scenes with Capital Cities and that’s why we ended up getting them. We do know what students want and we try really hard to get it, it just happens based on contract stuff and availability and budget which a lot of people don’t realize.
Q: Is there anything you want to add that people should know about the concert? A: No, just get excited! We’re intending for this one to
sell out, which, it’s been awhile since we sold out a concert. We’re really pumped.
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Students are excited for Fetty Wap to wake the giant.
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MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 7, Dartmouth 5 – Friday Sam Anas: 2 goals, 1 assist Landon Smith: 1 goal, 2 assists Devon Toews: 1 goal, 1 assist Travis St. Denis: 1goal, 1 assist WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 1, Harvard 0 – Friday Melissa Samoskevich: 1 goal Emma Woods: 1 assist Kristen Tamberg: 1 assist Sydney Rossman: 20 saves QU 2, Harvard 1 (OT) – Saturday Melissa Samoskevich: 1 goal Emma Woods: 1 goal Nicole Connery: 1 assist Sydney Rossman: 13 saves MEN’S BASKETBALL Monmouth 66, QU 51 – Thursday Chaise Daniels: 6 points, 11 rebounds Daniel Harris: 11 points, 7 rebounds Ayron Hutton: 11 points, 4 rebounds QU 82, Niagara 68 – Saturday Giovanni McLean: 19 points, 5 rebounds Daniel Harris: 18 points, 8 assists Chaise Daniels: 12 points, 5 rebounds QU 64, Fairfield 59 – Monday Giovanni McLean: 25 points Donovan Smith: 9 points, 10 rebounds Daniel Harris: 8 points, 6 rebounds WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU 85, Monmouth 58 – Thursday Paula Strautmane: 14 points, 10 rebounds Sarah Shewan: 14 points, 5 rebounds Erica Balman: 8 points, 10 assists MEN’S TENNIS St. John’s 4, QU 0 – Sunday WOMEN’S TENNIS Buffalo 6, QU 0 – Saturday QU 3, Bryant 2 – Sunday UConn 5, QU 0 – Sunday
Offense lifts men’s basketball past Niagara
GAMES TO WATCH MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU vs Cornell – Friday, 7 p.m. QU vs Colgate – Saturday, 7 p.m. WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU at Cornell – Friday, 7 p.m. QU at Colgate – Saturday, 7 p.m. MEN’S BASKETBALL QU vs Marist – Thursday, 7 p.m. QU at Saint Peters – Monday, 7 p.m. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU at Siena – Friday, 5 p.m. QU vs Niagara – Sunday, 2 p.m. WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD QU at Giegengack Invitational (Cox Cage, New Haven, CT) – Friday, 5 p.m. & Saturday
Bobcats snap five-game losing streak By JUSTIN CAIT Staff Writer
Coming off a five-game losing streak, Quinnipiac men’s basketball may have regained its confidence as the Bobcats beat Niagara 82-68 at the TD Bank Sports Center on Saturday afternoon. “The sense of relief and excitement in our locker room is something we really needed,” Quinnipiac head coach Tom Moore said. “It’s great to see, and feel, and to be a part of.” Gio McLean led the way with 19 points, five rebounds and three assists for the Bobcats. Danny Harris contributed with 18 points of his own (six 3-point field goals), while Chaise Daniels had 13 points and five rebounds. The game commenced with nonstop, end-to-end action resulting in each of Quinnipiac’s starters scoring at least one basket in the first five minutes of play. Midway through the first half senior guard James Ford Jr. led Quinnipiac offensively with five points in just nine minutes, while sophomore guard Ayron Hutton kept the Purple Eagles’ leading scorer Matt Scott to just 1-5 shooting from the field. Moore praised Hutton for his defensive efforts, noting that Hutton has “played his best man to man defense on [Matt] Scott since he’s been here.” Although they were trailing 3026 late in the first half, an unexpected 12-0 run propelled the Bobcats to a 38-30 lead at the end of the half. Of the 12 points recorded in that run, senior guard McLean scored 4 points while Hutton dished out 2 assists. “When the shots go in like that you don’t feel like you have an anvil on your back,” Moore added. “We didn’t have that today because they went in, so you hope you get confidence from that.” Despite Niagara’s Cameron Fowler drawing contact on an early layup in the opening seconds of play, Quinnipiac stormed back and hit their stride in the second half. Sophomore forward Daniels tallied five points while McLean and junior guard Harris drained three consecutive three-pointers to cap off
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Chaise Daniels drives to the hoop with his defender in tow against Niagara on Jan. 30.
an early 16-4 run. “It was about time we got some threes to go down,” Harris said. “That’s why they brought me here, to make threes and make plays. I try to do my job night in and night out and luckily the ball went in for us.” Subsequent to the Bobcats’ marvelous run, Niagara answered with a run of their own; going 13-0 midway through the second half to cut Quinnipiac’s lead to 56-52. Luckily for the Bobcats, threepointers kept falling and momentum continued to swing in their favor. “A lot of teams can fold and just pack it up and say we give in,” Dan-
iels said. “But we keep fighting and we believe in each other and just got to stick with it.” The Bobcats were able to channel their winning ways and held off Niagara en route to an 82-68 victory, their first since Jan. 4. “Offensively, life is a whole lot easier when the ball goes in with some frequency and we made our threes,” Moore said. “12 for 17 from three was just huge and life is different when you get the chance to play ahead.” Although the Bobcats’ shooting was absolutely spectacular in this one, Moore did not downplay the
other great offensive aspects Quinnipiac put on display. “The way they shared the ball with 19 assists and just five turnovers is a stat that we’re very, very happy with.” Stats have not been kind to Quinnipiac as of late and a 2-6 record in the month of January, does not help their case. However, Harris felt positively about the direction of the team. “It’s not all about playing great in the months of January and February,” Harris said. “It’s about playing great in March and that’s what we’re striving for.”
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WOMEN’S HOCKEY from Page 12 fewer points than Cianfarano. Helping Cianfarano carry the load offensively for the Bobcats is the most complete athlete in the entire freshman class, regardless of sport. A product of the same high school that brought us Sidney Crosby and Jonathan Toews, Melissa Samoskevich is playing like a veteran despite only having 27 collegiate games under her belt. In those games, she has seven game-winning goals, including both game-winners over rival Harvard. While her 27 points (13 goals, 14 assists) are impressive, they don’t tell the full story of her impact. Quinnipiac women’s ice head coach Cassandra Turner has gone to Sa-
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Emma Woods, Sydney Rossman celebrate a goal on Dec. 4 vs. Dartmouth. moskevich as a defender on several occasions this season as well, and
has utilized her on three different forward lines.
The team is flanked by several more talented players. Junior Emma Woods leads both teams with 19 assists. Senior captain Cydney Roesler has been a lock-down defender. Nicole Connery, Nicole Kosta, and Meghan Turner have also been consistent contributors on boths ends of the ice. The women are a deep, threatening team on all four forward lines, as well as all of their defensive lines. With only six games, four of which are at home, remaining in the regular season, now is the time to jump on the bandwagon. This year’s women’s ice hockey team is something special and everyone should start to take notice of them before it is too late.
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The men’s ice hockey team scored six goals in the third period vs Dartmouth on Jan. 29. The goals rallied them to a 7-5 victory. All 12 players who touched the court scored for women’s basketball in its 85-58 victory over Monmouth on Jan. 28. Men’s basketball shot 15 percent in the first half during its 66-51 loss to Monmouth on Jan. 28.
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Clockwise from top left: Daniel Harris goes up for the contested layup in men’s bastketball’s win vs. Niagara, Abdulai Bundu charges the basket after getting by his defender, Giovanni McLean drives to the hoop, Donovan Smith and McLean celebrate.
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Samoskevich had an iconic week for the women’s ice hockey team, as she scored the first-ever game-winning goal at Harvard on Jan. 29. Her scoring for the week continued as she scored the gamewinner again the following night vs. Dartmouth, bringing her scoring streak to three straight outings.
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“We need to play better in the first period. It has been impressive with how we have come from behind so much this year.”
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Back from the brink Women’s basketball overcomes youth, offensive woes en route to winning streak
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Aryn McClure and Brittany Martin direct the offense in Quinnipiac’s 85-58 win over Monmouth on Jan. 28. By MICHAEL HEWITT Staff Writer
With seven-straight conference wins heading into Tuesday night’a game vs. Saint Peter’s, Quinnipiac women’s basketball has climbed the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference standings and revived what appeared to be a forgettable season. While many factors contribute to each early loss, the most glaring flaw for the Bobcats was the goal of the game: putting the ball into the basket. The Bobcats’ offensive unit shot 40 percent from the floor or better in just two of its first 12 games, in which the team went 5-7. Four of those 12 games featured shooting no higher than 27 percent from the field, all resulting in losses. Quinnipiac head coach Tricia Fabbri knew the offensive performance needed to improve, so she replaced the scheme of last year’s team and implemented a simplified, more basic offense. “Offensively, we weren’t fluid,” Fabbri said. “We were giving this new, young team our motion offense, but we were not passing the ball. The motion offense worked with last year’s veteran team because we had basic building blocks in place. It was time to go back to building blocks.” Ineffective shooting was not the only problem for Quinnipiac. To complicate the continuity for a team with only three returning players from last year, injuries started to pile up. Junior forward Morgan Manz was sidelined earlier in the year and Katie Carroll missed two weeks due to illness. “We were dealing with so many outside factors and trying to keep it together, while still trying to get to know each other,” Fabbri said. And on top of all of it, Quinnipiac was trying to define roles and integrate four inexperienced freshman.
“They’re freshman and they don’t want to feel like they’ve got to come in and take things over,” Fabbri said. “They don’t want to have that assuming personality. They know they can play, but they don’t want to step on anyone’s toes too. I think that’s a little bit of the transitioning.” After Quinnipiac ended 2015 and opened 2016 with two heartbreaking losses to Florida Gulf Coast (71-70 OT) and Monmouth (63-60), confidence was never in question, but something had to give. “We were a play or two away from winning those games,” Fabbri said. “They always responded from a really tough loss. This team has so much character that I never had to convince them to keep their heads up. There was always a belief that we were going to get this job done.” On Jan. 6, already sitting with a winless 0-3 conference record, Quinnipiac took on Rider and things started to change.
“I just thought that we would be a team that would play its best basketball as the season went along because we would be gaining the experience. When you have a team as hungry as this one, you could sense it.”
– TRICIA FABBRI WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH
“I just thought that we would be a team that would play its best basketball as the season went along because we would be gaining the experience,” Fabbri said. “When you have a team as hungry as this one, you could sense it.” Quinnipiac collected a pair of wins against Rider and Canisius, setting up a critical three-game road trip, in which three young-guns, Brittany Martin, Aryn McClure
and Paula Strautmane, thrived. Martin contributed 12 points in the 6154 defeat of Niagara. In the following three games, Quinnipiac’s McClure averaged 15 PPG, 7.3 RPG, 54.3 FG percentage and Strautmane averaged 12 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 52.2 FG percentage. “When you tell them to act selfish with the ball and look to score every time they touch it, I think it took a little time to foster that,” Fabbri said. “It just takes a little time to be a little greedy on the court. It’s not what they’re about, but that’s what we needed.” Not only were their performances impressive, but their ability to contribute offensively took some of the load off veteran players. “It puts another threat out there on the floor,” senior guard Maria Napolitano said. “When teams initially scout us, not knowing our freshman, they probably just worry about the older players. But, now they’re recognizing how deadly our team is.” The impact of the freshmen had a teamwide effect. The entire offensive unit improved its performance. In three of their last four games, the Bobcats finished with 80 points or more, shooting no worse than 41 percent from the floor. “Once you gets a taste of something that’s positive and once you receive positive feedback, it leads to confidence,” Fabbri said. “Everyone is playing well because everyone has had a positive play to build on. It’s nice that everyone’s saying we’re playing great ball, when we have so many areas still to get better.” The Bobcats still have 10 more games to play before the MAAC tournament begins, and Napolitano wants to take it one game at a time, but she is looking forward to March 7. What’s March 7? The MAAC Championship game.
Nothing is more captivating to the Quinnipiac student body than the men’s ice hockey team. Each year, you can always count on the student section to come out in full force and support the team at High Point Solutions Arena in the TD Bank Sports Center. The program, which is currently ranked No. 1 in the latest USCHO.com poll, has become a part of Hamden’s culture. However, despite the men’s ice hockey team’s continued success, there is a better college hockey team that plays in the same arena that doesn’t receive as much fan fare. While Quinnipiac’s men’s ice hockey team is a perennial powerhouse in its own right, the reigning ECAC champion women’s ice hockey team has had its own share of success fly under the radar. Undefeated in its last 20 outings this season, the women’s team has yet to win fewer than 20 games in a season this decade. With its amazing performance this season (21-1-4), as well as in seasons’ past, the women’s ice hockey team is Quinnipiac’s best sports team, and deserving of far more fan support and general attention than it currently receives. In 2015-16, the women’s ice hockey team finds itself with a top-five ranking for the second-straight year. The Bobcats are playing as well, if not better, than their male counterparts. Led by Hobey Baker hopeful Michael Garteig, the male Bobcats are allowing a mere 1.6 goals-per-game this season, the fewest in the nation. Meanwhile the women, led by junior goaltender Sydney Rossman, are allowing an even more paltry 0.87 goals-per-game. While Garteig has a storied career for the Bobcats and is deserving of all the praise he has earned throughout this season, Rossman has outplayed him. Rossman is 21-1-4 this season, with 11 shutouts and is stopping 95 percent of the shots she faces. Garteig on the other hand is 20-1-5 this year, with six shutouts and is stopping 93.8 percent of shots he faces. Yet, despite the women’s emphasis on defense, they have proven to be just as lethal offensively as the men’s team. Through their first 27 games, the women are averaging 3.2 goalsper-game on 10 percent shooting. The men’s ice hockey team registered slightly more goals, 3.8 per-game on average, on just three more shots per game. While the women have played on the same level as the men as a unit, they have individuals playing as well as any player in the country, regardless of gender. In her first 25 games of the season, sophomore T.T. Cianfarano is leading the way for the Bobcats with 39 points (22 goals, 17 assists), while converting a ridiculous 20.4 percent of her shots. For comparison, Sam Anas, the leading scorer for the men’s ice hockey team, has 32 points (17 goals, 15 assists) and is converting 16.8 percent of his chances. While Tim Clifton may possess the highest shooting percentage in Quinnipiac hockey this season (23.6 percent), he is doing so with half as many shots and 12 See WOMEN’S Hockey Page 10