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Public Safety increases staff for weekend By SARAH DOIRON Associate News Editor
it’s kind of more coincidental. It’s our job to be doing our best to represent all students.” The student body presidents’ involvement in Sigma Phi Epsilon is “coincidental,” Elhaggar said. “I mean that from the bottom of my heart,” he said. “I was in student government before I was in Sig-Ep and so was every student body president since I have been here.” Cloutier was Milas’ mentor when he first joined SGA, but Milas said Cloutier never pushed Sigma Phi Epsilon on him.
As students prepare for May weekend, Chief of Public Safety David Barger said additional Public Safety officers will be staffed on the York Hill and Mount Carmel campuses and off campus. Public Safety will work “hand in hand” with the Hamden Police Department to survey on and off-campus housing to try to prevent incidents, such as drunk driving accidents and physical assaults, Barger said. These issues have occurred during this weekend in previous years, he said. Barger said he believes alcohol plays a major part in what occurs on May weekend. Students living on both campuses need to abide by the rules in the Student 2013-2014 handbook, Barger said. Director of Residential Life Jennifer Crane sent an email to students reminding them of policies on campus in regards to vandalism, alcohol and harassment. Freshman Andrew Badillo said he does not understand why Public Safety has to increase their staffing for May weekend. “I don’t see how increasing security will stop students from partying,” Badillo said. “I can see why they would do it, but at the same time I do not see it as necessary.” The university used to officially recognize May weekend, and student organizations would
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Members of Sigma Phi Epsilon have led Student Government Association for the past eight years.
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Staying in the family Sig-Ep member elected SGA President for fifth time in a row By NICOLE HANSON Associate News Editor
The past five student body presidents, including newly elected Mostafa Elhaggar, have been members of the fraternity Sigma Phi Epsilon. However, Student Body President Matt Desilets said there is no direct correlation between the fraternity and Student Government Association. “It really has nothing to do with Sig-Ep,” Desilets said. “I joined SGA and then I started hanging out with the guys who were in Sig-Ep and they became some of my best friends. It’s not like internally we’re like, ‘we need the SGA president [to be in Sig-Ep.]’”
Former Student Body President Ben Cloutier was both Desilets’ and Vice President of Student Concerns Evangelos Milas’ big in Sigma Phi Epsilon. Milas is Elhaggar’s big. Continuing the family line, Elhaggar is newly elected Student Body Vice President Jonny Atkin’s big. Atkin is Freshman representative Joey Mullaney’s big. About 68 percent of SGA members are affiliated with a Greek organization on campus, Desilets said. Though 26.16 percent of Quinnipiac students are Greek, Desilets does not think SGA is misrepresenting the undergraduate population. “I don’t think Greek life has a real role in us representing students,” he said. “I just think
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Junior film, video and interactive media major Joe Kohle’s acting career began at age 11, when he played Teyve in a summer production of “Fiddler on the Roof.” But next semester, Kohle will take on a new project, when he becomes the host of Q30 Television’s “Late Night” show. Although Kohle is involved in Fourth Wall, he focused most of his time at Quinnipiac on Student Government Association as junior class vice president. Kohle originally planned to run for SGA’s executive board, but then decided to run for senior class vice president so he could join organizations related to his major. “I had no intentions of doing the [“Late Night”] show when I made that decision,” he said. “I wanted to join Q[uinnipiac] F[ilm] S[ociety] and Q30 cause even though I love SGA and everything I’m involved with, I felt like I was not paying attention to another side of being involved.” Kohle heard about auditions for the “Late Night” show through this year’s host, senior
Kevin Carroll. While Kohle wrote a One Act comedy his senior year of high school, he had no prior experience as a stand-up comedian. “When I auditioned for the hosting job [it was] the first time I actually told jokes in front of everyone,” he said. But Kohle does have a love for late-night shows. In high school, he always searched YouTube for interviews with actors until he stumbled upon David Letterman’s “Late Show” on YouTube. “I was like, these [late-night show hosts] are more interesting than the actors,” Kohle said. “I never watched late-night talk shows as a kid and then I started really liking it to the point where I’m obsessed with it now. I watch it all the time, so when this opportunity came I always wanted to try to do something like that so I had to audition.” Co-Executive Producer of “Late Night” Rebecca Castagna said she was impressed with Kohle’s ideas for the show when he auditioned. “Joe surprised us because we had never
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Beyond the Bobcats South Korean ferry sinks The Sewol, a South Korean ferry meant to hold 900 people at 480 feet, flipped onto its side Tuesday, April 15. According to the Inquirer, a group of 287 passengers have been missing for several days. Coast guard officials said the death toll is at 32 and expected to rise. There were 475 passengers aboard the ship and most of them are said to be high school students. Divers, boats and helicopters continue their search for survivors with little hope. Officials believe some of the unaccounted are either trapped underneath the ship or floating in the freezing water. Messages were reported to have been sent to families, but officials confirmed those messages were fake. There is still no confirmation on what caused the ship to sink. The last major ferry disaster in South Korea was in 1993, which killed 292 people.
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Obama warns Russia about Ukraine On April 16, President Obama warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that if Russia takes further action to destabilize Ukraine,then the United States and Europe would take action. According to Fox News, Obama said Russia infringed on Ukraine’s sovereignty by annexing Crimea and supporting non-state militias. Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Geneva last Wednesday to prepare for talks with Russian, Ukrainian and European officials. Ukraine has agreed to grant Russia amnesty if they pull out pro-Russian support groups and their 40,000 troops they have put in Ukraine. Obama has not said if further sanctions will be put on Russia, but he does not believe Russia is looking for military confrontation.
128 abducted in Nigeria A group of 85 female students remain missing after being abducted by Islamic extremists on April 15. Military forces in Nigeria said all the girls were free. According to Al Jazeera, only 44 of the 129 girls had returned to their town. Principal Kwambura said the girls were kidnapped after midnight when men appeared at the school dressed as military soldiers. She allowed the extremists to load the girls onto the backs of trucks. Security forces are working to rescue the girls from the kidnappers, and Governor Kashim Shettima has offered a $300,000 reward for any information that can lead to the release of these girls. The extremists have been skewering Nigeria last week. The extremists have been blamed for multiple attacks, starting with the explosion of a busy bus station Monday April 14 in Abuja, which killed around 75 people.
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Barger: ‘All you need is one bad incident to occur’ WEEKEND from cover program events during the day, but Barger said the “unofficial May weekend” of partying has caused the problem. The official May weekend was discontinued in 2007, Associate Vice President of Public Relations John Morgan said. “[May weekend] became inconsistent with the university’s core values of providing high quality academic programs, a student-focused environment and a strong sense of community,” Morgan said. The majority of the problems during May weekend occur in off-campus housing as opposed to on-campus housing, Barger said. “Students living off-campus are held just as accountable as they would be if they were living on-campus,”
Barger said. Barger said the incidents that occur on May weekend strain the relationships between the university and the town of Hamden. “A number of the residents in Hamden understand ‘students being students,’ but they do not understand the magnitude of events that occur during times like May weekend,” Barger said. “The big thing about [May weekend] is that students need to be aware of the perception of the residents of the town.” Barger said even one incident can destroy the town relationships that the university has worked so hard to improve. “It makes the people of Hamden resent Quinnipiac and it’s students,” Barger said. “All you need is one bad incident to occur and everyone has to be very aware of that.”
Barger said last year New Road was shut down due to the amount of students surrounding the off-campus housing. Barger compared the scenario to “driving down Bobcat Way between classes.” “Just because they are in Quinnipiac housing does not excuse them from the civil laws we have in the town of Hamden,” Barger said. Senior Amanda Danziger said she believes Public Safety “means well;” however, they do not need to have any more officers on staff for May weekend than they normally do. “I feel like a lot of people make the assumption- especially Public Safetythat everyone is doing something wrong on May weekend when some people aren’t,” Danziger said. Junior Nikki Schultz said she understands why Public Safety has to “crack down” during May weekend.
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Students will likely spend time on the Quad for the unofficial party weekend, May weekend. More Public Safety officers will be on and off campus to monitor any potential issues. “Underage drinking is against the law and I understand that Public Safety is prepared for the worst,” Schultz said. “But nothing crazy really hap-
pens here at Quinnipiac, so there really isn’t a reason for there to be more Public Safety officers on duty than a normal weekend.”
‘Charismatic’ Kohle to take over ‘Late Night’ LATE NIGHT from cover really seen him do comedy before,” she said. “He shared a vision for the show and that was something that we felt was really important.” Kohle’s sidekick on the show will be his friend and fraternity brother junior Charlie Doe. “Thank God, because he’s so funny, funnier than I am to be honest,” Kohle said. “He’s done stand up before and he’s—besides being
incredibly funny—his humor derives from his intelligence and how smart he is.” Castagna said when Doe auditioned he reminded her of Carroll. “We saw [Kohle and Doe] together and we saw Joe being the charismatic one and then Charlie having that personality where he can inject that sharp humor,” she said. “That we figured would be a really good combination for the show.”
Doe said he is excited to work with Kohle. “I think Joe’s hysterical,” Doe said. “He’s going to be really easy to work with because he thinks I’m funny so he laughs at everything I say. And since we’re such good friends it’ll be really fun, just to kind of show that natural sort of chemistry you have in front of everyone else.” Kohle said he does not have any specific sketches planned yet, but
he wants to do more musical-based comedy. “Obviously you want to make sure that you don’t do anything too similar to [Carroll] because you don’t want to be compared to anyone,” Kohle said. “But you want to go off what they did well in certain aspects.” Carroll said he hopes the “Late Night” show is not a fad. “I want everyone to be progressively worse than me, but I would
like for it to go on,” Carroll joked. Doe said he and Kohle want to find a way to make the show their own. “Kevin has a style that like I don’t think anybody could really copy just cause he’s so unique and fun,” Doe said. “But I think me and Joe are definitely going to try and make our own mark on it. Really work together, figure out what makes the most people laugh and then sort of adjust if it’s not working.”
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TEDx event comes to Quinnipiac On April 27, Quinnipiac will host a TEDx event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Buckman Theater. The TEDx presentation is themed “From Present to Future.” This event is a student-initiated project that aims to showcase many innovative ideas under discussion among students and faculty. The presentation will pull inspiration from the present but focus on how it is shaping our future. The event has a limited number of tickets available. Students can find more information at www.tedxquinnipiacu.com.
Professor publishes article Professor Patricia Comitini, associate professor of English, published her article “Imaginative Pleasures: Fantomina, Ideology and Aesthetics” in the spring 2014 issue of Studies in EighteenthCentury Culture. She also presented her paper, “Fictional Excess and ‘Sensible’ Restraint: the Addictable Subject from Haywood to Austen” at the Northeast Modern Language Association conference.
Albert Schweitzer holds spring break service trip presentation The Albert Schweitzer Institute will present what students did on their 2014 spring break Service Trips on April 24 in Mancheski Center. Each year students attend trips to Guatemala, Haiti and Nicaragua to help the communities there. The event plans to promote the trips and provide more information.
Professor awarded Kim Fries memorial award Christina Pavlak, professor for the School of Education, received the 2014 Kim Fries Memorial Award at the Lynch School of Education at Boston College. This award is given to a graduate who shows high academic success and a commitment to advancing scholarship, social change and leadership in education. The recipient must be a graduate of the Curriculum and Instruction doctoral program.
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Fitness center allows students to control music By AMANDA HOSKINS News Editor
With some new additions in the fitness center on the Mount Carmel campus, students are now able to select the music played over the loudspeakers through their iPhone or Android. With the Play My Song App, presented by Spotify, students can search for the ‘qufitnesscenter’ cue and select which songs they would like to be played. The app is connected directly to a laptop in Fitness Center Coordinator Scott Walker’s office. When a student selects a song, it will be added to the cue. The songs will be played in the exact order they are received. “I just had so many people coming in asking ‘can I play my phone, can I play this and that,’” Walker said. “So the idea was why not just allow them to do it themselves.” In most fitness centers and gym facilities it is normal to have loud music playing, Walker said. Previously, many students asked him if they could plug their own phones in for music, or use Walker’s phone. In passing, a student suggested Walker look into something where students can use a device to control the music. Rather than purchasing an iPad, Walker asked the tech center if they had an extra laptop he could use. Once they gave him the laptop, he did some research and found the app through Spotify. When no students select a song to be played, the music defaults to the genre of music selected by
Walker for each day of the week. Mondays are rock and country, Tuesdays are hip-hop and rap, Wednesdays are dance and Latin, Thursdays are today’s hits, Fridays are 80’s and 90’s, Saturdays are rock and Sundays are electric. One student said she really likes the idea of using the app while at the gym to listen to music. “I think the app is a good idea because sometimes people don’t have pockets to hold their ipods and stuff,” freshman Hayley Winchel said. “It is also better because people don’t have to worry about headphones in their ears during motion which is better.” Winchel said she usually chooses not to use headphones while at the gym now because of the music being played. Another student said he does not like the fact that students can put whatever they want on, because some students have different types of music they like to work out to. “I don’t like it,” senior Jason Cabildo said. “I heard Michael Bolton playing the other day when I was trying to lift and that really is not the ideal workout tune. I think it was a hooligan trying to stir up trouble. Now I make sure I always bring my headphones.” A large majority of students do use their own headphones and provide themselves with their own music, Walker said, “but this gives students another alternative.” “What this does is allows people who don’t have headphones
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Students now have the ability to choose which songs are played on the loudspeakers in the Mount Carmel fitness center through Spotify’s Play My Song app. to listen to something,” he said. “And even people that use the headphones, when they take them out and are talking to their friends, they just don’t want it to be a silent, stagnant gym, you know, they still want to be pumped up at least somewhat energized to go. It really provides background noise so there is no silence.” Although many students expressed positive feedback to the app, Walker said the only problem is he uses the free version, so there are commercials. A song will be played, followed by a commercial, and then the same song that played before the commercial will play again. “On [Spotify’s] end it is pretty ingenious, but if you don’t care,
then it doesn’t really matter,” Walker said. He said he is looking into upgrading to the pro version for students. Currently the Mount Carmel fitness center is the only one allowed to play music. The York Hill gym has different rules because of the classes and meetings in session in close proximity to the gym. Walker said this is the beginning stages of bringing the music into the fitness centers, so there are changes that can be made, but so far he thinks the music is a success. “My hope is that more students will take advantage of this and I will see the cue greatly expanded so that everybody gets to listen to something that they want to listen to,” he said.
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“Just by hanging out with [Ben], I naturally gravitated to [Sig-Ep] by me looking up to him,” Milas said. “I would ask about it every now and then and he would just brush it off. In no sense was he ever like, ‘Hey listen, I really want you to do Sig-Ep.’” Desilets said having Cloutier as a big was a reflection of their friendship more than anything. “We both have like the same goofy personality, so he didn’t choose me to be his little because he thought I was going to be SGA president,” Desilets said. “I had expressed interest in [being student body president] before that, but Ben obviously is someone I look up to and he was a huge mentor for me, but it wasn’t because he was my big.” Sophomore and Sigma Phi Epsilon member Andrew Brucella said he does not think his brothers’ involvement in SGA affects the organization. “I know for example, one of our
brothers [Matt Powers] just got...VP of Finance and I know that he keeps his fraternity separate from his SGA,” Brucella said. “He figures out a way to balance that out.” Sophomore Sarah Kennedy, who is not affiliated with a Greek organization, said the majority of SGA members being Greek “absolutely” affects their ability to represent the student body. “They might be a little more focused on maybe that aspect of things on campus,” she said. “I mean, you have most people representing that organization you’re clearly going to have some bias.” Milas said he makes a point to not wear his letters around the office. “I love being a member of Sig-Ep, but it’s not something I’m trying to push on to other people,” Milas said. “I think everyone has an understanding that we’re here to represent all the students and they leave any other
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affiliations at the door.” Like Milas, Elhaggar said he did not join Sigma Phi Epsilon to “up his game” in SGA. “The letters come second, the students come first 100 percent,” Elhaggar said. Desilets said SGA always comes before his other involvements. “In anything that I ever did in my role as student body president, I always just presented myself as the SGA president,” Desilets said. “I’m representing all students, so my personal interests aren’t really relevant.” Freshman Alpha Delta Pi member Sydney Labombarda said Greek affiliation does not hurt SGA members’ ability to represent the student body. Yet, she said it could be hard for a student who is not in Greek life to run against a Greek candidate. “If you’re up against someone who’s in a sorority you know their
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Mostafa Elhaggar entire sorority is going to vote for them,” Labombarda said. “So that’s like 100-and-something votes for them already. You’re kind of at a huge disadvantage.” Newly elected Senior Class Vice President and Sigma Phi Epsilon member Joe Kohle said being in a fraternity will not further someone’s campaign. “Winning an election has nothing to do with if you’re Greek or if you’re not Greek,” Kohle said. “It has something to do with can you reach out to as many people to be able to explain to them why you think you’re the best candidate.” Freshman John Piazza, who is not a member of Greek life, said the trend of the student body president being a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon is not a big deal. “Why not?” Piazza said. “If they both have good ideas, it doesn’t matter where they come from.”
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Students attend 2014 Boston Marathon By AMANDA HOSKINS News Editor
Minutes before 2:49 p.m. on April 21, the day of the 2014 Boston Marathon, crowds gathered at the Boylston Street, cheering and waving their arms as runners passed by the finish line, some who had not been able to do so the year prior. An announcement was made. It was close to the time when tragedy struck a little more than a year ago. But the race would not stop as the crowd held a moment of silence to pay tribute to those who lost their lives Patriot’s Day. So at 2:49 p.m., the crowd hushed, faces turned from bright smiles and open mouths to sealed lips and a state of remembrance. All that could be heard was the slapping of sneakers on the pavement. When that moment of silence concluded, another announcement was made to cheer as loud as possible because the moment is behind them, they are moving forward, this is their marathon and nobody was allowed to take the marathon away again. “That was really powerful,” senior Sarah Violette said. “It was really cool to see because the whole point was just to move forward and I think everyone found and got that
and the only way to move forward is to go back.” Violette and five other students traveled to the marathon to film as part of a documentary they are working on for their senior capstone project. But for Violette and many others, being there was powerful and emotional. She perched her equipment at the finish line of the marathon, while partner Nicolette DeBernardi was at the start line with her equipment. “I was at the starting line at the beginning and the spirits were high and it was really exciting,” DeBernardi said. For each wave of runners that approached the line, the announcers asked who was not able to finish the race last year and the crowds went wild. “It got everyone so excited,” DeBernardi said. “It was just a really great feel to it.” Violette and her crew arrived around 6:30 a.m. Set-up was just beginning and there was not as much security around, but as the sun rose higher in the sky, security and police forces covered the streets, checking all bags, while dogs sniffed and searched for possible bombs. As the finish line flags were set, Violette really began to see and feel
the past. “I’ve watched so many clips of these bombs going off and it’s obviously very emotional to go through, but to see that spot and then suddenly be standing there,” Violette paused for a second. “It was really stressful and I said ‘okay now it is a little too real, but now we are going to be fine.’” Violette says as the runners were finishing the race, many of them stopped and paid tribute to the spot where the bombs went off. “They would stop and turn,” Violette said. “So many people got on their hands and knees and crosses themselves and laid down flowers and flags. It was just really really emotional to see. It was great.” Violette believes the marathon this year showed how powerful and strong the nation . “I think what is tells me is that people are resilient. And nothing is going to bring a person down,” Violette said. “I think that strength is what makes our society because we can move forward from horrible things. If we can move forward and have the strength to face our demons and the horrible things that happen in the world and support each other, then we are going to be okay as a society.”
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As every college student knows, internships are an integral part of the college experience. Thousands of students compete every semester for top internship opportunities even if they don’t get paid. But what they don’t realize is that there a lot opportunities where they don’t even have to leave campus. Right now, there are hundreds of companies, big and small, that are offering students the chance to work for them. Places like Coca-Cola, Victoria’s Secret PINK, Spotify and even Apple have programs geared toward having students promote their products on college campuses. These companies are now designing programs for college students to represent them at their school. This is a great way to not only gain experience in working for a company, but students can get free stuff too. Not to mention there are a lot of campus events that representatives can go to for free and even meet the stars of the show. Some may require students to be communication or business majors because of all the promoting and event planning that is required for each program. But most companies will let any student who applies have a chance to help advertise what ever product they want college students to have.
Being a part of a company in this way a campus representative isn’t just about getting free stuff in return for us is fun and educational for the students liking a few Facebook posts; involved. They can go to campus there is actually a lot of work events or even create their own events involved. Representatives based on the level of promotion the have to share and create company wants. Students gain real social media posts, get other world experience by using social students to buy products and media and campus organizations go to campus events among to their advantage on behalf other things. At the same of the company they are time, representatives are representing, which is more expected to track every than some internships can move they make in order offer. Some companies may to get credit for doing the not pay their representatives, job. but there are prizes like In the end, money or other products MEGAN MAHER related to the company after representatives get Staff Writer @MeganMaher4 completing specific challenges experience while working for and promotions. a company they like and the free stuff isn’t As a Spotify representative, I can say bad either. There are even opportunities to this experience isn’t just about sharing get internships or jobs for representatives Facebook content or putting out posters like that would like to continue working for the many other students believe it to be. We have company. We also get to meet thousands of to apply, fill out forms, go through training other students from different colleges that and complete specific tasks by the end of the are in the program. semester. If we do not complete these tasks, Not only does this increase your we don’t get prizes, money or recognition, experience in the real world, it gives you just like any other job or internship. connections and friends that can last a Although this is still somewhat of a lifetime, and will definitely come in handy new practice for some companies, being when looking for a job.
Ticket troubles
Parking tickets should not affect registration There are few things more frustrating than of North Lot, placing an inconvenience approaching your car and seeing that slip of on students when walking to class. Better parking conditions would alleviate the paper under your windshield wiper. Yes, I am talking about the dreaded violations Public Safety tries to curtail by issuing parking tickets. parking ticket. In reality, it is about trying to What is even further agonizing is find convenience in an inconvenient that in order to register for classes, system and being fined for it. For one has to pay them or else they will instance, I fail to see the problem be prohibited from doing so. The with parking overnight in an empty correlation between not paying fines Hogan lot the day before winter break. and exemption from registration fails Yet, I received a $40 ticket for to resonate. doing so. Parking protocol, firstly, is a It may not seem like questionable system to begin a lot at first, but after 15 with. Not all sophomores days the fine doubles. So can be accommodated for after accumulating two parking on main campus if IAN MCCRACKEN tickets, coupled with a they have a vehicle. Those Staff Writer mildly forgetful memory, not fortunate enough to @IMcCracken0014 one can find himself $160 in receive Hilltop parking are forced into the off-campus lot, Westwoods, the hole. This is an amount hard for any college which carries complications of its own. With specific stickers comes different student to pay all at once, but must be done stigmas. Westwoods cars are associated with if you want to register for classes. Having trying to violate parking on main campus as experienced this first-hand, there were also so many did the first semester. Likewise, York others in similar positions, all annoyed with Hill juniors must park in Hogan Lot instead the positions they were placed in. All this for
parking somewhere the school didn’t want them to be. How this has any relevance to the registration process is shady at best. Students already have to pay tuition to be in classes, which comes at a high price as is. For fulltime students, tuition and fees comes in at $40,670 and covers 12-16 credits. Say you have to take an extra course, that’s another $930 tacked on to the bill. Already taking out loans to get through school, now some of those people have to pay fines to be in their classes. To say you cannot be placed in classes necessary for graduation all for parking your car in a spot it does not belong seems excessive. Admittedly, the school did provide means to erase these steep deficits. Before Christmas, students could donate a toy in exchange for clearing their parking tickets from the system. Still, the message and punishment simply do not match the offense. The act seems like an attempt by Quinnipiac to extract more dollars students already pay plenty of, including on classes they could possibly be barred from taking if they don’t pay parking fines.
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Environmental impacts don’t make an impact
On March 31, it snowed in Hamden. It no one seems to know anything about it. Sure, wasn’t much, but it was enough to bother every- the media needs to keep up with current headone who enjoyed 70 degree weather only a few lines like Malaysians Airlines Flight 370 and days earlier. Many students, in disbelief, thought the Washington State Mudslide, but this topic is the snow had to be an early April Fools joke. something that impacts every single person on Most were annoyed by the bizarre weath- this planet. er, but didn’t think much about it. But the odd It can’t be that no one cares about the weather is not something that should have Earth; it must be more than that. According to been overlooked. It should have been a a Gallup poll released last month, 57 wake-up call. percent of those surveyed believed The topic of global warming was climate change is due to pollution at the center of media attention durfrom human activities. This shows ing the U.S. presidential election 57 percent of people know what’s in 2000. Democratic candidate, Al going on around them, but enviGore, strongly believed in preservronmental problems rarely make ing the environment and protectnational news. ing it from human impact. He The BP oil spill in 2010 largely believed destructive is one of the rare examples human behaviors, such as the where something that impactburning of fossil fuels, were the ed the environment made an SARA KOZLOWSKI Arts & Life Editor main causes of climate change, appearance in national news. @Sara_koz the deterioration of the ozone According to the Smithsonian layer and the melting of the ice caps. National Museum of Natural History, 4.9 million Now, in 2014, the world is experiencing er- barrels of oil leaked into the Gulf of Mexico, 42 ratic weather patterns—now more than ever— miles off the coast of Louisiana. It was considand it is exactly what Gore was predicting. An ered the worst oil spill in United States history, article was released on April 15, just a little more yet after only a few weeks, the impact of the spill than two weeks after the unpredicted snowfall. gradually disappeared from media attention and This article was titled “Smog in India, China is quickly became a thing of the past. changing weather patterns in US, finds study.” This is typical. The BP oil spill was a huge The author of the article explained how tox- deal in 2010. Oil leaked for 87 days straight, but ins from pollution produced by India and Chi- the impact of the spill on ecosystems in the past na lead to the increased formation of a certain four years remains under the radar. Smog will type of cloud, which is what caused the unusual also continue to impact us in the future. storms. This is why the United States and CanMost people care about the environment, but ada have been experiencing abnormal weather we need to start showing it more. This current patterns—like the snowfall on March 31. indifference and displaced responsibility to take Human impact is directly causing our own care of the Earth needs to end. It’s about time we weather to change.This is horrifying news and started making this a big deal.
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Netflix addiction
Your best friend and worst nightmare No matter how much of a workload you uses Netflix in college, but is Netflix really have, the majority of college students today an addiction? will find time to open their laptop, plug in According to Psychology today, symptoms their headphones and dive into a Hollywood of an addiction include the following. movie or show. No. 1, the inability to limit use One episode leads to the next, and beyond need leading to clinically before you know it, four hours have significant impairment. OK, gone by. None of your homework a little extreme but there are is finished none and you didn’t get so many times where you any studying done. know all you want to do is It is your best friend when run back to your bed after you are bored, don’t have much class and watch a good work and your roommates two or more hours of your are too busy for you, favorite show. but it is your worst No. 2, a craving or nightmare when you compulsion. A couple have a paper to finish but weeks without Netflix you are procrastinating. when you know there AMANDA HOSKINS News Editor And you know it is are more episodes of your @Ahoskinss bad when your friends ask to show online, you begin to hang out after class but you know you have get ancy. Winter break and you worked for a the next episode of House of Cards waiting week straight, you are begging to go back to for you. school just to watch Netflix. And let’s be honest. When you sit down And No. 3, recurrent use causes you to for one episode of a show you know it is not need more to get the same desired effect. At just one episode. first just watching 30 minutes of Netflix was Netflix has this fancy trick where after one okay, but now you can’t close your laptop episode finishes, the next one just magically screen without at least watching an hour. appears for you and you don’t even have to Am I addicted to Netflix? Maybe. click anything to made it work. Honestly I don’t have as much time to watch For the Netflix creators, kudos to you it as I would actually like, but I have and because I know it makes me keep watching. heard stories from friends and other students And I know those hour long episodes of on campus talking about their battles with House of Cards episodes starting immediately their netflix addictions. makes me keep watching. Also keeps me up So there you have it. Netflix is an much later in the night and the next day I’m addiction. Not drugs or alcohol, but a Netflix complaining about no sleep. addiction in college I guess is a better road to So now for the big question. Yes everyone go down.
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GREEN In a Gallup poll released in March, 50 percent of those surveyed said the environment in the United States is getting worse as a whole. What better day to fix this problem than today? Below are a few ways to celebrate Earth Day and to help out the planet in your own way.— S. Kozlowski
Rock to Rock
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Saturday, April 26 will be the sixth annual Rock to Rock Earth Day Ride. The event takes place in New Haven where bikers will travel from West Rock to East Rock. Anyone and everyone is welcome to participate and registration continues until 6 a.m. the day of the event. The registration fee includes a free t-shirt, breakfast and snacks along the route. In 2012, Rock to Rock raised $100,000. All donations go to local Connecticut environmental organizations such as the New Haven Parks Department, CT Folk and the Connecticut Nature Conservancy.
Don’t have a lot of free time, but still want to help out? The Earth Day Network at earthday.org has a lot of great options online to sign petitions, as well as donation opportunities. Most of the petitions are simple to understand, easy to participate and takes hardly any time out of your day. The website offers petitions about the construction of solar panels, development of renewable energy and the ban of new coal power plants. There are also pledges you can take to learn more about simple everyday ecofriendly fixes.
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Take the shuttle
Donate your old cell
Instead of battling for a spot in North lot or enduring the walk from Hogan lot to Tator Hall, try relying on the shuttle system to get to class. The entire shuttle schedule is listed online for trips to Hamden and New Haven, and York Hill shuttles run constantly throughout the day. Whether you’re traveling to class or trying to get groceries, Quinnipiac has you covered. Taking the shuttle minimizes pollution by reducing emissions from several vehicles. Especially with the new TransLoc app, which tracks all the shuttles with a GPS system, taking the shuttle should be easier than ever.
Some people either don’t know how to recycle old phones, or they just can’t be bothered to dispose of these items properly. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, “For every million cell phones we recycle, 35,000 pounds of copper, 772 pounds of silver, 75 pounds of gold and 33 pounds of palladium can be recovered.” Anyone can get paid simply by recycling old phones, iPhones, iPads and iPods through sellandrecycle. com and shipping costs are completely free. According to Keep America Beautiful, 8 percent of unused phones were actually recycled in 2009.
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Housing Horrors By CARA MECABE Contributing Writer
The final hours prior to housing selection seem to be one of the most intense times of the year for approaching sophomores and juniors. This year sophomores selected housing on Monday, April 7, and freshmen selected a week later on April 14. Freshman public relations major Amy Katan said it is stressful to find the right amount of people for a room. “Originally my group of friends and I had seven people and were hoping to live in Hill, New Village or [Old] Village because we had a somewhat low number in the early 200s,” Katan said. Once it was Katan’s turn to choose housing, MyHousing said there were no more
available rooms for seven people, she said. Katan and her roommates were forced to rush around for one more person so they could get a suite in Perlroth or Troup. While students receive a reminder email when room selection numbers are posted, the process can still be very overwhelming for freshman who are automatically placed prior to their first year. Attached to the email is a seven-page brochure explaining the entire room selection process. The email, however, does not specify how many rooms are in each building. Katan said she and her friends had anxiety the whole day and were upset with Residential Life. “They helped- but poorly,” she said. “They told us to drop a person like it was the
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easiest thing in the world,” she said. “But my friends and I said that’s not an option.” Director of Residential Life Jennifer Crane said her advice for housing selection is to have “a plan and a back-up plan.” “The staff in Residential Life was on hand throughout the entire process to assist groups and helped to make matches if necessary,” she said. Sophomore health science major Greg Palmer doesn’t think the housing system is perfect, but isn’t quite sure what could be done to make it better either. “I think my biggest complaint is just the lack of housing in general,” he said. Crane said the department continues to explore more options to meet the necessary demands of the future.
“For the most part, the buildings typically remain the same class year designation,” Crane said. “We have made changes when there is a demand based on the class sizes.” Crane said Residential Life watches the projections very closely and make determinations from there. She said the freshmen buildings have already been designated for next year. Palmer’s advice for students is to get a group together early and be clear to everyone involved. “If there’s a friend who you don’t want to live with, it’s probably better to have that conversation early so they can find other people to live with.”
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Six Flags introduces new roller coasters
Misplaced Matzah
The wait is over. Summer is almost here and Six Flags is kicking off the 2014 season with two new attractions: Goliath and Zumanjaro. If the roller coasters that were already at Six Flags aren’t exciting enough for you, these might be. The new roller coaster Goliath is the world’s largest wooden coaster and is breaking three world records. Goliath is the fastest wooden coaster, which thunders riders around the track at 72mph. The 180-foot drop starts the wild ride off and the 85-degree drop might make your heart stop. Goliath has many different twists and turns that fling riders around in their seats. There is a gut-wrenching 180 degree G-roll twist and two inversions. Riders won’t know what they are getting themselves into until they get on. If that coaster is not enough, there is always the new Zumanjaro “Drop of Doom” for people that want to go up and see the park from extreme heights. When you get up to the 415foot top, guests look around at the park for a few seconds before they come plummeting 90 miles-per-hour to Earth. The “Drop of Doom” is also a record breaker; it is the tallest drop tower in the world. If you’re brave enough to go on the ride, your nerves will be calmed by the African safari themed background. If you make it to the ride, you and seven friends can take on the challenge. With the two new rides coming this summer, one ride will be retiring. Rolling Thunder, a Six Flags original, is going to be closing at the end of the summer. The new rides that are coming in are more thrilling than this Six Flags classic coaster. – A. Orban
Though Chartwells usually does a good job of accommodating people with dietary restrictions, they made a mistake following the commencement of Passover at sundown on Monday, April 14. The next day, Chartwells displayed two bins of matzah, the unleavened bread consumed during Passover, with a basket of fluffy dinner rolls sandwiched between the bins. These dinner rolls are a form of leavened bread, which is strictly banned from the Passover diet. The rolls and matzah were not touching, but they were too close for comfort. For eight days in the early spring, Jewish families gather to celebrate Passover and honor their ancestors that escaped from slavery in Egypt over three thousand years ago. During this time, a series of traditions are performed, one of which is abstaining from leavened bread. Instead, they eat matzah. Leavened bread is removed from the Passover diet because the Jews that escaped from slavery ate unleavened bread during their journey. If any grain is mixed with water and baked for more than 18 minutes, it is considered leavened. Leavened bread products include pasta, baked goods and typical loaves of bread. It is a good thing that so much matzah has been made available to Jewish students, faculty and staff. However, simply providing the matzah is not enough. There must be a certain level of respect for Judaism and its traditions, but such respect was not present. It was culturally insensitive for leavened bread to be displayed so prominently during Passover. It is highly unlikely that this mistake was intentional. It was likely an effort to group together bread-like products and create an attractive display. However, more thought should have been given about the implications of placing leavened bread beside matzah during Passover. -J. Cibelli
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Emily's Music Corner Music of our youth
Before we were characterized as the over- Aunchie’s you scream at the top of your lungs). The 1990s were not only the golden age for stimulated, digital-obsessed millennial generaevery music genre, but also one for music videos tion, we grew up during one of the most influenand electronic music players. Music videos durtial and enjoyable periods in music history- the ‘90s. As graduation is slowly creeping closer for ing the ‘90s became extremely popular and muus seniors, it is time to rewind and remisic television channels such as MTV and VH1 were the supreme source for new nisce on the culture and entertainment music. Shows like TRL, Music Video we all know and love. Wakeup, and Making the Video gave Face it, if we were to name all fans an up-close and personal view the pop icons and alternative music into artists’ lives, music and proforerunners during the ‘90s, who were fantastic, we’d be here for duction. The music industry days. Britney Spears, Third also experienced a change Eye Blind, Oasis, Backstreet in how music was enjoyed, Boys, N SYNC*… the list as it quickly embarked on a goes on. Whenever we hear timeline of music listening songs from these memorable devices. Vinyl records were artists we are brought back to the platform to music listening up our childhood with a strong wave By EMILY MISIEWICZ until the 1960s when cassette tapes Staff Writer of nostalgia. And even though we were introduced. Remember walking sometimes cannot compare today’s music to the into a Strawberries or FYE to sift through stacks music we grew up to, we will always hold those and stacks of cassettes? What a time! In the 1980s catchy choruses and silly music videos near and compact disks and CDs were introduced, and the dear to our hearts. The genre of teen pop, and landscape of devices was yet again changed. CD dance-pop became startlingly popular (Britney and cassette players reigned for the most part of Spears, Christina Aguilera, Michelle Branch), our childhood. Sony Walkmans and boomboxes the popularity of hip-hop increased (Snoop galore. I specifically remember being so excited Dogg, Ice Cube, Outkast, Jay Z) and alternative and feeling so cool bringing my boom box to music reached its peak of originality (Foo Fight- field day in sixth grade to play my new Good ers, Weezer, The Offspring). Every music genre Charlotte CD. In 2001 the first iPod was intropumped out world-renowned artists and songs duced and since then the ease and portability of that will forever be cherished by millennials (you listening to music has been incredible. However, know when you hear “All The Small Things” at we could never have made it to this level with-
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The famous pop star Britney Spears came out with her best music in the 90’s. out the immense impact of the ‘90s influence on music. People demanded the ability to listen to new music whenever and wherever, and the ‘90s paved the way to enabling this revolution. May Weekend is coming up and a ‘90s playlist is a much needed essential to living your
childhood through music. Here’s a few oldies but goodies that will never get out of style! Listen to my playlist I created of ‘90s Jams on my spotify account. The link is online at quchronicle.com!
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May weekend musts It’s the last weekend to enjoy the spring weather before studying for finals begins. May weekend is a time to get together with friends and have a year end hurrah before you go your separate ways for summer. The Chronicle compiled a list of must-dos for the upcoming weekend. --S. Harris
Tubing for cheap Drive to Farmington River Tubing in New Hartford. The river stretches 2.5 miles and it’s only $20 per person. A great way to kick back with friends and enjoy the water and scenery under the hot sun before a stressful week of studying for finals.
Stress Relievers Instead of sitting around, try getting some exercise to relieve stress before a packed week of studies. Connecticut is full of different mountain bike trails. There are some extremely close to Quinnipiac as well. Some places even allow people to rent bikes. Another way to relieve tension is hot yoga. It’s the perfect way to sweat out toxins at the end of a stressful weekend. Check out Balanced Yoga in New Haven where they offer all sorts of yoga classes.
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Escape to the falls
daffodil festival Take a 25 minute drive to Meriden to see the Daffodil Festival. They showcase more than 600,000 daffodils. Not only are there flowers but craft vendors, live music, food and admission is free. It’s this weekend from April 27 to April 28. What better way to spend the outdoors than with flowers, food and music?
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If you’re looking for more of a getaway with a little road trip, check out Kent Falls State Park. It’s about an hour and a half away from school and is definitely worth the drive. There are stairs to the top of the cliff and, as you climb, you watch the waterfalls go down the hill. It isn’t just one waterfall either, it’s multiple, and it’s beautiful. At the bottom, there are tables to eat at and a grassy field perfect for playing frisbee and soccer.
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RUNDOWN
BASEBALL QU 5, Saint Peter’s 2 - Saturday Vincent Guglietti: 2 hits, 1 RBI Scott Donaghue: 2 hits, 1 RBI QU 9, Saint Peter’s 2 - Saturday Mike Blumenthal: 3 hits, 3 RBI QU 9, Saint Peter’s 3 - Sunday Brandon Shileikis: 6.1 IP, 0 ER Rob Pescitelli: 1 hit, 3 runs SOFTBALL QU 2, Stony Brook 4 - Thursday Dani Edmonds: 3 hits, 1 RBI Abby Johnson: 1 hit, 1 RBI QU 3, Stony Brook 8 - Thursday Katie Alfiere: 7.0 IP, 7 ER QU 4, Monmouth 14 - Sunday Courtney Solt: 1 hit, 2 RBI QU 6, Monmoth 5 - Sunday Nikki Barba: 3 hits, 2 RBI Jordan Paolucci: 2 hits, 2 RBI MEN’S LACROSSE QU 12, Siena 18 - Saturday Ryan Keenan: 2 goals, 2 assists Dylan Webster: 2 goals, 2 assists WOMEN’S LACROSSE QU 7, Fairfield 18 - Wednesday Kyra Ochwat: 3 goals Samantha Tilts: 7 saves QU 11, Siena 15 - Saturday Ochwat: 3 goals, 1 assist MEN’S TENNIS QU 1, Stony Brook 6 - Wednesday QU 1, Monmoth 6- Saturday WOMEN’S TENNIS QU 7, Monmoth 0 - Thursday
GAMES TO WATCH BASEBALL QU vs. Connecticut - Wednesday 3:00 p.m. QU at Radford - Friday 3:00 p.m. QU at Radford - Saturday 1:00 p.m. QU at Radford - Sunday 1:00 p.m. SOFTBALL QU vs. Sacred Heart - Thursday 3:00 p.m. QU at Marist - Saturday 1:00 p.m. QU at Marist - Saturday 3:00 p.m. MEN’S LACROSSE QU vs. Air Force w- Saturday 12:00 p.m.
April 23, 2014
GAME OF THE WEEK
Siena holds off men’s lacrosse By NICK PALMA Staff Writer
The Quinnipiac men’s lacrosse team came into Saturday afternoon’s contest against Siena needing a win in order to clinch a spot in the 2014 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships. After being in control for most of the first half, the Bobcats ultimately fell short to the Saints by the final score of 18-12. The Bobcats will now have to wait and see if they will make the four-team conference playoff, based on what the other six conference teams do next weekend. After scoring nine goals in the first half, Quinnipiac managed to only score just three more goals for the rest of the game. Siena outscored the Bobcats 8-3 in the second half. “I think like always this year, sometimes we’re our own worst enemy,” Quinnipiac head coach Eric Fekete said. “I thought our game plan was really good. We had it dead on in the first 15 minutes of the game and things just started to come unglued.” Quinnipiac let up two goals in five seconds as the first half came to close, which tied the game up at
nine. The Bobcats biggest lead of the half came when Matt Diehl scored a goal assisted by Michael Sagl with 6:03 remaining in the second period. Meanwhile, Siena had plans of its own when they came out of the second half, scoring six straight goals to take a 15-9 lead. Siena held the Bobcats scoreless for the first 24 minutes of the second half. Dylan Webster took advantage of an extra man opportunity with 5:44 left in the game when he scored right outside the crease, but it was too late for a Quinnipiac comeback. “They were 9 for 12 in the face offs in the third quarter,” Fekete said. “When they’re scoring, getting the ball back off the draws it’s hard to get back in the game. It was probably the recipe for success versus disaster.” Webster and Ryan Keenan each led Quinnipiac with two goals and two assists in the game. Diehl was right behind them with a pair of goals and an assist. The loss moves Quinnipiac to 5-7 on the season and 3-3 in conference play. The Bobcats have dropped three-straight games. “At this point we’re going to
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Tom Gilligan had one goal and one assist in Saturday’s loss to Siena need someone else to win to get us in the playoffs,” Fekete said. “It’s disappointing. We’ve been in six
straight years so that’s something we’re not used to doing. We’re used to controlling our own destiny.”
Shileikis: ‘I’m going to give them the fastball and cause groundouts’ SHILEIKIS from page 16 Along with his grandfather, Shileikis has support back home in Dighton, Mass. His mother, Terri, and his high school coach, Bill Cuthbertson, are two of the many people that he has behind him throughout his career on the diamond. “I could count on one hand how many games my mom missed of mine when I was a kid, and my dad was always there to throw long toss or do a round of batting practice,” Shileikis said. Cuthbertson put Shileikis on the
varsity roster when he was a freshman, and Brandon didn’t disappoint. Shileikis had a successful four-year career as a Dighton-Rehoboth Falcon. He set a school record in career wins with 29, and was a two-time Boston Globe and Boston Herald All Star. “I learned so much in high school, it definitely helped me prepare to play here at Quinnipiac,” Shileikis said. Shileikis is now on the mound, pitching for all those people back home. The only thing he is thinking about, however, is getting the batter out at the plate. At first, he had trouble with command. In the first four
innings as a Bobcat, he threw four walks, and two wild pitches. “I didn’t have a good feel on my pitches at first, but they kept on swinging at it,” Shileikis said. Despite the lack of control on the ball, Shileikis was still getting opposing hitters out. “I’m not trying to strike the guys out, I’m going to give them the fastball and cause groundouts,” Shileikis said. “The fielders will help me out from there.” At the end of game, Shileikis ended with a stat line of nine innings pitched, with no runs let up with only
one hit and three walks allowed. He came out of that beautiful Sunday afternoon with his first career win. Since that start, Shileikis has been named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week. Shileikis is not only beginning to get the opportunities from his team, but he is also getting noticed by the entire league. For him though, it is not about the accolades. “I got that five minutes of fame, but I’m now ready to focus on my next start and getting more wins,” Shileikis said.
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meeting, is a game-changer for collegiate athletics. It opens up the doors for many other possible moves, such
as the often talked about possibility of the NCAA paying its athletes. On the surface it may seem like
a simple change, but in reality it’s a move that will likely lead to much bigger news in the future.
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Thomas Jankins has gone at least six innings in each of his last seven starts for the baseball team.
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Jordan Paolucci has hit safely in her last 14 games for the softball team.
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The women’s lacrosse team has scored 77 goals in seven conference games this season, 25 more than they have scored in non-league action.
ATHLETES WEEK of the
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Clockwise from top left: Mike Blumenthal dives into second base during Saturday’s doubleheader, Thomas Jankins fires in a pitch against Saint Peter’s, Blumenthal swings at a pitch.
GARY BINKIEWICZ Baseball Senior Binkiewicz recorded two saves this weekend, giving him seven on the season, a Quinnipiac single-season record. The senior threw a clean inning in Saturday’s first game against Saint Peter’s, then got the final four outs in Sunday’s 9-3 win. PHOTO COURTESY OF QUINNIPIAC ATHLETICS
MICHAELA TINSLEY Women’s lacrosse Senior Tinsley had a goal in Wednesday’s loss against Fairfield, then a goal and two assists in Saturday’s loss against Siena. She now has 14 goals on the season, which ranks third on her team. PHOTO COURTESY OF MATT EISENBERG
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Connor Meth has 20 points for the men’s lacrosse team, after having only one all last season.
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— ERIK FEKETE MEN’S LACROSSE
Rookie to the rotation
Brandon Shileikis bounced back from early-season struggles, hurling his way into the baseball team’s starting rotation midway through the season. By ALEC TURNER Associate Sports Editor
It’s a beautiful spring Sunday afternoon, a nice change from the cold New England days. It’s also a perfect day to be on a baseball diamond, and for Brandon Shileikis it couldn’t be a better day to be on the pitcher’s mound. It was the day Shileikis would make his second-career Division I start. The freshman, who started off the year out of the bullpen, worked his way up to get a weekend start against conference opponent Iona on April 13. “Brandon started off in the bullpen, and he proved himself there with some great appearances,” Quinnipiac Head Coach Dan Gooley said. “He earned that opportunity to start.” Shileikis was always a starter at Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School. He said it was difficult for him to change his mindset, going from knowing when and where he would pitch to being thrown out into any situation possible for the Bobcats. “I had a difficult time coming out of the bullpen, after being a starter all my life,” Shileikis said. Shileikis had difficulties in relief in the beginning of the season, including an appearance against Manhattan where he let up four earned runs in just two innings. He began to see change, however, in an outing against Niagara University on April 7. The righty made his first-career start against the Purple Eagles, going five innings, giving up six hits and two runs while fanning two batters. He received a no decision, and the Bobcats went on to win 4-3. “That game at Niagara was when Brandon proved to us he could be a starter,” Gooley said. A week later, Shileikis would make his secondcareer start against Iona. He writes on the mound the initials of his grandfather before every start, the same letters he keeps in his hat everyday. Shileikis does this in honor of his biggest fan, who passed away just a year ago.
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Shileiks fires in a pitch during Sunday’s 9-3 win over Saint Peter’s “There’s not a day that goes by when I don’t think about him,” Shileikis said. “He’s the reason I’m here.” Shileikis’ grandfather is one of his largest inspirations. When Brandon was a teenager, his grandfather set him up to train with former professional pitcher Ken Ryan. During his time working with Ryan, Shileikis
learned about preparation and pitch grips. Ryan played for four seasons with the Boston Red Sox from 1992-1995, and for four more seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies from 1996-1999. “I still keep in contact with Ken, I’m always emailing him to look for advice,” Shileikis said,
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Baseball pushes win streak to nine By GENE DEMAIO Staff Writer
The Quinnipiac baseball team completed a three-game sweep of Saint Peter’s this weekend at the QU Baseball field, and has now won nine-straight games dating back to April 6. The Bobcats took the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader 5-2. Matthew Batten led the way with three hits, while Thomas Jankins threw six solid innings. Matthew Osieja and Gary Binkiewicz came out of the bullpen and shut things down, combining for three scoreless innings, Quinnipiac won 9-2 in Saturday’s second game, as Justin Thomas threw all seven innings. Mike Palladino had three hits and two RBI’s from the leadoff spot, and Lou Iannotti contributed with two hits and 3 RBIs The Bobcats then completed the series sweep by taking Sunday’s game 9-3. Brandon Shileikis went 6.1 innings without surrendering an earned run, Vincent Guglietti had 2 RBI’s and Binkiewicz earned his second save in as many days.
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Ryan Nelson swings at a pitch during Saturday’s doubleheader against Saint Peter’s.
After spending the last two seasons below .500, Quinnipiac now finds itself in second place in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Quinnipiac was 5-15 entering April,
but has gone on to win 10 of 11 games this month. One of the keys to Quinnipiac’s turnaround has been the team’s young pitching staff. Quinnipiac’s starting pitchers have two shutouts during the nine-game winning streak, and the Bobcats have allowed more than three runs just twice. Jankins headlines the rotation, as the freshman has a team-best four wins in nine starts. He has recorded two of his four wins in April, including a complete game, three-hit shutout against Iona College on April 12. Jankins and Thomas, who leads all Bobcats starters with a 2.79 ERA, give the Bobcats a formidable onetwo punch at the top of their rotation. Shileikis, a freshman, has emerged as Quinnipiac’s third starter, as hasn’t given up an earned run in his last 15.1 innings. Vincent Guglietti has paced the Bobcats offense. Guglietti leads the team with four home runs, 26 RBIs and a .348 batting average. Quinnipiac has scored at least five runs in eight of their 11 games the month.
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NCAA’s meal policy changes outlook Shabazz Napier made a thunderous statement on college basketball’s biggest stage, and the NCAA listened. N a p i e r ’s comments came while sitting at his locker at AT&T By NICK SOLARI Sports Editor Stadium in @ns0lar1 Texas, on the same day he led the University of Connecticut to its fourth Division I men’s basketball National Championship. ”Sometimes, there’s hungry nights where I’m not able to eat, but I still gotta play up to my capabilities,” Napier said. He went on to say that he and other studentathletes are “blessed” to receive a scholarship, but that it doesn’t equate to every expense. On Tuesday, the NCAA’s Legislative Council voted to allow unlimited food access, both meals and snacks, to all its athletes. In the past, scholarship student-athletes received three meals a day or a food stipend, according to NCAA.org. This is both a good and bad rule. It’s good because student-athletes deserve it. Juggling classes and athletics isn’t easy, as athletes are asked much more than a regular college student. They are often busy at all times of the day, making it hard to get a job for extra food or spending money. Couple that with the fact that some schools overprice the food they sell, and you could easily see why students run out of their allocated meal-plan allowance. The difference between athletes and normal students, though, is that normal students have time to get a job if they need to, and athletes may not. There is also something to be said for the amount of money in which student-athletes help raise for their school. The NCAA had a net asset of over $627 million in 2013, according to an audited financial statement released by the association. Before the recent ruling, the players who help make the events happen weren’t seeing much of that revenue, some would argue. There is something to be said on the other side of the spectrum, however. What about the athletic trainers and team managers that are students at the school? They devote a good amount of time to their team, and are forced to juggle such a task with school work, too. And by giving these athletes an unlimited meal plan, does it give them a preference over the other students at their school, who pay money for their education? You also have to account for the risk that athletes could abuse the luxury, and pay for other students who don’t have an unlimited meal plan. Who’s to say an athlete won’t just swipe for his or her friend, knowing that that student is running low on money toward the end of the semester? Regardless of which side you are on, one thing is for certain. The Legislative Council’s recent ruling, if officially passed in April 24’s See NCAA Page 14