The Quinnipiac Chronicle, Issue 21, Volume 86

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MARCH 30, 2016

VOLUME 86, ISSUE 21

Frozen fever

QU in LA cost to drop for next semester

For the second time in progam history, men’s hockey is headed to the Frozen Four

By THAMAR BAILEY Staff Writer

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Players from Quinnipiac’s men’s ice hockey team celebrate their 4-1 win in the NCAA East Regional Final on Sunday.

Commons, Complex damaged prior to three-day weekend Hamden PD, Public Safety investigating vandalism

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Freshman economics and legal studies major James Burnham also lives in Commons. He was in his dorm sleeping when the ceiling tiles were punched out.

“I heard everything happening,” he said.

Once he heard the commotion, Burnham said he looked outside his door.

“I saw people punching [the ceiling tiles] and then ripping down all the metal that keeps them up and then smashing the lights and everything else.”

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Several freshmen say they want to find those responsible after Commons and Complex were vandalized in the early hours of Friday morning.

The Hamden Police Department and Public Safety are currently investigating cases of vandalism in these residence halls, according to Associate Vice President for Public Relations John Morgan.

The damages were found around 1:15 a.m. on Friday, March 25, Morgan said. He said windows were smashed in Complex and ceiling tiles on the first and second floors of Commons were broken. Photos from students show pieces of ceiling tiles, garbage and broken glass scattered down the hallways in Commons.

“It looked like the whole ceiling collapsed,” freshman Commons resident and behavioral neuroscience major Robert Beer said. “Even the metal beams were ripped down, broken glass was smashed all over, there was trash all over.”

Freshman criminal justice major Krista Notarfrancesco also lives in Commons.

“It looked like a bomb blew up,” Notarfrancesco said.

Morgan said the cost for the repairs is not yet known. Traditionally, the university has billed the entire building if the culprit for vandalism is not found.

“It’s not fair to put that financial burden on us if we didn’t do it,” Notarfrancesco

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Burnham said he recognized some of the students doing the damage and that he heard from other students that visitors did some of the damage.

Though he hasn’t spoken to his Residence Hall Director (RHD) yet, he said he intends to.

“I don’t want to pay for that,” Burnham said. “I didn’t do any of that so I’m not paying that ridiculous amount of money for [the

The university reduced the cost of the QU in LA program for next semester because fewer students applied for the fall, as compared to the spring semester.

“Students seem less interested in going in the fall than in the spring. Part of it is climate.

It’s cold and nasty here in the spring,” Dean of the School of Communications Lee Kamlet said. “Students would rather be in Los Angeles in the warm weather. People would rather be here in the fall because it’s the beginning of the school year, and it’s really beautiful here in the fall.”

Freshman Entrepreneurship major, Kyle Trusch, thinks that housing is more of an issue than the weather.

“If you go [to LA] in the spring, you are guaranteed housing in the fall and [you’ll] be able to room with your friends, but not necessarily if you go in the fall,” Trusch said.

In response to this trend, President John Lahey traveled to Los Angeles last fall to look at the program. Upon his return, he spoke with Kamlet about the imbalance of student participation between semesters. Lahey suggested lowering the price to incentivize an increase in student attendance in the fall. This would also decrease overcrowding in the residence halls on campus in the fall if there are more students in L.A. Students from the School of Communications received an email announcing a $2,000 discount for students who are accepted into the QU in LA program on March 7.

“Thanks to a generous gift from President Lahey, students who participate in QU in LA during fall 2016 will save $2,000 on the cost of the program,” stated an email addressed to School of Communications students in early March.

But Kamlet said the $2,000 reduction was not a gift.

“It’s not a donation, it’s not a gift. It would be a reduction in the cost of housing,” Kamlet said.

Kamlet compares Lahey’s plan to fix the imbalance of applicants to that of a dealership trying to sell excess cars.

“Think of it this way,” Kamlet said. “If a dealer’s got excess cars on the lot he’s going to give you a rebate because he wants to get those cars out of his inventory. It’s the same kind of thing. You do these things to incentivize people.”

Senior Athletic Training major, Ryan Duffy, believes that the decrease in costs would lead to increased enrollment.

“Money is pretty important to people here, especially at Quinnipiac where it’s a private school and you pay a lot of money to come here regardless,” Duffy said, “I think it would be an awesome experience and people really just don’t know enough about it or maybe it’s just too expensive for some people.”

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STUDENTS SPEAK UP

Two bombs went off in the Brussels airport on Tuesday, March 22. The bombs were set off in an act of terror.

Students speak up on the event and weigh in on how this and other terror attacks influence decisions to spend a semester abroad.

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Stephanie Salomon|Junior|Marketing “I think it’s very scary to think we live in this type of world. I was abroad in Barcelona last semester and I was in Paris that weekend when all of that happened [terror attacks]. So to think that happened again in just a few months is very scary.”

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Ryan Schneider|Freshman |Finance “I know a lot of people are against Donald Trump because he’s radical with a lot of his ideas, but he actually called that this would happen two months ago. He was talking to his supporters and he was like, ‘there’s something happening in Paris, there’s something happening in Brussels–we don’t know what it is.’ The fact that nothing was done and that plenty of innocent people were killed is ridiculous.”

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“I think [terror attacks] are very bad and I don’t want to see it happen again. I know it just happened yesterday in Pakistan again, similar event and it just needs to stop.

I have considered [studying abroad], unfortunately my schedule is not going to allow me to. I still want to go to Paris and I know that they happened there too, but I still want to go over to Europe.”

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Thomas Rozea|Senior|ELMPA “It would be great if it could be prevented, but unfortunately that’s the nature of the world we live in.

[Terror attacks] would absolutely be on my mind [if I were studying abroad], it’s something that weighs on everybody’s mind, but that’s that point of terrorism, they are trying to scare you. If everything else was okay, if I had the money and all that stuff, I would still study abroad I wouldn’t let that scare me off.”

Beyond the Bobcats

A rundown on news outside the university.

By Tara O’Neill

Minimal injuries in Capitol shooting

Suicide bomber kills 69 in Pakistan

FBI gains access to terrorist’s iPhone

A Tennessee man, Larry Russell Dawson, pulled a gun in the Capitol Visitor Center on Monday, March 28 and was shot by Capitol Police, according to CNN. Dawson pulled his gun after the metal detectors beeped at the entrance to the visitor center. Law enforcement officials said the man’s gun was recovered at the scene and that Dawson underwent surgery after being shot. No U.S. Capitol Police were injured, but a female bystander was injured by shrapnel. Following the event, the Capitol was on lockdown for about an hour.

Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, one of the largest parks in Lahore, Pakistan, was the location of a massive explosion on Sunday, March 27 that killed 69 people and injured 300, according to the New York Times. The bomb was detonated several feet from a children’s swing set that was crowded with families. Jameete-Ahrar, an offshoot of the Pakistani Taliban, took responsibility for the bombing, saying that Christians were the target of the attack.

After an extensive legal battle between the FBI and Apple over access to the contents of one of the San Bernardino terrorists’ cell phones, the FBI announced that they were finally able to break into the phone without help from Apple, according to the New York Post. The FBI believed there was data on the phone that could relate to matters of national security since it belonged to one of the people involved in the California shooting in December. It has not yet been disclosed what has been found on the phone.

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Current freshmen frustrated with sophomore housing changes

By KELLY RYAN Staff Writer

Students are unhappy with the changes Residential Life has made for sophomore housing next year. The university implemented these changes due to the size of the Class of 2019.

In the past, Village, a sophomore residence area, has accommodated seven students; now the three-bedroom suites will house eight students. This means one of the doubles in Village will be converted to a triple.

“It’s so infuriating because now I don’t have a set room because I only have seven people in my living group,” freshman Cassie Cala said. “Everyone is struggling to find one person to add to their group of seven.”

The forced triple in Village isn’t the only change being made. Next year, Bakke in Complex will be switching from a sophomore to a freshman residence building. Sahlin, which is currently a freshman building, will house sophomores next semester.

Cala isn’t a fan of the updates.

“I think Mountainview should have been made into a sophomore dorm and all of Complex should be freshman,” Cala said.

Mountainview used to house sophomores, until the university made it an allfreshmen residence hall starting in the fall of 2013.

Freshman Jenn Fusco lives in Mountainview this year and she would have liked to live in Village if all the rooms were doubles.

“I wouldn’t be opposed to living with seven other girls again if the rooms were all doubles like they are in the freshman suites,”

Fusco said. “Having eight girls in a room where two of the three rooms are triples can be recipe for disaster.”

This is not the first time Residential Life has had to make room for the large Class of 2019. At the beginning of this year, current freshmen experienced a similar situation when study lounges in Commons and Ledges were converted into rooms for eight people.

Founders, Perlroth, Troup and Hill will remain as sophomore residence halls. Founders will have room for six students, Troup and Perlroth housing eight students, and Hill being available for seven.

“If I got Village and have to cram eight people in there instead of seven I would be really upset,” freshman Crystal Kantzas said.

“It’s super small as is, and adding extra people is not a good idea.”

Associate Director of Residential Life Melissa Karipidis said Village is a popular place for students to want to live. Even if a group’s first choice is Village and they cannot get it, there are other buildings they will be able to choose that are available for eight residents.

“In the event that students are not able to select the Village, they will be able to select Perlroth or Troup without making any changes to their roommate group,” Karipidis said. “As always, I encourage students to have a backup plan in case they are not able to get their first choice, and to be kind to each other when forming roommate groups.”

Alexa Zeoli, a current sophomore who lives in Village this year, rooms in a triple.

She can’t imagine living with seven other people instead of six other people.

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Doubles in Village being converted into forced triples are just one of the upcoming housing changes rising sophomores will have to consider when choosing housing next week.

“I can’t even imagine how it’d be if the doubles are being turned into triples,” Zeoli said. “In the bathroom, there are only two stalls and one shower. I don’t even know how eight girls are going to share one shower.”

Zeoli understands why the university had to make the changes, but she is glad she doesn’t have to go through it.

Sophomore housing lottery numbers and registrations times were released on March 21 on MyHousing.

Kantzas said she thinks the lottery system makes a lot of sense.

“It’s definitely fair. I feel that if it wasn’t a computerized lottery, it’d be really easy for

students to manipulate their numbers,” Kantzas said. “It’s all about luck.”

Freshman Emily Ledyard is hoping to live in Hill next semester with her friends.

“It has a homey feel. We’d have a kitchen and we really like the idea of being able to cook for ourselves,” Ledyard said. “It’s also not too far from our classes or from the cafe when we don’t want to cook.”

Ledyard and her friends were gifted with lottery No. 31, so she is confident they will get the room they want.

Rooms become available for future sophomore students to claim on April 4 at 9 a.m.

Seniors disappointed with ticket portal, seating for graduation

By SARAH DOIRON Co-News Editor

Seniors jumped on the ticket portal at noon on March 22 to choose seats for their family members to see them graduate in the TD Bank Sports Center on May 21 and 22. But many were surprised when they had to pick specific seat numbers, rather than receiving a set of general admission tickets.

All commencement ceremonies will be held in the Lender Court arena inside the TD Bank Sports Center this year, as opposed to years prior when graduation was held on the Quad. Seats on the Quad were unlimited, but in the TD Bank Sports Center, seating limitations do not allow for students to bring more than seven family members. All other family members who wish to attend the ceremony must watch from the hockey arena on the HD scoreboard.

All seniors received an email on March 22 saying the link to obtain commencement tickets was live. Students had to sign in using their Quinnipiac credentials. After logging in, students had to click on their commencement ceremony and choose seats from a seating chart of the basketball arena.

Senior Nicole Hardenbrook said she was upset because she did not realize she had to reserve assigned seats for her family.

“I had no idea that it was going to be assigned seating so I took my time getting on,” she said in a Facebook post. “I figured you just reserved tickets and then it would be a free for all when they got there.”

Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs and member of the Commencement Committee Karla Natale said the ticket portal was the best option for dispersing commencement ceremony tickets.

“Nearly everyone has purchased concert or sporting event tickets through TicketMaster or a similar portal and should be familiar with online ticketing,” she said. “It is a much easier way of conducting business for students than having to physically show up in person

for tickets.”

The Commencement Committee consists of 25 members of the Quinnipiac community, according to Natale. She said the committee includes representatives from departments across the university, as well as the senior class president and vice president.

The committee made the decision to use a ticket portal for seniors to reserve their commencement tickets.

Natale said the ticket portal worked well for most students, with over 750 students successfully accessing the system and reserving tickets within the first two hours of the link being live.

However, many seniors were frustrated with the ticket system.

Senior Autumn Liebert was at work when the ticket portal link was sent and was not able to reserve tickets for her family until 3 p.m.

She wished she knew more information prior to the ticket portal being sent to students.

“It was really unfortunate because by the time I got on almost all the tickets were already taken,” she said. “If I had realized we were reserving specific seats for our families and that this would be a ‘Hunger Games’ style process, I would have been refreshing my email from the moment I woke up.”

Natale said the university sent an email to graduating seniors the week before spring break. A hard copy brochure was also sent to the student’s home address and information was made available on each senior’s Blackboard page.

Senior Meghan Prevost said she received this email, but believes the university should have taken more steps to communicate with the graduating class.

“I feel as if there was too much of a time difference between when that email was sent and when the portal went live,” she said. “The email could have been formatted more clearly to express that this is when tickets would be available–such as bolding the date and time– as many students glance at emails for the main

messages.”

Other seniors, such as Tori Hartmann, were upset that students were only allowed seven tickets for their family members.

“It’s annoying that we can’t even get an even number,” she said in Facebook post. “I have eight people in my family so I have to figure out who’s going to get ‘booted’ over to the hockey rink.”

Liebert disagreed, saying that seven tickets per graduate is fair.

“I strongly believe that a general admission style ceremony would have functioned much better than selecting specific tickets.”

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“Most colleges give only four, yet students [at Quinnipiac] are begging for more,” she said. “Of course I have more than seven family members, but I get that not everyone can attend the ceremony because the stadium can only accommodate a certain amount of people.”

Prevost said she wishes the ceremony were general admission as opposed to reserved seating.

“I strongly believe that a general admission style ceremony would have functioned much better than selecting specific tickets,” she said. “For example, I was able to get additional tickets from a classmate of mine; however, those family members will be sitting in a completely different section of the arena from my other family members.”

Contrary to Prevost’s thoughts, Liebert said she thinks this system of reserving tickets is much better than general admission.

“It’s more fair that each student is given the opportunity to reserve tickets for their loved

ones ahead of time so there is no stress the day of,” she said. “At the same time, I understand why graduates with huge families may be upset. But when people are flying in from all over the country, it’s not fair that someone might have aunts, uncles and grandparents in front row seats when someone else’s parents are in the back row.”

Natale said she is confused as to why students do not like the ticket portal.

“Each student is allocated seven tickets and students who have more guests than seven are welcome to have the extra guests view it on a live stream from the ice hockey arena,” she said. “They also can ask other students if anyone has extra tickets.”

Even though family members can still view the ceremony from the scoreboard in the hockey rink, Hartmann wishes there was a way to get more tickets besides asking around.

“All you see are people asking for tickets but no one is giving any away,” she said.

Prevost said she thinks one way to accommodate students who need extra tickets is to provide standing room tickets.

“I think that this would be a creative solution to accommodate the still present need for tickets, while giving an opportunity for students of other schools–such as health sciences, CAS, etcetera–to attend each other’s ceremonies,” she said.

Prevost also said she believes the university should accommodate students who have larger families who want to attend the ceremony, and to not have to rely on peers for extra tickets.

“For someone who is the first to graduate from college in her family, this is a huge moment not only in my life, but our whole family as well,” she said. “For myself, and I’m sure a decent majority of the student population at Quinnipiac, our time at QU was a journey not only for ourselves, but for our whole family as well, and they should be present to celebrate this moment of immense joy and not watching it on a screen in the adjacent arena.”

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WQAQ hosts fourth annual Rap Battle WQAQ is having its fourth annual Rap Battle on Friday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Complex Courtyard. Contestants are randomly paired up to compete. Names are picked out of a hat to decide which contestants will face off and a coin is used to decide which contestant will go first. There are two rounds, where both contestants will rap their verses. The winner of both of these rounds moves on to the next round. If there’s a tiebreaker between the two rounds, contestants will go into a third round, acapella style. The winner moves on to the next round. The crowd determines the winner of each round. Contestants can either freestyle their verse or come prepared with written ones.

SPB to screen “Dirty Grandpa” Student Programming Board is hosting a free movie and snacks night in Echlin room 101 Saturday, April 2 at 8 p.m. SPB will be showing “Dirty Grandpa” and will provide snacks and beverages from their concession stand. There will be free raffles as well.

CAP to hold Benchmark Senior Living Prom Community Action Project (CAP ) will be hosting a prom at Benchmark Senior Living Center on Sunday, April 3 from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Some students will leave campus at 12:30 p.m. to set up for the event. Those who are attending the event will meet at the bookstore around 1:15 p.m. The group will then leave for the event and arrive around 1:30 p.m. The prom should last about two hours and students will leave around 3:30 p.m., arriving back on campus around 3:45 p.m.

Pi Beta Phi to host fundraiser at Panera The sorority Pi Beta Phi is hosting “Panera with Pi Phi” this Thursday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Students should bring in the flyer to the Panera restaurant on Dixwell Avenue in Hamden Plaza and a portion of every sale made with the flyer will be donated to Pi Beta Phi to help bring The Ali Kemp Educational Foundation (TAKE) event to campus.

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No plans for Farmers Market to return

By VICTORIA SIMPRI Staff Writer

The Farmers Market was not on campus in the fall 2015 semester and will not be on campus this spring 2016 semester.

The Farmers Market is an accumulation of local vendors who come to campus to sell their fruit, vegetables, bread, dessert, crafts and more to students, faculty and staff.

This campus tradition ended after two members of the Sustainability Committee, who had been instrumental to putting on the Farmers Market, left the university, according to Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering John Reap, who has been a part of the Sustainability Committee for the past four years.

“Primarily it was being run by the two people who left,” Reap said.

“What they tended to do was everything you didn’t see.”

The two members worked with individual vendors to recruit them to come. Some vendors were not necessarily all that interested in coming, according to Reap, and it took some persuasion to get some of the vendors to show up.

Some vendors were not interested in participating in the Farmers Market because students were not all that interested in buying their items, Reap said.

“How many students do you see walking around with a baskets full of zucchinis? Or several heads of lettuce? Bunches of tomatoes? Or some combination of those things, not too many,” Reap said.

Sophomore Shannon Kropelunski has attended the Farmers Market in the past and misses the local produce that was brought to campus.

“I miss the organic and local produce because it was a lot different from the school’s food and it was a nice change to my normal eating habits,” Kropelunski said.

If a club were to be formed dedicated to the setup of the Farmers Market, Kropelunski would be willing to join.

“I would love to get involved in

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A student checks out plants at last year’s Earth Day celebration, sponsored in part by the Sustainability Committee. The university has not held the Farmers Markets this year after the committee lost two members. the club because it brings the local and Quinnipiac community together,” Kropelunski said.

According to Reap, a larger number of students need to come forward and start working on revitalizing the Farmers Market.

“It wasn’t valued enough that many people were willing to come forward and do something about the fact that it’s not there,” Reap said.

“People tend to like good things when they’re around, but will they work to get them? That’s the thing.”

Senior Hannah Kissinger was a co-chair for the Earth Day committee at Quinnipiac and believes that as far as Farmers Markets go, it boils down to student interest.

“Things like the Farmers Market or Earth Day need people who care and don’t mind volunteering their time to network and organize events,” Kissinger said in an email. “I personally think the only way the Farmers Market could return is if students formed a club to organize the events.”

Kissinger pointed out that there is

a time stamp on events such as this. If no action is taken, students will lose interest and the market could cease to exist on campus altogether.

“I’m a senior now and will be at Quinnipiac for one more year as a graduate student,” Kissinger said. “If an undergraduate wants to bring back the Farmers Markets, I can help with what I know. However, the clock is ticking and the more years we lack Farmers Markets the less the students will care.”

Reap also suggested that students create a club dedicated to the purpose of the Farmers Market.

“If the students want it and they want to create the Farmers Market club I don’t see why it couldn’t happen,” Reap said. “Student government has a set of procedures for forming a club but you could probably form the club and that could be their dedicated purpose.”

Reap even suggested a group of sororities or fraternities taking up the event as their own.

“They do some of these fundrais-

er-type events that involve a lot of ‘set this up over here,’ and a farmers market is probably not that different from that,” Reap said.

Donna Pintek is a copy editor for the Office of Public Affairs as well as a member of the Sustainability Committee.

Pintek reached out to the individual who managed the list of vendors for the Farmers Market and was able to get a compiled list of vendors.

“I reached out to the person who tried to do it and I asked her if she had any folders that she could send me and she did. So I have a list of vendors,” Pintek said.

Members on the faculty and staff side are busy and can help out some, but the way it was done in the past wasn’t very sustainable, according to Reap.

“It’s a student-driven school. If the students want it and do it then the school will work to do what the students want to have happen,” Reap said.

Justice is served

New class to change students’ views on incarceration

By JENNIE TORRES Staff Writer

A new class beginning during the fall 2016 semester will allow students to go to a prison and talk to inmates, according to Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Stephen McGuinn.

This course was introduced on Feb. 23 at an Exponential Opportunity Fair Festival.

The class will meet once a week inside a designated prison that McGuinn did not want to disclose.

McGuinn will act as a moderator between the “outside” students, or the Quinnipiac students, and the “inside” students, the prisoners participating in the program.

McGuinn said this class is not an opportunity for people to simply hear stories from prisoners or get Quinnipiac students ‘scared straight’, but rather to discuss the flaws within the criminal justice system, such as crime, freedom, in-

equality, and other social issues.

“The way we punish in this country is abysmal,” McGuinn said.

“It’s very private, so people don’t really understand what it is. If we choose to punish, we should know what it is. We should know exactly what it looks like, what it’s doing and the beginning of that is to visit, see, and live a couple hours in the space that is prison.”

Senior student Taylor Porter thinks this new course is a good start for college students to understand the effects of the justice system through a first-hand perspective.

“A lot of people are finding fault recently in our justice system, so any attempts to study it [is good] so college students can learn to do it better and the next generation could benefit” she said.

There are currently no prerequisites to join the course; therefore any undergraduate student can apply.

McGuinn said students filled out

an extensive application through MyQ to be in the course. He is currently selecting students to be in the

“Anything outside the classroom that gives you hands-on stuff I think is more beneficial.”

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class.

“There’s an application process, it’s pretty rigorous,” McGuinn said.

“We do an application and then there’s an interview and we carefully select people that understand what we’re trying to do and have an interest in this in general.”

Freshman student Jackie Schurick finds herself interested in this class and believes many others will

feel the same way.

“Anything outside the classroom that gives you hands-on stuff I think is more beneficial,” she said. “Seeing it face-to-face with someone who went through it.”

The program takes the security of students very seriously and are highly careful in selecting which prisoners are allowed to communicate with the students, McGuinn said.

McGuinn is confident that this class will provide a great opportunity to those who are passionate about learning in depth about what happens behind the walls of prison.

“Many universities have adopted similar like classes, the idea being to begin to bring together what is a very diverse population and run a single class,” he said, “So not just exposing people to the actual physical place, but people that are disproportionately impacted by incarceration.”

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Junior creates heart disease charity after losing his father

By HANNAH FEAKES Associate News Editor

Bobby Palmieri, a junior entrepreneurship major, knew he wanted to make a difference after losing his dad to a heart attack when he was 10 years old. Weeks after his father’s passing, Palmieri sold red bracelets that said “have a heart” around his hometown and raised more than $2,000 for the American Heart Association.

Fast forward 10 years and Palmieri still wants to make a difference, this time by giving out scholarships to students whose parents suffer from heart disease like his father did.

The Have a Heart organization started up again last October on the Quinnipiac campus on a crowdfunding campaign and raised $10,000 in 55 days. This time around, the money is going toward a scholarship for a student who has also lost a parent to heart disease.

“When I raised the $2,000 for the American Heart Association, I’m sure that money went to great things but I do not really know what it did,” Palmieri said. “[Through the scholarship], the money has more of an immediate impact on a person who has lost a parent to heart disease.

I’ve always felt that if someone donates money, they should see exactly who their money is helping. With the scholarship recipient, people who contribute in any way will know where their money is going.”

The organization started in October with simply selling merchandise and has grown into something much larger. Palmieri has made it a point to incorporate interactive events and activities, to build a relationship between Have a Heart and the community.

“We did a basketball tournament, a fitness bootcamp and other things like that,” he said.

“We are looking to do more events rather than just selling. We have a decent brand now that people recognize where we can do events. Now that we feel like we have that following we can go forward.”

Palmieri said all the business resources he has gained have been through his professors at Quinnipiac.

One of those professors is Dale Jasinski, associate professor of entrepreneurship. He met Palmieri as a student in his introduction to entrepreneurship class and as his academic advisor.

Jasinski was very impressed at Palmieri’s ability to overcome a tragedy and start up a unique organization with such determination and purpose.

“Have a Heart is a great example of the many dimensions of entrepreneurship and how you can start an organization at any age,” Jasinski said. “With passion, determination and the skills of entrepreneurship, Bobby and Have a

Heart show that anything is possible.”

Palmieri started collecting donor money for the scholarships in his hometown and at Quinnipiac, spreading his cause by word of mouth.

Events are a major part of promoting Have a Heart, so that the group can get the word out about the scholarships and how to donate to the cause.

“We are hoping by the end of April, we can get an event on campus,” he said. “The idea behind all the events is to promote heart health, so any event we do would be heart healthy. We would never do a chicken wing eating contest, but rather a basketball tournament, or a walk because it is in line with what we are trying to promote and do.”

Palmieri plans to give out this first scholarship this summer. Anyone who is interested may apply for the scholarship on the website haveaheart.co. The application will model a standard scholarship application and will include the school the applicant is attending, GPA, extracurricular activities, and an essay. The essay will really be the determining factor, Palmieri said, and should ideally be about how heart disease has affected the applicant and made them a stronger person. The scholarship will continue over the course of the winners’ four-year higher education, or however long they attend school for.

“If [Bobby] had worked in a private cubicle, keeping his story, plans and goals restricted to a business plan shared with just a few people, he would probably still be thinking about a foundation instead of actively running it,” Jasinski said. “By reaching out, validating his assumptions and talking to people about it, he was able to build a network of awesome people and organizations who have helped fuel Have a Heart’s growth.”

Palmieri is also hoping to spend some of the money raised on little gifts for local families who have been affected by heart disease.

“All the money we raise is going to something, but we do have a separate side where we are trying to help families to have lost a parent to heart disease by giving gifts in a way,” he said.

“So if a family lost their dad, and the kids are big Red Sox fans, we are going to buy them Red Sox tickets to help with the grieving process. All of the money will be given to families who have lost a parent, whether it is scholarship or gift.”

The scholarship is the main priority as of right now and will receive most of the donation money.

The organization has close relations with Quinnipiac, and Palmieri does a lot of his advertising and promoting through Quinnipiac students and faculty. He restarted the organization on campus with a crowdfunding campaign

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Junior Bobby Palmieri started raising money for the American Heart Association after his father passed away when he was 10 years old. event and sold the first t-shirt on campus. Since then, he has held one more event on campus and hopes to have two more soon.

The origins of Have a Heart and its many steps to success are a great example of the “modern approach to teaching entrepreneurship” that the faculty use in Quinnipiac classrooms, Jasinski said.

All of the faculty in the entrepreneurship department have the same approach to students.

According to Jasinski, professors see themselves as mentors and coaches.

“In Bobby’s case, it has been a source of personal joy for us to work with him as he takes the advice we give him and applies it to a very impactful and rewarding organization,” Jasinski said. “He is receptive to criticism, willing to learn, never lets failure stop him, and is generous with his own time to share his own experiences and advice with other students.”

In terms of the success of Have a Heart and Palmieri’s individual success Jasinski predicts

only good things to come.

According to Jasinski, Have a Heart could become an international foundation that helps kids get the college education they desire, or, Palmieri could focus on his own region and include counseling, family support services, and provide a larger range of benefits to a fewer number of students.

“In other words, he can grow it to a large number of people getting a scholarship, or a fewer number of people getting more services, he said. “I am confident he can achieve whatever goals he sets for Have a Heart.”

Although Palmieri is currently running and managing this organization on his own, his many supporters and followers are invested in the success of Have a Heart.

“It’s a one-man team right now,” he said. “I mean there are tons of supporters and people who have helped me along the way but in terms of the business side and the cause, it’s just me.”

Filardi: ‘[Dorm damage is] all rather childish’ DAMAGES from cover repairs].”

The hallways that received the damage were almost entirely vacant because most students went home for the three-day weekend, according to Beer. But he said he heard that students from other hallways in Commons, and even other dorms, may have been involved in the vandalism.

For students who weren’t on campus when the damages occurred, or for the entire three days, Beer thinks it’s unfair for them to

face charges for repairs if those responsible do not come forward.

Since Beer was in Commons after the vandalism was done, he said he and his roommates spoke with their Resident Assistant (RA) and RHD about possible charges.

“We can refute it [any charges] and try to find out someone or some of the people that are guilty,” Beer said. “I would feel pretty upset if I had to pay unnecessary damage charges.”

This is not the first time students have damaged residence halls. Students and administration were frustrated with vandalism

in Commons in the spring semester of 2013.

There were also 38 reported acts of vandalism in all the residence halls from February 2015 to May 2015, according to Public Safety’s monthly crime reports.

Vice President for Facilities and Capital Planning Sal Filardi said at Wednesday’s State of the QUnion that damage in the residence halls happens too often. This then hurts students because the university has to spend money to repair the damages when that money could be spent elsewhere, he said.

“We have several times a year where we

have substantial damage in the Res[idence] Halls, people knocking off light fixtures or breaking ceiling tiles,” he said. “It’s all rather childish and you can have a good time without all those things, and that just forces us as a university staff to spend resources fixing what you broke, instead of maybe using those resources to create more programs or creating better spaces.”

The university is asking students who have information about the vandalism in Commons or Complex to contact Public Safety. Calls will be kept confidential.

Program price decreases to incentivize students QU IN LA from cover Director of the QU in LA program Miguel Valenti said in an email that the program’s budgets change yearly.

“All I can say is that the university makes

many budget decisions about funding for programs. Budget decisions change from year to year,” Valenti said. “So for this fall at least, this decision has been made in support of this particular program in hopes it will help it to grow.”

This opportunity is temporary as of now and

only affects next semester, though the deadline has been pushed to May 1 for students to apply for this fall’s QU in LA program .

“Remember that this program is still relatively new, which is why this policy was not in place before. This is something of an experi-

ment,” Valenti said. “We’ll have to see whether students take advantage of it. It’s entirely possible this reduction may only be in place for the coming fall semester.”

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The Electoral College TWEETS OF THE WEEK Some kid from QU just went through the Dunkin’ Donuts drive thru & only ordered a banana.

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“Qpac” is NOT A THING WE DO

What it is, why we have it, and why it sucks With the 2016 election cycle in full swing, I thought it would be a good time to discuss a subject in American politics most people know very little about: the Electoral College. Outlined in Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution, the Electoral College is the method by which our president and vice president are elected to office.

This may come as a shock to those of you who didn’t pay attention in American history in high school, or haven’t taken a political science class here (I highly recommend PO 131), but those of you who have studied the Constitution know that we do not directly elect the president.

Instead, he/she is elected by a group of 538 people, known as “electors” which make up the electoral college.

The number 538 comes from the 435 of members of the House of Representatives, plus 100 senators, plus three extra for Washington, D.C. Those 538 members are divided to all 50 states.

Who are they? Typically, people active in state and local politics. For example, the executive of my home county is an elector for my state.

Why do we have the Electoral College?

Frankly, it’s because the founders thought we

were all dumb. They were afraid that the voting population (at the time, white men above the age of 21) would select a candidate that was bad for the country, and having a select group of people make the decision would be a better method to elect the person who leads us.

For many years now, JOE IASSO electors have simply voted Staff Writer for the candidate that wins the popular vote in their state, but @joe_iasso this is where the system gets tricky.

First, no federal law or line in the Constitution says that electors have to vote for the person that won the popular vote in their state. According to the National Archives, electors have followed the popular vote 99 percent of the time, but they can easily vote for another candidate and not be prosecuted.

While the electors do make the system slightly democratic by voting for the candidate who wins their state, doing this leaves out a large population of voters. If you vote for a Republican in Connecticut or a Democrat in Mississippi, your vote really doesn’t count.

Every Republican in Connecticut could decide not to vote on election day and it would make

no difference in the results because of this system. This is a big reason for the fact that our voter turnout is typically around 50 percent for presidential elections.

The Electoral College can also make a candidate win the electoral vote, but lose the popular vote. This has happened in the past, most recently in 2000 when George W. Bush won the electoral vote but Al Gore won the popular vote. To me and most people who study politics, this is absolutely outrageous.

At this point in American history, it is quite clear that the Electoral College is not necessary and needs to be abolished. Many bills have been introduced to do this, but sadly, none of them ever went to a full vote in the house or senate. This is likely because an increased voter turnout is usually bad for establishment politicians, hence the hesitance to bring the proposal to a vote.

Hopefully, the huge amount of new voters who have come out of this election cycle will realize this fault and demand it be abolished.

Senior week shouldn’t cost students anything

INSTAGRAMS OF THE WEEK @bmmorales94 And just like that, I am reminded how beautiful the world truly is.

@lily_herman This view never gets old.

Quinnipiac University. #vsocam #travel #nature #sky #clouds

Tuition at Quinnipiac for the 2015-16 year is $42,270. And if you elect to live on campus, you pay much more than that for housing.

So could somebody please explain to me why I should have to pay for senior week?

Senior week is designed NICK SOLARI to reward graduating Web Director students for completing four years at the school, or @solari_nick at least I thought it was. So if I attend Quinnipiac for four years, why does the school need $320 from me?

Senior week is something I’ve earned.

Being an on-campus undergraduate for four years here, I can’t even begin to imagine the amount of money the school has made off of me–and will continue to make until my debt is paid off.

I understand it costs money to keep the university open to students for another few days. You have to house them, feed them and provide things for them to do (and drink) while they’re there. But why couldn’t the university factor the cost of senior week

into its budget at the beginning of the year?

Is that too much to ask?

The $320 seniors are paying for their three days of celebration goes to housing, transportation to events, food and entry to all the locations seniors go to during the week, according to senior week co-coordinator Yara Farahmand.

In an email, Farahmand also said that the senior week committee–comprised of a group of seniors–tries to “stretch each dollar as far as we can” in order to ensure that the experience is positive for all those attending.

Let me be clear: In no way, shape or form am I putting responsibility or blame on the senior week committee. Their job is to make the experience positive, and I’m sure they’ve been working hard to do so. Even some of my friends who graduated last year raved about their positive senior year experience, so, by all indications, the committee does a wonderful job.

I just feel like the administration at this school should help fund at least part of these activities. Most any graduating class at any college is full of students with unsure futures. The daunting financial burden we face in the coming years is something all of us are aware of. We elected to attend such an expensive school, because we wanted to obtain the best education possible.

So senior week is something we shouldn’t have to worry about.

When the university sent out the email with senior week information, my roommates and I all decided we wouldn’t be going. The way we saw things, we could use half of the money we would spend at senior week and go somewhere/do something fun.

And if half of the people think like my group of friends does, then the attendance numbers won’t be that high. Is it really senior week if half of the class isn’t there?

I’m not writing this piece to convince you to go or not. I’m just simply saying that if senior week was free, or cost much less than it does, I would likely be going.

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Loan exit counseling sessions are frustrating

If you don’t already know, if you borrow federal student loans then the government requires you to complete an exit counseling session, according to Quinnipiac’s Associate Director of Financial Aid TARA O’NEILL and Loan Coordinator C0-News Editor Mary Sola. However, Quinnipiac’s system for @Tara_ONeill_ these sessions is hugely flawed.

The exit counseling session is intended to prepare students for repayment on their loans, according to an email from Sola. But if that’s the case, why aren’t these sessions more personal? Why don’t we get the opportunity to have a one-onone conversation with someone in Financial Aid to help us work out the details of paying back federal loans?

Since the average tuition for Quinnipiac is over $50,000 per year, it’s baffling that

the university doesn’t require–or even suggest–students to sit down one-on-one with someone in Financial Aid and discuss their options or create possible realistic repayment plans.

If students have to meet with their advisors to plan out their schedule for each semester, doesn’t it seem reasonable that they should meet with someone in financial aid to discuss their post-graduation financial options?

Beyond not having more consistent financial advice and guidance throughout our time at Quinnipiac, it bothers me that the sessions they hold for loan repayment advice are only held at certain times over certain days.

As someone who has extracurriculars, class five days a week and work five days a week, my schedule isn’t very flexible. So, naturally, all the sessions–on the Mount Carmel campus

and the North Haven campus–conflict with my either my classes or my work study job.

And after emailing the Financial Aid office, I haven’t heard back about what I should do about not being able to attend one of the mandatory sessions. So, as of right now, I have no idea how to go about creating some kind of repayment plan or schedule, and I can’t attend a session that will allegedly help me figure that out.

As I previously mentioned, these sessions should be more personalized. Sure, maybe the university cannot seem to allocate the proper resources for all of its students–or even just those with federal loans–to receive financial guidance throughout their four years at this university. But if students can only attend one mandatory session during their senior year, it seems likely that the university could work something out so that the students who want the help should be able to sit down and have an in-person, one-on-one conversation with

someone in Financial Aid. These sessions are open to however many students at a time, and I couldn’t imagine myself feeling comfortable asking personal financial-related questions in front of large groups of people. And I have a significant number of questions and, as of right now, I have no idea how I’m going to get answers to those question–other than a pathetic Google search that will probably just confuse me even more.

Ultimately, these loan counseling sessions seem forced and impersonal. I don’t come from a family with a significant amount of money and I don’t have any current job offers, prospects or even one single interview for a job after I graduate. I’m horrified. Graduation means repaying loans that I don’t have money to repay at the moment. And I don’t know what I can do about that. But maybe I would have a better idea if Financial Aid were more helpful about the whole situation.

Try something different after graduation

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I love the field I’m going into, but doing important. It will allow you to refresh before something a little different will allow me moving onto the next step in your life. Once to explore something else I am interested you are working you will have a limited in that is completely different number of vacation from my career. days and you don’t Professors always talk about HANNAH SCHINDLER want to regret not how taking a class outside your taking some time for Art Director major makes you well rounded yourself. @hschindlerr and allows you to see things So do something from different perspectives. different, maybe even I think this applies just as something a little out much to post-grad life as well. of your comfort zone Volunteering, traveling, taking art classes, and see something from another perspective road tripping with some friends or simply before you jump into the career world. The just spending time doing something you love career world will be waiting, even if it takes that you haven’t had time for during these some of us a little while to find our place four tiresome, yet fun, years at college is in it.

summer

job offer under our belt. Then when we get the dreaded question “How’s the job search?” we will have an actual answer. But why?

What is the rush?

Why not try something different? Take some time after college to really see what you want to do. Don’t just hurry to the closest place that will hire you because most likely you are just taking it to get that first job. Look for that job that you really want. I know there are only so many jobs open to recent grads, but getting something you are interested in will only make you work harder.

We spend day after day working toward a degree, one (or two) discipline(s) that we pour our heart and soul into, to learn inside and out to prepare for the real world. I know

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“How’s the job search? Have you heard back from anywhere? Got any interviews?”

These are all questions second-semester seniors seem to get asked every other second of the day. It feels like applying to college all over again when you were asked a million times about your decision. Everyone is always rushing to ask about the next step in your life. Why can’t we all just chill out for a sec and not rush to the next thing?

I keep talking to people going for interviews and finalizing their resumes to apply for jobs. Everyone is stressed out about not having a job right out of college and I get it. I’ve spent so many hours perfecting my resume just in the last week. We all want to be stress free when we graduate with our first

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Visit our bustling downtown, and when school is out, grab a train to the shore or NYC.

It’s all happening at The Hall this summer.

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MOVIE REVIEW Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice review

By SEAN KELLY Staff Writer

Two iconic superheroes square off in a battle of ideologies; it’s the newest trend in the superhero genre. We’ve got Captain America vs. Iron Man in “Civil War,” we’ve always had Professor X vs. Magneto in “X-Men” and right now we’ve got Batman vs. Superman in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.”

There was a lot of pressure for this movie to be good. First, it needed to successfully incorporate the events of its predecessor, “Man of Steel.” Second, it needed to set up the future Justice League franchise to compete against Marvel’s “Avengers.” And third, it needed to please Batman fans and Superman fans alike. Unfortunately, these expectations proved to be too much and the film did not live up to all that it promised.

For starters, there are way too many storylines in this movie. The narrative jumps from character to character so erratically that there is no time to invest in what they are doing. Theological and political themes are hinted at, but fail to leave any impression on the viewer. This ultimately results in the first hour becoming a convoluted mess that builds up to the titular brawl in dull fashion.

For the most part, the characters are underdeveloped, and horribly miscast.

Judging from Jesse Eisenberg’s performance as Mark Zuckerburg in “The Social Network,”

his portrayal of Lex Luthor could have had the bratty arrogance akin to the notorious real-life businessman Martin Shkreli. There is nothing of that from Eisenberg’s Luthor, and what we get is a jittery, cartoonish villain that doesn’t fit the movie’s dark tone. Lois Lane, played

by Amy Adams, is relegated to Superman’s damsel in distress. Wonder Woman, played

by Gal Gadot, has the potential to be great in future films, however in this film she wasn’t given much to do beyond introducing the remaining members of the Justice League, which is lazily included in the movie and does not service the story at all.

The only character that the movie nailed was, thankfully, Batman. Ben Affleck is perfectly cast as the caped crusader. This iteration of the character is older, wearier and unhinged. The beat down that he gives to a warehouse full of henchmen is the most brutal in his cinematic history. His rapport with his butler Alfred, played by Jeremy Irons, is amusingly sardonic compared to the more affectionate back and forth of previous versions of the characters.

With all the issues director Zack Snyder has in storytelling, if there is one thing he can do right, it’s visuals. Three scenes in particular look spectacular, including the opening scene with the climactic battle in “Man of Steel” from Bruce Wayne’s perspective, the aforementioned warehouse scene, and,

RAVE Mean Girls the Musical

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The 12-year-old comedy “Mean Girls” is being adapted into a musical, the one and only Tina Fey confirmed earlier this month. The musical is still a rough idea, but with the help of her husband Jeff Richmond, the composer for the show, it can all come to life.

Fey announced the news on a New York Times panel and said that it is in the works. With movies like “Legally Blonde” and “Aladdin” killing it on Broadway we can only imagine the huge potential that “Mean Girls” has on stage.

While the musical’s progress goes on we can get excited to hear lines like, “You go, Glenn Coco” and “Fetch” on stage. We will also be able to experience a new side of the comedy in the form of music. Traditional Broadway tunes will be integrated into the movies storyline that I’m sure we will soon we downloading on our phones to listen to.

There has not been any information on who else might be involved in the production of the musical. We can only hope that Fey’s partner in crime, Amy Poehler, will join in on the process.

The two starred in “Mean Girls” as the teacher and mom, and have also made multiple other movies together in the past. Like Fey, who was in “30 Rock”, Poehler starred in her own TV show, “Parks and Recreation,” and the two starred together on “Saturday Night Live.”

Fey says the musical is still “years away” so as we wait we can continue to fangirl over Fey by watching her movies and TV show. –A. Perelli

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“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” hit theaters on March 25, 2016.

of course, the fight between Batman and Superman. Although the reasoning behind their fight was a bit contrived and not motivated by their conflicting ideologies, the scene from an action standpoint was done exceptionally well.

“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” is disappointingly underwhelming, but Ben

Affleck’s Batman and the epic action scenes he partakes in show potential for the franchise to improve.

Rating: 2/5

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An open letter to seat stealers

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Dear Seat Stealer, I’m not sure if you’re aware of the date. Well, it is March, almost April, my not-so-friend. So when I walked into class and you were sitting in the seat I’ve unofficially claimed for the past seven or so weeks, did you know the domino effect of pain and trauma you would cause this classroom?

No, you clearly didn’t. You were only thinking about yourself. You weren’t thinking about how I would then have to steal another’s seat, making me the bad guy. Then they would have to find another seat and now we’ve all just become a classroom of seat stealers, angry and alone, and we can’t even vent to our friends because they’re all the way across the room.

Did you know that the very first day of class I showed up 20 minutes early so that I could get that prime seat? That seat allows me to discreetly be on Facebook during the entire class, while still being close enough to the front that I look slightly involved. Now, I have to act as if I’m involved in the learning environment. I may even have to contribute to the discussion. Thanks a lot, Seat Stealer.

How dare you make me learn?

So Seat Stealer, where do we go from here? No, an apology is not enough. Just leave. Don’t make this harder than it has to be. Leave my seat before your buttocks makes it uncomfortably warm. I only hope that one day we can move on from this and that you’ll learn your lesson. –K. Riello

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Pining for the past It’s no secret that fashion trends tend to recycle. This week, we took a look at all of our favorite 90s trends and how they’re being worn now, whether it’s by trendsetting celebrities or just the average college student. C.Millin

Crop tops Remember when you used to tie your jacket around your waist so you didn’t have to carry it? Well, the trend is back and it’s actually super fashionable this time. Usually this means wrapping a flannel around your waist, which was made popular by the lovely Cameron Diaz back in the day.

Now, big celebs like Beyonce yes, the QUEEN - are picking up this trend and taking it with them, hands free. Fashion experts also say that it’s a good way to add variety to your outfits and slim the look of your waistline. If you’re using a plaid shirt, pair it with a plain top and jean bottoms for a retro grunge look.

We all know that crop tops are in, but you may have forgotten where this belly-baring trend started - the 90s! If you ever watched “Saved by the Bell,” you’ll remember Kelly’s signature floral crop top.

But the trend didn’t stop there.

Popular singers and actresses also bore their bellies in these cute little outfits, including Britney Spears (before she went crazy).

Now, crop tops are versatile additions to anyone’s wardrobe, perfect to pair with nearly any bottoms. Skirts of all lengths, shorts, jeans, leggings and even sweats make crop tops a good choice for almost any occasion.

If the weather is hot, it’s even acceptable to wear one to class just make sure it’s not the one you would wear to Toad’s.

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Who doesn’t want to be like Blake Lively? Well, she’s bringing back the denim jacket that we all recognize from our Britney Spears days. Unsurprisingly, it looks even better on Blake.

She and other celebrities like Kourtney Kardashian are strutting this versatile wardrobe choice back into style. The most popular ways to wear this jacket are over a sundress or with a cute top and leggings.

However, as long as you don’t wear it with jeans of the same wash, it can go well with almost anything.

Denim jacket Whoever said girls clothes are uncomfortable clearly is behind the times when it comes to oversized flannel shirts. Originally rocked by the pre-crazy Lindsay Lohan, this look is classic 90s grunge.

Today, celebs like Kylie Jenner and Taylor Swift are bringing back this cozy clothing option for any season. Wear one over a solid color top with the buttons open, or just on its own all buttoned up, with jeans, leggings or shorts for a casual look. Don’t worry about looking big; the baggy look is very trendy right now.

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Flannel shirt Bandanas were a musthave hair accessory for fashion icons like Christina Aguilera, Lizzie McGuire, and Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen (when they were cute, of course). These celebs used to pull the headgear down to their forehead and make sure it covered the entire front of their heads.

Now, most trendsetters like Kendall Jenner wear it rolled up into thick headband, reminiscent of Rosie the Riveter, or as an alternative to a statement necklace or scarf. With a variety of colors and patterns to choose from, it’s likely that you can pick one out to spice up an old outfit.

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Professor to research in Australia through Fulbright Program allows students, faculty to teach, research abroad

By AFSHA KASAM Staff Writer

Hillary Haldane, associate professor of anthropology and director of the anthropology program, is taking her research to a different level through the Fulbright Program.

Haldane will travel to Australia from February through May 2017 to do research on domestic violence in indigenous communities.

The Fulbright program is funded by the State Department and its purpose is to permit U.S. citizen students and teachers to participate graduate study, conduct advanced research, and teach in universities, secondary schools and elementary schools, according to its website.

However, Haldane said it is possible for a non-U.S. citizen to have a Fulbright to the United States in order to study.

Mary Paddock, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said that for a student looking to pursue the program, he or she must have a bachelor’s degree, but not a doctorate.

Students would study an area or teach English for an academic year.

Haldane’s Fulbright is one for scholars. She will travel to Australia and mainly study how indigenous communities are implementing the new Australian national plan to end family and domestic violence.

“I’m interested in how is it that local indigenous communities are able to implement this plan?” Haldane said. “And to see if there are gaps in service and delivery at the state and federal level [that] were considered, particularly for indigenous communities.”

According to Haldane, the indigenous

communities are often under-resourced and marginalized due to the history of racism in the country.

She picked Australia because she has done almost 20 years of research on indigenous issues around violence in New Zealand. Since New Zealand neighbors Australia, this is an opportunity for Haldane to compare how another settler society (where white colonists came and took over) deals with issues of violence generally.

“Australia, like New Zealand, has national policies that try to address the experiences of indigenous people, but they are still marginalized and racism is an everyday fact of life,” Haldane said.

Violence against women fascinates Haldane because it is a widespread problem.

“It cuts across cultures, it cuts across ethnic groups, and it affects people of all socioeconomic backgrounds. It is an entirely human-generated problem, which means that as humans, we should be able to solve it,” Haldane said. “There is no reason for people to abuse their wives, daughters, and girlfriends. We should be able to stop it.”

Haldane believes that America and other countries have a long ways to go in terms of equality for all. Therefore, she believes that it is important for women to have leadership positions, such as in roles of government, to lessen the violence.

“Cross-culturally, you tend to find fewer instances of violence against women in cultures that are more egalitarian, where the women elders are as revered as the male elders,” Haldane said.

Furthermore, Haldane believes that Australia

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can teach America a lot. The population there has tried innovative ways of tackling the problem of violence in their communities.

She adds that as Americans, we tend to be arrogant and think that how we approach conflicts is the best.

The Fulbright shatters that mentality quite a bit.

“The Fulbright really forces you to question your assumptions about how you do things in your own country,” Haldane said. “I think everyone should do it.”

Students have jumped on this opportunity.

In fact, a recent student grantee from Quinnipiac got to teach English in Jordan and found the experience to be rewarding, according to Paddock.

The student had never been a teacher before so it was a learning experience.

However, he did know Arabic (because of his time at Quinnipiac) and that was helpful. He traveled within Jordan, worked with refugees, and got to know many people in the various regions of the country.

For students interested in the program, Paddock holds information sessions every semester. She talks about the intense application that involves letters of recommendation and two statements: a personal statement and a grant purpose statement.

The statements allow applicants to think about what kind of preparation they have had for what they are proposing to do through the program. In addition, the statements emphasize what applicants plan to do after the Fulbright so it is clear that the Fulbright is one point in the trajectory of applicants’ field(s).

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Professor Haldane will go to Australia through the Fulbright program to work on projects concerning violence against women.

If you apply through Quinnipiac, there is an interview process as well. Paddock said that the interview aspect is not a screening process, but more about helping the students understand their plans in order to incorporate such ideas into their proposal.

According to Paddock, a great aspect of the Fulbright is that you can keep reapplying to the program as long as you do not have a doctorate.

“I really believe in this opportunity,” Paddock said. “Quinnipiac students should know what it is and they should have access to it.”

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hese awards reflect the University’s highest recognition of excellence both in and outside the classroom. With your help, the center can honor those faculty and staff members who are truly deserving of this recognition.

Please nominate a member of the University community who has made an extraordinary impact on you—a faculty or staff member who has extended him or herself beyond the scope of regular responsibilities to enhance the student experience.

Nominees may be any member of the Quinnipiac community who serves students, and nominations are welcome from students, alumni and colleagues.

Award winners: • receive a cash prize • are listed on the sculptural plaque in the Arnold Bernhard Library • are introduced at the University Convocation • attend a board of trustees reception • enjoy a luncheon with President John L. Lahey • are honored at a gala dinner in the fall (If your nominee is selected, you will receive an invitation to the dinner.)

YOU DECIDE who will be the new recipients of the teaching or service awards. Nominate someone today!

Nomination forms are available online at www.quinnipiac.edu/centerforexcellence and are due by April 15, 2016.

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MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 4, RIT 0 – Saturday Soren Jonzzon: 2 goals Michael Garteig: 27 saves QU 4, UMass Lowell 1 – Sunday Sam Anas: 1 goal Scott Davidson: 1 goal MEN’S LACROSSE QU 11, Siena 6 – Saturday Brian Feldman: 3 goals Ryan Keenan.: 2 goals, 3 assists WOMEN’S LACROSSE Niagara 11, QU 6 – Saturday Kathleen DeVito: 2 goals MEN’S BASEBALL Marist 5, QU 2 – Thursday Louis Ionnatti: 1 for 2, 1 RBI, 1 BB Marist 4, QU 2 – Saturday Ryan Nelson: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB Marist 6, QU 0 – Saturday (DH) Taylor Luciani:7 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 K WOMEN’S SOFTBALL QU 4, Maine 2 - Friday Abby Johnson: 1 for 2, 1 HR, 2 R Dani Edmands: 1 for 2, 2 RBI Maine 9, QU 2 – Saturday Sydney Robey: 2 for 4, 1 RBI Maine 3, QU 1 - Saturday (DH) Erin Larsen: 1 for 1, 1 2B

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Sophomore attackman Brian Feldman is building on his All-MAAC freshman season

By SAM DACOSTA Staff Writer

Brian Feldman stepped into the Quinnipiac men’s lacrosse lineup during the 2015 season and made an immediate impact, scoring two goals in his collegiate debut against Brown.

Although his team went on to lose that game by a score of 17-6, the contest provided the Bobcats’ eventual leading scorer with a lot of confidence.

“It was a big eye opener for me,” Feldman said. “I think I went in in the fourth quarter and we were getting beat, but I came in and put the two goals in and it refreshed me. Getting into the first game of my college career and scoring two goals felt great.”

That season, Feldman went on to be named to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference All-Rookie team after playing in all 15 games, including 12 starts, for the Bobcats. The attacker led the team with 29 goals and was the third-highest scorer on the team with 34 points.

Quinnipiac head coach Eric Fekete was impressed with Feldman’s play early in his career.

“I didn’t know necessarily that he’d be so successful so early on, but he’s a terrific player,” Fekete said.

“Physically he’s dominant as well…

I was impressed with how he transitioned into that starting role last year, but once we put him in there, he really took off with it.”

One of the biggest things that made Feldman stand out during the recruiting process was his goal-scoring ability, Fekete said.

“He’s such a great goal scorer,” Fekete said. “He’s a really hard competitor and he’s got a great shot. Even in high school, he had one of the best shots I’ve seen. We knew he would be a goal scorer when he came in.”

This season, Feldman has scored a team-leading 14 goals across seven games for the Bobcats, while the team boasts a 4-3 record.

In fact, Feldman has tallied four hat tricks this season; three of which came in consecutive games against Bellarmine University, the New Jersey Institute of Technology and the University of Hartford. Feldman’s fourth came Saturday, in an 11-6 win against Siena College.

“He’s just going to get better at what he does,” Fekete said.

Fekete was quick to attribute Feldman’s success to his work ethic.

“He’s always working at his

craft,” Fekete said. “Some guys get success and they get very comfortable but he continues to work and get better.”

According to Fekete, Feldman spent a lot of his time during the offseason learning to shoot with his opposite hand.

Feldman’s teammates notice his effort as well. Senior attacker Ryan Keenan refers to him as a hard-working, “blue collar guy.”

Fekete praised Feldman’s responsibility and competitive nature.

“He knows how important he is to the success of the team and he takes that responsibility very seriously, especially for a young guy,” Fekete said. “He has no problem having the ball at the end of the game on his stick to win the game… He doesn’t get rattled by anything… He just puts his ears back and plays hard.”

“He’s always one of the last guys out shooting after practice...

He’s never comfortable. He’s always working, which is why I love him.”

Although Feldman has now established himself as a Bobcat, he nearly transferred to a Division III school during his freshman year.

He didn’t like being far away from home. He’s from Canandaigua, New York— a six hour drive away.

“The scenery is a lot different,” he said. “I’m a country kid and here is like being in the city and it’s just a lot different.”

Fekete was an influence in Feldman’s decision to stay at Quinnipiac.

“I think he wasn’t sure where he was going to fit in last fall and he missed home,” Fekete said. “It’s a hard time that first semester and we talked a lot. I don’t think at that point he even knew how good he could really be.”

Fekete saw potential in Feldman and told him, “You’re going to play.

Stick out the year, see how the spring goes and if you don’t like it, go ahead and move on, but you’d be remiss for not finishing the whole cycle through.”

Fekete recognized that the offseason can be difficult for freshman lacrosse players, considering that season doesn’t start until the spring.

“The fall can be a grind,” Fekete said. “But [Feldman] came back in the spring and he wanted to stay and just went full steam ahead all the way.”

One of Feldman’s biggest driving forces is his family. His father, Dan-

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Brian Feldman craddles the ball vs. Marist on March 28, 2015.

iel Feldman was a former college lacrosse player and Ithaca College Athletics Hall of Famer and inspired him to play lacrosse from a young age.

“You know how it is, you always want to be like your dad and I always wanted to try to be bigger and better than him and he’s been a huge influence,” Brian Feldman said.

Feldman’s mother and father come to all of his home games, despite the six-hour drive. Feldman said having his parents there helps him on the field.

“I like seeing his face and my parents’ faces there,” he said. “After the game it’s good to see them and I appreciate them coming down to watch me play.”

The Feldman family had prior ties to the Quinnipiac program, as Feldman’s father played alongside Ryan Keenan’s father, Derek, at Ithaca.

“It’s pretty cool to see what a small world it is,” Ryan Keenan said.

Keenan describes Feldman as a good teammate and “a funny guy.”

“He’ll tell you how it is,” Keenan said. “He doesn’t really beat around

the bush about many things. He’s just a funny guy to be around in the locker room and me and him both enjoy our time together.”

Feldman said he has a strong bond with his teammates and enjoys playing with them.

“We all get along very well,” Feldman said. “We love each other, we play as brothers, and we always have each others’ backs. We always mess around but at the end of the day we’re all teammates.”

Fekete is happy to have Feldman on his team, not just because of how he plays, but because of his attitude as well.

“He’s as great a person as he is a player,” Fekete said. “He’s a great teammate and he doesn’t come up short in any aspect.”

“I think people see him for that cannon of a shot he has but I don’t think people realize how much he worked at it and how much he works on trying to develop his game even more and become even more of a complete player.”

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thing and appeal to both teams, especially with the issues the university has had with Title IX in the past.

Title IX, which was created in 1972, is a law that requires schools to provide equal opportunities for females and males.

In the 2008-09 season, the university planned to cut the women’s volleyball program, along with the men’s golf and men’s track and field teams.

The men’s golf and men’s track and

field teams were eliminated, but the volleyball team sued to force Quinnipiac to keep the program.

It was ruled that Quinnipiac could not get rid of its volleyball team because that would mean the university would not provide the same athletic opportunities for men and women.

Quinnipiac then added acrobatics and tumbling and women’s golf in 2010, then women’s rugby in 2011 to try to satisfy Title IX requirements.

The U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) issued a final policy interpretation on the law,

laying out a three-part test to verify Title IX compliance: The number of athletes from each sex at a school must be roughly equivalent to enrollment percentages, or A school must demonstrate a history and continuing practice of expanding athletic opportunities for the underrepresented sex (most commonly, women), or A school must show that the interests and abilities of female athletes are being fully and effectively accommodated.

Not providing a fan bus for a

women’s title game but for a men’s regional game in the same venue is not a severe enough violation of rule No. 3 to cause Quinnipiac to fall out of compliance.

However, with a history of falling out before, Quinnipiac should tread lightly and be more cautious when making decisions that would put the university at risk yet again.

I reached out to Quinnipiac Athletic Director Greg Amodio, to ask why there was a fan bus for one team and not the other, but he did not respond for comment.

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Women’s ice hockey finished the season with a No. 5 national ranking in the final USCHO.com poll of the year.

Men’s lacrosse used a sevengoal run in the second half to seal the 11-6 victory over Siena in its conference opener Saturday.

After being named the College Hockey News Coach of the Year earlier this week, men’s ice hockey coach Rand Pecknold has now been the recipient of 9 coach of the year awards during his 22year tenure with the Bobcats.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Clockwise from top left: Quinnipiac senior Travis St. Denis keeps the puck away from his defender, in the Bobcats’ 4-0 victory over RIT at the Times Union Center in Albany on Saturday night, freshman Chase Priskie receives the puck, junior Sam Anas carries the puck past three defenders in the Bobcats’ 4-1 victory over UMass Lowell Sunday in the NCAA East Regional Final, Landon Smith crosses the blue line with the puck and his eyes down ice.

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Tobia led the way for women’s golf at the Bearcat Spring Classic, earning a +5 score, which was good for eighth place. The freshman has placed in the top 10 in her last four tournaments.

Tobia also became the first Bobcat in program history to be named MAAC Rookie of the Week.

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Men’s ice hockey tops UMass Lowell, clinches spot in Frozen Four

Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey celebrates their East Regional Championship following the Bobcats’ 4-1 victory over UMass Lowell in Albany on Sunday.

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Associate Sports Editor

Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey is advancing to its second-ever Frozen Four after defeating the UMass Lowell River Hawks 4-1 in the NCAA East Regional Final at the Times Union Center in Albany on Sunday night.

“I thought that’s one of the better games we’ve played this year, a full 60 minutes,” Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold said. “The guys were really battling and working hard [on] faceoffs and everything. Good attention to detail, so we’re excited to move on.”

Sam Anas, who replaced Thomas Aldworth in the Quinnipiac lineup just minutes before the game, went to the penalty box 1:45 into action.

UMass Lowell made Quinnipiac pay, scoring on its first shot on goal. Dylan Zink ripped a one-timer past Quinnipiac goaltender Michael Garteig, who stopped all 27 shots he faced in last night’s win over the Rochester Institute of Technology, on the power play to give the River Hawks the early lead.

Despite the early penalty, Anas was able to

make amends and propel Quinnipiac to the Frozen Four.

“It was kind of a stressful weekend, but in the end, it’s playoff hockey,” Anas, who made the All-Tournament Team, said. “A chance to go to Tampa, it’s the best time of the year. I don’t think there was any way I was going to let myself not play.”

Landon Smith tied the game up for Quinnipiac midway through the second period. He took a feed from Anas and wristed a shot into the left side of the net for his third goal of the postseason.

“Sam is a huge part of our team,” Smith said.

“To see him come out, battle through an injury and see him do the things he does well, it really picks up the bench and picks up the boys.”

Anas scored a goal of his own just 1:38 later.

He took the puck up the left side, deked UMass Lowell goalie Kevin Boyle and flipped it into the net with the backhand for his 24th goal of the season.

“On that goal, the defenseman stepped up at the red line and I was able to poke it by him,” Anas said. “Two-on-one with Landon, the defenseman

gave a little breakaway with the goalie. We’ve been talking that the goalie likes to over-challenge and so I gave him a little fake shot, pulled to my backhand and was able to get it past him.”

Zink nearly tied it up for the River Hawks late in the period. He left the penalty box and was free on a breakaway. Garteig stifled him and kept the game at 2-1.

Garteig earned Most Outstanding Player on the All-Tournament Team after allowing just one goal over two games in the East Regional. Along with his personal tear as of late, the netminder said the team looked as good as it has all season in Sunday’s win.

“I personally thought tonight was one of the best games we’ve played the entire year,” Garteig said. “I think [I faced] only 15 shots. I didn’t have to do much. It’s a credit to those guys out there.

They were awesome.”

Scott Davidson sniped a goal from a tight angle on the right side to give Quinnipiac the 3-1 lead with 2:09 left in the period. He skated between the faceoff circle and the red line and picked the right corner to beat Boyle for his third

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goal in as many games.

Travis St. Denis sealed the 4-1 win for the Bobcats. He was left alone in front of Boyle, faked the shot then slid it under the goalie’s reaching stick for his 22nd goal of the season with under four minutes remaining.

Pecknold said this win did not compare to the team’s first advancement to the Frozen Four in 2013, but noted that it takes nothing away from the importance of Sunday’s win.

“I’m elated. I’m ecstatic that we’re going,” Pecknold said. “I feel so happy for our guys and our alums.”

With the win, the Bobcats will face off against the Boston College Eagles, with a chance to advance to their second national championship game. The Eagles won the Northeast Regional by beating Harvard 4-1 on Friday before topping Minnesota-Duluth 3-2 in the Regional Final on Saturday.

The Frozen Four game will be the first matchup between Quinnipiac and Boston College. The showdown is set to take place at 5 p.m. on April 7 at the Amalie Arena, in Tampa Bay.

Column: All championship teams deserve a fan bus Quinnipiac women’s basketball took on Iona on Monday, March 7 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament championship game at the Times Union Center in Albany. It was the program’s fourth-straight conference finals appearance.

The Bobcats lost 57-41, snapping a 19-game winning streak and ending any chance they had at participating in the NCAA Tournament for the third time in four years.

While covering the game, I couldn’t help but notice that the contest felt like an Iona home game. Iona had so much support that it had enough fans to fill a couple of sections of the arena. They were easily able to out-cheer the families of the Quinnipiac players, as well as the few dedicated fans that drove a little over two hours to cheer on the Bobcats.

So here’s my question: Why didn’t Quinnip-

iac provide fan buses to Albany for the women’s senting the opportunity to buy tickets for Saturday’s game, saying that a fan bus would be proMAAC championship game?

As the weeks passed by, Quinnipiac men’s vided for those interested in going.

Why would a fan ice hockey continued its bus be provided for the dominance over ECAC men’s ice hockey tourrivals. Ultimately, the TYRELL WALDENMARTIN nament game, but not Bobcats were able to the women’s basketball win the regular season Sports Editor conference tournament conference title and the @Tyrell_Walden championship game?

ECAC Hockey TournaEspecially with the ment Championship for games being played at the first time in program the same venue. history. This allowed I tried to decipher why men’s ice hockey the program to secure the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament, meaning its regional received a fan bus but the women’s basketball games were held at the Times Union Center in team didn’t, and the only reason I came up with was that the women’s basketball game fell on a Albany this past Saturday and Sunday.

Two days after men’s ice hockey was placed Monday.

Since the game was on a Monday, perhaps in Albany, emails were sent to all students pre-

Quinnipiac didn’t want to encourage students to miss class for the game, which is understandable.

However, I thought back to 2013, when men’s ice hockey made the Frozen Four, which was held in the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. Quinnipiac took on St. Cloud State on April 11, which was a Thursday. Fan buses were provided to that event.

To put that into perspective, Quinnipiac sent fan buses 462 miles (approximately a sevenhour drive) to Pittsburgh to watch the national semifinal game on a school day, but did not send fan buses 148 miles to the women’s basketball MAAC tournament championship game.

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