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After a week of preparation and campaigning, the Quinnipiac freshman class student election closed this past Wednesday. Chris Montalvo was elected by to serve as the freshman president for the class of 2020 out of nine candidates. Anthony Martino was voted to become vice president.

Montalvo and Martino are both in the 3+1 program for business. This rigorous program requires additional responsibilities and classes, much like the additional responsibilities of president and vice president. They have to listen to peers and then taking action to improve things that affect the student body. Living across the hall from each other, Montalvo says he got to know Martino well.

“We teamed up and worked together to build our campaign,” says Montalvo.

His campaign slogan, “As freshman Bobcats, we will work together and achieve greatness,” describes his objective to represent the voice and interests of the whole freshman class.

Montalvo is no stranger to student government. Serving as class president all four years in high school, he believes his past experiences have contributed to the success of his campaign and will continue to help guide him in his role as president. Along with past student government experience, Montalvo was a student representative for the Connecticut Board of Education, as-

sistant captain on his high school football team and served on the executive board for the business club at his school.

For Montalvo, leadership is something that comes naturally. He describes himself as an organized person who is easily able to work through problems to find the best solution.

“I want to lead wherever I go,” he said. “[I will] ensure we are serving the community and making a name for our class.”

Freshman business major Taylor Lind said that Montalvo was consistently campaigning.

“Chris was the only candidate who I saw campaigning every day,” Lind said. “One day he was handing out flyers and cookies and another he was knocking on people’s doors.”

Although Montalvo has had a tremendous amount of experience with student government in the past, he says that becoming the freshman class president of Quinnipiac was not an easy task.

Coming from a high school that had a graduating class of 450 students to a class of more than 1,900 here at Quinnipiac, running for president in college was a new challenge that he was eager to take on.

“Becoming president did not seem like a feasible task,” says Montalvo.

In order to stand out within the larger array of students, Montalvo took his campaign very seriously. He handed out flyers, made a video and was vocal about what his goals are for the

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coming year. “Anthony and I’s job is to represent our class” says Montalvo. He plans to “use his experience as a platform” to work together with his VP to serve their classmates best interests.

The video was something that Montalvo and his Martino came up with to spread their campaign throughout the QU community.

According to freshman entrepreneurship major Sean Cohen, this tactic got their message across.

“The video was really funny but serious at the same time,” Cohen said. “They made jokes, but the main focus of the video was on why they would be a good to fit to represent the class.”

Becoming the freshman class president was a major goal Montalvo had even before he came to Quinnipiac. Achieving this goal points to his determination and strength as a leader.

“I was not surprised to see that Chris won the election, he seemed like the most popular candidate by far,” Bailey House, a freshman criminal justice major said.

As of this week, he says that his presidential duties are starting to begin. He is gathering schedules, figuring out meeting times for his cabinet and has held an unofficial meeting to discuss initiatives. He is looking forward to using his experiences from the past to help him best represent the freshman class and be a voice for the change his classmates want to see.

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If a Quinnipiac student takes a look at their tuition bill, they’ll see the $1,650 student activity fee that all students pay every year, which presumably goes toward student activities. But this year Student Government Association’s (SGA) budget for organizations on campus has been cut and the school has not made students aware, according to Vice President for Finance George Corde.

Many students were surprised by the budget cuts because they had not heard about them before from the school or student government.

“I feel that it’s Quinnipiac’s obligation to tell us where our money is going,” Sophomore Niamh Butler said. “We’re going here, we’re participating in the clubs, our parents are paying so we should be kept in the loop of what’s going on with our money.”

Almost 7,000 students pay the $1,650 fee each year, this means the school is receiving around $10 million per year in student activity fees.

A portion of this money goes directly to the Student Government Association (SGA) to provide funds for all the organizations on campus. The SGA has typically been given $700,000 out of that $10 million to budget across all the organizations on campus.

But this past summer, SGA was informed that its budget would be cut by $150,000 for the upcoming school year.

Quinnipiac justified these budget cuts because SGA usually only spends $600,000 per year, and so they removed the difference according to Corde.

“Over the past three years, the school kind of averaged out our spending, and we only ever really spend $600,000 of our budget,” Corde said.

Corde said the school is validating its budget cuts because SGA was not spending all of the money in those previous years.

“What all of us should have [to do is] to go to different organizations, to go to different events on campus and things like that,” Corde said. “So, all of the student fee money should be spent on things for the students.”

Corde, other student government members and students would like to know where this money is going instead of to SGA. The budget has been cut and yet students still pay the same amount in student fees, which is something students should be aware of.

“There are definitely going to be people who are upset about it, different organizations will be upset because now we have to evaluate some of our practices,” Corde said.

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STUDENTS SPEAK UP

Monday night, the first presidential debate was broadcasted live. Lester Holt of NBC moderated the debate. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump engaged in political discourse without commercial break for a full 90 minutes.

Students give their opinions on how the debates played out.

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Connor McCullough | Junior | Engineering

WEB DIRECTOR David Friedlander

“Trump seemed a little out of it at times, he was nodding...He wasn’t going to release his tax returns until Hillary releases those emails. Hillary was to-thepoint while Trump tried to go around the questions.

More people aren’t going to vote for Hillary because of this and more people aren’t going to vote for Trump.

It’s going to be the same as before.”

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Kenny MacMaster | Sophomore |Economics “I still don’t like either of the candidates. Donald Trump was going pretty hard when he was talking about how she hasn’t been doing well lately. But then after that he had about nothing to go on and just kind of floundered and I felt like she took over...Bernie 2016.”

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Abby Chase | Junior | Political Science

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“I thought that it was a spectacle. It didn’t seem like the candidates were super focused on the issues. It seemed like it was kind of a back and forth between the two of them.

I think the moderator did the best that he could...he had trouble controlling the candidates at times, but I think it will be interesting for the next debate.”

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Amanda McCormack | Senior | English/MAT program “I thought that it was not beneficial to the people because they were talking more about other politicians than they were about what they would do for the American people. I have never liked Trump, but I have also never liked Hillary...but I think watching it I would support Hillary more than Trump.”

Beyond the Bobcats Protests continue in Charlotte Roughly 300 protesters managed to briefly shut down Interstate 277 in Charlotte, North Carolina on Friday evening, as a fourth night of protests occurred in the city following the shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott by police on Tuesday, according to Fox News. Protesters have taken to the streets of Charlotte throughout the week, expressing their feelings regarding the shooting. One marcher in the protest held a sign that read, “Just Stop the Killing,” while another protester held a sign imploring the Charlotte Police Department to “Just Release the Tapes.”

Unlike previous demonstrations this week, the protest was seen as largely peaceful.

A rundown on news outside the university.

By Jeremy Troetti

Four dead in Washington mall shooting

MLB star dies in boating accident

Four people are dead after being shot at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington on Friday evening, according to the Seattle Times. Washington State Patrol said that the suspect remains at large, and that a search is underway at the mall and surrounding area. The suspect in question was last seen walking toward Interstate 5 from the Cascade Mall. Emergency medics entered the mall with police protection to treat possible victims. This shooting marks the sixth mass shooting with at least four victims to occur in Washington state this year.

MLB pitcher Jose Fernandez was killed early Sunday morning in a boating accident off the coast of Miami Beach, Florida, according to the Miami Herald. Fernandez, who was 24, was the ace of the Miami Marlins pitching staff and was known as one of the best pitchers in Major League Baseball.

He was drafted by the Marlins in 2011, after defecting from Cuba to come to the United States in 2008. He made his MLB debut in 2013 and won the Rookie of the Year award that year. Two other men who were present on the boat also perished in the crash..

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Suicide awareness comes out of the darkness Walkers raise $81,880 for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

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Each year, approximately 42,000 people die by suicide. It is the tenth leading cause of death in the U.S. and for every one suicide, there are 25 attempts, according to AFSP.org.

On Sunday, Sept. 25, the Out of the Darkness Suicide Walk was held in Hamden.

Hundreds of suicide survivors, parents who have lost their children, friends, daughters or sons and supporters alike joined together in raising money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) while walking three miles on the Farmington Canal Trail.

The Out of the Darkness Suicide Walk is a nationally recognized event that is put on with the goal of raising money that will help support efforts for suicide prevention.

Nationally, the money raised through this walk funds grants for research for developing evidence based practices for suicide prevention.

Locally, the AFSP chapter putting on the event in Hamden gets to keep half the money that was raised at the walk. It is used to sponsor trainings for community members to learn gatekeeping skills to recognize signs of suicide and help intervene.

Quinnipiac’s Student Veteran Organization (SVO) has been involved with the suicide walk through Professor Emily McCave, an associate professor of social work at QU. McCave serves as the co-chair of the suicide walk in Hamden and is also the president for the Southern Connecticut chapter of AFSP.

The team that raised the most money for AFSP carried the banner at the head of the pack.

Justin LePage, who was the vice president of SVO three years ago, got the group involved with the walk.

“He had internal issues with himself, so he reached out to this suicide awareness walk,” SVO President Christopher Buloc said. “Last year, we made a such a big impression on the walk that they wanted us to

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Photos of loved ones who were lost to suicide were hung in the Remembrance Area (above). Woman holds banner with a smile (below).

be in the opening ceremonies for the walk this year.”

At the start of the event, participants were asked to collect different colored beads.

“They have different colored beads depending on what kind of relationship you have with suicide, whether it’s a loved one, family member, military veteran or if you deal personally with depression,” Jakob Loren, treasurer of SVO, said.

Two members of SVO stood on the stage to represent the silver beads, a color that stood for losing a first responder or someone in the military to suicide.

The green beads represented personal struggle.

“I had internal struggles not only with myself but with my brothers in my platoons who either had suicidal thoughts or have killed themselves, so I have a personal relationship and interest in this suicide walk,” Bolduc said. “I just think it’s important that the whole community should be more aware of suicide because it’s something that’s preventable.”

For McCave, her connection to the cause comes from a loss very close to home. She lost her mother to suicide when she was only 3 years old.

“I didn’t grow up with being able to have the support that I needed. We didn’t have a funeral for my mom. I think that’s a really stark example of how that taboo can really impact families,” McCave said. “I didn’t know her middle name or her birthday until I was in my 20s because it just wasn’t talked about.”

McCave honors her mother through the work that she does as a social work professor and also with AFSP and the Out of the Darkness walk.

“My mom died in a parking garage in a shopping area and I think about if I was in a restaurant and someone was choking, I would know what to do. Someone must have been there and so if they had seen her, I wish someone could have intervened,” McCave said. “That’s why I do this because I believe that AFSP is teaching people how to intervene. When you see someone who’s distressed, you don’t just walk away. You don’t just ignore it.”

McCave said what people do not realize is that we lose just as many people to suicide as we do to breast cancer. She also said mental illnesses should be treated like any physical disease.

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“Breast cancer has so much more visibility in our communities, everything from cereal boxes to commercials. No one’s feeling ashamed to say, ‘I have breast cancer.

I’ve survived breast cancer,’” McCave said.

“When someone goes and gets chemo and come out of the hospital, people are there waiting for them with casseroles. When people go into hospitals with inpatient needs because of an attempt, where are the casseroles when they come out? Where’s the support?”

McCave wants people to understand that suicide does not come from a place of selfishness.

“AFSP is teaching people how to intervene. When you see someone who’s distressed, you don’t just walk away. You don’t just ignore it.”

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“We don’t use the word ‘committed.’ It’s not a selfish act,” McCave said. “We’re talking about this as a consequence of desperation.”

Barbara Pomeroy was present at the walk on Sunday. She was a part of “Team Christian,” a group of friends and family of an 18-year-old boy from Cheshire who they lost to suicide. Barbara’s daughter is married to Christian’s father.

“He was such a good kid,” Pomeroy said.

“He never really seemed to get the time in his life, not only to shine, but to find out who he actually was.”

Pomeroy said Christian just finished school and was ready to start a new job. Unfortunately, on the day he was to start his job, he died by suicide.

She believes the help that organizations like AFSP is providing is completely worth it.

“If there are people and organizations that want to help in any way then God bless them all. That’s all I can say,” Pomeroy said.

“We’re here to help each other out. Not to pass judgment.”

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“The Seed of the People” exhibit to open in library Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute will be presenting an exhibit called, “The Seed of the People: 1916 Remembered” on the Mount Carmel Campus in the Arnold Bernhard Library.

The exhibit will be located in the Lender Family Special Collection Room. The exhibit will present rare artifacts from Ireland that retell the tragic but life-changing struggle for Irish independence. The exhibit is free, open to the public and will be open Monday-Saturday between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day until Oct. 7.

Free flu shots offered at North Haven campus On Tuesday, Oct. 4, Quinnipiac students, faculty and staff are able to receive a free flu shot. Bring a Quinnipiac ID. The free flu shots will be running between 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The location is at The Center for Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences in North Haven, Connecticut on 370 Bassett Road.

Girls Who Code founder to address QU community On Wednesday, Oct. 5, the founder of the nonprofit organization Girls Who Code Reshma Saujani will advocate to the Quinnipiac community about female leadership. It will focus on embracing risk and failure as well as promoting mentorship, sponsorship, and boldly charting your own course personally and professionally. This event will take place on the Mount Carmel campus in the Athletic Center AC 207B Dance studio B between 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Diversity and Inclusion Week to be held On Sept. 28, 29 and 30, there will be an informative teach-in among Quinnipiac students, faculty and staff. The teach-in will introduce major topics involving race issues in America, immigration, any human uniqueness and the discussions will progress throughout the majority of the day.

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QU College Republicans encourage political involvement

By THAMAR BAILEY Associate News Editor

The Quinnipiac University College Republicans (QUCR) organization is making a comeback on campus in the prime of the election year.

The student-run group was chartered back in 2004 and has fluctuated in activity over the years, though this year the group is back and ready to stimulate change on campus, according to senior accounting major and QUCR Chairman Kevin Casserino.

QUCR was dormant when he got on campus his freshman year and it wasn’t until he and Tessa McKinley, the former QUCR chairperson, started emailing people around campus that they were allowed to start up the organization again, according to Casserino.

“In just the last two semesters we’ve had over 90 people sign up in the Involvement Fair so there’s definitely a need and a want for the club on campus,” Casserino said.

Now, the group plans to reach out to students around campus and encourage them to get more involved in the political process. QUCR is uninterested about whether students plan to specifically join the Republican or Democrat chapter at QU, but instead finds it very important that students are registered to vote and understand both candidates and their vision for America, according to Casserino.

In such a politically charged time period, the QUCR strives to make students more politically aware, according to Casserino.

“Just the sense that I get from a lot of students is more along the lines of they don’t want to associate themselves with politics right now. And they don’t want to get to know too much,” Casserino said.

“They often say that they’re not going to vote because they don’t really know too much about politics. And that’s really what we’re trying to nip in the bud. You know we really want people to understand what’s going to happen in the country.”

While the group’s goal is to make students more politically involved and informed Casserino

Quinnipiac University College Republicans Chairman, Kevin Casserino. said he does understand that politics aren’t an easy topic to talk through.

“So it’s really just to get people more involved in the political process and hopefully be able to talk civilly and personally between each group and with each other,” Casserino said. “Because politics in current times is a very heated subject and you know it really doesn’t have to be. It’s just different ideas.”

In the wake of the first presidential debate, Casserino said there are several key topics that are being talked about that affect the current generation.

“For example, I know for some of us the debate of free college education and student loan relief are gonna be huge talking points in the next coming years. I mean at all universities you’re seeing huge price increases,” Casserino said.

“So I think there’s a lot of things college students could get involved in and educate themselves more in so they can make informed

decisions.”

Senior physical therapy major and QUCR Vice President Rachel Ziner said in addition to making students more cognizant of the current election, she hopes to spread awareness and break stigmas associated with the Republican Party.

“[Students] often say that they’re not going to vote because they don’t really know too much about politics. And that’s really what we’re trying to nip in the bud.

You know we really want people to understand what’s going to happen in the country.”

– KEVIN CASSERINO QUCR CHAIRMAN As a Republican woman, Ziner said she finds that the masses make assumptions about her stance on matters based on her political affiliation.

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“Being a Republican and a woman is hard,” Ziner said.

“Many people think Republicans are against women because of the Party’s stance on women’s right to choose. But not all Republicans believe what the Party does.

Through QUCR, I hope women on the Quinnipiac campus feel comfortable to share their beliefs about women’s right to choose and other sensitive subjects that apply to us.”

QUCR is planning its first meeting for next week and Casserino said the goal is to encourage students to meet and express themselves.

“We encourage more people and the more diverse people the better. It’s not just Republicans in this club,” Casserino said. “We have a lot of people come to us and say, ‘Can I still come to your meetings even though I don’t believe in this,’ and we always say, ‘Yeah absolutely.’ Discourse and conversation always leads to good results in my opinion.”

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parents aware of any budget cuts being made.

“I just feel that because our parents are spending a lot of money for us to go here and our money is going to organizations that a lot of students at Quinnipiac are a part of.”

SGA will be overlooking all the organizations to see if there is any waste going on that must be taken care of now that the budget is tighter, according to Corde.

But Corde expressed that he wanted to reassure students and organizations that this won’t have an immediately severe impact.

“It’s not a total panic, just

because we weren’t spending $700,000… so nothing too significant is going to change,” he said. “We are not going to go and re-budget every organization.”

SGA has a savings contingency which will support them if they run out of money this school year. So it should not impact organizations or events this year too severely. But Corde and other SGA members will continue trying to figure out where this money is going and continue to try and get this money back to SGA. Sophomore Lindsay Levethan believes the school should share a plan with students as to where the money is going.

“It’s going to make more people mad if they don’t know where

the money is going,” she said. “I think they should just come out and say ‘Okay well we’ve decided to change things.’”

Most importantly, Corde said students should have a breakdown of the student activity fee they are paying.

“I think it’s just important that the student body is aware of [the budget cuts]. We are actively trying to figure out where our student fee money is,” he said.

However, some students took the opposite side, saying the school is justified in cutting SGA’s budget and using the money elsewhere.

“I’m not too upset over SGA getting their budget cut, because that’s just how the world works and everybody has to deal with

tight budgets,” sophomore Nate O’Shea said. “I just don’t understand where the extra nine million dollars [SGA doesn’t get] is going.”

Since the school is a private institution, its finances are not public record and therefore there is no obligation to share what different payments go towards, according to O’Shea. But he agrees that it would be nice to have a layout of where students’ payments go.

“I feel like as students we have plenty of opportunities, so it’s not like we’ve seen a decrease in opportunities for us to get involved or amenities for us,” O’Shea said.

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English Department embraces the arts EN102 combines theatre and literature

By JEREMY TROETTI Staff Writer

English 102 Theater is in its tenth year as a course at Quinnipiac. The course, as the name implies, incorporates the English 102 curriculum with a focus on theater.

“I didn’t even know it was around last year,” sophomore Rosie Persiani said. “I feel like it’s an English 102 class that if you want to go through a scriptwriting major, you might check that out, but I was never really introduced to it.”

Students may think of English 102 as a typical English class based upon literature.

However, this is not the case with English 102 Theater, according to Professor Anita Appelbaum, who teaches the class.

“A lot of people think that because it’s theater focused, rather than literature focused, that it’s an elective and that they would still have to take a separate 102,” said Professor Appelbaum. “It fulfills the English composition requirement for spring semester. It is not an elective,” she said.

As for the coursework, students in the class read three plays and then get to witness the productions first hand via trips to the theater. Students taking the class this spring are scheduled to witness three productions live: Sunday, Feb. 5, Sunday, March 5 and Sunday April 2, according to Professor Appelbaum.

“All 102 classes are based on the concept of argument. This is an out in the world type of argument that theater critics really have,”

Appelbaum said. “We read the play in class and then talk about it. It’s usually a pretty lively discussion. Then, I ask students to focus in on an aspect of the script.”

Students then get a firsthand chance to witness the production on stage. Appelbaum said going to the theater helps students see the characters they will write about on-stage and helps them develop opinions on whether the director accurately portrayed the character or not.

“I try very hard to find scripts that students will be interested in and have connections to,” she said.

Despite focusing on theater, the class has no requirement of previous experience in the theater, Appelbaum said.

“There were maybe three or four students last semester, as it tends to be every semester, that are either minoring or majoring in theater or campus,” Appelbaum said.

“Everybody else is minoring or majoring in something else and are just interested in learning more about theater.”

Appelbaum said while previous theater experience is not required, what is required is an interest in learning about theater.

“I came into the course with an interest in theater. I had no intention of majoring or minoring in it, I was just interested when I read the description of it when I was registering for courses,” sophomore Luke Basralian said.

Basralian took the course spring semester of last year. He described what made his

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English classes are held throughout the three College of Arts and Sciences buildings. experience in the course special.

“My favorite part of the course is that we got to read in class and then we actually got to go see the production. We went to New York, we went to Hartford Theater and Playhouse on Park in Hartford,” Basralian said.

As far as registering goes, students can always pre-register to take the course in the spring semester.

“We are happy to pre-register people into this course, starting now. We already have three people in the course,” Appelbaum said.

The course will be offered in two sections during the spring semester: 10 a.m.

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I’ve always hated change. I adapt really nice to find someone that I could open to things very slowly and when I do, I up to and be myself with. The only issue want to stay in that place for as long as was this person was not necessarily good possible because it’s what is familiar. Plain to me all of the time. For as many times as and simple, people naturally love to be this person built me up, they did just the comfortable. Unfortunately, opposite to bring me down. when we try to stay in our Unfortunately, I became so comfort zone indefinitely, comfortable having this CHRISTINA POPIK we become ignorant of person in my life that I Design Editor what is going on around didn’t always see when @christinapopikk us. For example, we don’t something was wrong. notice when this lack of We tend to look at people change is keeping us from we love with rose-colored growing and developing glasses, like they could or even when an environment is toxic and do no harm to us when in reality they are actually hurting us. But because it’s what we sometimes the people who hurt us the most. are used to and because it is what we know, I was too stuck in this mindset of familiarity we stay where we are. that it took me a long time to realize I had Last year, I found my comfort not in to go outside my comfort zone, take a stand a place but in a person. I am a relatively and walk away. In the blink of an eye, I was reserved person. I was always independent now back to being on my own, except this and I had always focused on myself and put time it was scary. myself first. I was comfortable with having The past month, I have learned that just me. But when I met this person, I bonded one of the hardest things to do will let go with him so much that I began to place my anything that hinders your growth. People sense of comfort with him. Being shy, it was will come and go throughout your life,

but the one single constant in your life is yourself. No matter where life takes you and no matter who you build or friendships or relationships with, don’t lose sight of who you are. It’s very easy to lose yourself in people, but you have to remember at the end of the day that your safety, mental health and happiness should always come first and should not be compromised for others.

Love is a beautiful thing to experience with another person, but you must remember that loving yourself is just as important. I never understood it when people always said, “You need to love yourself before you can love anyone else.” But now it all comes very clear to me. If you don’t love yourself then you don’t notice when somebody treats you wrong. I promise you, anybody who doesn’t treat you with the utmost respect is not worthy of your time.

I’d like to think that each time we leave our comfort zones, we get a little bit stronger, and may even make it easier for next time. If something in your life ever doesn’t feel right, know that maybe it’s time to start fresh.

Entertainment news is still news focusing on this topic. However, just because someone wants to look at a different type of news story does not mean it’s not news.

The Presidential Debate and the first Miami Marlins game since Jose LINDSAY PYTEL Fernandez’s death ocContributing Writer curred on the same night.

For some they centered their whole Monday night on the Presidential Debate, but does that mean Dee Gordon breaking down crying after he hit a home run is less of a story just because the Presidential Debate is on? No. I believe everything is news. It may not be relevant or important, it may not be a national concern, but as long as it’s connecting to a certain audience and contains an explanation or argument, it’s news.

Personally, I am not a fan of Tom Brady.

I don’t want to see him in the news or read stories or tweets about him, but just because I am not a fan does not mean a story about him

So maybe you don’t care about Kim Kardashian and how her dress was see-through or not see-through, or maybe you don’t care how her dress looked at all. Just because you don’t care, doesn’t mean it isn’t news.

I think in today’s society we get so fixated and self-involved that if something doesn’t interest or impact us directly, we disregard it as not newsworthy. That shouldn’t be the case.

If your favorite team wasn’t playing last night, but another team was, would you consider the other team’s win not newsworthy?

No, because it is still relevant to an audience.

Some people do care, even if you necessarily don’t.

Just because a story doesn’t focus on the presidential election, or something people consider of “importance,” doesn’t mean it is not news. Who’s to say what is “important” and what isn’t? Who defines “importance?”

I’m not saying the presidential election isn’t important, of course it is a national concern and that’s why most stories focus having been

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isn’t news. People Magazine recently published a story about his ideal date night for him and his wife. Just because I am not a fan and have no interest in the story, does not mean a fan of his wouldn’t.

Anywhere you get “new” information is news. It’s in the word.

In one of my classes, someone mentioned that a story about Kim Kardashian is not considered news, it’s considered “entertainment.”

Yes, it’s considered entertainment… news.

Whether one is a fan or not, she is a celebrity and a prominent figure, and for some people, what she wore is of importance. If I learn where she wore the dress, what it looked like, the designer, what people think about it, that is news. I learned something. It might be useless, I may not care, but I can’t walk away saying I didn’t acquire anything.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Turning outrage into impact One Snapchat, more than 31,000 shares on Facebook, seven news stories, three official press releases from university governing bodies; and one student no longer a member of the Quinnipiac community, all within a span of 24 hours.

If you happened to be away from your phone for a day, you would have missed it all.

On the afternoon of Sept. 20, a picture of a Caucasian girl wearing a cleansing mask with the caption “Black Lives Matter” surfaced on the Internet, sending the Quinnipiac community into frenzy. People were outraged at the girl for mocking the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement; people were outraged at the picture taker for writing such an insensitive caption; people were outraged at the school for allowing such actions to take place; people were outraged at the outraged for being outraged and hypersensitive of something that was perceived to some as a harmless joke.

And while there are merits to each side of the argument, this series of events has left me, and I assume many others, with a very unsettling feeling, because within a week or two, this will all get lost in our news feeds and we’ll continue on with our lives and I’m afraid that no real change will have

come of it.

Sure, I assume the university will put on some type of seminar, as they have done before, where they will bring in “leaders from across the community” to “engage in a productive discourse and shed light on a serious issue on our campus in an effort to ensure that all students feel comfortable and part of the Quinnipiac community” (or something to that effect). This seminar will start with a lecture from a cohort of reluctant humanities professors who will then lead small discussion groups filled mostly with apathetic students who are only there because their Sociology 101 class required them to be, and a small minority of polarizing voices demanding change or combatting hypersensitivity will dominate the dialogue, all while we mindlessly scroll through our newsfeeds and Snapchat stories looking for the next story to forget about. All the while, an 18-year-old girl sits at home, regretfully contemplating her once foreseeable future that is no more. There has to be a better way.

To clarify, I am not justifying her actions; what she did was incredibly insensitive, and I can only imagine how disenfranchising it must feel to see a cause that one so passion-

ately knows is just be mocked by a group of their peers who, because of the color of their skin, will never face the adversity and struggles that one faces on a daily basis. Further, I am not faulting the university for making an obviously concerted effort to make our campus a more inclusive and empathetic space where all opinions and voices are respected and to show the world that Quinnipiac takes issues like this very seriously. Our administration, faculty, staff and student leaders care deeply about the experiences of all Bobcats and have worked tirelessly to alleviate the legitimate pain caused by events like this. Finally, I do not begin to claim to know even remotely how to solve issues like this.

However, here’s what I do know: we live in the age of 24-hour news cycles of 140 characters that occupy our minds for as long as they are on our screens. This event, as wrong and apprehensible as it was, will go deeper and deeper into our news feeds until we no longer remember it happened… except for one girl, who will regrettably remember this for the rest of her life. Let’s ensure the impact of this is a lasting, positive one.

— Matt Blumenthal, Senior

Perspective from a professor Like many others on and off campus this week, I’ve been upset by events of the last few days here at Quinnipiac. And like many others, my students and I decided on Wednesday to take time in our EN101 class to discuss both the images that began circulating on Monday night as well as the range of responses that we’ve seen, read and heard since then.

In our discussions, my students – all first semester freshmen this term – offered a range of thoughtful and considered perspectives, and they said some really smart things. One theme of our discussions was the way in which the offending image mocks and trivializes the Black Lives Matter movement (and more broadly, the concerns about racism, social justice and the calls for a more equitable United States that it tends to message). My students pointed out that, in this case, words, phrases and images that in one context are hardly offensive “in themselves” – that is, the image of a white woman wearing an exfoliating mask, but also the words “Black lives matter” – when placed together and in reference to one another generate a problematic message that necessarily exceeds the intentions of the sender. One reason it does that, of course, is because language as language also does this: by virtue of language as a social matter, we can’t control exactly what it means, ever. And as theorists of language have long suggested, this “problem of meaning” is true for all language (linguistic, visual or otherwise). What’s significant here is that this offensive image does so in ways that makes this problem of meaning particularly visible, and does so at a particularly difficult time in our nation’s history.

The exact words that some people in this country, as you read this, are saying to try and draw attention to real loss, death, and sadness in their communities—from Charlotte to Tulsa and beyond—are “said” on a QU’s student’s Snapchat in a way that detaches them from any sense of seriousness or real “meaning:” that’s what it means mock and to trivialize here,

as my students pointed out. It says, “These problems of yours are funny to me,” which is to say, of course, that they are not real problems. All of us may not know what it’s like to have a loved one shot by the police, but I have a hunch that all of us know what’s it’s like to not be taken seriously by others, and it hurts every time.

So that’s a lot of what we talked about on Wednesday in EN101 – in other words, the way things mean and why it matters. One thing that we didn’t talk about much was the fact that language, by virtue of being social, also has a history. And it turns out that the way that this image mocks and trivializes black experience in this country has its roots not just in a Monday night beauty session but in the minstrel tradition of the American 19th century, in which white performers would put on makeup (“blackface”) and perform songs and skits that represented what life was “really like” in the plantation south. In most cases, the songs and skits – often performed together in precursors to what we’d now call a “musical” – directly mocked and trivialized the system of slavery (as well as worked to dismiss its critiques). In song after song, it turns out that slavery is not really that bad and is actually the best and most natural arrangement for everyone involved. Keeping in mind that for much of the 19th century the minstrel show was a widely popular form of entertainment, these shows were a critical place where all kinds of people had occasion to think about, learn and consider the “reality” of questions like race, equality and economy – all of which was going on, of course, when they thought they were more or less just going to movies and certainly not thinking about any serious or meaningful questions.

You might not realize it, but you probably can probably whistle a couple of songs that come from the minstrel tradition, and you may even know some of the verses (“Oh!

Susannah” or “Camptown Races” come to mind immediately for me). And as a range of activists, artists, and scholars have pointed out, many of our dominant images and stereotypes of African-Americans are rooted in the minstrel tradition (here, I’d suggest watching Spike Lee’s film “Bamboozled,” but also reading Eric Lott’s classic, amazing study “Love and Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class”). But many of us carry these songs and ideas around with us without really knowing much about where they come from and how they got into our heads, hearts and hunches. And that’s another key part of why the Snapchat image is such a problem: it not only mocks and trivializes other people’s misery and criticisms today, but that it does so by referencing and repeating—unwittingly or otherwise—a really long history of doing.

What things mean and why it matters: in EN101 on Wednesday, all of a sudden these seemingly abstract questions got really real. And I can’t speak for my students – as I hope I’ve shown, they are more than capable for speaking for themselves – but speaking for myself, Wednesday really felt like a day like we were all doing something that is really essential to what we ought to do in college: to ask tough questions and to take the answers (and their implications) really seriously. Of course, I’m still upset about all of this, and I wish it had not have happened. But trying to grapple together about the fact that it did seems really important, and I’d encourage everyone to take my freshman EN101 students as an example of what a place like Quinnipiac can be, too. And if you’re looking to think about this more, I’d suggest stopping by the upcoming teach-in concerning race and racism on Thursday, Sept. 29 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Carl Hansen Student Center Piazza.

— John Conley, First-Year Writing professor

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STANDING FOR SOMETH PHOTOS BY ERIN KANE & DESIGN BY KRISTEN RIELLO

Students stand shoulder to shoulder in front of the Arnold Bernhard Library. Professor Jeff Foy hold a sign that says “#BlackLivesMatter” as tour groups for open house walk by.

By HANNAH FEAKES & THAMAR BAILEY

In the past week, Quinnipiac University dealt with a racially insensitive Snapchat story, which outraged students, parents and professors and a peaceful protest to raise awareness of racial injustices. Now administration is looking for ways to move forward, rebuild and unite the community.

Jeffrey Foy, assistant professor of psychology, was one of the few professors who participated in the protest. It is an important issue, especially considering the ongoing national conversation for teachers to be involved in, according to Foy. “It was a welcome opportunity to try and deal with issues of race and how those impact America, and how those impact students,” he said.

Foy has some ideas on how Quinnipiac could stop these ignorant occurrences from arising in the future. He thinks that input and suggestions from students will help tremendously. Future course topics will include diversity and sensitivity, as well as other things.

“I think that it’s important for the university to listen to student suggestions in terms of what kind of support organizations need to have, what kind of events do they want to cause a change,” Foy said. “That could help make this a more inclusive environment. It’ll really be change that has to come from both directions.”

The university has been attempting to make students more aware of diversity prior to the racial photograph through teach-ins and faculty sessions, according to Diane Ariza, associate vice president for academic affairs and chief diversity officer.

“We have been doing a lot of educating around teaching for inclusion in the classroom around sensitivity, creating a better climate in your work environment,” she said. “No matter how much training we do on this campus, and if we educated every day this there would still be these social concerns, struggles that we have not come to terms with in this country.”

Before the school year started, professors went on a faculty retreat concerning diversity and inclusion based on the trauma that had happened in the country recently to help combat ignorance. The university wanted to get ahead of national exclusion and learn how to educate the students to recognize and understand diversity and inclusion.

“We have done a teach in at the faculty retreat, then we did another teach in early september and we are going to do more of these coming up,” Ariza said. “I’ve got three more coming up this semester. In January we are doing an educating to the senior leadership team.

We are conscious that we have to be doing more.”

Foy hopes to see the passion and controversy that was brought to the Arnold Bernhard

Library steps this past Saturday continue on campus.

“I hope this is an opportunity for more activism to be brought on to campus, to have more discussions about Black Lives Matter, and other issues as well,” he said. “This is certainly not the only issue where it’d be good to have a dialogue and try to get more support going on campus. So this is hopefully the beginning, and that’ll depend on how people respond and whether students take ownership of this opportunity to have events.”

Two courses are being developed that are going to be part of the general education around inclusion. These courses will hopefully be ready for fall 2017, according to Ariza.

“The provost, Mark Thompson, as well as other professors and faculty note that two courses is not enough for a student, that this should be spread, it should be threaded through a person’s major or minor,” she said. “We are starting with a baseline.”

Students should go to the Chief Diversity Officer, Vice President of Residential Life, an RA, and Public Safety to voice issues and concerns about an ongoing problem, according to Ariza.

“If there is an incident that is happening in residential life, it should be going to the hall director and to the associate VP of res life. If it’s happening in the classroom it should be going to the chair of that department. Everybody

should be responsible in those headquarters.”

Ariza emphasizes that students should bring any concerns to a place of comfort, a safe place.

“You shouldn’t have to do this alone,” she said. “Everybody matters.”

The Black Lives Matter Committee is headed by College of Arts and Sciences and Professor, Sasha Turner. This situation is no longer just about Black Lives Matter, it is much larger. It is understanding the social struggle of all people, according to Ariza.

“The emotions that this photo gave to all of us made us stop. It was a moment of, let’s reflect on what has happened here, and we haven’t done enough. This will never go away.

This will be part of Quinnipiac’s history forever, unfortunately. But I think that because this is just bigger than Quinnipiac, this is a product of our society, we have to continue to do more in the classroom,” Ariza said.

Foy explains that as Quinnipiac continues to diversify, understanding the importance of racial inclusion and how to be a more socially accepting university becomes more prevalent.

“It is going be an ongoing dialogue; hopefully, an ongoing process,” Foy said. “I don’t think that it’s going to be solved in the short term, but I think that there is a lot of action that the university is taking to help make this a more inclusive campus.”

A TIMELINE OF THE PROTEST 8:00 A.M.

First 3 protesters sit on the library steps

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8:20 A.M. 8 protesters

4 protesters Public Safety tells students they cannot sit on steps, protestors stand instead

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10:40 A.M.

Professor Jeff Foy joins protesters

Open House tours on begin on the Quad

10:50 A.M.

11:24 A.M. 13 protesters

11 protesters #BlackLivesMatter sign is held up for the first time and protesters get into a line

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THE FACE OF BLACK LIVES MATTER SNAPCHAT FRESHMAN SARAH GOODRICH, THE SUBJECT OF THE SNAPCHAT, SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT AND DISCUSSES HOW SHE IS MOVING FORWARD

SPEAKS OUT

-H. Feakes

Can you explain what went through your head when you heard about the Facebook post regarding the Snapchat story you were in?

“When I first caught sight of [the Facebook post], my first thought was, this is such a misunderstanding. Once I saw it spreading, I was like, this needs to be put straight because it is just blowing up.”

When you saw the Snapchat story, did you ask to have it taken down immediately?

“Right when I saw [the Snapchat story], my first reaction was, ‘That needs to be taken down. Do you understand what that means?’ The reaction was, she did not really know how bad it was. I was in shock because I immediately knew, with everything going on around us, that it was really bad and that it needed to be taken down.

That is why I was so overwhelmed so quickly, I knew what was going on in the media already. It had to be taken down.”

How are you handling being the ‘face’ of the whole situation?

“I am trying to redirect [the situation] in a positive learning experience for everyone. You just have to be so careful about what you post in the media. You have to know what is going on in this country so you don’t find yourself with a lack of in- On Sept. 20, a photo of Goodrich with a charcoal exfoliating mask with the caption formation and making mistakes and post- ‘Black Lives Matter’ circulated, causing public outcry about race relations on campus. ing things that you are uneducated about.

Now that more of the story has been set way is to hear it from me so there aren’t a Do you have anything to say to the people who were hurt by this? straight, my personal image is cleared, bunch of things up in the air.” and technically my name, so now I am “I can’t speak on the other student’s just trying to tell people that they need to Do you agree with the action that was behalf, but, from what I understand learn from this so that no one else finds taken towards the girl responsible her intentions were not malicious, she themselves in this position.” for the Snapchat? What do you was just once again, uninformed and uneducated about the subject and those think about the consequences that who are hurt by it, I sympathize with Are you nervous about the negative happened for the girl who took the them because I see how all of that is impact this could potentially have on picture of you? so disrespectful to them. I do give my your future?

“Even though I know her [the Snapchat- condolences to them.”

“I was [worried about future jobs] before ter] intentions were not malicious and she everything was cleared up, I was scared was just uninformed, you just can’t joke for my reputation because that makes a about things and I think the consequences What do you think the university should do moving forward? huge impact. But now that the truth is out were right.” there, it is shedding more a positive light “I feel like there should be a lot of optionon it. I don’t worry anymore. I just hope How do you feel about the university’s al ways. Like if you want to get involved that people are following the story and are in a group to learn more about diversity, up to date, so it doesn’t have a negative response to the situation? that should be more optional. In FYS, a effect.”

“The biggest thing is just to have lessons class that everyone takes, there should be learned from all of this and try to get it something that can educate people about across to other people what I’ve learned what’s going on now so students are not How do you plan to move forward after all the craziness of the situation? from it. I would’ve never thought that I in a bubble.” would be in a position like this. I am defi“When anyone reaches out to me, I tell nitely trying to make it something that them the truth coming from me so they others can learn from, so they don’t find can hear it and just making sure people themselves in a position like this or of the know. I know that’s one reason that I did other student.” end up speaking out is because the best

11:50 A.M. 22 protesters

11:27 A.M. 16 protesters

11:58 A.M.

12:05 P.M.

1:53 P.M.

28 protesters

27 protesters including student athletes Mikey Dixon, Danny Harris, Peter Kiss, Aaron Robinson and Andrew Robinson

30 protesters

12:16 P.M. 34 protesters

3:12 P.M.

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NAME: FANONX ROGERS MAJOR:COMPUTER SCIENCE YEAR: SENIOR HOMETOWN: BOSTON

Student by day, DJ by night Quinnipiac student expresses his passion for music by DJing at venues near campus

Rogers can be found in the WQAQ studio working as their production manager, as well as places like Toads, as a DJ.

By AFSHA KASAM Staff Writer

If you go to Aunt Chilada’s, Toad’s Place, Greek Life formals or even some campus events, you may see senior FanonX Rogers as the DJ. “I love when I think of something on the fly,” Rogers said. “I just really love when I do something and people are like ‘Holy, did he just do that?’”

Rogers’ DJing career began because of the terrible DJ at his senior prom in high school.

“I was right at the DJ booth, giving him suggestions,” Rogers said with a laugh.

After prom, Rogers decided to become a DJ himself.

At the time, Rogers did not have the funds for equipment.

So, he worked and saved up his money that summer. He got experience back home and whenever he came to Quinnipiac.

Rogers eventually upgraded his equipment and his junior year was when DJing really took off for him. People kept asking him to do events and he would try his hardest to always say “yes.”So far, Rogers’ favorite venue to DJ was the Oakdale Theater for Pi Kappa Phi’s Electric Ability Carnival (EAC) in 2015. Rogers will be working EAC again this year on Oct. 6. He is excited to be opening up for the Canadian DJ duo of Dzeko & Torres.

Although this DJ gets to perform at such high-energy places, there are some cons to this lifestyle.

“They don’t see you behind closed doors, putting in all the effort and all the hours.”

– FANONX ROGERS SENIOR, COMPUTER SCIENCE MAJOR Setting up the equipment takes time, according to Rogers. It is also possible that someone may come up on the stage and end up dropping a drink on the equipment.

“A lot of people only see the good side of it,” Rogers said.

“You’re the first one there and the last one to leave.”

DJing has its rough patches, but Rogers does not worry much and keeps himself busy with other activities.

Rogers is a computer science major with an anthropology minor. He is the production manager at WQAQ, the radio station at Quinnipiac.

WQAQ is offering DJ classes and the first one started this past Saturday at 1 p.m. in Tator Hall 128.

Rogers is also a resident assistant. He works at the tech center and is involved with the engineering club.

With all this involvement, it is not a surprise that one of Rogers’ favorite parts of DJing is interacting with the crowd. He likes to play music full of high energy and spontaneity for them.

“I like getting a sense of what they want and just like the vibes going on,” Rogers said.

The crowd usually loves music full of high energy and spontaneity.

Senior Manny Gomez, General Manager of WQAQ, believes a great thing about Rogers’ DJing is that he knows how to judge the crowd.

“In WQAQ, we call him the “Party Boy” or “the Hype”...

He always knows how to hype people up,” Gomez said. “He’s always very eccentric, he’s also very loud when he needs to be, and I think that’s what helps him be a good DJ.” Some of Rogers’ DJ tactics stem from his idols such as A-Trak, Jazzy Jeff and DJ Craze. His stepfather, a DJ as well, played a role in inspiration and got Rogers turntables and records to practice on.

He finds a lot of his upbeat music from a record pool called DJcity, where you pay a monthly subscription fee and can download music. Rogers also utilizes Sound Cloud, asks others to help him find certain songs, and uses the music of up and coming artists.

Despite all this work, Rogers is modest, especially about his work as a DJ. He does not flaunt his life as a DJ to other people.

“Sometimes, I feel like I come off bragging, and I don’t ever want to come off as bragging,” Rogers said.

He would rather have people know about his DJ world through word of mouth.

Senior Miguel Olivares met Rogers during their freshman year. They have stayed friends since then because Rogers is a connected person who is attuned to others’ feelings.

“He is very outgoing and nice,” Olivares said. “If you need something, he’ll do it because he wants to help people.”

Rogers’ personality is one of positivity. He believes if someone tells you that you suck, you should laugh it off.

“I remember when I started, people told me I suck and that they didn’t like me. Now, I’m the cool guy. Positions change,” Rogers said. “They don’t see you behind closed doors, putting in all the effort and all the hours.”

Rogers’s future is flexible.

He has original mixes recorded on his hard drive but has not released them for others to listen. He is waiting until he masters the DJ craft. Once he has his own website set up, he intends to put

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FanonX Rogers, known as “the Hype,” spends his weekends on duty as a RA and working on his own mixes in the studio.

up his work all in one swoop.

Roger thinks he is probably going to do something with his major after graduation. He is likely to embark on the journey of creating software for music applications or becoming an iOS developer. In fact, his senior project is creating an iOS app related to music.

On the other hand, Rogers would also be perfectly happy traveling the world as a DJ. “People kind of limit themselves because they have a lot of things going,” Rogers said. “But if you have a passion, you should definitely try to reach for it.”

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Hidden hydration

The Brita water filling stations are extremely useful. I haven’t bought bottled water in months, and that’s great for the environment (as well as my wallet). But it seems I can never find one when I need to fill my water bottle. Water fountains exist, but if you would rather use one with a filter, here is where you can find the Brita hydration stations around campus.

- G. Amill

Student Center

Library

Echlin Center

First floor dining area, outside the bathrooms First floor, across from the bookstore Second floor, by stairs near radio station and multi-faith meeting room

First floor between the men’s and women’s bathrooms Learning Commons, between the bathrooms

First floor, next to the pantry in room EC 116; behind Admissions office section Second floor at the top of the stairs; across from room EC 201

Tator hall

School of Communications/ Engineering

First floor, outside of room TH 107, old engineering center

Second floor, directly outside School of Communications section

School of Business Across from SB 111, outside student resource center

Recreation Center First floor in the center of the weightlifting room alone the wall under the weight lifting etiquette sign.

Second floor, outside of dance studios entry vestibule

CAS 1 Second floor, between bathrooms

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T.I.’s ‘Warzone’ makes a statement Brangelina: Love is dead

In light of recent events and incidents involving police shootings and more specifically, white officers killing people of color, many artists are producing work related to the #BlackLivesMatter movement. T.I. is one of those artists.

In his recently released video for the song “Warzone”, T.I. made a very powerful statement through the cinematography and lyrics of this music video.

In the video itself, the main character is a white male who appears to be in his teens walking around a park with a toy gun. He’s pointing it around and looks like he’s just playing around. Then, all of a sudden, a police car pulls up, a black officer gets out, holds up a gun to the kid and then, without giving much time for the kid to put his toy gun down, the officer shoots and kills him.

This part of the video is very powerful as it mirrors the exact situation that has happened to many colored people over the last few years. It shows how much of an impact that split-second decision can really have on a person’s life.

Another really important aspect of not just the video but also the song itself is the repetition of the words “Hands up, don’t shoot”. This phrase is very important and I’m really glad that T.I. brought it into his lyrics. According to videos taken by witnesses to police shootings, there have been many incidents where a person of color had his hands up and was clearly not able to pull the trigger, but was still shot and killed by an officer who claimed the person was a threat.

T.I.’s decision to portray these important themes through both his music and the cinematography of his music video is monumental to the progress of the #BlackLivesMatter movement. As an artist with a following that includes virtually every age, by using his music to make a statement, he is ensuring that this statement reaches as many people as possible. - N. Gandhi

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie: power couple extraordinaire. Their steamy affair in 2004’s “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” led to a 12-year romance that involved slaying it on the red carpet and traveling to the ends of the world with their plethora of kids. They were the picture-perfect Hollywood couple that was untouchable. Finally there seemed a relationship that could stand the test of time as one of the rare celebrity couples who took their vows seriously. The way Brad would look at Angelina and the confidence the actress wore in the arms of her love were cue for all girls to find the Prince Charming to their princess. However, this was no happy ending.

On Sept. 19, I checked my phone like I do every morning, scrolling through Instagram and clicking on people’s Snapchat stories from the night before, when I suddenly saw the dreaded news. Angelina Jolie had filed for divorce against Brad Pitt after only two years of marriage, but over a decade of being together as a couple. My heart dropped to the floor not wanting to believe what I saw before me. I frantically texted my two best friends from home, needing someone, anyone, to share in the grief I felt.

The split of the ultimate Hollywood couple seemed too awful for me that I dubbed it a hoax, my heart sinking a little bit more each day when more news would come out saying that Brangelina was in fact over. It was such a shock to fans like myself, that a world without the dynamic duo seemed nearly impossible. Jolie stated “irreconcilable differences” as reasoning for the split, but what about my irreconcilable perceptions of love after a tragedy such as this!??

Thanks for ruining my future chances, Hollywood. You can find me in 50 years, single and still praying for Brangelina to show me that love does exist. - S. Bashaw

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Mac Miller, Mick Jenkins impress with new albums

By JUSTIN CAIT

Associate Sports Editor

Over the span of a week, a Mick and a Mac released noticeably unique projects within the hip-hop community.

On Sep. 16 rapper Mac Miller dropped a jazzy album in “The Divine Feminine” for long-awaiting fans. No less than a week later, on Sep. 23 rapper Mick Jenkins surprised listeners with a gifted album of his own titled “The Healing Component.”

Both albums contain unorthodox styles of hip-hop with an unusual underlying theme: love.

Almost five and a half years since the once “frat rapper” started the party with hits like “Donald Trump” and “Knock Knock,” now 24-year-old Mac Miller is sharing a new side of himself in “The Divine Feminine.”

After a failed relationship, Miller’s attempt at capturing the nurturing aura of women and applying it in the real world is seen as the main topic of importance in this project, starting with the opening track “Congratulations” and on throughout the entire album.

A collection of hip-hop infused jazz beats and calm classical tunes gives the listener a pleasant backdrop to Miller’s words of importance, which are plentiful on this project.

The Pittsburgh native has come a long way since the “Nikes On My Feet” days.

Songs like “Dang!,” “Stay,” and “Planet God Damn” have bars that give off “old Mac” vibes, while subsequently showcasing the growth and progression as a true artist through enhanced lyrics, musical instrumentals and fresh features.

Although he is a proven lyricist, Miller is not afraid to use his controversial singing voice to convey genuine emotion to listeners.

While tracks like “Skin,”“Soulmate” and “My Favorite Part” have musical substance through incredible production and moments

of lyrical awe, Miller’s vocals — which have been criticized in the past as monotonal — seem to drag songs along.

While the intent of the little improved vocal range shows true feeling and the development of a young artist it may take away from the project’s aesthetic.

Nonetheless, Miller’s fourth studio album is seen as an overall success with the album’s final track “God Is Fair, Sexy Nasty,” featuring consensus rap king Kendrick Lamar, taking the cake as the project’s most striking track.

Mac Miller and Kendrick Lamar first collaborated on Miller’s 2012 “Macadelic” mixtape and failed to impress on their first joint song in four years.

While most rappers would go as far as change their style to get a feature from Lamar, Miller was unphased by the west coast rapper’s influence. The final product truly resulted in a song made by Mac Miller featuring the vocals of Kendrick Lamar.

“The Divine Feminine” displayed Mac Miller’s ability to collaborate with other distinct artists like Ariana Grande, Cee-Lo Green and Anderson .Paak and proved to listeners that he could come through with yet another lyrically gripping project. While it might not be his absolute best work, this album is his most meaningful one yet.

Fast forward a week to the release of The Healing Component, up and coming rapper Mick Jenkins’ first studio album.

“The Healing Component” is a truly unbelieveable album that took the same concept of love and bent it towards the perspective of loving yourself before anything else then extending that to others.

In this natural project, Jenkins encourages listeners to take a step back and reassess our own realities. Once “woke” or self-aware, he uses his platform to rid listeners of ego and ground them to the same bone and flesh-

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Rappers Mac Miller (left) and Mick Jenkins (right) excited the hip-hop community with the release of their respective studio albums last week. humans we all are.

Jenkins starts the conversation with a theme throughout the album; the observation that coming to terms with yourself is difficult but important in overall growth as a person.

Before you can spread love unto others, you must be able to love yourself.

The project is comprised of a mix of wavy hip-hop beats with melodic samples and some pretty experimental production.

The instrumentals suit the album’s concept fittingly as it combines the old traditional methods of hip-hop with newer, less accepted variations of hip-hop, but at the end of the day it works.

A few of the better songs on the 15-track project have smooth vocals and jaw-dropping lyrics including, “The Healing Component”, “Spread Love,” “Plugged,” “Daniel’s Bloom” and “Angles” featuring fellow Chicago rapper Noname.

Throughout the album, Jenkins investigates what he sees in the world around him and challenges listeners to break the norm society assigns us. He models the importance of following your own path.

He does all of this in a heavily poetic manner, similar to his Chicago counterparts — Chance The Rapper, Vic Mensa, Noname and Saba, to name a few.

The combination of incredibly articulate words with wavy sound makes for a truly special mainstream debut for the brilliant lyricist Mick Jenkins.

While both artists have different perspectives on one similar topic, both albums encourage listeners to step out of his or her comfort zones in attempts at gaining further experience, knowledge and sense of self.

All in all, incredible stuff from Mac Miller and Mick Jenkins.

“Study”Time:Game Night DESIGN BY CHRISTINA POPIK

When you have those nights when you and your buddies are bored, or those times when you are really looking for an excuse to take a break from studying, here are some games for those tired of “Cards Against Humanity.” - C. Martin

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A “Cards Against Humanity”-style game made

by Rooster Teeth Productions, based on the webshow of the same name. Pick from a variety of game styles that revolve around picking a black card (“Million dollars, but [blank]) and a gold card (“you livestream every bathroom trip you make.”)

Forget the rules, we play it based on the show: select the funniest black and gold cards from your hand, place them down and then everyone argues over whether they’d do it or not. Person with the most millions wins.

You can buy the game on store.roosterteeth.com for $25 (not including shipping), or ask your game design friends - they might have a copy.

An online game similar to the card game “Mafia.”

Relive the Salem Witch Trials and play from a variety of randomized roles and work with your faction to kill off opposing townsfolk.

Sitting in a circle with our laptops on “ChaosAllAny” mode. Don’t talk to the others about the game - that’s cheating!

Grab your laptop and go to blankmediagames.com and make an account (it’s free). Become friends with your friends, create a party online and join a game!

A computer game that involves one person trying to defuse a bomb by completing a series of puzzles and a group of people telling them how to do it. The only catch? The defuser can’t look at the instructions, and the instructors can’t look at the computer screen.

Send the pdf to all your friends and, if you’re coordinated, assign each of them a puzzle they’ll help you complete. If you’re not coordinated, however, have fun screaming at each other hilariously.

A laptop. If you have a Steam account (steampowered.com), you can buy it from there, or just go to the website keeptalkinggame.com. It costs $15 unless you’re using Steam and there is a sale (which happens often).

The classic telephone game of repeating a phrase to a group of people and hearing it become garbled - except instead of talking, you’re drawing.

Each player rolls a die and gets a starting word.

Draw on your dry erase board what the word is and pass it down after 60 seconds. At the end, showcase all of them to the group and laugh at how terrible your drawing skills are.

This “adult” version costs $29 on Amazon.

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RUNDOWN MEN’S SOCCER Niagara 1, QU 0 – Sunday Chrys Iakovidis: 5 saves Rashawn Dally: 4 shots WOMEN’S SOCCER Niagara 3, QU 0 – Saturday Olivia Myszewski: 3 saves FIELD HOCKEY Liberty 6, QU 1 – Friday Hannah Teicher: 6 saves Lauren Belskie: 1 goal WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 6, Guelph 1 – Friday M. Samoskevich: 2 goals, 1 assist T.T. Cianfarano: 1 goal, 1 assist Meghan Turner: 1 goal, 1 assist VOLLEYBALL QU 3, Siena 0 – Wednesday Maria Pansari: 42 assists Natalie Alechko: 14 kills QU 3, Iona 0 – Saturday Pansari: 26 assists Alejandra Rodriguez: 10 digs QU 3, Manhattan 0 – Sunday Pansari: 40 assists Jen Coffey: 12 kills RUGBY QU 30, Notre Dame (Ohio) 5 – Saturday Maggie Myles: 2 tries WOMEN’S GOLF T-7th Place Finish (Dartmouth Invitational) – Saturday and Sunday

GAMES TO WATCH MEN’S SOCCER QU at Marist– Saturday, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S SOCCER QU vs. Fairfield – Wednesday, 3 p.m.

QU vs. Marist – Saturday, 1 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY QU at Villanova – Friday, 4 p.m.

QU vs Hofstra – Sunday, 3 p.m.

MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU vs. McGill (Exhibition) – Saturday, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU vs. Maine – Friday, 6 p.m.

QU vs. Maine – Saturday, 3 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL QU vs. Canisius – Saturday, 1 p.m.

QU vs. Niagara – Sunday, 1 p.m.

SOFTBALL QU vs American International (DH) – Saturday, 11 a.m., 1 p.m.

QU at Hartford (DH) – Sunday, 12 p.m., 2 p.m.

MEN’s CROSS COUNTRY Paul Short Invitational – Saturday, 10 a.m WOMEN’s CROSS COUNTRY Paul Short Invitational – Saturday, 10 a.m.

MEN’S TENNIS Quinnipiac Invitational – Friday Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.

WOMEN’S TENNIS QU at UCONN – Tuesday, 3 p.m.

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GAME OF THE WEEK

Men’s soccer falls to Niagara

Purple Eagles score OT winner to spoil Bobcats’ MAAC opener

By LOGAN REARDON Contributing Writer

The Quinnipiac men’s soccer team fell to Niagara in overtime on Sunday afternoon in Hamden by a final score of 1-0.

The match’s lone goal came at the 95:39 mark when Niagara midfielder Bautista Pedezert struck one in off a free kick. With the loss, the Bobcats fell to 4-5 on the season.

The Purple Eagles snapped a fourgame losing streak and improved to 2-5-1.

This match marked the beginning of MAAC play. Quinnipiac was one of only four MAAC teams to win four games before conference play began, but the team knows that how they play in the conference will determine its fate.

“It’s a conference game. Everybody starts with a clean slate and everybody is looking to do what Niagara did today, pick up as many points as possible,” Quinnipiac head coach Eric Da Costa said.

“Every game is important, our guys knew that, and obviously Niagara knew that too.”

Quinnipiac dominated the first half, outshooting Niagara 6-0. By the end, the Bobcats outshot the Purple Eagles 12-7 and goaltender Chrys Iakovidis made five saves.

The shooting disparity is specifically why Da Costa and the team were so dejected after the game.

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Men’s soccer senior midfielder James Doig jostles with a Nigara defender in Sunday’s 1-0 overtime loss.

“It’s about getting results now,” Da Costa said. “When you have that much possession and dominate the game, you have to put your foot on the gas and try to get something out of it.”

Da Costa says the Bobcats were clearly upset after the loss, believing his team should have won a game in which they seemingly dominated.

“They’re devastated, and they should be,” Da Costa said. “We

played a good game, we controlled every aspect of the match offensively and defensively. We limited their opportunities and created playmaking opportunities. The only thing against us was luck.”

Looking forward, Quinnipiac travels to Poughkeepsie, New York on Saturday to take on Marist, another MAAC foe. The Bobcats look to quickly forget this tough loss and shift their focus to Marist.

“We’ll pick ourselves up and

take a look at Marist and try to pick up some points there,” Da Costa said. “We’re going to prepare this week for the challenges that they present.”

Marist sits at 5-2-1 and will begin its MAAC play against Quinnipiac. Da Costa showed a clear sense of confidence in his team going forward despite the loss.

“We’re going to be competitive and have a chance to win that game,” Da Costa said.

Women’s ice hockey still ‘feeling it out’ as regular season nears ICE HOCKEY from Page 16 This is especially the case when six veterans, most notably 100-point scorers Nicole Kosta and Nicole Connery, have moved on and five freshmen are coming in.

The women’s ice hockey Class of 2020 includes forwards Abby Cleary and Kenzie Prater, defensemen Kati Tabin and Allison Roethke and goaltender Abbie Ives.

The freshmen were responsible for three points on the afternoon as Cleary notched a goal with 1:23 remaining in the first. Prater and Tabin each picked up an assist in the game.

While not all of these players may make an immediate impact,

Turner does have expectations for them down the road.

“All three of them are good puck movers and are going to bring something in the long run that’s a little bit different and I think for now our goal is to get them playing to our expectations defensively and limiting second shots,” she said.

Turner was also impressed with the play and work ethic of sophomore Kenzie Lancaster. Lancaster suited up for 32 games last year, registering one assist and 11 shots.

However, this year could prove to be a breakout season for her.

“What [Lancaster] put into her training the entire season last year and then through the summer is beyond any other athlete I’ve seen,” Turner said. “She has this drive

and growth mindset to get better and it really showed… We expect her to do big things for our team this year.”

Lancaster was paired with Prater and captain Emma Woods on the second line and picked up an assist on the season, exhibiting smooth puck control and an ability to set up the cycle for the Bobcats.

Turner is still working out her defensive pairings, but the Bobcats listed two senior-freshman combinations on Sunday’s depth chart.

Senior Taryn Baumgardt started with freshman Kati Tabin, and senior Emma Greco shared the blue line with freshman Allison Roethke. Sophomore Kate Mackenzie, along with juniors Alicia Barry and Shannon Cherpak, rounded out the

rest of the Bobcats’ defense.

“We’re really feeling out how it’s going to work,” Turner said.

“We played seven D today and they played evenly so we’ll watch the video, assess and figure out what is the absolute best for this team.”

The exhibition game served as a chance for Turner to evaluate her team in a game situation and put some of her younger players to the test.

For the players, it offered a chance to get some experience before the regular season and Samoskevich liked what she saw.

“With the new freshmen, we all have the same systems,” Samoskevich said. “So it’s cool to see us all gel together when we play.”

Consolini: Pandolfi’s path ‘something to really look up to’ PANDOLFI from Page 16

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were also impressed that she came back for the 2016 season.

“She never lets anyone get her down, even after everything, coming back from her injury,” junior defender Jillian Consolini said. “I think she has probably one of the most determined attitudes on our team to be successful.”

Sarah Pandolfi’s determination has shown so far in the first half of this 2016 season.

“I didn’t know what to expect of her this year. I thought we might get

10 or 15 minutes a game, and I think we have gotten more out of her,” Clarke said.

Through the first nine games of the season, Pandolfi is averaging 41 minutes per game. She also has three goals, one assist, and a total of seven points, which is the fourth most on the team. Pandolfi also has the best shot percentage on the team (0.333).

For the week of Sept. 5, Pandolfi earned the MAAC Player of the Week. It was the first weekly award honor of her career here at Quinnipiac.

“I was pretty shocked. I had never won an award like that,” Pandolfi

said. “I know my teammates helped me a lot. One of our coaches, Stephen Coxon, always says a quote. It goes like, ‘If you want to be successful, don’t worry about who gets the credit,’ because it’s the whole team that’s doing that.”

Not only is Pandolfi a great player, but the players see her as a role model, too.

“I’m a year younger than Sarah and sometimes I view Sarah as being a lot older than I am, and I think it’s just because she’s gone through so many things with soccer,” Consolini said. “For her to transfer and have a hard experience at another

school, then come here and pick it up, and really make a name for herself at Quinnipiac, especially this year, I think that’s something to really look up to.”

With the hope that she will have a complete senior season, the team believes she can stay consistent.

“She’s probably one of the hardest working people on our team, and you can just tell by whenever she gets on the field, the switch flips for her,” Consolini said. “She just becomes so determined, and she’s a forward for our team, and she’s always going out there, and her intention is to score goals.”

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The Saskatchewan Rush selected former Quinnipiac men’s lacrosse player Ryan Keenan (‘16) first overall in the National Lacrosse League draft on Monday.

USCHO.com put the Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey as the No. 2 team in its preseason poll. The Bobcats only sit behind No. 1 North Dakota in the rankings.

Quinnipiac volleyball tied a Division I program record with its sixth straight win in a 3-0 sweep over MAAC opponent Manhattan.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Clockwise from left: Freshman Alejandra Rodriguez bumps the ball to set up a pass in Quinnipiac volleyball’s win over Iona on Satruday, freshman Natalie Alechko elevates for a kill in the team’s win over Manhattan on Sunday, sophomore Kat Miller winds up for a spike against Manhattan when the team earned its Division I program record winning streak.

Rachel Horton Quinnipiac women’s tennis senior Rachel Horton became the 21st player in program history to reach 100 career wins. On top of that, Horton won a championship in the consolation singles bracket on the final day of the West Point Invitational on Sunday.

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“There’s more than excitement now. There’s that fierceness about wanting to get another win.”

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Women’s ice hockey prepares to defend its ECAC title in the 2016-2017 season with a 6-1 win over Guelph in exhibition play

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Sophomore forward Kenzie Lancaster (left) and junior defender Alicia Barry (right) returned to the ice with the rest of the women’s ice hockey team in an exhibition win over Guelph on Sunday.

By SAM DaCOSTA

Associate Sports Editor

Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey opened up its season with a 6-1 victory on Sunday against the Guelph Gryphons in an exhibition game at High Point Solutions Arena.

“It felt good to get back out on the ice,” head coach Cassandra Turner said. “Our team worked hard in practice and it showed.”

The Bobcats, No. 1 in the ECAC

hockey preseason poll, dominated possession and outshot their Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) opponents 32-7.

Turner took the decisive victory over the outmatched Gryphons with a grain of salt.

“There’s a lot of good things that happened today, but a lot of things we want to clean up like you’d expect at the beginning of the season,” Turner said. “But I’m

happy with how people worked to step up and take on bigger roles and just figure out what they can do for the team, so that was a positive thing today.”

Another positive for the Bobcats was the play of sophomore winger Melissa Samoskevich, who tallied two goals and an assist on the afternoon. She lined up on the left wing at center ice to start alongside center T.T. Cianfarano and right wing

Meghan Turner.

That first line combined for four of the Bobcats’ six goals and controlled the pace of play for a majority of the time they were on the ice.

Cianfarano and Turner registered a goal and an assist each.

“They’re both older players, so they’re both experienced and it’s really fun to play with them,” Samoskevich said of her linemates.

“We’re all at the same place because

we all play with the same systems, but there’s definitely improvement to do, but overall, proud of us.”

The systems Samoskevich referred to brought success to the Bobcats last year, resulting in an ECAC Hockey Championship, but like any new team, implementing and perfecting the system might take some time.

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Sarah Pandolfi back and better following season-long injury

By MICHAEL DALTON Contributing Writer

Over the course of her collegiate soccer career, senior Bobcat forward Sarah Pandolfi from North Haven, Connecticut, has traveled a unique path on her way to success.

Before becoming a Bobcat, Pandolfi had originally committed to UMass Amherst to play soccer.

However, her college experience there was short-lived.

“I didn’t really like [UMass,] the size of it. The coach there, I just wasn’t getting along with him,” Pandolfi said. “I thought at first I really wanted to be at a bigger school.

Once I got there, the population was 25,000-30,000 students, and it just wasn’t my fit. I also didn’t like being that far away from home.”

Pandolfi said a big reason why she chose to transfer to Quinnipiac was because her former high school teammate, Caitlyn Shaw, was playing for the Bobcats.

Shaw was going to be a senior when Pandolfi was transferring to Quinnipiac for her sophomore year. “[Shaw] helped me to understand the experience here more than [head coach] Dave [Clarke] could help with social life and every-

thing,” Pandolfi said. “I realized a smaller school and a school closer to home would fit me better.”

In 2014, Pandolfi was just one of two women on the team to appear in all 17 games and was the primary striker for the Bobcats. She had 35 shots on the season, the most on the team, and a season-high seven shots against Iona on Sept. 24.

Her two assists of the year were game-winning assists; the first one came in the second half against Vermont on Sept. 13 and the second coming against Marist in a thrilling double-overtime victory on Oct. 15.

However, Pandolfi was then forced to sit out the entire 2015 season due to injury.

“I had never been injured for that long of a time. It was like a year and a half, and it took me away from the field and playing with my teammates,” Pandolfi said. “The whole time, I was very bitter and angry about it, but once I got to step back on the field, I realized that I got to see a lot of stuff off the field of people in my position... Mistakes I would make and things I would mess up on, and by being off the field I think that helped me to become a better player and learn more,” Pandolfi said.

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Senior forward Sarah Pandolfi has seven points through nine games this season for the women’s soccer team.

“If I wasn’t injured, I probably wouldn’t have acknowledged a lot of stuff that I should have about me and my playing ability” Pandolfi said.

Even Clarke was a little surprised that Pandolfi came back from her injury after being away from the team for such a long period of time.

“Her injury, for a lot of players,

could have been a career-ending injury,” Clarke said.

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