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New app warns noisy neighbors By REBECCA CASTAGNA Staff Writer
Three seniors have teamed up to improve relations between Quinnipiac students and families living in Hamden. Connor Croteau, Stanley Martone and Thomas Nassr are the co-founders of Kricket, a new web application which allows neighbors to notify students that they are being too loud through an anonymous text message. They launched the app for beta testing on Saturday, March 1. Those who are registered on the site can send an automated message to noisy neighbors that reads, “Please quiet down,” and is followed up by a “Thank you.” Sending a Kricket is an intermediate step people can take before calling a resident assistant on campus, or the Hamden Police Department off campus. With these courtesy texts, the co-founders aim to avoid police involvement and improve relations between university students and families in the area. “It alleviates a lot of stress from the neighbor if they have this good relationship with their neighbor, with Quinnipiac students or even if it’s on campus, with fellow peers,” Martone said. Since the product launch, the Kricket team has recruited 60 houses See KRICKET Page 3
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Nearly 600 people attended QTHON Saturday evening where the event raised $31,174.29 for the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.
QTHON raises more than $31,000 ‘for the kids’ By ADEILA COUSER Staff Writer
When junior Ryan Laguna, president of Delta Tau Delta, attended Quinnipiac’s first QTHON in February 2012, he viewed it as “just another philanthropy event.” “I didn’t really get it at first,” Laguna said. “But what makes QTHON different is that you actually see what you’re changing and who you’re helping. You meet the families with young kids who come
to the event and share their stories, and that’s when it really hits home.” QTHON is a six-hour dance marathon organized by Delta Tau Delta. It is part of a nationwide student-run movement involving more than 150 schools who support Children’s Miracle Network hospitals. This year, 583 people attended Quinnipiac’s third QTHON event, raising $31,174.29 for the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in
Hartford. “I think QTHON 2014 was hands down the best QTHON yet,” Laguna said. “We more than doubled our participants from last year and we exceeded our goal of $30,000.” The last QTHON was in December 2012 and had 250 participants, Laguna said. The organization raised $20,100 for Connecticut Children’s Medical Center that year. “The way I always try to de-
scribe this event to people is ‘it’s not an event, it’s a feeling,’” Laguna said. “It’s something you really have to experience in order to get the full impact of what it does.” The event raises money for “miracle families” at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center who cannot afford treatment for their children. Eleven families were present at this See QTHON Page 8
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Patti Floum was asleep at 11:30 p.m. last Monday when her phone rang. It was a maintenance worker at the Aspen Glen Apartments, telling her Building 3 in the complex was on fire. Not bothering to change out of her pajamas, Floum, the Regional Property Manager at Aspen Glen, threw on her snow boots and rushed in her car to the apartment complex. She stayed on the phone with the maintenance worker, and learned the building had been evacuated within minutes and no one was injured. “My biggest concern was the students and the rest of the occupants, that they were OK,” Floum said. The fire started because a resident dropped a cigarette near the building,
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Floum said. Police told Floum the resident was intoxicated, she said. “Instead of putting [the cigarette] out, he kicked it and it went against the building,” she said. “It caught on fire and the fire went up, outside of the building and once it got into the top, then the roof caught on fire and that’s when it got really bad.” The experience was “horrific,” Floum said. “As you can imagine, it’s devastating,” she said. “I never experienced a fire like that on our property.” The building was evacuated within minutes and the fire safety systems worked properly, Floum said. “All the fire equipment responded perfectly,” she said. “The sprinklers went off, the alarms went off, the fire See RECOVERY Page 5
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The Ukraine ousted its president in February after months of riots and protests. Russia then moved their forces into the peninsula of Crimea in the Ukraine last week. The Chronicle asked students what they think of these recent events. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Katherine Rojas
Taylor Frawley | Sophomore
SENIOR MANAGING EDITOR Matt Eisenberg
“I think Ukraine is just going to be a big huge mess and it’s going to cause a lot of issues with the Ukraine and Russia. I think it is going to have a lot of back effects on us and Obama...I don’t think we should be doing anything. I think that we should almost let them deal with their own issues because it is not involving us yet.”
SENIOR MANAGING EDITOR Katie O’Brien DESIGN EDITOR Hannah Schindler NEWS EDITOR Julia Perkins ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Amanda Hoskins ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Nicole Hanson ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Sarah Harris ASSOCIATE ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Sara Kozlowski
Ben Jerome-Lee | Senior
“I do not want to see U.S. boots on the ground at all. I think that if anything the UN should get involved especially since Russia is one of the five countries involved in the UN security council, they are not assuming the role that they should be in this sort of conflict. They are instigating things instead of actually trying to work towards de-escalating the mounting protest.”
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Maura Desharnais | Sophomore “I am not surprised because I think that Russia would look for a weak link and kind of attack it...I think that currently the U.S. has its hands in enough situations but I think it is something that should be addressed prior to there being an issue.”
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Adam Friedman| Sophomore
“I don’t think that Russia should be doing anything. It really is not their business. I don’t think we should do anything either.”
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By Amanda Hoskins A rundown on news outside the Quinnipiac campus
Russia invades the Ukraine
New Haven home catches fire
Man mispronounced as dead
Russian forces invaded and took over the peninsula of Crimea in the Ukraine on Sunday, according to CNN. The Russian Prime Minister called this a declaration of war, but the United States and its allies want to punish Russia both economically and politically, according to CNN. Russia’s actions will “negatively impact Russia’s standing in the international community,” according to President Obama. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in the Ukraine Tuesday and is working to help the Ukraine. Questions are already arising about what actions the United States will take against Russia and its president Vladimir Putin.
A large fire broke out in a multi-family home in New Haven late Saturday night, leaving five children and five adults homeless. The cause of the fire is still under investigation; however, officials believe the fire began on the first floor of the home. The fire was “labor intensive,” according to the New Haven Fire Chief Michael Grant, and firefighters continued to work even after the fire was put out to ensure nothing rekindled inside the walls. The home was not completely destroyed, but the families must relocate for a great while before the home will be safe to live in.
Officials pronounced Mississippi man Walter Williams dead at his home Wednesday, but the next day he was found alive, according to CNN. At around 9 p.m. Wednesday with no pulse, medics made the announcement that Williams was dead. Williams was taken to the funeral home the next day when workers noticed that he began kicking inside the body bag, trying to get out, a source told CNN. Williams was immediately rushed to the hospital. Hospital officials believe that the defibrillator may have kick-started the man’s heart. Videos on CNN show Williams’ children overjoyed with the news they have not lost their father.
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Kricket to create presence at Quinnipiac KRICKET from cover not owned by Quinnipiac, and 52 off-campus Quinnipiac-owned houses to sign up, Croteau said. Senior Tim DiMauro and his housemates signed up for the service. They live off campus and are surrounded by both families and couples, but they have never had problems with their neighbors, he said. “As of right now my neighbors have not [signed up] but I still think it will be an extremely useful tool in the future,” DiMauro said. “By sending an anonymous text it prevents conflict and awkward interactions between neighbors and will also give students a warning to quiet down before the police are called.”
“We like to say Florida State produced Gatorade, Harvard produced Facebook, and we want Quinnipiac University to produce Kricket.” – CONNOR CROTEAU CO-FOUNDER, KRICKET
Senior Jackie Pegno lives on New Road next to students, and says she has never had a problem with noise. She thinks the web app will be more relevant for students who live near families. “Even on the weekends we are all out or all sleeping around the same time but I’m lucky since I’m around students but I think it would be great if you’re around families so there’s no bitterness between them,” Pegno said. “I would totally sign up if I was around families.”
The co-founders have prior experience as entrepreneurs through their initial venture together, Rate and Rent. It is a website service that allows students to rate their landlords, find a house and pay rent online. Though they started developing Rate and Rent last year, Kricket is the first product they have officially launched. “We noticed there was a problem with the university and the town and off-campus housing making a disruption in the community,” Croteau said, referring to this academic year’s slew of busted off-campus parties. In October, several students were arrested for breach of peace. Thirteen students were cited for creating a public disturbance in offcampus housing. “We kind of put Rate and Rent on hold and decided to solve this problem,” Croteau said. The co-founders got Kricket going in less than a month, using connections they already made and resources they have garnered during the past year. Students can register a house on the website by providing an email and phone number. The website tracks a user’s current location, so users can only send the text while in the registered house, to avoid abuse of the service. Once a student signs up, representatives from the Kricket team go around to neighbors and offer the service. For now, the service is free. Croteau, Martone and Nassr are working with Residential Life and other organizations to market the product. As of now, Kricket is self-funded by the three students, and they plan to offer the service to Quinnipiac students for the rest of the year for free. When it picks up, they plan to expand the service to other schools. “We like to say Florida State produced Gatorade, Harvard produced Facebook, and
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Stanley Martone (left), Thomas Nassr (center) and Connor Croteau (right) created an app that allows neighbors to send an anonymous text message, asking students to quiet down to avoid a call to the Hamden police or Residential Life we want Quinnipiac University to produce Kricket,” Croteau said. But before Kricket can expand nationally, they plan to create more of a presence at Quinnipiac. As an RA on campus, Martone says campus housing is a big market, and they will begin to target these residents starting next month. “Noise is a really big issue,” Martone said. “If we hold our students accountable and basically [if they are] reasonable, if they get a Kricket, they’ll quiet down. We don’t want
the RAs coming to the doors. We don’t want Public Safety coming to our doors and we don’t want Hamden PD coming to our doors.” Each neighbor is allowed three Krickets an hour, or six every 48 hours, Martone said, and no customization of messages will be allowed. “There could be a level of harassment if we do give [users] the option to customize and we don’t want that,” Martone said. “We want it to simply say, “Please quiet down,” and if you listen…it’s a win-win situation for all parties.”
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QU offers online mummy science course By ADAM CAZAZ Staff Writer
TransLoc app now available The TransLoc app, which allows students to track shuttles, is now available in the app store. Public Safety has been working on this app since September. Students can also go to quinnipiac.transloc.com to see the map, which labels where each shuttle is. The map ranges from the Mount Carmel campus to New Haven.
University honors Islamic Awareness week This week the university is celebrating Islamic Awareness week. Students can try on a traditional Muslim head at the Muslim Student Association’s event on Friday from 9 a.m. to noon in the Carl Hansen Student Center. The Muslim Student Association hosted a speaker on Monday who discussed what it is like to be Muslim after the Boston Marathon bombing. The organization also held a panel on Tuesday when students discussed their experiences of being Muslim in America
More than 1,000 miles away, professor Ronald Beckett posts videos about mummy science on Blackboard from his home in Phoenix, Ariz. On campus, students study the videos and materials for the online UC credit course Scientific Study of Mummies. “The goal of the class is to provide learners with a greater appreciation for cultures and the practice of mummification around the world,” Beckett said. “It is very important that mummies are seen as past relatives, people who walked the earth just like we do now, rather than a curiosity.” The class fulfills a science requirement for some students. “The course is also dedicated to seeing science and the scientific method as something that can be applied to all aspects of our lives,” Beckett said. It is also offers students an opportunity to learn about the culture and history of mummies. “We study the lives and time of past peoples, the diseases they had, the trauma they may have experienced, the care they received if they were unable to care for themselves,” Beckett said. Professor Beckett founded the Bioanthropology Research Institute at Quinnipiac with the help of Professor Gerald Conlogue in 1998. This research then became material for the class. Beckett’s work with mummified remains has been featured on the Dis-
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Professor Ronald Beckett teaches an online course on mummy science. Beckett has traveled to Papaua New Guinea to study mummification. Above, Beckett observes the experimental smoked body mummification of a pig in the village of Koke. covery and Learning channels. material. Beckett gives weekly assignShannon Winslow, a sophomore “You would just sit back and relax ments, such as short papers, where physical therapy major, took the and take it in,” she said. “It was a lot of students compare the cultures of the course in the summer of 2013. Win- pictures of images, not so much hav- mummies. slow said she enjoyed the unusual ing to memorize things.” “One very important aspect of class structure the course offered since Winslow said there were no tests this course is that the learners engage it was taught through online videos. or quizzes for the class. in the discussion boards,” Beckett “When I started taking the class I “Even the science behind it said. thought it would be a lot of Ancient was really cool and how it can help Beckett said students told him Egypt,” Winslow said. “But we cov- science today,” she said. “I think each lecture was like watching the ered Incan mummies, we covered the fact that it just broadened my National Geographic. mummies that are in America and we horizons on that made me look a little “The online format and the concovered a little bit of Egypt.” bit deeper into how it could affect my tent are perfect for each other in that Winslow went online every day major or my career was really really the learner can view the lectures at to view Beckett’s videos of the course interesting.” anytime,” Beckett said.
Students debut original plays in NYC
Enjoy tea and soda bread at IGHM The university will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum. Students and other museum visitors can enjoy tea and soda bread from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, March 17. The museum will also give out the book “Celebrating 250 Years of the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade” for free.
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Thirty-four theater students performed their own 10-minute plays last weekend in New York City at the Abingdon Theater Company.
Event to help raise money for the homeless Students can eat breakfast for dinner Thursday night at the Quinnipiac Christian Fellowship’s fundraiser for the non-profit organization Life Haven. Life Haven shelters homeless pregnant women and single mothers in New Haven. For $5, students can enjoy breakfast foods from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Carl Hansen Student Center.
By SARAH DOIRON Staff Writer
Thirty-four students participated in the New Play Festival in New York City at the Abingdon Theater Company last Thursday, Feb. 27. More than 30 plays were submitted to the Abingdon Theater Company in December by students and only seven were chosen to be in the festival, theater professor and adviser Kevin Daly said. More than 50 people auditioned for the seven 10-minute plays that had the same setting of a diner and the theme of decision making. There were sold out performances on Saturday Mar. 1 at both 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Daly said.
“Performing for an actual audience in New York City was unbelievable,” Junior occupational therapy major Aleczander Farquharson said. “The energy of the audience brings a whole new life to the show and being in New York made it all the better.” For Daly, nothing he has ever experienced has been as rewarding as the New Play Festival. “At one point I was able to sit in the back of the theater and I was watching the playwrights watch the audience watch their play,” Daly said. “And the energy of being in New York and performing for a sold out house is something you can’t often experience.” Abingdon Theater Company has
had a positive relationship with the university and conducts various professional workshops for students interested in theater, Daly said. This year, Daly met with the Abingdon Theater Company in September to discuss the possibility of providing more options for theater students. When the company mentioned a new play festival to Daly, he said he thought it was an excellent opportunity for students. “Abingdon Theater Company’s mission is to work on new American plays and that is a part of our curriculum here at Quinnipiac that the theater department wants to expand upon,”
Daly said. The 34 students were hard at work throughout four weeks of rehearsals in the Black Box Theater before opening night. As an advisor for the students, Daly said his job was to keep the process student oriented. “I never once put on an artistic hat and told students what to do,” Daly said. “But I was always there in an advising role.” Junior psychology and fine arts major, as well as a playwright for the festival, Samantha Chasse said she was at first timid to put her work out there, but does not regret her involvement in this experience. “Being a playwright is so new to me and usually I don’t share my writing with anyone,” Chasse said. “But the whole group working on the festival made me comfortable with my choice to be a part of the experience.” Involvement in the New Play Festival is not just for theater students and anyone of any major can take part in this experience, according to Daly. “Eight months ago, none of the shows even existed,” Farquharson said. “Playwrights, directors, stage managers, actors, designers and Kevin Daly all came together to create something that had never been done at Quinnipiac before, and it was honestly a blessing to a part of it all.” Quinnipiac Theater for Community and the Abingdon Theater Company are working together to make the New Play Festival an annual event, Daly said.
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Forbes, Feal, Jenks to lead commencement By AMANDA HOSKINS Associate News Editor
Steve Forbes, John Feal and Andrew Jenks will speak at the three commencement ceremonies in May, the Student Government Association announced during the men’s basketball game last Thursday, Feb. 27. Forbes will speak at the commencement ceremony for the Schools of Business and Communications. Forbes is responsible for writing editorials in the nation’s leading business magazine, “Forbes,” which is a part of his company’s flagship program. He has written a number of books and his company produces a great deal of publications and websites. “Because it is both the schools of business and communications, I think [Steve Forbes] is the perfect person because he kind of bridges that gap,” senior Jennifer Adler said. “He is a publisher but also does a lot of business so I think it is kind of perfect.” Feal will be the speaker for the Schools of Health Sciences and Nursing. Feal was a first-responder
for 9/11, he received the New York State Congressional Medal of Honor for Civilians and Beyond for his donation of his kidney and advocacy in 9/11. He created the FealGood Foundation, which has a mission to assist first responders and individuals who were injured as a direct result of their efforts at the World Trade Center following 9/11. Senior Shannon Savage said she is excited to hear a 9/11 first responder speak. “I have worked as an EMT for a couple of years so I am pretty excited to hear about his experiences especially since I am going into health care,” Savage said. “I am hoping it will be inspirational and uplifting.” Jenks will take the stage at the commencement ceremony for the School of Arts and Sciences. Jenks directed, produced and starred in documentary film, “Andrew Jenks, Room 335,” where he shows viewers what it is like to live in an assisted living facility. Jenks has lived in New York City; Kathmandu, Nepal; Brussels, Belgium and Japan. When he was 16
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Steve Forbes (left), John Feal (center) and Andrew Jenks will speak at the threee commencement ceremonies on May 18. years old, Jenks founded the Hendrick cabinet came up with a list of ideas ture,” McDonald said. Hudson Film Festival, one of the big- for commencement speakers they McDonald said there was an gest high school film festivals in the thought people would like. The cabi- endless list of people the senior class United States. Jenks also stars in the net then sent an email survey to the cabinet could choose from for the MTV show “World of Jenks,’ where senior class to see which speakers the commencement speakers, and in the he follows unique young people and students wanted to see most. end they were happy with the people experiences what they go through. Forbes and Feal were the No. 1 they could get. “[Andrew Jenks] is really rel- selection for their schools and Jenks All commencement ceremonies evant and I actually knew who he was the second choice for those in will take place on Sunday, May 18. was,” senior Paige MacLeod said. the School of Arts and Sciences, se- The School of Business and Commu“He isn’t just someone on MTV [for nior class president Emily McDon- nications ceremony will begin at 9:30 ‘World of Jenks’]. He actually seems ald said. a.m. The School of Health Sciences like someone who is educated about “I just want somebody who can and Nursing will follow at 2 p.m., things.” wrap up the four years that we have and the College of Arts and Sciences Eight members of the senior class spent and make us excited for the fu- ceremony will begin at 6 p.m.
Cigarette determined as cause of Aspen Glen fire RECOVERY from cover doors closed. Everything happened exactly as it should have.” Students who lived in Building 3 spent Monday night with friends or on the York Hill campus, where the university offered housing to displaced students. “There were quite a few Quinnipiac students in the affected building,” Floum said. “They have all been beautiful. I mean, they understand the problem, they’ve all been patient, they’re smiling. It’s really very heart-
warming how they’re all behaving through such a tragedy.” Senior Theo Siggelakis’ apartment was water damaged in the fire. He was able to move back into his apartment last week. “I am just really thankful that nothing too bad happened,” he said. “I was only displaced for a few days and nobody is hurt. All is well. I mean I am definitely trying to be extra cautious when I cook and I don’t plan on lighting candles in my apartment any time soon.” Building 3 has two hallways,
Floum said. Only one unit on the right-hand-side hallway was affected by the fire, and the residents on this side of the building could move back into their apartments on Thursday, she said. The residents on the other side of the building, whose apartments were damaged more by the fire, were reassigned new units, Floum said. To restore the building, J.P. Maguire Property Damage Cleanup and Reconstruction of Wallingford will use dehumidifiers and fans to dry out the units that have water damage, owner
Jim Maguire said. Maguire estimates about 10 to 15 units had water damage. “[The units] can be salvaged and the carpet may not even need to be replaced if we get the water out immediately,” he said. “So it’s prudent to be expedient.” The company will build a temporary roof and then gut about five of the units in Building 3, Maguire said. This will take about six to nine months, he said. “We’ll remove everything that’s burnt and damaged and anything
that’s left,” he said. “We’ll deodorize it, make sure that there’s no smoke smell and then basically at that point it’s just like a regular construction job.” The dry wall, electrical wiring, some of the plumbing, the trim, the interior doors and the carpets will be replaced, Maguire said. The Red Cross came to help residents, but Floum said Aspen Glen mainly handled the issue itself. “We really handled it beautifully,” Floum said. “I couldn’t imagine it going any smoother than it did.”
SPB weighs student opinion in concert selection By NICOLE HANSON Associate News Editor
The Student Programming Board makes its choice for the fall and spring concerts based on what the students are looking for, said Stefano Fasulo, associate director of student center and campus life. “There’s a lot of work that happens in the background that I don’t think students are recognizing,” Fasulo said. “We look at many concert agents, we look at trends, we look at the list of top 100s...But at the end of the day, we want to know from the students.” The Mainstage committee sends out a survey at the end of the fall semester listing potential comical and musical acts SPB hopes to bring to the university in the spring, Fasulo said. “We can take this list of potential performs and say, ‘Well, do you think you’ll be interested in any of these?’” Fasulo said. “We can get a gauge of which one would work best on our campus.” The committee decides which performer to bring to campus strictly based on survey results, Mainstage Kristin Foley said. “It’s not who I want, it’s who the student wants,” Foley said. Foley said Mainstage tries to cater to the majority of student opinions, but also focuses on having diverse shows
each semester. “Quinnipiac’s pretty diverse, so there’s people who like different music,” she said. “Some genres are more popular than others, but we’re not going to do five rap concerts in a row.” Even though the Mainstage committee tries to accommodate the most popular genres chosen on the survey, Fasulo said the decision process comes with complications. “I would love to see a higher response rate [with the survey],” Fasulo said. “I say that because then we can make a better informed decision of what we can bring on campus.” Foley said some students have complained about Capital Cities, the Wake the Giant Spring Concert act, since most people only know one song by the band. However, freshman Tiffany Green said she likes exposing herself to new music. “I already bought my ticket [to the Capital Cities concert],” Green said. “I’m really into music and stuff like that, so I kind of like just finding out about new bands.” Aside from hearing new music, Foley said there are other upsides to this spring’s concert. “Tickets are only $10, there’s
Students enjoy the Student Programming Board’s Fall Fest concert in September. nothing else to do that night, there’s no shuttles to New Haven,” Foley said. “Take a study break for three hours, come out and have a last hoorah with your roommates before summer.” Freshman Alex Collins said he thinks SPB could have booked a more popular group to perform at the Wake the Giant Spring Concert. “When you follow up with Ke$ha
and B.o.B., who are obviously like way bigger artists, we were kind of expecting a little bit more of the same,” Collins said. Foley understands not everyone will be happy with the performers. “The people who are complaining or don’t want to go, that’s your own choice,” she said. “Also be aware that Quinnipiac is diverse community;
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we’re not going to be able to please every single person on campus.” Fasulo said SPB cannot please all students, but the organization strictly programs for the undergraduate population. “They’re not programming for themselves–they’re programming for the students,” he said. “In a sense, students are our eyes and ears.”
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Housing selection is fun for no one TWEETS OF THE WEEK The only time i really feel like i fit in here at quinnipiac is when i wear my “EAZY” snapback @PhilLentini Phil Lentini Awkward when you almost set the whole cafe on fire cuz your bagel gets stuck in the toaster. #quinnipiacproblems @CharmedtobeRay cheek bones. someone smells like some serious baby wipes here in the library #quinnipiacproblems @JacCham21 Jaclyn Chambery The library and student center are way too small for the amount of students here right now #noseats #quinnipiacproblems @ClaireMarren Claire Marren the one night its 5 degrees outside quinnipiac turns off the heat, but every other night I sweat my ass off @AbbiePerri Abbie Perri
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Housing selection season is upon us. Few consideration will put everything into perinstances come to mind that match the level spective: it all comes down to luck. of stress that accompanies this process. I live in first floor Hill and consider myThis year, I was blessed with the self lucky to have the room, but it came No. 1 lottery pick for junior houswith a price. Only having five people ing. People always give me the and in search of a low number, we sarcastic congratulations for had to search for people to fill the having such a luxury, not that room. We knew nothing about our they are to blame. Sometimes current roommates and had to trust the pick, however, becomes a only after a couple meetings that distant memory. In hindsight, we could live with them. having the first pick as a freshman When a good lottery number is definitely the better of the came into my suitemates two. and my possession, the The freshman matter on where to live housing process became a struggle all its is among the most own. Originally all dead stressful one can posset on Hill, after visiting sibly experience. If a room in New Village, you do not have the half the room wanted to necessary seven members, the de- IAN MCCRACKEN go in another direction. Associate Sports Editor bate on whether to split up or take It became so divided that the @IMcCracken0014 a random suitemate arises. Maybe suitemate with the lowest lottery living with a residential assistant is a means number left in search of a group who wanted of obtaining a good room, but that may hin- to go his way. The night before roommate der your social life. selection, we scrambled to find a seventh The complications are numerous and roommate. It just happened that the only many students will have to settle for an un- person available was the one that left the desirable living situation. Before the dread- group. Ultimately, we got a good room, but ed season of room selection arrives, one the process was one I wish upon no one.
For freshmen, there is a possibility of demotion in dorm quality. Consider the reality of living in Mountainview, a former sophomore dorm, and then moving to the less-appealing suites of Troup or Perlroth. And if you or your roommate doesn’t have a lottery number less than 150, chances of a dorm in Hill and the Villages being open is slim to none. As a junior, there really is no unfortunate option for housing, rather an improved degree of something better. Future juniors who choose to live on campus have the options of Townhouses, Westview, Crescent, and select New Road houses, all dependent on the lottery number, of course. In terms of dorm quality, there is little to complain about; some qualities are just slightly better than others. If none of these options are appealing or students are ready to live off-campus, the Aspen Glen and Town Walk apartments are a possibility, along with houses in the area if any are available. What the process did teach me, however, is that having a good pick does not necessarily mean smooth sailing. Sometimes you lose roommates due to Residential Life or wanting to live with other people. Other times the type of room everyone wants to live in may differ.
Photography is more than just a job It seems like everyone these days it’s not always as easy as it looks. has a camera with them. Whether it’s My mother, Julie Maher, who is the a cell phone or an actual camera, staff photographer for the Wildlife people can always be ready to take a Conservation Society says, “It is picture at a moment’s notice. With harder for photographers to find the emergence of social media, paid work, especially full-time more and more people can jobs, because it is an era where post pictures of their daily everyone has a camera. lives. These pictures Quality is less important can be liked, shared, than quantity.” and distributed freely Since most media throughout the Internet. publishes online now, They say pictures photographers are forced are worth a thousand to become multifaceted in words and it’s because what they can do which MEGAN MAHER Photography Editor photography is more than is to not only take pictures, @meganmaher4 just taking photos. You can see but also film and edit videos. things differently through the lens, things Photographers also have to carry heavy that a normal person might not see. Emotions gear wherever they go in order to get the can be captured in such a way that can bring best picture. So most people do not realize tears to someone’s eyes and celebrations can the amount of work it actually takes to be a be captured in much the same way as defeat. professional photographer. So what does this mean for photographers Even though many news sites encourage who are actually paid to take these pictures? people to post photos for their use, social My mother is a professional photographer media has become the mecca for photo and exposed to me what it really means to and video posting. Social media has now be a photographer. Growing up, I would gathered, what are now being called citizen always go to events with my mother, and journalists, i.e., ordinary people that can
post stories, photos or even videos of events. Citizen journalists can help bring new light to stories and events that a writer might not have seen before. This is what can make it hard for photographers to do their jobs. In my experience as the photography editor for The Chronicle, its almost easier to ask for photos online then to actually go the event or person especially when there is a deadline. “Professionals have to create a story, write a story, fulfill an assignment, have a mission, manage their assets, sell their photos, market themselves and stay abreast of technology,” Julie Maher said. So to all those people who do not think photography is a real job, or think anyone can just become a photographer, I can tell you there is more work than fun. Photographers may get to go to all the “cool” events like sports games, speeches or concerts, but they are more often than not put into dangerous situations as well. Journalists aren’t the only ones covering wars and civil unrest, the photographers are there too. So next time you think photographers have it easy, just remember we can go where you go and carry camera gear.
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Make more time for sleep Between getting involved, studying for midterms and maintaining social lives, sleep seems to be the last thing on some of our minds. Cutting down on sleep may eliminate the fear of missing out, but it can come with many consequences, according to the University Health Center at the University of Georgia. The average college student gets about six hours of sleep a night, when eight hours is the ideal amount, according to the Huffington Post. Although students like myself tend to cut down on sleep to finish homework in the late hours of the night, making a daily to-do list could be much more effective. Think about it: if you have what you need to do and when laid out in front of you, wouldn’t it be that much easier to sit down and just do it? Of course, no one can organize every second of their day. Plans change and
assignments may take longer than expected. deprivation can increase stress and lower However, noting the most important your GPA, even if you’re losing sleep to parts of your day could help to study. regulate your sleep schedule. If you’re cutting back on sleep Going to bed and waking to make the grade, you may be up around the same times each surprised to see a decrease in your day can help eliminate sleep GPA. Lack of sleep can reduce deprivation, according to the concentration levels, causing University of Michigan’s students to zone out when writing Health Service. Setting a papers or test poorly. midnight bedtime may not As if being cranky and be ideal on a Toads night, having a decreased GPA but going to sleep at 1 isn’t bad enough, lack a.m. on weekdays and of sleep can also lead 5 a.m. on weekends can to weight gain. Sleep cause more damage deprivation affects than you think. certain hormone levels, Other than causing increasing the desire to you to feel tired, sleep eat high calorie foods, NICOLE HANSON loss can harm various aspects according to the University of Associte News Editor @nicole_hanson11 of your life. According to the Georgia. University of Georgia, sleep Though a fair amount of us
experienced the “Freshman 15,” many of us were quick to consider ourselves victims of the cafeteria food instead of looking to our sleeping habits. Sleep deprivation may seem to be the answer to our troubles much of the time. Cutting back on rest can allow us to study more and still have a social life, but over time, it causes damage that we may not always see. In order to keep your GPA, weight and sanity in tact, try your best to create consistent study and sleep habits. Organizing every minute of your day may not be the simplest task, especially if you like to procrastinate as much as I do. Netflix, Tumblr and other technologies are much more entertaining than writing an English paper. But at the end of the day, will you be stressing about not finishing the “Breaking Bad” series or your midterm assignment?
WISE WORDS FROM AN ALMOST ADULT
Stay busy over spring break As some students pack their sunscreen and swimwear, you are stuck at home enduring the struggles of home life. Your siblings are lingering in your room, pestering you for rides to the mall or some extra cash. Your parents are nagging or bragging or doing whatever parents do and it always turns out that your home friend’s calendar never matches up with yours. Needless to say, spring break can sometimes be a huge bummer for those going home, but it doesn’t always have to be. Instead of moping around, waiting for fun to find you, have an awesome spring break on your time and your budget.
1. Give yourself a project If you are tired of constantly doing schoolwork, but still want to stimulate your brain assign yourself a project. Have you ever wanted to learn your grandma’s muffin recipe?
Or learn how to fish? This is your time to do it without any interruptions. You can finish this project by yourself or with a friend, just make sure it is something that you have always wanted to do.
2. Give back
feel so much better about yourself.
3. Share your goals Why should you have to spend Spring Break doing stuff by yourself when you can have a friendly competition with someone? If you want to really achieve a goal, try doing it with a friend or family member. This will not only motivate you, but keep you interested in it for the long run.
In every single state or county there is always an opportunity to lend a helping hand. It does not have to be a monumental project like Habitat for Humanity, but could be something as simple as Whatever fits your budget, take a minicleaning out your closet and donating vacation away from your break. It could be clothes or baking for a community the casino 20 minutes away or the next state. bake sale. Every little bit counts Just because you are forced to go ANNA WAGNER Staff Writer and every little bit will make you home does not mean you have to stay
4. Take a little trip
home. This could mean day trips or weekends, tailor it to your time and money.
5. Plan, plan, plan Unless you intend on living in your bed, eating take out and watching Netflix for the next 168 hours, give yourself a schedule. Make sure you do something productive with your week. On Monday, do yoga and get coffee with a friend. On Tuesday invite your buddies over and have a Star Wars marathon. Just because you plan something does not mean it has to be elaborate or expensive, just make the most of your time off. Spring Break is not an invitation-only event. If you go to school, get decent grades and attend class you deserve this vacation, even if it means staying home with mom and dad.
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Duffy dances for kindness By SARAH HARRIS Arts & Life Editor
Laying in a hospital bed, Pat Duffy, just 16 years old, was awoken by an assistant for his routine check. Duffy lifted his washcloth from his forehead and asked the assistant to wet it, the only thing to distract him from the pain. The assistant obliged and then placed it on Duffy’s forehead. By the end of his stay, Duffy didn’t need to ask the assistant, because the assistant knew what Duffy wanted. “Those kind of things — you don’t see that in a normal hospital. It’s different,” Duffy said. This kindness is not only why Duffy is now a fifth-year physician assistant student; it’s also why he dances for the kids. Duffy, a former member of Delta Tau Delta, spoke toward the end of QTHON, the school’s third annual dance marathon, sharing his experience with Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and why it means so much to him. Duffy had surgery at the CCMC for a pectus excavatum, a condition in which a person’s breastbone is sunken into his or her chest, according to the Mayo Clinic. “It’s an indent of the chest,” Duffy said, pointing to his chest. Pectus excavatum is found in one in 600 to 2,000 newborns. It is caused by an overgrowth of cartilage between the ribs and sternum according to WebMD. The surgery consists of putting a metal bar in his chest to bend out the sternum. Duffy underwent his surgery in December 2007 and stayed in the hospital for what he described as six painful days. Duffy was told to not engage in physical activity for three months, which kept him from playing football in gym class and had other people help him carry his backpack to and from classes. He still felt pain after three months, but was able to play golf on April 20,
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Pat Duffy, a fifth-year physician asisstant student, attends QTHON to fundraise for Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, where he spent time as a teenager when he underwent surgery. 2008, and the next day, he played football, tennis and ran around. On April 22, he was admitted to the emergency room for hemothorax, also known as internal bleeding. Duffy didn’t need surgery and had stayed for only three days, just feeling weak. When thinking about a career, Duffy had a variety in mind including a history teacher, an engineer and a lawyer. But Duffy’s surgery was in the back of his mind. His initial feeling about working in hospitals was that he hated it. He then started thinking about all those people who reached out to him at his time at CCMC. Duffy researched physician assistant, after shadowing one at a Hartford hospital, he knew what he wanted to do. He thought back to his stays at
CCMC and reflected on the care he received. Different nurses would come to Duffy’s room to see how he was doing even if he wasn’t their patient. The University of Connecticut women’s basketball team came and he got all their autographs. He recalls the nurse, Kerry, who went out of her way to make Duffy comfortable before his operation. Even the assistant with the washcloth factored into Duffy’s decision. “That meant a lot to me because he remembered who I was, he remembered that that really helped me, that’s all I really wanted and he took the initiative to do it,” Duffy said. It became an easy decision for Duffy to major in becoming a physician’s assistant.
“Looking back,” Duffy said, “it really was that time in the hospital that moved me to want to do something to give back in a way that those people gave to me.” In February 2012, Delta Tau Delta brought QTHON to the university. Members went and took a tour of the hospital, and Duffy told his brothers why it meant so much to him. AJ Billingsley, QTHON co-chair and Delta Tau Delta member, was touched by Duffy’s experience. “QTHONstarted when we were juniors and the experience at the hospital and how they saved [Duffy’s] life time and time again really came in clutch with our fraternity trying to make sure we had the full support of everyone. From there, it just took off,” Billingsley said.
Duffy was seen dancing and highfiving people throughout the entire night. Burt Kahn Court blasted with music as students from a variety of organizations danced together while wearing the white and blue QTHON T-shirts. The six-hour dance marathon raised more than $30,000 for the hospital, which meant a lot to Duffy. “You see these kids that come in and they’re far worse than I was,” he said. “They’ve had problems their entire lives and they’ve struggled much more than I did, but they have such spirit and are so strong in their own way even though they may be 6 years old. It was cool to see the whole university recognize that and support those kids.”
Laguna: ‘It’s not an event. It’s a feeling’ QTHON from cover
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Abby Gould, Katie Dunford and Lauren White introduce Kirsten, a girl who was born with four heart defects, to QTHON on Saturday.
year’s QTHON to share their stories of how CCMC changed their lives. The families’ children range from 3 to 11 years old. They are currently undergoing treatment for diseases such as cancer and scoliosis. “It’s amazing, seeing these kids and seeing how much optimism and energy they have,” said senior Nicole Sparapani, hospital and family relations chair. “I look at my childhood and everything that I’ve experienced, and I just want them to experience that too… At QTHON, we dance for those who can’t.” The QTHON coordinators worked with Scott Organek, a rep-
resentative from CCMC, to organize the event and find 15 sponsors from local businesses and organizations on campus. Senior Allison Clemmey attended QTHON because her sorority, Alpha Delta Pi, was one of the event’s sponsors. “I think [QTHON] is a great way to support kids who are suffering terminal illnesses,” Clemmey said. “It really puts everything in perspective and makes you realize how fortunate you are.” Junior Grace Rivera-Owen, cochair for QTHON’s dancer relations and a member of the management team, was one of many students who said they were emotionally affected by the event. “I know it’s a Saturday night
and you’re giving up six hours of whatever else you might be doing,” Rivera-Owen said. “But it’s so amazing seeing those kids in there dancing like that and seeing their faces light up. They’re not afraid to high-five or dance with you. You can see that you’re making a difference in their lives.” The coordinators of QTHON said they hope to see the event grow in future years. “The only way CCMC can keep its doors open and help as many families as they do is by these dance marathons and the generous donations made to them year round,” Laguna said. “QTHON 2015 will be bigger and better than this year. Everything we have ever done and will always do is for the kids.”
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Crash The Party puts out second EP
By SARAH HARRIS Arts & Life Editor
Quinnipiac alum Ian Reibeisen never waited for opportunities to come his way growing up. Instead, he went out and made them. His mantra is, “Don’t wait for the invitation; just crash the party.” Hence the name of his band. Crash The Party, a pop trio, comprised of Reibeisen, Christopher Swane and Crick Butcher, started in college, but didn’t end after Reibeisen graduated. The band comes out with its new EP, “Radiate,” on March 18 and is having its release at The Space in Hamden on Friday. As a child, Reibeisen’s parents always had music playing. His mother always listened to Barbara Streisand and Elton John, while his dad listened to The Beach Boys. Reibeisen started his first band, Wasting August, in high school with Swane, when they wrote “great emo love songs,” Reibeisen said. Reibeisen never wanted to go college, but felt pressured to go because of his parents. He applied to a few schools, including Bucknell, since his entire family went there. But when Bucknell rejected him, he went to Franklin Pierce University, then left after only two days. “As I was pulling up the driveway I knew I wasn’t staying there,” he said, “and two days later I came home and had an epiphany that I had to do something because I was embarrassing myself.” He decided on community college for a year, then applied and was accepted to Northeastern University and Quinnipiac University. He came to Quinnipiac with the intention he would play tennis. “I didn’t make the team, is the short answer,” he said. With no tennis to play, Reibeisen joined Voted Most Random in the beginning of college. Reibeisen started Crash The Party in December 2012. Swane was studying at Boston College, but would come to Quinnipiac to eat at Ray & Mike’s Dairy and Deli. “The only reason I ever visited him at QU was for that amazing deli on Whitney Ave., Ray & Mike’s,” Swane said. “We’d get those ridiculous egg bomb sandwiches and the second either of us turned our back, our sandwich would be pummeled mercilessly by the other one. Like, beaten to the pulp. It’s a game we play on tour to this day, called sandwich punch.”
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Pop punk trio Crash The Party, comprised of Quinnipiac alum Ian Reibeisen (center), Crick Butcher (left) and Christopher Swane, is ready to release its third EP, “Radiate,” this month.
Crash The Party is about to kick off its tour with We The Kings in less than two weeks. Reibeisen was in London when he found out the news about the tour. Reibeisen says most of the songs he wrote come from the experiences he gained at Quinnipiac, “without being there, these songs wouldn’t be the way they are,” he said. The EP is made up of six different love songs. “‘Radiate,’ which is the title track, is just about that,” Reibeisen said. “Having that feeling like no other and everything that person does just makes you feel like such a different person so amazing and you can literally feel like you’re radiating when you are around this person.” Reibeisen’s typical day includes preparing for the tour, talking to numerous people about where they will stay during the tour to what designs they will be using for their merchandise. “We don’t sleep,” he said, twice.
Another part of Reibeisen’s day includes reaching out to fans that have sad Facebook statuses and being supportive of them. He says the fans make up so much of his life. His longtime friend Chris Mann sees how important Reibeisen’s fans are to him. “When I see him on stage or interacting with fans, he has this look in his eye and you
can tell he is the happiest person on Earth in that moment,” Mann said. The band firmly believes in people following their dreams and going out and making them happen. “Go make your tracks; if you feel something is suppose to be, then make it happen,” Reibeisen said.
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Emily's Music Corner
‘I want my MTV’ spring break Dozens of A-list music artists It’s that time of year again. The frigid wind feels as if it’s have graced the MTV Spring Break pummeling your body during the stages including Ludacris, B.o.B, excruciatingly long walk from Notorious B.I.G, Big Sean, MC Hammer and Paramore. College North Lot to CAS, just to spring break “fantasies endure another midterm have been shaped by test. MTV, which began Let me try that broadcasting its spring again. It’s that time break coverage in of year again! 1986 [from Daytona March is quickly Beach] and over approaching the years has which means redefined only one what spring thing- spring break is b r e a k ! all about,” Whether Complex. you’re going com’s Josh to an allBy EMILY MISIEWICZ R o b e r t s on inclusive Contributing Writer wrote. tropical resort Since the rise of EDM (Electronic or chilling at home, spring break is Dance Music), many festivals have a time for pure relaxation. When I was younger, I thought popped up in beach locations during college spring break meant three the spring break month of March. things: parties, alcohol and music. Along with festivals, musicians I remember watching the spring have been known to release new break spectacle depicted on MTV material and albums during this as students traveled to “typical” time. Country superstar Luke spring break locations from Bryan has released five “Spring Daytona Beach to Panama City Break” EP’s featuring songs about showcasing Veejays, music talent suntans, beaches and beer. He is set to release his sixth this year. and contests.
Emily’s Music Corner set out to find what students associate with spring break, if MTV has instilled certain fantasies and expectations in our minds, and if music is an integral aspect of the spring break experience. After surveying 66 Quinnipiac students using an anonymous online survey, only 38 percent of respondents associated “music” with spring break, while 70 percent associated the words “vacation” and “relaxation” with the break. While MTV has glorified alcohol with spring break, only 30 percent of the participants associated drinking with spring break. The students who did associate music with spring break stated that spring break “gives you time to find new music and actually listen to it,” while another believed “music can either lighten the mood or liven up the night, both of which are integral parts of spring break.” Some did feel that there was a relationship between music and partying as an aspect of spring break, stating, “because music is our high when partying,” while another respondent stated, “music is my background to fun and relaxation.”
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Home is where the break is Students choose home for spring break
By KELLIE MASON Staff Writer
Spring break can be the ultimate vacation for any college student. Male and female students are attracted to the idea of partying all day and night. This year tens of thousands of students will flock to the beaches in Florida and Mexico, but what about those that decide not to jet set? Next week students will be on planes, trains and cars trying to get as far away from campus as possible. Whether it’s to a beach to soak up some very necessary vitamin D or your bed at home, enjoy the time away from school. Before you know it, you will be in the library studying for finals. Some spring break vacations have a heavy price tag. According to DoSomething. org, more than 1.5 million students go away every year and collectively spend more than $1 billion. “I don’t have any money to go away, plus I didn’t plan ahead,” sophomore Jack Brady said. “I’m going to University of Massachusetts for the first half of [spring break] to visit a friend and then I’m going home,” freshman Lindsay Adam said. “I’m going home because I can’t afford to go anywhere else. My
parents said that if I wanted to go somewhere then it’s on me so I’m just going to save for something else.” Many students also miss their family and being at home. Sophomore Sarah Johnson is looking forward to seeing her parents and working. Sophomores Alyssa Beiner and Melissa Boucher both agree that they don’t have the money to spend for a vacation and they want to spend time with family. Buzzfeed acknowledges spring break isn’t just a week of getting tan and partying all day and night. The site recently published a community post, 16 Reasons You Should Go Home for spring break. “Number 2: Are you really going to say that you don’t want to spend a week curled up on the couch? Number 10: And at home, there is no danger of getting markered up if you pass out on the couch...there is a significant risk that you may get tucked in though.” Freshmen Amanda Leveillee and Julianna Marrone will be relaxing at home. “I will be catching up with old friends,” Marrone said. “Over the summer I usually do stuff.” Senior Marissa Bogris spent three spring breaks at home because she had to work. She knew that if she saved up enough money she
RAVE Here’s Jimmy
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After 22 years, an Emmy award and endless A-list celebrity guests, Jay Leno has stepped down from his hosting duties at “The Tonight Show,” a staple of American late night television. Enter funny-guy Jimmy Fallon. Previously, Fallon served as the quirky man-child host of “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” and before that, one of the players on “Saturday Night Live.” Fallon took over for Leno on Feb. 17 and since shared the iconic stage with celebrities like Will Smith, Drew Barrymore and Paul Rudd. Using his nice-guy hosting technique and a kind-hearted approach to jokes with a twist of sarcasm, Fallon’s new show is nothing short of an instant success. Fallon’s new show, like “Late Night,” still includes fan-favorite segments Pros & Cons, Superlatives and Suggestion Box that have the live audience hysterical immediately upon delivery. The show also continues to feature digital short-style segments. The most recent being “Wastepaper Basketball” with Fallon and professional basketball player Lebron James singing about the art of rolling up pieces of paper while simultaneously duking it out an office, slam dunking into a garbage can. Fallon has kept his fan base from “Late Night” to “The Tonight Show,” with the debut episode venerating more than 10 million viewers according to Today Entertainment, and selected bits and sketches generating more than 1 million individual views on YouTube. In a review of the new show, Michelle Stark of the Tampa Bay Times said, “So relax, Jimmy. You’re so winning, and you’ve surrounded yourself with such great talent, that you could do a Late Night retread in your sleep and it’d be entertaining,” Judging by the first few episodes, “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” is on the fast track to late night television success. If it’s half as good as Late Night, there is a lot of laughs ahead for Jimmy Fallon. – K. O’Brien
would be able to enjoy a trip her senior year. Uloop, a website connecting thousands of students from different universities, has an article on the top five reasons to go home for vacation. The top point is that you save money. Another perk to being home for break is that you can do your laundry for free. That doesn’t happen while on the beach in Mexico. According to BillShrink.com, the average college student spends $1,100 while on break. With that money, you can buy a new laptop, a spring wardrobe or 140 Domino’s large, one-item pizzas. Spring break can be a time to get focused on summer plans. Will you be applying for internships? Will you need to fill out more job applications at local restaurants and shops? Internship deadlines are around the corner. “I will be spending most of my time home searching for summer internships,” sophomore Tiffany Morrissey said. “I have been so busy at school, I can now sit and focus on future plans.” No matter how you will be spending the upcoming seven to eight days, remember to enjoy and make the most of the break. Before you know it, you will be registering for the fall semester or purchasing your graduation cap and gown.
Spring break facts • On average, college students consume six drinks per week. On spring break, students consume at least 10 drinks per day. • Each year, 2,600 Americans are arrested when enjoying their spring break overseas. *Facts according to DoSomething.org
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Fast food has done it again. Just when you think the food can’t possibly get any grimier, it does. For those who have no idea where this is going, just wait. Here it is everyone: Taco Bell has announced it will be serving “waffle tacos” as part of its new breakfast menu. The waffle taco consists of a waffle-shaped taco with a sausage patty, scrambled eggs and cheese on the inside. It also comes with maple syrup to put on top. The breakfast menu is scheduled to launch March 27, according to Taco Bell’s website. Taco Bell takes the cake on this one. The competition is over; everyone can go home now. It is truly a heart attack in a waffle, there is no way any other fast food chains can top this. The waffle taco has received the most attention so far, but many of the other items on the new breakfast menu are equally absurd and unappetizing. The fast food chain will feature other early morning disasters like its new “Cinnabon delights,” which appears to be a munchkin sugar donut filled with icing. There’s also something called the “a.m. crunchwrap,” which has a hash brown, sausage patty and egg all stacked on top of each other and is all thrown inside a grilled tortilla wrap. This is just too much to handle. Taco Bell has completely gone insane, clearly, but at the same time, it seems like it’s reached a moment of clarity. The new introduction of the waffle taco is going to do wonders for the company in terms of money and publicity. Even if the food looks awful, people are still going to talk about it. Maybe some people won’t want to buy any of it, but it’s getting the word out. A lot of people know about this waffle taco nonsense when the product isn’t even on the market yet. Despite how nasty the food looks and how unhealthy it is, people are going to be so curious to try it anyway. So, good job, Taco Bell. You have successfully made the weirdest breakfast menu on earth. – S.Kozlowski
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Caro: ‘She is always focusing on the next shot coming’ TILTS from page 16 Quinnipiac head coach Danie Caro is honored to have Tilts as a part of her team. The leadership qualities Tilts has presented the team has made her job as head coach easier. “We’ve enjoyed having Sam around the team because of her attitude,” Caro said. “She can let up nine goals, but she is going to save the next one. She always is focusing on the next shot coming.” As a goalkeeper, one of Tilts’ unique abilities is to have a short memory on past goals. This ability
“Playing a little bit freshman year helped me get the jitters out. It helped me come out sophomore year much more confident.” – SAMANTHA TILTS JUNIOR GOALIE
has been a huge factor in her success as a Bobcat. Adjusting to college wasn’t a difficult task. Playing on her various club teams and in high school, Tilts had the opportunity to play against talented competition. “Playing with the girls on my
summer league teams gave me a lot of experience coming into college,” Tilts said. During her freshman year, Tilts split time with then-senior Noelle Martello. In her first season, Tilts posted a 2-4 record with a .453 save percentage in 11 appearances. “Playing a little bit freshman year helped me get the jitters out,” Tilts said. “It helped me come out sophomore year much more confident.” Tilts did improve her sophomore season, becoming the fulltime starter. In 16 starts, she posted a 7-9 record and she bumped her save percentage up to .457 percent. Tilts’ fondest memory at Quinnipiac was when the Bobcats traveled to the University of Vermont and pulled off a last-second upset to beat the Catamounts by the score of 12-11. Tilts made 12 saves in the game and helped the Bobcats secure the victory. “It was a really good feeling winning that game cause it made us realize if we work hard and play together we can go out and beat anyone,” Tilts said. Now in her junior season, Tilts is looking to continue her progress of becoming a better goalkeeper. After a long offseason of preparing, including facing teams like UConn and Yale in the fall, she is ready to lead the Bobcats in anoth-
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Samantha Tilts prepares to deny a scoring chance in 2012. er season. “I think playing those games helped prepare us for the upcoming season,” Tilts said. The Bobcats open up their season with a difficult non-conference schedule, facing teams like UConn, Albany and Yale, but these
games are leading up to the team’s inaugural Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference season. Caro is feeling confident this season because of players like Tilts. With seven seniors and four juniors, the team is loaded with experience and good role models for
the younger players. As for Tilts, she is ready for her junior year, and expects nothing but big things. “I think as long as we play together and we play as a team,” Tilts said, “we can go as far as we want to.”
Late Siena comeback sinks men’s basketball By BEN DIAS Staff Writer
A nearly perfect month of February did not end the way the Quinnipiac men’s basketball team hoped it would. The Bobcats had their seven-game winning streak snapped last Thursday night at TD Bank Sports Center. Siena’s Rob Poole poured in a three-point play with 35 seconds left in regulation to give the Saints a 72-70 victory over Quinnipiac. The loss closes a month where Quinnipiac went 7-1 but kills the Bobcats chances of earning a share of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference title. Instead, it now gives Iona the regular-season championship. “We were outplayed tonight,” Quinnipiac head coach Tom Moore said. “We flat out were outplayed. We weren’t sharp. All year long we’ve made a ton of big plays down the stretch in games whether it be offensively or defensively. We didn’t make them tonight. So we lose.” Ike Azotam led Quinnipiac (199, 14-6 MAAC) with 15 points and 10 rebounds for his 43rd career double-double. Ousmane Drame scored 12 points to go along with 10 rebounds but played just 18 minutes due to foul trouble. Despite the foul issues, Drame recorded his 13th double-double of the season. Drame ended up fouling out with 34 seconds left. Brett Bisping led Siena (14-16, 10-9 MAAC) with 16 points and
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Ousmane Drame dropped 12 points to go along with 10 rebounds in Thursday’s 72-70 loss to Siena. 10 rebounds, which earned its third straight win. Poole and Lavon Long both scored 13 while Ryan Oliver netted 11. Zaid Hearst struggled for Quinnipiac on 4-of-16 shooting but added 12 points, all in the second half. Hearst hit what looked like a key 3-pointer from the left wing with
51 seconds left to give Quinnipiac a 69-66 lead. On the next possession, Long drew a foul on Drame ending his night with his fifth foul on a drive to the basket with 35 seconds left. Long made the first and missed the second, but Poole boxed out Hearst to corral the rebound, made the put-
back, and completed a three-point play to give Siena a 70-69 lead with 33 seconds remaining. “That’s a simple box out that we normally do,” Moore said. “We had chances but we didn’t make the plays on defense or on offense.” Quinnipiac had an opportunity to regain the lead with less than 10
seconds left in regulation, but James Ford Jr. airballed a 3-pointer with seven seconds left to play. Following Long’s two free throws, Quinnipiac had possession with a chance to tie, but Justin Harris bobbled an inbounds pass for a potential gametying 3-pointer. Harris was then fouled and made one of two shots to eventually end the game. The Bobcats outrebounded Siena 45-37 but committed more turnovers and missed more free throws. Quinnipiac had 16 turnovers compared to Siena’s eight. The Saints also made 19-of-21 free throws, while the Bobcats went 15-of-22 from the line. “We made too many mistakes,” Moore said. The Saints overcame a 10-point, first-half deficit thanks to a 7-0 run to close out the half. Quinnipiac led 34-33 at halftime. Harris added 11 points and five rebounds off the bench. Evan Conti scored 10 points, including two 3-pointers in the first half. Quinnipiac’s Umar Shannon missed nearly all the second half after he was helped off the court after the first media timeout. Shannon played 24 minutes, and appeared to fall after a few players collided down on the court in the paint. “It doesn’t look good,” Moore said on the potential injury. “We don’t know much now, but it was his knee and it doesn’t look good. He did it on a drive. He landed awkwardly.”
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RUNDOWN MEN’S BASKETBALL Siena 72, QU 70 – Thursday Marist 103, QU 72 – Sunday WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Iona 80, QU 72 – Thursday QU 86, Manhattan 78 – Saturday Jasmine Martin: 19 points MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 8, St. Lawrence 0 – Friday Matthew Peca: 2 goals, 4 assists QU 1, Clarkson 1, OT – Saturday WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 5, St. Lawrence 0 – Friday Chelsea Laden: 28 saves QU 2, St. Lawrence 1 – Saturday SOFTBALL Oakland 7, QU 1 – Friday Campbell 10, QU 6 – Friday West. Mich 13, QU 1 – Saturday Fla. Atlantic 15, QU 4 - Sunday BASEBALL Tennessee 13, QU 2 – Friday Tennessee 4, QU 3 – Saturday Tennessee 9, QU 4 – Sunday MEN’S LACROSSE QU 16, Providence 9 – Sunday WOMEN’S LACROSSE Albany 16, QU 2 – Saturday
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Women’s ice hockey scores five in Game 1 By NICK SOLARI
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After losing last year’s ECAC Hockey first-round matchup to St. Lawrence in three games, the Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey team needed to start this year’s postseason on a good note. Shiann Darkangelo scored two first-period goals, Chelsea Laden turned in a 28-save shutout, and Quinnipiac went on to defeat St. Lawrence 5-0 in Game 1 of the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals at the TD Bank Sports Center Friday night. “Getting back on the winning track was so important,” Quinnipiac Coach Rick Seeley said. “We’ve had a tendency this year, when we get one or two goals, to sit back a little bit. We just have to play the same game, and we did tonight.” Darkangelo scored less than five minutes in, and the Bobcats would never look back. Kelly Babstock intercepted a St. Lawrence pass at mid-ice, skated toward the St. Lawrence net and wristed a shot at Saints’ goalie Carmen MacDonald. The puck deflected off MacDonald’s left pad, and Darkangelo was able to track it down and put it home to give Quinnipiac the 1-0 advantage. “We had good forcheck all night, we were pressuring them,” Darkangelo said. “On the first one Babs had a shot in, both Emma
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Shiann Darkangelo recorded Quinnipiac’s first two goals in Friday’s win over St. Lawrence. [Woods] and I were there trailing the play.” Just over three minutes later Darkangelo scored again, this time off of the faceoff. Quinnipiac won the draw from the left dot, and Darkangelo sent a one-timer past the right side of MacDonald to make it 2-0 with 12:34 left in the first period.
“She’s been great since the beginning of the year,” Seeley said of Darkangelo. “She’s scored in almost all of our big games, and she did again to night. It’s nothing new for Shi.” Meghan Turner was the next Bobcat to score, as she netted a goal 2:03 into the second period. Amanda Colin and Emma Woods each
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added a goal in the third period to extend the lead to five, helping Quinnipiac take a 1-0 series lead. Goaltender Chelsea Laden did the rest, recording her eighth shutout of the year. “I just felt really confident going into this game. It helped getting two early goals in the first period,” Laden said.
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Clockwise from top left: women’s ice hockey captain Amanda Colin celebrates after scoring during Game 1, Cydney Roesler reacts after scoring in the first period of Game 1; Kelly Babstock raises her arm after scoring in the first period of Game 2.
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Boo Abshire is averaging seven assists per game, which leads the MAAC.
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TOURNEY TIME Men’s, women’s hoops shooting for title By IAN MCCRACKEN Associate Sports Editor
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Jasmine Martin averages a team-high 15.3 points per game.
In the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference preseason poll, the Quinnipiac men’s and women’s basketball teams were ranked No. 7 and No. 3. Come March, however, both are preparing for the MAAC Championships. The men have earned the No. 3 seed while the women hold the No. 4 seed for the upcoming tournament. The men’s basketball team plays the winner of No. 6 Marist vs. No. 11 Niagara, while the women go up against No. 5 Canisius. The tournament will held at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Mass. The women start March 7 and the men begin tournament play the next day. The championship games are set for March 10. Against Marist, men’s basketball split the season series. The Bobcats dropped their last game of the season Sunday at Marist, 103-72. It was their second consecutive loss after winning the first seven games of February. The Bobcats took both regular season meetings vs. Niagara. Umar Shannon was unavailable in either of the Bobcats’ losses. In the last game of February vs. Siena, Shannon went down with a knee injury in the second half, forcing him to undergo season-ending surgery. He averaged 14.3 points this season, third most on the team. The frontcourt tandem of Ike Azotam and Ousmane Drame will need to step up in his absence. The two have led Quinnipiac to be the
leading rebounding team in the conference, grabbing 46 boards each game while holding their opponents to 33.7 per game. Canisius posed no problems to the women’s basketball team’s success, however. The Bobcats won both meetings against the Golden Griffins, holding them to 55 points or fewer while scoring 65 in both meetings. In the first meeting on Dec. 21, Jasmine Martin scored 22 points. Brittany McQuain lifted Quinnipiac in the second meeting with 18 points and seven rebounds. McQuain was named to the All-MAAC Second Team, as she ranks third in the conference with 9.2 rebounds per game, second with 1.9 steals per game 10th with 12.9 points per game. Quinnipiac’s inaugural season in the MAAC has proved to be a launching point for both teams. Both teams alternated wins and losses early in the season, but the men closed the last two months with a 13-5 record and the women finished 12-5 in the same span. Both teams showed improvement on offense as the season drew to a close. The men’s basketball team averaged 82.4 points per game in its final nine games. The women averaged 78.4 points in the same span. Defense, however, was not a strength for either team down the stretch. The women allowed 68.2 points per contest in the season’s final month, a half-point higher than its season average. The men allowed 79.3 points per game, three points higher than the season’s average.
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Tilting the playing field Women’s lacrosse goalie establishes herself as a leader By ALEC TURNER Staff Writer
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Samantha Tilts started all 16 games for Quinnipiac in the 2013 season, as she posted a .457 save percentage.
Since her freshman year of high school, Samantha Tilts had a dream of playing Division I lacrosse. With the great supporting cast she surrounded herself with, Tilts fulfilled her dream and is now the starting goalkeeper for the Quinnipiac women’s lacrosse team. Playing goalkeeper for Paul D. Schreiber High School in Port Washington, N.Y., Tilts learned how to become successful enough to play at the collegiate level. Along with playing at Schreiber, Tilts also played for club teams, such as School Girls National and 91 Lacrosse. “Surrounding myself around people who were playing competitive lacrosse helped me succeed,” Tilts said. Tilts has played with talented lacrosse players her entire career. In her graduating class in high school, three of her teammates went off and played at the collegiate level. This high level of competition has helped Tilts excel at the sport. “The girls that I began playing with in-
spired me,” Tilts said. “Seeing them start looking at schools made me realize I could do it too.” After looking at various schools to play for, Tilts eventually decided to become a Bobcat. After talking to the coaches and some of the players on the team, she was sold on making Quinnipiac her home for the next four years. Three years later, Tilts is looked at as one of the team’s leaders as the starting goalkeeper. “The girls I play with feed off each other’s positive attitude, so it makes me play harder,” Tilts said. Tilts’ positive attitude has the ability to rub off on everyone on the team, and it has helped her teammates as a whole. “Sam is great to be around as a teammate because she’s always positive and encouraging,” junior attack Kyra Ochwat said. “You can take a horrible shot, but she will always say, ‘You got the next one’ and it picks you right back up.” See TILTS Page 13