The Quinnipiac Chonicle Issue 12, Volume 83

QUChronicle.com November 13, 2013 Volume 83 Issue 12 Proud recipient of the New England Society of Newspaper Editors' award for 2012 & 2013 College Newspaper of the Year

ARTS & LIFE Managing your messy roommate, page 12

Full story, more photos, Pages 10-11

OPINION Prayer space for all faiths, page 8

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Last Saturday was the 12th edition of the annual Heroes Hat Championship between Quinnipiac and Yale. This year, the two teams played to a 3-3 tie.

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“One of the last things we want to do when we respond to a house party is arrest people. That’s not our primary mission,” -HAMDEN POLICE CHIEF THOMAS WYDRA

“You’re living off campus, you’re paying for a house. You're not on Quinnipiac’s campus anymore,” she said. “If you have a house party in high school they’re not going to kick you out of high school. You were at home.”

Senior Michael Levene, who lives off campus, thinks the parties are part of a larger problem.

“Right now we’re having an issue with the town even without parties going on,” Levene said. “I think a big issue is that the campus is running out of places to house the kids, so they’re moving off campus, but the town doesn’t really like the kids

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The university will dismiss students who host off-campus parties broken up by the Hamden Police Department, Executive Vice President and Provost Mark Thompson said in a press release.

“This semester has been a difficult one for us and the university,” Hamden Police Chief Thomas Wydra said.

The Hamden Police Department broke up 14 off-campus parties two weekends ago where the Hamden police charged 22 students, according to a press release from Captain Ronald Smith of the Hamden Police Department.

Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Monique Drucker emailed students Monday night, reminding them to act responsibly off campus.

“We are equally committed to providing our neighbors in the towns of Hamden, North Haven and New Haven a pleasurable experience with our students,” Drucker said in her email. “Whether you reside in the surrounding community or are a resident student visiting the nearby towns, it is our expectation that you share in this commitment.”

Drucker cautioned students they were “placing [their] student status in jeopardy” if they violated the Student Code of Conduct and the Good Neighbor Policy.

The Good Neighbor Policy states the university has the right to reprimand students who behave inappropriately off campus.

“Quinnipiac reserves the right to address, through the Student Code of Conduct process, incidents which occur off campus that may endanger the health, safety and welfare of others and/or adversely affect the University and/or the pursuit of its objectives,” the Good Neighbor Policy says.

Sophomore Marisa Raguso plans to live off campus next year and said the university should not be involved with off-campus parties.

Is Quinnipiac being fair with dismissing students for off-campus parties?

moving off campus, so here we are in a pickle.”

Senior Kerry Richardson, who lives off campus, believes the university’s policy does not affect her as much since she is 21.

“I understand why it has to be so strict, just because they want to hold a good reputation,” Richardson said.

“But I think it’s also hard for students just because it’s really causing a negative effect on the social scene for students.”

The majority of students who live off campus are responsible, Wydra said, but some have caused problems in Hamden.

“There are some [students] who have caused major disturbances that have disrupted the quality of life in our neighborhoods, and jeopardized public safety overall,” Wydra said.

The many off-campus parties may be the result of the New Haven police’s effort to prevent minors from going to bars and restaurants, according to Wydra. The increasing violence in New Haven may also be a contributing factor in keeping students in Hamden.

“The Hamden Police Department will continue to work collaboratively with Quinnipiac University officials, and take swift action against those whose behavior adversely impacts the safety and security of the residents of Hamden,” Wydra said.

However, the Hamden police’s goal is not to arrest students, Wydra said.

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BobcatNet to be upgraded by fall ‘14

By SARAH DOIRON Staff Writer

Students may see a faster campus network by the beginning of the fall 2014 semester, thanks to the freshman cabinet of the Student Government Association’s proposal to improve BobcatNet, according to freshman class president Chris Desilets.

The plans for improving BobcatNet began Tuesday, according to Information Security Officer Brian Kelly.

Kelly said improvements will continue to be made gradually throughout the spring semester and should not disturb students’ daily routines. Students should still be able to log onto BobcatNet, and can expect faster network at some areas of campus, according to Kelly.

Most of the work involving construction in the residence halls will be completed during the summer of 2014, Kelly said, because adding and replacing access points is easier to work on when the residents are not there.

Desilets, along with Anisha Manglani, a freshman class representative, worked as a team to pitch the idea.

“As a student here I would like to have the WiFi connection here similar to the one that I have at home,” Manglani said. “When I got here I realized it wasn’t on that status, so I felt as though there should be an improvement.”

During his campaign, Desilets said one of the major issues students complained about was BobcatNet.

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“The ability to use Internet, especially for our generation, is so commonplace,” Desilets said.

“Having a slow connection where you can’t complete online quizzes, or even watch Netflix, it becomes an issue.”

Kelly said SGA has a good proposal for improving BobcatNet. “When we put [BobcatNet] up seven years ago, it was top of the line and in the best position to support the students,” Kelly said.

Due to overcrowding on the network, Kelly said the wireless access points that connect devices to BobcatNet need to be replaced and improved to support students in the residence halls.

“We are seeing on average three to five devices per student,” Kelly said. “The access points were designed to support each student only having one or two devices. The new and improved access points will add capacity to help make [the network] faster.”

According to Kelly, SGA helped him gain administration’s support for this project, as he had originally requested for improvements on BobcatNet. While there is no exact price on how much this project is going to cost, Kelly believes it will cost “in the ballpark of $1 million.”

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Students speak up:

Primary elections

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Katherine Rojas SENIOR MANAGING EDITOR Matt Eisenberg SENIOR MANAGING EDITOR Katie O’Brien DESIGNER AND ILLUSTRATOR Hannah Schindler

“I mean eventually I think that I am going to live there [Vermont] again so I think it is more important to know what is going on there.”

-Rachel Meagher

freshman, health science major

COPY EDITOR Sara Kozlowski

ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Amanda Hoskins ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Caroline Tufts

SPORTS EDITOR Bryan Lipiner ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR Nick Solari ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR Ben Dias PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Madeline Hardy

Governors of the East Coast: Connecticut: Dannel Malloy Maine: Paul Lepage Massachusetts: Deval Patrick New Hampshire: Maggie Hassan

New Jersey: Chris Christie New York: Andrew Cuomo Rhode Island: Lincoln Chafee Vermont: Peter Shumlin

“I just don’t really care about politics here. I am from New York which is a bigger city and I think politics are more prevalent...I will probably move back to New York City in about a year and a half when I graduate.”

NEWS EDITOR Julia Perkins

ASSOCIATE ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Sarah Harris

With the primary elections coming to a close, we asked students whether they think it is more important to be aware of the politics and elections back home or here in Hamden.

-Michael Obermuller junior, communications major

“I care more about what is going on back home because my family is there.

I do care what is happening here but I care more about what is happening where my family is.”

“I think it is more important back home because that is my primary residence. Whatever goes on back home affects me immediately and whatever happens here affects me temporarily...I am not going to be staying here forever.”

-Kate Lizotte

sophomore, public relations major

-Sally Elsakary

freshman, physical therapy major

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“I think it is more important back home because I am there more often…I don’t think I will stay in Hamden after I graduate.”

-Kacey Labar

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Beyond the Bobcats

By Amanda Hoskins A rundown on news outside the Quinnipiac campus

Typhoon hits Philippines

Harp wins New Haven mayoral election

No deal reached on Iran’s nuclear weapons

On Saturday Nov. 9 what officials call one of the most violent typhoons to ever make landfall hit in the central Philippines, taking roughly 10,000 lives, according to NBC. Winds reached 195 miles per hour and gusts reached 235 miles per hour, wiping out 70 to 80 percent of the structures in the central Philippines. The typhoon has affected more than 4.5 million people, according to NBC. As of Nov. 11, water and food is in short supply and an aroma covers the streets as dead bodies still lie covered by only blankets. The Philippine president declared a “state of national calamity,” according to CNN. A massive and international relief operation is underway as countries from all over the world are doing their best to help the struggling nation.

The town of New Haven elected its first female mayor, Toni Harp, on Nov. 5, according to the New Haven Register. With the majority of households in New Haven being minorities, Harp spoke heavily about inclusion, saying everyone will have a place at the table and be heard. The former mayor, John DeStefano, said he is excited for the new leadership. He is a lifelong resident of New Haven and looks forward to the incoming administration’s commitment to the needs of the people in New Haven.

No deal was reached on Sunday, Nov. 10 when Iran, the United States and five other countries met in Geneva to talk about Iran’s nuclear program, according to NBC. The countries’ diplomats met in negotiations for three days of long sessions. The United States wants to freeze progress on Iran’s nuclear programs, making it hard for Iran to get material that could be used to make nuclear weapons, according to NBC. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States is acting in the interest of the United States, in the interest of the globe and, in particular, the United States’s closest allies. However, other nations do not feel this is the right move.

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Students salute soldiers

By LOVANDA BROWN Staff Writer

The Student Veteran’s Organization hosted its first “A Cup of G.I. Joe” event, dedicated to supporting deployed veterans, in front of the Carl Hansen Student Center on Monday, Nov.11.

The SVO, along with the Ice Cats and Quinnipiac’s cheerleading team, invited students to sign cards and donate funds in efforts to support veterans stationed overseas.

“It’s a non-profit event and its mission is to support the QU student veterans, the veterans overseas and other universities as well,” Ice Cat member Taylor Chelo said. “[Students] sign cards for troops who are looking for love overseas and for those who are homesick and have nostalgia. It really helps them a lot.”

The event was also created to raise awareness about the veterans here on campus.

The Ice Cats and cheerleading team became involved by the invitation of freshman Emilio Dominguez, SVO treasurer and cyber transport systems technician at the U.S. Air Force, Chelo said.

“We wanted to raise notoriety of the veteran’s organization on campus and raise awareness,” Dominguez said. “There are a lot of troops still serving and a lot of guys still overseas; we can’t forget about them.”

Among supporting students, Veterans of the Navy, Air Force and other military branches, came out to invite passing students,

along with the help of the Director of Veteran and Military Affairs Jason B. Burke.

Dominguez explains the veterans’ community as a very tight one, making raising awareness “outside the bubble” important, something Army veteran sociology professor Donald Sawyer agrees with.

“I just think it’s important for us to have these offices and to have these kind of events because a lot of times [veterans] get forgotten,” Sawyer said. “People have to realize these soldiers are people, they have their own stories, they have their own families and some of them try to make their lives better by enlisting in the military.”

At least 100 people signed cards and about 45 volunteers circulated throughout the morning, according to Chelo.

“This is the first time this [has been] held, but it is so successful this year that I think we will have to continue this for years to come,” Chelo said.

While they didn’t have a set amount in mind to raise, the event raised about $800 to support services for those stationed overseas, Chelo said.

“You know we are fortunate enough, we’re back here, we’re happy, we’re healthy and we’re in school at a beautiful college with beautiful people and everyone is happy here,” Dominguez said. “But there’s still guys over there waking up in the dirt, getting shot at and we can’t forget about them. That’s the whole

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Freshman Emilio Dominguez (second left) is with fellow veterans at the Student Veteran’s Organization’s “A Cup of G.I. Joe” event. purpose and it’s really the point behind this whole thing.”

Sawyer hopes these events will remind people of the sacrifices made by those defending the country.

“Something that is a reality for our men

and women overseas and deployed is that [they are] protecting the constitution of the United States, but [they’re] also protecting it with [their] own lives,” he said. “That’s an amazing sacrifice that people are willing to give in service to the country.”

Correction: In last week’s edition of The Chronicle, the article titled “Student falls in well” stated that a senior fell in a well the night before. The article should have stated that the incident occurred on Thursday, Oct. 31. The Chronicle apologizes for this error and any confusion it may have caused.

SGA proposes to improve BobcatNet University begins to use BobcatNet. Most students have one to two devices connected to BobcatNet.

2006 The North Haven campus is connected to BobcatNet.

2009 University began changing to Aruba Network switches to upgrade BobcatNet.

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After SGA posted on Facebook about the project costing $1 million and a completion date of spring 2014, the post was deleted because the price and dates were inaccurately given by Executive Vice President and Provost Mark Thompson after the approval of the project, according to Desilets.

Kelly believes even though this project is expensive, it will be worth it for the community.

University passes SGA proposal to improve BobcatNet.

“It’s a significant project in time, effort and material,” Kelly said. “We want [BobcatNet] to work for [the students]. We want [BobcatNet] to meet [the students] needs.”

Freshman film, video and interactive media major Nick Manson believes the improvements to BobcatNet are important to many students on campus.

“A lot of my friends complain about it all the time, so it definitely could use some improvements.” Manson said. “It would be a lot less stressful for students [if BobcatNet was fixed] and it would help things flow more smoothly.”

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Library snacks and coffee arrived The Student Government Association added coffee and snack vending machines to the Arnold Bernhard Library last Friday. Students can now buy chips and candy for $1 to $1.50, depending on the item. The coffee machine offers a variety of options including regular coffee, decaf, cappuccinos, tea and hot chocolate. Students can choose if they want milk, sugar, cream or a flavoring. The machines are located on the second floor of the library across from the bathrooms and take both QCash and cash. -J. Perkins

LoJack for laptops The university teamed up with LoJack for Laptops, a software that protects and locks one’s laptop if it is stolen. LoJack helps students get their laptops back if it is stolen and offers 24/7 customer service.

Students who bought a Dell laptop through the university already have LoJack on their computers, but students can get LoJack on their Microsoft and Apple laptops too. -J. Perkins

Faculty and staff food drive

This week faculty and staff have the chance to donate food items to people in need for Thanksgiving.

The Community Service Ambassadors and the Office of Community Service are sponsoring a faculty and staff food drive for the Hamden Food Pantry. Boxes are located in offices around campus. -J. Perkins

Project Angel Tree Kappa Alpha Theta and Community Action Project are holding Project Angel Tree, where students can sponsor a child for the holiday season. The event will be held Nov. 18 through Nov. 24 in the Carl Hansen Student Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. -J. Perkins

Acclaimed teacher to visit campus The 2013 Connecticut Teacher of the Year Blaise Messinger will speak to students on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 3 p.m. in the auditorium at the Center for Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. Messinger will explain how teachers can make their students enjoy school. Messinger teaches fifth-grade at Woodside Intermediate School in Cromwell. The event is sponsored by the School of Education.. -J. Perkins

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Q&A with Mayor Scott Jackson Mayor of Hamden, Scott Jackson, was elected for the third consecutive year on Nov. 5, taking 7,799 votes compared to republican opponent Bob Anthony who took 3,665 votes, according to the New Haven Register. The Chronicle met with Jackson two weeks before the election, where he opened up with his views on Quinnipiac University and Hamden residents.

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: Both you and your opposing candidate Bob Anthony agreed that Quinnipiac is a great asset to the town of Hamden, but you also said we need to keep students on campus as opposed to off-campus housing. Why?

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: From experience. When I was in college, I went to Cornell, and there was a section of town called “Collegetown.”

And that’s where students lived off campus and there hadn’t been a family there for 100 years. There’s a way around it, which is to actually act like neighbors. As a homeowner, when you see new people moving in next door, you go and knock on the door. Or as a student, you move in and go knock on the neighbor’s door and say, “Hey this is how to get in touch with me, if you need anything out of me, give me a call,” and it works both ways. It doesn’t necessarily have to be different than any other neighborhood. But we’ve had a lot of friction since probably since around 2004-2005 and have actually really reduced, starting some years ago where the introduction of the QU Hotline and things like that. But this year, it’s the biggest student class in the university’s history and it got off to a pretty rocky start.

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: Not all students fall into the category you’re describing. So, what would you say to those students?

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: I would say continue to be responsible. You moved off campus because you thought you were adult enough to do it. And being adult enough to do it means a couple of things. But it means not only acting in a certain way but being responsive if somebody comes up to you [with a concern].

And respond to that in a way that recognizes you’re part of a larger civic structure. That’s extremely helpful.

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: You said we need to take measures to keep students on campus. What measures should be taken?

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: The university has done some extraordinary things on the Rocky Top campus. And I told this to President [John] Lahey, I think that what they’ve done to try to operate in a free market economy and entice upperclassmen back onto the York Hill campus is nothing

short of extraordinary. Loosening of alcohol policy is something that most universities would not even engage in and they have. If they are sought to undercut the market on price, and they are sought to continue to build dorm space even though they have existing vacancies, I think those are all extraordinary moves. And I thank them and encourage them to do that.

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: But then a problem arises because not all seniors can fit into Eastview, there’s not enough space.

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to do.

: So build another Eastview, which is what they intend

The number one asset of Quinnipiac University in a global sense is that it’s made Hamden a known entity. Hamden is where Quinnipiac University is.

– MAYOR SCOTT JACKSON

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: There’s a stereotype in the Hamden area of the Quinnipiac student that stems from behaviors within off-campus housing. What kind of measure do you thinks students can take to break that?

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: I think the only demerit to having Quinnipiac University in Hamden, well actually I’ll give it a one and a one prime.

Their off-campus housing, this year, what do you think the average per person rent is? I hear depending on the wears it’s between $800 and $1,100 a month. Four to a unit, that makes a buying power of $3,200 per four-person dwelling in the town of Hamden. Where the housing stock that Quinnipiac students are occupying in the town of Hamden the working class folks who would otherwise live there can’t afford a mortgage payment of $3,200 a month. Which means that those buyers are now priced out of the market. It’s unclear now how they are being absorbed and if they’re being absorbed here in Hamden.

That’s the one prime issue. The one issue is just this “I had a party next door and I had to call the police four times and Quinnipiac and the police were out four times and son of a

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gun I want these guys out.” Well, it doesn’t work that way. That’s the number one issue. The secondary issue is that the sort of the back look of the local housing market but aside from that. And I guess I’ll give a distant too, in terms of problems to the notions, and it is a notion, not a bounding fact that the university has unlimited resources and therefore intends to buy up every property between the Mount Carmel connector and the campus and all these places that we as locals are used to shopping and be thrown out on their ear and we’re going to have a section of the road that we can’t even drive through much less stop and do some shopping. The university has tremendous design standards, trying to seed the right kind of development but I don’t foresee a time where this stretch of road is no longer available to town residents. But generally I think it goes back to the mistrust of the university based upon issue number one which I think is the student thing.

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: You talked about how Quinnipiac has positives and negatives. You spoke about the negatives, can you explain some of the positives?

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: The number one asset of Quinnipiac University in a global sense is that it’s made Hamden a known entity. Hamden is where Quinnipiac University is. Its direct ties to the financial market of New York in terms of this happens to be a university where a lot of the sons and daughters of folks who work on Wall Street live, helps us in telling our story. Yes, on paper we look like this, but ‘I was there a year ago looking at Quinnipiac and it looked like that. So I’m gonna give those guys the benefit of the doubt.’ That benefit of the doubt saves taxpayers million of dollars a year. That’s an asset that really can’t be captured.

When my classmate Jeremy Schaap is on the national news talking about the hockey championship and he’s talking about Quinnipiac University, that’s an asset. When we talk about regionals, regionally we have a number of assets that match up to everyone in the country one is quality of life. Here you can go to Broadway on Saturday and skiing in Vermont on Sunday. Another thing that we have is a workforce that is credentialed; university credentialed

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workforce. Which helps us in our recruiting efforts recruiting and retention efforts, Quinnipiac University is a major contributor to that. So when you look at the links between Quinnipiac, Yale, UNH, Albertus [Magnus] and Southern [Connecticut State], it gives us another story we can tell for academic development So those are some ways in which the university is an asset. I mean a lot of people only want to talk cash, but cash only buys things. Cash is not the story; it’s never been the story and it’s never the end of the story. What are you buying and why you're buying it is the story. We’re trying to buy those things that allow our kids to have a better life. The university is a positive part of that because if we’re bringing in the right types of industry we bring in those corporate and academic partnerships that yield to an economic development engine that exceeds the rest of the region, that’s what we’re trying to do. Sure if we could tax Quinnipiac we’d get a lot more money a year, but it doesn’t necessarily yield results.

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: Do you think the students are an asset to Quinnipiac?

: I think they can be but I don’t think they necessarily think in that direction. And I get it.

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: Why do you think they don’t think that way?

: Because I was 20. And when I wanted to give back I necessarily gave back to those folks who I thought needed it the most.

And since you can go eight miles down the highway and be in central city New Haven for an event like the Big Day Out, why wouldn’t you?

That’s where they need it the most.

We’re perceived as the suburbs. It’s all right here. If we’re really going to help we’re going to help there. And so, to the extent that we can start to encourage university organizations, the Greek system, etc., to identify some local areas in which they can make positive benefits I think that might be the thing that starts to turn the tide a little bit. But right now I see the students being active in a civic sense but I just don’t see them being active here in the corporate confines in the town of Hamden.

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Drowning in debt

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The average Quinnipiac student will face $44,000 of student loan debt, according to Dominic Yoia, the university director of financial aid

By NICOLE HANSON Staff Writer

The average undergraduate at Quinnipiac will graduate with $44,000 of student loan debt, according to Dominic Yoia, the university director of financial aid. Of the 6,541 undergraduate students enrolled at the university for the 201314 school year, 4,084 have taken out student loans.

The average member of the class of 2013 graduated with an average of $35,000 of debt, according to a survey of 750 college graduates conducted by Fidelity Investments.

Approximately 62 percent of Quinnipiac students will face student loan debt upon graduation, which is slightly higher than the national average of 60 percent, according to American Student Assistance. Yoia said the number of students with federal and private loans has risen over the years due to the increase in undergraduate admissions.

“There’s more students, so there’s more loans out there,” Yoia said. “The dollars in loans have also been increasing over the years as tuition goes up.”

According to Yoia, undergraduate students are required to complete entrance and exit in-

terviews upon their arrivals and graduations, respectively. Although these interviews include discussion about loans and financial aid, Yoia said the university will implement a financial literacy program next year.

“We’re bringing out a product called SALT, which is through a company called American Student Assistance,” Yoia said. “We’re going to be rolling that product out effective for the ‘14‘15 school year, and it’s going to give students an opportunity to get loan counseling throughout their four years here.”

Yoia described SALT as a “terrific” product, and said the ultimate goal for this program is to teach students responsibility about borrowing money.

Senior Heather Scott said she has not really learned anything from the university thus far about how to pay off student loans after graduation.

“I’ve heard that we’re required to do an exit interview as seniors, so I guess we’ll learn about it then,” Scott said. “But so far, I don’t really know anything; I just really know my loan provider.”

Sophomore Connor LaChapelle said he feels he has already learned the responsibility behind

borrowing money from his father.

“He taught me a lot about working in general, and to always pay with cash and to never spend money you don’t have,” LaChapelle said.

“He taught me to understand that taking out money is your promise, and that not paying it back isn’t an option.”

Sophomore Kori MacDonald, like Scott, said she has not learned much about student loan debt and how to handle it responsibly, and she would be in favor of a program like SALT. “I probably would [go to that program] if it were an hour-long presentation on the basics, especially if it was offered during orientation,” MacDonald said.

Although LaChapelle said his family has taught him the importance of responsibility when borrowing, he said he thinks a financial literacy program through loan providers would be helpful to students.

“I don’t know if it should be a service provided by Quinnipiac,” LaChapelle said. “I think it would be more ethical to be offered by institutions like Discover, who my loan is with.”

LaChapelle said he was able to decrease the amount of loans he took out upon becoming a resident assistant, but he still anticipates a fair

amount of debt.

“I’m going to guess that I’ll have to pay around $600 a month for at least 10 years,” LaChapelle said. “I financially support myself, so I need to take out loans even with the RA job.”

Scott said she has found that the dollar amount of loans she has taken out over her four years has increased, but not exponentially.

“Every year, I find myself adding up the numbers and it is more and more,” Scott said.

“But with support from my dad and my uncle, and hopefully if I get a job pretty soon off the bat, then all three of us will help make the payments and send in a little more than the required amount to speed up the payment process.”

MacDonald said that she plans on working hard now to pay off her loans in the future.

“I have a job at home and I’m planning on getting an off-campus job next semester,” MacDonald said. “I’m conscious of the money I spend here and at home, knowing that I should not only be saving for myself now, but also for the loan payments that will come later.”

Scott said she is nervous about paying off her student loans in the future.

“It is what it is,” Scott said. “But I definitely think it is worth it.”

Alcohol violations increase on campus

By NICOLE HANSON AND CHRIS MANNEN

In 2012, 634 students were documented for liquor law violations on campus, according to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics. Chief of Public Safety David Barger said this number has increased over the past few years.

“The numbers have gone up, but they go up because our population is rising,” Barger said. “They haven’t gone up exponentially, but they’ve gone up geometrically based on the fact that if you have more students, you’re going to have more of something.”

Although it may seem like more and more students are drinking underage, Barger said he feels the increase in liquor law violations is also because Public Safety and the Residential Life staff are more aware of what is occurring.

“I think the problem lies in that many of the students for the first time in 18 years are on their own,” Barger said. “Some of that behavior can be expected...they’re going to experiment, and alcohol is something that they’re going to experiment with.”

About 25 percent of college students report academic consequences from drinking including

missing class, falling behind, doing poorly on exams or papers and receiving lower grades overall, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

“Underage drinking should never be tolerated, but I believe students 21 years or older can drink in moderation and still live a positive lifestyle,” Joe Vazquez, a 22-year-old senior criminal justice major said. “Alcohol can easily be abused and if you can control how much and often you drink your grades shouldn’t be negatively affected.”

The Alcohol and Drug policy in the Student Handbook states, “Students are expected to act in a manner that neither abuses nor endangers themselves or others and refrain from behavior that is disorderly or destructive in nature.

Students also must understand that conduct that interferes with the rights of others and/ or demonstrates disregard for the University community is not tolerated.”

Barger said he feels all students are aware of the university’s policy on alcohol after taking Alcohol.edu and QU101.

“Every student that arrives here is made aware of the policy through those courses,” Barger said. “The better question that might be asked is do we need to do more in terms of

alcohol education?”

Barger said he hopes the university will manage to create a continuing alcohol education program in the future, but there is no promise of this plan yet.

Freshman Violeta Almarales said she is aware of the university’s alcohol policy and does not think the university needs to provide further alcohol education.

“I think it would be a waste of time because, even if students did go to it, they would ignore the whole program because they will still want to drink,” Almarales said.

Senior Kristin Foley said she thought the Alcohol.edu program was a waste of time in itself.

“I already knew all of the things we learned on there from health class and my mom,” Foley said.

Foley said she is aware of the university’s policy on alcohol and thinks it is fair.

“We’re mildly tame here as compared to other schools,” Foley said. “I think the policy should be taken seriously, but we’re not out of control.”

Kristine Guest was in the middle of her junior year at Quinnipiac University when she lost her life in an alcohol-induced snowmobiling incident in 2005 at Paul Smith College in upstate

New York. She was a sober passenger on a snowmobile driven by her intoxicated friend.

“Kristine was never that girl that was inclined to drinking,” her father Stephen Guest said. “Because my daughter didn’t want to join in with what was going on at the school with regards to drinking, she was almost exiled to her room on weekends because she wanted to stay away from that.”

Guest says colleges and universities need to step up their policies against underage drinking.

“I believe that colleges need to do a better job of enhancing the alcohol-free environment, such as implementing regular weekend activities that are free of alcohol,” Guest said. “There needs to be an effort by the college administration that target those not pre-disposed to drinking so that they have a social outlet where alcohol doesn’t need to be at the center of the activities.”

Although Foley looked surprised to hear Kristine’s story, she said she feels this accident was more of a fluke and would probably not happen here.

“This school is pretty safe,” Foley said. “We have the shuttle options, and Public Safety will even pick you up. There’s never a time here where someone would feel forced to drink and drive.”

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SGA launches Good Neighbor campaign

By AMANDA HOSKINS Associate News Editor

With more students choosing to live off campus, the Student Government Association’s senior class cabinet are launching a Good Neighbor campaign to better the relations between students and Hamden residents.

SGA’s Vice President for Public Relations Julianna Besharat and Senior Class President Emily McDonald were inspired by a program at North Dakota State University, which was having a tough time with students living off campus.

McDonald and Besharat combined ideas from North Dakota State with their own since the beginning of the academic year.

“The students living off campus and their neighbors don’t have the best relationships,” Besharat said. “Our goal is to have them increase communication and have them get to

know each other a little bit.”

Besharat, McDonald and their committees introduced their program at the senior cabinet’s Taste in Hamden Event on Oct. 30. They got about 75 students to sign a pledge saying they will do their best to be good neighbors.

Besharat and McDonald created door hangers with information about the program and will be going door to door to both Quinnipiac students’ houses and the homes of Hamden residents to explain their program on Sunday Nov.17.

Besharat says they are going to focus on the areas where there is a large student population and where many of the complaints have been occurring. Besharat and McDonald explained they don’t want to put an emphasis just on the partying, but the parking and trash problems as well.

“Being a respectful neighbor also means

bringing in your trash cans every week, not constantly parking cars on the street to clog up traffic and just maintaining your property in general,” McDonald said.

McDonald, who lives off campus, said having her own house and being a respectful neighbor to Hamden families did take some getting used to.

“It is easy to forget that we have to take care of our house and keep the lawn and driveway clean, which are things we haven’t been used to for the past three years,” McDonald said. “It is important to be respectful because there are people raising families and living their lives around us.”

Senior Danielle Olivero lives off campus this year with three others.She says they are one of two houses in their complex that consists of college students.

“As seniors living off campus, we made it

a priority to maintain a good relationship with our neighbors,” Olivero said. “After a few months of living off campus, we have established positive relationships. We share a mutual respect.”

Besharat and McDonald hope the program will allow students and their neighbors to know and respect each other.

Besharat encourages students to visit the town website to look over the town ordinances to make sure they are up to code. She feels neighbors will be less likely to call law enforcement if they know the students they are living next to and have good relations with them.

With the recent arrests and complaints, Besharat feels this is a great time to launch the campaign. Although it is the end of the semester, Besharat hopes the number of complaints next semester will decrease.

QU, Hamden PD aim to combat off-campus parties POLICY from cover “One of the last things we want to do when we respond to a house party is arrest people.

That’s not our primary mission,” he said. “We want the quality of life in the neighborhood to be at a level that people expect, but we will be strict in enforcing laws, especially where there has been repeated violations.”

Although most people associate an arrest with being handcuffed and taken to the police station, people can be arrested and processed on the spot without going to the station, Wydra said.

“We don’t necessarily have the time to bring people in, photograph them, fingerprint them, go through that whole process,” Wydra said. “That ties officers up for an extended period of time and so it’s a quicker way, it’s a quicker process to issue somebody a summons at a scene. It frees the officers up so they can keep responding to service calls that keep coming in.”

Rather than having the university hire more Hamden police officers, the Hamden police will reposition its officers so more people are working on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, according to Wyrda.

“In conversations and communications that I’ve had over the last few days with the university, what we’ve done instead of hiring more is sort of shift some of our resources to more times where these events are happening,” Wydra said.

Other universities have different ways of dealing with off-campus parties. At Yale University, students who hold “social gatherings” with more than 50 people off campus must register the event with the Dean’s Office, according to Yale’s Undergraduate Regulations.

The host is then held responsible for the behavior of the guests.

Wydra said he hopes students listen to the university’s warning to dismiss students who host parties broken up by the police.

However, Richardson does not believe the university’s new line will be effective.

“I think that that’s the atmosphere of college and I think unfortunately no matter how strict they are, people are still going to have parties,” she said. “I almost feel like maybe if they weren’t so strict it would be better because they make it such a negative thing, but at the same time they have to understand this is college.”

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Prayer space for all faiths

Including a chapel to promote diversity Quinnipiac prides itself on being a diverse community. Although we’re not really diverse, we are in many ways. We represent almost every state in the U.S., and more than 30 different countries. We differ in races, in beliefs and in cultures. We particularly differ in religions.

Although Quinnipiac may not be as diverse in race as many other schools, our diversity in mentality cannot be denied.

Quinnipiac boasts many different studentrun organizations promoting our diversity.

Groups like the Latino Cultural Society, the International Students Association, Asian Students Alliance, GLASS and the Black Student Union are just some of the many Cultural and Identity groups that we have on campus. For many, it’s a place of comfort they can go to where they fit in and feel accepted. It’s just one way Quinnipiac feels like home to so many different people.

Although Quinnipiac is a non-denominational university and is not affiliated with one specific religion, students practice their religions as they would at any other institution. We hold weekly mass for the Catholics, we have jumma prayer on Fridays for practicing Muslims and we celebrate almost every religious holiday for all religions on campus.

One thing that’s missing, though, is a chapel. Though Quinnipiac is non-denominational, we still make accommodations and arrangements for the many religions practiced here. The religious life suite on the second

floor of the Carl Hansen Student Center is though a shared ministry space isn’t difficult shared between the many religions and used to deal with, it’s not ideal. The only religion as a prayer space for Catholics, Christians, on campus that truly has it’s own space is Muslims and Hindus alike. Our Campus Min- Judaism with the Peter C. Hereld House for istry, which includes all religions on campus, Jewish Life on New Road. Though it was is underpopulated and often looked over. donated by practicing alumni, it would Marist College in New York is a only be fair that Quinnipiac make school very similar to Quinnipiac. proper accommodations for the Many of our students considered other religions. Sure, we can all Marist, and vice versa, and yet go off campus to the several Marist is so different to us. With a places of worship in the sursimilar campus size and student rounding area, but why inconpopulation, Marist’s tuition venience ourselves? What and room and board comabout freshmen or those bined is just under $45,000 who don’t have access to a year, almost $10,000 a car? Are they limited to less than our own fees. that one glass room?

Yet, Marist’s campus in Although building a Poughkeepsie, N.Y., is chapel or mosque on camlucky enough to have a pus could be too difficult CAROLINE MOSES chapel open until after 9 and cause ethical issues Social Media Cordinator p.m. every day. in satisfying every religion, @Caromarie217 For Quinnipiac Catholic Quinnipiac should look into students, we attend mass once a week in building a Campus Ministry building rather Buckman Theater, and occasionally small- than just a suite. er ceremonies held in the Faculty Dining With sanctioned rooms for every religion Lounge. There are no masses held daily, or with open sacraments and the availability of even consecutively throughout the week, and our chaplains, a building reserved for our if we want a religious space to pray in, we Campus Ministry would only be approprishare the space with several other religions ate. There are more than 6,000 students at and have to respect their allotted prayer times Quinnipiac, chances are many of them are as well. practicing some religion, so for the price For the other religions on campus, they we’re paying here, I’d like the opportunity face the same issues. There’s no reserved to openly pray and practice my faith without space for each particular religion, and al- leaving campus.

Schools should seek positive literature Negativity in the syllabus carries over into students’ lives In ninth grade English I was introduced In a society where the violent simulato “Black Boy,” “Lord of the Flies” and tions in video games is a hot topic “The Grapes of Wrath.” As a sophobased on its impact for children, it more it was “Wuthering Heights,” is important to ask what other in“Into the Wild” and “Fahrenheit fluences children are receiving in451.” By the end of high school I was side the classroom. through “Hamlet,” “Macbeth” For 10 years now, I have been and countless other classics, immersed in an educational and there was a common system that teaches me true trend in most of my readdepth in literature is almost ings: negativity. exclusively achieved through To preface this piece tragedy, which quite often I need to clarify that I am translates into suicide. an English major. I started My literary portrayals reading novels in elementaof suicide began with “The ry school, and by the end of Outsiders” in middle school, CAROLINE TUFTS middle school I was reading and progressed through books Arts & Life Editor @CallieTufts Homer’s epics for fun. I consider like “The Sound and the Fury,” literature to be my first love, and I “Death of a Salesman” and “The think that learning about it is a fundamental Things They Carried.” All of these pieces aspect of being educated and well rounded. featured characters who killed themselves, That said, I have many qualms with and with each new story my heart broke a bit the way literature is taught it the academic more. Their deaths were often romanticized, world. noble or tragic, and at times I was made to The majority of the books that make the believe that they were necessary. ranks of school reading lists have themes If suicide is depicted as a glamorous, or of rape, violence, inequality and suicide. It almost worse: as a normal act in literature, seems as though such unhappy ideas are a what is stopping readers from taking that part of the criteria in judging great litera- path in their real lives? ture, and yet this is unnecessary, and perAccording to a 2010 survey by the Cenhaps unhealthy for the youths who are re- ter for Disease Control and Prevention, suiquired to do the readings. cides accounted for 20 percent of deaths

among 15- to 24-year-olds; 15.8 percent of students reported having seriously considered attempting suicide in the 12 months before taking the survey.

These risks are not limited to impressionable high schoolers. According to suicide.org, the second-leading cause of death among college students is suicide. Though it isn’t proven, the combination of college stress and painfully negative works of literature such as “The Jungle” may be granting students a rather dire outlook on the world, and life in general.

The idea here is not that the entire English curriculum in the United States should be thrown out. I am simply suggesting that it be reworked, so that literature accurately portrays a complex world. Suicide, violence, and tragedy are certainly all parts of life, but joy, love, and inspiration are equally, if not more prevalent.

The value in a work of literature should not be determined by the darkness of its subject matter, but rather by the stylistic aspects of the writing, and the ultimate message that comes across, and this can be found in a wide variety of works. For every depressing or negative book on the syllabus, there should be a more upbeat or optimistic counterpart. What students read in class is important, but it doesn’t need to be an impediment to their mental health.

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Job market not as scarce as we think Senior year. Now it’s time to improve your employers expecting to offer higher starting GPA to get the most cords at graduation. You salaries than they did in 2012, ranging continue to build strong, close relationships between $30,000 and $49,999, according to with professors who can become a job the CareerBuilder.com study. reference, or who can help you land your The top post-grad jobs are in IT, customer dream job. You finally figured out a balance service, finance/accounting, sales, business of work, school and fun. And you get the development and health care. constant inquires of what you plan to I used to say I would start my career in do after graduation. a small, local newspaper. But something As a senior in disbelief that professors and professionals keep it’s my last year of college, I telling me is I need to expand my can’t imagine what I will do understanding of journalism and after graduation. But I have become versatile. faith, and some idea of what Journalism is converging, I plan to do. with print organizations There are diverse adding multimedia and opinions on how a broadcast organizations post-grad should start including articles for their their career.

Some videos. professionals say start in I’m glad this university a small, local company requires communications KATHERINE ROJAS Editor-in-Chief because you’ll have more students to take classes @Kathyreds responsibilities. But Chris regarding all of media, requiring Licht, executive producer of me to take broadcast and website “CBS This Morning,” says you can learn more focused classes. from professionals in a larger company. This I am also glad the School of way, you can observe and help professionals Communications requires students to and prepare yourself for a higher position. have a minor outside of the School of Either way, our class has a high chance Communications to help students specialize of getting a job after graduation. According in something. That way, students can bring to a new study by CareerBuilder.com and something new to the table at their postCareerRookie.com, 53 percent of U.S. grad job. employers plan to hire recent college graduates Through Quinnipiac connections, I landed in 2013. These employers include 2,000 hiring an editorial internship for a New Haven managers and human resource professionals magazine my sophomore year and am now across industries and company sizes. These interning for Hartford Faith & Values, a industries also include employers that website on religion news. generally demand more high-skill workers.

Quinnipiac gives you the tools to prepare Starting salaries will be higher than you for an internship, and the faculty will your waitressing job, with 27 percent of guide you to start your career.

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Live in the moment: Put your phone away The worst feeling is waiting to walk graphic proof of your social interactions, but through a group of people who are taking I am sure that you would not wear sequins pictures. We have all seen this, we have all and pumps to Stop & Shop. We get it, you’re felt this, the awkwardness, the shame, the wearing a nice collared shirt and cool shoes, confusion and the general “Seriously?!? you’re going out. You don’t have to hold up RIGHT HERE? RIGHT NOW?!” moment in the whole club because you want to take a our heads. picture on the dancefloor.

We stand awkwardly on the sidelines while groups of people pose, 2. You don’t have to pick a filter right now. while the lesser friend snaps the picture. These people make it That picture is probably suhard to move in any place. per awesome, but trying to At a party, in the middle of find WiFi connection at this the dance floor at Aunchies, crowded party is not going at a concert and even in the to make it less awesome already packed cafeteria. in the morning. Chill out, put your We are all guilty of it, once phone back in your pocket and dance or twice, but when you can’t a little bit. go two minutes without stop3. You’re in the moment, now live in it. ping because Becky and her friends want to pose, that’s when How long have you been waiting to it becomes infuriating. Not only does see this concert? Enjoy it! You don’t have selfie nation take up precious space on to record it or take pictures of the stage. the dancefloor, but it floods our newsYou can take Instagrams of your daily feeds, the twitterverse and of course, routine, not a moment you have been the selfie mecca that is Instagram. But waiting for (and paid for). why, Quinnipiac? Why must we feel the Is social media awesome? Yeah, it’s need to report on a moment, instead the single coolest invention ever, ANNA WAGNER of actually live it? Why are we so but there is a time and a place to Staff Writer @AnnaKatWagner addicted to this instant gratification take advantage. When your phone of seeing our own mugs on a comaddiction actually takes away from puter screen? No. You shouldn’t be that person people’s fun and leisure, that’s when it’s that gets in the way of other people’s moments time to put it away and (as Eminem circa by trying to savor your own.

2004 says) lose yourself in the moment.

Here are some tips on how to not be that There is a time and a place to take a picture, person. to send a tweet and to find a filter. You are only young once, your hair will only look this nice tonight and these times are pre1. Take your selfies before you go out. cious, don’t throw it away just because you I know you want to show your friends want to prove to other people that you’re fun and family members that you have photo- and exciting.

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YALE 9 penalties 18 minutes QU 7 penalties 14 minutes “That was a great college hockey game, outstanding atmosphere. It was a little bittersweet. At the end we came back to tie it to get the point and keep the Heroes Hat, but certainly disappointed to not win.”

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he last time the Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team squared off with Yale, it was left with feelings of anguish, grief and bitter defeat. That very night last April, the Bobcats fell to Yale in the NCAA Division I National Championship game 4-0, ending their inspirational season.

Saturday night, Quinnipiac helped make some of that pain go away.

The highly anticipated rematch between the two teams at a sold-out High Point Solutions Arena didn’t disappoint, as Quinnipiac erased a third-period deficit to tie Yale 3-3. With the tie, the Bobcats retain the Heroes Hat. “That was a great college hockey game, outstanding atmosphere,” Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold said. “It was a little bittersweet. At the end we came back to tie it to get the point and keep the Heroes Hat, but certainly disappointed to not win.”

Matthew Peca scored with 4:54 left to tie the game. Peca drilled a one-timer past Yale goalie Alex Lyon to tie the game at 3. It was his second goal of the season, and it couldn’t have come at a bigger time.

“When you get that many shots in a game, you know at some point you’re going to get yours,” Peca said. “[Travis] St. back-doored them, and luckily I had a wide open net in front.”

Quinnipiac outshot Yale 51-20 on the night.

“You expect to win hockey games when you outshoot an opponent like that,” Pecknold said. “That’s why you play the games, and we have to do a better job finishing.”

“We were looking forward to testing ourselves tonight,” Yale head coach Keith Allain said. “I thought we played pretty good team defense. We kept them from second shots. Our guys did a good job.”

The first period featured physical play and scoring chances for both sides. It wasn’t until the final minute of the period that Quinnipiac broke through.

Sam Anas scored first. The freshman forward found the puck in a scrum out in front of

the net, and blasted it home at 19:04 to give the Bobcats the 1-0 lead. It was Anas’ eighth goal of the season.

Kellen Jones recorded the assist for his 99th career point.

The Bobcats added to the lead midway through the second period, as Jordan SamuelsThomas netted his fifth goal of the season. Samuels-Thomas shot toward Lyon, then cleaned up his own shot and put it through. Anas and Connor Clifton earned assists.

Anas leads Quinnipiac with 16 points on the season.

However, the Bulldogs weren’t dead, scoring three times in 3:18 to take the lead.

After Devon Toews was called for slashing Yale defenseman Ryan Obuchowski scored at 12:06, cutting the lead to 2-1. Tommy Fallen was given the assist on the power-play goal.

Yale wasn’t done. Frankie DiChiara then scored almost two minutes later, tying the game at 2.

Then, to the disbelief of the crowd on hand, Yale scored yet again. This goal came only 22 seconds after the second goal. Mike Doherty scored the goal for Yale after he found a loose puck out in front of Quinnipiac netminder Michael Garteig, and in the blink of an eye Yale took a 3-2 lead at 15:24 in the second period.

Lyon then shut the door on Quinnipiac until late in the third period, when Peca tied it up.

“He’s had great looks all year,” Pecknold said. “I’ve been really happy with his play.

Sometimes scoring just goes in streaks, but he’ll have his 40 or 50 points at the end of the year.”

Moments after Peca’s goal, Yale was called for too many men on the ice. The Bobcats yet again had a series of good scoring opportunities, but couldn’t break the tie. The game went into overtime.

With the tie, Quinnipiac retains the Heroes Hat. The Bobcats move to 9-1-1 on the season.

The Bobcats square off against Harvard at home next Friday. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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Managing your messy roommate A how-to guide to approaching your roommate on cleanliness without damaging your friendship.

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Hair is a common complaint, Dishes can be a massive problem A full trash can get smelly quickly Sometimes roommates are just Popielarz said regarding his for anyone living with a kitchen. generally messy when it comes to residents, but he has also heard and will only become more Not only is a sink full of dirty dishes their bedroom by leaving clothes on complaints about toothpaste undesirable to take care of the gross to live with, but it also is the floor or having loose papers all and makeup getting all over the longer people wait to get rid of it. incredibly unsanitary. over their desk. bathroom sink.

It’s easiest if everyone buys their If there is a select one or two “The best advice here is to just own distinct plates, bowls and Make it a joint task. Put on music of your roommates that keeps take turns taking out the garbage,” and ask your roommate to clean cups.

If there are dirty plates in the making the bathroom intolerable, Popielarz said. “It doesn’t have to the room with you to help try to praise them when they do sink, the entire room will be able to be difficult.” identify who it belongs to. motivate each other. something you like. Stay positive!

Take a minute a day to wipe down surfaces.

Dirty dishes fill the sink, flies live and die in the garbage and a porta potty would be preferable to your bathroom. Maybe makeup cakes the counters, or the dust on the floor has accumulated to the point where it warrants its own zip code. The worst part of all this mess? None of it is yours.

Regardless of the particular problem, for many people living on or off campus, a roommate’s cleanliness is often the center of discussion.

Students are heard complaining about messy roommates on a regular basis, but most don’t exactly know how to resolve it.

Whether it’s a fear of confrontation or a general lack of communication skills, talking about cleanliness is never an easy thing to do, but resolving the problem doesn’t have to

Have cleaning supplies available under the sink.

be difficult. In the end, it is always better to speak up than to let the issue persist throughout the year.

Quinnipiac’s Director of Counseling Services Kerry Patton says asserting yourself in difficult situations is necessary for the development of self-confidence and communication skills. In this case, addressing your concerns may shed light on an issue Some messy roommates either don’t realize they’re doing anything wrong, or believe what they’re doing “isn’t a big deal.” The key to getting your roommate to clean is to make sure you approach the roommate properly, not with passive-aggressive notes.

Passive aggressiveness in general never works, especially in the form of a note. It usually does not create a positive reaction in

Take it out often to avoid large pileup.

the recipient and only generates even more tension in the room, according to junior Taylor Popielarz, who’s been a resident assistant for two years.

Junior Nicole Soleimani describes herself as a “neat freak” and said she knows many people who often argue with their roommates about keeping the room tidy.

“Many people respond in a negative way because they don’t like to be called out or having people tell them what to do,” Soleimani said. “I think when people get told what to do, or get approached about something that bothers them they take it offensively.”

Professionals and online commenters agree that it is vital to avoid passive-aggressive behavior, and that singling out individuals is likely to cause adverse reactions.

Lead by example. Keep your side clean.

“It is important to be mindful of how we communicate to others,” Patton said. “If we present with a harsh threatening tone others may become defensive which does not allow healthy communication.”

It’s always best to remain on good terms with your roommates so when you want them to do something differently to keep the room neater, they will be more likely to listen to you. It’s best to make sure you don’t sound demanding or like you are attacking them, Popielarz suggested.

“It is important to remember that every single individual grew up in different households, with different morals and values,” Soleimani said. “It is extremely important to recognize and respect people’s lifestyles. That goes for both the dirty and clean roomies.”

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After filming the pop star sleeping, 26-year-old Tatiana Neves Barbosa turned the camera toward herself and blew Bieber a kiss. The home that Bieber was sleeping in was rented after safety became an issue at the hotel he was staying in. Bieber held a party at the house and Barbosa was one of the invited guests. Barbosa is a part-time actress and bodybuilder.

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New Haven is famous for many things: Toad’s Place, Yale University, its theatres, shopping and its cuisine. The city proudly boasts three pizzerias among the top 100 in the country, according to The Daily Meal’s rating of the best pizzas in America, published this past October. Frank Pepe’s Pizzeria (No. 1) shares Wooster Street with Sally’s Apizza (No. 7). Travel down State Street and you will find yourself at Modern Apizza (No. 11).

Each restaurant has its own signature style, even when each establishment bakes its pizzas in a brick oven leaving thin crust pies made with only the freshest ingredients.

Pepe’s is ranked No. 1 mainly for its white clam pizza, which locals highly recommend. The Daily Meal suggests trying the tomato pizza at Sally’s and the Italian Bomb (bacon, sausage, pepperoni, mushroom, garlic onion and pepper) at Modern.

It may just be the table size at Sally’s and Pepe’s, but you might as well eat right off trays of the large servings. Modern has larger tables so you can actually fit plates.

Most of the time you do not realize how much you have eaten until you need to unbutton your jeans.

Locals and people from out-of-state agree there is nothing quite like the pizza from New Haven.

“It is good quality, the crust is better and it is less greasy. You taste a difference,” sophomore California native Meghan Cummings said.

Unfortunately, the restaurants do not have delivery, but offer sit-in and take-out. So if you are ever in the area shopping or looking for some local flavor with your family, you have to try out these places.

There is always something for everyone and everyone’s pizza craving is soon vanquished. – K. Mason

The anxiety was mounting over the most anticipated men’s ice hockey game of the season, and the student body swarmed to BobcatNet in hopes of scoring a coveted ticket to the QU vs. Yale game. With seconds to 10 p.m. on Nov. 4, fingers were poised over keyboards, waiting to generate the ticket, but when the time finally came many students were left with nothing but disappointment.

Since TD Bank Sports Center no longer accepts Q Cards to regulate attendance, students are forced to print online tickets. As a result, there was a mad rush for students to setup their online ticket portals on Nov. 4 to see if they would be lucky enough to score the golden ticket.

As expected, the student tickets sold out within minutes. Many hopefuls experienced technical difficulties, including a slow network and crashed website, and as a result were left without tickets. The results were random, and those who lost the ticket battle were obliged to beg and bargain to have this luxury.

This system now turns the students against one another. An outrage boomed on social media that lasted hours and days after the ticket sales.

The privileged ones who had a ticket jumped on the opportunity to cash out on other’s disappointment and desperation.

Avid hockey fans who weren’t able to score tickets were livid over the fact that many students who did get them only did so to fit in, and ultimately dols their tickets or attended the game as nothing but a social event.

Despite the few kind individuals who gave away their tickets for no compensation, tickets were going for at least double the amount a nonstudent ticket price would be an extremely exaggerated price when the game can be seen for free on a television. – M. D’Agostino

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Twelloooo!!!” Within her first day of creating a Twitter account, Diaz gained 50,000 followers and followed 40 Twitter accounts. Fellow celeb friends that Diaz followed include Jimmy Fallon, Reese Witherspoon and Jessica Alba.

Kristen Bell harassed at LAX

When arriving at LAX airport last week, actress and new mom Kristen Bell was bombarded by paparazzi. Bell was visibly distraught, according to onlookers.

She pleaded with photographers to leave her alone and a friend who was with Bell stepped in asking for the paparazzi to stop.

Bell also used her scarf to hide from the photographers.

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Bobcats bring the thunder Heckling shouts. Thunderous boos. Cheers and roars from the crowd. High Point Solutions Arena at TD Bank Sports Center was overcome by a sea of gold Saturday night in the rematch from last season’s national championship game. While Quinnipiac didn’t #BeatYale, the combination of a sell-out crowd and an overtime thriller made for a major victory of school spirit.

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Vampire weekend

Theater department presents ‘Dracula’

By SAMANTHA MOORE Staff Writer

A black fog overtook Quinnipiac University campus as the Theater for the Community let their inner vampire shine through during this past week’s production of Mac Wellman’s “Dracula.”

The play was written in 1987 and was directed by freelance New Haven director Bob Bresnick. The bizarre play was a revamped version about Bram Stoker’s classic vampire novel. The story is about two sexually repressed women from the days of Victorian London who find passion in the world of vampires. Doctor John Seward is in charge of the asylum where Jonathan Harker ends up after meeting Count Dracula. Doctor John Seward was played by junior Aleczander Farquharson, Jonathan Harker was played by freshman Sean Davis, and Count Dracula was played by sophomore Gerard Lisella.

Meanwhile, Doctor Seward’s close friend, Doctor Abhaham Van Helsing works to stop Count Dracula. Lucy Westenra seeks out Dracula’s love, while Seward and Quincy Morris are both in love with her. Meanwhile, John’s lover, Mina Murray, begins to succumb to Count Dracula’s spell, as well.

Doctor Abhaham Van Helsing was played by junior Zachary Glassman, Lucy Westenra was played by freshman Christina Comizio, Quincy Morris was played by freshman Kevin Ebner, and Mina Murray was played by junior Sara Detrick. Simmons, played by

junior Sean McLaughlin, assisted in the asylum.

“Dracula” had music numbers implemented in through the three vampirettes, played by freshman Tiffany Green, junior Shannon Murfee and junior Melissa Peters.

Freshman Emma Levine Sporer was also in the production, played the old woman/nun.

I was unsure of what I had originally been walking into. With Halloween being just a few weeks ago, I assumed the production would be similar to the novel that I had grown up with during the month of October.

However, I was completely wrong.

The play had combined clever language, outlandish humor and many twists that left the crowd guessing what was happening, such as the breakout dance number of “Twist.” I have never seen a production like this one before. I laughed during times when I did not think I would, sat there unable to guess what was going to happen next, but overall, sat on the edge of my seat to see what would happen next and if Count Dracula would prevail in the end. The Count Dracula was not menacing as expected, however, he was meant to be seductive and humorous.

There was a love twist mixed in with the humor, something I was not expecting.

Sitting in the second row gave me a great view of not only the great acting, but the incredible set design. The design itself was not just a stable set decorated, the walls moved around, enabling more space for the actors and was able to create change in the scenes

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Quinnipiac’s theater department hosted a presentation of ‘Dracula’ last weekend, featuring three vampirettes: Tiffany Green, Shannon Murfee and Melissa Peters. when needed. The detailing in the designs was also very clear and clean.

The acting talent not only shined through, but so did the set construction and design.

The actors, actresses and those who had

worked behind the scenes for Quinnipiac University’s Theater for the Community’s production of “Dracula” did an excellent job and put on yet another incredible performance.

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MEN’S SOCCER

QU 2, Siena 1, 2OT – Wednesday Macheal Baker: 1 goal Ola Ogunjobi: 1 goal

QU 1, Rider 0, 2OT – Saturday Simon Hinde: 1 goal Borja Angoitia: 6 saves FIELD HOCKEY

QU 5, Bryant 0 – Friday Danielle Allan: 2 goals

QU 1, Robert Morris 0 – Saturday Megan Conaboy: 9 saves WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU 77, North Carolina A&T 63 – Friday Jasmine Martin: 22 points MEN’S BASKETBALL QU 82, Hartford 77 – Saturday Ike Azotam: 20 points, 13 rebounds Zaid Hearst: 17 points, 6 rebounds MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 3, Brown 0 – Friday Michael Garteig: 20 saves QU 3, Yale 3, OT – Saturday Sam Anas: 1 goal Jordan Samuels-Thomas: 1 goal Matthew Peca: 1 goal WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 3, Brown 1 – Friday Nicole Connery: 2 assists QU 0, Yale 0, OT – Saturday Chelsea Laden: 27 saves VOLLEYBALL Iona 3, QU 0 – Saturday Manhattan 3, QU 1 – Sunday

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Men’s basketball earns first win

By Bryan Lipiner Sports Editor

Gone are the days of playing at the deafeningly loud Wellness, Recreation & Athletics center at LIU Brooklyn, and the late-season home matchups against rival Robert Morris.

Enter the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, a new conference and a clean slate.

One thing has stayed consistent year after year for the Quinnipiac men’s basketball team, however: the Connecticut 6 Basketball Classic. And similar to last season, it was a comeback victory over the Hartford Hawks to open Quinnipiac’s season in the ‘W’ column.

In their first game of the season, the Bobcats defeated Hartford by a final score of 82-77. Ike Azotam gathered 20 points on the afternoon, while Zaid Hearst tallied 17 to his credit. Freshmen Kasim Chandler and AJ Sumbry recorded 11 and 10 points, respectively.

Hearst’s free-throw shooting proved to be key for Quinnipiac, going 12 for 12 from the line, six of which in the waning minutes.

“There’s not a guy on the team I’d rather have on the court, shooting those free throws down the stretch,” Quinnipiac head coach Tom Moore said. “He’s the

hardest working kid in our program. It’s great to have a kid get rewarded by making those shots.”

Last year at the Connecticut 6 in West Harford, Quinnipiac downed the Hawks, 65-61, also in come-from-behind fashion after trailing 32-29 at the half. At the end of 20 minutes in the 2013 edition, the Bobcats trailed Hartford by 11.

“He just said stay with it, do what we do,” Hearst said on Moore’s halftime comments. “We played flat in the beginning. Hartford was controlling the pace of the game.”

Quinnipiac began to mount its comeback early in the second stanza, going on a 30-7 run early in the half. The Bobcats tied Hartford at 47 with 14:47 remaining in regulation, taking the lead seconds later and holding it for the rest of the game. Chandler was critical in the second half, earning nine of his 11 points during the stanza.

“We came out with way more energy in the second half,” Azotam said. “We started making more hustle plays. We got back into the game.”

In the first half, Quinnipiac shot 38.5 percent from the field compared to Hartford’s 54.8, resulting in a 42-31 Hartford lead after 20 minutes. Azotam shined for the

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Ike Azotam drives to the hoop in Saturday’s victory over Hartford in the Conneticut 6 Basketball Classic.

Bobcats in the first stanza, knocking down 3 of 5 shots from the field, also going 4 for 5 from the free-throw line, good for 10 points.

Sumbry also recorded his first

points in the half, collecting four.

“Great to get out of here with a win against a team that’s gonna win a lot of games this year,” Moore said.

Field hockey confident heading into play-in game

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Quinnipiac won the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the first time in the league’s history with a 1-0 win vs. Robert Morris. tournament from page 20

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Field hockey head coach Becca Main talks to her team after the NCAA Selection Show on Sunday. The Bobcats face American University in a play-in game on Wednesday.

“It has all been a whirlwind,” junior goalkeeper Megan Conaboy said.

In her first year starting, Conaboy stepped up for the Bobcats, especially late in the season.

Conaboy collected four straight shutouts to end the season, including two in the conference tournament, which led to her receiving all tournament honors.

“If we wanted to be successful, I knew I had to step up,” Conaboy said.

Another component to the Bobcats’ success this season has been forward Jess Rusin. The senior captain put up record-breaking numbers, including 16 goals to go along with five assists. These stats led to having Rusin awarded the MAAC Offensive Player of the Year. Rusin showed confidence all season.

“First day of practice, we sat

down in the conference room and decided that we aren’t leaving until we win the MAAC,” Rusin said.

Right after winning the MAAC title, the Quinnipiac field hockey team started preparing for the NCAA Tournament.

“Right when we got on the bus after the game, we started preparing for Wednesday,” Quinnipiac head coach Becca Main said.

Despite losing four seniors from last year’s team, the leadership of those players rubbed off on this year’s team.

“The great leadership on the team came from the leadership before them in the alumni,” Main said. “We’re all business now, I like our chances.”

Quinnipiac’s confidence is high as the squad prepares for its game on Wednesday.

“We are going to win on Wednesday, and we are going to have fun doing it,” Conaboy said.

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Martin: ‘It could really be another historic year’

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Junior guard Jasmine Martin is one of the women’s basketball team’s four captains this season.

HISTORY from page 20 “Obviously it will be hard to exceed 303, but that’s definitely the goal,” junior point guard Gillian “Boo” Abshire said. “Right

now we’re working harder than ever as if we never did what we did last season.”

The team led the entire game with Martin shooting a perfect 7 of 7 from the field. Her 3-point shot was locked on, hitting all five

of her shots. Her only miss was a free throw, shooting 3 of 4 from the stripe.

A key concern for the team is the unfamiliarity of its opponents. Fabbri feels, with a complete lack of experience with the teams of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, the “learning curve” on how to defeat new opponents is immense.

“We’re playing new teams; everyone is unfamiliar,” Martin added. “We just have to make sure we’re looking to scout a couple extra times to be familiar with the teams we are playing against.”

Despite the learning curve, the upperclassmen have much experience, especially coming off such a historic season. Such an advantage will help Quinnipiac pull out out the close games, Fabbri noted. She feels this experience begins with Abshire. As most leaders tend to do, Fabbri noted she leads her team by example.

“She has the ball in her hand the majority of the game,” Fabbri said. “She’s the one who is making all the plays and she is really comfortable with that. The fact that she has been so good at that position is why we have a lot of success.”

This experience will ultimately hold Abshire responsible for the team’s largest statistical concern, turnovers. Fabbri feels when the team wins the turnover battle, they win the games.

“I know the turnover margin is really important to us to have the least amount of turnovers as possible,” Abshire said. “I know a lot of that relies on me.”

On the court, Abshire will be the head of the team’s game plan to push the tempo and control the pace. The system the team has in place, coined the “gold rush” by Fabbri, is comparable to hockey lines as she swaps out five players at a time to keep legs fresh.

“It was something that we experimented with and were able to capitalize on,” Fabbri said. “Not most programs in the country

tend to do that.”

What helps this style of play is the chemistry between the players off the court. As Martin noted, the team wants new players to feel that they are being welcomed into a family and conduct the team in the same manner.

“We’re really close,” Martin said. “Every year we just get closer and closer. The girls that come here just fit right in. It’s like they were meant to come here.”

“Anytime you can really create an environment that is stable, that people feel really comfortable with their decision, first and foremost truly affects our ability to go out and recruit the top athletes.”

– Tricia Fabbri women’s basketball head coach Noticing the teams success and chemistry, the school awarded Fabbri a contract extension prior to the beginning of the season. Now in her 19th season as head coach, she acknowledges the environment she has created is the most appealing aspect of her team.

“Anytime you can really create an environment that is stable, that people feel really comfortable with their decision, first and foremost truly affects our ability to go out and recruit the top athletes,” Fabbri said.

All this taken into consideration, the Bobcats believe they have a great chance to mirror last season’s performance, if not outdo themselves.

“It could really be another historic year,” Martin said. “We just have to take it one game at a time.”

Pack the arena for every game yale game from page 20 year. When it was in February, it would typically be one of the last home games of the year. Just because the Yale game has passed doesn’t mean people should not look forward to any hockey games for the rest of the year.

It seems like attendance picks up when the Yale game approaches, and then drops off drastically. In 2010, 4,267 people went to the Quinnipiac/Yale game. The night before, Quinnipiac drew 2,992 people when it played Brown. In 2012, 2,892 went to the Quinnipiac/Brown game, compared to 3,968 people

at the Yale game.

Even last year, 4,074 people went to the Quinnipiac/Yale game, and nearly 400 fewer people went to the game vs. Brown the next night. And even though Quinnipiac’s bestof-three playoff series vs. Cornell took place during spring break, the arena drew 3,222

fans in perhaps the game of the year, a double-overtime thriller.

There’s no telling what will happen in each game. There are 13 more men’s ice hockey home games left this year, including two this weekend.

The arena better be filled for all of them.

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COMEBACK K.J.

By NICK SOLARI

Associate Sports Editor

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e was nervous. His mother was nervous. So were his friends and other family members. It was a six-hour, lifealtering procedure, but it was necessary for him to live. K.J. Tiefenwerth feared he would never play hockey again. A game that had essentially taken over his life since his childhood could have potentially been stripped away due to a benign tumor on his heart.

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EARLY BEGINNINGS Originally from North Belmont, N.Y., Tiefenwerth’s hockey career began at a young age, in an attempt to model himself after his older brother. Tiefenwerth started out playing roller hockey, and made the transition to the ice rink when he was approximately 8.

As Tiefenwerth grew older, he bounced around between several travel leagues. Eventually, he played junior hockey with the Boston Jr. Bruins, a member of the Eastern Junior Hockey League, before taking an interest in collegiate play.

Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold originally recruited 15-yearold forward Tiefenwerth. The relationship grew from there on out.

“We saw him play for years,” Pecknold said. “He definitely liked us.”

Over time, Pecknold continued to exhibit interest in Tiefenwerth.

But for the Long Island native, Quinnipiac never materialized as a realistic option. The team didn’t need a forward at the time, and Tiefenwerth was also weighing opportunities to play with other schools, some in the Hockey East conference.

Quinnipiac didn’t make an official offer, and Tiefenwerth committed to Boston College before later opting for the University of Massachusetts.

Tiefenwerth chose UMass due to his relationship with former Minutemen head coach Don Cahoon, who saw Tiefenwerth play during his prep school years at Avon Old Farms and was key in recruiting him. Tiefenwerth also picked UMass to reunite with a former teammate who had recently committed to the school.

“When I decided to go somewhere other than Boston College, UMass was a good option for me,” Tiefenwerth said. “I jumped on my opportunity.”

ONE AND DONE Tiefenwerth spent a year in Amherst, Mass., as his brief Minuteman career didn’t go as well as he hoped.

Cahoon, one of the reasons why Tiefenwerth chose to attend UMass, stepped down in June 2012 prior to Tiefenwerth’s arrival. Current UMass head coach John Micheletto later filled the vacancy.

With Micheletto taking on the new role, the coaching change ended up impacting Tiefenwerth more than he had anticipated. The two did not get along, Tiefenwerth explaining that the rift was 100 percent of the reason why he left.

“I didn’t feel I got the opportunity, [we] didn’t really see eye to eye,” Tiefenwerth said. “I wish UMass guys the best of luck, but I don’t think it was the best choice for me.”

After Tiefenwerth’s relationship with Micheletto deteriorated, his relationship with Pecknold picked up steam.

As Tiefenwerth was looking for a fresh start, Jr. Bruins head coach Peter Masters contacted Pecknold in May 2013 about the sophomore’s interest in Quinnipiac. Tiefenwerth, as well as current Bobcats Matt Lemire, Zach Lucyzk and Dan Federico, all played for the junior club at some point before coming to Hamden.

After speaking with Masters, Pecknold invited Tiefenwerth to Quinnipiac for a visit. The two sat down to talk, and Pecknold agreed

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to take Tiefenwerth for the 2014-15 season, as Quinnipiac’s squad was already set for this season.

“I loved his personality as a coach,” Tiefenwerth said. “To be able to play for him would be a great decision for my hockey career.”

Tiefenwerth also wanted Quinnipiac because the school offered incentives that UMass could not.

The university was smaller, which would allow Tiefenwerth to become closer with his professors. Additionally, Quinnipiac was closer to his hometown, while also possessing top-notch facilities and a men’s ice hockey program that was coming off a benchmark season.

“It’s a little different when you take a transfer than when you recruit a kid,” Pecknold said on the process.

“They have a better idea of what they want. I don’t think you need to recruit the kid as much. They know what they’re looking for.”

The move was all but official. Tiefenwerth would get a chance to don the Bobcat blue and gold. The only thing now remaining, as is customary when a player changes teams, was a physical.

A BLESSING IN DISGUISE May turned to June, and Quinnipiac required a physical from Tiefenwerth in order to attend the university, a different one than what was previously needed at UMass.

On the day of the physical, Tiefenwerth cleared the initial tests, and eventually was given the option of taking an ultrasonography, a tool for observing various body structures.

The procedure would have added 10 to 15 minutes to the physical, and Tiefenwerth graciously accepted, in order to be thorough.

The decision that seemed simple at the time ended up becoming a life-changing one.

Through the ultrasonography, it was discovered that Tiefenwerth had a papillary fibroelastoma tumor on a valve in his heart. Tiefenwerth was warned that the tumor wasn’t going to affect him now, but it would in the future. The discovery was not accompanied by any symptoms, and was not normal for someone of such a young age.

Papillary fibroelastomas are common benign tumors found in the heart, according to the National Center for Biotechnology Information. Fibroelastomas are treated differently based on their size and mobility. In most cases, surgery is recommended for tumors that are larger than 1 centimeter in diameter.

Fibroelastomas are the second most common type cardiac tumors.

Digital imaging has helped professionals recognize such tumors in

“It was a blessing in disguise. Thank God, if I didn’t transfer, I probably would have never found it.

They don’t know where it came from.”

– K.J. Tiefenwerth recent history, as the technology did not exist in the past.

“It was a blessing in disguise,” Tiefenwerth said. “Thank God, if I didn’t transfer, I probably would

have never found it. They don’t know where it came from, how long it’s been there. Kind of a freak accident.”

It was recommended that the tumor was removed as soon as possible.

“We had four opinions, four different heart doctors,” K.J.’s mother, Nancy Tiefenwerth, said. “All of them said the same thing, ‘it has to come out, now.’”

Just four days after transferring from UMass, Tiefenwerth was at the hospital for his open-heart surgery, that could come with risks. Tiefenwerth was briefed the day before the operation that if the valve needed to be removed in addition to the tumor, there was a chance that he would never be able to play hockey again.

“It would have been heartbreaking,” Tiefenwerth said.

On June 18, approximately a week and a half after the discovery was made, Tiefenwerth went under the knife. The procedure took six hours to complete, with about 20-25 family members and friends waiting for him outside, Nancy said.

Tiefenwerth successfully made it through the procedure, spending the next four days in the intensive care unit. The first day following the surgery, Tiefenwerth attempted to walk under his own power, but failed to do so.

“The first three days were terrible,” Tiefenwerth said. “My chest felt like it was a million pounds.”

“He was in a lot of pain, he couldn’t really move,” Nancy said.

After the initial week, Tiefenwerth was finally able to walk unassisted and was released from the hospital. Yet he was still a long way from resuming activity on the ice.

His body contained air and fluids from the surgery, which would need to be drained over time through tubes connected to the body.

Tiefenwerth’s ability to work out off the ice was limited as well.

“It was a battle getting back in shape, especially with the workouts and conditioning they have here,” Tiefenwerth said.

Tiefenwerth was visited by his friends in the weeks following the surgery, keeping him company while his condition improved. Tiefenwerth also spent time catching up with his older brother.

Roughly three weeks after the surgery, Tiefenwerth was “up and around,” according to Nancy. At this time, Tiefenwerth could walk around without issues and ride a bicycle.

It wasn’t until approximately two months following the surgery that Tiefenwerth was able to set foot on the ice again.

NEW SCHOOL, NEW LIFESTYLE For months, Tiefenwerth couldn’t practice the way he wanted to.

Up until Nov. 3, Tiefenwerth was still recovering, and had not been fully cleared to practice with the team.

On a typical day, Tiefenwerth would skate at TD Bank Sports Center 15 minutes early or 15 minutes late compared to the rest of the squad, but would head to the locker room before the team practice begins.

“He goes out early, every day, by himself,” senior Jordan SamuelsThomas said. “When guys start coming on, he knows it’s time for him to get off the ice. It’s sad. You can see he’s disappointed; he wants to be out there with the team.”

Samuels-Thomas can relate to Tiefenwerth. After transferring from Bowling Green after the 2010-11 season, he redshirted for the 2011-12 season, rendering him ineligible to play that year.

“You’re out there competing with

the team, but not in the moments that you’re all working for together,” Samuels-Thomas said.

Samuels-Thomas has spoken with Tiefenwerth on the subject, consoling the sophomore about his former inability to practice or play. Yet, Samuels-Thomas had seen Tiefenwerth push himself to the limit, even though his body would disagree.

Two weekends ago, Tiefenwerth went home while also making a trip to the doctor, who later cleared him to play full contact. That said, Tiefenwerth still will not see game action, due to redshirting.

Tiefenwerth, Samuels-Thomas and Quinnipiac captain Cory Hibbeler will occasionally work together as a trio in their mornings, practicing shots, screens and other “edge work,” according to Hibbeler.

“He definitely wants to keep his puck skills, and work on his skating so he’s ready for next year,” Hibbeler said. “He’s a great team guy, always encourages in the weight room, leads by example. He’s gonna be nothing but an asset to this team.”

Though the work ethic is evident, Tiefenwerth still has much to learn, Pecknold said.

“K.J. can be a very effective player for us if he’s willing to adjust his game, and buy into our team identity,” Pecknold said. “He’s gonna have to learn to block shots, be more committed to defense. He’s very skilled, he’s got the hockey vision. I think he will do it.”

Though he is not eligible to compete in the 2013-14 season, it doesn’t mean Tiefenwerth won’t be putting in his maximum effort over the next 10 months to make it as starting forward at Quinnipiac.

“I think I can be effective here,” Tiefenwerth said. “Hopefully I can get back in top shape and prove myself.”

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“We didn’t look past Brown at all. We were ready to play. It’s more a credit to our team and to our captains.”

November 13, 2013

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— Rand Pecknold men’s ice hockey

Each game should be the ‘Yale game’ The Quinnipiac/Yale men’s ice hockey game is always hyped up.

Tour guides use it to entice prospective students MAtt Eisenberg Senior Managing Editor when they @matteisenberg42 visit the university. Orientation leaders rave about it. Student tickets sell out within minutes. People wait in line for hours before doors even open so they can get a (good) seat. The hashtag #BeatYale even trended on Twitter last year.

Why can’t all games be like this?

Sure, Yale is the school’s big rival. But this is Quinnipiac, home of one of the premier hockey programs in the entire country with one of the top arenas in the Northeast. When the Bobcats have a home game — conference or non-conference, ranked or unranked — those games should sell out.

College hockey is a sport filled with parity. Anything can happen on any given night. E.g.: Quinnipiac, the top-ranked team in last year’s tournament, beat Yale, the No. 15 seed, three times last year, outscoring the Bulldogs 13-3. In the finals: Yale won 4-0. People can make all the predictions they want, but every game has potential to be a memorable one.

Tickets to the general public cost between $13 and $15 in the box office, while student tickets for every game are free. Aka there’s no significant difference (or any for students) between going to a Quinnipiac/Yale game and a Quinnipiac/ Dartmouth game (which happens to be this Saturday). People need to take advantage of seeing one of the premier college teams in New England. It starts by looking at the team instead of the opponent.

Duke, for example, is a national basketball powerhouse. When Duke sells out a basketball game, people go to watch the Blue Devils play. When Duke played Elon, a mid-major basketball program, and its big rival in North Carolina, both home games sold out.

I don’t intend to compare Duke basketball to Quinnipiac ice hockey. The point is how attendance is for top teams in the country. Duke basketball fans don’t care who the Blue Devils play. They want to watch their team.

Quinnipiac fans should feel and do the same.

In years past, the home Yale game would be in February, but it was scheduled in November this See yale game Page 17

Tournament bound

Field hockey turns focus to NCAAs after MAAC finals

By Alec Turner Staff Writer

On Sunday night, the Quinnipiac field hockey team watched eagerly to find out who its opponent would be in the NCAA Tournament. The loud and excited crowd in the conference room made up of players and coaches quickly became silent once the selection show came on.

The Bobcats found out right away they would be traveling to Washington D.C. to face Patriot League foe American University in a play-in game for the NCAA Tournament.

The Bobcats did not play the Eagles this season, but they did defeat them 3-2 last season. The Eagles posted a 14-5 record this season, and received an automatic bid into the tournament with a 3-0 win over Boston University in the Patriot League championship.

Quinnipiac collected a 14-6 record this year. The team also went 5-1 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, which was enough to clinch a share of the regular season title.

The field hockey team clinched an automatic bid to the national tournament with a 1-0 win against Robert Morris in the MAAC Championship game last Saturday. With the win, the Bobcats won their first MAAC Championship in their inau-

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Field hockey players Megan Osantisch, Danielle Allan and Amanda Danziger react after hearing Quinnipiac called during the NCAA Selection Show on Sunday. The Bobcats will face American University on Wednesday. gural season in the conference. The title was also the Bobcats’ first conference championship since 2003.

The Bobcats dominated the conference tournament, having four

players make the all-tournament team, including the tournament MVP, senior defenseman Amanda Danziger, who scored the gamewinning goal in the finals.

For some of the players the conference title hasn’t even kicked in yet.

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Bobcats aim for record-season repeat

By Ian Mccracken Staff Writer

Last season, the Quinnipiac women’s basketball team played its best season in program history, going undefeated in conference play, 30-3 overall and eventually losing to Maryland in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

“We’ve been able to string two really good years in a row, but a championship year is fantastic,” Quinnipiac head coach Tricia Fabbri said of last year’s success.

While the team’s success last year is still fresh in the players’ minds, they aren’t living in the past.

“What we did last year was amazing,” junior guard Jasmine Martin said. “But this year, going forward, we just have to know it’s a new year.”

In hopes of improving on last season, the Bobcats started out on the right foot with their win against North Carolina A&T, defeating the Aggies 77-63.

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Women’s basketball guard Jasmine Martin pumps up the team before the Bobcats’ season-opener vs. North Carolina A&T on Friday.