The Quinnipiac Chronicle Issue 11, Volume 83

QUChronicle.com November 6, 2013 Volume 83 Issue 11 Proud recipient of the New England Society of Newspaper Editors' award for 2012 & 2013 College Newspaper of the Year

Arts & Life Best of Java John, page 12

Opinion Unfair attendance policies, page 8

sports Previewing the rematch, page 20

The golden tickets

Hamden police break up ‘large parties’

Student stubs for QU/Yale in high demand

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By nicole hanson Staff Writer

The War for Whitney Avenue will continue this Saturday at High Point Solutions Arena at TD Bank Sports Center, when the men’s ice hockey team will face Yale for the first time since the 2013 NCAA National Championship game. While

“Students see this as an opportunity to make money, but they’re taking these tickets away from someone else who actually wants them.”

– Eric Grgurich

Executive Director of TD Bank Sports Center Bobcats get ready to take on their rival, students prepared to get their free tickets and bargain with one another on Monday night.

Student tickets for this season’s QU vs. Yale game went on sale Monday, Nov. 4 at 10 p.m.

This season’s student tickets sold out in less than five minutes, according to Executive Director of TD Bank Sports Center Eric Grgurich.

In the past month, the athletics department’s ticket page has received 74,753 pageviews. Last night, the website received a total of 19,137 pageviews, or 25.6 percent of its monthly views.

In the past, the nearly 1,200 student tickets available have sold out in under two minutes, according to Grgurich.

“Last year’s game was pretty popular, and I believe it was because we were No. 1 at the time,” Grgurich said. “I expect that this year’s game will be very similar to last year’s.”

Tickets on sale to the public on Oct. 1 sold out especially fast this year, according to Grgurich.

“We probably have about 2,300 tickets available to the public, and

those went within the first day,” Grgurich said. “In the past, they have usually gone within the first week.”

An additional 10 student tickets will be given out during halftime at the women’s basketball season opener on Friday, Nov. 8 at 5 p.m., according to Grgurich.

Tickets on StubHub were available Tuesday afternoon between $85 to $195. A ticket, originally on sale on StubHub for $235 was bought on Tuesday. The average price of a ticket, as of 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, was $118.95. Quinnipiac sells individual tickets to premium games (e.g. vs.

Yale, Cornell and Harvard) to the general public for $15.

Sophomore Nicolette Drakos, who got her student ticket to this year’s game, said she is looking forward to how the rivalry will play out on Saturday night.

“I think the most exciting part will be seeing our team get far

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again,” Drakos said.

Sophomore Mike Vaknin said he is excited for the men’s ice hockey team to seek a little revenge on Yale.

“Last year’s championship game was heartbreaking, so this weekend is going to be crazy,” Vaknin said after he received his student ticket Monday night.

Since tickets for the QU vs.

Yale ice hockey games have always been in high demand, according to Grgurich, an additional 200 students are able to attend the game for free this year.

“We don’t want to ever charge students to get into the game, and we held an extra 200 tickets aside this year because this will be a popular game,” Grgurich said.

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Senior Jeffrey Stoddart fell into a well on 3230 Whitney Ave. last night, according to Fire Chief David Berardesca. The Hamden Fire Department rescued the student within a half hour, and the student did not suffer any injuries.

The Hamden police were also on scene due to the huge crowds because of the many Halloween parties in the area, according to Berardesca.

Stoddart was in the backyard of the Whitney Avenue home at a Halloween party when he fell 15 feet, feet first, into the well, which was camouflaged by leaves, Be-

rardesca said.

At first, fellow students tried to pull him out of the hole, but the Hamden police told them to move away in fear that dirt would fall into the hole and the well would collapse, Berardesca said.

The Hamden Fire Department was called at 11:30 last night and used a haul system to lift Stoddart from the well, according to Berardesca.

“I’m very proud of my people for doing such a quick job to get him out and to safety,” Berardesca said.

“But our people are used to those types of incidents, not typically with wells, but with construction sites and up on Sleeping Giant.”

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Hamden police were called to 14 off-campus house parties held by students over the weekend, according to press releases from Captain Ronald Smith of the Hamden Police Department. From Oct. 31 until Nov. 2, several students were arrested for breach of peace and 13 students were cited for creating a public disturbance, according to the press releases.

“Residents had contacted police to report loud music, loud noise, large group gatherings, parking complaints and a large number of individuals walking in the middle of Whitney Avenue, impeding the traffic flow,” Smith said.

On Thursday, Oct. 31, about 500 people attended a party on Whitney Avenue, according to the press release.

According to the press release, the Hamden Police Department arrested and later released “Antonio Blanco, Zachary Palmer, Ryan Spagnuolo, Brian Macduff and Scott Schubet.” They were released on the promise that they would appear in court in Meriden on Nov. 6, according to the press release.

Senior Scott Schubert said he and his housemates were not arrested.

“We were told that we would not be arrested, if we gave the officers a promise to appear in court,” Schubert said. “They agreed with us and wrote us a ticket for breach of peace and a court appearance scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 6.”

Schubert said he and his housemates cooperated politely with Hamden police.

“We told [police] straight up what happened, we had a party and it got out of hand,” Schubert said.

“We did not want that amount of people at our house.”

The university is investigating the weekend events, according to Vice President for Public Affairs Lynn Bushnell.

“The university is conducting its own investigation and those found to be involved will face the student conduct process, which could ultimately lead to their dismissal from See parties Page 3

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Paul Anthony Ciancia, 23, has been charged with murder of a federal officer and commissioner of violence in an international airport after he shot and killed Transportation Security Administration officer Gerardo Hernandez on Nov. 1, according to CNN. According to reports, Cianci walked up to to a TSA checkpoint and shot the officer with a .223-caliber assault rifle. This was the first TSA officer to die in the line of fire since the creation of the agency. Seven other TSA workers were also wounded, according to NBC. The shooter was shot and currently remains unresponsive, according to CNN. Ciancia had a note on him that harshly bashed the government, especially the TSA, according to NBC. The shooting is still under investigation.

The New Haven mayoral candidates had their final debate on Sunday Nov. 3. The candidates discussed whether the city police have the necessary tools to fight the many crimes in New Haven. State Senator Toni Harp feels the city does have the necessary tools, however, Alderman Justin Elicker disagrees. He mentioned the recent shooting at the Key Club Cabaret and the failed attempt

by New Haven to have state approval to tax nightclubs to cover the burdens they put on the city’s police, according to the New Haven Register. Mayor John DeStafano Jr., is leaving office after 20 years, but he has faith that one of the candidates will succeed, according to the New Haven Register.

The U.S. Representative and Democratic gubernatorial, Mike Michaud of Maine, announced on Monday, Nov. 4, that he is gay. The announcement came in an opinion piece for the newspaper. He is the eighth member of Congress to come out as gay and, if he wins, he will be the first openly gay candidate to be elected governor, according to CNN. He wrote in his editorial that his sexuality has nothing to do with his ability to lead the state. The state voted democrat in the past presidential election and does allow same sex marriage.

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14 off-campus house parties broken up over weekend parties from cover the university,” Bushnell said.

About 150 people were outside the house and around 350 people were inside when police arrived at 11 p.m. Thursday, according to the press release.

“Many of the individuals were intoxicated and the music was excessively loud,” Smith said.

Hamden police called the university to bring students back to campus on the shuttles, according to Smith. Using the shuttles allowed the police to get the students back to campus as soon as possible, he said.

On Friday, Nov. 1, 10 Hamden police officers reported to Todd Street to break up a party of an estimated 500 people, according to a press release.

The tenants, identified as “Katherine Fischer, Brianne Mastas, Maria Sokolovic and Paige Mebus,” were arrested and charged with breach of peace, according to the press release. The students will appear in court in Meriden on Nov. 14, the press release said.

On Saturday, Nov. 2, about 250 to 300 students attended a party at Washington Avenue, which Hamden police broke up due to the loud music, according to the press release. The university transported students back to campus from this party, as well.

Seven were cited with creating a public disturbance at this party, according to the press release.

At a Nov. 2 party on Darley Drive, attend-

ed by about 100 individuals, police cited two individuals for creating a public disturbance, according to the press release, Police were also called to Rocky Top Road on Nov. 2 because of a “loud party” attended by about 200 people. Four students were cited for creating a public disturbance, according to the press release.

Early in the school year, the Hamden police have responded to the aforementioned addresses, in some instances, several times, the press release said.

“This was an unusual amount of parties for a particular night,” Smith said. “It’s okay to have a party with a reasonable amount of people, but these parties are out of hand with this number of people.”

Many of the party-goers were drinking, but the Hamden police did not have the manpower to check if they were minors, Smith said.

Although the party occurred off campus, the university can still get involved. The Student Handbook states when students who live off campus “engage in actions or behaviors that attract the attention and concern of neighbors or others within the community, the University will respond accordingly.”

When off-campus incidents “endanger the health, safety and welfare of others and/or adversely affect the University and/or the pursuit of its objectives,” the university can put students through the Student Code of Conduct process, according to the Student Handbook.

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Rockin’ jams at Battle of the Bands

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(Top left) Juniors Kyle Gallatin and Chanse Scott’s band “Chanse 182” placed second at WQAQ’s Battle of the Bands on Saturday. (Top right) Host Mike Calandro leans on first place winner Alex Danieli from “Sixth Ocean.” (Bottom left) Third place winners “Wasted Days” with senior Jensine Santiago as vocalist.

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Quinnipiac bands of all different genres came together this past weekend at WQAQ’s annual Battle of the Bands event. The event was located in Burt Kahn Court on Saturday and each band performed for about 10 minutes. There were rappers, punk rock bands and acoustic artists.

“I had an awesome time listening to all these different genres. There’s a lot of good music going around Quinnipiac,” sophomore Connor Rice said.

WQAQ gave out a $300 prize to the first place winner. The winner gets to be the opening act at WQAQ’s spring concert FestapaTHREEza. A $200 prize was given to the second place winner and a $100 prize to the third place winner. WQAQ raffled off two free Third Eye Blind tickets during the show as well.

Freshman Connor Gilroy performed at Battle for the Bands for the first time this weekend.

“I felt very welcomed, everyone was pretty cool,” Gilroy said. “The judges were pretty cool about it too and I hope they do it again soon,” Gilroy said.

The third place winner was Wasted Days, a band of two guitarists, a drummer, a saxophonist, a trumpeter and one vocalist.

The second place winner was an acoustic band, Chance 182, consisting of two guitarists. The first place winner was Sixth Ocean.

Freshman biology major Alex Danieli is the man behind Sixth Ocean. He is a solo artist but had junior Elisabeth Emery per-

forming with him on the cello and ukulele.

Emery and Danieli met in September and started playing together before rehearsal for the Quinnipiac Symphony Orchestra. This was their first time performing together.

“I recognized immediately that Alex was an incredibly talented musician and it would be a privilege to play with him,” Emery said.

It was Danieli’s first time performing in Battle of the Bands.

“There is so much talent involved with the production, not only with all the musicians, who were phenomenal, but within the radio station and film crew as well,” he said.

“It was a very exciting and incredibly humbling experience.”

Danieli did vocals while playing on the keyboard and classifies himself as alternative pop, but gets inspiration from classical music.

“I was trained as a classical pianist, so I take a lot of inspiration from classical music by composers such as Debussy,” he said. I also use more eastern influence in my music.”

Danieli has an EP out on iTunes called “Sleepcycles.”

“My first album was based on where I was in my life. Sleepcycles EP is partly about death, partly about depression and partly about healing and recovering and hiding the pain,” he said.

Danieli’s next album, “Youth,” will be coming out this upcoming May. “My next album talks about the difficulties of youth as a whole and further pontificates on the ideas conceived in Sleepcycles.

It also talks a way through the healing process with a difficult breakup,” said Danieli.

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Yale ticket resell prices skyrocket tickets from cover hopes to never charge students for these tickets provided by the university, he said he is fully aware students often sell these free tickets to make a little extra cash.

“Students see this as an opportunity to make money, but they’re taking these tickets away from someone else who actually wants them,” Grgurich said. “I can see both sides of it, but I’m hoping students don’t do that.”

Senior Ben Mills said someone had offered him $60 for his ticket as of 10:30 p.m. on Monday, but he was still looking for other offers.

“I dress up as a Teletubby at every game, so I already have a ticket,” Mills said. “So I generated a ticket to give it to someone for cash.”

Drakos, like Grgurich, said she can also see both sides of students selling their free tickets to make a profit.

“I think it’s unfair, but it’s also smart because people are willing to pay for the tickets,” Drakos said.

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Tickets to Saturday’s Quinnipiac/Yale men’s ice hockey game were listed on StubHub for more than $200. who said she would not sell her student ticket, said it is unfair for anyone to sell theirs.

“If you don’t want to go, don’t clog up the server and take free

tickets that students actually want,” MacDonald said.

Vaknin said he would consider selling his ticket, but he would prefer not to.

“The offer would probably have to be $100 or something,” Vaknin said. “I honestly don’t care for the money. I’d rather go to the game with my friends and enjoy it.”

Think before hitting send

Ohio University incident reminds college students of the dangers of social media By sarah doiron Staff Writer

The university has dealt with four cases of cyber bullying this year alone, according to Chief of Public Safety David Barger. In Connecticut, cyber bullying amounts to harassment which can lead to serious consequences with the law such as fines, restraining orders and/or additions to one’s permanent record.

“Bullying is up close and personal,” Barger said. “The thing about cyber bullying, although it is still personal, it’s not up close. That is the greater danger.”

An anonymous Twitter account was created named @QUPartyStories, which posts embarrassing pictures of drunk Quinnipiac students partying.

Some students, such as freshman microbiology major William Bomentre believes this account serves no real purpose.

“It’s like a car crash, to be honest,” Bomentre said. “It’s a bad idea, because it can get people in serious trouble. But you can’t help but look at it.”

The account’s description reads: “Send us your craziest Quinnipiac party pictures. All pictures sent in at own consent.”

Barger said he believes cyber bullying and social media are a problem for all college campuses, not just Quinnipiac. He thinks this Twitter account does more damage to the students involved than it does to the institution.

“College students have to remember that every employer has access to social media,” Barger said. “It’s nothing for an employer to find out everything about you. It’s more injurious to

the student that it is to anyone else.”

Bomentre believes that cyber bullying is a problem on campus that is genuinely overlooked due to Twitter accounts such as QUPartyStories.

“It’s mostly with Twitter accounts like QUPartyStories or even QUHookUps that stuff is personal and even embarrassing,” Bomentre said.

Cyber bullying affects all college campuses and, according to Barger, students need to be cognizant of what they post on the internet.

“The best thing is to use [social media] responsibly.” Barger said. “To take a photograph of someone draped across a bed throwing up. I don’t see what purpose it serves.”

A case of cyber bullying broke out at Ohio University after an incident on Oct. 12 circulated on Instagram and Twitter.

Students at Ohio University were shocked to see videos and photos posted online of a man performing oral sex on a woman in front of a Chase Bank in Athens, Ohio, according to Allan Smith, reporter for The Ohio University Post.

The man and woman involved in the incident are Ohio University students and remain unidentified.

Smith said college students need to be aware of what they post on social media and how it can affect their future.

Both the man and woman in the video were under the influence of alcohol and do not remember the events that took place that night, according to an article written by Smith for The Post.

The public began to speak up after the woman filed sexual assault charges on the man.

Rachel Cassidy, a sophomore and member of Alpha Omicron Pi at Ohio University, was misidentified as the female in the video and was the target of online harassment by a group called “Crimes Against Fathers,” who called her an “evil woman” for “falsely accusing rape,” according to Smith.

“The guys there are emotionally charged,” Smith said. “There was an article out there that said [the leader of CAF] didn’t care if [Cassidy] committed suicide.”

people see, and all of the sudden she’s locked in her home, she can’t go anywhere, she’s actually fearful of her life and she’s being wrongly accused.”

Smith believes the shock factor of this story is what made it become nationwide, and that college students should be aware of what they post online.

“People want to film things for the shock factor, to get re-tweets and to get likes,” Smith said. “If you post something on social media and it’s

“This case in Ohio was something that should not have been on social media. A lot of students put a ton of credence into how they are perceived on social media.”

– David Barger

Chief of Public Safety Cassidy spent days hiding in her sorority house due to online harassment before she could begin to attend classes again, according to Smith.

“This was a horrible attack on her identity.” Smith said. “It’s something she can’t have completely removed.

She can have it cleared up but it will always be there.”

CAF has not removed the article harassing Cassidy from their website, and has no intention to do so in the near future, even though her name has been cleared by Athens Police, according to Smith. “[CAF] did not have a care in the world about ruining this girls life, who ended up being completely innocent of the situation.” Smith said. “This girl gets attacked online about a post that [more than] 34,000

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Barger believes there is both a positive and negative side to social media for college students.

“You have to look at the total picture,” Barger said. “This case in Ohio was something that should not have been on social media. A lot of students put a ton of credence into how they are perceived on social media.”

Barger said students need to use social media for the intention it was created for, which he said is communication with others.

“People can see it, and it’s there forever,” Bomentre said. “Don’t post anything you’ll regret in the future.”

Relay for Life hosts a fundraiser at the Moe’s in Hamden Wednesday, Nov. 6, to raise money to fight cancer. Students can take the 4:30 p.m., 5:20 p..m, 6:10 p.m., 7 p.m., or 7:50 p.m., shuttle into Hamden Plaza to get to Moe’s. Students should bring one of Relay for Life’s Moe’s Night flyers to the event.

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Public Safety launches ‘Ticket for a Toy’ If students give a toy or gift card with a value of $10 or more, Public Safety will waive their parking ticket. Public Safety launched a holiday toy drive with Hamden Community Services, the Hamden Fire Department and the Hamden Police Department. Public Safety is looking to receive gifts for children ages zero to 16. They are hoping students will get movie passes, gift certificates and gift cards for older children. Unwrapped toys can be turned in to the Department of Public Safety with the student’s name, parking ticket and QU ID number attached. The holiday toy drive runs until Dec. 6 and students can participate, regardless of if they have received a parking ticket.

– J. Perkins

Mary Beth Tinker visits university Mary Beth Tinker, the lead plaintiff in the 1969 Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, will speak to students on Nov. 12 in the Grand Courtroom of School of Law at 1 p.m. Tinker will discuss free speech and civic awareness. Tinker and two other students were suspended from her school in Des Moines, Iowa in the 1960s for wearing a black armband in school to commemorate soldiers who died in the Vietnam War. Tinker took the suspension to the Supreme Court and the court ruled that the First Amendment allowed the students to wear the armbands.

The event is part of the “Tinker Tour,” sponsored by the Student Press Law Center, where Tinker and Mike Hiestand, an attorney with an expertise in student media law, travel and speak around the country..

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T

he Arnold Bernhard Library offers a variety of different resources. From the large collection of printed books to its databases, there are many informational tools offered to suit the researching needs of each student.

There are more than 578,000 electronic books and 150,000 print volumes of books and journals in the Arnold Bernhard Library, Interim University Librarian Robert Joven said.

“When students are around from September through May, our electronic books are used much more heavily than print,” Joven said.

The university library also offers a wide spectrum of databases for students researching a number of different topics. There are 101 databases available for this purpose. Of those 101 databases, there are five used more heavily: Proquest, Cinahl, PsycInfo, JSTOR and Academic One File, Joven said.

Even with these resources, some students simply find solace in silence.

“I come here usually for a quiet place to sit and do homework [though] the library is pretty resourceful,” sophomore psychology major Caitlin Driver said.

She admits that she does not check out books too often.

“I’m never really assigned something that I need to check out a book,” she said. “I use the computers to print things off, and I think the databases work well.”

The librarians try to accommodate the needs of students.

“We always check first to see if the books are available electronically,” Joven said. “We don’t have a lot of space in the library for materials now because we use most of our space for study areas.”

However, there are times that students seek hard copies of books. When these materials aren’t available, the librarians turn to the Interlibrary Loan service designed to find and loan

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For the 2012-2013 academic year, there were 1,550 Interlibrary Loan borrowing transactions and 4059 Interlibrary Loan lending transactions, Joven said.

“These numbers illustrate that we are borrowing less and lending more, which reflects to the growing collection we have,” Joven said.

With this system and the statistics gathered from it, librarians can also determine which books require investment. Those that are requested on popular demand are usually bought.

“We have sufficient funding at the moment to aid students in research,” Joven said.

For students who fear borrowing books in the event of fines for late returns, Joven assures that while fines are technically given for past due materials, the library is pretty “forgiving when it comes to that.” The library has not fined any students this year, according to Joven.

Still there are students who don’t know all the resources the library has available.

“I’m not aware of all the resources offered in the library, but I am happy with the resources that I do know about,” sophomore history major Alea Simons said.

She reveals that she visits the library at least twice a week but had to learn about its resources elsewhere.

“I think [the librarians] should tell us more about [the library],” she said. “I had to find out what’s here from teachers.”

Nonetheless, the library is always looking forward to adding new materials and resources for the convenience of all members of Quinnipiac’s ever-expanding community.

“There are always new resources here. We are always looking at new materials, new books, new journals that are coming out,” Joven said. “It’s a combination of the librarians doing our jobs with consideration of faculty and student feedback.”

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Unfair attendance policies I love the feeling I get when I open my syllabus at the beginning of the semester and underneath the absence policy it says after three absences, my grade will drop an entire letter. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Oh wait, it doesn’t.

Why is it professors think they can punish my grade for when I decide to skip class? If I don’t feel well, then I’m not going to class. If I don’t feel well four times out of the semester and those four times happen to be during that class, why does my grade have to be punished for it?

Students should not be punished for not attending class if they are paying for it. We are paying the professors and they are punishing our grade in return. If a student is able to skip five classes and get A’s on tests and homework, then why are they being punished?

The worst is when the class consists of the professor lecturing students from a PowerPoint, word for word, that they are going to post on Blackboard. Then they allow students to take the test on Blackboard as well. What is the point of the class? I might as well be taking it online.

There is no point for me to go to that class, yet

the professor insists on sending around the at- they get their work done or not. In the end, what tendance sheet, every single time. matters is if the person is producing good work.

I am paying for these classes so I The same thing goes for college students. should be able to attend them whenWhat matters is we are getting good ever I want. Most students go to grades because we are paying for it. class because they want to get good If it’s necessary to go to class, grades but if the classes consist of students are old enough to realize students having to teach themwhether or not they can actually selves, then what’s the point? learn something from going. In the Professors, if need be, should end, it’s the student who will pay really start a new system, such for the consequences of not goas if a student’s grade is below ing to class. It isn’t up to the a B- or B or even C then they teacher to make sure we are getare not allowed to skip classes. ting good grades; students have If a student’s grade is above a to realize it is their responsibility B- then they can skip all they to go to class when needed and want. to get good grades. I don’t know SARAH HARRIS In the real world, there are Associate Arts & Life Editor why students wouldn’t want to @sarah_harris7 many careers where workers get good grades because we are don’t have to physically go into paying money to go school and work because they are able to do their work to get the most out of it. If students haven’t realfrom home. The difference is they’re getting ized that yet, that’s their own problem. paid, we aren’t even getting paid to go to class.

The grade shouldn’t be determined by how With the technology available today, millions of many classes students go to. The grade should people are able to do work from home. It then be determined by how much work students put becomes that person’s responsibility of whether into the class.

Weak transportation options for freshmen Quinnipiac should get its priorities the station. straight when it comes to providing its Freshmen are prohibited from having students with transportation. Many a car on campus. When prospective students choose to go home on the college students from the Tri-state area weekends to either see family or search for schools, traveling home take a break from their lives on on some weekends is important. I campus. am not saying every freshman should The shuttle system from have the option of parking, but QU to Union Station in it should be more accessible New Haven forces some for students to get home students to leave campus and back to QU on the two hours before their weekends. train or bus. Often, According to the students from the Triuniversity, 65 percent State area can make it of the freshman class ADAM CAZAZ home in less than two at QU comes from the Staff Writer @Shazam7986 hours if they leave campus by car.

Tri-state area. This means a drive Metro North trains run every home would likely take anywhere 45 minutes on Fridays and it takes the from one to two and a half hours. Freshman shuttle 50 minutes to get to the Union business major Robert Morgenstern from Station in New Haven from QU. This means Bergen County, N.J., travels home for the that students miss the train to Grand Central weekend at least two times per month.

Station, Westchester, N.Y., and other parts of Morgenstern sent an email to the university southern Connecticut by five minutes each in the first month of school with the hopes of time they take the bus from main campus to getting his car on campus.

Morgenstern was denied a spot on campus. He is forced to leave his car in storage for $50 per month. On top of that, the lot is located two and a half miles off main campus. Morgenstern is either forced to walk to his car or take a cab that costs $10 each way. Morgenstern also often takes friends back from surrounding towns in Bergen County when he leaves campus to go home.

Two weeks ago, the university set up a raffle for parking passes in Westwoods.

Freshmen could donate money to the United Way and have a chance at winning a spot.

Bribing students in order to get a chance at a parking pass is not the answer.

The class of 2017 is the university’s largest class. QU’s enrollment and its programs are expanding now more than ever. Freshmen who have reasonable cause and live within driving distance of campus should be allowed to have cars on campus.

Maybe the school should take more of a look into student transportation because it’s definitely an issue that can be tackled.

Women’s sports need fan support As a member of student media here at Quinnipiac, I primarily cover sports for the university’s athletic teams. Like most members of student media who cover sports, I often follow and report for the women’s sports whether it is field hockey, women’s rugby, volleyball, softball or women’s ice hockey.

But what angers me a bit, is that the Quinnipiac student body doesn’t really support its women’s teams.

It is upsetting that women’s sports here at Quinnipiac are not seeing much attendance. This is unacceptable because while our men’s teams do have good attendance, our women’s teams do not. Overall, this speaks for the lack of interest students have in attending women’s games, either because they don’t like women’s sports, think women aren’t as athletic as men are or whatever the case might be.

Here at Quinnipiac, we are so fortunate to have such great sports teams regardless of gender. They are all very talented; the records speak

for themselves. But the women at Quinnipiac undefeated last year in the Northeast Confercan play too. The women’s teams here are gainence, and made it to the NCAA Tournament, ing regional and even national recogniwhere it eventually lost to Maryland. This tion. So, why can’t students show their year’s squad is hosting its season opener support for them? as part of the Women’s National InvitaThere are a select few that do go to tional Tournament, on Friday evening women’s games, and I’m not speaking against North Carolina A&T. for the whole student body, but when The women’s rugby team has been I do attend women’s sports or on fire of late and is playing in am covering and reporting on the Northeast Conference playwomen’s sports, I am appalled offs. The women’s hockey at the lack of attendance. At team has its highest ranking in mens’ games, attendance is school history at No. 7 in the not an issue. For example, country. The field hockey team the University of Connecticut has solidified the No. 2 seed BEN DIAS women’s basketball team has in the upcoming Metro AtlanAssociate Sports Editor great attendance, due in large part to tic Athletic Conference tournament @BenDias23 their championship success, televithis weekend. All these teams are sion revenue and popularity. performing at a high level, and they deserve the There are a select few amount of students recognition. Not many students are recognizthat attend women’s sports here at Quinnipiac. ing how well these girls are performing. These Even when the women’s basketball team went teams deserve to be recognized.

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WISE WORDS FROM AN ALMOST ADULT

Don’t forget about Thanksgiving You know Halloweekend has ended 2. Volunteering: Whether you are in when the Christmas Carols start to creep Greek life, or just caught the volunteer bug, on to the radio stations, department store now is a great time to sign up for volunteer Santas are currently being interviewed and work. Hand out food at a soup kitchen, or rake Dunkin Donuts replaces pumpkin spice for leaves for the elderly. No matter what you gingerbread. The chill in the air tells us may do, people will be thankful that you did. that the winter solstice is underway, Greek life, as well as other organizations, but don’t you feel kind of bad for the have so many opportunities for students forgotten holiday on the rise? to help out in the community The holiday with the 3. Baking: Whether it is most food, the most a batch of brownies in the football and the best, well communal residence hall needed, mini vacation from kitchen or a fancy souffle finals; Thanksgiving. Poor back home, baking is a great Thanksgiving, constantly stress reliever and will definitely put overshadowed by the tacky you in the Thanksgiving spirit. Also, materialistic craziness of treats that won’t waste your meal plan.

Christmas. Not to mention Duh, no brainer the fact that the autumn season 4. Free food: It’s homemade food. still has a whole month left.

That is free. Without cost. At your Instead of bulldozing your way into disposal. Any time of day. I don’t think I the Christmas spirit consider the have to say much else. great things about this time of year, 5. Home Sweet Home: You get to especially at Quinnipiac. see your friends, pets and your family 1. Food drives: Are you really (even if it is that weird uncle who always going to eat the canned corn your brings up conspiracy theories at ANNA WAGNER parents bought for you during the the table). Plus, a week off from Staff Writer @AnnaKatWagner grocery hall of parents weekend? classes is a pretty great perk too.

No? Yeah, I thought so. Do a clean So before you deck the halls sweep of your cabinets and donate your non- and drink gallons of eggnog, enjoy the perishables to those who will actually eat gorgeous foliage and impending binge eating them. of Turkey Day.

Anna Wagner is a senior public relations major who strives not to be a hot mess.

Her columns discuss the trials and tribulations of college life with tips and tricks to get you through.

Time to start looking ahead The phrase “get involved” is something That is why trying to find a that students hear time and time again. balance between enjoying your time Opportunities all around the university in college and being a productive exist, like joining Greek life, joining learner is essential. At some point, student media or becoming a member of a you need to rely on yourself to club are some of the most common accomplish things. Others can among the school’s population. give you advice, but won’t be Professors, almost as if there for the rest of your life. they are programmed to do These are the last four so, routinely implore their years most of us will get students to keep busy, and to before we are expected to better their future. enter the harsh brutalities I’m not here to lecture you NICK SOLARI of the “real world” and Associate Sports Editor on what you should and should make something of ourselves. @ns0lar1 not do. Frankly, it’s your life, and So why waste time? what you do with it is your decision.

Take chances, college is the time to do so.

What I will try and do, however, is paint a When people offer criticism in regards to your picture for you. work, listen attentively. They are only trying Let’s take a step forward for a moment and to help you become more skilled at your craft. look into what is imminent. We are all here for And make no mistake, we can all improve in a reason, and hopefully that reason is to better one way or another. our education and gain valuable experience that These are the times you should be making will help us reach our ultimate goals. One day, connections with networking, not after you however, we will all graduate. have graduated. Some majors require it even When you graduate, do you feel as though more than others (you know who you are, you will be able to begin a path to reach those communications students). Regardless of what goals? If not, you probably aren’t taking the you are studying, though, landing a stable job is proper steps to achieve these aspirations. You’re much easier to do when you have connections. probably wasting very valuable opportunities.

Lastly, don’t put things off until later. The This is the time to start looking into our word “procrastinate” simply does not fit this future, and start doing things to make that criteria, because that implies you have work image brighter each and every day. that you are putting off until a later time.

Should we make friends and have fun You don’t have to have to have physical while we are doing so? Of course we should. work to be guilty of delaying things. Go out and Quinnipiac is a beautiful campus, and offers find something productive to do. Something great opportunities to create memories that will new, or something you have always wanted to last a lifetime. You don’t get these years back. try. Now is the time.

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The Dash is back Running their hearts out in the bitter cold, trudging through water and up steep hills, 93 people participated in the Bobcat Dash on Sunday, Nov. 3. This is the second time the newly-designed event has taken place, and the Fitness and Recreational Center wants to continue it for years to come.

The event, which is a race just more than three miles long, is designed to be similar to the newly popular Spartan and Tough Mudder races, replacing the Turkey Trot and Bunnyhop that the Fitness and Recreational Center used to run.

“We wanted to give a variety of different things,” Fitness Center Coordinator Scott Walker said. “With the normal road race you are just running, there may be hills involved, but you are just going for time. We thought that more people would sign up because we have added more obstacles. And we wanted more of a fun community feel to it as well.”

Associate Athletic Director of Fitness and Wellness, Tami Reilly, worked with Walker and many other school organizations to create the event.

Reilly said she wanted to create an event that utilized both the Mount Carmel and York Hill campuses.

“One of the things last year was we were discussing how the two campuses seem divided often times, and we were trying to, with the hall directors, think of some things that would bridge the gap and be collaborative because we really are a community,” Reilly said.

After finding out that a group from the Student Government Association was also thinking of putting together an event similar to the Tough Mudder, Reilly and Walker collaborated with them and other groups to put this event together.

Just as Reilly and Walker had hoped,

many more people signed up for the event in comparison to the number of people participating in the Turkey Trot and Bunny Hop. On Sunday, there were 33 teams, adding up to 93 people.

It was not just students who signed up for the event this year. The sideline cheerleading coach and a group from the Health Center participated in the event.

“Fun, fun time,” staff nurse Lisa Delaney said. “It was fun to do an event with the kids.”

School counselor Bill Buick was also a part of the team.

“It was a challenging course, but we had a lot of fun out there,” Buick said.

The event included students ranging from undergraduate freshmen to graduate students.

A group of fifth-year physical therapy students completed the event together, every step of the way.

“We didn’t want to get up for it, but now we feel accomplished,” Michelle DeSousa said.

“We just finished a Tough Mudder together so we thought we could finish this.”

Finishing in first place for men was sophomore Joshua Hudson with a time of 24:54.

Tied for first place for women were freshman Natalie Wolanski and freshman Erin Anderson with a time of 33:31. The final person to cross the finish line completed the race with a time of 58:06.

“I had a really good time,” Hudson said.

“I didn’t except the obstacles that were there to be there especially the water, but it was really rewarding.”

Walker is very happy with the success of the event.

“I think it went really well,” Walker said. “It seems like everyone had a really good time.”

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Quinnipiac students inevitably know the name Java John. Chartwells employee John Raccio, better known as Java John, is always ready with some bizarre comment for everyone who comes through his line in the cafeteria. This meter represents just a few of the quotes reported by the student body of interactions with John that ranged from the classic comments, to the moments that made us ask ‘what just happened?’-C. Tufts and S. Harris “I eat a lot of bubblegum and on the bubblegum things there are a lot of facts and fortunes on there, so that’s where I get all of my information.”

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Hallo-Wardrobe With all of the shenanigans that took place this Halloweekend, it is easy to overlook the snazzy costumes that make this holiday so much fun. There were countless minions, Minnie Mouses, cats and cowboys but there were also some truly creative and intricate costumes out there from students who pulled out all the stops. Here are just a few of the best costumes we saw this Halloween. –C. Tufts

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Julianne Hough Halloween controversy

Former “Dancing with the Stars” performer Julianne Hough has been facing severe backlash since Halloween when she debuted her Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren costume. To look like the character from Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black,” the dancer donned an orange jumpsuit, gray long sleeve, ID tag featuring the character and blackface makeup. Hough is “mortified” by the backlash her costume has caused, according to her brother, Derek. Hough apologized via Twitter for her Halloween costume.

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In the ‘90s, Blake McIver guest starred on “Full House,” as Michelle Tanner’s nerdy best friend Derek. Now, McIver is a go-go dancer. The former child star, who came out as gay three years ago, recently announced his career change to the online tabloid RumorFix. McIver turned to go-go dancing once his vocal teaching job slowed down. The former “Little Rascal” star said that go-go dancing is “empowering.” Photos of McIver as a speedo-clad go-go dancer are posted on Instagram.

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You might have noticed an abundant amount of bizarre cartoon comics that have been popping up in your Facebook news feed recently. For a few weeks, I had no idea what these comics were. I thought people were making them, but as it turns out, the comics are being generated through a free app called Bitstrips. The app is available for iPhone, as well as Android.

Upon downloading, the app asks for you to connect to Facebook and then to design a cartoon version of yourself. You can choose different face shapes, eye color, hairstyle, clothing, etc. to help make your cartoon unique.

You can create your own comics with other friends and even add your own text. Through Bitstrips, you now have a new, more interesting way to celebrate inside jokes with friends.

This app is really creative. I thought this was a new up and coming app, but according to their website bitstrips.com, over 20 million people have been using Bitstrips.

Even though I do not currently have the app, my roommate does and it has proved to be very entertaining. Bitstrips also randomly generates comics for you that sometimes make no sense whatsoever. The spontaneity of some of these comics has been truly priceless.

The entire beauty of it all is that you can upload the comics to Facebook for everyone else to view. Hopefully this application becomes more popular in the coming months because it would definitely be hilarious to see some of the other comics people have been making. – S. Kozlowski

It goes without saying that funerals are incredibly solemn occasions.

It’s baffling that people would even be on their phones, let alone taking selfies while in attendance. Unfortunately, this has recently become a social media trend. An account on Tumblr called selfiesatfunerals began featuring photos, mostly of teenagers, taking pictures of themselves at funerals on the social media site.

Photo captions range from, “You never appreciate what you have until it’s gone. R.I.P Grandpa,” to “Killin’ the selfie game at Pop’s funeral.”

The Tumblr page has been getting a lot of flack for posting the pictures of the seemingly clueless young people. ABC’s Good Morning America had a roundtable discussion where the hosts all agreed that taking a photo before, after or during a funeral is beyond inappropriate.

Now that social media has taken over the day to day lives of the technologically savy, many people find it necessary to document every moment. Most of the photos’ subjects are looking for attention from other social media users by adding hashtags like “#likeforlike” and “#followforfollow.”

Not only is it disrespectful, but the exploitation of these pictures on social media is downright selfish and disturbing.

A word from the wise: when it comes to taking selfies at funerals, don’t do it. Ever. –K. Mason

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Honey Boo Boo?

Infamous pageant child Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson and her family dressed up as the reality show super-family, the Kardashians. Alana dressed up as Kris Jenner, while Mama June dressed up as Kim Kardashian. The rest of the family got involved, as Sugar Bear wore some U.S.A. track gear as Bruce Jenner, Jessica, known as Chubbs, donned a bowler hat as Khloe Kardashian-Odom, and Anna, known as Chickadee, was Kourtney Kardashian.

Lauryn, known as Pumpkin, dressed as Scott Disick. Photos of the Halloween costumes are circulating around the web.

Brown checks into rehab

Chris Brown has been checked into rehab for anger management. The 24-year-old “Forever” singer was admitted to rehab by his attorney, Mark Geragos. The facility is in the Los Angeles area, but the name of the rehab center has yet to be released. Because Brown was checked into rehab, his Halloween party at the Conga Room, an L.A. Club, had to be cancelled.

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VIEWS ON CAMPUS

Through the eyes of an Ice Cat

By TAYLOR CHELO Contributing Writer

With my first year at Quinnipiac just around the corner, I knew that hanging up my skates would be inevitable. Unfortunately, collegiate figure skating teams are pretty hard to come by, and this is a fact that most figure skaters like myself have to come to accept. As a competitive figure skater for 13 years, putting away my blades made this time so bittersweet. I was eager to start the next chapter of my life at QU, but there was this sense of nostalgia that I felt just thinking about letting go of the one thing, the one passion, that had become such a significant part of me. Little did I know that I would be fervently asking my mom to ship up my skates from Smithfield, R.I., to Hamden, Conn., only two weeks into the school year.

Mallory Robalino, sophomore team manager of the Quinnipiac University IceCats, posted a brief description of what the team was all about on the Class of 2017 Facebook page—more specifically encouraging experienced figure skaters to give it a try. Naturally, I messaged her right away not only to get tryout information, but also to share my love for the sport with her. I would’ve never thought an opportunity like this would come.

In the blink of an eye, the day of tryouts arrived. I honestly thought I would be that typical freshman shaking to the core from being so nervous, but given the fact that the tryout dealt with what I have come to know and love, I put all of my heart into it and left my nerves at the rink doors. When it was time to deliberate and make final cuts, my friend and fellow figure skater Anna D’Amico and I stood there with shaking hands as we waited to get the white envelopes that held our fate. We walked off to the side, envelopes in hand, and opened them together in silence. I ripped the seal, and, to my surprise, I saw the purple “Congratulations” ticket staring back at me. Anna and I simultaneously looked up from our envelopes

with tears in our eyes, nodding our heads in approval. We made it.

Ever since that day, my schedule has been packed with all sorts of IceCat extracurriculars. Not only do we have three-hour practices and cheer at the weekend hockey games, but we also get involved in a variety of event appearances and community service activities, especially those concerning our team philanthropy of IceCats Fight Cancer for St. Baldrick’s, an incredibly reputable childhood cancer foundation. The IceCats, as well as the rest of Quinnipiac’s renowned Division 1 athletic teams, are so multi-faceted in the ways in which they reach out to others; they show their dedication both on and off the field. I have always had a passion for putting the needs of others before my own, and I am so glad that I have found that here as a new member of both the IceCat and the Quinnipiac community.

Aside from the countless number of hockey ticket requests that I get on a daily basis, the most common question that I have gotten ever since making the team has been, “What has been your favorite part so far?” There is one moment in particular that I will always remember, and that moment was during Parent’s Weekend at the home hockey game against Holy Cross. After concluding our last cheer of the second period, I felt a small tap on my arm.

I turned around to see an adorable girl that couldn’t have been any older than ten years old. What struck me the most about her was that she was the spitting image of me when I was her age: round face surrounded by brown, curly hair with big blue eyes.

I crouched down to her level to greet her and ask what she had hiding behind her back. Out came a poster with the Quinnipiac hockey team and their game schedule on it in her two little hands as she asked, “Can you sign this for me?” The best part of this little fan encounter was how her entire face lit up when I asked her to hold my pompoms for me while I signed her poster. Words can’t

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Taylor Chelo, a freshman member of the Ice Cats, has been competitively figure skating for the past 13 years.

describe how flattered I was not only by this autograph offer, but just the mere fact that she looks up to me and the rest of my teammates. As an elementary education/English double major, I especially took this moment to heart. I may not be signing autographs for my students, but I certainly hope to make a difference in their lives as they, too, grow to be role models themselves.

I am so eager for the rest of my first year with the IceCats to unfold. I have already learned so much, not only about the physics of throwing T-shirts from the ice and learning countless cheers, but also about what it means to be a Bobcat: to make your mark on the world and on yourself with the utmost enthusiasm and pride.

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Field hockey faces familiar foe Bobcats await Friday’s rematch vs. Bryant

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In the past two seasons, the Quinnipiac field hockey team found itself in the playoffs only to lose in the first round. This season, Quinnipiac aims to break that trend.

The Bobcats sport an identical overall record to last season at 12-6 going into the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference field hockey semifinals.

Hosted by No. 1 seed Rider, competition begins for Quinnipiac on Nov. 8 in Lawrence Township, N.J., when the No. 2 seed Bobcats take on third-seeded Bryant. The winner will go on to face the victor of the bout between Rider and Robert Morris.

The last meeting between the Bobcats and Bulldogs came on Nov. 1, in a 1-0 overtime Quinnipiac win. Amanda Danziger notched the game-winning goal after 82 scoreless minutes. In the past four seasons, the two teams have a split record against each other at 2-2, yet the Bobcats have won the last two meetings.

Rider, with the top seed in the championship, defeated Quinnipiac 2-1 on Oct. 25 for the team’s only conference loss on the season. One week prior, Robert Morris, the fourth seed, paid an unfortunate visit to Hamden as it was shut down 3-0 by the Bobcats.

Statistically, the Bobcats have had the upper hand on their opponents. Even in losses, they have found a way to put at least one goal on the board, and have only been shut out once

by Old Dominion, 7-0. Against Bryant, the team has shown a definite advantage over their opponent in goals and assists at 50-31 and 4830, with an overall points lead of 148-92.

Senior Jess Rusin has been the undoubted

leader for the Bobcats. Her 15 goals are seven more than her next closest teammate, senior Jennalise Taylor. Earlier this season, Rusin etched herself in the record books with her excellent play. She sits seventh all-time career in goals with 23 and her 55 points are also good for seventh, as well.

Along with Taylor, the two make up more than one third of the points with Rusin at 35 and Taylor at 23. Their offensive impact will be a deciding factor against the Bulldogs.

In addition, the Quinnipiac defense will have to lock down Bryant junior forward Rosie Bird if it wants any chance of moving on to the next round. A dynamic offensive talent, Bird leads the team with 12 goals and 31 points and is second among her teammates with seven assists.

Other threats to the Bobcat chances of victory include the playmaking senior forward Mallory Hancock with her team leading nine assists and senior Olivia Jenkins who is second on the team with six scores.

In net, Bryant holds a slight advantage but Quinnipiac is not far off. Senior Megan Hancock of Bryant brings with her to the semifinals 125 saves, a .776 save percentage and a 1.99 goals against average. Junior goalkeeper Megan Conaboy has only slightly underperformed with 117 saves, a save percentage of .760, and a .204 goals against average.

The Bobcats have proven themselves a worthy contender in the new conference in just their first season as a part of the MAAC. The team has been in this position before and it is poised for success if all the pieces fall into place.

QU looks for early-season redemption

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Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey freshman Peter Quenneville is leaving the university to play for the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey league, Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold announced Tuesday.

“We wish Peter all the best as he moves on,” Pecknold said in a press release. “Peter wants to focus only on hockey and here at Quinnipiac University our players are committed to excellence in both hockey and academics.”

Quenneville, a seventh-round pick in the 2013 NHL Draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets, was a member of a highly-touted freshman class that includes Sam Anas, Connor Clifton and Devon Toews, among others.

He recorded four assists in five games for the No. 5 Bobcats this season. He last donned a Bobcat jersey in the team’s Oct. 22 victory vs.

Bentley, when he registered two assists.

Quenneville scored 33 goals and recorded 37 assists for the Dubuque Fighting Saints of the USHL last season. His brother, John, is a member of the Wheat Kings and has recorded eight goals and nine assists in 18 games.

Quinnipiac is currently 8-1-0 on its season.

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Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold and former captain Zack Currie address the media after last year’s National Championship game. yale from Page 20 like to get our forwards and d on the rush,” Riga said. “For us, we need to go out there an doutcompete them, but also defend. We know they have good offense, we need to go out and defend first and let our offense come to us.”

Quinnipiac will have to shut down and limit Yale’s highly skilled trio of forwards.

Anthony Day, Jesse Root and Kenny Agostino have all given the Bobcats fits in years past. Day leads the Bulldogs with four points on three goals and one assist. Root has three

points on two goals and an assist, while Agostino has added two assists.

Yale comes into Saturday’s matchup with a question mark in goal. After graduating national championship hero Jeff Malcolm, the Bulldogs are relying on two freshman, Alex Lyon and Patrick Spano, to man the pipes.

Each have split the last two weekends series in net. Lyon started in net against Brown and St. Lawrence, allowing three goals in each game. Spano started the other games against Princeton and Clarkson, surrendering two goals and three goals, respectively.

But for the Bobcats, they still have a sour taste in their mouths.

“We definitely haven’t forgot what happened last year and even though we are putting that behind us, we want to show everyone that we deserved better last year,” senior captain Cory Hibbeler said. “We want to send that message to Yale, that it is going to be a long season and they’re going to have to come and catch us.”

Added Jones: “It’s huge, from what happened last year, we want to take it to them, and we want to win, for sure.”

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Men’s soccer clinches playoff berth By alec turner Staff Writer

Sometimes, you don’t need a win to accomplish a goal. The men’s soccer team did exactly that Saturday afternoon against the Saint Peter’s Peacocks.

The game ended in a 0-0 tie after regulation and two overtimes. With the tie, the Bobcats clinch a spot in the top four in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference standings, and a spot in the playoffs.

Despite not getting the win, Quinnipiac head coach Eric Da Costa was very pleased with the team’s accomplishment.

“We came into today looking to get a playoff spot and we did, we are ecstatic about that,” Da Costa said.

Before playing their last home game in a Quinnipiac uniform, the five seniors on the Bobcats were honored by their teammates and fans.

The Bobcats had many scoring opportunities throughout the game, getting 14 shots off.

The trouble was finding the touch, only putting two of those shots on goal.

“We had some good chances, but the decision of whether to shoot or whether to pass was where we struggled today,” Da Costa said.

There were few scoring opportunities in the first half. The Bobcats did win six corner kicks, but Peacock goalie David Gidding punched out all of the attempts.

The second half got a little scrappy, with five yellow cards being pulled.

The closest the Bobcats came to scoring was in the 50th minute, when senior Sam Nicol dinged a free kick off the crossbar following a yellow card.

The Peacocks almost gave the lead to the Bobcats with a near-own goal by Al Johnson

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Senior Simon Hinde is honored with his family on Senior Day before Saturday’s game vs. Saint Peter’s. in the 71st minute.

The overtime was uneventful aside two Quinnipiac yellow cards, called on Erik Panzer and Justin Ward.

Junior goalkeeper Borja Angoitia pulled out another shutout. The clean sheet, which is the 14th of his career, gives him sole possession of second place in that category.

The Bobcats, now 7-4-5 and 5-1-2 in the MAAC, finish up their regular season with two away games against Rider and Siena next week before entering the MAAC Championships.

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Basketball season tips off this week. The men’s team lost four players from last season, while the women’s team lost three. The Chronicle predicts which players will make up Photography courtesy of Quinnipiac Athletics Design by matt eisenberg and hannah schindler the starting five for both squads.

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QU 2, Fairfield 0 – Wednesday QU 0, Saint Peter’s 0, 2OT – Wednesday WOMEN’S SOCCER

Manhattan 1, QU 0 – Thursday FIELD HOCKEY

QU 1, Bryant 0 – Friday QU 3, Siena 1 – Saturday

VOLLEYBALL Rider 3, QU 0 – Saturday QU 3, Saint Peter’s 2 – Sunday MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 7, Colgate 2 – Friday QU 3, Cornell 0 – Saturday WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 6, Colgate 0 – Friday QU 1, Cornell 1 - Saturday

games to watch MEN’S SOCCER QU at Siena – Wednesday, 3 p.m.

QU at Rider – Saturday, 7 p.m.

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MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU vs. Brown – Friday, 7 p.m.

QU vs. Yale – Saturday, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU at Brown – Friday, 7 p.m.

QU at Yale – Saturday, 4 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU vs. North Carolina A&T – Friday, 5 p.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALL QU vs. Hartford at Conn. 6 Classic – Saturday, 3 p.m.

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Basketball teams prep for openers

By NICK SOLARI

Associate Sports Editor

Quinnipiac University held its annual basketball media night on Monday at the TD Bank Sports Center. The event, as it usually does, allowed Quinnipiac Director of Athletics and Recreation Jack McDonald, men’s basketball head coach Tom Moore and women’s basketball coach Tricia Fabbri to speak about the upcoming season.

This year, however, something is a bit different.

The Bobcats moved from the Northeast Conference to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference this year, a large step forward for both the men’s and women’s programs.

The Quinnipiac women’s squad finished with a 30-3 record last season under Fabbri, capturing an NEC Championship and playing in the school’s first NCAA Division I Tournament game in program history.

“The benchmark to a good season is 20 wins,” Fabbri said.

“When you get 30, it’s because you have special people who truly care about each other and are totally selfless.”

Special is truly an understatement. Though Quinnipiac fell to Maryland in the first round of the tournament, the Bobcats’ success paid dividends in Quinnipiac’s move to a bigger conference.

That very team only lost three players from its roster. Though one

of which was starting guard Felicia Barron, Fabbri looks forward to the new season.

“We are going to take this one day at a time. I expect that we will grow and improve, much as we did last season,” Fabbri said. “We have a veteran group, great leadership, and a tremendous staff.”

That veteran group of players Fabbri speaks of includes Brittany McQuain, Ellen Cannon, Jasmine Martin and Gillian Abshire. The four ladies were selected as captains of the team to begin the new season, and along with Sam Guastella, will make up the starting lineup heading in.

Fabbri said that the team’s experiences last season, and camaraderie with each other are the pivotal strengths.

Like Fabbri, the men’s team is looking ahead and hoping to build off of last season, as well. Moore’s team went 15-16 on the season, but went on a 9-2 run late in the year heading into the playoffs.

“We lost four players from last year’s team,” Moore said. “We have replaced those four guys with four players who can all help us. I feel like this is the first time I can say this at the beginning of a season, but every one of the new kids will play.”

Graduate student Umar Shannon, and freshmen Kasim Chandler, A.J. Sumbry and Alain Chigha are the four additions that

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While the Quinnipiac women’s basketball team is coming off a conference championship last season, head coach Tricia Fabbri acknowledges this is a new year with heightened expectations.

Moore spoke highly of. Still, he sees a very experienced core group of players who will be back this season.

Looking towards returning players, Moore mentioned seniors Ike Azotam and Shaq Shannon and juniors Ousmane Drame, Evan Conti and Zaid Hearst.

“The core is back,” Moore said.

“They are all better, stronger, and more mature. They are ready to take on the challenges ahead.”

As Moore put it, the strength for his group should be athleticism and rebounding – very similar to the model of most teams he has coached during his time at Quinnipiac.

Still, he looks no further than the women’s basketball team for motivation.

“They were awesome and inspiring,” Moore said, looking at Fabbri as he first took the microphone. “It was great to see, and we reference it quite a bit.”

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Clockwise from left: Quinnipiac sophomore Stevenson Hawkey collides with Saint Peter’s Rafael Braga in Saturday’s game; sophomore Nicole Connery collides with Cornell’s Jillian Saulnier in Saturday’s game; sophomore Lindsey West falls to the ice in Friday’s game vs. Colgate.

chelsea Laden Women’s ice hockey Junior Laden recorded a 6-0 shutout win over Colgate on Friday night and a 1-1 tie against Cornell on Saturday afternoon. Laden recorded 20 saves in Friday’s rout of the Raiders. She backed that up by only surrendering a penalty shot against Cornell, stopping 26-of-27 shots in net to earn the Bobcats a tie in overtime against the Big Red. Photo courtesy of Quinnipiac athletics

Connor Jones Men’s ice hockey Senior Jones collected four points in Quinnipiac’s first ECAC Hockey road sweep of the season. The senior recorded the go-ahead goal on the power play in Friday’s 7-2 rout of Colgate at Starr Rink in Hamilton, N.Y. In addition, Jones lit the lamp with another power-play goal in Saturday’s 3-0 shutout over Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y. matt eisenberg/chronicle

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Men’s ice hockey prepares for national championship rematch

By Ben dias

Associate Sports Editor

It is by far the biggest sporting event of the year for Quinnipiac athletics. The Yale Game.

It’s tough to forget what happened the last time Quinnipiac and Yale squared off against one another for bragging rights. It was for the national championship, in front of the whole country, on ESPN. The Bobcats lost to the Bulldogs in search of the first national championship in school history.

Yale celebrated a 4-0 shutout victory in Pittsburgh for the title.

Six months later, the War for Whitney Ave. begins again. Fifthranked Quinnipiac and No. 9 Yale renew their rivalry on Saturday night at the High Point Solutions Arena for the 12th annual Heroes Hat game. Two schools separated by 10 miles will play for the first time this season and since Yale won the national championship.

“It is something special, and obviously we can’t make up for the fact that we lost in the national championship game, on a game in November, but certainly there is a little extra juice there.”

– Bill Riga

men’s ice hockey assistant coach “When the time comes Saturday morning, everyone is going to know,” Quinnipiac assistant coach Bill Riga said. “It is something spe-

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Quinnipiac goaltender Eric Hartzell allows a goal to Yale’s Charles Orzetti in the third period of the 2013 National Championship game. The Bobcats and Bulldogs will meet on Saturday for the first time since April.

cial, and obviously we can’t make up for the fact that we lost in the national championship game, on a game in November, but certainly there is a little extra juice there.”

Quinnipiac has already began its non-conference schedule, along with two ECAC Hockey games.

The Bobcats have quietly run off eight consecutive victories and are 8-1, with the lone loss coming in the first game of the season.

The Bobcats realize they must not get too caught up in the emotion and hype.

“You have to stay out of the penalty box with the high emo-

tions and high intensity,” senior assistant captain Connor Jones said.

“We have to stay out of the penalty box to start the game off, and just play simple and outwork them. If we stay focused, and pay attention to detail, I think we’ll like the end result.”

The Bulldogs come into Saturday’s game with not much to show for it on their resume. Yale split its first conference weekend by tying St. Lawrence on Friday and defeating Clarkson 6-3 on Saturday. Prior to those games, the only other contests Yale has played were a 4-1 loss to Brown and 3-2 win over Princ-

eton in out-of-conference matchups at the Liberty Invitational.

This year, Quinnipiac has four of the country’s top 25 scorers. Former United States Hockey League standout Sam Anas, leads the Bobcats and is tied for third in the country in scoring with 13 points on seven goals and six assists. Anas also has three game-winning and three power-play goals to lead the team.

“I don’t think I could have asked for a better start,” Anas said.

“It’s been a great start, hopefully we keep it going.”

Even though, Anas hasn’t experienced the Yale game before, the

freshman has watched the game on television before and knows how thrilling the atmosphere is.

“There is a lot of talk around campus,” Anas said. “Last year I was able to watch one of the games on NBC and I saw what the atmosphere was like. I’m really excited and it’s going to be fun.”

The Bobcats are focusing on their strong defense to stop Yale’s 3.25 goals per game.

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Quinnipiac players celebrate after Amanda Danziger scores the game-winning goal in last Friday’s game vs. Bryant. The Bobcats will face Bryant again in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference semifinals on Friday.

The field hockey team has won seven of its last eight games and heads into the conference playoffs as the No. 2 seed. Read the full story on page 15.