The Quinnipiac Chronicle Issue 8, Volume 83

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Men’s ice hockey season ticket sales surge

By NICK SOLARI Sports Editor

Quinnipiac Director of Athletics and Recreation Jack McDonald remembers attending his first Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey game in November of 1995, when he recounted that there were more people on the ice than in the stands.

“It was a Sunday night in Hamden, and there were more people on the ice than there were in the stands,” McDonald said, referring to the days long before the TD Bank Sports Center existed.

McDonald thought about that day while sitting in a sold-out High Point Solutions arena last Saturday night during the men’s ice hockey team’s 5-3 win over Bentley in its season opener.

Game by game, year by year, the men’s ice hockey team continues to sell more tickets than the year prior.

The TD Bank Sports Center sold just over 400 more men’s ice hockey season tickets for the 2014-15 season than last year, according to Executive Director of the TD Bank Sports Center Eric Grgurich. The Bobcats have sold just over 800 more season tickets during the past two years for men’s ice hockey alone,

pushing the number of season ticket holders from 1,100 in 2012 to over 1,900 in 2014.

“It says a lot about our fans,” McDonald said. “The support, spirit and enthusiasm they bring to the TD Bank Sports Center has just been incredible over the years. When you really look at it, everything has just snowballed into a great situation.”

The Bobcats spent a majority of the 201213 season as the No. 1 nationally ranked team, ultimately losing to Yale in the Frozen Four National Championship game by a 4-0 score to end the year.

Quinnipiac spent last season among the top 10 ranked teams once again, losing in the first round of the NCAA National Tournament.

“It’s kind of been a crazy jump since the Frozen Four,” Grgurich said. “People are starting to realize that it’s a program on the rise, and is a program that’s going to be contending for the National Tournament year in and year out.”

Grgurich added that the men’s ice hockey team’s out-of-conference schedule has something to do with the rise in season ticket sales as well.

“We play a lot of Hockey East teams now,

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Ticket sales for the men’s ice hockey games have increased since the team played in the Frozen Four in 2013. which is a very well-known conference,” Donald said. “And we have great facilities to Grgurich said. “People want to come see see the teams in. More and more people are starting to learn about the TD Bank Sports them play, too.”

McDonald said the allure of watching Center, and word of mouth attracts more peogames in the TD Bank Sports Center, which ple to come experience a live game here in all opened Jan. 27, 2007, is another reason for the growth in attendance.

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A new mode of transportation

Enterprise “Rent a Car” service will soon be available to students

University to promote online safety

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gas into the car and tap into the car to enter the vehicle.

Freshman Kelsey Ferrara said she plans to use the program when it is implemented. She thinks mostly freshman will use the cars because it will allow them to go out on the weekends and not feel trapped on campus.

“Personally I think I might use it for places the shuttle won’t bring me to, but I’m not sure

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how much other classes would take interest to it,” Ferrara said.

Fitzgerald said the idea for a car-share service came from Fasulo.

“Stef [Fasulo] brought this idea to our cabinet last year and we just sat and thought about it

Before freshman Nikime Headley was hacked on Facebook, she rarely thought about changing passwords on her social media accounts. “[My account] started sending spam messages to other people,” Headley said. “Now I change my password about every other month.”

Headley’s experience is not uncommon; a 2011 survey from the New York Daily News revealed about 600,000 Facebook accounts are hacked on a daily basis. Many Quinnipiac students, including sophomore Kelsey Pavao, have witnessed out-of-the-ordinary behavior from a Facebook friend.

“You see stuff like weird messages or weird pictures being posted,” Pavao said. “The picture thing has happened to me before, where my account posted one and tagged a bunch of people in it.”

Pavao said she deleted the picture but didn’t start changing her password more frequently.

This sort of behavior is problematic for Brian Kelly, the chief information security officer at Quinnipiac. Kelly has witnessed many security breaches on students’ emails and WebAdvisor accounts, but noticed a majority of students seem unconcerned with the issue.

“We try to reach out to students and say that their computers or accounts are at risk and students generally say [they] don’t care,” Kelly

Students will be able to rent cars through Enterprise starting in January.

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Students will soon be able to rent cars to travel off campus for an hour or an entire day.

The Student Government Association will implement a new car-share program with Enterprise Rent-a-Car on Jan. 20, according to Class of 2017 representative Cassidy Fitzgerald.

“Considering our first year students are not allowed to have cars on campus I think it is going to be a very quick inexpensive way to get around town in addition to the shuttle service,” Associate Director for Campus Life Stefano Fasulo said.

Class of 2017 President Chris Desilets said that to start, there will be two five-passenger cars on campus.

If there is a need for more cars within the first year of the program, SGA will only be able to add two more cars, Desilets said. The cars will be parked in North Lot behind the Faculty Office Building.

Assistant Dean and Director of Campus Life Daniel Brown said the program will pay for itself because students have to sign up and pay a membership fee to rent the cars.The memberships are through the Enterprise company and not the university. Students must show a valid driver’s license to sign up.

The cost for renting a car has not been decided yet, but will be before the program is launched. The price will vary depending on how many hours the car is rented, not the distance traveled, Desilets said.

He said there is a card for students to put

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STUDENTS SPEAK UP

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While many colleges and universities had Monday off, Quinnipiac students attended classes on Columbus Day. Students shared their opinions about whether or not the university should hold classes on the holiday.

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“I don’t know anyone who had a big issue with having it off because a lot of colleges around here don’t have Columbus Day off as well so it’s not a big deal.”

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“I think we should have Columbus Day off and not Yom Kippur because most people are off on Columbus Day who don’t go to Quinnipiac. ”

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“I feel like since we had Yom Kippur off we don’t really need Columbus Day off. It’s like a give and take almost.

But while I am fine with it, I feel like most students feel we should have it off because other colleges have it off and it is unfair.”

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Alex Danieli| Sophomore “I am happy with it because QU is named after a Native American tribe and because we are on Native American ground. It’s important to not have it off.

Columbus Day is important for America but it is insensitive for a private university named after a native tribe to have the day off.”

Beyond the Bobcats

A rundown on news outside the university.

By Sal Siciliano

Weekend of peaceful protests ends in friction

Columbus Day Parade celebrates Italian-Americans

Ebola outbreak is deemed an international crisis

Protesters gathered in St. Louis over the weekend, triggered by the two month anniversary of the shooting in Ferguson, Mo. involving Michael Brown and a recent shooting of Vonderrit Myers Jr. in St. Louis’s Shaw neighborhood, according to Vice News. Peaceful rallies for what has been dubbed “Ferguson October” began on Friday with gatherings outside of the Ferguson Police Department. These gatherings continued into Saturday with more than 3,000 demonstrators marching through St. Louis streets, according to Vice News. On Sunday morning, however, police, armed with pepper spray and riot shields began arresting more than a dozen protesters who were gathered outside of a gas station in what was supposedly a peaceful sit in.

Thousands of people came together to participate in the region’s annual Columbus Day Parade in North Haven on Sunday, according to the New Haven Register.

It was a day not only to honor the man credited with the discovery of America, but also to celebrate Italian-Americans.

The parade rotates each year through six towns; East Haven, New Haven, Hamden, West Haven, Branford and North Haven Italian-American organizations, marching bands, boy scouts, the local fire department and more raised flags, balloons, and red, green and white banners. U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro and U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal also came to march for a day of Italian culture.

The director general of the World Health Organization Margaret Chan described Ebola as “unquestionably the most severe acute public health emergency in modern times” on Monday, according to the New York Times. More than 4,000 people have died of the virus, the majority in West Africa. The most affected countries are facing political collapse in the wake of the epidemic. Ebola actually emerged 40 years ago and was not countered with vaccines or medicines because it was confined to poor African countries. As the virus spirals out of control, Chan believes economic inequality becomes dangerously clear. Recently, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg donated $25 million to the CDC to fight against the spread of Ebola.

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The Other New Haven

New honors initiative comes to campus

By SARAH DOIRON Asociate News Editor

Students now have the option to attend cultural and educational events in New Haven, thanks to a new Honors Program initiative according to the Director of the Honors Program Kathy Cooke.

The new initiative is titled “The Other New Haven,” and Cooke said this is considered a joke on the biography “The Other Wes Moore” that the incoming freshman classes are required to read for their QU101 seminar.

Cooke said the joke is that New Haven is not just Toad’s Place and Empire, and there are more things to do in the city than just the party scene.

Cooke came up with the idea with the help of the members of the Honors Leadership Board and Professor of Psychology Bill Jellison.

“We are trying to give students more options to experience New Haven and expose them to the cool cultural events that are available,” Cooke said.

“The Other New Haven” is also being used as a signature experience, which is another way for honors students to get honors credit, Cooke said.

“The signature experiences are a way of creating more flexible ways to have an honors experience that can earn credit,” she said.

Cooke said the signature experiences are for honors students only and include larger events such as their first trip to the New York City Highline on Nov. 8.

“These experiences give students an experimental way of earning the equivalent of an honors level class,” Cooke said.

For the fall 2014 semester, honors students can attend four events in New Haven as well as write a reflection paper and participate in readings and discussions to receive honors credit.

Students who do not want to receive honors credit for the events do not have to do the readings, paper or discussions.

Junior and member of the Honors Leadership Board Zach Blanchard helped come up with the idea of the new initiative.

“Kathy and I were talking about a way for students to step outside of Quinnipiac and experience what this area has to offer and I brought up small cultural events such as sym-

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Honors Program students now have the option to earn course credit by attending cultural events in New Haven.

phonies and art museums,” Blanchard said.

The events are free to all honors students who want to attend and transportation is provided for everyone.

Cooke said the trips are paid for through the budget the Honors Program gets through the University.

No money was added to their budget to incorporate these trips; however, Cooke said they are changing how they use their budget to make these events possible.

“We are saving money in other areas [of our budget] so that we can provide this experience because we think it is perfectly in line with the honors programs goals and the university’s goals,” Cooke said. “We basically decided to squeeze as much money out of our budget as we can to provide this experience for our students.”

In the past few weeks, the new initiative sponsored held trips into New Haven, such as one to an outdoor art exhibit of slow motion dancing and another to the Yale Symphony Orchestra.

Blanchard attended the trip to the art exhibit and said it was nice to go out to New Haven in a small scale, laid-back trip.

“Our goal is to not make it this forced feeling like you would have on a high school field trip,” Blanchard said. “But it becomes

an option for any students who want to go and experience new things and get what they want out of it.”

Cooke said even though about a dozen students attended each trip, she believes the Honors Program is ready to respond to the possibility of increased interest from the student body.

In the past, the program has done big trips for students but not in an organized manner, she said.

“We have decided to do one trip a week for the semester and make it organized,” Cooke said. “It’s sort of creating a structure for what we used to do sporadically. This time it has a name, regular events and involves the entire community.”

Junior Clare Michalak hopes this new initiative is successful.

“It is a very large initiative that is changing the structure of the Honors Program so I do not expect instant success,” Michalak said. “I think this initiative will be helpful especially for upper- level students who have a large amount of difficulty finishing their honors requirements.”

Cooke said these events are oriented towards honors students, but any student can attend.

“I always jokingly say [the Honors Pro-

gram] loves to share the love of honors,” Cooke said. “We like the community to benefit from what honors is doing. The more we hear from people who want to do things like this the better we feel about what we are doing.”

Blanchard believes even with the small size of the Honors Program, the new initiative will impact the student body.

“I think it has the potential to benefit the entire student body in recognizing what else there is to do in New Haven,” Blanchard said.

“It will cater to those people that want to get more out of their experience here besides what is considered the typical college experience.”

Cooke is excited about continuing the initiative and enhancing the educational experience of everyone who attends.

“I feel like this program is providing a model for students to explore and learn new things outside of the classroom,” she said.

One of the main goals of the initiative is to show students there is more to New Haven than just Toad’s.

“Quinnipiac has a reputation as a little bit of a party school and not everybody wants a party school,” Cooke said. “So we aren’t saying ‘Hey, don’t go to Toad’s.’ We are saying ‘You don’t have to go to Toad’s.’ There’s other things that you can do and we are trying to provide those other things.”

The new initiative plans to offer events such as museums, musical performances, theatrical performances and poetry readings.

Michalak said these newly offered events inspire her to become more involved in the honors program.

“Several honors classes that have fulfilled a portion of my honors requirement have taken up class spots that I could have used to pursue a minor or an additional major,” Michalak said. “Now, having the opportunity to receive credit outside of a classroom is a great help and I look forward to participating in [the events].”

Within the next year the Honors Program will be introducing two more initiatives called Be Here! and Honors Intercultural. Be Here! will be focused on events across campus. Honors Intercultural will be focused on students having opportunities to go abroad inside and outside the United States.

Irish studies minor created with Great Hunger Museum

By MICHAEL BRENNAN Contributing Writer

A new Irish studies minor was officially commissioned at Quinnipiac on Oct. 1 with classes expected to start in the spring semester, Professor of History Christine Kinealy said.

Kinealy is spearheading the new minor.

She will teach the introduction to Irish studies and Irish history courses. Thirty students have enrolled in the introductory course.

Students must take nine courses for the minor to officially count. Kinealy believes the minor will not only teach students about Irish culture, but also give students skills to succeed internationally.

“It makes you very employable because it helps people gain many skills and let’s them know what happens around the world,” Kinealy said. “I think it would be a very good minor that would go well with other disciplines and topics.”

There are plans for the classes to learn about Irish sports, listen to Irish music and even take a trip to Ireland. There are also programs that are run by other professors

like Liam O’Brien that support the Irish film market.

Students had mixed reactions about the creation of the minor.

“It could definitely help with a lot of Irish people if they wanted to know more about their heritage,” freshman Louis Napolitano said.

Junior biomedical sciences major Jennifer Latteri said she can see why students would be interested in the minor.

“I am half Irish so it would be interesting to take part in learning about it,” she said.

“But I wouldn’t consider it being my minor because I am already a microbiology and chemistry minor.”

Kinealy is only teaching the previously mentioned classes this year because she is further developing the new “Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum,” which opened two years ago.

The Irish Famine is a particularly important event to the Quinnipiac faculty. Quinnipiac’s president John Lahey had been giving speeches as far back as 1997 about the

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Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute sponsored an event in the piazza featuring traditional Irish music and food to celebrate the launch of the new Irish studies minor. famine, according to the museum’s official website.

President Lahey and Murray Lender, a late Quinnipiac alumnus, developed the ini-

tial collection of art and educational pieces about it. That first assortment of materials eventually grew and they felt it needed to be shared with the public.

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CAMPUS BRIEFS Copacabana Night brings Hispanic culture to QU

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Theater for Community to perform the musical “Nine” Quinnipiac’s Theater for Community will perform the musical “Nine” Oct. 16 to Oct. 19 in Buckman Theater.

The musical is an adapted version of the Federico Fellini’s movie “8 ½” about movie director Guido Contini who is trying to think of a plot for his next movie and must choose between his wife, mistress and the actress who is his creative inspiration. All performances on Oct. 16-18 begin at 7:30 p.m. and at 2 p.m. on Oct. 19. Student and senior citizen ticket prices are $10, and general admission tickets are $15. Reservations and advance ticket purchases can be made at www.quinnipiac.edu/theater-tickets. - S Doiron

QU Hiking Club to host SGPA presentation Sleeping Giant Park Association Community Outreach Chair Julie Hulten will be explaining the history of Sleeping Giant on Oct. 16 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.. The presentation will take place in Tator Hall room 315 and is hosted by the QU Hiking Club. -S. Doiron

Soup Kitchen looks for student volunteers The Office of Community Service will be hosting an opportunity for students to volunteer at the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen in New Haven on Oct. 19 from 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Volunteers will help to prepare and serve meals to those in need.

Transportation will be provided for anyone interested in attending. Email Catherine.Murray@quinnipiac.edu with any questions. - S. Doiron

CAP to host Parent University The annual Parent University hosted by the Community Action Project will be taking place at Hamden Middle School on Oct. 18 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Students will volunteer to educate parents and guardians on parenting skills, health and wellness, and how to navigate the school system.

Students will also be providing assistance with child care, registration and hallway monitoring. - S. Doiron

By MATT GRAHN Contributing Writer

If you walked into Burt Khan on Friday night you would have walked into a Brazilian Carnival.

The Latino Cultural Society hosted its annual Copacabana Night Friday from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. There was food, dancing and a band, all of which showcased Hispanic culture.

This event has been going on for the past nine years, held during either the last week of September or the first week of October to mark the end of Hispanic Heritage Month.

Hispanic Heritage Month lasts from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. Various South American countries, such as Honduras and Costa Rica, celebrate their independence during this time.

There were vibrant streamers and tables set up around the gym; it was decorated with colorful tablecloths and masquerade masks. There was a stage for the band as well as a large area dedicated to dancing. Many guests engaged in salsa, bachata and merengue styles of dance. For those who did not know these styles, a dance instructor was present to guide them along.

Though held by the Latino Cultural Society, Copacabana Night sparked interest for students from a of variety backgrounds.

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The Copacabana event on Friday night featured live performances by Latin artists.

Freshman Valerie Pozdnyakova was excited to hear the music.

“I am in the global community, so a lot of my friends are Latino,” she said. “And they play music sometimes in their dorms, so it’s nice to see it played live.”

Senior Dan Burdick has always enjoyed Copacabana night.

“Good vibes, always good mu-

sic,” he said. “You come to the Copacabana Night for the food.”

There was a large variety of food at Copacabana Night, from rice and beans to taquitos, enchiladas and even flan, a baked custard dessert.

Other students, like sophomore Jacob Ward, attended the event for the dancing. He liked the dance instruction but said he still is not great

at these latin styles of dance.

For the Latino Cultural Society, the event was not only about exposing students of other cultures to Latino traditions, but providing a senseof familiarity for Hispanic students.

President of Latino Cultural Society Dayanara Lopez says the night reminds her of her life at home.

“At home, this is what I live; it’s difficult to come here and not be able to live it all the time,” Lopez said.

“This is one night I can live what I live at home.”

Lopez was pleased with the turnout at Friday’s event. She says there were few empty chairs and she believes the event had a positive impact on the QU community. Even faculty staff and students from other cultural organizations, like the South Asian Society, attended.

“They’re here to feel our culture,” Lopez said; “this was, she said, exactly what she wanted.

Latino Cultural Society Vice President Adriana Quintero shared a similar feeling about how the night turned out. “[This year’s Copacabana] was absolutely incredible,” she said. “[There were] a lot more people than last year. I could not imagine it coming out any better.”

Students changing passwords prevents hacking INTERNET SAFETY from cover said. “I think [the issue of security] is a difficult one for a student audience; you’re young and you feel like you’re invincible, so you have a different perspective of privacy than older people do.”

A majority of the low-frequency security breaches at the university have been pranks, such as a student logging onto their roommate’s Facebook or Twitter account and posting joke statuses or messages or logging onto online gaming accounts and stealing a user’s currency in the game.

However, Kelly has experienced more severe cases of students hacking into someone else’s WebAdvisor account where someone registered and dropped all of a person’s newly-added classes.

To combat these issues, the university provides a variety of cyber-security resources for students on MyQ, including a free antivirus product for Macs and PCs and Information Secu-

rity Awareness Training videos which are updated twice a year.

Since many students fail to receive adequate information on the topic throughout middle and high school, next year’s incoming freshman class will be required to watch the videos and complete a module similar to Alcohol.Edu for cyber security.

“When we ask a student when they learned about cyber security in grades K-12, a lot of times they’ll say that no one’s ever taught them anything,” he said. “There’s probably more focus on cyber-bullying in school now, but there’s still not a lot of emphasis on how to protect yourself.”

In addition to the topics of email and messaging, social networks and mobile device security, the three-tosix-minute videos also discuss password security.

Kelly knows the university’s practice of changing passwords every 180 days is frustrating for some students.

“People think it’s a pain,” Kelly said. “But a lot of times if passwords are compromised here, it can give

hackers access to your financial information and potentially passwords to other online accounts. It’s important to keep your login information confidential.”

His opinion is shared by freshman Cameron Renslow.

“I feel like [changing my QU password] is sort of annoying, but it’s also a good thing,” Renslow said.

“There’s a lot of stuff on there that I wouldn’t want people to have access to. I probably should change my other passwords more often. It’s actually really bad because I use the same password with variations for everything.”

While Kelly says updating passwords is a good practice for post-college employment because employers will ask you to change your passwords often, some students disagree with the university’s policy.

“I think it’s too much; I think we change them too often, and I run out of passwords to use,” sophomore Emily Katz said. “Our school emails aren’t really something that someone would want to break into.”

Katz said that she’d prefer to change her password once a year rather than every semester.

In honor of National Cyber Security Awareness Month this October, Kelly shared some tips for online safety.

“The biggest thing is just to be cautious,” he said. “Be careful of where you’re putting information. We always recommend that on social media accounts – whether it’s Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. – make sure that your settings are such that your privacy is protected and you’re not giving away too much personal information.”

Katz agreed students should make the content on their social media sites private.

“People can go through all your photos on Facebook if it’s not private: they can save pictures of you and it’s creepy,” Katz said. ”Someone you don’t know can literally see everything you do, if you’re not careful.”

Range of students express interest in program CAR SHARE from cover Fasulo worked in student affairs at Hofstra University for four years prior to working at QU and helped implement a similar program there; he said having a car share program was something SGA talked about in past cabinets.

SGA chose Enterprise because it was the best fit for the community, Fasulo said.

“Enterprise is very in tune with our needs and had parameters that worked well with our needs,” he said.

“Since the relationship had already

been established, they worked out details which made it work for QU.” Enterprise was very eager to come here and work on this program, according to Fitzgerald.

Fasulo said there was a similar program for student organizations to borrow university cars to travel to off campus events, but the cost-to-benefit ratio was not worth the investment.

“The maintenance upkeep of the cars was expensive,” Fasulo said.

“Safety without a doubt is our priority and we wanted students and faculty being transported in cars that were working properly.”

Junior Colton Hoffman said he

does not have a car on campus and will definitely use the program.

“Bringing a car to campus is hard for many students especially ones who live far away,” he said. “I live in New Jersey and it is hard for me to bring my car to campus and also the gas prices here are outrageous so it makes it easier to leave it home.”

Desilets said the program is important because the shuttle does not stop at every place students need to go, but he and Fitzgerald agree that just like any other initiative, there is a risk if the privilege is abused.

“I think students are responsible enough to know they shouldn’t take

it to Toad’s,” Desilets said.

Fitzgerald said if SGA notices people are taking the cars to New Haven to go to Toad’s, they will have to limit the amount of hours students can rent a car.

Fasulo believes students will use it to their benefit as opposed to abusing it. He hopes this program has a positive impact on the student body.

“This wasn’t something that was on our radar but SGA made it possible and I am excited for the QU community that this will be implemented,” he said.

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You’re more than the ‘likes’ on your social media posts TWEETS OF THE WEEK Welcome to Quinnipiac University: the only school in America that has class on Columbus Day @kathrynx14 kathryn LaVallee After I graduate from Quinnipiac I’m not going to be able to even look at a wrap again in my life @XOX0JP Olivia the fact that Quinnipiac hasn’t invested in a monorail from main campus to York hill still blows my mind #cold #tired #stranded @alliekennn allie kennedy remembering when I hiked up york hill. like actually walked up the whole hill at 1 am. happy thursday ‫@‏‬callmeintheAM ali How can @QuinnipiacU have multiple York Hill shuttles running now but not even one single Whitney Village shuttle?

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INSTAGRAM OF THE WEEK @erin_0823 My campus>your campus #quinnipiac #rainbows

We know you all love to pretend you’re artsy.

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Yet, a “like” on a social media post is so arbitrary. People just scroll down their feeds, “liking” posts at random. They do not analyze the posts they choose to like. Thus, we should not over-analyze when we do not receive tons of “likes.”

We need to move away from this dangerous idea that the number of “likes” on our social media posts correlates to our worth as a human being. This can have a drastic effect on our self-esteem.

A University of Queensland in Australia study found when people do not “like” someone’s post on Facebook, he or she feels “invisible” and “less important as individuals,” according to The New York Times.

This does not make social media bad. It just means we have to rethink our relationship with these sites. If we do not let “likes” define us, they won’t.

Just because 50 people didn’t “like” your profile picture does not mean you are not loved and important. You matter, regardless of the “likes” on your posts.

Danger zone

Whitney and Sherman Ave. intersection unsafe I got into a car accident about two weeks ago.

I was on Sherman Avenue, slowing down in the left turn lane at the stoplight.

As I approached the light, a car pulled out of the Dunkin SARA KOZLOWSKI Donuts parking lot and Arts & Life Editor slammed into my driver’s @sara_koz side door. I have a 2005 Ford Focus—a significantly smaller car in comparison to the Toyota Highland that hit me.

Thankfully, both of us were OK, but my car was quite damaged. After pulling over, I tried to get out of my car, but the driver’s side door was so damaged it was jammed shut. I had to hop over the center console to the passenger’s side in order to get out.

When the police officer came, he declared that I was not at fault for the accident. The other driver, a Hamden resident, apologized numerous times and said something along the lines of, “I can’t believe this happened. I’m 50 years old and this is only the second car accident I’ve been in.”

Although I think this was meant to comfort me, it did the exact opposite. For some reason, I was granted to be the lucky one involved in this person’s second car accident ever. Obviously, I was not too thrilled.

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This problem is not isolated to only millennials. Sixty-two percent of adults around the word agreed that “when people react positively to the things I share on social media, I feel better about myself,” according to the Ford 2014 JULIA PERKINS consumer trend report.

Similarly, 72 percent of Managing Editor Americans over the age @JuliaPerkinsJP of 34 said they only share things on social media if they think others will like the post. This is compared to 40 percent of Americans 34 and under, according to the same report.

Our social media sites show who we are.

They represent our interests, our voice and our personalities. When we change our profile picture or make a new status, we are putting a piece of ourselves online for everyone to see.

Doing this is deeply personal because we are sharing to the world who we truly are, even if we may not consciously think of it this way.

This puts us in a vulnerable position. This means when people don’t “like” our posts, it feels like people don’t like us.

You’re on Facebook and a notification pops up at the bottom of your screen. Your friend liked your status. You smile, a little burst of satisfaction rolls through you. Someone appreciated what you said, someone appreciates you. But then you click on the notification and see your friend is the only one who liked the status so far.

You don’t understand. You thought your status was quite clever. Why haven’t more people liked it? Did you say something stupid?

Are people rolling their eyes at your status? Or did they just not care enough to read what you wrote? Did they see your name and say “ugh, that girl/guy, she/he is so annoying.”

This is how young people, including myself, feel all the time. When people like our new profile picture or favorite our Tweet, we feel validated. When they don’t, we feel rejected.

People seem to be ashamed when others do not like their posts. I have heard people say they plan to take a photo off of Instagram if it does not get more than 50 “likes.” It is common for teens to delete photos that do not get enough “likes,” according to a 2013 Pew Research Study.

And I didn’t get the sense this person was a bad driver. It was slightly raining at the time.

Weather conditions may have played a role. Things happen. After all, not everything can be prevented.

Taking all of this into consideration, I decided the accident only really happened for one reason: the area is dangerous.

It probably wasn’t because it was lightly raining or that this person was a bad driver. It happened because the corner of Sherman Avenue and Whitney Avenue really isn’t safe, especially with the entrance to the Dunkin Donuts parking lot.

Cars zip up and down both roads and many people drive entirely too fast in the parking lot itself, many times not bothering to stop completely at the stop sign before pulling out onto Sherman Ave. I’ve pulled out of that Dunkin Donuts parking lot plenty of times prior to the accident and I always made sure to stop completely at the sign and basically triple check the roads before leaving the parking lot. So I could sympathize with the person who hit me, simply because it is not a safe area. The accident isn’t necessarily

her fault, even though her insurance company put the blame on her.

The Sherman Avenue entrance to the parking lot, for example, is entirely too close to the intersection. People often turn on red, making it difficult to know when it’s safe to go. Add some drizzle into the equation and you’ve got a recipe for disaster.

We all know Sherman Avenue can be dangerous. After all, just last week a student was hit by a car when he was trying to cross the street right at the bottom of York Hill. Hopefully these accidents will help students and residents alike to drive safer and take their time when driving on Sherman or Whitney Avenue Since there are two ways to enter the Dunkin Donuts parking lot, the intersection of the two roads would be safer as a whole if the Sherman Avenue entrance was closed off. This would cut down on traffic and make the intersection and the parking lot safer to navigate.

This suggestion isn’t likely to happen, but it’s the best solution there is in order to avoid future car accidents like mine. You can warn people to be more cautious all you want, but simply telling people to drive slower alone just isn’t going to work. It’s only when people are actually in the situation themselves that they begin to think.

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Alone time without your phone Face-to-face becomes face-to-Facebook, feel alone—even if it is only a short time—a eye contact becomes an iPhone contact, and person misses out on the opportunity to be personal connection becomes dependent alone with their thoughts or toil with their on Internet connection. This is the digital emotions.

In Sherry Turkles, “Alone together,” she age. Because a text message is easier than a letter, because an email is more efficient discusses the effects digital technology has on people. She states that “before we than a meeting, because the ease forge successful life partnerships, of the connection outweighs it is helpful to have a sense of the intimacy of the who we are” Without solitude, connection—this is the people reduce the ability to digital age. understand who they are, and There are many in doing so, fail to gain the reasons to have digital ability to understand others. technology—as technology When a person’s solitude companies never fail to is interrupted by digital remind us. But there are also many communications—by a world reasons to be mindful of digital within our own world—we not technology (you know, no texting only harm our relationship while driving.) By focusing on the with ourselves, but also our positives, we fail to expose the relationships with everyone else. negatives. Constant applause and ANDY LANDOLFI So what else happens to us constant pro-digital technology Staff Writer @AndyLandolfi when we use digital technology? exposure prevents people from Digital connection breeds stepping back and recognizing the ominous undercurrent created by the wave physical anxiety. Digital technology’s pull on people is stronger than a person’s of digital technology.

We observe dilemmas born from digital willpower to refrain from using it; when technology usage on a daily basis: Students, a cell phone vibrates we are compelled to administration and faculty who walk look at our conversation occurring in virtual across campus with their faces buried in reality, despite the events unfolding in their smartphones, (I bet they have not yet actuality. When every text is a new tidbit noticed the change in foliage) or families of information, and every tweet’s news, the out to dinner who only look up from their pressure of staying connected can become phones between bites of food or groups overwhelming—what am I missing if I of teenagers who text friends miles away don’t stay up to date?

As Sherry Turkle puts it: “To feel safe, rather than conversing with those within arms reach. Our digital technology, despite you have to be connected.”

The digital age is part of us now; it is the inherent convenience, removes us from fully engaging in our physical reality—we non negotiable. For better or for worse, miss out on reality, in all its beautiful colors digital technology is here to stay—it is to submerge ourselves in the 0/1 binary of here to thrive. As our conversations and interactions and connections begin to occur virtual reality. more frequently online, it is important that But so what? What’s the big deal?

Well here’s one of the many problems: we note what we miss out on. Although there Through constant connection, people fail is something intimate about eye contact, to engage in being alone. For some, this although there is something breathtaking sentence appears out of place (Well duh, about hearing the cadence of the human Andy. Of course I don’t want to be alone) voice, although there is nothing quite as but let me elaborate to make this point warming as the human touch, the digital more clear. Solitude is an important part age isn’t about upholding what was once of self-development and self-realization. uniquely human and undeniably beautiful; Constant connection to others fails to give it is about convenience. After all, this is the adequate time to reflect; through boredom digital age. arises recognition of the self. When people instantly reach out to others the moment they

Opinion|7

Your health is everything Too many college students neglect their health.

They believe they can eat fast food on a regular basis and spend little time being physically active.

These factors can contribute to health problems in the immediate future and later on in life. The Department of Health and Human Services recommends Americans get 150 minutes of moderate BRYAN LIPINER aerobic exercise a week, Editor In Chief which is a little more @Bryan_Lipiner than 20 minutes a day.

Sure, college students are busy, but it isn’t difficult to find an extra 20 minutes a day for exercise, considering that many students waste time procrastinating on various activities. Personally, I exercise three times a week, anywhere from 60-90 minutes a session.

Not only does exercise improve your health, it also makes you happier. When one exercises, endorphins are released in the brain, according to WebMD. Endorphins then trigger a feeling of euphoria, which makes you happy.

But when exercise is put to the side, weight gain usually follows. According to an Auburn University study, which followed 131 students over their four-year college careers, 70 percent of those surveyed gained weight, with the average weight gain being 12 pounds. The percentage of students found

to be overweight also increased from 18 to 31 percent.

Exercise and nutrition go hand in hand.

Without a proper diet, it can be difficult to see the results of exercise. Eating too many foods high in saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium can damage one’s body. Most takeout and fast foods are high in said nutrients, which may cause problems such as heart disease or high blood pressure later in life.

Making smarter choices is easy. For example, college students can swap out white pasta and bread for whole grain products.

Whole grain foods are higher in fiber and consist of complex carbs, which in turn provides the body with more energy.

In addition, students can opt for healthier, leaner foods such as chicken, which provide better alternatives when compared to high-saturated fat foods like red meat.

Other easy choices include buying one percent milk over whole milk, and eating greek yogurt instead of regular yogurt.

Healthy eating and exercising regularly is not as difficult as it seems. Making a few smarter choices here and there can go a long way. It isn’t necessary to cut take-out food for life, or go to the gym seven days a week.

But it is important to be conscious of what you’re putting in your body on a regular basis and to stay active in some shape or form.

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The Farmington Canal Heritage Greenway stretches from New Haven to Northampton, Mass., covering nearly 84 miles. The part of the greenway through Cheshire was built along the same route as the “Canal Line� railroad, chartered in 1869. Lines around the country began to fall into despair, and a group pushed to have a recreational trail made. Remains of the first six miles can be seen in Cheshire. Seen here are canal locks, including Lock 12, a historical park off the greenway. - A.Hoskins

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Fun Fall activities

By SARA KOZLOWSKI Arts & Life Editor

Haunted roads Downs Road is one of the top five most haunted roads in Connecticut, according to Examiner. The best part is it’s right here in Hamden. It’s time to scare the crap out of all your roommates by bringing them on a drive down this eerie road.

“Demon children” are said to live on the road and often throw rocks at cars or scratch at the windows.

Weird noises and screams can also be heard while traveling along the road. Travel if you dare.

Not intimidated with Downs Road? Don’t worry because there’s another haunted road not much further away, so you could potentially visit both roads in one trip. According to The Examiner, Whirlwind Hill Road in Wallingford has an equally bizarre backstory. As the legend goes, a woman drowned herself during the 1930’s after her fiancé abandoned her at the altar.

She is rumored to walk around the road drenched in her wedding dress asking people for rides, but then always disappears.

Hindinger’s Farm Craving to carve a pumpkin this October? Get all your pumpkin picking needs at Hindinger’s Farm to help make your best jack-o-lantern yet. The farm is right here in Hamden located on 810 Dunbar Hill Road and is only a short drive away. Oh, and did I mention there are goats?

Get pumped because, yes, there are goats. The farm is known for their goat pen where you can feed and pet them for all the interested animallovers out there.

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Trail of Terror

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This terrifying haunted trail located in Wallingford will be open every weekend in October Friday to Sunday. Tickets sell out fast, but if you purchase your ticket online for $20 you can pick a specific time slot and will be guaranteed admittance, according to its website. You can also purchase group tickets at a discounted price if you’re going with a group of 10 or more for $18 per person. General admission is $15. More details can be found at trailofterror.com.

This long trail travels for 84 miles from New Haven to Northampton, Mass. Most people enjoy running, biking, rollerblading and walking the trail to get some fresh air. It’s a great way to get a little exercise while also taking in the beautiful sights autumn brings as the leaves change.

For photos of the Farmington Canal, see pages 8-9.

Pumpkin painting

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If you don’t have a car and don’t know anyone with one it’s still not the end of the world. There are still fall-themed events on campus that you can participate in. Student Programming Board and other organizations have fall events all throughout the month. For example, there’s pumpkin painting on Wednesday, Oct. 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Bobcat lawn.

The event is hosted by Phi Sigma Sigma.

If you’re interested in going on an excursion, Lyman Orchards may become your go-to. There is a corn maze open every day through Nov. 2.

You can also venture through apple orchards and pumpkin patches to pickyour-own fruit. If you’re feeling really adventurous, you can try cooking apple or pumpkin pie with the products you pick. Or you could try more simple recipes like caramel apples or baked pumpkin seeds.

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California bans plastic bags

By JEANETTE CIBELLI Staff Writer

Picture this scene: you are at the beach in beautiful California, splashing through the waves and your foot gets caught in a gross plastic bag that is adrift in the water.

Or you are fishing and think you’ve snagged something, only to discover it is yet another plastic bag cluttering the environment. Not a pretty picture, right? California legislators didn’t think so either.

On Sept. 30, California became the first U.S. state to ban single-use plastic bags from grocery and convenience stores. The bill was passed by Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat who has been in office since 2011. Brown called the bill a “step in the right direction,” according to the Huffington Post. “[This bill] reduces the torrent of plastic polluting our beaches, parks and even the vast ocean itself,” Brown said in a statement.

“We’re the first to ban these bags, and we won’t be the last.”

Both land and water have been polluted by improperly discarded plastic bags, so

this ban comes directly from the concerns of environmental activists. These plastic bags can take between 10 to 20 years to decompose, which is a serious environmental issue. “National Geographic” has estimated that 500 billion to a trillion plastic bags are used annually worldwide. Approximately 38 million people live in California, so this ban could make a big difference.

Many are in support of this ban, including Kyle Owens, the president of Students for Environmental Action (SEA) at Quinnipiac.

“This seems to be a positive step toward a sustainable future,” Owens said.

This ban is scheduled to be enacted in grocery stores as well as larger chain stores, such as Target and Walmart, by July 2015.

Convenience stores and pharmacies are slated to follow suit in 2016. Plastic bags used in the sale of produce and meats are not included in this ban, nor are plastic bags from other retail stores. Grocery stores are also allowed to provide single-use paper bags for a fee of at least 10 cents.

Since plastic bags will soon no longer be an

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option, Californian shoppers are encouraged to use reusable bags. These bags have already been made available in numerous grocery and retail stores, including Stop & Shop, Wegmans Food Markets, Target and Urban Outfitters.

“This seems to be a postive step toward a sustainable future.”

– KYLE OWENS PRESIDENT OF STUDENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION Many stores also sell reusable bags that are not directly affiliated with their brand.

Companies such as Baggu sell reusable bags in a variety of sizes, patterns and colors. They often fold into themselves for easy storage and can easily be tossed in a purse or shopping cart while at the store. They are a simple way to positively impact the environment without much effort.

However, not everyone is happy about this new ban.

“Some Californians are inevitably going to oppose the ban,” Owens predicated. “However, I hope that opposition changes as the benefits are realized and minor inconveniences are forgotten.”

According to “Huffington Post,” some senior citizens are concerned about this imposition on convenience. In stronger opposition are plastic bag manufacturers, many of which are already seeking to repeal the bill.

This ban will reduce the manufacturing needs for plastic bags, thus eliminating thousands of jobs. Lee Califf, the executive director of the American Progressive Bag Alliance, also claims that this ban will “hurt the environment and… [allow] grocery store shareholders and their union partners [to] line their pockets” by forcing consumers to buy either paper or reusable bags.

Only time will tell about how this ban is received and acted upon by the Californian public. A few other states, including New Jersey, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, as well as Puerto Rico, are reported to be in the process of similar bans.

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Lokai bracelets make a statement

Shuttles don’t stop at Dunkin

“Oh, you have one of those bracelets!”

This is the squealing, excited exclamation I receive from nearly every girl who notices the clear-beaded circle around my left wrist. Yes, I have one of those. It’s called a Lokai bracelet, and it seems to have become increasingly trendy within the past year. Rightly so, in my opinion; I think they’re really cool.

The bracelet, like the idea, is simple in design: several clear, silicone beads with only one white bead and one black bead. The bracelet is symbolic. The clear beads, which make up the majority of the bracelet, likewise represent the majority of our lives. We go with the flow, we have our routines, we have general ups and downs. The white and black beads, though, are where the real significance lies.

The white bead is filled with water from Mount Everest, the highest point on earth. In deliberate contrast, the black bead is filled with mud from the Dead Sea, the earth’s lowest point. The symbolism is revealed in the attached paper tag which reads, “Sometimes you’re on top of the world. Stay humble. Sometimes you’ve hit a low. Stay hopeful.”

So not only are Lokais a cool addition to place next to your Alex and Anis or those rope bracelets you get at the beach during the summer, they’re a statement. They’re a reminder that when your day is going your way, maybe you should help someone else’s get better. They’re a reminder that a bad day isn’t the end of the world and that things will, very likely, look up soon.

In a generation plagued with negativity, Lokai bracelets are a little light in the dark.--A. Mark

If freshman want a good cup of coffee they have to rely on shuttles to take them to Starbucks. Shuttles don’t stop at Dunkin Donuts, even though there are two of them that are closer than Starbucks. Both Dunkin locations even follow the Hamden shuttle’s route, so they would not be out of the way.

Currently, the only way for freshman or other students without cars to get to Dunkin is to walk to the location by York Hill. Not only is the walk close to a mile, Whitney Avenue is a very busy road and it could be dangerous for students to cross safely.

“Since we do have to walk I never really plan on going,” freshman Nicole Kessler said.

If the Hamden shuttle won’t stop then what about York Hill shuttles? These shuttles constantly pass Dunkin Donuts each day. The stop would be on a route that the shuttles already have to go on.

“It’s actually pretty inconvenient that [the shuttles don’t] stop there because it’s so close to York so it wouldn’t take a ton of extra time if they did,” freshman Samantha Eisenberg said.

During the winter, students without cars making the trek to Dunkin will likely face even more danger. Snow on the roads leaves less room for pedestrians, making the walk even less safe.

In the end, it will be up to the school to decide whether or not stopping at Dunkin Donuts is worth it for the freshman and other non-drivers alike. For now, Au Bon Pain will remain the safest and most accessible option. --A. Orban

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A fast food generation

A lot of students get sick of Chartwells fast and often look for other cheaper and tastier alternatives. This often involves traveling off-campus to one of the many fast food joints in Hamden for lunch, dinner or even a late-night snack. Here’s how fast food affects our bodies and how we can stop becoming the fast food generation.

By LAUREN BAGHDO Contributing Writer

For college students on a budget, a quick and easy solution is fast food restaurants, which make it more problematic for students to get a balanced diet and to avoid intaking unwanted ingredients, such as trans fat.

Sophomore Hannah Perlroth said attending college has made her turn to fastfood often.

“I ate fast food in Hamden for breakfast, lunch and dinner because I didn’t have a lot of money and I was hungry,” Perlroth said.

Here at Quinnipiac, students are more apt to giving into the culture of unhealthy fast food because of all the options in Hamden and surrounding areas. By Walmart in Hamden alone, there is an IHOP, Popeyes, McDonalds, Wendy’s, Chipotle, Panera, Subway and Burger King, just to name a few. Just because food off-campus may seem like a better option as opposed to campus cafeteria food, in reality the options aren’t good, especially if eaten frequently.

Obesity in the United States has become an ongoing pressing issue.

“Studies have shown that over the past four decades, consumption of food eaten away from home has also risen alarmingly,” News Medical states on its website. “It is well known that eating out may lead to

excess calorie intake and increases the risk of obesity because of large portion sizes and increased energy density of foods”.

News Medical states that many factors have changed the course of healthy eating, especially with children. It is because of these factors, like fast food for example, that the people of this country are quickly becoming overweight.

Being proactive to avoid fast food is a challenge in itself, however. This can be difficult because the United States has been in a declining recession for some time, and with that comes the truth that not many college students--nevermind Americans-are able to afford healthy food, just because it’s a little on the expensive side.

Fast food is extremely cheap, and is very convenient, especially when Americans are constantly on the go. Getting 20-piece chicken nuggets from McDonalds is only $5 and it only takes only a few minutes at most for it to be ready.

The Healthguide website shares that items on a fast food menu typically use oils, fats and unknown products that can promote a rise in cholesterol because of the content of saturated fats. Going to Helpguide’s website is even better, because you can look up the amount of calories per item in each product, which helps track daily intake.

“With a college budget, it is difficult to

Anti-Semitic vandalism attacks Emory University fraternity

By JENNA MANDOZZI Contributing Writer

In the early morning hours on Sunday, October 5, brothers of Alpha Epsilon Pi at Emory University awoke to find swastikas spray-painted on their fraternity house. This act occurred just after Yom Kippur ended on Saturday night.

Yom Kippur is a day of atonement; it serves as the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, and it is marked with prayer and fasting.

Alpha Epsilon Pi has been active on the Atlanta campus since 1920 and is a historically Jewish fraternity. Many of the fraternity’s brothers are descendants of Holocaust survivors, a group of people for whom the swastika represents truly abhorrent acts.

Emory University president, Jim Wagner, spoke out about what the attack means to the fraternity and the campus as a whole.

“Among the many pernicious things the swastika symbolizes, in the last century it represented the most egregious and determined undermining of intellectual freedom and truthseeking,” Wagner said in a statement. “In short, its appearance on our campus is an attack against everything for which Emory stands.”

While this act is shocking and offensive to the Emory community, it is not an isolated incident.

On Oct. 9, a Penn State student was convicted of similar hate crimes. After pleading guilty to ethnic intimidation, Eric Hayland was sentenced to 200 hours of community service and a $6,000 fine. This was as a result of his involvement with an act of vandalism that occurred on the Penn State campus last November when another Jewish fraternity was vandalized with paintings of swastikas on their house.

Quinnipiac University is not exempt from racially motivated crimes either. In 2012, a number of students were arrested and expelled for harassing African American members of the basketball team, using racial slurs and making threatening phone calls to their dorm rooms.

Many local and national fraternities have shown support for Emory University and the

brothers of Alpha Epsilon Pi. At Quinnipiac, the historically Jewish fraternity is called Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT). Adam Coopersmith, a founding father of ZBT, said the vandalism at Emory upset him as a member of a fraternity and as a Jewish man.

“As a fraternity man I am saddened to see such acts of hatred done onto any organization be it Jewish, Catholic, Muslim, or any other denomination,” Coopersmith said. “Fraternities are a symbol of fun and integrity, and to have acts like this to a Greek brother of mine is very saddening. Now as a Jewish man who has studied much about the holocaust I am appalled by people who claim misguided hatred at any race, religion, or ethnicity. The culprit obviously doesn’t understand the gravity of what the swastika stands for since Hitler’s third reich, but to the Jewish people it is a sign of grave attrition, suffering, and strife.”

“As a fraternity man I am saddened to see such acts of hatred done onto any organization be it Jewish, Catholic, Muslim, or any other denomination.”

– ADAM COOPERSMITH MEMBER OF QU’S ZETA BETA TAU Sophomore Jordan Burnell also spoke about the nature of crimes like these.

“I think it’s disgusting that people in this day and age can still hate people for being a different religion,” Burnell said. “There is no reason to hurt other people emotionally because they do not believe in the same thing.”

The perpetrators of the anti-Semitic acts at Emory are still unknown. The campus has increased patrols and is actively investigating the incident. The Emory community remains strong and the fraternity has since removed evidence of the vandalism.

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The stretch of Dixwell Avenue in Hamden is home to more than 12 fast food locations. shy away from the cheapness and efficiency of fast food,” Perlroth said.

Despite this, the Healthguide says it’s OK to eat fast food every once in a while

as long as you eat it in moderation. So next time you drive down Dixwell Avenue and pass Chipotle, don’t feel so bad if you give in and have a burrito.

Play review from an actresses’ perspective

By KELLY NOVAK Contributing Writer

The student-run Fourth Wall Theater Group performed “True West,” over the weekend, an extremely odd play by the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Sam Shepard.

As a former theatre major, acting veteran of 10 years and a Metropolitan Theatre Award nominee in New Jersey, I attended the play out of pure curiosity because Sam Shepard is a peculiar man. His other most notable work is “Buried Child,” which involves a random baby corpse being carried around and an amputee who cuts his sibling’s hair in his sleep. Needless to say, I was intrigued to see “True West.”

Directed by senior Jacob Nadeau, “True West” is the story of two brothers, Austin and Lee, as they housesit for their mother who is on vacation in Alaska. Austin is a screenwriter trying to write his next big project, while Lee is the bum of the family.

However, Lee ends up stealing the spotlight by trying to write a script of his own.

Tension ensues, including arguments and screaming matches, but my question is: what is the point?

Right off the bat, I don’t get the feel that the two are brothers. Lee, played by freshman Ryan Sheehan, and Austin, played by sophomore Paul Bronsan seem to not be experienced with the relationship siblings have. With siblings, there is an annoyance a sibling feels, yet a concern he can’t help but show, and I didn’t see that in their performance. The two were more like mere strangers who were angry at one another.

In my years of acting, I’ve learned everything must be done with a purpose, and I didn’t get that sense from this show. The play is dialogue driven, so the actors really needed to dig deep into their characters and find out who they are, where it’s appropriate to yell or pause, where it’s appropriate to sit or stand.

Sheehan’s aimless pacing throughout the beginning was distracting, and both Sheehan and Bronsan seemed to be yelling for no reason throughout the entire show.

The pauses were also awkwardly long, causing me to think the actors forgot a line.

There needs to be a reason to yell or pause; the clues are in the dialogue, and I feel the nuances of the script were lost on this cast.

Before the show began, the director warned the audience there would be “moving parts,” meaning the cast would throw things around—and throw things they did.

It started with a beer can, then a telephone, then pieces of bread, then the smashing of a laptop. At one point, the whole set was torn apart as Sheehan’s character was looking for a pen.

Shepard wrote in the stage directions to throw things around and destroy the set, but he should have realized this terrible case of unresolved gestalt. When there are objects on the stage that distract the audience, the audience is no longer focused on the dialogue, but the things on the ground. The audience is now shifting their attention to hoping the actors don’t trip on them or wondering if they will be picked up. These random rampages of throwing objects felt extremely unnecessary, only there to mix up the endless dialogue.

I do have to give credit to the actors, including Alan Johnson as producer Saul and Lauren Manna as Mom, who were able to memorize pages of dialogue and deliver without any mistakes. Also, since the production is entirely student-run, they had to balance busy schedules to bring this show together.

Overall, though, I wasn’t thrilled with the choice of performing “True West,” but the cast and crew did the best they could to bring the bizarre script to life.

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Pappas: ‘I expect [Ambrosio] to keep dominating’ AMBROSIO from page 16

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Ambrosio went 23-8 in singles during 2013-14.

Quinnipiac during Ambrosio’s junior year.

And during that season, Pappas discovered Ambrosio’s greatest asset.

“His best strength is that he is able to get people playing to [his level] instead of playing at other people’s levels,” Pappas said.

“He dictates pace and that is something you see with a lot of guys that it takes a while for it to come around. He is confident in his ability, stays the course and makes it happen.”

Ambrosio credited some of his physical abilities as his greatest strengths. “[My strengths are] my speed, my endurance, and my forehand,” Ambrosio said. “I use my speed to get around the court. It allows me to get into position for everything else so that I can keep the ball on the court, not miss and force other guys to make mistakes.”

Pappas also added that, in addition to his individual accomplishments on the court,

Ambrosio serves as a leader to his teammates.

“And he has been a leader for the past two years,” Pappas said. “He is so competitive; he does not give up on one point. He fights every point as hard as he can. The guys around him feed off of that. He is always working hard; he’s the first one here. He puts in the time and effort with practice and all of the other abilities to make him better.”

Ambrosio added that he tries to keep a team-mentality in mind in everything he does, and he tries to make sure the team is always in the best position to win.

“I try my best to stress doing everything as a team,” Ambrosio said. “It is all about doing everything cooperatively and as a team.

I try to push that with everything from being on time, to working hard during practice and even off the court too. I want to make sure they are doing all of the right things off the court, like getting their work done.”

Pappas added that Ambrosio’s ability to remain even-keeled on the court has brought

him a long way.

“What makes him special is–and last year is where he really developed this–is that he truly knows what kind of player he is,” Pappas said. “He knows how to get his points.

He does not deviate from his plan. He really knows what he is doing on the court. He does not panic if his shots are not falling early.

He stays with it and knows eventually it will start coming around. He does not play other people’s games.”

And for now, on the tennis court, Pappas expects Ambrosio to keep having the success he’s been having.

“I expect him to keep dominating,” Pappas said. “He was a tough out [last year]; he barely lost a match. This year, I expect to see similar, if not better, results. He is that constant for me. He is going to compete as hard as he can. If somebody beats him on a particular day, it was well earned. He brings it every single match.”

Men’s ice hockey season ticket sales reach 1,900 TICKET SALES from cover sports.”

Grgurich added that ticket sales aren’t the only number skyrocketing as of late. The student section sold out quicker than ever, as well.

“We sold out in three days,” Grgurich said. “It’s definitely the quickest we’ve sold out the student section and the rest of the arena in the history of this building.”

“And nothing beats a sellout,” said McDonald. “When the arena is packed like it was on Saturday night, that atmosphere beats just about anything.”

Grgurich said The Bank has elected to stop selling season tickets at this point, and will sell the remaining tickets in different ways.

“We have the student section, which we would never touch,” Grgurich said. “We make sure the students get to come and see

these games. We also want to give some tickets to schools and youth groups we’ve worked with in the past.”

Grgurich even added that some tickets will be available on game days, but not as many as there once were.

“With the way tickets are flying off the shelf I don’t know that we’ll have as many as we once did,” he said with a laugh.

McDonald said Quinnipiac will continue to enjoy the sellouts at men’s ice hockey

games, while they continue to see men’s basketball, women’s basketball and women’s ice hockey sales steadily rise too.

He added the university has no current plans to add seats into High Point Solutions Arena to fit more fans.

“Our biggest problem is that the best seat in the house is standing,” McDonald joked.

“You really get a great view from the vantage point on the concourse. At this point, we have no plans to add seats.”

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RUNDOWN MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 5, Bentley 3–Saturday Sam Anas: 2 goals Matthew Peca: 1 goal, 1 assist Travis St. Denis: 1 goal, 1 assist WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 3, Penn State 0–Saturday Cydney Roesler: 1 goal, 1 assist Taylar Cianfarano: 1 goal, 1 assist Lindsey West: 1 goal QU 1, Penn State 1–Sunday Shiann Darkangelo: 1 goal Sydney Rossman: 17 saves MEN’S SOCCER QU 2, Rider 1–Saturday Machel Baker: 2 goals James Doig: 2 assists WOMEN’S SOCCER Rider 2, QU 1–Saturday Kelly Caruso: 1 goal Jessica Jankowski: 1 assist FIELD HOCKEY QU 1, Siena 0–Friday Savanna Reilly: 1 goal Old Dominion 3, QU 1–Sunday Savanna Reilly: 1 goal Megan Conaboy: 7 saves WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL Saint Peter’s 3, QU 2–Saturday Katie Urycki: 12 kills Sierra Dawson: 31 assists Rider 3, QU 0–Sunday Tierra Allen: 9 kills

GAMES TO WATCH MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU at UMASS Lowell – Friday, 7:15 p.m.

QU vs. UMASS Lowell – Saturday, 7 p.m.

QU vs. Connecticut – Tuesday, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU vs. Maine – Friday, 3 p.m.

QU vs. Maine – Saturday, 2 p.m.

MEN’S SOCCER QU at Marist – Wednesday, 7 p.m.

QU vs. Monmouth – Saturday, 3 p.m.

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

QU at Monmouth – Saturday, 7 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY QU at Bryant – Sunday, 12 p.m.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL QU at Niagara – Saturday, 1 p.m.

QU at Canisius – Sunday, 1 p.m.

WOMEN’S RUGBY QU vs. Eastern Illinois – Saturday, 11 a.m.

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Quinnipiac Bobcats Sports Network is your source for live broadcasts.

October 15, 2014

GAME OF THE WEEK

Men’s soccer defeats Rider Baker scores two goals in the victory

By TYRELL WALDEN-MARTIN Contributing Writer

Behind two first half goals by senior forward Machel Baker, the Quinnipiac men’s soccer team downed Rider 2-1 at the QU Soccer Field on Saturday afternoon.

With the win, the Bobcats move to 2-0-1 in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play this season. “ We ’ v e been plugQU–2 ging away Rider–1 towards this all year,” Quinnipiac head coach Eric Da Costa said. “I feel like I sound like a broken record now, but we set our schedule up knowing that it would be difficult, and it doesn’t get any easier from here on out.

Having a difficult schedule definitely prepared us for today.”

Quinnipiac took a 1-0 lead 11:48 into the game off a header

by Baker. James Doig was credited with the assist.

“It was a corner, I was in the box trying to get free,” Baker said of his first goal. “Luckily I got free and got a head on it.”

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Ashton Pett kicks the ball downfield in Saturday’s 2-1 victory.

Baker followed up his first goal by finding the back of the net again at 26:33, making it 2-0 Quinnipiac.

“We were doing crosses all week, coach told me to get to the near post,” Baker said. “I got the

ball there and put it away.”

With the two goals on Saturday, Baker now has a total of 10 points on the season. That number matches his 2013 season total.

Da Costa is enthused by Baker’s play so far this season.

“We’ve been creating some great chances, and we knew it was only a matter of time until something positive started happening for us,” Da Costa said. “Machel’s been working hard for us, and he put those two goals away nicely.”

Quinnipiac senior goalkeeper Borja Angoitia made five saves on the day, before being given a red card and being ejected in the second half of play.

Brian Westerman replaced Angoitia in net, who will start the next game for Quinnipiac.

“Bryan stepped in today and did his job,” Da Costa said. “That’s why we’re two players deep at every position.”

With the win, Quinnipiac improves to 5-4-2 on the season.

The Bobcats are back in action on Wednesday, when they’ll travel to Marist.

Quinnipiac Athletics Hall of Fame inducts Class of 2014

By JORDAN NOVACK Contributing Writer

The Quinnipiac Athletics Hall of Fame held a ceremony to induct the Class of 2014 on Saturday afternoon at the TD Bank Sports Center, honoring six individual athletes and two tennis teams.

The newest members were enshrined in front of a gala of friends, family and peers.

The first inductee of the night was former men’s basketball bigman Bill Romano. Romano was a four-year starter during his time at Quinnipiac and rewrote the record books on the court. Upon his graduation, he was Quinnipiac’s all-time program leader in points, rebounding and points per game.

During his speech, Romano reflected on the growth of Quinnipiac athletics and the basketball program since his time on campus.

“My freshman year, in 1998, the locker room was so small we could barely fit an entire team in there,” Romano said. “I remember looking around and saying to myself, ‘wow this is similar to a middle school or high school locker room.’ Now look at this palace in which we play in today.”

Jared Grasso, Romano’s teammate and “best friend,” was the next to be inducted into the Quinnipiac Hall of Fame.

Grasso was a four-year member of the basketball team, who, upon his graduation, was the second player in school history to accumulate 1,000 points and 400 assists.

Grasso talked about his best memory at Quinnipiac, the NEC Championship game against Central Connecticut. “[It was] the best basketball atmosphere I have been a part of in my entire life,” Grasso said. “I really felt proud to know how much work we

put in when everyone said we weren’t any good, or we weren’t going to win any games. We were only two bounces away from being in the NCAA tournament in that last year.”

Former women’s basketball player Ashlee Kelly was inducted after Grasso. Kelly currently serves as an associate head coach for the Iona College women’s basketball squad, while Grasso is an associate head coach for the men’s basketball team.

While on campus, Kelly was one of the most decorated players in the history of program. She was named the Northeast Conference Player of the Year in 2002-03, becoming women’s basketball’s first student-athlete to win the honor. Kelly averaged 13.5 rebounds per game during that season, leading all of Division I basketball.

Kelly’s most glowing support came from Senior Associate Athletic Director Bill Mecca, who hosted the ceremony.

“I’ve never seen someone compete at a level that high day in and day out,” Meca said. “She is arguably the best women’s basketball player to ever wear a Quinnipiac jersey.”

The fourth inductee came in the form of Stephanie Petrycki. A four year member of the tennis team, Petrycki is currently Quinnipiac’s all-time leader in career wins (165), career singles victories (84) and career doubles victories (81). She was named the “Most Valuable Performer” of the tennis team in 2000, 2001 and 2002.

Petrycki spoke of how her time at Quinnipiac changed how she perceived tennis as a team sport.

“You grow up going to tennis tournaments, you always did it as an individual,” Petrycki said. “You meet people, and you make friends and stuff, but you are really by yourself. But coming here, you become part of a real team...

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The Quinnipiac Athletics Hall of Fame inducted the Class of 2014 during a ceremony the TD Bank Sports Center on Saturday afternoon.

It was probably one of my favorite parts of being [at Quinnipiac].”

The final individual inductee of the night was the voice of Quinnipiac, Bill Schweizer. Schweizer is a broadcast veteran of 44 years, and has worked on seven Olympic broadcasts and handled play-by-play for both the National Football League and Major League Baseball during his career. He is entering in his 20th year at Quinnipiac, serving as the play-by-play announcer for the Bobcats’ ice hockey and basketball teams.

In a conversation following the ceremony, Schweizer described the two fondest memories he’s had during his time at Quinnipiac. “[Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey] went on the road to Cornell for a threegame series, and Cornell never loses at home,” Schweizer said, talking about the 2006-2007 season. “Quinnipiac swept them in two games, and both games the atmosphere was unbelievable. Two of my favorite games of all time were those games.”

And he has a special memory for

basketball, too. “[The 2002 Men’s Basketball Team] came out of nowhere and got to the NEC championship game against Central, only being four years into Division 1, playing on ESPN,” Schweizer said. “The atmosphere that night in the gym at Central was unbelievable. It was sold out and the whole house just shook.”

The first team to be inducted was the 1996-97 women’s tennis team. The team went 16-2 overall, and went undefeated in NE-10 play (10-0), winning the regular season and NE-10 tournament championship title. They were the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Division II tournament that year.

The final inductee of the night was the 1996-97 men’s tennis team. The team went 18-1 and was undefeated in NE-10 matches (9-0). The team won two consecutive Northeast-10 regular season and tournament titles to close out the team’s Division II history.

The Quinnipiac Athletics Hall of Fame was established in 1971, and currently has 133 players and 10 teams.

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Back on the ice The Chronicle previews the men’s and women’s ice hockey teams

Women’s schedule

15 HOME GAMES 18 AWAY GAMES

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MEN’S ICE HOCKEY

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WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY THAT PREVIOUSLY PLAYED FOR A U-18 NATIONAL TEAM

GAMES

Sept. 20 - vs. China Oct. 3 - vs. Connecticut Oct. 11 - at Penn State Oct. 12 - at Penn State Oct. 17 - vs. Maine Oct. 18 - vs. Maine Oct. 24 - at New Hampshire Oct. 31 - at Colgate Nov. 1 - at Cornell Nov. 14 - vs. Rensselaer Nov. 15 - vs. Union Nov. 21 - vs. Clarkson Nov. 22 - vs. St. Lawrence Nov. 25 - at Princeton Nov. 28 - vs. Yale (Storrs) Nov. 29 - vs. Clarkson (Storrs) Dec. 5 - at Dartmouth Dec. 6 - at Harvard Jan. 2 - at Union Jan. 3 - at Rensselaer Jan. 6 - vs. Princeton Jan. 9 - vs. Brown Jan. 10 - vs. Yale Jan. 16 - at Robert Morris Jan. 17 - at Robert Morris Jan. 21 - at Boston. U Jan. 24 - at Boston College Jan. 30 - vs. Harvard Jan. 31 - vs. Dartmouth Feb. 6 - vs. Cornell Feb 7 - vs. Colgate Feb. 13 - at St. Lawrence Feb. 14 - at Clarkson Feb. 20 - at Yale Feb. 21 - at Brown

Men’s schedule

By the numbers

SHIANN DARKANGELO

Shiann Darkangelo enters 2014-15 after a stellar first season at Quinnipiac. A Syracuse transfer, Darkangelo recorded 40 points last season, coming via 23 goals and 17 assists. Her 23 goals also ranked seventh in the country.

AGAINST HOCKEY EAST OPPONENTS

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Design by BRYAN LIPINER AND HANNAH SCHINDLER Photography by BRYAN LIPINER AND NICK SOLARI

Oct. 4 - vs. Acadia Oct. 11 - vs. Bentley Oct. 17 - at Mass Lowell Oct. 18 - vs. Mass Lowell Oct. 21 - vs. Connecticut Nov. 1 - vs. Northwestern Nov. 2 - vs. Northwestern Nov. 7 - vs. Colgate Nov. 8 - vs. Cornell Nov. 14 - at Union Nov. 15 - at Rensselaer Nov. 21 - at Clarkson Nov. 22 - at St. Lawrence Nov. 28 - vs. Massachusetts Nov. 29 - at Massachusetts Dec. 5 - vs. Dartmouth Dec. 6 - vs. Harvard Dec. 27 - vs. Princeton Dec. 28 - at Princeton Jan. 2 - at St. Cloud State Jan. 3 - at St. Cloud State Jan. 9 - vs. Rensselaer Jan. 10 - vs. Union Jan. 16 - at Merrimack Jan. 17 - vs. Merrimack Jan. 30 - at Brown Jan. 31 - at Yale Feb. 6 - at Cornell Feb. 7 - at Colgate Feb. 13 - vs. St. Lawrence Feb. 14 - vs. Clarkson Feb. 20 - vs. Yale Feb. 21 - vs. Brown Feb. 27 - at Harvard Feb. 28 - at Dartmouth

19 HOME GAMES 16 AWAY GAMES SAM ANAS

Sam Anas is expected to follow up on his 43-point freshman season in 2014-15. Last year, Anas was ranked eighth in the country in goals, finishing with 22. Anas also received the Tim Taylor Award for National Rookie of the Year.

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“To see my captains Danielle Allan, Megan Conaboy and Megan Osanitsch have the games of their lives...There’s not a prouder coach.

— BECCA MAIN FIELD HOCKEY

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All-time ace

Eric Ambrosio has set the pace for the Quinnipiac men’s tennis team for four years, breaking the Division I program record for singles wins in the process.

By MAX MOLSKI Contributing Writer

On Oct. 3, 2014, Eric Ambrosio claimed the Quinnipiac men’s tennis Division I program record for all-time singles wins, solidifying himself as one of the best athletes to ever step foot at Quinnipiac.

However, his goals for tennis go far beyond his individual accomplishments. “[The singles record] is definitely nice to have,” Ambrosio said. “It is always a good thing to get some personal achievements. At the end of the day, I still want to get wins for my team.

It is a nice accomplishment, but I still want to go out with a championship.”

Ambrosio grew up in Lloyd Harbor, N.Y., and was raised by his parents Nancy and Richard Ambrosio.

He attributed much of his early love for tennis to his father.

“My dad would take me out into the backyard and would feed me balls for as long as I wanted, from when I was 7 years old until I was 12 years old,” Ambrosio said.

Tennis wasn’t the only sport Ambrosio excelled at when he was younger. He played numerous sports throughout his childhood, including basketball, baseball and golf.

He said it came down to golf and tennis for him before he ultimately chose tennis.

“Almost every sport had something to contribute to tennis,” Ambrosio said. “I played baseball. When you throw, it is very similar to a serve.

In golf, you follow through on your swings. It all connects a little bit.”

Ambrosio played on his high school’s tennis team at Cold Spring Harbor High School in Huntington, New York.

He helped his team toward four straight Conference, Nassau County and Long Island Championships. In his junior and senior year, Ambrosio was named to the all-state team.

At one point, he even reached No. 141 on the national rankings list by tennisrecruit.com for the high school class of 2011.

Still, Ambrosio is not concerned with the ranking from his high school career.

“I used to care when I was much younger, but as I have gotten older, I realized rankings are not as important,” Ambrosio said. “I try not to focus on it too much.”

Ambrosio was looking at Quinnipiac, Fairfield University, Marist Col-

lege, Villanova University and Boston University when deciding where he wanted to play collegiate tennis. He was only looking for schools in the Northeast, as he didn’t want to be too far from home.

“Once I came here, I stepped on campus and felt at home. It felt right,” Ambrosio said. “That’s why I chose to come here.”

In Ambrosio’s first season as a Bobcat he went 14-13 in singles and 13-13 in doubles. The numbers don’t tell the full story of that season, though. Ambrosio earned what he called the most fulfilling win of his tennis career that season in the NEC Championship on April 15, 2012.

In the match, Ambrosio defeated Robert Morris’ Ricardo Horlle 6-1, 7-5 at the Mercer County Outdoor Tennis Center in West Windsor, N.J. “It felt really good to be contributing to my team as a freshman with all of my teammates being upperclassmen above me,” Ambrosio said.

In his sophomore season, Ambrosio went 16-16 in singles and 14-14 in doubles.

Last season, he went 23-8 in singles and 11-16 in doubles. Through three seasons, Ambrosio was 53-38 in

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Eric Ambrosio has a program record 63 career singles wins. singles and 38-43 in doubles.

“I have had 10-plus years of training in singles but only three years of training in doubles,” Ambrosio said.

“That definitely attributes to my abili-

ty to play singles better than doubles.”

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Men’s ice hockey edges Bentley in opener

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Members of the men’s ice hockey team celebrate after scoring in Saturday’s 5-3 win over Bentley.

By ALEC TURNER

Associate Sports Editor

The Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team opened up its new campaign with a 5-3 win over the Bentley Falcons on Saturday night

at High Point Solutions Arena.

The Bobcats scored on three of eight power play chances en route to the victory.

Still, Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold wasn’t completely

satisfied with the Quinnipiac’s performance.

“We need to get better, we certainly did some good things but that’s not how we’re supposed to play,” Pecknold said. “We were fortunate to win that game.”

Pecknold emphasized that the pace of play wasn’t the way the Bobcats hoped to play.

“We didn’t play our game, it was just run and gun.”

Freshman Bo Pieper scored the first goal of the new campaign, and his first collegiate goal on a three-on-one wrist shot that went past Bentley goalie Gabe Antoni with a little more than 12 minutes to go in the first period.

“I was just thankful that I was able to help the team in the best way I could,” Pieper said.

Following duplicate roughing calls on Bentley’s Matt Sieckhaus and Quinnipiac’s Andrew Taverner, Bentley’s Max French scored by skating from the right and slipping one past Quinnipiac goalie Michael Garteig to knot things up

1-1.

Travis St. Denis broke the tie in the final minute of the period with a goal from the crease following a Connor Clifton slap shot.

Bentley, again, tied the game up eight minutes into the second period. Andrew Gladiuk got an open lane and wristed one past Garteig to QU – 5 make it 2-2.

Bentley – 3 m iTd hwe an y, through the second period, Steve Weinstein poked the puck in the net during a scrum around Garteig, but the goal was reversed by officials, who gave Gladiuk a goalie interference penalty instead.

On the next face off, Matthew Peca sniped in a shot top shelf past Antoni and the Bobcats took a 3-2 lead.

Sam Anas added to the Bobcats lead just 37 seconds in the third period, scoring off a Travis St. Denis assist to take a 4-2 lead.

Following two penalties by Tanner MacMaster and Connor

Clifton, Max French put Bentley back into the game with a wrist shot from the point that made it 4-3.

“With a two-goal lead and four minutes left in the game, we can’t get those penalties,” Pecknold said.

Sam Anas put the game away with 26 seconds left in the game with an open net goal, his second goal of the game.

Michael Garteig recorded 14 saves on the night in net.

“If you work hard, you can still win with mistakes,” Peca said.

Five freshman played tonight for Quinnipiac, who improves to 1-0-0 on the season.

“We had jitters early on, but after that we’re just playing a game that we love,” Pieper said.

The Bobcats have a home-andhome series next weekend against No. 9 UMass-Lowell. The Bobcats travel to Lowell, Mass. on Friday, and the River Hawks come to Hamden Saturday night.