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Fields of the future
Three arrested over weekend for marijuana possesion By JULIA PERKINS Managing Editor
in the future. The university hopes to build a new lacrosse and soccer field, a field hockey field and a rugby pitch by the fall of 2016 to comply with the Title IX case Biediger, et al. v. Quinnipiac University, Vice President of Facilities and Capital Planning Salvatore Filardi said. The women’s volleyball team sued in 2009 after the university
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Facilities will redesign its plans for new lacrosse, soccer and field hockey fields after the Hamden Inland Wetland Commission shot down approval of the university’s original design, administration said. The university will re-submit these new plans to the commission
tried to eliminate the team. Quinnipiac agreed to settle the case last April, promising to spend at least $5 million to improve athletic facilities and make strides to treat men’s and women’s varsity athletic teams equally. The Hamden Inland Wetland Commission chose not to approve
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The Quinnipiac Turf Complex has served as the home for the field hockey and lacrosse teams since 2005. The university hopes to build a new soccer and lacrosse stadium on the site by 2016.
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Career fair recruiter banned from university By NICOLE HANSON Associate News Editor
The university asked a recruiter from a legitimate financial consulting company to not return to campus after he offered students “unrealistic” job opportunities at a School of Business career fair last month. Associate Dean of Career Development Jill Ferrall described the man as “aggressive.” When interacting with students at the career fair, the recruiter focused heavily on the amount of money students could make working for his company, Ferrall said. “His sales tactics to get students to interview with him were a bit too
strong and too pushy and I did not appreciate the fact that he was really pushing the money aspect as opposed to the experience aspect,” Ferrall said. Ferrall said she prefers School of Business students receive a base salary upon entering the career field. Instead, this recruiter offered students a commission-based salary. The recruiter told students they would make between $400,000 to $2.7 million, Ferrall said. “If somebody says that to anybody, it goes with the rule: if it’s too good to be true, it’s too good to be true,” she said. After students said the recruiter made them feel uncomfortable, Fer-
rall asked the man to stop contacting students. “He has been blocked via our IT security where he cannot email students,” Ferrall said. “I even contacted security and gave them a description of him and said, ‘if he ever tries to come on campus, please tell him he’s not welcome to come onto campus.’” Ferrall said she will meet with Chief of Public Safety David Barger in June to see if there is anything she could do differently in terms of registration or security for future career fairs. Senior finance major Nicholas Guarino said preventing the recruiter from coming back to campus was a
good precaution to take. “If he’s kind of a fraud, it wouldn’t be good for students to go to him or even to hear what he has to say,” Guarino said. “I don’t think he would be a harm, but it’s just the right thing to do.” Ferrall said this situation was a “fluke” and hopes it will not happen again. “We have really good students here at Quinnipiac and they’re here to get a good education and they really want to work by their education to make a living, and I felt that he was pushing the wrong end,” she said. “It was all about money, money, money.”
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The seniors were out celebrating their last spring break, but Jason Sullivan was back and forth with doctor’s appointments, a biopsy and CT scans. In the blink of an eye his life would take a sharp detour. “There is a 20 percent chance the bump is Hodgkin’s Lymphoma,” the doctor told him that Friday after operating on a lump Sullivan found in his neck. “When they said that, I immediately had a panic attack,” Sullivan said. Three days later, Sullivan was back at his off-campus house when he got a call from his mother.
On March 15, 2014 Sullivan was diagnosed with stage 2 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system of the immune system. Stage 2 means two lymph nodes have the cancer or the cancer is in the portion of tissue or an organ close to the lymph nodes, according to the Mayo Clinic. “It was completely overwhelming,” Sullivan said. “I was at my house and I just remember just shaking and being so afraid.” Sullivan said he immediately wrote to his Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity brothers in a Facebook group, See SULLIVAN Page 3
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Hamden police arrested three students for possession of less than four ounces of marijuana, and students punched out more than 240 ceiling tiles in freshman residence halls, Chief of Public Safety David Barger said. Barger said he does not connect the arrests to May Weekend because about two students are caught with marijuana on the average weekend. The number of vandalism incidents increased as compared to most weekends, but decreased as compared to May Weekends in previous years, he said. The “most serious” vandalism occurred in Commons, where students punched out more than 150 ceiling tiles, Barger said. He estimated students punched out more than 50 ceiling tiles in Ledges and more than 40 in Mountainview. “I think that a lot of it has to do with the quote-on-quote urban legend of May Weekend, this particular vandalism,” Barger said. “And the fact that the students, the freshmen, think that they have to live up to that, whatever the urban legend is.” Students also may have vandalized residence halls because they were inside due to the rainy weather on Saturday, he said. Freshman Commons resident Brian Eisenberg said students vandalize Commons often. “I knew it would get worse during May Weekend,” he said. “I thought it was absolutely disgusting. I saw food all over the floor and walls, ceiling tiles were punched out and all over the floor. It was gross.” Taylor Brock, a freshman Commons resident, described the residence hall as a “war zone” over the weekend. “I went down to the boy’s floor to a friend’s room and saw a disaster of ceiling tiles on the floor and trash all around the hallways,” Brock said.“I was tripping over everything. I just don’t get the point of it and why people feel the need to make a huge mess while they’re drunk.” Public Safety is investigating who may have punched out the tiles, and the students involved will be brought through the conduct process, Barger said.
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NBA to address Donald Sterling case Severe tornadoes cause deaths Los Angeles Clippers player Donald Sterling has been banned from the NBA for life, according to ESPN. Sterling will also be fined $2.5 million after making racist comments to his girlfriend on April 26. Due to Sterling’s comment, the Clippers are already losing sponsors such as CarMax, which they have had a nineyear sponsorship with. Virgin America, Chumash Casino Resort and Mercedes are also cutting ties with the Clippers. State Farm said it would be “taking a pause” from the team, according to the Washington Post.
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Up to three deaths have been reported after a tornado struck Mississippi and Alabama, according to Fox News. An unknown amount of people were injured. Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia were affected by the tornado. Other tornadoes killed at least 18 people on April 27 in Oklahoma, Iowa and Arkansas. Tornadoes heading to Alabama could rise to an EF-3 or higher tornado rating on the Enhanced Fujita scale, which can damage more than 30 miles. Georgia and Mississippi are currently in a state of emergency.
An Egyptian court sentenced now-banned Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie and 683 other Muslim Brotherhood members to death, according to Time Magazine. The members were charged with the murder or attempted murder of a police officer during riots in Minya in August. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was surprised by the massive death sentence and plans to negotiate with the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Egypt later this week. Other countries are responding with large disgust at the results of the court.
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Tom Garrity (L.) and Nikin Shah serve food at the event last Wednesday. He makes the trip into the hospital every other Monday to receive his treatment. This past Monday he finished cycle 1B. “It’s surreal, it’s almost like you are in this limbo phase like my life is not in my hands anymore,” Sullivan said. “It is in the hands of my parents and these doctors and it is almost this surreal moment where you have
to just let go of certain things and just understand that there are certain circumstances that may come about where you are not going to be able to handle things.” Sullivan will receive a bachelor’s degree in sociology in May. He says through studying sociology, he is able to get perspective on his situation. “Because I went through soci-
ology, I have seen first hand, seen in documentaries and worked with children who have gone through being completely fine to their absolute worst and coming back down,” Sullivan said. “Seeing them go through that and seeing myself go through that same thing, it’s like I comparatively examine how to go through this situation and maintain an equilibrium.”
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telling them the news. Within 15 minutes of writing the post, Sullivan had nearly 30 brothers at his house. “It was such a heartwarming moment,” Sullivan said. “It kind of felt like my graduation. That felt like my diploma more than anything. It really went to show how much we truly care about each other… There is no word to describe how much these guys mean to me.” Sullivan joined the fraternity in the first semester of his sophomore year, after learning his grandfather was a member of the same fraternity at Boston University in the ‘60s. He said his grades improved upon joining the fraternity. Upon finding out about his diagnosis, senior Stanley Martone and a number of other brothers organized a pasta dinner to raise money for Sullivan’s medical bills. “To be honest I didn’t really know how to give him my condolences so I just told him ‘I am going to throw you a pasta dinner because that is all I know how to do and we are going to make it huge,’” Martone said. The event took place in the upper cafeteria last Wednesday and was open to all students and faculty members on campus. Each person paid $3 and could have all the pasta and desserts he or she wanted. “We haven’t really been able to see Jason all that much this semester and that has been tough on all of us
because he is a big part of our fraternity,” sophomore Jack Brady said. “But we are doing everything we can for him.” The Crush Cancer event raised $2,400 for Sullivan and Frank Porzio, another brother in Sig-Ep who survived cancer. “In this fraternity we always talk about your family away from home and that is what we are doing with this event here,” junior Trevor Larrubia said. “We are trying to come out and support Jason and show Frank Porzio that we are here for them and regardless of what they are going through, they are not going to fight alone.” At the event as well as their formal, all the fraternity brothers wore green ribbons on their chests. The green ribbon symbolizes lymphoma causes. “This blows me away when they do stuff like this,” Sullivan said. He says on his lowest days he talks with his parents or goes for walks, but it is looking through his phone at texts from his brothers and friends that strengthens him the most. “It just shows over the course of the four years who my friends really are,” Sullivan said. “There have been a lot of people that have reached out to me but these guys have just been on a whole new level.” Sullivan is treated at Dana Farber Hospital in Boston. He is undergoing ABVD treatment, where four drugs are introduced in chemotherapy in 12 cycles.
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Bobcat Den to host coffee house By AMANDA HOSKINS News Editor
On most Thursday nights, students walk into the Bobcat Den, better known as the Ratt to grab some food, maybe a sandwich, and head back to their room for the night. But this Thursday, the Bobcat Den will transform into the Bobcat Bean, with live music, comedy and free pastries and coffee. The event, put on by the junior class cabinet, will be held from 8-10 p.m. in all three levels of the Bobcat Den. Mondo’s Subs will remain open throughout the night on the first floor, accompanied by an acoustic and comedic performance from 8-9 p.m. From 9-10 p.m., the mic will be open to any students interested in playing music, reading poetry, etc., said newly elected student body president Mostafa Elhaggar. The second floor will be transformed into a “typical coffee house” with board games, newspapers and large comfortable chairs where students can relax or do some work. The third floor, which usually holds the grilled food, will have complimentary pastries, coffee and a candy bar. The event is designed to provide students with an alternative on the weekends. “My hope is to create an alternative for students to participate in that doesn’t have to be shipping off to New Haven and to offer this type of relaxation,” Elhaggar said. “We have empty rooms all over the school, we have the rotunda where you can sit and do your homework, but it is not the same when you are in a coffee-shop type of atmosphere.
The Ratt will transform into a coffee shop from 8-10 p.m. on Thursday as part of an event sponsored by SGA. The lights are going to be dim, it is going to be really calming.” Facilities, Residential Life and Chartwells helped SGA prepare for the event. “The administration is doing a fabulous job of being really open and trying to find a way to satisfy the students who don’t want to partake in these activities on the weekends,” Elhaggar said. Vice President of Facilities and Capital Planning Salvatore Filardi said the university may build a coffee shop in new residence halls on the York Hill campus. “I don’t think there’s any doubt that we
would like to build that kind of space on campus,” he said. “But hopefully [the Bobcat Bean event will] give us some insight as to where the students flock.” If the event is successful and students provide good feedback, Elhaggar and the rest of his cabinet will work to see if a coffee house could be implemented on campus. “Usually with our events we try to gage our student body to see what the population is feeling, if there is an interest for whatever we want to work on and then try and go from there,” junior class representative Madeline Harding said.
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Elhaggar and Harding encourage students to attend the event and provide their feedback. “This is our event but it’s Quinnipiac’s project,” Elhaggar said. “It is the student’s project.” Elhaggar said this is his first opportunity as president to stay true to his word to “empower the students.” “This is totally up to the students in terms of if this is actually going to happen or not, whether we are going to have a coffee shop or not,” Elhaggar said. “It is the responsibility of the students to take part in their community and be active and attend this event.”
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QU After Dark holds Moonlight Breakfast By NICOLE HANSON Associate News Editor
Attendance at this year’s Moonlight Breakfast, sponsored by QU After Dark, dropped after was moved from finals weekend to May Weekend. In previous years, about 300 people attended the event, but this year about 130 students came to enjoy the free pancakes, cereals, eggs and more on Saturday, April 26. Moonlight Breakfast is QUAD’s most popular event each semester, Performance Chair Carmine Caruso said. “I just think that [the event is] really a hit among everyone,” Caruso said. “This in particular just has a really good reputation and people like getting breakfast food at this time.” In past semesters, Moonlight Breakfast has been held finals weekend. Caruso said he would prefer to have the event finals weekend, but Student Center and Campus Life
choose which days QUAD will program. “It’s probably just because [Student Center and Campus Life] didn’t want to distract anybody [from studying] so they figured we’d put it at the very end on this weekend and next weekend is clear,” he said. Caruso said if shuttles continue to run during future May Weekends, Student Center and Campus Life should consider moving Moonlight Breakfast back to finals weekend. Promotion Chair Matt Capece said moving Moonlight Breakfast back to the weekend before finals would increase attendance. “It’s more successful [finals weekend] because more people are even lower on their meal plans,” Capece said. “They’re stressed out with finals, they’re generally not out and about the town and they think ‘oh, I could spare an hour to go out and relax.’” Freshman Jess Shapiro said the event should always be held the weekend before
finals. “It explains why there wasn’t as big of a turnout, but I think that regardless it was a fun event for whoever attended,” Shapiro said. “You can’t go wrong with free food.” Capece said multiple factors led to a lower turnout this semester. “I think the weekend being ‘May Weekend’ has an impact,” he said. “But it’s not only that, it’s a combination of terrible weather, May Weekend, Toad’s, formal for Z[eta] B[eta] T[au].” Freshman John DeLuca said the rain may have affected Moonlight Breakfast’s attendance. “Maybe if the weather was nicer there’d be more people, but definitely if it was next weekend there would be a lot more people,” DeLuca said. Though Shapiro and DeLuca agreed Moonlight Breakfasts should be the last
weekend of the semester, they said they enjoyed the event. “It was fun, I got to hang out with some friends,” DeLuca said. “Free food and meeting up with friends–you can’t go wrong.” Capece believes attending the Moonlight Breakfast is a great way to end the school year before finals start. “It’s 100 percent just an easy way to kill time and relax and get free food,” Capece said. “The reason we have Moonlight Breakfast is as a good sendoff to the end of the year, to give back to the students.” Unlike most QUAD events, Caruso said Moonlight Breakfast is appealing to everyone on campus. “Usually we program for people who want the alternative to drinking and clubbing, but this is an event we kind of have for everybody and even the people who usually [go out] will come to this,” Caruso said.
University hopes to build new fields by 2016 FIELDS from cover the university’s design for the lacrosse, soccer and field hockey fields for several reasons, including the field’s artificial lighting and water run-off issues, Filardi said. “We’re making changes to the design to address the different issues,” he said. “We’re changing the way we’re treating the water so that the concerns are eliminated. There was an issue with lighting so we’re looking at how do we tweak the field so the lighting casts less of light into the border of the wetland areas?” The artificial lights on the fields would affect animal behavior, according to the minutes from the Inland Wetland Commission’s April 2 meeting. “Although the potential impacts were pointed out to the applicant and its lighting expert, no attempt was made to modify the lighting to reduce impacts or explain why this was not possible,” the minutes said. The Hamden Inland Wetland Commission requires athletic fields to have a 25-footwide buffer between the field and the wetlands. In the university’s proposal, there was less than 25 feet from the fields and the wetlands, according to the minutes. “This has resulted in the invasion of nonnative plants into the wetlands that surround the playing fields,” the minutes said. The commission feared sediment would go into the wetlands when the university built concrete walls. The university also did not provide enough information on how the construction would affect animal life or the chemicals it would use for rock removal, according to the minutes. The lacrosse and soccer team would share
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Facilities aims to replace the rugby pitch with a new field hockey field by 2016. a field where the current lacrosse field is located, Filardi said. Field hockey will have its own field, as the Title IX settlement requires, where the rugby field is now. The rugby team will get a new pitch across the street where the soccer field is located. The fields will have a building for locker rooms and bleachers, Filardi said. The commission suggested the university build the lacrosse and soccer field where the soccer field is currently located. The Hamden Inland Wetland Commission also recommended the university convert the Public Affairs building into team locker rooms. The rugby field would be moved to where
the soccer field is located because the rugby team currently plays on a pitch that is smaller than the sanctioned size, Filardi said. In November 2013, Hamden residents said at a Planning and Zoning Committee meeting that they wanted the town to impose a moratorium on the university to prevent Quinnipiac from building more facilities, other than housing. Yet, Filardi thinks the town will allow Quinnipiac to complete these projects. “I think we’ve had enough conversation [with the town],” he said. “The town has concerns about housing. We’re addressing those concerns also. I don’t think the town
holds one project hostage over another, so I don’t think that’s kind of really an issue.” Filardi said the university wants to build an indoor track and field facility on the York Hill campus by spring 2017, as per the requirements of the Title IX settlement. This building will hopefully have space for nonathletes to use, as well. “Our goal right now is that it’s not a one-dimensional facility only for track and field,” Filardi said. “That it would be also have some component that would be used for recreation, so the whole campus can benefit from the facility being up there.” Finally, the university will renovate the Athletic Center on the Mount Carmel campus by spring 2018 to comply with the settlement, Filardi said. This may include additional locker rooms, coaches’ offices and an athletics weight room. “It frees up the current weight room for the rest of the student body,” he said. “Those are the kind of things that could give the recreation building back to the general student body.” Since the town has not approved the university’s designs, Filardi said facilities’ plans are not “written in stone.” Once facilities gets approval from the Hamden Inland Wetland Commission, the Hamden Planning and Zoning Commission must also authorize the projects.. “Because we’re going through the town process, it’s extremely important not to come across as thinking that this is a done deal,” he said. “It isn’t finalized until the town approves of it.” Once the town approves the plans, facilities will know how much the construction will cost, he said.
Barger: ‘Students were very respectful to officers’ WEEKEND from cover “The university is assessing the damage and working to replace the tiles as quickly as possible,” Associate Vice President for Public Relations John Morgan added. Public Safety checked students and visitors’ trunks and bags when they entered campus. Barger said Public Safety does this year round, but students notice it more during May Weekend. “I would like to tell you that this past weekend was no different than any other weekend, but the fact is: it is different or it
was different [when the university sponsored May weekend,]” Barger said. “Really because the students are trying to live up to this urban legend, this urban myth about what May Weekend was.” The university sponsored May Weekend and programed events for students until 2007. Public Safety breaks up large gatherings and checks for alcohol with students’ safety in mind, Barger said. “We’re actually trying to guard against those behaviors that may get students into trouble,” he said. The number of students transported to the
hospital due to alcohol was about the same as a regular weekend and there were no reported injuries, Barger said. “I would look at us as being successful in curbing that behavior that would have caused that to happen,” he said. On previous May Weekends, more visitors and unregistered guests came to campus, but Barger said there were fewer unregistered visitors last weekend. This may be because students were focused more on school work than in the past, Barger said. “As times goes on and we get further and further away from that last official May
weekend,” Barger said. “It can tend to get a little more academically centered as you will as compared to wanting to party.” Barger said he commended students for cooperating with Public Safety officers last weekend. “[Students] were very very very respectful of the officers,” he said. “When an officer asked them to break up a crowd or whatever, they complied, so there is enough credit to be spread between Residential life, Public Safety and the students themselves, the population. Ultimately in the end they understood why we had to do what we had to do.”
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Professor wins Publication of the Year Award Professor Adrienne Betz, Director of Behavioral Neuroscience and Assistant Professor of Psychology, won Publication of the Year Award by Quinnipiac Chapter 299 of Sigma Chi. Her paper “Chronic exposure to benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP) alters social interaction and fear conditioning in male adult rats: Alterations in amygdalar MeCP2, ERK1/2 and Era” was selected for the 2014 year.
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Criminal justice and political science major Steven Pflug, athletic training and physical therapy major Marissa Harper and marketing major Steven McSpiritt will be the student commencement speakers for graduation. Pflug said it was an honor to be selected as the commencement speaker for the College of Arts and Sciences. “You get through four years of college without much recognition because you just turn in your assignments, you get a grade,” Pflug said. “But it’s nice to have that appreciation, knowing that you made a difference in the community.” Harper, who will speak at the ceremony for the School of Health Sciences and School of Nursing, said she did not expect to be chosen. “When I got the email saying congratulations I was very ex-
The Quinnies approach Quinnipiac’s Film Society (QFS) will host a film competition, the Quinnies, Saturday, May 3 at 1 p.m. in Buckman Theater. This year the grand prize winner will be awarded a oneyear subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud, a software program for graphic design, film editing, photography and web development. Information and application flyers are hanging in the School of Communications lobby. For more information, contact the Quinnipiac Film Society.
Professor’s photography on display at Albert Schweitzer Institute Biomedical Science professor Lisa Cuchara has two photographs on display at the Albert Schweitzer Institute. The pieces can be found in the “Beauty and Wonder of Nature” Art Exhibit. Her work, the Great Blue Herons Courting and Red-Eyed Green Tree Frog are included in an exhibit in the Rhena Schweitzer conference room. The photographs will be displayed until August 2014.
QU online hosts summer class info sessions QU Online will hold information sessions for students interested in taking summer courses. The QU Online staff will show students how online courses work as well as how to use the online tools and will answer additional questions about online courses. Information sessions will take place from April 24 until May 2 with both online and face-to-face seminars. For more information or specific times, email quonline@quinnipiac.
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Marissa Harper will speak for the School of Health Sciences and Nursing commencement.
cited,” she said. “But I got like a full-body shiver of nervousness at the same time. It was like good nerves.” Harper was on Student Government Association during her freshman, sophomore and junior years. She also was an Orientation Leader for three years and an Orientation Leader undergraduate intern last summer. Harper said her campus involvement may have been why she was selected as a speaker. “I feel like I have at least something that I can leave my friends and other people in the School of Health Science and Nursing with,” she said. “However small the message might be I just hope that people take things away with it. That’s all I want, for someone to appreciate it.” McSpiritt said it has not really hit him that he will speak at the ceremony for the School of Business and School of Communications. “I mean, who gets this opportunity?” McSpiritt said. “Three people out of 1,600, so I’m one of those people and I think it’s more of a culmination of everything I’ve been able to succeed here at Quinnipiac.” McSpiritt is a peer tutor and the co-founder of Quinnipiac Student Media Business. “Without Quinnipiac Student Media I wouldn’t have been in the running,” he said. “Without what I’ve been able to do, like leadership and really somebody like Lila [Carney, assistant director of student media] opening the door to be able to create something and do
Capital bargain By SARAH DOIRON Associate News Editor
Tickets to the Wake the Giant spring concert, featuring Capital Cities and Scavenger Hunt, are now being given out for free, the Student Programming Board announced last week. SPB re-evaluated its budget so students will not pay the original cost of their tickets. An arena ticket was $10 and a floor ticket was $15 for undergraduates. SPB realized the organization had enough money to host a free concert and it would make money if it charged students. “[In past concerts] we typically charged students because we wanted to break even,” Mainstage Chair of SPB Kristin Foley said. “[This year] we realized we were making money just to make money and decided there was no point in doing that.” The box office will contact and reimburse students who already bought tickets, Foley said. “Our goal as the Student Programming Board is to program for the students and we are never trying to make a profit,” Foley said. Foley would not comment on the number of tickets SPB sold before the concert was free. Foley said the Student Govern-
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Steven McSpiritt will speak for the School of Business and Communications commencement. something and lead something.” Pflug was the founding president of Delta Upsilon and brought the criminal justice honors society Alpha Phi Sigma to campus. He also worked with the Hamden police department over the summer as one of President John Lahey’s fellows. “It’s been a journey,” Pflug said. “Freshmen and sophomore year I kinda tried to keep off the map, just go to my classes and do my own thing, but come junior year I started to get a lot more involved on campus.” Pflug said he has had experi-
ence speaking in front of others because he runs fundraisers with fifth and sixth graders and heads induction ceremonies for Alpha Phi Sigma. “I’m more of the type of person who just goes up and say what I’m thinking because that’s just how I am,” he said. “[The commencement speech is] different in the sense that I have to prepare a speech and practice it, which I’m confident in, but when it comes down to it nothing can really prepare you for speaking in front of this many people because you don’t get this opportunity often.”
Spring concert tickets now free for students
ment Association gives SPB an allotted amount to spend on both the fall and spring concerts. Foley would not comment on how much SGA gives SPB for programming. Tickets will now be handed out at tables in the student center and at the farmers market free of charge, Foley said. Students are allowed to bring one guest for free to the concert and both Qcards and visitor passes will be checked at the door. Foley said she hopes all future concerts can be free for students. “I think it would be nice to provide free concerts for students to go to,” Foley said. “Fall Fest went over well as the first free concert by SPB, but you never know what could happen in the future.” Foley said they have a positive outlook on the concert and hope more students will attend due to the free tickets. “College students like things that are free,” Foley said. “It’s the last day of school and nothing else is going on that night since there aren’t shuttles to New Haven.” Freshman Dante Grey said he is excited the concert is free. “I wasn’t going to go because the tickets were expensive and I only know one song by
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Tickets to Friday’s Wake the Giant concert are now available to students for free. [Capital Cities],” Grey said. “Now that I can go I am excited to see what else they are going to perform.” Foley said each year SPB varies the genres of music for the concerts and realizes it “can’t please everyone.” “Quinnipiac is a diverse community,” Foley said. “When we pick an artist [for the concerts] and we program events it is all in the best of students’ interests.” President of SPB Robert Grant said SPB tries to create a “well rounded music choice” that appeals to all students. “There’s so much that goes into picking a concert that students don’t realize,” Grant said. “We always try to work with what students want and what has been
shown through our surveys.” Even though the concert is free, freshman Michael Rotondo said he does not plan to attend the spring concert because he is not interested in Capital Cities. “I think having the concert be free will entice more people to attend, but I still do not plan to go regardless if it is free or not,” Rotondo said. Capital Cities was on the survey sent out to students last semester for the spring concert and “pop rock genre” was one of the most popular genres selected, Foley said. “Even if you only know that one song by [Capital Cities,] they have a fun and upbeat stage presence and it is going to be a great time,” Foley said.
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SENIOR SENDOFFS Katherine Rojas Former Editor-In-Chief
The Chronicle’s mission is “to provide the Quinnipiac community with relevant and upto-date news.” Working with the student-run newspaper for the past four years has taught me to live up to this goal, to provide news to the public. Every Chronicle staff member speaks of The Chronicle like it’s a living thing; it’s something we have to delicately create on a weekly basis, but something to carefully maintain. Sure, it’s a news outlet, but it’s a valuable source for the public. It’s also where I worked with some of Quinnipiac’s most talented students and leaders, and where I understood what true journalism entails. I know Quinnipiac through the eyes of The Chronicle, which has worked to present an honest portrayal of the university and its surrounding communities. My involvement with The Chronicle has
brought me out of my comfort zone and helped me find my place at Quinnipiac. Four years ago I scanned the tables at my first involvement fair and signed up for the school paper. I went to the first staff meeting my freshman year, 10 minutes before it started, prepared with a notepad and pen. My eyes lit up as I grabbed a free slice of pizza (the first of many) and sat with the editors. I have committed four years to The Chronicle and led the award-winning organization as editor-in-chief my senior year. At first I was just a name on a list of interested students, now my name was on the masthead. I want to thank you, our readers, for relying on The Chronicle for information, recaps, ideas and conversation starters. With your support we were able to brand ourselves as a reliable source of information. Thank you for asking questions, for commenting on articles or Facebook posts, for sharing articles and liking our photos, for tweeting at us, retweeting us, tagging us in your posts and picking up our paper. We all work hard for you, our readers. We work to provide information, but to also
entertain. We work so hard because we care about important news that you all deserve to know. I sincerely want to thank the Chronicle staff members. Thank you for your commitment to The Chronicle, for coming to our Tuesday night staff meetings and distributing the heavy bundles of papers around the three campuses. Each week I was amazed by the talented writing I read while working on the paper. I have seen you all grow into brilliant writers during my time with The Chronicle. You all have impressive and original ideas for storytelling that I encourage you to show them off! Share stories and information that you want people to know about, that you feel they should know about. Don’t be afraid to open your mouth during a staff meeting or to talk to someone on e-board. That’s goes for you too, our readers. Don’t be afraid to reach out to The Chronicle. Send us a “Letter to the editor” if you have comments about our content or if you want to announce something to the public. A lot of people keep asking me if I’m sad that
it’s over or if it’s bittersweet to see the end. In fact, it’s exciting. I’m excited for the new leaders of The Chronicle to take on the newspaper and make it their own. I’m excited to step into this new season after college. I’m not that emotional (sorry, Hannah) that it’s over because it’s time for me to move on, it’s time for all graduating seniors to move on. It doesn’t have to be sad or scary to leave Quinnipiac, it did its job. It helped build up strong, passionate leaders who will change the world and it created a successful generation.
I don’t want you to compare yourself to me regarding GPA, awards, recognitions or anything along those lines. In fact, you shouldn’t even try to focus on awards. I didn’t come to college trying to win awards; I came here with the thought I would do as much as I can and make the most of my opportunity. Everything else will follow. Getting involved is one of the most necessary things you need to do in college. Be it Greek life, a service organization, academic group or anything else, you’ll be able to find out exactly what the university has to offer. You’ll experience more in college when you leave your dorm room. Campus involvement is only part of it, though. You get out what you put in. Try to do as much as you possibly can. Ninety percent of learning in college is done outside the classroom, and you will discover a lot about yourself over the next four years. Attend as many events as possible. Go to games. Meet as many people as you can. You’ll realize this
campus has a lot to offer. I don’t want you to get involved in something for the sole reason that I did it. These are your four years, so don’t spend it getting involved in something just because I was in that organization. People have asked me, “Do you want your sister to join The Chronicle?” and my only response is, “only if she wants to.” Do what you want to do. As much as I have stressed campus involvement, grades are still extremely important. Yes, employers may take a look at your transcript, but mom and dad have invested a lot of time and effort teaching us the value of hard work, so I know I don’t need to tell you not to slack off academically. You already know better. You can always come to me for questions and advice. I will always stand by you, through the good times and the bad. I know you will be at my graduation in just a matter of weeks, and soon after that you will be at your freshman orientation. That’s only the start of four great
years for you, and I truly hope you enjoy every moment on campus. Take it from me: I’d love to do these four years all over again.
and other degrees of campus and community involvement, I’ve been able to learn things I may have not. No matter what major you are, journalism or otherwise, I believe these little tips can add a certain dimension to any student’s college career. These are things I wish I had learned earlier. Take chances. The photography section allowed me to take risks and get creative with my work. A former editor-in-chief once said at a staff meeting that this is the only time in our lives where we’re going to be able to have this much creative freedom within a publication. The multi-dimensional creative potential of The Chronicle is limitless, all it takes is a handful of talented and dedicated individuals to see it through. Through my four years here, I’ve seen that potential skyrocket, and I know from here on out it’s only going to get better. Be creative. Although I’m probably a little biased because before I was senior managing editor I was associate, and then later the photography editor, this isn’t a plug for the section. It’s a plug for creativity, and not just
for Chronicle people. Get out there and create something you’ve never done before, be weird and be different. Take some pictures if that’s your thing, write a short story or even take a stab at painting. No matter how non-creative you may think you are, trust me, it’s worth a shot. Go abroad. The only experience over the past four years that rival my time with The Chronicle is the semester I studied abroad. I participated in a program called Semester at Sea, where I circumnavigated the globe, travelling to 12 different countries throughout Asia and Africa by ship. The things I saw, the people I met and the conversations I had will stay in my mind forever, and taught me more about life and myself than I could have ever learned from a lecture. I understand that not everyone has the opportunity to do this and it doesn’t fit every person’s schedule. However, if you can make it happen, do it and do it right. Don’t go for the parties, the pictures or the bragging rights. Do it to immerse yourself in a culture that is completely unfamiliar. Go somewhere that the people don’t speak English. Turn your phone off
and talk to people about things that hold weight. You won’t regret it. So now, on May 18, I’ll leave Quinnipiac with not only a bachelor’s degree, but a newly gained perspective. I learned things outside of the classroom from simply paying attention to what was going on around me and applying it to my own life. Graduating classes to come, I hope you will do the same.
Matt Eisenberg
Former Senior Managing Editor *Disclaimer: My younger sister will be enrolling at Quinnipiac this fall*
Dear Sami, My four years at college were the best years of my life. It’s cliché of me to say that, but it is undoubtedly true. I’ve had so much fun here at Quinnipiac, from the games I attended to the concerts and events; from the nights out with friends to the later nights spent in the trailer/ media suite. Now it’s your time. I don’t want you to compare yourself to me and I don’t want anybody comparing you to me. When you come here, I don’t want anyone to refer you as “Matt Eisenberg’s sister.” You need to be “Sami Eisenberg” and be your own individual. You’re studying something else, so there is no reason to draw any comparison to me and my major. You should focus on what you are doing without relating any of it to what I have done over my four years.
Katie O’Brien
Former Senior Managing Editor “Wanna take some pictures?” Charlotte Greene, the former photography editor, was sitting next to me and waiting for an answer. “Sure,” I said. That was my first encounter with anyone from The Quinnipiac Chronicle. To anyone else, I know it may seem insignificant. However, that small conversation would determine what the next four years of my life would encompass. From that meeting on, I was a photographer for the newspaper. Unlike other sections, I was able to jump around and get a taste of all sections of The Chronicle. One day I was shooting behind the Zamboni at a men’s hockey game and the next I was meeting with extraordinary students with dynamic stories to capture their portrait for This is Me. This is a unique feature of the photography section of the newspaper. We see it all, we’re the jack-of-all-trades. Through my experiences with The Chronicle
Love, Your brother, Matt
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Invincibility turns into tragedy By SARAH HARRIS Managing Editor
She thinks about her every time she sees that spot on her bedroom floor. “I just look at that place on my floor so many times where we just both stopped and screamed,” Brianne said. It was 10:17 a.m. on Sept. 1, 2013. Brianne had awoken not long before, tired from a night out at Toad’s Place with her friend, Hannah, who was visiting for the weekend. Brianne’s phone rang. It was Sarah, a friend from home. All they could hear was Sarah screaming. Brianne took her phone into her room. “Sarah, what’s wrong?” Brianne said. All Sarah could say was, “Olivia.” Brianne thought Olivia was probably in the hospital, that something was wrong, but it couldn’t be serious. “She’s dead,” Sarah said. Brianne remembers screaming and Hannah coming in. “Have you ever had to catch your friend from falling on the floor because she was in shock?” Hannah said. “I have.” Hannah says Brianne collapsed into her arms and they both fell to the floor. Brianne’s phone fell out of her hand. Hannah kept asking her what was wrong. All Brianne could say was, “Olivia’s dead.” From that day on, everything changed for Brianne. “You get that phone call and you realize you’re not invincible anymore,” she said. *** Brianne Mastaj, a junior at Quinnipiac, thinks about Olivia every day. Olivia was one of Brianne’s best friends since middle school. She was a rising junior at University of New Hampshire. Olivia was on the UNH Dance Team at UNH and was planning on majoring in communications. Brianne and Olivia still stayed in touch despite the fact that they went to different universities. Olivia Rotondo attended the three-day Electric Zoo Music Festival on Aug. 31, 2013, in Randall’s Island, N.Y., where she overdosed on the club drug “Molly” and went into cardiopulmonary arrest and died shortly after. Olivia and another concert attendee she didn’t know at the concert overdosed. Four other people were hospitalized from taking Molly. Concert organizers cancelled the third and final day of the concert because of the deaths. The concert is scheduled to come back this summer, but the festival plans on cracking down even harder on drugs this year to prevent any hospitalizations and making the shows shorter, according to the NY Post. Friends told Brianne to not look at the news for those few days that she was home. After a couple of days she decided to look because she thought she was doing better. The first article she read blamed Olivia and Jeffrey Russ, the 23-year-old who also passed that night, for the cancellation of the second day of the Electric Zoo Music Festival. “I wanted to throw my computer across my room,” she said. Brianne remembers Olivia as a careful and responsible person. She was loved by every person and had an amazing family. Olivia was always the first one to tell her friends to be safe. “She was perfect, she was beautiful, she was fun and she was always that person who loved life. She would do anything,” Brianne said as she rested her head on the couch and looked to the ceiling. “She would go out with you, sit in bed with you...
you could always count on her to be there.” *** MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine), also known as Molly, is a drug sold as a pressed pill taken orally, or as a powder snorted or swallowed. Molly is a form of ecstasy. A typical dose lasts four to six hours according to drugpolicy.org. Molly gives energy, euphoria, empathy toward others and distortion in time perception. In high doses, Molly can disrupt the body’s ability to regulate temperature. This rarely leads to an increase in body temperature, which can result in liver, kidney, or cardiovascular system failure, even death. Molly users could experience other symptoms such as muscle tension, involuntary teeth clenching, nausea, blurred vision, faintness and sweating according to the National Institute of Drug Abuse. *** Brianne hadn’t seen Olivia in a while. Brianne studied in Australia during the spring semester of 2013. When Brianne returned, Olivia left to work on a cruise ship for the entire summer. Toward the end of summer, Olivia was back in town. She asked Brianne to go to UNH with her for the a few days. Olivia loved school and would even call UNH her Disneyland. “I thank God I had those three days with her,” Brianne said. Brianne thinks back to how Olivia decided to take a detour on their way to New Hampshire and got them lost for an hour. She laughs as she thinks how badly she had to use the bathroom but Olivia wouldn’t pull over. “She kept saying, ‘We’re almost there, we’re almost there,’” Brianne said. Brianne can’t remember everything they talked about during those three days but she does recall their talk about one of Olivia’s good friends from home who had passed away. They even talked about the 19-year-old woman who died at a concert a few days earlier.
Brianne and her friends made life plans with Olivia. She wrote on Alyssa’s senior yearbook photo that they would grow old together. She was going to be the bridesmaid in Brianne’s wedding. She was going to be an old lady with Sarah. Hannah’s kids were going to call her auntie. “It was like nothing,” Brianne said. “You talk about those people, but you don’t think you’re actually going to be them.” On their ride to UNH, “Wake Me Up” by Avicii came on the radio about three. Brianne smiles and says Olivia said they were going to hear that song 10 more times that night. “I remember we got ready to it, we went out to it and now whenever that song comes on, it’s a memory,” she said. During those three days they were together, Olivia wouldn’t stop talking about the Electric Zoo Music Festival she planned to attend in about a week. Brianne said Olivia loved electronic music like Avicii and how she enjoyed good music. Brianne knew Olivia had taken Molly a couple of times before. Olivia had always been careful the previous times so no one ever thought that it could kill her. Brianne was with Olivia when she first bought
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Brianne wears this sunflower ring that is engraved with “Liv for today.” the Molly at UNH during those three days they were together. Brianne hadn’t heard of the drug until the middle of her sophomore year in college, but still didn’t really know much about it. She said Olivia ended up misplacing the Molly she bought with Brianne. Olivia bought more at the Electric Zoo Music Festival. “I heard one person passed away from it and then the next person was my best friend,” she said. “The one time I encountered it, I was with my best friend who ended up dying from it.” Brianne says she can’t remember their last conversation together, or what she wore or how her hair was. “You don’t think that that’s going to be the last time you see someone,” she said. *** Olivia’s funeral was six days after she passed away. Brianne and her friends covered the casket with sunflowers. Brianne and her friends Hannah Gardella, Sarah Murray, Tessa Jacobs, Alyssa Lanzi and Olivia all went to Saint Charles Academy in Woonsocket, Rhode Island where they became friends in the seventh and eighth grade. Whenever they see the sunflowers, they think of her because she was always so positive. “She always looked to the sun like sunflowers do as they grow,” Sarah said. “Carrying her down an aisle was the hardest thing I have ever had to do,” Brianne said, shaking her head and beginning to cry. “It’s so hard to think that even something as nice as driving my car with the windows open, that she’s not going to do that again. I saw a kid fall down on his bike today and I just thought how Olivia is never going to have a kid to teach how to ride a bike or how she’s never going to have a wedding.” Brianne and her friends made life plans with Olivia. She wrote on Alyssa’s senior yearbook photo that they would grow old together. She was going to be the bridesmaid in Brianne’s wedding. She was going to be an old lady with Sarah. Hannah’s kids were going to call her auntie. Hannah says every stepping-stone in her life is a little broken now and Tessa says it feels like there is limb missing. Brianne and her friends keep moving forward though and living life for Olivia, because they know how much she loved it. “Olivia gives me the strength to get through it,” Alyssa said.
“It’s hard because it’s all backwards. She should be experiencing it herself,” Brianne said. Brianne said she and her friends could just lay in bed all day talking about Olivia. “She wouldn’t want that though,” Brianne said. “She would want us to go out...and just live life.” “Everything happens for a reason” is something that Brianne hears often. “I literally just want to say, ‘go fuck yourself,’ because there’s no reason why this should’ve happened,” Brianne said, shaking her head. Brianne said she wishes she could say Olivia’s passing has affected her life for the better. She tries to find the positive side, but she can’t. *** Brianne and her friends wear blue Armstrong bracelets with the phrase “Live 4 Liv” written across them in white. “I miss her, I miss her all the time,” Brianne said. “It’s like agony. You know you’re never actually going to see them again. I talk about her all the time but to go see her, I go to a gravesite. Her 21st birthday is on the 17th of May. When I go to see her, she’s in a stone, she’s not even there. She didn’t even make it to 21 yet.” Brianne missed Olivia’s last birthday when she was studying abroad in Australia. Their other friends talk about that day often and how amazing it was. She knows Olivia will be with her in spirit, but life is not the same. Toad’s Place is never in Brianne’s weekend plans. The fear of seeing someone who might be on Molly terrifies her. She never knows when something will remind her of Olivia. “Recently, it’s been easier to go out and be happy,” Brianne said. “But the second I might even see something, or think of something or hear that song that comes on, you don’t even see it coming. It’s like a wave of pain and agony and emotion. You break down.” Brianne said she was worried about sharing Olivia’s story because she thought people would dismiss it just like she did. She thought something like overdosing would never happen to her or her friends. Brianne said she wants people to realize that it could be them. It’s difficult for her to tell people about what happened. She wants to tell people, but it’s hard for her to talk about it. “We are 20 years old, we are going to experience things, we are going to want to do things and to feel a way that makes you feel invincible,” Brianne said. “That’s what everyone thinks they are.”
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Emily's Music Corner Have you, or anyone you know, ever said as the wheels on the bikes buzz. Up ahead the they couldn’t live without music? What if the clock clicks down the seconds until its time for me to get ready for class. I head back world was unaware of rhythm, harmony to my room, grab my toothbrush, head and beat? Yes, we wouldn’t know for the shower, and put on some loany different, but we can’t help to wonder if we’d somehow, tion. I sit down to eat a nutritious unknowingly, feel a void in our breakfast of eggs and fruit, clean lives. the dishes and head to my room. I woke up today to my Open up my computer to finalarm. Feeling ambiish some last minute studytious I filled my water ing as my anxious breath bottle, tied my shoes, and heartbeat speeds and hit the gym. Many up anticipating the day weight-lifters grunted ahead. and sighed filling the siThe day goes on, I sit in class, take a test, and lent air between my out of come back to my room exhausted breath gasps as I slammed my By EMILY MISIEWICZ Staff Writer but excited for the night to come. feet down on the treadmill. In the background, I heard the spinning instructor It’s finally time to get ready to go out as my yelling words of encouragement and strength friends start trickling in for a night to remem-
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ber. We sit out in the common room in a circle, passing cups. Small talk ensues and we sit between waves of loud chatter and awkward silences. I can hear the sloshing of the drinks in everyone’s cups, the pitter-patter of feet coming and going to the bathroom and the rain hitting hard against the building. The fridge opens and closes and we all sit there until the clock strikes 10:30 p.m. to make our way to the shuttle. Walking toward the bar I notice the cars zooming by and people lining up in front of entrances to get in, as the noise of the crowd fills my ears. It’s a little quieter than usual inside tonight, but we find our way to the seats in the middle of the room. The sounds of people’s voices are colliding against one another and I can’t seem to block out the table’s conversation next to us. Why isn’t anyone dancing? Why do I hear every little noise around me? Why am
I constantly trying to make small talk and why can I not block out anything else but the sound of people talking? This would be the world without music. Remember that time you didn’t jam out to music on the treadmill? Remember when your friends didn’t play music at that party? Remember that wedding where there was no dancing? Remember that movie where there wasn’t one bit of music? Me either. Case and point: life without music would be one hell of a ride. If there was no music, would there be dancing? If there were no music, what would movies be like? If there were no music, would wedding receptions exist? If there were no music, would people’s moods waver more? If there were no music, would you be as happy as you are? If there were no music, would you be a different person? I know I would be. Maybe this is the world Eiffel 65 alludes to in Blue Da Ba Dee.
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Annoying athletics’ emails
There was only one place to be last Tuesday night- at the Teddy Geiger concert held in the Student Center piazza. Student Programming Board co-sponsored with Delta Upsilon to invite all students to enjoy free food while listening to singer-songwriter Geiger on Tuesday, April 22. Sophomore occupational therapy major Gianna Costantino said she heard about the concert through tweets from SPB, posters in the cafe and Delta Upsilon’s Instagram. “It’s funny because in February I tweeted about Teddy Geiger making a comeback and once I heard he was going to play at QU I was overjoyed,” she said. Before Geiger performed, his opening act Anna Rose played a half-hour set which included some of her own songs and covers, including a popular favorite Dolly Parton’s “Jolene.” Later Geiger’s intro brought tears to some students’ eyes when he came down the piazza stairs singing one of his hits, “These Walls.” He played a variety of songs that night, which showcased his talent of playing guitar and piano. “You can tell he’s really serious about his music,” Costantino said, who describes herself as Geiger’s biggest fan. He sang one of his songs, “Little Black Dress,” which may sound familiar because it is featured on One Direction’s album, Midnight Memories. Arts & Entertainment chair of SPB Sarah Dors said about 200, if not more, students showed up to the event and that there was a lot of in-and-out traffic during the show, which added to the excitement. He closed with his most famous song, “For You I Will,” stayed for a meet-and-greet after the show and took pictures with fans. “I’m really sad this was my last event as a senior, but I’m glad because we were able to bring someone everyone really likes,” Dors said. -C. Mecabe
It seems like every time I check my inbox, I have a new email (or maybe two) from Quinnipiac Athletics. Seeing these emails doesn’t send me into a rage, but they are annoying. Based on the complaints I’ve heard, no one else is a fan of these emails either. Many people automatically delete these emails without bothering to read the subject. They only take a second to delete, but when you have a slew of other emails to sort through, they are an unwanted presence. Disliking these emails doesn’t mean you don’t support the sports teams. Quinnipiac teams are very talented and some have fantastic records, but there’s no reason to be forcefully reminded of that every day. People who are fans will go to the games of their own accord, and people who are interested in the results can check scores online or in The Chronicle. There are many alternatives to this unavoidable barrage of athletics emails. Information about upcoming games or meets can be included in the weekly campus events emails. Links to get tickets can be provided on MyQ. Athletic records could be displayed on a bulletin board in the fitness center. Another alternative would be to set up an email subscription service. This way, people can opt in or opt out of the athletics emails based on their interests. If someone wants to know about the baseball team but not acrobatics and tumbling, they should only receive emails about baseball. The same goes for people that don’t want to receive any emails about athletics. There is nothing wrong with the occasional athletics update, especially if something exciting happens, like winning a championship or the release of tickets for the Yale game. But the daily insignificant emails need to stop. -J. Cibelli
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They always say, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” but you can do just that with this book. It’s just as beautiful on the outside as it is in the inside. Spanning four decades, Walter’s novel tells the story of Pasquale Tursi, owner of a tiny Italian inn, and Dee Moray, the mysterious American actress that comes to visit. The two instantly connect, and what follows is a tale of love and friendship that bridges the gap between a seaside Italian village and the busy world of Hollywood.
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The Fitspo trend It’s perceived to be healthy, but the trend closely mimics “Thinspiration” and encourages those who are unhappy with their bodies to change. The fine line has become blurred and has sparked a new culture addicted to exercise. By SARA KOZLOWSKI Arts & Life Editor
For decades, women have been told to be skinny. Eat this, not that. Anorexia went through the roof during the 1990s, but more recently, this attitude toward being skinny has shifted. Women have begun fighting back, and they have become more accepting of their bodies, or so we think. Women understand they don’t need to be skinny. Instead, the whole cycle is starting over again, except this time there is a different target appearance: being muscular and, well, “fit”. Being healthy is great, but what happened to whole love-your-body-no-matter-what parade? Instead of embracing bodies for the way they are, women are falling to a new trend called “Fitspo”, short for “Fitsporation”, where women aim for a muscular body. The newly coined term, according to Urban Dictionary, consists of “images of active, strong and fit women that promote proper exercise and diet. May also include images of healthy
foods much like thinspo (images of dangerously thin women used by people with eating disorders to motivate) but healthier.” Fitspo is a form of weight loss and weight control, which mean those who rely on Fitspo for “Fitsporation” are doing it to permanently change their bodies. Fitspo appears all over social media, including Tumblr, Twitter and Instagram. Often the “ideal body” is depicted featuring extremely fit bodies and many “success stories” of before and after pictures. Most of the images feature women posed in bathing suits or lingerie, baring their flat stomachs and toned arms to influence others to “keep at it.” According to a poll conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health, 46 percent of those surveyed said they believe they are at least a little overweight. In addition, 91 percent of college women have attempted to control their weight via dieting, according to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD).
Junior Taylor Trahan agrees with these numbers and feels like a lot of women try to alter their body image. “I’m not really surprised because I feel like all college girls are uncomfortable with their weight and lot of people have some kind of eating disorder whether they’re evident or not,” Trahan said. Women who follow the Fitspo trend eat specific foods and watch their exercise but this, in many ways, is a form of weight control. Even though this is deemed healthy, any strict control of one’s diet or exercise raises a red flag. “A lot of people don’t eat enough on purpose just to keep their weight down,” Trahan said. Eating disorders are also associated with exercise addiction. Since there is no stigma attached with exercising often, most people overlook this behavior and see it as a positive, according to Psychology Today.
“Many people with eating disorders find their exercise helps them control negative emotions like depression and anxiety, that they feel guilty or anxious if they don’t exercise, and that they experience withdrawal if they don’t exercise,” the website states. Fitspo, for some people, might be an encouragement to continue with unhealthy habits such as excessive exercise. This especially becomes a problem if the individual puts exercise before anything else including school, work and friends, Psychology Today says. Fitsporation and Thinspiration are quite similar in many ways since both aim to help people reach their target weight or target appearance. “I think if it’s encouraging people to be fit and healthy, I think it’s good,” Trahan said. “But if it wants you to be addicted to exercise and not allowing you to eat one cookie, then that’s not a good thing.”
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Paolucci, Giunta lift softball over Sacred Heart
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Hannah Lindsley threw all seven innings in last Wednesday’s 4-3 win over Sacred Heart. By IAN MCCRACKEN Staff Writer
Quinnipiac softball defeated Sacred Heart 4-3 on Thursday behind the bats of Jordan Paolucci and Paige Giunta, along
with a solid outing on the mound by Hannah Lindsley Lindsley threw all seven innings, giving up nine hits and three runs. With the win, she moves to 6-8 on the year. Quinnipiac Head
Coach Jill Karwoski noted Lindsley had been fighting a sprained ankle, wearing a boot the past two weeks. “It was really good to see Hannah go seven innings,” Karwoski said. “Last week she was limited with her ankle. She’s really been taking good care of it so it’s good to see her persevere and put up seven innings.” Run support came primarily in the fourth inning. Her team trailing 2-1 after three hitless innings, Paolucci recorded the first hit for the Bobcats by sending a home run over the center field fence tying the game at two apiece. Karwoski believes Paolucci is a consistent go-to player for the team as the season progresses. “Jordan’s just been that constant,” Karwoski said. “She brings a lot of energy in the dugout, too. Her leadership skills, they’re natural; they’re nothing that’s taught. It’s something all the girls have a ton of respect for.” In the same inning, after Dani Edmands walked, Giunta hit a deep shot to right center field. Edmands came home, giving the Bobcats a 3-2 lead. Behind the plate, Edmands kept the Pioneers at bay, keeping the ball from going
behind her and allowing extra bases because of it. “She kept the ball in front of them,” Karwoski said. “They didn’t get any extra bases off of wild pitches and passed balls.” The first run for the Bobcats came in the first inning, started by a walk for Nikki Barba. A groundout from Abby Johnson advanced Barba to second and an errant pitch allowed her to advance to third. Paolucci flew out to center field and Barba tagged home. Karwoski said she was happy to see her team play small ball, something she noticed her team didn’t have many opportunities to do in their past few games. Keilani Finley started a series of hits for the Bobcats in the fifth, lining one to left field. A bunt from Solt and a hit from Johnson loaded the bases. With two outs, Sacred Heart pitcher Jamie Carlson walked Sydney Robey, giving Quinnipiac its final run. On Saturday, the team starts a doubleheader at Marist. Karwoski hopes the team effort shown against Sacred Heart will be there, too. “Our girls did play well,” Karwoski said. “Tomorrow we’re just going to do some light hitting, feel good going into the weekend.”
Four teams move up to tier one status
By NICK SOLARI Sports Editor
Quinnipiac has committed to elevating three women’s sports teams and one men’s sport to tier one status next season, according to a report written by referee Jeffrey Orleans on the Title IX case Biediger, et al. v. Quinnipiac University. Quinnipiac complied with its initial obligations and designated field hockey as a new tier one team, according to the report. The universi-
ty will also raise women’s soccer and women’s and men’s lacrosse to the tier one level. Men’s ice hockey, women’s ice hockey, men’s basketball and women’s basketball are already tier one sports at the university. Under the proposed agreement, the Bobcats will have eight tier one teams. If Quinnipiac adds more men’s teams to tier one during the term of the Consent Decree, then it must also add a proportionate number of
women’s teams or female athletes to tier one, according to the report. Five of the eight teams, or 62.5 percent, will be women’s teams. The percentage of women’s tier one teams must be equal to or higher than the enrollment percentage of women at the university, which is 61.9 percent. The university will begin the process of hiring the maximum amount of coaches allowed by NCAA rules for all of the new tier one teams.
It will also provide the head coach of each of the tier one teams the authority to give out the maximum amount of Division I athletic scholarships allowed until at least June 30, 2018 The university must supply an additional athletic scholarship to the women’s volleyball team for both the 2014-15 and the 2015-16 year. The team currently has six full scholarships to award, giving them seven next season and eight during the 2015-16 season.
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RUNDOWN BASEBALL Connecticut 5, QU 3 - Wednesday Nick Fabrizio: 7.0 IP, ER, 4 K Mike Palladino: 1 hit, 1 run, 1 RBI Radford 11, QU 3- Friday Matthew Batten: 1 hit, RBI Radford 7, QU 5 - Saturday Mike Palladino: 2 hits, 3 RBI Lou Iannotti: 2 hits, 1 RBI Matthew Oestreicher: 2 hits, 1 RBI Radford 10, QU 2 - Sunday Scott Donaghue: 1 hit, 1 run, RBI SOFTBALL QU 4, Sacred Heart 3 - Thursday Hannah Lindsley: 7.0 IP, 2 ER, BB Jordan Paolucci: 1 hit, 2 RBI’s Marist 6, QU 2 - Saturday Jordan Paolucci: 2 hits, 1 RBI Marist 8, QU 7 - Saturday Dani Edmonds: 2 hits, 3 RBI Sydney Robey: 3 hits, 1 RBI MEN’S LACROSSE QU 15, Air Force 10- Saturday Gill Connors: 18 saves Matt Diehl: 4 goals, 2 assists Ryan Keenan: 3 goals, 1 assist WOMEN’S LACROSSE Niagara 15, QU 11 - Sunday Kyra Ochwat: 5 goals, 2 assists Kathleen DeVito: 2 goals, 1 assist Samantha Tilts: 15 saves Dylan Webster: 2 goals
GAMES TO WATCH BASEBALL QU at Massachusetts Wednesday, 3 p.m. QU vs. Canisius - Saturday, 12 p.m. QU vs. Canisius - Sunday, 12 p.m. QU vs. Canisius - Sunday, 3 p.m. SOFTBALL QU vs. Hartford - Wednesday, 2:30 p.m. QU vs. Hartford - Wednesday, 4:30 p.m. QU at Central Connecticut Thursday, 3:30 p.m. QU vs. Niagara - Saturday, 1 p.m. QU vs. Niagara - Saturday, 3 p.m. QU vs. Canisius - Sunday, 12 p.m. QU vs. Canisius - Sunday, 2 p.m. WOMEN’S TRACK MAAC Championships Saturday
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GAME OF THE WEEK
Men’s lacrosse holds off Air Force By BEN DIAS Staff Writer
The Quinnipiac men’s lacrosse team has controlled its own destiny going into the playoffs every year under head coach Eric Fekete. This season, however, in the team’s first year in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, the Bobcats could only do one thing: wait and see. Quinnipiac finished the regular season by beating Air Force 15-10 on Saturday afternoon at the Quinnipiac Field Hockey and Lacrosse turf complex. The win snaps a fourgame losing streak for the Bobcats. Quinnipiac will not participate in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships, however, as Marist defeated Canisius by six goals on Saturday afternoon. The Bobcats needed Marist to win by seven goals or more in order to clinch a birth into the postseason. “We’ve never not had our destiny in our own hands, so it’s been a change for us,” Fekete said. “But what happens happens. I’m proud of today and I am proud of our year.” Quinnipiac goaltender Gill Conners stopped 18-of-28 shots faced en route to his 12th career win. “I think it started from the first shot of the game, I made that first
save and that’s huge for a goalies confidence,” Conners said. “In the second half, I usually come out a little bit flat, but I was really seeing the ball well. “Gill is our backbone and the defense of the operation,” Fekete said. The senior netminder upped his career total to 366 which stands just three saves out of fourth place alltime at Quinnipiac. “I thought we played some of the best lacrosse we played all year,” Conners said. Ryan Keenan and Kevin Diehl added goals in the final minute to clinch the win. Junior Matt Diehl led Quinnipiac’s attack with a season-high six points. He scored four goals and had two assists. Keenan recorded his second consecutive hat trick with three goals and an assist, while five others totaled multi-point games. Dylan Webster finished with two goals, while Tom McNaney, Kevin Diehl, Michael Sagl and Carmen French each had a goal and an assist. “Gill played great today and Matt Diehl had another great scoring day and Ryan Keenan came on strong,” Fekete said. “I’m always happy to win, but I love it when it is a really good team win. Almost
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Gill Conners stops a Mike Crampton shot in Quinnipiac’s 15-10 win over Air Force on Saturday afternoon. every guy on the team made some niors before the game. “I’ve only been here two years, contribution, and that is the way we but we’ve owed a lot to the guys love to play.” Senior captain Kyle Cassady led who have been here for four who Air Force (8-5) with six points on have given their commitment to this three goals and three assists, while program for the past four or five fellow captain Erik Smith added a years of their life,” Conners said. “We really owed it to them and I goal and two assists. Quinnipiac honored eight se- thought that we played like it.”
Giunta hits first-career walk-off on April 20 GIUNTA from page 20 but then she was forced to opt for surgery to take part of her meniscus out. She recovered in less than two months, though, and was still ready by the season opener. “To be honest, I’m pro-surgery just because I’ve had so many,” Giunta said. “While in season, it’s hard to recover because I came back in six weeks. Obviously my play, you can see I was very rusty. Even though I wasn’t there physically for a while, they didn’t give up on me and they helped me the whole way.” Bill Vasko, who is currently in his first season as the softball team’s assistant coach, became aware of Giunta’s injury history and wants
to make sure she and other player’s take preventative measures so they can avoid further injuries. “My first advice to any young athlete is to do a lot of preventative type of training to hopefully prevent those kind of injuries from happening, especially with female athletes,” Vasko said. “It’s really important that they do take time to allow their bodies to heal and recover from those kind of things.” Giunta’s hard work payed off for the Bobcats on April 20, as the sophomore infielder hit a walk-off double against Monmouth University. “I’m not hitting as well as I know I can,” Giunta said. “But I just went up there, I swung at ball four and then I fouled a couple of pitches off
and I was like ‘alright this is annoying, got to hit the ball.’ So I hit it.” It was the first walk-off hit of her college career, one that she described as the most exciting moment of her softball career. “Softball is a sport where you have highs and lows,” Vasko said. “Everybody is going to struggle at some point, so we knew Paige has had her times when she struggled a little bit. Then she’s had times, especially in conference play, where she’s come through and had clutch hits so that’s really important.” Giunta has the walk-off home run and six RBI’s in conference play this season. Quinnipiac is currently 5-11 in the MAAC with only a week left in the regular season. The Bobcats
would have to surpass sixth-place Manhattan, which has six wins, in order to reach the postseason. “We just ask our kids to come out and compete every game and give it their best,” Vasko said. “Paige has always done that and hopefully something like that will build her confidence and also build over into what the team’s doing as we finish up these last few games.” Going forward, Giunta continues to operate with that dedication and perseverance that helped get her back onto the softball field. “I know if you work hard, you can get even better than you were,” Giunta said. “It just gives you a different sense of working hard, practice. You don’t take anything for granted.”
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Michael Sagl scored a goal and an assist on Saturday, raising his point-streak to 33 games dating back to April 14, 2012.
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Kyra Ochwat has scored a hat-trick in eight of her last 10 games for the women’s lacrosse team.
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Clockwise from top left: Greg Pendergast plays defense in Saturday’s victory over Air Force, Dylan Baumgardner competes for position, Connor Meth goes for a ground ball.
SYDNEY ROBEY Softball Sophomore Robey contributed with both her bat and her arm this weekend. She went 3 for 9 at the plate with 2 runs scored and 2 RBI’s, then pitched 9.2 innings in the Bobcats 8-7 loss on Saturday. PHOTO COURTESY OF MATT EISENBERG
GILL CONNERS Men’s Lacrosse Senior The senior goaltender collected his sixth win of the season in Saturday’s 15-10 victory over Air Force. Connors recorded 18 saves on 28 shots on senior day. He has now saved 57.6 percent shots per game. BRYAN LIPINER/CHRONICLE
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Second-year success By IAN MCCRACKEN Staff Writer
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Ryan Keenan has 32 goals and seven assists this season. He scored a season-high six goals on April 22 against Yale.
Whether at Hill Academy or Quinnipiac University, sophomore men’s lacrosse player Ryan Keenan knows what it means to work for success. A native of Oshawa, Ontario, Keenan attended Hill Academy, regarded as one of the premier programs in North America for lacrosse. Next season, Quinnipiac will have three more players from Hill Academy join its roster. The demands of the program, Keenan said, prepared him well for the college transition. Keenan’s father, a former National Lacrosse League player, pushed his son to start playing at 3-years-old. In Canada, however, lacrosse is typically played in box form, which is an indoor-style game. It is played on a hardwood floor and at a faster pace, which Ryan compared to basketball and hockey. He did not begin playing the more American recognized field game until he was eight or nine. At that point, the level of competition was far below challenging standards. “In terms of field lacrosse, there wasn’t really that great of competition,” Keenan said. “Box [lacrosse] was always the main sport. Hill Academy is really the place you want to be to reach that next level in field lacrosse.” His father, meanwhile, was coaching in the NLL. At that time, the school was up-and-coming and Brodie Merrill, the school’s director of lacrosse, suggested Keenan join. From
Ryan Keenan finishes sophomore season with 39 points, despite scoring only three his freshman year the moment he enrolled, Keenan believed it was a great fit. The coaching roster is highly qualified at Hill Academy. Each has playing and coaching experience, although minimal, at the collegiate level. Almost all members of the coaching staff have been drafted by NLL teams as well. “Obviously really experienced guys, excellent players in their day,” Keenan said. “It really helped me transition to the college level because they had that experience. It really got me to the level I wanted to be at.” The coaches demand a lot from their student-athletes, requiring six hours of practice, strength and conditioning training and “high-calibre gameplay” weekly for the U-16 team. There is also a U-18 team, demanding four hours of the same categories. The post-graduate team plays year-round lacrosse and are handed a heavy workload, preparing them for the next level. “Everything is really focused around your lacrosse schedule and you’re really just with your teammates all the time, unlike a public school,” Keenan said. “Definitely more demanding, but it really helps you try and reach your best.” Playing at Hill Academy required a lot of travel south of the border. Teams in the United States were the best competition for the Canadian prep team. This also allowed American universities to recruit the Canadian prospects. Quinnipiac, Keenan noted, start-
ed the recruitment process late. Two summers ago, the team saw him play at a tournament close by. The summer after his senior year, he was deciding on whether to attend college or complete a post-graduate year at Hill Academy. “I liked him the minute I saw him,” Quinnipiac Head Coach Eric Fekete said. “He was a rising senior who was available at that point, who was deciding whether he wanted to do another year of high school. We kind of grabbed him when we saw him. It was a great decision.” Keenan recorded only two goals and one assist in his freshman season. With 32 goals and seven assists already this season Keenan trails only junior Michael Sagl in points, who has 43. Keenan attributes his improvement to learning from the upperclassmen and taking a concerted initiative to have a bigger role this year. While Fekete works on finding a balance between providing an “environment for success” and not “overloading them with too much,” he feels Keenan has transitioned smoothly to the collegiate game. Hill Academy, both Fekete and Keenan believe, contributed positively to the sophomore’s success because of the strict lifestyle it required. “It was demanding, fast-paced; it was just an environment that was similar to what it is here,” Keenan said. “I was happy because it was something I was used to, being out there every day for long practices and just getting after it with the guys.”
Turning the Paige After 15 months months of rehab, Paige Giunta is finally hitting her stride at Quinnipiac. By NICK PALMA Staff Writer
“You will never play again.” Those were the words the doctors told Paige Giunta when she had multiple surgeries on her right shoulder and elbow during her sophomore year of high school. She had torn both her labrum and rotator cuff, and believed she needed Tommy John surgery two months later. Tommy John surgery, according to WebMD, is a surgery that repairs an injured elbow ligament. The surgery, which is also referred to as UCL reconstruction, is named after former Major League Baseball pitcher Tommy John, who underwent the first surgery of this type in 1974. “They thought it was Tommy John [surgery] so I went under thinking it was Tommy John, but then they just took stuff out,” Giunta said. “So I was out 15 months during prime recruiting season.” Giunta, who is a sophomore transfer from LaSalle University, had to
battle through the hardships of rehabilitation while still trying to get recruited by a Division I softball team. “It was awful,” Giunta said. “They verbally commit so early for softball but somehow I made it. I wasn’t allowed to throw for six months and throwing was awful. I still have pain today but it’s not nearly as bad.” Giunta says poor mechanics and playing too much ultimately led to her injuries. Through all the adversity, though, she says her parents supported her the whole way. After rehabbing for 15 months, Giunta finally got herself back on the field and was ready to verbally commit. She had intentions on signing with Siena College prior to signing day. “A day before signing day they dropped me, so I was like ‘oh man I hate softball.’ I was going to play a Division II school at Westchester and then I grew to love the game again so I talked to a few schools. I narrowed down my options and I chose LaSalle.”
Giunta wasn’t satisfied during her freshman year at LaSalle, however. She simply wasn’t happy. She went looking for a change and hopefully, a better opportunity. “The academics are better here, it’s a beautiful school and I’m happier up here,” Giunta said. Giunta admitted to being nervous at first, but everything wound up fitting into place. “She came in as a transfer and I didn’t really get to know her over the fall but now she’s basically my best friend,” Giunta’s teammate, Molly Jarrett said. “Our relationships on and off the field compliment each other. On the field, we have each other’s back and that’s just always a good feeling.” As Giunta was just about ready for the winter workouts, she started to feel some pain in her right knee. At first, she believed that it was tendinitis, something that would heal over time. See GIUNTA Page 18
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Giunta had a season-high three hits and four RBI’s on April 6.