The Quinnipiac Chronicle, Issue 15, Volume 87

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From Bobcat Pizza to Falcon Pizza

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The newly named Falcon Pizza debuted a new sign on the storefront.

Sahin was unable to discuss the name change. Although, after reaching out to the university, Lynn Bushnell, the vice president for public affairs, did not appear to know of the issue.

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Last semester, students traveling to campus often passed a new restaurant, Bobcat Pizza. After the new year, the restaurant chanaged its name to Falcon Pizza The updated home page of their website currently reads, “Welcome to Falcon Pizza, formerly known as Bobcat Pizza, home of the legendary gourmet pizza.”

The names and owners of the restaurant have changed many times in recent history but the building has housed various pizza parlors for some time now.

Steve Sahin, owner of the restaurant, hopes to leave a lasting impression on the Hamden community.

“Actually, it was Papa John’s, Roma Pizza, Aladdin, they kept changing the name. So hopefully the Falcon will be the last one,” Sahin said.

When the restaurant was named Bobcat Pizza, they had a logo that could have been mistaken for the Quinnipiac Athletics logo with a bobcat whose paw was reaching out of the “O” in Bobcat. The eatery also sported the same blue and gold color scheme as the university’s athletics department.

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time and are currently in discussions with Mr. Sahin concerning the use of the name ‘Bobcat Pizza,’” Bushnell said.

When changing the name of the

In response to the current political and social state of American society, graduate students at Quinnipiac University have created a petition in support of undocumented faculty, students and their families.

The petition currently has six supporters, with an ultimate goal of 100. The statement, issued by Pomona College, has been signed by over 500 university and college presidents around the country, including 16 of Quinnipiac’s “peer institutions,” but is the first of it’s kind developed for and by the Quinnipiac community. Those who are looking to sign and/or join this movement are not required to display their name if they do not wish to do so.

Michael Diaz, a first-year social work graduate student and one of the creators of the petition, founded the idea after discussing ways to enact social change in his human behavior class.

“My main goal, honestly, throughout this whole process is mainly to start a conversation,” Diaz said. “I really want to start a conversation that roots in respect and roots in empathy and that doesn’t necessarily mean that we can’t have opposing opinions, that doesn’t mean that we can’t have conflicting opinions. I just want us to be able to talk about it in a way that’s productive.”

This was a major topic of discussion in 2015 when Maria Praeli, a Quinnipiac undergraduate Political Science major, was one of six undocumented youth immigrant members of the United We Dream foundation to visit the White House. With the intention of speaking to President Obama on the subject of immigrant rights, Praeli and the Dreamers, who are part of the movement, vocalized their personal experiences to show how anti-immigration legislation would prevent millions of young people from realizing their opportunities according to an article written by the Yale Daily News.

The concept now arises again in the form of a petition to President John Lahey and Provost/Executive Vice President Mark Thompson.

As the petition is still in its early stages, created around November 2016 the document is still making its rounds amongst the staff and students of the school. Diaz said a petition of a similar cause has been in circulation throughout the faculty since December, but this version includes all members of and around the Quinnipiac community.

“I have been noticing movements and groups on campus that have supported an assortment of different causes, so you have a group that supports the LGBT community, and you have other groups that have supported and illuminated ideas surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement,” Diaz said.

In previous years, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) has

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STUDENTS SPEAK UP

President Trump’s ban on immigrants from seven muslim majority nations sparked outrage, prompting protests in airports across the country. Students shared their thoughts on the ban and how they feel about the future of America.

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“For those who are afraid, and those who are angry, I really do want them to be proud of where they come from, and know that even in this moment, where it’s very unknown and unpredictable, don’t be afraid, and hope for a change.”

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Taylor Borashire| Biomedical Science | Junior “I think that diversity of opinions is what makes this country great. When you have diverse opinions, It’s easier to make progress. That goes for Republicans, Democrats and Independents. They should all be in government and working together, instead of saying, ‘You don’t think the same way as I do; you need to get out.’”

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“We definitely do have a problem with terrorism in our country and around the world. It’s becoming a larger issue. But on the other side, I do see how it is affecting people that are completely innocent, with no [terror background]. I definitely think that there is relevance behind the wall, but I can see that as affecting people’s daily lives. Ninety-nine percent of the people who come in are absolutely fine. But we do need to re-fix the system so that the 1 percent of people who are terrorists can’t get into our country.”

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“There are extremes on both ends. You’re never gonna make everyone happy. The human race has to respect the human race, and sometimes we have a hard time with that.”

Beyond the Bobcats

A rundown on news outside the university.

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Mary Tyler Moore buried in Fairfield on Sunday

Wallingford police seized drugs outside Oakdale Theater

Transgender child kicked out of Boy Scouts

Actress Mary Tyler Moore, who passed away at the age of 80, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, was buried at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Fairfield, according to The Connecticut Post. Moore passed away in Greenwich with her family by her side. Moore’s family is reported to have bought 12 gravesites at the cemetery, as well as angel statues to surround the grave, worth around $200,000, according to The Connecticut Post. About 50 people attended the burial according to CBS New York.

Some of Moore’s fans gathered outside of the cemetery gates with “I Love You” and “Rest in Peace” signs.

Wallingford police stopped a car outside the Oakdale Theater around 10 p.m. on Friday night, according to Fox61. After a shooting last month at the theater, police maintained a heavier presence and stopped the car at the entrance due to a violation. Police smelled marijuana upon stopping the car, searched the vehicle with Wallingford Police Department’s K-9 Unit and found 13 capsules of MDMA, 13.7 grams of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, according to Fox61. Andrew Dargon, 28, was arrested for possession of narcotics and two active arrest warrants for violations of probation.

Eight-year-old New Jersey native Joe Maldonado was asked to leave Boy Scout Pack 87 a month after joining for being transgender, according to NBC New York. Maldonado was born a girl but identifies as a boy.

His mother told NBC Kristin said her son is accepted as a boy at school, but parents of boys in Joe’s Cub Scout pack were the ones who complained. The Boy Scouts of America spokeswoman Effie Delimarkos declined to directly address Joe’s incident or say whether or not there is a written policy on transgender members. However, Boy Scouts of America did release a statement that said Cub Scout programs are for those who are identified as male on their birth certificates.

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History repeating itself

Freedom Riders discuss faith and activism

By VICTORIA SIMPRI

Riders is as relevant today as it ever has been, according to Ober.

“The past few years all across this country, this campus included, has seen a surge in activism,” Ober said during the introduction to the lecture. “Ever since Ferguson threw this last weekend, even through today when there are protests at nearby airports; activism is a big part of what it means to be American. What it means to be a student. And what it means to fight for justice.”

The Freedom Riders have not had the opportunity to speak to many college students they were very excited to pass their knowledge and experience onto younger people, according to Ober.

Sophomore biology major Deja Perry attended the event on Monday night to learn about the country’s history from more than just a textbook.

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Amidst today’s political climate, three Freedom Riders visited campus to remind students that the country has been through times like these before, and gave insight into how to take a stand to make a change.

Freedom Riders Joan C. Browning, Dion Diamond and Reverend Reginald M. Green took over the Mount Carmel Auditorium on Jan. 30 to lead students in a lecture about their time as Freedom Riders and the struggle for racial justice.

The Freedom Riders were a group made up of 436 civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961 in an effort to challenge the enforcement of the Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson that stated separate but equal was constitutional.

There were 62 freedom rides in total.

48 via Greyhound and Trailways busses, 10 by train and four in airports, according to Browning. The freedom rides ended when the Interstate Commerce Commission ordered an end to segregated transportation effective Nov. 1, 1961.

The Freedom Riders were invited to campus by the Protestant chaplain at Quinnipiac, Andrew Ober.

Ober reached out to the Freedom Riders from a contact who had connected with the Freedom Riders when they visited Bridgeport just a few years ago. Browning, Diamond and Green were very happy to come to Quinnipiac, according to Ober.

“We planned this a long time ago and had no idea that the timing was going to be so appropriate with the activism at the level that it’s at right now,” Ober said.

Browning was a student at Georgia

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Freedom Rider Dion Diamond tells his story in the Mount Carmel Auditoruim on Jan. 30..

State College for Women, now known as Georgia College, and was asked to leave in 1961 because she attended a black church, although she is a white woman.

At the age of 19 Browning was arrested after taking part in a freedom ride from Atlanta to Albany, Georgia. Browning was arrested with the charge of conspiracy to overthrow the government of the state of Georgia.

“I thought that was pretty heavy lifting for eight young adults who took a train ride on a Sunday afternoon,” Browning said.

The charges were later changed to disturbing the peace and refusing to obey a police officer.

“The police officer’s order we were supposed to obey was to get out of the street and onto the sidewalk,” Browning said. “But there was not then and there is not now a sidewalk at that train station.”

Diamond was in Malcolm, Georgia working with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to get citizens registered to vote.

Green was a student preparing for the ministry at Virginia Union University. In 1961 Green joined other Freedom Riders and took a bus to a heavily segregated town in the Jackson, Mississippi.

The purpose of the event was to talk about activism and the connection that faith has to it. The story of the Freedom

“The past few years all across this country, this campus included, has seen a surge in activism... activism is a big part of what it means to be American. What it means to be a student, and what it means to fight for justice.”

– ANDREW OBER PROTESTANT CHAPLAIN

“I wanted to learn more about my history and what happened in the past from someone that has been through it. I have heard stories of the freedom rides but I’ve never heard it from an actual person who has been through it,” she said.

Petition asks university to protect undocumented immigrants IMMIGRANTS from cover aided undocumented immigrant students by allowing them to request a consideration of deferred action for a period of two years in which they will not be placed in removal proceedings or removed from the United States, according to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

With recent political changes, the sustainability of this program has become uncertain, therefore motivating these students to act for the safety of their fellow peers and staff.

“You have all these different groups doing a bunch of different things, and in the heap of it all, sometimes we get lost, and we may not recognize some of the people that might be affected by certain mindsets or policies in the political arena currently,” Diaz said. “There are plenty of people in our community that identify as such and struggle to make ends meet because of their legal status.”

In the petition, the writers ask university leaders to uphold to the standards that previous people have enforced in helping students and faculty affected by these measures, by continuing to guide them in the forms of financial and social involvement within their community.

The document itself asks university officials to pledge to six calls of action regarding their backing in the safety and well-being of

the members of this campus.

Each statement addresses varying actions and/or commitments the school must take towards the many undocumented immigrants that make up the Quinnipiac community.

The petition calls for, a reaffirmation of the university in support and responsibility to protecting all of its students and workers, a restriction of the Department of Public Safety to inquire about the immigration status of students and faculty and collaborating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The university must also ensure that all students’ privacy will remain guaranteed.

Confidential counseling and legal services should be made available to undocumented students, DACA recipients, staff, workers and their families. Reestablish the university’s commitment to creating an atmosphere of respect by eliminating hate speech directed at any minority group.

In signing this petition, a person agrees to these pillars and will support the enforcement of them within the Quinnipiac community.

“I feel we have a moral obligation to show support… [and] solidarity,” Diaz said.

“You don’t need to live and die for it, but just consider other people’s perspective and what they go through.”

Like Diaz, others have agreed to these standards of helping those who meet these conditions simply based on the fact that they

are human. Several Quinnipiac students have defined their reasoning for supporting this cause within the base of the petition.

Michele Battey, first-year graduate student in the master of social work program, defined her purpose as her belief that all people should be treated equally.

“I’m signing because every person, regardless of citizenship, deserves the right to a good education and the right to be treated equal to all people, documented or not.”

– MICHELE BATTEY

FIRST-YEAR GRADUATE STUDENT

“I’m signing because every person, regardless of citizenship, deserves the right to a good education,” Battey said. “And the right to be treated equal to all people, documented or not.”

Other students have also vocalized their opinions in support of this campaign. Alexi Mangili, senior biology and English major, said that her interpretation of the piece is simply about being human.

“I’m in support of the petition as a student

because I feel that it is important to support every member of our community, she said.

“No student gets to go here without tremendous effort and that effort should never be ignored or invalidated just because of the circumstances of their birth.”

Kyle Liang, senior ELMPA major, addressed the concept of America’s diversity as his reasoning for signing.

“I’m signing because we are a country founded upon immigrants, because documents do not define one’s identity or their right to an education, and because college is a place of learning, learning that does not discriminate and an administration that should not either.” Liang said. “It is a privilege to have them [immigrants] alongside us, so as an educational institution committed to our students’ potential, we should be promoting this sort of cross-cultural learning as well as protecting these undocumented students from threats against their learning.”

In regards to furthering this movement, Diaz hopes to gain more support from the Quinnipiac community before bringing it to administration.

“I think this is something worth supporting,” said Diaz. “At the end of the day, I really just want this to be about the human element, about the people that sit next to you, about the people that you walk past and the people that you study next to.”

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SPB to show ‘Moana’ The Student Programming Board (SPB) will be showing the animated film, “Moana” as a part of First Friday Film, a series. The movie will be shown in the Carl Hansen Student Center piazza on Friday, Feb. 3 from 8-10 p.m. There will be free snacks and drinks. SPB will also be promoting the movie showing on Wednesday, Feb. 1, giving out free surfboard keychains from 1-3 p.m. in the Student Center.

GSA to host Annual Drag Show The Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA) will welcome back drag queen Miss Sherry Vine on Friday, Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. The show was cancelled last semester due to technical difficulties and will take place again in Buckman Theater. Admission and refreshments are free.

Quinnipiac Carnival to take place Quinnipiac University After Dark (QUAD) will be hosting Quinnipiac Carnival in the Carl Hansen Student Center piazza on Saturday, Feb. 4 at 8 p.m. There will be a caricature artist and an airbrush tattoo artist, as well as projects like sand art and marble-painting. Anything students make is theirs to keep. Carnivalthemed food will be free for all who attend.

QTHON to sell roses During the week of Feb. 6, QTHON will be tabling in the student center selling Valentine’s Day roses. Students and staff can fill out forms to order roses for their friends and peers. Members of the QTHON will deliver the roses on Tuesday, Feb. 14. According to DoYouQU, the Dancer Relations Committee is thinking of teaming up with the accapella group, Legends, to provide potential singing telegrams.

Montage to host Open Mic Montage Literary and Art Magazine will feature writers and artists during its Open Mic Series.

The floor is open to anyone who wants to share their work in front of an audience. The Open Mic will take place on Monday, Feb. 6 from 6:15-8 p.m. in SC 225.

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QU concerned with possibilty of DeVos’ appointment DeVos’ potential policies have students, faculty outraged

By OLIVIA HIGGINS Staff Writer

The recent nomination of Betsy DeVos as the Secretary of Education has led to backlash across the country, including at Quinnipiac University.

Professors and faculty at Quinnipiac University are surprised by the comments and overall reputation Betsy DeVos has made for herself, and are worried it may impact their field and the future teachers they have as students.

“At the QU School of Education, we are wholeheartedly committed to social justice education,” Professor Christina Pavlak of the Education Department said.

DeVos is a Republican education activist, has served as Republican National Committeewoman for Michigan, and board member for the Foundation for Excellence in Education, according to U.S. News.

DeVos is also known to advocate for school choice, which explores schooling options aside from public school systems, and school voucher systems in which students and their families can be chosen to have their schooling funded by the government.

Pavlak finds DeVos’s support of school choice, vouchers and privatization of schools to be a cause for concern among Americans and others in her field of expertise. ”It’s devastating — the fact that someone so inexperienced, so clearly unfamiliar with and not in support of public schools and educational policy more generally would even be nominated is deeply troubling” Pavlak said.

Interim Dean of the School of Education Anne Dichele is also concerned with President Donald Trump’s choice of Secretary of Education.

“It is difficult to predict the outcome if DeVos is chosen for Secretary of Education. She has neither teaching nor administrative experience,” Dichele said.

Dichele is worried that DeVos being Secretary of Education will not allow for public school systems to be funded in the way they should be.

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People protest the potential appointment of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education.

Prior to the Nov. 8 election, DeVos supported Republican candidate Marco Rubio and believed President Trump was not representative of the Republican Party.

Despite this, Trump announced on Nov. 23 that Betsy DeVos would be his choice for Secretary of Education.

Accordings to the Washington Post, teachers unions criticize President Trump’s selection due to Devos’s lack of support for public school systems.

“Personally, I am very much against a Secretary of Edu cation with the limited knowledge or experience in relation to public education that Betsy DeVos has shown throughout the hearings,” Dichele said. “Any person who does not know that IDEA [Individuals with Disabilities Education Act] is a federal law should not be in charge of the federal department that oversees that law. That is simply ludicrous.”

Sophomore Caroline McTague has been following the DeVos decision closely, and is also concerned with the possibility of her being appointed Secretary of Education.

“I just don’t understand how someone so unqualified and inexperienced can even be considered a little for such an important position,” McTague said. “As a future teacher, it’s just not the kind of person I want in any position of control for my field.”

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions is overseeing DeVos’ confirmation hearing. The committee is led by Sen. Lamar Alexander, a Republican from Tennessee.

According to the Washington Post, during the hearings DeVos skirted around the question of whether or not states should reinforce the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which provides free public education to disabled children.

Sophomore Victoria De La Rosa is particularly concerned with DeVos’s comments regarding education for children with disabilities.

“I find it very concerning that she is the choice of the position and could be very disheartening to a community that already deals with great difficulty and challenges,” De

La Rosa said.

De La Rosa feels her family will be personally impacted if DeVos does not defend the IDEA Law, since she has a brother who is in school because of it.

“Treatment and education of those with disabilities have the possibility of becoming endangered and destroying the lives of millions of children and families everywhere” De La Rosa said.

In addition to her comments on the IDEA law and school privatization, DeVos refused to give a definitive answer when Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania questioned her on whether or not she would continue to seek justice for college campus assaults and further improve the laws in place that makes schools prosecute the accused.

According to the Washington Post, Democratic senators on this committee have requested a second confirmation hearing on DeVos, insisting that they have not had enough time to ask all of the questions they wanted to ask, but were denied this second hearing.

Sahin: ‘Nothing has changed except the name’ FALCON from cover restaurant, Sahin chose to make it more personal.

“We changed it to become Falcon,” Sahin said. “It’s our last name.”

The Turkish translation of “Sahin” is “falcon,” according to the Cambridge Dictionary.

Falcon Pizza has ten employees, six of these employees being Quinnipiac students. The small restaurant has a full menu ranging from grinders, pasta dishes, burgers and of course, it’s “Legendary Gourmet Pizza,” according to Sahin.

“People say to us, ‘You just opened a few months ago. How could you have a gourmet pizza?’

But they don’t know the history.

We’ve been in the business since

1998,” Sahin said.

Sahin has been making pizza since he w as 14 years old with his father. He currently owns this restaurant and another with his father and has had three more in the past.

His father’s restaurant is called “Pizza Heaven,” and is located in Meriden. Sahin also recently sold his restaurant, “Pizza Heaven” in New Haven last year.

In addition to the full eat-in and delivery menus, the restaurant also offers catering, daily lunch specials and specials for events such as the upcoming Super Bowl. Beginning this week, they will also be accepting QCards.

Colton Roberts, a freshman biomedical sciences major, frequently enjoys Falcon Pizza.

“It’s really good. It’s a nice thin crust pizza. Almost New Haven

style, I’d say. I love it,” he said.

“The cheese is really good, the crust is my favorite part.”

Roberts would recommend Falcon Pizza over other choices in the area.

“Over Domino’s, of course.

Domino’s is garbage compared to them, honestly,” Roberts said.

“We’ve gotten [Falcon Pizza’s] garlic bread too and that’s really good.”

The location of the restaurant is also popular among Quinnipiac students.

“We get a lot of Quinnipiac students,” Sahin said. “After 10 o’clock until two in the morning, we really get crazy.”

Falcon Pizza is open until 2 a.m. weekdays and 3 a.m. on the weekends.

Sophomore Matt Manzo health

science studies major finds Falcon Pizza more useful than other pizzerias in the area as well.

“I like how you could order a giant pizza. It makes it easier if you’re having a superbowl party or if my fraternity is having an event, we could order a lot of pizza at once,” Manzo said. “I think that compared to Tonino’s, it’s a little bit better honestly.”

Sahin wants the community to know that nothing but the name has changed.

“Just don’t forget us,” he said.

“We’re still the same, same family members, same personnel that was working with [Bobcat Pizza]. It was just a quick name change. All the food and quality are the same.

We do the best service.”

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Cheering for a cause

The Cheer and Dance Challenge brings spirit to the community

By JENNIE TORRES

Social Media Coordinator

Applause echoed through the Burt Kahn Court on Jan. 28, as cheerleading and dance teams from different schools performed in the 13th annual Cheer and Dance Challenge.

The Quinnipiac Athletic Training Club and the Quinnipiac Acrobatics & Tumbling team prepared the afternoon program.

This year, the event fundraised for several prevalent charities and also for the Kendall Pallone Trust Fund, a fund created for associate athletic trainer Adam Pallone’s daughter, Kendall, who requires medical assistance.

Pallone said his daughter’s life is not like other children’s lives with her condition.

“My daughter was born 11 weeks premature in May 2010, and as a result of her prematurity, she suffered a number of issues with her brain,” Pallone said. “She has cerebral palsy and a condition called Hydrocephalus.”

Knowing all the work this event accomplished for Kendall, Pallone said he is incredibly grateful for the university’s support.

“There are times where I think that what [Kendall] has to deal with in her life is unlucky or unfair, but then I’m reminded how fortunate she is to be connected with Quinnipiac University and how many things that people have done for her here at Quinnipiac have helped her in her life,” Pallone said.

All throughout the day, an array of cheerleading and dance teams from different schools showed off their skills through healthy competition against one another in an attempt to win the grand championship award, all while raising money for Kendall and the charities.

It was a marathon of viewing talented students of all ages presenting their hard work on the dance floor with their flips, kicks, jumps and spins. The Quinnipiac Acrobatics & Tumbling team also exhibited their gymnastic skills to bring out even more excitement from the audience and inspiration to the younger cheer and dance groups.

The schools that won the grand championship in the Cheer and Dance Challenge were Danbury High in Danbury, Connecticut within the cheer division and Walsh Intermedi-

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Local cheer and dance teams performed their routines at the 13th annual Cheer and Dance Challenge, held at QU.

ate School in Branford, Connecticut for the dance division.

Athletic trainer and head coach of the Quinnipiac Acrobatics & Tumbling team Maryann Powers said she created the Cheer and Dance Challenge in 2003.

“It is a day of fun, athleticism and charitable giving all rolled into one event,” Powers said in a MyQ announcement on Jan. 24.

Throughout the years, the Cheer and Dance Challenge has supported many notable charities like The Make-A-Wish Foundation and March of Dimes and even came to support the university’s former assistant coach Manny Bonilla, who was in need of medical assistance for his illness.

Senior athletic training major Katie Urycki said this event is special to her and the rest of the athletic program.

“It’s an event we do as an [Athletic Training] program along with Acrobatics and Tumbling team, so we team up together. We have our whole [Athletic Training] program in-

volved so the freshmen, sophomores, juniors, even the senior class all help out,” Urycki said.

Urycki chose to become an assistant director for the event after being approached by a senior last year who thought she’d be good at helping out.

“Of course, I couldn’t say no to such a great cause,” Urycki said.

Powers said despite the event’s inclusion of cheer and dance competitions, the event’s major purpose is about bringing the community together.

“I might have started [the Cheer and Dance Challenge], but it takes other people to keep the ball rolling,” Powers said. “We’re pretty much all in a unified set of mind that there is a purpose for this. The purpose is to make people feel good, and I think you get the best from human experience when you make people feel good.”

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for purpos e A fight for reform on how dating violence cases are handled and portrayed

By CHRISTINA POPIK Design Editor

Dating violence: A phrase you were warned about in your high school health class, but likely never imagined having any more meaning than that.

This aggressive, controlling behavior can be physical, sexual or, the most silent killer of all, emotional.

For those unfamiliar with dating violence, the best way to explain it is that it will make you feel like you’re going crazy. The line between what is good and bad in terms of how a person treats you becomes blurred as your love grows, which is why you never expect your significant other to be abusive from the beginning.

The verbal abuse is just him or her being comfortable with you.

When they pick on you and call you names, it’s just them teasing you out of love. Jealousy is something that should flatter you, not anger you. You don’t really love your significant other if you don’t try to see and talk to them as much as you can, even if it means spending less time with your friends and family. Simply, they deserve your undivided attention at all times. Their happiness is in your hands, and if you don’t deliver, it’s all your fault. If you forget to say “I love you” before you head into a shift at work, you have to spend hours afterward apologizing and begging him or her to believe you’re still worth being with.

However, this scenario is not a healthy relationship. These are the type of thoughts that seem silly at first, but you eventually just give in and start believing them.

At 19 years old, my first relationship went wrong because I didn’t know the signs. I didn’t see the red flags when they were being waved right in front of my face because I was blinded by love. I write this with the sole purpose of explaining why this issue needs to be heard.

From the perspective of someone who has not been abused in any form, it is easy to think that the worst of it is over when the abused gets out of the relationship, but the truth is, it is only the start of a long road ahead of gaining back independence and mending other relationships that were poisoned by the toxic one.

My issue with dating violence is not just the act itself, but how it is portrayed and handled. In my personal opinion, I think some college students do not take it seriously, and it is even ridiculed.

“Many people think domestic violence is uncommon and it

hardly ever exists anymore,” according to Katie Ray-Jones, president of the National Domestic Violence Hotline (NDVH) and the National Dating Abuse Helpline (NDAH). However, even when people do see it and know it’s wrong, they will look the other way or pretend they didn’t hear about it. Unfortunately, things are this way because of examples set by society. When punishment is given to first-time offenders of abuse, they can be let off easy. This outcome not only makes the abuser feel like it’s not a big deal but also leaves the survivor without closure, under the impression that they were not really heard out.

“The truth is, no matter how much a case of domestic violence is attempted to be covered up, it will always remain a hideous attack.”

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Domestic violence is a real thing whether you decide to face it or not. As survivor Annie Apple says herself, domestic violence is a “brutal, savage attack on the body, soul and psyche of the victim.” It diminishes the trust and safety you have in people who say they love you. It truly changes your life. In cases of domestic violence, I believe society should have zero tolerance for it and should recognize that people who partake in any form of abuse are in the wrong. At the end of the day, there are no excuses for abusers as it is solely the decision of that person to act in a controlling and manipulating way. The truth is, no matter how much a case of domestic violence is attempted to be covered up, it will always remain a hideous attack.

The huge flaw in how these cases are handled is people are more concerned with the punishment of the abuser rather than the effect that it has on the abused. For example, New York Giants

What to remember

Forms of domestic violence, including relationship violence and stalking, are addressed in the Title IX policy. All reported cases will be formally investigated and handled as according to the policy. Any student concerns should be directed to the Deputy Title IX coordinator for students, Seann Kalagher.

If you’re feeling unsure about your relationship, contact The National Domestic Violence Hotline. Advocates are available 24/7 for confidential support.

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kicker Josh Brown was re-signed to the team even after the coowner John Mara was made aware of allegations of the player’s acts of abuse toward his wife. That right there, to me, shows people that it’s okay to be abusive. They will get a slap on the wrist then move on. Meanwhile, the abused is stunned that such an act can be tolerated. For the safety of and out of respect for survivors of domestic violence, I hope we can work towards facing the situation for how it is instead of belittling it.

I am breaking the silence because nationally, nearly half of dating college women report experiencing violent and abusive dating behavior, according to Love is Respect. I am breaking the silence for the 16 students who reported suffered from dating violence from 2013-2015 here at Quinnipiac, according to previous Clery Act reports. I am breaking the silence for those whose cases go unreported, as only 33 percent of teens who were in a violent relationship never told anyone about the abuse, according to Love is Respect. That being said, domestic violence is one of the most chronically underreported crimes, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. I am breaking the silence because if no one does, there will be no chance for reform. I am breaking the silence because I want people to know that they are not alone, like I have felt before. I am breaking the silence for those who question if their relationship is healthy. I am breaking the silence because everybody is deserving of a love that nourishes, not destroys.

I think, as a whole, the Quinnipiac community tries very hard to acknowledge Title IX policies such as with sexual assault awareness month last April and the release of a phone app with policies and reporting information. I hope it is just a matter of time before all students recognize the severity of these situations. I also keep in mind that there was a time when there was no such thing as Title IX. As survivors, we can only improve the odds of satisfaction in the process by speaking up.

Breaking the silence isn’t by any means admitting to weakness.

Instead, it shows inner strength and passion for a cause. Whatever life throws at you, don’t be afraid to speak up and tell your story.

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Exclusion will not lead to unity NISHA GANDHI Public Relations Coordinator @xoxnisha

It’s been almost two weeks since Donald J. Trump took office as the President of the United States and it’s become abundantly clear that the country has never been more divided than now.

I’ll be the first to publicly admit that I’ve been very critical of President Trump from the moment he stepped onto the campaign trail. He was not my choice for POTUS and quite frankly, his lack of political knowledge and experience is terrifying. However, I’m also completely willing to admit that I actually don’t want him to fail. It’s in all of our best interests as American citizens and/or global citizens for President Trump to succeed and transcend while he’s in office.

I, like many others, was hoping that during the two months between his election and his inauguration, President Trump would take the time to learn as much as possible and make himself as best fit to run our country as possible. Unfortunately, in light of recent events, I’m not sure if he had the same game plan that we’d been hoping for.

Over the last (less than) two weeks, President Trump has issued 17 executive actions, four of which are orders and therefore legally binding and published in the Federal Registrar. From rolling back Obamacare, restricting access to safe abortions, withdrawing the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (therefore affecting our trade deals), expediting the construction of the Dakota Access and Keystone XL Pipelines, requiring that all local law enforcers also act as immigration officers whenever possible, threatening to defund cities, states and campuses that identify as “sanctuary,” ordering the construction of a wall along the border of Mexico and, most recently, blocking refugees and all visitors from: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, President Trump has, whether it’s been done conscientiously or not, created a sense of animosity and division among the American population.

I understand that fear is one of the strongest motivators and I also understand that many Americans are fearful. Fearful that their jobs are being stolen by immigrants, fearful that it’s because of all the Muslim refugees that we’ve been under terrorist attacks, fearful that their hard-earned money is going to individuals that aren’t deserving of it. I completely get it. However, while these fears are justified as all fears are, they should not be a basis for policy.

The job of policy makers should not revolve around basing decisions around the fear within their citizens but rather issues that truly threaten the lives of their citizens. Obamacare is the reason many people were able to afford chemotherapy and become survivors of cancer rather than victims of cancer. Planned parenthood acts as a resource for males and females all around the country, providing them with knowledge about their reproductive rights, helping treat sexually transmitted infections and offering free screenings

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Trump has issued 17 executive actions during his first two weeks as President. for breast and ovarian cancer. Sanctuary cities/states/campuses do not encourage illegal immigration but rather refuse to use their own resources and time to track down these illegal immigrants. A wall dividing Mexico and America may stop Mexicans from crossing over to the States but will also stop a little boy or girl who was born in America from going to see their grandma who still lives in Mexico. Most murders, shootings and acts of terrorism are committed by American citizens, not immigrants or refugees.

President Trump’s orders are not orders of protection.

These actions are not actions of protection. President Trump is not making America “great,” he’s making America divided, homogeneous and closed-minded. He’s teaching our young citizens that being American means being closed off to the idea that someone who looks different than you can be your friend. He’s teaching them that their parents, grandparents, great-grandparents and others who immigrated to this country ruined this country. He’s spreading a message of exclusivity, emphasizing that in order for America to be “great” again, we need to go back to a time where everyone looks, thinks and acts the same.

This is not a venting session, nor is it simply a rant about Donald Trump. This is a call to action to our POTUS. @realDonaldTrump, @POTUS, hear me out. I want you to succeed. I want you to make America a place that all of us can live without fear of discrimination. I’m begging you to take time out of your day to visit Muslim citizens who are afraid to pray. Visit with young women who were able to catch and overcome their cancer because of one trip to Planned Parenthood and the scan and support that changed their lives. Visit with the Native Americans whose reservations are about to be destroyed due to the construction of the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines, the construction that you want expedited. Pay a visit to inner-city schools

where students don’t have choices and where the public school system is failing them. Listen to their stories because they make up our country. Understand that as the POTUS, your actions affect all of us. Your words, your ill-thought out tweets, your rhetoric about women being less than human, immigrants being a threat to society and our country constantly being under attack by its own citizens leave a lasting impact.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it,” this is a direct quote from our own Declaration of Independence. It’s the premise on which this country was created. It’s the mentality that all our founding fathers had. While I understand that times change and mentalities change with time, the fundamental ideal that American people have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are eternal and timeless. @realDonaldTrump, you are not acting in your best interest anymore. You are acting in the best interest of ALL American people, regardless of their race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, ethnicity, political affiliation or moral compass. You are not here to divide, exclude or punish. You are here to unite and motivate. It’s only with a united population that we will ever achieve progress and success as a nation. It’s high time you realize this and start behaving like the President you so desperately wanted to be, before the people exercise our right to alter or abolish your presidency.

Speaking out on speaking up Navigating college life as an introvert We are quiet, BUT only in times when we feel overI’m an introvert living in an extrovert’s world.

Half of all people are introverts, according to quora.com. whelmed.

I’m loud when I’m happy, when pizza is around me and This might seem off, but if we think about it, extroverts are when I get to pet a cute dog. But I can be just as quiet when easier to spot than introverts.

They’re energetic. They fuel the party, while introverts I’m in a room full of loud people.

I need time to recharge my battery. I’m not being antiskip out on most parties because we would rather hang with social when I put my headphones in and our dogs. listen to music as I’m walking. Or when This is commonly mistaken for being I get into bed after a long day and read lame.

AMANDA PERELLI instead of watching a movie with everyBut let me stand up for the introvert Opinion Editor one else. community and tell you, we introverts are @arperelli I get just as tired of talking all day as not lame.

I do after running a mile.

Speaking of, we are also not shy or We struggle a lot with finding balawkward. It takes us a few seconds to comprehend your, hihowareyou?Ilikeyoursweaterwhereisitf ance throughout the day between spending time with other rom?, small hallway chit-chat, but we will answer you after people and ourselves.

This is especially hard in college. the gears in our mind are warmed up.

The word “college” can be terrifying on its own. For an We need to think. A lot. We think about which way we are going to say hi before we say it. We think about the introvert, it means so much more than the late night cram question you just asked and formulate five different re- sessions.

College is where we learn to live with five, six, even sevsponses before we answer.

en other people and where introverts feel the never-ending cycle of small talk.

As college students, we go through our day passing friend after friend in the hallway, getting lunch as a group, going to meetings, classes and then arriving back in our safe havens of a dorm only to encounter more people, ready to hear about our day.

This is a nightmare and yet a reality. But I’ve learned that this all just means we need to make time for ourselves and no one else.

Maybe that means you listen to music between classes and ignore the outside world.

Or you allow yourself to take a few minutes each day to curl up in your bed and read.

Whatever it is that helps you recharge, do it.

Introverts are powerful people and we can do so much, but only if we take care of ourselves and ignore the judgement we get from those who just simply don’t understand.

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Let’s make #OscarsLessWhite

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According to The New York Times, the Despite all the advancements the human race has made between 1968 and 2017, rep- hashtag “#OscarsLessWhite” is trending on resentation is still scarce for people of color, Twitter as Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris and Octavia women, LGBTQ+ people and so on.

Even when representation does come Spencer are all nominated for Oscars.

After decades of “the white guy” standalong, it is sometimes not a true, fully accurate representation. Such as when white ac- ing on stage with the golden statue, someone else deserves a chance tress Emma Stone attemptfor the gold. ed to play a half-Asian, With films focused on half-Hawaiian woman in CATE MARTIN diversity such as “Hidden “Aloha” (2015), which Staff Writer Figures” passing the $100 everyone who worked on million mark at the box ofthe movie later apologized fice, according to Forbes, for, according to CNN. Hollywood is finally getIt especially gets to me when “whitewashing” (defined as placing ting an eye-opener: yes, people go to see a white actor into an explicitly non-white diverse movies.

There are currently 29 African-Amerrole, according to complex.com) affects the source material, such as in the upcom- ican Oscar winners out of the Academy’s ing March 2017 film, “Ghost in the Shell,” 89-year run. Out of those winners, only five starring Scarlett Johansson as Makoto Ku- won Best Leading Actor/Actress and 10 sanagi, a Japanese woman. It’s based on an- won Best Supporting Actor/Actress, accordother animated movie of the same title - go ing to The Hollywood Reporter. Aside from three other people of color winners for Best see it, it’s gorgeous.

Last year, the Oscars refused to acknowl- Leading Actor/Actress, the rest of the Oscar edge the power of representation when the winners have been white, also according to list of nominees looked like they were from Bloomberg.com.

Now, I’m not saying that people of color 1916 rather than 2016. All 10 nominees for Best Leading Actor/Actress were white, ac- should automatically be handed an Oscar because of the disproportionate amount cording to Bloomberg.com.

There was a huge outcry. America is not of white Oscar winners, but the Academy a homogenous country. Not everyone here should perhaps consider the idea that their is white, only about 60 percent, according perception of a “winning” performance is a to the U.S. Census Bureau. Yet somehow, cliché of brooding middle-aged white men movies still fail to reflect the diversity of giving sad puppy-dog eyes into the camrace, religion, sexuality and gender we see era rather than a performance that’s new, extraordinary and perhaps makes them unin our everyday lives.

However, this seems to be changing. comfortable.

Not like “Sausage Party” uncomfortable, This year, the Oscar nominees are more diplease, dear God, never again, but like “12 verse than ever.

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Only recently have people of color been nominated in the four cateorgies listed.

Years a Slave” uncomfortable.

The power of film is extraordinary. It influences our lives and ideas about the world.

Yet if those ideas are WHITE ideas, what about the other races?

Again, it is a filmmaker’s job to reflect the world as it is, not as they think it is. And our world is different.

Different skins, different bodies, different ideas. If Hollywood were to continue making movies as they are now, the film industry would surely die, not from mere lack of representation but also lack of progress.

I recently saw “Hidden Figures” and

I think it deserves Best Picture this year. I think some little girl of color is going to go to the movies with her parents to see “Hidden Figures,” and leave wanting to become an astronaut.

Movies have come so far, but they need to go farther. Another child will watch the Oscars and want to become an actor, a princess, a mathematician. These people are ready to exist within media as well as reality. And on Oscar night, it will be time to give them that stage.

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ACROSS 2. Where the iconic clock tower is located.

6. The official name of the cafeteria 7. Located behind Tonino’s, this is where student workers conduct polls.

9. The town where the campus of the School of Law and School of Medicine is located.

11. The bank located on campus.

12. Where students can go to get their QCard replaced.

DOWN 1. The new student organization room located in the Student Center next to the Greek suite.

3. The name of the Student Center on the York Hill campus.

4. The building on the Mount Carmel campus where the theater is located.

5. Where people go to buy their textbooks for the semester.

8. The center of campus where people lounge on the grass or walk to class.

10. Located in the Carl Hansen Student Center, where the fireplace is located.

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When most people from Quinnipiac think New Haven, they probably think Toad’s Place. But believe it or not, there’s so much more to the city than that, and it’s really worth it to go during the day. New Haven actually has a very diverse restaurant scene; a plethora of restaurants and cafés within walking distance of each shuttle stop, and you wouldn’t even know that they were there. -Emma Robertson B-NATURAL CAFÉ | 1044 CHAPEL ST.

BLUE STATE COFFEE | 276 YORK ST.

CLAIRE’S CORNER COPIA | 1000 CHAPEL ST.

If you’re looking for a smoothie or juice bar in New Haven, B-Natural should be your first stop. From yogurt bowls to oatmeal, vegetable smoothies to fruit juices, any health nut will be at peace here. With exposed brick and murals painted on the walls, the small but homey café is a great place to spend an afternoon.

Nestled in between the Yale theater buildings, Blue State Coffee is a great place to hang out as a college student. It has a huge selection of coffees, but it offers food, snacks and other drinks as well. There is almost always a line, but a line is a sign of a good café.

A vegetarian restaurant located at 1000 Chapel Street, Claire’s is a great place to grab a healthy lunch, or even just a quick smoothie. Its menu is entirely vegetarian, and it also offers plenty of gluten-free and vegan options. If you’re not a vegetarian, don’t worry, Claire’s has something for everyone.

MAISON MATHIS | 304 ELM ST.

KITCHEN ZINC | 966 CHAPEL ST.

DONUT CRAZY | 290 YORK ST.

Maison Mathis is the place to go in New Haven.

From coffee to Belgian waffles, it has a little bit of everything on its menu and serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. The atmosphere in Maison Mathis is also hard to beat: it’s always busy and has a very European feel to it that is hard to find in Connecticut.

When people think pizza in New Haven, most think of Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana. But don’t count out Kitchen ZINC. Located down an alley off Chapel Street, Kitchen ZINC offers unique pizza toppings, which allows for endless combinations. It may be a small restaurant, but it’s always decently priced and the service is great.

Donut Crazy is just that – crazy. Open from 7a.m.-2 a.m., it has any kind of doughnut you could ever imagine: s’mores, birthday cake, maple bacon and so much more. And the best thing? It’s located right next door to Toad’s, so if you want a pre-or post-Toad’s snack to satisfy your sweet tooth, Donut Crazy is a great option.

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What’s on tap

WHAT HAS SEL BEEN UP TO THIS WEEKND? ERIN KANE / CHRONICLE

The Quinnipiac Tap Company accepted its first 16 members at its auditions last Saturday.

By GARRETT AMILL Staff Writer

Started this year by freshman occupational therapy major Carly Bonanno, the Quinnipiac Tap Company is one of the newest clubs on campus.

This style of dancing combines dynamic movements with the rhythmic beating of dancers’ shoes. With tap’s popularity in both musical theater and performing arts, it’s no wonder it made its way on campus.

Tap dancing has been Bonanno’s passion since she began performing at the age of three.

She has been in many prominent competitions, including the World Tap Championships in Germany, which she describes as “the Olympics for tap dance.”

When she arrived at Quinnipiac, Bonanno sought an outlet for her love of tap dance.

“There was nothing here on campus that would let me continue that,” she said. “After doing it for 15 years of my life, I couldn’t imagine just giving it up.”

She decided to take matters into her own hands. However, Bonanno said starting her own club proved to be a challenge.

“To start a club, a student must attend an informational meeting, gather five people interested in joining the club, find a faculty advisor and make a document stating the rules of the club,” she said.

Bonanno used the Class of 2020 Facebook page and various other group chats to find any other tap dancers or students interested in learning about tap. She was able to find 10 people willing to join the club, including junior accounting major Taylor Triolo.

Triolo first heard about the club from the professor of a ballet class she took last semester. She was intrigued and reached out to Bonanno as the club was forming.

“I have to give Carly the credit for everything,” Triolo said.

“By the time I contacted [her], most of the stuff was already done.”

Bonanno found an advisor for the club, Pamela Wilkes, a teacher of dance classes at Quinnipiac.

“I went to her last semester to see if she would be interested in advising and she gladly accepted the position,” Bonanno said.

After the club was officially formed, Bonanno held auditions to officially recruit her dancers. Sixteen people auditioned on Saturday, Jan. 28, and all were accepted in order to start the club.

A showcase is planned for the end of April, and Bonanno said that the group is willing to perform for any other opportunities that arise.

Bonanno hopes the Quinnipiac Tap Company will be a vehicle to introduce tap dancing to more people.

“I want to teach people, even those who don’t dance, about the art of tap,” Bonanno said. “Many people don’t know much about it or have called it a dying art form, and by having a club here, it would show people that tap is very much alive and many people can enjoy it and appreciate the art form.”

Bonanno’s passions are expressed in her hopes for the future of the club.

“I hope people will get to share their love for tap through showcases of different styles of tap,” she said. “I hope that the student body will fall in love with watching the style as much as tap dancers love performing it. Tap dancing is so unique, and I think it is a style of dance all people can enjoy, even if they know nothing about dance.”

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Split from the norm

By CHARLOTTE GARDNER Staff Writer

After what seems like years, director M. Night Shyamalan has finally released a chilling psychological thriller that dictates this new release as his comeback to horror.

The film “Split” centers around a man named Kevin who suffers from dissociative identity disorder (formerly known as multiple personality disorder) and lives with 23 different personalities within him.

Professor of psychology Ralph Nuzzo states that dissociative identity disorder is extremely uncommon.

“The existence of two or more distinct personalities in the same individual… usually as a result of some long-term and ongoing trauma or abuse during childhood. Statistically, it is a very rare mental disorder.”

This is true of Kevin in “Split.” In the film, one of his personalities kidnaps three teenage girls and holds them captive to save for another, more sinister personality within Kevin called “The Beast.”

The film switches between the grungy and dimly lit holding cell where the girls are kept, to the bright office of Kevin’s psychiatrist, where details about how Kevin developed his disorder begin to surface. In this setting, details about what Kevin is becoming creep toward the light.

The film doesn’t just reveal traumatizing memories from Kevin’s past but also the memories of Casey, one of the kidnapped girls whose furtive and reclusive nature set her apart as a noteworthy character.

By withholding crucial character development information, the viewer craves to know more as the plot thickens and information needs to be pieced together. When all the pieces fit just right, well, there comes that good old Shyamalan twist every audience member can’t wait for.

Horror movies are not necessarily my favorite, and supernatural terrors always make me keep a night light on, but as soon as a horror movie with a realistic and even domestic plot makes its way onto the big screen, I’m all in. I love psychological thrillers because they can chill your bones without the often tacky or overdone implication of demons or aliens.

The fact that most scenarios depicted in psychological thrillers could actually take place in real life is a bizarre but amazing concept to witness.

This movie captured frightening moments that were so life-

like my mother had to hold my hand for fear it would happen to me right in the movie theater parking lot.

The array of personalities portrayed by James McAvoy were beautifully acted out and showed his true range of acting capabilities. The characters not only added to the element of fear and creepiness but were integral in establishing comic relief throughout the film. The mystery of Casey’s character also assisted in giving the audience a break from the darkness while still maintaining interest in her storyline. And of course, Shyamalan made a great guest appearance as well.

However, despite being a box office hit, the film has received backlash for using a mental disorder to facilitate a horrific plot.

Shyamalan has seemed to have lost Kevin’s humanity while his personalities ravage over control of his body, and Shyamalan has gone so far as to dub Kevin the “Horde” when referring to all his personalities.

By hiding Kevin’s real personality and using animalistic references, Shyamalan has stripped the audience of generating compassion or sympathy for Kevin and his identities. As the reveal of “The Beast” draws near, the audience only worries for the girls and fails to think of the tortured human suffocated by the identities of his disorder.

But with any film, portraying a severe mental illness comes with great room for error and offense. One wouldn’t think that using a horror movie as a platform to raise awareness for mental illness would be logical, and one would be correct. But Shyamalan was able to portray the illness with a sense of appreciation and wonder through the character of Kevin’s psychiatrist.

Through all the scary moments with Kevin, his psychiatrist advocates for his illness and tries to prove to her colleagues and even to the audience that his disorder is something to be marveled at and that he could potentially have the power to evolve into something much bigger than average humans due to the activity in his brain.

I left the theater, not with a fear of dissociative identity disorder, but with a fascination and respect for the illness because of how complex and mysterious it is. The film even placed patients with multiple personality as almost superior to humans without the disease, which eradicated any possible offense in my opinion.

I felt that Shyamalan navigated through this sensitive plot with grace, but I don’t think this type of thriller should inspire movies to choose mental illnesses as a new genre trend.

Photos of Selena Gomez and The Weeknd recently surfaced on the web in which the two are clearly packing on the PDA. According to E! News, the relationship between Selena and the “Starboy” singer is getting hot and heavy. To add flames to the rumor fire, Life & Style claims that the seemingly new couple may have been hooking up for the past year and are only now going public. The Weeknd’s supermodel ex Bella Hadid has already unfollowed Gomez on Instagram.

What will this mean for the future of Taylor Swift’s girl squad, which both are members of ? Hopefully, this won’t lead to bad blood between the two lovely ladies.

ARE YOU ‘SO DONE?’ BECAUSE MICHELLE OBAMA SURE IS. With tensions running high within America’s political scene lately, it seems only fitting that we turn to comic relief online. The internet has been commemorating Michelle Obama’s final morning as First Lady by turning her into a #NeverTrump meme. If there is one good thing that came out of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, it is the field day Twitter has been having with these. Her priceless expressions during Trump’s inauguration seemed to be an agglomeration for how all of America felt that day. Her face appeared to say “Bye Felicia,” “Boy Bye” and “I’m so done” all at once.

Was she really giving side-eye or were the camera angles simply off ? Either way, we’ll let social media have its fun.

YOLOCAUST: THE DISRESPECT IS REAL. Most people who visit the Berlin Holocaust Memorial intend on paying their respects and mourning this tragedy. However, several photos from the memorial have begun to surface of onlookers treating the site like a photo op. According to BBC News, one man had seen enough and created a website known as Yolocaust, a combination of the popular social media hashtag Yolo- “you only live once” and Holocaust. On this site, the background of these careless photos is replaced by scenes from concentrations camps, making the photos more provocative as the selfie taker is given a backdrop comprised of emaciated corpses. While it likely was not these selfie takers’ intention to be disrespectful, this heated debacle is sure to make others think twice about the proper way to behave when visiting a historic site.

Album of the Week

For a break from the mainstream, check out the Chronicle staff’s weekly picks of our favorite underrated songs, albums and artists that you won’t hear on the radio today.

“Emotions and Math” by

Margaret Glaspy PHOTO COURTESY OF YOUTUBE

Beginning her music career in Boston, Margaret Glaspy is known for her unique voice and inticing lyrics. After moving to New York and releasing several EPs, Glaspy debuted her first full lungth album, “Emotions and Math.” If you’re looking for some fresh, grunge-pop to change up your playlist, this is the album for you. -M. Fraitag

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(Re)assessing the arts It’s no secret that Quinnipiac is growing as a school, both in terms of size and qualifications. With stellar journalism, education, healthcare and business programs, it’s hard to ignore the fact that as the number of Bobcats in our community grows, so does the quality of education we receive.

Our visual and performing arts programs are no exceptions.

During the fall semester of 2015, the Chronicle published a piece titled “Assessing the arts at Quinnipiac,” discussing the shortcomings within the visual and performing arts departments here at QU. Just over a year later, this sentiment is no longer as applicable, and it’s quite clear that the program has taken a turn for the better.

Starting next year, both the theater and music departments will be moving off campus and onto Sherman Avenue to their own facilities.

Professor Kevin Daly, director of the theater program, views this as a great change.

“Actually, I’m excited,” Daly said. “And I think that the students will be excited when they see the new facility. It’s a huge upgrade from what we have right now.”

The building itself will be a twostory facility with a box office, seating to

accommodate 100 people, a full black box (allowing mobility and flexibility with set design,) room for rehearsal space, faculty offices and a student lounge.

In addition to the increased amount of space, the new facility will also give students new opportunities within the realm of theater.

“The theater itself is going to be two stories high. That presents opportunities to teach students lighting design in ways we can do right now,” Daly said. “And that’s just the theater. Then you’ve got a full [scenic] shop… a tech area and a stage manager’s booth, which is so key because now the stage manager can look down on the stage and call the show which we’ve never had before.”

A similar facility is being built for the music department and professor George Sprengelmeyer, associate chair of visual and performing arts, shares a similar sentiment to Daly.

“It will be a big improvement,” Sprengelmeyer said. “We still need a faculty member, but it will definitely be a big improvement compared to what we’ve had in the past”.

The music department’s building, similar to the theater department’s building, will ultimately provide students and faculty with more space and more resources.

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who do not have cars” Radeke said in an email interview. “But the more I’ve heard about it the more I love it.”

Radeke also mentioned that this new location may improve the dynamic among students who are in this program.

“As an upperclassmen, I know I and most other students would be more than willing to carpool students without cars, and it would be an even better way to get to know newer students,” Radeke said.

Sprengelmeyer, Daly, Radeke and Hopper all believe that these changes should be seen as improvements and will undoubtedly help the departments more than they will hurt them.

“These organizations are not just a bunch of really great students, but they are filled with people that are talented, people that are going places, and the University has the unique opportunity of fostering them before they go do great things in the real world.”

Radeke said.

These advancements will hopefully inspire confidence in students involved in the arts.

“With these new changes, prospective students will be able to see that not only do we have performing arts programs unlike any other, but that the University supports the arts and encourages students in this area.”

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The Arts & Life section will be collaborating with Montage, Quinnipiac’s art and literary journal, to bring creative content to our newspaper and showcase the many talented writers and artists on our campus.

Sophomore Kipp Hopper thinks that these changes will be monumental and allow the department to progress as a whole.

“If we have more storage for instruments/equipment and more practice rooms for students, people might gravitate towards some of the unique programs in our school (like piano, guitar, or harp lessons),” Hopper said in an email interview. “If the new building offers opportunities for more students to feel engaged in music, then I’m sure that the music department will succeed.”

While there are many benefits to building these new facilities, there is also some apprehension among both students and faculty due to the fact that it will be off campus.

“Even though I am happy we’re getting it, it’s going to be on Sherman Ave and I know people have consistent issues with the shuttles so I’m worried that the shuttle is going to have a hard time getting over there,” Sprengelmeyer said. “But I think the students that are more devoted to the arts, music or theater are going to make the trip over there”.

Junior Danielle Radeke also initially had some concerns about the transportation aspect of the renovations.

“I was skeptical at first, since it is off campus and may ostracize underclassmen

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By NISHA GANDHI

Public Relations Coordinatior

This week, we are featuring poet Jason Schoellkopf.

Submit your original artwork, photographs, poetry and any other kind of creative writing to be featured in the Montage journal or in the Chronicle: montage.submittable.com/submit

There It Is, Here I Am

Be the cymbal crash Be the graze you felt upon your back Be the light in the sky that moved too fast The carefree eclipse of life Run and find it Find it and run with it Paint your way in words and novel means Over the undergrowth that creeps and buries Yeah--this way, you’re gonna be free

Vibrations

Vibrations work my mind like a machine Sound waves are instructions Explaining how my feet and the floor will convene Strings pluck and strum our strings Drums beat and pound our drums The points on a page and the grooves in a disc Translate to our synchronized hums My waiting head, touched by vibration Like a branch growing toward the light of the sun Tells me that--despite all our woes-We still have an instinct for fun

Calling all coffee lovers and artsy enthusiasts everywhere!

Common Grounds is your next go-to stop that will keep your caffeine addiction alive in the new year. Located on Dixwell Avenue, this quaint coffee shop is new to the Hamden area. The business has not slowed down its brewing since its grand opening two weeks ago, and is gradually gaining more and more momentum.

Stepping into the haven that is Common Grounds, the smell of fresh coffee hits you harder than a Monday morning. Various brews, lattes and even tea options line the back walls as the perfect blend of modern and rustic decor invites you to stay a while. Tables resembling slabs of wood cut directly from the tree and burlap sacks of coffee beans strewn in perfect order give way to a homey feel like no other establishment can provide.

On top of their decadent beverages, Common Grounds is host to an array of baked goods. From raspberry coffee cake to chocolate peanut butter biscotti and even gluten free and paleo options, this treasure has an option for everybody. You also have the opportunity to take a bag of Common Grounds coffee beans to your dorm room with a coffee bean dispenser bar located in the back room. About a dozen unique beans are on display, reminding you to keep the shop’s philosophy of delicious coffee in a non-traditional style with you everywhere you go. -Sam Bashaw

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SUPER BOWL 51 WHAT TO WATCH FOR

It’s no secret that I am a New England Patriots fan. It might as well say “the lanky kid in the Patriots hat” in the masthead of this paper. With that being said, here are some things to watch for in the Super Bowl LI matchup between the Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons. - M. Molski

When the Patriots have the ball...

When the Falcons have the ball...

Tom Brady. You’ve heard of him, right? Even those who only watch the Super Bowl have seen him play six times. Many will suggest that Brady is playing with a chip on his shoulder to get back at the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell for the draining, two-year “Deflategate” scandal. Regardless, Brady is coming off a game where he torched the Pittsburgh Steelers for 384 passing yards and three passing touchdowns in the AFC Championship Game.

Brady isn’t a one-man show, though. Running back LeGarrette Blount led the NFL in rushing touchdowns (18) during the regular season.

Fellow running back Dion Lewis scored three touchdowns (one rushing, one receiving and one kick return) in the Patriots’ win over the Texans in the Divisional Round. Last week, wide receiver Chris Hogan elevated New England’s offense with two touchdowns and 180 receiving yards.

Brady and offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels have plenty to work with heading into Houston.

The Falcons’ defense, on the other hand, has its questions marks.

Outside rusher Vic Beasley led the NFL in sacks (15.5) this season and the team held Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers offense to just 21 points in the NFC Championship Game. With that said, Atlanta ranked in the bottom five in passing yards allowed throughout the regular season and was in the middle of the pack for rushing defense, sacks and interceptions.

Part of the reason the Falcons have surrendered so many passing yards is that their offense is historically good at putting points on the boards themselves, so teams have to play from behind against them.

The team scored 33.8 points per game during the regular season (tied for seventh-highest since 1990) and has averaged 40 points in its two playoff games.

Quarterback Matt Ryan has put up MVP numbers this season, throwing for 38 touchdowns and just 7 interceptions. His quarterback rating (117.1) is the fifth-best in the league, and he has improved on those numbers through two playoff games. Receiver Julio Jones is as menacing a pass catcher in the NFL as showcased last week when he put up identical numbers to Hogan. The Falcons’ backfield also features a two-headed monster of Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman, who have combined for four playoff touchdowns.

Atlanta comes in to face the top scoring defense in football. New England gave up just 15.6 points per game in the regular season, but played a group of quarterbacks that would have struggled to make Quinnipiac’s football team. Last week the defense thwarted Pittsburgh’s explosive offense, holding it to 17 points. New England head coach Bill Belichick has proven time and again that he will take away an opponent’s best offensive weapon and force them to score in other ways. Cornerback Malcolm Butler kept Pittsburgh’s Antonio Brown in relative check in the AFC Championship Game and will need to play just as well to contain Julio Jones with help from a safety over the top.

Yet, none of that will matter if the Patriots cannot surmount pressure against Ryan. The Patriots did not sack Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger a single time in their last game. Pass rushers Chris Long and Rob Ninkovich were held up as if every Steelers’ offensive lineman was The Mountain from “Game of Thrones.” If Matt Ryan has all day to throw, he could light New England up like the Fourth of July.

Fun Fact One last interesting note comes in the jerseys. With this year being one where the NFC representative got to select the jerseys it would wear, the Falcons had the choice and selected to wear their home reds, leaving New England with away whites. In the last 12 Super Bowls, 11 winners have worn white while only one (2011) wore their colored jerseys.

Prop bets

Best and worst moments off the field

While there are plenty of aspects within the game that people can bet on, there are other elements in the Super Bowl that people can wager.

Here are some of the available prop bets and odds for Sunday’s games:

Once you’re ready to watch the big game, it’s time to prepare for the real action: the commercials and halftime show. Here are the Chronicle editors’ all time favorite and least favorite Super Bowl moments.

How long will it take for Luke Bryan to sing the National Anthem?

Over 2 minutes 9 second: -120 Under 2 minutes 9 seconds: -120 Will Luke Bryan forget or omit a word from the National Anthem?

Yes: +400 No: -700 What color will the liquid be that is poured on the head of the winning coach?

Clear/water: +300 Lime/green: +300 Yellow: +300 Orange: +300 Red: +600 Blue: +750 Purple: +1200 How many times will “deflate” or “deflategate” be said on TV during live broadcast?

Over 1.5: Even Under 1.5: -140 Which song will Lady Gaga sing first during the halftime show?

Edge of Glory: +200 Bad Romance: +250 Born This Way: +500 Poker Face: +1000 Just Dance: +1000 Any other song: +130 Will “Houston, we have a problem” be said on TV during live broadcast?

Yes: +250 No: -400

Prop bets courtesy of Bovada.com

Best Commercials: 1. Budweiser “Lost Dog” 2015 2. Doritos “Ultrasound” 2016 3. Snickers “The Brady Bunch” 2015 4. Avocados from Mexico “First Draft Ever” 2015 Worst Commercials: 1. Mountain Dew Kickstart “Puppy Monkey Baby” 2016 2. Skittles “The Portrait” 2016 3. GoDaddy “Perfect Match” 2013 4. Oikos “The Spill” 2015 Best Halftime Performances: 1. Left Shark 2015 2. Beyoncé 2013 3. Michael Jackson 1993 4. Prince 2007 5. Bruno Mars 2014 Worst Halftime Performances: 1. Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake 2004 2. Coldplay 2016 3. M.I.A. 2012 4. Black Eyed Peas 2011 5. Elvis Presto 1989

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RUNDOWN MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 5, ASU 2 – Friday Chase Priskie: 2 goals Bo Pieper: 1 goal, 1 assist Brogan Rafferty: 2 assists Alex Whelan: 1 goal Connor Clifton: 1 goal ASU 4, QU 2 – Saturday Tim Clifton:1 goal, 1 assist Craig Martin: 2 assists Connor Clifton: 1 goal WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY Princeton 3, QU 0 – Tuesday Sydney Rossman: 15 saves MEN’S BASKETBALL Monmouth 95, QU 76 – Friday Peter Kiss: 22 points, 9 rebounds Chaise Daniels: 15 points, 12 rebounds Mikey Dixon: 13 points Siena 84, QU 75 – Monday Dixon: 19 points, 7 assists Kiss: 19 points Daniels: 18 points, 9 rebounds, 7 blocks WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU 61, Niagara 45 – Thursday Edel Thornton: 12 points Jay Fen: 10 points, 7 rebounds Sarah Shewan: 10 rebounds QU 73, Siena 47 – Saturday

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Smooth skating

On its 10th Anniversary, High Point Solutions Arena is operating as well as ever

Shewan: 10 points, 6 rebounds

Adily Martucci: 8 points Aryn McClure: 6 rebounds INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD Women’s Weight Throw – Friday Carly Timpson: 7th Place, 16.16m Women’s Long Jump – Friday Bonnie Pisciotta: 14th Place, 5.19m MEN’S TENNIS South Carolina 7, QU 0 – Saturday Axel Stern: 6-1, 6-4 loss QU 4, Boston Univ. 3 – Sunday Julian Rozenstein: 6-2, 6-3 win Stern: 7-5, 7-5 win WOMEN’S TENNIS UMass Amherst 6, QU 1 – Saturday Sydney Young: 7-5, 6-1 win Brittany Collens: 6-2, 6-3 win

GAMES TO WATCH MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU at Brown – Friday, 7 p.m.

QU at. Yale – Saturday, 4 p.m WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU vs. Brown – Friday, 6 p.m.

QU vs. Yale – Saturday, 3 p.m MEN’S BASKETBALL QU vs. Niagara – Saturday, 7 p.m.

QU at Fairfield– Monday, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU at Fairfield – Tuesday, 5 p.m.

QU vs. Monmouth – Sunday, 2 p.m.

MEN’S TENNIS QU at Saint Peter’s – Friday, 9:45 a.m.

QU at Brown – Sunday, 3 p.m.

INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD Armory Track Invite – Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.

Giegengack Invitational – Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.

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Ice Technician Dennis Tice carefully drives the zamboni along the boards of High Point Solutions Arena.

By JUSTIN CAIT

Associate Sports Editor

The ceremonial puck drop at center ice; a hockey tradition that has been around for as long as the sport itself.

On Friday night, Quinnipiac President John Lahey found himself at High Point Solutions Arena with Arizona State and the No. 17 Bobcats for the ceremonial puck drop in celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the opening of the TD Bank Sports Center.

While Lahey and each team’s

captains were in the limelight, a group of hard-working men in helmets and ice cleats a were proudly standing at ice-level, too.

After all, they are the oil to the machine.

“It’s amazing how the 10 years went by so quick,” Keith Mails, the Site Supervisor and Superintendent of Buildings & Grounds at the York Hill Campus said. “I was on the main campus originally and when I became superintendent up here I kind of inherited the ice, so I’ve been working with the ice ever

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Tice cleans one of Quinnipiac’s two zambonis with a powerful hose.

since.”

Malis and Quinnipiac’s Ice Technicians work to keep the ice in tip-top shape, a task that is harder and more complicated than most would think.

It’s more than just zambonis, hot water, helmets and ice scrapers to fix the ice’s surface. In the depths of High Point Solutions Arena lie countless pipes, over 20 sensors and a full-blown computer system to control the ice without having to lay a finger on the physical sheet. “[It’s synced] to the ice tem-

peratures and takes logs for the ice depths, so it’s not just all out here,” Malis said. “Everything is written down [in] six or seven logs for ice depths, temperatures and every time they go out to make a ‘z-cut’ or a flood it’s all documented.”

In addition to the computers, even further behind the scenes are industrial pipes, chambers and even a reverse osmosis system to purify gallons of street water, eventually heated to better freeze the ice.

“We put [the water] out to anywhere between 140 and 160 degrees, so it freezes and has less minerals,” Malis said. “The hotter the water the quicker it freezes, plus there’s less impurities so it’s purer water.”

When on the ice, the Ice Technicians, are always protected from quite literally head to toe. The reason for the unusual amount of required safety equipment is due to an Ice Technician that fell and “split his head open” years ago. Since then, there have been no serious injuries as a result of the protective gear.

Even though the crew is constantly surrounded by the ice now, for Groundskeeper and Ice Technician John LaMadeline, hockey wasn’t always part of the lifestyle.

“I’ve never even ice skated,” LaMadeline said.

Despite the lack of time spent on skates, it’s the work on cleats that counts now. Nevertheless, the exhausting job has its silver linings.

“I like this part of my job, I get to watch hockey and get paid,” LaMadeline said.

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Ice Technician John LaMadeline places magnetic pegs in the goal post.

Moore: ‘It seems like the transfer list grows every year’ TRANSFERS from page 16 two years.”

The reason for so many transfers is likely due to the limited amount of playing time at this level. While Quinnipiac was fortunate to only lose one transfer last year, Moore estimated that the Bobcats lose an average of two players per year. Only five players can be on the court at a time, and that leaves eight other guys watching from the bench.

“Losing guys to transfer is never good for the continuity of the team,” Moore said. “I don’t think it’s a good look for the program.

With only 13 scholarship athletes on the team, it’s going to happen.

It seems like the transfer list grows every year. Most coaches can only

keep about nine guys happy, meaning four young men will come to the gym every night knowing that unless there’s an injury or blowout, they aren’t playing.”

That is all part of the job for coaches. If players feel they will get an opportunity to get more playing time somewhere else, they may hesitate to move on from the school.

“If they aren’t seniors, they’re in your office at the end of the season asking if they’re going to play next year,” Moore said. “They deserve the answers, too, for their futures.

You have to have conversations with kids after every season so they know where they stand. Obviously, they don’t want to waste their years on the bench.”

For junior college transfers, it

is a constant battle for playing time because they only have two years to make their impact. The players usually improve over their two years, but it is tough with such little time.

“There’s certain intricacies of our team defenses and offenses that make it difficult, and it’s something new that takes time to adjust to,” Moore said. “The second year is when I catch myself wishing I had a third and fourth year with these guys.”

For Harris, he finds that while he has adjusted his game to fit in and thrive at the Division I level, he is now reaching beyond the game.

“I know this year, even though I’ve only played one year, I’m a senior so I have to show the ropes to the freshmen who have came in because I have played four years

of college,” Harris said. “That’s been the bigger adjustment, not just coming here, but being a leader and showing team discipline to the freshman so they will be able to learn for their four years.”

But while the landscape of college basketball appears to be heading towards more targeting of transfers, Quinnipiac has freshmen Mikey Dixon and Peter Kiss leading the way in scoring.

Moore believes that it is important to find the balance between targeting high school talent and looking for transfers.

“The junior college recruiting is a lot harder financially and logistically,” Moore said. “We prefer to be traditional with high schoolers because I believe that’s how you win in this league long-term.”

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Clockwise from left: sophomore forward Abdulai Bundu drives along the baseline in men’s basketball’s 84-75 loss to Siena on Monday night, Siena’s Kadeem Smithen defends Quinnipiac freshman guard Peter Kiss, Bobcat junior forward Chaise Daniels posts up on a Siena’s Sammy Friday.

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Jan. 27 was the 10th anniversary of Quinnipiac’s opening of TD Bank Sports Center, formerly named TD Banknorth Sports Center

Men’s basketball’s Adam Gonzalez led Quinnipiac with 21 points in a 73-71 win over LIU Brooklyn on Jan. 27, 2007, the team’s first game at Lender Court.

Women’s ice hockey’s Janelle Wolitski made 33 saves in women’s ice hockey’s 3-0 loss to No. 1 Mercyhurst on Jan. 27, 2007, the team’s first game at the TD Banknorth Sports Center.

It cost $52 million to develop and build TD Banknorth Sports Center, according to Quinnipiac Athletics.

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Women’s tennis senior Sydney Young won both of her matches against UMass Amherst on Saturday despite the team losing by a collective score of 6-1. Young’s first win of the day was a 6-4 victory in a doubles match with teammate Rachel Horton. The second win earned Young a team-best 24th win of the season good enough for 13th in program history (125 career wins).

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“Siena was tough and strong and hungry and relentless, and we weren’t in all of those categories throughout the game.”

— TOM MOORE MEN’S BASKETBALL

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Trading transfers

The collegiate transfer culture has helped shape Quinnipiac’s men’s basketball team

By LOGAN REARDON Staff Writer

Recruiting in college basketball is usually a well-known, understood process. The coaches go out and scout high school talent, make scholarship offers to players they want to have on their team and the team comes together for the next season.

In more recent years, Division I men’s college basketball has been changing the process. While the coaches still do the traditional high school recruiting, a new way of getting players has quickly risen to popularity.

This year, the Quinnipiac men’s basketball team brought in four junior college transfers as opposed to just two freshmen.

The Bobcats also lost one player, Giovanni McLean, due to transfer, as McLean signed a national letter of intent at Texas Tech for a graduate season in June. This came one year after now-seniors Daniel Harris and Donovan Smith came from the junior college ranks.

“Since we’ve joined the MAAC, I think we’ve been focusing more on the junior college players recently,” Quinnipiac head coach Tom Moore said. “In years when we feel like we need to get older and quicker and have an infusion of talent and experience at a key position, we might look more towards the junior college ranks because in general you are getting a guy who has played at a really high level and is closer to 20 years old than to 17 years old.”

The concept is that a player will go to a community college, play basketball for two years and hope to impress a Division I or Division II school enough to get a two-year scholarship offer. Harris believes that this route not only allows players to improve their

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Senior guard Daniel Harris has started 20 of 22 games for the men’s basketball team this season.

game for two years and then play at the highest collegiate level, but it also allows them to come to a four-year school.

“There are so many benefits through transferring from junior college,” Harris said.

“Coming from a community college to a fouryear university gives you such a better educa-

tion. Basketball-wise, it’s better competition, better coaching and a better lifestyle.”

Harris, who transferred from Hillsborough Community College in Plant City, Florida, is now in his second and final season as a Bobcat, has been a prime example of how the junior college transfer game can be effective

for both the player and the team. He came in last year and averaged 10.2 points per game.

Despite this success, there was still an adjustment period because of the step up in competition.

“The intensity of the game stood out,” Harris said. “Some schools don’t take their basketball seriously in junior college, where the players don’t play as hard or they aren’t as disciplined on the court. When you come to this level, every night is a fight. Every play you have to play hard. It’s a lot more intense.

There’s a lot more on the line.”

Another player who transferred from junior college was Phil Winston, who is in his first year at Quinnipiac. He started the first 11 games this season and is now a key bench player for the Bobcats. Winston also noted that there was a change in certain aspects of the game.

“It’s difficult in that there’s a quicker speed here,” Winston said. “I think there are similarities between junior college and DI, but it’s just a faster speed and better competition here. I think junior college really prepared me for this year, and the main reason I am where I am is because I have confidence from it.”

Winston emphasized how he gained confidence from playing at the collegiate level, even though it was junior college. He, along with Moore, believe junior college players are more ready to play right away.

“They are just physically stronger and more ready to come into the MAAC,” Moore said. “I think it’s worked out pretty well for us, but the drawback is you only get them for See TRANSFERS Page 14

Arizona State stuns men’s ice hockey with 4-2 win

By JUSTIN CAIT

Associate Sports Editor

Arizona State men’s ice hockey won its biggest game in program history on Saturday night.

The two-year-old Division-I program downed No. 17 Quinnipiac (14-11-2 overall) by a score 4-2, splitting the weekend series and boosting its overall record to 10-18-2.

After beating the Sun Devils the night before, the Bobcats had a much more difficult time finding results in the second night of a back-to-back.

“It was a frustrating night. I won’t take anything away from Arizona State, but we struggled,” Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold said. “We’ve shown in spurts that we can be really good, usually the first day of the weekend, then the second night it’s a struggle mentally.”

The Sun Devils opened the scoring 14:25 into the first period on a goal from sophomore Anthony Croston, who capitalized on a onetimer as a result of a defensive miscue from defenseman Joe Fiala in Quinnipiac’s own zone.

Just over two minutes later, Arizona State struck again. This time freshman Brinson Pasichnuk fired a seeing-eye shot from the point that managed to find its way past Quinnipiac freshman goalie Andrew Shortridge.

At the end of the first period, Quinnipiac outshot Arizona State 11-8, but went into the locker room down 2-0.

Looking to rebound on the scoreboard, the Bobcats started the second period off by allowing a goal against 22 seconds in.

Freshman defenseman Karlis Cukste mishandled the puck behind Quinnipiac’s net, turned the puck over and inadvertently deflected a Sun Devil shot into the net. With the score 3-0, Pecknold decided to pull Shortridge (6 saves on 9 shots) and replace him with Chris Truehl.

After losing last year’s definitive starting goalie Michael Garteig to graduation, Quinnipiac’s goalie struggles continue.

“Filling in Garteig’s shoes is tough,” Pecknold said. “[Shortridge and Truehl] are good goalies, [they] just need a little more consistency.”

Later in the period, Quinnipiac’s Tim Clifton scored on the power play for his 11th of the season… or so he thought. A Craig Martin pass intended for Clifton was kicked into the net and ruled a goal on the ice. However, after further review on the play, it was determined that Clifton’s kick was intentional, thus the goal was disallowed.

On the ensuing shift and exactly 14 minutes after ASU made it 3-0, Tim Clifton found the back of the net for his 11th of the season.

This time, it counted.

While it seemed as though Quinnipiac had momentum in its favor, the next goal took the wind out of High Point Solutions Arena. A point shot from sophomore Jakob Stridsberg found a hole past goalie in relief Chris Truehl to make it 4-1 for Arizona State at the end of the period.

The next goal was scored just under six minutes into the third period of play. Connor Clifton netted his fourth goal of the season from the

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Freshman Alex Whelan skates ahead in men’s ice hockey’s 4-2 loss to Arizona State. blue line to give the Bobcats a fighting chance.

Unfortunately for the Bobcats, they ran into a red hot goalie in Joey Daccord.

“Joey Daccord, who I’ve known since he was 2 years old, played great and made a lot of good saves,” Pecknold said. “I thought he was great tonight.”

Quinnipiac threw 28 of its 55 total shots on goal in the third, but Daccord stood tall and shut the door. Despite outshooting ASU 28-1 in the third period, on the shoulders of Daccord, the Sun Devils emerged victorious.

Before winning against No. 17 Quinnipiac, the highest ranked opponent Arizona State beat was No. 18 Air Force earlier this season.

“They’re a new program, but they’re a good hockey team and proved it tonight,” Clifton said. “They played better than us, outplayed us for two periods and ultimately that was the game.”

Next up, Quinnipiac will go on the road to face Brown at the Meehan Auditorium on Feb. 3 in hopes of getting back on track in conference play.