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The university closed on Thursday, Feb. 9 due to a snowstorm. Nearly 12 inches of snow accumulated on campus and across New England.

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Both Sleeping Giant State Park and Quinnipiac University were covered in snow after the approximately 12 inches of snow coated the ground on Feb. 8.

That morning, classes were cancelled around 5:30 in the morning. Some students thought that classes should have been cancelled the night before.

The university said it doesn’t typically announce it’s closing the night before a snowstorm is predicted. In most cases, a

decision about a cancellation or a delay is made at 5:30 a.m. on the day of the storm and communicated to the university community.

Once the snow stopped,the Facilities Department start plowing parking lots and sidewalks.

Keith Woodward, associate vice president for facilities operations, said the preparation for the winter months begins in advance.

“A tremendous amount of strategic plan-

ning goes into preparation for a snowstorm,” Woodward said. “Some of it starts in August and September when we are planning to purchase products.”

Woodward also said the preparation for snowstorms is almost as important as the removal and after effects of the storm.

“During the winter months, we have a nearly daily ‘snow call,’ where we evaluate current and future conditions and plan ahead to be prepared for when the first flake falls,’ Woodward said. “All storms are a lit-

tle different, in terms of the various types of snow.”

Recently, Connecticut dealt with multiple storms back-to-back. Woodward said Quinnipiac is fortunate to have a group of employees who care about the university.

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Students and faculty gather on the steps of the Arnold Bernhard Library in solidarity with immigrants and refugees.

Reena Judd, Father Jordan Lenaghan and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chief Diversity Officer Diane Ariza. Members of the Department of Public Safety, including Chief of Public Safety Edgar Rodriguez, also attended the vigil.

For Ariza, the vigil was an opportunity to

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show the community coming together on in support of the Muslim populations that have been affected by the ban, as well as refugees.

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Approximately 70 students, faculty and staff lined the Arnold Bernhard Library steps from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. to participate in a silent vigil, put together by a group of faculty and students.

The silent vigil gave members of the community an opportunity to stand in solidarity with immigrants and refugees who have been affected

by President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban against immigrants from Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Sudan and Yemen from traveling to the United States.

Assistant professor of English Kim O’Neill passed out pamphlets with information on the executive order, how members of the community can learn more and help take action against the ban. President of Muslim Student Association (MSA) Ayah Galal said the flyers were passed out to educate passersby on the executive order and clear up any misconceptions people may have.

O’Neill was proud of the students and fac-

ulty for coming together and showing how much they care about the issue.

“I wanted to show our students who feel vulnerable, who have been threatened by both policy and by the hate speech that has been exacerbated by the change in administrations; I wanted the students to know that we care,” O’Neill said.

“We support them and we will put ourselves, our bodies on the line. I am happy to do whatever I can, and I’m not alone.”

Galal is pleased with the turnout of the vigil and said she is participating because she thinks the executive order is un-American.

“I think it’s unconstitutional [because] it discriminates against Muslims,” she said. “It feeds into islamophobia and anti-Muslim rhetoric, and I think it’s unacceptable. I’m here today to take a firm stance against that to say that is not okay, that is not who we are as Americans and we will stand against that.”

Many prominent figures from the university participated in the vigil as well, such as Vice President and Provost Mark Thompson, Rabbi

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STUDENTS SPEAK UP

U.S. District Court Judge James Robart issued a ruling that halted President Trump’s travel ban on Saturday, Feb. 4. The ban has been a topic of controversy. Students share their thoughts on the executive order.

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“I think the [executive order] is flawed because banning seven nations worth of people isn’t really going to keep us much safer. It’s a pretty well-known fact that most terrorist acts come from other Americans; it’s not really Muslims. I don’t think it’s an imminent threat, and I don’t think it helps. It just causes more problems.”

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Moya Crowley| Public Relations| Sophomore “The [executive order] affects all Americans and America, also. As history shows, it’s a melting pot. Everyone comes from everywhere and everyone is affected by it, so it’s definitely important enough to be brought to the Supreme Court.”

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“I feel like the [executive order] is important [to go to the Supreme Court], considering that our president is inflicting this, and the fact that I feel like the whole country was in the right direction before he was our president. I feel like something has to be done.”

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Eesha Dave|Health Science Studies| Senior “Honestly, it seems like the [executive order] is based off of a specific religion, and I don’t think that’s fair because a lot of these people are suffering, and they really need help, and this country is based off of immigrants. So just blocking people from coming here? I just don’t think it’s fair. The Supreme Court needs to do something so that it can’t happen.”

Beyond the Bobcats

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Man dies after falling while shoveling snow

Yale University renames college named after white supremacist

Miguel Gonzalez, 59, was shoveling snow on the steps of his apartment building in New York City on Thursday morning when he slipped, fell and crashed through a glass window, according to Fox61. Gonzalez was clearing snow on the steps leading down the lobby before he cut his face and neck from the fall. He passed away shortly after at Metropolitan Hospital. Neighbors described Gonzalez as a nice man, who worked as a doorman at the apartment building in Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

Yale University announced that it will rename Calhoun College, named after former slave owner and white supremacist John C. Calhoun, according to NBC News. This decision reversed a decision made in April 2015 to keep the name after debates regarding the college being named after a controversial public figure. Peter Salovey, the president of Yale, recently said Calhoun College would no longer be named after John C. Calhoun because racism was the basis of his policies.

The college will be renamed after Grace Murray Hooper, a Yale alumnus who earned her master’s degree and Ph.D. in mathematics in the 1930s, according to NBC News. Hooper also received a Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama in November.

Louisville receives 52 overdose calls in less than three days Louisville Metro Emergency Services responded to 52 overdose situations between midnight on Wednesday and 8 a.m. on Friday morning, according to CNN. The week prior, there were 25 overdose calls during the same 32 hours. Mitchell Burmeister, a spokesman for Louisville Metro said most of the calls were for heroin overdoses. In January, the facility responded to 695 overdose calls, averaging at around 22 calls a day. One person who was using heroin while riding in a car that crashed was killed. No other deaths were reported.

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Republican students discuss attending a liberal arts university

By VICTORIA SIMPRI Associate News Editor

Quinnipiac works to provide its students with the best of a liberal arts education, according to the university website. While views on college campuses tend to be liberal, this is not true of all universities.

Going to a liberal arts school does not mean that the school itself is liberal, according to senior physical therapy major and vice president of the Quinnipiac University College Republicans [QUCR] Rachel Ziner.

QUCR is a student organization that offers ways for students to become more active in the GOP in Hamden, the state of Connecticut and nationally.

For Ziner, a liberal arts education emphasizes broad education about topics such as science, literature and government.

“People may have more liberal views than mine, but I don’t believe the university’s affiliation as a liberal arts school has anything to do with that,” Ziner said in an email.

While Quinnipiac may be a liberal arts school, there are other liberal arts universities that are much more “in your face liberal,” according to Ziner.

“The greatest part of [QUCR] is being able to talk to people who share your views and feel like you have a place to fit into,” Ziner said. “It’s always difficult being the minority, but luckily Quinnipiac’s student body has been really respectful about accepting others opinions, even if they differ from their own.”

Senior finance and accounting major George Corde is a member of QUCR and believes that the campus is evenly made up of the members of all of the various political parties.

Having diversity of thought, especially on a college campus, is a good thing, according to Corde.

“I don’t mind having people around campus with differing opinions,” he said.

“I know within all of the different organi-

zations that I’m in, everybody has different thoughts and ideas, and there are some people who have the same thoughts as me but it doesn’t really bother me that much.”

Having a diverse campus allows for civil conversations about politics, according to Corde.

“Honestly, I’m very open about politics,” Corde said. “I was open that I was a Trump supporter, all of my friends knew that, everyone knows, that and I’m open to talking about it. I always have people who come and we just talk about politics for hours, and it’s normally civil.”

The liberal arts education that Quinnipiac provides attracts the liberal-minded students, which establishes a good mixture of beliefs and ideas that create a healthy environment, according to Ziner.

“We need differential views to find a bipartisan solution to the extreme tension that exists in today’s society between the Democratic and Republican parties,” Ziner said.

Senior accounting and CIS major and Chairman of QUCR Kevin Casserino believes that Quinnipiac is one of the more conservative liberal arts universities.

“In the SGA [Student Government Association] mock election, you saw at Quinnipiac a much larger percentage of the population vote for the Republican party than we did nationally in our same age bracket,” Casserino said. “I think that the school and the administration do a great job of kind of keeping everything very balanced throughout the entire school.”

While the campus provides a safe space to talk about politics, the internet and social media are where Ziner finds that hatespewed conversations erupt.

“On campus, I’ve only had respectful political conversations with people whose views differ from mine,” she said. “My professors haven’t brought up political topics in class so I haven’t had many conversations about politics in class. Social media is where most of the disrespectful and hate-filled ar-

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Senior George Corde is a member of Quinnipiac University College Republicans.

guments and comments happen.”

QUCR gives students a space to say what they believe in a comfortable environment with people who share the same ideas as them, according to Ziner.

QUCR is growing as an organization and would like to get more involved with the QU Democrats, according to Casserino.

“We would love to have some of these conversations not just with the Democrats but everybody,” he said. “We’d love to host a forum just to discuss just what people really think because it’s discussion that helps the wounds rather than pointing fingers. So we’d love to do that.”

Students volunteer to assist local residents with tax returns

By JEREMY TROETTI Staff Writer

Many people choose to have their taxes prepared by professionals rather than enduring the stress of doing the work themselves.

However, this help does not often come cheap, and for low-income households, the expense can be crippling.

Fortunately, for low-income residents in the Hamden area, Quinnipiac’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) group is here to help.

Professor Matthew Maron, who is the coordinator of the program, explained how the VITA program started at the university.

“The program was started by Dr. Nelson Alino, the chair of the accounting department in the School of Business,” Maron said. “The VITA program at his prior school was very successful, which led him to start the program here at Quinnipiac.”

Quinnipiac’s VITA program is entering its 10th year of existence and its third year based at the M.L. Keefe Community Center in Hamden, according to Maron.

All tax returns are prepared by the student volunteers and reviewed by Maron, who is also a certified public accountant, or Professor Nick Mesenti, who is a certified public accountant and attorney.

Maron said the program is aimed at helping those in the Hamden area that may not be able to otherwise afford an accountant, as well as some Quinnipiac students and staff who may find themselves in the same position.

Nicole Savas is part of the VITA group at Quinnipiac.

“The taxes are prepared for taxpayers with annual household income of $54,000 or less. Just a handful of students have their taxes prepared, but a vast majority are local residents of greater Hamden,” Maron said.

“We have many taxpayers who walk or take the bus to the center to have their taxes prepared. But the VITA program is available to QU students and staff who meet the $54,000 VITA requirement.”

Maron described the predicament that

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many of VITA’s clients face.

“These taxpayers cannot afford to have their taxes prepared, even struggling to keep food on their table, as many utilize the food bank at the Keefe Center,” Maron said.

Junior Elizabeth Kloos, a VITA member, explained some of the benefits of taking part in the program.

“I think the QU VITA program is a wonderful opportunity for students, like myself, to gain real life experience in the tax field,”

Kloos said. “Professor Maron and all the other reviewers at the site are so helpful and encouraging to all volunteers and clients turning what could be a daunting task into a perfect learning opportunity.”

Freshman Carly Klimek also feels that the program benefits both Quinnipiac students and the local community.

“I think it’s a really good thing. It helps both [the community residents] and Quinnipiac students, and that’s what [the students] will have to be doing very soon,” Klimek said.

Sophomore Nicole Savas, also a VITA member, said how the program benefits both community residents and Quinnipiac students.

“Anyone can walk in and we check to see if they meet the requirements, and if they do then we can do their taxes for them. This program is very beneficial for them because it is of no cost to them, so they do not need to worry about paying,” Savas said. “The program benefits us, the volunteers who are doing the taxes, because we get real-life experience and practice.”

According to Maron, there are 59 students who are volunteering in the program this year. Maron explained the impact that participation has on the university’s reputation.

“This is the VITA site in the Greater Hamden/New Haven area with the most volunteer preparers. This says a lot about the Quinnipiac students, and their commitment to service to the community,” Maron said.

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Theta to hold dodgeball tournament for CASA Kappa Alpha Theta will be hosting its annual philanthropy event Saturday, Feb. 18 at 9 p.m. in Burt Kahn Court. The event will be bracketed games of dodgeball to ultimately find the dodgeball champions of Quinnipiac. It is $5 per person to participate in a team of 8 and $3 to spectate. All of the proceeds will be going Theta’s philanthropy, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA).

SPB to have teddy bear stuffing The Student Programming Board (SPB) will be hosting a Stuff a Teddy Bear event Saturday, Feb. 18 at 8 p.m. in the Carl Hansen Student Center piazza. Students will be able to stuff a teddy bear and enjoy free snacks. Limited supplies are available, and it is first come, first serve.

Kappa Delta to host ‘Sweet on Shamrock’ The sorority Kappa Delta will be serving chocolate fondue and fruit to students on Monday, Feb. 20 at 6 p.m. in the Mount Carmel Dining Hall. The event will be raising money for the sorority’s philanthropy, Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAA). The proceeds will be donated to the local Children’s Center of Hamden. As part of their annual Shamrock Week leading up to the “Shamrock The Ropes” tug-of-war event, the event will be $5 per plate.

QTHON to host FTK Night For The Kids (FTK) Night is the final fundraising event before the actual night of QTHON in March. Participants will dance all night while families from Connecticut Children’s Medical Center (CCMC) and miracle children come to socialize and dance. Food and raffles will also be available.

The Morale Dance will be revealed and more Monday, Feb. 20 at 5:30 p.m. in the Burt Kahn Court.

Pi Phi to host pajama and ice cream event The sorority Pi Beta Phi will be hosting a pajama and ice cream night on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 9:15 p.m. in the Mount Carmel Dining Hall. The event serves as an information session to learn more about the sorority while enjoying free ice cream.

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‘Break Through to a Better You:’ A campaign for mental health awareness

By JESSICA RUDERMAN Staff Writer

As part of the national Bateman Case Study Competition, for the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA), students of the Quinnipiac Bateman team have developed the campaign, “Break Through to a Better You,” in support of the Campaign to Change Direction.

Through activities, events, music and support, the team hopes to inform the Quinnipiac community of the signs of mental illness along with resources and exercises available to alleviate the stress of everyday life.

PRSSA hosts this competition annually, inviting universities across the nation to become involved in bringing to light a cause in need of public attention.

This year, the chosen organization is the Campaign to Change Direction, which focuses on changing the mental health of America so all of those in need of care receive the support they deserve, according to the campaign’s website. “[The Campaign to Change Direction] wants everyone to recognize the five signs of emotional suffering,” Kristin DeMauro, senior public relations major and a member of the Bateman team, said. “It’s not necessarily about having a mental illness.”

As part of the Quinnipiac chapter’s efforts to promote the motives of the chosen campaign, the four members of the Bateman team, seniors DeMauro, Meagan Sharry, Helena Clarke and Jamie Chiraiello, have developed a series of activities for students and faculty to participate in throughout the month of their campaign on campus.

Some of these events include tabling in the Carl Hansen Student Center on Feb. 15 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., yoga in Burt Kahn Court on Feb. 22 at 9 p.m., a showing of the movie “Inside Out” on March 1 in the Mount Carmel Auditorium and a performance by a band while students eat food provided

by Eli’s on Whitney at 6 p.m. the week of March 6, location and day to be determined.

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Students of Quinnipiac’s PRSSA Bateman team work to inform the community on signs of mental illness.

Along with these functions, the team has also created a Facebook page, through which students can check into their mental health and take part in the de-stress playlist on SoundCloud.

“The playlist is really cool because Quinnipiac students contributed to it,” Clarke said. “Before winter break, we set up a table and as students walked by, they wrote down songs they use to de-stress and relax so Quinnipiac kind of actually made the playlist.”

Students will be able to access all of these tools and forms of stress relief located on the Facebook page on Wednesday, Feb. 15 when the campaign launches.

“I feel like the campaign is really important for college students in general because everyone is just stressed out all the time,” Clarke said. “I feel like here [at Quinnipiac] no one really takes time for themselves so that’s our main thing, to educate through the five signs in the events we are having so people can take time for themselves and be like, ‘Am I OK? Am I stressed? How am I doing?’”

Although the target of each

campaign varies based on the university participating in the competition, the QU chapter has decided to focus on students and the Residential Assistants (RAs) specifically.

“We targeted students, but we also targeted RAs specifically because we feel they are influential to students here,” DeMauro said.

“They’re the ones guiding students so when they are stressed, they’re the people teaching them the five signs. We want to educate the RAs first so the students are reached sooner.”

The team has planned to meet with RAs to supply handouts and inform them of the five signs that might mean someone is in emotional pain or needs help that are recognized as personality change, agitation, withdrawal, poor selfcare and hopelessness. These signs are listed on the campaign website with further explanations.

“A lot of this is not just being one in five of those that actually suffers from any kind of mental illness,” Chiraiello said. “It’s not just targeting people who need to go to the school therapist and talk to them about it it’s about people who are maybe having a rough

week. It’s really about being able to recognize it as far as a campus community, recognizing it so you can recognize it in yourself, in a friend, in a teacher, or in a classmate.”

The Bateman team will continue their campaign from Feb. 15 to March 15 until their required submission of the results of their outreach and success as a campaign are to be presented to the national panel of judges. The judges will ultimately chose the top three competitors, and then the winner of the competition.

“The long-term goal is [the team is] going to kick off this campaign at QU, but what they hope to do is change the culture after March 15,” Hillary FussellSisco, academic advisor to the Bateman team and chair of the department of strategic communications, said. “Then, the five signs are a part of RAs training; it’s part of everybody at Quinnipiac so that they understand if anyone is feeling the strains of emotional of health they have the resources to go to.”

Woodward: ‘Strategic planning goes into preparation for a snowstorm’ WEATHER from cover nity,” Woodward said. “Our number priority is to work safely and get the university back to normal operations as quickly as possible.”

Storm preparation and removal was not the only problem Quinnipiac had to tackle this past week in regards to the weather.

The university closed Pine Grove because of potential falling branches that were deemed unsafe, according to an email sent by QU News.

“With projected wind gusts of around 50 m.p.h. today, the Facilities Department is closing the Pine Grove, the walkway that extends between the Carl Hansen Student Center and Tator Hall and the College of Arts and Sciences on the Mount Carmel Campus. Members of the university community are asked to use the sidewalk and the driveway in the South Lot when walking in that area today,” the email said.

Freshman biomedical sciences major Sofia Possidento is a commuter at Quinnipiac and wishes that

the university took commuters into account when closing the university and issuing parking bans.

“I commute so it’s kind of stressful if they don’t cancel class,” Possidento said. “I have to drive here from 20 minutes away, so it stresses me out when there’s snow but I do like getting a day off.”

It would be helpful if the university informed students and professors the night before that the university would be closing, according to Possidento. This would allow for planning for upcoming inclement

weather.

Freshman biomedical sciences major Brooke Meka loves the snow and the opportunity to get a day off every once in awhile. However, Meka also believes that the university should issue the cancellation earlier than 5:30 a.m.

“I wish it was earlier because a lot of schools were cancelling, but I think Quinnipiac likes to see if a lot of schools were cancelling rather than wasting a day,” Meka said.

Reporting by: Hannah Feakes, Kelly Ryan and Victoria Simpri

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‘Hidden Figures’ author as keynote speaker for Black History Month

By JENNIE TORRES

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On Feb. 8, best-selling author Margot Lee Shetterly addressed a crowded audience in the Burt Kahn Court to talk about her book, “Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians who Helped Win the Space Race.”

Shetterly went into detail on why she was inspired to write the true accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden, the brilliant women who were shadowed from the limelight for decades.

Following her speech, she interacted with the audience with a Q&A session and a book signing.

A Virginia native, Shetterly is a graduate from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce. She studied finance and media, and founded the English-language magazine in Mexico. Additionally, Shetterly also founded The Human Computer Project in 2013. Shetterly achieved many feats, and her book publication is no exception.

Assistant Vice President of Public Affairs Karla Natale helped in organizing the event by collaborating with the Cultural and Global Engagement Office.

“We basically work every year with the Cultural and Global Engagement Office on a Black History month keynote speaker and we look every year to what’s going on currently, popular figures that might be in current events,” Natale said. “This year we took a look and saw that the book came out, that the movie was going to be released in January and that it was a great tie in timing wise with when we would look to have a lecture.”

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People gather in Burt Kahn Court to hear Margot Lee Shetterly discuss her book, “Hidden Figures.”

Natale said she believes the book tells an inspirational story about women-minority women in particular- and can be a tool for other people to follow their dreams.

“It was just kind of a no-brainer to just say this would be a great story to bring to our students and to make sure they’re aware as well” Natale said.

Shetterly grew up in the city of Hampton-the same city Vaughn, Jackson, Johnson and Darden lived in- and she never truly realized their contributions to the space program until several years ago.

“The thing that pushed me to write [the book] was my father talking about the women that he worked with and my husband then saying, well how come I don’t know this history?” Shetterly said. “So that was really the spark to get me to say, well, I don’t really know this history even though I grew up

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in Hampton.”

From that point forward, in 2010, Shetterly began the process of writing “Hidden Figures.” Throughout the years, she researched information about the lives of these four women.

“I think the very first meeting with Katherine Johnson, my mom just called her up and said, hey can we come over and that was it,” Shetterly said. “They were my neighbors, they were all apart of our community so they were just like normal people who lived in my community.”

From the time of World War II all the way to the Space Race, Vaughn, Jackson, Johnson and Darden were the “human computers” who were able to succeed in helping send astronauts like Neil Armstrong and John Glenn into space.

Shetterly said throughout her writing

process, she was confident these women’s stories would eventually present itself into a motion-picture, yet it was still a thrilling experience to see that dream come to life.

“It’s been this very huge deal and it’s very exciting and a little overwhelming but I’m just very excited and I just think it’s a great job. I like the movie, I think they did a very good job,” Shetterly said.

Shetterly purpose for writing this book was the desire to give these women the recognition they deserved by telling their story and thanks to her efforts, “Hidden Figures” became the No. 1 New York times best seller and its film adaption ranked No. 1 at the box office for 2 weeks in a row since its official US release on Dec. 25.

The story of the amazing feats these women accomplished inspired many people like Sophomore Luna Charles.

“I truly loved the event. I was really satisfied with everything that she said. I felt like it was very moving and inspirational, especially being a woman of color,” Charles said. “I want to be able to say that I am making a change, I’m really making a difference in the world just by doing something in the world that I’m really truly passionate about.”

Shetterly said the stories of Vaughn, Johnson, Jackson and Darden can encourage others to continue chasing their dreams no matter the challenges they face.

“I think one of the morals of the story is, life is tough, there are things that happen to you that you have no control over,” Shetterly said. “There are people who will not like you simply because of the way you look or whatever, but you just have to keep moving and that’s what these women did.”

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• receive a cash prize • are listed on the sculptural plaque in the Arnold Bernhard Library • are introduced at the University Convocation • attend a board of trustees reception • enjoy a luncheon with President John L. Lahey • are honored at a gala dinner in the fall (If your nominee is selected, you will receive an invitation to the dinner.)

YOU DECIDE who will be the new recipients of the teaching or service awards. Nominate someone today!

At the 2106 Center for Excellence Awards Ceremony with President John L. Lahey, back row from left: Odette Franceskino, Dr. Christine Van Cott, Lahey and Lani Keller. Front row, from left: Mark Tortora, John Reap and John Polascik.

Nomination forms are available online at www.qu.edu/centerforexcellence and are due by April 15, 2017.

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Student wins Global Student Entrepreneur Award

By JENNIE TORRES

Social Media Coordinator

Sophomore entrepreneurship major Kostas Sousoulas earned the opportunity of a lifetime by qualifying for the national Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) Finals, after winning the Connecticut statewide championship.

Sousoulas entered the competition with the hopes of impressing the judges with his own original invention. Sousoulas said he thought of his invention during his senior year of high school while working in a food truck alongside his girlfriend.

He became the founder and CEO of his company, Yimello Smoothies. The official website said that they want their customers to experience all the endless health benefits that their smoothies have to offer.

“It’s a single serving frozen smoothie,” Sousoulas said. “It’s all natural, so there’s no additives. The ingredients are just fruit, there is nothing to preserve it and our fruits are [nongenetically modified organisms] and also gluten-free.”

For roughly two and a half years, Sousoulas would make all natural smoothies in his food truck whilst developing this retail product on the side.

Sousoulas said that there were challenges in creating his product throughout the years.

“Thinking of the idea wasn’t the hardest because [my girlfriend and I] were [working at] the food truck, and we saw that people liked smoothies,” he said. “But the hardest was finding all the components, finding a supplier, figuring out how to develop the flavors, logistically how we would be distributing the product around the country.”

Nevertheless, Sousoulas was able to finalize his invention in time to apply for the GSEA local competition in Connecticut.

GSEA is an organization founded in 1998 with a mission to provide student entrepreneurs the chance to boost their success and challenge the status quo. “[GSEA] is the premier global competition for students who own and operate a business while attending college or university,” according to the official GSEA website.

Sousoulas said his professor, associate pro-

fessor of entrepreneurship, Dale Jasinski, sent him an email about the GSEA, telling him to apply for the competition if he was interested.

Jasinski said he knows Sousoulas to be an incredibly humble and passionate person.

“It is obvious that he knows the value of hard work from his family and is driven to succeed for the right reasons,” Jasinski said. “It’s not about the money, it’s about creating a business that provides a product that truly improves the lives of his customers and his community.”

Throughout the competition, Sousoulas had to advertise Yimello Smoothies to a group of judges with a 15 minute PowerPoint presentation and a Q-and-A session, and out of the many state applicants Sousoulas won, securing a spot in the upcoming finals.

The next competition will be the United States National Finals on March 6 in attempts to win a spot to compete in the ultimate GSEA Finals, located this year in Frankfurt, Germany from April 27-29.

Jasinski said Sousoulas will be a great representative of the state of Connecticut for the national finals.

“He won because he knows his product, [and] knows what he wants his business to do,” Jasinski said. “He is good proof that the best way to be an entrepreneur is to be one. Just get started and good things tend to happen if you work hard and listen to your customers.”

Freshman entrepreneurship and computer science major Evan Rigsby is one of Sousoulas’ friends and he said he is not surprised about Sousoulas being a finalist at all.

“He kind of had that demeano,r and he views things long term, his view is not in the present, it’s always in the future,” Rigsby said.

“Having that attitude, it’s a clear statement that you know, he’s here to win it.”

Sousoulas’ father, John, said his son always seemed like a mature person for his age and witnessing him grow his company and become a finalist brought immense joy to his heart.

“When you actually see the product you know, the final product, I mean I was literally in tears with how much work over the years he’s put into it, but I couldn’t have been more proud of his accomplishments and mainly of the per-

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Kostas Sousoulas is the CEO and founder of Yimello Smoothies, a single serving frozen smoothie.

son he is,” he said.

When it comes to the future of Yimello Smoothies, Sousoulas hopes to present his product to the university.

“I would love to be able to bring my food truck. I know Quinnipiac does some farmers markets or stuff like that,” Sousoulas said.

“I’d love to do that, just to share it with my classmates.”

Sousoulas said he found the experience competing at GSEA to be amazing and is looking forward to his progression in the

competition.

“I have a lot of faith in myself and my product, but it was not something I usually do so I had a nice outcome that I got to that level, but I didn’t expect to win the one in Connecticut,” Sousoulas said. “It’s just a big, big honor to have been chosen to do this and now to be representing Connecticut in this thing. It’s fantastic.”

Ariza: ‘It goes against our values as a nation’ VIGIL from cover

Ariza said. “It goes against our values as a nation. It was very clear that while Trump said, ‘This is not anti-Muslim,’ the discussion that followed the executive order was very much targeting Muslims in seven countries and not others.”

Thompson said it is important the university shows support for those affected by President Trump’s executive order.

“I think we have an obligation to know they are a valued part of the community,” Thompson said. “It’s another example of a way to bring a current issues to the forefront of discussion, and it’s another opportunity for different viewpoints to be heard and give us the chance to talk with one another and learn from each others perspectives.”

Student Government Association Senior Class Representative Chris Desilets participated in the vigil and said this executive order hits close to home for him since his mother immigrated to the United States.

“I think it is sad we live in a time in our country where there are people that are worried that the country doesn’t believe that they belong,” Desilets said. “I think it is good that students get

to see that there are other students on this campus that are willing to stand with them and stand for them of all different grades, nationalities, colors, and I think that is very important.”

Assistant Professor of Anthropology Julia Giblin said she participated in the vigil to show support for students and faculty on this campus affected by the ban.

“I wanted to be here to support faculty and the students on campus who are feeling worried or threatened about this executive order and how it impacts people in our community who may not be protected,” Giblin said.

Sophomore Caroline Sullivan was walking by the vigil and eventually decided to participate. She thinks the protest is great because it is peaceful and respectful which is appropriate for a college campus.

“It is happening all across the country and I think it is important that students are expressing their opinion towards what is going on in our government,” Sullivan said. “It is important for this country to have this voice among it’s citizens.”

Giblin said that the vigil demonstrated how the faculty and students care about one another and show that there is hope when we all get to-

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Members of the Quinnipiac community hold signs in support of the silent demonstration.

gether.

“I wanted to promote thinking about understanding and openness versus exclusion and

building walls or bans on people who enter the country,” she said.

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Why the university should cancel earlier When there’s a storm approaching, the and almost 76,000 people are injured in car weather app says 100 percent chance of snow crashes during a snowfall or sleet, according and all Hamden and North Haven schools to safewinterroads.org.

When you’re living on main campus, you are closed, we can safely assume Quinnipiac will be cancelled. However, there have been just have to worry about walking to class in the snow and not times when we’ve all thought, slipping. But when “There’s no way we’ll have class you’re commuting a today,” only to find ourselves sitKRISTEN RIELLO half hour from your ting in a class while our cars are Creative Director house, things start to being buried under snow. Think @kristenriello change. There are a back to that Tuesday a few weeks lot more variables in ago when the University finally play than just your closed at 5 p.m. after a long affeet on the ground. ternoon of continuous snow fall.

There were car crashes all along Whitney Av- It’s one of the scariest things to get behind enue. on the way to the Mount Carmel cam- the wheel in a snowstorm and to start slippus as the day grew closer to the cancellation. ping all over the road feeling like you have Each year, almost 900 people are killed no control.

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I always assumed that they didn’t cancel school the night before because they don’t want students partying. Thinking back to my freshman year, I remember when they announced the cancellation the night before and all of Commons pretty much lost their minds and went wild.

I don’t know if that’s the reason, and I’m not sure the process of the school’s cancellation.

But if you’re the boys who live below me, you’ll wait up all night for the potential cancellation and start partying and screaming “LETTTTTTTT’SSSSS GOOOOOOOOOOO!” over and over and over again promptly at 5:20 a.m. when the university finally decides to cancel. I wish I was kidding.

The many parents who attend and work at this school probably need to find arrangements for someone to watch their children if their kids’ schools are closed, but Quinnipiac is not. Even public schools cancel the night before when the weather is predicted to be severe for the next day.

I’m not writing this to complain about how the university doesn’t cancel enough, because honestly, I couldn’t care less. Most of us still have the same amount of work whether or not the school is open. I just wish we had more notice of a cancellation when the forecast is predicting several inches of snow, like this past Thursday.

What I would want from the school is to be treated like an adult who needs to plan how they’re getting to school and work.

MAJOR: Journalism and Political Science YEAR: Junior FUN FACT: “I am president of the Muslim Student Association.”

“Why are you handing out doughnuts?”

“Today we held Rose Day. It’s an event the Muslim Student Association hosts every year. We do it to spread love and kindness on campus. We give away free roses and free doughnuts, and all we ask is that people do a random act of kindness on campus in return. Unfortunately, there has been a lot of negativity and hatred around the country, so we are trying to spread cheerfulness and joy by giving away free doughnuts and roses.”

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Love on the Love is more than the bond between two people. In the wake of Valentine’s Day we focused on what love means to us and the members of the Quinnipiac community. -A.Perelli

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WHAT DOES LOVE MEAN TO YOU? “Giving the person you love the last Cheeto.”

-Mike Diekmann, freshman biology major

“When you care about someone else more than you care about yourself.”

-Filomena Stabile, sophomore philosophy major

“When your friend buys you food from the cafe because you don’t have enough meal plan.”

-Rory Lavery, sophomore athletic training and physical therapy major

“Having to go all the way down stairs just to get something for your family that’s two feet away from them.”

-Nicholas Camcecho, junior biology major

AS DRAKE WOULD SAY, ‘MAN, I LOVE MY TEAM’ When I was able to wear the jersey There are three things guaranteed in my life; death, taxes and my eternal diehard properly, I grew up spending my Saturlove for the Toronto Maple Leafs Hockey days in Los Angeles doing the same thing my dad did when he was a kid in Toronto; Club.

Now, you might think I’m crazy for watching Hockey Night in Canada on CBC loving a team that hasn’t won a champion- via NHL Center Ice. I saw some great ship in (cough, cough) 50 years. players like Mats You might think I’m insane for Sundin, Joe Nieucheering on a team from over JUSTIN CAIT wendyk, Alex Mo2,500 miles away. You might Associate Sports Editor @justin_cait gilny, Gary Roberts even call me out of my right and Curtis Joseph to mind for worshipping a kid name a few. younger than me, dubbed as the The Leafs, led by savior of this franchise.

Hear me out, I was basically born with a legendary head coach and general manager Pat Quinn, put together some unbelievable Maple Leaf on my chest.

The first thing I received out of the teams in the pre-salary cap era, but time afwomb was the warm embrace of my mother ter time they could never get it done.

Now, you might think I had it rough and a completely oversized Toronto Maple seeing my team get so close and lose year Leafs jersey from my dad.

after year. To put the bigger picture of my favorite team’s longtime struggles into perspective, they haven’t won a Stanley Cup Championship since 1967.

My dad was five-years-old when that happened. He’s 55 now.

I have struggled with this team, but growing up seeing my Dad’s ability to stick with a team — that became absolutely atrocious after the 2004-05 NHL lockout — for his entire life must have inspired me. He was the most excited when the Leafs put together good games and the opposite after losses.

Like my Dad, I have lived vicariously through this team.

Through the horrid seasons Toronto displayed from 2006-2015 I rarely missed a game. But why would I do this?

In the words of Toronto’s own Drizzy

Drake, “Man, I love my team.”

But in all seriousness, there is something about growing up and sticking it out with a team, a person, an artist or anything for that matter, that becomes second nature after a certain amount of time.

There’s something thrilling about travelling to away games in Anaheim or Arizona or even Brooklyn to catch a glimpse of the an extremely mediocre team over the last decade. Despite continuous failure in the franchise for years there is a ‘sea of blue’ anywhere the Leafs go.

Finally after living basically my entire life loving a burden of a team, they are finally good. It is now an absolute joy to watch skilled players skate for the blue and white.

When my team does well, I’m happy.

It’s insane.

QUINNIPIAC VALENTINE’S DAY CARDS My QCard isn’t the only thing I tapped this Valentine’s Day. To: From: I’m Au Bon Pain-fully in love with you.

To: From:

Forget Hilltop, there is always a spot in my lot for you.

To: From: The post office line isn’t the only thing that’s long this Valentine’s Day. To: From:

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HOW DO YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF WHEN YOU’RE STRESSED? “You’ve got to be confident in yourself that you are going to get everything done and you have to do casual planning ahead.”

“I like to stay in my room and watch my favorite shows or movies.”

-Natakki Jones, freshman psychology major

-Jeremy Caulkins, junior entrepreneur major

“I try to be organized and I relax by watching Netflix.”

-Jessica Joas, sophomore biology major

“I like to go to the gym or go on the running trail and run out all of my frustrations, which helps a lot and then I can focus more.”

“You just gotta be zen.”

“I’ll either nap or workout to destress.”

“I listen to music or take a really long shower and I bump my favorite music on my mini speaker.”

-Kenny MacMaster, sophomore economics major

-Kacey LaBar, senior media studies major

-Allie Bridgeman, senior health sciences major

-Marcquan Parris, senior biology major

BE YOUR OWN GOOD FRIEND Since college, I have been told that I’m a really good friend. I’ve got the good listener part down and I’m a pro at dragging my friends to get pints of Ben and Jerry’s whenever they have bad days (or if I do).

I think we forget how true this is. Nobody I asked my best friend what words she has to love us. We give them reasons to would use to describe me everyday just by being as a friend and she said, us, and what I’ve really “genuine, loyal, warm and come to realize is that KELLY RYAN appreciative,” and I was when we love ourselves, Associate News Editor humbled by that. I love it’s easier for others to see @kellyannryann being a good friend. how much they should What I’ve struggled love us too. It’s a blessing with in the past is being that other people love us, my own good friend. I so we have to own the tended (and still tend) to be very hard on love that we deserve. myself, only focus on my flaws and compare myself to other girls.

What I don’t really understand is if I am able to be a good friend to other people, why can’t I be a good friend to myself? I emphasize all the amazing things about my friends and don’t even see the things that they think are flaws, so why is it so hard to do it for myself?

I understand that we are our own worst critics. I swear we’re wired that way. Selflove is a scary, daunting and confusing thing that I’m not sure I will ever wrap my head around, but for now, I’m working on me. I think everyone should work on them.

This is a big one for me. I spend way In a blog post written by Hali Tsotetsi on more time than I want to admit admiring mindbodygreen.com, she listed 12 great rea- other people and wishing I was them. Why sons to love yourself. I have a few favorites. do we do that? We’re not them, we’re never going to be them, we are going to be us forever, so we should quit imagining otherwise.

It’s a colossal waste of time and energy and will only make us feel worse.

UP TO OTHERS TO LOVE YOU.”

“LOVE YOURSELF BECAUSE WHILE PEOPLE COME IN AND OUT OF YOUR LIFE, YOU WILL ALWAYS REMAIN.”

I said before, we can’t change who we are, so we might as well be as comfortable as we can with ourselves. That means owning who we are, believing in who we are, sharing who we are with the people who love us and being confident in who we are.

And most importantly:

“LOVE YOURSELF BECAUSE ONCE YOU ACBy far the most important thing I have CEPT WHO YOU taught myself is that I can trust myself. I believe in myself and would never go against ARE, YOU CAN what I stand for and what I value and that is “LOVE YOURso crucial to loving myself. Above all else, I FOCUS YOUR ENSELF BECAUSE know that if for any reason, everyone I loved walked away, I would still be there for me.

ERGY ON OTHER WISHING TO BE We’re the only ones who can pick ourselves up and stand up for ourselves.

MATTERS AND SOMEONE ELSE “LOVE YOURSELF PEOPLE IN YOUR IS A SENSE OF BECAUSE YOU’VE LIFE.” I think I figured out why I’m a good MISERY AND EXBEEN BLESSED friend. I’ve learned how to be my own good friend which has allowed me to focus HAUSTION.” WITH THE SKIN on being there for the people in my life.

I’ve learned to love myself so I can put my energy into other things that matter. That’s YOU’RE IN, SO a beautiful realization. Be your own good WEAR IT COM- friend.

“LOVE YOURSELF FORTABLY.” BECAUSE IT ISN’T When it comes down to it, we are more lucky than we realize just to be here. Like

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF FIRST “You can’t take care of others if you for other people has always been a priority to me but recently I’ve realized this does not can’t take care of yourself.”–Mary Mazzer.

I used to think this quote was a guilt trip mean I need to neglect myself.

If being kind is important to you and for people whose lives were a mess. I am someone who struggles to be positive every makes you happy, you must be kind to yoursingle day. Between balancing classes, ex- self first. Simply saying “yes” whenever an tracurricular responsibilities, friendships, a opportunity to help arises won’t satisfy you, it will drain you. Having relationship and family, it the approval of everyone is so rare that I have time around you will not autoto sit down and think about MADISON FRAITAG matically make you apmyself. Until last year, I Arts & Life Editor @madisonnrosee13 prove of yourself. thought this was fine.

Mental health is the We all want to be good key to a positive lifestyle. I people. Who wouldn’t know from personal expelove to be the friend helping someone through a tough day or the rience that anxiety and depression can litersignificant other supporting someone else’s ally change a person. If you allow the stressinterests before their own? Or the roommate ors in your daily life to pile up enough, you that turns down their favorite song because won’t be able to enjoy things that you have someone else has a headache? Being there loved your whole life. I will never claim that

it is easy to become mentally healthy, it can be nearly impossible at times but my point is that you owe it to yourself to try.

At the end of the day, the only person you are permanently stuck with is yourself.

The most important and beneficial thing you can do for yourself is to set aside time to figure out what makes you happy, what brings joy to your life, what relaxes you, what is stressful but worth dealing with and how you can find time to fit all of these in your daily life. This can be as simple as listening to a new song every night before bed, writing letters to an old friend, doodling for five minutes before doing homework or walking the long way back to your dorm on a nice day. If you can find those five minutes each day for purely yourself, the rest of your day won’t be so bad.

One major obstacle when trying to

achieve this is coexisting with the people around you. If you have a condescending professor or an unorganized boss or even a roommate dealing with similar issues as yourself, you need to believe that you cannot deal with or even help them until you take care of yourself. How can you expect to solve other people’s issues with your own constantly weighing on your shoulders?

Take the time to sit and think about how you are feeling before you dive into someone else’s pool of problems.

Once you finally figure out what works for you and prepares you to face the day with a clear head and a sincere smile, others will be able to rely on you even more than before. And if anyone calls you selfish for putting yourself first, please have them read this article. You’ll be doing them a favor.

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Every body matters

‘A Million Reasons’ body shaming should be a thing of the past

By HANNAH FEAKES News Editor

Raise your hand if you’re a Pats fan. Yeah, me too. Raise your hand if you think it’s acceptable to criticize Lady Gaga’s body during her Super Bowl halftime performance. *cricket, cricket* Not so eager to own up to that one, huh?

During Gaga’s stunning performance, she had multiple wardrobe changes and one of the outfits revealed her midriff. No big deal, right? Wrong.

Twitter trolls ripped Gaga apart for showing her “flabby” stomach on national television.

Three offensive tweets were shown on CNN’s website on Feb. 8.

“Lady Gaga needs to do some crunches if she wants to show her flabby belly,” one read. Another one stated, “Tried to enjoy [Lady Gaga’s] performance but was distracted by the flab on her stomach swinging around.” And finally, “Was waiting for a surprise guest, but just got Lady Gaga’s gut.”

Of course, this is not the first time a celebrity has been ridiculed for having some fat on their body, and it is not just females that are mocked. Males often get body shamed for lack of muscles and abs.

Most recently, Rob Kardashian, Jonah Hill, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jay Cutler, quarterback for the Chicago Bears, were body-shamed online.

DiCaprio was vacationing in Bora Bora and was called “bloated,” according to Men’s Health magazine. He was also called “The Great Fatsby.”

One tweeter called Jonah Hill the “whale of wall street,” according to Men’s Health magazine.

Although the criticism that Gaga and many of these other celebrities received was hurtful, Gaga’s response to the negative comments was inspiring. She proved once again to be an example for young people on how to handle themselves in similar situations.

“I heard my body is a topic of conversation so I wanted to say, I’m proud of my body and you should be proud of yours too,” Gaga responded on Instagram.

“No matter who you are or what you do.

I could give you a million reasons why you don’t need to

cater to anyone or anything to succeed.

Be you, and be relentlessly you. That’s the stuff of champions. Thank you so much everyone for supporting me. I love you guys,” according to nme. com.

Gaga shows girls and boys all over the world that the only thing that matters is how you see your body and your success. If that is a positive image for you, no one else’s opinion should have an impact, according to Gaga.

How your body looks doesn’t matter. Raw talent, hard work and dedication are much more important, because these things result in better payoffs.

Just two days after her performance, Gaga’s music sales increased by 2,000 percent, according to USA Today. She sold 125,000 song downloads and 23,000 albums on Sunday. Her newest song, “A Millions Reasons,” had its best sales week ever.

Over the past years, there has been monumental push for improvement in women’s confidence across the country, thanks to leaders like Michelle Obama and her Let Girls Learn initiative, which teaches young women the importance of their education and their brains. Now, in this hectic time of confusion and doubt for our country, girls and boys need to know how smart, beautiful and important they are.

America should be teaching young girls and boys how to be confident and sassy in their own skins, the importance of building one another up and how to focus on the things that truly matter, like selling over 23,000 song albums in one day after a kickass performance on national television.

There needs to be a change. There needs to be one person with a voice and an idea. I’m volunteering to be that person, and here is my idea.

Instead of turning to social media to insult someone who doesn’t care about your opinion, work on taking that anger (wherever it stems from) and make positive changes in your own life and in the lives of people surrounding you.

That will probably make you feel a hell of a lot better about yourself than insulting a mega popstar who doesn’t know you exist, just saying.

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By LINDSAY PYTEL Staff Writer

Boston TD Garden lit up like the Fourth of July and so did fans of the Red Hot Chili Peppers at their concert last Tuesday. Though legal now in Massachusetts, marijuana is not legal in venues such as this, but that didn’t stop fans from passing the substance down the rows during the band’s opening song “Can’t Stop” and throughout the remainder of the concert.

An astounding crowd stood up bumping their heads to every song to celebrate RHCP’s “The Getaway” tour showcasing tracks from their most recent album. “The Getaway” is the first album released since their 2011 album “I’m With You,” according to the band’s official website.

Along with their new material, they also performed other popular fan favorites such as “Californication,” “Dani California” and “Suck My Kiss.”

Looking around not many seats were open, except the ones behind the stage for obvious reasons.

Across the top of the arena hung hundreds of cupshaped lights, shining down in different shapes and colors to each song they performed. The light show added a cosmic, out-of-world experience to the already exhilarating atmosphere.

Lead singer Anthony Kiedis wore a brace on his leg and still jumped all over the stage while singing each song.

Three of the four members have been performing together in the band since the mid-1980s. Their tightknit pocket of sound was evident as they fed off each other

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in interspersed jam sessions between songs. Chad Smith banged on his elaborate drum kit while Flea, wearing psychedelic pants, strummed the bass and yelled random inaudible comments to the audience.

Lead guitarist Josh Klinghoffer joined the band back in early 2010, according to Rolling Stone. Klinghoffer said nothing throughout the TD Garden performance. Joining a band that has been around for almost 40 years, with previous lead guitarist John Frusciante, Klinghoffer had big shoes to fill.

Performing “Hey” from the 2006 album “Stadium Arcadium,” Klinghoffer changed the iconic solo from the song, disappointing expectations of a Frusciante solo they love listening to from the comfort of their home. Though Klinghoffer gave the audience an impressive solo, it was underwhelming.

After ending their 14-song set with the 2002 hit “By The Way,” the band walked off stage. The lights stayed dim as the crowd cheered and begged for the four men to come back and play more. The fans’ prayers were answered as the band came back up and performed an encore of two original songs and a rendition of the “Cheers” theme song, paying tribute to the concert location.

One of the songs performed during the encore was “Goodbye Angels,” a popular number from their new album. This song reenergized the audience’s spirits and prepared them for their actual last song, “Give it Away.”

With spring semester now in full swing, the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Boston concert was a great getaway to an otherwise cold new year.

RED CARPET HIGH AND LOW NOTES The Grammy’s aren’t just for music. Celebrities stood out on the red carpet, for better or for worse. Check out who impressed and who was a mess. – M. Fraitag

Best Dressed Female Carrie Underwood

Worst Dressed Female Katy Perry

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By: Kristina Mendoza-Cabrera LADY GAGA STUNS AT SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW At last Sunday night’s Super Bowl halftime show, the pop star had a message that may have shocked much of her liberal following. Along with her wildly entertaining performance, she gave progressives a solid unifying principle: it is time for them to reclaim their patriotism. The singer was never shy when it came to her support for Hillary. A bevy of A-list celebrities, Gaga included, have been using their platforms as an opportunity to speak out against the current political scene. Many were speculating that Gaga might use her halftime spotlight to make a pointed political statement, and that she did. She opened the 13-minute performance with a beautiful rendition of God Bless America, followed by “This Land is Your Land,” along with a medley of her well-known hits. While this left may have left many liberals scratching their heads, it soon became clear what her intention was: to bring together progressives’ fervor for inclusion and the nation’s founding ideals.

QUEEN BEY HAS THE WORLD ‘CRAZY IN LOVE’ WITH HER LATEST ANNOUNCEMENT Apparently, Beyoncé has more than hot sauce in her bag. This time, Bey has blessed us two times over. Taking to Instagram on Feb. 1, the singer announced that she and husband Jay Z are pregnant with twins! When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. But Beyoncé is past lemonade– she’s having babies. Jay Z better get to work if he hopes on writing a song that tops “Blue Ivy,” the name of the couple’s first daughter.

VDARE.COM: THOSE WHO DARE TO BE IGNORANT In an interview with The Times, “Hidden Figures” actress Octavia Spencer said that some do not believe the true story upon which the film and non-fiction book written by Margot Lee Shetterly is based. Some believe the story of female AfricanAmerican mathematicians who worked at NASA to be just that -- a story. And one that has been “overhyped.” Well, The Times provided a link to these idiots, and sure enough, they exist. VDare. com is an anti-immigration, hate website intent on preserving the “American” image. Frankly, it is an insult to the contributions made by all people from all walks of life that have helped America not only to win the space race, but to become the country we know it to be.

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Indie-rock newcomers Pinegrove have made a large splash in just a short amount of time. After a plethora of EP releases, these Montclair, New Jersey natives’ 2016 debut full-length “Cardinal” is as easygoing and smile-inducing as an LP release could be.

If you’re a fan of whimsical lyrics and guitar riffs that will slow your heart rate, check out Pinegrove -C. Ronan

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All’s S’well

PHOTOS BY: EMMA ROBERTSON DESIGN BY: CHRISTINA POPIK

Everybody has seen them around campus: the funky patterned, sleek water bottles known as S’well bottles. S’Well, started in 2010, creates bottles that keep drinks cold for 24 hours and hot for 12. Priced from $25-45, S’well bottles come in various colors and patterns. Looking for a cheaper option? Knockoff brands have been popping up all over as this trend sweeps the water bottle world. –Emma Robertson

ACTUAL VS. KNOCKOFF “I love the print, and I love that it keeps my water cold like all day, it actually works pretty well.”

Olivia Maguire, sophomore physical therapy major “I just like that it keeps my drinks cold, and that it’s just a quick easy thing … when I leave my room I just remember to take it. I like using mine a lot, so yeah, I would recommend that other people use it, too.

They have so many different colors and styles and sizes, so there’s lots of options [to choose from].”

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“It’s actually not S’well, I think it’s Contigo … I think I got it at Walmart … it was about $12.99. My sister actually has a S’well bottle, and it’s like the same thing, and I use this every single day, I bring it to the gym, I bring it to school, so yeah, it’s really convenient.”

Sabrina Moller, freshman finance major “I like that it keeps it cold, all day it’s cold, my water. I have a S’well, and it’s the exact same thing.”

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Juliana McBroom, senior biology major

Bagelicious, tucked inside a small plaza straight down Whitney Avenue, offers a feast to cure your bagel cravings.

With flavors of bagels ranging from buffalo to chocolate chip, and quirky cream cheese flavors like strawberry, walnut and raisin, this small bagel shop will suit any flavor need of yours.

They also offer amazing and delicious bagel sandwiches that melt in your mouth. Muffins, pastries and plain bagels are also sold inside the shop, which itself is reminiscent of a ‘70s diner. The sandwiches are made right before your eyes and delivered to you in all their gooey and yummy glory.

Bagelicious sells great coffee, which they also make in front of you to your exact liking -- and when I say exact, I really mean it. They make sure to add just the amount of flavoring you want, and they are very generous with their amounts. My bacon, egg and cheese sandwich on a french toast bagel was served piping hot and dripping with cheese. It was the most delicious thing I’ve eaten since being back from break, and it was a perfect way to start my morning. The staff’s kindness and assistance made for some of the best service I have experienced in local restaurants, and I can’t wait to eat there again soon. –Charlotte Gardner

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SNOW DAY WORD SEARCH

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SNOW DAY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

JACKET MITTENS SCARF SHOVEL SNOWFLAKE SWEATER

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4. An activity where you build a human-like figure out of three balls of snow.

6. The streaming service used to binge watch television shows on snow days.

8. An activity where some students use cafeteria trays to slide down hills.

10. What wakes most students up on a snow day trying to clear the snow from the roads.

11. A warm beverage paired with marshmallows.

12. Formed by freezing, dripping water that hangs from rooftops and buildings.

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1. The ice that forms on your windshield overnight that you have to scrape off.

2. White and frozen precipitation that falls from the sky.

3. What coats the road and makes for dangerous driving conditions.

5. What happens to the snow when it starts to get warmer.

7. What friends usually throw at one another when they are outside when it is snowing.

9. The name of the season when it is cold and snows.

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RUNDOWN

MEN’S ICE HOCKEY Clarkson 4, QU 2 – Friday Andrew Shortridge: 27 saves Chase Priskie: 1 goal Kevin McKernan: 1 goal WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 1, St. Lawrence 1 – Saturday Sydney Rossman: 24 saves Emma Woods: 1 goal Clarkson 1, QU 0 – Saturday Rossman: 17 saves Melissa Samoskevich: 4 shots MEN’S BASKETBALL Saint Peter’s 76, QU 45 – Thursday Peter Kiss: 9 points Chase Daniels: 7 rebounds Rider 112, QU 107 – Saurday Daniels: 23 points, 4 rebounds Kiss: 17 points, 8 rebounds Andrew Robinson: 17 points Dixon: 15 points, 5 rebounds WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU 79, Marist 57 – Thursday Aryn McClure: 16 points, 5 rebounds Adily Martucci: 14 points QU 76, Siena 60 – Sunday McClure: 21 points, 7 rebounds Jen Fay: 14 points, 9 rebounds Sarah Shewan: 10 points, 4 rebounds WOMEN’S TENNIS Seton Hall 5, QU 2 – Saturday Sydney Young: 6-4, 6-0, win ACROBATICS & TUMBLING Baylor 281.110, QU 272.700 – Friday INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD Valentine Invitational – Friday Mikah Maples: Shot Put, 14th Place Carly Timpson: Weight Throw, 18th Place

GAMES TO WATCH

MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU at Union – Friday, 7 p.m.

QU at RPI – Saturday, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU vs. Union – Friday, 7 p.m.

QU vs. RPI – Saturday, 7 p.m MEN’S BASKETBALL QU vs. Fairfield– Friday, 9 p.m.

QU at Manhattan– Sunday, 6 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU vs. Iona – Friday, 5 p.m.

QU at Manhattan– Sunday, 3 p.m.

MEN’S TENNIS QU at Niagara – Saturday, 3 p.m.

WOMEN’S TENNIS QU at Niagara – Saturday, 3 p.m.

ACROBATICS & TUMBLING QU vs. Oregon – Sunday, 12 p.m.

MEN’S LACROSSE QU at Brown – Sunday, 1 p.m.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE QU vs. CCSU – Saturday, 4 p.m.

BASEBALL QU at Univ. of Texas San Antonio – Friday, 6 p.m.

QU at Univ. of Texas San Antonio (DH) – Saturday, 1 and 4:15 p.m.

QU at Univ. of Texas San Antonio – Sunday, 11:30 a.m.

INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD MAAC Championship – Sunday

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GAME OF THE WEEK

Women’s basketball runs past Marist

Bobcats continue dominance at home by beating Red Foxes in snow-day melee

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Women’s basketball sophomore guard Edel Thornton scored six points in a win against Marist on Feb. 9.

By SEAN TREPPEDI Contributing Writer

The snow proved to be no obstacle for the Quinnipiac women’s basketball on Thursday as it put the foot on the gas and prevailed in a 7957 decision over Marist to sweep the week’s pair of games.

“It was nice to see a really complete game wire-to-wire against a Marist team,” Quinnipiac head coach Tricia Fabbri said. “Good week for us and a good game.”

After Marist (11-3, 8-6) tallied the opening basket, Quinnipiac (196, 12-3) quickly assumed the lead and refused to let Marist have it back for the remainder of the game. The Red Foxes were knocking on the Bobcats’ door the entire first half as

they tied the game on four separate occasions. However, as the second quarter reached its waning minutes, the Bobcats went on a 10-0 run and that helped them to seize the momentum for the entire second half.

Snow pummelled TD Bank Sports Center prior to tip-off, the Bobcats were just hoping to stay focused and not let the inconvenience of the inclement weather affect their play on the court.

“You just worry this deep in the season how a snow day is going to affect you,” Fabbri said. “I say all the time I don’t like to think I’m superstitious and it’s like the complete opposite. We get the young ladies up here today and you’re sitting here waiting for the game, and

you don’t know how that’s all going to play out and it is Marist. It’s a big game regardless.”

The Bobcats were coming off a tough week of back-to-back losses heading into this weekend’s pair of games and were hoping to rebound with two wins to maintain first place in the MAAC. “I just liked our fight and our execution for 40 minutes, and coming off a week where we weren’t at our best and how we’ve answered,” Fabbri said.

The Bobcats once again proved who owns Lender Court as they added another win to their 10-1 home record against a strong road team in Marist.

“We knew tonight would be

a battle and [Marist has] been so good on the road in conference,” Fabbri said. “We’ve been so good at home and we knew something was gonna give.”

Sophomore forward Aryn McClure, who led the team with 16 points on the night, propelled the Bobcats to the victory alongside sophomore forward Jen Fay and senior guard Adily Martucci, who tallied 14 points apiece. The Bobcats also sank 14 three-pointers in the contest. The balanced scoring in the Bobcats’ starters is one of the key reasons they have reached success this season.

“Honestly, it’s just the mindset of wanting to get the ball, who wants to make the shot as opposed to a pass-first mentality and just being comfortable with who wants to make the shot, who wants the ball in their hands and figuring out a little bit how to play better against the zone,” Fabbri said.

The players agree that the key to scoring consistently is being comfortable with the ball and not passing it out of panic.

“The past couple games we kind of didn’t want to shoot it, so now we’re being more aggressive with it and just shooting confidently,” Martucci said.

McClure, who went 7-for-14 from the field in the game, struggled to put the ball in the hoop in the first half, but she turned her fortunes around in the second and was the leading force in the Bobcats’ acceleration in the latter.

“I started off 0-for-5, so I just had to turn it up the second half,” McClure said.

The Bobcats prepare to improve their road play and hold the lead in the MAAC as they host the Iona Gaels at 5 p.m. on Friday.

Men’s ice hockey fall in ECAC standings with loss to Clarkson HOCKEY from page 16 nan’s] year,” Pecknold said. “He’s chipping in offensively. He gets up in the rush. He’s been a really good player for us.”

The goal put the Bobcats within reach of a tie, prompting Pecknold to pull freshman goalie Andrew Shortridge with just over three minutes remaining.

A strong push in the offensive zone was there, but the goal was nowhere to be found when it counted.

Clarkson’s Vigneault potted an empty-netter for his eighth of the season and a solidified 4-2 victory for the Golden Knights in an important ECAC matchup.

Quinnipiac will pick things up again in ECAC action against Union on Feb. 17 at Messa Rink in Schenectady, New York.

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Junior men’s ice hockey forward Bo Pieper picked up his seventh assist in a 4-2 loss to Clarkson on Feb. 10.

Ives: ‘No matter what, I’m going to work really hard’ IVES from page 16 how much ice time you get a game.

It’s all about being a good teammate and a role model both on and off the ice. Nervick has been an example of a good teammate as she has been named a finalist for the 2017 Hockey Humanitarian Award, which is given

to a player that gives significant contributions to their team and community via leadership and volunteering.

Even though the Bobcats will be losing their two-year starting goaltender in Rossman after this season due to graduation, Turner has high hopes for Ives in the future.

“Quinnipiac has been synony-

mous for good goaltending and strong defense,” Turner said. “If you look across the span of time that we’ve been here, you’re going to see our scoring defense in the top five pretty consistently over the last eight or nine years.”

Ives still has a long college career ahead of herself. There will

be ups and downs in her next three years as a student-athlete and not every game will go her or the team’s way, but her coaches and teammates have faith in what she is capable of accomplishing.

“No matter what, I’m going to work really hard, and we’ll see what happens,” Ives said.

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Clockwise from top left: Junior guard Phil Winston attempts a contested layup in men’s basketball’s 76-45 loss to Saint Peter’s at Lender Court on Feb. 9, senior guard Daniel Harris looks for a teammate across the court, freshman guard Mikey Dixon sets up in transition, Peacocks senior guard Chazz Patterson defends Bobcats freshman guard Peter Kiss on the baseline.

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Men’s basketball guard Peter Kiss earned his third straight MAAC Freshman of the Week award on Feb. 12. The accomplishment makes it the sixth straight week a Bobcat freshman has taken the award.

The men’s ice hockey team received just 40 points in the latest USCHO.com poll as it dropped out of the rankings’ top 20 for the first time in three seasons.

The men’s basketball team set a Division I program record for points in a game in its 112-107 loss to Rider on Feb. 11.

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Women’s basketball sophomore forward Aryn McClure averaged 18.5 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals over the past week. Her 16-point performance against Marist and 21-point effort against Siena earned McClure two honors as she was named MAAC Player of the Week and College Sports Madness MAAC Women’s Basketball Player of the Week.

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“You can’t have a night against a good team where the ball’s not going in and you don’t guard with energy,” — TOM MOORE MEN’S BASKETBALL

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The next generation

Freshman Abbie Ives is making the case to be women’s ice hockey’s future starting goalie

By MICHAEL DALTON Staff Writer

Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey senior goaltender Sydney Rossman is down to playing her last games in a Bobcat uniform. So who will be left to fill her position in the crease for the Bobcats? Abbie Ives.

Over the course of this season, Ives has worked her way up the ranks and has even started several games in goal for the Bobcats.

Cassandra Turner, the head coach for the women’s ice hockey team, had a lot to say about her freshman goaltender. However, if there was anything Turner stressed about Ives, it’s that she lives and breathes ice hockey.

“She’s the kid who knows every save that every NHL goalie made last night,” Turner said. “I don’t know if I could keep up with that. It’s pretty amazing.”

Not only is Ives passionate about the game of hockey, she’s also passionate about goaltending. “[Ives is] a student of the position, a student of the game,” Turner said. “With Claire [Lachner] and Syd [Rossman], she wants to talk hockey, and she wants to be out on the ice whenever she possibly can.”

This season, Ives has appeared in six games and has started three of them. She has faced 59 shots, and has stopped 58 of them. All three of her wins this season have been shutouts, and she has not lost a game yet.

Rossman, on the other hand, has made a name for herself over the past four years in women’s ice hockey. Last year, Rossman was the ECAC Goaltender of the Year.

Rossman has carried most of the momentum from an award-winning year into this season

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Freshman women’s ice hockey goaltender Abbie Ives has three shutouts and allowed just one goal through her six games this season.

as well with 15 wins, a 1.53 goals against average and a .919 save percentage. She holds the all-time records in save percentage (.946) and goals against average (0.95).

Rossman is also ranked in the top five alltime for Quinnipiac in shutouts (24) and wins (34).

Ives considers herself lucky to be the backup to Rossman because she feels as if she’s learning from a great mentor.

“It’s the best situation you could have as a freshman because you get to learn the ropes from somebody and have a mentor to guide you,” Ives said. “I’m really blessed to have

that opportunity and I’m really grateful to have [Rossman].”

Those who follow Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey may know who Rossman and Ives are, but a lot of people forget about the team’s third goaltender- freshman Claire Lachner. Even though Lachner has not appeared in a game all season, she has made a significant influence on Ives’ development off the ice as well.

“Claire has been really helpful for me, especially in the weightroom,” Ives said. “We’re on the same rack, and if she sees me doing something wrong, she’ll correct me and it’s so helpful to have her there.”

Ives went on to explain that the Bobcats would not be a complete team without teammates like her. “[Lachner] really knows the game well,” Ives said. “She knows all of the responsibilities that you have on the team and she’s helped me out alot with that. She’s really supportive and a good friend to have.”

According to Turner, Ives seems to look up to both Lachner and Rossman because that is just the type of person she is.

“Abbie is such a respectful person and a respectful teammate,” Turner said.

Even though Ives mentioned the whole senior class as role models, she only went more in depth on senior forward Mika Nervick.

“As a person, [Nervick is] such a good teammate and I’ve learned a lot from her this year about what it means to be a good teammate,” Ives said.

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Men’s ice hockey drops home game to Clarkson, 4-2

By JUSTIN CAIT

Associate Sports Editor

No. 19 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey dropped a close game to Clarkson by a score of 4-2 on Friday night at High Point Solutions Arena. With the loss, the Bobcats fall to a 1611-2 overall record and 10-7-1 in ECAC play while the Golden Knights improve to 13-21-4 overall and 8-7-2 in conference play.

“It was frustrating on our part tonight,” Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold said.

“We had some guys that were really good tonight and a few that just really struggled and lost us the hockey game.”

Some of that “good” play began early on for Quinnipiac, when defenseman Chase Priskie fired home his seventh goal of the season just 3:16 into the first period. Priskie’s tally was his fifth goal in as many games, adding on to impressive two-goal performances against Arizona State on Jan. 27 and Yale on Feb. 4.

After that, Quinnipiac continued to out-possess and offensively overpower Clarkson in its best period as the team finished the first frame with 17 shots to Clarkson’s 9.

“I thought we played three games tonight,” Pecknold added. “The first period was really good, I thought the second period was unacceptable and the third period was good from a compete level.”

Forward Tim Clifton’s tripping penalty with six seconds left in the first period extended into the second for Clarkson and the Golden Knights were able to capitalize just seconds after Clifton

stepped out of the box.

Clarkson defenseman Aaron Thow scored his second of the season with a bomb from point-blank range to even up the score at one apiece.

In the ensuing shift, Priskie was the victim of a hit from Golden Knight’s forward A.J. Fossen, who was subsequently given a five-minute major penalty for hitting from behind and ejected on a game misconduct call.

With the situation in Quinnipiac’s favor, the Bobcats were still unable to generate scoring chances and convert on the elongated power play.

This would be the turning point of the contest.

“We get the five-minute power play, and we don’t capitalize,” Priskie said. “It’s a big momentum swing when a team can kill five whole minutes and that’s what they did… they just kept feeding off of momentum.”

Now a team with a purpose, Clarkson managed to fire home its second goal of the night, this time coming off of defenseman Greg Moro’s stick with just 36 seconds left in the period.

Moro wound up from the point and the puck made its way through a sea of bodies and into the back of the net to make the Golden Knights’ lead to 2-1 at the end of two.

Hoping to rebound from a disappointing period, Quinnipiac began the third frame in a discouraging manner.

Three and a half minutes in, Clarkson forward Sam Vigneault ripped the puck off the post, and then a wide open James de Haas

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Sophomore men’s ice hockey defenseman Chase Priskie scored in a loss to Clarkson on Feb. 10.

scored his fifth of the season on an essentially empty cage.

After back-and-forth play for the majority of the third, Quinnipiac found another goal from a defenseman. After a chaotic scene in the crease, Kevin McKernan fished the puck and scored his third goal of the season to make the

game 3-2 with 12:18 to play.

McKernan’s timely goal was a tangible reward for playing consistent defense on a nightto-night basis.

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