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OCTOBER 7, 2015
VOLUME 86, ISSUE 6
More than 50 fire alarms triggered in September By THAMAR BAILEY and DAVID FRIEDLANDER
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The university is raising awareness for mental health and giving students a chance to check in with themselves and each other on Fresh Check Day. The goal of the event is to reduce the stigma and misconceptions about mental illness and suicide and create an environment where students can comfortably talk about mental health issues. The Jordan Porco Foundation is sponsoring the event. It is an organization that works with colleges to plan and fund events that bring attention to mental health resources on campus as well as introduce coping strategies for college students. Mary Mascolo, consultant and psychotherapist at Quinnipiac, along with other faculty, students and volunteers, will be hosting this event on the Bobcat Lawn on Thursday, Oct. 8 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. “Sometimes people with mental illnesses
are struggling so much that it’s hard to go to a therapist… and the fact that this event is trying to create a positive environment is awesome,” sophomore Gabby Maure said. “It targets a topic that usually isn’t talked about much.” The intention of Fresh Check Day is to increase people’s desire to ask for help when in distress and help students understand the warning signs of someone suffering from a mental illness. “We can all increase our knowledge and our self-esteem,” Mascolo said. “The more we accept ourselves, the easier it is to accept other people.” Freshman Shay Vobis said the event is important so students feel as though they have a place to turn if things get bad. “I think that this event is a great thing to have so kids know they aren’t alone,” Vobis said. On the day of the event, students will be instructed to visit at least five of the 10 educational booths--which are categorized into four special areas: Suicide Prevention, Mental Health Issues
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and Stigma, Positive Coping and Life Skills and High Risk Populations. All participants are required to go to the “Nine out of 10” table. The phrase is a representation of the statistic that one out of every 10 students consider suicide, and the other nine out of 10 can do something to help. “Students are taught what nine out of 10 means and some signs of suicide, but also they are asked to sign a pledge to get involved if they come across a friend who may need help with a mental illness,” Mascolo said. Fresh Check Day will offer stations such as “Check In-Chill Out,” where students can check in with themselves and how they are feeling. Some others include, “Know Your Limits,” which is all about alcohol and “You’re Unique,” which promotes positive body image. “The Elephant in the Room” allows participants to identify something about themselves they are ashamed of or don’t like to talk about. Freshman Adrianna Mouzouras said she isn’t sure students will want to talk about such sensitive topics. “I think [Fresh Check Day] is really important, but I also think it’s really hard for people to open up,” Mouzouras said. Chartwells will be donating food for the event and there will also be a DJ, Quinnipiac’s own Stefano Celmento. “[Fresh Check Day] is upbeat. A lot of times when people think of mental health and especially suicide, nobody wants to talk about it. We certainly don’t think of it as something to have fun with as we’re learning about it, but that’s really what it is. We want people to be able to talk about this kind of stuff,” Mascolo said.
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Quinnipiac had 54 fire alarms during the month of September, according to Fire Marshall/Training Officer for Public Safety Richard Hally. Half of those alarms were from residential buildings and the other half were from other university buildings. “The fire alarm systems we have are very sensitive,” Hally said. “For example, [Sept. 30] it was very rainy, humid and muggy. [The] moisture contacts with electrical components of the fire alarm systems and we had several of them going off.” All 54 fire alarms were false alarms, according to Hally. However, they were all still treated as real threats. When a fire alarm is triggered, the alarm sounds and the dispatch center is notified. While Public Safety assesses the situation, students should evacuate. In regards to residence halls, each building has a “muster point,” or an area where all evacuees should convene, according to Hally, who worked side-by-side with Residential Life to create these areas. Then two Public Safety officers respond to the alarm. “One will check...where the alarm is coming in,” Hally said. “The other will go to the fire alarm panel...We check it out first. But [if there are] any signs of smoke, fire or reports of smoke or fire, [the] fire department will be immediately dispatched.” A fire alarm interrupted freshman Kelli Liebermann’s class in the Center for Communications and Engineering. “I was in the basement of the old law school when the fire alarm went off,” Liebermann said. “We were all pretty confused until we realized what the noise was.” Senior Vanessa Costa said she wished Public Safety would inform students of what happened. “All the students were piled outside, standing under the building overhangs...and not one Public Safety officer came over to where we were or said anything to us... None of us knew why the alarm went off,” Costa said. When asked about specific incidents, Hally said certain residence halls experience more issues than others. “The Hills have that bigger problem up there,” Hally said. “[And with] the way the Townhouses are built, when the kids come out of the shower, the steam just penetrates out of the room down and hits the smoke detector.” Those evacuating the building should follow the exit signs, refrain from touching or moving anything suspicious and evacuate to a location far away from the building as to allow Public Safety and other personnel to assess the situation, according to the 2015 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report. Hally stressed that the fire alarms that have been going off around campus are not drills. “There hasn’t been any fire drills yet. Although, I will be conducting them very shortly for the whole university,” Hally said.
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A gunman went on a deadly shooting rampage at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon on Thursday, Oct. 1. Ten people were killed and nine were injured as a result of the shooting. Students discuss their reactions to the news of the 45 school shootings in the United States in 2015. By DAVID FRIEDLANDER Photography by MEGAN MAHER Design by HANNAH SCHINDLER AND KRISTEN RIELLO
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“Obviously it’s not a good thing...no one wants to hear about anyone getting killed, especially about young kids on a college campus. I’m firm with the idea that... taking away gun rights is not going to make a huge difference because if someone wants to do something crazy, they are going to find a way to do it whether it’s legal or not legal.”
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Brittany Abbott | Freshman “I thought it was terrible that things like that are still happening…I don’t think that’s okay to have weapons for everyone other than security or safety. I think that people, especially college kids, are under a lot of pressure from classes and sometimes are not in the right state of mind to be carrying weapons.”
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“I don’t think it’s necessary for students to possess weapons while their on campus at school like that. At least here at Quinnipiac I know we have a very safe campus and there’s Public Safety [officers] everywhere…There shouldn’t be a situation where a student would feel the need to carry around a gun to feel safe. I think possessing a gun puts people in danger more than protects people.”
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Christy Dzubay | Sophomore “This is definitely not the first time that something like this has happened...I think there are certain rights that people are entitled to whether or not there are gun control laws, but college campuses are a little bit different because it’s such a confined space and they are responsible for all of the people’s safety on that campus.”
Beyond the Bobcats
A rundown on news outside the university. By Joe Iasso
Missing cargo ship post-hurricane
Hamden elections approaching
Gun violence deaths outnumber terrorism
The U.S. Coast Guard announced Monday the El Faro, a cargo ship thought to have been lost at sea near the Bahamas, has likely sunk due to the sea conditions brought on by Hurricane Joaquin. NBC News reported the Coast Guard has found a 225-square-mile “debris field” primarily made up of wood and cargo as well as the remains of one unidentifiable human. No other evidence of the ship’s whereabouts have been discovered in the four-day search. Twenty-eight Americans were on board as well as five Polish nationals.
Hamden will be holding its regular municipal election on Nov. 3. Mayor Curt Balzano Leng, a Democrat, will face Republican candidate Bob Anthony, just six months after he won a special election to replace Scott Jackson, who left Hamden government to serve in Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy’s administration early this year. Quinnipiac students are eligible to vote in this election.
After the horrific shooting at an Oregon community college, President Barack Obama has asked media outlets to analyze and compare the statistics showing deaths resulting from gun violence and deaths resulting from terrorist acts. CNN has reported that between 2001 and 2013, 406,496 Americans have been killed on U.S. soil by a firearm, while only 3,380 Americans have been killed by terrorism in the same time period.
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Pi Kappa Phi sponsors second annual EAC By JENNIE TORRES Contributing Writer
About 1,200 students spent the night of Oct. 1 sheltered from the rain at the second annual Electric Ability Carnival at the Toyota Oakdale Theater in Wallingford. The fraternity Pi Kappa Phi sponsored the event, which was exclusive to Quinnipiac students unless they registered a guest to attend. This event was made not just for entertainment, according to Pi Kappa Phi President Mark Boulas. “We wanted to raise as much money and awareness as we possibly could for our philanthropy, the Ability Experience,” Boulas said. “We heard of organizations at other schools holding similar concerts for charity; we thought it was something we could pull off as a chapter.” Alex Tonkonogy, philanthropy chairman and the person in charge of this year’s carnival, said the Ability Experience fundraises for people with physical and mental disabilities. This year’s event raised
$22,000, according to Tonkonogy. The Ability Experience is a nonprofit organization founded in 1977, according to their website. It is the national philanthropy of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity chapters. Freshman Samantha Lomino said she attended the event to support the philanthropy and have fun. “I decided to go to EAC with my friends to contribute to a good cause,” Lomino said. “I actually had a great time… [I had] a lot more fun than I thought I would have have. I would definitely go again next year.” The carnival introduced students to up-and-coming DJ Kap Slap and a light show. Freshman Megan Martucci, said she went with friends because she thought it was a unique outing. “I decided to go to EAC because a bunch of my friends and I thought that it would be fun to go out and do something different,” Martucci said. “I thought the whole thing was put together very well and I had a great
time. If they were to have it again next year, I would most likely go again with my friends.” But some students were upset that Pi Kappa Phi decided to have the event on a Thursday night rather than a Friday, according to freshman Shaylah Zorn who did not attend the event. She said she didn’t know many people were going. “I heard from upperclassmen that you should not go if you don’t have any friends going, otherwise it’s not going to be fun,” Zorn said. Freshman Rachel Beaulieu also didn’t attend the event, but she said it was because of the $20 cost of the ticket, which included transportation to and from the venue via Quinnipiac shuttles. Pi Kappa Phi hopes for an even bigger turnout next year, Boulas said. “The Dome itself is very large and can actually accommodate around 1,900 people, so our goal for the future is to fill the Dome,” Boulas said.
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Students and performers enjoyed a long night of music and dancing at Pi Kappa Phi’s Electric Ability Carnival at the Toyota Oakdale Theater in Wallingford on Oct. 1.
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Former judge discusses novel Clarance Jones, a retired Superior Court judge, will be at Quinnipiac on Tuesday, Oct. 20 from 4:30-6 p.m. to discuss his novel, “Triumph.” His novel is about Connecticut’s child welfare and juvenile justice systems. The discussion will be in the Lynne L. Pantalena Law Library in room 221 in the Quinnipiac University School of Law Center on Bassett Road on the North Haven campus. The discussion is free and open to the public.
Nursing to hold transfer info sessions Students interested in applying to transfer into the undergraduate nursing major can attend one of the three information sessions. The sessions are on Wednesday, Oct. 7; Thursday, Oct. 8; and Wednesday, Nov. 4 in the Mount Carmel Auditorium from 4-5 p.m. For more information, contact Rhea.Sanford@ quinnipiac.edu or Susan.Lynch@ quinnipiac.edu.
Library to offer RefWorks workshops The library will host workshops on Tuesday, Oct. 6 from 2-3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 10 from 11 a.m.-12 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 14 from 7-8 p.m. and Friday, Nov. 6 from 12-1 p.m. for students who need help creating works cited pages for their academic papers. The workshops will teach students how to use RefWorks to create a personal online bibliography based on style choices. All workshops will be held in the room 142 of the Arnold Bernhard Library.
Theater for Community to perform play Theater for Community will perform Carlo Goldoni’s “The Servant of Two Masters” from Oct. 15-18 in the Clarice L. Buckman Theater. Theater professor Crystal Brian will direct the play, which stars senior Gerard Lisella as the main character. From Oct. 15-17, the performances begin at 7:30 p.m., whereas the show starts at 2 p.m. on Oct. 18. Tickets are $10 for students and senior citizens and $15 for general admission. Tickets can be purchased at www. quinnipiac.edu/theater-tickets.
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SPB introduces ‘Tuesday Talks’ By HANNAH FEAKES Contributing Writer
The Student Programming Board (SPB) will host a new speaker each month as part of its new “Tuesday Talks” series. “[The speakers will] share stories, educate the students and empower their audience to make a change,” SPB Talks and Topics chair Abbie O’Neill said. O’Neill started “Tuesday Talks” because she wanted to bring something unique to campus. “In the past, the ‘Talks and Topics’ chair has had a theme relating all of their events,” she said. “I wanted to do something different than what all the other chairs have done.” Why Tuesdays? Based on surveys, a majority of students were free Tuesday nights. The future speakers are still a work in progress and cannot yet be revealed, but O’Neill hopes to keep the themes consistent from month to month. “All of my events are going to have a message that relates to the student body at large,” she said. “I want to be able to have an audience of a wide range of students that are able to connect with the speaker.” The program kicked off last week when an LGBT rights activist Shane Bitney Crone shared his story and documentary in the crowded piazza. His documentary, “Bridegroom,” sheds light on the life that Crone and his partner, Tom, shared before Tom took a fatal fall off a roof as he was taking photos of their friend, Alex. In Crone’s film, Tom’s mother
and father had a difficult time accepting that their son was gay and living with another man. When Tom passed away, Crone was disconnected from their lives and was not invited to the funeral. Because Crone and Tom were not married, the house and everything they had owned together was in question. Nearly five years later, Crone is still grieving. Freshman Holly Zabkar attended the event Tuesday night and raved about it. “My friend dragged me to this presentation, I had no idea what it was about and I ended up really enjoying it,” she said. “I thought it was eye opening and it brought up issues that I have never really thought about before.” O’Neill hopes to get more speakers that the student body will find relatable and enjoyable. “I am working on a couple projects right now to get speakers here who have messages that are just as powerful as Shane’s,” she said. SPB President Erica Cianciosi thinks the “Tuesday Talks” series will be extremely successful. “There are a variety of really inspirational speakers coming and they address a wide range of important issues that are relevant to members of the Quinnipiac community,” she said. “We are really excited to welcome these ‘Tuesday Talks’ to our programming and we have high hopes.” About 40 students swiped in at the first Tuesday Talk of the semester. SPB provided water, chips and cookies while showing the film. Af-
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Shane Bitney Crone was the first speaker of the Tuesday Talks series. terward, Crone answered questions from the audience and stayed after to talk to individual students. Crone was an amazing first speaker for O’Neill’s “Tuesday Talks” and exceeded her expectations, she said. “[Crone] was incredible,” she said. “He talked with people before and after and we got to know him on a more general level. I had seen his video prior and I wanted to try it with the student body and see how they took it.”
O’Neill received an overwhelming amount of positive feedback after the presentation. “Tuesday Talks” will be held once a month at 7 p.m. in the piazza, depending on the calendar and other events happening on campus. O’Neill made it clear that she was open to any ideas and topics. “If students have topics that they are passionate about and want to bring in, they are more than welcome to reach out to us and we can see what we can do,” she said.
Verizon construction interrupts sleeping students By MATT GRAHN Staff Writer
Verizon customers at Quinnipiac should be looking forward to having better reception. In a joint project between the Facilities, Residential Life and Information Technology (IT) departments, a Verizon macrocell, with housing—or a shell—to hide it from view, is being built on one of the towers of Upper Ledges. A macrocell is the main structure for a mobile network that can be built on top of existing structures, according to the Ofcom website. A microcell already exists on campus for AT&T users, Trella said last semester. Matthew Manz, a freshman who lives in Mountainview, said he’s happy with the construction of the macrocell if it gets him better service in his dorm. “I usually have to go outside at Mountainview to make a call, so [having the macrocell will] make it a lot easier,” he said. Construction, which began in March and will be finished this month, is going smoothly, according to the Director of IT Project Management Jim Trella. Even though the construction has been going on through the year, according to some students, the construction seemed to become
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The tower on Upper Ledges where the macrocell is being installed. more noticeable recently. Freshman Emily Sanchez, who lives in Upper Ledges, first noticed the construction within the past week. She claimed that due to how early the work began, she had to sleep after her 8 a.m. class in order to catch up on sleep because she was losing sleep from the noise of the construction. “[The construction] is annoying because [your dorm] is the only place where you can come and sleep, and I can’t even sleep during
the day,” Sanchez said. Freshman Jeffrey Cimmino, who lives in Mountainview, also first noticed the construction around the same time. Despite the construction going on throughout the week, Cimmino said he has not gotten used to it. Cimmino wishes the louder construction would take place later in the day, as he noticed that it quiets down around 9 a.m. but is louder earlier in the morning. Freshman Julia Gaudette feels
that, as a Verizon customer, having the microcell is worth it despite the noise. “When I try and call my parents, they can’t hear what I am saying and what-not ‘cause the service is bad,” Gaudette said. Trella said the construction schedule was planned out so more of the noisy work was done during the summer. However, if students have issues, he said they can contact Residential Life about it. Trella says that Residential Life can verify whether or not the source of noise in a complaint was from construction. There are some students who haven’t had many issues with the construction, like freshman Ashley Dawe who lives in Upper Ledges. “I don’t even hear it, honestly, unless I’m, like, walking to class or getting on the elevator,” Dawe said. Trella feels that the project is a “win-win” not only for student convenience, but also for safety reasons. “Whenever you don’t have good signal… you want to have that. It’s always better to be in communication than not.” he said. Freshman Aren Mayisoglu met a worker who wanted to apologize for the noise. he said he thinks students should tolerate the construction. “People just need to wake up and realize that there’s gonna be disturbances and you just gotta deal with it,” he said.
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CRIME ON CAMPUS
The university provided the Clery Act statistics for the academic year of 2014 on Oct. 1. The Jeanne Clery Act is a consumer protection law passed in 1990, according to the Clery Center website. The act requires federally-funded colleges and universities to share information about crime on campus. The information provided is publically accessible through the annual security report provided by the university. - S. Doiron
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In the Clery Act there is a hierarchy rule: The incident is only counted once in the Clery Act. If there is a drug and alcohol referral at the same time, it will be classified as a drug referral because that is how the Clery Act has us do it. - Seann Kalagher
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You should be concerned about your student loans TWEETS OF THE WEEK Just filled out the SPB survey for the Wake the Giant concert... fingers crossed for Smash Mouth. @RobCiambra Rob Ciambra I wish my social life looked as good as the quinnipiac main campus lawn. @JShepherdMusic John Shepherd I never know whether to go up one stair or two stairs at a time in the ABL. #JustQuinnipiacThings #Stretch @TheZenMattster Matt Dillane My clinical rotations taught me how to function at work with a violent hangover. Thank you quinnipiac. @MrsaHorgs Marissa Horgan
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It’s time to think about what’s ahead, or you might regret it later. The obvious place to start when you’re thinking about your future is trying to land a job. That’s what you’re going to school for, right? But there’s something else you should be concerned with: your student NICK SOLARI loan debt. In my experiWeb Director ence at Quinnipiac, not @solari_nick enough people talk about the amount of debt they have–which leads me to wonder if they even have the first idea of how much they owe. Seven out of every 10 college students graduate with student loans, The Institute for College Access and Success’ Project on Student Debt found. And if you’re like me, you’re one of those seven. According to the U.S. Department of Education, the average Quinnipiac University student graduates with $26,000 in total debt, which results in a monthly payment of $289. This figure doesn’t factor private student loans or parent-plus loans either. If you’ll graduate without debt, congratulations to you. I wish my parents, or somebody in my family, had the means to support my education for four years. But they don’t, and I’m not angry at them for it. Instead, I just keep track of how much I
owe. That way, I have an idea of what my student debt will cost me each month, beginning six months after graduation. Let’s face the facts… We go to a university that costs just over $57,000 a year, and that number is only going up. If you don’t have somebody who has more than $200,000 kicking around to pay for your education, then the potential debt you could accrue has the ability to cripple your life for years to come. Consider this: almost seven million Americans have gone at least one full year without making a payment toward their outstanding student loan debt, according to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal. That same report states that the national student loan burden has reached $1.19 trillion, per the latest quarterly estimates by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY). Student debt isn’t just something you hear about in stories. It’s real, and it’s one of the largest problems our country faces moving forward. If you’ve been paying attention to the upcoming presidential race, you may have seen an interesting Twitter exchange between Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican candidate Jeb Bush. Clinton, as an act of promoting her col-
lege affordability plan, tweeted a graphic that states 40 million Americans owe $1.2 trillion in student debt. “Cost won’t be a barrier to an education,” Clinton said. “Debt won’t hold you back.” Clinton’s proposal, her website says, offers federal money to states who are trying to lower the cost of a college education. Bush fired back via Twitter with his own graphic, stating that student debt has increased under the Democratic White House by 100 percent. I’m not trying to say that one candidate is right and one is wrong. Frankly, that doesn’t even interest me. What does interest me is the political banter involving student debt, though, because I know that it will be a big part of my life moving forward. You should be worried, too. If you’re going to owe money upon graduation, you should be paying attention to what politicians are saying in regards to student loans. You should be paying attention to what your specific loans look like. The U.S. Department for Education’s data also shows that only 1.1 percent of Quinnipiac students defaulted on their loans this past year–so there is reason for optimism. At this point, that’s all we can do. Hope we’ll be able to manage the financial burden when it comes.
Don’t mess with my bagel Last Tuesday, I was getting lunch with my girlfriend in the cafe. She made herself a caesar salad wrap and I sliced myself a bagel. My bagel was not extremely fresh, so I decided to toast it. Normally, this is a relatively easy process. You know, put the bagel in the conveyer toaster and wait a minute or two until it falls below. However, this was no ordinary bageltoasting experience. First of all, there was a line, so people were putting their bagels in the toaster as soon as there was enough space for it on the top. My turn came and my eyes lit up as my bagel lowered onto the metal grate. The next girl in line put hers in just as there was enough room, and I could tell something was wrong. She looked at me, looked at the toaster, then looked at me again; this time staring deep into my soul. And without losing eye contact, she CHANGED THE SETTINGS ON THE TOASTER. Keep in mind, my bagel was
still in the toaster, so she changed the once- a given amount of time rather than actually enjoying people around them. I see students perfect settings for MY BAGEL. So what happened then, you ask? I had drop their papers on Bobcat Way while other to put my bagel through the toaster TWICE students walk over them or stare from a distance because apparently all because this one girl sticking to their schedule couldn’t wait one minis more important than ute for my bagel to be DAVID FRIEDLANDER helping someone who finished. She didn’t care Associate News Editor needs it. about my bagel, because @the_schmoozer Even at the beginning she was so concerned of last year, many stuabout hers. dents would greet each Now, I am a man of other when they would principle, and my doubletoasted bagel that I had on that Tuesday af- cross paths in the hallway, but now it seems ternoon was the least of my problems, but that they are all too absorbed in their own cell I think that this points tso a bigger issue. phone cyber-dimensions. How can scrolling There used to be some sort of mutual respect through Instagram actually be more imporbetween strangers, but it seems that this is tant than true human interaction? And how gradually diminishing. Society is getting could someone think that his or her time is more important than my bagel? These are more selfish. People are more concerned with fitting as questions we need answered. much productivity as they possibly can into
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The Chronicle gets questioned often about why we report on what we do. It’s difficult to explain to non-journalists, but this is going to be my attempt. Let’s start with the definition of news. News is information of recent events and previously unknown information, according to Merriam-Webster. The Chronicle strongly stands behind our policy to report information that we believe the community should know about. This information varies imSARAH HARRIS mensely and includes, Managing Editor but is not limited to, @sarah_harris7 shuttle schedule changes, Chartwells’ prices increasing, philanthropy events, athletic game recaps, the president’s salary, student-created apps, arrests, car accidents, different organizational events; the list goes on. Whether it is positive or negative, we cover it. If the campus is talking about it, we cover it because it is information that people want to know more about. We also may cover something to set the record straight because when a story isn’t reported, false information tends to spread. If there’s no new information, there’s no new information. But we continue to search for information that we deem important for students to know. Now that we covered what we report on, let’s go into how we report. We gather the facts. Let’s say someone called us to tell us a rumor he or she heard around campus. We then try to verify what that source said. Often that means going directly to the group involved so it can confirm what we heard. Other times that means we go to the university’s public relations department to see if they can verify the news. If someone tells us a tip anonymously or off the record, we cannot publish that information. There have been multiple times
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Fast food workers are people too Minimum wage doesn’t mean minimum intelligence Do you like having your intelligence ques- politely asking us to make a new coffee, which tioned by strangers? Does the thought of people we would happily have done, some people chose insulting you make you happy? Have you ever to slam the (boiling hot) cup onto the counter wanted to work in an industry with one of the and risk burning someone. Others screamed at most negative reputations in the modern-day the top of their lungs about how stupid we were and how their day was “ruined.” I was called a world? “stupid bitch” a lot and saw many high school If so, then fast food is the job for you! I’ve worked in three different fast food res- kids reduced to tears because of the unnecessartaurants since high school–Dunkin’ Donuts, ily mean treatment. I also work at the Burger Burger King and D’Angelo King on Dixwell Avenue, Grilled Sandwiches–and ADELIA COUSER and we have our fair share I’ve had the misfortune of of rude customers. There encountering some of the Associate News Editor was one man who came in grumpiest, loudest, rudest, @xoadelia during a rush, pushing his most impatient people I’ve way to the front of the line to ever met. And nope, they slam his cheeseburger down aren’t the workers; they’re on the counter. He yelled the customers. Fast food employees get a bad rap of being about how he had explicitly said “no pickles” stupid, lazy college dropouts who only work in and proceeded to insult our intelligence while restaurants because they can’t get another job. we opened the sandwich. There were no pickles However, I can tell you from four years of ex- there; it turns out that he had mistaken the onions perience that this is not always true. A lot of my for pickles because he had mixed up the names coworkers have been students trying to pay tu- for the two foods. Sometimes I just want to ask people, “If this ition, single moms working to provide for their families and older parents saving up to go back is the way you react when your coffee or sandto school. Many employees have more than one wich is made incorrectly, how do you deal with a job and go straight from one eight-hour shift to real problem in your life?” Another thing customers like to complain another. While there are some people who do fit the “lazy, stupid school dropout” stereotype, the about is the store’s prices, as if we have any power to change them. There have been countmajority of people don’t. However, this doesn’t seem to matter to less times when I’ve told a customer their total, customers. As soon as they see the uniform and and they’ve responded with, “Really? That’s rinametag, they start treating us like we’re stu- diculous. That’s way too expensive,” and then pid–talking super slowly, exaggerating all their look at me expectantly. Some people like to yell words, glaring at us when they think we’re not at me about how “pricey” their $3 meal is and looking–and complain if they don’t receive their then storm out of the store, only to come back later and order the same thing. food within two minutes. I could go on with countless horror stories Of course, not all customers are like this, just like all fast food workers don’t fit the ste- about how customers have made rude comments reotype. However, there are enough to ruin your about female employees’ bodies, how we’ve day. While these people do make for good stories dealt with theft, how a girl got badly burned at to tell your friends, they can be humiliating and work and was not allowed to go home, but the takeaway message is this: working in fast food emotionally scarring in the moment. For example, at Dunkin’ Donuts, we’d have is more difficult than just flipping burgers for $9 a lot of people scream at us if we messed up their an hour. Please treat the employees with respect, coffee, even if it was a minor mistake. Instead of because we’re people too.
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Park Central Tavern AMERICAN STYLE | 1640 WHITNEY AVE., HAMDEN The Park Central Tavern is a great place to bring your parents and family this weekend for dinner. They serve American-style food, such as short rib sliders and, one of their most popular items, fish tacos. The restaurant does get crowded on weekends so make sure to make reservations by phone (203-287-8887) or online.
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MEDITERRANEAN STYLE | 2323 WHITNEY AVE., HAMDEN
Mickey’s is a Mediterranean-style restaurant that offers a wide variety of food from an Israeli chef. Popular menu items include the Firecracker Point Judith calamari and the hummus Masabacha. Mickey’s is right down the street from Eli’s. Parking and space is limited, so if you want to go for Parents’ Weekend, make sure you make a reservation by phone (203-288-4700) or online.
Ixtapa Grille Mexican Restaurant MEXICAN STYLE | 2547 WHITNEY AVE., HAMDEN If you and your family want to try something different, head down to Ixtapa Grille. The Mexican restaurant serves everything homemade from salsa to the popular enchiladas Jalisco dish: a mix of chicken, shredded beef and jack cheese. They also accept QCards. There is plenty of parking, and the restaurant has ample space inside.
Sergio’s Pizza and Restaurant ITALIAN STYLE | 3860 WHITNEY AVE., HAMDEN
Sergio’s offers flavorful Italian pizzas made fresh with mozzarella, assorted grated cheeses and plenty of fresh vegetables. A great appetizer for the table to enjoy is fried zucchini, and a house favorite entree is pasta fazul. There is plenty of parking space available as well.
Bangkok Blvd. THAI STYLE | 3000 WHITNEY AVE., HAMDEN Looking for something new and exciting? Indulge your taste buds with spicy Thai food at Bangkok Blvd. without breaking the bank. Prices are affordable and the atmosphere inside truly feels unique. One of their most popular dishes is Panang curry, made with string beans, carrots, bell peppers and snow peas and cooked in coconut milk.
Taste Restaurant and Lounge AMERICAN STYLE | 1995 WHITNEY AVE., HAMDEN
If you’re looking for a dressier dining option, Taste is the place for you. The lunch menu is affordable, while dinner is a bit more pricey. The most popular dish ordered is the short ribs, red wine braised and served with roasted baby carrots and herb whipped potato. It will be busy on Parents’ Weekend, so be sure to make a reservation by calling them at (203-230-8801).
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No rest for the weary Most college students are stressed and overly tired. Luckily, there are many ways to improve the quality and quantity of your well-deserved sleep. By KELLY NOVAK
Associate Arts & Life Editor
It’s no secret that college students are busy people. Back-to-back classes, late night study sessions and club events have students feeling like their days never stop. Sometimes, 24 hours doesn’t seem like enough time to get everything done, prompting students to wake up extremely early or go to bed too late. But this is not the norm students should adhere to, according to Carrie Bulger, professor and chairperson of the psychology department. “College students are horribly sleepdeprived,” Bulger said. “I mean, you guys are at an age where you’re at the end of adolescence, beginning of young adulthood, where you still need eight to 10 hours of sleep a night.” There are a variety of factors that can hinder a student’s best efforts to get to sleep, including poor diet, little exercise and incorrect napping habits. All of these things culminate into a less-than-stellar mood and could cause one’s academic success to suffer. “Not getting enough sleep definitely makes you grumpy,” she said. “It makes it
hard to focus… and it can disrupt your wellbeing all together.” For those students prone to mental health problems such as anxiety or depression, a lack of sleep can “definitely exacerbate those issues,” Bulger said. Many students resort to napping to get extra hours of sleep, such as freshman Maggie Richardson. “I take a nap every three days,” Richardson said. “I do sleep a lot, but the school day just exhausts me.” She also said the naps can cause her stress, because they are sometimes accidental when she is attempting to complete an assignment. Bulger said many students aren’t napping in a way that allows them to reap all the benefits. “What the research shows about naps is that there’s an optimal type of nap,” she said. “You shouldn’t nap all day or all afternoon; that doesn’t help. You’ve probably experienced [that feeling] where you take a really long nap and it’s like ‘Yes, I slept for three hours’ and then you’re just logy when you wake up. It’s because your body is sleeping at the wrong time of day.” Bulger recommends taking a nap that is
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There are many beautiful places across the three Quinnipiac campuses, but perhaps the most breathtaking sight in a Bobcat’s eyes is a freshly cleaned bathroom. Many of us have gone the majority of our lives without sharing a bathroom or only sharing with our immediate family. One of the most difficult transitions that I’ve dealt with so far in college has been growing accustomed to using a bathroom with dozens of virtual strangers. College students are some of the most unhygienic people in the world. From rogue puke all over the bathrooms and hallways, to abandoned toothbrushes and clothing, a dorm building can go from clean and shiny to a hazardous zone in a matter of hours. Who among us is brave enough to face the behemoth that is a college bathroom head on? For me, this brave soul is a humble woman by the name of Lorena. Everyone at Quinnipiac has someone in their lives like Lorena, and these people deserve eternal praise. There are also amazing people (see the fabulous Linda, above) who maintain the other buildings on campus, including the Carl Hansen Student Center and classroom buildings. To say that the facilities staff is unappreciated would be an understatement. These men and women do the job that none of us truly appreciate and they do it well. People like Lorena prove this undeniable truth; not all heroes wear capes. —M. Fraitag
no more than 20 or 30 minutes in length and to choose the 2-4 p.m. time slot to snooze, a time when most students tend to hit that mid-day slump. “I mean, there’s a reason for siesta in some of those European countries, that is exactly why they do it,” she said. “That is just a good time of day to take a breather.” And to those students hoping to catch up on all the sleep they’ve missed during the week by spending the majority of their weekend in slumber, Bulger insists that does not hold any advantages. “There’s no such thing as banking sleep,” she said. A 2010 Harvard sleep study backs up her sentiments. According to the National Sleep Foundation, the study found that “even when you sleep an extra 10 hours to compensate for sleeping only six hours a night for up to two weeks, your reaction times and ability to focus is worse than if you had pulled an all-nighter.” Bulger advises trying to gradually begin your bedtime routine earlier each night so your body can adjust itself. For example, if you go to bed at 2 a.m. on Monday to wake up for an 8 a.m. class, try going to bed at
1:30 a.m. the next night and continue this routine throughout the week. The biggest thing that keep students up all night, Bulger said, is too much screen time right before bed, whether it be a smartphone, a laptop or the TV. “It has to do with the type of light that’s inside of those screens…[which] have a blue light,” she said. “Basically, our eyes and our brains respond to that type of light as a time to wake up. So to be looking at that screen really close to bedtime is just signaling your brain it’s not time to rest.” Ideally, one should power down the electronics an hour before he or she is ready to sleep. This tactic, along with eating properly, keeping an exercise routine and managing stress, will lead to fewer sleepless nights and more energy to make it through the day. Bulger offers one more piece of advice when it comes to smartphone use at bedtime, though. “I can’t understand how people sleep with their phone under their pillow but… don’t do that!” she said. “That’s another good tip, put your phone on the other side of the room!”
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Uptown Upscale Lounge posted on Facebook on Sept. 27 that it would be its last night open. “FINAL PARTY NIGHT AT THE ‘U’,” the status read. “WE ARE CLOSING OUR DOORS FOREVER AFTER TONIGHT!!!” Uptown has been a go-to place for Quinnipiac students on Thirsty Thursday for the past two years. Just as it seemed to be getting even more popular, it shut down. The QU community needs to takes a moment of silence to remember the good times there, even if we can’t actually remember them. “It was definitely like a classier version of Toad’s,” sophomore Sabrina Sergio said. “[At Uptown] there was also more places to sit if you wanted a break to chill... You could dance or lounge depending on your mood.” Although the club Toad’s Place has its own virtues, there was something nice about being able to go out to Uptown and not worry that your outfit would become so covered in slime to the point of being unwearable. Rest in peace, Uptown. You shall be missed. On the bright side, at least there’s Box. Formally referred to as Box 63 American Bar and Grill, Box has a dance floor, perfect munching food and its own whiskey. Could it be the new official Thursday night spot for QU students? —O. Tsouprake
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Sexual assault on the rise Numbers may not reflect more cases, but better reporting
By KELLIE MASON
Associate Arts & Life Editor
In April 1986, Jeanne Clery was raped and murdered in her Lehigh University dorm room. Clery’s dorm had auto-locking doors, much like ones in the Quinnipiac residence halls, Karoline Keith, Quinnipiac’s Clery compliance officer and investigator said. Clery’s assailant beat, raped, sodomized and strangled her, Keith said. “Up to that point the school hadn’t informed any students of the 38 violent crimes that occurred on campus,” Keith said about Lehigh University at the time of Clery’s attack. The Clery Act was created in 1990 and requires universities to disclose the violent crimes that occur on their campuses. This year’s Clery report stated five rapes occurred in either Mount Carmel or York Hill residence halls in 2014. The university reported four forcible sexual offense in 2013 and one in 2012. “Universities need to disclose these violent crimes that occur on their campus and the occurrence of them... so that prospective parents and students could make an informed decision on whether they want their student to go there based on the serious crimes that have occurred on that campus the past three years,” Keith said. Keith is working with Seann Kalagher, associate dean of student affairs, to accurately report the number of serious crimes on all three Quinnipiac campuses, such as sexual assault, and to prevent them from happening in the future. Keith and Kalagher believe the university is going above and beyond to educate students on sexual assault crimes. Student Affairs is putting more resources toward educating the community on sexual harassment and assault, according to Kalagher. Not all students think Student Affairs is active in promoting awareness.
“I think it would be nice if they updated us about it,” freshman Allisson Sobolewski said. “They only told us about it once or twice and I don’t think a lot of people remember that stuff.” However, Kalagher is looking to get Student Affairs in a better position to respond to student concerns and be ready to hear complaints. Student Affairs has repositioned staff members in the dean’s office to effectively educate the university community, Kalagher said. Kalagher oversees the investigation process and Courtney McKenna, case manager at student affairs, oversees prevention programming. “We’re looking to capitalize next spring on Sexual Awareness Month in April,” Kalagher said. “And we’re one of the sponsors for the screening of ‘The Hunting Ground’ coming to campus.” “The Hunting Ground” is a documentary on rape culture at college campuses across the United States, the institutional cover-ups and the toll it takes on students and their families, according to IMDB. The screening will take place Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 6 p.m. in LC218. Student Affairs will be present and will answer questions and let students know what their resources are. Two years ago, Student Affairs revamped orientation programming, adding a brand new program that discusses sexual violence with all of the students and during Welcome Weekend. They use the university’s own policies and processes to see how it happens in real life. “They told us at orientation about the health center and the counselling,” freshman Marissa Darcangelis said. Along with the Alcohol Edu program each incoming, first-year student is required to take and pass, they are also required to take The Haven Program, an online course on sexual violence and bystander intervention, Kalagher said. Much of the sexual assault numbers do reflect alcohol consumption, Kalagher said.
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Five rapes were reported on campus last year, according to the most recent Clery report. Consequences for sexual harassment and assault are outlined in the Title IX policy with sanctions for specific type of behavior, Kalagher said. “It could be probation or a warning, but on the other end of the spectrum, if a student is found responsible for nonconsensual, forcible sexual intercourse, the minimum sanction has to be a suspension and it usually leads to a dismissal or expulsion,” Kalagher said. Kalagher believes, even with all the oncampus resources, there are still crimes that go unreported. “I absolutely think there are reports that aren’t coming our way,” Kalagher said. “If you look at the national statistics on that it’s one of the more under-reported incidences, not just on-campus but in society.” Students believe the low numbers on the report accurately reflect the number of assaults that officials know about. There were probably more incidences in the past, but students just don’t report them, Sobolweski said. Kalagher believes even though the numbers
in the Clery statistics have gone up, it isn’t a reflection of more sexual misconducts. Instead, more students are willing to discuss it with staff. In the past, many students didn’t know what their resources were and they didn’t know there was a place they could go, Kalagher said. If the Clery family had known about the 38 violent crimes that had occurred on Lehigh’s campus, they may have reconsidered sending their daughter there, Keith said. Jeanne’s parents, Connie and Howard Clery, founded the Clery Center for Security On Campus, which is dedicated to creating a safe campus community nationwide, according to the Clery Center website. Now that Quinnipiac students know there are resources at Student Affairs, Health Services and Public Safety and consequences in place, they are ready to speak. “I think we’re seeing more and more students who are willing to [report sexual offenses] and are more aware of what we can offer in terms of support and resources and a process whereby we can hold students accountable if they’re responsible for doing that,” Kalagher said.
Discover some of Netflix’s underrated TV shows, movies and documentaries
There’s no denying it — Netflix is a very hit or miss place. Sometimes you’ll click on a movie or TV show, watch it for 10 minutes and realize why you’ve never heard of it before and why it ended up on Netflix — it’s terrible. On the other hand, sometimes you’ll find titles that are truly phenomenal and you’ll think to yourself, “Why haven’t I heard of this before?” These underrated titles are always my favorite and can come from virtually every category: TV shows, documentaries, independent movies, you name it. As a self-proclaimed Netflix enthusiast, I’ve taken it upon myself to track down these true gems and share them with all of you. —Nisha Gandhi
MOVIE: “Chef ”
DOCUMENTARY: “Living On One Dollar”
TV Show: “Life, Unexpected”
I’m not sure why this movie isn’t raved about over dinner, but it deserves to be. The story is about a chef (obviously) who has always dreamed of starting his own business. However, like most, he doesn’t have the financial means to do this and is instead working at an already established place. He isn’t very happy here and when a critic ultimately destroys his reputation, he decided it’s time to open up his own business — a food truck. He and his best friend, accompanied by the chef’s 7-year-old son, drive around Southeast America, using their love of food and their knowledge of the industry to share amazing looking, region-specific food. This is one of those feel-good movies that will make you want to get out of bed and go chase your crazy dreams. (And who doesn’t need a dose of that here and there?) Watch this film when you need a nice pick-me-up.
I’ll be the first to admit that Netflix has a tendency to have some pretty weird documentaries, but this is not one of them. Filmed in the classic YouTube vlogger style, this documentary follows a group of young men as they decide to relocate to Guatemala and live on $1 a day for two months, similar to how the locals survive. What makes this title particularly interesting is the fact that all the men come from the same socioeconomic class as myself and probably most of QU. But “Living on one Dollar” gave me whole new level of appreciation for things, specifically for school and education. A story that really hit home for me was the one about 12-year-old Chino, who, instead of having dreams to be a doctor or astronaut like most his age, dreams of being a farmer and helping his parents make more money. If you’re looking to find some motivation to get through the rest of this semester, I highly suggest watching this while you’re procrastinating.
This is one of those shows that everyone’s reluctant to start since it was cancelled after its two short seasons but I can assure you, two seasons, is enough to make you fall in love with it. “Life, Unexpected” is about a 15-year-old girl, Lux, who has been bouncing around from foster home to foster home. In the process of trying to get emancipated, she ends up finding her birth-parents. A judge orders that her parents have to take care of her. However, they don’t know the first thing about being parents. The humor, wit and drama in this show is amazing and it’s one of the few that I’ve seen that have the power to make me feel every emotion in a span of 40 minutes. I’d recommend this to everyone — you’ll understand why I love it after just the first episode. This show stars Britt Robertson, Shiri Appleby, and Kristoffer Polaha.
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Anas: ECAC is ‘one of the tougher leagues’ MEN’S ICE HOCKEY from Page 16 sporting a ‘C’ across their chests, Jonzzon said leading the team is a collective effort. “It’s not us three as the leaders,” Jonzzon said. “We have the letters, but without secondary leadership, we have no shot at truly leading the team.” Senior Michael Garteig returns in net for the Bobcats. He secured Quinnipiac’s all-time shutouts record on Feb. 6 against Cornell, giving him 11 to surpass Eric Hartzell (’13). Garteig had five shutouts in his junior season along with a .671 win percentage, 2.03 GAA and .917 save percentage. Both Pecknold and Garteig himself expect improvement this year. “It’s just little things in working hard and doing what I can to get better and help the team win,” Garteig said. “For [Garteig], he was great in league but struggled a bit at times out of league. It’s just a consistency thing. I think he’s poised to have a great senior season for us,” Pecknold said. All but six players on this year’s team are returning players. Sophomore Landon Smith figures to be a big part of the Quinnipiac offense. Last season, he led all ECAC freshmen in goals (15) and assists (16). On the other end of the ice, juniors Devon Toews and Connor Clifton are two of the Bobcats’ returning defensemen. Clifton had played all but one of his 74 career games in a line with
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Men’s ice hockey senior Travis St. Denis tallied 33 points in the 2014-15 season. 2014-2015 senior captain Danny Federico. Now that Federico has graduated and is playing in the ECHL, Pecknold says a number of players will have to fill the defensive void. “We have some good freshmen D in [Chase] Priskie, [Luke] Shiplo, and [Daniel] Fritz. We’re hoping [junior] Joe Fiala will have a larger role this year. [Sophomore] Kevin McKernan really came on in the second half of last year. We’re hoping he can jump up from a six to a top-four D this year.” Quinnipiac won its home exhibition game 3-1 on Sunday against St. Thomas in a game where the Bobcats outshot the Tommies 63-11.
The team opens its regular season schedule with a home-and-home series against Holy Cross. The Bobcats go to Worcester, Massachusetts on Oct. 9 before hosting the Crusaders in their home opener on Oct. 10. Quinnipiac follows up the Holy Cross series with a slate of non-conference games in October. The team hosts Arizona State on Oct. 15 in its first year as a Division-I program, a game that Pecknold said was not originally scheduled but is now a late fill. The team finishes the month with a home game against Maine and backto-back home games against St. Cloud State.
Quinnipiac kicks off ECAC play with a trip to New York on the first weekend of November. The team plays at Colgate on Nov. 6 before traveling to Cornell the next day. The team gets its first home conference game on Nov. 13 against Harvard and comes back the next day to play Dartmouth. Anas said the stiff conference competition will help the team looking forward. “I think the ECAC is one of the tougher leagues out there,” Anas said, “and I think that’s really good for us in the long run.” The Bobcats play the UConn Huskies at the XL Center on Nov. 15 in
non-conference action. The Huskies topped the Bobcats 4-1 at the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport last season. The teams remaining non-conference games from that point in the season are against UMass, Boston University, Northeastern and Maine. The Bobcats will make a trip to the Big Apple on Jan. 9. Quinnipiac will take on Harvard at “The World’s Most Famous Arena:” Madison Square Garden. Pecknold said he thinks the game is as much an experience for the university as it is for the players. “I think that’s a game that a lot of people will rally around,” he said. Amongst the Bobcats’ ECAC schedule are their two matchups against cross-town rival Yale. Quinnipiac travels to Ingalls Rink in New Haven to face Yale on Dec. 4 and ends its regular season with Senior Night at home against Yale on Feb. 27. “The Yale games are always, as cliché as they are at this point, fun games to be a part of,” Jonzzon said. “There’s a high competition level.” Although the season has not even started yet, there is a common goal amongst the Bobcats: make it to Tampa Bay for the 2016 Frozen Four. “I think the goal has always been the same. Start with the Cleary, then get a Whitelaw (cup for winning ECAC Tournament), and then get an NCAA,” Jonzzon said. “It’s hard not to smile when you think about possibly going to the Frozen Four,” Anas said.
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RUNDOWN WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 3, Mercyhurst 3 – Friday QU 2, Mercyhurst 1 – Saturday FIELD HOCKEY Penn State 4, QU 1 – Friday MEN’S SOCCER QU 1, Niagara 1 – Saturday WOMEN’S SOCCER Niagara 4, QU 0 – Saturday WOMEN’S RUGBY QU 19, Life 5 – Saturday WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL Rider 3, QU 0 – Saturday QU 3, Saint Peter’s 2 – Sunday WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY 10th place (Paul Short Invitational) – Friday MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY 12th place (Paul Short Invitational) – Friday
GAMES TO WATCH MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU at Holy Cross – Friday, 7 p.m. QU vs Holy Cross – Saturday, 4 p.m. WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU at Maine – Friday, 7 p.m. QU at Maine – Saturday, 2 p.m. MEN’S SOCCER QU vs Marist – Wednesday, 3 p.m. QU at Monmouth – Saturday, 7 p.m. WOMEN’S SOCCER QU vs Monmouth – Saturday, 1 p.m. FIELD HOCKEY QU vs Bryant – Friday, 3:30 p.m. QU vs Providence – Sunday, 1 p.m. WOMEN’S RUGBY QU at Brown – Saturday, 11 a.m. WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL QU at Marist – Saturday, 1 p.m. QU at Siena – Sunday, 1 p.m. WOMEN’S TENNIS QU vs Sacred Heart – Wednesday, 3 p.m. QU at Rider – Sunday, 1 p.m. MEN’S TENNIS QU vs Connecticut – Saturday, 3 p.m. QU at Rider – Sunday, 1 p.m. WOMEN’S GOLF QU vs TBA (Quinnipiac Classic) – Monday/Tuesday 8 a.m. MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY New England Championships @ Boston, MA – Saturday, 12:30 p.m. WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY New England Championships @ Boston, MA – Saturday, 11 a.m.
GAME OF THE WEEK
Women’s ice hockey tops Mercyhurst
Bobcats improve to 1-0-1 on the season
By JORDAN NOVACK Staff Writer
Despite the quiet rainy day outside, the atmosphere in High Point Solutions arena was full of energy as the Quinnipiac women’s hockey team matched up against Mercyhurst for the second outing of its season. The Bobcats won their first game under head coach Cassandra Turner, downing Mercyhurst 2-1. Quinnipiac was aggressive from the opening puck drop. It would pay off early, as last season’s leading scorer T.T. Cianfarano would place a backhand from a breakaway opportunity past Mercyhurst goalkeeper Jessica Convery for her first goal of the season, making it 1-0. Mercyhurst would hang tough, though, as it scored off a rebound to make it 1-1 before the conclusion of the first stanza. Then, with 2:51 left in the second period, Meghan Turner tucked a shot from behind the goal past Convery to give the Bobcats a 2-1. Quinnipiac killed three penalties on the afternoon, and goalie Sydney Rossman made 25 saves in the win. “Our penalty kill played really disciplined. We spent a lot of time working on our PK over the last few years, even though we don’t take a lot of penalties, so we didn’t get a lot of time to practice it in a game situation,” Turner said, “Today we really showed all of the work we have put in over the last few years, and it really changed the momentum for us.” Despite the special occasion of it being Turner’s first win, the Bobcats’ new coach was quick to dismiss it as being more special than any other win. “Any win is a good win, and they gave me the game puck, but tonight was really more about the
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Freshman forward Melissa Samoskevich skates towards the goal in the 2-1 win.
team’s effort.” Turner said. “We had a number of players step up, Mercyhurst is a great hockey team, and because of the way we won will probably be the reason I remember this one.”
Following the conclusion of this weekend series, the Bobcats will now prepare for their first road trip of the season. Next Friday and Saturday, the team will travel to Orono for a Friday and Saturday series.
FINAL SCORE QUINNIPIAC: 2 MERCYHURST: 1
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pared me more. You know guys are just naturally faster, their first step is quicker, but because of it, I’m now stronger.” Over the summer, Ingram kept working on her game. She played in the competitive Dyckman League in New York over the summer, where her team lost in the finals. But that loss wasn’t her focus. She was focused on developing her game for fall. Coming into the school year, Ingram had one goal: to make the women’s basketball team. It was her senior year. She had one last shot. “She came in the first week of school and had a long talk with assistant coach Mountain [MacGillivray],” Fabbri said. “Mountain came and told me that Shahara wants another crack at being on the roster.” This put Fabbri in a bind. She could allow Shahara to try out and if she was good enough to make the team then she would join. But what if she didn’t perform well? And if she did, what about the
chemistry of the team? Would the girls accept Ingram as a teammate? “For me, we sat and talked about it,” Fabbri said. “You have to think about the team you have coming back. You have 14 girls getting to know each other right off the bat and you have a great young lady in Shahara, who you have as a manager, so how does that stir the pot?” After much deliberation with the other coaches, Fabbri decided to let Ingram get one more chance. “She was unwavered in her opportunity to try out for the team. So we put her through the paces. We put her right in with the team,” Fabbri said. Fabbri told Ingram that she would have a week to workout with the team. She would have her own temporary locker, but would not receive any team-issued apparel during the workouts. Shahara accepted the challenge. Less than a week into the workouts she had impressed the coaches, including Fabbri. “I knew two or three days into her
workouts with the team,” Fabbri said. “Seeing her out on the floor and getting some feedback from members on the team that I trust… I just let it play out naturally and I saw that it was going to work.” “She earned it. It was not hard, if it was hard then it wasn’t going to happen.” Fabbri had made the decision to run a team workout and at the end, present Ingram with her team-issued apparel, revealing that she made the team. At the end of each practice, members of the women’s basketball team would gather in a circle to say “team” in unison. But on this day, Ingram saw something different. MacGillivray was walking over to her with team gear. “Is this happening right now?” Ingram remembers thinking to herself. “Shahara, welcome to the team,” Fabbri said. If you asked Ingram, she would tell you that transitioning from team manager to teammate will go off with-
out a hitch. “You have to become a good server before you can be a good leader,” Ingram said. “It’s humbling because like its just such a beautiful thing to learn to serve first and then to actually step on a platform.” Fabbri expressed to Ingram that if she made the team, she would have to expect to never play a single minute. But Ingram has different thoughts on the idea of playing time this season. “I just want to get on the court,” Ingram said. “So I have to continue to work hard behind the scenes and we will see what happens.” Ingram expressed that it hasn’t quite hit her yet because it is still the preseason, but knows once the season starts it will feel real. “She fits right in,” Fabbri said. “She is doing well out on the court, learning a ton and getting yelled at just like everyone else.” And if Shahara Ingram ever graces Lender Court at the TD Bank Sports Center, the point guard will be donning No. 34.
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Clockwise from top left: Nick Giampetro battles for a puck in the Brave’s (Quinnipiac’s club hockey team) 8-4 lost to Southern Connecticut State on Saturday. Evan Jackson controls the puck at the point, Giampetro attempts a shot, Anthony Prada skates toward a loose puck.
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Women’s ice hockey forward Taylor Cianfarano tallied two assists in the 3-3 tie against Mercyhurst on Friday, then scored a goal in a 2-1 win on Saturday.
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Journey for the jersey After three years serving as a practice player and team manager for women’s basketball, Shahara Ingram has finally made the team. By TYRELL WALDEN-MARTIN Sports Editor
When all hope seems to be lost, Shahara Ingram finds comfort in faith and basketball. She’s played basketball for as long as she can remember–until she had it taken away. So she turned to her faith. She learned to rely on God. She kept one specific Psalm in mind: 27:14. “Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait I say, on the Lord.” And after waiting for three long years, she’s finally a member of the Quinnipiac women’s basketball team. “I feel like leaning on God is what definitely helped me,” she said. Ingram hails from Yonkers, New York, where she played point guard for Roosevelt High School. “My high school team sucked. We had no shine... it was bad,” Ingram said. “We didn’t have much talent. It was only two of us and we scored all of the points.” Despite being a high volume scorer, Ingram didn’t receive much interest from any colleges. She didn’t have enough exposure, she says. She lacked opportunities that most other athletes had, like playing AAU basketball or participating in recruiting camps. “My high school coach should’ve put that in my face more,” Ingram said. “I feel like he should’ve introduced me to more because I didn’t really know much.” After high school, Shahara never lost her passion for the game of basketball and decided she would try out for the Quinnipiac team during the fall of 2012, which was her freshman year. “Just like any other eager young lady that wanted to have an opportunity to play for the basketball team, she did her homework and was figuring out where the tryouts were,” Tricia Fabbri, Quinnipiac women’s basketball head coach said. On the Quinnipiac Athletics website, it lists all the sports at the university, the coaches with their contact information and the tryout dates.
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Shahara Ingram will wear No. 34 for women’s basketball during the 2015-16 season. Women’s basketball doesn’t hold tryouts, the website says, yet that didn’t stop Shahara from contacting Fabbri and wanting a chance to go through the process. “There is a form that every person who is interested in trying out for any sport has to fill out. You have to meet with NCAA compliance, meet with the trainers, meet with the coach and get signatures,” Fabbri said. “It takes a little bit of time and she was diligent. It showed the perseverance in her that this is what she wanted and that she was going to make it happen.” After seeing how serious Ingram was, Fabbri decided to give her a tryout. Unfortunately,
Shahara did not make the roster. “We don’t have a spot for you this year, but if you want we will keep you on the practice squad,” Fabbri told Ingram. It wasn’t exactly what Ingram wanted, but she would go on to make the most of it after Fabbri explained how important being a practice player was. “It is huge in terms of preparation and challenging our players,” Fabbri said. “It is something that we recruit yearly to put together a practice squad that comes in and makes us better. That was Shahara’s introduction to the program, by being on the practice squad.”
It was also Ingram’s only way to stay close to the game that she loved. Even though Ingram was a practice player, she had her own agenda. “My whole mentality was to be a good practice player, show them my skills and talent and let it go from there,” Ingram said. “But I needed to work on a lot of different areas and that’s understandable, so I kept training behind the scenes.” Ingram would even observe the drills in practice and add them to her own regimen. It was her own way of staying fit and keeping up with the team, since she could not be part of the roster and was mainly behind the scenes. “It’s very humbling,” Ingram said. “It’s like you want to be out there, you say ‘I can do this, I should be out there.’ That’s what would be going through my mind.” During her sophomore year, Ingram had to give up her role as a practice player because she did not have her physical in time. However, Fabbri allowed her to return as a team manager, a position that Ingram would hold for two seasons. “For her sophomore and junior year she worked even harder behind the scenes,” Fabbri said. “Setting up the gym, setting up the clock, getting the water out, practice gear, whatever was needed behind the scenes. Loading up the bus with Gatorades, carrying bags and crutches through the airports, so many little details that are done on a daily basis that get done for years and years.” “And she was doing it just because she wanted to be part of the team for two years.” But being a team manager does not grant the same privileges as being a practice player. With being a team manager, Ingram didn’t get to compete against the team every day at practice. So she had to find another way to stay in shape. Whenever she could, Ingram would go into the Mount Carmel fitness center and play pickup with the boys in the gym. She credits some of her improvements to those times. “I’ve always played with guys so that was the norm,” Ingram said. “But it definitely preSee INGRAM Page 14
Men’s hockey preps for 2015-16 tilt By MAX MOLSKI Staff Writer
Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey won the Cleary Cup in 2014-2015, finishing No. 1 in ECAC Hockey with a 16-3-3 conference record. And though the Bobcats made their thirdstraight NCAA Tournament appearance, they were eliminated by North Dakota in the first round in Fargo, North Dakota. Senior assistant captain Travis St. Denis said the team is motivated from the tournament defeat, and is ready to get the season rolling. “Losing definitely lights a fire under your butt,” St. Denis said. “We’re excited to get the year going and hope to make another run at the Frozen Four.” Quinnipiac was ranked No. 18 in the nation
in the USCHO Preseason Rankings, which came out on Sept. 28. The ECAC also announced that the Bobcats were voted No. 4 overall in the ECAC Hockey Preseason Coaches’ Poll behind Harvard, St. Lawrence and Yale. Head coach Rand Pecknold, who is returning for his 22nd year, admitted he does not look into the polls. Having lesser talent than its conference foes has not hindered Quinnipiac in the past, he says. “I think we will be kind of where we were last year,” Pecknold said. “We’re probably fourth or fifth in the league in terms of talent and we’ll need to rely on our character, our team identity and our commitment to win the league like we did last year.”
Following last season, players selected senior Soren Jonzzon as captain of the 2015-2016 team. Jonzzon had a career-high with eight goals, seven assists, and 15 points as a junior. “(Jonzzon) has been excellent. Great character, great player, straight-A student,” Pecknold said. “I couldn’t be happier to have Soren as our captain this year.” The team also selected St. Denis and junior Sam Anas as assistant captains. St. Denis achieved career-highs with 15 goals, 18 assists and 33 points last season. Anas, on the other hand, ranked No. 8 in the nation with 23 goals, recording 39 points overall. Although Jonzzon, Anas and St. Denis are See MEN’S ICE HOCKEY Page 13
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Sam Anas tallied 39 points overall in the 2014-15 season.