The Quinnipiac Chronicle Issue 26, Volume 83

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SPORTS Inside the no-hitter, page 16

OPINION Strength in the city, page 9

ARTS & LIFE How I met your writer, page 12

Fighting f r life

Students, guests, vandalize Commons Relay for Life raises $70,000 for cancer research

By SARAH DOIRON Staff Writer

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Junior Katie Winkle (left), one of the co-chairs of Relay for Life, is a seven-year cancer survivor after doctors diagnosed her with leukemia in 2006.

By ADELIA COUSER Staff Writer

For cancer survivor Camille Bova, Quinnipiac’s seventh annual Relay for Life was more than just a fundraiser.

“I did Relay for Life before I was diagnosed with [stage three Hodgkin lymphoma],” Bova said. “It was still a huge event and I was happy to raise money, but it’s different after going through cancer. It makes me so much happier now to see so many people supporting a cause that I’ve been af-

fected by.”

On April 11, Bova and more than 1,000 others attended this year’s “marathon-themed” Relay. Held at the TD Bank Sports Center on the York Hill campus, this 12-hour fundraiser aimed to raise money for research, honor those who have lost their lives to cancer and ultimately “fight back” against the disease.

During Relay, teams of students walked around a track from 6 p.m. to 6 p.m. to symbolize the constant fight against cancer. There were differ-

By NICOLE HANSON Associate News Editor

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This year’s State of the QUnion was cancelled due to President John Lahey’s “busy” schedule, Student Body President Matt Desilets said.

“Something came up [with the president’s schedule] and we just decided that it wasn’t the same event without him,” Desilets said.

State of the QUnion gives students the opportunity to ask administrators questions about the university’s future, according to SGA’s website.

The Student Government Association tried to reschedule the event but will have to push it until the fall of 2014, Desilets said.

“We were going to try and re-

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“This was probably one of our best Relays yet,” said Winkle, who has participated in the fundraiser every year at Quinnipiac. “It’s so heartwarming and rewarding to see hundreds of people participate.”

Winkle’s Alpha Delta Pi sisters and other friends created a team called Katie’s Krew to support Winkle at the event.

“For me, Relay for Life has been a way to ‘pay it forward’ and really See RELAY Page 4

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ent ceremonies to honor loved ones who experienced cancer, in addition to activities such as carnival games, an inflatable rock climbing wall and obstacle course, food trucks, Zumba, a drag contest called “Mr. Relay” and tie-dyeing.

More than 900 teams raised $70,000 for the American Cancer Society this year.

Junior Katie Winkle, one of the event’s two co-chairs, is a seven-year cancer survivor. She was diagnosed with leukemia in 2006.

Check out more Relay for Life photos on our Facebook.

schedule it before elections, but we just couldn’t get a date that worked because [Lahey] is, this semester more than any other semester, travelling,” he said.

Desilets said it would not be fair to the student body to not have the university president speak at State of the QUnion.

“We wanted to make sure he was there; we didn’t want to put Mark [Thompson] on a platform and have people grill him about security and stuff like that,” he said. “We wanted the full State of the QUnion experience.”

Senior Samantha Ceritelli said Lahey should have come back to the university for the State of the QUion.

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Vandalism in Commons residence hall continues to be an issue this academic year, Director of Residential Life Jennifer Crane said.

This “tradition of vandalism” in Commons started a few years ago, Crane said.

Chief of Public Safety David Barger said vandalism will always be a problem in Commons.

“There continues to be peaks and valleys throughout the year but the one thing we can always count on is there will be vandalism in Commons,” Barger said. “It’s odd to say, but I think it goes along with the freshman experience.”

Barger said other residence hall buildings on campus have minor problems with vandalism compared to Commons.

Last year, residence hall room windows on the first floor of Commons were smashed in along with the ceiling tile damage on the second floor.

“This year has been much better than what it has been in the past,” Crane said. “I think that a lot of it has to do with Residential Assistants and hall directors talking to students before the school year begins.”

Public Safety now goes on extra rounds on weekends when vandalism potentially would happen, such as nights of community events, Crane said.

Barger said they cannot always have more Public Safety officers

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“Maybe [Lahey] should have changed [his travel schedule] around if the past [State of the QUions] had shown to be effective and students really liked to participate in it,” Ceritelli said.

Lahey has been travelling for fundraising and admissions, Desilets said.

“He does a ton of travelling to go and talk to potential donors and go to benefit dinners,” Desilets said. “He’s all over the place, but he’s very good at what he does.”

Freshman Noelle Brasier said it is important for Lahey to travel to get money for the school.

“But at the same time I think it is See QUNION Page 5

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The Boston Marathon will take place on Sunday, just one year since the bombings.

This year, security heightened and no bandits are allowed to run in the marathon.

The Chronicle asked students if their view on safety at big events have altered and if it deters them from attending.

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“[The Boston Marathon bombings] are not going to stop me from living my life. I don’t think with the incident that happened last year is going to deter people from coming. People are going to go to support, especially people who were injured and had loved ones that passed away.”

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“I don’t really think about it when I go to events because I am not overly concerned. I just feel safe. The Boston Marathon was obviously a very tragic thing, but that doesn’t happen very often. When you think about how many big events there are that go on in one particular year, and that happens once.”

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“I am more nervous. I know they always check bags and stuff but it is not always thoroughly, so that is alarming. You just have to watch out and keep your eyes open.”

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Ashley Carle|Sophomore “I think if people are going to do something they are going to do it regardless of how much security you have and no event is going to be 100 percent safe. You can’t control every event and situation.”

Beyond the Bobcats Mother admits to killing her children

Thirty-nine-year old Megan Huntsman is accused of killing six babies she gave birth to 10 years ago. Huntsman told investigators she stranded or suffocated each of the children and put them inside boxes in her garage, according to NBC. Her husband discovered one of the boxes while cleaning out the garage over the weekend. Police are not investigating whether he is connected to the murders. Huntsman said she killed the babies following their birth between 1996 and 2006. She is being held on a $6 million bail for the killings.

By Amanda Hoskins A rundown on news outside the Quinnipiac campus

Kansas shootings a possible hate crime

Driver who killed child turned himself in

A shooting in Kansas City on Sunday is now looked at as a hate crime as supported by state and federal authorities, according to NBC. On the eve of Jewish holiday Passover, three people were shot and killed near a Jewish Recreational Center. The suspect shooter, 73-year old Frazier Glenn Cross, was the founder and former leader of the Carolina Knights of the Klu Klux Klan and White Parrot Party, according to CNN. Witnesses said Cross was asking people whether or not they were Jewish before he shot and yelled ‘Heil Hitler’ after being arrested. Although Cross is known to be a supremacist, none of the victims appear to be Jewish, according to NBC. If Cross is charged and convicted of a hate crime, the death penalty could be an option, according to CNN.

The man who killed a sixth-grader in a motorcycle crash in September came clean Monday morning. Brian A. Dollof was charged with second-degree manslaughter in connection with the crash, according to NBC Connecticut. The 11-year-old boy was riding his bike down the street when Dollof, 29, hit and killed the boy with his motorcycle. In addition to speeding and without a motorcycle license, Dollof was riding under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol, according to NBC Connecticut.

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Residence halls compete to save energy Crescent in the lead of Do it in the Dark competition

By NICOLE HANSON Associate News Editor

Students for Environmental Action are encouraging Quinnipiac residents to “Do it in the Dark” and reduce their electrical consumption.

SEA started Do It in the Dark in 2012 to encourage sustainability on campus, Johanna Berton, president of SEA, said.

“We wanted to do a huge event to get our name out there and to get student involvement,” Berton said. “We thought that a competition would be a fun way for students to compete against each other and save energy on campus.”

SEA, Sustainability Committee and Facilities sponsor Do it in the Dark. The threeweek competition began on March 28 and will end on April 18.

One residence hall will be named the winner of the Do it in the Dark sustainability competition. The winning residents get free T-shirts and an ice cream sundae party, Berton said.

Rather than promoting the final prize, SEA focused on promoting green habits for this year’s competition, Berton said.

“We want students to realize that this event is more than winning a prize,” she said.

“But it’s a way for students to realize that they can make a difference and reduce their carbon footprint just by doing simple things like turning off their lights when they aren’t being used or unplugging unused electronics.”

Berton said the results can be “incredible” if students take the competition seriously.

“One year we saved 23,000 [kilowatt hours] of energy which is equivalent to powering 300 homes for a week,” Berton said.

Do It in the Dark follows a bracket system to keep track of each residence hall’s standing in the competition. Six residence halls advanced to the second week of competition and three residence halls moved on to the third week.

As of April 11, Crescent leads the competition after reducing their energy consumption by 4.2 percent. Commons is in second place and reduced their consumption by 3.6 percent.

Sophomore Zach Blanchard said Do it in the Dark could be better promoted on campus.

“I saw posters around Mountainview because I’m an RA,” Blanchard said. “I don’t think it’s promoted as well as it could be and I think it could be a really good event with a good outcome.”

Blanchard said Residential Life should sponsor the event.

“I know, as an RA and a student, that there’s a huge waste of electricity and waste of resources in general on this campus,” he said.

Berton said SEA has used multiple methods to promote Do it in the Dark this year, including banners on Bobcat Way and the cafe, two kick-off cook outs and social media.

Although freshman Caitlin McDonald said Do it in the Dark could be better promoted, she said she likes the idea of having an energy saving competition on campus.

“It challenges students to step away from

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Student for Environmental Action’s residence hall energy-saving competition, Do it in the Dark, encourages students to reduce their carbon footprint by turning off the lights and saving water. the amount of technology they use today and really get involved in other community activities,” McDonald said.

McDonald and Blanchard agreed that making students more aware of the prizes could improve the competition.

“I think that it would have to be a bigger incentive for people to participate because unfortunately the student body isn’t necessarily going to be like, ‘oh I’m going to turn my lights off to save electricity’ because it’s not at the forefront of their everyday mindset,” Blanchard said. “But in that respect, if

they have the incentive, they’d change their minds a little bit and say, ‘hey I really want that free thing.’”

Berton said the event has grown since its start in 2012.

“Now students are aware of what the competition is and are becoming more aware of their energy consumption,” she said. “We are hoping that in years to come, every student on campus will know what Do it in the Dark is and they will make an effort to be part of the fight to make our campus more sustainable.”

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Anesthesia program approved The Office of Higher Education approved the nurse anesthesia program on Monday, March 31, beginning the week of May 17.

The program will offer two options of a full-time, three-year, postbaccalaureate DNP for nurses with experience in critical care, as well as a part-time, 24-month certification for registered nurse anesthetists with a master’s degree.

The Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs first approved this nurse anesthesia program in February. A January open house attracted 53 applicants to the program along with information sessions at St. Vincent’s Medical Center, St. Francis Hospital and Quinnipiac’s Center for Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.

IMaGinE in Action host celebration Quinnipiac’s IMaGinE in Action will host a student celebration Monday, April 21, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in LL 326 Commons. The event focuses on respect, being included and valued. The group will focus on helping students build an inclusive community on campus. Activities, food and prizes will accompany this event. All students are invited to attend, but space is limited. Reserve your spot by emailing Raya.

Alwasiti@quinnipiac.edu.

Psi Chi to host fundraiser Psi Chi, psychology honor society, will host a candy sale from April 15 to April 17 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The event will be held in the Carl Hansen Student Center. All proceeds will go to Fair Haven School in New Haven. Psi Chi will also collect school supplies and books for elementary and middle school students.

Circle of Perspectives cancelled The Circle of Perspectives workshop set for April 17 at 6 p.m. in Carl Hansen Student Center room 225 has been cancelled. For more information on the event or if you have questions, contact Sade Jean-Jacques in the Office of Multicultural and Global Education.

April 16, 2014

Survivor: ‘cancer doesn’t sleep, neither should we’ RELAY from cover give back to the community,” Winkle said. “As a cancer survivor, it really hits home. I was given a second chance and I want to fight back for a cure.”

Other students, like sophomore Devan Kingston, attended the event to support friends and honor loved ones who experienced cancer.

Kingston, whose grandmother survived kidney and ovarian cancer, attended Relay for Life with Alpha Phi Omega members. She said she was moved by the “emotional” Luminaria ceremony, where students silently walked around the track and placed glow sticks in decorated bags that honor loved ones who survived cancer or passed away from the disease.

“That feeling you get when you see people put lights in the bags . . . it’s very emotional,” Kingston said.

“I think that’s something that everyone should experience. You really don’t realize how much cancer affects people.”

Freshman Rebecca Taylor, a three-time Relay participant, had similar thoughts.

“It’s truly an incredible experience and I highly recommend it for everyone,” Taylor said. “People clearly care about why they’re here.

It’s not only giving back to your community, but it’s also a lot of fun; it’s a good way to make new friends and bond with old ones.”

Like Winkle, Bova was greatly supported by her friends during her journey through cancer. She spent her freshman year simultaneously undergoing chemotherapy, staying on top

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Students could bought Luminaria bags at Relay for Life in honor of their loved ones who survived or passed away from cancer. For about an hour, students walked silently around the track in the dark, as glow sticks lit up the Luminaria bags, spelling the words “hope” and “cure.” of schoolwork and participating in extracurricular activities.

“I didn’t want to let [cancer] affect school at all, so I worked hard,” Bova said.

She came to the university with three main goals: be a part of Q30 Television, join a sorority and make the dean’s list.

“I didn’t want to let having cancer affect any of those goals,” she said.

After earning a 3.7 GPA by the end of the year, her mother told her, “If you can do that when you’re in chemo, then imagine what you could do when you’re healthy.”

This piece of advice is something

Bova still follows today.

“This year, if I start thinking ‘I don’t really feel like doing this’ or ‘I’m so stressed,’ I’ll think back to last year when I was doing the same amount of things on top of chemo and that’s a really good motivation,” Bova said.

Bova and Winkle both used their experiences with cancer to change their perspectives for the better and continue participating in Relay for Life.

“Cancer doesn’t sleep, neither should we,” Winkle said.

Bova advised Relay participants, in addition to individuals who are

currently struggling with cancer or have an affected loved one, not to lose hope.

“Never give up,” she said. “It’s best to just stay motivated. Things are gonna happen in life to you or to people around you, and you can’t give into it. Never give up.”

The event’s location may be on the quad in the fall, Winkle said.

“It’s been awesome up at TD Bank and we’re so glad we got to use these facilities when we could,” Winkle said. “We’re hopefully going to move the event on the quad in the fall so it’s going to be outside and have more of a ‘community’ feel.”

Entrepreneurship club host first Q-Start fair

By KATHERINE ROJAS Editor-in-Chief

An idea can be the beginning of a successful company, or it can change the world. That’s the idea the Entrepreneurship Club wanted to showcase at its first Q-Start fair, as students and alumni presented their businesses and startups in the Carl Hansen Student Center Piazza on Friday.

Patrons, including President John Lahey and Executive Vice President and Provost Mark Thompson, filled the piazza with inquisitive gazes and smiles as each business representative shook their hands and explained their ideas.

Entrepreneurship is not exclusive to the business school, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship & Strategy Dale Jasinski said.

“Anybody’s got what I call brain farts,” Jasinski said. “It doesn’t have to be profit-seeking you can be ‘I just want to impact the world.’

That’s what we love, is people who want to do something as oppose to the normal wind in the mill stuff.”

Sophomore entrepreneurship major Julia Salvia was one of the 14 businesses showcased at Q-Start.

Salvia is a freelance makeup artist and started Beauty by Julia in high school. She does makeup from special effects, to weddings, to fashion shows.

Salvia had three models at her table with painted bullet holes, a

zombie mask and glued on daisies.

Formal season is the busiest time for Beauty by Julia, Salvia said.

“My professor thinks all of this is crazy but a lot of people like this,” Salvia said. “I’m showing what I can do instead of just having a table with information.”

Entrepreneurship Club President Joe Ugalde, a senior entrepreneurship major, ran this fair along with Vice President John Leonelli, a senior entrepreneurship major, and other executive board members.

“The goal of this event really is to be a networking event,” Ugalde said. “To introduce the companies to the rest of the QU community. As well as some of the organizations that might be able to benefit from working with an entrepreneur.”

Thompson announced the university has plans for a dedicated space for the Entrepreneurship Club, but can’t disclose its planned location.

“I can’t tell you precisely where it’ll be, but it will be somewhere,” Thompson said. “And I can tell you that it will be an efficient space for you to do things you want to do.”

Thompson said he “wouldn’t pick out a favorite company,” but was impressed by the showcases.

“They’re very innovative ideas,” Thompson said. “It’s just extraordinary to me what people come up with and just take that little seed and see that grow.”

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President John Lahey visited the Q-Start fair and spoke with students and alumni who showcased their businesses and startups.

Other businesses included MusicVault, DejaYou, Kricket, Checkmate, Rate & Rent, Cronk, Give Kindness QU, Hautlet, QU Pride, Pisces, Guy’s Soap, Früt and Upcycle. The fair also had a presence from the Tippy Toes Foundation, QU South Africa, Enactus and the American Marketing Association.

The fair was such a great success, that the club sees it potentially happening again next semester, Ugalde said.

“I think people were just most shocked that all these students had these ideas, and that these groups of kids working on projects like this existed,” Leonelli said.

2012 alumna Dayna Kasprzycki showcased her jewelry-making business Upcycle, where she uses recycled items to create vintagestyled accessories.

“I felt very prepared from everything that I learned here,” Kasprzycki said. “But no matter how much you ever learn, doing it in real life is 10 times scarier.”

Kasprzycki was mostly influenced by her professors Dave Tomczyk and Jasinski.

“Those two professors were my biggest help,” Kasprzycki said. “Especially my senior year, they were pretty much my only two professors for all of my classes. They were huge mentors for me.”

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North Haven law school on track for fall

By ADAM CAZAZ Staff Writer

Quinnipiac’s $65 million construction on its new law school on the North Haven campus will be ready as planned for the fall semester in 2014.

The law school is still under construction and is expected to be finished by August, including two large classrooms with 85 seats each and three medium-size classrooms that should hold between 50 and 65 seats, Vice President of Facilities and Capital Planning Salvatore Filardi said.

The law school will occupy building three on the North Haven campus with associated classrooms, new spaces, support spaces, dean suite, admissions and more.

“It really includes a lot of things within that $65 million,” Filardi said. “Fifteen million dollars of that budget is getting rid of what we call deferred maintenance in the building. There’s things in the building that we would have to do no matter how we used it.”

North Haven is strategically planned to be a graduate school campus, Filardi said.

“There’s two drivers. One, it moves the law school with the other graduate programs over there,” he said. “And two, it free’s up square

footage on this campus the growing undergraduate population.”

Legal studies major Rachael Cox said she is concerned about moving the law school to North Haven.

“Though I understand that the law school is obviously primarily for law students,” Cox said. “It is inconvenient for undergraduate legal studies majors who are looking to one day be law students themselves.”

Facilities is replacing all the windows on all four floors of building three and will upgrade all mechanical equipment. The structure of the building will also see some changes before it opens in August.

“We made improvements and moved the loading dock and the bookstore so that they conserved the whole campus,” Filardi said. “They were kind of small and undersized for the whole campus before.”

The current law school building, including its library, will be used for undergraduate programs. It will be put in immediate use for faculty offices, classrooms and “support spaces” for the engineering and communication programs.

Although the shelves and books will be removed from the law library, there will be places for students to study, Filardi said.

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The new law school on the North Haven campus is still under construction, but will be completed by August.

Filardi said he does not know what kind of arrangement will be made for the books in the law library for students on main campus.

Cox said legal studies majors need to use the law library’s resources for their classes, such as Legal Research.

“It is imperative that students

have access to the books in the law library, as that is what the course is centered around,” Cox said. “Those who don’t have cars will have a difficult time utilizing the references provided by the law school.”

Junior Adam Coopersmith said it makes sense for the university to move the law school to North Ha-

ven.

“I feel like when you are over at that campus, you have a much more higher culture of learning,” he said.

“So, you are away from all the undergraduates. You’re away from all the immaturity of that, and you’re really more toward the professional world.”

Barger: Commons vandalism part of ‘freshman experience’ Lahey’s travel COMMONS from cover at Commons because it takes away from the other residence halls.

“What [the culprits] are doing is taking away from the safety of other students in other residence halls,” Barger said.

Crane said she believes guests and drunken behavior leads to vandalism in Commons.

“We want students to take responsibility for living in the building and a lot of the vandalism that happens is because of guests who are not with their host,” Crane said.

Guests cause 75 percent of the vandalism cases in Commons, while Commons residents cause 25 percent of the vandalism, Barger said.

Commons resident Morey Hershgordon said students need to treat Commons as if they were at home.

“You don’t just walk through your house ruining the hallways,”

Hershgordon said. “I think students need to realize what they have here.

It’s a privilege to attend this university, not a right.”

Last year, almost an entire floor worth of ceiling tiles were ripped out on the second floor and the culprits were guests of students living in the building, Crane said.

Crane said Residential Life holds a community billing philosophy. This means all residents on the floor or in the area split the cost of the damage at the end of the semester if the culprit of the vandalism is not found.

The culprit goes through the residential conduct process and are punished based on the severity of the damage once they are found, Crane said So far during this academic year, one guest, three students not residing in Commons and three Commons residents were charged for

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vandalism, which is less than in previous years, Crane said.

Residential Life asked RAs and hall directors to discuss the expectations and the consequences of vandalism with students, Crane said.

“We don’t look at all of Commons and say ‘it’s all your fault’ but we do try to look at the whole picture and take preventative measures against [vandalism],” she said.

Hershgordon said he thinks there is not much Residential Life and Public Safety can do to prevent vandalism in Commons and believes people need to be more accountable for their actions.

Commons resident Victoria Saha said the vandalism she witnessed this academic year is completely unnecessary and out of hand, especially on the second floor.

“I think in order to prevent this, Residential Life and Public Safety can think about putting surveillance

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cameras up and maybe that will put a halt to the destructions and also find out who is exactly committing them,” Saha said.

Barger said Public Safety thought about putting in surveillance cameras, but he does not want to infringe on students’ privacy.

“Surveillance cameras capture everything. Every moment of every day,” Barger said. “Targeted use of surveillance cameras would work, but general surveillance would not be used to allow students the privacy they deserve.”

Barger and Crane agree students need to be more accountable for their actions and respect their residential community.

“This is a beautiful campus,” Barger said. “There’s a number of people from facilities who do a lot to keep this campus as nice as it is.

These people who are vandalizing are detracting from that beauty.”

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Junior Amy Wisnewski said it is good Lahey travels to fundraise for the university.

“It could be benefiting the university,” she said. “It’s not like he went on vacation and didn’t reschedule it.”

Desilets said cancelling this year’s State of the QUnion was a “bummer.”

“It’s been a really cool event in the past and I was excited to hopefully host it, but there’s not much you can do because of his schedule,” he said.

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Change in (mis)communication How technology hides honesty

Technology may encourage people to to create facades based on how we want to connect, but how deep are these relationships be seen. Such ways include only posting tailored through screens? Studies show appealing photos or profound statuses to more than 4.75 billion content items get people’s attention. We’re never are shared on Facebook every day, as really an open book on social well as more than 4.5 billion likes, media, instead, we hide all of the according to Internet.org. This ugly parts. effortless way to share common Then again, you have those ideas and interests with others who only use social media via social media conjoins us into to complain with aggressive this abyss where thoughts get hashtags and irritated looking lost and forgotten soon after emoticons which can be their publication. an honest portrayal of Social media his or her feelings, but outlets create unlikely it’s just adding to the relationships because it’s pile and overlooked by so easy to connect with acquaintances. others. You can see people There have been KATHERINE ROJAS with more than 1,000 more than 250 billion Editor-in-chief friends on Facebook or hundreds of photos uploaded to Facebook @kathyreds Twitter and Instagram followers, but those and more than 350 million photos are connections aren’t personal relationships. uploaded every day on average, according a People quickly identify someone as their white paper from Facebook in 2013. Surely, “friend” because of one face-to-face selfies are included in that average. There is interaction through a mutual friend. It’s time now a different way for people to scream for to reflect on who your true friends are, not attention, to express themselves to people because Facebook says so. who have some interest in connecting with Any social media outlet also allows us them.

But such access to communicate can lead to miscommunication. People may misread the tone of a text or study someone’s punctuation usage. Texting and instant messaging are quick ways to communicate with someone, but should be thoughtful messages since it’s written out. Things should be clear and to the point.

We need to be mindful of how someone might take a message. A simple way to stay true to yourself is to remain consistent. Text the way you talk, that way people have a feel for your communication style.

A lot of times, communication is wasted on clearing things up because of miscommunication. Communication via text or social media leaves people to assume based on the little information they are given.

We must then trust that a person is genuine and honest based on the phrases, abbreviations or emoticons they are using.

Communication shouldn’t be taken for granted. It should be used with true purpose.

We can share so much now thanks to social media, but we need to be mindful and honest with what we’re projecting.

Chartwells employees deserve appreciation Like most students, eating Chartwells food is not my favorite part of attending Quinnipiac. However, I always enjoy going into Café Q or the Bobcat Den, more commonly called the Ratt, because the workers never cease to cheer me up.

The Chartwells workers do not treat me like just another student they have to see at some boring job. They smile when I come to their counter and ask how my day has been. I feel like they know me better than some of my professors. They expect to see me overflowing my cup with ice every night before the cafe or the Ratt closes. Before I open my mouth, they spoon plain pasta into a bowl or put together a sandwich with just turkey on a roll because they memorized my food order.

At most food establishments, employees are kind to their customers because they have to be. If an employee is rude, the customer could choose to eat somewhere else next time or refuse to leave a tip.

This is not the case at Quinnipiac. For freshmen and sophomores without kitchens on the Mount Carmel campus, Café Q or the Ratt are the only food options. If the Chartwells employees were rude, all students could do was grit their teeth and return to the dining halls each day. The Chartwells workers are not being kind because they want to impress us or make

more money. They are friendly because they order in between the conversation they are good people. were having with their friend. Not only Chartwells employees work nights and did this mean I misunderstood their order, weekends and must come to campus even but it also made me feel as if I were an when the roads are covered in snow. inconsequential fixture in their lives.

During the super storm Nemo in I did not appreciate being treated February 2012, 10 Chartwells like a robot meant to do someone employees even stayed in a else’s bidding and Chartwells nearby hotel so they could keep employees must feel the same students fed. This Sunday, way.

Chartwells employees will work Yes, students say “please” on Easter to serve the students and “thank you,” but being who will stay on campus. truly grateful goes Obviously, this is part beyond extending of their job description, common courtesies. It but this does not mean means treating people students should take like they are human what the Chartwells beings. On campus, we workers do for granted. see Chartwells workers JULIA PERKINS News Editor Many students do not more than we see our own @JuliaPerkinsHP notice Chartwells employees. family. It is so simple to Especially at Mondo’s Subs in the Ratt, ask a Chartwells staff member how his or students move through the line with barely her day has been or if he or she had a nice a glance or smile at the Chartwells workers. weekend. Students do not have to go out of Students only look up from their phones their way to show Chartwells workers they after the Mondo’s worker loudly repeats if are appreciated. they want tomato on their sandwich.

This goes for all retail, fast food or I worked at a Dunkin Donuts last summer convenience store workers. Just because and while many of the customers were sweet someone stands behind a counter and and friendly, others acted as if my coworkers wears a uniform does not mean he or she and I were not human. They approached the deserves any less respect than a professor, counter on their phones and told me their businessperson or friend.

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Registration hassles

Closed sections create frustration CARA MECABE

Contributing Writer @caramecabe

Registration is a time when I write a slew of angry tweets directed at Quinnipiac in lieu of my frustration. I usually have WebAdvisor and Twitter tabs open side-by-side ready to express my irritation. In the Fall I will be a junior and registration isn’t getting any easier. This semester PRR 332 Public Relations Research, MK 210 Consumer Behavior and MK 332 Integrated Marketing Communications all communications/business classes I wanted to take only had two sections available. Hours before I registered, they were all closed out.

I ended up registering for Corporate Public Relations which only had one section on Fridays from 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. and registering for zero marketing classes. Because I plan to study abroad in spring 2015, that would mean I will most likely not be taking a marketing class until senior year unless I take a summer online course.

There are 935 undergrads in the School of Communications, 270 of which are public relations majors — communication’s largest major, said Danielle Reinhart, assistant dean of student services. To only have two sections dedicated to PR Research and one section dedicated Corporate Public Relations seems unfitting.

There will be six full-time public relations professors in the fall, Reinhart said. In a general communications class, the average size for a classroom is about 22 to 25 students and in a more skill-centered class, there are about 16 to 18 students. The appeal for smaller classes is the individual contact and better interaction

between professors and students, Reinhart said.

Junior media studies major Jacob Nadeau said registration has always been pretty easy for him since he took three credits in high school and registration time is determined by how many credits you have completed. He also took six credits over the summer going into his sophomore year at the democratic national convention which also helped.

Depending on your major at Quinnipiac, you might be able to pre-register for one or more of your classes. Reinhart says pre-registering may be an option for public relation smajors in the future since media studies majors already get pre-registered for one class designated toward their major. Reinhart says she understands registration can be a frustrating process but encourages students to be open to new opportunities and alternative classes that might have not been their first choice.

She urges students to reach out if they’re concerned and that there is always faculty willing to help.

The School of Communications has hired two new full time PR professors for the fall, Reinhart said, but I don’t think it reflects when it comes to registration. We need more courses, classes and professors in the public relations field. Students shouldn’t have to be closed out of classes that we are interested in.

Reinhart assures the School of communications is always hiring more professors and is always growing with demand.

Hopefully with new faculty, more courses will be designed and in return more sections of the current classes will be able to open up.

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Strength in the city We’ll never forget where we were when or the limbs from the numerous amputees. I we heard the news of what happened on can’t speak for those who were directly assoBoylston street. ciated, but it’s almost certain that the pain is We’ll never forget how we felt when media still felt, and the fear of safety is still present. outlets began to confirm the casualties.

When I heard the news of what hapWe’ll never forget the feeling of pened that day, it struck me hard as uncertainty during the five-day chase well. Boylston Street has always for the two suspects. held a special place in my heart. I And most importantly, we’ll went to high school just minutes never forget the heroism of the away from the finish line, and Massachusetts State Police, risking would walk past it each day on their lives in the manhunt of Dzomy way to and from school. Never khar Tsarnaev, for the safety of Boston would I have imagined that very and others around the country. spot would later be filled with The 2013 Boston Marterror on one of the city’s athon is still fresh in our proudest days. minds. On April 15 of last At the same time, year, Tsarnaev and his Boston continues to BRYAN LIPINER Sports Editor brother Tamerlan, allegedfight back. Thirty-six @Bryan_Lipiner ly dropped two pressure cooker thousand runners have regbombs at the marathon finish line, killing three istered for the 2014 edition, the second-highand injuring 264 people. est in the race’s history. In addition, more than The days that followed were nothing short 5,000 runners who were not able to finish the of chaos. While the FBI was identifying the 2013 race automatically qualified for a spot suspects, various ledes had the brothers travel- this year. ing around the Northeast. On April 18, after As a comparison, approximately 23,000 photos of the two were released, Tamerlan runners participated in 2013 and 22,000 in and Dzokhar were involved at a firefight at the 2012.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which The Boston Globe also reported last month resulted in the death of Tamerlan and MIT Po- that an estimated 1 million supporters will line lice Officer Sean Collier. the route this year, doubling the amount for The next day, the city of Boston was is- the average Boston Marathon. sued a shelter-in-place, ordering residents to One year later, it’s safe to say the 2014 stay where they were while the manhunt for edition of the Boston Marathon will be one of Dzokhar continued He was later found that the most emotional moments in city and sports night, hiding in a boat in a neighboring town. history. This Monday, we will watch how a Although the culprit was captured, it didn’t city stayed resilient. fully fix those who were affected by the trageOnce down, but now back and strong. dy. It didn’t bring back the lives that were lost, Boston strong.

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Rallying for Relay Kyra Miller spoke at Relay for Life last Saturday in memory of her father Photos by MEGAN MAHER AND JULIA PERKINS Design by KRISTEN RIELLO

By JEANETTE CIBELLI Staff Writer

Kyra Miller smiled as she began to deliver her speech at the Relay for Life opening ceremony in remembrance of her father, Chris Miller, who passed away from colon cancer last summer.

Kyra is a junior public relations major from Chatham, N.J. This year was her seventh Relay, and she served as the Mission and Advocacy Committee and Survivorship chairperson on the Relay for Life executive board.

The event took place at the TD Bank Sports Center on Friday, April 11 and lasted until Saturday morning. Kyra thanked everyone for supporting the American Cancer Society before telling her story.

Kyra described her father as her “superhero.”

“My dad’s constant positive outlook on life has motivated me to be a stronger person, to get involved in things, and to do the things that I wanted to do when I wanted to do them,” Kyra said before the event. “It makes you realize how short life is.”

Kyra’s grandfather passed away from brain cancer in 2005, and her grandmother survived ovarian cancer. Four years ago, Kyra’s father was diagnosed, and now her godfather is fighting colon cancer.

“Kyra was strong, brave, loving, responsible and tirelessly caring for her dad and me,” said Gayle Miller, Kyra’s mother. “Her smiles brought us through the toughest times in our lives.”

Junior psychology major Sydney Reichin,

Kyra Miller’s Big Sister in the Phi Sigma Sigma sorority, stayed with Kyra’s family for a week after her father’s passing and has shown endless support.

“If you take one thing away from my speech, let it be this. Tell the ones you love that you love them every single day. Don’t ever let them forget it... Daddy, I love you, all of it.”

– KYRA MILLER

“All I wanted was to be by her side,” Reichin said. “Her family is absolutely amazing. I know at first she would get so frustrated when people would say, ‘You’re so strong,’ because she didn’t think she would be. She was wrong. She’s proven to be one of the strongest people I know.”

Reichin, many sisters of Phi Sigma Sigma and Kyra’s family members attended Relay to support Kyra and honor their loved ones. “[My dad] was a big push for me to become more involved with [Relay] and for it to become a passion of mine,” Kyra said. Kyra and her mother have benefitted from the supportive community of Relay.

“Anyone who is involved in Relay weaves the loss and healing of their experience with cancer into their life’s tapestry and into the community’s tapestry,” Gayle said. “It is re-

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Kyra Miller, the Mission and Advocacy Committee and Survivorship Chairperson on the Relay for Life executive board. ally beautiful to be a part of that.”

One of Kyra’s favorite moments at Relay is the Luminaria Ceremony, where glowsticks illuminated paper bags dedicated to loved ones affected by cancer. Kyra said she also appreciates the Survivor Lap, because Relay for Life is dedicated to celebrating their lives.

“All the survivors take the first lap while everyone else claps,” Kyra said. “It’s so healing to see, because I have been on the side of the caregivers, pushing my dad in a wheelchair around the lap.”

“There is nothing like the Survivor and

Caregiver laps, with all of the love and energy that is given and received,” Gayle said.

“Even though it was difficult for Kyra to be Chair of Survivors, because her father was not on the list this year, she found just as much joy, love and healing in celebrating the survivors, which included her godfather.”

Nearly 900 participants collectively raised 70,000 for the American Cancer Society.

Kyra said her involvement with Relay and the executive board gives her a sense of accomplishment. “[Kyra] has raised so much money, and so much awareness,” Reichin said. “I know this girl is going to do big things. Her dad would be so proud of everything she’s accomplished; I know I am.”

By the end of her speech on Friday, Kyra was in tears.

“If you take one thing away from my speech, let it be this. Tell the ones you love that you love them every single day. Don’t ever let them forget it,” Kyra said. “Daddy, I love you, all of it.”

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WQAQ held its third annual Spring Music Fest on Sunday, April 13. The show included Sixth Ocean, The Gurus, This Good Robot and Diabolic with Immortal Technique as headliner.

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H o w I M e t Yo u r W r i t e r Quinnipiac alumnus, George Sloan, wrote for ‘How I Met Your Mother’

By JEANETTE CIBELLI Staff Writer

On Monday, March 31, CBS’s hit comedy “How I Met Your Mother” ended its nineyear run with an hour-long series finale, titled “Last Forever: Part One” and “Last Forever: Part Two.” Since its premiere in 2005, the series has aired 208 episodes. Three of these episodes were written by George Sloan, a Quinnipiac alumnus.

Sloan graduated from the School of Communications in 2004 and has been involved in various film and television productions ever since. He has written three episodes of “HIMYM:” “No Pressure,” “Weekend at Barney’s” and “Platonish.”

These episodes have distinct plotlines, but they also foreshadow the show’s end. In regards to the writing process, Sloan said.

“We tried to write about what Ted was going through in that moment. We did, however, get to have a little fun by sprinkling a few clues in here and there.”

Nearly 13 million people watched the finale, according to the New York Times. Despite these high ratings, there were mixed reactions from viewers. Warning: spoilers ahead.

For years, millions of fans watched as hopeless romantic Ted Mosby recounted the tale of how he met his kids’ mother. Throughout the seasons there were countless characters and friendships, and even more romantic entanglements — notably a love triangle between Ted, his career-oriented ex-girlfriend, Robin Scherbatsky and Barney Stinson, Robin’s playboy-turned-fiancé.

In the series finale, it was revealed that Tracy McConnell, the titular “Mother,”

passed away from an illness, and Ted is still in love with Robin. At the urging of his children, Ted goes to her with the blue French horn, a “HIMYM” icon, in a scene that mirrors the conclusion of the pilot episode.

Throughout the ninth season, rumors swirled about the show’s ending, but only the show’s creators, Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, as well as key members of the “HIMYM” team, knew the truth.

“All the writers knew the ending a long time ago. To Carter and Craig’s credit, they stuck with their original vision of the show, which they wrote and filmed many years ago” said Sloan, who in addition to writing three episodes, worked as a writers’ assistant, script coordinator and production assistant for the show. According to IMBD, Sloan contributed to 120 episodes of HIMYM, as well as working as a production assistant for the film “Rush Hour 3.”

Sloan said he credits some of his success to his studies at Quinnipiac.

“The creative writing course I took with Valerie Smith [helped] me look at writing in a new way,” he said. “Majoring in mass communications was also a big help in that we were allowed to borrow video cameras and just go off and make our own short films.”

Though he says writing and directing feature films is his dream, Sloan decided to pursue television writing after he moved to Los Angeles.

“I made my goal to become an office production assistant on a TV show and try to work my way up from there. A combination of long hours, hard work and luck eventually led me to where I’m at now,” Sloan said.

Sloan advises any aspiring writers to read

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George Sloan, a Quinnipiac alum, poses with Jason Segel on the set of the CBS show “How I Met Your Mother.” and write as much as possible about a wide variety of topics.

“Most importantly, go on adventures in your everyday life,” he said. “Without adventures, you won’t have anything to write about.”

In regards to the “HIMYM” finale, Sloan said he is satisfied with the ending.

“I felt like we did the right thing,” he said.

“It was such a lovely and heartbreaking ending and it just felt so real to me. It’s such a hard thing to end a show that’s been on the

air for nine years…But if you try to please everyone, you’ll end up pleasing no one.”

The experience was also deeply rewarding for him.

“My six years working on ‘How I Met Your Mother’ are without a doubt the best six years of my life,” Sloan said. “I’ve made lifelong friends and I’ve learned more about writing than I could have ever imagined. I’m so grateful for my time on the show, but I’m also really excited to move on to a new adventure.”

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Emily's Music Corner Lights, camera, music As you sit down to watch an old episode of in “Jaws,” “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Star “Friends,” you are hit with a strong feeling of Trek” and “Harry Potter.” There is no doubt nostalgia with the words “No one told you life that if someone were to play any of the music was gonna be this way,” as you wildly clap from these movies, it would be recognized your hands together to precisely hit the immediately. Therefore, music creates three clapping beats. If you were to a unique identity for a movie and hear this song formally called “I’ll allows its thematic elements and Be There For You” by The Remlegacy to live on. brandts anywhere, you would Along with the technical term immediately be taken back to of “score,” the soundtrack of all those nights spent laugha movie is something that ing watching “Friends.” That is very closely tied to the familiarity and association identity of a movie. Alindicates the power of music though soundtracks have and theme songs in the film always existed, they have and TV industry. Music can just recently become popuserve many different purposes in lar to consumers. To name a few

By EMILY MISIEWICZ film, whether it is scary music in a examples, “the Hunger Games” Staff Writer horror movie, or a popular Top 40 song to set the soundtracks, the “Frozen” soundtrack and the scene in a comedy. No matter what type of mu- soundtrack for the new movie “Divergent” sic or where it is used, one can definitely argue have been extremely successful, even more that music has the power to create a mood and successful than some full albums by musicians. emphasize specific emotions elicited by a scene.

Recently, I looked at the iTunes store and Recently, there has been a trend in the use- lo and behold, “Frozen” (Original Motion Picfulness and effect of music in a film. The back- ture Soundtrack) by Various Artists is No. 1 on ground music in a movie is called the film score Top Albums, preceding Shakira, Luke Bryan which is “original music written specifically and Beyonce (yes, even Queen Bey). To quanto accompany a film and instrumental or cho- tify “Frozen’s” musical success, it has been at ral pieces called cues which are timed to be- the top of the chart for nine non-consecutive gin and end at specific points during the film weeks according to Nielsen SoundScan data in order to enhance the dramatic narrative and for the week ending April 6. Another week at the emotional impact of the scene in question,” the pinnacle will create a tie with the chart-topsaid Mark Savage from BBC. Some notable ex- ping performance of “The Lion King,” which amples of successful film scores include those reigned in 1994-95. The album will likely top

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“Nashvilles’” cast hold up their album that was orginally created for the show. sales of 2 million next week”, according to Variety Magazine.

OK, so enough about “Frozen” (but if you have not seen it yet, go!). But really, soundtracks and film scores are groundbreaking and provide such a strong emotional connection to movies.

The “Divergent” soundtrack offers new songs written specifically for the movie by major artists including A$AP Rocky, Ellie Goulding and M83. And even if these songs are not played during the actual movie, they still provide fans with another avenue to connect with the film for years to come. This can also be applied to TV shows like “Friends,” where specific networks

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Wentworth proves it’s worth the money

Work study struggles

The snow has finally melted and students are out enjoying the sun on the Quad. There is nothing better than homemade ice cream on a warm, spring day. Wentworth’s is a perfect treat after hiking the Sleeping Giant. It’s not a far walk from main campus either. You can reward yourself for exercising with a cup or cone and then burn off the calories by walking back to campus.

It’s a quaint little shop with scales, which is ironic seeing as the sweet treats are made with a lot of sugar and heavy cream. On a sunny Saturday afternoon, you can find the line almost out the door.

The young ladies behind the counter welcome every customer with a friendly greeting and smile.

The ice cream shop is a very popular attraction in Hamden. Students who go to school close to Wentworth’s can enjoy the rich ice cream year round.

Because the ice cream is homemade, there is more room to be creative. A

Quinnipiac’s campus, education and student life all come with a pretty high price.

While most students that come to Quinnipiac are not penny pinching, some need help along the way, so they apply for work study.

Quinnipiac’s work study program is offered to students that qualify federally for financial aid. Around 1,200 students are employed each year through the Office of Financial Aid. Jobs are offered in many places around campus and students can apply to work wherever they want.

There are also jobs that are offered at the post office, polling institute, through athletics and many other places. Most jobs do not require any experience and the staff will help to train the student working.

This program may seem easy and fair, but some students think it needs a change. Many students need the money to help pay for books, school supplies or for an activity on campus. But the problem is, most jobs pay minimum wage. Payment is low compared to the high cost of books.

crowd pleaser is the cookie monster: blue ice cream with baked chocolate cookie bites. Their waffle cones are also pressed fresh daily, their smoothies are made with fresh fruit and they have two yogurt flavors. They’re tasty and healthy, a perfect combination.

Sophomore Gina Miele gets the hot fudge sundae every time she goes to the ice cream shop.

“It tastes like heaven,” she said.

Wentworth’s menu is extensive so it’s harder to choose something you love then leave empty handed. From hot fudge sundaes to ice cream sodas, they have it all. And if you bring a canine pal along, they have an ice cream that’s safe for dogs to eat.

Wentworth’s is the answer to a prefinals week treat. So head over before the end of the semester for a massive cone of chocolate fudge brownie with rainbow sprinkles. – K. Mason

and shows purposefully select songs that will resonate with the audience and elicit certain emotions. The TV show “Nashville” is half music and half drama, as the actors on the show are real musicians who write and produce original music for the show to be released on CDs (smart marketing there)!

The next time you watch a movie, pay attention to the music in the background and wonder why the filmmaker selected that song.

If it were not there would the scene still have the same impact? Would “Friends” create that same nostalgia?

If Quinnipiac had a way of raising the pay of students that work, the students would be able to afford what they need. Freshman Cecilia Fanning works at the polling institute said “the pay is good and above Connecticut minimum wage. The hours I work every week do not add up to help pay QU’s bills and book costs.”

There seems to be more things that students complain about. One student mentioned that the hours are not consistent and they can be at odd times.

The other problem is getting the paperwork in and accepted. Many students would like a job on campus, but are not federally qualified to get one. Freshman Jocelyn Bates works for intramural sports. “When you get a work study job, you need to make sure your paperwork is done correctly and you have to update it when there are changes,” Bates said.

If the paperwork does not qualify or is not updated, you’re out of a job. – A. Orban

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RUNDOWN

BASEBALL QU 10, Hartford 4 – Wednesday Ryan Nelson: 4 hits, 1 R, 1 RBI QU 3, Iona 0 – Saturday Thomas Jenkins: 9.0 IP, 3 hits, 0 R, 8 K QU 2, Iona 1 – Saturday QU 6, Iona 0 – Sunday Brandon Shileikis: 9.0 IP, 1 hit, 0 R, 1 K Vincent Guglietti: 3 hits, 2 RBI’s SOFTBALL Sacred Heart 4, QU 0 – Thursday Siena 3, QU 2 – Saturday Siena 10, QU 2 – Saturday Iona 9, QU 2 – Sunday Abby Johnson: 1 hit, 2 RBI’s Iona 13, QU 3 – Sunday MEN’S LACROSSE Canisius 11, QU 10 – Saturday Matt Diehl: 2 goals, 1 assist Dylan Webster: 2 goals, 1 assists WOMEN’S LACROSSE Marist 15, QU 13 (OT)– Sunday Kathleen DeVito: 2 goals, 1 assist Michaela Tinsley: 2 goals, 1 assist

GAME OF THE WEEK

Men’s lacrosse rally falls short

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Associate Sports Editor

GAMES TO WATCH BASEBALL QU vs. Saint Peter’s – Saturday, noon, 3 p.m.

QU vs. Saint Peter’s – Sunday, noon.

SOFTBALL QU vs. Stony Brook – Wednesday, 2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m.

QU vs. Monmouth – Sunday, noon, 2 p.m.

MEN’S LACROSSE QU vs. Siena – Saturday, noon QU at Yale – Tuesday, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE QU at Fairfield – Wednesday, 3 p.m.

QU at Siena – Saturday, 1 p.m.

MEN’S TENNIS QU at Stony Brook – Wednesday, 3 p.m.

QU vs. Monmouth – Friday, 3 p.m.

WOMEN’S TENNIS QU vs. Monmouth – Thursday, 3 p.m.

QU vs. Marist – Sunday, noon

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Matt Kycia scored two goals in Saturday’s 11-10 loss to Canisius.

The Quinnipiac men’s lacrosse team headed into Saturday afternoon’s matchup with Canisius needing just one win to clinch a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference playoff berth.

Unfortunately for the Bobcats, they’ll have to wait a little bit longer to do so.

Quinnipiac scored six unanswered goals in the fourth period of play, but its comeback effort fell just short as the Bobcats fell to Canisius 11-10 at the QU Lacrosse Field.

“We had our destiny in our own hands today, and we knew that coming in,” Quinnipiac Head Coach Eric Fekete said. “We fell down in a hole, and I’m certainly proud of the guys for battling back, but we made some mistakes along the way, especially in the first half. We can’t make those kinds of mistakes in a game like this.”

Canisius took a 7-2 lead into halftime, then expanded the advantage to 11-4 after three quarters of play.

“We’re capable of playing with who ever we want, it’s just our ability to keep ourselves out of harms way,” Fekete said. “My concern all year

with this team is not who we play, but how we play.”

Quinnipiac held the Golden Griffin’s scoreless in the final 15 minutes of play, ultimately getting within one goal when Ryan Keenan picked up a ground ball out in front of the goal and blasted it into the lower-left corner of the net with 1:19 left.

The Bobcats had a flurry of chances in front of the net at the end to tie the game, including Dylan Webster’s shot with under 10 seconds remaining. Webster fired high, however, and Canisius held on.

“We had two great looks at the end, we just didn’t hit them,” Fekete.

Webster and Matt Diehl led Quinnipiac with two goals and an assist each. Matt Kycia had two goals of his own, while Michael Sagl had a goal and two assists.

Freshman Zach Vehar went 19-of25 in faceoffs, including a 13-of-14 draw mark in the second half.

“He’s really come in and done a great job for us,” Fekete said. “Especially when the pressure’s on, he doesn’t let momentum get in his way.”

With the loss Quinnipiac moves to 5-5 on the season, and 3-2 in MAAC play.

Caro: ‘We’re fortunate to have a player like her’ MAGLIO from page 16 May 14, just over two months after the injury. She was on crutches for about a week, then began to walk again. She was still in the early stages of the recovery, a process that was harder than she had initially expected.

“To learn how to walk again, to learn how to run again, all of that was rough,” Maglio said.

Maglio began physical therapy three times a week, then went to the gym on her own on off-days. She was determined to get back at an accelerated pace. All she wanted to do was play again.

“She’s one of the hardest workers in the rehab room,” Tilts said.

“Everyday we would come in from practice and she would be in there, doing her rehab. She was there for hours at a time.”

Caro said Shana’s work ethic in

the weight room allowed her to become a leader, as she provided an example of how other injured players should act.

“When we had freshmen who would sprain an ankle, Shana was there to tell them what they needed to do to get back, what was acceptable behavior and unacceptable behavior in the gym, and how they should go about their business,” Caro said.

Maglio returned to action on Feb. 22, a little over nine months after her surgery. She scored a goal during the second half of play in that game against Connecticut, an encouraging sight to see for her teammates and coaches.

“As soon as she got to play we were all so excited,” Tilts said. “She had worked so hard to get there, to recover so fast, and seeing her play was a joy for all of us. You can tell she loves the game.”

Caro agreed that seeing Maglio play again was a joy, and went on to say how much the team missed her toughness on the field while she was injured.

“The first word that I think of when I think of Shana is that she’s feisty, she wants to fight for the ball,” Caro said. “She’s not our most skilled player, or one of our fastest players, but she is one of our toughest players.”

Tilts said Maglio is one of the vocal leaders on the field for the Bobcats, as well. She is always talking to her teammates, especially Tilts in goal.

“She’s always saying ‘I’ve got you, I’ve got your help, I’m coming,’” Tilts said. “Her attitude reflects exactly how she plays. She’ll back up what she says with what she does.”

“She just reads the game and she knows what the team needs, she’s

willing to get in there,” Caro said.

“We’re fortunate to have a player like her that is willing to do all of the little things to make a team competitive out there on the field.”

Maglio currently has three goals and one assist for Quinnipiac this year, and has started 11 of the team’s 12 games. But the numbers don’t tell half of her story and the journey she took to getting back on the field.

“Now that I have overcome my fear, I know that I can achieve anything I put my mind to,” Maglio said.

When reflecting on the situation, Maglio thinks the scar she has on her knee from surgery may be what best represents her accomplishment.

“I use it as a reminder that I have achieved something so great, and that anything in the future that I am fearful of, I can always overcome it,” she said.

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The baseball team’s pitching staff has a combined 1.99 ERA in 10 conference games this year.

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The softball team has lost via the mercy rule 12 times so far this season.

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Goals Kearey Sneath has scored this year, despite scoring only two in her first three seasons combined.

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Clockwise from left: Ryan Keenan celebrates after scoring in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game, Matt Diehl and Tom Gilligan celebrate after a goal, Connor Meth falls to the ground after Quinnipiac loses to Canisius, 11-10.

BRANDON SHILEIKIS Baseball Freshman Shileikis threw a complete-game shutout in Sunday’s 6-0 win over Iona. He pitched nine innings, gave up only one hit, surrendered no runs and struck out one.

Shileikis is now 1-0 on the season with a 3.62 ERA. PHOTO COURTESY OF QUINNIPIAC ATHLETICS

KYRA OCHWAT Women’s lacrosse Junior Ochwat had eight goals and four assists in two game’s last week. She had five goals and one assist on Wednesday against Iona, then three goals and three assists in Sunday’s loss against Marist.

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Goals the men’s lacrosse team has scored in its past three games.

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It took 10 days for one softball game to be completed, but Hannah Lindsley did something that hadn’t been done in Quinnipiac Division I softball history: she threw a

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By IAN MCCRACKEN Associate Sports Editor

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Hannah Lindsley threw the first no-hitter in Division I Quinnipiac softball history in a 2-0 win vs.

Manhattan.

Before last Monday, no Quinnipiac softball pitcher since the university joined Division I athletics in 1998 had ever thrown a no-hitter.

On April 7, Hannah Lindsley etched her name in the record books by accomplishing the feat against Manhattan, defeating the Jaspers 2-0. She retired every batter other than one walk and a hit batter.

Lindsley’s first pitching appearance for the Bobcats came at Manhattan as a freshman. She lost 5-1, pitching to a teammate that wasn’t even the team’s catcher.

“It was kind of cool to come back and pitch a no-hitter where I first started as a freshman,” Lindsley said. “That was kind of unique.”

Originally, Lindsley had no idea she was even throwing a no-hitter, saying she was just focused on forcing batters into easy outs and staying off the bases.

The victory was a rescheduling of the March 29 contest that was called off due to significant rain, rendering her the only player to throw a no-hitter in Division I history played in multiple days.

Lindsley threw three hitless innings before the weather escalated.

The situation allowed her team to further study the lineup they were facing and be further prepared when action resumed, Head Coach Jill Karwoski said. Teammate Jordan Paolucci, who caught the resumed portion of the game, said the team did situational drills before play resumed at Manhattan.

“I’ve never been in a halted game,” Lindsley said. “It was different, but I think as a team we handled it well.”

The Bobcats were facing a Manhattan team that ranks first in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for offense. Paolucci noted the team had a loose game plan going in on how it was going to contain that offense.

“We get scouting reports and we study up on the teams, but most of it has to do with how the pitchers are throwing that day, what the hitters are hitting,” Paolucci said. “A lot of it is variables. You have to use a catcher’s intuition, almost.”

Run support started in the second inning with Paolucci going deep to give the Bobcats a 1-0 lead. Abby Johnson, when play recommenced in the fourth inning, forced a two-out walk with the bases loaded to round out scoring for Quinnipiac.

Paolucci described the game

dynamic a “well-oiled machine.”

Lindsley’s pitching performance further motivated the rest of the team to take advantage of Manhattan’s mistakes, allowing Lindsley to continue throwing with confidence when they did.

Field support, on the flip side, came through for Lindsley. She threw just two strikeouts the entire game and in the last four innings alone, the team caught 10 pop-ups.

Elena Bowman was hit by a pitch in the first inning and Anna Crowley walked in the second. After the walk, Lindsley retired every batter she faced other than a fielder’s choice in the second.

She retired 16 straight batters after the fielder’s choice, 12 of which popped-up or flew out. In the final inning, Lindsley retired the final three batters in pop-up fashion.

Meredith Bryant popped up to second base while both Jenn Vasquez and Andi Stallard had their hits caught in the outfield.

Both Lindsley and Karwoski see the accomplishment as a team effort, with the defense stepping up and making necessary plays.

“Before the game, I said, ‘I’ll produce pop-ups, you guys just catch it,’ which is funny because it’s what ended up happening,” Lindsley said. “They played great

behind me.”

That victory capped a stretch of five wins in six games that started April 3. Moving forward, Paolucci saw the no-hitter as a way to get pumped for the coming games ahead.

As of April 15, Lindsley is the only softball player in Quinnipiac Division I history to throw a nohitter. Karwoski acknowledged, however, that the triumph should serve as motivation for the rest of the team.

“She’s in the record books and records are meant to be broken,” Karwoski said. “Hopefully it gives our future Bobcats something to work for.”

For Lindsley’s legacy, she will always have this accomplishment next to her name and as a junior she has time to do more. Her teammates, however, will remember her for her hard work and dedication to all facets of college responsibility.

“Hannah is a great player,” Paolucci said. “She always works really, really hard so it’s nice to see some good things happen for somebody who comes in and does the work in the weight room, the classroom, on the field. That’s pretty much Hannah’s legacy: coming in and working hard. She’s a big part of the team.”

Maglio recovers from torn ACL

By NICK SOLARI

Associate Sports Editor

“Someone help me.”

Those were the first words that came out of Shana Maglio’s mouth after she hit the turf on March 6, 2013.

Maglio, a freshman at the time, was playing in her third career game at Quinnipiac when she tore her anterior cruciate ligament.

The midfielder was on the defensive end of the field when an Iona attacker bolted towards the net, then quickly cut in the other direction.

Maglio followed her cover, as she always does, when her body twisted and she heard the pop in her knee.

“It felt like someone was stabbing me in the knee with a knife,” Maglio said. “I’ve never felt so much pain in my life.”

But the action continued as the referees didn’t blow the whistle until there was a stoppage in play. All the

while, Maglio stayed on the ground in pain, calling for help.

“We all heard the screams, we immediately knew it was bad,” Quinnipiac Head Coach Danie Caro said.

The team’s trainer ran out onto the field to help Maglio as soon as the whistle finally blew. Maglio was in pain, and only one thought was running through her mind.

“Please tell me it’s not an ACL tear,” she said.

“We’ll have to check you out first,” someone from the training staff responded.

Maglio managed to get up and walk to the sideline. She attempted to run up and down the out-of-play territory as she wanted to come back into the game, a sign of both her physical and mental toughness, Caro said. But then Maglio tried to cut and her knee felt weak. The ACL injury was later confirmed, and she would miss the rest of the season.

Maglio didn’t let the news get her down, though, because being pessimistic just wasn’t in her nature.

“As soon as she got hurt I remember her telling me that her goal was to recover in half of the time of a normal ACL injury,” Quinnipiac goalie Samantha Tilts said.

Maglio began “pre-hab,” before her surgery two months later, trying to strengthen her knee as much as possible. She also took part in various other stationary activities, like warming up the goalie before games.

“She was able to stay engaged in the team and still make a contribution to what we were doing even though she wasn’t able to play,” Caro said. “You could tell that she just really wanted to be a part of things.”

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Sophomore Shana Maglio has played in all 12 games this year after missing most of last season to a torn ACL.