The Quinnipiac Chronicle, Issue 18, Volume 86

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

VOLUME 86, ISSUE 18

Students frustrated with QU-Yale, Fetty Wap ticket issues

Students compensated after dorm flooding

By THAMAR BAILEY AND SARAH DOIRON

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Left is part of the student section at last year’s QU-Yale game. Right is part of the crowd at last year’s Wake the Giant concert.

By TARA O’NEILL Co-News Editor

For many Quinnipiac students 10 p.m. usually means winding down from their day.

But on Sunday, Feb. 21 and Monday, Feb. 22, 10 p.m. meant stress, aggravation and– for some–disappointment.

The tickets for the QU-Yale men’s ice hockey game became available on Glitnir Ticketing at 10 p.m. on Feb. 21, and the Fetty Wap Wake the Giant concert tickets

went on sale, also on Glitnir, at 10 p.m. on Feb. 22.

With 1,200 tickets available for the QUYale game and 2,600 tickets available for the Wake the Giant concert, there is a large section of the student population who did not get tickets to at least one, if not both, events.

For most men’s ice hockey games, 1,000 student tickets are available, but an extra 200 standing-room only tickets are available

for the QU-Yale game, according to the Executive Director of the TD Bank Sports Center Eric Grgurich. He said the tickets sold out in less than a minute.

With some students taking to social media to say the online ticketing system was not efficient, Grgurich said doing the tickets online is the best solution.

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Challenging Chartwells Student gathers complaints against dining service

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by a manager or sent via email to Chartwells directly.

Student discontent with Chartwells food is not unheard of across campus. Many students become discontent with the lack of food variety and some, such as senior political science major Maria Praeli, change their diet altogether. Praeli used to be a vegetarian, but had to

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PHOTO COURTESY OF NASTY CHARTWELLS TWITTER, DESIGN BY KRISTEN RIELLO

The Twitter called “Nasty Chartwells” features tweets from Quinnipiac students about food issues they’ve encountered at the different dining locations at the university.

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Carleigh Peterson, a sophomore marketing major, arrived at Cafe Q on Feb. 1 and bought a muffin, which she later found was raw.

This was not the only instance in which Peterson had an issue with Chartwells. In late January, Peterson was overcharged when purchasing two individual uncooked eggs.

Peterson, according to a Facebook post she wrote the night of the incident, decided “this sort of thing goes on far too often here” and submitted a negative response about Chartwells Dining at Quinnipiac as a whole.

After setting up a meeting with the directors of food services for the following Thursday, Peterson went to Facebook to ask the Quinnipiac population for evidence of raw or otherwise inedible food. By the time of Peterson’s planned meeting, she had compiled a document more than 20 pages long, filled with pictures and student testimonials, only for her meeting to be canceled.

“I was very upset. They added $20 to my account to make up for the muffin and the eggs which was great,” Peterson said. “But originally it seemed like that was supposed to be in place of the meeting. And I basically sent back that I would still like to meet, but thank you for the credit to my account.”

According to Peterson, the meeting was rescheduled to the following Thursday. It was then that Director of Dining Services Joseph Tobin and Associate Director of Dining Services Leean Spalding made it clear that student complaints need to be immediately addressed

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stop during her freshman year.

“I started eating chicken my second semester here because there just wasn’t enough options,” she said. “Salads got boring and there’s just not enough options for dietary needs.”

The university compensated several students who were displaced after flooding in their residence halls on the Mount Carmel campus. But some of these 49 students received more money than others, while others were not compensated at all.

Seven of the 14 students who were displaced after a pipe burst in Hill on Jan. 29 were given $15 each for laundry and $50 in meal plan money, according to Assistant Director of Residential Life for sophomore housing Michael Guthrie.

During the morning of the flood, a damaged toilet caused a pipe to burst and water to leak from Hill 10 room 12A into the ceiling of Hill 10 room 11A. The water continued to spread throughout the suite, according to sophomore Nicolas Colon, a resident of Hill 10 room 11A. As a result, Facilities gave some of the Hill residents money through Q-Cash in order to pay for the cleaning of their wet clothing.

This money allows the students to do five loads of laundry for clothes that may have been wet or damp because of the leak, Guthrie said.

Colon said the compensation awarded to him and his roommates helped offset the cost of laundry and make up for their inability to cook for themselves.

“Although it did take some time, it was the appropriate gesture from Res. Life and Facilities,” he said. “It was enough for the circumstances, but we will see what arises in terms of property damage.”

Guthrie said the residents of room 12A were not compensated because the damage to their room was minimal.

“It is my understanding that [the residents of room 12A] did not experience the level of damage that [room] 11A experienced and [room] 12A was also able to return to their room significantly sooner than [room] 11A,” Guthrie said.

The Hill 12A residents were relocated to Village and returned to their original housing assignment four days later. Meanwhile, the seven residents of Hill 11A moved to Perlroth, a residence hall without a kitchen, for a total of two weeks while renovations were ongoing. This is why these Hill 11A students received extra meal plan money, Guthrie said.

“The reason being is when a student goes from Hill, they have a partial meal plan and when a student goes to Perlroth they have a full meal plan because there’s no kitchen,” he said.

Sophomore Benjamin Tzodikov, resident of Hill 12A, said he wasn’t compensated and didn’t expect to be.

“Instead of getting compensated, Public Safety and Facilities tried to blame us for the flooding even though it was clearly not our fault,” he said. “If there was someone in our room right away fixing this problem, which when they came only took them a matter of seconds to turn off the water, then we would not have had to move out and create all of this mess.”

Sophomore Josh Gonzalez, a resident of Hill 12A, said they called Public Safety immediately following the constant swirling of the toilet and were assured someone would arrive soon. However, approximately 10 minutes before Public Safety arrived, the pipe behind the toilet burst. That is when the

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STUDENTS SPEAK UP

Singer, songwriter Kesha sued her producer Dr. Luke in October 2014 for alleged sexual assault and battery, sexual harassment, gender violence, emotional abuse, and violation of California business practices during the 10 years they worked together. On Friday, Feb. 19 the court ruled against Kesha’s request to be released from her contract.

Students stand with Kesha and shared their thoughts on the trial.

By VICTORIA SIMPRI Photography by ERIN KANE Design by HANNAH SCHINDLER AND KRISTEN RIELLO

WEB DIRECTOR Nick Solari

Dakota Molinari|Sophomore|Sociology

CO-NEWS EDITOR Sarah Doiron

“I don’t think anybody should be forced to work with somebody they believe assaulted them, especially in that way. To continue a professional relationship with somebody like that is extremely difficult and I don’t think she should be forced into doing that.”

CO-NEWS EDITOR Tara O’Neill ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Hannah Feakes ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR David Friedlander ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Nisha Gandhi ASSOCIATE ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Madison Fraitag ASSOCIATE ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Caroline Millin SPORTS EDITOR Tyrell Walden-Martin

Connor Fortier|Junior |Broadcast Journalism “I was shocked that she still has to work with him.

She’s already standing up for herself and if no one else is going to help her out then she should go out of her way, even though she shouldn’t have to, and say ‘I’m done with him.’”

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR Max Molski ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR Jordan Novack

Emma Griffiths|Freshman|Film, Television and Interactive Media

COPY EDITOR Nicole Hanson

“If Sony wants to break the contract they can, they’re just choosing not to break it and that’s the reason why she went to court. I mean I don’t know what there is to do because the court sided with Sony so beyond Sony breaking the contract and letting her go I don’t know what there is that can be done besides support her.”

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Ellis Einhorn|Sophomore|Film, Television and Interacrive Media “I don’t think anyone knew what was going on [at the time].

I don’t know what I would have done if I was her. It’s really a tough situation and I think it’s awful that we live in a world where people can do this, but I hope that everything turns out all right for her.”

Beyond the Bobcats

A rundown on news outside the university.

By Tara O’Neill

Woman stabbed in Hamden

Sandy Hook parents pursue lawsuit

Michigan shooting suspect charged

A New Haven woman was stabbed six times and taken to the hospital early Sunday morning, according to the New Haven Register.

The Register said the 26-year-old woman was trying to break up a fight in the parking lot of the Hamden VFW. The woman suffered wounds to her chest, back, shoulder and hand, according to a press release The Register received information from Hamden’s police spokesman Captain Ronald Smith.

Jackie Barden and David Wheeler, each parents of two victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown are pushing for a lawsuit against Remington, according to CNN. Remington is the gun-maker that made the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle used in the shooting at the school. The lawsuit is to prevent guns like this from being on the market because of how quickly the user can fire rounds.

Jason Dalton, 45, was charged with six counts of murder, two counts of assault with intent to murder and eight felony gun charges after he went on a shooting “rampage” in Kalamazoo County in Michigan on Saturday, Feb. 20, according to The New York Times. Dalton was arrested early on Sunday and authorities in Kalamazoo County said they believe he was transporting Uber customers as a driver between the shootings.

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It’s bigger than Quinnipiac

The university will participate in the Big Event on April 9

By VICTORIA SIMPRI Staff Writer

The co-directors of the Big Event are hoping this year’s community service day will be Quinnipiac’s biggest yet.

The Big Event is a nationwide, one-day, student-run community service project. The event is one of the largest in the country, according to the Quinnipiac University Big Event webpage.

The Big Event started 28 years ago at Texas A&M University with the purpose to present students with the opportunity to say “thank you” to the surrounding community, as explained by the Big Event DoYouQU webpage.

Registration for the event started Monday, Feb. 15. As of Friday, Feb. 19, 45 teams have signed up, according to senior Gianna Costantino, one of the directors of the Big Event.

Sophomore Amy Lafleur will be participating in the Big Event for the first time on a team with her sorority.

“I heard it was a great experience to do something with the school as a whole,” Lafleur said. “Even though we all have individual teams we all come together for the day which is really fun.”

Registration is open for four weeks leading up to spring break but has also been extended through spring break in the past, according to senior co-director Thomas Frotton.

“Right now it’s two weeks of just team captains who will register their whole team, and then individual participants can start registering themselves on the Monday [Feb. 29],” he said.

Last year 1,200 undergraduate, graduate, alumni and faculty signed up for the Big Event, Costantino said. But the Big Event committee is looking for more this year.

“We’re aiming for 1,500 [volunteers],” Frotton said. “I want 2,000 but that’s a stretch.”

According to Costantino, two years ago the event had its biggest turnout ever when 1,600 members of the Quinnipiac community participated.

“Then we kind of took a drop, but we are hoping to have our biggest year ever this

year,” she said.

Senior Micaela Sturm participated in the Big Event her freshman year and was placed at the Sleeping Giant.

Sturm enjoyed the experience and is looking forward to this year’s Big Event.

“I’m definitely going to participate,” she said. “I hope that I get to go somewhere fun, anywhere would be great to go but it would be fun to go somewhere that would pertain to what I like to do and my interests as far as community service.”

Sturm said she was unable to participate in the event last year because she studied abroad for the semester, but encourages others to participate every semester they have at Quinnipiac.

“I would absolutely [encourage others to sign up]. It was a fun time and it was great to help out Hamden and the community surrounding Quinnipiac,” Sturm said.

Costantino said the Big Event committee works diligently toward the promotion of the big day.

“A year’s worth of work goes into planning this event. We start as soon as school starts. We recruit our e-board in the very first month and then we meet every week in the semester from then on,” Costantino said.

The committee will hold a dinner on Feb. 24 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the upper cafe for students to register there, Frotton said.

There will also be registration opportunities on the North Haven campus to encourage graduate students to sign up, he said.

Costantino said the committee also works toward promoting directly to freshmen because they may know less about the event than other members of the Quinnipiac community. The group presents to FYS (First-Year Seminar) classes, reaches out to clubs and organizations and plans to conduct a “dorm storm” on Saturday, Feb. 27.

“We go to all of the freshman and sophomore dorms, knock on their doors and tell them about the Big Event and how to register,” Costantino said.

Sophomore Kelsey McDonough did not participate in the Big Event her freshman year but plans on joining the Athletic Training Club’s team this year.

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Registration for this year’s Big Event at Quinnipiac is open.

“The Big Event means helping out the community around us,” McDonough said.

“Sometimes when you’re in college I feel like you’re just stuck in this bubble on campus and you don’t really know what’s going on in the outside world.”

To sign up for the Big Event log into Do You QU and type in Quinnipiac University’s

Big Event. Click on the forms tab to fill out an application to become a team captain.

The team captain will be able to sign up the entire group. Each volunteer will then get a separate form to fill out. The captain is responsible for attending a meeting a week before the event and checking in their team the day of.

Students relocated, given money after flooding, pipe bursts FLOODING from cover leak began.

Guthrie said it was important for Residential Life to reach out and compensate the students who were impacted.

“We’re very supportive,” Guthrie said. ”This is a very difficult situation for them.

Any student that gets displaced in you know a situation like this, we definitely want to reach out and support to our best.”

Associate Vice President for Facilities Keith Woodward said Facilities does their best to fix any problems in order to not inconvenience the students.

“We strive to complete the necessary repairs in a timely fashion and have residents return as quick as possible,” Woodward said in an email.

Meanwhile, a pipe burst early in the morning on Feb. 16 in the Village 600s, affected six suites and forced 35 students to relocate. Two of the six suites have already moved back into their rooms, according to

Guthrie.

Guthrie said there are still 24 students who were temporarily displaced to Perlroth, Troup, Founders, Whitney Village and Village.

“We were fortunate enough to be able to keep all 35 students who were originally displaced with at least one or two of their roommates,” Guthrie said in an email. “In two instances we were able to keep full suites together.”

All of the students displaced from Village received $15 on their Q-Cash for laundry

purposes which was paid for by Facilities and Residential Life, according to Guthrie.

He also said that Facilities washed and dried some of the clothes for some of the rooms where the worst water damage occurred.

Woodward said Facilities is working to repair the damage caused by the pipe bursting in Village, such as replacing insulation, sheetrock replacement and checking all life safety equipment. He also said the work will take an estimated three weeks to repair.

Students disappointed with Chartwells take to social media CHARTWELLS from cover Although variety is a major concern for some students, for Peterson there is a more pressing matter at hand.

“Right now I’m mostly focused on the safety of the food and the reliability of the food,” Peterson said. “We shouldn’t be served raw or rotten or cross-contaminated food... My biggest concern is that we should be able to fill a plate with food and eat it without having to inspect if everything’s okay.”

The Student Government Association student advocacy committee continuously works with Spalding weekly. In addition,

sophomore class representative Travis Dunham works with Chartwells every week, which is why there are constant changes and improvements.

Still, students are making it clear on some social media platforms that they’re unhappy with the food quality. The directors of Chartwells are aware of the social media ridicule Chartwells is receiving, specifically under the twitter account “NastyChartwells.”

But the feedback from the account is unreliable because the different instances don’t include where and when the food was received, the directors said. In order for food services to track down and put a stop to the raw or contaminated food, they need certain information and the content of these tweets

are not concrete.

Chereace Marcellin, a junior psychology major, agrees Chartwells needs more concrete evidence to deal with complaints of bad food.

“I think if you have a real issue with Chartwells that it shouldn’t just be taken to social media,” Marcellin said. “You should address it to someone like a manager or someone higher up so that it can be handled efficiently. Chartwells isn’t going to see every complaint, see everyone’s posts online.”

Tobin encourages students to reach out if they are unhappy with their dining experience.

“Chartwells is eager to ensure that all

students are satisfied with campus dining services,” Tobin said in an email.

According to Tobin, students should contact Chartwells directly at Chartwells@ quinnipiac.edu with all concerns or speak with a manager in one of the cafeterias.

Peterson encourages students to speak up about their food experiences at Chartwells.

“Basically the bottom line that needs to be voiced to everyone is that the second that anything happens you need to take initiative,” Peterson said. “You need to send in your complaint, you need to seek out a manager because nothing can be done unless you yourself are trying to get something done.”

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Montage Writer’s Series to be held To honor Black History Month, Montage will host “Hallowed Grounds: Sites of African American Memories” on Monday, Feb. 29 at 6:30 p.m. in room 119 of the Carl Hansen Student Center. Open mic will start at 6:15 p.m. The six featured students to present their work will be Clare Michalak, Asia Skyers, Ashley Skyers, Anthony DiMartino, Ruth Onyirimba and Jen Fremd.

Hamden to host blood drive To honor Red Cross Month, the town of Hamden is holding an American Red Cross Blood Drive on March 10 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Arden House on 850 Mix Avenue. Quinnipiac and the town of Hamden encourage students to join community members to donate blood for a good cause and possibly save the life of a patient in need. Students can call 1-800-REDCROSS, download the American Red Cross Blood Drive app or visit the American Cross website to make an appointment to donate.

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More students seek help for their disabilities

By TARA O’NEILL Co-News Editor

The university has experienced a noticeable increase in students requesting accommodations for their disabilities over the last few years, according to Associate Vice President of Retention and Academic Success Andrew Delohery.

Quinnipiac complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which has been in place since Jan. 1, 1990. The purpose of the ADA is to provide equal opportunities for people with disabilities and to lessen discrimination based on those disabilities, according to the ADA website.

There were approximately 375 students who reached out for accommodations in 2012, according to Delohery. But by this semester that number has risen to almost 1,000 students.

Delohery believes the amendment of the ADA in 2008 to support a wider range of students with disabilities has led to this drastic increase.

“While we can’t say exactly why that [increase] has occurred, what we believe is...in 2008, when the Americans with Disabilities Act was amended, it allowed for more people to take advantage of it,” Delohery said.

With the changes to this amendment, colleges across the nation are also noticing an increase in requests for accommodations, he said.

The way the university handles these cases is on an individualistic basis. Delohery said each student can feel differently about their specific situation and what might be necessary for one student might not be necessary for another.

“Every student is treated as an individual,” Delohery said. “That’s something every institution must do.

The outcome of the situation may vary from student to student.”

Since each student experiences academia differently, Delohery said students should look at their experiences to decide whether they feel like they might need accommodations from the university.

“We would try to say to any student: do you feel you’re getting the support, the opportunity you’d like to have for advancement, for development, for improvement?”

Delohery said.

One way the university tells students about resources is through a brief session during orientation. However, Delohery said for some students that session might be “white noise” because there is so much going on. He also said some students might be cautious about reaching out to the university out of fear they will be perceived in a negative light in a new place.

But faculty and staff can also help bring attention to students who might need accommodations or just to be told their options and available resources. For example, through the Retention Alert program the university reaches out to students who miss a certain amount of classes or whose grades are struggling, Delohery said.

“If we see any student in academic crisis, we reach out,” he said.

Delohery said professors can use WebAdvisor to identify the student, the issue and include some text about why they’re submitting the referral.

Following the submission, an email is sent to the student and the student’s advisor.

Last semester there were 1,800 referrals, according to Delohery. He said that number is pretty consistent, and each semester there are roughly between 1,400 to 1,800 referrals. “[The Quinnipiac Retention Alert] program helps direct individual students to appropriate academic support

THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS RECEIVING ACCOMMODATIONS THROUGH ADA IS INCREASING

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Number of students asking for help for disabilities has increased. during the semester and facilitates dialogue among those working to support the student,” the student handbook states. “Academic specialists also work with faculty to bring learning skills into the classroom.”

With increasing class sizes, it can be difficult to keep up with emailing students for follow-ups after referrals and to acknowledge available resources, Delohery said. But he said that does not stop his office from helping students who need it.

“We just brought in our largest freshman class,” Delohery said. “Do we have enough resources to be able to support them adequately? I think we do—speaking from me.”

And those resources are showing results, he said.

Delohery said approximately 60 percent of students who are referred and contacted end up in the office to

talk to someone about their options.

Though sometimes it may take some encouraging, he said all decisions are ultimately made by the students. No student is forced to seek out accommodations or get help in other ways.

Associate Professor of Psychology and social psychologist, Dr. William Jellison, thinks that these numbers have grown due to the increased acceptance of disorders such as Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder.

“There is more social acceptance around it and more understanding around it,” Jellison said. “A student would be more likely to seek the resources because they are less likely to be stigmatized...There may have been just as many cases 50 years ago, but because we didn’t have the understanding nor the social awareness so people might not necessarily be seeking out these resources.”

Presidential Fellowship applications due Tuesday Talks guest to address mental health in April

By JENNIE TORRES

Juniors and seniors of any major can apply for the Presidential Public Service Fellowship, which is 10 weeks of full-time, paid summer public service work in the town of Hamden. The program starts on June 6 and ends on Aug. 5 during summer 2016. The program offers full-time pay, a stipend of $3,400 and discounted campus housing for those who are offered the position. The application can be found on MyQ for students and is due on Friday, April 1 at 5 p.m.

Great Hunger museum announces new exhibit The university will be honoring the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising in Ireland. The Easter Rising was a rebellion in the country that led to its independence from the British Empire and transformed the country into what it is today. Ireland’s Great Hunger museum will be opening a new exhibit to be called “The Seed of the People: 1916 Remembered.” It will be open to the public Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.

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The Student Programming Board’s (SPB) Tuesday Talks guest for March 1 is expected to encourage discussion about mental health on campus.

Over 1,600 people have attempted suicide by jumping off San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge since its opening in 1937. It is rare that someone survives falling 220 feet off the bridge, but there have been very few survivors, including Kevin Hines.

Hines will speak to the Quinnipiac community about his traumatic experience and the trials he still faces because of it.

Director of Tuesday Talks Abbie O’Neill helped organize the event along with the help of its sponsors, SPB and additional support from the Psychology Club, the psychology department, the sociology program in the department of sociology, anthropology and criminal justice, the QU Health & Wellness Center, QU Honors Program and the Athletics department.

O’Neill finds that Hines’ story will benefit the campus community and get students to speak openly about mental health.

“I think that this topic is something that people don’t like to talk about a lot and mental health is a very important issue,” O’Neill said.

Some students, like sophomore

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SPB’s March 1 Tuesday Talks guest Kevin Hines will talk about his life since an attempted suicide from the Golden Gate Bridge.

Eric Rasmussen, think it will be interesting to have an in-depth conversation on this topic.

“I think that there is a stigmatization toward [mental health issues] and people don’t want to know about it so they don’t have to deal

with it, but it’s more common than we realize,” Rasmussen said. “It seems that seminar would be really good to hear from a first-[person] perspective on how someone lives with mental illness and how it affects their daily life.”

Students began preparing for the talk shortly after the Health & Wellness Center hosted a wellness fair called Fresh Check Day on Oct. 8, 2015. This also dealt with spreading the word about mental health. “[Fresh Check Day] was very well attended,” O’Neill said. “It was shortly after that I got in contact with Kevin and talked with his agent and being like, ‘what can he bring to the school and what can he give to us?’”

Junior Matt Dillane thinks that mental health is being handled better nationwide, thanks to events like Fresh Check Day and the upcoming seminar.

“I think more and more these days people are getting aware of mental health issues,” Dillane said. “I think more people know someone with a mental health issue, so I think it’s improved.”

O’Neill finds that introducing Hines to the Quinnipiac community may not only provide enlightenment about his issues, but also provide guidance to those who have their own obstacles to face.

“It’s learning about how to deal with [mental health] and learning how to overcome those struggles so that you can live a normal life, but recognizing the fact that it’s never going to go away, so that’s always going to be a part of who people are,” O’Neill said.

CORRECTIONS: In the Feb. 10 issue, the article “Same product, different prices” reported that a personal cheese pizza in Cafe Q costs $3.35, but it costs $5.15, which is the same price as in the Rocky Top cafe.

In the Feb. 17 issue, the article “Worried on the West Coast” stated two students were robbed, but they were burglarized. This article was updated further on quchronicle.com.

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Nursing community created in Mountainview University’s newest living-learning community focuses on specific major

By KELLY RYAN Staff Writer

Nursing students are able to work and live with each other in Quinnipiac’s first Nursing Living-Learning Community (LLC) on the fifth floor of Mountainview.

Planning for the Nursing LLC began in the fall of 2014, and this school year has been the first full year the community has existed.

The idea behind the Nursing LLC stemmed from current and prospective student interests and requests.

“Students wanted to live in area where their academic rigors were being respected by the community,” Mountainview Residence Hall Director George Regan said.

The Department of Residential Life wanted to provide nursing majors with connections to the field before starting their nursing-specific course work.

“During their first year, nursing students are often taking similar courses that do not speak to nursing specifically,” Regan said. “We determined that this warranted the creation of an environment that allowed for nursing students to have experiences that connected their pre-requirement course load to the School of Nursing and the nursing faculty.”

There is also a close partnership with the Nursing Department within the Nursing LLC. The academic program played a role in creating the community as well.

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Freshmen nursing majors such as (left to right) Vannessa Grobber, Rachel Fisher and Jennifer Oberlander had the option to live in the new Nursing Living-Learning Community.

The Nursing LLC is currently on the fifth floor of Mountainview. The community is 98 percent nursing majors. The other 2 percent are either future nursing majors or other health science related majors.

“Mountainview is a great environment for living-learning communities in that it allows for intentional, cohesive communities of between 40 and 60 students living in suites of

eight students,” Regan said.

Quinnipiac currently has four other livinglearning communities: LiveWell, Honors, Global and Business 3+1. However, the nursing community stands as a starting point for the possibility of continuing to add more academic-based LLCs, according to Regan.

Senior nursing major Stephanie Gauthier said she would not have wanted to live with

only nursing majors during her freshman year.

“Although you are taking similar classes, you aren’t taking nursing classes yet so I don’t think it’s completely necessary,” Gauthier said.

“It also streamlines you into being friends with mostly people in your major. Living with people outside of my major allowed me to make friends with people who study many things and I love that.”

Freshman Heather Bushnell currently lives in the Nursing Living-Learning Community.

“Being in the Nursing LLC has brought so many opportunities to our whole floor,” Bushnell said. “Being around girls who are taking the same courses as you makes it easy to ask questions, or maybe have them tutor you in a class.”

Every LLC on campus, including nursing, is led by Resident Assistants who either lived in the communities before or are fully supportive of it. Thanks to them, all programming, events and meetings are related to the theme of the LLC. Regan said there has been nothing but positive feedback about the Nursing LLC. “From everything that we have heard from the community members and the School of Nursing, the community has been very successful and very popular,” Regan said. “Also, the residential retention rate for students living in an LLC is higher than students not involved in an LLC.”

Financial Aid experiences tight budget

By MATT GRAHN Staff Writer

The budget for the Financial Aid Department is “tight” this year, Associate Vice President and University Director of Financial Aid Dominic Yoia said.

This means the office did not have sufficient funds for students who asked for additional aid after receiving their regular award package, he said in an email. When a student gets a financial aid package, he or she can ask for more money, but this year, Financial Aid was not able to fulfill all of these requests.

However, the money that was already granted to students is not in jeopardy.

“This year we struggled. I’ve been here for 17 years, and this was the toughest year I can remember…[for] meeting all the needs of our students,” Yoia said.

A student’s financial aid package is determined by the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) and the CSS (College Scholarship Service) Profile, Yoia said. These

forms tell the university information that applies to a wide range of services, from scholarships to work study. If there is anything more needed, a student can contact Financial Aid. There are multiple scholarships available for students, according to the Quinnipiac website. One of these is the freshman scholarship, which is given before a student starts at the university. This academic scholarship’s value can range from $5,000 to $24,000, and the student needs to maintain a 3.0 GPA to keep it.

Another way where there can be more aid given is with the Request for Review form.

Yoia said it is given out in a situation where there is a change in economic standing, like if a student’s parent loses his or her job. The form is a way of telling Financial Aid the specifics of what has changed.

Freshman Rachel Hoban said she feels the increase in student population doesn’t help Financial Aid’s ability to grant need-based aid to students.

“Our [class] is the biggest that Quinnipiac has ever had,” Hoban said. “You can only give so much financial aid to people who genuinely need it.”

“Obviously it’s sad these days that kids are gonna graduate and then they have a extreme, crushing amount of debt... it’s scary. It’s gonna be hard.”

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Senior Sara Olyaei also shares a similar sentiment.

“They started increasing the number of freshmen [they accepted]...the amount you have to pay keeps increasing every year,”

Olyaei said. “I think it’s because of the large number of freshmen we get every year, and that many people could be asking for more aid,” However, if a student needs more money and is considering getting a loan, Yoia said pursuing a private loan should be a last resort.

“Anytime you see the news, or on television, a student that’s in debt… it’s because they’ve borrowed private loans, in addition to the federal loans. So we always discourage students from overborrowing,” he said.

Freshman Lauren O’Brien, who has taken out a private loan, said she is only able to attend Quinnipiac due to the $21,000 she receives from the school, along with some scholarships from other sources. Even though O’Brien has heard the school does a good job with preparing students, she is still nervous for the future.

“Obviously, it’s sad these days that kids are gonna graduate and then they have a extreme, crushing amount of debt… It’s scary.

I’m not excited. It’s gonna be hard,” she said.

SPB says some Fetty Wap tickets will be re-released TICKETS from cover said. “Otherwise you have people waiting, people missing class, people at internships and clinicals.”

Chris Mule, a first-year graduate student in the 4+1 MBA program, did not get a QUYale ticket. He said the ticket system is the biggest issue when it comes to big events like this game.

“My main issue is that it is such a bad system in place,” Mule said. “I have never had the opportunity to go to a Yale game here because of the system and especially in my last year here I really wanted to go.”

Grgurich said they have done in-person tickets sales in the past at 8 a.m. which resulted in people skipping classes, trying to get multiple tickets for friends and roommates and some other issues. He said putting the tickets online allows for a fair lottery system.

Tickets for the QU-Yale game have already made their way onto websites like StubHub. There are student general

admission tickets and faculty tickets listed on StubHub with prices ranging from $74.99 to $230.

Junior Riya Patel thinks it’s unfair that some students generate their QU-Yale ticket just to sell them at excessive prices, despite not having paid for the ticket themselves.

“There are people who want to go to the game but cannot because some students that are just getting tickets just so that they can sell them for more,” Patel said.

During the time for the QU-Yale tickets some students had issues, but Grgurich said the website did not crash. Since so many students were accessing the website at the same time to get tickets, there was an influx of people that caused the website to function at a slower rate.

But during the sales for the Wake the Giant spring concert tickets, the Glitnir Ticketing website did crash, according to Ticket Manager Matthew Calcagni.

Despite issues with Internet typically being blamed on BobcatNet by students, Calcagni said BobcatNet was not to blame this time. Calcagni said there was a limit

placed on the back end of the Glitnir Ticketing website for how many students could have a ticket in their cart at the same time.

Calcagni said the interest was more than the system limit could handle. During the ticket sales, they had to go back into the system and allot for more students to purchase tickets at the same time.

During the sale of the Wake the Giant tickets, which Calcagni said sold out in about an hour because of the delays with the website, many students attempting to purchase tickets saw messages about a high volume of customers on the site at that time.

“In terms of setting up online sales, it was the first time that we had quite that volume,” Calcagni said. “On that side of it, the back end [of the website] wasn’t set up correctly to accommodate the interest because there’s such a great interest for Fetty Wap.” Senior diagnostic imagine major Lauren Varriale did not get a QU-Yale ticket or a Fetty Wap ticket. She said she would be willing to buy a ticket from someone else selling a Fetty Wap ticket.

“I would consider buying one,” Varriale said. “I wouldn’t spend over $25 because that is what they are originally being sold for.”

This year was the first year that the SPB decided to do entirely online tickets for the Wake the Giant spring concert, according to Calcagni. He said in the past the Wake the Giant concert has not been well-attended, but because of this year’s volume of interest, he expects SPB will reconsider doing solely online sales for tickets next year.

There was an error in the system that allowed some students to purchase more than two tickets, according to a post from the Quinnipiac University Student Programming Board Facebook page.

“Due to high volume of traffic on the server last night [Feb. 22], a glitch occurred that allowed some students to purchase more than [two] tickets,” the Facebook post said.

“These students are currently being emailed and refunded to rectify the situation. These tickets will then be put back into circulation at a later date.”

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Why I can’t just ‘calm down’ Stop the social stigma of anxiety “You’re being ridiculous.”

“I don’t understand why you’re so upset.”

“Why can’t you just calm down?”

These are just few phrases and questions I have heard because of my anxiety disorder.

It’s not fake. It’s not me being overdramatic. It’s something I have to deal with every single day.

There is a social stigma that surrounds anxiety disorders that needs to be addressed.

Anxiety disorders affect 40 million people in the United States, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. With that many people suffering from anxiety, it is an extremely important topic to discuss.

With the “social stigma” of anxiety, there is a “self stigma” that goes along with it, according to Anxiety.org.

A self stigma is self-induced shame that is caused from assuming others view them negatively because of their anxiety disorder.

This is something I struggle with everyday.

I’ve never had thick skin and I am always conscious of what people think of me. I will stress myself out over what I say and what I do around others because I am fearful that someone will find me annoying, overdramatic or even stupid.

When I am stressed even slightly, my mood changes dramatically.

Only one-third of people with anxiety disorders receive treatment, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. I am a member of that statistic.

But even on anti-depressants, I can still

find myself stressed beyond relief. What they improving my coping methods everyday.

Throughout college, I have had my don’t tell you on the little orange pill bottles is anxiety tested numerous times and the more that anxiety will never completely go away. It I experience as I am growing up, the easier will surround you and even sometimes engulf it is for me to calm myself down and think you completely. realistically about every situation I wind up in.

I haven’t been anxious my entire life This semester I have five classes on though. It all started in middle school after I Wednesday, followed was bullied by a group of girls by travelling to my who used to be my best friends.

SARAH DOIRON internship at WTNH I spiraled into depression and Co-News Editor News 8 in New Haven found it hard to get up in the on Thursdays. As if the morning to go to school. I @SarahMarie31 nonstop classes from would cry myself to sleep most 9:30 a.m. to 9:10 p.m. nights and retreated inward, weren’t enough to make talking little, eating less. My mother finally brought me to therapy and me anxious, parking in the city has definitely freaked me out one too many times. It takes slowly but surely, it made me feel better.

But it wasn’t until high school, however, a lot of energy for me to talk myself down, when I had my first panic attack and realized take deep breaths and tell myself “it could this wasn’t just going to go away. This was always be worse.” I’m managing, but it worse than I could have ever imagined. hasn’t been easy.

But the most important thing is for people Sobbing uncontrollably on my bed, not being able to catch my breath, heart racing like I to understand what I–among many other had run a marathon. No one truly understands college students and young adults–have to how horrifying a panic attack is until they’ve deal with on a daily basis. I don’t choose to act the way I do when I’m stressed, no one with actually experienced it.

This is what I deal with, what I go through anxiety does. But I’m trying to get better at more often than I should, and I’ve slowly controlling those reactions.

Everyday is a battle I have to fight and I’ve come to terms with that. But it was never easy for me to accept my anxiety for what it is and gotten pretty good at it lately. So before you it’s always been made worse by what other complain that someone is being ridiculous or over dramatic, remember that you don’t know people think of my reactions to stress.

I must say, I’ve gotten much better at what that person has gone through. Be nice to calming myself down in stressful situations, everyone, because as I have experienced first especially now that I am in college. I’m hand, everyone is just trying to find their way.

Go join intramurals

As my time at Quinnipiac University winds peak coming out of high school and knew I down, I have begun to reflect on all the great wouldn’t be able to play at the Division I level. times I have had in my four years here. I tried It is already difficult for some former high to think back to what I would remember most school students to get acclimated to the college from my time here or what I would cherish but life, but what about former athletes? They have there were too many things to to adjust to having so choose from. much open times on their I’ve had great friends, very hands as well as finding TYRELL WALDENMARTIN fun and countless experiences, something that can bring etc. But the one thing that that competitive nature Sports Editor probably meant the most to out of them. @Tyrell_Walden me was the fun I had playing Playing pick-up games intramural sports here at in the rec-center didn’t do Quinnipiac. it for me. If your team Like a lot of people, I played varsity sports kept winning games, then other players would in high school and it dominated most of my just quit or stopped playing hard. Or it would time. Having practice and games six days out be dysfunctional with people making their own of the week, on top of keeping up with school calls throughout the game. There was no order. work took up almost all the time I had. And let’s Intramurals gave me that order. not forget about AAU and travel basketball, ah With intramurals I was able to let my the memories. competitive nature take over and run free.

But after my high school graduation, I Every game felt like one in high school. wondered what was next. Thanks to injuries and Getting together and creating a team with junk food, I realized that I had hit my athletic my friends and playing one or two competitive

games a week was the fix I needed. I was able to relive some old memories, as well as make new ones.

When I say intramural games get real, they get real. I almost lost an eye last year playing intramural basketball, but it was a freak accident.

But maybe you want to play the sport you love, but not at as high of a really competitive level. Well, Quinnipiac offers intramural opportunities for all. There are some levels that are typically higher than others that you can join, as well as co-ed leagues.

This year will be the first year I don’t participate in an intramural league due to my class and work schedule, so this is my informal retirement.

As I retire, I look back at all the great times I had in triumph and defeat and I say to you: go enjoy yourself and join an intramural team.

You might not be Chaise Daniels, Aryn McClure or Sam Anas, but you can go dominate your intramural division level like they dominate at the Division I level.

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People don’t need to vote for Clinton to be feminists As the democratic race for the presidential Yet, there is a difference between not helping nomination heats up between former Secretary women and choosing not to vote for Clinton. of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont senator Women should support each other by calling Bernie Sanders, so too have tensions between out sexist comments or volunteering for feminist their supporters. This has made deciding who I organizations. It’s possible to be a feminist and feel like a different want to vote for in the primary presidential candidate even more difficult because would make the country I believe both Clinton and JULIA PERKINS better.

Sanders would make strong Editor-in-chief Steinem’s comments, presidents. @JuliaPerkinsHP however, were more But I can tell you I will problematic than Albright’s. base my decision on their In an interview with talkpolicies, not on their genders. show host Bill Maher, Gloria Steinem, a women’s rights activist, and Madeline Albright, Steinem attempted to explain why younger women are choosing to vote for Sanders. a former secretary of state, feel differently.

“Men tend to get more conservative because Albright, when speaking at a Clinton New Hampshire rally on Feb. 6 about how a Hillary they gain power as they age,” Steinem said, presidency would help the continuing fight for according to Yahoo.com. “Women get more women’s rights, said there is, “a special place in radical because they lose power as they age.

They’re going to get more activist as they grow hell for women who don’t help each other.”

Judging by Clinton’s laughter and the older. And when you’re younger, you think, response from the audience, Albright’s ‘Where are the boys? The boys are with Bernie.’”

This statement is insulting to young comments were meant to be taken as a joke.

women everywhere because it claims they do not understand the importance of the feminist movement. Young women like Emma Watson and Malala Yousafzai or Annie Clark and Andrea Pino, the founders of the organization End Rape on Campus, prove Steinem wrong. Not to mention, Steinem perpetuates the sexist idea that women only think about getting guys—an idea Steinem should be squashing. Steinem later apologized on Facebook for her comments, but in doing so she rejected everything she said on the talk show, suggesting she was just changing her mind because of the backlash she received.

I completely understand why Steinem and Albright want a female president. I do too.

It would be empowering for women across the country and the world to have a female commander in chief. But that cannot be the only reason one votes for Clinton. Imagine if Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina were the only woman in the race. Am I supposed to vote for her just so a woman can be president, even if I disagree with her policy?

Steinem wants Clinton to be president

because, at 81, Steinem may not get to see many more elections. This isn’t meant to be mean and say Steinem is going to die soon.

This is how many older women feel, according to a recent NPR article. NPR chronicled how younger women feel they will see a female president someday, so they don’t need to vote for Clinton, while older women are worried they are running out of time to see that day. After all Steinem has done to fight for women’s rights, it’s understandable that she’ll say anything just to see a female in the Oval Office. It would be the culmination of all she’s worked for.

But having a female president won’t make sexism go away, just like having a black president didn’t make racism go away. Steinem and others who want a woman president need to look at the bigger picture. Which candidate will do more to promote equality between the genders? That’s a question I can’t answer, but saying women should vote for Clinton because she has two X chromosomes won’t advance the feminist cause.

It will turn people away from it.

Say my name, say my name

Seriously... stop subtweeting Subtweeting is the single most hypocritical phenomenon in the world. Urban Dictionary defines subtweeting as, “indirectly tweeting something about someone without mentioning their name. Even though their name is not mentioned, it is clear who the person tweeting is referring to.” I’m sorry but I didn’t realize we were back in middle school.

Subtweeting someone is the equivalent of making a declaration of love on social media with no recipient: useless and counterproductive. Stating one’s emotions is understandable, but it is petty and immature to rant and rave about one’s irritation and aggravation toward another person who will most likely see it and immediately know he or she is the subject.

Have we all lost the social skills to confront our problems head on or do we merely lack the

willingness and nerve? If you truly have an issue with someone, especially if he or she is in your close proximity, put on your big-kid pants and say something. Grow up.

This pathetic trend is not limited to Twitter. Yik Yak is a prime platform for wimps who need to blow off steam. While many people use Yik Yak in a healthy, enjoyable manner, others just use it to indirectly bash those around them.

Didn’t your mother ever tell you what to do if you have nothing nice to say?

An anonymous QU student posted on Yik Yak, “Say thank you when I hold the door for you...rude b*tch.” Why didn’t you say something to them if you were so infuriated by this?

Why must you take to anonymous social media? You were literally in arm’s reach of this person. Use your words.

Even when people notice a subtweet about I’m not mistaken, you just went out of your way themselves and confront the poster, the petti- to acknowledge said thing that you care so little ness never ceases. I have witnessed subtweeters about. Something just doesn’t add up there. deny the very obvious truth of If you truly didn’t care it the identity of the subject of would barely cross your MADISON FRAITAG their subtweets. Be petty once, mind, let alone your social shame on you. Be petty twice, Associate Arts & Life Editor media profile. Additionaleven more shame on you. ly, these profiles are often @madisonnrosee13 Whether your name is on a public. How do you think a message or it is anonymous, if potential employer will reit is a critique of another huspond to tweets about that man being without mentionannoying person that you ing who you are referring to, I promise you I don’t care about at all but still posted about? will be rolling my eyes at it. When did we come Very professional, well done. to this? Why can’t we all just keep our opinions For those of you who may consider this a to ourselves or vent directly to a close friend? form of subtweeting since I have not included My absolute favorite is when people tweet any names, there are far too many offenders to about how little they care about something. If list. You’re all equally immature in my eyes.

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Arts & Life DESIGN BY KRISTEN RIELLO

OSCAR PREDICTIONS WITH AFSHA KASAM & SEAN KELLY

This year’s Academy Awards has been plagued in controversy due to a lack of diversity in its nominations. According to The Economist, the blame is set upon the Academy’s 6,000 voters, 94 percent of which are white. While this can be seen as a major contributing factor, another issue is the films presented to the voters. Minority actors appear in 15 percent of top roles, get 15 percent of nominations and get 17 percent of the wins at the Academy awards. For black directors, the percentage is even smaller. Of the top 600 films, black directors helm 6 percent of them. Gender is another issue in terms of nominations.

At best, the makeup and hairstyling nominations were evenly split between men and women, according to Variety. At worst, no women have been nominated for cinematography, directing, music score, sound editing or mixing. The issue has gained so much traction that host Chris Rock changed his monologue to focus on this topic. While we can’t predict what the hilariously unpredictable comedian will say, here are our predictions of who will take home the gold.

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WILL WIN “THE REVENANT” COULD WIN “THE BIG SHORT” SHOULD WIN “THE MARTIAN”

WILL WIN “INSIDE OUT” COULD WIN “ANOMALISA” SHOULD WIN “INSIDE OUT”

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Unlike previous years, this year’s Best Picture race has been rather unpredictable, as there is no clear favorite to win. With that in mind, “The Revenant,” a film about a fur trapper’s survival of a brutal bear attack, is a slight frontrunner. “The Big Short” and “Spotlight,” which cover the 2008 financial crisis and the Boston Globe’s investigation of the Catholic Church’s sex abuse scandal respectively, are also predicted to win. And although it’s unlikely, the film that deserves to win Best Picture is “The Martian,” a crowd-pleasing film about an astronaut stranded on Mars.

Pixar is the Meryl Streep of the animation category. When they’re nominated, all of the other nominees should immediately accept defeat. Their latest film “Inside Out” showcases the feelings of joy, sadness, anger, fear and disgust controlling the mind of an 11-year-old girl named Riley. It captures the essence of growing up with the atypical, yet completely necessary, message that experiencing sadness is a part of life. Speaking of sadness, the only nominee that could upset Pixar is the devastatingly depressing, “Anomalisa.” It’s an R-rated stop motion film about a lonely author who has an affair with a woman who is attending his convention.

BEST ACTOR WILL WIN LEONARDO DICAPRIO “The Revenant”

COULD WIN MATT DAMON “The Martian”

SHOULD WIN MICHAEL FASSBENDER “Steve Jobs”

After six nominations and years of hilarious memes, it appears that Leo is finally going to get his Oscar. His portrayal as real-life frontiersman Hugh Glass may not be his best performance, but watching him eat raw bison meat shows that he gave 110 percent in this role. Matt Damon’s performance as a charismatic astronaut earned him a Golden Globe, and could potentially earn him this award. However, it’s Michael Fassbender’s electrifying turn as the notoriously difficult visionary and co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs that should be recognized.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR WILL WIN SYLVESTER STALLONE “Creed”

COULD WIN MARK RUFFALO “Spotlight”

SHOULD WIN TOM HARDY “The Revenant”

Sylvester Stallone’s return as Rocky Balboa has garnered critical acclaim and is a safe bet to win Best Supporting Actor. Mark Ruffalo is solid as a passionate Boston Globe journalist but he’s unlikely to steal Rocky’s thunder. And finally Tom Hardy deserves praise for playing the despicable person that left Leo’s character to die in “The Revenant.”

BEST ACTRESS WILL WIN BRIE LARSON “Room”

COULD WIN JENNIFER LAWRENCE “Joy”

SHOULD WIN CATE BLANCHETT “Carol”

“Room” was amazing. Brie Larson, playing a woman held captive in a shed for seven years, was one of the best parts. Please do yourself a favor and go see “Room.”

Jennifer Lawrence’s strong performance as a creative inventor is what held her emotional roller coaster of a film together. And her ability to carry the themes of love, loss of innocence and hard work could get her a second Oscar. Cate Blanchett does a phenomenal job as a woman falling in love with another woman in the 1950s, despite being married to a man. She should win because her role is representative of a revolutionary year for the LGBTQ community with the legalization of same sex marriage.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS WILL WIN KATE WINSLET “Steve Jobs”

COULD WIN ROONEY MARA “Carol”

SHOULD WIN JENNIFER JASON LEIGH “The Hateful Eight”

It’s a toss up between Kate Winslet and Rooney Mara. Kate Winslet was great as Steve Jobs’ confidant Joanna Hoffman, and Rooney Mara gave an emotional performance as Therese, who, according to Entertainment Weekly, was able to appear vulnerable, yet determined.

In regards to who should win, Jennifer Jason Leigh as a prisoner desperately trying to escape her captor was the best part of Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight.”

This is impressive considering that the actors who played Jules Whinnfield and Mr. Blonde, two classic Tarantino characters, also starred in the film.

If you haven’t gotten the chance to watch any nominated films and want to catch up before the ceremony, we suggest the following films: “Ex Machina”, “Inside Out”, “Mad Max: Fury Road”, “The Martian”, “The Revenant”, “Room” and “Steve Jobs”. These are the best films this year has to offer in terms of story, performances, and visuals. The Academy Awards air this Sunday at 8:30 p.m., on ABC.

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P I N I N G FOR THE P A S T

Students love to look back on their favorite TV shows, music, movies, toys and books from their childhood.

This week students reflect on their love for boy bands.

By AMANDA PERELLI Staff Writer

Who remembers pleading their parents to drive them to Target as soon as the latest boy band album came out? Many of us share those same memories and we wonder, what was it about these groups that had so many young hearts in love?

We are “90s kids” and that means we grew up during the time of boy bands. Some of us listened to the songs so much as kids that we can’t listen to them anymore, while others continue to jam out and blast the songs through their cars.

Whether it was Boyz II Men, Backstreet Boys, New Kids on the Block, N’SYNC or even the Jonas Brothers, most of us can remember our favorite bands we fell in love with.

It has been years since these bands have been popular, and members like Justin Timberlake and Nick Jonas have continued their careers solo.

Justin Timberlake has released numerous solo albums since his time in N’SYNC and we have therefore been able to listen to his music throughout our childhood and into our teenage years.

Jonas Brother, Nick has also been successful as a soloist, releasing more risky songs that appeal to our generation now.

“My best friend liked [the Jonas Brothers] so that made me interested in them,” senior health science major Taylor O’Sullivan said. “I still listen to the boy band One Direction.”

The Jonas Brothers made the Billboard 200 albums chart eight times, with their 2008 album “A Little Bit Longer” and 2009 album “Lines, Vines and Trying Times” making No.1 on the list, according to Billboard.

Meanwhile, One Direction came onto the music scene in 2011 with its debut album “Up All Night.” Their music has developed over their albums, growing from mostly pop to more deep lyrics. The band’s music continues to progress despite losing a member in March 2015.

Sullivan said yesterday’s boy bands aren’t much different from today’s.

“I just think it is different because of how we viewed them because our age,” she said.

Freshman undecided major Lia Acosta was also a Jonas Brothers fan.

“I have all of their CDs and the “Camp Rock” ones,” she said. “I still listen to One Direction now that I am older.”

Before there were IPods, we had no choice but to play our music out loud and torture our parents with the same few songs over and over again.

But for, Emma Robertson, a freshman journalism major, her love for the Beatles was shared with her father.

“My dad was really into the Beatles so I had a lot of exposure to them growing up which made me like them,” she said.

While the Beatles are widely praised for their monumental impact on the music world, they often aren’t regarded as a boy band.

According to kqed.org, the Beatles have many prime qualities of a boy band. These qualities include cute songs about girls, songs you can dance to, an approachable amount of sexiness and no clear front man. With this said, the Beatles truly were the pioneers of the path walked by N’SYNC, The Jonas Brother and One Direction.

Going to a concert when we were younger was a big deal and for O’Sullivan and Acosta their first

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Cell phones seem to be the fastest changing piece of technology. We buy one, only to have it be replaced a few months later by a better version of what seems like the same thing.

The only visible difference is their evolving size. Now phones seem to be on a diet. Your cell phone is slim, so slim that you’re hoping it’s not bending in your back pocket as you’re reading this.

But what if there were something that could make your cell phone...wait for it...even thinner! Well there is, or could be.

According to Gizmag.com, a new camera lens is being developed and tested at the University of Utah that is made out of silicon and is 10 times thinner than the width of a human hair. Yes, you heard that right. It’s revolutionary and in a few years we may find it as a key part of someday paper thin iPhones.

The lens is being tested for iPhones and can also be used on the cameras of drones, which will enhance the footage that can be taken from them to a much higher quality. Instead of the traditional curved lens, this thinner, flatter will change the way cameras on any device will look and work.

This lens can change the selfie game, or ruin it by bringing us a new high quality picture that is far too detailed. It’s hard to tell how different this lens will be but already the size difference is remarkable.

Either way, we have to admit that we’ve come a long way with technology. Rounded camera lenses were once huge and they are still big, but we have so much to look forward to like the possibility of new emojis, and a better and thinner camera lens.

It is amazing how fast technology changes, but the actual size of a lens is something that is in need of updating for the sake of new drone and cell phone technology.

Drones are a unique way for filmmakers to create interesting images through flying around a small device. A camera is located at the end of the drone and by creating a smaller lens, the usual curved shape will be replaced but a much thinner one and can change the ultimate design.

Expect a thinner phone in the next few years, according to Gizmag.com. The lens is expected to be used within five years. We will see if it actually does make the market that soon and if so we can expect more than just cameras on phones and drones to be changed. –A. Perelli

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N’SYNC was a popular boy band in the late 90s and early 2000s which produced hits such as “Bye, Bye, Bye” and “Tearin’ Up My Heart.” concert was seeing the Jonas Brothers.

“I saw them for free in Bryant Park. I still remember the date Aug. 8, 2008,” O’Sullivan said.

But some students weren’t as interested in boy bands.

“I never really listened to boy bands growing up,” freshman sociology major Brianna Robinson said. “They just weren’t my type of music. I didn’t have much of a fever for boy bands as kid.”

WRECK

Glitter tears

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We all need to cry sometimes. Tears of sadness, tears of joy or maybe tears of that existential crisis of “What am I doing with my future?” that college students know all too well. It’s natural, and I’ll never shame someone for crying, and neither should you. Tears reveal vulnerability, sensitivity and emotional depth.

However, tears have recently become something of a fashion trend. Glitter tears, to be exact.

A baffling concept, I know.

Allow me to explain. People have been seen and photographed with glitter under their eyes.

Skillful application makes it look like they’re actually weeping glitter. Sure, this looks cool on models and in really artsy Instagram photos. Maybe it would be fun to try on New Year’s Eve, but that’s over 10 months away. Unfortunately, there are some real concerns surrounding this new makeup fad.

First of all, this is a danger to your eyes. Other than chemicals or sharp objects, I can’t think of something that would be more unpleasant to have in your eyes than glitter. Bottles of glitter often have a warning on them that reads “Avoid eye contact.” You’re literally wearing an eye irritant as makeup.

Second of all, what if you actually need to cry? Girls already dread those goopy, black mascara tears, so why would you want to throw glitter into the mix? I’m pretty sure Maybelline hasn’t come out with a new line of waterproof glitter, so it’s going to go everywhere. You’ll rub your eyes and make it worse. Maybe this is something Maybelline should look into as their next business venture.

Nevertheless, I must admit that glitter tears do seem to demand a certain bit of talent. You need to have the steady, precise hand of a makeup artist. I’m not sure how else you could glue glitter to your skin without getting it in your eyes, which I have no doubt would be the case if I attempted to apply glitter tears. They also require the self confidence to be bold and daring, which society should always appreciate in young women.

But I mean, let’s think about this logically. If you find yourself concealing the bags under your eyes with glitter, you’re probably getting ready for a night out. You’re probably going to Toad’s and you’re probably going to cry at some point in the night – tears of water, as was biologically intended – and then what? Your glitter artwork will be hopelessly smeared and you WILL get glitter in your eyes. Doesn’t sound like a fun night to me. –J. Cibelli

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George’s journey

By JULIA PERKINS Editor-In-Chief

Junior George Karagkiaouris felt everything was falling into place after he was accepted as an RA. But then his home country Greece fell into greater financial turmoil and Karagkiaouris had to figure out how he would pay to attend QU. DESIGN BY KRISTEN RIELLO

Because of the country’s financial crisis, George Karagkiaouris spent the summer working in Hamden and did not get to return home until this winter break.

G

eorge Karagkiaouris sat in the cafe one evening eating dinner during the spring semester of his sophomore year. He checked his email and saw the notification he had been waiting and stressing over for the past couple weeks: He was going to be a resident assistant starting in the fall of 2015.

Happiness and relief washed over him.

This meant he wouldn’t have to leave Quinnipiac—a place where he excelled in school—and go back home to Greece. If he couldn’t become an R.A. then his family would not have been able to afford his room and board anymore.

“I felt that I was set for life,” said Karagkiaouris, now a junior software engineering and biology major. “I was like okay my troubles are over, now I can focus on something else.”

Then, in mid June, Greece’s financial crisis worsened. The country is in debt and doesn’t have the money to pay off its loans. The International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank have bailed out Greece before, on the terms that the country would raise taxes and cut the budget, according to the New York Times. But in June 2015 the European Central Bank decided to stop emergency funding to the country, causing banks to close and leading the country to impose capital control, according to the BBC. Capital control means money cannot be wired out of Greece. For Karagkiaouris, that means his parents cannot send him money to pay for Quinnipiac.

“Everything was going good until that happened,” he said. “And it’s something that is out of your control, there’s nothing you can do about it.”

International students cannot take out loans, so Karagkiaouris had to find a way to pay his insurance and the part of his tuition that isn’t covered by his scholarship. He decided to stay in Hamden over the summer to make money. He had an internship as a web developer for a startup company in New Haven, but also picked up a job as a waiter in New Haven and did small projects for another software engineering company.

This meant he was working a different job almost every day and biking home from the restaurant in New Haven at 3 a.m., three to four days a week.

“I made most of [the money to pay for my tuition] over the summer,” Karagki-

aouris said. “But I still had to pay for food, my phone bills, my insurance because people forget that you’re here, you still have to make money to pay for your food, but your insurance is paid from your parents, your phone bills are paid from your parents, like your parents give you money every week, all that little stuff and well I have to pay for that myself.” **** A busy summer turned into an even busier fall, as Karagkiaouris had to balance a job at the Learning Commons, his RA duties, his internship and his studies.

This is a big difference from his freshman year, when he only had to study about 10 minutes a week for all his classes. He even added biology as a major his sophomore year because he felt like he wasn’t doing enough work.

“I felt like I was wasting my time here especially because my parents were working so hard to pay for me being here,” he said. “I felt like I was wasting their money because I was doing nothing, so I decided to do a double major to fill my time to feel like I was doing something.”

Classes were easy for Karagkiaouris because he had already studied the material back in Greece. Growing up, Karagkiaouris was a curious kid.

“Since I was young I was very intrigued to know stuff,” he said. “I was the kid that asked so many questions about everything, ‘How does that work? How does that work?’....It bugs me very much not knowing how something works.”

So the summer before first grade, his parents, who are both chemists, started to teach him the math and Greek he would learn that year.

“I went into the first class of elementary school knowing everything I was going to take, it wasn’t that hard,” he said.

While he was in first grade, his parents taught him the second grade curriculum.

Then in second grade, he learned third grade material. By the time he left elementary school, he already knew most of what he would learn in middle school. By the end of middle school, he was done with high school material.

“I learn fast, that’s the good thing about me, I don’t know why, I guess I was born with it,” he said. “Classes may not help me, but when I sit with someone one-on-one and I can go with my pace I can learn very fast.”

By high school, he had little to do, so he

entered international academic competitions for chemistry, physics, math and biology.

These competitions not only allowed him to study at the college level, but gave him the chance to travel to 10 different countries for free. It also was what impressed Quinnipiac to give him an academic scholarship.

“Honestly I thank my parents for doing that,” he said. “I might not have had as much free time as other kids had, but I definitely enjoyed my time. … It ended up being the reason I’m here. I’m going to be the same with my kids now.”

Karagkiaouris has become somewhat of a legend in the engineering department, according to his friends. He is known among his classmates for his prowess at computer programming.

“George, he’s got superpowers,” junior mechanical engineering major Kyzer Gardiola joked.

I’ve never seen another software engineer on campus that is as capable as he is…

If he picks up something he’ll pick it up well and he never half-asses anything.

– KYZER GARDIOLA JUNIOR, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING “He’s magic,” junior mechanical engineering major Rachel Davis added.

As a freshman, Karagkiaouris started helping classmates with their courses. A few of his professors ask him to advise classmates during group projects. Some professors have allowed him to only attend class on test days because they knew Karagkiaouris already knew the material.

Davis said Karagkiaouris is “super smart,” but for Gardiola and Davis, there is more to Karagkiaouris than just his intelligence.

Gardiola is an international student from Saudi Arabia and also an RA, and the two have become close. They like to go camping and do activities off campus together, like the time they visited New York City last academic year.

Gardiola said Karagkiaouris is always

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there for his friends, whether it’s to help them study or go get food in the cafe.

“You know everyone’s very busy all the time, but George somehow finds a time to make time for you,” Gardiola said. “And you’ll be very surprised because he’s probably the busiest person on campus. I’ll text him ‘Hey do you want to have lunch later.’ [He’s] like, ‘Hey I can’t right now, but we can do this later.’ And then I’ll find out what he’s doing... he’s actually helping someone out.”

Davis said Karagkiaouris is genuine and caring. She can trust him and go to him for advice, even about boy problems.

“He’s just like the rational big brother that can tell you, ‘Oh have you thought about it from his perspective?’” she said. **** Since Karagkiaouris won a medal at one of the international competitions, he could have his pick of basically any college in Greece, he said. But Karagkiaouris knew he did not want to study there.

“Education in Greece is not the best, and just to have a degree in the U.S. is so much bigger,” he said. “Also it was like the transition state for me to find a job and everything else. I just felt like here I’m going to have a future where in Greece, not so much.”

There are few jobs in Greece and the corruption there means you have to know people to get a good one, Karagkiaouris said.

“If you have a doctorate here, you’re guaranteed to have a good job,” he said. “In Greece there’s people who have master’s and doctorate degrees and work as waiters because there’s nothing else to do.”

Karagkiaouris plans to graduate from Quinnipiac, work for a year, get his doctorate in the United States and then decide which country he wants to work in.

Except he knows he won’t stay in Greece.

“If it was a perfect world I would like to go back,” he said. “But I know I’m not going to be able to because I have no future back there and I know it.”

Gardiola said he is confident Karagkiaouris will be successful, no matter what he does. “[He’s] very, very passionate about what he does,” Gardiola said. “I’ve never seen another software engineer on campus that is as capable as he is. … If he picks up something he’ll pick it up well and he never half-asses anything. There’s people that’ll do something and kind of just ‘eh, it’s done. I don’t care.’ George does a 110, 120 percent.”

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searching for spirit Several groups at QU work together to tackle the lack of attendance at sporting events.

By MADISON FRAITAG AND NISHA GANDHI

With Yale tickets going on sale this past weekend and the game quickly approaching, it’s hard to ignore the excitement in the air as the student body gets ready for the highly anticipated rivalry game.

However, amidst this excitement, it’s also hard not to recognize the fact that the enthusiasm for this game is significantly different than that of an acrobatics and tumbling meet or a women’s basketball game.

Senior physical therapy major Chris Aiello has been a member of the Pep Band since he was a freshman. Having attended nearly every sporting event in the TD Bank Sports Center, Aiello has noticed

We want to try to get as many groups together as possible to work toward one common goal and that would be to get more people at the games where there’s not as much attendence – RYAN HICKS FRESHMAN CLASS REPRESENTATIVE a significant shift in attendance for each team.

“There’s a lot more people at ice hockey games than basketball,” Aiello said.

As this winter athletic season in particular plays out, women’s basketball has been experiencing tremendous success with a 14-game winning streak as of Feb. 21. With this is mind it seems unusual that basketball attendance is not as high as that of hockey games.

This attendance inequality does not only translate betweens sports, but also genders.

“Especially for ice hockey, there’s a lot more people at men’s ice hockey games than women’s ice hockey,” Aiello said.

While men’s ice hockey has been extremely successful this season, the women’s team has done just as well. The women’s team became 2015-16 ECAC Regular Season Champions on Friday, Feb. 19.

Aiello said he believes other sports that do not compete in TD Bank do not get the attention they deserve.

“There are other sports here that are

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There are many empty seats in the student section of a basketball game as shown above. just as interesting and the athletes are just as talented, like the women’s rugby team are some of the best athletes in the country and I don’t think they have the same attendance for that sport as they do for men’s ice hockey,” Aiello said. “It would be cool if the school promoted going to different sporting events besides just ice hockey and basketball.”

Senior history major Paige Ferreri says she regularly attends men’s ice hockey games but very rarely attends any other sporting events.

“I don’t really follow [women’s ice hockey], I don’t really know when the games are,” she said. “I’ve been to two b-ball games, a few soccer games, never rugby.”

Eric Grgurich, the executive director of the TD Bank Sports Center, has his own theory about the attendance at sports games.

“I think it’s because it’s an event. Once one group of students is going, everyone else ends up following,” Grgurich said. “I want to make the other sports events that they can’t miss.”

In regards to the upcoming, highly anticipated Yale game, Ferreri said she plans to go if she gets a ticket, but does not understand why this game is viewed as a superior match up to other rivalry games.

“I honestly have no idea why there’s a hype about just the men’s [games],” she said. “I feel like it should be for all of them because if there are rivals wouldn’t you want to go to all of the rival games?”

Quinnipiac’s Student Government Association (SGA) has also noticed that there’s an imbalance in attendance.

Freshman Class Representative Ryan

Attendence Highlights Higher attendence at hockey games than other sporting events Higher attendence at male than female sporting events

Hicks spoke about SGA’s initiatives to alleviate the issue of a lack of attendance at certain sports games.

Hicks, as well as other SGA members, recognize that there are many different groups on campus that, when put together, could have a significant impact on the student body’s attendance at sports games.

Grgurich is enthusiastic about SGA’s initiatives to increase the turnout at games.

“I think [the SGA initiatives] are great,” he said. “Anything to get the school spirit growing is great. I’d love for it to just grow and take a life for itself. I’m all for helping out in any way that I can.”

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Men’s basketball falls to Manhattan Bobcats fall to 6-12 in MAAC play

By MAX GOMES Staff Writer

Quinnipiac men’s basketball faced the Manhattan Jaspers in what turned out to be a strategical battle through two halves of play.

However, Manhattan sealed a win at the TD Bank Sports Center Sunday afternoon by a score of 63-59.

“Manhattan is a terrific defensive team and also poses the most unique challenge to your offense of any team in the league with their pressure at different times,” Quinnipiac head coach Tom Moore said.

The Jaspers successfully held on to the lead throughout the duration of the game to spoil Senior Day for the three Bobcat seniors, guards Giovanni McLean and James Ford Jr., as well as center Will Simonton.

The loss drops the Bobcats record to 6-12 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and 9-18 overall. On the other hand, the win boosts Manhattan to 9-8 in conference play and 12-14 overall.

Moore described McLean’s experience at Quinnipiac as a great opportunity.

“He has impact on the program on and off the court,” Moore said.

“Giovanni is not a person where you need to drag to class or seems

half interested. He has been disciplined taking advantage of every opportunity not only growing as a basketball player but as a person.”

The Jaspers made their first four shots to gain an early lead over the Bobcats by a score of 11-6 before the first media timeout. The Bobcats rallied to gain a one point lead before the Jaspers started heating up from the three-point line.

The Jaspers shot 66 percent from the three-point line in the first half as Shane Richards had 13 of his game-high 21 points in the first half, shooting 3-4 from the three.

“I’d say the credit is, obviously, to [Richards] for his toughness as a senior and all the wars he’s been through,” Moore said. “But also, the stuff they ran, I thought, was pretty good.”

In the second half, Manhattan went on a run expanding its lead to 39-27.with 16 minutes to go in the game.

Even though Moore pointed out the Jaspers full court trap zone press can be difficult to predict, the Bobcats began to sink their shots in the second half.

Notably, McLean banked 13 of his 15 total points in the second half as he went 5 for 6 from the

field, including a perfect 3 for 3 from beyond the arch.

“We just needed some offense from somewhere and I decided to step up and make some shots,” McLean said. “It gave us momentum and everyone fed off of that.”

The Bobcats did not go away subtly as they cut the lead in the latter half of the game by a score of 54-49.

Quinnipiac forward Chaise Daniels also scored 15 points against the Jaspers, with 13 coming in the second half.

The Jaspers went on to seal the win in a struggle of a match in the finals seconds. RaShawn Stores sank two free throws to make the score 61-56 with seven left seconds on the clock. McLean drained a three-pointer with two seconds on the clock to make it a one possession game, but Stores made two more free throws to make it a 6359 game with less than a second to go.

The Bobcats will be back in action Friday as they take a road New York to face Marist College on Friday before ending the regular season at Siena College on Sunday.

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Quinnipiac forward Chaise Daniels makes a move in the post in Sunday’s 63-59 loss to Manhattan.

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hese awards reflect the University’s highest recognition of excellence both in and outside the classroom. With your help, the center can honor those faculty and staff members who are truly deserving of this recognition.

Please nominate a member of the University community who has made an extraordinary impact on you—a faculty or staff member who has extended him or herself beyond the scope of regular responsibilities to enhance the student experience.

Nominees may be any member of the Quinnipiac community who serves students, and nominations are welcome from students, alumni and colleagues.

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

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

Nomination forms are available online at www.quinnipiac.edu/centerforexcellence and are due by April 15, 2016.

At the 2015 Center for Excellence Awards Ceremony with President John L. Lahey: Cory Ann Boyd, Kenneth Kosior, Antoaneta Vanc—Excellence in Teaching John Copela, Joanne Robertson, Anna Spragg—Service to Students

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QU 5, RPI 4 (OT) – Friday Tim Clifton: 1 goal. 2 assists Devon Toews: 1 goal. 1 assist

QU 3, Union 3 (OT) – Saturday K.J. Tiefenworth: 2 assists Michael Garteig: 25 saves

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 9, St. Union 0 – Friday

T.T. Cianfarano: 4 goals, 1 assist Nicole Kosta: 1 goal, 3 assists

QU 4, RPI 0 – Saturday

Nicole Connery: 1 goals, 2 assists Sydney Rossman: 14 saves

MEN’S BASKETBALL QU 56, St. Peter’s – Thursday

Chaise Daniels: 10 points, 5 rebounds Daniel Harris: 10 points, 6 rebounds Manhattan 63, QU 59 – Saturday Daniels: 15 points, 6 rebounds Gio McLean: 15 points, 4 assists

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU 76, Marist 71 – Thursday Paula Strautmane: 14 points, 4 rebounds

QU 65, Rider 47 – Sunday

Carly Fabbri: 17 points, 3 assists Napolitano: 12 points, 5 rebounds

MEN’S LACROSSE Brown 20, QU 7 – Saturday Connor Meth: 2 goals

GAMES TO WATCH MEN’S ICE HOCKEY

QU vs. Brown – Friday, 7 p.m.

QU vs. Yale – Saturday, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY

ECAC HOCKEY TOURNAMENT QU vs. RPI – Friday, 2 p.m.

QU vs. RPI – Saturday, 2 p.m.

QU vs. RPI – Sunday, 2 p.m. (if neccessary)

MEN’S BASKETBALL

QU at Marist – Friday, 8 p.m.

QU at Siena – Sunday, 2 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

QU vs. Fairfield – Friday, 5 p.m.

QU at Iona – Sunday, 1 p.m.

ACROBATICS AND TUMBLING QU vs. Gannon University – Sunday, 11 a.m.

MEN’S LACROSSE

QU at Bellarmine – Saturday, 1 p.m.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

QU at Yale – Wednesday, 7 p.m.

QU vs. Binghampton – Saturday, 1 p.m.

WOMEN’S SOFTBALL

HAMPTON TOURNAMENT QU vs. Buffalo – Friday, 9 a.m.

QU vs. URI – Friday, 11 a.m.

QU vs. Princeton – Saturday, 11 a.m.

QU vs. Princeton – Sunday, 9 a.m.

QU vs. Hampton – Sunday, 11 a.m.

(All games held in Hampton, VA)

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Women’s ice hockey wins regular season finale Bobcats honor six seniors in 4-0 victory over RPI

By SAM DACOSTA Staff Writer

After clinching the program’s first ECAC regular season title the night before, the women’s ice hockey team was back in the High Point Solutions Arena in Hamden on Saturday, topping Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) 4-0 on senior night. Following the victory at center ice, six Quinnipiac seniors gathered to commemorate their last home game.

Nicole Connery, Nicole Kosta, Nicole Brown, Cydney Roesler, Lindsey West and Kristen Tamberg huddled up, took a photo together, and then kissed the ice to celebrate their last regular season game at High Point Solutions Arena.

“Today, for our team, was really about honoring this group of seniors,” Quinnipiac head coach Cassandra Turner said.

The Quinnipiac seniors filled the scoresheet, registering a combined total of three goals and six assists.

According to Turner, the seniors were crucial to the Bobcats’ victory.

“They really were the backbone of this team today,” Turner said.

Junior Emma Greco started the scoring for the Bobcats when she scored her first career goal on a slapshot from the point, beating RPI’s Lovisa Selander to the top corner on her glove hand side.

Kosta and Connery assisted the goal just four minutes into the first period.

Following the goal, the Bobcats ran into penalty trouble. Shannon Cherpak took a holding penalty 6:56 into the first and Taylar Cianfarano was called for tripping 8:05 into the first. This forced the Bobcats to kill a 5-on-3 power play for 51 seconds.

The Bobcat penalty kill managed to kill off both penalties, allowing only two shots.

Quinnipiac’s penalty kill completely shut out RPI, allowing no goals and just four shots on three RPI power plays.

The Bobcats’ offense surged in the second period, scoring three goals, all of which came from seniors.

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Quinnipiac forward Miranda Lantz tries to fend off her defender by the boards in Saturday’s 4-0 win over RPI.

The first goal of the period came from a forehand to backhand move across the crease from Brown, who slid the puck past the sprawling Selander 3:20 into the second. Connery and Kosta assisted the goal.

Less than a minute later, Tamberg scored on the power play 4:18 into the second. Brown and Taryn Baumgardt recorded assists on the play.

The final goal for the Bobcats came with 3:52 remaining in the period as Connery scored on a one-timer while sliding on one knee. The pass came from Kosta and Alicia Barry was credited with the secondary assist on the play.

At the end of the game, the Bobcats had outshot RPI 48-14.

The line of Kosta, Connery, and Brown, also referred to as the “Nicole line”, registered a combined total of eight points on the night.

Turner says she is extremely pleased with the Nicole line’s recent play.

“Seniors just have a different sense of urgency,” Turner said when speaking about the Nicole line. “And to have three seniors

that are as talented as they are on the same line… that’s what you want and that’s what you can trust down the stretch when you head into the playoffs.”

“It’s a Nicole thing,” Brown said of the chemistry with her linemates who all share the same first name.

The line was recently reunited after being split up earlier in the season.

“Now that we’re back together and everything is clicking, it’s a lot of fun,” Brown said.

Quinnipiac goaltender Sydney Rossman stopped all 14 shots for the Bobcats, posting her 17th career shutout and her 15th of the season.

Rossman also posted her 26th win of the season, setting a program record for most single-season wins.

Rossman is about to see her first ECAC playoff action as the Bobcats prepare to open the playoffs at home against RPI. “She’s yet to face playoff action here,” Turner said. “But everywhere that she’s been, she’s been a championship goalie.”

“I think we’re gonna see the same thing that we’ve seen,” Turner continued. “Just solid goaltending from Syd (Rossman) and a confidence that not a lot of goaltenders have so we’re excited that she’s going to be in the net for us.”

According to senior Lindsey West, the Bobcats knew about the possibility of drawing RPI in the first round of the ECAC playoffs so Saturday’s game was, “A lot about sending a message.”

“We didn’t want to step off the gas… We knew we could really go at them and show them everything that we had, and that even still isn’t everything we’ve got and it’s gonna be a tough weekend for them,” West said, in anticipation of playing RPI again in the ECAC playoffs.

The best-of-three series kicks off on Friday, Feb. 26 at 2 p.m. and will continue on Saturday at 2 p.m.

If needed, the Bobcats will play a third game against RPI on Sunday at 2 p.m. The entire series will be played at the High Point Solutions Arena in Hamden.

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Fabbri said. “She has a great work ethic along with her talent sets a different tone. We know we have a star on the rise.”

McClure received high acclaim from her own conference and national writers.

McClure is the only Quinnipiac freshman to have won the MAAC Rookie of the Week award three times, including a National Freshman of the Week honor by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association for the week ending Feb. 14.

“Obviously, I am thrilled to win any award,” she said. “But, Paula

[Strautmane] and Brittany [Martin] have won the MAAC award too, so this is about the team more than anything.”

“I don’t think I’m close to where I want to be right now.

I can, and hope to become a better basketball player.”

– ARYN MCCLURE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL FORWARD Attributing her awards and success to all of her teammates, she attaches much of it to another

freshman- Paula Strautmane.

“Paula is the best freshman in this league,” McClure said. “She pushes me all the time in practice and in the game. She opens up the paint because she’s such a presence in the post, I can get more open looks.”

Not only is McClure a powerful presence on the offensive end, but she also prides herself on defense, leading the Bobcats in rebounds and blocks.

“I always liked playing defense more than offense,” she said. “I take pride in stopping the person I’m guarding.”

With such feats already accom-

plished in her freshman season, McClure still sees endless room for improvement for the remainder of this year and her career.

“I don’t think I’m close to where I want to be right now,” she said. “I can, and hope to become a better basketball player.”

But more importantly, McClure sees bright things for the team’s future and has already made a bold prediction for 2016.

“I think we’re going to the MAAC championship and second round NCAA tournament. By my senior year, I think we’ll be in the Sweet 16 in March.”

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To the rim

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Sophomore T.T. Cianfarano recorded five points (four goals and an assist) in women’s ice hockey’s 9-0 victory over Union on Friday.

There were eight seconds left in the men’s basketball game vs. St. Peter’s when the Bobcats took the lead for the final time, on their way to a 56-55 victory.

Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey has allowed at least two goals in 10 straight games, dating back to Jan. 7.

Bobcats are 5-1-4 in those games.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Clockwise from top left: Men’s basketball Daniel Harris drives past a defender in Quinnipiac’s 56-55 win over St. Peter’s on Feb. 18, women’s basketball forward Paula Strautmane gets past two defenders in Quinnipiac’s 76-71 win over Marist on Feb. 18, forward Chaise Daniels posts up his defender, Sarah Shewan looks to drive to the hoop.

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While being honored alongside her fellow seniors, Connery made an impact this weekend for women’s ice hockey as she registered six points (3 goals, 3 assists) during her final homestand.

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“We’re the No. 1 team in the country and everyone is coming out and playing their A-game... It’s hard for us to try and match that intensity every single night.”

— RAND PECKNOLD MEN’S ICE HOCKEY

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Rewarding recruit

As the program’s highest-rated incoming freshman, women’s basketball forward Aryn McClure is exceeding lofty expectations

By MICHAEL HEWITT Staff Writer

Quinnipiac women’s basketball headed into the 2015-16 season looking much different than the year before, when the Bobcats went undefeated in conference play.

With an influx of new faces and roles to be determined, freshman Aryn McClure took her opportunity and ran with it.

Ranked as the No. 264 overall prospect in the Class of 2019 by All Star Girls Report, McClure is the highest ranked player Quinnipiac has ever recruited.

Her talent interested many other programs in the region, but McClure appreciated the sincerity Quinnipiac, specifically head coach Tricia Fabbri, delivered.

“I didn’t feel like it was a pitch,” McClure said. “They wanted me to be a part of their family and it was genuine.”

Family is important to McClure, as she still calls her parents after every game for their criticism.

“They can’t come to every game, but they watch online,” she said. “My dad still tells me what to do each game.”

Quinnipiac also demonstrated its interest in McClure by attending her summer league games throughout July and seven high school games, the maximum number of games the NCAA allows coaches to see.

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Aryn McClure looks to make a move on her defender in a 76-71 win over Marist on Feb. 18.

“That’s as much as we could do to show her the love,” Fabbri said.

“I followed her around to wherever she was. It’s almost like a stalking situation, maybe not a good word to use, but that’s what you’re doing. It almost gets to the point, where we say ‘she probably thinks

we’re nuts.’”

Despite the attention she received from Quinnipiac, McClure’s expectations for her freshman year were low.

“Coming into the season, I didn’t expect to play at all,” she said. “I thought my season aver-

age playtime would be six to eight minutes. I thought this would be a year to learn about how to play college basketball.”

Except, that was not the case.

In her first 15 games, McClure played no fewer than 16 minutes, including a 38-minute perfor-

mance against Florida Gulf Coast on Dec. 28, and is averaging 8.6 points per game.

“As a freshman, you don’t want to come in and start chucking,” McClure said. “You don’t want to step on anyone’s toes.”

The team’s record only stood at 8-7.

Things needed to change.

“Aryn wasn’t alone because they were all pass-first players and it led to turnovers,” Fabbri said. “It led to us not being good offensively. We said, ‘You need to look at the rim and score.’ It’s hard to tell players to be a little selfish, but we needed her to be.”

With the message on repeat to put the ball in the basket, McClure scored 19 points in the following game, helping lead the Bobcats to 80-64 road win over Canisius on Jan. 8, and haven’t lost since.

“It was a bit of a transition,” McClure said. “I’m a pass-first player. I’d rather pass than score.

Now I look for my own shot. It’s comfortable that they have the confidence in me to shoot, and even if I miss, they keep encouraging shots.”

Since that dominating performance, she’s scored in double figures in six of the last 11 games, which is to no surprise to her coach.

“She doesn’t take a play off,” See MCCLURE Page 14

No. 1 Quinnipiac preps for regular season finale vs. rival Yale

By NICK SOLARI Web Director

When Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey senior captain Soren Jonzzon reflects on his four years as a part of the rivalry vs. Yale, he thinks about one specific night during his freshman year.

Jonzzon, living in a freshman residential hall at the time, remembers hearing students scream in excitement at 10 p.m. after being lucky enough to get a ticket to the latest chapter of the War for Whitney Avenue.

That was when he first realized just how big of an event the game was.

“I remember thinking at that time, ‘this is really cool for us,’” Jonzzon said. “It’s been so much fun just to see everyone rally behind us so much… Obviously, having the fans be so amped up and loud, it means a lot.”

Jonzzon and the Bobcats enter the weekend with a 23-2-7 overall record, posting an impressive

14-1-5 mark in ECAC play. If the Bobcats earn just one point in the regular season’s final weekend, they’ll clinch the top seed heading into the conference tournament.

Quinnipiac hosts Brown on Friday night, then caps off its regular season against Yale on Saturday. The No. 7 Bulldogs currently sit in second place in the conference, boasting a 13-4-3 record.

“I think now that it’s getting towards the end of the year and everyone is focusing in and realizing how important each game is,” Quinnipiac alternate-captain Sam Anas said. “Every game is equally as important, and these last two games are big for us before the playoffs start here.”

Anas currently leads the Bobcats with 42 points (21 goals, 21 assists) in the 2015-16 season. Senior Travis St. Denis has recorded 36 points of his own, netting 17 goals and adding 19 assists.

For St. Denis and his teammates, taking things one day at a

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Quinnipiac’s Travis St. Denis battles Carson Cooper for the puck in men’s ice hockey’s 3-0 win over Yale on Dec. 4. time has been the recipe for suc- ready for playoffs,” St. Denis cess all season long. explained. “With our league it “The mindset is to just get doesn’t matter who we play, we

need to play a full 60 [minutes].

We’re kind of getting into the playoff mentality now.”

I think they kind of already know [what to expect]. The big key will be the first five minutes.

Once that’s over, everyone will kind of settle down.

But even though Quinnipiac has to take care of business first on Friday, St. Denis says he’s excited for Saturday’s bout with Yale.

“I always look forward to it every year. Every time we play them it’s been kind of an unreal game.”

Jonzzon says the veteran Quinnipiac players will likely talk with the team on Saturday morning, going over what to expect from the different atmosphere the Yale game brings.

And for Jonzzon, St. Denis, and the other Quinnipiac seniors, it could be the last time they get a taste of the rivalry.

“It’s going to be loud and exciting,” Jonzzon said with a smile.

“You’ve just got to enjoy it.”