The Quinnipiac Chronicle, Issue 24, Volume 86

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All five members of the Student Government Association’s 2016-2017 executive board are male, even though the student body is majority female.

If you think that’s strange, you’re not alone. Members of this year and next year’s e-board think so too.

“I’m not sure whether it’s a trend or whether it’s a unique circumstance that has occurred for this year, but I was pretty shocked by it to be honest,” this year’s Student Body President Jonny Atkin said.

Only males ran for e-board positions this year, even though Atkin said historically there has been an even split of men and women who run for general board and e-board.

For the last three years, there were two females and three males on SGA e-board.

In the 2012-2013 academic year, there were one female and four males. Meanwhile, 61 percent of Quinnipiac students are females, while 39 percent are males, according to the Quinnipiac website.

“Right when I realized all five [positions] were males running, I was like ‘What’s going on? Something’s gotta change,’” Joey Mullaney, who was elected to be next year’s student body president, said.

But this year, Atkin said the five to six females who were eligible to run for SGA executive board chose not to because they either went abroad or did not have time to commit to the position because of class and responsibilities for other organizations. Only students who have studied at Quinnipiac for

three semesters and been on SGA for two semesters can run for SGA executive board.

“It’s going to be hard not having a female perspective at all times,” Mullaney said.

“But I’m really going to make an effort to rely on our senior class president next year as well as our junior class president, who are both females.”

Junior Pati Bailey said she did not realize at first that the executive board will be all males.

“I don’t really think it’s a huge deal,” she said. “As long as they bring forward good ideas and are able to get stuff done. It doesn’t really matter the genders.”

Kathryn Pereira, who will be the senior class president next year, said the e-board being all male should not have much of an effect on SGA. “I think as long as students feel comfortable coming to us, it doesn’t matter what our gender is,” she said.

The executive board is approachable, Pereira said, but if for whatever reason students did not feel comfortable talking to one of those men, they could speak to someone else on SGA. “Joey is such a friendly and great person to talk to, he’s very open and I’ve never had a problem talking to him [when I wasn’t] on SGA,” she said. “So I think the personalities that we have in the executive board shouldn’t deter anyone from being able to speak to an all-male executive board, no matter what their gender is. However, if that were to be a thought process in someone’s head, they could go to anyone.”

Are you going to the Fetty Wap concert?

CONNECT

By JULIA PERKINS

Female/Male Ratio 2016-2017 E-board

2015-2016 E-board

2014-2015 E-board

2013-2014 E-board

2012-2013 E-board

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The SGA e-board will be all males next year, differing from past years.

University has no plan to build more dorms

By TARA O’NEILL AND HANNAH FEAKES

With the increase in the number of students at the university, the Hamden Planning and Zoning Commission hopes Quinnipiac will provide more on-campus housing. But the university has no active plans to construct new dorms.

Of the 1,672 current freshman students who were eligible to select housing for next year, 139 were left without housing at the end of the day on April 4. By April 7, when the leftover students had to reselect housing, there were 122 students who still needed housing.

Now, nearly two weeks later, only seven current freshmen need housing assignments and Associate Vice President of Student Affairs Cindy Long Porter believes they will have them before the fall 2016 semester begins.

“We know there will be spaces that open up at the Mount Carmel campus [for next year],” Porter said. “As those spaces open, we’ll assign those students.”

Freshman Victoria de la Rosa was one of the 122 students who participated in the second round of the housing lottery and is currently assigned to live on York Hill for her sophomore year. She said if space opens up on Mount Carmel, she would rather live there.

“It would make life a bit easier and less stressful for myself,” she said. “I would like to be surrounded by the atmosphere of main campus and enjoy the year. Although, in some situations living up at York Hill may be nicer, I’d rather wait for these privileges and focus on what’s best for me academically and for my level of involvement on campus.”

Despite this issue in housing, Porter said she doesn’t expect it to impact the guarantee of housing for undergraduate students for their full four years at the university. However, she said there has even been an increase in the number of students remaining in the residence halls throughout their four years.

Porter said if that increase of students interested in living on campus continues, a lack of additional housing could pose a problem for the university.

Additional dorms would mean that students who are willing to remain on campus will receive a college experience that rounds out the learning they experience in the classroom, according to Porter.

“Living on campus is an incredible experience for our students,” Porter said. “We talk a lot about the learning that takes place in the classroom. I think that the residence halls are a different kind of classroom. Students are learning and expanding on their interpersonal skills. It’s an opportunity for students to really grow as young men and young women.”

Acting Town Planner Dan Kops said he believes more students might want to be on campus.

“We would like to see [Quinnipiac] build the beds,” Kops said. “Students’ tastes have changed as well.”

Kops said Hamden’s Planning and Zoning Commission would want to see the university

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STUDENTS SPEAK UP

On April 11, President John Lahey sent out an email to the student body to congratulate the men’s hockey team on an “outstanding season.” However, it appears that he neglected to recognize any of our other teams, such as our national champion women’s rugby team and our conference winning women’s hockey team. Students gave us their stance on the situation.

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“I thought the email was respectable that he went out of his way to congratulate the team. He probably should have congratulated all the teams. If he wanted to make a point to specifically congratulate the men’s hockey team, that would make sense, but maybe the other teams as well. I think the men’s hockey team, out of all the sports, had the biggest effect on our sports as a whole.”

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

April 20, 2016

Lauren O’Brien | Freshman | Nursing “I think it’s [unfair] because none of the women’s teams get credit. I do think it was nice because it was a really good game, and I don’t think that should be forgotten.

Even though we lost, we didn’t give up. I think he should make an effort to do that for some of the other teams, not just the moneymaker team at our school.”

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“I think it’s nice that he’s congratulating them, maybe he could do something a little bit more. I was actually talking to some people about how our students don’t recognize other sports teams, especially female sports teams. Since he is our president, he needs to be our role model so everyone else will go support these teams too.”

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Michael Loizou | Junior | Legal Studies “I thought [the message] was encouraging that he would support the men’s hockey team. He should do that for every team. It only makes sense that if you’re going to congratulate one team that you have to congratulate all teams at the school because they all represent Quinnipiac. That’s what it comes down to. You can’t have a preference, especially since he’s the president.”

Beyond the Bobcats

A rundown on news outside the university.

By Justin Arndt

85 students charged for underage drinking

Cold case murder overturned

Earthquake hits Ecuador

After police arrested a man suspected of sexually assaulting a Sacred Heart University student at a bar, Bridgeport police raided the bar Golden Star Cafe on April 12 and charged 85 Sacred Heart students for underage drinking, according to NBC News. Police suspected they were serving students who were underage. Onehundred individuals were charged, 85 of whom were students of Sacred Heart University.

Jack McCullough, 76, was freed from prison after the judge overturned a court ruling, according to CNN News. McCullough was charged with kidnapping and murdering 7-year-old Maria Ridulph in 1957. McCullough insisted that he couldn’t have murdered Ridulph because he was over 40 miles away from the crime scene at the time of the kidnapping. The court agreed to take a look at the ruling and found there was no physical evidence that tied McCullough to the crime..

A magnitude-7.8 earthquake hit Ecuador Saturday evening leaving 246 dead and over 2,500 injured, according to BBC News.

The earthquake originated in the Northwest corner of the country and expanded over 100 miles across the country. About 10,000 troops and 3,500 police from Ecuador are being deployed to affected areas in order to aid in rescue operations. Officials say the death toll is expected to rise in the following days.

April 20, 2016

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Hamden PD cracks down on distracted driving

By MATT GRAHN Staff Writer

April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, according to the National Safety Council, and that is not going unnoticed by the Hamden Police Department.

Nationally, eight people per day died from distracted driving-related accidents in 2013, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In terms of the state of Connecticut, Sgt. Anthony Diaz of the Hamden Police Department said Hamden has been leading the state in terms of the number of infractions for distracted driving.

“It’s not a matter of getting a ticket,” Diaz said. “It’s the fact that it’s dangerous.”

That is why, with the help of a state grant, Hamden police has been stepping up patrols for distracted drivers for a second year in a row as a part of Distracted Driving Awareness Month.

The initiative itself is promoted by groups like the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and the National Safety Council, to encourage the public to be safer drivers.

Diaz said the grants allow for there to be officers dedicated to looking out for distracted driving.

“We’re out in the roadways. We’re stopping people in groups, and people are gonna notice that we’re out there,” he said. “Hopefully, they’ll get the message that [Hamden PD] is not going to tolerate distracted driving.”

Freshman Remington Borg said he thinks it’s beneficial that Hamden PD is participating in Distracted Driving Awareness Month.

“I think it is very positive,” Borg said. “As a

college student, I want to be as safe as possible and one of the most important things is making sure that people aren’t distracted while they’re driving.”

Senior Erica Cianciosi also approves of what Hamden PD is doing. Cianciosi is also a part of a project called “It’s In Your Hands, QU,” dedicated to preventing distracted driving.

“I think that, in combination with what we’re doing, people are really starting to change their habits,” Cianciosi said.

Senior Alexa Volpe said “In Your Hands” was created as a project for a healthcare PR class that both she and Cianciosi are in. The campaign is mostly based on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, with each week of the month having a different distraction theme.

“It might only be down the street, but your friend’s lives are #InYourHandsQU,” reads one post from the “In Your Hands” Facebook page.

“In Your Hands” also held an event on April 18 where students would signed a pledge to not drive distracted and were given a donut afterword. Cianciosi said there were about 200 signatures, which has been their biggest success so far.

Volpe is pleased with the effect “In Your Hands” is having on Quinnipiac.

“It’s great to know that people are talking about [It’s In Your Hands QU], and people are really being impacted by it,” she said.

Even those running it, like Cianciosi, have taken something away from it.

“Throughout this campaign, I learned things that I didn’t even realize I was doing, such as fixing my hair in the mirror. It’s all these little things

PHOTO COURTESY OF JOHN HASSETT

The Hamden Police Department is taking distracted driving seriously this month. issue a lot of citations for distracted driving,” he that inhibit the way that you drive,” she said.

Beyond typical driving safety, Diaz empha- said. “Our objective is to change people’s behavsized the importance of staying off the phone ior, by getting them to drive without being on their cell phones: texting or talking.” while driving.

“Stay off the phones. We’re not looking to

Hviding: ‘I never really felt like it was a sexist thing if I ever lost’ RATIO from cover Junior Rouky Diallo said she suspects students will still feel comfortable going to the executive board.

“The student body did vote them in,” Diallo said. “They weren’t just chosen or placed there.”

Still, Vice President for Student Experience Lindsey Banks said she understands how an allmale executive board might affect students’ perceptions of SGA. “If I was from the outside looking in I would probably be frustrated,” she said. “I’d be like ‘Come on, let’s get some women in there, let’s see what we can do.’”

But she said if more women are going to be on the e-board, then more women need to want to be on e-board.

“I think going forward that really it starts externally first,” Banks said. “Because the more women that we have run for SGA in general, the more possibility that we can have of people being in power within the organization and working within the organization to then run for executive board positions.”

And this year’s Student Body Vice President

Carly Hviding said it also may start freshman year. One of the reasons the executive board tends to have more males than females may be because the freshman class president is usually male, Hviding said. It was not until the Class of 2019 voted in September for a female, Baily Hersh, to be their class president that a woman was class president her freshman year.

“I think what happens is these males take on freshman leadership roles in SGA,” Hviding said. “And if they choose to stay in the organization, typically by their junior year they are ready to move on to e-board, so they run for e-board.

And then you’ll see a lot of your strong female representatives taken on leadership roles within the [class] cabinets their junior and senior year.”

This will be true next year, with Pereira and Tatyana Youssef serving as senior and junior class presidents, respectively. But this academic year, the senior class had a male president and male vice president.

Hviding and Atkin said it’s hard to tell why males are almost always elected freshman class president, especially since a higher percentage of women vote in SGA elections than men, Atkin said.

Hviding said perhaps males win the freshman class president election because there are fewer men on campus.

“It might have to do with it’s easier for boys to be remembered on a mostly female campus,” she said. “I think that stands out to people. When boys are trying to take leadership roles, especially at the beginning, you have a bunch of freshmen girls voting, and then they see a lot of girls and then the boys might stand out more.”

“I think as long as students feel comfortable coming to us, it doesn’t matter what our gender is.”

–KATHRYN PEREIRA

SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT ELECT One of Atkin’s guesses is that female students react differently to a female candidate and campaign. He noticed this his freshman year when he ran for and won the freshman class president election.

“I remember my year, I think it was the

fact that [I was] a younger, enthusiastic male walking around the female dorms and stuff like that...I think there’s just maybe more of a willingness to hit the female demographics more as a male,” Atkin said.

However, junior Tom Forkan said he does not think the student body is subconsciously sexist when voting in SGA elections.

“I feel like we live in a generation where we have a black president now...we’re all talking about equality,” he said. “I don’t think that that’s a big factor in kids deciding who they want for their president.”

Hviding was one of the students who ran for class president against Atkin her freshman year, but ended up being elected as a representative. She said she never felt like sexism came into play when she or others campaigned over the years.

“I don’t think I’ve ever heard somebody say, ‘Oh I’m not going to vote for her because she’s a woman,’” Hviding said. “I’ve never heard that before. And as somebody who’s campaigned as a girl, I never really felt like it was a sexist thing if I ever lost.”

Hamden Planning and Zoning wants to see more housing on campus HOUSING from cover build more dorms, specifically on York Hill because there is room for more dorms on that campus.

And that has been a serious option for Quinnipiac for over a year.

When the Planning and Zoning Commission approved the university’s construction of the York Hill campus years ago, it was under the impression that the university would have enough beds for every full-time undergraduate student during their four years on campus.

However, the university has 5,020 beds and 6,784 full-time undergraduate students currently enrolled.

Kops said Hamden’s Planning and Zoning

Commission would not stand in the way of the university wanting to build more dorms.

“We have not prevented the university from building more dorms,” Kops said. “If the university wants to build more dorms, we will review the [university’s] application [for future dorm construction].”

If the university wanted to build more dorms on campus, there is a lengthy process the university would undergo, according to Vice President of Facilities and Capital Planning Salvatore Filardi.

But dorm construction isn’t imminent for the university, according to Filardi.

“We’re not actively planning to build dorms,” Filardi said. “So we don’t have a plan that in one year, two years or three years we’re

going to build beds on York Hill. But we do have plans to build beds on York Hill.”

Those plans coincide with the original approval for construction on York Hill, Filardi said. The university’s master plan was approved to build a campus with 2,000 beds but it only build 1,500 beds, leaving the university with the option to still add the additional 500 beds.

“Technically, we still have approval from the town for 500 beds,” he said. “We’re not actively planning to build those beds, but I think the issue with sophomore housing has to be more about bed management.”

Filardi said the reason bed management was an issue was because there were open spaces available on campus when the current

freshman class initially chose housing for next year, such as open beds in rooms and suites with RAs. And the amount of beds currently in rooms on campus are variable, Filardi said. This means just because a room is a double one semester, it does not mean it cannot become a triple for the following semester.

But Filardi said the most important thing to remember from this situation was that all the beds that were eventually identified for the sophomores, should have been identified during the first lottery round.

“I do think it’s important to stress that there wasn’t a sophomore bed crisis,” Filardi said.

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Eco-fashion show to be held Using only recycled materials, students of the Eco-Fashion Creativity for Wellness class have created fashionable couture. The designs will be shown off at the annual Sustainable Fashion show on April 22 at noon in the Carl Hansen Student Center piazza. Admission is free.

Case study on domestic violence Students and faculty can attend an interprofessional case study on teambased approaches to domestic violence. The case study will take place on April 21 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in room MHN 105 on the North Haven campus. Participants can email Josephine Palmeri to RSVP. Case materials will be emailed to participants who RSVP.

Farmer Harvest Program offered Farmer Joe’s Garden is accepting applications for its Farmer Harvest Program. Individuals and groups may sign up to purchase a share of the Connecticut harvest that runs from June 21 to Oct. 1. Farm shares will be delivered directly to Quinnipiac’s Mount Carmel campus if enough individuals participate. Orders can be made at Farmer Joe’s website by May 1.

April 20, 2016

Public Safety, SPB prepare for Fetty Wap

By OLIVIA HIGGINS Staff Writer

Quinnipiac is feeling the buzz of anticipation for Fetty Wap to Wake the Giant on Friday, April 22. Tickets sold out within minutes of going on sale for undergraduates, despite the slight disruption in ticket sales.

Fetty Wap’s show is the first Wake the Giant concert to sell out since Ke$ha in 2010, and the first show to sell out from undergraduates alone.

William Singe, who got his start on YouTube, will be the opening act for Fetty Wap. Fetty Wap seems to also be charged with excitement for the concert, taking to Twitter to say, “ayeee QU! s/o on the sold out show… see you on April 22nd #WTG2016” and tagged the Student Programming Board Twitter account.

Alexandra LaMagna, the main stage chair of Student Programming Board, said she began working on the Wake the Giant concert right after Fall Fest because she wanted it to best one yet. To begin, LaMagna contacted her agent with a list of names of artists the board was interested in and then got prices and dates for these performers.

SPB has been working tirelessly since Fetty Wap was booked last November according to LaMagna, planning out his contract details, organizing ticket sales for the event and getting the student body excited for the event.

“I threw in Fetty Wap’s name on there [the list], thinking like ‘There is no way I’m going to afford this guy, there’s just simply no way,’” LaMagna said. “And he actually ended up being in my budget and I was able to negotiate a price and we booked him in November.”

Before it was official, SPB sent out a survey to the school and the results showed students were very interested in Fetty Wap performing. So it

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SPB is selling merchandise in preparation for Fetty Wap to headline Wake the Giant on Friday. was no surprise to LaMagna when the student body’s reaction to the reveal of Fetty Wap being the performer was overwhelmingly positive.

LaMagna and other SPB members are now taking care of final details for the big day such as raffling off the final tickets, making t-shirts and setting up the dressing rooms for the artists.

She said there are several things SPB has yet to buy and gather for the performer’s private hospitality rooms that were requested in their contracts.

Some things Fetty Wap and Singe requested were Buffalo Wild Wings, fruit, pizzas, water and throat coat tea.

According to LaMagna, these requests are simpler than what artists from previous years have asked for.

LaMagna encouraged students to go to the event, even if they do not prefer the artist who is performing, because it is a fun event to experience at our school and with the student body.

Chief of Public Safety Edgar Ro-

driguez said his department is preparing for Fetty Wap the same way it would for any concert, by combining its forces with Hamden police and Contemporary Services Corporation (CSC), the security that Fetty brings with him. Rodriguez is confident students will be safe and everything will be kept in order.

“I think we’ve had good luck and everybody pretty much behaves,” Rodriguez said. “You always get one or two students that misbehave but for the most part it goes pretty smooth.”

Rodriguez is following the basic security detail plan of every concert the school has. He said he won’t change the method just because this year’s Wake the Giant concert is sold out.

Rodriguez advises students to leave bags, backpacks and drinks at home. Fetty Wap’s concert security won’t let students in who have backpacks and will direct students to get

Student Veterans Organization to host BBQ

By BILL RUOCCO

Seminar to learn about credit Students can attend a seminar to learn everything they need to know about their credit score. The seminar will motivate and reassure students who do not have a good credit score with ways to improve it. Mary Cunningham (MBA, Masters in Counseling & a Certification in Financial Planning) will host the event on April 20 at noon. in the School of Law Center (SLE 312) on the North Haven campus.

Commemoration panels to be held A series of panels and films will be presented on April 12 from noon to 6:00 p.m in the Mount Carmel Auditorium. The panels and films will commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising Commemoration in Ireland. The event is sponsored by Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute, the English department, College of Arts and Sciences and the Great Hunger Museum.

rid of drinks they bring with them.

As for the line to get into the concert, Rodriguez said it will be much more controlled and orderly than that of the Yale hockey game a few months ago. Students can expect to be let in on time to enjoy the show.

“Enjoy the concert and act responsible. It’s exciting for everybody, and it’s sold out which is great,” Rodriguez said. “And I hope Fetty Wap brings a good show. The number one priority for us is the safety and concern for all our students, faculty, and staff.”

Freshman Kristin Pantelis got a floor ticket and is looking forward to the event.

“I’m very excited, one of my friends from Uconn [University of Connecticut] went last weekend and sent me videos and said he was really good” Pantelis said. “I like all of his songs so I’m excited to sing along.”

Staff Writer

At our core, humans are engineered to want to help others who are in need. A group that gives or has given everything for the safety of others is now asking for that help.

The Student Veterans Organization (SVO) will host “Operation Barbecue” on Saturday, April 23 on Bobcat Way from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Seventy-five percent of the proceeds from the barbecue will go the Connecticut Veterans Legal Center. The Legal Center’s goal is to assist veterans who are struggling with homelessness and mental illness through legal action.

President of SVO and senior Chris Bolduc said the event is important in raising awareness beyond the scope of the Quinnipiac community.

“The good that comes out of this barbecue is raising awareness for veterans not only on campus, but also on a national level,” Bolduc said.

Along with the food, there will be other activities. Various fraternities and sororities around campus will assist with the grilling, doing some face painting and set-

PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRIS BOLDUC

Members of the Student Veterans Organization during last year’s “Operation Barbecue.” ting up a variety of lawn games for students to participate in.

The National Guard will also be in attendance. The National Guard will set up a Humvee for students to observe, as well as an obstacle course and a basketball throw.

In hosting this event, SVO hopes to get more recognition.

“The good I want to see come

out of the barbecue is for the public to notice that we are here, and that we are a force for good,” said Alex Hartman, vice president of SVO. The members of SVO said the Connecticut Veterans Legal Center is capable of doing a lot for not only homeless veterans, but veterans in general. Bolduc recognizes

how much a good relationship with them can benefit everyone involved.

“It will help build a huge relationship with them,” Bolduc said.

“They’re really just beginning to start up and we think they can really help us, and we can help them.”

When talking to Danny Pagliuca, a sophomore on campus, he found it very easy to recognize what good this event can do.

“A lot of good could come out of it,” sophomore Danny Pagliuca said. “Raise some money, do the right thing, serve the right group of people.”

Pagliuca also felt very strongly about the problem of homelessness in America, citing that as a reason to attend the event.

“Most Americans have money to spend on the stupidest things, when we have people out there on the streets freezing,” Pagliuca said.

Student entry into the event is free of charge, but a meal ticket will be $5 if you choose to eat the food. The SVO will have a table set up in the Student Center this Wednesday to Friday that will be selling those tickets as well as tshirts for the organization.

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Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to host open house

By TARA O’NEILL Co-News Editor

The Quinnipiac University Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (QUCIE) will host an open house event on Wednesday to showcase projects that have been worked on at the center since its inception on July 1, 2015.

The purpose of the QUCIE is to support and promote innovation and entrepreneurship, according to intern and staff member Joshua Hudson, a senior entrepreneurship major. The center provides resources and programs to students, faculty, alumni and the surrounding community.

“The center is a resource for all who need help to transition their idea into a commercial success and a place to get hands on experience about the process,” director at the center Professor Norman Gray said.

The projects the center has been working on will be available for viewing at the open house event.

Dean of the School of Business Matthew O’Connor will welcome everyone and Executive Vice President and Provost Mark Thompson will give the opening remark.

“The event is really to celebrate and acknowledge the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship,” O’Connor said.

Thompson said he is behind the center because he supports what the center promotes and represents.

“I’m a big believer in entrepreneurship education,” he said.

The center was something Thompson said he wanted to see at the university since he was the associate dean of the School of Business.

“The students have a space now that’s

PHOTO COURTESY OF PHILLIP SIMON

Students work in the QUCIE to create and develop ideas for apps, businesses and more. dedicated to creativity and the opportunity to formulate ideas and then take those ideas from inception to something that might be marketable,” Thompson said.

The keynote address will be given by Vice Chairman of Quinnipiac’s Board of Trustees Carlton Highsmith. Highsmith is an entrepreneur who advocates entrepreneurship education and resources. He serves as a board

chairman for CONNCAT in New Haven—a non-profit organization providing contextual education and professional job training within urban communities.

The event will take place on Wednesday, April 20 from 4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. in the QUCIE in LC301. There will be light snacks provided at the event for those who attend. The event is open to students, faculty, staff, alumni

and the local community.

The QUCIE has many student volunteers and some work study students working in the center to help other students and community members with their projects.

“A lot of students have interest in the projects here because it’s something within their field, their industry,” Hudson said. “They don’t have to be interns, they don’t have to work there. They do it because they like the projects.”

This semester Hudson said the QUCIE is working on developing 18 projects.

“Since we’re new, we do have to admit we have some work to do to get projects off the ground,” Hudson said. “From the progress we’ve had since the fall 2015 semester, we’ve come a long way.”

And O’Connor said it’s important for students and community members to understand that the QUCIE is not limited to any specific type of person.

“One of the things that’s unique about the center is that it’s not just a resource for the School of Business,” O’Connor said. “It’s intended to be a resource for the entire university and the community beyond the university.

Its goal is to be a force to support innovation in lots of different dimensions and to support entrepreneurs.”

Hudson said the best part about working at the center is getting to interact with and learn from others who come into the center.

“They’re all really smart, successful people,” he said. “I’m basically like a sponge in there and I just absorb all the information that comes my way. I think that’s the most beneficial thing.”

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Opinion TWEETS OF THE WEEK “I’m supposed to drink tonight THEN tomorrow midday THEN tomorrow night!?”

“Yes... Welcome to Quinnipiac” ‫_@‏‬mjm94 Matt Morris Sam Anas leaving for @mnwild.

How many people thought he’d come this far when he first went to Quinnipiac? Outstanding college career @windowtothepaul Paul Congrats to @DevonToews6 on signing with @NYIslanders Left an indelible mark on the program. #nails #skeleton #bobcats #cawlidgehawkey @BillRiga Bill Riga I may not have been on campus this weekend, but I know that it was quad weather because I received at least 4 snapchats of sunburns. @asmanglani Anisha Manglani

YAK OF THE WEEK I prob saw the clock tower from every possible angle just by looking at snapchat stories

Something to consider

Required class material should be sensitive to students’ pasts When I first bought the book “Half the Sky” by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn for my QU 301 class, I had no idea what it was about. I just knew it was mandatory for me to read it at some point during the semester.

I had heard great things about the book and I was excited to read it. But once my professor started assigning chapters to read, something dawned on me.

The book is about the oppression against women across the world and what people can do to help. It discusses a variety of topics, telling stories through the lives of women who have been victims of the sex trade, sexual assault and domestic violence.

The book also discusses reproductive rights, HIV/AIDS and women’s healthcare.

While the book is an eye-opening read and definitely worth the purchase, I am concerned as to why this book was chosen for a mandatory course that all students have to take.

The Quinnipiac population is made up of mostly women. According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, one in

five women will be raped at some point in their lives. This is a staggering statistic that should be taken into consideration when choosing the material students must read in university curriculum courses.

There is no way to tell what a student has been through unless they tell you. It is unfair to expect all students to read this book when it could be a psychological trigger for them. A psychological SARAH DOIRON trigger is an experience Co News Editor or situation that can cause @SarahDoiron31 flashbacks to trauma one has experienced.

If a student is a victim of a sexual assault, dating violence or any other type of trauma listed above, it could possibly mean that “Half the Sky,” while being a mandatory read for everyone who has to take QU 301, could become a psychological trigger for that student.

Now it is possible that if a student was struggling to read this book, that student could go to their professor and accommodations

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I remember my first day of move-in. It was August 2012, I had just gotten my Q-Card, was all moved into my dorm in Commons and excited to get my college life rolling.

Fast forward almost four years later and I am starting to pack up my things for move out in a few weeks and putting a close on my TYRELL WALDENtime as an undergrad here at MARTIN Quinnipiac University. As I Sports Editor prepare to leave, I just can’t @Tyrell_Walden help but wonder, where did the time go?

It all seemed like a blur.

Freshman year came and went, sophomore year blew by, next thing I know I’m a junior living on York Hill. That’s when I knew that time was going.

As a junior, I figured out what I wanted to do with the rest of my life; that’s when I realized I wanted to be a journalist. I wish I would have known earlier during my time as an undergrad.

Then again, there are a lot of things I wish I did

as an undergrad.

The biggest regret I made was not getting involved and taking advantage of everything our school has to offer during my freshman year. I was caught up in literally going to class and back to my room, playing video games or just going through the motions every day for both semesters.

Sophomore year brought the same endeavors and nothing changed until I realized this wasn’t right.

The reason people go to college is to further their education, realize what they want to do for the rest of their lives and to live out their best years before it is time to become adults in the world.

Junior year was the year I realized the difference between being alive and living. I was alive but I wasn’t living life to the fullest.

That’s when I decided to take advantage of what Quinnipiac had to offer. I joined

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could be made. But it is unfair to expect the student, who has already been traumatized enough, to feel comfortable discussing something so personal with their QU 301 professor. I know if it were me, I would not feel comfortable telling my professor I was assaulted.

Even though “Half the Sky” is a great book and important for students to read, I don’t think it should be mandatory for a university required course. I think this book should only be required in a course such as women’s studies, where students have registered to learn more about the oppression of women and women’s rights.

If the book were only mandatory in an elective course, students who have been victims of these crimes could avoid the psychological trigger altogether. It is important the university consider this before making a book about these difficult topics mandatory for all students to read.

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multiple student media organizations, joined cultural clubs and eventually gained leadership positions within both. Both opened up more opportunities for me outside of school such as internships and job offers.

Junior and senior year I felt pressed to participate because I was felt like I was behind everyone else who had been doing this for years.

So this is for the freshmen and sophomores of Quinnipiac: find your niche and get involved—you won’t regret it. You will only go so far as your attitude and effort will take you.

And to the juniors: it is never too late to get involved. Don’t let time pass you by, get involved and pad those resumes.

To my seniors: if you’re reading this, it’s too late. Graduation is next month so instead of looking to get involved, start looking to get a job.

Signed, A person who is alive and living.

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Television still needs more diversity

Growing up, I pretty much only saw straight, white people on my television screen. ABC’s “Lost” (also known as the greatest television show of all time) was the only program that I watched that had diversity. Yet, since I JULIA PERKINS am a straight, white girl, I did Editor-in-chief not really notice that I was @JuliaPerkinsHP only watching straight, white people.

That privilege was not extended to the LGBT students or students of color at this university.

White people made up 77 percent of series regular characters on broadcast networks in the 2009-2010 TV season, while heterosexual characters made up 97 percent, according to a Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) report.

This is a problem because the media has such an impact on the way we think about ourselves.

For example, one Communication Research study found that white boys had higher self esteem after watching television than white girls, black girls or black boys, according to CNN. This is likely because white boys have an ample number of positive characters to be inspired by.

Thankfully, television is becoming more racially diverse. People of color make up 33 percent of regular characters on broadcast

programming in the 2015-2016 TV season, as compared to 27 percent in the 2014-2015 TV season, according to a GLAAD report. The report found 16 percent of regular characters on broadcast programming are black, which is the highest percentage since GLAAD began tracking this information 11 years ago.

Meanwhile, 4 percent of series regulars on broadcast primetime shows in the 2015-2016 season are lesbian, bisexual, gay or transgender, according to GLAAD. This is compared to less than 2 percent in the 2005-2006 TV season.

About 3.8 percent of American adults identify as lesbian, bisexual, gay or transgender, according to Gallup. And about 77 percent of Americans are white, according to the 2014 U.S. Census.

But, about 55 percent of millennials identify as non-Hispanic white and seven percent are part of the LGBT community, according to the Public Religion Research Institute. More importantly, about 50 percent of children under five living in the United States are a racial minority, according to U.S. News.

This suggests television is still not representing the nation we are and the one we

will become.

And viewers are starting to get mad.

There is no better example than the drama that has occurred behind the scenes of CW’s “The 100” this season. As compared to most shows, “The 100” has a fairly diverse cast, with a bisexual female lead, a half-Filipino male lead, a Latina character with a disability and countless other people of color in positions of power. In its first two-and-a-half seasons, fans and critics lauded the show for being progressive.

That is, until (major spoiler alert) the show killed off a fan-favorite lesbian character, Lexa, just after she had sex with Clarke, the bisexual lead. This perpetuated a trope where lesbians die after having sex or finding some sort of happiness.

For many LGBT viewers, this felt like a heartbreaking betrayal, especially since those fans say “The 100” team marketed and targeted them directly. Not only did Lexa’s death suggest to LGBT fans that they could never find love and happiness, but it took away a character who inspired them and made them feel like they had a place in the media landscape. When there are so few lesbian characters on television, losing one is a major blow to LGBT representation.

The writers had been foreshadowing Lexa’s death all season, and the actress has a big role in “Fear The Walking Dead.” So, of course, the

writers did not kill Lexa because she is a lesbian who had sex. They killed her because the actress had other obligations and it suited the themes and narrative. It doesn’t matter your race or sexual orientation; no one gets a happy ending in “The 100.”

But writers do have a responsibility to their viewers to recognize that what they create has real-world implications. And in the case of “The 100,” these implications were pain, anger and hurt from fans. In other words, if there is a trope about killing lesbians, writers should not perpetuate that trope. “The 100” should be a lesson to other television shows about how to handle minority representation.

Still, the answer to bringing more diversity to television is not to avoid killing characters of color and LGBT characters. What would be the point of having a character on a show that the writers were scared to kill off because they were worried about being called racist or homophobic?

That would just lead to bad writing of minority characters. The answers is for writers to create more LGBT and non-white characters who have agency and development, just like the straight, white people on television.

Only then will television represent our world the way it should.

Respect people’s mental illnesses Almost two years ago, my world was flipped upside down. I was diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and have been struggling to come to terms with it ever since.

For those who don’t know me well, I might say I have anxiety or I’ll try to act as normal as possible to avoid the subject altogether. Some days I barely think about my trauma while other days I can’t get out of bed. Living with PTSD is honestly like a roller coaster ride, and I’m starting to feel like I’m alone on this roller coaster.

Since my diagnosis, I’ve tried to my best to lead a “normal” life (even though it doesn’t work like that). In the past I’ve been very cautious with who I tell about my PTSD because I know it’s not easy to comprehend.

Because of this, I’ve only really opened up to my family and close friends about it.

At first it seemed like everyone who knew about my condition was very supportive and sympathetic, no matter what their understanding of PTSD was. But now, I do not feel supported

or even remotely respected by multiple people I have made aware of it.

Now that it’s been almost two years since the trauma and my diagnosis, I’ve noticed that people are just assuming I’ve ‘gotten over it.’

My own father thought I had just gotten over it. According to a website called Heal My PTSD, time does not just make this condition go away. Unfortunately PTSD does not have an expiration date.

I’ve also noticed that people assume I’m okay and have miraculously healed after I have one good day. Like I said, a roller coaster is the best way to describe how I feel on a weekly, or even a daily, basis. Healing from a traumatic experience is not linear, according to Everyday Feminism. Sure, I might have a few good days or I might just be putting on a brave face, but that doesn’t mean I’m suddenly fine.

As if this stigma surrounding my PTSD isn’t hurtful enough, these people who don’t understand the disorder don’t even bother trying to ask questions about it. For me, this has led

to me not being invited to go out or just being ignored altogether. I understand that it might not be easy to deal with a friend or significant other with PTSD, but imagine NICOLE HANSON how that person feels when Copy Editor you disregard him/her as a @nicole_hanson11 whole because you chose to not ask a simple question?

As painful as it might be for me to talk about the trauma or my PTSD, I would rather be asked about it than be ignored. Living with PTSD is painful enough, but being judged or ousted for it has made things twice as hard for me.

Now I genuinely expect any relationships I pursue to not work out because of the way I’ve been treated due to my PTSD. I mean, after people I call friends have disrespected and disregarded my condition, how can I expect a new man in my life to want to take this on? Again, I get that it’s not easy to handle. Sometimes I feel normal and (hopefully) am pretty pleasant

to be around, while other days I could lash out at you for no reason. I can’t predict how I’ll feel on a day-to-day basis and some people have taught me to feel bad about that.

So, to my friends who seem to be offended by my symptoms and bad days and whatever else annoys you: my PTSD is not about you. Do not treat me like I’m putting a damper on your night out in New Haven. Don’t assume that I’m okay because I managed to get out of bed this morning. Don’t shut me out because I get upset over nothing.

Most importantly, don’t assume you know what I am going through when I might not even know why I feel a certain way. This is not about you. This is not my fault. Have respect for my PTSD and all other mental illnesses that someone might be struggling with.

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The Chronicle sat down with President John Lahey for an interview on the fu has faced this year. While the university has focused on growing its campus, p Lahey said Quinnipiac will now work to improve the quality of education and

growth under lahey 1987 2016 1,900 students 1 campus 3 schools $3 million endowment

10,000 students 3 campuses 9 schools $400 million endowment

“I wouldn’t say I had a perfect crystal ball that I knew we had to do all those things back in 1987 but the growth and development has clearly been part of the vision to really transform Quinnipiac from a small college, a local college, a commuter college here in Connecticut to a major national university and as you can see most of that has happened and we will continue to expand on a national basis and get better known even.”

‘bright’ future Lahey wants QU to be ranked among the top 100 universities in the nation “I think the next 10 years will be much more focused almost exclusively on quality and moving the academic reputation of Quinnipiac University up to higher and higher levels, so that we’re seen not only among the top 100 universities in America, but that in certain areas at least that we can be very well the top, the top five or the top 10.”

What is one way Lahey plans to do this?

His goal is to raise the endowment from $400 million to $1 billion by 2029, in time for QU’s 100th anniversary. This will allow the university to endow faculty chairs, which will attract better faculty, and provide more scholarships, which will attract better students.

“I hope [raising the endowment] will reduce the costs to the students. I mean the cost of higher education is expensive….I’d like to be able to tell you the cost in higher education is not going to be going up. I think it will continue to go up, primarily driven by personnel and the need to continue to upgrade the quality of equipment and facilities. But the cost to the students doesn’t have to go up. The idea about raising endowment money for student scholarships, if we can raise more funds that we can give to students for scholarships, the cost to them hopefully will not be going up.”

dealing with student size Lahey says the undergraduate size will stay at about 7,000, but the graduate enrollment (currently about 3,000) could increase by a little bit. But how does the university plan to handle the number of students it has now? “[The average class size] has gone up a little bit, I would say. But it’s in the low 20s….You go to large universities, any state university, you have classes with 500, 1,000 students and the course will be taught by a graduate assistant, not a full professor, so we don’t even come close to that. So on the margins, maybe it’s gone up a little bit, but in terms of the quality of instruction it hasn’t been affected at all. The [longer] lines in the dining halls, I think it depends on the peaks of when you go. Everyone wants to eat at the same time, it’s like building St. Patrick’s Cathedral for Easter Sunday.

What are the plans for alleviating the housing issues the Class of 2019 has faced this year on the Mount Carmel campus?

“Now [the students in the Class of 2019 who don’t have housing yet] may not be exactly where they want...but I think we’ll be able to accommodate all of them. I can’t guarantee that every sophomore who wants housing on the Mount Carmel campus is going to be accommodated, but I think the number that [won’t be] will be smaller. The town will not allow us to build anymore residence halls on this campus. They told us that years ago and that’s one of the reasons we built York Hill….It’s unfortunate because we do have space on this [Mount Carmel] campus and maybe we can revisit it as relations improve with the town of Hamden.”

expansion into north haven QU worked with developers to secure 60 beds for students on Washington Avenue in North Haven, and the university is working to have another 100 to 150 beds for students in the area. The university does not own these apartments, but worked with developers to make them available for those who take classes on the North Haven campus.

“Mike Feda, the first selectman [in North Haven], couldn’t be more supportive.

We sit down with his people, we don’t ask for any special favors, we know there are rules and laws and we want to obey them and the needs that the town has and the needs that we have. And we sit down in North Haven and talk about them, the residence hall was a good example. They were very supportive of our students living along Washington Avenue and the only request that we made was that we don’t build them ourselves and therefore not have them on the tax roll, that we work with developers to do that.”

How is QU going to raise $600 million by 2029?

Lahey will ask Board of Trustees members and alumni to donate to QU. He says it will be easier to raise $600 million by 2029, than it was to raise $397 million from 1987 to 2016.

“I must say I’m so optimistic about it. It’s so much easier now to attract a board member, and a board member who is both successful in their own life and who has acquired wealth and who wants to be part of Quinnipiac University. Twentyfive years ago it was not as easy to sell, to become part of. We were a small institution, we were local, we weren’t that well known, quite honestly, and we didn’t have the academic standing that we have today. But I think what we have here now is a gem of an asset and I think people will want to come on the board of Quinnipiac because of the prestige associated with it….Getting from $3 million to $400 million I think was a much more challenging task than it will be for us to go from $400 million to $1 billion. I think that’s very much achievable and I think we’ll exceed it, frankly.”

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uture of the university and the issues it programs and enrollment in the past, d increase its prestige. -J. Perkins

relationship with hamden How does Lahey describe the relationship with Hamden?

“I think it’s very good right now. I meet regularly with the mayor, Curt Leng. I’ve met with him in his office several times, we’ve met here with him on this campus….He has my cell phone number and I have his, and it’s a very cordial, mutually supportive role, and I think certainly given the last several years, I think the town-gown relations with Hamden are very much on the upswing.”

How does Lahey describe the relationship between Quinnipiac students and Hamden residents?

“Obviously I love Quinnipiac and I love Quinnipiac students, I’m not objective.

I mean look, you have 18 to 22 year olds, who are away from home and working hard to get the degrees they have and during that time they’re going to have to have some social life events go on. And the incidents that we have had, they’re few and far between. I mean, 99.9 percent of students that come to Quinnipiac are some of the best young people. As I’ve said on a number of occasions, I would be proud to have every one of them as my son or daughter. And they’re very respectful, and you know, they work hard, play hard to some degree, and they cross the boundaries of both our rules and laws and so on from time to time, but it’s a rare exception…. That’s not to say for the neighbors where the students have acted up and have been loud at night and so on, yeah, I certainly have great sympathy for them. My solution, which I’ve communicated to the mayor, is I don’t believe students should be living in those neighborhoods that are overwhelmingly residential, where you’ve got young kids and families and elderly people.”

What does Lahey think about the struggles the university has had getting Hamden to approve its plans to upgrade the athletic fields? “[The approval process has] just taken forever. The town has not been frankly cooperative with us. But the mayor has committed to me that he’s going to make sure our projects get considered on their merits and in a much more timely fashion than they have in the past and if that happens I think we’ll certainly look to working with the town of Hamden and helping them in some areas that they would like our help….I’m very optimistic that we’ll get these projects approved, get these fields done for September 2017.”

athletics What did Lahey think of QU being in the Frozen Four?

“God knows how many people saw us on TV and pronounced Quinnipiac correctly and what it did to the school spirit, watching the game...It’s hard to quantify the value of that….We’re at the stage now where athletics is bringing us some national recognition. But for me, the opportunity is not to talk about athletics, or at least just about athletics, but to talk about the quality of the institution.”

The rugby team posted on social media, upset that Lahey had emailed the student body about Quinnipiac making the Frozen Four when he did not send an email when rugby won its national championship. What would Lahey say to these rugby athletes?

“We have 21 sports and rugby is still an emerging sport, actually, but I love them all. When they win a national championship, I think that’s great, but I would say, again, the amount of media coverage--it’s not a question of my recognizing a team, I recognize all our teams that do well and I call coaches after games and talk with them--so the point that I really was communicating about the men’s hockey is the amount of national coverage that they gave the university….I try to look at not just the team’s athletics in terms of their success on the field, or on the ice or on the court, or wherever it is, but what it is doing to extend the good name of Quinnipiac far and wide. And I think if you use that as the standard and that’s what I was really thanking the team for and congratulating them.”

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fun facts about lahey favorite ice cream “You know, I don’t have a lot of ice cream. I don’t eat a lot of sweets. I haven’t had ice cream in 30 years… .I try to keep my weight. This is an interesting fact, I’m within about two or three pounds, I weighed myself this morning, of what I was when I came here 29 years ago.”

ever hiked sleeping giant?

Yes, he has gone on the tower trail with his wife.

favorite thing to do with grandchildren Puzzles, reading to them, “I try to make them laugh and just have fun with them. I really don’t do anything [in particular]..”

favorite musical artist Huge Elvis Presley fan growing up, likes the Rolling Stones more than the Beatles.

favorite

favorite book “The Phenomenon of Man” by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin “I’m a philosopher so my favorite books wouldn’t be anyone else’s favorite books, I’m sure.”

favorite class Philosophy, first he was an English major, but switched to philosophy after taking his first course sophomore year.

“Once I switched my major to philosophy I didn’t have any choice. I knew if I was going to make a living being a philosopher I could only teach. So I knew right from sophomore, junior year in college that I was going to have to go on to get a P.h.D, apply for a teaching job and teach philosophy, so I did not have any knowledge or idea about administration, let alone being a president, so that happened by accident.”

favorite artifact in great hunger museum “Oh you know I have so many of them.

I think the one I acquired first, the first piece, I brought it back practically in my arms. I think I did put it in the overhead, but I had it all wrapped up in protective bubble. And that’s ‘The Victim’ by Rowan Gillespie.”

movie tv shows

“The Quiet Man,” an Irish movie he watched around St. Patrick’s Day with his family.

Political shows, sports, “Blue Bloods,” “Hawaii Five-0..”

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Students come close to seeing themselves compete in the Olympics

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Minnesota natives Jordan Weiss, sophomore athletic training major, and Natasha Vo, freshman health science major, have skated their way to the top of women’s synchronized figure skating.

Representing Team USA, Weiss and Vo have been competing both nationally and internationally for years, but the sport is still not represented in the Olympics. Hearing the news that they won’t be representing Team USA in 2018 in PyeongChang, South Korea was hard for both of the girls. “[Our coaches’] hope was to be on the 2018 Olympic team so that’s the ultimate reason why I did it,” Weiss said.

SOPHOMORE, ATHLETIC TRAINING MAJOR Their journey to Team USA began when they joined the junior Minnesota team and skated professionally for the first time. Their coach from Minnesota moved to coach a senior team in New York and soon after the girls followed.

“My senior year and her junior year we flew out every single weekend to practice here,” Weiss said.

Holly Weiss, the mother of the now

Being able to travel around the world had been an amazing experience for the girls and their families.

“My favorite country that I visited [with my team] was Switzerland,” Vo said. “It is such a beautiful place. [We went] this year and this was the year that our team was very close with each other.”

Throughout this process Vo and Jordan’s families have supported them tremendously and played a huge role in helping them follow their dreams.

“For five years we went at least once to Germany, France, Switzerland, and Sweden,” Tom said. “[Jordan] was the one who created memories for us, and we’ll be forever grateful and proud.”

Both of the girls said that they couldn’t ask for anything more from their parents.

“They are the ones that gave me the opportunity to go to New York,” Jordan said.

“In my head I thought, ‘Wow that would be cool,’ but I never thought that that would be a possibility.”

For Vo, her mom pushed her to follow her dreams. Vo’s mother, Myhanh Truong, believes that the sport helped her daughter learn to be more competitive and that this will benefit her in school and throughout her future career.

“Healthy competition inspires Natasha to do her best and when she competes she will become more inquisitive, research independently and learn to work with others,” Truong said.

Jordan will no longer continue skating on a professional level with Vo, but she knows the sport is worthy of being in the Olympics and may someday get its chance.

For Vo, her sophomore year will likely be her last year skating. She’ll put her focus on school and has hopes to gain more experience in the medical field by volunteering.

“I see skating in my future. I think maybe I’ll want my kids to skate. I want to keep my love for it and continue to skate,” Vo said.

As for their time at Quinnipiac, they are excited to get to know their sorority sisters better and become more involved on campus. Their families will continue to cherish the memories they made while watching them skate. “[It’s] easy to take [being on team USA] for granted after a while,” Holly said. “But seeing her in her Team USA warm-ups and hearing the arena filled with USA! USA! USA! chants and watching the younger skaters look up to them and ask them for autographs were moments when we couldn’t help but realize how significant it was.”

Vo and Jordan will always keep synchronized figure skating close to their hearts.

“I hope one day I can see synchronized skating in the Olympics,” Vo said. “It’s bittersweet because I wish that I could be on that team and it’s hard to let go of something that you’ve done your whole life.”

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“Just stepping on the ice when you’re in another country and you can hear the crowd chanting ‘USA’ over and over, and see flags waving in the stands, all the nerves go away and everything else is just silenced and there honestly isn’t a moment that can ever make me feel more supported and honored.”

– JORDAN WEISS

professional skater, said she was amazed at her daughter’s ability to maintain her grades while competing at such a high level.

“Since the sport wasn’t sponsored by the high school or university, she always needed to make her own arrangements with high school teachers and QU professors for all the time she needed to miss class to travel,” Holly said.

They would leave school early on Friday to practice all weekend in New York and fly back on Sunday.

“She flew 2,500 miles to practice every weekend during her senior year in high school,” Jordan’s father, Tom Weiss said. “She told us that she was in school a total of 18 hours the entire month of one January because of travel for practice and competition.”

The skaters looked at colleges in the tri-state area near where their practice was held and they both found Quinnipiac to be a good fit. Vo and Jordan scheduled their classes so that they could leave early enough on Friday for practice.

They practiced on Fridays in Stamford for three hours and stayed the night at a friend’s house. The next morning they would go up to Monsey, N.Y. to continue training.

“It kinda sucked because when I got back all my friends would be hanging out and doing fun things but that is the only time I got to study,” Jordan said. “I would usually study for a couple of hours and relax and hang out with people who are still on campus.”

Sunday morning they would wake up, go to practice again and get back to campus around 9:30 p.m.

“It’s hard for me to find more friends since I am not here on the weekends,” Vo said.

“I’m in Kappa Delta [with Natasha] so I’m excited to spend more time with them. Me and Natasha were never able to go to chapter so a couple of weeks ago was the first chapter we’ve ever been to,” Jordan said.

Throughout everything, the two say skating has always been worth it.

Winning Nationals has been Vo and Jordan’s biggest accomplishment. Jordan still re-watches the video to reminisce on the insane moment, and Vo said finding out that they won made all of the hard work pay off.

“Just stepping on the ice when you’re in another country and you can hear the crowd chanting ‘USA’ over and over, and see flags waving in the stands, all the nerves go away and everything else is just silenced and there honestly isn’t a moment that can ever make me feel more supported and honored,” Jordan said.

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April 20, 2016

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MOVIE REVIEW

By SEAN KELLY

‘The Jungle Book’ impresses with visual effects

Staff Writer

Under a different director, Disney’s live action remake of “The Jungle Book” could have been a flat-out cash grab. Jon Favreau, the man behind “Elf” and “Iron Man,” has taken the opportunity to make a heartfelt film that sets a new standard in visual effects. The story remains relatively the same as the 1967 original; a boy who is raised by wolves must leave the jungle due to the threat of a tiger. However, Favreau tweaks enough elements to make this new adaption even more interesting.

CGI has a reputation of appearing fake or cheap. In an age where practical effects are valued over digital, “The Jungle Book” boldly creates an entirely computerized world that looks absolutely stunning. Everything, from the animals to the background behind them, looks real, and it allows the viewer to be fully immersed into the story. The technology used here should be a reference point for future blockbusters to come.

Not only is the physicality of these characters perfect, but the casting is too. I mean, Bill Murray as the loveable slacker bear, Baloo?

Christopher Walken as the smooth talking monkey, King Louie? It’s almost so easy to imagine that you don’t even need to watch the

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Young actor Neel Sethi is pictured with CGI characters in the 2016 remake of Disney’s “The Jungle Book.”

film. Scarlett Johansson is an odd choice as the hypnotic python Kaa, given that the character in the original was a male and had a wispy voice.

But she makes the role her own, turning the snake into an eerily calming soothsayer.

Newcomer Neel Sethi, who plays the only non-computer-generated character, Mowgli, achieves the impressive feat of delivering a good performance despite having to act by

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Ladies, start your Chariots

With the university lifting the ban on Uber earlier this academic year, many students will, at some point, open their Uber app and get in a stranger’s car--alone or with friends.

According to a BuzzFeed article, screenshots from comments on the Uber database mentioned rape 5,827 times and sexual assault 6,160 times.

However, Uber said they received only five claims of rape and fewer than 170 claims of sexual assault from December 2012 to August 2015.

Now, this isn’t to say women should fear taking an Uber or that women aren’t smart enough or strong enough to protect and defend themselves, but Michael Pelletz, founder of Chariot for Women, recognized that there needs to be an alternative, for women specifically.

Chariot for Women is a company similar to Uber, but all the drivers are women who have been thoroughly background checked. And, before you get in the car, you have to ask the driver for the “safe word” you provided to definitively confirm the ride--beyond just having the car’s make, model and license plate information.

This will definitely be a game changer for Uber in the future. Women, especially if they’re coming home after a night out in New Haven, are nervous about getting into a stranger’s car through Uber because of how hard it is to know whether the ride is safe.

However, with Chariot’s safety precautions, getting into a stranger’s car is a lot less scary and more women will likely turn to Chariot over all other methods of transportation.

If you ladies need any more incentive to check out Chariot: 2 percent of every fare is donated to a woman-based charity. Stay safe, ladies. –T. O’Neill

himself while surrounded by green screens during the shooting of the film.

Though these characters’ motivations are deepened and the plot points slightly altered, the film’s reliance on the original cartoon is its most notable weakness. Particularly, the songs felt shoehorned in to remind us of what came before. It’s not that the songs sound bad; it just doesn’t fit the more serious

tone of this version.

With that said, “The Jungle Book” is a thrilling adaptation of a beloved Disney classic with incredibly lifelike visuals and impeccable casting.

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Stop criticizing women’s rugby for speaking up

President John Lahey sent an email on April 11 to the entire Quinnipiac community congratulating the men’s ice hockey team on a great season after its loss in the Frozen Four. That same day, criticism of this message arose from the women’s rugby team.

A pinned post on the Quinnipiac Rugby Facebook page reads, “Women’s basketball, Women’s Ice Hockey nor Rugby who all made national accolades over the last TWO years never received one of these public congratulations.” They finish this message with a call to action through the hashtag: #fillthesilence, and this post has been shared nearly 200 times.

Many people took offense to this message. They say the rugby team is just complaining to get attention, and that it isn’t fair to men’s ice hockey. In reality, what isn’t fair is the lack of recognition and support women’s teams get from the administration and figureheads of our school.

Feminism is about equality, not preaching that women are superior to men. Unfortunately, so many still fail to understand this. The rugby team is, by no means, saying that its achievements are better than that of other men’s teams (specifically hockey). It is simply asking for fair recognition, which shouldn’t be so impossible to attain, especially because it won the NCAA championship this year.

The lack of support from Lahey and other administrators only perpetuates the idea that the rugby team is diminishing the value of the achievements made by other athletic teams. Administrators and faculty are supposed to set the example for us as students, and I am hugely disappointed in Lahey’s failure to do this.

To anyone complaining about those speaking up about this issue, stop. Let’s #FillTheSilence with productive conversation, rather than ignorance and thinly-veiled sexism. - J. Cibelli

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GAME OF THE WEEK

RUNDOWN

MEN’S LACROSSE QU 17, Canisius 9 – Saturday Brian Feldman: 7 goals WOMEN’S LACROSSE Iona 10, QU 6 – Wednesday Aileen Carey: 2 goals Marist 13, QU 2 – Saturday Carey: 2 goals BASEBALL Northeastern 12, Niagara 9 – Wednesday Matthew Batten: 3 for 5, 3 R QU 7, Hartford 5 – Thursday Batten: 2 for 4, 2 R QU 2, Iona 0 – Saturday Thomas Jankins: 8 IP, 2 H, 8 K QU 4, Iona 3 (13 innings) – Saturday Robert Pescitelli: 1 for 4, 3 R QU 3, Iona 2 – Sunday Lou Iannotti: 2 for 4, 1 RBI SOFTBALL QU 3, Yale 1 – Wednesday Keilani Finley: 2 for 3, 2 RBI QU 1, Yale 0 – Wednesday Casey Herzog: 7 IP, 1 H, 6 K QU 6, Siena 2 – Saturday Sarah Heimbach: 2 for 4, 3 RBI QU 3, Siena 0 – Saturday Herzog: 7 IP, 3 H, 4 K Marist 8, QU 0 – Sunday Marist 4, QU 1 – Sunday Finley: 2 for 3, 1 R ACROBATIC AND TUMBLING QU 273.995, Fairmont State 269.975 – Sunday Oregon 283.405, QU 274.995 – Monday

GAMES TO WATCH MEN’S LACROSSE QU at Monmouth – Saturday, 1:00 p.m.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE QU at Fairfield – Wednesday, 3:00 p.m.

QU vs. Manhattan – Saturday, 1:00 p.m.

BASEBALL QU at Rhode Island – Thursday, 3:00 p.m.

QU vs. Manhattan (DH) – Saturday, 12:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m.

QU vs. Manhattan – Sunday, 12:00 p.m.

QU vs. Hartford – Tuesday, 3:00 p.m.

SOFTBALL QU vs. Army (DH) – Wednesday, 3:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m.

QU vs. Fairfield (DH) – Saturday, 12:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m.

QU vs. Iona (DH) – Sunday, 12:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m.

QU at Holy Cross – Tuesday, 4:00 p.m.

Follow @QUChronSports for live updates during games.

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Men’s lacrosse routs Canisius

Brian Feldman scores career-high seven goals in win

By JUSTIN CAIT Staff Writer

Quinnipiac men’s lacrosse is one game away from clinching a regular season championship after its 17-9 win over Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference rival Canisius on Saturday afternoon.

“I give the guys all the credit they’ve worked very hard and followed the plan,” head coach Eric Fekete said.

“We’ve still got a lot of work to do but we’re headed in the right direction.”

Bobcats sophomore attacker Brian Feldman potted a season and careerhigh seven goals, while junior goalie Jack Brust made 12 stops en route to Quinnipiac’s seventh win of the season.

Quinnipiac freshman midfielder Foster Cuomo tallied the opening goal to put the Bobcats on top 1-0 just 2:30 into the game. The Bobcats went on to score two more goals until the Golden Griffins cut the lead to 3-2 with 5:36 remaining in the quarter.

Keenan and Feldman each scored again for Quinnipiac and Canisius midfielder Connor Kearnan scored before the end of the first quarter to make the game 5-3 going into the second quarter.

In the second, Canisius opened up the scoring before the Bobcats exploded for five goals from five different scorers to make it a 10-4 game before the end of the half.

Fekete noted how his team’s defensive abilities ultimately provided opportunity in the offensive end.

“We talk a lot about stops, clears and possessions,” Fekete added. “That’s the way the game has to be played.”

Quinnipiac continued its dominance after halftime when Feldman scored his fourth goal of the game early in the third quarter. The Golden Griffins

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Foster Cuomo craddles the ball in Saturday’s win over Canisius.

would ultimately score two goals and win the half, however, the Bobcats took a 12-6 lead going into the final quarter.

In the fourth quarter, Feldman picked up right where he left off, scoring his sixth and seventh goals of the game befire junior attacker Drew D’Antonio added a quick strike. Both of Feldman’s goals broke his previous career-high of five goals in a game and gave him a total of 27 on the season.

“It felt great having seven goals, Feldman said. “But I’ve really gotta give it to my teammates for looking out

for me and seeing me open.”

Fekete admired Feldman’s assets in this game as well.

“I think one of the things we talked about on this team is everybody has a different role or job to do and part of that is the offense,” Fekete said. “He’s been on a mission, he’s a goal scorer straight away.”

Canisius added two more goals before freshman attacker Matt Frost and sophomore attacker James Byrns,notched goals of their own to solidify the victory at 17-9 in favor of

Quinnipiac.

With the win, Quinnipiac now seek to add onto their successful season in the MAAC moving forward.

“We want to win every game that’s in front of us,” Fekete said. “You’ve just got to stay focused one game ahead and the only game that matters to us now is Monmouth, that’s the next on the agenda.”

The Bobcats will travel to face off against Monmouth next game on April 23, with a regular season championship at hand.

Clifton brothers to return for senior season MEN’S HOCKEY from Page 16 support staff and, of course, the fans of Quinnipiac University for allowing me to be a part of your community for the past three years.”

The All-ECAC Hockey Second Team and New England Second Team All-Star defenseman earned career highs with seven goals, 23 assists and 30 points in his junior campaign.

Toews also played in a career-high 40 games for the Bobcats and tied the team lead with a plus/minus of +27 this past season.

“We want to thank Devon for his contribution to Quinnipiac hockey– both on-and-off the ice,” Pecknold said. “He is a phenomenal player and an even-better person. We wish him all the best as he pursues his career with the New York Islanders.”

While Anas and Toews have decided to move onto their professional

hockey careers, brothers Tim Clifton and Connor Clifton have left their NHL offers on the table and decided to stay with the team for their senior seasons.

The Phoenix (now Arizona) Coyotes drafted Connor with the 133rd overall pick in the fifth round of the 2013 NHL draft, while Tim entered this offseason undrafted.

Both players are coming off career seasons with the Bobcats. Connor, who compiled 14 points over his first two seasons, had a career-high seven goals and 20 assists in the 2015-2016 season. He notched nine points (one goal, eight assists) in the ECAC tournament, earning him Most Outstanding Player honors for the tournament after the team’s 4-1 win over Harvard in the ECAC Championship game.

Tim, meanwhile, finished third on the team with 42 points (19 goals, 23 assists), clobbering the nine goals and eight assists he compiled his

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Tim Clifton, and his brother Connor, will return for the 2015-16 season.

sophomore season. Tim excelled on the power play this past season, tying Anas and Travis St. Denis with a team-

leading 10 power-play goals, including a blast for the Bobcats’ lone goal in the loss to North Dakota.

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our home field,” Lorenzetti said.

“Taking advantaged of the typography of the field things like that, we’re very prepared and confident

in our ability to take it defensively.”

In the remaining parts of the season, Quinnipiac play 10 games against five MAAC opponents on top of six additional regular season

games. Reaching a winning record will come down to the wire for the Bobcats, but competing and winning playoffs is the current goal.

“The goal is to make playoffs and win because we know we’re

a very dangerous team,” junior shortstop Matthew Batten added.

“Our record does not reflect how good we are, but we’re not worried about outside opinions, so our goal is to make the playoffs and win it.”

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The baseball team’s 3-2 win over Iona Sunday capped off the fourth season sweep of a MAAC opponent since it joined the conference in 2014.

With a 273.995-269.975 win over the Fairmont State Falcons, Quinnipiac acrobatics and tumbling improved to 7-2 on the year, earning the most wins in a season in program history.

Brian Feldman scored his 50th career goal with his first score in men’s lacrosse’s 17-9 win over Canisius on Saturday.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Clockwise from top left: Sophia Dzulynsky returns a serve in women’s tennis’ 6-1 win over Marist on Sunday, Sitilia Rencheli follows through, Alexandra Mircea serves.

Kei Ezaka

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Both men’s tennis player Kei Ezaka and women’s tennis player Sophia Dzulynsky won their 100th career matches this past week with victories over Monmouth.

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“It’s been a lot of work since September and I think we all carry a bit of a chip after last year’s MAAC championship game.”

— ERIC FEKETE MEN’S LACROSSE

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Baseball looks to execute on favorable late-season tilt

By JUSTIN CAIT Staff Writer

After struggling to maintain a winning record early in the season, Quinnipiac baseball hopes that playing complete baseball can further its recent success.

“The season has been up and down,” head coach John Delaney said. “There have been flashes at the beginning of the year and recently with this team everything is clicking.”

The Bobcats’ season commenced in late February when they traveled down south to take on a handful of unfamiliar opponents, including Appalachian State, Virginia Tech, North Florida and Florida Gulf Coast.

“We started off great, going down south,” graduate captain Matthew Lorenzetti said. “A lot of Northeast teams don’t really have much success and I think if you gauged our performance down south compared to a lot of the other teams in the MAAC, we were on par, if not better than pretty much everyone.”

Quinnipiac went 6-10 in its time on the road, picking up wins against five of six opponents, including ACC powerhouse Virginia Tech.

“Having a win against an ACC opponent is a pretty big honor for this school,” Delaney said. “Going out there in the first week of the year, taking three out of four to open up the season as a Northeast team, that has been stuck inside and haven’t seen a baseball field till the first game, it’s a positive.”

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Alex Vargas throws a pitch during baseball’s 3-2 win over Iona on Sunday afternoon.

Coming off of a fairly successful run in opposing territory, the Bobcats welcomed Yale in the season’s home opener on the QU Baseball Field.

While baseball in Hamden began, it also marked the start of a four-game losing skid and another injury to an important part of the team.

“Losing guys at the start of the year, our captain Mike Palladino, then Ryan Nelson, our second baseman, with a broken hand, you lose two of those guys that have been in the program for four years,” Delaney noted. “Not only does that hurt the production on

the field, but it hurts the leadership part.”

Although losing two key players hurts, Delaney knows that baseball is more than just a twoman sport.

“We dealt with the injury earlier on and it hurt us a little bit, but we’re past that now,” Delaney added. “We’d love to have those guys out there, but we’re going to win games either way.”

Following Nelson’s injury against Marist, the Bobcats went 7-6 in its next 13 games, including a big win against a New England rival in Hartford.

“A couple hits haven’t gone

our way, a couple bad bounces, but so far we’re sticking it out and grinding,” senior outfielder Rob Pescitelli said. “We had a big win against Hartford and we’re one hit, one catch, one pitch from turning it around.”

With a 1-5 record in the MAAC going into the weekend series against conference opponent, Iona, the Bobcats knew it was a point in the season they could not take easy.

“We had a big, big win against Hartford which is one of the topranked couple of teams in New England region, so I think we’re looking at this week as a huge turning point in the season,” Lorenzetti

added. “We look at this Iona series as a huge opportunity for us to re-establish ourselves as a powerhouse in the MAAC.” In the ensuing three-game series against the Gaels, Quinnipiac took game one in a defensive effort lead by pitcher Thomas Jankins’ no-hitter through seven innings.

Jankins’ effort included just two hits allowed with one walk and eight strikeouts.

Game two of the best-of-three series took all of 13 innings to complete. After Pescitelli got on base in the bottom of the 13th, senior outfielder John Bodenhamer hammered an RBI single for a game-winning 4-3 lead.

Although Quinnipiac had already won two of the three games in the series, there would be no sense of ease in its final game against Iona. The Bobcats and Gaels played in a tight 2-2 game before senior catcher Lou Iannotti connected on a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth to solidify a win, and, more importantly, an improved 4-5 record in the MAAC. With nine of the remaining 16 games at home before the MAAC tournament, Lorenzetti knows how important having home field advantage will be in the future, especially when in the field.

“We’re playing great defense, we’re playing at our home field, we take great pride in winning at our home field, and great pride in knowing the defensive schemes in See BASEBALL Page 14

Men’s ice hockey’s Anas, Toews sign with NHL teams

By MAX MOLSKI

Associate Sports Editor

In the wake of the men’s ice hockey team’s loss against North Dakota in the national championship game, players have started making decisions on whether to stay in Hamden or sign with National Hockey League (NHL) teams. While some juniors have opted to stay at Quinnipiac, others have already signed entry-level contracts to play professionally.

Juniors Sam Anas, Devon Toews, Tim Clifton and Connor Clifton all finalized their fate for next season on Friday.

Anas signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the Minnesota Wild on Friday, April 15.

“I am very excited that I have signed with the Minnesota Wild,” Anas said in a Quinnipiac Athletics press release. “I am also very proud that I will earn my degree in three years here at Quinnipiac. I can’t thank

the staff and everyone involved in the program enough. They have truly developed me as a player and more importantly, as a person. The last three years were the best of my life and for that reason it was a very hard decision to leave.”

Anas scored a team-high 50 points in his junior campaign en route to earning a spot on the AHCA/CCM Hockey Men’s Division I All-America First Team. He finished his Bobcats career with 132 points, which ranks 10th in Division I program history.

“We want to thank Sam for his contribution to Quinnipiac hockey both on and off the ice,” Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold said. “He has had three amazing years here: National Rookie of the Year followed up by back-to-back All-American season.

We wish him all the best as he pursues his NHL dream.”

Anas signed with the Wild as an undrafted free agent. Although he

is beginning his professional career, Anas says he will always remember his time in blue and gold.

“I love Quinnipiac and will always be a Bobcat,” Anas said. “I look forward to the next chapter in my life as a professional hockey player.”

After three seasons with Quinnipiac, junior Devon Toews signed a threeyear, entry-level contract with the New York Islanders on Friday as well.

The Islanders selected Toews with the 108th pick in the fourth round of the 2013-2014 NHL Draft.

“I’m excited to announce that I have signed my first professional contract with the New York Islanders,” Toews said in a separate Quinnipiac Athletics press release. “Thank you to everyone who has been a part of my hockey development, from past players and coaches to family and friends.

Thank you to my teammates, coaches, See MEN’S HOCKEY Page 14

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