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Fall Fest returns for second year By AMANDA HOSKINS News Editor
At 1:30 p.m. Saturday the gates will open by the Commons Bridge and students will flood South Lot for the second Student Programming Board’s Fall Fest concert. After last year’s concert, SPB decided they wanted to do it all again. The date for this year’s concert was picked at this time last year, according to SPB President and SGA Vice President for Programing Danielle Imbriano. “This is one of our largest scale concerts, so it takes a lot of work a lot of months ahead,” Imbriano said. The idea of originally having the concert right on the Quad was shut down because of issues with the power requirements, but Imbriano said South Lot was the next best option. The stage and sound system comes from an outside vendor, Atomic. The stage will arrive Friday Imbriano said, and with the help of about 10 staging people from the company, and a number of student volunteers, the stage setup will begin. Around 6 a.m. Saturday morning, student volunteers will start preparing South Lot for the day’s event. Imbriano says the morning set up is a lot of technical work and making sure all of the outside vendors arrive okay. The bands will arrive early in the morning. A group of students are responsible for decorating rooms for the performers with food and snacks as well as decorations of their favorite things. “We like to create like a little atmosphere for them so they are not feeling like they are stranded in a classroom,” Imbriano said. The food trucks will begin to arrive around 9 a.m.. This year’s food trucks differ from last year’s. There will be a wrap truck, grilled cheese truck, ice cream truck and potato truck for students to choose from. Students will be able to use Q-cash or regular cash to purchase tickets for the food trucks. Tables will be designated for that purpose and students will simply bring the tickets to the trucks they want. Prices will vary from $1 to $5. Imbriano says the food trucks are an impor-
tant aspect to the all-day festival experience. “It just adds to the novelty aspect of going to an all-day type of festival,” she said. Junior Michelle Gallagher said she really liked the event last year. “My favorite part of [Fall Fest] last year was the food trucks, and I am excited to hear the music and spend time with my friends.” As far as safety is concerned, SPB is hoping the concert goes as smoothly as last year, Imbriano said. A group of outside concert security will be at the event as well as Public Safety officers, EMT’s, nurses and the pro staff for Campus Life and Student Affairs. All students will be checked before entering the concert and will not be allowed to bring drinks. “It’s kind of all hands on deck with that type of thing,” Imbriano said. “Surprisingly everything went very smoothly as far as safety for the students last year.” Students can enter the concert near the shuttle stop and the Commons bridge. Last year, Imbriano said students tried to enter through New Road. Students coming from New Road must go around the cafeteria to enter. “It is just for the artists because that is where their hospitality rooms are so we just don’t want anyone accessing them to disturb them as they are getting ready for the show or relaxing after the show,” Imbriano said. Imbriano is looking forward to seeing how the students like Fall Fest this year. “Since people already know what Fall Fest is, we are not just selling them the idea of this outdoor festival for the first time,” she said. “It already does have a build up and we had such a great time last year.” She says she knows students enjoyed the concert last year, and there is a lot to live up to for this year to keep students coming back. “The pressure is on but I have a feeling this is going to be a good one,” Imbriano said. “And a lot of work has been put into it and I know that at the end of the day no matter what, students are going to enjoy their time.”
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BobcatNet revamped By PAUL BROSNAN Contributing Writer
The university worked over the past 10 months to revamp BobcatNet, thanks to a Student Government Association initiative. Sophomore class president Chris Desilets and Class of 2017 representative Anisha Manglani worked with administration last academic year to make improvements to BobcatNet a priority. “There wasn’t enough space or speed in the network to allow 6,000 students to live here on that network,” Desilets said. “It all shows up when you have buffering, whether you’re watching Youtube, Netflix, trying to download a file from Blackboard, it’s going to be slow, because it affects everyone the same way.”
Some internet access points had been as old as 2006, so Chief Information Security Officer Brian Kelly saw the need for an upgrade. Information Technology increased the number of access points in residence halls and mounted them on the ceiling not the walls. Kelly said this creates a bubble so that students are always in range of an internet access point. The number of access points jumped from 846 to 1085. The network can now support two gigabytes of space, whereas the old access points could only hold one gigabyte. This means there should be less buffering when students use the internet, Kelly said. “Now we can see that there is extra space See BOBCATNET Page 3
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Students gathered on the Quad to pray for the persecuted churches of the Middle East.
The faint glow of candles could be seen from across the Quad on the night of Sept. 17 as the Quinnipiac community gathered for a candlelight prayer vigil in support of the persecuted churches in the Middle East. More than 100 members from the university and Hamden community attended the event and participated in the outdoor vigil, which featured readings of the Gospel in English, Coptic, Arabic, Greek and Aramaic. The event was sponsored by the Department of Cultural and Global Engagement’s Office of Religious Diversity and the Catholic and Protestant Chaplancies.
Quinnipiac’s Catholic Chaplain Father Jordan Lenaghan said it is important for all faiths to pray together for the people in the Middle East who are suppressed religiously. “Change throughout the world begins always within a single heart,” Father Lenaghan said. “If one heart is changed and one mind opened and educated because of what we do here, then change is possible. Let us be the change we hope for in the world.” Father Lenaghan said the reason this event was organized was because no one was speaking out about the conflicts in the Middle East on campus.
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Beyond the Bobcats Sierra Leone attacks Ebola Sierra Leone’s government ordered everyone in the country to remain in their homes for 72 hours over the weekend in an attempt to limit the spread of the Ebola virus, an epidemic sweeping across West Africa. This is the most aggressive move by a government to slow the disease, which has killed approximately 2,600 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to the New York Times. Close to 30,000 volunteers, police officers and soldiers in Sierra Leone will be moving from house to house, in the hope of providing information on the dangers and prevention of the disease, calling the “struggle against Ebola a matter of life or death”, says the New York Times.
By Sal Siciliano A rundown on news outside the university.
Thousands fill Manhattan for People’s Climate March Close to 400,000 protesters rallied for the People’s Climate March in Manhattan on Sept. 21, demanding action in the United Nations’ upcoming climate summit, according to Vice News. Demonstrators held banners and paper flowers, carrying slogans like “There’s no plan b”, and “I can’t swim”. Americans of all ages and affiliations came to the call for action–more than 400 shuttles from colleges across the Northeast brought students to the march, joined with religious leaders, politicians and even celebrities Leonardo Dicaprio and Mark Ruffalo. The protest was connected to more than 2,800 events in 166 countries, all striving for a greener world as global rising temperatures continue to break records, according to Vice News.
Police search for missing UVA student
Police believe they have pieced together what happened the night a University of Virginia student went missing. Hannah Graham, 18, was last seen on the night of Sept. 13 at the downtown mall area of Charlottesville, Va., according to CNN. She left from dinner with a group of friends at 11 p.m., and texted friends around 1:20 a.m. saying she was lost. Investigators say she was seen going into a bar with a man, and then leaving with him in a 1998 Chrysler coupe, according to CNN. Police executed a search on suspect Jesse Matthew’s apartment this past Monday, leaving with several bags of evidence. Matthew was not at his apartment when investigators arrived, according to NBC News.
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IMLeagues, Rec*It create smartphone app By JULIA PERKINS Managing Editor
The days of forgetting to show up to your intramural games may be over. A new app called Rec*It will help students keep track of their intramural sports schedule, Associate Director of Intramurals Michael Medina said. IMLeagues, the website students currently use to get all their intramural information, teamed up with the company Rec*It to bring this app to Quinnipiac and college campuses around the country. The app allows students to see the upcoming intramural games on their mobile device and put their schedule onto their phone calendar. With the app, students can see which intramural sports the university offers and chat with their teammates. “You never have an excuse of missing a game,” Medina said. “You can always set the alert.” Medina said he hopes the app will make it easier for students to know when they have a game, so fewer teams will have to forfeit when not enough teammates show up to play. “A lot of students are happy that we’re being a lot more aggressive in terms of trying to reduce forfeits,” Medina said. “Because obviously if you sign up a team, you want to play
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The Rec*It app allows students to check out their intramural sports schedule on their mobile device.
games and when you don’t get to play that game it’s frustrating.” Medina’s goal for this year is to bring down the number of forfeited games. This semester about 13 percent of games have been forfeited. This is down from last year when about 15 percent of games were forfeited.
“I think as they’re able to utilize the app more often, somebody will say ‘I’m not going to be able to make the game on Monday because I have class during that time,’” Medina said. “And now they can let me know in advance and I can shift their game to a different time.” The national average forfeit percentage for intramural games is about 12 percent, but Medina wants Quinnipiac’s average to be below 10 percent. In years past, the university’s forfeit rate has been as high as 25 percent. Junior Andrew Kalinowski said his team could not play its last game of flag football because his opponents forfeited. “It sucks because you get ready to play and then no one shows up,” he said. But, sophomore Anjali Narayan said she likely will not download the app. She said she prints out her game schedule for her intramural volleyball games. Narayan said she did not mind when her opposing team forfeited their game last year. “We just got to play by ourselves so that was kind of fun,” she said. “I’m not really intense with it.” IMLeagues and Rec*It will pay the tuition of one student across the nation who downloads the app. Freshman Chris Hobbs plans to play 3-on-
3 intramural basketball and said he is excited about this app. “That’s actually really good because I’d be able to find the schedule out,” he said. “It’s really nice to be able to have that on the app because I’m always on my phone.” The app will also make it easier for captains, Medina said. “If you’re the captain of your team, your teammates are like ‘hey when’s our next game,’” he said. “Well, now you don’t need to ask the captain. Now you can go right onto the app and see when everything is.” Kalinowski said his captain always emails his team to tell the players their game schedule. “But it would just be good to be able to look on an app, just to be able to see when [the games] are,” he said. “I know not every team has a responsible captain that will tell the team when the games are and everything.” Medina said IMLeagues and Rec*It hope to add additional features in the future, such as the ability to register for a team through the app. “We’ll hopefully be able to do some customization with it as well,” he said. “We’d love to have Bobcat logos and everything involved there.” Students must have an IMLeagues account to download the app.
Father Lenaghan: ‘Let us be the change we hope for in the world’ VIGIL from cover “Here are these ancient communities that have been in existence for thousands of years who have been destroyed in a matter of weeks and no one was speaking out,” Father Lenaghan said. “If we are going to be true to who we are as the Quinnipiac community we had to say something and as religious leaders this is how we say something.” Christian churches in the Middle East have been targeted by extreme Islamists and the governments that support them. Many Christian followers were violently executed and torn away from their families, according to ChristianPost. This has caused many of the ancient Christian societies to leave their homelands or pray in secret away from the public eye. Local Coptic Orthodox, Greek Orthodox and Assyrian Orthodox clergy were in attendance along with Father Lenaghan and Rabbi Reena Judd. Sophomore Matthew Heller attended the event to support Father Lenaghan and Rabbi Judd.
“I am very close with them considering I am a member of the e-board at the Peter C. Herald House,” Heller said. “I’m Jewish so I have never been to a candlelight vigil, but I thought it was interesting to see a new culture.” Vice President of Academic Affairs Paul Zeleza welcomed the Quinnipiac community with a speech about how emblematic the vigil is in supporting the values of the university. “It reflects our commitment to connect in the classroom, campus and community as places of learning and leading for all of us as students, faculty and staff,” Zeleza said. “It also exemplifies our dedication as a university to interfaith, intercultural and international dialogues and understanding.” Zeleza also said it is important to attend events like this vigil because it helps students understand the complex society they live in, attain cultural awareness and learn about cultivating their humanity. Freshman Elizabeth Mirasola said she is glad she attended this event. “It amazes me about how we have so much religious freedom here and expressing our re-
ligion has never been a problem for us,” Mirasola said. “But in the Middle East it is such a problem and I don’t think it’s right that we who have so much religious freedom aren’t doing anything about that.” Mirasola said she hopes students are becoming more aware of what is happening overseas. “I think it is great that the university was able to hold an event to shed light on what is happening and bring it to everyone’s awareness,” she said. “Even if you aren’t religious things like this are great to attend in a humanitarian aspect.” Sophomore Connor Voss said he had no idea that the vigil was being held, but had an idea about what was going on in the Middle East. “I’m of the opinion that all religions should be protected and respected no matter what the case unless they are threatening and suppressing others,” Voss said. “I feel like not many people knew about the vigil because it wasn’t heavily advertised but the ones who did were allowed to express themselves freely, so that’s all that matters.”
Father Lenaghan said this event is not just a human rights action, but a community building experience and a cultural activity as well. “Students seemed very attentive, aware and there was a high degree of participation,” Father Lenaghan said. “I hope that students had a great learning experience from the service.” First year graduate student and member of the leadership board for the Catholic Chaplain Michaela Belanger said she was happy with the turnout for the vigil. “While I was looking around I noticed that a lot of people were taking this seriously,” Belanger said. “It was very prayerful and I felt that a lot of people had a personal connection because some people have family members over in the Middle East.” Belanger said Father Lenaghan’s goal was to expose students to different traditions and languages to bring more awareness to the Middle East. “I hope that when students who attended this event think of the strife in the Middle East that they are able to reflect on that and keep them in their prayers,” Belanger said.
Kelly: more internet access points now available BOBCATNET from cover on the network we can see where the activity is peaking,” Manglani said. “It’s peaking around 1.2, 1.4 gigabytes at the most. So there is more than enough space on the network as of now.” Desilets said many students might not realize the network’s size, and that it spreads to all three campuses. At any given point, there are 30,000 to 33,000 devices connected to BobcatNet, he said.
Kelly compared the before and after by using the last two iOS launches as an example. “A year ago when IOS 7 came out this place was like an LA Freeway at rush hour,” Kelly said. “There was nothing moving.” This year, Kelly said BobcatNet worked better during the iOS 8 launch. The amount of space the network now allows has been vastly improved. “It’s laptops, it’s tablets, it’s phones, it’s locks, heating and air conditioning is run through
the BobcatNet,” he said. “This makes the relevance of the upgrade of the available network space even greater.” Senior Sean McLaughlin said BobcatNet seems a little faster this year, the speed has not changed too much. “I’d say it’s pretty consistent since I’ve been here,” he said. “People need to take into consideration the area and the population of the area it’s been covering. I think students should be pretty grateful to have access [to internet] in their
dorms.” Some students said while the network is still shaky, the overall speed improved. “It’s not the most reliable,” sophomore Christopher McDougall said. “But it gets the job done. It has gotten a little better this year.” Long term plans are set for sustaining and keeping BobcatNet up to date, and the administration will be watching how the network reacts to the increase in students and their devices, according to SGA and Kelly.
SGA Update Hey Bobcats! SGA is looking forward to a great year as we now have our freshmen members! You may have heard that September was Public Safety Month for SGA, and we focused on gathering student input on all things related to Public Safety.
We launched our “Tuesday’s Two” campaign to give students a forum to speak up and give their opinions by answering two multiple choice questions emailed to the students every two weeks. Look out for more of these quick surveys in the future! October will be focused on Student Life at
Quinnipiac, including Res Life, Student Affairs, Campus Life, Health and Wellness and OMGE. If you ever have any questions, concerns or if you just want to see how you can get involved in Student Government, come to our General Board meetings every Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. in SC 225 or stop by our office in SC 200 out-
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The Albert Schweitzer Institute has free orchestra tickets for each performance this season. There are 30 tickets available for each concert in the season. The first performance takes place on Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m. and is of Beethoven and the Don. To request a free ticket email Josephine. Palmieri@quinnipiac.edu with the performance date you would like to attend. -S.Doiron
QU Democrats to teach voter registration The Quinnipiac Democrats are holding a voter registration drive on Sept. 24 in the Carl Hansen Student Center. The drive is to help inform students on how they can register to vote in Connecticut or their home state, as well as provide information on filling out absentee ballots. The drive will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. -S.Doiron
By TARA O’NEILL Contributing Writer
Just two years ago, Quinnipiac’s Sailing Club was an unofficial club. Now, it manages to stay afloat with 53 official members. President of the Sailing Club, junior Jennifer Dziura, along with many other members of the club, came to Quinnipiac with a passion for sailing that she wanted to continue in college. Dziura and sophomore club treasurer Brent Peiffer said they couldn’t imagine life without sailing. “Coming in as a freshman, I was interested in starting a sailing club,” Dziura said. “I could never imagine being unable to sail while I was at college. [At Quinnipiac] I met one of the founders of our club, Sebastian Mettes, and we worked for a year to get the club started.” Things didn’t immediately take off for the Sailing Club. Dziura and Mettes spent two years promoting the Sailing Club’s current reputation and standing with the university. “Sebastian Mettes brought the momentum and really pushed the process forward,” Dziura said. “Over a year-long process, we had to meet with various members of the Student Center and Campus Life in order to get the club recognized.” The club was recognized by the
Student Government Association last semester, but finally received funding at the start of the fall 2014 semester, according to Peiffer. But she says the club is still growing. “We are still up and coming and need help becoming more established at Quinnipiac,” Peiffer said. To be considered an official sailing club, the members have to go somewhere to sail. Luckily, Quinnipiac has access to Farm River Marina in East Haven, according to Dziura. “Farm River is our home base,” Dziura said. “Because we don’t have boats there yet, we travel around Connecticut to generous clubs with members that offer the use of their boats [to the organization].” The club has even traveled to Norwalk and Short Beach during previous seasons, according to Dziura; and this year, the club hopes to make a trip to Mystic. On the equipment side, the Sailing Club struggles with the expenses of boats. Although Quinnipiac provides funding and allows clubs to apply for capital expenditures and special appeals, Dziura said the club is not allowed to use the university funding to actually purchase boats. This raises an issue for the club because Dziura says boats can cost anywhere from $2,000 to $35,000. The
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Kearney Dewing (left) and Ryan Stuebe (right) rigging a 420 at Yale Corinthian Yacht Club. club is looking into purchasing a boat that costs $1,300 to $2,000. “We were granted funding for the rental of boats,” Dziura said. “Due to rules and regulations pertaining to clubs on campus, we are not allowed to buy boats with the budgeted money for the club.” Not being granted money to cover the cost of boats for the members, Dziura said the club relies heavily on fundraising. She has high hopes that the club’s fundraiser this month will
help the club raise at least $1,000, which will help cover their boat costs for the 2014-2015 year, at least. The Sailing Club’s next fundraiser will take place on Sept. 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Farm River Marina. Transportation for students will be provided to and from the event. Attendees will have the opportunity to reserve paddleboards and explore the marina for $10 for half an hour or $15 for an hour.
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“Look at that retard,” I heard someone snicker. “She is taking up the whole hallway.” As a freshman in highschool I had heard that term used before in conversation, but this time it was directed at my severely autistic sister. Needless to say, I approached the kid and told him I was her sister and what he said was inappropriate and rude. Standing up for my sister that day made me realize many things about the word retard and about people with special needs. A person with mental retardation has, “below-average intelligence or mental ability as well as a lack of skills necessary for day-to-day living,” according to WebMD. My younger sister Emily was diagnosed with severe autism at age two. My parents were devastated to learn that my sister may not be able to communicate with others for the rest of her life. Autism is a spectrum disorder related to brain development, according to the Autism Speaks website.The website states that Autism affects three million people in the United States and 10 million worldwide. The website goes on to explain that the disorders are characterized in varying degrees in
regards to difficulties in social interaction, ver- brightens my day whenever I go home to visit bal and nonverbal communication and repeti- and I love to hear her laugh. When I think of the word retard, I don’t tive behaviors. My mother took action immediately after think of somebody who is stupid or socially unthe diagnosis. She read books on autism, she accepted. It is a disability and plenty of people spoke to specialists, she set my sister up with suffer from it worldwide. It does not make them speech therapists. By age 5, my sister said her bad people, they just need more time to process information. first words. It was a miraThe day I overheard cle. SARAH DOIRON somebody make fun of my It hasn’t been easy on Associate News Editor sister, I was furious. But it my family. My sister has @SarahMarie31 also taught me a valuable behavioral issues where lesson. The word retard she cannot communicate shouldn’t be used as an inwhen she is upset. She will sult. It’s not meant for confreak out either at home or versations or joking with in public and have to be restrained. Since the diagnosis, I have had strange friends. That word hurts not only a person’s ears but people coming into my house as “one on one” a person’s heart. When used as an insult, retardworkers to help with my sister. Throughout my childhood it was hard to ex- ed is degrading and demoralizing. People with plain to my friends what was wrong with my mental disabilities are humans too and should sister. I often felt embarrassed and worried my be treated with the same respect you show friends would make fun of her. Thankfully it loved ones. Next time you use the word retard as an inturned out all of my friends loved my sister and sult to a friend or talking about someone you still do. While there are difficult times, there are also hate, think twice. You never know who you rewarding times. My sister loves to sing and she could be offending and you never know how entertains us with her songs and dances. She close to home you are going to hit.
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The line between personal and university property For what it’s worth—although I am certainly has been considered a natural right. For those of you who don’t believe me, go read a book, not in a position to assign value—one can for those of you who know what I am certainly argue that Quinnipiac, referencing, I am glad you weren’t sleepdespite its’ arguable flaws, mising through the entirety of eighth grade steps and breakdowns, is gensocial studies. This inherent human erally quite fair in regards to right laid down by one of the great the treatment of students who enlightenment thinkers is a right that choose to attend college here. the U.S. government also thought The school is generally supwas important enough to put in the portive of the student media, (and I say constitution. generally because of certain issues that I Under the fourteenth amendment, do not need to elaborate upon in this pubcongress states that no state shall lic forum) the inherent right of student’s “deprive any person of life, liberty, to express one’s self (within reason of or property, without due process of course) and (hopefully for my sake) the ANDY LANDOLFI Staff Writer law.” right to protest against any injustices a @AndyLandolfi So what does any of this have to student feels the university commits. do with Quinnipiac? Here is the isSo what is my beef, or tofu for you vegans out there, with the university? Let sue at hand: Over the weekend, I became aware me give some background before I begin to of a situation in which a student had personal property in a dorm that was not university apstate my claim. For centuries, the human right to property proved; it was a cooking appliance. Upon in-
spection, the item was confiscated and held, as per university policy. After receiving an email from Residential Life, an email that also came with a $25 fine, the student who owned the prohibited item sent an email back asking if it were possible to have the item given back. It was an impossibility; Residential Life cut the cord on the appliance and threw it out. I understand that Quinnipiac does have its’ own policies and, because it is a private university, does have more leeway to restrict students when they are within Quinnipiac property. Does that give Quinnipiac the right to destroy personal property upon confiscation? In the student handbook, the university has a bullet-point that protects university-owned property. According to the handbook, students who damage university property are subject to pay for the damage and also may face disciplinary action. I do not oppose this point; I believe that respect for the property of another person or business or school is important, but that reciprocity is key. If one party does not give respect, why should the other give it? The university would surely claim that the confiscation and destruction of some property is necessary in order to keep the dormitories safe. I will not and cannot dispute this point; the university, above all else, should protect the safety and wellbeing of all students. Rather than destroying personal property, I think that the university has some options they can enact to avoid actions that may appear to be carried out without regard to student rights. Here are three options I hope administration, or Residential Life would consider implementing: Hold the items until the end of the semester; this keeps the residential halls safe and avoids destroying personal property. If this doesn’t bode well, give students the option to have a parent pick up the confiscated property. If all else fails, donate the items. There are plenty of people around the New Haven area who are in need of many basic appliances and other goods that are routinely confiscated and destroyed by Residential Life.
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Behind the bands: A Fall Fest preview By JEANETTE CIBELLI Staff Writer
By now, you probably know the basics: Jana Kramer, Tyler Barham and The Henningsens will be performing at Fall Fest this Saturday. Students will gather in South Lot from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., ready to enjoy hours of country music and fun with their friends. Freshman Jessica Clough said she will be volunteering backstage at Fall Fest. “I’ve never been to an actual concert before,” freshman Jessica Clough said. “I’m really excited about the performances.” Not everyone is a huge fan of country music, however. “I would prefer hip hop or maybe even pop or dance music because that is what I like to hear at concerts,” sophomore Nathan Orsini said. “But considering the season
and popularity, I understand the music choice for Fall Fest. I’m still going to go to enjoy the music.” There seems to be a healthy amount of excitement surrounding the event, but how much do students really know about these bands that will be playing? “I haven’t heard of the bands before,” sophomore Jenna Appleton said. “I listened to some of their songs though, and they sound pretty good.” Whether or not you know of the bands, some of these fun facts might surprise you. For example, did you know that headliner Jana Kramer is fairly new to the music world? Her first single “Why Ya Wanna” was released in 2012. In addition to her singing, Kramer is an actress, best known for her role as Alex
Dupre on the television series “One Tree Hill.” She also guest starred on other series such as “Friday Night Lights” and “90210,” according to IMDB. She was featured alongside Adam Sandler in the 2006 film “Click” as the grownup version of his daughter. Kramer is still working on various acting projects, but she is currently heavily involved with her music career. Her website prominently features her new single “Love,” which we can hope to hear this Saturday. Other popular songs from her self-titled album include “Whiskey,” “I Won’t Give Up” and “I Hope It Rains.” She’s on tour until the end of October, and Quinnipiac is one of her many stops. Featured artist Tyler Barham gained a following of more than 50,000 fans through
YouTube, according to his personal website. He was a finalist on Great American Country’s show “Next GAC Star” in 2008 and has earned various other recognitions as an up-andcoming country music artist. Some of his most popular songs include “17 & Young,” “Slow Down,” “Stuck in a Country Love Song” and “Tennessee Girl.” The Henningsens are a family act comprised of Brian Henningsen and two of his 10 children, Aaron and Clara Henningsen. This band, known for their successful song-writing, came together in 2007 when the family pooled their various music talents. Their first single was “American Beautiful,” and they are also known for their tracks “I Miss You,” “To Believe” and “The Color Red.”
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Urban Outfitters attempts to dodge public backlash By SARA KOZLOWSKI Arts & Life Editor
The clothing outlet, Urban Outfitters, has been getting itself in a lot of trouble—especially recently when one of their sweatshirts got a lot of backlash from the public. There has been a large outcry, but this isn’t the first time. The company has a long history of releasing what many people consider to be highly offensive clothing. In the past Urban Outfitters sold shirts that resembled the Star of David, an outfit that was created for Jews during the holocaust. Urban has also sold one-of-a-kind items like a t-shirt with the word “depression” written all over it, as well as another shirt that said “eat less.” Let’s face it, creating controversial clothing is kind of Urban Outfitters’ thing. They are pure professionals when it comes to pissing everyone off and, sad to say, they’ve done it once again. Up until recently, Urban Outfitters was selling a vintage Kent State University sweatshirt online for $129. While the price in itself is insane, that’s not the true controversy everyone is up in arms over. The sweatshirt had red splatters all over that look just like blood stains. This is horrifying to anyone who knows anything about the Kent State massacre in which four students were shot and killed during an anti-war protest on the university’s campus. The shootings took place on May 4, 1970, but the memories are no less painful nearly 50 years later.
Let’s get this straight. There was a school shooting at Kent State in 1970 and Urban Outfitters is over here trying to sell a shirt with blood stains on it. This is beyond messed up. Just because the Kent State shootings happened decades ago, doesn’t mean Urban Outfitters—or any company—has the moral right to create such a distasteful shirt. The garment was mentioned by news outlets like the Huffington Post and even Buzzfeed was able to reach out to thousands of people, criticizing Urban Outfitters for being so disrespectful to such a sensitive subject in a poor attempt at being “edgy.” Urban Outfitters CEO Richard Hayne sent out an email to all company employees stating that the controversy was purely an accident. “It was mistakenly identified as ‘bloody’,” Hayne wrote. “We wanted to address this with our community and provide some ‘facts’.” Yet putting quotes around the word ‘facts’ isn’t exactly convincing anyone that these ‘facts’ are anything but lies. Hayne continues to describe in the email that the shirts in the collection are “sun-faded” and “distressed”—not bloody. Given the company’s track record, many people including me aren’t buying his explanation. Hayne’s excuse and this shirt are so beyond not OK. It’s like Urban Outfitters gets a thrill out of being absolutely horrible people. In addition, Hayne has a net worth of $1.6 billion, according to Forbes. For a company
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Urban Outfitters CEO describes the Kent State shirt as “sun-faded” and “distressed.” that is so consistently offensive to such an astonishingly wide variety of people, you would think Hayne wouldn’t have anywhere near this much money. “The chain’s often tone-deaf approach to racial and social problems have made it notorious,” Forbes writes. It’s true, but the company simply does not seem to care, which infuriates people even further. This does not make the majority of
potential shoppers want to continue supporting such an insensitive company. Kent State University then released a statement on their website after realizing such a crappy $129 shirt existed in the first place. “We take great offense to a company using our pain for their publicity and profit,” the university wrote. “This item is beyond poor taste and trivializes a loss of life that still hurts the Kent State community today.”
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The Dirty Heads performed at a past concert in Philadelphia. The band will be coming to New Haven to visit and perform at Toad’s Place on November 4th. Tickets are already on sale. By JENNA MANDOZZI Contributing Writer
Love it or hate it, Toad’s Place is an intrinsic part of the Quinnipiac community. Known for being a Saturday night hotspot, the club has hosted a number of other events that seem to go unnoticed, primarily concerts. In the past, artists like Billy Joel, U2 and Bob Marley have played at the venue, and Rolling Stone magazine even voted it the #14 “Best Big Room in America” for artists to play. Yet the club has seemed to accrue its reputation solely for the stories that Bobcats bring home with them on Saturday nights. For individuals looking to scope out the music scene in the coming months, there are future shows for virtually every taste in music. To preview a few, Aaron Carter, Aer,
The Dirty Heads and MetroStation will all be making an appearance this semester. These concerts are the ultimate event for weeknights out in New Haven and lessen the stress of a typical Toad’s outing. Another perk of Toad’s concerts is the price of tickets. Unlike massive venues and sporting arenas, the price to see a show at Toad’s is very cheap which is perfect for the college student budget. Tickets typically range from $10-$19 when bought in advance, and go for $20-$30 at the door the day of, depending on the performer. This is a welcomed change of pace from the $100 tickets students purchase for big summer shows at huge arenas. “I think it would be interesting to go to Toad’s in a different setting than people are used to,” sophomore Ali Fatta said.
“Since the space is so small, you could get closer to the music. It’s a totally different experience because it’s more personal.” Many people who have already seen shows there can attest to the benefits of the environment as well. Sophomore Grady McKay saw The Dirty Heads at Toad’s. “Toad’s is a great place for concerts because anywhere you are in the crowd is close to the stage,” he said. “It’s an intense environment where you feel more connected with the performer than you would in a larger venue”. For those interested in seeing a live show, the club’s website, www.toadsplace.com, has a full calendar of upcoming shows. Hip-hop, rap, pop, rock and alternative lovers alike are sure to find a show that will interest them.
Toad’s Place Preview
Aer October 21st Who are they?
A rap-rock duo from Wayland, Mass.
You know their song: She Loves Me
Check out their song: It’s a New Day
Why you should see them: Good vibes and good beats Aer performing in a music video for their song called “Take it Wrong.”
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Dir t y Heads Me t r o s t a t ion Aaron C a r t e r November 4th
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Who are they?
Who are they?
Who is he?
You know their song:
You know his song:
Check out their song:
Check out his song:
A band from California that covers the entire spectrum of genres, focusing on hip-hop, alternative and reggae.
You know their song: My Sweet Summer
Check out their song: Radio
Why you should see them:
Each song by this band will mellow you out and the combinations of different sounds make them interesting and unique.
A pop-rock band from California performing with the band called The Ready Set.
Ladies, chances are he was your first love interest and now he is back and touring again.
Shake It
Aaron’s Party (Come Get It)
I Still Love You
Any of his songs if you’re looking for an early 2000’s fix.
Why you should see them:
They just put out their first EP since 2009, so their old fans will love their new material.
Why should you see him:
Because it’s the easiest way to time travel back to your youth
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A Movie Review:
New Kevin Smith movie disappoints By ALAN JOHNSON Contributing Writer
When you get ready to watch a Kevin Smith movie, you’re prepared for a couple things: inappropriate jokes, pop culture riffs and fun dialogue. One thing you do not expect is Justin Long as a walrus. However, that’s what “Tusk” gives you, in abundance. “Tusk,” the latest from Smith, is the first movie to be based on a podcast. On his very popular SModcast, Smith and his co-host Scott Mosier found a Canadian online ad soliciting a boarder willing to dress up as a walrus for two hours each day in exchange
for a free room. They riffed on the ad so extensively, that Smith had decided to make a movie based on the ad, by the end of the episode.
Wallace Bryton, played by Justin Long,
hosts a popular podcast where Wallace and his co-host Teddy, played by Haley Joel Osment, watch humiliating viral videos and make fun of the subjects. After they watch the videos, Wallaces gives them a Tosh.0esque Web Redemption, which sends him to Canada. After the interview falls through, Wallace finds the aforementioned ad and finds Howard Howe, played by Michael Parks, whom Wallace soon learns has an affinity for a certain marine animal. Revealing anymore plot would ruin the surprise of “Tusk,” which is one of the few things going for it. Besides the extremely jarring sight of Haley Joel Osment all grown up, the most disturbing visual is Justin Long as the walrus. It is truly frightening to see Long attempt to swim as Parks cackles on, in enjoyment. Parks also gives an incredible
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performance and his soliloquies carry the movie, even when things begin moving slowly. And even Smith, who has been criticized for his lack of visual flair throughout his career, nails the horror aesthetic. This is probably the most visually pleasing movie of Kevin Smith’s career, which is like saying Toad’s is the best nightlife spot for Quinnipiac students: there is really no other candidate. The real disappointment, and it is a large enough frustration to sink the entire movie, is how terrible the comedy part is in this horrorcomedy. Smith has made some fine comedy movies in Clerks, Chasing Amy and Dogma and has always been adept at writing good dialogue. However, with the movie set in Canada, Smith uses every opportunity to shoo in the laziest and worst jokes about Canada. From a restaurant being called “Poutinee-
Weenie,” to the repetition of Manitoba as a punchline, there are probably over 100 lame, terribly unfunny jokes about Canada. One must wonder how different the movie would have been had Smith discovered the ad was from Ohio, not Canada. Maybe the brunt of the jokes would have been directed at folksy Midwesterners, a slightly less targeted group than Canadians, although still a large opportunity for the easy jokes. In the end, it’s fitting that “Tusk” was based on a podcast because it is the podcast equivalent of a movie: moments of brilliance surrounded by tons of filler.
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Football commentator puts his foot down NFL out of control Every day, three women lose their lives to their significant other, according to domestic violence experts. In the wake of recent domestic abuse charges within the NFL, namely Baltimore Raven player Ray Rice, CBS football commentator James Brown addressed this epidemic on behalf of men everywhere before a match up between the Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers. “Our silence is deafening, and deadly”, comments Brown in reference to the way the subject of domestic violence has been approached. Rather than react to the stories of abuse that seem to be presenting themselves daily, Brown suggests instead, focusing upstream. While support for women has been helpful after the abuse, Brown challenges men to take responsibility for their own actions. He states that rather than being outraged every time these events occur, that energy could be channeled into focusing upstream by developing a “comprehensive education for men about what healthy, respectful relationships look like”. People have responded in an overwhelmingly positive manner to this address. Perhaps it is because a well-respected man in the sports industry is speaking up in support of women, rather than women who have been victims themselves. Additionally, Brown even specifically states that domestic abuse does not discriminate and it is not just a problem in sports. He highlights that just because it is brought to America’s attention in the sports world, it doesn’t mean it isn’t happening in the lives of everyday people. “This problem is bigger than football,” Brown stated. “I challenge NFL community and all men to seriously confront the problem of domestic violence”. Thanks to James Brown, perhaps men will see domestic abuse in a different light, and this increasingly evident trend will begin to decline. Brown has rightfully been lauded for using his air time to speak up and comment on this societal problem.. –J. Mandozzi
The NFL has come under fire for how it has handled three different domestic violence disputes involving some of its most successful players, and for good reason. It all started with Ray Rice when a video of him dragging his unconscious then-fiancée out of a New Jersey elevator surfaced in February. The NFL commissioner Roger Goodell merely suspended Rice for two games. Even though this small slap on the wrist angered pretty much everyone, Goodell probably didn’t want to lose one of his best players, and neither did the Baltimore Ravens. Only after a second video was released last week of Rice actually punching his current wife did Goodell take this attack seriously. Goodell did not handle himself well by any means. Now, with the case of Adrian Peterson abusing his son with a wooden stick and Jonathan Dwyer head-butting his wife and breaking her nose, there are more chances in which Goodell could mess up. Even though all of these players have been suspended indefinitely, the punishment implemented for domestic violence in the future is a six-game suspension. That’s it. I feel any player should be dismissed from the league immediately for any form of domestic violence, no questions asked. What is in the water at the NFL? Why all of these domestic violence cases and why now? According to senior Media Studies major Erika Almanzar, “I’ve never been okay with domestic violence, whether it be verbally or physically...there’s still work that needs to be done with it, just any form of abuse towards women.” -K. Novak
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RUNDOWN MEN’S SOCCER Holy Cross 2, QU 1 - Wednesday Tanor Jobe: 1 goal Tobias Esche: 1 assist, 1 SOG QU 2, Columbia 0 - Saturday Max Rothenbuecher: 1 goal James Greco: 1 goal John-John Diaz: 1 assist WOMEN’S SOCCER Saint Joseph’s 2, QU 0 - Friday Natalia Grodzki: 7 saves Jessica Fontaine: 2 SOG FIELD HOCKEY QU 3, Vermont 2 - Sunday Gemma Cirera: 1 goal Danielle Allan: 1 goal Savanna Reilly: 1 goal Michelle Federico: 1 assist WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL Manhattan 3, QU 1 - Saturday Katie Urycki: 14 kills Cody Michaels: 7 digs Iona 3, QU 2 - Sunday Katie Urycki: 23 kills Cheyenne Orsi: 10 kills
GAMES TO WATCH MEN’S SOCCER QU vs. Yale - Friday, 4 p.m. QU vs. Niagara - Tuesday, 2 p.m. WOMEN’S SOCCER QU vs. Iona - Wednesday 3 p.m. QU at Niagara - Saturday, 7 p.m. FIELD HOCKEY QU vs. Hofstra - Thursday 3:30 p.m. QU at Maine - Sunday, 12 p.m. WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL QU at Fairleigh Dickinson Wednesay, 7 p.m. QU at Fairfield - Saturday 1 p.m. QU at Hartford - Sunday, 1 p.m. MEN’S TENNIS QU vs. Hartford - Tuesday, 2:30 p.m. WOMEN’S RUGBY QU vs. Norwich - Saturday, 12 p.m. MEN’S TENNIS QU at UConn Invitational Friday, 2 p.m. WOMEN’S TENNIS QU at Army Invitational - Friday, 9 a.m. WOMEN’S GOLF QU at Yale Invitational - Friday, 10 a.m. WOMEN’S RUGBY QU vs Norwich - Saturday, 12
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Angoitia’s shutout lifts Bobcats By CONER ROCHE Contributing Writer
Behind a four-save shutout from senior goalkeeper Borja Angoitia, the Quinnipiac men’s soccer won its second game of the season on Saturday afternoon, downing Columbia 2-0 at the QU Soccer Field. The shutout is Angoitia’s second in three games, and the 18th of his career at Quinnipiac. Columbia didn’t get its first shot on net until the 34th minute, while it took Quinnipiac 38 minutes for its first shot on net. “The game was evenly played in the first half,” Quinnipiac head coach Eric Da Costa said. “We were being challenged in the midfield. We made a few adjustments and tweaks there.” The first goal of the game came in the 58th minute when freshman midfielder Max Rothenbucher fired a shot from outside the box which appeared to hit Columbia goalkeeper Kyle Jackson’s right hand and go in. The goal was assisted by fellow freshman midfielder John-John Diaz. The Bobcats second goal of the match came in the 73rd minute when junior midfielder James Greco scored from inside the box with an assist from senior midfielder Raphael Carvalho. The second half was marred with intense physical play coming from each side. There were a total of six yellow cards in the second half, three for each team. Each side also had 17 fouls in the game with a combined 19 fouls coming in the second half. “A lot if it was nonsense, emo-
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Ashton Pett battles for a ball in Saturday’s 2-0 win over Columbia. tional play,” Da Costa said. “I thought our boys handled it pretty well, though.” Even though they lost, the Lions outshot Quinnipiac for the entire match 10-6. In the losing effort, ju-
nior goalkeeper Kyle Jackson had two saves. After the match, Bobcats head coach Eric Da Costa said that the keys to his team’s victory were “team mentality, spirit and consis-
tency.” With the win, Quinnipiac moves to 2-4-1 on the season. The Bobcats play against another Ivy League opponent on Friday when they face Yale at home.
Da Costa: Greco ‘a big part of’ offensive growth GRECO from page 12 match of the season on Friday against Yale, the Bobcats are still looking to find offensive consistency. Quinnipiac has scored six goals so far this season, and has been shut out five times if you include Aug. 17’s exhibition against Connecticut. “I think if you look at the beginning, where we started out, we were just trying to find our identity,” Greco said. “The last few games you can definitely see that, going forward, we’re a lot better and we’ve created a lot of chances. We just have to finish them.” Before playing Columbia University at the QU Soccer Field this Saturday, Greco was already on his way to becoming an influential part of Quinnipiac’s offense. He recorded eight shots in a three-game span and assisted on two goals against Providence on Sept. 7. “He plays in the engine room, right
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James Greco looks up the field during Saturday’s victory.
in the middle of the field,” Da Costa said. “A player in there is constantly involved on both sides of the ball. But he’s a technical player and he has very good vision.” Greco then built on his success by scoring his first goal of the season against Columbia last Saturday, as the Bobcats pulled off a 2-0 victory. In the 73rd minute of the contest, Greco let loose on a staggering shot from just inside the penalty box. The ball hit off both goal posts and rolled into the back of the net. “When he has the ball he does very good things with it,” Da Costa said. “He’s been a big part of our slow growth of offense [this season].” It wasn’t the game-winning goal, but it helped determine the fate of Quinnipiac’s second win. “We’re confident, but we need to improve as a team,” Greco said. “There’s a lot of things to improve on. We look to do that during the season.”
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going to count on heavily.” The Bobcats were picked to finish fifth overall in the the ECAC Men’s Ice Hockey Coaches’ Poll on Tuesday, behind Colgate,
Union, Cornell and Yale. The ECAC has produced Division I’s National Champion in each of the last two seasons, and the national runner-up when Quinnipiac was defeated by Yale in 2012-13. “Seven or eight years ago I
think we probably weren’t getting the recognition we deserved,” Pecknold said. “Now that we’re putting teams in the Frozen Four, we are getting a better chunk of national recognition, from both the media and the fans.”
And the way Pecknold sees it, the ECAC is as good as any conference in the nation. In fact, the conference might be better. “I think our league is as good as any, if not the best,” Pecknold said.
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First period frenzy
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Behind goals from seven different skaters, the Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey team defeated Team China 8-0 in an exhibition on Saturday afternoon at the TD Bank Sports Center. The Bobcats scored six first period goals in the match. It marks the first time Quinnipiac has scored six goals in a period since Nov. 29 of last season, when the
team tallied six second-period goals against RIT. Junior Nicole Connery was the only player to score twice in the match. Olivia Agostinelli, Meghan Turner, Nicole Kosta, Erica Uden Johansson, Shiann Darkangelo and Taylor Cianfarano each scored a goal. Quinnipiac’s annual blue vs. gold scrimmage will take place on Sept. 27. The team begins its regular season on Friday, Oct. 4.
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Aiding the attack Focused on winning, James Greco joins the men’s soccer team in hopes of fortifying the Bobcats’ offense By NICK PALMA Staff Writer
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James Greco scored his first goal of the season in Saturday’s victory over Columbia.
Last November, James Greco was standing on the turf of Ben Cohen Field as he and the Rider University men’s soccer team readied to take on Quinnipiac in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference match-up. It was a game that would end in a 1-0 victory for the Bobcats, the only goal coming off the foot of Simon Hinde in the 105th minute. The double overtime contest would remain in the back of Greco’s mind for the rest of the season. For more than one reason. Greco, now a transfer student-athlete for the Quinnipiac men’s soccer program, initially heard about Quinnipiac through a friend who attended the university. Soccer, however, was not the only ambition he had in moving to Hamden this fall. “I had a friend who went here and she really liked the school,” Greco said. “Rider is mostly just a commuter school so not a lot of people stay on campus, there’s not a lot of things to do. Academically, there’s a better program here. I’m a finance major and they have the specific program where I can go right out of college to take my CFP exam.” Greco’s father, Rosario, is already a certified financial planner, which is what Greco is looking to do out of college In the meantime, he has other goals in mind, like helping the men’s soccer team reach the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season. Seeing the Bobcats win the MAAC championship last year helped open Greco’s eyes, and ultimately led to his final decision of committing to Quinnipiac. “It definitely helped because you never want to go somewhere that is worse,” Greco
said. “You want to strive to be better, and this is definitely a better move all-around.” Greco did his homework, researching the positives and negatives of what coming to Quinnipiac would mean. The coaches of the men’s soccer team had some homework to do, too. “Transfers are interesting because you have to really make sure your not getting someone else’s problems,” head coach Eric Da Costa said. “When we look at a transfer, the first thing you look for is a player with experience. So once we realized it was a transfer on good terms, then we were definitely very interested in learning more about [Greco].” Da Costa said a significant factor in bringing Greco across the conference and into the Quinnipiac locker room was understanding the junior’s ability. The forward plays well against conference opponents, Da Costa claims, which is something Quinnipiac saw first-hand in Greco’s first two years at Rider. “Once we get into league play James will adjust a lot quicker, just to the style of play in the league,” Da Costa said. “James is going to feel as if he was at Rider, just wearing a different jersey.” Greco says he already feels at home. It is one of the many reasons he loves being a Bobcat. “Our togetherness as a group, obviously you spend hours and hours together,” Greco said. “At practice, after practice and everyone on the team is just a jokester in their own way. It’s just funny to be around all of them.” Heading into its seventh regular season See GRECO Page 10
Pecknold: defense ‘going to be the strength’ By NICK SOLARI Sports Editor
Following last season’s first round exit from the NCAA National Tournament, the Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team enters 2014-15 with 18 underclassmen. Though the team is young, Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold still sees one key strength in this year’s squad: its defense. “We really like our D-core this season,” Pecknold said, via conference call Tuesday morning. “They’re going to be significantly better. They’re bigger, they’re stronger than they were [last season].” Pecknold added that senior Dan Federico and sophomores Connor Clifton and Devon Toews will anchor the back end heading into the season.
Alex Barron and transfer Justin Ogosta will also make an impact, giving Pecknold five solid defenseman to work with for the first three pairs. “And we’ll have some depth, too,” Pecknold said. “We’ll be able to find a sixth defenseman to go with those five. It’s definitely going to be the strength of our team.” On the offensive side, Pecknold envisions Matthew Peca and Sam Anas working on the first line together to open the season. Peca, who finished with 38 points last year, was selected as one of the three forwards on the Preseason All-ECAC team. Anas won the NCAA’s National Rookie of the Year Award in 2013-14 after collecting a team-high 43 points. And after playing on the Bobcats’ first line with Connor and Kellen Jones
a season ago, Pecknold says that the second-year wing will have an adjustment to make this year. “It was one of the best lines in all of college hockey last year, probably second behind the Gaudreau line at Boston College,” Pecknold said. “But [Anas is] a great player, and there’s a nice line of guys on my team who want to play with him and Peca.” Pecknold added that Anas put on 11-12 pounds this summer, and had a great camp with the Montreal Canadiens. “I think he’ll be a better player this year,” Pecknold said. “I don’t know if he’ll have as many points, but I think he’ll round out his game a little bit. And he’s certainly someone we’re CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO
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Pecknold led Quinnipiac to 24 wins last year.