The Quinnipiac Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 19

FEBRUARY 27, 2019 • VOLUME 89 • ISSUE 19

The official student newspaper of Quinnipiac University since 1929

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Renovating our future Olian’s new home is not the only expense resulting from the strategic plan

By EMILY DISALVO Associate News Editor

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The nearly $1 million renovations on President Judy Olian’s estate are one of many large down-payments on the university-wide strategic plan.

“The main thing is, we’re an institution that makes investments all the time in our future,” Olian said in an interview with The Chronicle. “Significant investments. Some of which are not seen by the students or known by the students.”

One of these investments involves the costly renovations on Olian’s home, which received backlash from the student community earlier this week.

Freshman Nicole Giordano created a petition to fire Olian after learning of these expenditures. The petition on change.org received 333 signatures, but was taken down after Giordano met with Olian to talk about her frustrations.

Olian said she personally did not decide to renovate the property, but re-emphasized that it is one of many budget decisions that Quinnipiac makes all the time.

President Olian’s estate is not the only university facility under construction.

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Associate Vice President and University Director of Financial Aid passes away

By CHRISTINA POPIK Editor-in-Chief

Long-time member of the Quinnipiac community, Dominic “Nick” Yoia, associate vice president and university director of financial aid, passed away the night of Feb. 25 at his home in Wallingford.

President Judy Olian sent out an email around 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 26 informing the Quinnipiac community of his sudden passing.

“My heart goes out to all in this time of extraordinary sorrow,” Olian said in her email.

“I know you will join me in sending loving thoughts to Nick’s family.”

Yoia joined the Quinnipiac community in 1999 as senior director of financial aid for undergraduate and graduate students, according to Olian’s email. In 2012, He was promoted to associate vice president and university director of financial aid. Yoia received the Center for Excellence in Service to Students award in 2017.

As an active supporter of Quinnipiac Athletics, Yoia and his wife Marcia often attended Quinnipiac basketball and hockey games and volleyball matches.

The university has released funeral arrangements under the MyQ announcements. The wake will take place from 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28, at the Wallingford Funeral Home.

The funeral mass will be held on Friday, March 1, at 11 a.m. at the Church of the Resurrection in Wallingford, according to the announcement.

Support services are available for students, faculty and staff. Students seeking help can contact counseling services at 203-582-8680 while faculty and staff can use the Employee Assistance Program, e4health, at 800-828-6025.

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Mock Trial team advances to championship in Boston; beats Yale, Dartmouth

By GARRET REICH Copy Editor

The Quinnipiac Mock Trial Association argued its way into the opening round of the AMTA championship after its regional tournament on Feb. 16 and 17.

This is the team’s third time advancing onto the championship and its second year in a row. President Jordan Corbishley, a junior biology major, led it with an All Region Attorney Award. She was also named the top outstanding witness at the regional tournament.

“While I am proud of myself for receiving the awards, I’m a lot more proud that our team was able to get a trophy and advance to the next round of competition,” Corbishley said.

Over the two days, the team accumulated a final score of 6-2, beating Yale, Dartmouth, University of New Haven and 19 other colleges and universities. The team members also include Neel Bains, Megan Corban, Joshua Delgado, Anthony, DiFabio, Kayla Kassim, Tyler Peruta, Sarah Smeriglio and Ethan Taveras.

This is Professor James Cresswell’s third year as the faculty advisor and coach of the team.

“The goal is essentially the same every year: blend new members with returning members and try to identify roles for competitors,” he said.

Each year, the American Mock Trial Association releases the court case for Mock Trial teams nationwide, alternating between criminal and civil cases each year.

At regionals, Quinnipiac started its rounds as a defendant in the court in the civil case “Midlands Television Studios v. Danny Kosack.” It won both rounds on the first day, lost the first round the second day, but finished strong with a win in the final round.

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The Quinnipiac Mock Trial Association advanced into the championship for the third time after the regional tournament at Yale.

According to a mock trial Wikipedia fandom page, the case is concerned with fictitious character Danny Kosack, who was “scheduled to appear on the highlyrated show Midlands after Dark with Alex Grace with Elias, Kozack’s chimpanzee.”

However, during a rehearsal, Elias attacks the show’s staff and kills Chris Villafana, a writer for the plaintiff.

All other details of the AMTA court case are classified and accessible only to official college teams.

The work is a lot, according to Corbishley. In order to advance to the Championship series, the team had to attend four trials, two per day.

“One trial, we will be plaintiff and the

next trial of that day, we will be defendant.

The next day, we do it all over again,” Corbishley said.

“Each round has two judges,” she added.

“They score each person’s performance individually and at the end of the round, those are added up and the team with the highest number of points win, ultimately. Each round, you have the chance to win twice.

One per judge.”

Most mock trial teams are usually broken up into A, B, C, D and even E teams.

However, Corbishley found she wanted a different atmosphere.

“We had two teams this year and I really just wanted them all to have an understanding of what mock trial was, to the point that they could execute it,” she said.

“Last year, we graduated several very talented competitors,” Cresswell said. “The development of the returning members into leaders and of the new members into reliable competitors created a very strong team by February.”

The next step will be really tough. Quinnipiac’s team is projected to go against prominent universities with proclaimed law schools such as Brown, Harvard, Yale and Columbia University.

“Ideally, I would like to win,” Corbishley said. “I would like to win at least four [round wins]. That would make it hopeful for us to get a spot at nationals.”

The Championship series will be held at Boston College on Mar. 16 and 17.

“Everyone really gave it their all and it showed,” Corbishley added. “Everyone is so talented and it really came out at regionals.

This team deserves every bit of success that comes their way.”

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The School of Communications peer mentorship program guides first-year students

By JENNIE TORRES Associate News Editor

Whether you’re a student looking for guidance or a student who’s willing to offer that guidance, there’s a new program within the School of Communications that can fulfill that need.

A large number of first year students have been getting help from peers in the School of Communications’ [SoC] new peer mentoring program. The program has been running since the beginning of the fall semester in 2018 and will proceed until the end of the spring semester.

The program was suggested by Kirby Paulson, a senior journalism major, who said that there is more to college than simply the academics.

“I’ll graduate here with a journalism degree, but the value of that degree also has to do with what you’re involved in,” Paulson said. “What extracurriculars you had, what experiences you had at the university, and that’s what we want to be able to do is raise that value of that degree.”

This program invites students to take on a JENNIE TORRES / CHRONICLE leadership role at the university by supporting Anyone in the School of Communications or considering SoC is welcome to speak with new students who study within the School of a mentor.

Communications. Paulson participates as one of six peer mentors who assist students during their first year at the university.

“We like [peer mentors] who are informed and involved, people that really understand not just the inner workings of the School of Communications, but the university as well,” Paulson said. “We view this almost as a pipeline of leadership development, an understanding of higher [education] and to continue to support students and build them up not just academically, but as individuals as well.”

Lauren Heery, a senior graphic & interactive design major, said that her experience as an orientation leader motivated her to become a peer mentor.

“I saw it as an opportunity to continue helping prepare new students for their college experience, which was something I grew to love through orientation,” Heery said. “We get to build relationships with the students and help them behind to carve their path at QU.” Heery encourages students in the School of Communications to take advantages of the resources this program has to offer.

JENNIE TORRES / CHRONICLE “We’ve been hard at work, working to make The peer mentoring office, CCE 144 is used for weekly peer mentoring hours. the peer mentor program somewhat of a household name in SoC, and encouraging students of “During the month of March, we’ll have all years to take advantage of the services we of- need help with throughout the school year. “[The peer mentors are] in the classroom, [CCE 144] staffed between 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. fer,” Heery said.

Paulson oversees the program with Rosa they’re acting as kind of a peer catalyst with from Mondays to Wednesdays,” Reinhart said.

Nieves, academic advisor in the School of Com- the instructor and to aid the students and they “Anyone in the School of Communications or munications, and Danielle Reinhart, assistant also have weekly peer mentoring hours. Stu- considering the School of Communications can dean for student services in the School of Com- dents can walk in [CCE 144] and get some come in and speak with a peer mentor.” advice and ask questions and be guided,” ReJacob Resnick, freshman media studies mamunications & Engineering. inhart said. jor, is one of many first year students who are Reinhart said that the program works a little Reinhart said that by spring semester, the involved in the peer mentoring program. differently between the fall and spring semes“While it wasn’t required of me to make use ter. While the peer mentors start out sitting in peer mentors are given the independence to COM 101 courses with first year students to handle the responsibility of one specific area of of the peer mentoring program, I thought it was guide them through their first semester, the sec- university life, like helping out with admissions an harmless and valuable way of supplementing ond semester branches out more to the univer- events, recruiting new peers or social network- my studies by being able to have one-on-one ing. Students can still converse with the men- sessions with another student that has been there sity as a whole.

Students are welcome to meet with peer tors about their questions and concerns during and done that,” Resnick said. “It was much more laid back to be able to talk to a student instead of mentors in CCE 144 to talk about anything they this time.

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a professor, while still being able to get the same information out of the meetings.”

The School of Communications peer mentoring program provides a valuable experience not just for first year students but for the peer mentors as well, according to Reinhart.

“Part of this is professional development for the peers,” Reinhart said. “I think some of the peers have come with various things that they would like to accomplish, public speaking, being more comfortable talking in a larger group, or being a more independent problem solving and looking to take a challenge or task and really work on it independently and to grow and develop.”

Alex Taglieri, film, television & media arts major is another peer mentor who said that because of her leadership experience with Q30 Television, she realized that she loved being a mentor to new students and helping them acclimate to the school.

“This semester, I am primarily working on putting together training materials for next year’s peer mentors and facilitating the hiring process,” Taliere said. “But overall, being a peer mentor entails being assigned to a COM 101 class and acting as a liaison between the professor and students. Sometimes it’s less intimidating to talk to a student rather than a professor, and the peer mentors would always be happy to help with any questions that students have.”

The entire peer mentoring team will be graduating soon. and because of this the program is searching for students who’d have the passion and capability to be a leader for fall 2019, according to Paulson.

“The best way to be able to do that is to find people that are passionate about helping others and passionate about taking initiatives forward and really being part of a future that’s a lot brighter than it might seem in a world that’s a little bit uncertain,” Paulson said.

Kassidy Berger, freshman public relations major said that she had a very positive experience from the program.

“I think the best part of the program is that the mentors are students who either took the classes you’re taking or know someone who did,” Berger said. “Their passion for helping others is obvious from the beginning of orientation in August. I would absolutely consider being a peer mentor in the future.”

Paulson said that although this program is on its pilot run, the program is already showing success and if it continues to grow and look at initiatives in different and creative ways, the university will be seeing widespread success in the next five to ten years.

“For a student that might come in nervous and not sure what they really want to do, to have that extra support in the classroom, to be able to go and speak with them, maybe that’s what makes a difference,” Paulson said. “If you take five students, and four of them don’t end up coming back but that one stays, for that one student it’s worth it because then we’re able to really introduce them to what makes our community great and that’s something we want to continue to be able to do.”

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Wednesday, Feb. 27 Relay for Life fundraising Relay for Life will be hosting a fundraising event on Wednesday, Feb. 27 from 8 to 10:15 p.m. in the Mount Carmel dining hall. The event will begin fundraising for Relay for Life events throughout the semester. The purpose will also be to inform students about future Relay for Life events. Free food will be served and there will be various activities for students to partake in, including a magician.

Thursday, Feb. 28 QTHON tabling International Student Association will host a tabling event to raise funds for QTHON on Thursday, Feb. 28 from 2 to 6 p.m. in the Carl Hansen Student Center. QTHON, the annual dance marathon, raises funds and awareness to support the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and will take place on Saturday, March 23.

Friday, March 1 Should You Eat That?

The Quinnipiac student chapter of the American Society for Microbiology will host food microbiologist Dr. Donald Schaffner on Friday, March 1 from noon to 7 p.m. in the Mount Carmel auditorium. The event will be comprised of multiple segments, which will inform students about a wide range of topics related to food hygiene, including cross-contamination and the “Five-second rule”.

Saturday, March 2 Crafting Positivity The Student Programming Board (SPB) will host a crafting event focused on a theme of positivity on Saturday, March 2 from 10 p.m. to midnight in the Rocky Top Student Center. Students can decorate coloring pages, make watercolor paintings, and decorate pendant flags, among various other options. The event will also feature uplifting music.

Monday, March 4 Blood drive tabling Community Action Project (CAP) will host a tabling event to encourage students and faculty to donate blood at one of the organization’s blood drives throughout the semester on Monday, March 4 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Carl Hansen Student Center. Students and faculty can stop by to find out more information on how to participate in one of the blood drives.

Tuesday, March 5 Spread the Word to End the Word Community Action Project will host its Spread the Word to End the Word event on Tuesday, March 5 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Carl Hansen Student Center piazza. The event aims to raise awareness and make the world a more accepting place by encouraging people not to use the “R-word” due to the term’s negative association with those who have intellectual and developmental disabilities. Free food will be provided.

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Olian: ‘We’re an institution that makes investments all the time in our future’ OLIAN from cover “This was not something that was on our radar screen to report but once it was noted in the press we were happy to speak about it,” Olian said. “We’ve built classrooms, we’ve renovated labs, residence halls, we have hired 12 faculty. There are many more expensive decisions that we have made, but once it’s out there we’re pleased to discuss it.”

Olian met with the student body on Feb. 21 to respond to questions about the renovations, which were first reported in the New Haven Register on Feb. 19.

Students expressed concerns that the university is spending money to add amenities to Olian’s, university-owned house such as smart lighting, but the residence halls lack air conditioning.

The New Haven Register reported that “The university is leaving no wall alone through the renovation. Even the closets are being redone.”

Olian said that the changes being made are necessary to create a home and an entertainment space “suitable” for a president.

“I think that what’s going to be done is suitable for a president’s residence,” Olian said. “For a residence that will be able to entertain students and faculty and parents and alumni and donors and bring people in.”

“The dialogue that we are having, I hope is informative, I hope is transparent, I hope it continues.”

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QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

Luke Ahearn, vice president of Student Government Association (SGA), believes that the investments that are being made as a result of the strategic plan are necessary and that the renovations are part of a larger mission to improve the university.

“Student Government understands the need for a university to have a president’s house and the renovations that are being made,” Ahearn said in a statement. “We feel that not only will the renovations be paid off by money raised at events hosted there but that this upgrade will allow the president to host students and create more dialog between students and administration. We do understand students frustration and we want to see more money allocated to enhancing the student experience as well.”

Other students, like freshman film, television and media arts major Sarah Sewell were not convinced the investment has the student body’s best interest in mind.

“I think that money could go toward things that are more useful to students to make our college experience better,” Sewell said. “After all, we’re the ones paying $60,000 a year. Maybe that money could go towards AC in the dorms rather than towards renovating a mansion.”

Student suspicions about superfluous aspects of the home were intensified when reports of “lavish spending” from Olian’s time as dean of the School of Business at UCLA surfaced in an article from 2014.

Revealnews.org reported that Olian spent more than any other UCLA dean, including the chancellor, on travel expenses.

Olian said her travel was necessary to interact with the alumni network she built.

Additionally, Olian said she was in charge of the international strategic priorities of the

President Olian’s executive suite is currently under construction. university, which required extensive travel.

“The only way to connect and entertain is to travel to where they were,” Olian said.

“A lot of the alumni were international and that’s why I had to engage in that. Frankly, it was highly supported and highly admired while I was at UCLA. I only engage in activities that benefit the institution.”

UCLA spokesperson Steve Ritea said that Olain’s spendings were insignificant when compared with the $180 million she raised in her tenure, according to Revealnews.org.

Olian said that she hopes to have the same success here at Quinnipiac, but in order to achieve her goals, the community must be prepared for changes.

“Change is difficult,” Olian said. “This is what we’re in encountering. Just one episode of a slight difference, not the acquisition of the property which was done in the past, but just making the house ready for a president to move in.”

Sophomore political science major Gina Divito said she does not resent or disrespect the need to renovate the home but thinks the university’s academic programs should be prioritized.

“I don’t necessarily feel the same resentment as most of the student body does about the situation,” Divito said. “However, I do wish more funding would be put towards the College of Arts and Sciences as it is the largest yet most underfunded school for undergrads at Quinnipiac. In my opinion, the allocation of funding towards the home renovation should be used for more pressing and influential matters on campus like that of strengthening our academics.”

Olian’s house is not the only one of her university-owned spaces that will be undergoing construction.

The executive suite in the Arnold Bernhard Library will be renovated to that Vice President and Provost Mark Thompson, whose office is on the left side of the library near the Learning Commons, can join Olian on the right side.

Thompson’s old office space near the Learning Commons will be used to enlarge the Learning Commons.

Additionally, Olian said that the construction will create a larger conference room for senior leadership.

“We also have a slightly larger executive leadership committee that needs to be fit into an executive conference room so we’re updating and enlarging that and we can accomodate meetings of the leadership team,” Olian said.

“Because of the changing structure of the senior management team with Mark Thomp-

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son coming into our suite we’re changing out suite a little bit and enlarging the leadership.”

These renovations have already begun.

While the suite is under construction, the executive leadership committee is meeting in the development building behind the alumni house according to John Morgan, associate vice president for public relations.

Another costly expenditure resulting from the early stages of the strategic plan is the half million dollars being invested in scoping out land for a new residential facility and a new health and wellness center Olian said.

Construction and new facilities aren’t the only expense occuring behind the scenes.

Olian said her inauguration in May will celebrate the university’s heritage and values.

“We’re going to be having high school students here, TedX talks, faculty talks, student performances,” Olian said. “The ceremony itself, a big luncheon for the entire community, a trustee dinner.”

Olian said she anticipates the cost of the inauguration will also be scrutinized.

“My sense is, someone will say ‘why are we spending on the inauguration?’” Olian said. “Well it’s because of the heritage of the institution. This is an important moment.”

Some changes as a result of the plan will be noticeable soon, Olian said. She said that the university has already hired 12 new faculty members, renovated labs and built classrooms.

Over the summer, Olian said she hopes to see improvements in residence halls and to the dining hall on the North Haven campus.

Olian reminds students that the master facilities planning, which is part of the strategic plan, will not happen overnight.

“The strategic plan is really a five-year plan,” Olian said. “Master plans often take longer because facilities take longer to build or renovate.”

Mark Thompson, vice president and provost, said that the strategic plan involves a series of steps that must occur before changes are made.

“Once we all decide this is the direction we want to go, the next step is the resource commitment, the budget plan, the space planning and those kind of things to see it come to fruition,” Thompson said.

Olian said the news of the renovations have started a productive conversation between students and faculty about Quinnipiac’s changing future and the steps that administration is taking to get there.

“The dialogue that we are having, I hope is informative, I hope is transparent,” Olian said. “I hope it continues.”

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How the housing system at Quinnipiac fosters a clique culture Ten...seven...six... five...one. No, it’s not a drunk senior’s countdown to graduation.

It’s the number of friends we’ll have left after four years enduring Quinnipiac’s dystopian housing selection process.

Associate News Editor Clique culture is so embedded into the fabric of Quinnipiac that I am convinced we are drinking it in our Mt. Caramel macchiatos. But in more than any other institution, Quinnipiac housing demands cliques and the slow trimming and refining of our cliques to the finest and most valuable members.

Think of it like this. You’re a freshman living in Troup with seven other girls. By some miracle of the housing gods, these eight girls become your best friends. However, when sophomore year rolls around, you learn there are only two dorms in the entire university can accommodate your whole group – the two 10 person suites in Village.

Since the chances of getting one of them is slim to none, you have to pick which one of your friends is least valuable so that you can fit into the standard seven-person suite in Village or Hill. This requires you to talk behind the backs of your so-called best friends to determine which one to cut. Then you have to have a group meeting and turn her loose, to the wilderness. It’s The Bachelor, and she didn’t get a rose.

Not only is that friendship over, but that girl’s self-esteem will never be the same. It’s survival of the fittest, and she just wasn’t fit.

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You think it could get no worse, but then your squad gets their lottery numbers and you get a number in the 900s. In other words, you’re living in the steerage section of the Titanic. Even more serious is the fact that steerage only has room for six girls. It’s time to weed out another one of your friends.

“At Quinnipiac, we have to find a clique and we have to arrive at that clique through a series of painful incisions at the core of our friend groups.”

– Emily DiSalvo

ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR This resembles the Hunger Games. It requires people to turn against friends for the benefit of their own survival.

College is stressful enough, but now you feel as though you’re rushing for a sorority within your own dorm room.

All semester you have to prove yourself to the other girls in your group as one of the most valuable, one that cannot be let loose. While you might feel like the group is a “match”

for you, if they don’t pick you back, you’re out on your own.

The cycle continues junior year, when you have to weed your group down to five or six to accommodate the York Hill living. By senior year, all of your friends will have turned against one another in the housing debacle, so luckily you can opt to live in a single dorm, alone, to repent the sins you selfishly committed throughout the past three years of “rushing” among your suitemates.

The toxicity and exclusivity that this system fosters are worsened when you consider the premise of a suite.

When choosing sophomore housing, each freshman must find a group of five to six other students that he or she would like to reside with. That requires each freshman to have at least five friends, of the same gender, in the same class.

While this is something that social butterflies take for granted, for other students, finding a group of people to live with can be a stressful and self-esteem crushing task.

To help, Quinnipiac has set up “roommate mixers,” which is kind of like speed dating but for roommates.

In other words, if you don’t have a clique, they will facilitate you finding one. Going to a roommate mixer must feel like failure. You had six months to live on campus and find five friends, and instead you just found three, which isn’t a large enough clique for Quinnipiac.

It’s a walk of shame, as you and the other “loners” have to find a few more people you can tolerate living with for two semesters.

It shouldn’t be this way. At many other major institutions, students have to choose one roommate. One. At Quinnipiac, we have to find a clique and we have to arrive at that clique through a series of painful incisions at the core of our friend groups.

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Hate crime hoaxes

The truth about these hate crimes reveals there’s a higher demand than supply for hate in our country

Dana DiMaio Contributing Writer

Over the past month, many people have posted on social media expressing their prayers and apologies to actor Jussie Smollett for being attacked in a brutal hate crime.

From the start, I knew there was something odd about this story, but I chose to remain silent and watch the facts continue to surface.

Jussie Smollett described his attack as a “violent hate crime”. He claimed to the Chicago Police that he was brutally attacked by two white males wearing MAGA hats, who put a noose around his neck, beat him, yelled racial and homophobic slurs at him, poured bleach on him and yelled, “This is MAGA country,” according to Fox News.

Now the first thing I found odd about this story was who committed this crime.

The easiest people to blame in any attack are Trump supporters because the media will wreak havoc over it. But when really listening to the context of the story, it is obvious this was not done by a Trump supporter.

If we look at the 2016 election data via the Chicago Magazine, Hillary Clinton won 83.7 percent of votes (890,705 votes), while Trump won 12.5 percent of votes (132,738 votes). Now it is no secret that this city is no fan of President Trump or his supporters.

This being said, if two white men were lurking the streets in the late hours of the night with MAGA hats on, they are most likely the

ones that are going to get beat up rather than beating someone else up.

This is just proven. We see attacks on Trump supporters and conservatives all the time, but it doesn’t blow up in the media because people don’t think violence against Trump supporters is an issue. Take for example the attack that occurred at the University of California-Berkeley. A conservative student was brutally punched in the face for simply promoting Turning Point USA, a group that promotes conservatism on college campuses, according to Fox News.

The other problem I had with this story is that the attackers yelled “this is MAGA country.” Now, who in their right mind thinks Chicago is “MAGA country?” If Trump managed to turn a city that voted 83.7 percent against him into “his country,” then I feel it is only right to go down to the White House right now and shake his hand.

After having all these reservations about this “hate crime” it was much to my delight when I heard that the attack was completely staged by Smollett himself.

Smollett paid brothers Abimbola (“Abel”) and Olabinjo (“Ola”) Osundairo $3,500 to initiate the attack by writing them a check, according to CBS News. He also gave strict instructions to the brothers on how he wanted them to carry out the “attack.” Smollett told the brothers they needed to yell racial and homophobic slurs at him, not harm him too badly and allow him to appear that he is fighting back. Quite a long list of instructions for a “hate crime.”

It is beyond disappointing to see an individual stage something that have caused people to be permanently damaged both mentally and physically or even killed.

Hate crimes are real issues that people face and by people staging attacks of their own they completely undermine actual attacks.

When the news surfaced that Smollett orchestrated this attack on his own, people blamed this mentality on living in fear be-

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Actor Jussie Smollett reportedly staged an attack and passed it off as a brutal hate crime by supporters of President Trump. cause of Trump. Pathetic.

The reason why people do this kind of things is that being an angry, violent, racist, misogynistic and homophobic person are character traits the media and Democrats like to associate with Trump supporters.

Which in my opinion could not be further from the truth.

Another “hate crime” that took place at the Brown County church in Indiana consisted of someone spray painting “HEIL TRUMP,” drawing a swastika and writing out a gay slur on the side of the church.

People went crazy trying to figure out what Trump supporting degenerate would do such a heinous thing to a church. Turns out, it was the church organist. He claimed he did this because he wanted to “mobilize a movement” due to his disappointment of the 2016 election, according to CBS channel 4.

Perhaps a better way to deal with your

disappointment could be to sit at home and cry instead of spray painting a swastika on the side of a church. Just a suggestion.

It is disappointing to see how often people fake these hate crimes and blame them on Trump supporters. Martha MacCallum, the host of Fox News program “The Story with Martha MacCallum,” stated perfectly why people continue to do these things.

“People will get the attention they want if they blame these actions on Trump supporters,”she said.

I believe MacCallum is 100 percent correct in saying this. If the media learns to fact check and get the story correct before spewing out that Trump supporters are anti-Semitic, racist, etc., maybe more people will stop and think before they commit these crimes.

At the end of the day, I am just happy that the man who committed this heinous attack against Smollett will soon be behind bars.

Climate change is real The planet’s average surface temperature has risen about 2 degrees Fahrenheit (a little more than 1 degree Celsius) during the last century or so, a change driven largely by increased carbon dioxide and other humanmade emissions into the atmosphere, according to NASA’s climate website.

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Climate change, global warming, the end of the world. Call it what you want but it’s real and we’re in deep trouble. Here’s what’s happening and why you should have started caring yesterday.

Feel any warmer?

Whether you’ve noticed or not, the Earth is heating up. Earth’s ice is melting and the ocean is rising. People deny that these changes are happening, but as more and more proof is surfacing, it’s becoming harder to ignore.

Who’s to blame?

Now that you’ve come to terms with the fact that these changes are real and happening quickly, you probably want someone to blame. Carbon dioxide and man-made emissions are to blame. When do we release carbon dioxide? Some of the most common ways are, everytime we drive, fly, or eat food produced by factory farming.

If you’re thinking it’s not your fault that, cars aren’t all electric yet, there’s no bike lanes near you or that you have no control over what food appears in your grocery store, think again. You are to blame, because everytime you purchase something or agree to go about your life doing that act, you’re agreeing with it. When you buy something

you are voting ‘yes’ with your dollar. When we go about life living in autopilot, it’s easy to overlook the real damage we are causing.

Now is the time to wake up.

Why you should care.

Google ‘global warming.’ Click images.

Look through the array of photos and understand that this is largely because of our way of life.

What you can (and should) start doing.

The two most popular methods of combating climate change are reducing plastic bag and straw waste–but these problems are only surface level.

What you can do, is much simpler than you think. First, understand that this is very real. If every single person in the United States could agree on one thing, let it be this.

We need to start caring and change only happens when everyone’s in on it.

You can plug leaks in your home insula-

tion to save power, install a smart thermostat, switch to more efficient light bulbs, turn off unused lights, drive fewer miles by consolidating trips or taking public transit, waste less food, and eat less meat, according to The New York Times.

Eat all of the food you buy and only buy what you need. If you’re reading this, you most likely live somewhere, where you don’t need to stock up on food because tomorrow, the grocery store will still have that second bag of chips.

Eat one plant-based meal a day. I’m not telling you be vegan or even vegetarian. But instead to be aware of the environmental impact your food has.

Agriculture directly contributes about 10 percent to 12 percent of current global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, mostly from livestock, according to a study conducted by the New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre.

Before it’s too late, consider believing (and caring) in climate change.

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The Giant will be awoken by a blackbear’s roar this spring.

After much anticipation, The Student Programming Board (SPB) announced the Wake the Giant performers at the #WTG19 Reveal Party on Monday, Feb. 25. Rapper Blackbear will be headlining the show with opening act Bryce Vine.

The reactions to the announcement ranged from grumbles of disapproval to roars of excitement.

“I think that they chose a good artist,” sophomore journalism student Kim Kerremans said. “I’m a fan of Blackbear so I’m pumped to see him and the special guest Bryce Vine is awesome. I think it fits the category that SPB chose perfectly.”

The eagerly anticipated announcement began with some technical difficulties. After 15 minutes of suspense, SPB Mainstage Chair Olivia Morgan asked for the attention of the impatient crowd gathered in the piazza to the screen above the fireplace.

The anticipation grew as the SPB’s promo video for the artists began. Finally, a clip from Blackbear’s music video for “do re mi” played followed by the music video for “Drew Barrymore” by Bryce Vine. Some of the students in attendance were familiar with the music videos played but not the artists themselves.

“I knew the songs played in the video but I didn’t really

know the names of the people that are coming,” senior ELMPA major Megan Bongardt said. “I guess I’m excited but I wish it was more of like a festival or event, not just a concert.”

For those also unfamiliar, Blackbear is a rapper and producer who has collaborated with many big names, such as Justin Bieber, G-Eazy and Childish Gambino. His latest release includes singles titled “1 SIDED LOVE” and “miracles.” The Florida native also became one of the first independent artists to monetize streaming on SoundCloud, according to Billboard Magazine. “[The performers] have been easy to work with and helpful,” Morgan said. “Especially if we need clarification or just need things approved because obviously, it’s their image and their brand so we want to make sure it gets approved and if it what they want but they’ve been really helpful and kind to us.”

Both performers fall under the genre of rap, which aligns with the students' interest this year, according to SPB’s campus-wide survey. Each year during the fall semester, SPB sends out a survey which helps the organization know what kind of performer the students would be interested in.

SPB is also planning on making this Wake the Giant even more interactive than the last.

“The performers definitely fit the genre that [the students] wanted this year,” said Morgan. “We’re trying to make it an exciting show and we’re really focusing on the student experience so we’re hoping to add a couple more day-of-

show elements to heighten the experience like waiting line isn’t just waiting in line. We wanna have excitement for the whole day.”

Although the artists fit students’ interest, some weren’t impressed with SPB’s choice.

“I personally think Blackbear wasn’t a good choice as a headliner,” sophomore business management major Olamide Gbotosho said. “I also believe it was a step down from last year considering it was Khalid. The majority of students here don’t know who Blackbear is. And if they do, either don’t like him or don’t know any of his songs.”

Like every year, the artist performing at Wake the Giant performer(s) is kept under wraps from the students. What some may not know, however, is that it’s even a secret from the rest of SPB until a week before the reveal.

“For a lot of us it was pretty easy to keep it a secret,” SPB Marketing Chair Taylor Sniffen said. “I think Olivia knows first and she knows not to tell us too early god forbid we do give it up so we just found out about it a week ago so it’s been a small amount of time [since we’ve found out].”

Wake the Giant 2019 will be held in the People’s United Center on Saturday, April 13. The doors will open at 7 p.m. and the concert will begin at 8 p.m.

“Tickets are going to be on sale Sunday, March 3 at 6 p.m.,” Morgan said. “Ticket prices are the same as last year, so $20 for seats and $25 for the floor."

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The 91st Oscars The 2019 Academy Awards has been in the news for months and it finally happened

By JESSICA SIMMS

Associate Arts & Life Editor

The 91st Academy Awards has dealt with a lot but finally made it to the ceremony that happened on Feb 24. With no host, eliminating four televised awards, introducing the new “Popular Film” category and cutting back on a few of the “Best Song” performances, this year’s Oscars stirred up a lot of controversy.

The three-hour awards ceremony opened up with a bang when the band Queen performed the hit “We Will Rock You.” Adam Lambert, who has taken over as the front man for Freddie Mercury, welcomed the audience shouting, “Welcome to the Oscars!”

Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph and Amy Poehler then went to the stage, stating they are not the hosts, but gave a short performance before presenting the first award for “Best Supporting Actress.”

For the Quinnipiac University community, the most notable moment of the Oscars was when “BlacKkKlansman” won “Best Adapted Screenplay” for the story about an African American police officer who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan alongside a Jew. Alongside Spike Lee on the stage at the Oscars, accepting this award, was a Quinnipiac graduate David Rabinowitz who was one of the writers of this script.

“Let’s all mobilize,” Lee said, when accepting the award. “Make the moral choice between love versus hate. Let’s do the right thing!”

Another important aspect of this year’s Oscars was the fact that the film all about Queen and Freddie Mercury, “Bohemian Rhapsody,” won the most Academy Awards. Rami Malek won the award for “Best Lead Actor” and the movie itself won awards for costume design, original score and production design. These four wins also meant something for the community

by acknowledging the LGBTQ community.

“We made a film about a gay man, an immigrant, who lived his life just unapologetically himself,” Malek said. “We’re longing for stories like this.”

The award for “Best Picture” was the most controversial winning from this year’s Oscars.

Netflix wanted to win this award and spent a lot of money on the film, “Roma,” to try to win it.

“Roma” is about a domestic worker who lived in Mexico City during the 1970s. The $25 million spent on “Roma” did work out after it won “Best Cinematography, Directing and Foreign Language Film,” but “Green Book” won the award for “Best Picture.”

“Green Book” takes place during segregation in the Deep South and is about an ItalianAmerican driver and his African American concert pianist, who is the client. Despite starting off slow at the box office, “Green Book” became an instant hit at festivals by winning the Grolsch People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Even with controversies including the director, Peter Farrelly, acting with sexual misconduct years ago and one of the co-writers, Nick Vallelonga, posting tweets that could be deemed against people of the Islamic faith, the film won three Oscars, one being “Best Picture.”

The other two were for the supporting actor, Mahershala Ali, and the other for its screenplay.

Despite eliminating some music performances, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper were still able to perform their duet, “Shallow,” live at the Oscars ceremony. This song, from “A Star is Born,” won the award “Best Song.”

While the song itself was irresistible to voters, the performance that Gaga and Cooper gave stirred up controversy due to how close

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Several celebrities made appearances at the Oscars including Chris Evans and Jennifer Lopez. they were while singing even though Cooper has been in a relationship with Irina Shayk. Mel B, singer of the Spice Girls, went on “Good Morning Britain” and shared her opinion about the performance.

“I felt so uncomfortable for Bradley’s girlfriend, oh my gosh,” Mel B said. “I would like to think it was part of the whole performance because there’s a women’s code and hopefully that’s not… hopefully, it’s only professional.”

Even with some controversy, the 2019 Academy Awards took its biggest step forward toward diversity within its chosen winners.

Three of the four winners for acting were people of color with Rami Malek (“Bohemian Rhapsody”), Regina King (“If Beale Street

Could Talk”) and Mahershala Ali (“Green Book”) winning a variety of awards.

On top of a diversity of actors being recognized by winning Oscars, the first African-American women to win the award “Best Costume and Production Design” happened this year when Ruth E. Carter and Hannah Beachler (“Black Panther”) were recognized.

“Only three black women have won Oscars for anything other than acting,” Kyle Buchanan of The New York Times said on Twitter. “[Two] of them just happened tonight.”

'Thank U,' Pete

Pete Davidson brings the laughs at Sacred Heart University

By KRISTEN ALTMEYER Staff Writer

Pete Davidson made the journey to Fairfield, Connecticut for his comedy show at Sacred Heart University on Feb. 24. The Staten Island native was upfront with the audience from the get-go, saying he had no clue where he was. He followed by saying he wanted to cancel the show in order to attend an Oscars after party, but his team told him he would get fined. The show was originally scheduled for Jan. 27, but Davidson had to cancel for the Sundance Film Festival in California.

Davidson has been a cast member on SNL since 2014. He typically can be found giving his takes on the Weekend Update Desk. Before joining SNL, he was a cast member on MTV’s show, Wild N’ Out. His fame skyrocketed this summer when he was engaged to pop music singer, Ariana Grande.

In typical Davidson fashion, he did not hold back any of his jokes. He first started by asking what the point of a Catholic college was.

“Do you guys all walk around in uniforms?” he asked the audience of Sacred Heart students.

When the crowd responded no, Davidson came back with “Then what’s the point? Do you have priests running around?”

Segwaying off of priests, Davidson asked the only male audience member in

the front row if he remembered the first time he masturbated. After listening to the story from the audience member, Davidson then disclosed he first masturbated at the age of 16. He claimed he was a late bloomer because he felt too awkward to ask his mom what to do (Davidson’s father was a firefighter who passed away in 9/11). The best solution Davidson said, was to ask one of his friends. After a few trial and error runs — one including a Macy’s magazine — Davidson said the first time was like those confetti shooters at a concert.

The 25-year-old went on to say how he is financially supporting his friend who just had a baby. Davidson said he gets jealous watching them play together, because in a way he feels like the father...especially when he bought the toys. He continued on by telling a story of how he was babysitting recently. The baby is teething, so naturally the baby started sucking Davidson’s finger.

Davidson made no reference or jokes of any kind about Ariana Grande. However, there was one accidental slip-up. There was an X marked on the stage where Davidson was supposed to stand for the show. While saying the jokes, Davidson would pace back and forth on the stage. When he realized he needed to return to the center of the stage he said, “Gotta get back on my ex!”

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There was a dull roar over the crowd and a few gasps. Davidson realized immediately who the audience thought he was referring to, and dropped profanities playfully.

Davidson performed two shows at Sacred Heart, a 6 p.m. and an 8:30 p.m. When the comedy bit wrapped up, Davidson did a Q&A with the audience. According to security guards, the first Q&A got cut short because Davidson did not like the question he was

asked. A warning was given the audience of the second show and it was respected.

During the Q&A, Davidson was asked who he is closest with on SNL. With no hesitation, he replied “Kenan.”

If you are bummed you missed Davidson in Connecticut, have no fear, Davidson and former SNL writer and comedian, John Mulaney are headed to Stamford Mar. 3.

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March movie madness

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When you hear ‘March Madness,’ odds are your mind goes straight to basketball. However, next month will be packed with entertainment for those less inclined to tune into the annual tournament as well.

Here are the flicks you can look forward to seeing in theaters and on Netflix this March. -M. Fraitag

In theaters 'Captain Marvel' Release date: March 8 Marvel Cinematic Universe fans have been holding their breath since the shocking end of “Avengers: Infinity War.” No spoilers, but viewers may finally get some answers as Brie Larson takes on the role of Captain Marvel in this prequel to the world of Thanos.

Will Captain Marvel be the answer to the Avengers’ world-shattering problems? Or will Marvel cash in on the highly anticipated film while still withholding information?

Your guess is as good as mine.

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'The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind' Release date: March 1 Starring, written and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this true story follows a Malawi boy’s journey from poverty, through education and to success. With emotional performances anticipated from all actors, including 13-yearold Kenyan actor Maxwell Simba, viewers can expect to shed all of the tears at this story of perseverance and triumph. The release marks Simba’s first credit on IMDb.

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'Captive State'

'Five Feet Apart'

'Dumbo'

Release date: March 15 With a trailer that leaves much to the imagination, this dystopian thriller is perfect for viewers seeking an edge-of-your-seat experience. The film takes place in Chicago under the rule of an extraterrestrial force.

Audiences can expect some beautiful cinematography and to see some familiar faces, including John Goodman and Machine Gun Kelly.

Release date: March 15 For those of you so bold as to see two movies in one day, March 15 will be your time to shine.

Switching gears from the action-packed and extraterrestrial, this teenage drama will tug on your heartstrings in a “Fault in Our Stars”-esque way. Starring Cole Sprouse and (relatively) Hollywood newcomer Haley Lu Richardson, the story of two cystic fibrosis patients shows the challenges of loving from literally five feet apart.

Release date: March 29 Children of the 90s, rejoice! Yet another Disney animated film will be given new life on the silver screen. However, this live-action remake will stand alone from its sister films, as the wildly imaginative, slightly heartbreaking and sometimes eerie film will be readapted by director Tim Burton. The fantastical film features an absolutely star-studded cast, featuring the likes of Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton and Danny DeVito.

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'Juanita'

Release date: March 8 A mother of three discovers its time to take care of herself in Netflix’s upbeat comedy “Juanita.” Alfre Woodard, who will be voicing Sarabi in the live-action remake of “The Lion King” later this year, takes on a much more comedic and much more adult role in this offbeat story of self-discovery and self-care. Catch Juanita on her literal journey toward happiness early next month.

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'Triple Frontier'

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Release date: March 13 I know what you’re thinking, “Where the heck are all of the angsty, manpower, military heist movies?” Never fear, Netflix is here. Catch the undeniably beautiful Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garret Hedlund and Pedro Pascal in this action-packed flick from the comfort of your own home and witness the “chain of unintended consequences” that Netflix alludes to in the film’s description.

Release date: March 22 Directly off the heels of the monstrous success of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Netflix wants in on the biopic action. This films tells the infamous tale of Mötley Crüe’s rise to fame, most notorious antics and legacy on the rock and roll world. The title really does the band’s story justice, as Netflix teases to scenes of drug use, vehicular manslaughter and overall nasty behavior from the musicians throughout the trailer.

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Internet insanity

The new challenge that is encouraging people to literally get lost

By JASON SCHOELLKOPF Staff Writer

Eating Tide Pods or a spoonful of cinnamon, burning yourself with salt and ice, driving while blindfolded — these are all internet challenges of the past that quickly became well-known and put people in serious danger. Now, there’s a new challenge: the 48-Hour Challenge.

This challenge encourages kids to go missing for two days without telling anyone. They get points whenever someone mentions them on social media while they’re missing.

Police all over the country are warning parents about the phenomenon to help prevent children from participating in the stunt.

"We are not trying to cause a panic among our community," the Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office in Indiana wrote on its Facebook page. "But we would not be doing our job if we didn't make you aware of a new 'challenge' that could become an issue."

Not only would participating in the challenge be dangerous, but it would also prevent police from dealing with real emergencies. Though police haven’t seen widespread cases of people participating in this challenge, they are

preemptively warning their communities.

"We hope that by putting this message out, it will deter anybody who's actually thinking about it from going through with it," said Elise Schaffer, public information and education officer from the Sheriff's Department in Dane County, Wisconsin.

Police have warned that anyone caught participating in the challenge could face charges.

At Quinnipiac, some students are skeptical as to whether or not this challenge is actually just a hoax.

“It’s not a thing,” junior journalism major Garrett Amill said. “It’s similar to the 72-hour challenge that was published by the Daily Mail.

News sources are just writing about things to scare parents. The only reason someone would do it is to ride the wave of popularity of people talking about it. It’s possible that someone actually did something like this and then it got spun into a challenge.”

The 72-hour challenge, which originated in Europe and became well-known in the U.S., has been called a hoax by Snopes.com’s factchecking section. They say there are not many accounts of people participating in the 72-hour

challenge, which is the 48-hour-challenge but done over a longer period of time, yet it has become popular due to people sharing it online.

“As with other panics of similar nature,” Snopes.com wrote, “the Daily Mail article breathlessly described as a ‘game’ that sounded of no real interest to teens whatsoever and included scant evidence that participants were actually undertaking the purported challenge.”

The 48-hour challenge may also be blown out of proportion, as only a few missing-people incidents have been connected to the challenge.

There have not been widespread reports of kids going missing, according to police in Wisconsin.

Many people haven’t even heard about the challenge.

“I hadn’t heard about it,” junior english major Gabriella D’Annunzio said. “I doubt people would do it cause no one else has heard about it either.”

But, that doesn’t stop the worry of some that people they know would take part in a challenge like this.

“I know a lot of stupid people,” junior political science major Austin Calvo said. “So yeah, I definitely know people who would do it

just to prove that they could do it. Hopefully not many people have done it and if parents and kids have a good relationship they won’t do that but I mean, kids have done more stupid things.”

Another recent internet challenge was the “Bird Box” challenge. The challenge was inspired by the Netflix horror movie of the same name.

In this challenge, participants film themselves walking around and doing regular household activities with blindfolds on. Some people merely walk into walls during the challenge, but others have put themselves in greater danger by getting in their cars and driving. Because of this, Netflix issued a warning to people on Twitter: “Can’t believe I have to say this, but: PLEASE DO NOT HURT YOURSELVES WITH THIS BIRD BOX CHALLENGE. We don’t know how this started, and we appreciate the love, but Boy and Girl have just one wish for 2019 and it is that you not end up in the hospital due to memes,” Netflix wrote on Twitter.

Though missing-persons reports due to the 48-hour challenge are not widespread, police are still taking the claims seriously because of the popularity of past internet challenges.

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Broke the Quinnipiac program record for career goals by a defenseman on Saturday night.

Broke the Quinnipiac DI single-season scoring record and DI single-season record for 3-pointers on Sunday.

Passed Ed Muzyka (‘86) by scoring his 39th career goal.

Broke his own record set last year for single-season points by scoring 624 points this season.

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Quinnipiac women’s basketball takes down Marist The Bobcats win their eighth straight matchup against the Red Foxes

By MATT NYGAARD Contributing Writer

The Quinnipiac women’s basketball team (20-6 overall, 15-0 MAAC) extended its MAAC win streak to an astonishing 48 games as senior forward Jen Fay and the Bobcats took care of the Marist Red Foxes (19-9 overall, 11-5 MAAC) by a score of 78-66.

Fay led the way for Quinnipiac with 20 points, seven rebounds and three assists, while many other Bobcats contributed depth scoring.

Despite many Bobcats having an impact and getting on the stat sheet, that didn’t happen from the get-go. Marist got out to a hot start as sophomore forward Alana Gilmer

came out shooting, finishing with a gamehigh 21 points. Gilmer found many different ways to the basket and was one of few Red Foxes able to get to the free throw line.

Junior forward Lovisa Henningsdottir shot extremely well from deep for Marist, going 5-for-7 rom downtown and finishing with a respectable 19 points.

After falling behind 12-6 start to the game, the Bobcats responded well after talking it over with head coach Tricia Fabbri during a timeout. That is when sophomore guard Taylor Herd was able to hit back-toback threes, quickly making it 14-12. Once Herd got going her teammates followed, in-

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cluding Fay, as she was incredibly effective going 7-for-13 from the field.

“Being aggressive on offense is going to open the passing lanes for us, so I was looking for my shot but also driving to the basket and looking for the open pass which is equally as important,” Fay said.

Junior guard Aryn McClure followed Fay’s lead with 16 points, but potentially could have had more if it weren’t for an injury. McClure did spun and bumped her head into the nose of Marist freshman guard Sarah Barcello, whose nose was bleeding as a result of the play.

“I don’t feel too good. I have a sinus infection and then I got hit in the head,” McClure said.” They looked into if I needed stitches, but there was no way I was getting stitches since I am not that type of person.”

McClure not only lucked out avoiding stitches under her eye, but she also returned to the game just minutes after not being able to walk off the floor under her own power. She then got right back to her scoring ways, getting back-to-back buckets following her injury.

Quinnipiac senior guard Edel Thornton remained one of the MAAC’s most efficient players, going 50 percent from the field, missing only one free throw, and making this her fifth straight game with zero turnovers.

“I liked Edel Thornton for sure,” Fabbri said. “When they went to the zone she stayed composed the whole game and knocked down shots.”

Thornton, who finished with 12 points, has been rock solid for the Bobcats in her career.

One player that is usually always solid for the Bobcats is Senior forward Paula Strautmane, however she struggled to get things going today. Strautmane, who celebrated her 1,000-point milestone with her family from Latvia before the game, was an uncharacteristic 4-for-12 from the field and missed three close layups in a row at the start of the second half. Strautmane will be a crucial aspect to the Bobcats in the postseason if they want to make a run, so her figuring out her game at the right time would be beneficial.

Once the fourth quarter came around it was all but over, as a Quinnipiac extended its lead to double digits. Marist flirted with a few comebacks cutting the lead to single digits, but never found the runs that Quinnipiac did.

The Bobcats had a 16-point scoring run in the third quarter, however Marist’s longest run was seven points. It is a game of runs, and that was proven with Quinnipiac being more consistent, and defeating Marist 78-66.

The Bobcats look forward to Thursday, Feb. 28 when Manhattan comes to town for their next game. Until then, they will try to rest after two wins in the last three days.

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In Clarkson’s last six games, the top line has totaled 10 goals and 21 points, four of the goals and 10 of the points coming from Giguere, alone. However, in Quinnipiac’s last six games, its top line has scored eight goals and 19 points. Marcon is making her presence felt as she has scored five goals and six points in her last six games.

“Randi is really hot right now and she just plays with so much heart, I could see her scor-

ing some big goals,” Ives said. “Samo obviously game in game out is just unbelievable... all lines are clicking right now so I could see pretty much anybody could be the hero.”

They’ve seen the emergence of some of the freshman class, most notably forward Lexie Adzija and defenseman Zoe Boyd.

Adzija is heading into the postseason with five goals, 10 assists and 15 points. Her 10 assists ranks second on the team and her 15 points have her sitting at third on the team.

She’s tied for the team lead with two power play goals.

Boyd has tallied two goals, nine assists and 11 points to land her at second among the squad’s defensemen in points behind junior Kati Tabin (4-8-12), and also tied for the team lead with both of her goals being on the power play.

“They’ve been unreal,” junior goaltender Abbie Ives said. “They’re super experienced with international play and I think that helps them. They play super mature, they learn the systems and they’re so skilled.”

Despite giving up a hat trick to Gabel in the 3-2 loss to then No. 5 Clarkson in Hamden

on Feb. 1, the team was able to hold it to just a lone goal scored by Giguere in Feb. 23’s 1-1 tie. For the Bobcats, Marcon scored a goal in each game, both assisted by Lancaster.

“We’re right there,” Turner said. “We’re going to work this week to help our team to see and understand what it’s going to take to win, but I think we have the pieces. It’s just going to be putting them together and being more confident throughout the entire game. I think it’s the right matchup for us, I think it’s an exciting matchup and it’s most definitely going to be a physical and great battle.”

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This is where mental toughness has an impact on a team, and for Quinnipiac, it hasn’t necessarily been a positive one.

“Saturday it’s a recurring thing that we’ve had pretty much all year,” Priskie said. “We haven’t been able to mentally rebound back and get up for those games Saturday. It’s still a working process but we’re working to get better.”

You can certainly look to the fact that the team is rolling out eight to nine freshmen every night. It’s a pretty young team and with that may come some adjustments that are needed.

“We’ve struggled on Saturday nights with our emotion and our passion, which is one of the things that makes us good,” Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold said. “Friday game or if it’s a single game in the week, we get fired up all week, we reload really well for that. So that’s a little bit of a mental barrier that our young team has to overcome.”

Quinnipiac has the same mindset as most teams do–focus on the next game. Don’t look

ahead to the game on Saturday, the focus is Friday. So after having almost an entire week to prepare for Friday, there’s really less than 24 hours for the team to prep for Saturday.

“Once Friday happens, you’ve got to get your mind right, get your body right, try and reset and get a good night’s sleep,” sophomore forward Odeen Tufto said. “You need to mentally prepare for Saturday. I just don’t think we’ve done a great job at fully mentally preparing. It’s hurt us some nights and I think it’s kind of something that has cost us on Saturday.

We’re a little mentally fatigued.”

This will be more crucial than ever for the team to figure out how to mentally prepare for

Saturday night games as one loss could end its season with playoffs looming ahead. Yes, it has been an issue for most of the year, but it’s better late than never to figure it out.

“We’ve got to understand that back-toback nights have been tough for us, but there have been nights like the RPI night where we’ve played pretty well and have come out with a victory,” Tufto said. “We have it in us, we just kind of have to bring it out of us...I think we’ll be alright. We’re learning late in the season now that Saturdays are really important especially for the freshmen who are new.”

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RUNDOWN

MEN’S HOCKEY QU 7, St. Lawrence 2 - Friday Wyatt Bongiovanni: 3 goals, 1 assist Brogan Rafferty: 3 assists Clarkson 5, QU 3 - Saturday Chase Priskie: 2 goals Alex Whelan: 1 goal, 1 assist WOMEN’S HOCKEY QU 2, St. Lawrence 2 - Friday Randi Marcon: 1 goal Sarah Coutu-Godbout: 1 goal QU 1, Clarkson 1 - Saturday Marcon: 1 goal Abbie Ives: 26 saves MEN’S BASKETBALL QU 68, Monmouth 56 - Sunday Cameron Young: 25 points Rich Kelly: 22 points, 3 rebounds WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU 66, Rider 60 - Thursday Paula Strautmane: 17 points Aryn McClure: 16 points, 3 assists QU 48, Fairfield 40 - Saturday Jen Fay: 20 points, 7 rebounds McClure: 16 points, 5 rebounds MEN’S LACROSSE Vermont 20, QU 10 - Saturday Will Abbott: 2 goals, 3 assists Jake Tomsik: 3 goals, 1 assist WOMEN’S LACROSSE QU 14, LIU Brooklyn 8 - Saturday Megan Szawlowski: 4 goals, 2 assists Allison Kuhn: 2 goals, 2 assists

GAMES TO WATCH MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU at Brown - Friday, 7 p.m.

QU at Yale - Saturday, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU at Clarkson (ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals) - Friday, TBD QU at Clarkson (ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals) - Saturday, TBD MEN’S BASKETBALL QU at Saint Peter’s - Friday, 7 p.m.

QU vs. Manhattan - Sunday, 2 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU vs. Manhattan - Thursday, 7 p.

QU at Siena - Saturday, 2 p.m.

MEN’S LACROSSE QU at NJIT - Saturday, 4 p.m.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE QU vs. Wagner - Friday, 3 p.m.

MEN’S TENNIS QU at Sacred Heart - Saturday, 4 p.m.

WOMEN’S TENNIS QU vs. Wagner - Saturday, 6:30 p.m.

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Bobcats’ Senior Night spoiled by Clarkson No. 5 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey loses 5-3 on Saturday night

By BRYAN MURPHY Sports Editor

The Saturday night struggles continued for the No. 5 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team as its Senior Night was spoiled by No. 13 Clarkson, as it fell by a score of 5-3 in Hamden.

Senior defenseman Chase Priskie scored two goals and junior forward Alex Whelan added the other. Junior goaltender Andrew Shortridge made 28 saves in the effort.

“For us, I mean it’s just as simple as we didn’t play well,” Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold said. “We had a lot of guys that struggled tonight with puck management, just in the end not making plays. Our power play wasn’t as good as it’s been. I thought the immaturity of our team came out tonight. We’ve kind of been masking it, but I thought we were immature with our effort tonight.”

The opening 20 minutes featured a few chances for both sides. Quinnipiac (23-7-2 overall, 12-6-2 ECAC Hockey) could not capitalize on a 5 on 3, then Clarkson (21-10-1 overall, 12-7-1 ECAC Hockey) was inches away from tallying its first goal on the power play, but Shortridge slid across the crease and flashed the pad on Clarkson’s sophomore defenseman Connor McCarthy.

With 3:26 left in the first period, after a offensive zone faceoff win by Quinnipiac freshman forward William Fallstrom, Whelan deflected a slap shot by freshman defenseman Peter DiLiberatore past Kielly to break the tie. It was Whelan’s 10th goal on the year,

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Senior defenseman Chase Priskie scored twice in Saturday’s loss to extend his career goals total to 39. making him the fourth Bobcat to reach double digits in goals.

A lot more action occurred in the second as Clarkson came right out of the gates and put in two goals in the first three minutes.

Clarkson freshman forward Anthony Callin picked off a Whelan pass in the Quinnipiac zone and collected his own rebound from his shot and put it home. A minute later, a one-timer by Clarkson freshman defenseman Michael Underwood just barely got past the goal line and Clarkson took a 2-1 lead.

However, not long after, Priskie went end to end dangling through the Clarkson defense and Kielly to knot the game up at two.

Clarkson answered with two more to take a 4-2 lead into the final frame. Freshman forward Chris Klack found himself wide open in front from the one-timer for Clarkson’s third goal. Then 25 second left in the period, junior forward Haralds Egle walked in all alone

By PETER DEWEY Opinion Editor

As the Quinnipiac women’s basketball team erased an early 16-point deficit, capping the comeback with a decisive 17-0 run in the second half to defeat Rider on Feb. 21, it secured a title that has rightfully remained in Hamden for the past five seasons.

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Regular season champions.

Again. But honestly, did you expect anything less?

The Bobcats dominance of the conference has been nothing shy of extraordinary.

Over the past five seasons, the

Bobcats are an unbelievable 104-7 against MAAC opponents.

To find the last time the Bobcats fell to a MAAC opponent, you’d have to flip back two calendar years to Feb. 2, 2017 against Fairfield.

They have won 47 straight against MAAC opponents, which has culminated in three MAAC tournament championships.

Utterly remarkable.

So, when head coach Tricia Fabbri was asked if her senior class, consisting of forwards Jen Fay, Paula Strautmane, Aryn McClure and guards Edel Thornton and Brittany Martin was her greatest ever, the an-

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on Shortridge, faked a slapper and slid the rubber five-hole to extend the lead to two.

“The fourth goal, we got to get a change and we got a one on four, and I kid just tries to make a toe drag move, and we had a bad change,” Pecknold said, “I don’t want to say the game was over there, but it was a big play.”

Clarkson continued to stay hot in the third as a minute in half in, Callin fired one bar down over the right shoulder of Shortridge to make it a three goal game.

But Quinnipiac would not go down so easily. Priskie fired his second of the night off of a slap shot from the point that beat Kielly glove side to bring the Bobcats back to within two. But that’s all Quinnipiac would muster as the the comeback fell short and Clarkson took the victory 5-3.

Priskie became the all-time leading goal scorer among all Quinnipiac defensemen with his

second goal, after previously breaking the Division I record. The record adds to his Hobey Baker worthy season.

“It’s a great accomplishment,” Priskie said. “Doesn’t really mean too much now. Would’ve rather have gotten a win and moved up in the standings and kind of solidified ourselves as first place.”

Quinnipiac’s struggles on Saturdays continued, as the team is 6-6-2 in the second game of a back-to-back and 1-4-1 at home on Saturdays this season.

“It’s self-accountability,” Priskie said on the Saturday losses. “If you’re a player that looks back on Saturday losses and you’re not happy with the way you played, then you’ve got to identity what you’re not playing well and change something. Because what you’re doing right now doesn’t work. I don’t think some of the guys are identifying and they want to give off the balem to someone else and I think sometimes you’ve got to look inward to make a difference outward.”

Quinnipiac’s final regular season weekend will begin in Providence, Rhode Island on Friday, March 1 against Brown, and then it’ll finish the season in New Haven against its rivals Yale on Saturday, March 2.

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In 24 seasons at Quinnipiac, head coach Tricia Fabbri has accumulated 428 total wins.

swer was easy.

“There is no doubt,” Fabbri said after the Bobcats 78-66 win against Marist on Saturday. “Because of the postseason wins that we’ve had and not only the amount of wins. I’d even want to put an asterisk with that because of the quality of non-conference scheduling that we’ve played.”

This current Quinnipiac team has been tested as much this season as any other, as Fabbri emphasizes a strong out of conference schedule to have her team battle tested come MAAC play.

This year, the Bobcats squared off opponents such as No. 10 Texas and No. 18 Missouri in preparation for another run through the MAAC and into the NCAA tournament.

Tests like those prepared them to come back against Rider when they found themselves trailing 27-11 after the first quarter. It also helped them defeat a quality Marist team on a short turn-around.

“Both [Rider and Marist] are really good and very different styles [of basketball],” Fabbri said. “I thought we managed both very well this weekend.

“I’ve never seen a team be so mentally tough all season long. It’s incredible to see how well they handle every difficult situation. It really

is checking a lot of boxes of a championship caliber team.”

And as the regular season draws to a close, the focus for the Bobcats is on themselves.

Both McClure and Fay said that the team needs to focus on cleaning up the little things and the “X’s and O’s” that influence winning, before looking ahead to the MAAC tournament.

“We know we’re going to get every team’s best shot,” Fay said.

“We prep no differently for [Rider or Marist] than anyone else.”

The Bobcats close out the regular season with matchups against Manhattan and Siena, two teams that they handled relatively easy the first time around this season.

From there, it’s onto the Times Union Center in Albany, where they will try to remain perfect in the MAAC for the second consecutive season.

With the regular season championship already in the bag, the Bobcats dominance of the MAAC, especially with this senior class, requires just one more stretch run.

“It’s family atmosphere,” Fay said of her time at Quinnipiac. “I’ve been playing with [McClure] since high school so to succeed in high school and to come here and win even more, it’s been a great ride.”

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Clockwise from top left: The Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team celebrated its seniors on Saturday night before the game; senior Scott Davidson forechecks in the offensive zone; senior defenseman Luke Shiplo braces himself to deliver a check; senior forward Craig Martin looks to find a rebound.

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Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey freshman forward Wyatt Bongiovanni scored three goals for his first collegiate hat trick against St. Lawrence on Friday.

Quinnipiac women’s basketball redshirt senior forward Jen Fay returned to the starting lineup and scored 31 points through two games.

The Quinnipiac men’s basketball team limited Monmouth to 56 points it’s second fewest points allowed this season - in a 68-56 win on Sunday.

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Quinnipiac women’s lacrosse junior attack Megan Szawlowski had 11 points through two games. She recorded two goals and one assist on Wednesday, while notching four goals and two goals on Saturday.

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Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey preps for ECAC Hockey playoffs

By SEAN RAGGIO

Sports Multimedia Coordinator

Quinnipiac women’s hockey is heading to the ECAC Hockey playoffs on a bit of a hot streak. The team is 3-0-3 in its last six games, including two shutouts.

The Bobcats (12-16-6, 9-9-4 ECAC) are set for an ECAC Quarterfinals matchup with the Clarkson Golden Knights (25-7-2, 16-5-1 ECAC). They have faced off against Clarkson twice this season, losing the first game 3-2 and fighting to a 1-1 tie in the second game.

The Golden Knights’ graduate student goaltender Kassidy Sauvé is going to be a tough test for the Bobcats to solve. She is in the top 20 in the country in save percentage (.932) and is in the top 10 in goals against average (1.78) with five shutouts.

Quinnipiac junior goaltender Abbie Ives

hasn’t been too shabby herself. She is sitting within the top 20 in the nation in terms of goals against average (1.83) and save percentage (.925). In addition, she has recorded a career-high six shutouts.

“She’s a student of the game,” Quinnipiac head coach Cassandra Turner said. “I don’t even think her numbers speak for who she is as a goaltender, I think she’s better than that, even. She steals games for us...She relies on her positioning, she’s a smart goaltender, reads the play well; she’s someone who you want in big moments, that’s for sure.”

A lot of the work that Ives puts in comes in the offseason. She skates and works out at the Prentiss Hockey Performance gym in Stamford, Connecticut. Throughout her time working out there, she’s been able to skate with the likes of New York Rangers’ defenseman Kev-

in Shattenkirk and forward Chris Kreider, as well as Milford, Connecticut native and twotime Stanley Cup champion Jonathan Quick.

“Getting challenged by shots like that makes you see that you can be really patient,” Ives said. “Then when I come back to this speed, it’s pretty helpful to think back on that.”

In addition, the team’s top line of senior Loren Gabel, junior Michaela Pejzlova and sophomore Elizabeth Giguere have combined for 76 goals and 174 points on the year. The whole line is in the top five in points in the ECAC Hockey, holding the one, two and four spots. Also, Giguere’s five shorthanded goals are the best in the nation.

The Bobcats will see a familiar face as T.T. Cianfarano is playing her graduate year with the Golden Knights. She has 18 goals and 33 points on the year.

“It’s just like another opponent,” Ives said.

“I mean the first game was definitely weird... but no that really doesn’t motivate me that much. What motivates me is to knock off that team that’s done a lot in the past four years without T.T..”

Despite the overwhelming firepower of the Golden Knights’ top line, the Bobcats have a line that has been clicking of late. The team’s top line, comprised of all seniors: captain Melissa Samoskevich and alternate captains Kenzie Lancaster and Randi Marcon.

The line has amassed 24 goals, 31 assists and 55 points on the season. They have tallied four power play goals and are a +10. Although Clarkson’s top line has slightly over triple the amount of points on the year, hockey postseasons typically favor those who get See LEADERS Page 13

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Better late than never

By BRYAN MURPHY Sports Editor

Seven losses.

You really hate to be nitpicky about a team with a record of 23-7-2 and is tied in the nation for the second-fewest losses on the year.

But with playoffs coming around the corner, it’s never a better time to dissect what the No. 5 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team can improve upon. It really comes down to defense and mental toughness.

Defense, or lack thereof, has been one of the main reasons as to why this team has lost a handful of games. In its seven losses this year, the team is giving up an average of 4.1 goals per game, a much higher number than its season total average of 1.9. The defensive struggles were evident this past weeked in the 5-3 loss on Saturday to No. 13 Clarkson.

“Not leave our goalies out to dry,” senior defenseman Chase Priskie said after the Clarkson loss on what the defense needed to change. “Seventh loss, seems like they’re all pretty much–we give up five goals. All of them. You can count them, we give up five goals, that’s not good enough. You’re not going to win games in this league or any league

6-5, 7-6, we’ve got to be better. We can’t give up grade-A [scoring chances] and leave our goalie out to dry. We just didn’t give [junior goaltender Andrew Shortridge] a chance on a lot of those goals.”

Priskie, for the most part, is right. In the seven games that Quinnipiac has lost, it has given up the amount of goals as follows: five, five, three, five, two, four, five. Outside of a game against UMass and one against Harvard, the team gives up four or more goals when it loses.

The game in which Quinnipiac gave up four goals was against Brown, the team’s upcoming opponent. Quinnipiac fell 4-1 to Brown on Feb. 2, a day after shutting out Yale 4-0. Defense will be the biggest difference maker when Quinnipiac looks for revenge against Brown this Friday.

“I think defending, going in and just not giving them anything, not allowing shots,” Priskie said on what it will take it to beat Brown. “I think the best games we play, we’re really good at retrieving pucks in our D-zone, we break the pucks out easily and we transition to offense.

“You can see in some of the games we’ve

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Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey will play more two more regular season games against Brown on Friday and Yale on Saturday before the ECAC Hockey playoffs begin. won, we limit teams to single digit shots each period and that seems to be a good recipe for success. Games that we don’t seem to do that, like we gave up 18 shots [in the second period] to Clarkson, and they capitalize on four of those and that’s kind of the game right there.”

Quinnipiac is tied for fourth for the least amount of goals given up this year (61).

There’s something that else that connects the losses together for Quinnipiac. Most of them have come on Saturdays.

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