The Quinnipiac Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 20

MARCH 6, 2019 • VOLUME 89 • ISSUE 20

The official student newspaper of Quinnipiac University since 1929

OPINION: QU DINING P. 6

ARTS & LIFE: QTHON P. 10

SPORTS: MAAC SENIOR DAY P. 13 PHOTO COURTESY OF QU ATHLETICS, PHOTO TAKEN BY DAN HEARY

HOCKEY TEASE Proving them wrong Read the full story on pg. 14

Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey was predicted to finish No. 7/No. 8 in the ECAC Hockey preseason polls - now they’re No. 1

No business like snow business How Quinnipiac adjusts to winter weather

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QU Dining provides temporary lodging and transportation for associates to stay near campus overnight in the event of inclement winter weather.

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No matter how old we get, the euphoria and excitement of receiving a “snow day” phone call or text message will never die.

This winter at Quinnipiac is no different. For students, snow days are a chance to sleep in, sip hot chocolate, binge-watch their favorite shows and maybe get into a few snowball fights. For the staff of Quinnipiac Dining and facilities, however, a snow day is far from a day off.

In an informal survey conducted by The Quinnipiac Chronicle with 99 participants: • 70 respondents said Quinnipiac facilities does an adequate job with snow and ice removal, while 29 said Quinnipiac facilities does not do an adequate job.

• 69 respondents said Quinnipiac Dining provides enough food options during weather-related school cancellations and delays, while 30 said it does not.

• 51 respondents said they are negatively affected by Quinnipiac Dining’s snow day hours of operation, while 48 said they are not.

• 54 respondents said Quinnipiac Dining’s snow day hours of operation changes their regular meal times, while 45 respondents said it does not.

Leean Spalding, Quinnipiac Dining assesses each forecast and develops an appropriate plan to make sure Cafe Q can remain up and running as the snow falls down.

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“Quinnipiac Dining provides motel rooms for our associates to stay overnight to ensure they can get home or into work safely,” Spalding said. “Public Safety provides transportation to and from the campus to the motel rooms.”

Spalding maintains that Quinnipiac Dining always tries to minimize any changes in the schedules if possible, but when the school is closed, it usually runs on a weekend schedule as students tend to adjust their eating habits to brunch and dinner.

“We always open the Cafe Q at 7:15 a.m. to provide breakfast for the essential personnel on campus,” Spalding says.

But just because the Quinnipiac Dining remains open during inclement weather, don’t count on your daily iced caramel macchiato or venti strawberry refresher.

“We close any dining facilities that are not essential such as Au Bon Pain Express, Starbucks and North Haven Cafe when school is closed,” Spalding warned.

Quinnipiac Dining also tries to take precautions as far in advance as possible when the weather forecast appears to be threatening.

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110 years of celebrating women worldwide

MEET THE EDITORS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Christina Popik MANAGING EDITOR Amanda Perelli CREATIVE DIRECTOR Madison Fraitag WEB DIRECTOR Logan Reardon ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITORS Emily DiSalvo

By GARRET REICH Copy Editor

Quinnipiac students should be getting ready for a day to celebrate women, both oncampus and globally, Friday March 8, which marks the 110th anniversary of International Women’s Day (IWD).

This year, the International Women’s Day foundation’s key theme is #BalanceforBetter, stating that “balance drives a better working world.”

International Women’s Day is considered a global holiday with an emphasis on “unity, celebration, reflection, advocacy and action,” ac-

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cording to the United Nations website.

International Women’s Day later inspired a global agreement, the Charter of the United Nations. Signed in 1945, the charter “affirm[ed] the principle of equality between women and men,” according to the United Nation’s website.

Many female QU students are unaware of the significance of the holiday. When asked, several students acknowledged they had heard of the day but didn’t know much about it.

However, some women at Quinnipiac are ready to celebrate March 8 and rejoice in womanhood.

What does International Women’s Day mean to you and why is it so important?

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Originating on Feb. 28, 1909, the holiday was organized to recognize a clothing “workers’ strike in New York, where women protested against working conditions,” according to the United Nations website.

As time has gone on, the day has been a pivotal moment in women’s rights rallies.

In 1913 and 1914, women in Russia protested World War I or demonstrated solidarity amongst other activists. When their right to vote was contested on March 8, 2017, Russian women protested again for “Bread and Peace.”

Only four days later, “the provisional Government granted women the right to vote,” ac-

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YEAR Junior MAJOR Health sciences A: “Especially on Quinnipiac’s campus where feminism isn’t something that

is talked about, it’s something that is kind of frowned upon mainly because the majority of us don’t understand what feminism is–it’s equality it’s not women are better, that kind of thing. So having a day or a month dedicated to women hopefully will put us in a step forward to realizing what the goal of feminism is and maybe through that we can start a whole bigger movement.

So it’s more than just a [day]. We might be celebrating women now in the hopes of reaching an equal level at some point.”

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A: ”It’s good because women have been going through a lot of not great

stuff for forever so it’s nice for them to get something–that sounds horrible. It’s like hey, we can fight back though. This is the time. Let’s get our stuff together and fight this inequality. Because it is inequality that they are going through.”

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YEAR Sophomore MAJOR Physical therapy A: “It means celebrating the power and strength of women and just

recognizing that they’re not lower than men and that they need to be raised up to an equal level and proceed that way and it basically emphasizes the impact of important women throughout the world, like what changes they’ve made.”

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YEAR Freshman MAJOR Biology and independent major in human rights and international development A: “International Women’s Day is important to me because it’s a day to recognize that although we have a long way to go in gaining equality for women, we can celebrate how far we have come.”

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QU VITA program helps local residents with tax returns

By JEREMY TROETTI Copy Editor

Tax season can bring stress upon many households – especially those that are defined by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as low-income.

Many low-income households simply cannot afford to have their taxes prepared professionally. Luckily for those in the greater Hamden area that find themselves in that situation, members of the Quinnipiac chapter of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) group are here to help.

Professor Matthew Maron, who is the program coordinator, explained what the organization does for the local community.

“We are at the Keefe Community Center in Hamden from 3 to 8 [p.m.] preparing tax returns for the greater New Haven and Hamden community,” Maron said. “We have a lot of taxpayers who in no way can afford to have their taxes prepared professionally.”

Maron explained that while the IRS defines “low-income” as $54,000 or less, some residents in Hamden who have taken advantage of the program’s resources do not come close to the $54,000 threshold.

“We have a lot of single or unmarried taxpayers who have children – they’re trying to support a family on $20,000 or $15,000 of income… it’s a great feeling to help them out,” Maron said.

“It’s their obligation to file taxes, so this is helping to ease their burden.”

Maron explained that the program typically involves between 50 and 60 students per year.

Erik Gullestad and Morgan Trifon, both senior accounting majors who have participated in the program, explained their involvement in the process.

“I joined last spring after taking Professor Maron’s class as a preparer, and then I was elected to be the vice president of Beta Alpha Psi, which is the honors accounting society on campus,” Gullestad explained. “I worked with Morgan and Professor Maron to get the current students [in accounting] signed up to be preparers.”

Trifon, much like Gullestad, also joined the program as a preparer.

“I’m no longer a preparer, but this year, I am on e-board as the director of community service activities,” Trifon said. “My position works hand-in-hand with Professor Maron for the program. The main portion of my e-

board position is the VITA program, so I have helped him set up the program, register all his students, get them all prepared.”

While Maron estimates that 90 percent of accounting majors volunteer to do taxes in the VITA program, preparing the taxes is not always a simple task for students.

“I had a couple of tax returns last year that went way beyond just the average W-2 and a few thousand dollars of income,” Gullestad said. “People with rental properties and all sort of tricky tax situations. Getting real, first-hand experience was the biggest benefit as a student doing VITA because it takes you out of the classroom to work with a real client doing real work.”

Trifon explained how valuable the experience she has received in the program is to her.

“I think the whole [program] was really valuable for me because I’m actually not staying in tax – I’ll be in audit for my job, but being able to apply the knowledge I learned in the classroom was different,” she explained. “It’s real world experience, and although I’m not staying in that particular field, I think being able to apply the knowledge I learned in [Professor Maron’s] class was very beneficial.”

Gullestad described that there are other ben-

efits to participating in the program.

“Another rewarding thing as a student is to see how much it matters to the people we help out,” he said. “[For these] people, an extra $50 or $100 on their tax return makes a huge difference for them and you can see it.”

Like Maron, Gullestad has taken note of the impact the program’s actions have had on the local community.

“We’ve had people who have come in and had their taxes done somewhere else and they don’t file,” Gullestad said. “They come to us and they see what we can do to get them a larger return because of what the students and Professor Maron know, and the other CPA’s – and seeing how grateful they are and how we help the community is a great part of the experience.”

Maron said that the Quinnipiac chapter of VITA has won awards for its work through Beta Alpha Psi. The program has recently completed 526 tax returns for those in need in the greater Hamden area, according to Maron.

“Last year, between federal and state tax returns, we generated about half a million dollars in returns, and that goes back into the community, so that’s a really good feeling,” he said.

We are all leaders Drew Dudley gives a new meaning to leadership

By JENNIE TORRES Associate News Editor

Drew Dudley is known for a lot of things– being a leadership speaker, author, founder of Day One Leadership and the host of a TED talk on lollipops. Yet, Dudley said that those titles would amount to nothing if he wasn’t driven to be a leader.

Dudley was invited by Campus Life to speak to students about this subject and help them view leadership in a different light on March 4 in Buckman Theater.

Leadership is so much more than holding high positions in life, according to Dudley.

“I think that we’ve been taught at a very young age to try and acquire things and achieve things so that other people will look at you like a leader, so you feel like you have the right to call yourself a leader,” Dudley said. “The number one determinant of what people think of you and what you think of yourself is how you actually behave on a day-to-day basis.”

Dudley began his discussion by asking students by a show of hands how many of them were completely and totally comfortable with calling themselves a leader, which resulted in more than half of the audience raising their hands.

“I ask that question all over the world, different ages, different backgrounds, different industries,” Dudley said. “Less than one percent of the time have I had more than half the people in any given room willing to raise their hands and call themselves leaders.”

The discussion went on with Dudley expressing how many of us having been taught in schools to look up to a certain kind of leader, people who are considered giants in society like investors, doctors or presidents, when it ultimately limits our thinking of what that term really means and thus, makes us look at our own acts of leadership as miniscule compared to the examples we have been given.

“I have no problem at all celebrating successful people. The challenge is giants are all we use to give examples of leadership, what we’re effectively doing is we’re minimizing the leadership that we show everyday,” Dudley said. “When I say moments of leadership, what I mean are moments of tremendous interpersonal impact. That could be a one-on-one thing, a moment of compassion, forgiveness, kindness, generosity. Those are the biggest things that you have in your power to do at this point in your life.”

Dudley gave a real life example when he described an individual named Mr. Peters who was a janitor in his high school whom he considered a prime example of a leader. Despite how some people may have looked down on Mr. Peters for having a less than desirable job by society’s

Impact What have I done to recognize someone else’s leadership?

Growth What did I do today to make it more likely someone would learn something?

Courage What did I try today that might not work, but tried anyway?

Empowerment What have I done today to help someone else move closer to a goal?

Class When did I ‘elevate’ instead of ‘escalate’ today?

Self-respect What did I do today to be good to myself?

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Dudley discussed a method of evaluating one’s day, reflecting on six values. standards, the way he interacted with students revealed his positive character, which should mean more to people than what job he had, according to Dudley.

This example led to Dudley’s introduction of, The Leadership Test, which he created with the help of his former students to guide them in being the best person they can be.

“Imagine that every night before you went to bed you had to prove that you deserved another day on this planet. Every single night,” Dudley said. “You know how you prove it?

You pass the test. You got to get three out of the six questions over the course of your day or you don’t get another one.”

These six questions where each tied to a specific value including: • Impact: what have I done to recognize someone else’s leadership?

• Growth: what did I do today to make it more likely someone would learn something?

• Courage: what did I try today that might not work, but tried anyway?

• Empowerment: what have I done today to help someone else move closer to a goal?

• Class: when did I ‘elevate’ instead of ‘escalate’ today?

• Self-respect: what did I do today to be good to myself?

“If you try to get three out of these six questions answered everyday of your life, your grades get better, your relationships get stronger, your career prospects get better and honest to God your life gets happier,” Dudley said. “I’m not saying it’s perfect, but ultimately you will always feel a little bit more like you matter.”

Brenton Bavaro, sophomore finance major said one of the six questions personally stood out to him.

“The question that he had for courage, [what did I try today that might not work, but tried anyway?], I think that one sticks out the most and I’m going to try that as well as the other ones,” Bavaro said. “I think I’m a good leader, but I think there’s always things that I can improve on.”

Sophomore behavioral neuroscience major and class senator on the Student Government Association (SGA) Jamien JeanBaptiste played a role in bringing Dudley to campus to share his philosophy.

“I initially attended a conference in Austin, Texas over winter break when I first heard Drew Dudley deliver a keynote,” Jean-Baptiste said.

“At the time I had no idea who he was, but I was vastly inspired by his subject matter. I immediately thought this would be a speaker that the students at QU would benefit from tremendously. I appreciate him trying to redefine leadership and I knew this new definition was something the

leaders and students on campus needed to hear.”

Jean-Baptiste went on to recommend Dudley to Matthew Kurz, assistant dean of student affairs, so he can share his knowledge to the student body.

“Campus Life puts on leadership development programs for Quinnipiac students and we had some options,” Kurz said. “Drew came up as a speaker who was widely acclaimed nationally and Jamien was very passionate about it and wanted to support that.”

There were other pieces of advice that Dudley gave to students that evening to help to either become more of a leader or recognize the leadership they already had which involved learning to take rejection well, follow the values you want to see in others, not searching for happiness in other people and reminding themselves above all else that they matter regardless of how their grades or their job credentials compare to other people.

Jessica VanWart, senior computer information systems major said that one of her favorite pieces of advice Dudley gave was to forgive others.

“He said, happiness is not possible without forgiveness, and that is something that you don’t really think of because you’re like, ‘Oh I’m better without that person,’” VanWart said. “But then later on they might pass away or something and you’re like, I care about that person. It was interesting to hear a different way of happiness.”

It doesn’t matter how many degrees someone gets or how much money or fame they achieve because each person will always be aware of who they want to be and how they’re behaving, according to Dudley.

“If Mr. Peters does more than me as a CEO today, he’s a bigger leader than I am today,” Dudley said. “If you do more than Mark Zuckerberg you’re a bigger leader than Mark Zuckerberg, because we all start with nothing and what you’ve done in the past to bring you where you are has nothing to do with whether you will behave like a leader today.”

Dudley said that he hopes students understand that his message that evening was for them to recognize that they have all the capacity for leadership and once they realize that then they are more likely to engage in it.

“I want them to walk out knowing that regardless of age, their background, how much money their family has, they have the ability to on a daily basis send someone walking away from them feeling better off for that interaction,” Dudley said. “I think that there is no way that cannot be considered leadership.

It’s not the only type of leadership, but it is one that all of us can live.”

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Quinnipiac senior raises money for rare brain disease and carries on legacy of philanthropy event

Faces of the Homeless Community Action Project will host its Faces of the Homeless event on Wednesday, March 6 from 8 to 10 p.m. in the Mount Carmel Auditorium. At the event, speakers from Hands on Hartford, an organization that supports those who are homeless or are in need of help, will discuss the issues facing homeless people.

The speakers will also share their experiences with homelessness. The event is designed to encourage students to learn more about the topic, as well as how they can help.

Thursday, March 7 Suicide prevention awareness Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority, Inc. will host an event to bring awareness to suicide prevention on Thursday, March 7 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Students can stop by and learn how they can prevent a potential suicide situation.

Power nap Students can stop by the York Hill studio in the Rocky Top Student Center on Thursday, March 7 from 3 to 3:45 p.m. to participate in a power nap event. The event focuses on rest and recovery through the use of meditation and soundscapes. Comfortable, warm clothing, as well as blankets, are all permitted for students to bring.

QU Tonight Q30 Television will host Quinnipiac Tonight, part of an ongoing series, on Thursday, March 7 from 6:30 to 11:30 p.m. in the Carl Hansen Student Center piazza.

Quinnipiac Tonight is the organization’s version of ‘Saturday Night Live.’ Students will perform comedic skits for viewers.

Friday, March 8 Blood drive Community Action Project will be hosting a blood drive on Friday, March 8 from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Carl Hansen Student Center rooms 119 and 120. The organization partners with The Red Cross to provide students with a facility to donate blood.

Chinese medicine workshop Students can attend a traditional Chinese medicine workshop on Friday, March 8 from noon to 2 p.m. at the North Haven campus, room MNH 250. The workshop will focus on traditional Chinese medicinal techniques, such as acupuncture, cupping, taichi and moxibustion. Lunch will be provided and participants will receive a gift card. Participants must RSVP at: tinyurl.com/QU-TCMWorkshop.

SCREENSHOT FROM TOMMY CASALE’S GOFUNDME

Tommy Casale used GoFundMe to raise $1,500 to help fight a rare brain disease called Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD).

By MATT NYGAARD Staff Writer

Sometimes in life, the passions that reward us the most are the ones that involve giving to others.

That was the case for senior finance major Tommy Casale, who recently raised $1,500 in a week to fight a rare brain disease called Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD).

Roughly one in every 21,000 people have ALD, and it is mostly in boys four through 10, according to Stop ALD’s website.

Casale didn’t raise the money out of nowhere though, since this was the third time he raised money to fight ALD, but the first time he had to change his ways of doing so.

Casale started raising as a sophomore at Quinnipiac because a member of his fraternity had a direct connection to the disease.

That connection was a family friend named Brandon Rojas, who was a young boy fighting ALD. After contacting the Rojas family, Casale and Rojas ran the soccer event, “Battling with Brandon,” Casale’s sophomore year.

They raised money for ALD during the event his sophomore year and junior year as well. This year, the event was unable to run, but Casale didn’t give up the fight against ALD, even if that meant battling it alone.

“I just knew there was another way I could contribute despite the event being unable to run,” Casale said. “When I decided to

go with an alternative to continue the annual fundraiser, I didn’t expect all the support to come that fast or to be that generous.”

What Casale is referring to, is the $1,500 he raised for ALD in roughly one week this February, creating a substantial alternative to his fraternity’s fundraiser.

Even though he started the page alone, he built it up enough to have the support of the community around him.

For Casale, it was only about doing whatever he could to help the cause.

“I felt bad one morning and wanted to find if there was anything else I could do, as opposed to just doing nothing,” said Casale.

“I knew there was another way I could raise money and it would just take more effort to figure out, but I had to start somewhere.”

Casale was surprised about the overwhelming response to the page and how he was able to successfully continue “Battling with Brandon” on his own.

“I really didn’t expect so many people to donate to the GoFundMe page that fast,” Casale said. “I honestly thought I would just raise a few hundred bucks from some people and be happy I continued to raise money. But to raise more money than some philanthropy events is unreal. I am so happy it worked.”

Casale’s individual project quickly became a way for the community to come together.

“My original goal was actually $1,000,” Casale said. “Then all of a sudden, I wasn’t

just doing this all on my own, and outpouring support came from so many different people. That’s when it hit me that I could maybe get enough support to raise more.”

Casale and the community then realized this wasn’t just one person doing something on his own, but it was a community rallying around a good cause and making the most of the opportunity to donate and fundraise.

As the support grew, and the GoFundMe reached Facebook pages Casale didn’t even know, he knew it was time to extend the goal.

“Once I saw so many people donating and others sharing it, we hit $1,000 in a matter of days and I knew it was time to make it $1,500,” said Casale.

The community and the public responded just as well since the goal of $1,500 was hit a few days after and in about a week the GoFundMe was complete. Something that used to be a semester-long project, and what was planned to be a lengthy fundraiser, was over in the snap of the fingers with endless support. Not only did Casale surpass his original goal, but it was over in an eighth of the time he originally expected.

Casale was shocked by the support, and couldn’t believe how fast it all got done.

Even though he started it all, the support helped accelerate the progress.

“I couldn’t have done it without the support of everyone, and I am so glad I could positively contribute,” said Casale.

Spalding: ‘We always communicate with campus any dining schedule changes via email’ SNOW from cover the storm, anticipating we do not get some deliveries due to poor road conditions,” Spalding said. “ We are fortunate that Cafe Q has a generator so we usually do not have to close due to power outages.”

And while Cafe Q will be able to withstand losing electricity, Bobcat Den will be forced to close if there is no power.

Most importantly, students can always depend on receiving information regarding any weather-related closings or schedule changes in their school inbox.

“We always communicate with campus any dining schedule changes via email,” Spalding promised.

When it comes to winter weather maintenance around campus, however, Associate Vice President for Facilities Keith Woodward says Quinnipiac is fortunate to have a group of dedicated employees making sure

they are prepared as best they can be for when winter conditions arrive.

“The preparation is a year round process,” Woodward said. “From equipment evaluation at the end of the season, to time spent in August or September when we are purchasing product to help with sidewalks and roads.”

The team of groundskeepers, mechanics and custodians, combined with some contractors, adds up to a staff of roughly 50 to 60 people.

And although the facilities crew works hard to be proactive, Woodward noted that New England weather can often be unpredictable.

“Every storm is different, every storm starts at a different time, ends at a different time, temperatures can be above or below freezing, it can ice over,” Woodward said.

“It’s really just a matter of paying very close attention to the details of what’s going on, being prepared, having a good plan, and relying on the excellence of our managers and employees with a goal of safety for the com-

munity.”

With about 10,000 people on campus daily, Woodward said the spaces need to be as safe as possible after a winter storm.

Facilities is in charge of treating not only walkways, but parking lots, doorways, exit areas, and all entry points within 3.1 million square feet of Quinnipiac buildings.

Despite the intense workload, the facilities team never shies away from a challenge.

“Many members of our team were here when we had 40 inches of snow in a 24 hour period, so we have battled snow storms and come out with a safe campus,” Woodward said. “I think as long as we are prepared, there isn’t anything many of us haven’t experienced before... the management team of the operations staff is exceptional.”

So as the winter rolls on, let’s keep in mind the hard work and dedication of both the Quinnipiac Dining and facilities teams. The show must go on–even as the snow goes on.

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QU Dining: You can’t eat with us Emily DiSalvo

Associate News Editor Hot take: Quinnipiac Dining is an exclusive dining club, reserved for a select group of digestive tracts.

While anyone can slither their way through the orange turnstiles leading into the cavern of questionable creations, not everyone is welcomed with open arms.

“But G8,” QU Dining will say. “Don’t forget about G8! If you have any sort of dietary restrictions, they will take care of you!”

That’s about as effective as when Republicans in Congress try to justify their support of Trump. “But Kavanaugh,” they say. “He did do one good thing!”

In my opinion, G8 is as ineffective at inclusivity as Kavanaugh is at keeping his hands to himself.

G8 is great if you’re allergic to peanuts, but less great if you’re vegan, vegetarian or sim-

ply don’t like that chicken jambalaya substance they serve every other day.

G8 is a token. It’s so QU Dining can say they made an effort to include the dietary minorities but in reality, their commitment to including these groups is as flakey as the crust on that really great cheesecake they only serve at orientation and prospective student days.

That brings me to another point. What was that food they served at orientation and can we have it back?

I remember coming to orientation and being amazed. I had fajitas, vegetarian lasagna, a vanilla bean cupcake, an edible veggie burger and a salad bar with 100 percent identifiable ingredients all within a span of two days. It was so inclusive. So vegetarian-friendly. So yummy.

And I was so hopeful.

Now, I’ve been here for two semesters and I haven’t seen a single fajita. I saw one vegetarian lasagna and it was at a prospective student dinner. The best baked goods I can find are the confetti cookies from Starbucks but that requires waiting in a line that snakes around the piazza. The last veggie burger I had was made entirely of rice. And I have sworn never to return to the salad bar after I bit into a hard boiled egg and the inside was brown.

What options are left? There’s Create, the hot food station, which is a wild card, but always a greasy one. For some reason, no matter

what I eat there I always feel gross afterward.

Even if they try to be healthy, it’s as if they get nervous and add a few tablespoons of butter and breadcrumbs.

One time, I walked by Create and I got really excited. They were serving chickpea patties and baked tomatoes with feta. For a moment, I felt included. For once, my intolerance for General Tso’s chicken and fatty ham dinners was not being held against me.

I could have something wholesome.

I quickly walked over to Create, accidentally cutting the line because I hadn’t been there in so long, I forgot how things worked.

I snagged a chickpea patty and a tomato and scurried over to check out.

I sat down, eager to devour my first meal that did not consist of rice and tofu since Bowl Life opened.

I sliced the patty and popped a bite in my mouth when I recoiled. It was spicy and had the texture of a cat hairball. My eyes watered and I nudged it to the edge of my plate.

I cut the tomato in half and to my chagrin I found that under the feta, QU Dining had done it again. They had made something healthy, freaked out and added breadcrumbs. It was a baked tomato with feta alright, but the inside was choc-o full of bread crumbs. Rice it was.

Well since it was a Friday evening, Quinnipiac Dining was in hibernation. Au Bon was

closed. The only ingredients they had left at Bowl Life were wheat berries (????). All day breakfast was closed. The sushi and noodle place was boarded up. I shuffled over to the yogurt station to see some purple residue at the bottom of the yogurt pans. Yup, never mind.

That’s when I broke into the Chartwells shuffle. You know the one. The pacing loop from Grilled to Create to the soup station to the salad bar that then loops back to Grilled.

It’s a vicious cycle when you’re hungry and it’s one I find myself lost in far too often.

Weekdays aren’t much better. The sushi and noodle station is open, but it’s riddled with cross contamination. The men that dig their hands in the raw crab meat are not changing their gloves before they make the vegetarian’s cucumber avocado roll. The Mongolian pork is pressing the flesh with the tofu. The deadly wasabi is rubbing noses with the innocent ginger.

Au Bon is open, but it seems like it’s every other day that we see a sign that says, “no sandwiches or salads due to technical difficulties.” Au Bon, I’m sorry but if you aren’t serving sandwiches or salads, what are you serving? Muffins?

Unless you like butter, breadcrumbs, rice burgers, muffins or raw crab, many days you’re out of luck at the QU Dining club, even if you don’t have a dietary restriction. If you do, I recommend rice.

Owner accountability

Solicitation charges damaged Robert Kraft’s reputation, but will he be held to the same standard as NFL players?

Toyloy Brown III Staff Writer

Nineteen days after the Super Bowl, the winning team has found themselves back in the headlines for the wrong reasons.

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, 77, has been charged with two counts of firstdegree solicitation. On Jan. 20, the same day the New England Patriots played the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship, Kraft visited Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Florida at 11 a.m. He was videotaped receiving oral and manual sex from a woman at the spa and officials say he gave her a $100 bill and another bill before leaving at 11:15 a.m. Also, at 6 p.m. on Jan. 19, he was spotted on video surveillance soliciting prostitution. If convicted, Kraft could face one year in jail, a $5,000 fine, 100 hours of community service and attendance in a human trafficking dangers class.

On Friday, Feb. 22, a spokesperson for Kraft said they “categorically deny that Mr. Kraft engaged in any illegal activity.” Also, according to court documents released Thursday, Feb. 28, Kraft officially has pleaded not guilty to these solicitation charges. Robert Kraft’s official court date for his first-degree misdemeanor charges is March 27 8:30 a.m. EST. Kraft’s arrest was only a part of a crackdown on sex trafficking in Florida. After a supposed six-month investigation by Florida police offi-

cers, ten spas have been closed from Palm Beach to Orlando. Another high-profile businessman involved in this prostitution scandal is former Citigroup President John Havens, 62, who was also charged soliciting prostitution. Neither Kraft or Havens are being charged with sex trafficking.

For many people, the news of Kraft’s legal issues is troubling, to say the least. It is hard to fathom a man worth $6.6 billion would find himself involved in prostitution, especially at his age. His alleged actions coming to light may not result in him going to jail, paying a fine or other ramifications, but it has already damaged his reputation and public stature with fans and colleagues.

As the owner of the New England Patriots, he is accustomed to success as exemplified by his Patriots most recent Super Bowl win this past season. Besides relatively minor scandals, in comparison to his solicitation charges, like Deflategate and Spygate, Robert Kraft’s reputation as an owner is quite pristine. Even when it comes to matters outside of football, Kraft recently teamed with rappers Jay-Z and Meek Mill and Philadelphia 76ers owner Michael Rubin to start a criminal justice reform organization because of injustice they believe to be rooted in the prison system. Kraft not only accumulated a lot of financial wealth, but he also was increasingly gaining social capital with people who would not normally respect an NFL owner.

CEO of The Ringer and New England Patriots fan Bill Simmons voiced his opinion on the Kraft situation on ESPN’s Dan Le Batard Show. Simmons was less surprised than me and many other football viewers because he believed Kraft was “somebody that has been going off the rails for a while here.”

“He was married for a long time,” Simmons said. “His wife died in 2011. And I think he had a really hard time dealing with it and just started acting really strangely — dating people that

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New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was charged with two counts of first degree solicitaion at a spa in Jupiter, Florida. were 40, 45 years younger than him, going out to Super Bowl parties and Oscar parties.”

Simmons ended his point by saying he also puts it in perspective of what if this was his dad partying, wearing diamond champion pendants, and hanging out with Meek Mill as an almost 78-year-old billionaire.

I do follow Simmons’ thinking but I do not come to the same conclusion that his arguably erratic behavior was a sign for worse things to come. I would admit that partying to the degree of Kraft’s level where he even danced with Cardi B on stage the day of the Super Bowl does raise some eyebrows on his mental state.

The final piece that will need to be discussed more at length in the near future is what the NFL will do in response. In a statement on Feb. 22, The NFL said they are “aware of the ongoing law enforcement matter and will continue to monitor developments.” There is not much precedent of an NFL owner getting

into this type of predicament. Colts Owner, Jim Irsay, in 2014 was suspended six games and fined $500,000 after he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Irsay’s punishment also came after he pleaded guilty in contrast to Kraft who is denying any illegal activity.

It is almost impossible to predict what the exact punishment would be for Kraft. As much as everyone can find him guilty in the court of public opinion, he is still innocent until proven otherwise. However, I would hope NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell would hold owners to a standard that is at the very least equal to players.

Kraft’s initial response to these allegations was not of complete moral high ground and utter innocence but simply of non-engagement in “illegal activity.” As many football fans and non-fans know, players have lost a substantial amount of money and even their careers for actions that do not come near to bordering on illegal.

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What’s wrong with the Boston Celtics?

The Boston Celtics suffered a 97-92 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday, making that their fourth straight loss in a row. After the game, Brad Stevens expressed what has to happen for the team to get back on track.

“I think we are desperate for a win and to feel good about ourContributing Writer selves,” Stevens said.

I think the Celtics problem is that players haven’t accepted their roles this year. This is leading to the Celtics not playing together as a team.

Celtics starting shooting guard Marcus Smart expressed what he thinks the issue is with the team.

“We’re just not together that’s it,” said Smart. “Plain and simple. That’s it. Because if we were together, that wouldn’t happen.”

Comments like these have been a common theme for the Celtics this season. Following the Celtics’ 105-103 loss to the Orlando Magic in their next game on Jan. 13, Yahoo’s Keith Smith reported what Celtics guard Kyrie Irving said after the game.

“The young guys don’t know what it takes to be a championship level team. What it takes every day. And if they think it is hard now, what do they think it will be like when we’re trying to get to the Finals,” Irving said.

The frustration grew even more for the Celtics after they blew a 28-point lead to the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday night on Feb. 9 coming off blowing an 18 point-lead to the Los Angeles Lakers on Feb. 7. After the game, Marcus Morris expressed his frustration to the media.

“We’re going to lose games, but we don’t have no attitude, we don’t have no toughness, we ain’t having fun,” Morris said.

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This frustration that Morris showed was building earlier in the season. The team called for a player meeting on Dec. 21, after losing to the Milwaukee Bucks 120-107 on their home floor. On Jan. 10, in Miami, Morris pushed teammate Jaylen Brown during a timeout.

This shows the Celtics are having the same issues as they were three weeks ago and earlier in the season. There has been no improvement with the team chemistry.

Recently, in the Celtics 118-95 loss to the Toronto Raptors Feb. 26, Smart and Morris showed frustration toward Brown when he got called for a charge instead of finding Marcus Smart who was wide open in the right corner.

The other factor that I think is causing these issues are the younger guys such as Brown and starting small forward Jayson Tatum, are more worried about their future because there are rumors that they would be involved in being traded to the New Orleans Pelicans this summer for Anthony Davis.

The Athletic’s Shams Charania said before the NBA’s trade deadline on Feb. 7 that, “Boston made their intentions clear to New Orleans Pelicans surrounding their pursuit of All-NBA star Anthony Davis after the season.” Sources later on told the Athletic that, “Everyone can be available.”

Even though the Celtics have lost five of their last six games, I do not think they are in trouble. They are a combined 7-4 vs the Bucks, Raptors and the Philadelphia 76ers.These are the teams who will compete for a championship in the East.

I will consider the Celtics in trouble if they do not get home court in the first round of the playoffs. This team is going to be judged by what they do in the postseason because of the success they had last year where they lost in seven games in the Eastern Conference Finals to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Going forward, I think the team has to start to play together as a unit if their ultimate goal is to win a championship. They have sacrificed and accept that they won’t have as big of roles as they would like to have.

For this to happen, Irving has to be the leader of the team and

bring the team together. He is the only player on the team with a championship and knows how to deal with adversity playing alongside former teammate LeBron James in Cleveland. Their effort has to be better as a team with this much talent. They should never let a Raptors team go on an 18-0 run in the second quarter.

A change I would like to see going forward is Brown being put into the starting lineup to replace Smart. Brown has been efficient over his last seven games, averaging 13.4 points per game. He would give the team an opportunity to get out in transition more to get easy baskets, as the team has struggled from three, shooting 19-92 from three in their last three games.

Smart would give the same energy and effort off the bench as he would when he is starting because he does not need to score to play well or have a major impact on the game.

The schedule does not get any easier for the Celtics. Eight of their next 12 games are against teams over .500. They have a four-game road trip beginning on March 5 vs. the Golden State Warriors followed by the Sacramento Kings, Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers. We will find out where the Celtics are as a team during this road trip.

This team has too much talent to keep struggling and suffering these frustrating loses. They lost to the New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns at home earlier in the season, who are the two worst teams in the league. The loses to both Los Angeles teams on Feb. 7 and Feb. 9 were the most frustrating loses of the season. The lowest point for the Celtics season was losing 126-116 to the Chicago Bulls on Feb. 23, who are currently 18-46.

The Celtics are still having a good season, as they are currently 38-26, but expectations were much higher for a team this year as the star players Kyrie Irving and shooting guard Gordon Hayward returned from injury.

The Celtics finished their three-game homestand beating the Wizards 107-96 on Friday and losing to the Houston Rockets 115-104 on Sunday. The team will look to bounce back on Tuesday night vs. the Warriors.

Ranking the worst and best moves of the NHL trade deadline

Another eventful NHL trade deadline occurred on Feb. 25, and both buyers and sellers looked to maximize their profits for the near or distant future.

Typically, the deadline provides a level of drama and entertainment for hockey fans when a big name player could potentially be tradStaff Writer ed. Last year, Erik Karlsson was the big name player, this year, Artemi Panarin was the big name on the market.

I decided it would be fitting to take a look at the overall performance of a few team’s deadline deals and give them a grade based on trades that were or were not made.

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Anaheim Ducks: F

I expected big moves from the Ducks before the deadline. They should have been huge sellers, but instead, they traded away Brandon Montour. Add him to the list with Shea Theodore and Sami Vatanen as a highly talented defenseman that isn’t protecting John Gibson anymore. Someone, please save Gibson before Anaheim breaks his back from carrying the team all season.

Boston Bruins: B-

I think Boston made a couple of solid moves at the deadline. They acquired Charlie Coyle from the Minnesota Wild and Marcus Johansson from the New Jersey Devils. Coyle is a depth forward that can improve Boston’s scoring beyond the first line. Johansson is a two-way forward that will kill penalties and put some points up. The two teams that are potentially preventing Boston from making the Eastern Conference Finals decided not to make a single trade. More could have been done, but not something to frown upon.

Buffalo Sabres: B

Buffalo is morphing into a winning team. They are sick of the constant rebuilding and retooling. The biggest issue Buffalo faces is their defensive pairings. Adding Brandon Montour to a defense that struggles beyond the first pair was a terrific move. Montour is a young puck-moving defenseman that plays a pile of ice time. He struggled with the Ducks this season, but everyone on that team, besides John Gibson, is struggling.

Chicago Blackhawks: A-

hometown favorite in Mats Zuccarello and then Kevin Hayes only a year after trading away the team’s captain and several homegrown players. The rebuild seems to be heading in the right direction though. They now have draft picks and a tremendous prospect pool that is developing nicely. Receiving Brendan Lemieux from Winnipeg should add some grit and fire to this young team. The future is bright for the Blueshirts.

Columbus Blue Jackets: A+

I am convinced Dorion wants his fan base to die of heartbreaks. They trade away a fan favorite in Mark Stone, as well as Matt Duchene and Ryan Dzingel. Now the return for these players was terrific though, a lot of credit is due to Dorion. However, Duchene was traded for last year by Ottawa, in which they gave away their 2019 first round draft pick. That pick could very likely be number one as Ottawa is dead last in the league. Jack Hughes should enjoy playing hockey alongside Nathan Mackinnon and Mikko Rantanen for the start of his career.

Not a single trade was made by Chicago this deadline. Why would a team that struggled to begin the season but now is making a playoff push shake it up? Patrick Kane is the reason.

He has the second most points in the league and is my pick to win MVP (Hart Trophy). Chicago did not have a ton of options to choose from, but the offseason should be much more interesting once they have cap space to work with.

Ah, the Blue Jackets, a team with a majority of the media attention as the deadline drew closer. The anticipation of an Artemi Panarin trade ran league-wide. Then, Jarmo Kekalainen shocked the hockey world when the Blue Jackets went all in and traded for Matt Duchene. They traded away fistsful of draft picks to acquire him, as well as Ryan Dzingel, Keith Kinkaid and Adam McQuaid. If Panarin leaves in the offseason, which is most likely to happen, I assume they will resign Duchene and keep the team’s core together.

Dallas Stars: B or F

Dallas made a trade that hit me right in the feels. Mats Zuccarello for a second and third round pick that could potentially be a second and first round. I am a proud Rangers fan and watching Zuccarello leave brought a tear to my eye. I watched his first game with Dallas where he scored a goal and tallied an assist. He then showed Dallas his dedication to any team he plays for by blocking a shot. The shot broke his arm, and he is now out for four weeks with a broken arm. The hockey gods are cruel way too often.

Edmonton Oilers: Is there a grade lower than F?

It’s no secret that Peter Chiarelli is the worst GM of all-time for making trades. However, he was fired before the deadline, you know right after he signed Koskinen to a three-year $13 million deal. They traded away Ryan Spooner and Cam Talbot for Sam Ganger and Anthony Stolarz. Edmonton needs to do something immediately to fix this spiral of failure. Connor McDavid will only stay for so long.

Nashville Predators: B-

Nothing too special here, just adding some more depth scoring and powerplay potential. Wayne Simmonds and Mikael Granlund were good additions, no doubt, but I don’t know how effective they will be against fully loaded teams. Nashville has been a one-line team most of the season, and hopefully, this puts them over the edge, but I don’t see them beating the Jets or any of the teams in the Pacific.

New York Rangers: A-

It was an emotional weekend for Rangers fans. Losing a

Ottawa Senators: A+

Vegas Golden Knights: A+++

This team loaded up big time. Trading away Eric Brannstrom hurts, but adding Mark Stone to a team built based off chip-on-the-shoulder type players is enormous.

Stone is exceptionally talented and provides a lot of offense to an already stacked Vegas lineup. The Western Conference playoffs are shaping up to be a blood bath.

Washington Capitals: B

I like the addition of Carl Hagelin. He brings speed and hard forechecking to an offensively gifted roster. Hagelin kills penalties with a passion. I thought that the defending champions would do a little more to bring some physicality, but this was a substantial trade.

Winnipeg Jets: A+

This team seeks revenge for not making the finals last season. As predicted, they traded for Kevin Hayes to bolster their scoring depth. Adding Nathan Beaulieu, Matt Hendricks and Par Lindholm might have just put this team over the edge. The west looks to present some of the best playoff matchups, and Winnipeg stands as the team to be knocked off the top.

As a whole, I think the NHL benefitted from this year’s deadline. Most team’s general managers did a great job of getting their lineups ready for the playoffs or furthering a plan to get their teams back to the playoffs.

There are only five weeks remaining in the regular season, which is plenty of time for the playoff picture to adjust. It’s also just enough time for me to eat my words on some of the trades.

Bring on the playoffs.

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In light of NEDA’s National Eating Disorder Awareness Week (Feb. 25 – March 3, 2019), here is some awareness to take with you and let inspire good health year-round. - C. Popik & J. Marnell Walk a mile in our shoes

(Contributed by editors of The Chronicle E-Board) Having an eating disorder is an odd sort of “disease” because of its side effects.

Other than dizziness, thinning hair, brittle nails and brain damage, it also can result in refusal to eat one’s own birthday cake. Or an irrational yet unmistakable fear of carbohydrates.

Eating disorders are a beast because they attack the body as they attack the mind, which causes the mind to continually deprive the body. It’s a vicious and all-consuming cycle, yet it isn’t an uncommon one.

People around the world of all ages and genders have been subjected to some form of an eating disorder–anything ranging from body insecurity to an unhealthy dieting obsession to a deadly form of fasting.

As National Eating Disorder Awareness Week comes to a close, it is important to clear a few things up.

No one chooses to have an eating disorder.

While an eating disorder might start as a voluntary New Year’s resolution to diet and get healthy, no one consciously

Common types of Eating Disorders

makes the choice to get “addicted” to dieting, exercising and obsessing about food. There are people who can diet and be completely healthy with it, and there are others who start dieting and cannot stop.

Eating disorders can stem from body image.

More often than not, body image issues stem from external forces like social media or a parent or friend. Something I learned, after many years, is that mirrors and scales lie and that feeling happy and healthy, having the energy to function and eating cake on your birthday are the only images anyone should worry about.

Eating disorders aren’t just a girl problem.

Boys also suffer from eating disorders because of the same unrealistic external expectations in the media and from peers about what an ideal male body is supposed to look like.

Once you have an eating disorder, you may always be triggered by certain things.

Even after recovering from an eating disorder, there still may be times when you can’t look at a piece of decadent

cheesecake without second-guessing yourself or asking yourself if you deserve it. You still might have a hard time enjoying the same sugary treats you loved as a child as you did before. You may still go into a dressing room and tear up because of the body image flaws you see reflecting back at you. Unfortunately, eating disorders can leave behind this kind of baggage. The best thing you can do is to recognize how you feel, but let fleeting thoughts pass as they should instead of letting them change the healthy behavior patterns you worked hard to create in recovery.

It is possible to get better and make improvements.

Eat cake on your birthday. Exercise in a fun, healthy way, instead of aggressively jumping rope to burn calories. Get happier as you get healthier. Life is too short to overthink every calorie eaten or burned.

We’re some of the fortunate ones. Thanks to help from family, doctors and counselors, disordered eating is in the past. It is in this week of eating disorder awareness though, that we must realize that the potential for it to return is always in our present. We must focus and make it our mission for it to stay out of our futures.

Statistics

Anorexia nervosa Characterized by weight loss or difficulties maintaining an appropriate body weight for height, age and stature and sometimes a distorted body image.

Genetics, environmental factors and personality traits create a risk for an eating disorder.

Every 62 minutes at least one person dies as a direct result from an eating disorder.

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Bulimia nervosa Characterized by a cycle of binge eating and compensatory behaviors such as self-induced vomiting designed to undo or compensate for the effects of binge eating.

Males represent 25 percent of individuals with anorexia nervosa.

1.5 percent of American women suffer from bulimia nervosa in their lifetime.

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Binge eating disorder Known as the most common eating disorder in the United States, it is characterized by recurrent and seemingly uncontrollable episodes of consuming large quantities of food with feelings of shame, distress or guilt afterward.

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Resources If you or a friend may be suffering from an eating disorder, here are some resources for professional help: Quinnipiac Student Health Services – 203-582-8742 Quinnipiac Mental Health & Counseling Services – 203-582-8680; Email: counseling@qu.edu NEDA’s Helpline – 1-800-931-2237

Common warning signs of an eating disorder Emotional and behavioral symptoms Preoccupation with weight, food, calories and dieting Refusal to eat certain foods or restrictions against whole categories of food (Example: refusing to eat any carbs) Appears uncomfortable eating around others Food rituals (Examples: eating only a particular food or food group, excessive chewing, or not allowing foods to touch)

Physical symptoms Noticeable fluctuations in weight, both up and down

Skipping meals or eating small portions of food at regular meals Withdrawal from friends and activities Frequent dieting Extreme concern with body size and shape Frequent checking in the mirror for perceived flaws in appearance Extreme mood swings

Feeling cold all the time Sleep problems Dry skin and hair, and brittle nails

Stomach cramps, other non-specific gastrointestinal complaints (Examples: constipation, acid reflux, etc.)

Fine hair on body

Menstrual irregularities

Muscle weakness

Difficulties concentrating

Poor wound healing

Dizziness or fainting

Impaired immune functioning

Cavities, or discoloration of teeth, from vomiting

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‘Perfect for You'

Theater Department presents ‘Next to Normal,’ the musical that brings light to mental illness

By ALEXIS GUERRA Arts & Life Editor

Flying pill bottles, sandwiches on the floor and rockstar doctors. This is an everyday occurrence for housewife Diana Goodman who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder 16 years ago. Her loyal husband is losing hope and her angst-filled teenage daughter is feeling neglected.

This is the dysfunctional home shown in “Next to Normal” that the Theater Department showcased to its audiences from Feb. 27 to March 3 at the Theater Arts Center. Directed by Yale alum Rory Pelsue, the small cast performed the musical’s inyour-face, contemporary rock songs that brought the production to life.

Performed in Quinnipiac’s black box theater, the space was limited but was used to its full potential. The audience had the opportunity to watch the family grapple with the effects of mental illness up close and with no barriers.

The set, designed by Professor Abigail Copeland, was split into two levels–the first floor served as the kitchen and a place for the daughter Natalie, played by freshman Sarah Cowden, to perform at her recital that her mother didn’t attend. The second floor was used as the bedrooms, doctor’s office and the bathroom where Diana, played by freshman Kayla Jarry, would flush away the pills prescribed to her.

This multi-level set also gave Diana, her husband Dan, played by senior Connor Whiteley and her psychiatrists Doctor Fine and Doctor Madden, both played by junior Paul Zopatti, the ability to tell different aspects of the same story simultaneously.

This was seen best practiced in the duet “Who’s Crazy/My Psychopharmacologist and I” during one of Diana’s appointments with her doctor.

Outside of that, the audience witnessed Natalie’s quest for perfection, whether it be for a perfect family, perfect relationship or a perfect future. Her character was played with such fragility, while also showing strength as Natalie lives in fear of turning into her mother.

Balancing out the intense emotions on stage was Henry, played by sophomore Sean Molicki, Natalie's sweet stoner boyfriend.

At first, Henry served as the comic relief, a character whose humor was perfectly timed, but the audience later learned that Henry was there to stay by Natalie’s side.

Over the course of the musical, there were gasps heard from the audience in response to multiple scenes. In particular, Diana’s son Gabe, played by graduate student Louis Napolitano, sparked these reactions with his striking and consistent presence throughout the show. His interactions with his father walked the line between tender and malicious as Napolitano moved stealthily from scene to scene. His passionate anthem “I’m Alive” haunted the audience throughout the show.

Along with the strong cast was immense attention to detail, particularly in the colors of the lighting and costumes. The lighting played on Diana’s emotions, with red and yellow lights signifying her manic episodes and blue while she was in a depressive state.

When Diana took her medication and said “I don’t feel anything,” there are no colored lights. For almost the entirety of the musical, the actors are dressed in grey from head to toe. After a pivotal scene toward the end of the show, Natalie and Henry find themselves in blue.

Jarry’s portrayal of Diana stole the show with the ability to take the performance to another level. Through her body language

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'Next to Normal' premiered Wednesday Feb. 27 at the Theater Arts Center. of jittery hands and anxiety-stricken facial expressions, Jarry was able to speak to the audience with more than just the words on the script. Her exceptional performance of “I Miss the Mountains,” a musical number in which Diana reminisces about her manic and depressive episodes after becoming medicated.

Throughout the musical, the band, led

by Professor Kyle Saulnier, can be seen through the makeshift windows of the set.

This accentuated a theme of the musical by tearing down the walls and allowing the audience to see behind the scenes. This meant both the band and the ongoings of a family that at the surface level seems fine until you witness what happens out of the public eye.

Continuing with the theme of seeing what’s behind closed doors comes Dan, who is first shown to be capable of dealing

with everything with a clear head and the utmost sensitivity, especially in the solo “He’s Not Here.” As the musical continues, we see Diana’s husband start to crack under the pressure of needing to take care of his family while dealing with the demons from his past. Whiteley’s performance challenged the audience to shift perspectives and ask itself what it might do if faced with the same tough decisions that would have ramifications on the entire family.

“Next to Normal” was not your ordinary musical, as the title may imply, however it was as thought-provoking as can be. There is a sense of irony that a team came together to put on such a great performance focusing on another group of people who were anything but united. Even if the family’s idea of normalcy is atypical, we still can relate and feel for them as outsiders looking in.

Will they grow old?

Peter Jackson delivers an in depth documentary built entirely of archived footage

By MAXFIELD MASCARIN Staff Writer

After four years, revolutionary director, Peter Jackson returns to the director’s chair, but this time, he was not on set.

Teaming up with BBC Films and using archive footage from the Imperial War Museum, Jackson delivers an hour and fortyminute long documentary, “They Shall Not Grow Old,” comprised entirely of retouched and colored footage shot a hundred years ago in the first world war.

The documentary follows the daily lives of British soldiers defending their homeland from German invasion from 1914-1918. However, the film is constructed in a sense to focus on the “average soldier.” To achieve this effect, the audio is mostly composed of archived interviews with soldiers from the war as the film dissects the experience.

Jackson is no stranger to technologically advanced cinema, having famously directed “The Hobbit” and “Lord of the Rings” trilogies and the 2006 “King Kong.” “They Shall Not Grow Old” is at the same technical scale thanks to its ambitious task of telling a story without a single frame of original footage.

This task is greatly fulfilled by Jackson as the film humanizes the soldiers of the first world war in such a simple way. The audience is taken on a journey in extreme detail in the life of young people’s experiences in a very transformative war.

While the film starts out black and white, it quickly transitions into full 16:9 ratio, colored footage. For the most part, it’s hard to believe

the footage presented is over a century old, because the colors are so realistic and appears without a single speck or grain. The only time the film feels unnatural is when close up shots are presented, where the images look slightly artificial.

Cinema was still in its very early stages during World War I, so no audio was actually recorded at the time the footage was filmed. In an interview with Fox 5, Jackson said, “There were people in the world, I didn’t know they were called this, ‘forensic lip readers.’”

Personally, this was my favorite part of the film, as the re-recorded audio is so vital in the film’s immersive exposition, really making the audience feel like a fly on the wall.

“They Shall Not Grow Old” is an amazing demonstration of editing done right. Jackson went on to say, “You can’t go into it with a plan, because the plan requires you to have the perfect pictures and the perfect sound to fulfill your plan… You watch a hundred hours of footage, and let the soldier tell their story, that’s all I tried to do.”

Despite Jackson’s words, the film has a very natural feeling structure that is never directly stated to the audience, it is organized in the interviews based on subjects and never feels objective.

The film focuses on smaller subjects that other war films tend to avoid that illustrate the day to day lives of the average soldier, like Jackson’s grandfather who the film is dedicated to.

While the music is nothing groundbreaking, the score by David Donaldson is a pleasant

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'They Shall Not Grow Old' has a 99 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. homage to the classical era of the last century.

Due to its simple presentation, it is easy to ignore the sheer amount of work put into every second on screen, as every single frame is beautifully restored. The film has a very personal feel to it, contrasting the meticulous studio and high-end production that it went through.

Shortly after the film was released, Jackson signed on to direct a film with a similar concept about The Beatles. Fifty-five hours of footage were recorded in The Beatles’ production on their final album, “Let it Be.” Jackson has the approval of those that are still alive involved with the Beatles’ legacy, the film is set be released to some time in 2020.

“They Shall Not Grow Old” is extremely

informative and fascinating regardless of its very broad presentation of the subject matter.

The power of documentary film is an underrated force in the general film community, “They Shall Not Grow Old” demonstrates documentary films true potential even despite the film containing no professionally produced footage.

The film is certainly worth the price of admission, as it delightfully portrays such an unexplored era in history.

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Ten hours, five letters, one cause

DESIGN BY MADISON FRAITAG

Senior member of the QTHON Management Team Victoria De La Rosa explains what the event means to her and how others can find a connection to something larger than themselves

Victoria De La Rosa

Senior physical therapy major Co-Director of Recruitment for QTHON @VKDjewelry or etsy.com/shop/VKDJewelry PHOTO COURTESY OF VICTORIA DE LA ROSA

Tomorrow your life can change in an instant. It can be for the better, or it can turn your entire world upside-down. Some people may understand what I’m talking about and others probably already have turned the page. However, not everyone has that luxury to turn and are forced to face reality head-on.

Speaking from experience, this may be the way many patient families from Connecticut Children’s Medical Center live on a day to day basis. We don’t know what will come next, but we know we can strive for a better tomorrow. Ultimately, that is the goal of Quinnipiac University’s Dance Marathon, QTHON; we strive to give others a chance for a better and healthier life.

I began my participation with QTHON during my first year at Quinnipiac not knowing how it would shape my college experience. I walked through the involvement fair trying to

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De La Rosa (left) with Morale Committee members and two miracle children, Shemar (center) and Christian (right), at QTHON 2017.

find ways to get involved. QTHON was a place I thought I could bring forth my passions. I aimed to fundraise towards the dancer minimum of that year, and decided to stay for the entirety of the event. The energy in the room pushed me to keep going and not to lose focus toward our cause. My team was able to sponsor a miracle child that year, Olivia, and we were able to learn more about her experience at CT Children’s Medical Center. Olivia was born with only one ventricle. Her family was told her diagnosis was “incompatible with life.”

However, through the efforts of the medical staff and services at CT Children’s, she is now able to live a healthy and active life. Currently, Olivia is a ninth-grade student in honors, and an active member of her school’s cheerleading squad. After hearing her story, I knew in that moment that I was contributing to something larger than myself. I left QTHON that night craving to do more for the program.

Determined to be more involved in helping miracles happen, I joined the Morale Committee the following year.

During my experience with Morale, we were given the privilege to see where our fundraised money was going towards by experiencing a tour of the hospital. I was astonished to see the services and values the hospital held. Most areas of the hospital were built through fundraised money that students like you and I have fundraised over the years. Specifically, some services QTHON was able to sponsor includes stretchers, pediatric cribs, cardiology exam rooms, vein illuminators, infusion and dialysis services and much more.

After joining the Morale Committee, I applied for the Management Team. I was beyond nervous during the application process, but I was confident that I could implement and share my ideas with my peers. Currently, I have served on Management Team for the past two years. Joining the team became a pivotal point within my college career to take a chance and make a difference in my community. I gained confidence within my abilities, found the courage to share my story and challenged my ability. Who would’ve thought a team of 22 college students would activate a movement within our community? Together we redefined the meaning of leadership into teamwork, learned to trust in the vision of others and realized that we have the ability to change the lives of others.

During my time on the Management Team, QTHON

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De La Rosa (right) and fellow Management Team member Kaitlyn Stokarski (left) dancing with student Kirby Paulson (center) at QTHON 2018.

started to bleed into my academics and personal life. The program taught vital skills that I can apply in all aspects of my life. It became necessary for me to learn how to create a network at my university, communicate with other universities and form a team. In addition, I realized the importance of teamwork and being open to new perspectives. This evolution within myself brought forth endless possibilities, ideas and relationships to build upon.

This helped me become professional in my work and aided me in finding new job opportunities. In addition, by striving for a larger fundraising goal I was inspired to start my own jewelry business, VKD Jewelry, and use my endeavors within courses this past semester. I was able unite my passions to my involvement and education. This gave me a push to reach higher, strive for more and become fearless in the face of adversity.

By the end of March 2019, I will have danced more than 40 hours and personally fundraised over $2,500 for our dance marathon program throughout my four years. Yet, that is not nearly enough to measure for all the countless hours families spend in hospitals looking for hope. QTHON is so much more than an endless night of dancing or a number a raised up at midnight. It is learning how to respect my peers, talking to someone new and being held accountable. Everyone’s story is different at Quinnipiac and the same is reflected within dancers at QTHON. We all dance for a different reason, and we fundraise towards different goals but we all unite for one cause. We are here for the kids, with the kids and by the kids.

Although, this is my senior year at Quinnipiac, I will never forget the impact this program has made on my undergraduate experience. You and I have the power to make an impact within QTHON. Now it’s your turn to take the next step, you might be surprised with what comes next.

─Victoria De La Rosa

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De La Rosa (front) with Management Team members and fundraising event 'Day of Miracles: Minute To Win It' in Feb. 2019.

Fast facts about QTHON

The event Date: Saturday, March 23 Time: 12 – 10 p.m.

Location: Recreation Center Themed hours: Disney, Country,

Throwback, Sports, Pajama Party, USA

Goal: $323,000.00

Involvement

Participation: 20-25 percent

of students are expected to register, adding up to roughly 1,500 dancers

Teams: Over 65 teams have already

registered on donor drive. Roughly 40 of those teams are student organizations

History

QTHON 2018: $250,000 goal,

$265,431.79 raised

March/April 2018: Planning for QTHON 2019 began, including Management Team selection

2012: First QTHON event was held at Quinnipiac

To register for QTHON 2019: Text “QTHON” to 51555

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Play Ball

Professor brings passion for baseball to QU

By JEREMY TROETTI Copy Editor

In 1946, a 9-year-old boy first stepped foot into the Polo Grounds in Manhattan, home of baseball’s New York Giants.

While the Giants moved to San Francisco following the 1957 season, that boy – now Quinnipiac Professor Larry Levine, still has an enormous passion for the game of baseball.

Although he primarily teaches psychology classes, he currently teaches a baseball history course at the university – a course that allows Levine to share his love of America’s pastime with students here at Quinnipiac.

But to understand Levine’s love for the game, one must know the roots of that love.

Much like many young men, his father passed down his love for baseball to him at an early age.

“Baseball was always discussed in the family,” Levine said. “When my father was around, that was the way we communicated. My love of the game preceded the first time I went.”

Levine described how his father, despite being a skilled baseball player, did not pass those particular skills down to him.

“He was a great catcher,” Levine said. “The guy who he replaced, who was considered to be his inferior, went on to play for the Yankees. So my father passed on his love of the game to me. Unfortunately, he did not pass on his ball-playing genes. So even though I tried, I became a scrub catcher.”

Despite not becoming the skilled baseball player his father was, this did not hurt Levine’s love of baseball.

The love that Levine’s father passed down to him was also a love of a specific team – the New York Giants.

However, when a young Levine first began to follow the team closely, he did not witness many victories. “‘46 was the first year I actually followed the game closely, and much to my chagrin, my team finished dead last,” he explained.

Levine joked about how the team’s bad fortunes coincided with his beginnings as a fan.

“I figured, ‘That’s it, God is repaying me for whatever sins a 9-year-old kid has engaged in,” he said. “It got a little bit better than that. Not much. Not until 1951, which was the greatest year in the history of baseball.”

Levine already loved the team and the game, but it was his first experience of attending a game at the Polo Grounds that left him amazed at what his eyes witnessed.

“The first time you go to a major league game and see the expanse of green, it was just mind-boggling,” he said. “And then you see the players that you hear described… with their crisp white uniforms… it was nirvana. And you sit there in awe of what you see.”

As mentioned, Levine was fortunate enough to see the Giants’ fortunes turn for the better in 1951, when the team secured the National League pennant over the archrival Brooklyn Dodgers. Levine described what he calls his top baseball memory – Giants player Bobby Thomson’s gamewinning home run to win the pennant.

“The Giants, who were used to losing and who finished

Professor Larry Levine teaches a class on the history of baseball. last in the first year I ever seriously rooted for them, here they are on the cusp of winning a pennant – and they came back from such a deficit in the 1951 season to tie the Dodgers,” Levine explained. “The Dodgers, next to the Yankees, were the most hated team around. So now you go to a three-game playoff, and they’re losing four to one in the ninth inning, and the tears are coming out… I’m ready to throw things against the wall. And here [Thomson] does this miraculous thing.”

That day, Levine – despite his best protests – was forced by his mother to attend school, rather than watch the game.

“I was watching the game on television… I actually had to go to school that day – much to my objection,” he said. “‘Mom, the Giants are playing the third game of the playoffs! I can’t go to school.’ But I had to go. But I got back in time… I cut my last two classes. So I did watch the last three innings of the game.”

When the Giants moved to San Francisco, Levine explained that he was no longer able to follow the team, as there was no cable or internet at the time.

Levine left New York to attend Penn State University

Professor Larry Levine's passion for baseball was passed down by his father.

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shortly before the Giants moved west. When he returned, he set out to find a new favorite team.

Despite being from The Bronx, Levine could not bring himself to root for the 'hated Yankees.' It was through a psychological principle that he was able to find a new team to root for.

“It took a few years, but there’s something called balance theory in social psychology, which is my field, and it essentially says, ‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend,’” Levine explained. “Who hated the Yankees as much as I did?

The Boston Red Sox. Okay, I’m going to be a Red Sox fan.

That’s how that happened.”

Levine still roots for the Boston Red Sox to this day, but admits that there is still a small place in his heart for the Giants.

So what brought Levine to teach a course in baseball history at Quinnipiac?

“One of my avocations is American history,” he said.

“The history of baseball class is a subversive class. It’s subversive because, for whatever reason, a lot of students do not like American history. And I think that’s criminal.”

Levine explained that getting to teach students American history – and baseball’s place in it – is what he enjoys most about the class.

“You can’t talk about baseball without talking in the context of American society,” Levine said. “So you hook them with baseball and slip in the history through the side door.”

Junior business management major Steven McAvoy, a student in Levine’s baseball history course, relishes the opportunity to combine two of his favorite topics into one class.

“Unlike most, I actually like American history,” McAvoy said. “So being able to link one of my favorite high school subjects with one of my other great passions in life is something that you don’t get to do that often.”

Levine said that this semester will be his last teaching the class, and after he teaches a psychology class in the fall, he will enter into retirement.

When asked what his retirement plans are, Levine responded in a simple, yet humorous tone.

“Survival.”

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Bobcats attack MAAC awards Six basketball Bobcats receive All-MAAC recognition ALL-MAAC FIRST TEAM (UNANIMOUS) MAAC ALL-ROOKIE TEAM ALL-MAAC SECOND TEAM

Tyrese Williams Freshman guard 9.4 POINTS PER GAME 4.4 REBOUNDS PER GAME 7 MAAC GAMES WITH 10+ POINTS

ALL-MAAC SECOND TEAM

Cam Young Graduate student guard 23.0 POINTS PER GAME (LEADS MAAC) 3.2 3-POINTERS PER GAME (LEADS MAAC) NO. 12 NATIONALLY IN SCORING

Rich Kelly Sophomore guard 13.4 POINTS PER GAME 46.8 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (LEADS MAAC) 85.9 FREE-THROW PERCENTAGE (LEADS MAAC)

ALL-MAAC FIRST TEAM ALL-MAAC SECOND TEAM

Jen Fay Redshirt senior guard 11.6 POINTS PER GAME 6.5 REBOUNDS PER GAME REACHED 1,000 CAREER POINTS THIS SEASON

Aryn McClure Senior guard/forward 10.2 POINTS PER GAME 5.8 REBOUNDS PER GAME MAAC PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Paula Strautmane Senior forward 5.0 POINTS PER GAME 51 BLOCKS (LEADS MAAC) REACHED 1,000 CAREER POINTS THIS SEASON

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RUNDOWN

MEN’S HOCKEY QU 4, Brown 1 - Friday Nick Jermain: 1 goal, 1 assist Andrew Shortridge: 16 saves QU 4, Yale 1 - Saturday Jermain: 2 goals Shortridge: 24 saves WOMEN’S HOCKEY Clarkson 3, QU 0 - Friday Abbie Ives: 24 saves Clarkson 4, QU 3 - Saturday Melissa Samoskevich: 1 goal, 1 assist Ives: 35 saves MEN’S BASKETBALL QU 77, Saint Peters 60 - Friday Cam Young: 26 points, 3 assists Jacob Rigoni: 17 points, 4 rebounds Manhattan 62, QU 58 - Sunday Rich Kelly: 17 points, 4 rebounds Young: 16 points, 6 rebounds WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU 59, Manhattan 42 - Thursday Brittany Martin: 20 points, 3 assists Jen Fay: 10 points, 12 rebounds QU 67, Siena 38 - Saturday Fay: 24 points, 13 rebounds Paula Strautmane: 11 points MEN’S LACROSSE QU 16, NJIT 14 - Saturday Jake Tomsik: 8 goals WOMEN’S LACROSSE Wagner 17, QU 5 - Friday Megan Szawlowski: 2 goals, 1 assist

GAMES TO WATCH

MEN’S BASKETBALL QU at MAAC Tournament - Friday-Monday WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU at MAAC Tournament - Friday-Monday BASEBALL QU at Florida Gulf Coast - Friday-Sunday QU at Florida Atlantic - Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.

SOFTBALL QU vs. Eastern Illinois University - Tuesday, 1 p.m., 3 p.m.

MEN’S LACROSSE QU at Wagner - Saturday, 12 p.m.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE QU vs. University of Hartford - Wednesday, 2 p.m.

MEN’S TENNIS QU at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps - Sunday, 3 p.m.

QU at University of California Irvine - Tuesday, 2 p.m.

WOMEN’S TENNIS QU at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps - Sunday, 3 p.m.

WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD QU vs. NCAA Championships - Friday and Saturday, All Day ACROBATICS AND TUMBLING QU vs. West Liberty - Saturday, 1 p.m.

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GAME OF THE WEEK

No. 5 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey beats Yale

Bobcats clinch No. 1 seed in the ECAC Hockey playoffs with win over rival

By BRYAN MURPHY Sports Editor

In the final regular season game of the 2018-19 season, the rivalry between the Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team and Yale was out in full force Saturday, March 2 in New Haven, with fights, kicks and multiple ejections.

Amidst the punches and penalties, Quinnipiac (25-7-2 overall, 14-6-2 ECAC Hockey) was able to come out on top 4-1, finishing the season tied with Cornell for the ECAC Hockey regular-season championship after Cornell tied Clarkson in its matchup Saturday night. Quinnipiac won the headto-head tiebreaker against Cornell (1-0-1) and now is the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament.

“It was awesome,” junior forward Nick Jermain said on finding out the team is No. 1. “We didn’t really know what was going on and then [associate head coach Bill] Riga was like ‘we got it.’ Everyone just freaked out and it was an awesome feeling, still being on the ice and being able to celebrate with everyone.”

The first frame saw Quinnipiac jump out to a hot start. Freshman forward Ethan de Jong opened the scoring with a wrist shot that beat Yale (13-13-3 overall, 11-10-1 ECAC Hockey) senior goaltender Sam Tucker over the glove for a 1-0 Quinnipiac lead. Quinnipiac held onto that lead into the first intermission.

For the second period...well there’s a lot. So buckle in folks and pay attention.

In the first minute and a half,

Jermain put the Bobcats up 2-0 after he banked a loose puck off the back of Tucker and into the net.

Around the midway point of the second, a scrum ensued in front of the Quinnipiac net. Senior defenseman Chase Priskie appeared to shove a player onto the ice and make a kicking motion to the neck/ chest area. Priskie was given a five-minute major for kicking and a disqualification.

“Before the decision [to give Priskie the disqualification] was made, [Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold] said whatever way it goes, we’ve just got to be ready to face it and tackle it,” Jermain said.

“Once we got out, a couple of guys stepped up in his spot, and I think the guys that did, they did well.”

Quinnipiac was able to kill the five-minute penalty and keep the shutout going. But before the end of the period, Quinnipiac tucked in two late goals thanks to freshman forward TJ Friedmann and Jermain, again.

Friedmann took a pass from sophomore forward Joe O’Connor and one-timed from the slot past Tucker. Then, Jermain slipped behind the Yale defense and went top shelf on the backhand over Tucker’s glove to push Quinnipiac’s lead to 4-0.

“I used to play with Sam back in the day, and he kind of knows that’s my move,” Jermain said. “I don’t know if he didn’t know it was me coming down, but he used to always stone me on it. Luckily I got him this time.”

In the third, more scraps and physicality occurred. Senior de-

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Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey gets a bye in the ECAC Hockey tournament and won’t play until the weekend of March 15. fenseman Luke Shiplo and Yale’s senior defenseman Anthony Walsh got into an altercation after Walsh ran into junior goaltender Andrew Shortridge. Each received a fiveminute major for fighting and a disqualification, as well.

Later on, another post-whistle engagement occurred between Quinnipiac junior defenseman Karlis Cukste and Yale sophomore forward Dante Palecco. Both were given a 10-minute misconduct and escorted off the ice.

As for scoring, Yale’s senior forward Ted Hart fired one off a faceoff past Shortridge to break the shutout, but that would be it for the final period and Quinnipiac took the win 4-1.

“That was playoff hockey right there,” senior forward Scott Davidson said of the game and its intensity. “It was chippy, it was emotional, everyone was invested and that’s how playoff hockey is going to be.”

Speaking of playoffs, you remember those disqualifications?

Well because of those, the team

may have to play the first game of the tournament, or more, without Priskie and Shiplo. According to the NCAA hockey rulebook, a disqualification rules that player out for the remainder of the game, and the next game as well.

Quinnipiac will have a couple weeks to regroup before playing in the quarterfinals on March 15 and 16, as it earned a bye and won’t have to compete in the opening round next weekend.

“It’s huge, we have a couple of guys who could use a week off,” Jermain said. “I mean we all can this time of year. It’s going to be a big advantage for us to be able to rest up, lick our wounds and then be ready to attack the rest of season.”

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Quinnipiac men’s basketball falls to Manhattan on Senior Day Bobcats will be No. 3 seed in MAAC Tournament this weekend

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Quinnipiac men’s basketball will play the winner of the Monmouth vs.

Niagara game for its first playoff game.

By PETER DEWEY Opinion Editor

The Quinnipiac men’s basketball team was unable to finish the 201819 regular season on a high note, as it fell to Manhattan, 62-58 on Sunday, March 3 at the People’s United Center.

The loss not only spoiled the Bobcats’ Senior Day, where guards Andrew and Aaron Robinson as well as forward Abdulai Bundu were honored, but it also cost the Bobcats a share of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) regular season title.

“We’ve got to learn from today,” Bundu said. “Today has to be what drives us throughout that whole tournament cause at that point it’s life or death. There’s a lot of stuff we’ve got to work on to make it further in the tournament.”

With a win, the Bobcats would

have been named co-champions with Iona and would have held the two seed in next weekend’s MAAC Tournament. Instead they find themselves in a four-way tie with Canisius, Rider and Siena for second place, and with the way the tiebreakers work out, the Bobcats will be No. 3 seed in the MAAC Tournament.

“Disappointing day for us,” Quinnipiac head coach Baker Dunleavy said. “We’ve been playing good basketball on the road, with two straight roads wins and I feel really good about where we are.

“I think the biggest takeaway is, the last game of the season, Manhattan really came in here and set the tone. The game was played at their pace and on their terms.”

The Bobcats struggled shooting the ball in this one going just 30.8 percent from the field and 32.3 per-

cent from 3-point range.

Despite that, the Bobcats still had a shot to at least force overtime in this one. After a 13-4 run in the closing minutes that put the Jaspers ahead 61-58, senior guard Samson Usilo missed a pair of free throws, giving the Bobcats the ball back with 10.8 seconds remaining in regulation.

However, sophomore guard Rich Kelly (17 points) was blocked on a layup with just under five seconds remaining, ending the Bobcats hope at a comeback.

“If we had a quick two we could’ve taken a quick two, but that late we probably would have wanted a three,” Dunleavy said. “[Manhattan] took away the initial option and [Kelly] drove the ball. The best thing probably would have been to drive and kick but he took what was in front of him.”

Kelly led the Bobcats in scoring on an afternoon that saw Manhattan’s zone defense double-teaming and locking in on graduate student guard Cam Young (16 points) just about every time he touched the ball.

Dunleavy said that they need to move Young around more and continue to get him coming off screens in order to get him more open looks.

Manhattan had a balanced attack as three players scored in double figures, led by junior forward Tyler

Reynolds (12 points) and freshman forward Warren Williams (11 points).

“We struggled to throw off their timing in terms of their passes and their positioning in the paint,” Dunleavy said. “Give [Manhattan] credit for establishing their game [on those post ups].”

The Bobcats will play the winner of the Monmouth/Niagara matchup next Saturday at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York.

After making it to the semifinals of the tournament last season, the Bobcats will look to improve upon that finish and hopefully find themselves playing deeper into the postseason.

“I think [playing] 40 minutes like always,” Dunleavy said of the team’s biggest takeaway from the loss heading into the MAAC Tournament. “I thought we didn’t have a great start to the game and I think at times we did a great job responding and making runs, but if that’s how you play you fall one run short you can lose a game. So just consistent effort and tightening up some of the details especially on the defensive end.”

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Clockwise from top left: Quinnipiac women’s basketball senior guard Edel Thornton dribbles up the court in the team’s Thursday night game against Manhattan; senior guard Aryn McClure tries to find an open teammate; junior forward Paige Warfel handles the ball; senior guard Brittany Martin goes for a layup.

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The Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team captured the No. 1 seed in the ECAC Hockey playoffs after its 4-1 win over rival Yale.

Quinnipiac men’s lacrosse freshman goalkeeper Nick DiMuccio ranks fourth in the nation in saves per game with an average of 15.25.

Quinnipiac women’s basketball senior guard Brittany Martin scored a career-high 20 points in a 17-point win over Manhattan College.

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Quinnipiac men’s lacrosse sophomore attack Jake Tomsik had eight goals against NJIT. Last year, Tomsik had 27 goals on the season but is on pace to shatter that with 14 goals through the first four games.

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Quinnipiac men’s basketball unable to secure a share of MAAC regular season title

By LOGAN REARDON Web Director

Oh, what could’ve been.

It was all set. Quinnipiac men’s basketball entered Sunday needing one win. One win, over middling Manhattan (7-10 in the MAAC entering the game), would’ve given the Bobcats (11-6 in the MAAC entering the game) a share of the MAAC regular season title.

As you could’ve guessed by now, that did not happen.

Quinnipiac couldn’t get anything going offensively and lost, 62-58. The 58 points were tied for the third-lowest scoring output of the season for the Bobcats, and the lowest since a 58-50 win over Maine on Nov. 25.

“We’ve been playing good basketball on the road – we had two straight road wins and feel good about where we are,” Quinnipiac head coach Baker Dunleavy said after the game. “Really impressed with the way Manhattan came in and set the tone. The game was played at their pace and on their terms.”

Despite a tough loss to end a promising regular season, the Bobcats can’t afford to obsess over it.

“Any experience you get, you have to grow and learn from,” Dunleavy said. “It’s always more fun to learn from a win, but sometimes you’re more motivated by the tough feeling you get in your gut in a loss.”

Overall, the regular season was a success.

Quinnipiac finished 16-13 (11-7 MAAC) and ended up in a four-way tie for second in the standings, but will be seeded third in the MAAC Tournament based on tiebreakers. The MAAC Preseason Coaches’ Poll had the Bobcats finishing tied for third, so it’s safe to say

the season went as planned (on paper, at least).

Losing out on getting that No. 2 seed is a big blow for the tournament, though. The top five seeds get a bye, but the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds have the scheduling advantage. The top two seeds play their first game on Friday, then play Sunday if they win and then again on Monday in the title game. Seeds three through five don’t start playing until Saturday, but then still have to play Sunday and Monday if they can keep winning. Playing three days in a row is a grind.

Still, the thought of playing three games in three days doesn’t phase the Bobcats.

“I’ve approached (Albany) the same way every year,” senior forward Abdulai Bundu said. “I always pride myself on being a consistent player, just knowing my role and leading guys. “... We just have to learn from today. Today has to drive us through the tournament, because at that point it’s life or death.”

The Bobcats didn’t play on back-to-back nights at all this season, as is the norm in college basketball. Including Sunday’s loss, they finished 3-3 on the year in games with only one day of rest between games.

“One day’s preparation, (I) probably didn’t do a good enough job getting ourselves ready,” Dunleavy said after the loss Sunday. “But, I thought our guys battled – like always.”

The Bobcats are always going to battle – they have the right guys for that. Between Bundu, junior forward Kevin Marfo, freshman guard Tyrese Williams and sophomore guard Rich Kelly, they have plenty of players who are always going to battle and know their roles.

All those names are fine, but in the end, Quinnipiac’s fate is tied to one man – Cam Young.

Young is going to determine how this

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Quinnipiac men’s basketball coach Baker Dunleavy concluded his second regular season with a 11-7 MAAC regular season record, an improvement from last year’s 7-11 record.

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Freshman guard Tyree Pickron has registered seven and six points respetively in his last two games. weekend goes for the Bobcats.

For Young, it’s about efficiency. Since scoring a 2018-19 NCAA record 55 points on 15-for-24 shooting against Siena on Feb. 17, Young has gone uncharacteristically cold. The graduate student guard has shot under 50 percent in three of Quinnipiac’s final four games, with the Bobcats going 2-2 over that stretch.

In the 12 games before the Siena explosion, Young shot 50 percent or higher 10 times.

Understandably, teams have been defending him differently in these final four games.

Young has seen lots of double-teams and evolving looks between man and zone. Manhattan went zone for most of the game and generally sent two defenders at Young whenever he caught the ball. The plan worked, as he was limited to 16 points (3-for-12 shooting), his lowest total since Jan. 3.

“We try to flash him in the middle (of the zone) and run him off some screens,” Dunleavy said when asked what Quinnipiac can do to get Young easy looks when facing zone defenses.

If Young can get back to his pre-Siena form, the Bobcats will be in great shape.

Outside of just Young, Quinnipiac getting good shots as a team is a key to victory in Albany. The Bobcats are 3-10 in games where they shoot below 40 from the field and 7-11 when they shoot below 40 percent from 3-point range.

It sounds simple. Make shots and you win more. Duh. But the quality of shots is what usually determines those percentages.

Shifting gears, the bench is going to need to show up in Albany, especially if the Bobcats hope to get to that second and third game.

Depth is tested as the starters wear down, and that’ll be truer than ever when they are playing on consecutive nights.

The bench has been noticeably absent for much of the year, but that might be changing down the stretch. In the first 16 games of MAAC play, Quinnipiac’s bench averaged just 8.4 points per game (PPG) as a unit. The Bobcats bench has scored 15 in each of the last two games, though.

The difference? Quinnipiac freshman guard Tyree Pickron.

“Tyree Pickron’s been doing a great job,” Dunleavy said. “He’s really been coming along.

Dedicating more minutes for him is just kind of a feel thing, but I thought he did a great job.”

Pickron played over 11 minutes just once in those first 16 games of MAAC play, but has played 18 in each of the last two. He had modest games of six and seven points, but that’s solid production from a bench that’s been ice cold.

Just watching the team, it is clear Pickron is a key locker room personality. He’s always quick to support his teammates and lift them up.

While Pickron stands out as one of those guys, the whole team has been that way all season.

“Everybody has a positive attitude,” Bundu said when asked what separates this team. “We’ve messed up a lot of times and guys are just like ‘Come on, let’s keep it together.’ We’ll text each other individually, randomly, and send a long paragraph explaining the possibilities of what we can do or how much we love (each other). It’s just what we do – we stay together.”