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TITLE WAVE

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UP IN

THE AIR Should acrobatics & tumbling be considered an NCAA varsity sport?

That’s the question everyone is asking.

Read more on page 5.

University looks to women’s golf, rugby for Title IX compliance

Twenty-one days after U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill ruled competitive cheer would not count as a varsity sport, putting Quinnipiac University in the national spotlight on July 21, the University announced By Lenny Neslin its plans to add women’s golf this year and Managing Editor women’s rugby next year to ensure compliance with Title IX. “Adding women’s rugby and golf makes sense for the University’s athletics program,” Director of Athletics & Recreation Jack McDonald said. “Women’s rugby is a sport the University has been considering for several years now. Women’s rugby, which is an emerging NCAA sport, provides the University with additional opportunities to compete with several other outstanding institutions with excellent academic reputations. As for women’s golf, it is an established sport in the Northeast Conference.”

McDonald expects the women’s golf team to participate in the Northeast Conference Tournament this spring. The athletics department issued school-wide e-mails Sunday to alert students of information sessions for women’s golf and rugby Sept. 22, starting at 4 p.m. in the Athletics & Recreation Conference Room on the second floor of the Recreation Center.

The University will also continue its commitment to acrobatics & tumbling (formerly known as competitive cheer, then briefly stunts & tumbling), and volleyball as varsity sports, Vice President of Public Affairs Lynn Bushnell said in a statement.

Underhill issued a 95-page ruling that ordered Quinnipiac to keep its volleyball team and create a plan to come to compliance with Title IX, which forces universities to provide equal opportunities in all educational programs and activities for the underrepresented sex.

“Extra-curricular and curricular activities are included,” Dr. Donna Lopiano, an expert on Title IX, said in a phone interview.

A common misunderstanding of Title IX is that it was not just meant for equaling opportunities in athletics when it was first instituted in 1972. Title IX has always included equal opportunity

Vanessa stier / Chronicle

After elimination from the University in March 2009, the volleyball team won its Title IX lawsuit to remain a part of Quinnipiac for at least the next two seasons. requirements in athletics, said Lopiano, president and founder of Sports Management Resources.

Men’s golf and men’s outdoor track were varsity sports at Quinnipiac until March 2009, when they were cut due to budgetary reasons.

“I think most institutions were facing budgetary challenges,” Lopiano said. “The question is, if you are not in compliance with Title IX, how do you come into compliance? You can come into compliance by cutting activities for men, which wouldn’t be my choice as an athletic director.”

Lopiano suggested implementing a tiered athletic program, where a university keeps all of its sports but treats various TITLE IX, continued on page 4

York Hill starting to earn college feel

Students get familiar with Rocky Top additions

By Phil Nobile & Marcus Harun

Zach Abrams / Chronicle

A view from York Hill shows off the lodge-style look of the Rocky Top Student Center.

Seniors and juniors living at the York Hill campus arrived this fall to find the completed Rocky Top Student Center, or “The Lodge,” finally filling a gap in the York Hill community.

The student center, which officially opened Sept. 3, features a 500-seat dining hall, a new fitness center with an array of modern equipment, multiple dance and spinning studios, study lounges, offices, a post office, and many other

amenities previously unavailable directly to York Hill inhabitants.

This is a change for the new residents, after prior tenants were forced to travel to the Mount Carmel campus to receive benefits like a post office and food services.

“I spoke to kids last year, and they felt detached,” junior Dominic Adams, a York Hill resident, said.

“They felt they weren’t a part of the real Quinnipiac community. It’s more complete now.”

The dining hall boasts a variety of eating stations, in an attempt ROCKY TOP, continued on page 6

NEWS The Chronicle

September 15, 2010

HALL WARS 2010

CAMPUS

BRIEFS Your weekly dose of Quinnipiac news in brief

HEY, WAKE UP:

Three fire alarms sounded in the York Hill Crescent dorm, waking irritated students in the early hours of the weekend. Two occurred Friday morning between 8:30 and 9:30 am. One occurred early Sunday morning at approximately 3:30 a.m.

Vanessa Stier / Chronicle

In the fifth annual Hall Wars event, freshman dorms took to the Quad in hopes of victory. The winners, shown above, were the Suites.

WONG WAY:

Former Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey forward Brandon Wong signed his second professional contract. The Hartford Wolfpack (AHL), top affiliate of the New York Rangers (NHL), announced the signing on Monday. Wong and the Wolfpack will visit the TD Bank Sports Center on Oct. 1 when they take on the Bridgeport Sound Tigers for an exhibition game.

THE VOTES ARE IN:

The 2010 Center for Excellence Teaching Award honored Professors Robert Smart, Rebecca Abbot and Jeffrey Meyer for their exceeding excellence in the classroom and Cherie Finoia, James Moniello and Tami Reilly received the Center for Student Service Award.

DON’T SWEAT IT:

Over the summer, Quinnipiac came out victorious in their fight against Hamden collecting property taxes on automobiles registered to out-of-state student drivers.

Suites victorious in 2010 ‘Wars’

By Glenn Taylor & Christy Hoover

The Suites came out triumphant in Sigma Phi Epsilon’s fifth annual Hall Wars held on the Quad.

The event served as a friendly competition between students of the freshman residence halls that would grant one of four groups (Suites, Ledges, Irma/Dana, and Commons) class bragging rights. The Suites, comprised of students living in the Larson, Perlroth, and Troupe residence halls, captured their first Hall Wars crown on Saturday in only the second year they were eligible for the title.

The Hall Wars contests, which lasted from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., included soccer, jousting, “hot shots” basketball, volleyball, a cornhole toss

tournament, kickball, dodgeball, and tug-of-war. A relay race between teams representing each residence hall capped off the day. The relay included a potato sack race, a dizzy bat twirl, wheelbarrow racing, sprinting, a pie-eating contest, and a three-legged race. A Ledges team won the relay race, but it was not enough to secure victory.

To start off the event, a moment of silence was held in remembrance of the Sept. 11 attacks which occurred nine years ago.

Approximately 750 students participated in the day’s activities.

The Hall Wars experience was an effective outlet to get freshmen involved as early as possible, and it even surpassed the expectations that some students may have had.

“I doubted it at first, I thought

this is going to be stupid, but I like it so far,” Ledges freshman Emma Leary said. “I’m not much of a soccer or basketball player, but I know I’m going to love volleyball. Playing soccer was fun because of the people that you’re with.”

The contests were also a means for students living on different floors or in different dorms to meet new people.

“It’s a great time, I love it,” Irma freshman John Varriano said.

“I’m so happy I came here, I feel like I can connect with everyone.

Everyone here is so nice and welcoming.”

In addition to the athletic activities, a barbecue was held at noon in an effort to raise money for YouthAIDS, an educational program dedicated to stopping the

Event Calendar Today platanos and collard greens

Thursday first amendment free food festival

TOP MARKS:

buckman theater, 6:30 p.m.

Sponsored by the Latino Cultural Society and Black Student Union A play that describes the challenges that the Hispanic and African-American cultures face, the conflicts they have with one another, and how they overcome them.

tator hall lawn, 12-2 p.m.

In honor of Constitution Day, students who are willing to give up their First Amendment rights will be allowed to have a free lunch. Learn how lucky we are to have the First Amendment and how our lives would be affected if we did not.

TODAY IN HISTORY:

Nicaragua spring break trip information session

Nicaragua spring break trip information session

Quinnipiac made Parade Magazine’s “A-List” as one of the top colleges to study health sciences.

1608 - The Mayflower departs from Plymouth, England with 102 pilgrims.

1982 - First issue of USA Today published by Gannett Co. Inc.

spread of the HIV/AIDS virus.

Raffle tickets were sold throughout the week, allowing students to donate $5 to $10 to the organization.

Donating students were given the opportunity to win prizes including iTunes gift cards, doughnuts from Whitney Donut and Sandwich Shop, subs from Ray and Mike’s Deli, and purses.

The Student Programming Board (SPB) provided free cotton candy and popcorn during the event.

“It’s a great way to donate to charity, but at the same time it’s also a great way for us to get the freshmen involved,” Hall Wars chairman Adam Horgan said. “It’s also an excellent way to show how well the organizations on this campus work together. ”

buckman theater, 9:30 p.m.

Students who want to go on the trip must attend one of the sessions.

buckman theater, 9:30 p.m.

Students who want to go on the trip must go attend one of the sessions.

Friday university closed yom kippur

yom kippur dinner

hillel house, 5 p.m.

Quinnipiac Hillel invites students to a dinner at the Hillel house (560 New Rd).

Dinners are free and dress is casual.

get him to the greek buckman theater, 8 p.m.

Sponsored by SPB Come see this hilarious comedy featuring Jonah Hill and Russell Brand.

MINI-GOLF

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Need a break from campus? Join QUAD for some late-night mini-golf!

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September 15, 2010

NINE YEARS LATER

Community remembers 9/11 victims A crowd of about 100 students gathered at the steps of the Arnold Bernhard Library on Saturday to honor the victims of Sept. 11.

By C.J. Ferdenzi “We were & Natalie Taylor faced with great devastation and loss, but tonight we will remember each fallen hero,” QU Student Republicans member Caitlin Faford said. “We will continue to stand strong as Americans and as a Quinnipiac community.”

The solemn assembly observed a moment of silence with bowed heads. QU Republicans President Janelle Armentano broke the silence, tolling a bell nine times for each year since the attacks.

Melissa Blackfield opened the ceremony with a moving rendition of “God Bless America,” and Professor Greg Garvey performed a self-written musical piece on the

piano entitled “Rememberance.”

Campus chaplain Father Hugh Vincent Dyer also led a prayer.

“Give rest to those whose lives were taken on that morning which we here remember,” Dyer said. “Comfort their loved ones [and] dispel hatred from the hearts of all who seek it.”

Senior Lawrence Bremer read Jack Foshee Jr.’s poem, “Nation of Survivors,” famously written the day after September 11. Meanwhile, Hillel president and Class of 2011 Representative Ben Wald read the “Gates of Awe: Holy Day Prayers for Very Young Children,” in reference to the Jewish period of atonement between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

“To an unjust world may we stand firm as we pray for peace, for our families and for our country,” Wald said.

Volunteers placed 2,977 flags on the Quad, one for every life lost on Sept. 11.

Vanessa Stier / Chronicle

Students and faculty gathered on Saturday to honor the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

One compromised in latest phishing scam

By Meghan Parmentier Associate News Editor There have been 37 successful phishing attacks in the past year sent to Quinnipiac University e-mail addresses to con users for information or identity theft reasons. The most recent attack occurred over Labor Day weekend. At least one account, a professor’s, is known to have been compromised.

Director of Network Operations and Information Security Brian Kelly was notified of the attack late Sunday, Sept. 5, and has since determined it as a spear-phishing attack-a type of e-mail fraud which specifically targets an organization.

“From a security standpoint, it’s clear these people took time to research and put thought behind it,” Kelly said.

This particular attack was sent with the subject line “Dear Quinnipiac University Webmail User,” and even though the sending e-mail address was from an att.net server, the sender was identified in the “From” line as Quinnipiac University. The address for Quinnipiac’s Mount Carmel campus was included on the bottom of the e-mail, along with a working URL which if clicked, opened a user login screen for Microsoft Outlook. The exact message that appeared in Quinnipiac inboxes is now posted on MyQ’s Phishing Aquarium, a site dedicated to helping the Quinnipiac community determine if an e-mail is “phish or legit.”

“No matter how legitimate the e-mail looks or how well written the message is,

even if you know the source, even if it’s your mother, the message I’d like to get out is you should never send your ID and password,” Kelly said. “You should always be suspicious.

Every day there is someone out there trying to scam the world.”

AOL was the Internet Service Provider (ISP) which notified Quinnipiac of the most recent attack.

According to Kelly, he gets a message from an ISP notifying him their customers are receiving spam from the Quinnipiac ISP. “AOL and Gmail are really good at sending a lot of information with even the original spamming message,” Kelly said.

Because the professor’s account was compromised on Sunday, by Monday Quinnipiac addresses were already on a “blacklist” for AOL. Blacklisting is when legitimate emails get blocked as a result of these attacks.

“When this happens, when credentials are compromised, QU in effect becomes a spammer. Our addresses then get blocked because the fight against spam is global,” Kelly said.

The Help Desk received calls from students early in the week that their e-mails were coming back from servers such as AOL. “It’s a direct impact on the community,” Kelly said. “Even though you didn’t respond you might be impacted because you can’t send out e-mails.”

Quinnipiac remains on such a blacklist until they take action by determining the owner of the @quinnipiac.edu address and disable it to conduct preventive maintenance.

Though the number of accounts that

received the latest phishing e-mail is not yet available, according to Kelly, the spammers generally reach “a good portion,” meaning a couple thousand Quinnipiac users.

According to Kelly, a university such as Quinnipiac is targeted for reasons that are two-fold. First, the spammers can log in with the compromised account and send spam to even more accounts across the world. Second, students have access to expensive databases for which Quinnipiac pays annual fees. To those who do not have such access, it becomes highly coveted.

As soon as Kelly and his team of information security officers know about the attacks, blocks are put in place to stop people from responding. They block anything going back out of the enterprise with the specific subject line that came in as a phish.

“We try to block responses but we can only block what we know about,” Kelly said.

“There is some lag time between detection of the attack and trying to stop it.”

To decrease that time, they are experimenting to get better at internal detecting of phishing attacks by examining how many emails the average Quinnipiac student sends per minute, and per day. When accounts are compromised, the spammers log into the account immediately and start sending a couple thousand e-mails out in a few minutes.

“There is some legwork until we understand this,” Kelly said, “but the hope is to limit the damage of other places blocking us.”

Another of his initiatives is to remove Quinnipiac e-mail addresses from the public

Quinnipiac website’s directory. Student, faculty and staff e-mail addresses are available on this site to anyone who searches for them.

“I’d just like to see if students really use it, if its useful,” Kelly said. “If not, their removal may cut down on student attacks that receive messages and cut down on the opportunities to respond to one.”

For Quinnipiac, last October and July were the months the most phishing attacks occurred. While most months see fewer than two attacks, July and October both reached at least 10. There were also increases in attacks on long weekends, and at the beginning and end of semesters.

“The bad guys are putting thought into understanding patterns of the academic year,” Kelly said. “The better the spam e-mails are written, the more successful the attack is.

People are busy. They notice it’s from Quinnipiac, and the better written it is, the higher probability there is that people will answer.”

October is National Cyber Security Month. Kelly is planning events on campus to raise awareness for what the Quinnipiac community can do to detect future phishing attacks even earlier.

“Trying to get people to look at an email and detect good from bad is a losing battle,” Kelly said.

To fight this, he will be highlighting a lot of material from staysafeonline.org, a resource website committed to cyber security.

“Think about your day and how many sites you log into only protected by user names and passwords,” Kelly said.

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September 15, 2010

Above, a chart from the College Sports Council shows the increase in women’s sports and decrease in men’s sports from 1981 to 2005.

Amanda Shulman / Chronicle

Despite being denied NCAA varsity status, Quinnipiac plans to continue building the acrobatics and tumbling program.

TITLE IX: Budget questions enter equality debate

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sports differently, not discriminating based on sex or treatment.

“There are lots of schools that have added women’s teams and prong their various sports into two or three tiers and have been able to keep all the men’s opportunities.”

Ryerson Stinson, a senior and former member of the men’s golf team for two seasons, said Associate Athletic Director & Senior Women Administrator Tracey Flynn was in the locker room, along with his teammates

and head coach John O’Connor, when McDonald announced the golf team was going to be cut in 2009.

“There was never a single mention of Title IX,” Stinson said. “They wrote the whole thing off as budget. Frankly, I don’t believe that anymore.”

Stinson told the Chronicle, unsolicited, he met with McDonald Thursday and said he still wouldn’t reveal how much it cost the school to fund men’s golf. However, University athletic department information, including

each sport’s revenues and expenses during the 2008-09 season, is available to the public via the U.S. Department of Education.

Quinnipiac’s athletic department information for the 2009-10 season will become available to the public Oct. 15 when the Department of Education posts the data to its website.

In its final season, the men’s golf team cost the University $58,095, or $7,262 per athlete, which was the fourth lowest total of any varsity sport. Men’s tennis was the cheapest of all teams at $39,269, then women’s ten-

nis at $49,182, and finally all the men’s track teams combined at $57,993. The Department of Education does not offer each track team’s budget separately.

“Undoubtedly, women’s rights is still an issue around the world. That would be naïve to say otherwise,” Stinson said. “In the United States, the focus has to be shifted away from athletics. If they are to revise [Title IX], it has to go back to its true values because clearly the losses here are starting to pile up on one side more than the other.”

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September 15, 2010

Cheer controversy fuels Title IX debate

By Matt Ciepielowski Senior Managing Editor

It’s official, cheerleading is not sport. At least that was the decision of U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill, who also ruled that Quinnipiac violated Title IX by failing to provide equal opportunities for athletic participation for women. The suit was brought by the volleyball team, after the school tried to drop the sport and replace it with competitive cheer.

Leo Kocher, president of the

Should schools have to have the same percentage of male and female athletes as there are male and female students on campus? Or should other factors be taken into account, such as lower interest in sports among women?

“Title IX was meant to prevent discrimination, which is a laudable goal, but the Department of Education yielded to lobbying from special interests to turn it into a quota law,” Kocher said. “Quotas are a blunt, destructive instrument.”

The biggest development in

Joe Biden said “what we’re doing here today will better ensure equal opportunity in athletics, and allow women to realize their potential - so this nation can realize its potential.”

The move was immediately praised by the NCAA. “The decision by the Office of Civil Rights is a positive step for women who want to participate in college athletics,” NCAA Interim President Jim Isch said. “Nearly 200,000 female student-athletes currently compete at NCAA institutions across all three divisions, and while progress toward equity has been made, it has not been fully realized.”

Where does all this leave Quinnipiac? On the wrong Leo Kocher side of Title IX President, College Sports Council compliance, according to Judge Underhill. recent Title IX history has been the “I conclude, as a matter of Model Survey, which was unveiled law, that Quinnipiac discriminated in 2005. The survey was designed on the basis of sex during to gauge students’ interest in sports, the 2009-10 academic year by so it gave schools another way to failing to provide equal athletic parachieve Title IX compliance be- ticipation opportunities for womsides proportional representation. en,” Underhill’s decision read. “SpeIt was developed in response to cifically, I hold that the University’s complaints that Title IX was now competitive cheerleading team does discriminating against male athletes. not qualify as a varsity sport for the The survey never sat well with purposes of Title IX and, therefore, some, including the National Col- its members may not be counted as legiate Athletic Association, and on athletic participants under the statApril 20, 2010, the Obama admin- ute. Competitive cheer may, someistration essentially scrapped it. At time in the future, qualify as a sport the press conference announcing under Title IX; today, however, the the policy change, Vice President activity is still too underdeveloped

“Title IX was meant to prevent discrimination, which is a laudable goal, but the Department of Education yielded to lobbying from special interests to turn it into a quota law.”

College Sports Council, disagreed with the ruling.

“I have seen competitive cheer competitions,” he said. “I was impressed with their athleticism and intensity. I think it’s bizarre that some federal judge can pronounce it’s not a sport. It’s unfair to these young ladies who work very hard.”

This ruling is just the latest in a long line of battles over the interpretation of Title IX. The law was passed in 1972, and originally made no mention of sports whatsoever.

There have been many changes back and forth since then, but the main argument has stayed the same:

and disorganized to be treated as offering genuine varsity athletic participation opportunities for students.”

Since the trial, the national governing body for competitive cheer has voted to change the sport’s name to stunts and tumbling, in an attempt to help it become recognized as a varsity sport. John Blake, executive director of the National Collegiate Stunts and Tumbling Association, said “we are excited to announce the name Stunts & Tumbling as yet another sign of the evolution and development of the NCSTA. As Stunts & Tumbling continues to grow, we look forward to providing even more varsity intercollegiate opportunities for female student-athletes.”

Title IX expert Donna Lopiano testified during the trial on behalf of the volleyball team. She told the Chronicle, “I think at a point in the future stunts and tumbling has a prospect of being a sport. But it has to have established rules, a governing body, there has to be enough schools that are playing it to enable schools to have qualified competitive seasons, and there are so many criteria that have to be met.”

Lynn Bushnell, vice president for public affairs, released an official statement from the school regarding Quinnipiac’s plans moving forward.

“Specifically, Quinnipiac will add a new women’s golf team beginning with the 2010-11 academic year,” she said. “A new women’s rugby program will be added beginning with the 2011-12 academic

year... The University also is continuing its commitment to stunts and tumbling, formerly competitive cheer, as a varsity sport. Finally, the University will continue its women’s volleyball program for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 academic years.”

Kocher plans to continue his fight against the current interpretation of Title IX. “One of the results of the proportional standard is coaches being told to shrink squads,” he said.

“It devastates the players cut, and it benefits no one. These are walk-ons who cost the school almost nothing, and they are being denied the opportunity to participate.”

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights released a report on Title IX this past April. Their conclusions support much of what Koch and other Title IX critics have been saying for years.

“The survey is preferable because relying on proportional representation may result in unnecessary reduction of men’s athletic opportunities,” the report reads. The commission also said that protections for both sexes should be written into Title IX, not just the underrepresented sex.

Kocher thinks that at this point, it’s pretty much settled that proportional representation unnecessarily harms men’s athletics. But then why is there so much support for it?

According to Kocher, “this is just bureaucrats looking for something to do, looking to justify their jobs.”

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ROCKY TOP: Gym, caf receive solid reviews continued from cover

to create an alternative option for York Hill residents, instead of either self-cooked food or trekking to Mount Carmel’s café. The fitness center also gives the mountain-top residents different choices for staying in shape rather than riding the 15-minute shuttle down to the main campus.

“I like the food more here; they have as many options as down on the main campus,” Casey Hebding, another junior resident, said. “The gym is smaller, but the machines are really nice. It is more updated.”

The café and gym aren’t the only new additions that students have found useful.

“For me, the new offices are a lot better,” Student Programming Board Travel Chairman Cassandra Oliver said.

“We had a problem with storage at Mount Carmel, and there is a whole lot of storage now. It’s much more corporate looking.”

The aesthetics of the new center are a big draw, providing a different vibe compared to anything else at Quinnipiac.

“I think it looks really awesome,” Hebding said. “The design of it, it’s really comfy looking.”

Inspired by the Rocky Top Lodge, which was located on this site at the beginning of the 19th century, the center contains various mountain-esque visuals, including a large fireplace, winding grand staircase, and log cabin-like walls, giving off the feel of a ski lodge.

“It’s an escape,” junior resident Anna Marie Brown said.

Not everyone feels the same about the center on the $300 million York Hill campus.

“I feel like we built this whole thing and it’s empty,” junior resident Melissa Wong said. “The [Mount Carmel] café is awesome, but here, because we don’t have the entire meal plan, not a lot of people like to come.”

The center isn’t fully open as of now, but students across all three of Quinnipiac’s campuses are welcome to eat, study, and relax by the fireplace at the Rocky Top.

September 15, 2010

New classroom gig pays off Learning Center creates “peer catalyst” position

By Amy Maciejowski Staff Writer A cup of coffee doesn’t always have to be just a cup of coffee.

In some instances, a meeting with coffee involved can result in an entirely new experience for the Quinnipiac community. When Professor Mark Hoffman sat down for coffee with Andrew Delohery, director of the Learning Center, what was once Hoffman’s “brainchild” soon became the Peer Catalyst Program.

A peer catalyst (PC) is a student who has previously taken a professor’s course and is invited back to be a mentor as an ongoing source of information and help for the class. Thus far, this program is held exclusively within the QU seminars, and it has not been decided if the program will venture out into other areas.

“We are working in a program that is very important to the core curriculum, the QU series, and we think we know what we are doing,” Delohery said. “But it’s just like anything: there is a sender and a receiver of the message. We are trying to figure out how many places we can put some type of quality control to figure out if what we believe we are sending, is actually being received on the part of the student.”

From the onset of this program last year, there has been an increase in the involvement. The sections of QU 101 with a PC in the class has increased from three last fall to a total of five this semester.

The main idea behind this program is that “first year students get to know one of their academic peers, preferably a second year student, as an exemplar of social intelligence and intellectual focus,” QU 101 Seminar Coordinator Timothy Dansdill said. “If this Peer does not ‘catalyze’ (help them ignite a lasting passion for making new knowledge), then the failure will not be in the PC, but in a given student’s ignorance of their own ability to be their own agent of change.”

After one more year of an experimental method, Hoffman hopes that the program will be fully evolved.

While regulations are still being discussed, the PC is expected to attend a majority of the classes, and duties within that class period are determined at the professor’s discretion. They also have to fill out weekly reports, and attend meetings where all professors and PC’s discuss their experiences up to date.

“I let the PC decide how they have wanted to use their own skills and knowledge to enhance the course,” Professer Aileen Dever, a two-year

participant in the Peer Catalyst Program, said. “They have free reign in that sense, but with the overarching idea that we are really trying to reinforce reading, speaking, and writing, but also opening students’ minds, giving them different perspectives, different ideas to consider so that they walk out of class talking about these ideas.”

In order to become a full-fledged Peer Catalyst, the selected individual must go through a day long training session, much like adjunct faculty training, to become equipped with what is expected of them.

The individuals who serve as Peer Catalysts are paid through the Learning Center. However, the Office of Academic Affairs funds the collective experiment.

This program is unlike a Teacher’s Assistant program, and should not be considered one. Nonetheless, Peer Catalysts are trained to step in and take over the class if the professor is unavailable.

“A lot of freshman can have a hard time to adopt to that kind of thinking because it is hard to think intellectually,” sophomore PC Rebecca Muller said. “It is not stressed in our culture today. The PC is the middle intermediator and can understand both sides.”

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September 15, 2010

Security pushes ‘virtual escort’

By Meghan Parmentier & Jenn Lepore Rave Guardian, a service piloted last spring, has gone live as of this semester, providing all members of the campus community with a direct line to security assistance in a moment’s notice.

The service is currently optional and has two features: the virtual campus escort and the panic security call.

The escort piece includes a number to call that connects to a timer. With this, the user would estimate how long they would be travelling from their point of departure to their point of destination. It also prompts input of additional information such as what the user is wearing, height, weight and medical history. The panic security call is a one button dial pre-programmed by the user to connect directly with a security dispatcher on campus.

John Twining, previously the chief of security, was promoted to the new position of director of emergency management last June in addition to serving as the deputy chief of security.

As director of emergency management, Twining has revamped Quinnipiac’s Crisis Management team and response procedures.

Twining and Jim Trella, director of information technology at Quinnipiac for 12 years, brought the Rave Guardian application to campus.

“It’s an electronic escort in your pocket, like having a blue light in your pocket,” Trella said.

The security dispatcher has a computer screen with Rave Guardian on it. When the timer is used, the current number of people using the service will increase on the screen.

There is a three minute warning until the timer expires, and another warning at one minute. If the timer has not yet been deactivated, the user will receive a text message reminding them to cancel the connection if they have reached their destination.

“If you set a timer and you’re on your way back to wherever you were going and suddenly you decide I need help right now, push your panic button,” Twining said. The panic button will override your timer and send in an alarm right away.”

When the panic button is dialed or the timer times out, an alarm goes to the dispatcher board. The picture and message provided by the user pops up and it becomes an active case. Once a case becomes active, the information the user gave to security during registration becomes available on the screen.

The dispatchers are trained to first contact the user to ensure they did not simply forget they were signed into the program. If there is no answer or it goes to voicemail, the response efforts are increased.

“We’d rather check twice and be certain there wasn’t anything wrong,” Twining said.

“If someone else answers the phone, we’ll ask questions only you know the answer to, like what’s your pin? If they don’t know we’ll ramp our response even higher.”

If the phone has a GPS device installed, it also gives the dispatcher precise informa-

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tion of where the user is and has gone. A GPS device is not necessary for installation of the program, but it is beneficial.

“It’ll work anywhere you can get cell phone service. Obviously we can’t do anything if it’s out of our jurisdiction, but we will do all we possibly can do,” Twining said.

“Some buildings it doesn’t work all the time in, and altitude-wise it won’t tell us where you are. In the Crescent with eight stories, you could be anywhere from the bottom to the top floor, but we’re going to have a pretty good idea of where you are.”

The Rave Guardian program was developed by Rave Wireless, and is something Twining and Trella thought would be valuable to the student body. The program is a service provided by the university, free to the students, and can be used countless times in a day.

“That product is so robust and trustworthy, we haven’t had to do anything with it since then,” Trella said.

Since then, they have introduced the program to the University of Connecticut and Connecticut College and both have adopted use of the program on their campuses.

In winter of 2009, Quinnipiac’s security department partnered with the Information Technology department to bring this new application to campus. Rave Guardian was piloted in spring of 2010 with a small group of 40 random members. Happy with the results, Twining and Trella decided to implement the program in the following semester.

“The comments people listed were mostly big brother’s watching again, but that was about the only negative we saw,” Twining said. “We don’t care what you’re doing as long as you’re safe.”

Freshman Stephen Kuchinski has heard of the program and believes it could be useful for students unsure of themselves, but does not believe he would ever use it.

“I trust myself enough to control myself with what I’m doing throughout the night,” Kuchinski said.

“The guys are all big and tough, they’re never going to call for an escort,” Twining said. “And women, they don’t like people to think they’re afraid to go somewhere. So with this application, you don’t have to tell anyone.

You can just sit there and set you’re timer and you’re all set to go.”

Freshman Lola Ogunjobi heard about the program in a meeting with her Resident Assistant, and she believes it will be a beneficial program for students.

“Some people are uncomfortable being by themselves,” Ogunjobi said.

Because the program has only been live since the start of the semester, it is not yet determined if the program has been successful.

They are working with the Office of Residential Life to set up a registration campaign to take place during this semester.

“It’s had its bugs, but they’ve been worked out so far,” Twining said. “We’ve tested it extensively.”

“We support it. It’s from the same company that gives us the Broadcast Alert that’s been rock solid and we stand behind their products,” Trella said.

In addition to the registration campaign, students can find more information on the program on the QU mobile website and the Rave Guardian Facebook group. Through the group, members can find information about how to register for the program, how the program works and what it does.

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September 15, 2010

EDITORIAL

Politics gets in way of good policy with Title IX

On Wednesday, Sept. 1, Associate Director of Athletics and Recreation Linda Wooster sent an e-mail to the undergraduate population, calling for men to join the 1-credit ballroom dancing class. (At the time, 17 women and two men had signed up for the class.)

Imagine if, at that point, nine women were kicked out of the class to make room for men’s spots, regardless of how interested male students were.

Such is the current definition of Title IX, one that spurns any consideration of interest in athletics, and instead crunches the numbers until they work.

Seems a bit silly.

If only two male students were interested in ballroom dancing, does the University have a responsibility to even the gender number of the class?

Leo Kocher, president of the College Sports Council, says no.

“Women make up 85 percent of college dance programs, and there’s no bias there,” Kocher said. “It would be an injustice to eliminate some women dancers just to get more men.”

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights agreed, and came out in support of a survey to gauge athletic interest on campuses.

“The survey is preferable because relying on proportional representation may result in unnecessary reduction of men’s athletic opportunities,” the commission reported in April.

But the Obama administration decried the survey, and refocused the interpretation of Title IX on direct proportional representation.

It seems to the Chronicle that politics has gotten in the way of common sense on this issue, and three of the most inexpensive men’s sports at Quinnipiac University have paid the price.

To steal a phrase from Kocher, “the quota aspect of Title IX guarantees the sex discrimination it was meant to prevent.”

Joe Pelletier / Chronicle

We have a serious parking problem We’ve all noticed the beautiful changes around campus. From the completion of Café Q, to the nice new admissions offices in Echlin, the construction seems to be dwindling and the pictures we looked at last year are coming to life.

But the biggest talk around this little

By Julia Bucchianeri Quinnipiac town, aside from the ridicuOpinion Editor lous rat protesters, is the parking… or, lack thereof.

Clearly this does not fall into the beautiful category of new things around campus. The parking situation for commuters is beyond annoying and it concerns me that the Quinnipiac administration is able to build multi-million dollar buildings, take on the medical school endeavor, accept far too many freshman, but forget to stop and think, “Wait, where will all the upperclassmen park?” Did anyone realize that increasing the number of residents at York Hill from about 600 people last year to nearly 1200 this year would create major parking issues on the main campus? Apparently not. I remwember driving to campus last year and North Lot would start to fill up between 11 a.m. and noon time; now you’re lucky to get a spot before 9:30 a.m. or security starts to send you to Hogan Lot. The main problem here is the overflow of York Hill students using up all of the commuter parking spots.

The key word here is commuter. We are commuters for a reason. We chose to live off campus and need to provide our own transportation to and from school. When we made this decision, we assumed there would be ample parking for us. Well, fail. We didn’t realize there would be roughly 600 more students fighting for the same spots we need. And yes, I say need because quite frankly York Hill students do not need to park on campus. They are provided with a shuttle system to bring them to and from campus, whereas com-

muters do not have that option.

I realize there are some mornings where students want to grab their coffee or breakfast from Dunkin’, but really, you don’t need to do this every day. I’m sure the students from York Hill get just as frustrated with parking troubles as the rest of us do, so please do all of us a favor and use the shuttle. I’m sure a good amount of students do use the shuttle, and thank you to those who do. Please continue to do so. For those of you who do not use the shuttle, I hope there is a legitimate reason as to why.

I know my complaining about this situation is not going to change anything; we all know the only people who can actually make the final changes around Quinnipiac are the administrators. So administration, what are you going to do? Sweep this under the rug and hope students from York Hill start to use the shuttles? Well, if you ask me, there is one simple solution to this problem. (Unless of course you plan on building a massive parking garage on Sleeping Giant, but I don’t foresee that happening.) There needs to be a time restraint set for when York Hill residents can park on campus.

Students who lived in Whitney Village up until this year have dealt with this parking condition and were perfectly capable of using the shuttle that was offered to them. Why can’t this rule be applied to the York Hill students? They should not be allowed to park on campus between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., the busiest hours of the day, and then they can drive down for night class, meetings and library time. I know that these residents would not be happy with my suggested plan, but let’s be real here, the parking is awful and commuters should have priority to North Lot. End of story. Unless Quinnipiac is going to start sending shuttles all around Hamden to pick up students, we should have access to the parking lot before students who have a shuttle service available to them.

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September 15, 2010

DON’T BECOME THE ULTIMATE PREY I didn’t realize it then, but I was a sloppy, stupid freshman girl...

By Katie Krivitzky Staff Writer One year ago, I began my career as a Quinnipiac freshman, excited and anxious to meet new people and eager to throw myself into the college scene. I studied hard and got involved in campus life. My one downfall (although a year ago I would have claimed it to be a triumph) was that I was binge drinking every night of the weekend, and even sometimes the entire week. I didn’t realize it then, but I was a sloppy, stupid freshman girl, also known as the

ultimate prey.

As I began my sophomore year merely two weeks ago, I noticed the gorgeous, drunken freshmen girls. So eager to make new friends and find cute boys, they resorted to downing bottles of Bacardi to give themselves some liquid courage. Of course it suddenly occurred to me that these sloppy girls were me, only a year behind. I was disgusted with myself, but also felt relieved that I had made it through such a dangerous and reckless time completely unscathed.

This year my perspective is entirely different, my attitude changed to annoyance rather than excitement. I have sat on the sidelines and watched my sophomore male friends look at the “fresh meat” as something to conquer, then throw away and move on to the next victim. This victim list is about 1,000 girls long, the ultimate prey for sophomore predators.

Think about it; you’re a cute freshman girl, new to everything about college. A handsome upperclassman comes over and invites you to a party: You’re going to go, and you’re going to bring all your girlfriends. This cute male sophomore has just secured an entire night of flirtation and fooling around for himself and all of the guys at his party. The problem is, girls, you’re not special. You’re one girl, one night, one time. Tomorrow night, it’ll be some other girl. Obviously this doesn’t apply to every situation, but it does happen … a lot!

Last weekend for example, a male friend brought an extremely intoxicated girl into our friends’ room. She stumbled all over the room, slurring her speech as she desperately tried introducing herself to me. She looked at me and said, “I think I saw you the other night…I was that really drunk girl outside of Troupe, ha ha ha!” I was not amused. Although I recall being the drunken girl outside

of Troupe only a year ago, this new drunken girl was beyond irritating and expressing herself in a dumb and distasteful light. In true predator fashion, my friend, the male sophomore, continued to pursue her and closed the deal at the end of the night. The next day he couldn’t even remember her name.

So to all the freshman girls out there, rather than be offended, take it as a piece of advice from someone who was in your shoes just 12 months ago. Be aware that the upperclassmen may have only one thing in mind, make sure you’re always in control of the situation and please stop referring to yourselves as the drunk girls outside of Troupe. It’s really not attractive. So, ultimate prey, be on guard for the ultimate predators dressed as cute upperclassmen, because you might not be as lucky as I was.

Be wary of freshman year bruises, black eyes

Waking up with a black eye and no recollection of the evening was just the beginning of my freshman year at Quinnipiac.

I could not wait to begin the year. However, it quickly became a year full of mistakes and bad luck. Looking back on my year, I learned a great deal and can now prepare nearly any freshman for what to avoid. While experiencing those nine months of my life, I wanted nothing more than to start over and make better decisions.

My roommates and I constantly joke that our first year should’ve been an MTV reality show. It would probably get better rat-

The following weekend went well and I worked hard to prove to my new friends that I was not the typical party girl.

The third weekend was Parents’ Weekend, a weekend I anticipated because I believed seeing my family would get me back on safe ground. That Friday night, there was another off campus party that my roommates and some of our floor mates attended. The party ended up not being what we expected and we left.

I went back to my building to a room across the floor and ended up getting written up by the RA I lived with. This was not just awkward, but hurtful, as well as the fact that now it was not just my friends who thought differently of me, but my RA too. As a result, I was put on probation for two months.

The next weekend got even worse. One of the guys who lived next door had his twin brother and a couple of his friends stay over for the night. The evening started off well but ended up with me being pushed to the ground by one of the visitors. Security came after the incident and asked me if I wanted the visitor to be kicked off campus. I told them I did, which ended up escalating into an even bigger situation.

At 3 a.m., I was forced to walk down to security to get a “no contact order,” which is essentially a less strict restraining order against the guy next door because his twin brother was the one who had pushed me. The RA’s on duty were concerned that he would take his anger out on me.

For two and a half hours, I sat in security waiting for this “no contact order” to be processed. The room next door to me was guys that I had become best friends with and because of this “no contact order,” I was not allowed in their room for a month.

After October, my freshman year got better and there was not a great deal of drama until December right around finals. Girls always have problems and the way my year was going, it did not surprise me that a roommate conflict began. The fight started between the two of us but escalated into a fight between the six of us. We had constant roommate meetings and mediations but nothing was ever resolved. When time away from each other for a month over winter break did not help, she ended up moving out about a month

I realized that this wasn’t me, I wasn’t the girl who I was leading people to believe was only one month into college. ings than even Jersey Shore. I’ve spent the last year recounting the events to friends and making jokes that I should sit down and write an article about what not to avoid your freshman year of college.

So, here I am, recounting a year full of tears upon tears, nights that involved too much alcohol, nights that involved no alcohol but still ended up negatively, and fights with roommates that resulted in me wanting to be anywhere but my room.

The “night I died,” as it’s often called, was where it all began. It was the very first weekend of October and a couple of my roommates and I had been invited to a party off campus. We were all excited to experience our first official college party, which resulted, on my part, with eight too many shots in just a half hour. It did not hit me right away but once it did, the evening became a complete blur. I woke up the next morning on our futon in the same clothes I had been wearing the night before with a very sore body and a black eye. That morning, my roommates sat down with me and recounted the evening.

I couldn’t remember a single second of the night’s proceedings.

While the evening was terrifying and could’ve been a lot worse if I didn’t have people watching over me that night, I realized that this wasn’t me, I wasn’t the girl who I was leading people to believe was only one month into college.

into the second semester. Today, we’re friends and we just realized that living together was ruining our friendship.

Throughout this period, I had been seeing a guy since October. We were not exclusive until second semester but we should’ve been from the beginning. We started off as best friends and as many friend relationships do, it turned into more than that. The very first Friday back from winter break was when everything went downhill. While everything that had happened up to this point had been difficult, this Friday night would only begin how hard things would get.

The story is long and complicated and difficult to explain but to make a long story short, he was arrested that night for drugs. As a result, he was expelled. Right before his expulsion, we had decided to become exclusive.

I could recount every moment of that month and explain how difficult it was for me but it

would just be going around in circles.

Everyone has a freshman year story.

Whether or not it was as dramatic as mine, it’s still a whirlwind of a year. You’re on your own, you’re meeting completely different people, you’re making your own decisions and you’re making mistakes that only you can get yourself out of. It’s difficult, and sometimes it gets even harder than you think it could, but in college you meet people that help you through every rough patch you suffer through. They’ll laugh with you, they’ll cry with you and they’ll grow to become more than just friends but family, and that’s what got me through this past year. My friends that became family knew I was not just the party girl and knew how much I needed them to get through it. You’re going to have bad nights and you’re going to have good nights, but every experience you have is worth it.

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SGA UPDATE

‘Your voice is always welcome’

Welcome back Bobcats!

I hope you had a great summer and a relaxing Labor Day weekend! By now you should be settled into your classes and for those living on campus, comfortable in your residence halls. The Student Government Association is very excited to welcome back all students of the University and we look forward to working for you during this academic year.

The Student Government Association was working hard over the summer to ensure yet another sound year for the student body. Whether it’s making presentations on student life to the Board of Trustees, or working on initiatives that are important to you, such as the shuttle service and parking, we are always on the forefront of resolving student concerns and making your voice on this campus heard.

As prefaced, one of the driving principles behind YOUR Student Government Association is to represent the student voice. Please feel free to swing by our newly located office, SGA Suite - SC200, or send us an email, SGA@quinnipiac.edu, if you have any questions, comments or concerns about the University. We will work carefully to make certain that your concern is handled as efficiently as possible. I am confident that under the leadership of our new Vice President of Student Concerns, Nicholas Rossetti, we will continue to make Quinnipiac a better place to live, learn, and grow as we partner with the University’s administration.

Lastly, I would like to invite all of you to attend any number of our weekly SGA general meetings held in the Mancheski Executive Seminar room each Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. This meeting provides the Student Government the opportunity to effectively communicate with students on internal and external matters. Your voice is always welcomed at these meetings and we would love to have you in attendance.

Come stop by the new offices and say hello!

Live the Legend, Lou Venturelli P.S. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter @QUSGA.

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Opinion The Chronicle

September 15, 2010

I’m living in York

HELL

It’s a crime that residence halls in York Hill’s Crescent Hall lack air conditioning. No wonder students are starting to refer to Quinnipiac’s $300 million project as “York Hell.”

The nickname seems fitting, as it’s impossible to enjoy all of the Crescent’s great amenities when you are dripping with By Lenny Neslin Managing Editor sweat everywhere you go.

The lack of AC forces me to keep my bedroom window open throughout the night in hopes of catching a few late-night breezes.

I’ve been able to endure sleeping through the night in the scorching heat thus far, but the garbage truck has prevented me from sleeping in past 9 a.m. Sometimes it’s 8 a.m. This is especially annoying for someone who doesn’t have class until 3:30 in the afternoon.

I don’t suspect the garbage truck will be an issue in a couple of months when it’s cool enough to sleep with the windows closed.

But I’ll sleep with my window open half the school year.

What really irks me is the reason I’m living at York Hell in the first place. When I was a senior in high school visiting this school, one of the biggest draws was the Mount Carmel campus. I thought it was beautiful; the clock

tower, the Quad, the tennis courts and those gorgeous junior dorms with balconies near the Carl Hansen Student Center, The Hill.

While I filled out my acceptance forms that April, I thought how great it was that my tour guide had promised me I would have housing “on campus” guaranteed for my first three years. At the time, the Crescent was in early stages of construction so I assumed The Hill likely would be my home junior year.

That all changed when Quinnipiac made the decision to isolate juniors in the Crescent last year, breaking my tour guide’s promise.

Of course, on my first day of classes I heard a sophomore sitting behind me raving about her new Quinnipiac home. When she mentioned her balcony, air conditioning and giant common room, I knew she was talking about Hill, the place I was supposed to call home.

I’ve tried to make the best of my situation at York Hell just by saying to myself, “At least I wasn’t living up here last year.” You know, when Internet and cell phones were the major problems; two services college students can’t live without for a second, one of my professors joked.

Still, not all cell phone service providers are supported here at York Hell. It’s not a big deal now, but it won’t be a pretty situation come winter when students without Verizon Wireless will be forced outside in the snow to make calls.

Poor cell phone service is a tough problem to tackle, but royally screwing up the bathrooms is inexcusable. Two things: Two bathrooms per suite is great, but why are they a combined 40 feet long? But more importantly, the showers are awful. The showerhead is in a fixed position that forces me to stand very close to the wall, and there is no place to put my shampoo except for the floor.

Luckily, health services haven’t reported any shower-related injuries. Oh wait; York Hill doesn’t have a health service, yet 1,000 people live there. They do expect to have it built next year when an additional 500 students will live in the Crescent.

Don’t get me wrong; I’m not advocating the $300 million spent on refurbishing York Hill was a waste. It wasn’t. The Rocky Top Student Center is a great building with a weight room I’ve come to appreciate, but there are still a few kinks that need to be cleared up in the Crescent.

I smell a rat...er, a man in a rat suit Labor unions today show as much selfishness as the business tycoons they were created to fight against

While I was driving into school recently, a giant rat dropped some pamphlets into my car.

“Surely this will be enlightening,” By Matt Ciepielowski I thought. A man standing around in rat Senior Managing Editor costume in 90-degree weather is a man with opinions I want to hear.

One sheet that the rat man was kind enough to give me was a wanted poster featuring Quinnipiac President John Lahey. Under his picture, the flier read, “John Lahey is pictured above sitting inside the medical building it purchased that was rehabbed to make their new medical school.” I was worried, perhaps the rat man was not as intelligent as I had believed him to be.

The other flier’s cover featured a sick child. Basically the gist of this one was that some construction workers Quinnipiac hired were willing to work for less than the rat man, and so kids will be sick. It was around this point that I seriously began to question the wisdom of the giant rat who threw his crap in my car window.

One of the main complaints aired by the union protesters has

been that Quinnipiac isn’t using local labor for its construction projects. Apparently we are supposed to be fired up that some bastard from Massachusetts, New York or even Rhode Island is taking the job of a good, hardworking Connecticut man. How dare Quinnipiac hire workers that were willing to work for less money than my new rat friend?

And what was the school’s response to my rat friend’s complaints? According to Associate Vice President for Public Relations John Morgan, “The university has no involvement in hiring any of the subcontractors employed by its general contractors.” Just because Quinnipiac isn’t even in control of hiring doesn’t mean that my rat friend and I can’t hate them! Just think of the sick children!

In all seriousness, this nonsense on display in Quinnipiac’s front yard is a great example of how labor unions in America are pushing themselves towards irrelevancy. There is no doubt that unions played a key role in securing vital rights for workers, but that only makes the giant inflatable rat and his costumed friends seem all the more ridiculous. The core of their complaint seems to be that someone would work for less money than they would, and that isn’t fair.

The rat people aren’t the only union members who aren’t making any sense recently. In Greece, the mere thought of public sector workers having to retire sometime after age eighteen causes union members people to go out into the streets and riot. The United Auto Workers helped bring the Big Three U.S. automakers to the verge of collapse, then they led the cry for the rest of us to bail the companies out.

I have no problems with the idea of workers organizing to give themselves some leverage against employers, but unions today show as much selfishness as the business tycoons they were created to fight against. We can only hope that if we ignore them for long enough, the rat men will go be crazy someplace else. Or maybe they will even decide to work for a fair amount, so they can hang up their rat costumes and do something productive again.

This work thing really cramped my summer style

By Christine Burroni Associate Opinion Editor Leaving Quinnipiac last May, I came home with many expectations and plans for my first summer back from college. Little did I know, my time off wouldn’t go according to plan.

The month of May was relaxed and exactly what I had expected--days tanning by the pool, getting to the gym every day, working at my high school job here and there, and seeing friends. However, the two months to follow, June and July, were not the same. My internship with a local daily newspaper proceeded to take over my life. Even though this internship was a wonderful experience and a great way to get my foot in the door of the reporting world, my social life fell to pieces.

Without trying to complain about the long hours I worked Monday through Friday, and my paying weekend job, my relaxing summer abruptly took a turn for the worse.

I found myself not wanting to do anything when I got home, from either my long days as a reporter-in-training during the week or as a food server on weekends. Gradually, my summer became all about work--which yes, I understand was what I signed up for-but I didn’t realize how quickly my free time would vanish.

As summer progressed, specifically within the months of my internship, I wondered if my summers were going to be like this for the rest of my life. Will my future summers be filled with seemingly endless responsibility? Or something even more daunting: is this how summers get as we get older?

Not only did my amount of free time decrease this summer, but many other things seemed to have changed as well.

Priorities change, people change, and frankly, life changes. At one point I was content with my work overload, knowing that eventually it would pay off, my internship would be a great item on my resumé and my weekend job would put some cash in my pocket, but I felt as though I had become consumed with work.

The start of August left me 23 days of summer to do what I wanted. I immediately met up with my close friends from school for the weekend, picked up some more hours at the deli and tried to be as social as possible.

Turns out that it was a little harder than I thought. Everyone was enjoying their summer when I had been crafting my career in a busy newsroom. Losing touch with friends over those two months inconspicuously led to burning bridges, all because I didn’t know how to manage my time or was too tired to even try and figure it out.

Looking back, I realize that a simple phone call is what keeps us in touch, an instant message can keep us informed, and a quick “what’s up?” text can keep us happy.

As time goes on, I’m definitely going to have to reorganize my work schedule with my personal schedule.

And even though next summer I’m crossing my fingers to land an internship that is just as valuable, I’m just as hopeful to spend irreplaceable time with family and friends when I’m done with my work day.

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GOT

SAGET?

Floor seats sold out, arena seating still available

By Joe Pelletier Editor in Chief More than 1,000 tickets remain available for the Student Programming Board’s Fall Show featuring Bob Saget on Oct. 2. All are for arena seating, though, as tables for undergraduates on the floor of the TD Bank Sports Center sold out in a matter of days.

Tickets will remain on sale until the week prior to the concert on a date to be determined, according to SPB Mainstage Chair Jamie Kloss.

The sought-after floor seat-

TICKET PRICES Undergrads - $10 Arena Seating - $15 VIP Floor Seating (sold out) Graduate Students - $15 Arena Seating - $20 VIP Floor Seating Guests - $20 Arena Seating - $30 VIP Floor Seating

ing, which will be set up as tables for six, will include “mocktails” and food.

Saget is the first big-name comedian since the official May Weekend ended in 2007.

“We’ve had our fair share of great musical artists, and it was about picking the right time for a comedy show,” Kloss said. “We saw a chance to bring in a big name, so we did it.”

According to Kloss, Jimmy Fallon, Demetri Martin and Kathy Griffin were also in the running, but it was Saget that led the way in SPB’s summer survey.

“He’s very raunchy,” Kloss said. “It’s a different take on a character we all know. Everybody wants to see Danny Tanner.”

It’s been “positive buzz” thus far, according to Kloss, even though there will not be a big-name musician or band coming to campus.

“I’m a little disappointed because, with a budget that big, they could bring in some really cool names--but good for them on doing something different,” WQAQ General Manager Mike Farrell said.

“And it’s a lot easier to appeal to a lot of people with a comedian than a musical talent.”

Bob Saget through the years 1987

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Don’t expect Danny Tanner for Fall Show When most think of Bob Saget, an image of Type A freak and all-around family man Danny Tanner springs to mind from the

By Matt Busekroos ABC sitcom “Full House.”

Managing Editor However, there is more to Saget than the squeaky clean image presented in the old TGIF staple from the ‘90s.

Saget started his career as a stand-up comic shortly after graduating Temple University in 1978.

Before joining the cast of “Full House,” Saget provided comic relief on CBS’ “The Morning Program,” but that gig only lasted six months as sitcom stardom waited just around the corner for the struggling comedian.

Public perception of Saget changed soon after “Full House” ended in 1995 as his comedy stylings showcased a dirtier side to the comic that most didn’t realize he possessed on “Full House” and “America’s Funniest Home Videos.”

“Doing too much family television has turned me into the dirty bastard that I now am,” Saget joked regarding his past in an act in 2006.

From his raunchy stand-up to his filthy segment in the 2005 documentary, “The Aristocrats,” Saget is unafraid to push buttons and make light of his career.

“It was a very, very real show. Very much like life,” Saget said sarcastically of “Full House” in 2006

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during his stand-up. “It was three straight guys raising three girls in San Francisco. And that is something that definitely happened.”

Big name comedians are no stranger to Quinnipiac, especially those booked during the old May Weekend in the spring. Dane Cook performed in 2004 with Carlos Mencia coming to campus in 2006 and the funnymen from “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” in 2007.

“Any guy who does a family show for so long must have a raunchy side,” senior James Lipscomb said of Saget. “And you can just imagine watching the Olsen twins grow up; he was their dad. You can imagine how much dirt he has [on them].”

Junior Danielle Chambers would’ve preferred a musical act, but doesn’t mind the comedian as a main show. However, she thinks it could have been more worthwhile.

“Personally, I thought comedians were cheaper, so they should’ve had two, not just one,” she said.

Saget continues stand-up around the country and currently provides the narration on CBS’ hit comedy “How I Met Your Mother.”

Saget is set to headline the Student Programming Board’s (SPB) Fall Mainstage Event on Saturday, Oct. 2 at the TD Bank Sports Center.

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Saget gets roasted on Comedy Central (photos from abc.com, bobsaget.com)

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What’s next for OPRAH? The ‘Queen of Daytime’ calls it quits

By Nicole Fano Associate A&E Editor It’s no secret that we all love the big “O.” With the premiere of its 25th and final season, Monday, Sept. 13 marked the beginning of the end for “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”

After nearly three decades of riveting interviews, helpful advice, and giveaways, the reigning daytime TV queen announced the show’s retirement in November 2009.

“We are going to knock your socks off,” Winfrey said of her final season.

Don’t worry, Oprah isn’t checking into a retirement home any time soon. She has several other business deals in the works, including the premiere of OWN, The Oprah Winfrey Network, on Jan. 1, 2011.

“This year you will see lots of surprises for other people, dreams coming true for other people, really honoring the essence of what has made this show work for the past 25 years and that’s the viewer,” Winfrey said in an interview with The Associated Press.

In days leading up to the shows iconic season premiere, Harpo Productions made sure to keep debut details under wraps. However, the production company did release a schedule confirming Oprah’s interview with country music stars, The Judds. Oprah is also scheduled to announce her first book club selection in about a year.

Approximately 7.4 million people watch Oprah daily, according to an msnbc.com article. Oprah secured the number 1 spot on the Forbes list of the world’s most powerful celebrities this year. Oprah knocked Angelina Jolie out of the top spot when she made an estimated $315 million within the last year.

That figure puts Oprah’s daily earnings at $900,000.

Past seasons have featured high profile interviews with celebrities such as Mike Tyson, Michael Jackson, Michelle Obama, The Dalai Lama, Barbara Walters, and dozens more.

“I feel like Oprah brings up topics that need to be discussed, real life topics that other talk shows don’t touch upon,” said QU junior Jessica Prior. “I think there are many good talk shows out there, but I don’t think any show will be able to replace or surpass ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show.’”

Once Oprah officially announced her daytime TV resignation, speculations quickly spread about who would be dubbed the new queen of daytime TV. Rumors swirled that Ellen DeGeneres, Rachael Ray, and Rosie O’Donnell were all in the running to take over the coveted 4 p.m. slot.

Oprah’s successor still remains to be decided, but Oprah fanatics can be sure to expect a thrilling season with endless surprises.

JERSEY DREAMS

By Erica Siciliano Staff Writer

The United States was founded on the principle that anything is possible. People from all over the world flocked to America to gain success and the opportunity to be whatever they wanted to be. Throughout the growth of America, women went from being considered property of their husband, to gaining the right to vote and own land. African-Americans and Caucasians integrated in the school systems as well as the work force.

And in 2009, Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino had a dream to impact American culture.

The Washington Post recently reported that in the month of August alone 54,000 jobs were lost and the unemployment rate skyrocketed to 9.6 percent. Thousands of educated Americans are out of work, looking for new ways to support their families.

People all across the country are cutting back on their living expenses, driving older cars, and taking fewer vacations to stay home and work. Everyone seems to be changing the way they live. Everyone, that is, except “The Situation,” who is expected to rake in an estimated $5 million this year, according to Wall Street Cheat Sheet. That’s right, $5 million for flaunting his abs and coining obnoxious phrases like “GTL,” which stands for “gym, tan, laundry.”

It doesn’t take a genius to see that “The Situation” has a simple philosophy: “GTL,” all while making tons of cash. Every Thursday night, Mike, along with the rest of the cast of “Jersey Shore” invades viewers’ homes via MTV and dictates his theory on life. Not only are the episodes cruel and often heartbreaking to watch, but Mike takes women back to his house for the night and exploits them on camera. He’s known to call so-called ugly women “grenades” and “land mines,” despite the fact millions across America are tuning in to watch. Not only has “The Situation” become a household name for the Staten Island native, but it is taking the world by storm.

Shirts are being made and sold all over, promoting “GTL” and a Grenade-Free America (GFA).

Aside from being a part of “Jersey Shore,” which is currently filming its third season in Seaside, N.J., Mike will be a part of the upcoming season of “Dancing with the Stars” on ABC. He is currently penning an autobiography as well. By doing all this, “The Situation” is about to earn himself a check for $5 million this year alone. Where is all this money coming from? According to ABC

News, with the money he will make from “Dancing with the Stars” and the advance he received for writing his autobiography, Sorrentino receives up to $60,000 per episode for “Jersey Shore.” If that is not enough, he receives anywhere from $15,000 to $50,000 per appearance at any event and also has endorsement deals with Vitamin Water and Reebok.

Although Sorrentino is one of the most outspoken characters from the show, he isn’t the only one making the best out of what is handed towards him. Jenni “J Woww” Farley recently launched her own clothing line known as Filthy Couture, which she models after the clothes she makes herself for the

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show, and plans to come out with a skin care line. Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi was recently turned down after trying to get her named patented so she wouldn’t be confused with a character from a children’s book named “Snooky.”

It is evident that the entire cast of “Jersey Shore” is taking advantage of their overdone 15 minutes of fame. Yet, who can blame them? America seems to be OK with handing them the spotlight. While family members are sitting at home struggling to make their next mortgage payment, “The Situation” is making bank, all while rocking Ed Hardy sneakers and a blowout.

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OF THE WEEK Halo: Reach Released

Yesterday, the highly anticipated Halo: Reach game was released; the last one to be created under the Bungie development studio name. A new developer will be taking over the franchise’s future.

So, for the meantime, all the tricks have been implemented for Halo: Reach, making it one of the most fully-featured packages in the gaming industry. A huge world has been created, called “The Forge World,” that works as a place for players to go in and create their own personal game maps. There are plenty of battlefields, aliens and weapons—part of the typical Halo structure. Many references are also made to past games, which devout fans will surely enjoy. But, there’s plenty of room for new fans to show their love. It’s the most difficult game in the franchise so far, but will surely be an entertaining and worthwhile challenge. -DA

Young Hollywood

What is happening in Tinseltown? It’s well-known that young actors and musicians have all had their fair share of rebellion and run-ins with the law. But to them, fame is a free pass to getting out of trouble. It seems that some in the spotlight never learn their lesson, like Lindsay Lohan for instance. What happened to the innocent, loveable child star in “The Parent Trap”? We want her back. She tries to get the help and rehab she needs, and is back at her partying antics as soon as she is released. During Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi’s recent trial, the judge even told her she was acting like a Lindsay Lohan wannabe. That’s a slap in the face. And we can’t forget Paris Hilton’s cocaine scandal along with her claim that the purse containing the drugs was not hers. She has earned enough mug shots already for one lifetime and is running out of excuses. Hopefully, these two will get the help they need and turn their lives around. -DA

Gaga steals show at VMAs

By Paige Weiners & Shannon Hendrickson

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Lady Gaga received the award for Best Video of the Year for “Bad Romance” at the Video Music Awards on MTV Sunday evening. Not only did Gaga steal the show, but she revealed the anticipated title of her next album, “Born This Way.” Chelsea Handler, the first female host of the VMAs in 16 years, opened the show with a parody of Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” where she sported a quintessential Gaga outfit, donning a house on the top of her head and a dove flying out from under her costume.

Eminem began the show with a performance of “Not Afraid,” and was joined by Rihanna to perform their duet, “Love the Way You Lie.” Eminem walked away with awards for Best Male Video and Best Hip-Hop Video for “Not Afraid.”

Justin Bieber performed two of his hit songs, “Baby” and “Somebody to Love.” He demonstrated his numerous talents beyond his vocal chords.awkward Bieber performed with his crisp dance moves and impressive drum solo. These skills helped illustrate why he won the coveted award for Best New Artist.

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Taylor Swift gave an emotional performance of a new song, “Innocent,” from her album “Speak Now,” due out Oct. 25. The performance showed a different side of the young artist, and the somber song was a reaction to her VMA acceptance speech last year when Kanye West interrupted her moment in the spotlight.

Quinnipiac junior Sacha Kaufer enjoyed this performance the most.

“It felt a lot more natural than the other performances, as if it was more focused on the music, not the special effects,” Kaufer said.

Other performances included Usher, Deadmau5, Florence and The Machine, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Bruno Mars, B.O.B, Hayley Williams from Paramore, Linkin Park, and a closing performance from Kanye West.

The attention-seeking cast of the hit reality show “Jersey Shore” made a memorable appearance while they were on stage in their infamous jacuzzi. After a night filled with sarcastic remarks, Handler commented on their risqué behaviors but ended up joining them in the hot tub as a “Jersey girl” herself.

To Handler’s disappointment, everyone was on their best behavior. While there was

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SHOCK Will Smith’s daughter, Willow Smith, recently signed a recording deal with the Roc Nation entertainment company (Jay-Z’s venture). Her debut single “Whip My Hair” will soon have a video to go along with it, which is being filmed in L.A. The pop singer is already a Web senstaion despite her young age.

Singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles released her second studio album, “Kaleidoscope Heart,” on Sept. 7. The album is currently #1 on iTunes. It features the popular radio hit “King of Anything.”

Reality star Spencer Pratt was recently arrested in Costa Rica for firearm possession in an airport.

He was quickly released, only after confessing that the weapon possession was due to his spiritual journey in the jungle which required him to hunt to survive. He is banned from the country.

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no scandalous kiss between Madonna and Britney or a shocking disturbance by Kanye, it was an entertaining evening, overall.

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During Sunday night’s VMAs, after winning awards in numerous categories, Lady Gaga announced the name of her upcoming third album will be called “Born This Way.” She sang a verse off one of the tracks that will be included, confirming “God makes no mistakes, I’m on the right track baby.” There is no indication when the album will be released.

Lady Gaga after she swept the VMAs: “I never thought I’d ask Cher to hold my meat purse.”

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FOOD for thought

So you want to eat healthy at Mt. Carmel’s new cafeteria?

The new cafeteria on the Mount Carmel campus is now offering its students alternative ways to beat the By Catherine Boudreau “Freshman 15.”

Staff Writer Let’s face it--eating healthy in college is not easy.

Fried chicken, french fries, pizza, chips, ice cream, candy--all of it is pre-made and ready to go. It stares you in the face, tugging at your taste buds, begging you to eat it as you walk into the cafeteria. Not to mention Primo Pizza, Domino’s and Tonino’s are all just a quick phone call away.

The newly renovated cafeteria boasts more healthy options for its students to choose from. Before you wander into the café to get a bite to eat, you should first know what constitutes a healthy diet. A person should be consuming between 58 and 78 grams of fat a day, and a small amount should be saturated. The calories from the fat you consume should be less than half of the total calorie count.

A well-balanced and nutritious daily diet should consist of: Nine servings (four cups) of fruits and vegetables. Eating a salad with a lot of variety in color is a good choice in the café. Avoid creamy salad dressings that can have over 75 calories per tablespoon. Choose olive oil with balsamic vinegar instead, or hummus, which is very tasty and full of protein. The spinach salad bowl at the new Naked Pear Café has just 260 calories and 7 grams of fat. Grab either a piece of fruit or a cup of fruit at every meal. Remember that potatoes do not count as a vegetable.

Between 55 and 74 grams of protein. The best protein comes from fish, poultry, beans and nuts. The char-grilled chicken breast sandwich from Coyote Jack’s Grille has 27.2 grams of protein and 354 calories, 99 of which are from fat. Order it without cheese and substitute the bun for whole-wheat bread for an even healthier meal. Another good source of protein is a large black bean soup from Au Bon Pain. It contains 22 grams of protein and 360 calories, only 10 of which are from fat. The steak flatbread-fold from Naked Pear has 390 calories and 21 grams of fat. This is a good source of protein. Remember to keep red meat as only an occasional part of your diet due to the high fat count.

Half of our total daily calorie intake comes from carbohydrates. Make sure to choose the right carbs, however. Whole-grain bread, cereal and pasta, as well as nuts, beans, fruits and vegetables contain unsaturated and monounsaturated fats as opposed to sugar-sweetened soft drinks, cookies and most processed, packaged snack foods that contain the saturated and trans fats that are so awful for our bodies. White bread usually contains enriched flour and is another “bad” carb. Eat sandwiches with wholegrain bread and have rye bread in the morning. It is a good source of fiber and keeps you feeling full longer.

Twenty grams of fiber for women and 30 grams of fiber for men. Any lentil soup from the Café Q has a good amount of fiber, usually between 14 and 16 grams.

Instead of buying fruit juices, buy a whole piece of fruit. They have fewer calories and are a much better source of fiber. An orange has 45 calories as opposed to orange juice which has about 165. Also, the carbohydrates in fruit juices are mostly from sugar.

Things to avoid: Any variation of fried chicken stir fry at Chef Yan Can Cook.

The orange chicken has 620 calories and 5 percent of the fat is saturated. A bacon cheddar burger at Coyote Jack’s Grille has 690 calories, 418 of which are from fat. A pepperjack, egg & bacon salsamole wrap at the Grille has a whopping 890 calories, 433 from fat. The Buffalo Chicken Flatbread at the Naked Pear Café has 510 calories and 22 grams of fat. A serving of broccoli cheddar soup from Au Bon Pain has 500 calories, 320 from fat.

As in any place you dine, there are unhealthy and healthy choices. Because Café Q will be your main source of food for the next eight months, make sure you can pick out the healthy from the unhealthy.

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The Naked Pear Cafe offers some new, healthy alternatives for students looking to get away from things like the fried chicken stir fry at Chef Yan Can Cook. Salad and fruit are always a good choice--better than those wonderfully sugared Entenmann’s treats.

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Sarah’s Style Corner

By Ashley DiFranza Staff Writer Every year prior to the start of the semester, college girls fill their suitcases with the most fashionable clothes, the most popular accessories and the newest shoe styles. But does everyone put as much thought into what goes into their bathroom tote?

Being up to date with the latest beauty trends is just as important as being up to date with the latest fall fashion styles. College beauty has progressed past bringing just a simple tube of Chapstick and a hair brush to school. Things have gotten much more complicated.

First on the list of college beauty must-haves is body wash.

Rather then scrubbing a re-useable bar of soap all over and emerging from the shower squeaky clean but completely scent-less, using a funsmelling body wash is more practical. Not only does it eliminate the need for spray-on, easily fading perfume, it also adds a little excitement to an otherwise boring—and, I’m sure, cramped—shower. Another benefit of body wash? It’ll make you smell unique. While everyone else on your floor walks around with the same Eternity For Women perfume, you’ll radiate freshness and sweetness with your personal choice in body wash. (Plus, when you’re in the shower, your pores are more open and much more available to suck up the scent!) And body washes are

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easily accessible too. Target, Bath and Body Works, Victoria’s Secret and even Sephora all carry large varieties of these products.

Another extremely important, but usually overlooked, beauty necessity is foundation. College females, always in a rush, seem to think that dabbing a little cover-up over blemishes is the fastest and most practical choice when, in reality, foundation is the way to go.

Whether you go with liquid foundation (good for smoothing out a completion), or powder foundation (better for more oily skin), you’ll end up with a more balanced look, perfect for pre-party primping or even just a post-class touch up.

Makeup remover has always been something that girls need to keep them looking fresh and beautiful, especially in college. However, rather than trying to wipe away the day’s eyeliner with a cotton ball and cream, makeup remover wipes are the way to go. Not only are they compact in a little, closeable pouch so you can use only one at a time without worrying about the others drying up, but they are also much easier to use.

They contain moisturizing remover and usually aloe in each wipe. Sold

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at most general stores (Target, Walmart, etc.), they are easy to find and even easier to use.

The fourth beauty must-have is eyeliner. Eyeliner has always been a fairly important make up tool, but it has recently become an absolute necessity. It’s rare to see a girl walking around campus – unless it’s right before an 8 a.m. class – that isn’t sporting some form of liner around her eyes. The options for types of eyeliner a r e constantly growing. First, you must choose between liquid or pencil (pencil is better for speed whereas liquid is better for more drastic lines).

Then there comes the color choice: should you match your eye color? Or should you try to look bold and go with something crazy like purple or neon green?

Either way, a vast array of eyeliner should be brought with you in your college tote. It’s important to stand out in a mass of people, even if it’s just with your eyes!

So this year, when you go to replenish your beauty supplies, think about these little tips. Grab some body wash instead of just soap, buy foundation rather than a simple cover-up stick, and even spruce up your cosmetics tote with a cute one from Bath and Body Works! Just remember that, as much as we wish it did, beauty doesn’tnecessarily come naturally.

You need to make sure you have all the right products to hide your flaws and highlight your pretty features!

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Campus Couture NAME: Brianna Kelley AGE: 19 YEAR: Sophomore HOMETOWN: Winchester, Mass.

WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?

Gold studded sandals, navy blue shorts from J.Crew, a beige and navy blue rugby sweater and striped rugby T-shirt.

STYLE INFLUENCES: “Honestly, I’m just stylish by accident.

My mom is my main influence when it comes to fashion because if she doesn’t like something I pick out, I take her opnion to heart and rethink my outfit.”

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Wedding Dresses for the Wedding Skeptics

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‘Say Yes to the Dress’ makes wedding dreams a lot more realistic

By Sarah Rosenberg Staff Writer I have never been the girl who dreamt of her wedding. Choosing entrées and desserts, perusing themes for a wedding cake, picking the perfect venue with a waterfall background, taking pictures in a gazebo--these were tasks I knew would come but never longed for.

Of course, for every young lady in love, the wedding dress is most important. It is the key to the dream wedding, the fulfillment of one’s fantasy, the one aspect that will set any young bride apart from her guests and her bridesmaids. Still, no vision has really popped into my head. However, whatever I lack in the bridal gene, my sister makes up for. She is content to plan my wedding, from the flowers to the napkins at the reception. She is also the one who has had her dream dress planted in her mind from the day she knew what marriage was, and her white wedding obsession has further been consummated by TLC’s hit television show “Say Yes to the Dress.” Despite my aversion to planning the day of a lifetime, I have been sucked into the program as well. I quickly learned that wedding dresses are addictive.

For a half hour, you can watch bubbly, fashion-forward women with perfect manicures and beautiful lipstick (in some cases) sift through racks and racks of designer gowns gilded with tulle, beads, sequins, lace, ruffles, silk, taffeta, and clusters of shiny ornaments that probably cost more than I would like to know. The show highlights the importance of a wedding for women, who predict their set wedding day to be their one and only. It is their one day to shine. Somehow, through this show, I understand the wedding mania. So do the consultants at Kleinfeld Bridal. They not only know the wedding business, but know what styles flatter each client

that walks through the door. They understand what can make each bride happy.

I suppose I never looked at wedding dresses and suits as a substantial part of fashion, but then I think about how many bridal magazines there are. I start to remember that Vera Wang, one of the top fashion designers of our time, is probably most famous for her wedding collection. Even J.Crew, known for its clean-cut, ready-to-go-boating pieces, has a wedding collection! Where have I been? I am constantly poring over the ready-to-wear lines, focusing on clothes I can wear to class, to a club, or a party. I seem to have neglected the white dress I will wear, granted my future husband is somewhere waiting to sweep me off my feet, a few years from now on that special day every female talks about.

I think TLC’s decision to put on a show solely based finding the perfect wedding dress on the air was a smart decision. Like every other aspect of fashion, personal taste is always crucial. When it comes to wedding dresses the options are diverse just like any other article of clothing: empirewaist, mermaid, princess, sweetheart, strapless, lacey cap-sleeves, and long or short trains are just a few examples of the styles women dwell over daily. However, when it comes to wedding dresses, I appreciate the fact that it is an article of clothing almost every one aspires to wear one day. It is the one image of fashion every woman possesses; it is the universal piece of clothing that captures every one and anyone’s attention. We all want the wedding dress, personal preference aside. Kleinfeld’s definitely understands that, as they make it their goal to get every woman to leave with a dress in their custody.

Now, I know this partly from experience—one of my closest continued on page 16

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DUMBEST GENERATION?

One Emory professor is making a bold statement about Generation Y

Generation Y (People born between 1983-1997) has just been hit with yet another stab of insults. After being coined the ‘dumbest generation’ by

By Jenny Connell Emory University Staff Writer English Professor Mark Bauerlein, the debate of coining “Generation Y” the smartest or the dumbest generation is continuing to gain press. Bauerlein recently published “The Dumbest Generation: How The Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans And Jeopardizes Our Future -- Or, Don’t Trust Anyone Under 30.”

The saying, “the youth is wasted on the young,” may be at the epicenter of this debate.

Baurlein Over the years, the older generations have had a history of “dumbing” down the newest generation. This tried

tactic was recently the counter argument in IES fast facts on education write, “Between researched work finds ignorance in abunthe lengthy Newsweek article, “The Dumb- 1971 and 2009, the educational attainment dance and the Internet an all too-enticing web est Generation? Don’t be dumb” written by of 25- to 29-year-olds increased. In 2009, for of social networking that further insulates example, 89 percent of 25- to 29-year-olds youth from their intellectual development.”

Sharon Begley and Janeen Interlandi.

Begley and Interlandi say the using the had received at least a high school diploma or With Bauerlein accusing the internet word “dumb” to describe a generation isn’t equivalency certificate, an 11 percentage point as stifling the incumbents of Generation Y, the right term in the case of “Generation Y.” increase from 1971.”

Newsweek writers Begley and Interlandi admit that cognitive studies “A more fundamental problem is what haven’t proved yet if the Bauerlein has in mind by “dumbest.” If it “(Generation Y is) ill-equipped for Internet is indeed bad. means ‘holding the least knowledge,’ then he successful careers and unprepared to They will admit is that has a case. Gen Y cares less about knowing contribute to society as a whole.” it is “definitely changinformation than knowing where to find it,” ing how people’s brains the article states.

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Begley and Interlandi end their debate stitute of Education Sciences (IES) refutes internet as a factor.

Baurlein’s accusations in their research. In A press release from Emory University with one lasting remark saying, “Writing off encompasses Bauerlein’s argument on inter- any generation before it’s [reached] 30 is net saying, “Bauerlein’s provocative, deeply what’s dumb.”

Style Corner, continued continued from page 15 family friends left with a gorgeous gown from Kleinfeld’s not even two weeks ago.

Let me assure you, this was a girl dreading the dressing room. She came with an economically-savvy budget and a simple idea of what she wanted in her mind. Yet she found the ideal gown (she even got to take a photograph with Keisha, one of the consultants from the show)! Seeing her dress and how beautiful she looked in it, I started to realize: I actually do want this day to come, and

fast. Finding a wedding dress and planning a day centered on it seems like more fun than I could imagine. I’m not even thinking about the guy I’m supposed to saying “I do” to—I just want to wear a sweetheart-shaped gown.

After watching a little bit of this show, you’ll be planning your future wedding plans without even knowing it, which is a scary feat for a college student with no money. One can dream, however, and look at this show for inspiration in the meantime.

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Sports QUChronicle.com

February 24, 2010

WOMEN’S SOCCER

MEN’S TENNIS

Holy Cross edges QU

Mikkelson, Kwei make Fairfield semis

By John Healy Associate Sports Editor

By Michael Desjardins Staff Writer

In search of its first win of the season, the Quinnipiac women’s soccer team fell short in a road game at the College of the Holy Cross, losing Quinnipiac 1 2-1, in Holy Cross 2 Wo r c e s ter, Mass., on Sunday.

Senior forward Lauren Peacock scored the lone goal for the Bobcats (0-4) in the 36th minute off a pass from senior defender Kyla Miles to narrow the deficit to 1. However, Holy Cross (2-3) held off the Bobcats, who only had 1 shot on goal the rest of the game.

Holy Cross senior forward Shelby Stand led the Crusaders with both of the team’s goals in the game. Her first goal came in the 24th minute and was unassisted as she recovered the ball from 18 yards out. In the 32nd minute Stand received a pass from teammate Gaby Ransom and fired a shot past Bobcats goalkeeper Jill Kelley for her second goal of the game, giving Holy Cross a 2-0 lead.

Kelley recorded 5 saves to keep the Bobcats in the game. But on the other side of the field, the Bobcats had just 4 shots on goal all game and could only find the back of the net once.

Despite the loss, Quinnipiac head coach Dave Clarke was impressed with the effort he saw.

“Overall it was (the team’s) best performance to date,” he said.

“We kept the ball moving and created chances. The team really came together.”

Matt Eisenberg / Chronicle

Amanda Bilas (Quinnipiac) leaps for a header in Friday’s 1-0 loss to Siena in the Bobcats’ home opener.

CROSS COUNTRY

The men’s tennis team’s season started Saturday in Fairfield, Conn. at the Fairfield Doubles Festival. Two of the Bobcats’ duos reached the semifinals in their respective pools but fell short of moving on.

Senior Brian Mikkelson and junior James Kwei went undefeated in round robin play in Pool 1. They defeated Fairfield University’s Rob Ferrante and Dan Sauter, 8-5, University of Connecticut’s Andrew Marcus and Dave Adams, 8-7 (3), and University of Hartford’s John Isaacson and Aneil Bhalla, 8-2.

Mikkelson and Kwei advanced to the semifinals to face St. Peter’s.

They fell short in a tough battle against the pair of Chris Frakes and Robert Foral, 8-7 (9).

In Pool 2, the sophomore team of Andrew Weeden and Brett Francis went 2-1 in round robin play. The duo defeated both St. Peter’s College and Hartford, 8-2, but then lost to UConn’s Scott Warden and Teddy Margules, 8-4. In the semifinals, they lost to Sacred Heart’s pair of Kirill Kasyanov and Nick Mazzarese, 8-3.

Senior Dillon Kraus and freshman Corey Morganstern also competed in doubles. The two fell short against Sacred Heart University and Queens College, but knocked off UConn’s Matt Burns and Nic Visinski, 8-4. Chris Nelson and Alex Lazerowich played in the seventh place match, defeating Fairfield’s R.J. Mirabile and Bjorn Merinder, 8-6.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Women snag second in CCSU run Bobcats take top two flights White finishes third overall, men take sixth place

By Joe Addonizio Contributing Writer The Quinnipiac men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at the Central Connecticut State Blue Devil Invitational at Stanley Quarter Park on Saturday.

The men took sixth place out of nine teams with 184 points, putting them ahead of Northeast Conference opponent Bryant University. The women finished with 52 points, giving them second place out of ten teams. They beat out NEC opponents Bryant, CCSU, Monmouth University and Sacred Heart University.

Providence College took

home first place in both the men’s and women’s races.

Sophomore Becca White led the Bobcats, finishing in third place overall at 17:57 in the 5,000-meter race. Senior graduate student Kristen Stevens came in eighth with a time of 18:18. The freshmen Faust triplets were the next Bobcats to complete the course. Amanda Faust had a time of 18:27, while her sister Brianna finished with 18:32 and Christina at 18:42.

“Overall the women ran with confidence and control today,” Quinnipiac head coach Carolyn Martin said. “There is a positive energy that’s going to carry them through the season.”

“The women ran with confidence and control today. There is a positive energy that’s going to carry them through the season.”

Carolyn Martin, head coach

The men’s top runner was sophomore Mike Levene, who finished 20th out of 102 runners with a time of 27:18. Junior John Beckshaw was the second member of the Bobcats to complete the 5.2mile course with a time of 27:52.

Sophomore Brian Cotter followed Beckshaw, finishing at 27:59. New to cross country at the collegiate level were sophomore Jacob Cetera and freshman Ryan Wolff, who finished fourth and fifth for the Bobcats at 28:25 and 28:40, respectively.

“There were some good performances today, but we still have some work to do for the championship part of the season,” Martin said. “We’re looking forward to the home invitational next week.”

The Bobcats will host the Quinnipiac Invitational at the Mount Carmel campus on Saturday at 11 a.m.

at Sacred Heart Invitational

By Michael Desjardins Staff Writer

After a disappointing end to last year’s season, the women’s tennis team started off the season in strong fashion Saturday. The duos of Rachel Cantor and Adrienne Markison and Juliet Labarthe and Sarah Viebrock won the top two flights of the Sacred Heart Doubles Invitational.

Cantor and Markison won their flight by going undefeated in round robin play against Sacred Heart University, University of Connecticut, and University of Hartford. They beat Sacred Heart for a second time in the semifinals before taking down Providence

College in the finals.

Labarthe and Viebrock also went undefeated in round robin play, beating Bryant University, Sacred Heart, and UConn, before winning against Providence and Sacred Heart in the semifinals and finals, respectively.

In addition, Lisanne Steinert, Lavinia Cristescu, and Erin Suvar took part in the third singles flight.

Steiner and Cristescu were able to defeat Providence 8-6, but fell short against Fairfield University 8-7 (5).

Steinert then paired up with Suvar, shutting down Hartford 8-0, but losing to Bryant 8-3.

The Bobcats return home Friday as they play host to the Quinnipiac Invitational.

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Sports The Chronicle

September 15, 2010

Watkins scores, assists in 2-1 win

Jim Casey / Chronicle

Tina Watkins fires a shot against Colgate Sunday. She led QU to a 2-1 victory with a goal and an assist.

The Rundown Men’s Soccer

Loyola (MD.) 2, QU 1 Saturday

William Daniels: goal, 2 SoG, 1st career goal

Women’s Soccer

Siena 1, QU 0 - Friday Jillian Kelley: 5 saves Holy Cross 2, QU 1 - Saturday

Lauren Peacock: goal

Volleyball

Quinnipiac Invitational - Saturday St. Peter’s 3, QU 1 Kayla Lawler: 42 assists, 14 digs Dartmouth 3, QU 0 Kelby Carey: 7 kills, 19 digs QU 3, Hartford 0 Carey: 8 kills, 14 digs

Field Hockey

Northeastern 5, QU 1 - Friday

Kaitlyn Notarianni: goal QU 2, Colgate 1 - Sunday Tina Watkins: goal, assist

Men’s & Women’s Cross Country

Blue Devil Invitational - Saturday

QU men: 6th place Mike Levene: 20th place (27:18) QU women: 2nd place Becca White: 3rd place (17:57)

By Michael Desjardins Staff Writer After losing Thursday’s game against Northeastern University, the Quinnipiac field hockey team returned home Sunday and defeated the Colgate University Raiders, 2-1,

in a thrilling come-from-behind victory, which snapped a three-game losing streak.

After 30 minutes of scoreless field hockey, Colgate delivered the first goal when Adrianna Libutti scored off a loose ball in front of the cage to give the Raiders an early 1-0 lead.

However, it was all the offense Colgate could create, as they were limited to only 3 shots in the first half and were unable to make a shot for the rest of the game.

Senior captain Tina Watkins found Cuniff outside the circle on a corner and Cuniff struck the ball past Colgate goalkeeper Kirsten Lalli for the goal.

“We moved Kimberly in the second half, she’s able to score from 70-80 yards out, and can score often,” Quinnipiac head coach Becca Kohli said. “We made our midfielders take more of the workload and moved our forwards far away; let the ball come to them. We made them wear down in the second half and it worked, it opened up an incredible number of breakaways for us.”

The Bobcats put plenty of pressure on the Raiders’ defense in the second half as they recorded 11 of their 16 shots on goal in the second half.

Watkins ignited the Bobcats’ offense in the second half when she scored the team’s first goal and tied the game at 1 at the 53:20 mark.

Katie Van Nostrand found

Watkins on a corner at the right post of the goal, taking it into the opposite corner of the net to tie the game up. It was Watkin’s first goal of the season as well as Van Nostrand’s first assist this season.

Junior Kimberly Cunniff provided the heroics for the Bobcats with her first goal of the season with just under ten minutes left, putting the Bobcats ahead 2-1.

This was Quinnipiac’s first matchup against Colgate since October 2000.

“I think coming into this game we were giving up a lot of corners, and I still think we gave up too many corners to them today, but we’ve been averaging around 12-13 so we’re pretty good at understanding how to play defense,” Kohli said. “We made some key adjustments today, put some people in different places and they responded nicely.”

The win improved the Bobcats’ record to 2-3, while Colgate dropped down to 1-4.

The Bobcats visit to Ann Arbor, Mich. this Friday to take on Albany, then Michigan on Sunday.

Spikers pick up first win

By Kelley Davies Staff Writer The Quinnipiac volleyball team swept the University of Hartford, 3-0, to earn its first win of the season as the Quinnipiac Invitational came to an end Saturday night in Burt Kahn Court. The Bobcats improved to 1-8 on the season.

“It’s a relief,” Quinnipiac head coach Robin Lamott Sparks said. “We’ve known we had the athleticism and the skills to do it. To finally get a win is really helpful and especially the way we did it, coming back every set.”

After losing three straight sets earlier that day to Dartmouth College, the Bobcats bounced back to win all three sets, 27-25, against the Hawks. In the second set, the Bobcats won the first point to take their first lead, but were unable to regain another lead as the team trailed 2115. Quinnipiac scored seven consecutive points and earned its second lead of the set, 22-21, on a kill by junior Stephanie Biediger. The Bobcats posted two more points before the Hawks evened the score at 24. Freshman middle hitter Olivia Grattan and sophomore right side hitter Taylor Payne crushed back-to-back kills to secure a 27-25 win for the set.

“To be down as bad as they were, 21-15, and to come all the way back and win, that only helps to build confidence,” Sparks said.

Junior setter Kayla Lawler set a new personal career-high of 43 assists for a three-set match.

Vanessa Stier / Chronicle

Olivia Grattan jumps near the net for a spike at Burt Kahn Court during Saturday’s Quinnipiac Invitational.

Grattan and Biediger had 12 kills apiece to lead the Bobcats against the Hawks. Payne added nine kills, while junior outside hitter Kelby Carey had eight kills and a teamhigh 14 digs. The Bobcats finished the contest with a 29.5 attack per-

centage while the Hawks had a 13.0 attack percentage.

Against Dartmouth, the Bobcats fell in straight sets, 25-20, 2725, 25-17.

“We played really well against Dartmouth,” Sparks said. “Dart-

mouth is no slouch of a team. We just talked about doing the same thing we’ve been doing.”

Biediger had a team-high eight kills and 16 digs against the Big Green. Carey had a team-high 19 digs and seven kills, while sophomore libero Logan Riker registered 12 digs. Grattan added a team-high five blocks.

The Bobcats fell to St. Peter’s College, 3-1, on Friday in the opening round of the tournament. The Bobcats won the first set 25-21, but could not secure the victory in the last three sets. Carey had a careerhigh 25 digs in the game.

“I think we started pressing too hard,” Sparks said. “We mentally started giving those mistakes a bigger weight than they should have. Volleyball is so mental and that’s what beat us, our heads.”

Biediger and Riker were named to the Quinnipiac Invitational All-Tournament Team. Biediger finished the tournament with 25 kills and 34 digs, seeing her first action in almost two years after returning from injury. Lawler recorded 110 assists and 22 digs in the three matches.

In closing the tournament with a victory, the team set a new floor for themselves, according to Sparks.

“Every week, we just think that’s our floor, we can’t go down.

That’s a pretty high floor we’ve got going on right now,” Sparks said.

The Quinnipiac volleyball team will take to the Allan P. Kirby Sports Center at 3 p.m. Friday, when they face Delaware State as part of the Lafayette Invitational in Easton, Pa.

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TO

GAMES WATCH VS

September 15, 2010

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Dartmouth (1-2-1), Friday, 3 p.m.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Rhode Island (0-5-1), Saturday, 12 p.m.

Friday, 3 p.m.

Saturday, 9 a.m.

Sunday, 9 a.m.

Saturday, 11 a.m. (women), 12 p.m. (men)

90.0

Shots on goal percentage this season by field hockey junior forward Kaitlyn Notarianni.

5

Saves made by men’s soccer sophomore goalkeeper George Ellis at Loyola University (Md.) in a non-conference match Saturday.

50

Total kills by the volleyball team against University of Hartford on Saturday.

OF

ATHLETES

0

Wins for the men’s soccer team in three out-ofconference matches thus far this season.

1:31:56 Cumulative time taken by the women’s cross country team while finishing second at the CCSU Invitational.

WEEK

Matt Eisenberg, Jim Casey / Chronicle

Clockwise from top-left: Furtuna Velaj breaks away from a Siena defender; Kemesha Woodfine kicks the ball past an outstretched Siena defender; Ashley Gradwell dribbles up field with the ball against Colgate. The field hockey team went on to win 2-1, while the soccer team remains winless in four matches.

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BY

THE

NUMBERS

WOMEN’S MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TENNIS CROSS COUNTRY INVITATIONAL INVITATIONAL

Tina Watkins George Ellis Field Hockey Senior Midfield #4 Sweet Valley, Pa.

Captain Tina Watkins led the come-from-behind win against Colgate on Sunday. In the Bobcats’ 2-1 win, Watkins scored the team’s first goal and assisted the game-winner to teammate Kimberly Cuniff. Having started 40 games for the Bobcats in her collegiate career, she has been one of the most recognizable faces of the field hockey team.

Lawrence Bremer / Chronicle

Next home game: Sept. 26, 11 a.m. vs. Lafayette

Men’s Soccer Sophomore Goalkeeper #1 Greatham, England

After taking over the goalkeeping duties of the Bobcats, George Ellis has shown this season how big an asset he is for the team. He made five saves under pressure at Loyola on Saturday in a match that tested the Bobcats’ defense. In two prior games combined, he saved 10 shots.

Amanda Shulman / Chronicle

Next home game: Sept. 21, 4 p.m. vs. Yale

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Fall 2010’s

The Chronicle

September 15, 2010

ALL FANTASY

Check out the full fantasy list at QUChronicle.com Juli McGourty / Chronicle

Fantasy Scoring Guide Soccer & Field Hockey:

Category Goals Assists Game-winning goals

TEAM

Points Per 6 3 1

Volleyball: More statistics are built up over the course of a volleyball season compared to soccer or field hockey, leaving me to score based off stats per match.

Category Kills/Match Digs/Match Assists/Match

Points Per 2 1 1/2

Velaj heads star-studded fall draft class Fantasy sports have been extremely popular over the past few years--it’s what gets most of us through QU seminar classes alive.

By Chris Leary Online Sports Editor & Fantasy Aficionado

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Now it’s time to expand on fantasy sports by incorporating Quinnipiac athletes.

This is the first of three fantasy installments this year. We are focusing strictly on fall sport athletes this edition. All athletes in the top 10 in fantasy points participate in soccer, volleyball and field hock-

Furtuna Velaj women’s soccer

2009 stats: 11 goals, 8 assists, 3 game-winning goals 2010 stats: 1 goal, 1 assist Velaj is hands-down the No. 1 pick. In two years she has scored 26 goals for the Bobcats, and is projected to net 13 in 2010. As the Peyton Manning of Quinnipiac fantasy, Velaj will carry most teams to a fantasy championship.

Durval Pereira men’s soccer

2009 stats: 2 goals, 4 assists, 1 game-winning goal

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ey. Each sport has its own scoring rubric in order to compare each athlete fairly. For instance, a goal in soccer is harder to earn than a kill in volleyball.

The rankings do not place the athlete in order primarily from points earned in 2009; points earned from last year are just a

guideline. All factors are used in order to determine the point system, such as games/matches played, games/matches started, new role in the team’s offense, off-season improvement, and the first week of games. Game-winning goals are used as a statistic in soccer and field hockey, rewarding the players

Philip Suprise men’s soccer

He may not be the go-to guy heading into the season, but many fantasy owners feel that Pereira will thrive while defenses focus mostly on teammate Philip Suprise.

2009 stats: 7 goals, 2 assists, 3 game-winning goals 2010 stats: 0 goals, 0 assists A slow start has frustrated a lot of fantasy owners, but Suprise’s track record quickly settles them down. As the Bobcats’ top scoring option last year, Suprise also showed fantasy owners he can play just as well in the clutch with three game-winning goals.

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Kaitlyn Notarianni

field hockey

2010 stats: 4 goals, 0 assists, 1 game-winning goal

who play their best when it matters the most.

Now here are the scoring rubrics and athlete rankings to prepare everyone for draft day. Keep in mind that these are only preseason rankings; any player with top-10 talent could emerge as the top fall fantasy player, so draft carefully!

Jillian Strassner women’s soccer 2009 stats: 4 goals, 3 assists, 2 game-winning goals 2010 stats: 0 goals, 0 assists Strassner busted on the scene last year, totaling 11 points as a freshman. Many fantasy owners, including myself, have drafted Strassner with the belief that her point total will double in her second year with the Bobcats.

Notarianni doesn’t just score goals, she scores game winners. With four goals in five games, she potentially could reward most owners as the top fantasy player in 2010.

‘Cats winless through three MEN’S SOCCER

Amanda Shulman / Chronicle

Sophomore goalkeeper George Ellis leaps for a loose ball earlier this season against Boston College.

Ellis gave up a penalty kick in the game to give the Eagles a 1-0 win.

Quinnipiac men’s soccer lost its third straight match to start the season Saturday, as it

By Ashish Silwal suffered a 2-1 defeat on the road to Contributing Writer non-conference opponent Loyola University (Md.). Sophomore forward William Daniels gave the Bobcats a 1-0 lead late in the first half, but the Greyhounds evened the score a minute later.

Eddie Dines scored the game-winning goal in the 83rd minute.

It was Daniels’ first goal in Quinnipiac colors, which was also the Bobcats’ first goal of the season, and came in the 41st minute.

Daniels scored with a powerful shot from 18 feet away and placed the ball in the right-corner of the goal.

The brief lead was countered with a goal from the Greyhounds just over a minute later from senior Zach Tweddell. A corner kick from Charlie Hutton into the middle of

the box was not properly defended by the Bobcats and Tweddell headed the ball into the center of the goal.

With less than eight minutes remaining, a shot by Greyhound midfielder Danny Ankrah was blocked by the Bobcat defenders. It rebounded to Greyhound midfielder Eddie Dines, who hit a strong shot into the top of the net to give his team a lead it wouldn’t relinquish.

The score may have been close, but the Bobcats conceded 10 corners against three from the Greyhounds, fired five shots on goal compared to their opponents’ eight, and committed 18 fouls to Loyola’s 14.

Sophomore goalkeeper George Ellis followed a sixsave game against University of Hartford with another solid performance in net, stopping five shots on goal for the Bobcats.