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It’s all about the

As the holidays and vacaBy Phil Nobile tion approaches, students spend Staff Writer their time studying, stressing and preparing for the dreaded finals week that looms ahead.

Many students, freshmen and seniors alike, share the task of getting through one last week of misery, and as a result we here at the Chronicle have prepared a small but helpful list to prepare for finals week appropriately.

SCHEDULE

nationwide, 85 percent reported feeling stressed on a daily basis, with 77 percent of the blame being school work and 74 percent being maintenance of grades.

The way to tackle this stress is first coming to an understanding of the stress. Identify the main factors causing the stress, whether it be that approaching essay deadline or that one test you’re deathly afraid of taking.

“The human being likes comfort. The more stressed we are, the more we crave that comfort,” Delohery said. “It comes down to that inward look: that reflection upon how we made choices to “If you can get to a certain goal that becomes ameliorate very important.”

that stress at all by the time you get to the test, you will do a bit better.”

STYLE

A lot of people believe in studying in large chunks, whether this is through long sessions in the library or cramming the day before with zero breaks. This can possibly be Andrew Delohery, even more detrimental than helpful.

Learning Center Director “We are physiologically wired so that the harder we truly try to engage to the level that we need to learn, we can do that for an hour at time,” Delohery said. “After that, we become incredibly inefficient and ineffective.”

“Stress is the single most devastating challenge to the Instead of taking long study sessions, break it down retrieval of information from the working memory,” warns into parts: Study for a solid hour, then take a break, folDelohery. “If you can ameliorate that stress at all by the lowed by another shorter study session, with an even lontime you get to the test, you will do a bit better. If no other ger break. This can keep the mind sane and safe from a reason, you feel better working under pressure.” studying meltdown.

Students across the nation can attest to the hardship Another process heavily emphasized by the Learnthat is stress. In a 2009 poll of more than 2,000 students STUDY, continued on page 5

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December 8, 2010

Spike Lee tapped for Feb. lecture

By Staff Reports

Finals fear? Don’t forget the five steps of studying

One of the initial tasks that can help any student in need is simply setting up a detailed schedule to keep them on track.

“We don’t manage time, we manage ourselves as regards to the time we have,” said Andrew Delohery, director of the Learning Center at Quinnipiac.

“So to plan far ahead I think is the first thing: to really get a grasp of what one needs to do so one can be proactive, not reactive.”

Don’t save everything for the last minute. Instead, come up with a plan to get things done in a periodical manner.

By simply realizing what is most important versus what can wait a few days, the mind can become more clear and agile than ever before.

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The New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers will play at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 11, but the Knickerbockers’ biggest fan will not be in attendance. He has more important places to be, like Quinnipiac University.

Tabbed as the university’s annual Black History Month speaker this year, the famed pro- WHO: Spike Lee ducer and director will WHAT: lecture in Burt Kahn QU’s annual Black Court, according to a History Month press release from the Lecture WHEN: university.

Feb. 11 The event will be WHERE: closed to the public, as Burt Kahn Court the university “expects a large turnout from the campus community,” said Lynn Bushnell, vice president for public affairs.

Alumni Hall, the location of previous Black History Month lectures that were open to the public, is currently under construction.

Past speakers include comedian D.L. Hughley and Pulitzer Prize-winner Eugene Robinson.

Lee, a New York City filmmaker, has gained national fame with such movies as “Malcolm X,” “Do The Right Thing” and “Summer of Sam.”

Library coffee machine lobby picks up steam

By Marissa Himbele Staff Writer A student concern for a coffee machine in the Arnold Bernhard Library has made waves with SGA’s sophomore class cabinet, and Charles Getchell, the library’s director, did not dismiss the idea.

“In principle I think it is a good idea,” Getchell said. “I have no objections to vended or supplied food in the building.”

The library currently has a no drinking and eating policy, but Getchell has tolerated coffee, soda and water. If a coffee machine is installed, he is willing to change the policy.

“We foresee the late-night coffee availability will allow students to study for extended periods of time without losing focus,” Class of 2013 President Ben Cloutier said.

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December 8, 2010

How do the turbines work?

“Why doesn’t the middle one spin?” “Do they light up the parking garage?” “Do they actually power anything?” The wind turbines on York Hill generate plenty of questions, but no one seems to have answers that go beyond rumors. To get some answers, the Chronicle sat down with Joseph Rubertone, associate vice president for facilities, and Jonathan Terry, assistant director of facilities for the York Hill campus.

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By Lindsay Roberts Staff Writer

Masonry Construction Magazine named the Crescent residence hall at York Hill the magazine’s 2010 project of the year. The magazine awarded its prize on the basis of its size, its complex design and the challenge to implement time and labor-saving techniques. Awardwinning projects will be honored in an awards ceremony at the World of Concrete/World of Masonry in Las Vegas Jan. 18-21, 2011.

There are 28 wind turbines in total, and they generate 33,000 kilowatt-hours a year.

For those of you living at York Hill, you may have noticed that they were taken down for a while and repaired.

“That was because they were not working,” Rubertone said.

The turbines have a mechanism that is similar to car brakes. The brakes make sure the turbines maintain a certain speed and do not spin at the speed of the wind. However, the brakes were rendering the turbines motionless. Quinnipiac called the company who installed them, Alteris Renewables, and they quickly fixed the problem.

Now the turbines can spin faster, up to 400 revolutions per minute. The specific type of turbines at York Hill are made by Mariah Power Windspire and called vertical axis residential turbines. This is opposed to utilitygrade turbines that spin horizontally. Utility turbines are typically seen in the West, where the wind speed is more consistent.

Express E-bills In addition to paper-billing, Quinnipiac students now may also pay tuition via the Internet. Online tuition payments can be paid through WebAdvisor by clicking on the link for “My Tuition & Fee Invoice” under the Financial Information section. This option allows students to view a copy of their Tuition & Fee Invoice 24/7.

got mox-y?

Students with an iPhone or Android can now access Quinnipiacrelated announcements, campus news and events, campus maps, academic schedules, a searchable campus directory and more with the MOX application. MOX is currently available via the iTunes App Store and Android Market for free, and will be available for Blackberry at a later date.

MEDIA POWER The Quinnipiac chapter of the Lambda Pi Eta National Communication Association Honor Society recently saw 59 new Bobcats initiated. The new initiates into the Tau Delta chapter met the minimum overall GPA requirement of 3.25 and the minimum communications studies GPA of 3.25, having completed at least 60 credits, including three communications courses, and achieved junior standing.

What do they power?

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The wind turbines at York Hill aren’t actually affecting energy on campus. Quinnipiac has an agreement with United Illuminating Company.

Nothing, directly. The turbines are not rigged to sporadic light bulbs on campus.

Quinnipiac has an interconnect agreement with the United Illuminating Company; the amount of energy the wind turbines generate

is interfaced with the high voltage distribution system and deducted from Quinnipiac’s electrical bill.

Prior to installation, Quinnipiac conducted a 10-month wind study and found the average wind speed over that time to be about 9.4 miles per hour. The turbines will save the university money, Rubertone said, but the payback period for the turbines will be about 10-12 years.

Other ‘green’ plans?

More than 600 photovoltaic solar panels have been installed on the roof of Crescent residential hall; an interconnect agreement is still pending. The panels will generate more than 300,000 kilowatt-hours a year, Rubertone said.

The East View residence hall that will house seniors next year will have geothermal heating and cooling. Adjacent to the building, there are 60 ground wells. Ground temperature is warmer in the winter and will heat the water, and in turn, the building. During the summer, the circulated water underground will aid in providing air conditioning.

Some students may have noticed that more than shuttle buses have been traveling up York Hill. This is due to a landscaping plan focused on restoring the trees lost during the construction of campus.

“York Hill will exhibit all three sources of renewable energy: geothermal heating and cooling, wind and solar power,” Rubertone said. “That is very exciting.”

Event Calendar Today Free flu shots mancheski sem. room, 8 a.M. Health Services will offer free flu shots to all members of the Quinnipiac community.

Those who attend should bring their Q-card.

almost midnight breakfast Cafe Q, 7:30 p.m.

Hosted by the Albert Schweitzer Institute and Chartwells to raise money and support for Alternative Spring Bring Nicaragua.

Tickets cost $5 for all-you-can-eat breakfast. ASBN will be raffling prizes and selling hammocks, bracelets and earrings from Nicaragua.

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Dance Co.’s fall performance

protestant worship

buckman theater, 7 p.m. thurs., fri., and sat.

Dance Company will present its annual fall performance, titled “Come Dance in a Winter Wonderland,” featuring jazz, tap, lyrical and contemporary ballet dance styles. Admission is free and open to the public.

Christian Sunday Worship service will be held followed by a lunch open to the community. Students of all denominations are invited to attend.

upper cafe q, 11:30 a.m.

christmas mass studio b, 4 p.m.

26th annual undergraduate holiday dinner cafeteria entrance, mount carmel campus, 4:30-7 p.m.

Quinnipiac faculty, staff, and administrators will serve the dinner, which will include carved roast beef, roasted turkey, pasta, vegetables, mashed potatoes, salad, cranberry sauce, dessert, and beverages. Admission is free and reservations are available online.

All students are invited to start the Christmas season with the annual Christmas Mass, followed by Christmas dinner.

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December 8, 2010

MONEY IN THE BOOKS Rent-A-Text program earns $250K at QU, rave reviews nationwide

By Nicole Celli News Editor Quinnipiac students have saved upward of $250,000 this fall alone using the bookstore’s new Rent-A-Text program, and a national survey shows 99 percent of students who rent will do it again.

Follett brought the rental option to the campus bookstore this fall for a few reasons, but for students the biggest value is price.

“At a time when we’re seeing the cost of education and the cost of course materials on the rise, rental really takes a chunk out of that,” Follett Representative Elio Distoala said. “Today it’s the lowest upfront cost option for students, saving them about 50 percent or more compared to the cost of buying a new book.”

Follett surveyed about 12,000 students on Rent-a-Text, and 99 percent of students said they would rent with them again.

Junior Sacha Kaufer saved more than $100 when she rented from the school bookstore this semester.

“I think renting books is bene-

ficial because it saves money,” Kaufer said. “Although you can’t sell back rented books, it’s still better than buying because many times you aren’t able to return the books you buy from the bookstore for money.”

Some community college districts with large enrollments have surpassed $1 million in savings this fall, according to Distoala.

Rent-A-Text has saved students more than $60 million during the fall nationwide.

“Having the flexibility to highlight, dog ear and take notes, having the ability to accept financial aid or campus card as payment, and most importantly being able to rent on campus and return on campus when you’re done — those are all things that add a lot of value to students across the 780 stores that sell Rent-a-Text this fall, and I think that those pieces are really key to success,” Distoala said.

Rent-a-Text has grown from being available in seven stores since its inception in fall 2009 to 780 stores one year later.

“Rental isn’t really a new concept, but anchoring rental with a bookstore is,” Distoala said.

Junior Sarah Barrett prefers popular textbook renting website chegg.com for renting her textbooks.

“Chegg is more well-known compared to other online rentals, and it’s still cheaper overall,” she said.

Best Buddies as well as Cheshire High School’s Best Buddies chapter with 40 tickets for the buddies to experience the game. Since TD Bank Sports Center is handicap-accessible, there were no major difficulties accommodating the buddies at the game.

“We’re just a bunch of friends going to a basketball game,” Sherlock said.

After the success of attend-

ing a men’s hockey game last year, members of QUBB wanted to continue the trend of showing the buddies Quinnipiac spirit.

“We thought it’d be neat to incorporate them into our community and give them a snapshot of what activities are meaningful to other QU students,” Palmieri said. “We thought it’d be a unique event and would be very interactive with the QU community.”

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Ninety-nine percent of renters said they would rent their textbooks again, according to a survey from Follett.

Hoops field trip brings smiles for Best Buddies

By Amy Maciejowski Staff Writer

Quinnipiac’s men’s basketball team saw an entirely new cheering squad at Saturday’s game against Mount St. Mary’s. Members of Best Buddies, a subgroup of Community Action Program, enjoyed showing blue and gold spirit while accompanying their “Buddies” to the basketball game.

“They cheered, danced, sang and raised their spirit fingers when the boys were shooting free throws,” senior Best Buddies Activities Coordinator Kayla Palmieri said.

Best Buddies is a nonprofit organization that dedicates its time to establishing one-on-one friendships for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

“We may have had the rowdiest section–cheering and dancing,” Senior Membership Coordinator and Co-Chair Corey Sherlock said.

“We had a couple special visits from Boomer, which was definitely a highlight. After the event, every couple minutes someone would say ‘That game was a blast!’ That’s what makes this group so rewarding and fun.”

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Chegg.com is the No. 1 source of college textbook rentals, according to a report by Student Monitor LifeStyle & Media in spring 2010.

Textbook manager at QU’s bookstore Siobhan Tivnan said the success of the rentals is going to have a big effect on those trying to sell back books they purchased.

“Say there’s five sections of a class in the fall and only three in the spring; we’re not going to be ordering as many books,” Tivnan said.

“It takes those rental check-ins and puts those first, so a lot of these students who thought they are going to get half price back at the end of the semester, aren’t. Even if we

are using it again, because we have so many more rentals, [they] get put against what we need for the spring first before buyback.”

However, if you need a textbook for a two-semester class or longer, renting is not a very cost effective option, Tivnan said.

Follett also offers an e-book program called CaféScribe, in which students can highlight and take notes in digital copies of their textbooks, while also having the ability to “friend” other students in the class and share notes. The social media-like program allows students and professors to interact right within a textbook.

“Predominantly today the bulk of demand tends to be for that traditional bound printed book,” Distoala said. “We’re approaching the digitalist age; we’re very much prepared for a digital demand.”

Follett offers nearly 12,000 textbooks titles on caféscribe.com.

“It still represents a nice savings against the cost of a new book; I just think the marketplace isn’t quite there yet,” Distoala said.

“We’re prepared for that swing in demand but I assume that would reach a tipping point in the next five or six years.”

The Quinnipiac bookstore has only sold about $2,000 worth of e-books this fiscal year, Tivnan said.

“It’s a hard sell to the students, which kind of surprises me because young people have grown up with technology, but a lot of students who have used an e-book before don’t like it,” Tivnan said.

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December 8, 2010

‘Change’ initiative will give cash for creativity Innovative reform ideas could receive $1,000 backing

“I think it’s great that there is an opportunity for students to get involved without having to be a part of a club,” freshman Jordan Walsh said. “It makes everybody feel A momentous change could be headed more connected within the QU community.”

The Presidents and Vice Presidents to Quinnipiac, and it all depends on the stuCommittee will be responsible for reviewing dents. The initiative, by students and for stuall applications that come through and will dents, is known as “How Can You Change then notify the student popQU.” ulation of the submissions “Hopefully, projects like that were granted funding.

‘How Can You Change QU’ We are looking to “We are looking to will give students the opporignite a spark on ignite a spark on this camtunity to walk into a job interthis campus that pus that values leadership view and exhibit a leadership and the principles of vihistory that is unique from values leadership sion and action,” Venturelli other peer institutions,” said and the principles said. “Every student has a senior Louis Venturelli, Stuof vision and diverse perspective of the dent Government Association action. campus community and we president. are looking to celebrate the According to Venturelli, Louis Venturelli, the program aims to enhance SGA President ideas that will continue to enhance the student experithe quality of student life on ence. campus and create leadership opportunities “If all goes well, and dependent on the for students. “How Can You Change QU” new leadership of the Student Government is the brainchild of the Presidents and Vice Association, I could see this project growing Presidents Committee of SGA. Sponsored by SGA with assistance bigger and stronger to perhaps a larger grant from Dean of Students Manuel Carreiro and fund.” the Office of Student Affairs, $1,000 grants will be allotted to students with attainable, Check out MyQ for more information creative ideas.

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Seniors Leigh Maneri, left, and Marissa Kameno are the two faces behind the newest online magazine for Quinnipiac women.

Seniors fire up femme mag

‘Her Campus’ will bring women’s issues to light at QU

By Robert Grant Staff Writer There was no place for female journalists to write about topics exclusively for female students at Quinnipiac until now.

“Her Campus,” an online women’s magazine, features approximately 70 colleges around the country, and Quinnipiac is now one of them.

Her Campus: Quinnipiac was launched Tuesday, Nov. 3, by senior print journalism majors Marissa Kameno and Leigh Maneri, who each hold the position of campus correspondent.

The magazine comprises several different sections that deal with “things college women need to deal with,” Kameno said.

Everything from health and lifestyle to

campus news is featured on the website, updated twice a week, along with blogs, “campus celebrity” and the “campus cutie” profile.

The writing in the magazine is considered wittier and more about topics that are not normally seen in the feature section of an average daily newspaper. The writers deal with topics that range anywhere from sex and alcohol to fashion.

“It’s very realistic,” Maneri said. “We’re not tiptoeing around anything, an aspect that was missing before.”

As co-founders of Her Campus: Quinnipiac, Kameno and Maneri are responsible for writing, editing, posting to the website and gathering a team of writers, which has currently reached a total of 19.

“A lot of women in the print journalism program are interested in writing for women’s

magazines,” Maneri said.

One of their first writers, Johana Gutierrez, a sophomore public relations major, said that she enjoys writing about the many different topics they are given. Thus far, she has written about the music scene around Hamden and New Haven, fashion, and whether boys prefer “girly girls or bro-girls.”

“I used to read the website anyways, so it was really cool that it was coming to Quinnipiac,” Gutierrez said. “Everyone has their own style, so it’s nice to know that we all mesh together well.”

Among their goals for this year, Kameno and Maneri want to “successfully reach women at Quinnipiac and get positive feedback.”

The first day of the launch, the website received 800 hits. As of Saturday, they reached more than 3,000.

STUDY: Lose the all-nighter cram session continued from cover ing Center is that of repetition. This means not only re-reading notes, but putting them into practice, either through personal trials or artificial testing. This can also get rid of the stressors that come with test time itself.

“When you cram, you place a lot of emphasis on recall or recognition,” Delohery said. “Not continually dealing with the information, not repeating the information is really what happens when we cram and it just does not go to our working memory.”

SEPARATION

Finding the right environment to study away may be a major factor in success or failure.

“This idea of distraction, whether it is getting up and removing yourself from suitemates who are not as into school as much as

you, or simply leaving your computer at your desk when you go to the library, comes down to the individual variables,” Delohery said.

“It comes back to knowing a little bit about yourself.”

Although some places are obviously harmful to proper studying, it is important to figure out where you feel relaxed, whether this be tucked away in one of Arnold Bernhard’s many desks or in your dorm room at the right time.

The distractions to avoid include many computer-related interruptions, loud areas or places with heavy agitation. Get to a place where it is nothing but you and your work, so your mind can process one task at a time.

SLEEP

Sleep, or lack thereof, can be the difference between an entire grade in the right or

wrong direction. It has been proven that sleep is needed to complete the learning process, with the brain being just as active during the day as at night. In order to study effectively, proper sleep is important.

“If we’re going to be as effective as we want to be, as we need to be to really learn, the body needs to be also healthy,” Delohery said. “That is not facilitated by a boatload of caffeine, or grinding up someone’s Ritalin and snorting it.”

While many students resort to the quickness of cramming, Red Bulls, and a roommate’s Adderall prescription, these are short bursts of effectiveness, ones that end up hurting the mind even more than educating it. A good sleep cycle and proper amount of nutrition can do the same job, if not an even better one to keep one energized, alert and able throughout a week of tests.

The American government spends about $30 billion a year to compensate injured American servicemen and women, the Associated Press reported. But access to the treatment, counseling and therapy veterans need isn’t always easy to find, often causing veterans to suffer while remaining untreated.

Professor and clinical psychotherapist Henry Schissler and Iraq war veteran James Cote started the Soldier’s Project CT, a nonprofit center that provides free essential services to Connecticut veterans.

“We’re raising awareness in the community for the needs of veterans and advocating services for veterans and military members in general,” Cote said.

Cote is a Marine and served two tours in Iraq since 9/11.

“I had a personal obligation because I served in the Marine Corps,” Cote said. “I had a very positive experience while deployed in Iraq. I’ve known military that have come back and have not had a positive experience at all. The desire was to kind of give back to those who put so much on the line.”

The center offers counseling for trauma disorders, family reconciliation counseling, group therapy, treatment services for alcohol and drug abuse or addiction and Veterans for Veterans support groups.

The center opened in Cheshire in August and has already begun helping a number of Iraq war veterans. In addition to the counseling services, Soldier’s Project CT also serves as a fitness center with classes including mixed martial arts, relaxation groups and nutrition counseling.

“The veteran experience is very different from the civilian experience,” Schissler said. “So what I found was that there are tremendous problems. We have a homeless veteran problem that is shameful. We have traumatic brain-injured vets and we have post-traumatic stress disorder vets that are not getting service. So what I learned from James was the intensity of the problems that we faced.”

If Quinnipiac students think they have a busy schedule, they should take a look at Schissler’s. He is a part-time Quinnipiac sociology professor, a full-time Housatonic Community College professor and still finds time to run the Soldier’s Project CT. The center relies on donations, corporate sponsorships, and fundraising activities to fund the programs.

Once soldiers return to Connecticut after being deployed, they often find it hard to fit back into civilian life. One of the center’s main focuses is to help transition them back into society.

“They feel like they don’t belong in the culture that they were ultimately a part of before they went into service,” Schissler said.

Cote invites all veterans, including those studying at Quinnipiac, to contact him at 808224-5686 or come down to the center to see if any of the services could be of help to the men and women involved in the armed forces.

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December 8, 2010

Truth doesn’t kill people, our government does Reporters recently asked Gov. Mike Huckabee, Fox News host and terrifying 2008 presidential candidate, what he thought of the recent releases of classified government

By Matt Ciepielowski material by Wikileaks. He said, “WhoSenior Managing Editor ever in our government leaked that information is guilty of treason, and I think anything less than execution is too kind a penalty.”

Hearing those words from an ordained minister who supposedly stands for “family values” makes me want to puke, but unfortunately Huckabee is not the only figure to induce a bit of nausea in me while discussing the recent leaks.

Wikileaks is a nonprofit organization that functions as a secure, anonymous method for sources to leak inside information on everything from international diplomacy to the inner workings of large corporations. Wikileaks founder and Editor-in-chief Julian Assange lives as a nomad, traveling from airport to airport for fear of his safety and freedom. Early Tuesday morning, Assange was arrested in the United Kingdom on Swedish rape charges (which conveniently coincided with the most recent cable releases).

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, a holdover from the Bush administration retained by President Obama, said over the summer that Wikileaks’ releases on the war in Afghanistan would endanger innocent lives. Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, went so far as to say, “Mr. Assange can say whatever he likes about the greater good he thinks he and his source are doing, but the truth is they might already have on their hands the blood of some young soldier or that of an Afghan family.”

It requires a special kind of mental illness to help run a war that has killed thousands upon thousands of innocent civilians and then claim that a journalist has blood on his hands for revealing the truth. Do you know what endangers innocent lives, Mr. Gates? Dropping bombs on innocent people. Also, there is no documented proof of a single person ever being physically harmed as a result of Wikileaks’ activity.

Wikileaks has only released a small fraction of the 250,000 diplomatic cables they are planning to go public with. One cable shows that the United States was responsible for a cruise missile strike that killed 21 children. The message, sent by Yemen’s president Ali Abdullah Saleh to U.S. Gen. David Petraeus, said that Yemen’s government

would “continue saying the bombs are ours, not yours.”

Maybe I’m just insane, but it seems to me that we should be mad about the people who are killing children, not the ones telling us about it.

Since 9/11, government intrusion into individuals’ private lives has been rampant, and the constant refrain from those who take our freedoms is, “if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to worry about.” Apparently the same rules don’t apply to our benevolent, allknowing rulers.

As more and more revelations pile up from the Wikileaks releases, Assange and the rest of the organization are sure to face an uphill battle against the establishment, because as Congressman Ron Paul said, “truth is treason in the empire of lies.”

So you want an ‘A’ on your final?

By Joe Pelletier Editor in chief Finals time. You can smell it, can’t you?

It’s a beautiful bouquet of coffee, AMP and sleep deprivation.

I’d like to tell you that after seven semesters of finals, I figured out the secret.

Alas, I cannot. I’m still as sleep-deprived as everyone else.

The bad news is that if you really wanted an ‘A’ on your final, you needed to start working at it the first day of classes. That, I have learned, is the only way to guarantee an exceptional grade; consistent studying,

a proactive approach, and taking that extra time with your professor. Unfortunately, it’s almost impossible to do that with every single class.

That’s the bad news.

The good news is that there is hope yet. You can still get that satisfying grade.

But you have to employ some unorthodox methods.

It starts with instrumental music.

Download as much classical, non-lyric music as you can, and make a playlist. I highly recommend “Canon” (by Zox, if you’re looking for a contemporary twist).

Instrumental music is the perfect mix of helping you focus without being distracted

What say you?

36% No

by lyrics.

Read. We all feel like we have to start writing that paper or building a study guide.

Don’t. Take two hours, and just read everything that applies to the final exam/final paper topic. Figure out what’s important before you lose your mind.

The last one might surprise you.

STRESS OUT! Don’t trick yourself into thinking it’s all going to be OK. It’s not.

You have a ton of work to do, and not much time to do it. You should be going insane.

Accept it. Finals are really hard. They’re really hard for everybody. But tune into some Bach, read your textbook, and get started right now, and you’ll survive. Probably.

45% Yes

Would you watch a women’s rugby match on campus? (results from poll on QUChronicle.com)

19% Don’t care

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December 8, 2010

Think before you post

That profile picture of you funneling probably won’t get you a job

By Lenny Neslin Managing Editor

-Keep A Child Alive

Morbid ad campaign doing more scaring than raising awareness

By Christine Burroni Associate Opinion Editor With Kim Kardashian posing dead for AIDS, a campaign backing a great cause is really a parent’s worst nightmare.

The newest AIDS campaign launched

by Keep A Child Alive, a non-profit program dedicated to providing support to families affected by HIV/Aids decided the best way to promote AIDS awareness was to have celebrities pose in coffins.

I couldn’t help but cringe when I saw the headline “Kim Kardashian Poses in a Coffin for World AIDS Day” and never mind when I saw the actual picture on my AOL News feed. I have all the respect in the world for AIDS charities, but this is just sick.

I commend everyone involved in the campaign, and AIDS campaigns in general, but this is just a little too brutal. I understand the message of the campaign but this completely takes it over the top. Putting healthy people in coffins is not only morbid but appalling.

Is this the only way that people will care? If they see their favorite celebrities in coffins versus the actual people that are in coffins from HIV/AIDS? That’s how the campaign is making it seem.

The other celebrities “playing dead” in this campaign include Alicia Keys, the face of the whole campaign, Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, and Ryan Seacrest, who hope to get a rise out of people not only with their deadly photos (job well done), but with the end of their so-called “digital life” by not using social media until $1 million is raised.

Considering that this campaign is specifically catered to families with AIDS, did the designers of the ad forget their demographic? What parent in their right mind would want to think of their disease burdened child in a coffin? According to TheCelebCafe.com, even Kris Jenner, mother of Kim Kardashian, was horrified with the picture of her supposedly lifeless daughter. Keep in mind, Kardashian is alive and well. This whole concept is just twisted.

Sorry, but what happens on Facebook, doesn’t stay on Facebook.

It’s actually a gold mine for your potential employers to stalk you more than you stalk your own friends. My friend told me he and his internship boss searched through applicants on Facebook over the summer to find his replacement and they found one Quinnipiac student on a boat funneling what seemed to be beer in her profile picture. You can guess how that application turned out for her.

My friend’s boss isn’t the only one using what’s easily accessible online for recruiting; 83 percent of employers are using or planning to use social networks for hiring this year, according to survey results released on June 30 by Jobvite, a company that offers social media recruiting products.

That percentage is likely to rise in 2011 based on social media’s growing popularity.

Do you really still have those photos of you sake bombing still posted on Facebook?

Or what about that provocative Halloween costume you wanted all your friends to see?

Do you even remember that sloppy message you published about smoking weed?

People lose their jobs for sharing offensive or inappropriate material on Facebook too. It’s not just Facebook, either. Professional athletes are penalized for violating league rules against Twitter, such as tweeting during games.

Of course, there are privacy settings for both Facebook and Twitter that allow you to hide personal information and shared content within your network. But does that prevent people in your network from sharing what you publish for the public eye – purposefully or accidentally? Absolutely not. And is it worth the risk of a potential employer digging it up? Not at all.

Winter break is a popular time to apply for jobs and internships. If you plan to do so, spend the time needed to clean up your act on the Internet to present yourself more professionally.

Your online presence is crucial to your job hunt’s success – for some jobs more than

others – and it’s not very hard to look like an impressive candidate online. Not only should your social media accounts be set up and used professionally, but creating a webume (Web résumé) also enhances your application.

With free, easy-to-use blogging services like Blogger, WordPress, Tumblr and many more, setting up a website containing a copy of your résumé, a general cover letter and links to work published online is a great way to stand out from the pack.

People born in 1991 or later have been dubbed the “Net Generation” for a reason: They know how to use media technologies better than any other generation. But if you don’t see yourself as a part of that generation – in other words, you are someone who repels technology – don’t fret. There is a solution.

You can find step-by-step tutorials for just about any online task with a Google search.

There is no reason to put yourself at a disadvantage when applying for jobs or internships because of regrettable decisions clicking the “share” button. Embrace technology and give yourself an edge.

Last-Ditch Effort

SGA UPDATE

FinCom presents formal request to president’s cabinet Hello Bobcats!

I hope you are having a bearable week leading up to finals, and that you are all taking care of yourselves! I’m writing to you in reference to a goal that was recently accomplished by the Finance Committee of the Student Government Association. This past month, our Committee presented a formal request to the president’s cabinet proposing an increase to the student activity budget – which is allocated to the 50-plus chartered organizations on campus. This proposal will yield an additional $250,000 to our current budget – totaling to a $750,000 budget by the year 2016.

What does this budget increase mean for you? With these additional funds, student organizations will be able to plan bigger and better campus events, more conference traveling opportunities will be available, and the organizations you are a part of will be able to grow and prosper in the future years. Organizations such as Black Student Union, Community Action Project, and the Student Programming Board will have the opportunity to request higher budgets to reach out to more of our community. Academic-based organizations, such as the Physical Therapy Club and the Quinnipiac Future Teacher Organization, will be able to fully fund conferences aimed to expose them to the different aspects of their majors. In addition, this will free up more money for Special Appeals – a process in which all organizations recognized by the Office of the Student Center and Campus Life are able to apply for funding.

The Finance Committee, as well as the Student Government Association as a whole, are extremely excited about this achieved goal and what it means for the future of organizations and programs at Quinnipiac.

Live the legend, and enjoy your well-deserved winter vacation!

Sincerely, Betsy Clark Vice President of Finance

WHAT’S IN

THERE ARE LOTS OF FAMILIAR NAME ARE THEY? DON’T WORRY, THE C

Anna Brundage / Chronicle

The man, the myth, the library. Most Quinnipiac students have been inside of Arnold Bernhard, but do they really know him? Here’s your chance to get a feel for Arnold, the investor.

HEY ARNOLD! Meet the man behind the books

By Anna Brundage Staff Writer

Whether a serious relationship or just a fling at finals, Quinnipiac students find themselves getting personal with Arnold Bernhard.

Originally the Connecticut College of Commerce, founded in 1929, the school evolved over the past 82 years into today’s Quinnipiac University.

When the first name change occurred in 1935 to the Junior College of Commerce, the school began its gradual assembly of a library named for “a lifelong lover of the arts and humanities.”

Founder, publisher and editor of Value Line Investment Survey and Value Line Family of Mutual Friends, Bernhard was a hardworking first generation American. Talented in many areas, he took on Wall Street with his own resourcefulness and aca-

demic honesty.

The motto of Bernhard’s Value Line is “Themost trusted name in investment research.” His commitment to the stock industry transformed the practice of security analysis.

After Quinnipiac’s relocation to the Mount Carmel campus, monetary donations were made by the Bernhard family to construct the library and clock tower that is now the icon of the school. The library that once only held close to 4,000 texts now houses thousands more.

“Arnie B,” as some students call it, has had many face-lifts since its construction at the center of campus. From an entire renovation and redesign of the clock tower to the recent installation of more study cubicles, the library accommodates and inspires more students than Bernhard could have imagined.

N A NAME?

ES AROUND CAMPUS. BUT JUST WHO CHRONICLE’S GOT YOU COVERED:

Lender

McMahon

Comm. Center

Business Center Actually we do not have a “Lender School of Business,” Rather, we have the “Lender School of Business Center”—the building has a name, not the actual school (e.g. “Wharton School of Business” at UPenn). Murray Lender is a 1950 graduate of Quinnipiac. He and his brother Marvin Lender were involved in their famous family business, H. Lender & Sons restaurant chain and, most famously, Lender’s Bagels.

The Lender brothers have been active supporters of Quinnipiac and other causes in the Greater New Haven area for years. Their reputation as successful businessmen, their generosity and Murray Lender’s service as the co-chairman of the 1993 fundraising campaign for the School of Business Center explain the Lender name on it.

It’s the Ed McMahon Mass Communications Center, which was dedicated in Sept. 1993, and was originally presented as part of the Lender School of Business Center. Ed McMahon was Johnny Carson’s sidekick on “The Tonight Show.” McMahon’s daughter is a 1971 graduate of Quinnipiac, and he reportedly supported the creation of the communications center because it would help young people break into the world of broadcasting. He had a great career and hoped that future QU graduates would go on to have successful, fulfilling careers.

Dean Evans CAS Dean Robert W. Evans joined the faculty of the Junior College of Commerce in the fall of 1945 as an instructor of psychology and philosophy. In 1950, he became director of the Evening Division and dean of continuing education. In 1966, he became dean of students when the college moved to its Mount Carmel location and served until 1983, when he stepped down as dean. He continued to serve as the assistant to the VP of Academic Affairs until 1985 when he fully retired. In 2002, alumna Helen (Lindenmeier) Blake ’51, one of Evans’ former students wanted to preserve his place at Quinnipiac, since he was—in her words—“ a true teacher, one who changed lives.”

Tator Hall Samuel W. Tator, business professor and politician, founded Connecticut College of Commerce, a small business college, in 1929. With support from his wife, Irmagarde Tator, and Yale graduate, Judge Phillip Troup, the school enrolled 200 students. In 1930 eight students earned degrees as the first graduating class.

Buckman Center

Clarice “Clare” Buckman was a businesswoman and philanthropist known for her strong commitment to improving higher education in the region. Her late husband, Jacob F. “Jack” Buckman, was a pioneer in electroplate technology and co-founded Enthone, Inc. of West Haven in the 1930s. Buckman assisted her husband as the company’s bookkeeper and they grew the company from a local shop to a multi-national chemical company in the 1950s. Mrs. Buckman passed away in 2000, after a lifetime of generosity in the region. The Buckman name can be found in another very prominent place on the Quinnipiac campus— can you find it?

Schweitzer Institute

The Albert Schweitzer Institute, named for philosopher and humanitarian Albert Schweitzer, is one of Quinnipiac’s most recognized institutions. Schweitzer’s belief in nuclear nonproliferation has reverberated to this day, as ASI Director David Ives and students recently traveled to Japan for a global conference on nuclear disarmament. Schweitzer famously founded a volunteer hospital in Gabon, Africa that functions to this day.

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AT2010:- TEN TION! A Year in Review BOB SAGET

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The TD Bank Sports Center was a “Full House” on Oct. 2 when a dirty Bob Saget ditched his ‘neat freak,’ lame joke-telling, Danny Tanner alter-ego. Saget poked fun at Quinnipiac staples like the “slut bus,” “Hep Creek,” and Toad’s Place.

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“Create a legacy for yourself,” Blatt, the Branch Manager of NY’s Warner Bros. Pictures told QU students on Nov. 16. In “An Evening with Bruce Blatt,” sponsored by QFS and the School of Communications, Blatt emphasized the importance of networking and building relationships with peers. He said it is one of the keys to success in the movie industry, along with luck, genes and talent.

Colorado pop-rock band The Fray entertained Quinnipiac students with their melodic ballads and meaningful lyrics at the TD Bank Sports Center on April 18. The Fray performed their hits “You Found Me,” “How to Save a Life,” and “Over My Head (Cable Car).”

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Comedians Pete Lee and Ronnie Jordan brought laughs to Quinnipiac in February. Jordan brought in smiles with his witty charisma and impersonations of “American Idol” Ruben Studdard. The next weekend, Lee showcased his “wimpy but mean” comedic style which led him all the way to the finals on “Last Comic Standing.”

BRUCE BLATT

MUSIC FOR MEALS

Local band “Great Caesar” rocked The Space in Hamden to raise money for the Hamden Food Bank, sponsored by WQAQ. The station’s general manager, Mike Farrell, also a guitarist for Great Caesar, was impressed by the event’s outcome and the donations of food received. “There was enough food to fill two grocery carts,” Farrell said.

‘JOHNNY JOHNSON’

STOOLAPALOOZA

The Barstool Sports college tour, Stoolapalooza, made its way to Toad’s Place on April 18 after Quinnipiac seniors Jack Lamson and Matt Durrigan petitioned for the event. The concert featured Boston-based rapper Sam Adams, among other local acts.

The Long Wharf Theatre welcomed the period piece “Johnny Johnson” to the New Haven stage from Nov. 11-14. Set during World War I, the play depicted the life of an average American during a time of war.

MUSIC 101

Denis Mitchell, “Denny Darko,” wowed QU students with his song “Blue and Yellow,” which played at Midnight Madness. Also featured in the song are seniors Brittany Howse and Nick Cafiero. Seniors Jason Siegel and Tim McMinn also stressed music appreciation with their Facebook page “24KT KidLivin.” The page, which currently has over 1,000 likes, is home to music and artists Siegel and McMinn love and want to share with everyone.

I HEART ART

Quinnipiac students showcased their skills in Montage’s annual art festival.

On Nov. 17, photographs, portraits, paintings and hand-drawn creations filled the rotunda in Café Q. Yale’s improv group, the Viola Question, also performed a great comedic performance later in the night.

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RAVE

December 8, 2010

WRECK -Disney

OF THE WEEK ABC Family’s ‘25 Days of Christmas’

Katy Perry’s Grammy Nominations

Like the “13 Nights of Halloween” but better, ABC Family’s “25 Days of Christmas” is 25 nights of pure holiday delight. The nightly schedule is filled with specials, movies and other holiday-centric premieres that inject the festive spirit during this time of the year.

While several specials and films are hokey (how many more movies about talking animals can be done?), the cable network also airs classics that can be watched over and over again. For instance, “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” is one of the better films aired frequently during the month. While not as satisfying as its predecessor, the sequel to “Home Alone” features pigeon lady (!) and a fantastic performance from Catherine O’Hara (Kate McCallister).

The network also airs “The Santa Clause,” which is another childhood favorite. Tim Allen stars as a workaholic father who takes over Santa’s duties after Santa Claus falls off his roof on Christmas Eve. The numerous animated specials like “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” are also fun to watch. Thanks, ABC Family, for the continuous run of specials, but please refrain from any more madefor-television movies starring Christina Milian and Mario Lopez and stick to the oldies-but-goodies. -MB

Katy Perry’s catastrophic album, “Teenage Dream,” is now Grammy-nominated as one of the five best albums of the year. Too bad Perry’s four Grammy nominations aren’t just one bad dream; it’s a cold reality and a slap in the face to the deserving artists who went without Grammy nominations, including the Swell Season and Brandi Carlile, among several other deserving acts.

Perry’s nominated album features some stunning lyrics on songs like “Firework” and “Peacock.” Perry asks if “you ever feel like a paper bag” on the first tune. She sings “Come on, baby, let me see what you’re hiding underneath” and goes on to repeat “Peacock” several times in a row on the latter song. Words of inspiration, folks.

The Grammys did get it right in many instances (nominating Cee-Lo’s epic “Fuck You” in Record and Song of the Year; recognizing folk singer Ray LaMontagne in Song of the Year; and remembering Robyn’s masterpiece “Dancing on My Own” in Dance Recording), but Perry’s nods show ignorance on the Academy’s part in actually finding the best in music from last year. Two hit singles don’t make an album worthy of the high honor.

Fine, fresh, fierce, Perry is not. -MB

CULTURE

SHOCK Disney’s new movie “Tangled” beat “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” for the No. 1 film this past weekend, raking in $21.5 million at the box office.

Comedian Dane Cook’s half brother, Darryl McCauley, owes Cook $12 million in restitution after embezzling millions from him. McCauley, who served as Cook’s former business manager, will serve five to six years in prison. His accomplice and wife, Erika, is also facing a prison sentence.

Production of Andrew Niccol’s thriller movie “Now” is delayed due to Justin Timberlake’s recent calf injury from a stunt gone wrong.

“Ugly Betty” bit actor Michael Brea, 31, was recently charged with seconddegree murder for killing his mother.

Brea is currently in a prison’s hospital ward for psychiatric evaluation.

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QU Singers serenade Buckman

By Patrick Cadigan Staff Writer

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The Quinnipiac University Singers crooned in Buckman Theater Dec. 2 with a performance of songs ranging from a passion-filled “Jennifer” to hit songs like Harry Chapin’s “Cat’s in the Cradle.”

With the choir in its 10th year of operation, conductor Fred Rossomando packed the near two-hour performance with passionate songs that drew a large crowd, as a line stretched out the door.

“I was quite pleased and a little surprised that many came out to see us,” choir member Arielle Bounas said.

Since the choir did not sell tickets to the event, attendees walked away with the better end of the bargain. Standing at well over 50 members, the choir used all their voices equally to create multi-part harmonies.

In addition to the passion and love for singing, the choir was also accompanied by a small band while a skilled Rossomando played piano and conducted.

Though the participants were not in

matching attire, they were dressed in semiformal attire - men in a collared shirt and khakis, and women in a dress or skirt with a button down.

The students in attendance were appreciative of the free performance, which served as a good break from studying and final projects.

Additionally, people were impressed to see that the group had all taken time out of their schedules to put this performance together.

“It was wonderful to see all of these people coming together to sing out of pure enjoyment,” sophomore TJ DiCampli said.

Katy Perry was just one of the many artists who participated in the in the television special “VH1 Divas Salute the Troops,” at the Marine Corps Air Station in Miramar, Fla. Some other performers included Paramore, Nicki Minaj and Sugarland.

“Glee” star Lea Michele received Billboard’s Triple Threat Award during the Women in Music Event in New York City this past weekend.

Michele was recognized for her standout performances on the show as a singer, dancer and actress.

Anne Hathaway, on co-hosting the 2011 Academy Awards:

“Hosting [Saturday Night Live] is just as scary as getting naked on screen. Then, hosting the Oscars is like doing SNL naked.”

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Scene The Chronicle

December 8, 2010

student center: male. blonde. Sarah’s Style Corner

god you’re hot.

Are you in love with likealittle?

Cupid has a new place

By Christine Little to crash, and it’s called Staff Writer likealittle.com. The newest social networking site is an anonymous way for college students to reach out to their crushes. It’s already drawn in more than 600 Bobcats to the submissionbased flirting fray.

“When you get past the ‘I’m hungover, are you DTF?’ posts, you might actually find something good.

But then again, fairytale romances don’t always happen. Worse comes to worst, you can always get a good laugh,” said Cassandra Paiva, a freshman who enjoys reading posts on likealittle.com.

Likealittle is a website intended for users to anonymously ‘flirt’ with somebody, stating the time and place the user saw their desired Like it? Love it? person, as well as the person’s sex Can’t stand it? and hair color.

Cast your vote at Users then leave a QUChronicle.com short message to the recipient, saying what they are unable to say in person.

Likealittle has been consistently expanding at Quinnipiac for weeks, and is continuously gaining more popularity. likealittle has pages for many colleges, yet some are more popular than others. The Quinnipiac page has been rapidly growing, currently having 627 ‘likes’ on Facebook.

Initial posts show no indication of the submitter, and all comments are credited to a fruit named anything from ‘apple’ to ‘gooseberry.’ The site may or may not recognize you if you re-comment on the same submission, even if you’re the author, unless you have an account.

The site was initially used for serious purposes, with students posting seemingly sincere, albeit anonymous, messages to fellow students whom they wanted to date, get to know better, or simply learn the name of.

COMMENTARY Recently, likealittle has become much less serious, and much more vulgar, as an increased number of students are mocking the site and posts by “desperate” users.

The mocking posts are very immature, however, one of the tactful posts reads: “At Anywhere: Male, Brunette.

General Advertisement: guys, no girl wants to start a relationship on like a little. If you are interested in someone say hello. If you can’t manage that, a head nod or wave can suffice. Anonymity (and stalking) is creepy. Confidence is sexy.”

While I wholeheartedly agree with the post, not every person has the confidence to approach that special someone. Confidence is important, yet sometimes both males and females have difficulty building it. Sometimes, you just need to let a secret out, and the only way to ensure it will stay a secret is anonymous posting.

Many users also like their friends a little and create humorous posts about them. Generally these are done when the friend is near the poster.

Likealittle.com can be used for either good or evil at this point. With the growing popularity there is an ever increasing amount of posts per day. Users should be responsible posters, as what may be funny to one individual, may be hurtful to another.

Oh to be an angel

-CBS

By Sarah Rosenberg Staff Writer

In these chilly winter months, we can always count on one group of brave girls to trade in their scarves and jackets for lingerie: the Victoria’s Secret Angels. They fiercely emerge on the holiday scene to prove that showing skin is a year-round affair, and they may certainly get the praise that angels deserve from the fashion community. The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, which aired on Nov. 30, is always a bit unconventional, overly glamorous, and slightly outrageous–but that’s what makes it entirely different from the usual, run-of-themill fashion shows. It’s refreshing to see that a lingerie company can somehow pull off an entertaining and original show.

I’ve decided to get over the fact that these models display their seemingly extraterrestrial bodies to the world during this particular fashion show. I don’t necessarily agree with the idea that these women are supposed to represent the female population in general, but these angels are beautiful, fashion-forward and they get the brand’s message across.

If it weren’t for the gallant attire the models catwalked in, the show just wouldn’t be the same.

The lingerie is transformed into couture Halloween costumes, accented with only the best accessories and the most flawless hair.

I noticed a number of different wardrobe designs that appealed to the image of a powerful woman: a strong woman in what can often be considered a man’s world. One model flaunted a metallic hot pink leotard with a silver bra while carrying a shiny barbell; another held a blinged-out lacrosse stick while wearing pink, green and white boy

shorts, sports socks and colorful elbow pads; and one blonde came out in wrestling gloves, shorts with the initials “V.S.” on the front and a long red and blue robe. At one point, the model sporting the barbell handed it over to group of males (shirtless, nonetheless) who seemed to not be strong to enough to carry such a weight.

Fierce, feminine and female — an image that isn’t so hurtful to women after all.

Other notable designs included a white bra and underwear set centered on a hippie motif (flowing, layered sleeves of lace and varying floral patterns), a nude one-piece with straw-like angel wings, and Adriana Lima’s neon orange and green corset suit with platform heels and a long, cape featuring a 100-dollar bill. One of my personal favorites had to be the corseted top and bottom, with a flowing skirt of navy feathers featured only in the back, and wings that read “Tough Love,” as if mimicking the famous label Ed Hardy. A lot of the looks were also seriously edgy, featuring wings that seemed to have been constructed from scrap metal, random jewels, and brass plates. And I cannot forget the ensemble of straight-up molds of plastics bubbles encompassing the back of one model’s outfit.

This annual show simply just proves that at any given moment a woman can be sexy, cute, flirtatious, dark, edgy, sporty, tough, glamorous, simple, or wild.

We have no limits to our personality or lifestyle, and this particular fashion show helps to represent the most well-rounded women. If only we could all just walk around town once in a while wearing an emblazoned corset and oh, if only we could all be angels.

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“Our goaltending needs to be better and our team defense in front of our goalies needs to be better.”

- Rand Pecknold Men’s Ice Hockey

December 8, 2010 COMMENTARY

THE NEXT

REGGIE MILLER

By Chris Leary Online Sports Editor

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Quinnipiac captain Scott Zurevinski watches Clarkson goaltender Paul Karpowich make a glove save in the third period of Saturday’s 5-3 loss at the TD Bank Sports Center.

3rd period dooms slumping ‘Cats

By Cassie Comeau Staff Writer The Clarkson Golden Knights trumped the Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team in a 5-3 victory Saturday night at the TD Bank Sports Center. It was the Bobcats’ fourth straight loss. “[It’s] very frustrating, especially after [last night’s loss to St. Lawrence],” Quinnipiac captain Scott Zurevinski said. “We felt like we played 60 minutes and didn’t get rewarded for the work we put in.

And then tonight, [Clarkson gets] off to an early lead, and it’s hard. It’s tough, especially on a young team, but at the end, it’s part of it.”

Clarkson’s Brandon DeFazio’s third-period hat trick propelled the

Golden Knights, as it broke a 2-2 empty-netter.

“The biggest turning point tie. of the game was the first goal of “You can’t win games when the game,” Pecknold said. “We got you give up that many goals,” Quinnipiac head coach Rand Clarkson 5 our veteran defenseman [Zach Hansen] Pecknold said. “So I think Quinnipiac 3 on the ice. He’s back, our goaltending needs to and just puck watches and allows be better and our team defense in a pretty simple play to turn into a front of our goalies needs to be betbreakaway.

We were done for the ter.” whole first period, and we need our Before the start of the third veteran guys and our better players period, the Bobcats (7-8-1, 3-5-1 to play better.”

ECAC) and the Golden Knights Quinnipiac minimized the (9-5-2, 4-2-1 ECAC) were tied at two. Halfway through the first pe- gap when Yuri Bouharevich scored riod, Clarkson opened the scoring his third goal of the season. At when Allan McPherson slipped past 11:31 of the second period, Spencer Quinnipiac’s defense and netted the Heichman crossed the puck in front of Clarkson’s net to Bouharevich puck.

Clarkson ended the game who ripped one past Clarkson goalwhen Bryan Rufenach scored an tender Paul Karpowich.

The Bobcats continued to gain momentum when Jeremy Langlois picked up his first deflected shot and slipped the puck between Karpowich and the post at 1:07 of the third period for a power-play goal. DeFazio answered with his first two goals.

Quinnipiac’s Zach Davies capitalized on the Bobcats’ last power play when he rocketed a shot from the point past Karpowich.

As the Bobcats face Harvard Wednesday night, Zurevinski said the team is looking to start a run.

“We believe in each other and the coaching staff believes in us, and we know our fans believe in us, so we just got to find a way to turn around and hopefully we can get a streak going.”

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

‘Cats cruise in NEC opener

By Robin Schuppert Sports Editor After playing a tough out-ofconference schedule to begin the season 0-5, the women’s basketball team seems to have hit its stride, winning its second consecutive game Saturday afternoon.

Quinnipiac beat Wagner 8572 in both teams’ conference opener at the TD Bank Sports Center.

The Bobcats (2-5, 1-0 NEC) scored a season-high 85 points, 53 in the first half, and had four players score in double figures.

Sophomore guard Felicia Barron led the way with 14 points and eight assists. Sophomore forward

Shelby Sferra, senior forward Alys- team, a new team,” Fabbri said. sa Jann and freshman forward Brit- “Then we went on the road and tany McQuain added 12, 11 and 10 saw an Atlantic-10 team, a nationally ranked team and a Pac-10 team points respectively.

“We are a transition team,” and we really fought and battled to Quinnipiac head coach Wagner 72 get better. And then this Tricia Fabbri said. “You week we saw the results Quinnipiac 85 saw us at our best running of us playing against and playing transition basketball. some great non-conference compeWe put 53 up [in the first half] and tition.” you saw exactly the team we want Wagner (3-3, 0-1 NEC) went to be for 20 minutes, and we gotta on a big run to start the second half and a 53-31 halftime lead was quickextend that to 40 minutes.”

The Bobcats opened up their ly cut to a 63-51 lead with 11:17 rebiggest lead of the game, 50-24, maining. But the Seahawks wouldn’t on Alyssa Jann’s three-pointer with get any closer.

Wagner senior Ashley Olson 1:53 left in the first half. led all players with 18 points and “The first two games we nine rebounds.

The forward also played we really were a very green

added five assists and two steals.

The Bobcats shot 46.6 percent from the field, while holding Wagner to only 37.5 percent shooting.

The Bobcats also shot a season high 83.3 percent (25-for-30) from the free throw line. In their previous six games, the Bobcats had only shot 64 percent from the line as a team.

“Eighty-three percent, I’ll take that,” Fabbri said. “I’ll sign up for anything over 80 percent. I’m really pleased with how we came out ready to play today against a very good Wagner team who’s off to their best start ever in school history.”

I think it’s safe to say that James Johnson is on his way to becoming a mega-star in the Northeast Conference after his Reggie Miller-type performance Saturday against Mount St. Mary’s.

In case you missed it, Johnson scored eight points in the final minute of the game, including a game-winning lay up off a steal. So it leads me to wonder which performance was better, Miller’s against the Knicks back in the ‘95 playoffs, or Johnson’s?

I know that if I am a Pacers fan and I see Reggie knock down eight points in an 8.9-second span, I’m probably throwing everything around me in excitement and looking to spear the first Knicks fan in sight.

I reacted the way anyone should have, by finishing my newly cracked Keystone and cursing about how good my boy James Johnson is.

For Johnson’s eight points, well let’s face it, I reacted the way anyone should have, by finishing my newly cracked Keystone and cursing about how good my boy James Johnson is.

Not only do I hate the Pacers, but for the Bobcats to win their first conference game in that fashion just gets me all geared up for the rest of this season.

By no means will Quinnipiac get an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament. We all know that our NEC play is what will get us to the dance. So when players like Johnson step up in the clutch, it just proves how far Quinnipiac basketball has actually come. We now have players who can step up, and produce championship type performances – performances that will bring us into March Madness.

Now that the Shaquille O’Neal (Rutty) of the NEC has his Kobe Bryant (Johnson), I don’t think it’s too greedy to think we can not only make it to March Madness, but also win a game.

Winning depends on the matchup come tournament time, and now the Bobcats seem to have what every great team does, a player who can demand the ball in the biggest moments, and put the team on his back. When March rolls around, some poor team like Kentucky won‘t know what hit them.

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Men’s Basketball UMass 66, QU 64 - Wednesday

Justin Rutty: 21 pts, 13 rebs QU 77, Mount 75 - Saturday James Johnson: 25 pts, game-winning basket with 0.5 seconds left

Women’s Basketball QU 76, Vermont 67 - Wednesday

Felicia Barron: 17 pts, 5 asts QU 85, Wagner 72 - Saturday

Barron: 14 pts, 8 asts

Men’s Ice Hockey

St. Lawrence 6, QU 4 - Friday

Greg Carey (SLU): 2 goals Clarkson 5, QU 3 - Saturday

Brandon DeFazio (CU): 3 goals

Women’s Ice Hockey QU 4, Brown 0 - Friday Bethany Dymarczyk: game-winning goal, assist QU 3, Yale 1 - Saturday Kelly Babstock: Gamewinning goal

Women’s Indoor Track

Yale Lidlifter Invitational - Saturday Hannah Donadio: 3rd place in 8,000-meter race (2:25)

December 8, 2010

Where are they now?

By James Feldeine

After the heartbreaking defeat to Robert Morris in the NEC Championship game, it has been a long nine months for me.

I was unsure of what I was going to do after that game; I knew I had a chance to play overseas, but didn’t know where to start. The first thing I had to do was hire an agent to find me a country to play in. That process took a short time because my family and I felt comfortable with the first agent we sat down with. After that it was just the waiting game, which took more than three months. During that time, I got invited to represent the Dominican Republic in the world championship games. I was down there for a month and a half training with the team but after catching a bad food virus, I had to go back home.

A few weeks later my agent called me and gave me the best news of my life. I was finally going to fulfill my childhood dream of becoming a professional bas-

ketball player. A team in Lugo, Spain, called Breogan really wanted me to play for their team and I could not turn down their offer. They play in the Liga Espanola de Baloncesto, which is the second best league in Spain.

Breogan has a long history in Spain. My agent felt comfortable with the city and team because he had played there while he was playing overseas.

Coming overseas for the first time in my life was a cultural shock and being alone made it a little bit worse. But I told myself this is the life I wanted so I had to suck it up and embrace it. The first two weeks were the longest two weeks of my life. I did not have Internet or cable in my house so all I did was have two practices a day and sleep the time away. I could not talk to my family and friends on a regular basis. After those two weeks things started to get better. Time was going by faster and the days were flying by.

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Quinnipiac graduate James Feldeine playing in his new colors overseas.

Currently, my team is not doing as well as we expected, but there is a long way until the end of the

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continued from back cover ica Vieweg sent the puck to forward Amanda Colin. Colin then found junior forward Jordan Elkins at the right point who sniped the puck to the back of the net. It was Elkins’ fourth goal of the season and the second power play goal of the day for Quinnipiac. It was also the 21st power play goal of the season for Quinnipiac, which ranks first in the conference.

“We played well today,” El-

kins said. “I wouldn’t say it was our best game but the fact that you can come in and not play your best and still win is a great thing.”

Babstock continued on her trek of paving the new singleseason scoring record with another goal. The freshman forward tallied 15 goals in just her 19th collegiate game on Friday. As of Sunday she leads the entire nation in points with 36, which is four points ahead of Haley Irwin of

Minnesota-Duluth. Babstock also leads the nation in game-winning goals as she collected her sixth of the year Saturday.

The Bobcats will look to continue their winning streak on the road against Princeton, St. Lawrence and Clarkson before returning home on Jan. 18.

“I don’t think we’ve ever won at any of those places but it’s a challenge this program is ready to face,” Seeley said.

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season. We are battling for the eighth and final spot in the playoff race with about 25 more games to go.

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Quinnipiac’s Kelly Babstock skates toward the crease against Yale on Saturday.

top 5 in 3 events

By John Healy Associate Sports Editor

The Quinnipiac women’s indoor track team opened its season at the Yale Lidlifter Invitational on Saturday at Coxe Cage, placing seven athletes in the top five in three different events.

Quinnipiac’s strongest showing was in the 800-meter race. The runners took third, fourth and fifth place with junior Hannah Donadio leading the pack with a 2:25 finish.

Sophomores Rebecca Smith and Alexandra Seitz followed, both running 2:28.

“I'm really excited to see how our 800-meter group will perform this season,” Quinnipiac head coach Carolyn Martin said. “They've already made improvements from last year and they're running faster, so I am eager to see how this group develops.”

Junior Kaitlin Kelley finished fourth in the mile, running a time of 5:36, while sophomore Jill Humphreys followed in fifth place at 5:34.

Sophomore Paige Pallotto finished the 3,000-meter race in fourth place with a time of 10:54, while junior Martha Santandreu placed fifth in 11:11.

The Bobcats’ next meet is also at Yale, on Jan. 15 at the Yale Collegiate Invitational in New Haven.

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Clockwise from top-left: Kari Goodchild drives in the key while being defended by Wagner’s Stephanie McBride on Saturday; Dominique Langston throws down a two-handed slam in the second half against UMass last Wednesday, firing up his teammates and coaches on the bench; Scott Zurevinski stares intensely while waiting for a faceoff in Saturday’s game against Clarkson.

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Kelly Babstock James Johnson Women’s Ice Hockey Freshman, forward Mississauga, Ontario

Babstock scored two goals and had an assist in two games over the weekend, helping the Bobcats win two home games over Brown and Yale. Friday, she took over the single-season goal scoring record with her 17th goal of the season in only her 19th career game. Saturday, she added her 18th goal of the season.

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Next home game: Jan. 18, 7 p.m. vs. New Hampshire

Men’s Basketball Junior, guard Queens, N.Y. Johnson scored eight points and had a pivotal steal in the final minute of Saturday’s 77-75 victory over Mount St. Mary’s, including the winning layup with under a second to go. He finished the game with 25 points and four steals. He went 5-for-7 from the 3-point line, including two in the final minute.

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Next home game: Saturday, 3 p.m. vs. Rhode Island

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“The last three weeks have been the best three weeks since I’ve been coaching here.”

- Rick Seeley Women’s Ice Hockey

December 8, 2010

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY

Babstock breaks Bulldogs, records

By Joe Addonizio Staff Writer

After breaking Quinnipiac’s program scoring record on Friday against Brown, freshman forward Kelly Babstock added to her goal total in women’s ice hockey’s 3-1 victory over Yale on Saturday.

With the four-game winning streak, Yale 1 the Bobcats Quinnipiac 3 (13-6-1, 6-5-0 ECAC) moved into second place in the conference behind red-hot Cornell University, who has won nine straight.

“I think the girls decided it was time to work hard and play as a team,” Quinnipiac head coach Rick Seeley said. “The last three weeks have been the best three weeks since I’ve been coaching here.”

The Bobcats struck first with a power-play goal by Erica Uden Johansson with 11:40 left in the first period. Johansson’s eighth goal of the season was scored off a rebound from Bethany Dymarcyzk. Kate Wheeler was also credited with an assist on the play. The Bobcats outshot their nutmeg state rivals 14-2 in the first period.

Yale’s offense seemed to wake up in the second period. After a face off win in their offensive zone, Bulldog defender Jamie Gray ripped a shot from the point that was deflected by Alyssa Zupon. Forward Aleca Hughes then knocked in the rebound 2:30 into the period to level the score at 1. Yale outshot Quinnipiac in the period, 15-9.

Babstock then added to her record-setting season with her 17th goal of the year in the second period, which put the Bobcats up 2-1. With 15:57 left in the period, Babstock prevented the Bulldogs (4-8-2, 3-4-1 ECAC) from clearing the puck out of their zone. She then came toward the net from the goalie’s right side, deked around to her right and was tripped by a Yale defender. As she seemed to fly through the air, she never lost concentration and wristed the puck past Jackee Snikeris.

The Yale netminder made 28 saves on the day, while her counterpart Victoria Vigilanti stopped 22 shots.

Yale consistently played a man down. This continued in the third period. Twenty seconds into their sixth penalty, Bobcat defender FelBABSTOCK, continued on page 14

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Team Pts ECAC 1. Cornell 16 8-0-0 2. Quinnipiac 12 6-5-0 3. Dartmouth 10 5-3-0 4. Harvard 10 4-2-2

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Quinnipiac’s James Johnson leaps for a last-second, game-winning finger roll after a steal against Mount St. Mary’s Saturday at the TD Bank Sports Center.

ON A ROLL

LAST MINUTE comeback: 2 trifectas, 1 STEAL, 1 finger roll

By Tim O’Donnell Online Editor Down four with 1:38 left, James Johnson scored the next eight Mount 75 points for the BobQuinnipiac 77 cats, including back-to-back threes, to lead the Bobcats to a 77-75 come from behind victory over Mount St. Mary’s.

The junior guard, who started his record-tying 71st game to begin his Quinnipiac career, scored his final two points with 0.5 seconds left in the game to give the Bobcats the win Saturday afternoon at the TD Bank Sports Center.

“With about six, seven minutes left, I was like, we’re not going to lose this game,” Johnson said.

And he made sure of that.

With the Bobcats (5-2, 1-0 NEC) down by four, Johnson received a pass from Dominique Langston well beyond the three-point

arc. But with the shot clock winding and steal it,” Johnson said. “I was down, Johnson had to throw it up. not going to let him beat me.”

And just like that the JohnAnd he hit it, nothing but net. sons, James and “I was “I told Dave [Johnson], ‘Just Dave, were off lucky that it give me the ball.

I don’t care if to the races, trywent in, he said” he’s on me. I’m shooting it.’” ing to beat the clock for the And just - James Johnson, Junior Guard winning basket. under 30 sec“I see Dave Johnson running onds later Johnson tied the game and I was like ‘Dave, I would usuwith another three from the wing. ally pass this, but I got to take this “I told Dave [Johnson], ‘Just myself,’ ” Johnson said. give me the ball. I don’t care if he’s The Bobcats were able to on me, I’m shooting it,’” Johnson come out on the victorious side of said. a last-minute shot. Last time out, With the Mountaineers (3-5, the Bobcats fell to UMass on a last1-1 NEC) holding the ball for the second goaltending call. last shot, Johnson used his defense Coach Tom Moore was happy to steal the win. Julian Norfleet conto get the victory, but said it didn’t trolled the ball for the Mountaineers feel right. near his bench, but Johnson stuck “It’s sort of an empty feeling his hand in there and stripped the for a win,” he said. “I didn’t feel we ball out with three and a half secplayed particularly well on either onds left. end.”

“I was saying if my man gets Justin Rutty was the second the ball at the top, I’m going to try

leading scorer, behind Johnson, with 24 points. He grabbed 10 rebounds, five of those on the offensive board.

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