The Quinnipiac Chronicle, Issue 16 Volume 88

FEBRUARY 7, 2018 | VOLUME 88, ISSUE 16

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Communications dean focused on progress

By NICHOLAS SLATER Associate News Editor

With one semester under his belt as the School of Communications (SoC) dean, Mark Contreras already made an impact.

Contreras was attracted to Quinnipiac due to the university’s serious communications program, as well as its history of entrepeneurship.

As the media industry continues to evolve, Contreras plans to do everything he can to make the School of Communications as successful as possible.

A new SoC advisory board was announced and implemented under the guidance of Contreras.

The Advisory Board cements connections to leading companies in all aspects of communications, allowing students and faculty to expand their professional networks, according to Contreras.

Contreras has many years of experience in media, from being the CEO of Calkins Media, to publisher of The Times Leader in Pennsylvania.

Calkins Media was a company that included newspapers and digital media sites from New Jersey to Florida.

At Calkins Media, Contreras

oversaw the development of various digital media platforms. These include Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV. Increasing online presence and accessibility through these devices allows small media brands to extend themselves, and also allowed Calkins to serve as a developer of these technologies for other media companies.

Contreras is currently on the board of directors for media groups such as Woodward Communications, Futuro Media and GFR Media. He also served as senior vice president for Pulitzer Inc., as senior vice president of the E.W. Scripps Company, and as president and publisher of The Times Leader.

Contreras moved from Minnesota to Chicago, where he grew up and attended the University of Chicago.

He explained that his time at the University of Chicago was an eye opening experience. “[The University of Chicago] opened up the aperture of my life,” Contreras said.

He also attended Harvard Business School and was a member of the judiciary committee staff in Washington D.C. See CONTRERAS Page 3

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Mark Contreras started as the dean of the School of Communications in August 2017.

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Quinnipiac is looking to expand their global business outreach by digging into the niche Central Europe market.

In 2008, the university began the program by founding the István Széchenyi Chair in International Economics to begin relations in Hungary.

After initial success, the Institute was founded by adding the Novak Family Polish Chair in 2014. The program puts Quinnipiac alongside Ivy league schools.

“In Hungary, for example, Quinnipiac is included among the Ivy League alumni groups, and its annual networking event attracts executives from all the top multinationals, local companies, and political leaders,” according to a 2014 report from Forbes.

The Institute awards four scholarships annually to foreign students. Two students in Hungaria and another two in Poland are given the opportunity to come to Quinnipiac and earn their MBA. These students get to gain valu-

able work experience with American companies and can then return home with high opportunities.

American QU business students get some strong experience too.

This year, MBA students were given the opportunity to serve as consultants for Hungarian companies and startups looking to enter U.S. markets.

Novak Gedeon Warner, Family Polish Chair at Gedeon Warner expresses hope to expand the program into Poland.

“It’s not to be minimized or deemphasized. It’s not a project,” Warner said. “This is the consulting work that is well beyond just an internship. It’s a great project with great students and we’re gonna look to expand it into Poland now. Once you learn how to operate in the largest economy in the region, and experience a global economy, it’s really unbelievable” The institute also looks to help bring business to Connecticut as a whole. Consultation projects help connect Connecticut manufacturers to Central European markets

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Members of the Central Europen Institute meet on Monday, Feb. 5. at Quinnipiac. and businesses. According to Bloomberg, while Central European economies have boomed following the collapse of the Soviet Union, investors have mostly focused on Asia.

The Institute hopes to help shift part of that focus to help Connecticut

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businesses find new markets abroad and encourage trade.

The final part of the Institute’s main goal is cultural exchange.

While the scholarship recipients get to experience life in America, the program also hopes to expose Amer-

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icans to Central European Culture.

“Lots of time when people think Europe they think London, which is a fine city but a bit like America,” Warner said. “Poland and Central Europe have these wonderful cities and art to experience, especially when you’re in the business world.

It’s a really interesting place and everyone should visit.”

The growth of the Institute provides a looser academic structure and more real world experience than most abroad. Instead of Quinnipiac investing in the programs, chairs are added from an endowment that a private donor or donor group provides which the university then matches.

Some of the potential next expansions include the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania, according to Forbes.

“Our vision is a central European Institute with an endowed chair for each nation in Central Europe, with similarly designed scholarships and programs in each country,” Head of the Central European Institute Christopher Ball said.

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Trump administration plans to stick with deadline for DACA

By STEPHEN MACLEOD Staff Writer

Democrats and Republicans in Washington remain distant on a deal that would continue the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA).

Following the government shutdown, from Jan. 20 to 22, the top priority in Congress has been to make a compromise on DACA. While Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has a promise from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to debate, both sides are distant after the White House’s rejection of a bipartisan deal headed by R-S.C. Senator Lindsey Graham, and D.Il Senator Dick Durbin.

After the initial announcement from the Trump administration, Quinnipiac Executive Vice President and Provost Mark Thompson sent out a memo signalling the University’s official policy. The memo provided information where undocumented or DACA students can get help.

“Quinnipiac University has been committed to diversity and inclusion, and DACA students are an integral part of our community,” the memo stated. “The university does not share private information about our students in accordance with the Family Educational and Rights of Privacy Act (FERPA).

While the university is bound to comply with state and federal laws, enforcement of federal immigration policy primarily rests with federal authorities.”

After rejecting the bipartisan deal, the White House released their own outline for an immigration compromise on Thursday, Feb. 1. The deal would give all Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who were brought into the country by their parents, a path to full citizenship. While specifics have yet to be released, the outline has been said to be 10 to 12 years in the country and requirements for work, education and good morals.

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Faculty and staff stand in support of immigrants and refugees after the initial ban from the Trump administration in 2017.

In return, the White House has asked for $25 billion for a border wall, an end to family reunification, also known as chain migration, and an end to the diversity visa lottery. In addition, the White House requested additional funds to add new immigration enforcement officers, judges and prosecutors with the goal of speeding up the deportation processes.

It has been a long goal of Democrats to give Dreamers a way to stay in the country and have a path to citizenship. On June 15, 2012, President Barack Obama established the policy through an executive order, giving nearly 800,000 Dreamers renewable two-year deferred action on deportation as well as granting them work visas.

Despite this concession from Republicans, Democrats have come out against this plan. Senator Schumer tweeted out his disagreement for the plan stating, “While (President Donald Trump) finally acknowledged that the Dreamers should be allowed to stay here and become citizens, he uses them as a tool to tear apart our legal immigration system and adopt the wish list that

anti-immigration hardliners have advocated for for years.”

Republicans, especially the immigration hard-liners, have displayed pleasure with the plan. “The president’s framework is generous and humane, while also being responsible,” Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ar. said.

Both House Majority Leader Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have also praised the President’s plan, saying that a final deal is close and will likely use many points the President put forward.

On Tuesday, Feb. 6 John Kelly, Trump’s Chief of Staff, stated that it is not likely that President Trump will extend the March 5 deadline that he gave Congress to act on the DACA policy.

“Mr. Obama establised the program, and it was considered to be unconstitutional, not based on any law,” he told reporters on Tuesday after meeting with McConnell. “The extension I’m not so sure the President, this President has the authority to extend it.”

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Leadership for disruptive times

Possible UC course tested by SGA and members of student body

By VICTORIA SIMPRI News Editor

With every individual person comes a different background, religion, set of ideals and definition of leadership, according to Professor Thomas William part-time instructor in general education program.

In Nov. 2017 Williams along with Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Matthew Kurz and Professor of Athletic Training & Sports Medicine Lennart Johns constructed the course “Leadership for Disruptive Times: Independent Study.”

With the course created so late in the semester, Williams thought to test out the course with students in leadership positions on campus.

The course currently consists of eight students from the Student Government Association (SGA) along with students from the student body as well.

The course is currently offered as a QU 301 option, but with the QU seminars being removed from campus curriculum within the next year Williams is looking to offer the course as a UC elective, general elective or even a capstone.

“I’m not sure how it would be a capstone, there’s still parts and pieces that we have to work out,” Williams said. “I’m not yet sure what it’s going to look like. But once it looks like something else it will be open to more people than just the SGA.” The course focuses on “inductive” learning methods such as complex problem solving and student leadership, according to the course syllabus. Students work in teams to develop new insights around the nature of leadership and leading. In other words, students will practice leadership while learning leadership.

“My QU 201 subject since I’ve started here has been leadership,” Williams said.

“Over the years I’ve been refining more and more how I teach that and I’ve been find-

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The new leadership class uses these books to represent some of the underlying themes of the course. ing I like the more active, inductive learning models, and so I got more and more aggressive over the years.”

William’s basis for the course comes from an Oxford tutoring model.

“My daughter had gone to Oxford and she did a tutoring model where she would get a stack of books a week to read those books and write a paper on them and them come back and sit for a few hours with her tutor defending whatever it was she decided to defend about those books or about the topic,” Williams said.

Williams began to think if he could codify this method into a course.

“So what we’re doing is sort of following the Oxford model,” Williams said. “I have students that meet me once a week and we started off just discussing things and laying out different ideas and then I gave them a stack of reading.”

Williams does this digitally with his students through Slack, a communication vehicle.

“I didn’t tell them when to read, how to read, how to discuss, all I said was ‘By the end of the week I want you to have a definition of what is leadership? Don’t tell me what leaders are, don’t tell me what leaders do, tell me what is leadership,’” Williams said.

This is a difficult question to answer because there is no answer, according to Williams.

“But there must be an answer because in order to evaluate people as leaders or to discuss good leadership or bad leadership you have to know what leadership is,” Williams said.

Assistant Dean of Campus Life Matthew Kurz started at Quinnipiac in August with the role to develop student leadership development programs here at Quinnipiac.

“My understanding is that some time ago there were a lot of leadership development programs and they kind of fell off,” Kurz said. “Part of what attracted me here is working with leadership. I’ve been working over the past semester with our team in Campus Life and trying to partner with other areas

to develop both a leadership paradigm, and a model that students can use to understand leadership across their different groups.”

As one of the advisor’s for SGA, Kurz worked with Williams in introducing the course to the student government.

“This group of students is going to develop what the course is going to look like going forward,” Kurz said. “When we brought it to SGA there was a significant amount of interest. So many students wanted to do it before it was really formulated of what his course would be.”

Introducing the course to SGA first allowed Kurz and Williams to see not only what they could do, but how to get students to deeply engage in leadership or think about leadership.

Williams posed the question ‘What makes leadership so hard?’ to his class with the intention of having his students look at leadership on a global basis.

“Is leadership in Asia the same as leadership in Germany? The answer is likely ‘no’ because you have one culture that operate sin the sense of one favors harmony and one propagates this idea of the ‘rugged individual’ and that protestant work ethic,” Williams said.

The course works in phases. Students spend the first weeks defining the term leadership, then work to understand the full complexity of the leadership environment.

Towards the end of the semester students test and refine their ideas by developing a leadership education program, according to the course syllabus.

“This is exciting to me,” Williams said.

“I think this is a great opportunity for me and for these students.”

Contreras: ‘How are we going to define success five years in the future?’

CONTRERAS from cover While he is still in the media industry, Contreras now holds his first position in academia.

He plans to use his experience to help students in the School of Communications.

Assistant Professor of Journalism Kevin Convey is impressed by Dean Contreras’ work.

“He arrived with a clear vision of what he wanted to achieve and has set about doing it,” Convey said.

Contreras brought an emphasis on fundraising and engaging industry professionals and potential donors in the school’s work.

This promises to yield more jobs, internships and perhaps scholarships for students, according to Convey.

“He’s done this while deeply involving the faculty and the school’s chairs in the planning, the decision-making and the mission,” Convery said.

Secretary of the Dean of the School of Communications Angela Bird believes that Dean Contreras is energetic and motivated to help the SoC grow and succeed.

“With his contacts in the industry and the creation of our new Advisory Board, along with many additional initiatives, our students will be well served under his leadership,” Bird said.

Assistant Professor of Journalism Ben Bogardus said that it is always exciting to get new leadership in the school.

“New people provide a new set of ideas and the possibility of new programs or initiatives to

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Dean Contreras’ office is located in the Center for Communications and Engineering. hopefully improve the quality of education we offer our students,” Bogardus said.

In terms of the future, Contreras asks how we will define success five years down the road.

If enrollment increases, facilities are the best of the best, partnerships are created and faculty and staff look toward the future, he can look back and say with confidence that success was achieved, according to Contreras.

For Contreras, being a Dean is a way for him to express his love for and commitment to journalism. His commitment lies in supporting student success.

He feels as though his main role as Dean

is to “loosely guide the definition of success.”

Contreras hopes to foster a friendly, open and helpful environment in the School of Communications, as well as reenergize alumni engagement.

As a former digital media professional, Contreras shed light to what skills are important for communications students to have.

“Students need to know design, they need to know video, they need to know storytelling,” he said.

In addition to the Advisory Board, Contreras plans to substitute teach during the Spring 2018 semester, and teach full-time during the

Fall 2018 semester.

Contreras is also in the process of developing a communications class that will focus on non-economic forces of the media industry. The class will help remind students of the truth and courage in journalism.

Contreras recognizes and appreciates the commitment of faculty, staff and students in the School of Communications.

As many students in the School of Communications are involved on campus, Contreras notes the high level of creativity he sees in his students. He hopes that if students have ideas, they will bring them to him because involvement has to be organic, according to Contreras.

Contreras explained that he would rather have involvement spread out across campus, and across Hamden, rather than having a surplus of students focus on a single task.

In terms of his own involvement, Contreras wants to get engaged with student media and offer advice where he is invited.

He wishes to continue the recognition of the School of Communications’ competence in the field.

For students, Contreras believes that learning to manage time, and not waiting to think about the future are both keys to success in the field of communications.

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Child pornography holder, Mark Salling, deserves rest in peace messages Mark Salling, known for his role as Noah Puckerman in the hit show “Glee,” has died.

On Jan. 30, the Salling parents found out that their son, Mark, had hung himself and died of an apparent suicide.

CONTRIBUTING WRITER In 2015, Salling was arrested for having more than 25,000 pictures and videos of child pornogaphy on his laptop and flash drive, according to People Magazine. After months of trials, Salling’s wrists had visible slits on them. What does this exemplify?

A mental illness.

No one in their right mind could have that many files of naked children in their possession with a chemically balanced brain. On top of this, people who self-harm are highly likely to be diagnosed with a mental illness. People who have a mental illness are 83 percent more likely to attempt suicide, according to the United States National Library of Health.

Unfortunately, the people on social media did not research Salling’s mental state before writing their horrid tweets. Instead, they are hiding behind their computer screen tweeting that they are more than happy that Salling hung himself. They also do not want Salling to rest in peace.

“Suicide is never the answer, but please remember what Mark Salling was convicted of before you share a ‘rest in peace’ message,” Rachel Leishman (@RachelLeishman) tweeted.

How is tweeting something so inhumane easy when these same outsiders do not know the whole story? How can people allow the family and friends of Salling to read these

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nasty tweets? If anyone else was to commit suicide, would the monstrous tweets be acceptable?

No, it is never okay to possess child pornography, but it also should never be okay to encourage someone to kill themselves.

Salling’s close friend and Glee co-star, Cory Monteith, died of a mixed drug toxicity including heroin, morphine, codeine and alcohol. When Monteith died, everyone was quick to express their love for him and his family. What does not make sense is how it is okay to mourn the death of one type of addict, but for Salling’s addiction to child pornogrpahy, it wasn’t acceptable.

Both Monteith and Salling needed help for different reasons. Monteith had the chance to get help, but still overdosed. As for Salling, it was too late for him to receive help for his addiction to child pornagraphy. The only people who knew how badly Salling needed help were his close friends and family because they were directly seeing the issues. The haters on Twitter did not know Salling, but they were still quick to judge his actions.

That is why it must be so easy to show hate. It is actually ironic how people that only knew Salling as the jock from Glee can be so spiteful, but the people who worked with him directly are the ones expressing love and gratitude to both Salling and his family.

“Today we lost another #Glee cast member,” producer of Glee Tim Davis tweeted. “Yes, he committed crimes against children. Yes, it’s horrific. But #MarkSalling was a broken man … I loved Mark, and am sad when I consider the devastation of his parents. PLEASE withhold your cruel comments.”

There is no proof that Salling sexually assaulted any of these children. He did have the images and videos, but he never put his hands on anyone.

However, this does not take away from what he did. He was completely wrong for having these images in his pos-

session, but does his family deserve this added pain? No. His family loved him, just like any family would. We fear losing a loved one no matter the circumstance because family is the most important part of people’s lives.

Also, think about how hard it is to deal with a mental illness. Starting and ending your day with nagging thoughts that consume your life; these are not just insecurities. Instead, they are stuck with wishing these thoughts would disappear, but in Salling’s case, he did.

We live in a world where bullying is worse than ever, and these monsters are only adding to the issue.

Should people depict an individual when they don’t know the whole story? No. A life is an opportunity, and everyone deserves to live the life that they dream of. As Salling’s co-actor, Darren Criss, said, “People’s lives are much greater than the worst things they’ve ever done.”

Next time anyone wants to write a hateful message, they should think twice before arrogantly tweeting a demeaning message to a family who is going through one of the hardest times of their lives. Remember that these people in the cyber world were not the ones picking up their dead son and brother from a scene; the Salling family was.

In the world we live in now, people need to think before they tweet. These messages will never go away, but Mark Salling is now gone forever.

This is not a time to be vain. This is a time to recognize mental illnesses and come together to stop one of the biggest leading causes of death.

If anyone sees signs of depression or suicide, please do not hesitate to call the suicide hotline at 1-800-273-8255.

No one deserves to take their own life.

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The Grammy Awards only cater to select genres, leave the rest in the dust I’m going to give it to you straight: I do not like the Grammys. As a musician myself, someone who been studying music for years and as a fan of music in general, the Grammys are nothing but a popularity contest and says nothing about the actual quality of the music presented.

STAFF WRITER In addition, the Grammys only care about the genres that make the most in the mainstream and they don’t fairly represent all genres of music. Yes, the Grammys have awards for music from all over the spectrum, but why do they only televise awards that ultimately have many of the same nominees? Why do they not televise awards such as rock and metal awards–especially in years where bands like metal legends Metallica have come out with a new album?

How about Avenged Sevenfold—they’re my favorite band so yes, I’m a bit biased here—a big metal band that wasn’t nominated for a metal award, but a rock award. Despite getting the nomination for an award in a genre that wasn’t theirs, Avenged Sevenfold frontman M. Shadows expressed some excitement.

“I’ve said the Grammys messed up metal because it’s not

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on TV,” Shadows said according to Billboard. “What I’m saying is, when you’re in a metal category, it’s not televised and it doesn’t move the needle forward for metal artists. I wish they had more respect for the genre. So we’re actually really excited to be in the rock category.”

To further add to the lack of “respect for the genre,” Avenged Sevenfold ended up not attending the Grammys.

“Honored,” the band stated on their Twitter account during a Jan. 23rd Q&A session with fans. “Unfortunately (the Grammys) have taken ‘Best Rock Song’ off the telecast this year so we won’t be attending. Maybe next time.”

The people behind the Grammys don’t really know much about metal and rock music, honestly. Past metal Grammy winners from 1989 to the present were listed and the winner was either agreed with or changed to who they think should’ve won the award; in the 29 years that this list covers, 23 other winners were chosen, according to an article on loudwire.com.

I don’t usually watch award shows. The only award show that I have watched consistently is the Alternative Press Music Awards, which is so small that it has only been streamed on Twitch and has yet to receive TV time.

I don’t entirely like how the Grammys can become politicized like it was having Hillary Clinton read a portion of “Fire and Fury” by Michael Wolf. I support using music to make statements, such as the one that Logic is making in “1-800-273-8255,” but what I don’t support is forcing

things where they don’t belong. In this case making a political statement is taking away from the point of the Grammys, which is to recognize the work of these artists.

Another thing that bothers me is how little of a scope the Grammys have. Ever hear of Metalcore? Pop-Punk? Hardcore? I don’t think the Grammys have because all they do to highlight those genres is a lone award for “Best Alternative Music Album.” Meanwhile, it seems like the same artists are up for the top awards each year. It solidifies the vibe I get that winning a Grammy is based on popularity as opposed to the actually quality of the music.

It really is just a popularity contest. Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You,” is a good song, yes. But was it better than some of the other songs nominated for the “Best Pop Solo Performance?” I’m not so sure. I’m a fan of Sheeran, but there were several songs on his album alone that were better than “Shape of You.” For example, “Dive,” “Nancy Mulligan” and “Happier.”

I don’t like how it doesn’t really focus on the quality of the music and how it only chooses to televise what’s in the mainstream. No, alternative music isn’t the most popular genre, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t tons of fans who want their genre to grow and gain that recognition. The Grammys should be an award show to commemorate artists for the work they produce, not a popularity contest.

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President Trump, American Nationalist Stephan Kapustka CONTRIBUTING WRITER

President Trump’s speech last Tuesday night to Congress is significant for several reasons.

Politically, it comes at a time when his approval ratings are rebounding and the midterms look less disastrous for the Republican party than they did just a short while before.

The Democrats had a lead on the generic congressional ballot of almost 13 points on January 1st, according to the RealClearPolitics polling average. Today, it is down to just seven points. As for the speech itself, a CBS poll found that 75 percent of watchers approved. Why? I think the first important thing is immigration. What Trump laid out in his speech is really not radical at all. He offers a pathway to citizenship for 1.8 million dreamers, illegal immigrants who were brought into the country as children. For comparison, President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), gave legal status without a pathway to citizenship to just under 700,000 of these individuals, according to Politico.

So Trump is offering a much better deal to dreamers than the previous administration, and for what in return?

The Republicans want to make sure that we aren’t ever in a situation like this again.

If we do give some people amnesty, it will encourage others to try to enter illegally in order to benefit from future ones, instead of coming over legally. Thus, we have to take steps to make sure this doesn’t happen. This means more Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and border patrol agents, e-verify to prevent people who are here illegally from being employed, and yes, a wall

along some parts of our southern border.

If you’re thinking, “Huh, that sounds like a reasonable compromise,” you aren’t the only one.

Until recently, both parties could have signed onto something like this. Consider this from President Clinton’s 1996 platform: “We cannot tolerate illegal immigration and we must stop it,” Clinton’s platform stated. “For years before Bill Clinton became President, Washington talked tough but failed to act. In 1992, our borders might as well not have existed. The border was underpatrolled, and what patrols there were, were under-equipped. Drugs flowed freely. Illegal immigration was rampant. Criminal immigrants, deported after committing crimes in America, returned the very next day to commit crimes again. President Clinton is making our border a place where the law is respected and drugs and illegal immigrants are turned away.”

Or this from John McCain’s 2008 platform: “Border security is essential to national security,” McCain’s platform stated. “In an age of terrorism, drug cartels, and criminal gangs, allowing millions of unidentified persons to enter and remain in this country poses grave risks to the sovereignty of the United States and the security of its people.”

To characterize what was the bipartisan consensus until about five seconds ago as some form of bigotry or white supremacy is kind of like those anarcho capitalists who say that public buses are socialism.

But the Democrats, in lieu of standing for something, appear to just want to reflexively oppose Trump. Watching the speech, one might be forgiven for thinking somebody had put superglue on their seats. They stood and applauded for next to nothing.”

Economic growth? Nope. Record low African American unemployment? Nope. Even when Trump veered left into things like paid family leave and infrastructure spending, nope. They appear to believe that Trump’s low approval ratings will mean that the public looks favorably their acts of #resistance.

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There are a few problems with this, first and foremost because we know it doesn’t work. Trump won the presidency with about the same approval ratings that he has now.

To win over the American public, you must actually present a vision of the future that is more than “not the other guy.”

And yet, many on the Democratic side continue. Perhaps that is a sign that instead of cynical political posturing, at least some of them are sincere. Take, for example, Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA).

Waters decided to boycott Tuesday’s speech on the basis that she considered President Trump to be a racist. And yet, she had no problems warmly embracing Louis Farrakhan. Farrakhan, for the record, leads the Nation of Islam, a hate group that holds that white people are a “race of devils,” that were created by an evil scientist 6,600 years ago.

He has called Judaism a “gutter religion” in a sermon, and responded to comparisons to Adolf Hitler afterwards by praising him as ”a very great man,” according to the New York Times.

Farrakhan also blamed the Jews for 9/11, and is described by the Anti Defamation League as “the leading anti-Semite in America.” And yet, as far as I’m aware, Waters hasn’t even been asked to condemn him.

President Trump, on the other hand, has a very strong opportunity. To date, most of the injuries he has suffered during his presidency have been self inflicted; a wayward tweet, an off the cuff remark, an impulsive firing and so forth. Given his age, it’s very possible he is set in his ways. But if he isn’t and can learn to control himself, perhaps he can pave the way for something truly special.

America, unlike the nations on Europe, is not united by an ethnicity, but by a creed.

In other words, Americans are united by the content of their character and values, which makes a unifying, American nationalism different in kind to what you might see elsewhere. Time will tell if he can make it work politically, but the president has a real chance to make America great again, for all Americans.

A Study Guide for Gender Equality Alessandro Woodbridge STAFF WRITER

I’d like to think most people should be feminists. This is because most people would like to think that we are all actively seeking out to respect women the same as anyone else.

However, unfortunately, if you look carefully enough, you can still see this slip through the cracks and that people pay respect as conditional, as opposed to unconditional every time you go out to the bar or in the workplace or with any other interactions.

The empowerment of women is incredibly important now more than ever and the lack of attention that has been brought to gender equality is rapidly coming to light.

Regardless of how many sexual harassment or sexual abuse allegations you see circulating around with celebrities and whether

or not they are true, the overall message is that gender equality and the empowerment of women is still very significant.

Probably the easiest thing for a person to do right now is to think that the conversation on gender equality is old, that it’s ridiculous and that we have already basically sorted this problem out in the 1980s.

So why are we still harping about it?

Why is it still on the news today?

So much gender inequality happens behind the scenes where the line thins and the clarity of what is wrong and what is right fades to the naked eye. Sometimes in order to get to better places or be in a better position, at the workplace or even just to remain on good terms with someone, I feel that some women succumb to this kind of inequality.

This is why it is particularly pleasing to see many people rise above that and be that source of influence in society. That could be the little things, such as seeing our new president at Quinnipiac, Dr. Judy Olian, hopefully take the reins and steer this university into a bigger, better and brighter future.

It could be Oprah Winfrey’s mesmerizing speech at the Oscars emphasizing upon female empowerment. The conversation going to con-

tinue and when will the conversation stop?

The conversation can’t stop until the day that both genders truly treat others how they’d like to be treated themselves and have true empathy for the each other Another unfortunate, and almost too common stereotype of today’s society, is when a female is in a position of power, it’s too easy to focus on her appearance as opposed to her portfolio or her skills.

In addition, I have come to question, are we trying to restrict people, or should we be trying to respect people and their decisions?

I hope the answer comes quickly to you, because in all honesty, it’s quite clear that everyone should be intent on respecting women and for other women to begin to respect each other’s decisions and stick by them.

We should be just as supportive of what women want to do as anyone else. There is no restriction because of one’s gender.

The important point to take away from this, is that I feel women shouldn’t sell themselves short, they should stay strong in who they are and not self-deprecate themselves to being subservient to a male in order to benefit better in society. There are men that need to be less manipulative to women and

give them the respect they deserve.

We all should also work to be really unified together, support each other and really punch through the stigma of this alleged alpha male world, because this is 2018 and I fully believe that this is a year where the gender equality will take a stronger grip on the world.

This leads to my point on feminism and how we should all work to be a feminist. Nowadays, there is an obscure view on feminism, especially as you get very radical feminists who you could say are very aggressive in the way they approach their protests. Feminism is a movement in which you support equality and the empowerment of women; as simple as that.

My hope is that one day, this movement will be as powerful and as unified as the civil rights movement is today and that all women will be strongly unified particularly when there is any sign of a person abusing the empowerment of women and the equality of women. We are stronger together, let’s be united with one another and really look out for each other.

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'Day Zero'

PHOTO COURTESY OF KIRBY PAULSON

The freshwater supply in Cape Town, South Africa is predicted to run dry by May 11, 2018

By HANNAH FEAKES Managing Editor

Imagine turning on the faucet to brush your teeth in the morning and no water comes out. Even when winds blow so hard that the power shuts off, the Quinnipiac campus has generators that ensure students have electricity and plumbing 24/7.

Although planet Earth can seem like an endless wealth of natural resources, it’s not. Nearly 70 percent of the world is covered by water and only 2.5 percent of it is fresh, according to the United States Geographical Survey.

As of October 2017, there are over 7.5 billion people using that fresh water every day, according to World Meters.

The amount of freshwater has been dwindling in Cape Town, South Africa for the last three years, due to a severe drought. The city's water comes from a reservoir at the Theewaterskloof Dam, but water levels have dropped dramatically, according to USA Today.

The mayor of Cape Town Patricia de Lille has dubbed the day when all freshwater in the city will run out ‘day zero.’ ‘Day zero’ is estimated to be May 11, 2018.

William O’Brien, a film, television and media arts (FTM) professor took 16 students on a three week trip to South Africa over winter break. This trip was part of his single camera documentary production course.

O’Brien used to live in Cape Town and has taken students there for 11 years. He knows the area well and knows the need for help. He also knows the impact that his trips have on his students.

“A lot of students who go abroad say, ‘Oh boy, this changed my life!’ But I know that it does,” O’Brien said.

“I’m sort of picking them (students) up and turning them inside out. If they happen to be suburban or white, they immediately become the minority and if they’re African American or other nationalities, they are surrounded by a lot more people who look like them.”

O’Brien also values this trip because he said it displays the greatest disparity between the rich and the poor on the planet.

He said that near the waterfront of Cape Town, where the students stay, there are Lamborghini and Ferrari dealerships. Then not even five miles away, there are two million people living in tin shacks.

“How do you begin to sort that out?” O’Brien asked.

O’Brien has seen Cape Town change over the last 30 years. He said that the government is cutting back on the amount of water used for agriculture.

The largest dam, Theewaterskloof Dam is basically empty, according to O’Brien. The other dams still have quite a bit of water in them, but their ability to rapidly transfer that water from one dam to another is not completely in place.

Fortunately for the people of Cape Town, winter is approaching which means the city can cut back on the amount of water for crops. The rains, if they come, come in May and everyone is trying to get to May with the expectation that there will be rain.

‘Day zero’ was originally April 24, but was moved up to April 12, then moved back to May 11, according to CNN.

O’Brien said that the 'day zero' date was pushed back because the government shut off the water that went to agriculture. That saved a substantial amount.

Although this method will save water in the short term, shutting off the water source for agriculture has additional ramifications down the road, in terms of citrus production, husbandry, livestock and wine industry.

Jeremy Wiss, a junior political science major, went on the trip and was one of two students to attend a press conference with the de Lille and hear her speak on the water crisis.

“... residents are only allowed to use 25 liters of water per day."

– JEREMY WISS

JUNIOR POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR

De Lille created a new water restriction that has never been used before, a level 6b restriction, which limits residents to using only 25 liters of water per day, according to Wiss.

“The community used to be on 6a, which is the worst level that has ever been used in history of mankind,” Wiss said. “Now they’re on 6b, 25 liters of water per day.

You don’t realize, but that is nothing. You and I probably use upward of 200 liters a day.”

Wiss said that the first words out of de Lille’s mouth during the press conference were, ‘We are now in crisis aversion mode, we are panicking.’

The people of Cape Town have every right to panic.

The average human in America uses 80-100 gallons of water per day; over 378 liters a day, according to the United States Geological Survey. Only 50 liters per day doesn’t leave much room for error.

Doing one load of laundry uses 10 liters of water, a 90 second shower uses 15 liters of water, one toilet flush uses nine liters, an average dog bowl takes one liter of water, daily hygiene such as hand washing uses three liters, cleaning the house uses five liters. That leaves seven liters of drinking water before hitting the 50 liter limit, according to Western Cape Government.

Katie Lepore, a senior FTM major also attended the trip. She said that while they were there, the students could only take two minute showers and they couldn’t drink the tap water. There were signs everywhere constantly reminding them to be conservative and use

water sparingly.

Although there are a number of dams, only one small one is owned by Cape Town. Most of the dams are owned by the South African government, which is the department of water and sanitation.

Many people believe the department of water and sanitation is bankrupt.

“There’s no money, they spent it all and there’s not much that the government can do,” O’Brien said. “Also, they never completed the real system that would connect all these dams with the pipes. They can’t move water from one dam to another.”

In addition in bankruptcy, the people of Cape Town believe that the government is corrupt.

O’Brien said the government had a study in 2012 that said that the city was going to run out of water in 2018.

“They could’ve fixed this between 2012 and the present day if they had acted,” O’Brien said. “The national government, run by the ANC is intensely corrupt, everyone’s got their hand out, there are a lot of tenders being passed.”

Capetonians told Lepore that they thought 'day zero' was a hoax by the government.

Yet, despite the lack of trust in their government, the Capetonians are desperately trying to conserve water.

During his time in the city, Wiss witnessed the locals coming up with innovative water saving techniques.

“I spoke to a ton of locals, and everyone has a gojo can catching the rain water,” Wiss said. “We met with a guy who was doing hydroponics, saving all his water and he had 50 koi fish cleansing the water and fertilizing plants. Another man had a dehumidifier, sucking water out of the air, just to remain afloat.”

Lepore saw locals praying to the skies for rain.

During the three weeks in the city, Wiss said he felt a sense of accomplishment by bringing awareness to Cape Town.

“I realized that I was part of a team that brought awareness to this issue through this documentary,” he said. “I didn’t even know that Cape Town was in a serious drought until I signed up for the trip.”

This situation in Cape Town is not affecting Quinnipiac students at the moment, but give it some time, and our students will be lining up for their daily dose of freshwater as well.

Imagine walking miles to stand in a long line of your sweating neighbors to collect the daily ration of fresh water. Doesn’t sound fun right?

O’Brien lived in Los Angeles for 16 years. He said that LA and Cape Town have parallel, mediterranean climates.

"In the US it depends on where you live, I think the American Southwest and the desert is going to get continued fluctuations of dryness,” he said.

The south is getting the effects of climate change in two ways, too much rain and much more fluctuation of heat and cold, according to O’Brien.

“Up here in the north, we are lucky because we have good water resources,” he said. “Climate change and population explosion is having a major effect on this, as is lack of planning.”

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The average human in America uses 80-100 gallons of water per day; over 378 liters a day, according to the United States Geological Survey. Only 50 liters per day doesn’t leave much room for error, according to the United States Geological Survey.

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Doing one load of laundry uses 10 liters of water

A 90 second shower uses 15 liters of water

One toilet flush uses 9 liters

An average dog bowl takes 1 liter of water

Daily hygiene such as hand washing uses 3 liters

Cleaning the house uses 5 liters

That leaves 7 liters of drinking water before hitting the 50 liter limit

PHOTOS COURTESY OF JEREMY WISS

Students and Professor O'Brien film the documentary on the water crisis in Cape Town, South Africa as part of their film, televison and media arts course.

... according to Western Cape Government.

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No Love for Valentine's Day

By SEAN RAGGIO Staff Writer

Valentine's Day is coming fast. It’s a day for the celebration of a couple’s time and their journey together. I think Valentine’s Day is great, it’s a time where two people who love each other really get to bask in their passion. And for those who aren’t in relationships, Valentine’s Day could be the start of something new, if they’re willing to make a move.

There are several different legends as to how Valentine’s Day, also known as St. Valentine’s Day, originated. Most of these legends originated from Italy. Roman Emperor Claudius II outlawed marriage for young men when he decided that single men made for better soldiers. Valentine, a priest, defied Claudius and upon discovery was ordered to be put to death, according to history.com.

When it comes to how Valentine’s Day is portrayed both in the media and in America,

its origins are often lost in translation. This is seen through the countless clichè romance films. These movies seem to always have a stereotypical couple and some sort of conflict: either they can’t be together because she’s with someone else who’s just not for her, the guy messes up and then wins her back in the end or just a drawn out story of the couple falling in love.

These themes are put on display in the movie appropriately named “Valentine’s Day.” This movie follows several storylines

Guys

surrounding its many characters which revolve around some of the aforementioned themes. This minefield of clichés only cost $52 million to produce and has earned over $215 million worldwide according to boxofficemojo.com.

Valentine’s Day, as seen through romantic comedies is just one way of looking at the holiday. Here’s how some QU girls assume guys feel about Valentine’s Day and how some QU guys really feel.

Gals

Matthew Martin, freshman athletic training major If you want to celebrate go ahead. Why do you need a day to show people you love them? Why just one single day? I get it like sure you can do something nice, but then you also do something nice for anniversary and all that stuff which means more I think than Valentine’s Day.

Lindsay Allen, freshman business undeclared major I don’t think [men] really care for Valentine’s Day. It depends, I feel like guys in relationships feel more towards it than guys that aren't. If they like someone they can use Valentine’s Day to impress a girl or get them a gift. Just go out and go to their crush and give them their gift.

Savion Judge, senior biology major I'm not a big fan of [Valentine’s Day], I think it’s a fake holiday, it’s meant for money. I don’t like it, I think it’s dumb.

Noel Walton, freshman health science major I think guys feel it’s overrated and I feel like it’s overrated. Why spend one day showing you love somebody when you can show every single day?

Michele DePalo, freshman entrepreneurship major Where I’m from there’s not such a big culture of it - I’m an international student from Italy, but it’s a cool thing I bet. It’s a lot less formal where I’m from. There’s not this huge culture of the roses or dates.

Stephanie Persiani, freshman pre-med major I feel like there’s a lot of pressure on [men] to do something special for their girlfriend if they’re in a relationship. Every girl blows up Valentine’s Day in their head and thinks its super awesome and every guy goes ‘Shoot, I have to live up to this.’

Christopher Giorgio, freshman media studies major [Valentine’s Day] is alright if you're in a relationship, and I feel like other people want to be in a relationship, and Valentine's Day kind of sucks for those people.

Tyler Sylvia, junior biochemistry major I’m not too excited for [Valentine’s Day]. I’ve never had a good Valentine’s Day. Just another day on the calendar.

Alexia Antogiovanni, freshman nursing major Most [men] don’t really care. I feel like only guys that are in relationships would go out of their way to make a girl feel special.

Caitlin Gray, senior psychology major I think it's split. I think there’s a lot of pressure on guys to make Valentine’s Day extra special and perfect, but I also know a lot of guy friends who actually really enjoy it.

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The anticipated answers to fans' burning questions have finally arrived

By NICOLE KESSLER Staff Writer

Take a moment and breathe. Just breathe.

“I’m heartbroken,” senior Allie Sajda said quietly. "'This Is Us' broke my heart."

A good chunk of America woke up with a feeling of sadness Monday morning postSuper Bowl festivities. The Patriots did lose, however, fans were also mourning the loss of beloved superhero-esque dad, Jack Pearson.

On Sunday, the mystery of Jack’s death came to a screeching halt in this emotionally charged post-Super Bowl episode.

Self-proclaimed super-fan, Sajda, said she woke up this morning in disbelief.

“Well, I just finished the episode and I feel like I’m having an emotional hangover,” she said. I feel like I just got hit by a train."

We’ve known since the fifth episode of “This Is Us” back in 2016 that something gutwrenching happens to Jack (Milo Ventimiglia), the perfect specimen of a father and husband.

The details were fuzzy these past two seasons.

Jack’s death was a traumatic experience for the family and details remained on lock down.

As the scenes weaved in and out from the past to present, the writers always dropped plenty of hints along the way through tearjerker flashbacks and storyline teases.

“I've been watching (‘This Is Us’) since the start of the series,” junior Rachel Seplow said.

"So ever since they dropped hints that (Jack) was not there in the present time line, that’s when I became curious to see what happened with him. Specifically, I was wondering about his fate the first time we as viewers saw older Rebecca in the present time line with Miguel and not Jack.”

As it turns out, Jack didn’t actually die in the fire ignited by their faulty Crock-Pot. “I knew last night’s episode would be an emotional one since it was revealed that we would find out about Jack’s death,” sophomore

Krista Dillane said. “I thought for sure that Jack would die inside the house during the fire, but I shouldn’t be surprised that the show tricked us and made his death a little more complicated.”

Most fans suspected the same, but the writers are much smarter than that. The fire did destroy the Pearson home, but everyone made it out alive. Jack ran back into the blazing home, saved Kate’s dog Louie and even brought out a pillowcase full of treasured family possessions, showing his natural unflinching sense of bravery.

It wasn’t until later that night that Jack died in the hospital from a heart attack. He inhaled a lethal amount of smoke and went into cardiac arrest.

“When Jack went to the hospital for smoke inhalation and burns, I thought everything was going to be okay,” Sajda said. “He seemed okay. But then all of a sudden he had a heart attack. I felt like it came out of nowhere. It was totally out of left field and I think that’s why it struck a punch, a real dagger to the heart.”

Earlier this season we learned about the fire, batteries and the Crock-Pot. In the first season of “This Is Us,” we saw Kate (Chrissy Metz) watching the football game next to her dad’s urn. We also learned that she blamed herself for her father’s death, but we never knew why.

Fans speculated that Jack perished in the fire, while rescuing Kate’s dog.

“I feel bad that Kate blames herself for her father’s death because I don’t see it that way and I’m sure Jack does not blame her either,” Dillane said.

The episode, of course, explored how The Big Three; Kate, Kevin (Justin Hartley) and Randall (Sterling K. Brown); are all grappling with the past. Kevin apologized to Jack’s tree, Randall threw a Super Bowl Party to honor his dad’s favorite day, and Kate opened up to Toby saying that her dad would have loved him and that he saved her.

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Popular television series 'This Is Us' finally clarifies the emotional story of beloved character Jack Pearson's death.

“I was definitely thinking about my dad the whole time,” Sajda said. “The show just makes you cherish everything in your life.”

Seplow agrees and believes that “This Is Us” is probably the most influential shows of our time.

“It is a show that is not only realistic but also one that shows everyone has some sort of struggle in their life,” she said. “I feel that the reason that this show is so powerful is because of the raw portrayal of emotions and actions that come with the storyline and how to cope with such strong everyday topics.”

The complex and realistic storylines cover an array of thought provoking issues that most viewers can relate to.

“There is a struggle with body image, adoption, death, unemployment, following your dreams, break ups and so many more problems that every person may experience at some point in his or her life,” Dillane said.

“This Is Us” is giving the fans a couple of days to recover before hitting everyone with another brand new episode in its normal Tuesday at 9 p.m. time slot.

“The next couple of episodes are going to be pretty heart wrenching,” Sajda said. “They are going to deal with the aftermath of Jack’s death, the funeral, Rebecca trying to cope and the kids trying to cope, so I feel like it’s just getting started.”

The Pregnancy Effect Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott welcome a baby girl into their family after leaving the public desperate for answers

By CHARLOTTE GARDNER Associate Arts & Life Editor

The Kardashians are known for their scandals and their extravagant way of life.

They have been in the spotlight for as long as many millenials can remember. We have watched them grow alongside us. Now, the youngest family member of the KardashianJenner clan has just rocked the public with an announcement that may have even grabbed more attention than Super Bowl LII. Kylie Jenner, 20, has revealed to the world that she has given birth to a “beautiful and healthy baby girl” named Stormi on Feb. 1. The couple recently announced the baby's name on Jenner's Instagram. Stormi was born at CedarSinai Hospital in Los Angeles, California at 4:43 p.m. local time, Jenner shared via social media. She weighed 8 pounds and 3 ounces and is happy and healthy in the hands of Jenner and her boyfriend, rapper Travis Scott, 25.

In an 11-minute video released on Jenner’s YouTube channel titled “To our Daughter,” Jenner was able to document all nine months of her pregnancy with the help of director, Tyler Ross, who has previously worked with the Kardashian family and Kanye West. The video showed personal images of Scott and Jenner cuddling and holding hands during his tour, but most importantly, the video showed Kardashian fans what they’ve all been speculating: the bump.

Well-hid from the public, Jenner was finally able to reveal her baby bump to the

public while wearing tight-fitting clothes to accentuate her pregnancy. The video included scenes from various ultrasounds and included some footage of Jenner’s labor, but that scene was mostly auditory to keep that moment private.

One of the more heart-warming parts of the video was at Jenner’s baby shower. She had her close friends and assistants address the camera with individual monologues to the unborn baby girl, each beginning with how lucky the baby is to have Jenner as a mother.

Model and best friend of Jenner, Jordyn Woods, led the monologues with her account of how she learned that Jenner was pregnant.

Another friend of Jenner’s, Anastasia Karanikolaou, began her speech stating her happiness for Jenner’s pregnancy.

“I’m so happy for her,” Karanikolaou said.

"I’m so proud of her. I knew this is what she wanted ever since she turned 15."

Jenner has specified previously that she’s always wanted to be a mother, but some people are finding controversy with her pregnancy since she just turned 20 years old this past August.

Twitter user @ct_kisses tweeted, “There’s a lot of financially unstable 20 y/o’s that are going to be ‘inspired’ by this smfh.”

But other critics say that age isn’t the issue.

“It's not about that.” Twitter user @marxova_ tweeted, “You don't know what or who the heck you are and what you want in life at 20. I doubt she is fully grown as a human being. Getting

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Jenner shared the first images and footage of her baby bump after the birth of her unnamed daughter on YouTube on Sunday, Feb. 4. a kid at that age is too much bc of that. They should've been more careful.”

Another user, @ruthchandler23 stated, “I don’t think it’s the fact she’s 20 more the fact that her and travis has only been together for just over a month when she got pregnant.”

The Kardashians are constantly under fire, whether it is for what they wear or who they marry, so a negative reaction from people over Jenner’s pregnancy is nothing out of the ordinary.

If you’re not a fan of the family, there is no doubt that this surprise announcement

captivated everyone and seems almost historic, seeing as she was able to hide her pregnancy for its entire duration because she wanted the best for her growing child: “I knew my baby would feel every stress and every emotion so I chose to do it this way for my little life and our happiness,” Jenner wrote.

We can’t quite say that we’ve been keeping up with the Kardashians anymore. It seems they have blindsided us just like Jenkins did to Cooks in the Super Bowl.

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'Maybe that’s something I could do, maybe that's something I want to do...'

'Maybe this is what God wants me to do'

By MELISSA BUCK Staff Writer

Father Matthew Gworek is the new presiding catholic chaplain at Quinnipiac’s Center for Religion. At just 30 years old, Gworek works alongside students involved in campus ministry.

Gworek grew up just down the road from Quinnipiac in Southington. His family was closely knit, consisting of his mother, father, older sister and younger brother. Gworek’s relatives also lived in the area, providing a close sense of community. To this day, the majority of his family remains in the area.

“It was a great experience getting to be there with a lot of wonderful people,” Gworek said.

“I made a lot of friends in my time there and it was a really nice childhood.”

Growing up, Gworek attended church services regularly at the Immaculate Conception Church with his family. Along with his siblings, he attended religious education classes as well.

“As I grew older, for lots of reasons, my whole family got more and more involved in church and being involved in the programs that were happening,” Gworek said. “My parents became religion teachers there for the kids as well as the adults. As we all grew up a bit, it became a bigger and bigger part of our lives.”

While Gworek’s family grew at the church, he found his interest in religion through a youth group organization.

“It was a nice experience of getting to be with other teenagers and to get to talk about my faith, learn about my faith or even to just have fun with it,” Gworek said. “Getting to see that and experience that and realize that church isn’t this thing that I have to go to once a week for an hour and sit there and be interested or be bored or whatever; it’s this thing that I can live out.”

As Gworek’s interest in the church grew, he simultaneously developed a passion for music.

“I really fell in love with music,” Gworek said. “It became a big hobby and then out of that came a big passion.”

Ultimately, it became music that drove Gworek to attend the University of Connecticut (UConn) as a music education major. He played a variety of instruments including the saxophone, but eventually settled on the euphonium in college.

“At that point the plan was to be a music teacher and to specifically be an elementary school music teacher,” Gworek said. “I loved the music side of it but I’ve always loved teaching and especially teaching little kids.”

Attending UConn provided Gworek with the opportunity to develop his perspective and understanding of the world.

“College was this really wonderful time in my life,” Gworek said. “Getting to be there on campus surrounded by a big diversity of people...who had some similarities but lots of differences. You get to meet a lot of different people that you maybe wouldn’t get to meet growing up in whatever little town you grew up in.”

While Gworek was enjoying the diversity and abundance of extracurricular activities, he found it important to find his niche.

“The two big things that I centered myself on were the music things; the music majors I was with, the people I was in bands with, that was one piece,” Gworek said.

“The other piece was the church that was on campus. I had grown up going to church and there was a church on campus so I figured I was supposed to keep going.”

To continue to cultivate his passion for music, Gworek joined a band fraternity called Kappa Kappa Psi, the National Fraternity for Honorary Band Members.

“It was a really wonderful organization

that I got to be a part of there,” Gworek said. “It is a service fraternity that really focused on music and band and making sure that in a lot of ways we were the leaders of those ensembles on campus...but also went out into the community to serve different people and different groups.”

As Gworek’s college experience progressed, he started to realize that he could see himself as a priest.

“For a few years while I was at UConn, I had been in involved in the church that was on campus and had gotten to know a lot of people and was really enjoying my experience,” Gworek said.

The connections he made with these people were driving forces in his consideration of the priesthood for himself.

“As I got to know the priests there on campus and got to spend time with them, I really started to feel that they were strong mentors for me, especially just in the way they worked and the way they approached people and they seemed like they really loved their life and their job and what they were doing,” he said.

While Gworek continued with his studies, the idea of joining the priesthood grew stronger.

“The more I got to spend time with them and do the things that they were doing, slowly but surely the more I came to this notion of, ‘You know what, that doesn’t look so terrible,’” Gworek said. “From there it grew to, ‘You know that looks like a life that somebody might like,’ all the way up to, ‘Maybe that’s something I could do, maybe that's something I want to do,’ and then finally, ‘Maybe this is what God wants me to do.’”

During his last year at UConn, Gworek made the decision that becoming a priest was something that he really wanted to look into despite having his mind previously set on music education.

“I really love what I do. I really love the life that I believe God has called me to and he’s letting me live. I really love being a priest and it’s a wonderful life and it’s a wonderful chance to get to serve God.” – FATHER MATTHEW GWOREK PRESIDING CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN AT QUINNIPIAC

“I met with Father Michael Dolan, the vocation director, and he came up to UConn and we had a great conversation and he was really supportive of me thinking through this and trying to figure it all out,” Gworek said.

“From there I was really affirmed in this idea of possibly studying to be a priest.”

After graduating in May of 2010, Gworek began his studies at the seminary program at the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C the following fall. For six years he studied sociology, philosophy and church history.

Leaving behind the idea of a music career wasn’t easy for Gworek, but he had faith that he would never lose that passion.

“Music wasn’t something that I felt like I wanted to or maybe even could just throw by

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Father Matthew Gworek became the newest presiding Catholic chaplain at Quinnipiac at the young age of 30.

the wayside or completely get rid of for the rest of forever,” Gworek said. "Thankfully music is a really big part of church and the life of someone who believes in God.” Gworek was ordained in May 2016 and began working at Quinnipiac at the start of the fall 2017 semester. Working here has given Gworek the chance to spread faith to young people.

“It’s a great opportunity for me because unfortunately for lots of different reasons you look around in any given church...and a lot of times you don’t see a ton of young people and it would be great to have more want to be a part of the community,” Gworek said. “To be able to come here on campus and one, get to do some of that stuff and be involved in people's lives and celebrate mass here but also do some wonderful and meaningful events, thats great.”

Not only does Gworek serve as a priest here, but he also works down the street at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, located on Whitney Avenue. Gworek works alongside Father Michael Dolan, who has been a mentor and teacher to Gworek. “(Gworek) has a wonderful sense of humor, is always well prepared and solicitous to newcomers,” Dolan said. “He is a pleasure to be with and has a great interest in pop culture that never fails to amaze people. You would think a priest

would be more insulated, but he is up to date on the latest movies, trends and technology.

Fr. Matt is not just a good Christian, he is a good person for today’s society.”

Gworek’s young age allows him to form a connection with students that others may not be able to.

“I admire Fr. Matt's energy and positivity, as well as his honesty, which is what I strive to have in my faith life as well,” sophomore occupational therapy major Grace Senra said. “The joy that he brings to our faith community is vital, and it is what we need to see in the broader Catholic community. I love that he always puts a positive spin on things and is willing to take on new tasks and it makes it easy and fun to work with him and be advised by him.”

The lifestyle that Gworek has chosen is one that he feels is best for him and is one that he hopes he can share with others.

“I really love what I do,” Gworek said.

“I really love the life that I believe God has called me to and he’s letting me live. I really love being a priest and it’s a wonderful life and it’s a wonderful chance to get to serve God.” Gworek is available as a resource on campus for all students, whether they want to practice the sacrament of confession or just go for a walk. Gworek also leads mass services which are held on Wednesday nights at 7:30 p.m.

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Hand Of Fate

The Rolling Stones prove to still be relevant in the modern music industry after third Grammy win on Sunday

By HANNAH TEBO Staff Writer

Each year The Grammy Awards honor some of the most legendary artists in history. It solidifies an artist’s place in the music industry and confirms that the artist had a substantial impact on the music industry and the people they reach. As music progressed, some iconic bands have been left in the dust and forgotten as a new era of music takes over society.

Yet, some early rock and roll bands are still holding on and continuing their profound impact on society.

The Rolling Stones won their third Grammy on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018 for Best Traditional Blues Album. Their album, “Blue and Lonesome” is their 51st album released since the band formed in 1962. The Rolling Stones won the Lifetime Achievement Award and won Best Video Music Video, Short Form for “Love is Strong” in 1994.

The Rolling Stones newest album, “Blue and Lonesome” has reminiscent vibes of Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and Jimmy Reed. The album pays tribute to the Stones’ favorite artists.

In the description of the album, The Stones wrote, “American blues has long been part of the Stones’ DNA, and ‘Blue and Lonesome’ is a greasy, grimy tribute to their blues heroes. Deep cuts by the likes of Jimmy Reed, Howlin’

Wolf, Magic Sam, and Little Walter are delivered with soulful reverence, showing that even rock ‘n’ roll legends are still just music fans at heart.”

Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Woods and Charlie Watts masterfully put together an album that connects back to the roots of jazz. Jagger on the harmonica and vocals, Richards as lead guitarist, Woods as bassist and Watts as the drummer makes a dynamic album full of a mix of records.

“Ride ‘Em Down” combines Jagger’s vocals exquisitely with the drums and guitar breaking off midway through the song to give the spotlight to Richards’ legendary guitar skills to give the song more of a traditional blues vibe. Their song, “Blue and Lonesome” portrays the desperation of the song through the harsh guitar and intense lyrics.

While the Stones did win the Grammy for Best Blues Album, “Blue and Lonesome” has reminiscent feels of their albums “Hot Rocks” and “High Tides and Green Grass,” some of The Stones first albums. The Rolling Stones came to the rock and roll scene in 1962, when rock was just starting to firmly establish itself in society.

Some of the first rock and roll bands such as The Who, Big Brother and Holding Company, The Grateful Dead,

Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles and Jim Morrison weaved their ways through homes all across the world and created a generation that would soon be inspired to change the ways of conventional societal standards and challenge the status quo. “Gimme Shelter” by The Rolling Stones was an intense statement to the Vietnam War through revealing and harsh lyrics and intense guitar progression. “Sympathy For The Devil” is a statement on the atrocities committed throughout history sung through the viewpoint of the devil.

These songs are only a few of the political and social statements The Stones made through music.

Music has always been a safe haven for artistic expression. It has given artists a way to connect with a larger audience and has given people an escape from reality.

It has started many social movements that progressed our society and has been an outlet for people all over the world.

The Rolling Stones were only one band out of so many that helped shape society. There newest album, “Blue and Lonesome” was a reminder of the music that helped shape music and facilitated some of the movements that changed our world.

Man of the field

Justin Timberlake evokes mixed reviews after a 'predictable' Super Bowl performance

By MATTHEW FORTIN Staff Writer

“All my haters gon' say it's fake,” Timberlake croons in his famous falsetto range on his latest single, “Filthy.” “I guess I got my swagger back.”

The pop veteran’s latest works, an album titled “Man of the Woods” and his halftime show performance at Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis, have thrust him into the spotlight, but this time to a harsher, more volatile audience.

The aforementioned album, released Friday, is Timberlake’s fourth full length studio album, and his first since 2013’s “The 20/20 Experience.”

“Man of the Woods,” as the title suggests, represents a vast departure of image for the pop star. The Timberlake who got his start recording Michael Jackson reject tracks, and would eventually bring “Sexy Back,” is officially out. Instead, JT opts for a revivalist country theme over his usual, post disco vibe.

Songs like “Breeze off the Pond” and “Say Something,” which features verses by Chris Stapleton, interpolate laid back melodies, thoughtful vocals and rugged guitar riffs to create that backwoods sense that the album fashions.

That’s not to say that “Man of the Woods” lacks the bouncy punch Timberlake is known for. The lead single “Filthy” perfectly encapsulates what has kept JT in the game for over two decades. A thumping bass line, steady beat and bizarre lyrics propel the funk track forward- and make it extremely susceptible to endless Prince comparisons.

Timberlake worked with producers Timbaland and Pharrell Williams to bring the track to fruition- longtime collaborators who have made a habit of pushing the envelope with their production.

“Filthy” has seen mixed reviews, to say the least- some of absolute acclaim and others of disdain. This is not at all unlike his classic hit “Sexy Back,” which was panned by professional music critics for its futuristic acoustics and filters.

“Man of the Woods,” if nothing else, represents an artistic and personal turning point for Timberlake. Whether you like the music or not, it would be challenging to claim that the singer lacks a certain level of emotional depth at this point. After all, a lot has happened for Timberlake since the release of “The 20/20 Experience.” Although somewhat odd to ponder, that swaging teenager convincing girls to ‘rock their bodies’ is quickly approaching the age of 40, is married and is a father.

That emotional depth comes in handy for one of the album’s standouts. “Morning Light,” a soothing and soulful duet with R&B songbird Alicia Keys.

A song like that, juxtaposed to something like “Higher, Higher,” an homage to Timberlake’s bass heavy past, perfectly illustrates the interesting contrast the singer has created on his latest record, and even more so, in his persona.

To many viewers, watching an almost forty-year-old father break it down to some cerca 2002 dance moves during the Super Bowl felt a little odd. But that’s exactly what 103 million people did this past Sunday.

A lot was at stake for Timberlake building up to this performance. The Super Bowl halftime show is the most widely viewed televised event of the entire year, according to Nielson ratings. On top of that, Timberlake has quite the history when it comes to halftime shows, including that one time in 2004 when he ripped off Janet Jackson’s bra, exposing her nipple to the entire country- single handedly blacklisting Michael Jackson’s little sister on all major networks and launching YouTube, all in one fell swoop.

Couple that with some burning fan questions like, “Will Janet come back,” and “What about an NSYNC reunion,” and it’s safe to say Timberlake had quite a bit of pressure to live up to.

Whether or not he lived up to the hype depends on who you ask.

“Justin is so talented, I’ve loved him forever,” senior nursing major Dayna Moylan said. “He has the voice of an angel and I thought the performance was so good.”

Sophomore physical therapy major Mairead O’Sullivan painted another picture of the music event of the year.

“I thought it was very predictable,” O’Sullivan said. “Same old songs he always does, same old dance moves and everything.

I wasn’t impressed.”

Despite wildly differing opinions, some things were certain.

The “Cry Me A River” hitmaker certainly pulled out all of the slinky dance moves and stage transitions anyone could ask for.

While those aspects of the performance were widely acclaimed, other parts faced quite a bit of backlash, including his lack of guest performers- a tradition well established in past halftime performances.

“I sat there waiting in anticipation for NSYNC, Britney, Janet, anyone,” sophomore English major Gaby D’Annunzio said. “I got nothing- no surprise guest, which is always my favorite part.”

And while D’Annunzio is right in that there were no coheadliners, Timberlake made references to some of his fellow musicians, some much more obvious than others.

The less obvious of the references was to none other than Janet Jackson. During Timberlake’s performance of “Rock Your Body,” the popstar abruptly ended the number with a spoken “Stop!” just before the point in the song where he ripped off Jackson’s bra, 14 years ago. Subtle, but some fans are taking it as somewhat of an apology to for all the heat Miss Jackson garnered for the head-turning moment.

Towards the conclusion of the show, a massive bedsheet looking garment descended from the top of the stage to reveal a glowing video representation none other than Prince. Timberlake

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Justin Timberlake released his fourth studio album "Man of the Woods"this past Friday.

performed a piano driven duet of “I Would Die 4 U” with the audio of the late Minneapolis native- something that many were sure made the funk legend turn in his grave.

“That's the most demonic thing imaginable. Everything is as it is, and it should be,” Prince said in a 2007 interview with “Guitar World.” “ If I was meant to jam with Duke Ellington, we would have lived in the same age. That whole virtual reality thing... it really is demonic. And I am not a demon.”

Although riddled with debate and controversy, Timberlake emerged unscathed from any horrible incidents. Unfortunately for him, it seems that the most memorable performances are the ones with horrible incidents, a trend that he himself has contributed to.

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RUNDOWN MEN’S ICE HOCKEY Princeton 5, QU 3 – Tuesday Nick Jermain: 1 goal Luke Shiplo: 1 goal Alex Whelan: 1 goal QU 4, Clarkson 1 – Friday Macmaster: 1 goal, 1 assist Odeen Tufto: 1 goal Whelan: 1 goal Brandon Fortunato: 1 goal QU 5, St. Lawrence 2 – Saturday Brogan Rafferty: 2 goals Bo Pieper: 2 goals Tufto: 1 goal WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 2, RPI 0 – Friday Melissa Samoskevich: 1 goal Brooke Bonsteel: 1 goal Abbie Ives: 24 saves QU 4, Union 2 – Saturday Sara-Eve Couto-Godbout: 1 goal Samoskevich: 1 goal, 1 assist Bonsteel: 1 goal Taylor House: 1 goal MEN’S BASKETBALL Iona 87, QU 82 – Friday Cam Young: 31 points, 11 rebounds Jacob Rigoni: 16 points, 8 rebounds Chaise Daniels: 15 points Rider 74, QU 59 – Sunday Young: 18 points, 3 assists Rigoni: 12 points, 4 rebounds WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU 58, Fairfield 39 – Friday Carly Fabbri: 17 points, 5 rebounds Taylor Herd: 15 points, 6 rebounds QU 90, Iona 47 – Sunday Paula Strautmane: 19 points, 7 rebounds

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

QU at Brown – Saturday, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU vs. St. Lawrence – Friday, 6 p.m.

QU vs. Clarkson – Saturday, 3 p.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALL QU at Canisius – Saturday, 2 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU vs. Canisius – Friday, 5 p.m.

QU at Siena – Saturday, 2 p.m.

WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD Valentine Invational – Friday, Saturday, all day MEN’S TENNIS QU vs. Boston University – Saturday, 6 p.m.

MEN’S LACROSSE QU vs. UMass Lowell – Saturday, 1 p.m.

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GAME OF THE WEEK

Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey beats St. Lawrence, sweeps weekend The Bobcats complete their first weekend sweep since Nov. 17-18

By JORDAN WOLFF Associate Sports Editor

The Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team defeated St. Lawrence 5-2 on Saturday to earn a sweep on the weekend after beating No. 3 Clarkson on Friday.

Quinnipiac (11-13-4 overall, 6-8-2 ECAC) has won two straight home games after not winning one in over two months.

After being disappointed with his team on Tuesday in a loss to Princeton, Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold was pleased with the effort the team showed during the weekend, but still feels they need to bring it on a consistent basis.

“Even though we were down 1-0, the guys were ready and they showed a lot of passion and care,” Pecknold said. “It’s nice to get the sweep at home this weekend.”

The first period of play had five goals, started off by St. Lawrence sophomore forward Alex Gilmour.

At 9:30 in the first period, Quinnipiac sophomore defenseman Brogan Rafferty scored his second goal of the season on a deflection. Rafferty scored again in the second period on a power play.

Despite scoring the two goals,

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The Bobcats had three players score at least two goals over the weekend.

Rafferty credited his teammates for Saturday’s game.

“I try to keep to the same preparation towards every game and put pucks on net,” Rafferty said.

“John Furgele made a really nice pass and I think it hit something, but I’ll take it.”

Rafferty wasn’t the only Bobcat to light the lamp twice. Senior forward Bo Pieper scored his ninth and 10th goals at the tail end of the first period to extend the lead to 4-1.

The weekend’s games really made Pieper reflect to his freshman and sophomore years and thinks that the team has really hit their stride going into the home stretch of the season.

“We have a lot of good guys on this team on and off the ice,” Pieper said. “This first part of the season hasn’t been what we wanted, but now I think we’re really getting going and it’s exciting.”

At 14:17 in the first period,

By PETER DEWEY Opinion Editor

The Quinnipiac men’s basketball team dropped its second straight game Sunday, losing to the MAAC’s top seed Rider, 74-59 in Hamden.

The Bobcats (9-15, 6-6 MAAC) never led in the game and trailed by 11 at the half.

“We had our work cut out for us this game,” Quinnipiac head coach Baker Dunleavy said. “I think record wise [Rider is the] top team in our league and deservedly so. They’re a talented group, came in here and really played their way. I think we did at times a good job, the second half we battled back, but to beat a team like that, to be in it with a team like that, you have to bring your ‘A’ game, and we just didn’t have that.”

Rider (17-7, 10-2 MAAC) went 11 players deep in this one, with nine different players scoring a point and four of them in double figures. The Broncs got a big game out of sophomore guard Stevie Jordan, who had 18 points on 7-for-11 shooting. It was Jordan’s 3-pointer with 7:49 to play that put the Broncs up by eight and derailed Quinnipiac’s comeback effort.

After cutting the score to 50-47 on an and-one by senior forward Chaise

Daniels, Rider closed the game on a 24-12 run. Jordan and redshirt freshman guard Dimenicio Vaughn both hit big 3-pointers down the stretch.

“I think when you dig yourself a hole, it’s exhausting coming back,” Dunleavy said. “I think mentally and physically we probably just didn’t have that many minutes in us in the second half to keep that up. Like I’ve said so many times, I’m proud of our guys for being able to come back but there’s no moral victories here. I think we’ve built ourselves into a team that expects to play better than that. We fully expected to come back in the second half, and we didn’t.”

The Bobcats struggled on the offensive end, shooting just 39.2 percent from the floor and turning the ball over 20 times. The turnovers were the second-most for the Bobcats this year, as Daniels and senior guard Cam Young turned the ball over a combined 12 times.

“I think the physicality and the pressure they put on us both games, I felt we were just not strong with our decision making with the ball,” Dunleavy said. “Different style defensively than were used to, wish we would’ve had a little more time to prepare for that. But, we just need to be

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stronger a little tougher with the ball and more decisive.”

Young, Daniels and freshman forward Jacob Rigoni all scored in double-figures for the Bobcats. Rigoni opened the game 3-for-4 from 3-point range, but was just 1-for-5 the rest of the game, en route to a 4-for-13 shooting day from the field.

Rigoni attributed the off night to Rider’s ability to run him off the 3-point line every chance they got.

Coming off a double overtime loss on Friday, Quinnipiac went just seven players deep with junior guard Andrew Robinson still sidelined with a foot injury.

“It’s obviously tough,” Rigoni

said. “Not the greatest situation to be in but we felt comfortable going into the game that we recovered.

We were prepared to go into battle but unfortunately we weren’t tough enough today.”

Dunleavy is hopeful that Robinson will be back soon.

“Just day-to-day, I would expect [Robinson] to be good for the trip,” Dunleavy said. “I can’t say for sure, but no structural damage, just swollen and hard to put pressure on it right now. But I hope that we can have him back for Thursday [at Niagara].”

Quinnipiac will look to rebound at Niagara Thursday and get back over the .500 mark in conference play.

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force the first overtime.

He was the first Bobcat to score 30 points or more in a game since Ousmane Drame (‘15) had 33 in 2014.

Even as the leading scorer on the team at 18.0 PPG, Young still isn’t the loud and demonstrative teammate that many would expect.

“I wouldn’t say he’s much of a vocal guy, in fact he’s a very quiet guy, but he found his way to just contribute and carve out his

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freshman forward Odeen Tufto scored his seventh goal of the season to give the Bobcats a 2-1 lead.

Tufto skated past a defender to slide a shot past the goaltender.

The weekend was split in goal by sophomore Andrew Shortridge and freshman Keith Petruzzelli. Petruzelli made 25 saves on Friday, only allowing one goal. Shortridge made 20 saves on Saturday, only allowing two goals.

Despite both having strong outings, Pecknold stated that this is how he planned to manage the weekend.

“This is how it worked out,” Pecknold said. “We were going to have [Petruzzelli] play on Friday and [Shortridge] play on Saturday.”

Quinnipiac will next play at its ECAC Hockey rival Yale on Friday, Feb. 9, to try to get its 12th win of the season.

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Young leads the Bobcats in points, rebounds, steals and free throws attempted and made after playing eight total minutes last season.

niche,” Dunleavy said. “So from when we (Dunleavy and his staff) have gotten here he’s just had a great attitude and good mindset of getting better.”

If Young keeps getting better the way he has all year, Quinnipiac will continue to be a tough team to play against for the remainder of the season, something that few expected back in November.

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Clockwise from top left: Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey players celebrate another goal in Saturday’s 5-2 win over St. Lawrence; sophomore forward Nick Jermain skates around the St. Lawrence defender; sophomore defenseman Brogan Rafferty jumps into the glass to celebrate one of his two goals in Saturday’s win; sophomore defenseman Karlis Cukste stakes with the puck around the net.

BY THE NUMBERS

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The Quinnipiac women’s basketball team has won 23 straight games against MAACopponents. It’s been over a calendar year since its last lost, which was against Fairfield on Feb. 2, 2017.

Quinnipiac men’s basketball senior guard Cam Young played 49 minutes in the team’s double-overtime loss to Iona on Friday. Young played all but one minute of the game.

The seniors on the Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey team have won 92 games in their Bobcat careers. The group has been to two NCAA Tournaments and won one ECAC Hockey Tournament.

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The freshman forward put up two goals in the men’s ice hockey team’s two wins this weekend. Tufto had a goal in each game and had an assist in Saturday’s win over St. Lawrence.

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“I thought the biggest thing tonight was the care and the passion. The guys were really excited to play a top five team in the nation.”

— RAND PECKNOLD MEN’S ICE HOCKEY

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Forever Young

Cam Young has emerged from an unknown reserve to the leader of a breakout team

By LOGAN REARDON Sports Editor

From Los Angeles to Arizona to...Hamden?

For Quinnipiac men’s basketball senior guard Cam Young, that’s been the journey.

At the first two stops, basketball came easy to Young. He graduated from Westchester High School in Los Angeles in 2014 after becoming a first-team all-conference varsity player his senior year, leading the team to a 30-7 record.

From Westchester, Young moved up to Arizona Western, a junior college team that has produced NBA talent, including Hall of Famer Nate “Tiny” Archibald and Brazilian center Rafael Araujo.

In his first year in Yuma, Arizona, Young played 22.0 minutes per game (MPG), averaging 10.3 points per game (PPG) and 4.9 rebounds per game (RPG). He started 16 of 30 games and the team was a respectable 1614 at season’s end.

Young’s second year at Arizona Western was when he really emerged as a Division Ilevel talent. He earned 25.8 MPG and averaged 17.2 PPG and 6.0 RPG and was named to the first-team all-conference honor. His play had earned him a spot at the D-I level.

“His combination with skill and his size (allows him to succeed),” Quinnipiac head coach Baker Dunleavy said. “He’s a guy that’s very mobile, very athletic and he’s really big and he can score at the rim. A lot of guys that have his skill-set and do the things he does are usually 6-foot-1(-inch), he’s closer to 6-foot-6(-inch).”

Simply making it to this level wasn’t enough for Young. He struggled mightily in his first year in Hamden under former Quinnipiac head coach Tom Moore. His days of averaging 20-plus minutes and double digit points were over. This was a new challenge.

Young appeared in just six games for Moore last season, logging a total of eight

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After spending the first year of his Division I basketball career glued to the bench, senior guard Cam Young is having a breakout season for the Quinnipiac men’s basketball team. minutes and zero points on 0-for-3 shooting. practice with the team per week so no team “It was very frustrating last year, but I gains an unfair advantage. Despite the fact that just tried to keep working on my game, even he had zero D-I points to his name, Dunleavy when I wasn’t playing,” Young said. “Dur- saw a determined man at those practices.

“I think he was looking to prove himself,” ing warmups I would try to go as hard as I could just to keep getting better and not Dunleavy said. “He was really trying to make let (the lack of playing time) make me back- his mark and improve every day and really just show the coaching staff that he was deditrack and stop playing my ball.”

When Baker Dunleavy was hired as cated. He spent a lot of time in the gym with Quinnipiac’s new head coach in March our coaches and a lot of extra time working.”

That hard work paid off on opening day 2017, many of Young’s teammates, including standout freshman guards Mikey Dixon against Dartmouth when Young found himand Peter Kiss, both opted to transfer, open- self in the starting lineup. He finished that game with eight points, the first eight of his ing up a clear opportunity for playing time.

Over the summer offseason, coaches are career, but shot just 1-for-9 from the field.

“We hadn’t seen a lot of him playing in allowed a restricted amount of hours to be at

games, so you don’t know how anybody is going to react to playing under pressure,” Dunleavy said. “I knew what his talent was and was certainly hopeful that he’d be really good for us, but until we threw the ball up in real game situations, it was just more of a guess.”

Dunleavy guessed right. He kept Young in the starting lineup, and Young responded by scoring 15 points or more in three of the teams next four games.

“Just keep making plays,” Young said when asked what he does when his shots aren’t dropping. “Defensively you can make plays. Even when I’m not shooting well I know my teammates have faith in me to make shots.”

In the first six games of the season, consistency was the battle for Young. He scored 26 points twice in those six games, but also had games where he scored just six and seven points. Since that opening stretch, he has been nothing but consistent. He has scored 10 points or more in all 18 games since the six point outing against Maine on Nov. 26.

“This year [Dunleavy] has given me the chance and I’m just capitalizing,” Young said. “I’ve just been trying to stay aggressive for my team.”

As Young has heated up, so have the Bobcats. After being picked to finish 11th, dead last, in the MAAC, they currently sit tied for fifth at 6-6. Quinnipiac was just 3-9 in its non-conference slate.

“I think our non-conference losses got us prepared (for the MAAC),” Young said.

“They got us to focus more on the details that we’ve needed to win.”

Young poured in a career-high 31 points on Friday in Quinnipiac’s double-overtime loss against the two-time reigning MAAC Champion Iona. With 3.8 seconds left in regulation, Young buried a deep 3-pointer to See YOUNG Page 14

Quinnipiac women’s basketball dominant again in win over Iona

By SEAN RAGGIO Staff Writer

The Quinnipiac women’s basketball team (19-5, 13-0 MAAC) defeated the Iona Gaels (121, 1-10 MAAC) on Sunday to extend its winning streak to 14 games, including 13 straight in the MAAC, by a final score of 90-47.

The Bobcats came out firing on all cylinders, starting the game on a 10-0 run, and finishing the day 47.8 percent from the floor and 40 percent from deep. They had five players shooting at least 50 percent from long range.

“I really liked how we opened up the game,” Quinnipiac head coach Tricia Fabbri said. “I thought the second half, our rush came in and really played as well as they could play for us.”

Junior forward Paula Strautmane led the way offensively for the Bobcats. Strautmane led all scorers, finishing the game with 19 points on 9-for-13 shooting and seven rebounds.

The lone bright spot for the Gaels was their leading scorer Alexis Lewis who played just like that, finishing the game with 12 points and 17 rebounds for a double-double.

She had an efficiency rating of 23, second only to Strautmane’s 27.

The members of the sophomore class had a

good outing as they scored just over a third of the Bobcats’ points. Leading the way was sophomore forward Jaden Ward who had a career day from the floor scoring 15 points (5-for-8 shooting) and seven rebounds, just short of her careerhigh of eight, in 17 minutes of play.

“I think she’s just been super aggressive,” senior guard Carly Fabbri said. “I think she knew that coming into the season that she was going to get more playing time and obviously she’s executing now so we’re really happy for her.”

“The sophomores in terms of Paige (Warfel) and Jaden (Ward) have answered every challenge that has been given to them. Katie Grant went to the floor today and did the most with her minutes out there,” Tricia Fabbri said. “Taylor Herd... she has just been an answer in terms of where we’ve needed a huge void filled quicker than ever and how exciting is she with a ball in her hand? She’s brought the whole crowd to a screaming pitch today.”

Bobcats junior guard Edel Thornton went down early in the third quarter and appeared to have trouble breathing. She was helped to her feet and helped to the locker room accompanied by a round of applause from the crowd.

“She’s fine,” Tricia Fabbri said. “She

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The Bobcats have beaten MAAC opponents by an average margin of 24.2 points per game, including six wins by 29 points or more.

wasn’t feeling particularly well before the game, a little bit of that flu viral is going around and then (she) just took a shot to the stomach just didn’t help anything.”

The Bobcats will look to extend their win streak and continue their dominance of the

FINAL SCORE QUINNIPIAC IONA

90 47