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FEBRUARY 21, 2018 | VOLUME 88, ISSUE 18

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Students arrested for drug posession

By HANNAH FEAKES Managing Editor

By NICHOLAS SLATER Associate News Editor

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Shawn Wheeler (left) and Patrick Ownbey (right) were arrested on Sunday, Feb. 18 for multiple accounts of drug possession on the Mount Carmel campus. er from Atkinson, NH, Giess from Wellesley, MA and Moore from Wilton, CT. The two students charged with possession and sale of a controlled substance have been suspended and removed from the university, and the two students charged with possession of marijuana have been suspended from the residence halls, all pending their conduct meetings, according to Lynn Bushnell, vice president for public affairs.

“With the safety and security of our students being our top priority, the university does not tolerate such behavior on any of its campuses,” Bushnell said. “We are working closely with the Hamden Police Department on this matter and are grateful for its officers’ efforts on our behalf.”

Edgar Rodriguez could not comment.

The four students did not get back to us in time for publication.

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Over $500 spent every week to replace stolen dishes and silverware

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Repeated theft from the dining halls has resulted in increased security and extra money spent on lost dishes by Chartwells. say it’s water at the register,” Couture said.

“We actually had to call the campus security last semester to have them just come to the Bobcat Den and be in there because

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Chartwells aims to provide students with a satisfactory dining experience at their home away from home. However, within the past few years Chartwells has come to realize that many students take advantage of this experience.

“There is about a 10 percent theft rate,” Leean Spalding, the Associate Director of Dining, said. “I don’t think they’re malicious, they just think, ‘Oh, I’m just grazing,’ they don’t put two and two together.”

Chuck Couture, the Resident District Manager, has observed that the majority of theft occurs subconsciously.

“People just eat fries while they’re waiting for their burger, then put their cup down.

Same thing with chicken tenders,” Couture said. “They eat pizza before the get to the end of line, they’ll pick an entrée then choose something else they like and they’ll just set it down for us to clean up.”

French fries, chicken tenders and bottled beverages seem to be the preferred item of theft. While the majority steal these small items, other students go to great lengths to get their product of choice for free.

“The bottled Starbucks drinks or any bottled beverage are really popular, they’ll unscrew the cap, pour it in a Pepsi cup and

Florida natives react to the high school massacre

people were stealing just about anything that wasn’t nailed down in the convenience

17 students and faculty members of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School died on Feb. 14 after Nikolas Cruz, a former student opened fire in a Florida high school.

19-year-old Cruz entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and commenced shooting with a semi-automatic AR-15 rifle, according to authorities.

Cruz has been charged with 17 accounts of premeditated murder. The firearm used in the shooting was bought legally according to officials.

Cruz reportedly set off fire alarms in the school to force students and faculty into the hallways.

A report from Florida authorities stated that Cruz blended in with fleeing students to escape but was later arrested as he walked down residential street.

“He looked like a typical high school student, and for a quick moment I thought, could this be the person who I need to stop?”

Officer Michael Leonard said, according to the New York Times.

The FBI also had information about a provocative comment that Cruz made on YouTube in September.

“I’m going to be a professional school shooter,” the comment said.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas students have responded to the attack, directly speaking out to lawmakers, according to Quinnipiac media studies professor and Florida native Kearston Wesner.

“Clearly having a robust conversation about these issues is critical,” Wesner said. “And now the Parkland students have changed the narrative around this issue.

They are the ones who really are ensuring that this issue stays at the forefront.”

Although not from Parkland, Wesner has heard from friends about the atmosphere after the attack. From anger and fear, to anxiety and frustration, Wesner said that everyone is on edge.

“Throughout the entire United States, people are feeling a complicated mixture of emotions,” Wesner said.

“This has been a really emotional week for me. I can’t stop thinking about what happened at Marjory Stoneman Douglas for one second. All day and all night,” senior journalism major Nicole Kessler said.

Kessler grew up in Boca Raton, Florida, 15 minutes from Parkland where the shooting occured.

“Our communities are intertwined. We are neighbors. Some of my fondest childhood memories were made in Parkland,” she said.

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Hamden police responded to Quinnipiac university on the report of a drug investigation on Feb 18.

Patrick Ownbey, 18, Shawn Wheeler, 18, Samuel Giess, 19, and Matthew Moore, 19, were arrested for the possession and sale of marijuana, according to a news release sent out by the Hamden Police Department.

QU Public Safety received a tip that students were selling drugs from their dorm in Mountainview. Public Safety then searched Ownbey’s room while Wheeler, Giess and Moore were present.

Ownbey was in possession of a plastic bag containing 15.5 grams of marijuana, 5 edible “Marijuana Fruity Pebble Squares” weighing 303.3 grams, 87 grams of THC oil and drug paraphernalia, including packaging materials, according to the news release.

Wheeler was in the possession of a plastic bag containing 137.5 grams of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, including a scale.

Both Ownbey and Wheeler were charged with Possession of a controlled Substance and Sale of a Controlled Item. They were each released on a $1,000 bond and are both scheduled to appear in court on March 5 in Meriden.

Giess and Moore were both issued infractions for possession of less than half an ounce of marijuana, according to the news release.

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Making the Case

Consulting group to host second annual case competition

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The Consulting Group club will be hosting its second Case Competition on April 14 and 15.

Teams of three to five students will be given a problem and data at the event, and will have 24 hours to find a solution. Then, they will have to present their solution in front of a panel of judges. Cash prizes will be given to the top three teams, with first place receiving $1,500.

The purpose of the organization is to have students work in teams, develop realworld problem solving skills, enable their creativity and improve their understanding of the business environment, according to the Consulting Group’s constitution.

To register for the Case Competition, teams must fill out a form on the Case Competion’s website and give a $20 deposit, which will be given back during the event. The deadline tosign up is Wednesday, Feb. 28. The event is open to all majors. Full rules for the event are also available on the site.

Senior finance major and the Consulting Group’s President Thomas Moylan participated in a case competition held in New York City last year by APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society), which focused on solutions for supply chain management. When he was in the event, Moylan said it was a thrill.

“Since the case is so broad, you can go down any path you want, and since it’s only that one weekend, it’s short and intense,” he said.

Moylan, who founded the Consulting Group last year, said that his intent in establishing the group was to focus on these kinds of large events, rather than be a club that meets regularly.

“Who wants to be talked at?” Moylan asked. “You want to be engaged in something, and by hosting more events, we think this is the best way to get people involved.”

Dave Tomczyk, the club’s advisor and an assistant entrepreneurship professor, also said that this thinking comes from there being other clubs that already do consulting at QU. “Instead of focusing on doing projects, [the Consulting Group] focuses on bringing concepts of analysis, business skill, and presentation skills to people across the entire university, because business isn’t just for business students,” he said.

Tomczyk can speak from his own experience on that, having studied philosophy, economics, political science, religion and astrology while in college. He thinks that having not studied business while in school could be helpful for an individual’s chances in working in the business world.

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Thomas Moylan and members of the Consulting Group will host their second case competition on April 14-15.

“This is a way to see that their major doesn’t limit them; it actually gives them greater power and flexibility to go into the workforce and be confident and competitive,” Tomczyk said.

As for how skills that are applicable in business can be used elsewhere, Moylan thought about the ability to communicate ideas and information.

“If you’re a nurse, you’ll have to frequently talk to your patients,” he said. “You might have to deliver news that might not always be the best. So, to deliver news and always have a positive spin on it (or effectively communicating), it doesn’t matter what major or industry you go into; you’ll have to do it.”

Tomczyk thinks the interdisciplinary overlap is what is important about the Case Competition. Some in the administration feel the same way, as Tomczyk says that he got the event’s $3,000 in prize money from Mark Thompson, Quinnipiac’s provost. “[Thompson] has been incredibly generous,” Tomczyk said. “He loves interdisciplinary challenges, and competitions and classes and anything that helps to get people from multiple majors working together. He’s more than happy to put his money where his mouth is.”

Junior Kyle Trusch participated in the Case Competition last year. He thinks that there could be better ways to gear the event toward bringing in non-business majors, like not having problems be strictly business related.

“If you move a little bit more away from the finance side of things and numbers, numbers, numbers and kinda go more toward the creative [and] innovative ideas, there’s a lot of people across many different majors at this school that can come up with great ideas,” he said.

Last year, the Consulting Group only hosted the Case Competition itself. This year, there will be two smaller events which will happen before the Case Competition.

Moylan said that these “Mini Cases” will help give a taste of what the Case Competition will be like.

The first one will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 21 in SB121 at 9:15 p.m., and will focus on presentations, according to the Case Competition website. The second will be held on Monday, Feb. 26 in SB123 at 9:15 p.m., and will focus on analytics, though Moylan said that this date may be subject to change.

Tomczyk said that last year’s event was able to bring out 60 participants. Moylan said that it would be “awesome” if this year’s event was able to get 100 participants.

Despite his critique, Trusch said that he had a great time last year and would consider going to this year’s Case Competition.

“It was a two-day sprint. You were working long hours, but it was a lot of fun. It was cool to apply what you learned in the classroom to a realistic setting,” he said.

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‘Tis the housing selection season

Students prepare to make housing selections for 2018-2019 academic year

By MARIA SPANO Contributing Writer

It is that time of year again. Freshmen, sophomores and juniors are planning their housing and living accommodations for the next school year. They are trying to pull groups of five, six, seven or eight together in the hopes of receiving a low lottery number to get their first choice for housing.

Students are both excited and nervous for what the outcome of housing will be.

“I’m not excited for (housing selection) because it is such a stressful process,” sophomore international business major Ryann Glushek said.

Rising sophomores, juniors and seniors that choose to remain on campus are able to select their housing based on a lottery system. Each person receives a randomly-generated lottery number after paying a $500 housing deposit. The lower the lottery number, the earlier students are able to make selections.

This past Sunday, Feb. 11, Residential Life hosted an open house for sophomores and juniors to tour the Mount Carmel and York Hill campuses to look at possible housing options. Student that attended were entered into a raffle to receive the number one lottery pick.

Senior housing selection took place during the fall semester. Deposits had to be submitted by Nov. 5, 2017 at 11:59 p.m.

Selection numbers were posted the following day. The options available to them were Eastview on York Hill, off-campus houses owned by the university and The Flats. The Flats are apartments in North Haven that are leased by the university.

Mark DeVilbiss, director of Residential Life, commented that housing in the fourth year is not guaranteed. However, many seniors choose to live off-campus. As a result, all that chose to remain on campus or on off-campus university

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On campus housing is not guaranteed for students during their fourth year. owned properties are accommodated.

The process takes place during the spring semester for sophomores and junior housing. Housing deposits are due March 9 at 11:59 p.m. Selection numbers will be posted on MyHousing on March 19. Any medical accommodations are due on March 1.

Sophomore housing has the options of The Village, The Hill, Perlroth, Crescent and Complex which includes Sahlin, Bakke and Founders. Crescent is the only sophomore residence option that is not on the Mount Carmel campus.

Rooms in the Village and The Hill house seven individuals. Complex and Crescent house six individuals and Perlroth houses eight. Students have to base their group sizes off of where they want to live. For example, to choose a seven-person room, all

seven people must be in the group at the time of the selection.

Juniors have the option of living in Crescent, Westview or the Townhouses. All of these residence halls are located on York Hill. There are either five or six-person options for juniors. Juniors also have the option of living in Whitney Village. Whitney Village is located on Whitney Avenue and consists of apartment style houses.

Whitney Village and the universityowned off-campus houses for seniors are now gender inclusive.

“Students living in university-owned, off-campus houses and at Whitney Village will be able to live in mixed-gender groups,” DeVilbiss said. “Residential Life is committed to developing a living learning environment that contributes to student success. An

essential component of this commitment is the inclusion of all students. We are therefore proud to offer gender-inclusive housing for all students who wish to live together in these two areas.”

This change was proposed by Student Government Association (SGA) last year and was recently enacted.

“The reason for Gender Inclusive Housing is so that transgender or gender nonconforming students don’t have to out themselves in order to live in a comfortable setting,” Senior Class Representative Ian Zeitlin, who completed the initiative, said. “This is an issue of equality; this is an issue of civil rights, and Quinnipiac is behind the curve.”

SGA has made plans to try to expand this to all sophomore through senior housing.

Students in support of this initiative hope that this small step will lead to greater changes in the Quinnipiac community.

“I like this plan a lot because I get along with guys really well so I feel like having that living option to live with a different variety of people causes less conflict in the room, opens up doors and does not make people feel left out,” Glushek said. “Also, people of different gender identities will be more comfortable living in a space where everyone is inclusive no matter what.”

The Office of Residential Life has been envisioning this change for a while and is excited about this new housing option to make all students feel welcome while calling Quinnipiac their home.

With numerous housing options and new changes, students have many choices to make that will make them feel included and at home while living on Quinnipiac’s campus.

Stop the Bleed Campaign will publish bleeding control classes for the public FLORIDA from cover that Cruz’s case will pose the question of whether or not society should execute mentally ill people.

Cruz’s lawyers said on Friday that he may plead guilty to the charges to avoid the death penalty.

“This certainly is the type of case the death penalty was designed for,” Broward County State Attorney Mike Satz said, according to the New York Post.

A vigil was held at Pine Trails Park in Parkland, Florida to pay tribute to the victims of the shooting. The Marjory Stoneman Douglas football team gathered separately to pray for their coach, Aaron Feis, who sacrificed himself by shielding students during the attack.

After Cruz’s adopted mother died in November, he moved in with the Snead family, whose son was a friend of Cruz. The Snead family knew that Cruz was “lonely, depressed and a bit odd but saw no warning signs of a coming massacre,” according to CNN. The Sneads told CNN that Cruz brought guns into their home in a safe which they required him to ask permission to open. James Snead said he believes that Cruz kept a second key for the safe that he did not know about, according to CNN. The Snead family gave Cruz a home and reportedly enrolled him in adult-education classes so he could earn his G.E.D. The Sneads also helped Cruz get a job at a local

Dollar Tree store.

Cruz was set to to inherit $800,000 from his deceased parents, most of which he would receive as he turned 22-years-old, according to CNN. On the day of the shooting, Cruz reportedly texted the Snead’s son to see where he was in the building, the son fled unharmed from the school.

As it happens after every mass shooting, citizens shout to politicians for change and politicians go back and forth on the gun control debate.

“At some point, we’ve got to say enough is enough,” Senator Bill Nelson of Florida said, according to the Times.

American voters support stricter gun laws 66 – 31 percent, the highest percentage that measured the Quinnipiac University National Poll has ever, according to a report the Poll released on Tuesday.

Over 65% of American voters say that guns are too easy purchase, according to the Poll.

As a media studies professor, Wesner said she believes the media’s coverage of the tragedy has been remarkable.

“What is important, from my perspective, is to make sure that the media’s focus is on amplifying the voices of the victims’ families and the survivors,” Wesner said.

Jeremy Fridling, a first year medical student at Quinnipiac and paramedic is part of the Stop the Bleed campaign, which strives to teach people what they need to know to stop the flow of blood while first responders

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Teens for Gun Reform hold demonstration on Monday, Feb. 19 in Washington D.C. in wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland, Florida.

are on their way to the scene.

“To me, this means giving people the knowledge, skills, and motivation to stop preventable death from blood loss,” Fridling said. “To accomplish their goals, the Stop the Bleed Campaign is pushing the Bleeding Control class to members of the public and attempting to make trauma first-aid kits available for use in public spaces.”

The most common cause of preventable death in attacks like Florida is bleeding out, according to Fridling.

“Death from blood loss can occur in five minutes or less, which often passes before

first responders arrive. The class and the campaign aim to convert members of the public into “immediate responders,” who can initiate care of the traumatically injured during that time frame and keep people alive,” Fridling said.

Anyone can sign up for a class in their area at www.bleedingcontrol.org.

“So far, many medical students and nursing students have taken the class at the North Haven campus, and I’m hoping to offer some classes at the undergraduate campuses in the near future,” Fridling said.

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Thursday, Feb. 22 The gift of Frederick Douglass Kenneth Morris and Nettie Douglass, descendants of Frederick Douglass, will discuss how they are preserving his legacy on Thursday, Feb. 22 at 3 p.m. in the Center for Religion on the Mount Carmel campus. A fiddle performance will take place by Damien Connolly. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served.

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Dynamic Lecturing Dr. Christine Harrington, the executive director of student success center at the New Jersey council of community colleges, will speak at the Center for Teaching and Learning’s Dynamic Lecturing session. The lecture on research-based strategies to enhance lecture effectiveness will take place on Thursday, Feb. 22 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Carl Hansen Student Center room 119. Registration is required. Lunch will be served.

Friday, Feb. 23 Inside-Out Prison

Exchange program The inside out exchange program is part of a national movement giving undergraduate students and prisoners an opportunity to learn together.

The course is offered to Quinnipiac students and satisfies three elective credits for criminal justice or for non-majors. Applications for the course are required and due Friday, Feb. 23.

Sunday, Feb. 25 Neuroscience Conference The NEURON undergraduate/graduate Conference will be hold on the North Haven campus Sunday, Feb. 25. Keynote speaker John Salamone, PhD, UCONN, will talk about probing the neurochemistry of motivational dysfunction in depression and other disorders. Workshops will be held throughout the day. Registration and ticket information is free and available on the NEURON Conference website.

Tuesday, Feb. 27 Rare Disease day The main objective of Rare Disease Day is to raise awareness amongst the general public. The North Haven campus will host an event for Rare Disease Day on Tuesday, Feb. 27 from 1 to 4 p.m. in MNH101.

Snacks With Purpose Students participating in the Public Relations Student Society of America’s annual Bateman Case Study Competition will be putting together snack bags on Tuesday, Feb. 27. The event will take place at 6 p.m. on the main floor study area of CCE. Students, faculty, staff and the Hamden community are encouraged to donate packaged snacks and drinks including small water bottles, raisins, Goldfish and fruit snacks in single-serving bags.

Clubs and organizations can take part in SGA’s special appeals process when applications become available during an academic year.

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The Student Government Association (SGA) released its semesterly special appeals report.

The report details the studentrun organizations that requested money for their respective clubs through SGA and the amounts that were approved.

This semester 31 organizations applied for SGA’s special appeals.

Of the 31 clubs that applied, 12 received the entire dollar amount that was requested, seven received partial amounts and 12 were not approved for any amount.

Through this special appeals process this year, $23,677.04 was requested from organizations, but SGA was only able to approve $9,326.20.

With the recent cuts to SGA’s budget, the allocation of money to organizations is less than it has been in past semesters.

During the 2016-2017 academic year SGA received a $150,000 cut to their $750,000 budget. This is the first year that SGA is working with

the decreased budget, according to SGA Vice President for Finance Ryan Hicks.

“We budget all $600,000 and every organization has a date that they have to complete their event by. If you don’t complete your event by that date we pull that money back,” Hicks said. “This is our third special appeal. All of that money has come from orgs that have not spent the money that they were supposed to, we pull it back and we immediately re-allocate it to every other org.”

Junior nursing major and President of the Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA), Meaghan Rocha applied for funding for an event called “A Conversation with Schulyer Bailar,” which will be taking place on April 7 from 4-6 p.m. in the Mount Carmel Auditorium.

“We submitted a form on DoYouQU and got a meeting with the financial representatives from SGA,” Rocha said. “At the meeting, we explained the event and the monetary breakdown, and we received feedback on what we might be receiving.”

GSA was not approved for their

entire requested amount, but was granted the amount they needed to fund the event.

SGA tries to focus on how to allocate the money in a way that will positively impact the most students at Quinnipiac, according to Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Matthew Kurz.

“SGA receives a certain amount of money as a budget each year and part of that money they use for their SGA budget,” Kurz said. ”In years past I think it was larger, but this year it’s a significantly less budget for (SGA’s) actual organization because they wanted a majority of the money that they received to go to student groups essentially.”

Rocha has not taken part in any of SGA special appeals in the past while being president of GSA, but thinks that the process is effective the way it is.

Most clubs are not funded simply because the money that was available for the special appeals process was allocated to other organizations already. Other clubs weren’t funded because there were aspects that did not fall in line with SGA’s

policy, according to Hicks.

The order in which SGA hears the appeals is dictated in their policy. On-campus events are heard first, followed by off-campus events, conferences, competitions, capital expenditures.

“Within each one of those is just whoever submits it the fastest,” Hicks said. “So we separate them all into piles of the five categories and then one could be submitted at 8:15 a.m. Monday morning, that one is going to go before one that is submitted Tuesday at noon. So it’s first come first serve within those categories.”

The goal is to spend all $600,000 of the budget so that next year SGA can show the need for more money for different things, according to Hicks.

“Our goal is just benefit as many students as possible, benefit as many orgs as possible and that’s just through constantly auditing and reallocating the funds as much as we can,” Hicks said.

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nailed down in the convenience area. The registers are to their back so people were just stuffing their backpacks with stuff.”

While the majority of the theft occurs through minute purchases, many students do not realize the extent of their damage.

“We purchased a certain amount of chicken tenders and fries so we should have 100 percent at the register, but it’s 87 percent, so 13 percent of what we prepared doesn’t get paid for,” Couture said. “It does affect the prices of everything, it affects more than people I think realize.

But that one little fry, multiply that by everyone that comes in, we do almost 8,000 transactions a day.”

The theft even goes beyond food to products such as plates and silverware. Many students take these products back to their room instead of asking for a paper plate.

The issue occurs when students fail to return the products to the dining hall.

“I spend $500 a week on china and silverware just to keep our return where we need it to be,”

Spalding said.

For the students who do steal, it comes down to a matter of convenience and price.

“I steal coffee every once in awhile,” freshman entrepreneurship major Max Mallinen said. “I feel like everything is so expensive, it feels like it’s so miniscule that it doesn’t matter.”

Even students who do not steal have picked up on the trend.

“I’ve definitely seen people steal before,” sophomore advertising major Abbie Guglietta, said.

“Usually people just walk out and sneak by. The food is really overpriced so a lot of people don’t feel like it’s worth paying for and a lot of people run out of money on their meal plans.”

The Chartwells company wants students to understand that theft is not acceptable.

“I ask kids, ‘Do you just walk into Target or Walmart and take whatever you want?’” Couture said. “And they say, ‘Well no I wouldn’t do that,’ but they feel like it’s okay here and I’ve never been able to figure that out.”

Chartwells is here to serve the students and while they’ve noticed the issue, there is only so much

that can be done.

“We struggle all the time because it’s busy and we’re trying to serve you guys the best we can and the last thing I want to do is walk around and accuse people of stealing,” Couture said. “We have made a conscious decision that if someone steals right in front of me I’ll say something but the last thing we want to do is, I’m not a police officer, I don’t want to walk around and stop people.”

While the company is running on a ‘see something say something’ policy, they do have a course of action that they follow for extreme offenders.

“Our policy here is that if we confront you and you say ‘Okay I’ll pay for it’ and you go through you’re fine,” Spalding said. “But if we confront you and you’re argumentative then I will send an email to the person that made the offense and CC Public Safety, it’s like a warning. If it happens again we report it to Public Safety, disciplinary and Residential Life. It rarely goes to that but we’ve had people work in the dish room as their payment.”

Many students seem to feel as though the food in the dining hall belongs to them since they are paying to attend the university. How-

ever, Chartwells reminds students that they are an independent company.

“We’re not a private university, we’re contracted by the school,” Couture said. “The whole ‘I pay $60,000 a year’ mentality doesn’t work because dining’s portion of that is less than five percent of what they pay here. We’re not here to make billions of dollars off the back of students, we’re just trying to make the budget. But things like this make it harder for us to make the budget.”

What Chartwells wants students to remember is the family aspect of the dining plan.

“You’re kind of like our family because we see you everyday,” Spalding said “It’s not like McDonald’s or Walmart, it’s a different feeling, you need to create a family; your dining experience has to be enjoyable. If someone says, ‘I forgot my card,’ I let them go through, it’s not a big deal unless they make a habit.”

Couture expressed that he had similar beliefs to his partners.

“If you came to me and said, ‘I’m out of money,’ and it’s finals week, I would say, ‘Let me buy you dinner,’” Couture said.

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The Chronicle Talk Back Project The Quinnipiac Chronicle started a weekly text conversation with students. Each Friday, look for our flyers with a different question. The questions will vary; we will ask about emotions, QU, the Hamden community and current events. All you have to do is text the keyword of the week to the number (203) 349-9741 to join the conversation!

Q1: Do you feel safe on QU’s campus?

Q2: What should we do to improve safety at QU? A: “Safe yes because I haven’t had a reason not to feel safe, but at the same times it’s wicked easy to get onto campus and I feel like no one would react in a situation.

Talk. Open conversation. Talk about topics that make you uncomfortable.”

A: “For the most part, I do feel safe on campus because of our public safety department, and public safety does a good job of constantly monitoring cars that come in and out of our campus.

However, it’s a little scary that anyone can walk onto campus and has complete access to all of our academic buildings-but I also know that it’s difficult to keep track of who’s coming through campus. I think that metal detectors should be installed at every building’s entrance. Also, maybe the school could implement a system of tapping into academic buildings with our Qcards after a certain time of day.”

A: “Yes for the most part. The parking lots are really dark at night. Walking to Hogan lot at night is unsettling. But I’ve never felt in direct danger. A lot of safety issues have to do with men taking advantage of women, so getting men who sexually assault women expelled. Also, there are mentally unsafe spaces on campus. We need to sort out mental health issues first.”

A: “I do somewhat (feel safe) because of the public safety officers we have on campus but if we had a crisis I am not sure what our emergency plan involves.

Background checks, mental health checks, and a known emergency plan would improve safety.”

A: “I feel safe. Public Safety is great and seems to have everything under control.”

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It’s time for more than ‘thoughts and prayers’ For a country that claims to be the home of the brave, we sure are led by a bunch of cowards.

If you somehow haven’t heard by now, 17 people were killed and another 23 were injured in a school shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14 in ParkAssociate Sports Editor land, Florida.

The shooting was the 18th to occur on a school campus in 2018 and the third mass shooting to happen on a campus in 2018, according to Time Magazine. And it was only the 45th day of the year.

The legitimacy behind the 18 to occur on school campuses has been questioned. John Woodrow Cox and Steven Rich of the Washington Post pointed out that just five of the shootings happened during school hours, but that is five too many.

Moments after the shooting was reported, President Trump tweeted out his “prayers and condolences.”

Not only did the president’s tweet set the tone for what other politicians would say about the attack, but it likely ended any possibility of anything being done in response to the attack.

Florida Senator Marco Rubio tweeted seven times in the hours following the attack. None of them mentioned any idea of resolve. In fact, one of them said that it’s a “terrible day you pray never comes.”

Even though Senator Rubio essentially admitted that “thoughts and prayers” don’t work, he still hasn’t taken a stance for gun control.

So, why isn’t this senator providing a solution for gun control?

Well, for starters, he received $90,205 in donations from gun rights advocate groups during the 2015-16 campaign cycle. That was third most for any politician in that cycle, according to the New York Daily News.

The National Rifle Association (NRA) also holds the senator in high regards as he has an A-plus grade from the organization, meaning that he has an “excellent voting record on all critical NRA issues.”

The New York Times also reported in 2017 that the senator has received more than $3.3 million from the NRA throughout his political career.

How about the speaker of the house, Paul Ryan? The person who is third in line in terms of power in Washington? Maybe he can do something to fix this problem?

Guess again. Not only did Ryan receive an A-plus grade from the NRA, but he also received $176,927 in donations from gun rights groups during the last election cycle, which was the most for any politician during that cycle, according to the New York Daily News.

One would hope that Florida’s governor, Rick Scott, would be

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willing to do something about the situation, but like the aforementioned politicians, he also doesn’t want to talk about gun control right now.

“There’s a time to have such conversations,” the governor said at a press conference following the attack. “There’s a time to continue to have these conversations about how through law enforcement, how through mental illness funding that we make sure that people are safe.”

You would think that Governor Scott would have a greater sense of urgency to do something, especially considering that a nightclub shooting in Orlando in June 2016 killed 50 people while he was governor.

But like the previous two politicians, Scott too has an A-plus grade from the NRA. In fact, the NRA’s Political Victory Fund praised the governor in 2014 for signing “more pro-gun bills into law in one term than any other governor in Florida history.”

Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy called out Congress for being responsible for gun violence across the country.

“This epidemic of mass slaughter, this scourge of school shooting after school shooting, it only happens here not because of coincidence, not because of bad luck, but as a consequence of our inaction,” Murphy said on the Senate floor following the attacks.

“We are responsible for a level of mass atrocity that happens in this country with zero parallel anywhere else.”

In the day after the shooting, Ryan called for the nation to unify during his weekly press conference.

“This is one of those moments where we just need to step back and count our blessings,” the speaker said. “We need to think less about taking sides and fighting each other politically and just pulling together. This House and the whole country stands with the Parkland community.”

If the House of Representatives does stand with the Parkland community, then we should expect changes in the nation’s gun laws. Thoughts and prayers provide nothing to the community.

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You actually have to do something to fix it.

On Feb. 17, the survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting spoke out against the politicians who claimed that it is too soon to talk about gun control.

“All these people should be at home grieving,” Emma Gonzalez, a senior student at the school, said. “But instead we are up here, standing together, because if all our government and president can do is send ‘thoughts and prayers,’ then it’s time for victims to be the change that we need to see.”

Gonzalez also had a message for the president.

“If the president wants to come up to me and tell me to my face that it was a ‘terrible tragedy,’ I’m going to happily ask him how much money he received from the NRA,” she said.

The president received over $11 million in donations in the 2016 campaign from the NRA while the organization spent nearly $20 million against his opponent, according to Fortune.

Melissa Falkowsi, a teacher at the school, made it clear that now is the time to discuss gun control.

“They say ‘it’s not the time’ — Now is the time! There is no other time!” she said.

Going off of those who were most affected by the attack, if these politicians don’t act now on gun control, it is a clear sign that they value their money and power more than the concerns and safety of their constituents. Not doing anything to safen the lives of children to receive political money is an act of cowardess.

There’s no two ways about it.

“No child, teacher or anyone else should ever feel unsafe in an American,” the president said at the end of his tweet moments after the Parkland shooting.

Well, Mr. President, if we really want to be the “land of the free,” then maybe it’s time for you to do something about it.

Single… and not ready to mingle

Your relationship status should not define your life If I had a dollar for every time one of my friends has asked me to make a TinAssociate News Editor der account, I probably would have had enough money to buy every person I know a box of those generic candy hearts that many of us used to receive in elementary school on Valentine’s Day. When the Tinder question gets asked, my friends get the same answer from me every time.

Absolutely not.

I am not by any means saying that Tinder is bad. I have had several friends build long-term relationships with people they’ve matched with on Tinder. Simply put, it’s just not for me.

Personally, I’ve grown accustomed to some of the social stigmas that are attached to my life. I don’t drink or smoke. But I’ve found that, luckily for me, most people I know or meet are totally fine with that.

Being single is a whole different story, though.

I’ve constantly gotten the questions: “Why

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are you still single?” and, “When will you find someone?” And with the questions come the blame: “You’re not trying hard enough.” “You’re too picky.”

Then, there’s the other side. People who “defend” me – “Oh, maybe you’re just not ready yet.”

Lastly, there’s me.

I used to be saddened by the thought of being single: “What if I’m never ready, and I grow old and die alone?”

But now, I’ve come to a different kind of realization: Maybe I never will be ready… but maybe that’s okay.

Citing a 2014 Pew Report, a 2017 article written by social scientist Bella DePaulo for The Conversation estimates that, “… by the time today’s young adults reach the age of 50, about one in four of them will have never married.”

So, what exactly is the impact this might have on our society?

Sure, you can easily think the world’s population will take a serious hit as a result – more single people, less babies. You could also think: more single people, more lonely people. Wrong.

“Studies of people who live alone typically find that most are doing just fine; they don’t feel

isolated, nor are they sad and lonely,” according to DePaulo.

I think people need to take the time to stop and think: What if there are people who just want to be single – people who are intentionally choosing not to seek out a relationship?

Only 46 percent of people answered that they would definitely want to get married, according to a 2010 Pew Report survey. In this same survey, 25 percent of people answered that they would not want to be married. Even 29 percent of people who answered said that they were unsure if they wanted to get married or not.

I can confidently say that I would go along with the 29 percent of people –­ maybe I will get married one day, maybe I won’t.

I’ve come to a point in my life where I’ve learned to tune out the outside expectations – that I have to be married and have children in order to lead a productive, fulfilling life.

There are things that are much more important to me personally. I’d rather spend my time focusing on finding a job that I love to do, as well as spending as much time as I can with my family and friends.

If I find someone I’m interested in beginning

a relationship with, great. If I don’t, I don’t.

As a single person, I do not feel any regret or sadness when Valentine’s Day rolls around.

Feb. 14 is just another day on the calendar for me. For those that I know that are in relationships, that’s awesome. I love to hear about my friends enjoying going out on a date with their significant other. As for me, I’ll sit back and focus on other things that matter to me. To me, it’s not a matter of throwing my hands up and saying, “Oh well, I’ve just never found anyone, so I guess I’ll be single forever.”

I’ve learned to ignore the comments such as, “Oh, stop it! You’re only going to be 21. You can’t just give up hope! You’re still in your prime!”

It’s not about me “giving up in my prime.” I am deliberately making the choice to not let my relationship status, or lack thereof, define my happiness or fulfillment in my life.

If you desire to be in a relationship, that’s totally fine. If you don’t want to be in a relationship, and you want to hook up, that’s fine too.

But we need to stop judging others who don’t want to partake in either. We shouldn’t let our relationship status define whether we are satisfied with our lives or not.

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Former NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel reveals bipolar disorder diagnosis Last week, Johnny Manziel earned my respect.

Manziel seemed to have it all. The undersized, yet talented quarterback was the big man on campus at Texas A&M University. A dynamic Contributing Writer athlete who could turn a broken play into a highlight, Manziel electrified College Station.

He emerged into the national spotlight in 2012, when he led the Aggies to an upset road win against top-ranked Alabama, and later that year, became the first freshman in college football history to win the Heisman Trophy.

He was must-watch national television until his final game in maroon and white, and in the spring of 2014, the Cleveland Browns drafted him with the 22nd overall pick. ‘Johnny Football’ was made for the spotlight, but what he possessed in exuberance, he lacked in humility.

Despite all the dazzle that ‘Money Manziel’ brought to the turf, his off-field antics quickly sent him in a downward spiral.

From drunken photos to a fight outside a bar, Manziel couldn’t avoid the headlines, for all the wrong reasons. He hadn’t made his NFL debut yet and had already been fined twice by the Browns, once for showing up late to a team meeting and the other for flipping off the Washington Redskins bench during a preseason game.

By the end of his rookie year, Manziel played just five games and was underwhelming to say the least. Whether or not he had the physical ability to stay in the NFL remained to be seen, but one thing was for certain; if he didn’t grow up, he would never make it in the pros.

After a two month stint in rehab during the offseason, Manziel released a public statement thanking family, friends, teammates and the Cleveland Browns organization for their patience, understanding and support. It didn’t take long, however, for the new ‘Johnny Football’ to find trouble. Shortly after being named starter for the remainder of the season, TMZ Sports captured video footage of him partying in Austin, Texas on the bye week. He was

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immediately demoted to third string.

The Browns gave Manziel one more shot and allowed him to start the final four games of the season, but once again, he threw it away with more foolish behavior, like showing up drunk to the team facility.

In the spring of 2016, the Cleveland Browns cut Manziel. He also lost his agent and his last remaining sponsors. He had several run-ins with the law in the following months, and his pro football career had all but ended.

It was easy to view Manziel as an arrogant, obnoxious and immature wasted talent who could never get his act together. I won’t lie, that’s exactly how I felt. About a month ago, when I heard he was making a comeback for the Canadian Football League (CFL), I could not have cared less. How could I even take this guy seriously anymore?

Well on Monday morning of last week, when Manziel appeared on Good Morning America after two years away from football, my perception changed entirely.

“For a while I got so ingrained, caring only about what Johnny wanted, only caring what mattered to me, what made me happy,” Manziel told ABC News in an exclusive interview.

“When I look back at it now, even when I thought I was doing what I wanted, I was miserable.”

This isn’t the first time Manziel has admitted his mistakes, though, so why should we even bother listening?

That sort of skeptical attitude would be totally justifiable if it weren’t for what came next.

“I am taking medication for bipolar,” he said. “I am working to try to make sure I don’t fall back into any type of depression, because I know where that leads me and I know how slippery a slope that is for me.”

For those unfamiliar with what bipolar disorder is and the damage it can actually do to a person, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) defines it as “a mental illness that causes dramatic shifts in a person’s mood, energy and ability to think clearly. People with bipolar experience high and low moods— known as mania and depression—which differ from the typical ups-and-downs most people experience.”

Manziel was self-medicating with alcohol because he thought it would get him out of his depression, but acknowledged that it

only made things worse. He has now been sober for five months.

“You are left staring at the ceiling by yourself, and in that depression and back in that hole, that dark hole of sitting in a room by yourself, super depressed, thinking about all the mistakes you made in your life,” he added. “What did that get me? Where did that get me except out of the NFL? Where did that get me? Disgraced?”

Looking back at Manziel’s history, I can see how his bipolar diagnosis factors in to his questionable decision making and off-field shenanigans. Individuals with bipolar disorder are prone to addiction, which, in part, explains Manziel’s use of alcohol for self-medication. About 56 percent of individuals with bipolar who participated in a national study had experienced drug or alcohol addiction during their lifetime, according to statistics presented by the American Journal of Managed Care. Impulsive and risky behavior, or acting without a view of the bigger picture is also common in bipolar individuals, and surely that was a weakness of his. Manziel’s diagnosis does not excuse his actions, but it’s a significant factor nonetheless.

After Manziel went public, I had a feeling that insensitive comments were going to be made. Although I found countless heartwarming and sympathetic tweets, several disturbed me to say the least. He was labeled an alcoholic and a nut job, and was mocked for having depression and accused of spewing BS. Look, I don’t know the people on the other side of the screen, but the beliefs are there, and that is unacceptable. This goes beyond Manziel striving for a comeback. Clearly there is still a lack of compassion and support for mental health as a whole. Not everyone has to be a proponent or activist for mental health awareness, but anybody can improve an understanding of mental health issues with effort and patience.

Manziel’s story is a reminder that we as a society must look out for one another, and to view people with a perspective that goes beyond initial judgment and what is seen on the surface.

Manziel seemed to have it all, and on the surface he sure did, but the paparazzi didn’t capture the times he stared at the ceiling, depressed, thinking about his mistakes, dreaming of a chance to lace up his cleats and play football again.

That’s why I’ll be rooting for Johnny Manziel.

A loss from a distance

A view of how society has been nurtured to treat tragedy My 2018 started with a friend, not close but nonetheless a friend, dying in a car crash early on a January morning. He was a 19-year-old college student, in the car with three friends driving down I-95.

Staff Writer And then suddenly he wasn’t. The car slid off the road, was totaled, and only the driver survived.

It is always shocking when a young person dies. There is instant heartbreak when you hear about it, and an indescribable shock that soon follows. To think someone who was so full of life and had so much more to give, simply would not be around anymore. It was difficult to process. I didn’t go to his wake and I was hesitant even to mention his death on any sort of social media. Other than to wish the family my condolences, why would I? More importantly, what would I have said that hadn’t already been felt?

When this sort of thing happens, people often commemorate their friends or family with a personal memorial. A few pictures of them and that person together, enjoying life while they could. As I mentioned, I was not super close to this person and only had one picture of us ever together. So, do I cry out how much I miss this

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person, despite hardly knowing him?

I was puzzled on where I wanted to take this article, not knowing if I should solely focus on individual loss. Then on Feb. 14, there was a school shooting in Florida that took the lives of 17 high school students.

That’s 17 families that are grieving, mourning the loss of their children. As someone that wasn’t directly affected, what are the actions of those that read the story and watch the video of the terrified teenagers screaming as their peer gunned them down.

What does someone close to the family say to them, let alone the entire nation?

In 2012, 20 families felt the shock of losing their elementary school children in Newtown, Connecticut. Thousands of prayers and best intentions were sent over social media from all over the country. What these people felt goes beyond anything you can fit into a tweet. For a parent who lost her sixyear-old, talking about it is the only comfort she has. Not talking about her loss, but about her daughter’s life, celebrating who she was.

We, as collective living and breathing humans, have a strange way of handling loss. When a tragedy like shootings or natural disasters happen, the nation puts on a universally sad face. This past year was yet another year full of celebrity deaths. When a famous actor dies, we all talk about how whatever they’re most known for starring in was our favorite movie.

Take the death of Robin Williams. Think about how many Mrs. Doubtfire memes were created after he passed.

On the flipside, think about the Paris terrorist attacks and how fast everyone changed their Facebook profiles to have the “Prayers for Paris” filter on them. Both of those started off as commemorations with the best intentions, but turned into a mindless robotic system. It is arguable on how many people used that to express their grief, and how many did it just because they saw everyone else do it and felt obligated to follow.

The sad realization is that this has been happening regularly and some of us are getting used to it. Then there are those individuals that only do it for the attention. It’s one thing to show your respects, but another to make a scene and cry about how you “had a pen-pal that lived near Paris (or was it Prague)?”

Rurik Bradbury, a CNN writer and blogger, beautifully voiced the same thoughts about the international mindset, shortly after the “je suis Paris” movement. “...The part that feels the most useless to me is people’s vicarious participation in the event, which on the ground is a horrible tragedy, but in cyberspace is flattened to a meme like any other,” Bradbury said. “Millions of people with no connection to Paris or the victims mindlessly throw in their two cents: performative signaling purely for their own selfish benefit, spreading information that is

often false and which they have not vetted at all, simply for the sake of making noise...”

To some, caring about such atrocities have begun to seem like a chore. With every bombing, earthquake or shooting comes another button to push and another color scheme or theme to blend over your profile.

This must stop.

The only one it benefits is those that push the button, thinking they’re a better person for doing so.

So, what is the right move when someone else loses someone dear to them? Well, I’ll tell you. We shut up and listen. When I checked the obituary for my friend, the family was calling their son’s wake a “Celebration of Life.” This is a common theme I’ve seen with grieving families and it was a rather optimistic take that we all appear to need in such a bleak existence. Rather than going on and on about how much you’re going to miss the person and go on about how tragic the situation is for you, think about those involved.

Like with the parent from Newtown, talking about the good times they’ve had with their loved one brings an unimaginable amount of comfort.

So be mindful you are not stroking your own ego and avoiding the real conversation.

Tragedy won’t stop. Even as we try to prevent it, it continues to happen. Even if we never stop it, we might as well know how to treat those affected by it.

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CONFESSIONS OF A COFFEE ADDICT Some people are shopaholics, workaholics or chocoholics, I am a coffeeholic

BY JANNA MARNELL Design Editor

My name is Janna Marnell and I am a coffee addict. I can totally stop if I want to and I promise that I have tried. It is just those early mornings when I need a little pick-me-up. Then there’s another one around noon and of course I cannot go to my night class without another cup...

Let’s not even talk about my midnight cup to do all the unwanted homework late at night.

There is something about the smell and the taste that just keeps me going. Or possibly the tons of caffeine, but just forget about that part.

I believe caffeine is the number one reason why college students seem somewhat normal.

Look around campus and most people have some sort of caffeine drink in their hands --tea, coffee or even an energy drink.

Like all caffeine loaded drinks, coffee is an acquired taste. When The Chronicle asked the student body about why they would not drink coffee, the trending answer was that it tasted too bitter.

By looking at the Starbucks average sales at Quinnipiac being mostly iced teas, this checks out, since iced teas tend to be students go-to option for taste and the caffeine boost they need.

Coffee is expensive, so a coffee addiction can be a real burden. A venti iced caffe mocha from Starbucks four times a day is really destroying my meal plan (thanks, Mom), but what about the countries where coffee is most popular?

Quinnipiac students drink more coffee at school than when they are home, according to the same survey by The Chronicle. We feel

like we need some sort of push to keep going through the hectic days and the social life we always wanted to have in college.

Being home is easy, since we have less responsibilities than we do at school. Unless you like the taste, there is no need for multiple cups of coffee a day. That said, when we get back to school we go from one to two cups of coffee a week to the same amount of coffee everyday.

The average American drinks about three cups a day, according to Harvard School of Public Health. However, inside the Quinnipiac “bubble,” the average coffee-drinker only consumes one to two.

Keep reading for some other Quinnipiac coffee trends.

QUINNIPIAC COFFEE CONFESSIONS Students get real about their coffee grind How many cups of coffee do you drink a day?

Do you drink coffee?

31.4%

NO

8.5% 30.9%

68.8%

YES

Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts?

40.1%

STARBUCKS

60.6%

Do you drink more coffee in your hometown or school?

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DO NOT DRINK COFFEE

1 - 2 CUPS A DAY

How long do you wait in line at the QU Starbucks?

8.3% 29.8%

DUNKIN

DO NOT DRINK COFFEE

28.5% 52.1%

SCHOOL

Can people tell when you did not drink coffee?

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5 - 10 MINUTES

61.8%

60%

HOME

21.4%

10 - 30 MINUTES

20.4% 28.1% 51.1%

YES

DO NOT DRINK COFFEE

NO

DESIGN BY JANNA MARNELL *NOT TO SCALE

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NAME: Donovan Brinson YEAR: Sophomore MAJOR: Graphic design PASSION: Skateboarding

CURRENT CRAZE A rundown on this week’s top entertainment news By: Lindsay Pytel 'DOS' IS BETTER THAN 'UNO' You know when you’re playing “UNO” and someone yells out “DOS!” to be funny when they have two cards left? Well, they’re not just being funny anymore. “UNO” makers announced on Feb. 13 in a Facebook video that there is a sequel coming in March to one of America’s favorite card games—

By ADRIANNA LOVEGROVE Staff Writer

Walking down Bobcat Way, everyone has probably noticed the man doing skateboard tricks right outside of the Student Center.

Students have ogled and gawked at him, not just because he’s out there, but because of how often he’s testing different tricks.

This passion for skating is evident in the sophomore graphic design major, Donovan Brinson from Boston.

“It is a stress reliever. It’s kind of like an impulse thing.

I get up and it’s kind of like ‘I need to skate,’” Brinson said.

His notoriety expands across the whole campus. Students can’t help but notice him outside, day or night, perfecting his tricks. His roommate, biology major Thomas Perry, almost feels like he lives with a celebrity.

“I always point him out like, ‘That’s my roommate’ and everyone's like, ‘Your roommate’s the skateboarding guy?’”

Perry said.

Criminal justice major Kendal Johnson, says it’s impossible to miss Brinson skating around Quinnipiac.

“He’s literally the most popular guy on campus,” Johnson said.

“Everyone knows him. You can’t tell me no one has seen him.”

But he doesn’t do it for the popularity. Skateboarding has been a love of his from a young age.

Brinson got his first skateboard when he was in the fifth grade, only knowing how to ride it back and forth.After a while, he put his board aside, but when his brother died in 2013 from a motor vehicle accident, Brinson started skating again. When a former classmate offered to skate with him during his junior year of high school, he found himself back in the skateboarding scene.

“Learning new things, there is like a determination part of it and once I started, I didn’t want to stop,” Brinson said.

He says he spends a lot of time researching how to do specific tricks. While he is out practicing by Bobcat Lawn, Brinson is perfecting his techniques, but also trying out different combos.

“They're not made up, because people have done them before,” Brinson said. “It's just a combination of things, like if you know how to do a kickflip and a shove, you can put them together and varial flip. I just go off of what I see people doing. I look up tutorials just of the basic tricks and like the big flip, which I learned Tuesday. I just put two tricks together and it just happens.”

He draws inspiration from the skateboard group “Braille Skateboarding” on YouTube, which was founded in 2007 by professional skateboarder Aaron Kyro. Brinson’s favorite skateboarder is Chris Joslin, a Real Street 2016 gold medalist and a Plan B Skateboards pro.

On average, he spends about an hour or two a day practicing.

That much dedication leaves the question: What is the end goal?

Although Bobcat Nation would love to see one of our own become the next Tony Hawk, Donovan has no plans of going pro anytime soon.

“I’ve never wanted it to get professional,” Brinson said.

“When I first started skating, I talked to this guy who lived near my house who knew a lot of tricks and did them really well, and he's been skateboarding for 12 years. I told myself, ‘If I can get to my goal trick in 12 years, then I'll be fine with it.’”

His goal trick is called a 360 hardflip. A “normal” hardflip is described by Urban Dictionary as a “Frontside pop shuvit with a kickflip,” while a 360 hardflip is “over-rotated breaking it down into a frontside 360 pop shuvit and a kickflip.”

So, for us non-skaters, that means he’s going to jump in the air and the skateboard will spin 360 degrees before landing.

Even though he said he would never go pro, he did say he would be willing to enter a skating competition if he “ever got good enough.”

“I feel like I have like 25 percent of skateboarding down,” Brinson said.

He's hoping he’ll be at 100 percent by the time he graduates in 2020.

This doesn’t mean that the skill comes easy and without expense. In fact, with the consistent practicing he does, Brinson goes through quite a few skateboards. He even broke one skateboard after only two days of buying it.

On average, Brinson says he goes through a board every six months. He waits for one to break before buying a new one and has now gone through nine boards in the past four years. He even has names for all of his boards including Orchard, Satoshi, Noose and his current skateboard, Victoria.

“The more tricks you do on it, the harder you fall on it,”

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appropriately named “DOS.” Getting rid of all the cards is still the goal, however, the rules have changed a little bit. Now, instead of just having one card in the middle, there are two and the objective is to match two cards with the ones in the middle, according to Cosmopolitan. If you are able to do so, you get to put down one more card and your opponents pick up a card. At the end, when you have two cards left you yell “DOS!” naturally.

Brinson said.

"It helps if you have good wheels and stuff like that. Bearings help.

There are boards that combat rain weather, like carbon fiber, but those are way expensive, so JANNA MARNELL/CHRONICLE I don't mess with that.”

Right when he started skateboarding again, while he was practicing on a skateboard he got from Walmart, a stranger walked up to him and told him he needed a better and wider board.

“I reluctantly followed and he gave me one of my official boards that I called Noose,” Brinson said. “I didn’t ask his name. I wish I did because that board helped me out so much.

He told me that the board had been around the world.”

It’s the only board he still owns that hasn’t broken.

Brinson once skated in the cold for so long that his fingers went numb and his roommates had to open the door for him, due to the lack of feeling.

“He was in the freezing cold and I remember we had to turn the hot water on,” Perry said. He couldn’t move his hands because he was so cold. That’s dedication.”

That consistent drive that Brinson continues to show by practicing two hours a day pushes him to go back outside daily. That love and passion for what he does challenges any fear of failure.

“Skateboarding in general is 50 percent mind and 50 percent body,” said Brinson. “It’s natural to fear learning new things. The fear is just an obstacle and it is challenging to overcome. At some point of me skating, I just accepted the fact that I will fall and get hurt and my body won't want to get up. So sometimes I have to degrade myself just to land a trick that I’ve been wanting to land or challenging myself to do the same trick a number of times so I can get into my muscle memory.”

It’s inevitable that he will fall but the adrenaline pumping through his blood and music blasting through his ears make the pain easier to handle. The last trick he learned took him an hour and thirty minutes to land. Quitting is a word that doesn’t seem to fit in Brinson’s vocabulary.

“My favorite thing about skating is the determination and persistence. When I watch someone land a trick after a battle, it’s such a great feeling,” Brinson said. “Landing a trick after a battle for me has such a euphoric feeling.”

By doing what makes him happiest, he has inspired others to do the same. Johnson believes that because of Brinson, more and more people on campus have busted out their boards.

“He is the influence of the skating community here,” Johnson said. “I’ve seen so many penny boards, longboards, electric boards— I’ve seen those too. He is the influence.”

Brinson shows no signs of stopping and even has plans going for the next twelve years regarding his skating.

“Even when my body may ache or I have a gnarly slam that cuts, I’ll keep skating.”

NEW AMERICAN GIRL DOLL REACHES FOR THE STARS American Girl Doll is proving to young girls everywhere that the sky is never the limit. Their newest doll, Luciana Vega, an 11-year-old astronaut was named “Girl of the Year,” according to the American Girl Doll official website. One of the designers, Rebecca DeKuiper, says Luciana was created to encourage girls that science is something they could pursue. “We really wanted to do a whole character to show girls that STEM is cool and there are a lot of ways to be in STEM,” DeKuiper said in a video on the American Girl Doll official website.

JEN AND JUSTIN ARE ‘ON A BREAK’ Guess he’s not her lobster after all. Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux announced their separation on Feb. 15. The two married in a private ceremony back in 2015 and split up at the end of 2017, according to USA Today. They said in a joint statement to E! News, “We are two best friends who have decided to part ways as a couple, but look forward to continuing our cherished friendship.” The statement also says they would have preferred to keep this a private matter, but they wanted the news to come out to the public from them directly.

AMY SCHUMER TIED THE KNOT “Yup,” Amy Schumer said, “I do.” Schumer married her boyfriend Chris Fischer on Feb. 13. Fans went crazy when she posted wedding photographs— a wedding no one was expecting— on her Instagram with the simple caption “Yup.” The couple was first seen together getting dinner back in November of 2017, and just made their relationship social media official a few days ago, according to People. She confirmed on her Instagram that she is not pregnant and the couple would not like any gifts. Instead, they hope people will donate money to a non-profit organization, Everytown for Gun Safety.

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Snap out of it Snap Inc. CEO has no plans of reversing new design

By ADRIANNA LOVEGROVE Staff Writer

Snapchat updated its in-app design last week and to say people hate it would be an understatement. The goal was to make Snapchat easier to navigate, but unfortunately the company seemed to have missed the mark.

The new interface left many users confused and that confusion quickly turned to anger. Many users begged the social media app to go back to its original format. There was even a petition going around to reverse the update. The petition on change.org calls for 1.5 million signatures.

Over 1.2 million people signed it as of Tuesday afternoon.

The petition to “Remove The New Snapchat” was started

by Australian-based user Nic Rumsey, who reached out to Snap Inc. to reverse the update for the safety of their users.

“There is a general level of annoyance among users and many have decided to use a Virtual Private Network app, or are using other risky apps or steps, to go back to the old Snapchat as that’s how annoying this new update has become,” Rumsey wrote in his petition. “Many ‘new features’ are useless or defeats the original purposes Snapchat has had for the past years.”

Many people avoided updating their apps, hoping to keep their original Snapchat setup. Slowly but surely though, many users started waking up to see their apps had automatically updated.

“I just don’t understand why Snapchat, one of the most successful platforms, has to constantly change its layout for what seems like every three months,” sophomore journalism major Nick Fedler said. “Every time an app does something drastic like that, you alienate your audience.”

Some argue that the older design shunned older people,

which made some major advertisers hesitant to jump on the Snapchat train.

“This was a much needed redesign for Snap as the complexity and nature of the app was shunning older demographics and a major issue for advertisers, which remain the golden goose for the company," Chief Strategist at GBH Insights Daniel Ives told CNN. The hatred runs so deep that people are actually looking for ways to reverse the update on their own. As reported

by The Sun, by deleting the app, turning off the automatic updates in your settings and re-downloading Snapchat, you can return to the original interface.

Snapchat tweeted out a warning about the dangers of deleting and re-downloading the app.

“Don’t believe everything you read on the internetunofficial workarounds to change the way Snapchat looks are temporary and can result in getting permanently locked out of your account or losing Memories,” @snapchatsupport tweeted.

Twitter account, @isaacsvobodny, tweeted out a screenshot of a direct message between him and @Snapchat claiming that if it gets enough retweets, they will rollback the changes. It has been retweeted over 1.5 million times.

Unfortunately the tweet is fake and Snapchat never sent such a message. Furthermore, Snapchat has no intention of getting rid of the new, controversial changes. The CEO of Snap Inc., Evan Spiegel is happy with the redesign and says that we basically need to get used to it.

The redesign was meant to separate communication between users from publishers like Vice and Cosmopolitan.

Spiegel spoke out about the controversy at Goldman Sachs Internet and Technology conference in San Francisco on

Thursday, Feb.15. He explains the reason behind the change was because he was worried that users couldn't tell the difference between friends and celebrities.

In the past, social media users have been reluctant to change. When Facebook came out with a new design, the Facebook groups "Petition Against the New Facebook" and "1,000,000 Against the New Facebook Layout," emerged on the platform. Both groups had over a million members.

Even Instagram faced major backlash when they added a “Stories” section to their app back in 2016.

But since the new launch, the app now carries a 1.8 rating in the Apple Store. By putting messages and stories on the same feed, research has shown more Snapchat users are switching over to Instagram. There have been a surge in tweets about switching over to Instagram, according to LikeFolio, a social-data website used by investors.

“Since Snapchat’s beginnings it has been the same interface and users have gotten used to the layout,” junior entrepreneurship major, Eric Brickman said. Then they go and change it, and I find myself on a different page then I even meant to be on. It’s really frustrating."

About 80 percent of all tweets about Snapchat are negative, according to research conducted by LikeFolio. The founder of LikeFolio said the reaction to the update is worse than the reaction to the Chipotle E.coli breakout in 2015.

Snapchat understands the inner struggles of the snapper trying to navigate the new interface but is hopeful that they will adapt to the new changes.

"Updates as big as this one can take a little getting used to, but we hope the community will enjoy it once they settle in," a Snapchat spokeswoman said in a statement.

Medaling Around A recap of the games in Pyeongchang so far

By ALEXIS GUERRA Staff Writer

The first weeks at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics have been full of surprises. Athletes made history despite the icy conditions delaying the competition and this is only the beginning of the 102 events, the most in Olympic history, planned for the coming days.

The 2018 Winter Olympics began on Thursday, Feb. 8 in Pyeongchang, South Korea. This is the first time that South Korea is hosting the Winter Olympic Games. The last time the country held the Olympic Games were the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul.

As of Feb. 20, Norway is in the lead for the most medals, with 29. Germany follows behind with 23. Canada is in third with 19 medals. The Netherlands is in fourth place with 14 medals and France is in fifth with 13 medals.

Snowboarder Red Gerard won the United States its first gold medal in the slopestyle event on Feb. 10. Gerard won the medal after oversleeping the day of the event, just barely making it to the competition. He is also 17 years old, making him the youngest American to ever win a medal in snowboarding.

A familiar Winter Olympics athlete Shaun White returned to the Games on Feb. 14, winning gold in the halfpipe snowboarding competition. White was last seen finishing fourth in the halfpipe in the 2014 Olympic Games, where he suffered a steep fall resulting to him getting 62 stitches. Despite White, 31, being significantly older than his competitors, he proved he has what it takes to finish on top.

This is White’s third gold medal of his career and the U.S.’s 100th gold medal for the Winter Olympics historically.

White revealed that he has his eyes set on the 2020 Summer Olympics, as a skateboarder, according to his interview with The Washington Post after the competition.

White has also been under fire for his answer to a

question asked about a sexual harassment lawsuit filed

by Lena Sawaideh, the former drummer of his electronic rock band, Bad Things. Matt Gutman, a reporter from ABC News, asked him about his concerns with the case during White’s celebration interview. White wasn’t interested in discussing the topic.

“You know, honestly, I’m here to talk about the Olympics not, you know, gossip.” White said.

American Alpine ski racer Lindsey Vonn suffered a heartbreaking loss on Feb. 16 after an uncharacteristic mistake made during the super-G event. Vonn performed well throughout the race with the exception of one late turn.

This mistake proved to be costly after Vonn tied for sixth place in the race. In Vonn’s interview after the competition, she expressed her feelings of frustration.

“I gave it everything I had, I left it all on the hill, which I knew I would,” Vonn said. “Just made one mistake. And that cost me a medal.”

Vonn missed the 2014 Olympic games due to an injury, which set her goal to winning two individual medals in 2018.

While this was one of the biggest upsets of the Olympics so far, it proved to be one of the biggest surprises when Czech skier Ester Ledecka won gold in the same competition.

British speed skater Elise Christie went to the hospital on Feb. 17 after a dramatic crash during the women’s 1,500m short-track speed skating semi-finals. Christie was attempting to overtake Chinese speed skater Li Jinyu, nudging her in the process. This lead to Jinyu falling and Christie slamming into the crash boards. Christie didn’t suffer any broken bones but Jinyu’s blade made contact with Christie’s body. Christie was disqualified from the competition while Jinyu took silver.

Meanwhile, a new team has emerged. The team Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) is taking the place of its home

country. This is the result of a ban after World Anti-Doping Agency accused Russia of being noncompliant with the anti-drug standards, allowing their athletes to use performanceenhancing drugs.

The Olympic Committee granted some of the country’s athletes who remained clean with “special dispensation” to compete. In order WIKIMEDIA COMMONS to compete, these athletes cannot represent Russia’s flag or colors and are permitted to only wear neutral colored clothing. The OAR athletes won three silver medals and eight bronze medals as of Feb. 20.

North Korea is making their presence known by sending 22 athletes and hundreds of cheerleaders to support them.

According to Suki Kim, an undercover writer in North Korea, these cheerleaders are actually college students sent by their government to essentially “look pretty” while representing their country. Most North Korean citizens don’t have the ability to watch the Olympics in their homes because the state-run television hasn’t broadcasted any footage of the games to its people, according to an article

by Business Insider.

The 2018 Winter Olympic Games have proven to be exciting, but they aren’t over yet. Medals are still waiting to be won. The last day for the games is Feb. 25 and the Closing Ceremony will air on NBC at 8 p.m. the same day.

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WILL 'SHOWMAN' BE THE GREATEST ON BROADWAY? This winter's Blockbuster hit may already be making its way to the stage

By JESSICA SIMMS Staff Writer

20th Century Fox Film Corporation CEO Stacey Snider voiced the idea of transforming “The Greatest Showman,” the new movie musical starring Hugh Jackman, Zendaya and Zac Efron, into a live action Broadway musical. The director of this film, Michael Gracey, personally thinks that putting this film on stage is a great idea.

“When I was pitching the film, the great thing about doing a musical film is you have this amazing piece that could then go straight to Broadway,” Gracey said to Entertainment Weekly. “Instead of CG [Computer Graphics] animals, you could do puppets like ‘War Horse’ or ‘The Lion King.’ I think that's an incredibly appealing idea. It would depend on the success of the film but I do believe it would make an incredible stage production.”

“The Greatest Showman” follows P.T Barnum’s journey of creating the first version of a circus when he decided to recruit a group of people that the rest of society viewed as “misfits.” Outside of the main story of Barnum’s creation, the movie also consists of everything that is necessary for it to turn into a Broadway musical. It has romance, big musical numbers, emotion and even some trapeze acts.

“I would see [‘The Greatest Showman’] in a heartbeat,” freshman Sydney Davidovitch said.

“I’m literally in love with the movie. I have the whole soundtrack on my Spotify and listen to the music everyday. Literally if it went to Broadway I think I would die and be so excited.”

Even though the film only raised about $8.8 million in the box office back in

during its first week in December, according to “Dance Magazine,” and has gotten a mixture of reviews from critics, the movie has done well in other areas.

The music of the movie did extremely well. The song “This is Me” written by

Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, “La La Land” and “Dear Evan Hansen” composers, won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song.

Keala Settle, who portrayed the Bearded Lady and sang the award-winning song, told Broadway World on Feb. 16 that she is willing to be in a Broadway adaptation as long as Hugh Jackman is involved.

“It's a lot of work, but hey, [Hugh Jackman] is number one on the call sheet so if he wants to do it then heck... are you kidding me? I'll have to be,” Settle said.

The rest of the soundtrack was successful as well. Atlantic Records released the soundtrack two weeks before the movie premiered. By January, the soundtrack hit the top of the charts, not only in the U.S., but

also in several other countries as well.

It was the first film soundtrack to reach number 1 on the Billboard Top 200 since “Fifty Shades Darker,” which premiered last year, according to “Fan

Fest.”

It also made the Hot 100, which for Jackman was his first time getting on the list and Efron’s first time since 2009, when he made it for “Can I have this Dance” from “High School Musical 3.”

To have a movie be able to even be considered to go on Broadway, it needed to have big musical numbers. “The Greatest Showman” did, with one of its most well known numbers being “Rewrite the Stars” sung as a duet by Efron (Phillip) and Zendaya (Anne).

‘Rewrite the Stars’ was incredibly challenging according to Gracey.

“You’d have this beautiful shot of Zendaya flying around Zac and Zac’s in the foreground and it’s just perfect,” he said. “And just as she’s about to sing the line that you need in that moment, the rope twists and her whole body moves and that line you want, she’s facing away from camera! It’s things like that you’re like, ‘Ughhh!’”

Not only was the song beautiful, so was the physicality of the musical number. In the movie, there was a lot of trapeze skills involved for this particular song, making it something that could look amazing on a stage.

“Also a lot of the jumping and swinging and the two of them coming together, there are so many takes of that being so awkward and so clunky as they don’t quite swing past each other, they just slam into each other,” Gracey said. “All of a sudden what’s meant to be balletic and slow and wonderful effortless feel, all of a sudden becomes incredibly brutal and violent as these bodies go slamming into each other.”

Even though “The Greatest Showman” had a rocky beginning within the box office, the film ended up grossing more than $259.5 million.

"It's a great shot in the arm," Snider said to The Hollywood Reporter. "We originally hoped to top out at $110 million in North America. Then, based on the opening, it looked like we wouldn't come close to that."

“The Greatest Showman” attracted a wide variety of an audience, more than half of which was composed of females. Many younger girls have fallen in love with the movie’s message of being independent and proud of who you are.

"There are girl groups all over the world doing 'This Is Me' dance routines," Snider said to The Hollywood Reporter. "The song has become a symbol of independence."

With this film urging audiences to stand up for inclusion and independence, it is a possibility that this movie-musical can end up joining the Great White Way.

Every shade of beauty University bookstore supplies beauty products catered towards people of color

By JENNIE TORRES Staff Writer

The university accepts an abundance of diverse students from all over the world who use a variety of beauty products to help them look their best during the day.

In order to lessen the hassle of students searching for these products at stores, the university has brought in a greater stock of cosmetics and hair care products to be directly available on campus.

The Quinnipiac University Bookstore on the Mount Carmel campus will be supplying beauty products that specifically cater to people of color, according to the official statement released by The Student Government Association (SGA) on Feb. 12.

The new array of items will include a wider range of makeup shades, the CoverGirl Queen Collection, Cantu beauty products, Raw African Shea Butter and durags.

Senior public relations major and class representative Ian Zeitlin was one of the several students involved in making the plan of bringing the products onto campus come to fruition. Zeitlin said that the whole process of bringing the products onto campus started with a proposal made by senior media studies major Mazel Genfi.

Genfi attended one of SGA’s meetings and explained that when American journalist

and social activist Marc Lamont-Hill visited the university in March 2016, he asked if the bookstore carried cosmetics or hair care for people of color. “[Genfi] wanted to turn the answer from a no to a yes,” Zeitlin said.

Genfi said that for most people of color on campus, they have to either go back home or go across town to buy their necessities and the school bookstore should be a way to avoid situations like that.

“Representation matters no matter what,” Genfi said. “Yes, [people of color] are a small percentage of the university, but we are a part of the university.”

Zeitlin and Genfi went on to create a list of products to have inside the bookstore with some extra assistance from student organization, NaturallyMe. Junior health science major and president of NaturallyMe, Janece Boone, said she’s recognized the issues behind students of color having limited options at the university.

“There are certain people here that don't own a car, so they would have to wait for the shuttle and go to Target to get whatever they need,” Boone said. “Then they’d have to wait for the shuttle again and then do what they need to do with their hair, so by having these products in the store it’s very convenient for us.”

The challenges with buying cosmetics from far away concerned students and Operations Manager of the Quinnipiac University Bookstore, Latiara Love.

“I didn’t really realize that it was that big an issue, so I’m glad that we can take care of that because I do want [students] to stop in and shop here. You don’t have to wait at the bus stop,” Love said.

Store Manager Cheryl Cartier said that it was not too difficult to proceed with replenishing the store with more cosmetics and hair care.

“Because we have such a large volume of stores across the country from the east coast to the west coast, Canada, down to the south, we do have a wide range of products that we can offer the schools, and so we were really lucky that we already had this program,” Cartier said. “So all it took was a student from Quinnipiac to say, ‘Can we have this here at the store?’ and we were able to provide them with a whole group of products.”

After hearing that the initiative was approved to have more diverse beauty products, Genfi said that students were ecstatic.

“One girl actually hugged [Zeitlin and I] because she was in complete shock that RICHIE PETROSINO/CHRONICLE the school would be selling these kinds of The new products hit shelves in the Univerproducts now,” Genfi said. sity Bookstore earlier this week.

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Paula Strautmane has gone from Latvia to Hamden in her meteoric basketball rise

By CONOR ROCHE

Associate Sports Editor

Can someone who is a sweetheart also have fierceness in them?

Well, according to Quinnipiac women’s basketball head coach Tricia Fabbri, not only is it possible, it’s admirable.

Sweet and fierce are two of the many words she would use to describe Paula Strautmane, a 6-foot-1-inch, junior forward from Latvia.

“She’s so smart where she’s grown her game,” Fabbri said. “Her intensity, her intelligence [has led her to be] a defensive player of the year candidate.”

Strautmane established herself as one of the key pieces to the Bobcats’ MAAC regular season champion squad this year, signaling a long road from where she began in Latvia.

Growing up, Strautmane’s parents were gym teachers and they introduced her to all sorts of sports. But it was her younger sister, Digna, that got her into the sport.

“My sister started playing [basketball] like, one week or two weeks before me, when she was in second grade and when I was in fourth [grade],” Strautmane said. “So I had to go pick her up and drop her off at practices as her big sister.

At that time, I was into dancing and artistic stuff. But I was just sitting there, waiting for her practice to end. I was like ‘I cannot sit on the sideline, I want to get in.’”

Strautmane couldn’t get into that first practice because she didn’t have a jersey, but she got into the next one.

Once Strautmane started playing, she didn’t look back.

She remained committed to the game throughout her childhood, going to specific schools in Latvia to play basketball.

Even though Strautmane was good at basketball as a child, she only viewed it as a hobby. But in the summer of 2013, the sport that was just a hobby that began to change her life.

Strautmane had been named to the U16 Latvian National Team for the 2013 U16 Euro Championships. In the tournament, Strautmane finished in the top 10 in field goal percentage, assists, defensive rebounds and total rebounds.

Some schools in the United States found out about the Latvian basketball player and expressed some interest, giving Strautmane the realization that she could play collegiate basketball in America.

“When I was about 16, 17-(years-old) and when I was in 10th, 11th grade,” Strautmane said when she first realized she could play collegiate basketball in America. “I knew like, okay this is

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Strautmane is averaging 9.1 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game this season for the Bobcats.

what I could combine basketball with...that’s what I wanted to do.”

Quinnipiac found out about Strautmane in the summer of 2014 when she was playing in the U18 European Championships for the U18 Latvian National Team. In that tournament, she ranked in the top 10 in blocks, offensive rebounds, total rebounds and field goal percentage and caught Quinnipiac associate head coach Mountain MacGillivray’s eye.

“Mountain saw her abroad and then we watched film on

her,” Fabbri said. “Then we brought her over here and just fell in love with her as a player. And then she came over and she did not disappoint.”

Strautmane quickly narrowed her list down to two schools: Quinnipiac and the University of South Florida. Luckily for the Bobcats, they didn’t have to do much to convince her, even with a friend of Strautmane’s at South Florida.

“It was amazing,” Strautmane said on her visit at Quinnipiac. “This was the first school I visited in the United States and I knew that any other school that I was going to visit after was going to be really hard to top [Quinnipiac]. They’re going to have to offer me a lot to change my mind.”

When she moved to America in August 2015, Strautmane recognized that everything was different from her homeland, whether it was the food, culture, social interactions or what people wore.

“The first year was pretty hard. I was homesick a lot,” Strautmane said. “But you have to get that first year off. In the first year, you also have a lot of new experiences...but I have to remind myself always that I chose this. I chose to basically leave everybody behind and come to another continent.”

But as time has gone on, Strautmane has become more comfortable at Quinnipiac. Fabbri, as well as Strautmane, credit the other players for making Quinnipiac feel like home for international players.

“I think [international players feel comfortable] from the ladies who are already in the program,” Fabbri said. “I think there was a certain comfort level that she already knew there were players from Ireland and Latvia that said yes here and made it somewhat of a bit more comfort feeling.”

In 2017, Strautmane may have had the best year of her basketball career as she was not only apart of the Quinnipiac squad that made the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament, she also had the chance to play for the Latvian National Team in the EuroBasket Women 2017 Championship.

Strautmane didn’t garner much playing time in the EuroBasket tournament (only averaging just 1.9 minutes per game), but was happy to represent her country.

“It was amazing, there’s nothing like that in the world,” Strautmane said. “To go out there and put your uniform on, which has your country in the front and your name on the back and singing See STRAUTMANE Page 14

Quinnipiac men’s basketball falls in double overtime at Fairfield

By PETER DEWEY Opinion Editor

The Quinnipiac men’s basketball team dropped a heartbreaker to Fairfield (12-15, 7-9 MAAC) in double overtime, losing 102-98 at the Webster Bank Arena on Saturday afternoon.

Quinnipiac (10-18, 7-9 MAAC) led by as many as 16 points in the second half, but was unable to seal the deal despite some lategame heroics by freshman guard Rich Kelly.

After trailing 58-44 with just over 12 minutes to play, Fairfield went on a 24-7 run, capped by senior guard Tyler Nelson’s third 3-pointer of the second half. Nelson, who became the all-time leading scorer in Fairfield history today, torched the Bobcats for 32 points, 27 of which came in the second half and the two overtimes.

“I think [Nelson] was really good,” Quinnipiac head coach Baker Dunleavy said. “I think our guys certainly didn’t come into the game taking him lightly. Our guys were locked in on him, he was just really good. Sometimes that can happen to you when you play a really good player. Against [Fairfield] when he gets it going like that you have to play close to perfect basketball to win, and we couldn’t do that.”

It was Nelson who gave the Stags an 80-79 lead on a 3-pointer and then buried two free throws to extend the lead to 84-81 with just 14 seconds left in regulation.

However, the Bobcats did not go down easily. Kelly used some nifty ball-handling to weave through the defense and then drilled a fadeaway three with just 2.1 seconds left to tie the game at 84. It was one of many big shots that the freshman hit on his way to a career-high 40 points.

“Definitely just confidence in reps,” Kelly said. “I practice a lot of those shots, I hit them a lot in practice. This year I have not been shooting the ball well, to my standards, but I know I can hit those, so I was comfortable shooting it.”

Quinnipiac found itself behind again early in the first overtime, but it was Kelly with five consecutive points that gave the Bobcats an 89-88 lead.

“I think we all know [Kelly] had it in him,” Dunleavy said.

“I think sometimes as a first year player you can go through ups and downs a little bit and if you look just strictly at his numbers you would see a down, but I just think he’s been very consistent in his approach. He’s come to work every day, so this was coming.

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Freshman guard Rich Kelly earned MAAC Rookie of the Week after his 40-point performance on Saturday.

Not in terms of the exact numbers but just him having a break out game. My hope is that he can carry it forward, and not every game is he going to be scoring 40, it can be getting 15 assists but just taking what they give him and being aggressive.”

Fairfield battled back to retake the lead with 22 seconds left on freshman guard Jesus Cruz’s layup. Quinnipiac senior guard Cam Young was able to draw a foul on a 3-point attempt with just nine seconds left, but missed 2-of-3 free throws, leaving the game tied at 92.

Nelson was unable to get a shot off at the buzzer and the game went into a second overtime.

In the second extra period, it was Kelly again making a big play, drilling his seventh 3-pointer of the afternoon to give the Bobcats a 98-97 lead, but Fairfield’s sophomore guard Ferron Flavors Jr. answered with a basket to put the Stags up one with 1:58 remaining.

“It’s good to build on,” Kelly said of his performance. “I can always look back on it for the rest of the season. I’m happy with the way I played, but I’m definitely not happy with the outcome right now.”

Quinnipiac had a chance to win it, but it was Nelson who was able to get a steal and a layup with just nine seconds left to seal the game for Fairfield.

“We just didn’t have the habits to get it done for 40 minutes,” Dunleavy said. “It’s probably reflected most in our 22 turnovers.

We’ve got to look at the film and really use this week of practice to get better. But again, as always proud of the way our guys fought, it’s difficult task to come into this building, against a really good team, and knock them off.”

The Bobcats got a big contribution from graduate student forward Alain Chigha off the bench in a game where freshman forward Jacob Rigoni went scoreless. Chigha was big defensively as he picked up four steals to go with five points and eight rebounds. “[Chigha] was awesome. He was the MVP for us overall,” Dunleavy said. “I know [Kelly] had 40, but we were in a bad place before he came in the game and he just sparked us. We built a lead and we were in the position we were in because of [Chigha’s] presence off the bench.”

Quinnipiac struggled to hold the lead after Young, who had 31 points, went to the bench with his fourth foul in the middle of the second half. Still, it’s a game that Dunleavy feels they could have won.

“It was right there in front of us,” Dunleavy said. “We’ve just got to do a better job executing.”

The Bobcats now find themselves tied with Fairfield for sixth place in the MAAC and a half game back of fifth place Manhattan, with just two regular season games to play. They will return home and prepare to take on Saint Peter’s (10-16, 4-11 MAAC) next Friday, Feb. 23 in Hamden.

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MEN’S ICE HOCKEY Union 5, QU 2 – Friday Matt Forchuk: 1 goal QU 4, RPI 1 – Saturday Craig Martin: 1 goal Tanner MacMaster: 2 assists WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 4, Brown 1 – Friday Kati Tabin: 1 goal Melissa Samoskevich: 1 goal Yale 2, QU 0 – Saturday Allison Small: 21 saves MEN’S BASKETBALL QU 71, Manhattan 70 – Thursday Cam Young: 27 points, 6 rebounds Jacob Rigoni: 14 points, 6 rebounds Fairfield 102, QU 98 (2OT) – Saturday Rich Kelly: 40 points, 3 assists Young: 31 points, 9 rebounds WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU 80, Marist 74 (2OT) – Sunday Aryn McClure: 25 points Jen Fay: 21 points, 13 rebounds MEN’S LACROSSE QU 12, Brown 11 (OT) – Sunday Mike Fletcher: 4 goals Jake Tomsik: 2 goals BASEBALL Abilene Christian (ACU) 10, QU 9 – Friday ACU 5, QU 4 - Saturday ACU 11, QU 2 - Sunday ACRO & TUMBLING Baylor 282.930, QU 278.055

GAMES TO WATCH

MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU at Clarkson – Saturday, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU at St. Lawrence – Friday, 3 p.m.

QU at St. Lawrence – Saturday, 2 p.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALL QU vs. Saint Peters – Friday, 7 p.m.

QU at Fairfield – Saturday, 1 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU at Rider – Friday, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD MAAC Championships – Saturday, Sunday, all day MEN’S LACROSSE QU vs. University of Vermont – Saturday, 12 p.m.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE QU vs. Yale – Wednesday, 3 p.m.

QU vs. Saint Francis University – Saturday, 3 p.m.

BASEBALL QU at William and Mary – Friday, Saturday, ACRO & TUMBLING QU at Alderson Broaddus – Saturday, 1 p.m.

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Quinnipiac men’s lacrosse stuns No. 17 Brown in overtime The Bobcats overcome a four goal deficit to pull off the upset victory

By JORDAN WOLFF Associate Sports Editor

The Quinnipiac men’s lacrosse team defeated No. 17 Brown 12-11 in overtime on Saturday to pick up its first win of the season.

After last week’s overtime loss, head coach Eric Fekete was elated with the way his team responded against Brown and wants his team to bring the energy consistently.

“I’m so proud of the guys and we said last week there’s a range of emotions from disappointment and despair to the top of the mountain,” Fekete said. “We’ve had a rivalry with [Brown] for the past three years and we wanted to play a 60-minute game and I felt like we did.”

The first quarter was not easy for the Bobcats as Brown scored three unanswered goals to put the Bobcats in a deep hole. The Bobcats committed three penalties in the quarter to give Brown more opportunities with possession of the ball.

As soon as the second quarter began, the Bobcats started to get going with a goal from senior midfielder

BUDKOFSKY from Page 16 ness with a sports management concentration at George Washington, Budkofsky sought to try her cards in the sport management world.

She took on a position at Cal Ripken’s sports management company and travelled across the country, consulting various municipalities on the prospects of a minor league baseball team.

But her desire to serve student athletes remained unwavered.

After just a few years at Ripken Management, Budkofsky returned to George Washington in 2005, this time as a learning specialist for the whole athletic department.

As a learning specialist, Budkofsky focused her efforts helping at risk student athletes with tutoring.

Despite flourishing in her role at G.W., in 2007 Budkofsky got a call from a familiar friend with a new opportunity back in her home state of Connecticut.

It was Tom Moore on the phone again. He had just been hired as the head coach at Quinnipiac University.

Moore told Budkofsky he wanted her to be his team’s academic advisor. For Budkofsky, it was an easy decision.

“I knew right away that it was a great atmosphere to be in, very community-oriented, and I was excited for the opportunity,” Budkofsky said.

At Quinnipiac, Budkofsky made an immediate impact with players as

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the national anthem is like everything to me...Obviously as a rookie on the team I didn’t play a lot, but that experience was amazing.”

Now, in her junior season, it feels like everything’s coming together for Strautmane. She’s played for her country’s senior team, her collegiate team looks poised to make another run into the NCAA Tournament and her sister that got her playing the sport

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Adam Bellamy, and carried the momentum with freshman attacker Jake Tomsik scoring two goals in the game, his fifth and sixth of the season.

Fekete expected this type of production from Tomsik and only expects him to get better and better as he develops as a collegiate athlete.

“He’s a special player, has great distribution and sees the field really well,” Fekete said. “He’s also a competitive player and has done a nice job adjusting to the game.”

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scored four goals in the game and his fourth happened to be the overtime winner. Fletcher now has five goals in two games this season.

Fekete appreciates the demeanor Fletcher shows in big game situations and likes the work ethic he brings to the team.

“He’s a guy who barely played and worked hard on the practice field,” Fekete said. “He’s the type of player that has ice water running through his veins.”

Fletcher followed up taking the

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she tackled the program’s difficulties with academic progress rate.

Budkofsky drew from her past at G.W. to model her advisory plan after, which included tutoring the basketball players, planning post college careers, holding study halls, and communicating with professors, coaches, and athletes around the clock.

During the basketball season, between travel for games and Sunday night study halls, Budkofsky would sometimes be with the team everyday for a month straight at a time with no days off.

Budkofsky’s unwavering dedication and belief in the student athletes is like a super power. She has the power to change lives. Just ask Quinnipiac men’s basketball point guard from 2007-2010, Evann Baker (BS ‘11, MS ‘12).

After lighting up the MAAC in his freshman season and earning an all-freshman team award, Baker’s basketball hopes were crushed by a freak knee injury. He went through with surgery to repair the knee, but it was unsuccessful.

In the time of his greatest need, Budkofsky stepped in and helped Baker through his hardship.

“During that time, pretty much after I got the surgery, the doctor came in and told me I wouldn’t play again,” Baker said. “That was probably one of the toughest obstacles that I had to overcome. But the thing about [Budkofsky], she helped me realize my

potential. What she did for me is she made my transition from a former student athlete to the real world.”

Budkofsky taught Baker the essential life skills he would need to be successful without basketball.

“She was the first one to teach me about bank accounts and about credit,” Baker stated. “She was the one who told me eventually the ball was going to stop bouncing and that I was going to need an education.”

With the support of Budkofsky and the team, Baker was able to transcend his tragic injury. He began coaching on the sideline for the Bobcats. Just four years after suffering a tear in his knee cartilage and having to give up basketball, Baker finished his education at Quinnipiac with a bachelor’s in communications and a master’s in journalism.

Baker, who received another master’s degree from Penn State last year, is now the video coordinator for the men’s basketball team at the University of Akron. His accomplishments are all thanks to Budkofsky.

“I was raised by women, and I can honestly say that Alyssa is one of the special women in my life who helped shape me into who I am today,” Baker said. “The way that she impacted not only me, but my teammates, and to do that for all the student athletes is a win. Once I left Quinnipiac, all the things that she instilled in me I try to pass on to all the players and students I interact with… The students at Quin-

nipiac are in real good hands.”

Now in her 11th year at Quinnipiac, Budkofsky has served as the men’s basketball academic advisor for nine years and was recently the assistant athletic director of business operations.

Though, this semester Budkofsky is settling in to a new position.

She was promoted to the associate athletic director of academic support in December.

In this familiar position, Budkofsky charges herself with ensuring that every athlete at Quinnipiac finishes with a degree. Yet, even with all her responsibilities, Budkofsky still finds the time to teach a sports management class.

Budkofsky begins every semester by telling her life story, she emphasizes that the connections she made in college and her effort is the reason she has gotten to where she is today.

Although Budkofsky will tell you she is no athlete, her work ethic is remarkably similar to great athletes. She has put in the long hours of practice that separates her from the rest.

When students and athletes hear her story, it is apparent the level of commitment it takes to be successful in sports and in life, and Budkofsky is living proof.

“It all goes back to me being an 18-year-old who showed up on time, did what was asked of me, and maybe did a little more than what was asked of me,” Budkofsky said.

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After losing to Brown by double digits in each matchup of the last three years, the Bobcats finally defeated the Bears on Saturday.

focus away from his performance and giving credit to his teammates for the work they put into the win.

“It was a hard fought game, and we knew we had to go out and play a full 60 minutes,” Fletcher said. “My teammates got me open and left me space to attack the ball on my side.”

Quinnipiac will next take on Vermont (3-0) on Saturday and will look to carry the momentum to try to pick up its second win of the season.

Fekete understands the task at hand they have with Vermont, but wants his team to treat it just like they did on Saturday.

“We’re coming off the lull from last week and we have a good Vermont team coming in here who’s won some games,” Fekete said. “You’re only as good as your last game and we have to come back and get to work.”

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is also in the United States, playing basketball for Syracuse.

And to add to that, Strautmane, who is an engineering major, made the 2016-17 MAAC All-Academic team.

So, what has made Strautmane’s move to America so successful?

“She’s a great young lady who likes to have fun,” Fabbri said.

“But the best thing about her is that she’s just an absolute fierce competitor to get it right the first time...I am certainly glad that she is wearing a Quinnipiac uniform.”

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Strautmane has started 80 of 95 games in her Quinnipiac career, including all 27 games this season for the 22-5 Bobcats.

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Clockwise from top left: Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey sophomore defenseman Brogan Rafferty fires a puck on net in Saturday’s 4-1 win over RPI; senior forward Tanner MacMaster changes direction with the puck and kicks up ice; junior forward Scott Davidson and junior defenseman Luke Shiplo celebrate Davidson’s goal; MacMaster and an RPI player crash into the boards in front of the RPI bench.

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Men’s basketball guard Rich Kelly scored 40 points in the team’s loss to Fairfield on Saturday, one point shy of a program record.

The Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey seniors have won 91 games in their Bobcatcareers.

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The Quinnipiac women’s basketball team won its fourth consecutive MAAC Regular Season Championship on Sunday with a victory over Marist.

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Senior Jessica Lee won three MAAC titles on Sunday to give the women’s indoor track and field team second-place in the MAAC Championships. Lee won the Outstanding Female Track Performer Award for her performance.

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Quinnipiac associate athletic director of academics Alyssa Budkofsky has made a prominent impact on the lives of many student-athletes

By JONCARLO DeFEUDIS Staff Writer

For most Connecticut collegiate basketball fans, the University of Connecticut’s men’s basketball 1990 “Dream Season” represents the year the program made a leap to the Big East’s upper echelon. But for associate athletic director of academics at Quinnipiac, Alyssa Budkofsky, that season is special to her for another reason entirely.

“I remember watching the 1990 ‘Dream Season’ they had and seeing that there was a girl on the end of the bench that was giving out towels and water,” Budkofsky said. “I remember saying to my mother, ‘That’s what I want to do.’”

As soon as Budkofsky was accepted to UConn, she sent a letter to the basketball department, hoping for a role as a student manager. The man who responded was none other than former Quinnipiac head men’s basketball coach Tom Moore, who was an assistant at UConn.

“I got a phone call [and Moore] basically told me when I get to campus to come in and see what my schedule looks like,” Budkofsky said. “And [they would] put [me] to work at some of the practices.”

Standing at 4-foot-11-inches, Budkofsky isn’t the typical student manager for a men’s basketball team. But that never mattered to her. She had her mind set.

“I initially didn’t think she’d make it,” Moore recalls. “She was so small and quiet and unassuming. I figured the intensity of the situations that our managers faced at practice would overwhelm her. I couldn’t have been more wrong.”

In her first semester of college at UConn, Budkofsky was determined to earn the team’s respect. She did everything from filling water cups to filming Saturday morning practices and late night games.

One of the little things that Budkofsky did as a student manager actually had a tremendous impact. Back then, Moore would hand write the scouting reports and give the managers a stack of papers to type up and collate.

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Budkofsky currently teaches classes at Quinnipiac in addition to her role with athletics.

Budkofsky was able to type up the information faster than any of the other managers.

“She was not only the fastest typer we had, but more importantly, she was the smartest manager we had,” Moore said. “She made her mark on us through her reliability and consistency.

There was never any drama with her, which is rare in college students. She just did everything we asked her and did it right all the time.”

In her freshman year, Budkofsky started traveling with the team for away games and the postseason tournaments.

In her first postseason run, Budkofsky witnessed the Huskies’ victory with leadership of Richard Hamilton in 1998 at Madison Square Garden, with her parents in the stands behind her. The next year, UConn went on to upset the

NCAA Tournament by taking down national favorite, Duke, 77-74. That championship DNA would rub off on her whether she knew it or not.

After that season’s success, Budkofsky was appointed the men’s basketball head manager by UConn head coach Jim Calhoun. Her hard work was beginning to pay off.

“Through the process I gained a ton of selfconfidence,” Budkofsky said. “I was really shy, but this was something I wanted to do, so I knew that I needed to do it. I think I worked hard at gaining the respect of the players. I was very firm, like this is my job and I take it seriously, I’m here to help you.”

By the time Budkofsky’s senior year was coming to a close, she was ready explore the sports management world, equipped with her

bachelor’s degree in sports marketing. She moved to Oakland in the summer of 2001 for an internship with the Oakland Athletics and its general manager, Billly Beane, famous for their “Moneyball” strategy of building a team.

Although, it was an opportunity which came up from her ties to the University of Connecticut that trumped a prospective career in pro baseball.

Karl Hobbs, an assistant coach of the UConn basketball team when Budkofsky was there, was hired as the head men’s basketball coach at George Washington University. Hobbs offered a chance for Budkofsky to get a master’s degree while managing the basketball team. She had accepted the offer after she wrapped up the internship halfway through the Athletics’ season.

George Washington was where Budkofsky found her calling, working with student athletes. There, she began to tutor the point guard of the team on top of her new responsibilities. Little did she know tutoring athletes was a valued profession.

“I connected with the office for academic support for student athletes and I became a tutor,” Budkofsky said. “I really didn’t even know that academic support for athletes existed as a career. I knew that there was somebody that worked with the UConn team. At G.W. this was a unit of five or six academic support people. That was the first time I really saw that it could be a career.”

Being a tutor to the basketball team at George Washington came naturally to Budkofsky. She was comfortable with the athletes and gave them the support and advice they needed to balance classwork and athletics.

“Working in academic support definitely combined two of my passions. I got to work with student athletes and I always loved school,” Budkofsky said. “I’m pretty organized, I took really good notes, which were things I didn’t even realize other people struggled with.”

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Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey celebrates senior night with win over RPI

By JOE BERTOLAMI Staff Writer

The Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team (13-15-4, 8-10-2 ECAC Hockey) went all out for its seniors on senior night in its final game of the season at the Frank Perrotti, Jr. Arena, beating the Rensselaer Engineers (RPI) (5-234, 4-14-4 ECAC Hockey) by a score of 4-1.

“I thought we played really well tonight,” Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold said.

“Those seniors have done a great job for us over the last four years so it was great to get a win for them.”

For the second night in a row, the Bobcats started out strong, but this time they were able to strike first. Junior forward Craig Martin was able to get the monkey off his back, scoring his first goal since Nov. 18 against Yale. Martin snapped a shot from the top of the circle through traffic, putting the puck top shelf for his fourth of the season.

The second period featured much of the same for the Bobcats, who pushed the pace and did not allow the Engineers to create many scoring chances. After a major penalty by RPI roughly halfway through the second period, Quinnipiac was able to pull away, scoring two goals on the five-minute power play.

Junior assistant captain Scott Davidson netted his second goal of the season, blasting a slap-shot past Engineer freshman netminder Linden Marshall off a one timer, set up by freshman forward Matt Forchuk.

“We were pretty lucky to be out there as the third unit power play,” Davidson said. “I don’t get much power play time, so it was nice to get that pass from [Forchuk].”

The Bobcats would build off of that goal on the same power play. Junior defenseman Brandon Fortunato finished a rebound opportunity in tight, while sophomore defenseman Brogan Rafferty picked up an assist on the goal with a slap shot aimed at the pad of Marshall.

Pecknold has been impressed with Fortunato’s play recently, as he has tallied four goals in the past six games.

“It was just a matter of time before the points were gonna come,” Pecknold said.

“We’ve been a little snakebit this year with hitting posts and guys missing empty nets, and Brandon has set up a lot of guys who don’t score those goals, so his points should be a lot higher.”

While RPI scored a goal in the third period to spoil a shutout for freshman goaltender Keith Petruzzelli (21 saves), the Bobcats did

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not let that get in their way of coming away with two points tonight.

Senior forward Bo Pieper buried his 11th goal of the year, pouncing on a loose puck out front. Tanner MacMaster drove to the net and was broken up by the RPI defenders, but the puck squirted out to Pieper, who finished on another man-advantage opportunity.

Quinnipiac will look to carry the momentum

from tonight into next weekend. The Bobcats will close out the regular season with games at St. Lawrence (7-23-2, 3-16-1 in ECAC Hockey) and at Clarkson (19-8-5, 11-5-4 in ECAC Hockey) next weekend. The Bobcats stand in ninth place in the conference going into the final weekend of the regular season.