The Quinnipiac Chronicle, Issue 21 Volume 88

MARCH 28, 2018 | VOLUME 88, ISSUE 21

The official student newspaper of Quinnipiac University since 1929

OPINION: 5 DOMINANT ATHLETES P. 7

SPORTS: WBB COLUMN P. 17

ARTS & LIFE: DORM DEBACLES P. 12

CANDIDATES CAMPAIGN FOR SGA ELECTIONS

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By MATT GRAHN Staff Writer

Joseph Iasso Junior Class Vice President Junior higher education leadership major I am running for SGA President to bring Quinnipiac back to being a student-centered University. For too long, money has been pumped into our “future,” while current students are largely ignored.

We have residence halls that are falling apart, literally. Power outages almost monthly due to old infrastructure. Increasingly limited programming space. Classrooms made for a different era of education.

We also have essential student services that are lacking significant funding and resources- I would list them, but it would be almost all-inclusive.

If elected, I will work with students and administrators across campus to create a strategic facilities and financial plan, outlining recommended steps to build a campus and university that better suits current Quinnipiac students. To pay for this, I hope I can work with our incoming president and the office of Development and Alumni Affairs to solicit donations and start using a portion of the interest and dividends of our endowment (a managed pool of money that we only spend the interest from) to cover operating costs.

I hope you share my vision for the university we could be, and that I have your vote on a April 4th.

Ryan Hicks SGA Vice President for Finance Junior physical therapy major Hello Bobcats! My name is Ryan Hicks and I am a junior Physical Therapy major from Dedham, Massachusetts. I have been a member of the Student Government Association for three years serving as a Class Representative, Class President, and Vice President for Finance. Now, I am looking to take my diverse background of positions and apply them to the position of President of SGA. Quinnipiac University is going to be experiencing a massive transition within the next year. It is crucial that the student’s voices are heard during this time and I want to be there to help facilitate that communication. In addition, it is the perfect time to address the major initiatives Student Government Association has been working on so that the upcoming change in the administration results in a positive change for the students.

Finally, there needs to be change within the Student Government Association. The structure of the organization must be changed to accommodate the expanding and diverse Quinnipiac community. The Student Government Association should be an organization that every student feels they are properly advocated for. If elected SGA President, I look forward to working diligently to achieve these positive changes.

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In an emergency situation there are three responses one can take: run, hide or fight.

and do not let others stop you. Do help others and warn anyone else about the area and situation.

The alternative to running is to take shelter and hide. Find a safe place and create barriers by locking or blocking out doors, hiding behind large objects and being quiet. For a situation like this, the best way to stay safe is to be out of sight.

The protocol designates the “fight” measure as a last resort, only to be taken if your life is in danger. In this situation, it is advised to try to incapacitate the intruder by using what is available to you even something as

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Run. Hide. Fight. Do Quinnipiac students know what these words mean as the active shooter protocol?

When asked about what the active shooter protocol is sophomore physical therapy major Mike Stofko answered. “I have no idea.”

Twelve other students were asked the same question, and none knew what the protocol was. These students were also asked if any professors had spoken about the subject and only one out of the 12 had some form of a discussion about it.

“I work for public safety and they do send out an email whenever other campuses have issues, but to be honest I have not read them out thoroughly,” Siana Garcia, a student worker for the Office Public Safety office, said. “I feel like students want to believe that they’re safe. I want to believe that not everyone thinks that it’ll happen to them, until it happens to somewhere near here.”

On Feb. 15, 2018, an email was sent to members of the Quinnipiac community from Chief of Public Safety, Edgar Rodriguez, containing emergency protocol. This message was sent out with an intention for members of the community to review the protocol and remember to always be on alert. This is what protocol calls for.

If facing an armed intruder, the instructions indicate for someone to call 911 immediately and notify law enforcement. If and when one is able to do this, try to give a location, description of the intruder(s) and identify possible weapons.

After calling for help there are three options in responding to the situation: run, hide or fight. The first option, to run, says that if there is a safe escape available, take it. While escaping, leave any belongings behind

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Wire problems caused power outages in the Hill, Village and Commons residence halls, leaving students stranded on March 19.

During the outage, students were evacuated to the Carl Hansen Student Center, the Arnold Bernhard Library and the Athletic and Recreation center. The email also suggested that students “spend the night with friends in a residence hall with power.”

This isn’t the first time that there have been outages this academic year. Mark DeVilbiss, director of residential life, said that there have been three other instances of power outages on the Mount Carmel campus this academic year.

He also mentioned that other power outages this year were caused by the weather or situations “out of our control,” according to an email from QU News.

On Nov. 10, 2017 there was an outage in Hill, Village, Commons, Student Health Services and the Bobcat Den, according to the QU News email. Students who were evacuated night were treated to pizza, handed out in the Cafe, for their trouble.

This semester, there have been two other outages, one on Jan. 29, and another on March 8.

The latter was a brief outage on main campus, which the QU Alert emails said was resolved in less than 2 hours, as they were able to get United Illuminating, Quinnipiac’s utility company, to come fix it.

During the most recent outage, Nicole Uysal, a sophomore from Village, said that she ended up driving with her roomate, Kirsten Drakopoulos, to her home in to Shelton, which is 40 minutes away. Due to that night’s emergency, she didn’t get to sleep until 5 a.m.

“By the time we got everything figured out, and got our cars from Westwoods and everything, it was so late. The professors didn’t care; it was an unexcused absence,” she said.

Power was lost at 11 p.m. but the order to evacuate wasn’t given until 12:35 a.m., according to the QU News email.

Drakopoulos thinks that the school could have been better about communicating what went on that night.

“Obviously, we told our parents, and my parents think that it’s ridiculous,” she said. “So, obviously, word gets around and they’re giving themselves a bad reputation.”

DeVilbiss acknowledged that the outages have become increasingly frustrating.

“I’ve had some students that are upset.

I’ve had parents that called that are concerned,” he said.

Through all the incidents, DeVilbiss said that the response strategy has remained the same, utilizing Residential Life personel, organizing communication and evacuation and even creating temporary key cards for students. He understands that this was a team effort.

“I’m just very grateful for my colleagues at Facilities and Public Safety for working alongside Residential Life, supporting students and getting the power back on as quickly as possible,” DeVilbiss said.

In the event that another outage happens, DeVilbiss says that students should make sure that they are getting emergency text notifications, and also making sure they are following the orders of university officials.

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MAJOR Health Science Studies YEAR Senior A: “For the university as a whole, we should do a lot better. When it comes down to actually having informative events about social issues and political issues, the university doesn’t make it a point to put the money where it should go.”

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March 28, 2018

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School of Business holds eighth annual G.A.M.E. Forum with NASDAQ

By MARIA SPANO Staff Writer

This year marks Quinnipiac’s 8th annual Global Asset Management Education (G.A.M.E.) VIII Forum. The financial conference was held in New York City from March 2224. The event is run by Quinnipiac and cosponsored by NASDAQ. Students and faculty from Quinnipiac as well as numerous other universities have the ability to attend this event.

“G.AM.E. Forum is not a product, nor a service. G.A.M.E. Forum is an experience,” Student Oversight Chair Christopher Gosselin said.

“This experience involves interacting with and learning from key leaders in the fields of finance and economics as well as other students and faculty from all the around the world.”

At G.A.M.E. Forum, attendees have the opportunity to hear from keynote speakers that have excelled in investment management to learn about industry best practices to translate into the workforce.

“The networking opportunities between current and future leaders from the financial services industry are unprecedented,” Professor of Finance David Sauer said. “The G.A.M.E. Forum provides a unique, interactive learning environment where students and faculty can see the connection between what is learned in the classroom and industry best practices.”

As the largest student-run conference in the world, over 41 countries and 46 states were represented last year. Over 1,500 college students from 157 universities globally were in attendance. There were 140 speakers and 100 companies and organizations at the event, as well. Since its founding in 2011, G.A.M.E. Forum has grown in recognition and becomes more popular every year.

Sauer founded the event and has organized it every year since its founding. The first G.A.M.E. Forum in 2011 was held in the TD Bank Sports Center. The following year it was hosted in Midtown Manhattan, and has been in New York City ever since.

Most students that attend G.A.M.E. Forum are finance, economics or business majors, but all undergraduate and graduate students from

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Renowned financial experts met for Quinnipiac’s 8h annual G.A.M.E. Forum in Midtown Manhattan March 22-24. different disciplines are invited to attend.

“My favorite part of G.A.M.E. Forum was listening to the questions that students from all over the world have about different current financial issues and the answers that the different panelists gave,” Caleb Shulman, a 3+1 second year accounting major said. “I learned that no matter your major or school, it’s important to work hard and continuously trying to learn more as there is always someone that you can learn from. My favorite speaker was Tom Keene.”

Tom Keene is a Chief Financial Advisor (CFA) and Editor-at-Large at Bloomberg News.

He is the host of “Bloomberg Surveillance,” a morning program that highlights economic, financial, and investment news.

The event kicked off on Wednesday, March 21, when the first 40 colleges and universities to register for Quinnipiac G.A.M.E. Forum were able to nominate one student to attend the NASDAQ Closing Bell Ceremony.

Each student has the unique opportunity to network with industry professionals such as Dr. David Kelly, CFA of J.P. Morgan Funds. Students engage with these professionals directly in order to provide participation from notable keynote speakers and representation from various companies and organizations.

The event also allows students in attendance to gain experience associating with students

from across the country and of different backgrounds both educationally and personally.

Starting on Thursday, different panels presented on various topics. On the first day, the keynote speaker panel topics included global markets, corporate governance, global economy and global investment strategy.

On Friday, students participated in breakout panels and workshops. Examples of these in 2017 included investment management trends leading to 2020, how to manage risk and the recruiting process.

Saturday was the last day of G.A.M.E. Forum and focused on exploring career opportunities. Examples of this from 2017 included investment banking, career paths in trading and investing and innovations in investment management education.

There were various speakers present that spoke with attendees and taught them various industry best practices to excel in the business world.

“I enjoyed networking with students from different schools around the country and with the speakers,” Christopher Alese, a 3+1 second year accounting major said. “My takeaway is how important it is to always keep up with current events in your field so that you can have educated conversations with your peers.”

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‘No more silence, end gun violence’ One Quinnipiac student’s first-hand experience at the March for our Lives in Washington D.C.

By AMANDA PERELLI Remote Correspondent

‘Hey—hey ho—the NRA has got to go,’ If you’ve been paying attention to the news even a little this month, you’d know that this past Saturday, March 24th cities around the globe participated in the March for Lives, a protest in support of gun control.

I’m a junior at Quinnipiac, spending a semester in Washington D.C. I had the opportunity to cover the national school walk-out for work on March 14, one month after the Parkland school shooting, which left 17 dead and cover the March for Lives for social media.

The national school walk-out and the March for our Lives are two movements which came after the Parkland shooting

The Preparation News outlets covered the who, what and where leading up to the March.

D.C. would be the hub—and expected to have the largest turnout of protestors. Locals offered up beds for marchers after hotels, Airbnb’s, etc. were all booked for the weekend. Lyft offered a limited number of free rides to the march to people who signed up ahead

of time and politicians in Maryland purchased metro cards for students to use to get to D.C. One high school student Marlena Tyldesley from Maryland, made stickers with years 2018 through 2022, to symbolize when high school students can vote. T-shirts and hats were made with the logo—a white background with blue and black lettering writing out March for our Lives, beside four stick figures. Attendees crafted signs with catchy slogans—some of my favorites, “silence is violence,” “school zones are not war zones,” and “thoughts and prayers don’t save schools.”

I charged my phone, my camera and my portable charger. I prepared to face a crowd larger than I could even imagine.

The March Officials estimated around 800,000 people attended the march in D.C. Protestors filled Pennsylvania Ave as early as 8 a.m.

I took the metro to the march and left around 8:30 a.m. I got off at Gallery Place and march volunteers (they were easy to spot in their bright green shirts) waited outside the station and directed marchers to the starting point. By 9 a.m. there were already plenty of people filing the street and a third of the

blocked off area in front of the stage was already tightly packed with people.

Police lined the streets and blocked off roads. I’ve never seen so many law enforcement officers and vehicles down one road—but I’m glad they were there and I felt much safer.

The stage, which was set up on Pennsylvania Ave and framed The Capitol, was the size of any normal concert stage. Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus and Jennifer Hudson were just some of the performers, as well as many of the student survivors—now activists from the Parkland.

I stood with the crowd from several different spots and the energy reached its peak at noon when the event began and the speakers and performances took the stage—fueling the crowd with inspiration and hope. But it didn’t feel like a concert. There were cheers, but they weren’t like the wild screams you’d hear at an Ariana Grande concert. Instead, these cheers carried emotion and for not one second did anyone forget what they were there for.

The Outcome A lot of people are looking to the Parkland students for answers—they started this movement, didn’t they?

One of them, Emma Gonzalez, who spoke at the march and led a six minute and 20 second moment of silence to signify the amount of time it took for the gunman to kill her classmates, was interviewed by MSNBC at the march. I watched the interview on snapchat news and something Gonzalez said really resonated with. Throughout the day, I heard so many people around me talk about the Parkland students the same way they talked about the other celebrities around them on stage.

But these teenagers aren’t celebrities, they’re kids with a lot of Twitter followers and a whole world looking to them to solve this crisis.

The MSNBC reporter called Gonzalez a hero.

Gonzalez shook her head and said “I am not a hero,” she’s just a student who wants to see change.

We can’t predict what’ll come out of this movement, but we can fight for what we believe in because that’s the beauty of living in the United States, we march the streets of our country’s capitol, directing chants like ‘no more silence, end gun violence,’ to the people who run our government, in protest for what we believe in.

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SGA VICE PRESIDENT CANDIDATES Rebecca Hassel | SGA Junior Class Representative| Junior biology major I have had the honor and privilege of representing Quinnipiac students on SGA since my freshman year and would be so grateful to serve as the SGA Vice President during my senior year. Over the past three years, I have watched Quinnipiac grow as a University and have witnessed the effects of that on the student body. Recently, I have advocated for better and more library space, as our student population has outgrown the study spaces available. Administrators are now more aware of the lack of space and are working to come up with alternative options during finals week, where crowding is especially prevalent. My aspirations as the SGA Vice President are to provide members of SGA with the necessary means and support to accomplish their goals when working on student-run initiatives.

Besides keeping the multitude of advancing initiatives organized throughout the academic year, I want to make sure that the general board members remain enthusiastic, and ambitious by creating an environment for which they can thrive in. With three years of experience serving as a representative, I am aware of the amount of compassion, accountability, and empowerment of others that’s crucial to serving on the executive board.

Luke Ahearn | Sophomore Class President | Sophomore marketing major The upcoming academic year at Quinnipiac is going to be critical in the development of the student experience for many years in the future. With Lahey retiring and our new president coming in, it is going to be vital to let her know that Quinnipiac’s first priority is now the students. The fall will welcome a new era to Quinnipiac. We will also see the end of our Title IX law suit this summer, which will open the door for Quinnipiac to finally offer Club Sports. If elected, I will work tirelessly to bring those changes, as well as gathering more rights for students especially those facing conduct, increasing student engagement across our campus, and increasing available funding for student organizations.

As a sophomore, I have had the pleasure of being part of a few different organizations on campus. This is my second year on Student Government where I currently sit as Sophomore Class President. I also dedicate two hours each day to the gentlemen of New Blue Rugby. While at home I am an event manager at the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

With new administration comes new opportunity, which we must seize to make a better Quinnipiac.

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Victoria Johnson | SGA Vice President for Public Relations | Junior marketing major I’m Victoria Johnson, I have been a member of SGA since my freshman year. This past year I served as the Vice President for Public Relations and am currently re-running for this position. As VP for PR I have spent my time promoting SGA initiatives as well as all of the wonderful events that SGA hosts and co-hosts. I have enjoyed this position so much and would love the opportunity to be your VP for PR again. I have the skills and experience necessary to succeed in this role, so please re-elect me and I will not let you down.

John Khillah | Junior Class President | Junior health science studies major

SGA VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENT EXPERIENCE Austin Calvo | SGA Vice President for Student Experience | Sophomore political science major When Judy Olian, Quinnipiac University’s next President was revealed I asked her, “What are your plans for increasing diversity and bettering the campus climate for those that already feel as though they don’t belong on this campus?”

During my tenure as VP for Student Experience this past semester I have tried to address that question with the help of the Student Experience Committee. We’ve hosted events such as Ask Away, which provide a place for students to ask ‘uncomfortable’ questions that they may not otherwise be able to get answered. In order to actually address the question, we need to delve deeper into the problem, with an administration that actually recognizes campus climate as an issue. Next year, Quinnipiac will be a different landscape, Judy Olian needs to know, from the first second that she steps into her office that our current campus climate is an issue. Next year, as VP for Student Experience, I will continue to work on internal development for SGA members by cosponsoring events with members of the Multicultural Student Council. This will help SGA members to educate themselves, while also assisting student organizations that have had budgets cuts.

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Hello Quinnipiac, my name’s John Khillah and I’m running to be your next Vice President for Finance for the SGA. Since my freshman year I have been heavily involved on campus including Greek life, QTHON, The Big Event, and other organizations I am apart of. Student Government however, is what has shaped me into the person I am today. In the two years being apart of SGA, I have better shaped my leadership qualities and character to new heights that I never knew were possible to reach. If elected as the next VP for Finance, I look to accomplish two tasks during my term. I want to fully understand what every dollar we pay in tuition goes to. We deserve to understand our own invoices and shouldn’t be given unclear answers, should we ask. Secondly, I will find funding during my term to fund conferences and competitions. I am determined to send our teams, orgs, and students outside of these walls to not only increase QU’s exposure to the outside world, but to give student leaders the opportunities they deserve to experience when they signed up for their organizations. You’ve just found your next VP for Finance. Vote for Khillah.

Zhuoqi Helen Dong | Junior international business & computer information systems Finance acts as a connecting tool between the Student Government Association and other student organizations.

A popular question among the student body is: “Where did student funding go?” My campaign is going to be focused on finding new sources of funding and reducing unnecessary consumption.

Not only does SGA need to work on fund distribution and budget cuts, but we need to create a plan to best utilize the money that we have. Student organizations often struggle with their current budgets. On campus, there are potential sources of funding that should be more involved with the organizations and SGA can be there to connect them.

Stronger and more frequent communication between organizations can help to make better use of their budgets and create better campus activities. SGA’s finance department can be the bridge between the different groups and provide guidance when needed.

Two major issues that organizations face are acquiring space for events and low number of attendees.. By having different groups work together and co-sponsor events, they can have more opportunities to attract other students and create better events. We can work together to have better spending, space and ideas. Let’s build a better Bobcat Community.

Rodriguez: ‘We have to change the culture’

simple as throwing hot coffee.

Quinnipiac has put additional security parameters in place in case an active shooter occasion should arise. In Jan. 2014 the Office of Public Safety implemented 21 armed officers with prior law enforcement experience and ongoing training for emergencies. The training that officers engage in is done with local and state police departments as well as some training with the FBI. The emergency management team assigned in 2013 designates these measures.

Public Safety Training Officer, Bradley Bopp has given a presentation on the active shooter protocol in the past. Bopp also offers classroom evaluations for professors, in which he assesses the classroom and the

possible action to be taken in an active shooter situation.

“The Vice President Mark Thompson had put out that all faculty and staff had to go through my run, fight, hide class,” Bopp said.

A memo from Thompson went out on Sept. 19, 2016 urging community members to attend the training sessions. A schedule of training sessions was provided in the email and it was broadcasted as “open to all members of the university community.”

The university cited Chief of Public Safety, Edgar Rodriguez, as the proper person to address the matter. The university holds meetings to provide training sessions for community members.

“Mark Thompson in 2016 made it mandatory for faculty and staff to have active shooter training. I’m not

sure how he sent that out but the faculty and staff know that the active shooter training is mandatory for them,” Rodriguez said. “Human resources sets up the training and then we provide the training. This year students are going to be mandated to go through the training.

The online training being given to incoming freshmen will be during orientation. For the upperclassmen grandfathered in, the training sessions are open to them and invitations extended via email. The university is also working to give provide upperclassmen with the option to complete this training online.

“We’re always adjusting to make sure that we are following best practices. There will always be changes.

It will always be an ongoing process and ongoing changes, but as long as we communicate that and bring those

changes so everyone knows what’s going on, I think that’s what we need to do,” Rodriguez said.

The email sent out to faculty and staff members did not mandate them to participate in training, rather it encouraged them to. Encouraging someone to do something is very different from making it mandatory and that was not done. Rodriguez said that this mandate was established in 2016. In the present 2018, professors still do not have this understanding nor have a number of them attended an active shooter training session.

In describing how training sessions happen, Rodriguez verified that faculty members are required to sign in. For those who fail to attend, a letter or email is sent to their supervisors stating when the next session will take place and if attendance is possible, to please have those mem-

bers do so.

We have to change the culture, according to Rodriguez.

Lockdowns are attempted on an annual basis. One lockdown drill has been done this year university wide and on the North Haven campus, according to Rodriguez.

In the future, the emergency management team is looking to add alerts via the Alertus and Rave Guardian platforms when an emergency or drill is occuring. Messages will be broadcasted all over the university, on all laptops, phones and virtually any visible screen in a building.

“Sometimes we try to tiptoe around what’s going on,” he said.

“This is real life, this has to be mandatory because when something happens we need to be prepared so we can prepare as a university.”

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Hamden police officers, QU public safety to carry Narcan

By HANNAH FEAKES Managing Editor

The opioid epidemic is still gripping the country. There were 42,249 opioid related deaths in 2016, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Connecticut alone had over 1,000 opioid overdoses in 2017.

The Chief of Hamden Police, Thomas Wydra and Fire Marshall and Training Officer for Quinnipiac Public Safety, Rich Hally, are both determined to be a part of the local and national solution.

As of Friday, March 23, all Hamden Police officers were trained and equipped with at least two doses of Narcan to reverse the effects of drug overdoses. All Quinnipiac Public Safety will be fully trained by the end of this week and will start carrying shortly thereafter.

The Hamden Police Department went through three training days, starting on March 16.

Narcan is a company that provides the reversal effect of a drug overdose.

The only active ingredient in the spray is naloxone hydrochloride, according to The Recovery Village. There are two forms of administering Narcan, injecting Naloxone into the thigh or leg, and the nasal spray.

Hamden Police officers are carrying the nasal spray.

Quinnipiac Public Safety is in the process of getting trained on Narcan nasal spray. Their training started in February, according to Hally. Half of the department has been trained, the

other half will be trained by the end of the week.

Hally said that once the entire department is trained certain officers will also start carrying Narcan nasal spray. The patrol officers who drive the cars that contain first aid kits will most likely carry the spray. Each officer who will be equipped will carry two doses.

Hamden officers have not had to use the spray on anyone since Friday, but Wydra predicts that will change.

Wydra speculates that officers will use Narcan 10 to 50 times in the next year.

In the past, police officers have not been responsible for carrying medical substances. But because this issue is growing exponentially, more first responders are encouraged to be equipped with this life saving spray.

Wydra said that the primary function of police officers concerning overdoses is to investigate whatever crime may be involved.

“We’ve gone so far past that in this country,” Wydra said. “We have an obligation. At the very least, a moral obligation.”

In the past two months, New Haven County alone has 400 reported opiate incidents that were brought to local hospitals, according to the New Haven Department of Health. That’s 200 reported incidents a month and 50 a week.

Equipping every officer in Hamden with two doses of Narcan was not a cheap task. According to Wydra, the department spent between $500 and

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Chief of Hamden Police Thomas Wydra displays the Narcan nasal spray that will be carried by Hamden Police Officers. $1,000 on the spray. He said that each individual dose cost approximately $20.

“It is expensive, but it’s the price you put on a life,” he said.

Public Safety received the shipments of Narcan thanks to a grant from the state.

Narcan has huge benefits, but there are also some drawbacks to equipping an entire police force and campus officials with a drug overdose reversal drug.

Karen Ragaisses is a clinical assistant professor of nursing. She said that the time frame that Narcan must be administered after an overdose depends on the type of opioid that was

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ingested, and depends on the person who ingested the drug.

Essentially, the drug gets attached to the opiate receptors in the brain and the Narcan moves the drug off of the receptors and that stops the physiologic response of depressing the respiratory system and slowing down the cardiovascular system, according to Regaisses.

“It’s sort of like musical chairs.”

Regaisses said. ‘You’re sitting in my chair,’ so the drug cannot attach to the opiate receptor so it can’t actually do its work.

Although Wydra said that Narcan will work every time, it might take a couple sprays to fully revive some-

one. It might take two or three or even more sprays.

“Sometimes one spray will bring a person back, but not all the way,” he said.

Although, as far as Hally knows, Public Safety has not seen any opioid overdose cases on campus, but thinks it is crucial for campus public safety to be trained and equipped as well as Hamden police because oftentimes public safety gets to the scene first.

“Our officers are the first responders on campus,” he said. “Hamden Police doesn’t come to medical calls and our guys get to scenes a couple minutes before them anyway so having that training and being able to administer the spray quicker will be able to save a life.”

The Mayor of Hamden, Curt Leng, is advocating for this substance to be deployed at other town buildings because at any moment anyone could have a drug overdose.

“It takes some time for first responders to get to the scene and regular people can deliver Narcan,” Wydra said.

Connecticut and legislature in Hartford have dealt with this epidemic very seriously as well. In the last three or four years there have been regulation changes including the Good Samaritan Law that allows anyone to deliver Narcan.

“The crisis is growing, we want to be proactive for our students and our visitors,” Hally said.

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Mid-majors belong in the NCAA Tournament These programs are more than ‘Cinderella stories’ Peter Dewey Opinion Editor

It’s March, which means the most important thing going on in the sports world is the NCAA Tournament, March Madness.

The NCAA Tournament is made up of the winners of the 32 Division I conferences, along with 36 at-large teams.

These 68 teams make up one of the most entertaining sporting events every year, with fans from all over filling out brackets and tuning in to watch as the field of 68 gets dwindled down to the Final Four.

The NCAA Tournament does not need to be tweaked. It allows for each conference to be represented, as well as still rewarding teams that played harder strength of schedules in tougher conferences during the regular season.

“We use many resources.

There are many computer metrics that are considered, as you may have heard we use RPI a lot,” NCAA Selection Committee member and UNC Asheville Athletic Director Janet Cone said. “The things that I like to look at are, who do they play, where do they play and did they win or lose.”

Despite the fact that the committee heavily weights strength of schedule and opponents into the selection process, Fox Sports Radio host Jason Smith believes that midmajor schools, or non-Power Five conference schools, don’t belong in the NCAA Tournament at all.

“Mid-majors should still not be allowed in the NCAA Tournament,” Smith said on his show, “The Jason Smith Show w/ Mike Harmon.” “Mid-majors play a horrendously bad schedule. They play other mid-majors, many teams who are awful. They play a lower level of competition than the Power Five Conferences do.”

Smith advocates for only the Power Five conferences, the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the Pacific 12 Conference (PAC-12), the BIG 12 and the BIG 10 to be represented.

The argument that mid-majors would struggle in a Power Five conference is not wrong. Many would. But because they play worse strength of schedules, most of these teams are given much lower seeds.

New Mexico State for example, went 28-5 this season, yet they were awarded a No. 12 seed and played No. 5 Clemson, an ACC team, that went just 23-9. Unlike New Mexico State, Clemson did not win its conference tournament, yet received a much better seed.

The committee factors in the lack of competition by making the road for mid-majors much tougher, forcing them to play multiple higher seeds, despite getting an automatic bid from winning their respective conference.

Meanwhile, Power Five teams are rewarded for exactly what Smith wants them to be rewarded for: playing tougher competition. And while the ACC only has on conference champion, they had eight other teams get at large bids.

In fact, of the 36 at-large bids in the 2018 tournament, 26 of them were from Power Five conferences.

So aren’t these teams being awarded enough for playing tougher competition?

“The NCAA Tournament is defined by its parity and the fact that anyone can win on any given day. ” – PETER DEWEY

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Does a 15-loss Power Five team really deserve the nod over a 28-win conference champion mid-major?

Smith’s new tournament would leave out all mid-majors, as well as the storied Big East from competing on college basketball’s brightest stage. Also, it leaves out other conferences that had teams received at-large bids this year including the American Athletic Conference (AAC) and the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10).

This year, Villanova and Xavier, two Big East teams, were given No. 1 seeds in their respective regions. Smith’s original model would force these teams to play in another postseason tournament with teams that are far worse than them.

Now, Smith did go back on his comments and say that he would allow the Big East and the AAC into his “Power Five” postseason tournament, but it is still doing every other conference in Division I men’s basketball a disservice.

Mid-major programs, have shown that they are more than just a once-a-year Cinderella story.

Take Wichita State, for example.

The Shockers used to dominant the smaller Missouri Valley Conference, and went to the Final Four as a No. 9 seed in 2013. Since then, Wichita State has earned a No. 1 seed in the 2014 NCAA Tournament and has now moved confer-

ences to the AAC, a conference which Smith now considers worthy of making the tournament.

The Shockers aren’t the only example.

The Butler Bulldogs, originally from the Horizon Conference, went to back-to-back national title games before moving to the revamped Big East. The Bulldogs have been a fixture in the tournament since the 2010-11 season, and have become one of the more respected programs in college basketball.

Finally we can look at the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Gonzaga found itself in the national championship game against North Carolina last season.

The Bulldogs play in the West Coast Conference (WCC), yet they have been a constant in the tournament, with 20 appearances, and have won a tournament game for ten consecutive years.

Yet, these teams would’ve never gotten this chance if the NCAA moved to Smith’s model.

This year, Loyola-Chicago out of the Missouri Valley Conference, is making a special run of its own. The Ramblers have worked their way into the Final Four as a No. 11 seed.

To get there, they knocked off the ACC’s Miami, the SEC’s Tennessee, the Mountain West’s Nevada and the Big 12’s Kansas State. All four of those conferences had multiple teams in the tournament, yet Loyola-Chicago was able to not only compete, but win.

Why? There is very little gap between mid-majors and Power Five teams. Sure, Power Five teams play tougher competition during the regular season, but the best mid-major programs prove year after year that they belong.

“Gone are the days of mid-majors feeling inferior to big-name teams,” FoxSports writes. “Now, many mid-major players have previously competed against players in the power conferences at the AAU and high school levels. That gives Mid-Major players confidence and for good reason, because some of them have already had success against stars at elite programs.”

The NCAA Tournament is defined by its parity and the fact that anyone can win on any given day.

This year, we witnessed the first ever No. 16 seed upset a No. 1 seed when University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) took down ACC champion Virginia by 20.

For those who say mid-majors can’t play with Power Five teams, all I ask is you look at this year’s tournament, which has seen college basketball powerhouses like Virginia and Arizona lose by 20-plus points to mid-majors.

Everyone loves a good “Cinderella” story in March, but many of these teams are more than that.

Programs like Butler, Gonzaga and Wichita State had continued success after their original “Cinderella” runs and it has brought them to the forefront of college basketball.

Why take that opportunity away from the rest of the midmajor programs looking to make their own mark?

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Defining sports dominance

The most transformative athletes of my lifetime

Logan Reardon Sports Editor

Dominance, how does one define it?

In sports, dominance can be measured in a number of ways. Some think athlete dominance is based on the number of championships one wins, while others believe individual statistics are what make an athlete dominant.

The fact of the matter is that dominance should be measured using a combination of championships and statistics, as well as performance in the clutch and overall importance to his or her sport. When you think of a sport, you generally think of one single player as the face of that sport.

On Tuesday, March 20, ESPN’s Peter Keating released his ranking of the most dominant athletes of the last 20 years. Keating used a five-step method to measure the dominance of each athlete.

Essentially, he used the top sports leagues in the world that had annual revenues a $100 million or more and athletes that were highly rated in reliable annual rankings over the past 20 years. Then, he rated those top athletes by the best single performance metric available, adjusted these ratings to normalize athletes’ scores in each sport across

time, narrowed our focus to the top four athletes each year in every sport, then adjusted the data again to put these players, across sports, on a common baseline. Keating then added the results in which one “dominance share” equals one standard deviation of performance by an athlete beyond the top four players in his or her sport for one season.

This seems really complicated, and Keating didn’t even get the right results. Outside of his top five, Keating most notably had Tom Brady (NFL) listed at No. 20, behind athletes like Annika Sorenstam (LPGA, No. 6), Lauren Jackson (WNBA, No. 13) and Mike Trout (MLB, No. 18).

Tom Brady is the greatest quarterback of all-time and has won five Super Bowls across 15 years. All he did this year, at age 40, was win his third NFL MVP award and lead his team to another Super Bowl appearance (his eighth in 16 years as a starter).

Sorenstam retired from golf in 2008 after winning eight major championships since 1998. For reference, there are four major championships per year, meaning she won eight of 40, compared to Brady’s five of 16.

She also played just 10 of the 20 eligible years.

Jackson played in the WNBA from 2001 until 2012, winning two titles and three MVP awards. Thinking of women’s basketball, I believe more people point to Lisa Leslie or Maya Moore. And, again, Jackson played just 11 of the 20 years.

Trout has been one of the best players in baseball since he joined the Angels in 2012.

Key word, though...2012. He has played his sport professionally for six years and only made the playoffs one year. Brady has made the playoffs in 15 of 16 years.

Won 4 MVPs Won 3 Finals MVPs LeBron James

Won 14 majors 11 time PGA-Tour Player of the Year All time second in Golf Tiger Woods

23 Grand Slam Tournament Wins 13 Slam Doubles Wins 4 Olympic Gold medals Serena Williams

4 Superbowl MVP awards NFL record 5 Super Bowl wins

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23 Olympic Gold Medals Longest Olympian since age 15-31

So, while Keating’s list is utterly ridiculous, I am going to take the time to give my top five most dominant athletes of the past 20 years. Here we go.

No. 5...Michael Phelps. The American swimmer was unranked on Keating’s list.

Unranked. Phelps has competed in every Summer Olympic Games since 2000 (when he was 15 years old). He won no medals that year, but that was just the beginning.

In 2004, he won six golds and two bronzes. The 2008 Beijing Olympics was Phelps’ coming out party. He won a single-Olympic record eight gold medals...every race he competed in. He came back in 2012 and won four more golds and two silvers. After that summer, he took two years and was supposedly retired. In 2014, he decided to make a comeback. Phelps competed at the Rio Olympics in 2016 and won five gold medals and a silver. He has 23 gold medals, an Olympic record.

Phelps was an Olympian from age 15 until age 31, a longer span than any athlete in history. He was the American flag bearer at the 2016 Games. Phelps is truly one of the most dominant athletes in American history, and it was blasphemous that Keating left him off his list.

No. 4...Tom Brady. I still can’t fathom that Keating put Peyton Manning at No. 3 and Brady at No. 20 on his list. Not only is Brady 11-6 all-time vs. Manning, Tom has the most playoff wins by a quarterback in NFL history to Peyton’s most playoff losses by a quarterback in NFL history.

Brady was picked 199th in the 2000 NFL Draft and came out of nowhere to win the Super Bowl in three of his first four years as Patriots starting quarterback. After that, he went nine years without winning another, but he made it to two during that time and won MVP in 2007 and 2010.

More recently, the Patriots have made it to the AFC Championship game for the past seven years and 12 of 16 years with Brady under center. He has an NFL record five Super Bowl wins and four Super Bowl MVPs. The greatest quarterback of all-time deserved better than Keating’s ridiculous ranking.

No. 3...Serena Williams. The most dominant female athlete in history. Keating yet again missed on this one, ranking Williams 12th. I’m still not sure how...

She has a women’s Open Era (1968-present) record 23 grand slam tournament wins (all since 1999) and 13 grand slam doubles wins (all with her sister Venus). She also has four Olympic gold medals (three doubles, one singles).

To put that dominance in perspective, Williams has won a grand slam (either singles or doubles) in 16 of the 18 years from 1999 to 2017. On top of that, she only competed in one of the four grand slam tournaments in 2017 because she was pregnant. You read that right...she won the 2017 Australian Open while eightweeks pregnant.

Her importance for tennis, women and African Americans make her one of the most dominant athletes of our time. She continues to rule the tennis world today, nearly 20 years after winning her first U.S. Open in 1999. Williams’ sustained dominance for nearly the entire 20 year criteria put her at No. 3.

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No. 2...Tiger Woods. Ignoring Woods’ off-the-course life, there is no denying that he is one of the most important figures in sports history. Golf was simply a white man’s game before Tiger came along in 1996. He is second all-time with 14 major championships, with 13 of those coming after 1998. Two of those wins came by 10 strokes or more, the only two times in history that has happened.

Tiger won his 14 majors over an 11 year stretch. Jack Nicklaus, the only player with more majors than Woods, won his 18 majors over 24 years. An 11-time PGA Tour Player of the Year, Woods’ dominance in golf was unmatched in the history of the sport.

From 1997 through 2008, Wood had a combined 126 shots under par in major tournaments. There were 138 other players who played in at least 40 major championship rounds during that time. Woods was 189 shots better than anyone else (Joe Ogilvie: 63 shots over par), according to GolfChannel.com. Dominance in its purest form, and it wasn’t even close.

No. 1...LeBron James. I’ve slandered James plenty of times in my life. He isn’t Michael Jordan...he never will be. Jordan won his sixth and final title with the Bulls in 1998. Since then, James has established himself has the most dominant athlete on the planet.

In 1999, the St. Vincent-St. Mary’s high school freshman burst onto the scene, averaging over 20 points per game and leading his team to a state championship. He was named Ohio’s Mr. Basketball, the award for the best high school player in the state, for the final three years. James’ team lost six games in his four years.

In the NBA, James has made the All-Star game every season besides his rookie year.

From 2004 until today, James has been the face of the NBA. He came in with all the expectations in the world, as noted in Ryan Jones’ 2003 book “King James: Believe the Hype.” The thing about James is that he’s just gotten better with age.

He struggled early in his career with inferior teammates, but once he went to Miami in 2010, James officially established himself. Since then, he’s made the NBA Finals all seven years, going 3-4 (also lost in 2007). Not a great NBA Finals record, but the fact that nobody in his conference has beaten him for seven (and likely soon to be eight) straight years shows his dominance.

LeBron James is the NBA of the 21st century. Not Kobe, not Shaq, not Curry. It’s LeBron. He’s won four MVPs, been on the All-NBA first team 11 times and won three Finals MVPs. The numbers that he is still putting up at this point in his career is comical (27 points, nine rebounds, nine assists per game at age 33). All of the hate that LeBron has gotten will someday turn, and he will be appreciated as the most dominant athlete of the 21st century.

So, that’s it. Dominance is really hard to measure. It was tough to leave people like Usain Bolt, Roger Federer and Lionel Messi off my list. When it comes down to it, I simply felt the athletes listed above were the most powerful and successful athletes in the sporting world. This is not necessarily a list of the best athletes of the last 20 years, but the ones that had the largest stranglehold on their respective sport.

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Britain’s disgraceful conviction of a comedian Offensiveness and humor are subjective

It is said that dissecting a joke is like dissecting a frog; you may learn more about it, but you kill it in the process.

Unfortunately, this is something that has to be done.

On March 20, the BBC reported that youtuber “Count Staff Writer Dankula,” known otherwise as Mark Meechan, had been found guilty of a hate crime by a Scottish court.

What for?

Meechan had uploaded a video to Youtube in which he intended to prank his girlfriend. He starts by explaining that his girlfriend finds her pug dog cute and that he was going to teach it to be the “least cute thing in the world: a Nazi.”

He proceeds to train the dog to react whenever it hears the phrases “sieg heil”(German for “hail victory”) or “gas the Jews” by raising its right paw, mimicking a Nazi salute.

The reason why we find things funny is because we expect one thing from the joke and get something else.

Consider the example of “Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side.”

This is a joke is because when you are asked the first part, you are expecting some tangible motivation for the chicken to be crossing the road, i.e. getting food, visiting a friend or so on. But then, you are hit with the unexpected line that the

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chicken was crossing the road to get to the other side. This is a tautology, as you would have inferred that from the line asking why the chicken was crossing the road. Thus, it is unexpected, and you find the joke funny. The reason you are likely not laughing at the joke is because everyone has heard it, and the punchline is no longer surprising.

The reason this relates back to the case above is because that is exactly the structure Meechan is using. Pug dogs are very cute. Nazis are very, shall we say, not cute.

By conflating the two, you create something unexpected, and thus humor.

Offensive or not, in bad taste or not, that’s the formula.

And Meechan now faces jail time because a judge found the video “grossly offensive” and “inciting racial hatred.” The judge also said that the “context was irrelevant.”

There are several reasons why this is a problem. Firstly, both offense and humor are subjective. Some people clearly found the video offensive, given that a judge convicted him in a court of law for being “grossly offensive.” This is feeling is understandable given the subject at hand.

Some people clearly found the video funny; it was shared over 3 million times. For the reasons I laid out, that is also understandable.

What this means is that some things that are offensive to some people are not offensive to others, and some things that are humorous to some people are not humorous to others. This is the problem with trying to legislate either, as Britain has tried to do. You end up in a situation where the people in power can interpret the law however they like.

Secondly, to say that the context is irrelevant is a truly

scary precedent.

Assume for a second you had two people. The first of them said “I think the phrase ‘gas the Jews’ is abhorrent and should never been spoken.” The second said that “I think it would be a great idea to gas the Jews.” If context is irrelevant, because both of these speakers said “gas the Jews,” they are both equally guilty. To ignore the context of a thing that is said is to willfully misunderstand the intent behind it.

It should be noted that cracking down on dogs for mimicking a Nazi salute was something that the Nazis also did.

The BBC reported in 2011 on newly uncovered documents that showed the German foreign ministry called a Finnish man by the name of Tor Borg in for questioning. An anonymous witness had sent in a report that Borg’s wife had trained their dog to react to the command “Hitler” by raising it’s right paw. However, the Germans concluded there was not enough information to proceed and dropped the case.

Where does the law presume to go from here?

If you’ve ever played Cards Against Humanity, you’ll know that there are several combinations that are at least as offensive as Meechan’s video by any reasonable standard. Is the U.K. going to ban that?

Several British comedians, such as Ricky Gervais, have raised complaints about the case.

Unlike the United States, Britain does not have a First Amendment protecting their right to freedom of expression. Meechan is due to be sentenced in April, and faces potential jail time We should keep this case in mind when calls are made to restrict that freedom.

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Leave Katy Alone

Calling Katy Perry a sexual assailant is hurting the #metoo movement Katy Perry was accused of sexual assault for kissing a 19-year-old contestant on “American Idol” on March 11.

“Would I have done it if she said, ‘Would you kiss me?’

No, I would have said no,” he said. “I know a lot of guys would be Arts and Life Editor like, ‘Heck yeah!’ But for me, I was raised in a conservative family and I was uncomfortable immediately. I wanted my first kiss to be special,” contestant Benjamin Glaze told the New York Times.

Glaze entered the audition room with confidence, discussing his job as a cashier which he admittedly loves because “sometimes there’s cute girls and they’re not going anywhere without saying hi.” After judge Luke Bryan faciously asked if Glaze has kissed a girl and liked it, referring to Perry’s 2008 hit, Glaze reveals that he has not.

“I’ve never been in a relationship… I can’t kiss a girl without being in a relationship,” Glaze responded.

This admission provoked a quick response from Perry, urging Glaze to ‘come here.’

It is true, Glaze resisted. He did not immediately float to the songstress or give any sign that he was prepared for what was to come. Bashfully, but still smiling, Glaze agreed to kiss Perry on the cheek while judges Lionel Richie and Bryan laughed and unsheathed their cell phones to take photos.

After a peck on the cheek, Perry jeered, “It didn’t even make the smush sound.” With a laugh, Glaze agrees to try again, and this is when Perry raised some hell.

Perry turned her head at the last moment to initiate Glaze’s first kiss, to which he responded with smiles, blushing and a resonant, “No you didn’t… Well, that’s a first.”

I am thankful for the judges comments and critiques…

I was uncomfortable in a sense of how I have never been kissed before and was not expecting it,” Glaze wrote in a post on Instagram.

If Glaze had appeared upset or stoic or even just quietly excited, I could understand some concern from viewers.

However, that was not the case.

“How was it?”

Glaze, a pompous, excited teenage boy, asked the 33-year-old pop star how his unplanned first kiss was.

These do not sound like the words of someone who feels violated, attacked or even uncomfortable.

While Glaze ultimately did not make it to the Hollywood round of the show after his shaky performance of “Levels” by Nick Jonas, he still made headlines when the New York Times

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reached out to him asking how the incident made him feel.

“I was a tad bit uncomfortable… I wanted to save it for my first relationship, I wanted it to be special,” Glaze told the New York Times.

Somehow this wishy-washy statement about how Katy Perry wasn’t a special enough first kiss evoked accusations from viewers calling Perry a sexual assailant.

“It was a forced sexual act. Imagine if this was from a male judge. Has @katyperry not taken anything from the #metoo movement?” one viewer tweeted.

This seems to be the biggest argument against Perry: what if a man had done this to a 19-year-old girl? Wouldn’t it be considered sexual assault then? Maybe. However, the stigma around men sexually assaulting women has made for a sense of anxiety and surveillance on male actions, especially in the media. Because of this, I do not believe that would happen at this point in time, and if it had the “Idol” producers would never have even considered airing it. While this may seem like a double standard, it also reinforces the fact that this was seen by people on set, editors, producers and many more people involved in this show and no one found Perry guilty.

Similarly, if you take any situation and change the factors involved you’ll have a different result. What if it had been in private? What if it had been female-on-female? What if she told him a kiss would score him a ticket to Hollywood?

Maybe those things would all heighten the situation, but the fact of the matter is that they didn’t happen.

Most cases in the #metoo movement have been females accusing older males of using their power and influence behind closed doors to take advantage of them sexually, for example Larry Nassar abusing women in a medical setting.

In these instances, victims felt trapped and like they could not speak out against Nassar because of his reputation in the gymnastics world.

This situation was nothing like that. Perry was aware that her actions were being filmed and Glaze laughed and joked with her the entire time. When the situation ended, “a tad bit uncomfortable” or not, Glaze felt comfortable speaking to a

major news source casually only a week after the incident.

While I do not believe Perry sexually assaulted Glaze, I do not think it had anything to do with gender. Men absolutely can be, have been and sadly will continue to be victims of sexual assault. As of 1998, 2.78 million men in the U.S. had been victims of attempted or completed rape, and one out of every 10 rape victims are male, according to RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network.)

It is possible that at some point in his life Glaze will be a victim of sexual assault, but this was not it. Since his comments in the New York Times many viewers have even begun calling for Perry’s removal from “Idol.”

“So Katy Perry basically sexually assaulted someone on American Idol. If the genders were reversed, not only would there have been a firing, but perhaps an arrest as well. Just think of a female contestant saying this about a celebrity judge kissing her,” viewer @neontaster tweeted.

Glaze finally spoke up again, this time defending Perry.

“I do not think I was sexually harassed by Katy.” By calling this white, teenage male, who admittedly has not been sexually assaulted, a part of the #metoo movement is ultimately hurting this monumental cause. #metoo was founded in 2006 to help survivors of sexual violence, particularly young women of color from low income communities, find pathways to healing, according to the #metoo website, metoomvmt.org.

Glaze is not a member of this group that needs support and community to recover from a trauma, he is a person who was kissed on national television and responded to a newspaper’s inquiries.

If we want to support actual victims of sexual assault we need to take time to hear their stories and not waste time dwelling on cases that have already settled themselves.

While it is truly difficult for viewers to wrap their heads around grey areas like these, some things are simply true: Perry is keeping her job, Glaze does not feel he has been sexually assaulted and there are still countless victims who are not talking to the New York Times.

Letter to the editor

Criminal Justice Major

Quinnipiac, we have to talk.

I love you but this is not okay. Saturday March 25, millions of people marched around the country and even around the world, and we did nothing.

How can we do nothing?

We rent buses to take students to baseball games, we pay for students to roller skate and go to Skyzone, but we can’t rent a bus to take students to D.C.?

That is disgraceful.

We didn’t even have an event at school.

The administration sends emails about what to do in case of a shooter. Our professors show us the exits and tell us where to go in case there is a shooter. All of this is good because that’s their jobs, but it’s also their job and our job to attempt to stop mass shootings.

To do that, we have to speak up, we have to protest. It’s not okay for me to feel as though my school doesn’t care about anyone or anything outside of the university. Quinnipiac is

such a little bubble that I think the students forget (or don’t care about) things that are happening in the outside world.

This is ironic because the world came to know us, as an institution, through our polling. Through the Quinnipiac Poll the university has measured the concerns of our society outside of the campus. So why aren’t we, as students, as the administrators, just as concerned with society outside of the campus? It’s up to us, students, Millennials, Gen Z, to help make a change and to make our voices heard.

Now, this letter is not about getting everybody on board with gun control, it’s about the lack of involvement our school has in outside issues. How our college did nothing is beyond me, it’s disgraceful!

Everybody has the right to free speech, I subscribe to that, but we should have had the option of attending a March for our Lives related event or board a bus to D.C. I pay a lot of money to go to this school, it could at least provide us a bus to March for our Lives.

The problems with gun violence is not going to go away overnight, it’s a continuous fight and Quinnipiac needs to be

on board with that. The fight for sensible gun legislation is a fight we should support without fear.

After all, we’re a private institution that doesn’t have to bow to outside political pressure. That is why, I am committed to calling out Quinnipiac for its indifference and demand we do something. We need to break out of this bubble, the world is not all about us.

After all, isn’t “Q” about raising the intellect, compassion, empathy, and wherewithal of its students?

Isn’t the goal of “Q” to produce world thinkers, action takers, people who want to improve the human condition in one way or another?

This is not about Republican vs. Democrat, this is about our lives, the lives of our siblings, our families, our friends, our children. We have endured the unimaginable trauma and heartache of the murder of our children at Sandy Hook, in Newtown, CT, just 28.5 miles from our beloved campus.

Quinnipiac, it’s time to step up and start talking.

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March 28, 2018

Women's History Mont

By MELISSA BUCK

Staff Writer Everyone knows the image of Rosie the Riveter, the woman featured on the 1940s poster wearing a red polka dot bandana, flexing her arm and stating, “We can do it.” The iconic poster that originated as a World War II factory recruitment poster has been inspiring women since the first day it was plastered to a wall and has become an international symbol for women’s empowerment.

March is Women’s History Month — 31 days blocked off to celebrate the accomplishments and contributions made by women to society, culture, politics, science and so much more.

What started as a grassroots movement in Sonoma, California in 1978 has blossomed into a national month-long

holiday. As the message of empowering women spread throughout the country, President Jimmy Carter declared the week of March 8 National Women’s History Week in 1981. Six years later in 1987 Congress declared March National Women’s History Month.

In his proclamation to Congress in 1987, Carter highlighted the contributions that women have made to history and the lack of respect that they have received, according to the Government Publishing Office.

“American women have played and continue to play a critical economic, cultural, and social role in every sphere of our Nation's life by constituting a significant portion of the labor force working in and outside of the home,” Carter said. “Despite these contributions, the role of American women in history has been consistently overlooked and undervalued in the body of American history: Now, therefore, be it.”

Each year a theme is chosen by the United Nations to create change and kick off the month long celebration. Theme slogans ahve included “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality,” “Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture It,” “Equality for Women is Equality for All." All of the themes based off of the need for equality.

The past few global activist movements for women have revolved around hashtags, so it only seemed fitting to make the 2018 International Women’s History Month theme a hashtag as well. #PressForProgress is the 2018 movement for equality. The new hashtag began circulating shortly after #MeToo and #TimesUp. #PressForProgress is made to shine a light on the pay gap between men and women around the world. According to the 2017 World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report, it will be over 200 years before gender parity. This is a reason for women and men to fight harder for equal pay and to not give up, according to The Women’s Day website.

1840 - Katherine Brewer - first woman to receive a Bachelor's degree

1849 - Elizabeth Blackwell first woman to receive a medical degree

The power of the hashtag is not only active around the world but also here on the Quinnipiac campus.

“With the #TimesUp movement and the women's marches that have been going on all over the country, I think it's a nice reminder that women aren't backing down and are still fighting for what we believe in,” Hannah Cotter vice president of the Association for Women in Sports Media said. “It's really nice to see people wanting to make a change.”

While the International Women’s History group created a theme based on gender parity, the U.N. saw fit to create an additional theme. “Time is Now: Rural and Urban Activists transforming women’s lives” is the agenda set by the U.N. The goal of the U.N.’s campaign is to shine a light on activism and the rights of women in rural areas. These women represent a quarter of the world’s population yet they trail behind in every area of development. While women across the world Press For Progress the U.N. will continue to make sure that rural women are included in this movement.

The idea of two themes to celebrate all women and all of the work that needs to be done put a fire under the feet of women across the world. Movements such as #MeToo have empowered women to speak up, providing confidence to those who sat silently for so long. The accumulation of so many activist movements have shown not only women but men that it is necessary to speak up and take action. The pulse of the movement could be felt strongly thumping through the hearts of women on International Women’s Day. Out of the 31 days in March, the eighth day is the most important as it has been celebrated as International Women’s Day since 1911. The holiday was made official in 1975 when the U.N. officially sponsored it. While men and women across the world spend 365 days fighting for equality, March 8 represents the accumulation of all of the hard work. On this day the light shines a little brighter as protestors take to the streets and "Press For Progress."

This year on March 8 there was a new found sense of hope and fight amongst women across the world, after all it has been 107 years since the first International Women’s Day and there is still so much to change. In Spain, women flooded the streets banging pots and pans to protest their domesticated lives.

Pakistani women demanded the freedom to own a business in their first ever Women’s March. Italian hospitals were met by a sea of women demanding the right to abortions, which are legal in the country. South Korean women marched to the drum of the #MeToo movement. The president of Uganda spoke out about violence against women. In New York City the Fearless Girl statue was adorned with a cape of flowers. All of these events are just a snapshot of the much larger day.

While women’s marches did not occur on campus, students still took time to express their love for women near and far.

“We kicked off the month by tabling in the students center and having students write about a women that they love and why,” Mikaela Rooney E-board member of Women in Support of Humanity said. “It was really moving to see all the responses and how much love people have for various women in their lives.”

Twitter and Instagram users also took the movement to social media sharing who inspires them and what they want to see change. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson tweeted a video of his two-year-old daughter saying “girl power,” along with a message of support.

“Girl power,” Johnson said. “To every women out there around the world, all ages and races, I proudly stand by your side to honor, protect and respect. Especially the loves of my life at home.”

Ohio State Representative Christina Hagan tweeted a powerful picture of her holding her infant while at a congressional

1872 - Victoria Claflin Woodhull becomes first female Presidential candidate of the Equal Rights Party

1916 - Jeannette Rankin - first woman elected to Congress

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Millions of other users flooded the sites with messages of hope and inspiration to women across the globe.

Even though International Women’s History Month 2018 is coming to a close, the Women’s Day campaign reminds the world on their website that, “The campaign theme does not end on International Women's Day. It's just the start.”

The spirit of this years Women’s Day could be felt pulsating through communities near and far.

“...the role of American women in history has been consistently overlooked and undervalued in the body of American history: Now, therefore, be it.”

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PRESIDENTIAL TERM: JANUARY 20, 1977 – JANUARY 20, 1981 #PressForProgress has yet to come to an end on the Quinnipiac campus. Organizations have been celebrating the month and are hoping that students across the campus resiprocate the importance.

“I really hope that across campus students take the time to acknowledge the women in their lives,” Rooney said. “Women have been reminded of tremendous struggles throughout the past year and deserve some love and recognition.”

The University is only holding one event to celebrate Women’s History Month on March 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m called "Silence Breakers" in the Piazza. Clubs across campus, however, took time to celebrate women in various events.

“We held an event featuring Robin Herman, the first female sports journalist for the New York Times,” Francesca DePalo, treasurer of the Association for Women in Sports Media said.

“We got a chance to speak with Robin about her experiences during a time when women were not allowed in locker rooms to get equal access to players for post-game interviews. The event was extremely enlightening and taught us not only how far women have come in the industry, but how far we still have to go to achieve full equality.”

While many clubs made strides, members were disappointed in the fact that the university is only holding one event to commemorate the month.

“It was definitely disappointing, especially considering that the majority of people on this campus are women,” DePalo said.

“It is upsetting to know that women are not being recognized for their achievements on this campus. We are in the presence of so many brilliant female professors, students and now even a female president-elect.”

For many students on campus, the need for change is imminent.

“As college students, we're on the cusp of entering the real world, so learning about empowering women will hopefully inspire people to want to be the change and follow in their

1933 - Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins - first woman Cabinet member

1967 - Muriel Siebert - first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange

footsteps,” Cotter said.

College students are not the only ones who are ready for change. Now more than ever young girls are not afraid to be who they are. The accumulation of pain, fear and regret that was experienced by a previous generation of women has been used as the ammunition of change. The girls’ fashion industry has made remarkable changes to create clothing for girls who are not into bows and frill.

Target brands Grayson Social and Cat & Jack have created shirts that boast phrases such as “girls can do anything” and “super powers run in the family.” While clothing may seem to be a small feat, they are changing the mindset of young girls across the world. School dress codes are evolving to allow young girls to dress as they please without fear of ‘distracting’ the wondering eye of a young boy, according to USA Today. All of these changes rooted in the power of women who had to suffer, women who have made it their promise that girls will never have to suffer the way that they did.

Along with changes in the clothing industry come changes in the toy industry. To mark International Women’s History Month, Mattel released a line of Barbie dolls inspired by remarkable women. The line was announced on March 7, just in time for Women’s Day. According to the Barbie Twitter account, the idea was promoted after a survey of 8,000 people revealed that 86 percent of mothers worry about the type of role models their daughters are exposed to.

"Girls have always been able to play out different roles and careers with Barbie and we are thrilled to shine a light on real life role models to remind them that they can be anything," wrote Lisa McKnight, senior vice president and general manager of Barbie, in a news release.

The popular toy company released two lines; the “Shero” brand, featuring 14 modern-day women, and the “Inspiring Women” line, featuring three historical women, each of whom have re-written the roles of women in history. The doll set features a diverse set of history-changing women from an olympic snowboarder Chloe Kim, to plus size model Ashley Graham and everything in between.

Chef, conservationist, movie director and boxing champion are just a few of the careers of the real life women featured in the “Shero” line. The line of modern-day women shows young girls that they can break the barriers.

The “Inspiring Women” set includes pilot Amelia Earhart, artist, activist Frida Kahlo and NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson. Along with the physical dolls, young girls will be given reading material that explains each of the women’s contributions to society. Mattel, the maker of Barbie, has revealed that while there are only three “Inspiring Women” out now, there will be more to come in the future.

"The Inspiring Women Series pays tribute to incredible heroines of their time; courageous women who took risks, changed rules and paved the way for generations of girls to dream bigger than ever before," Marissa Beck, spokeswoman for Mattel, wrote in an email to CNN. The 2018 International Women’s History Month was met with pride and a fever for change. Both men and women across the world have spoken out for the opportunity of equality.

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1993 - Janet Reno - first female Attorney General

2007 - Nancy Pelosi - first female Speaker of the House

2014 - General Motors - largest company with a female CEO

2016 - Hillary Clinton first female presidential nominee for a major political party

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DORM DEBACLES

Housing selection continues to be a headache for some QU students

By MATTHEW FORTIN Staff Writer

When March rolls around, a few things are for certain on Quinnipiac’s campus; spring break, Sleeping Giant hikes and the first crop of spike ball players on the Quad.

But it’s not all fun and games this month.

March also happens to be the time of year for the infamous turmoil caused by housing selection.

The process itself may seem simple at first.

Everyone receives a random lottery number, which is used to select their preferred dorm for themselves and their roommates.

Year after year, Quinnipiac students find themselves in situations that are anything but simple.

Such is the case for Olivia Bellefeuille, a sophomore advertising and integrated communications major, who was informed last week that her suitemates planned to not include her in their group for next year.

“I live with six others, and we all have really strong personalities,” Bellefeuille said. “But everything was totally fine until it came to the (housing) numbers coming out. That’s when everything took a turn.”

Bellefeuille says that the entire situation lends itself to lots of awkwardness and unpleasant conversation, which only exacerbates the issue.

“No one wanted to come out and say, ‘you’re not going to be able to live with us,’” Bellefeuille said. “It’s just a super uncomfortable talk that no one wants to have.”

That leaves the QU sophomore with only a few days to arrange something for next year. And with priority No. 678, Bellefeuille will not have

the best of options.

Not only that, the stress of the situation has taken an emotional toll.

“I’m not mad or angry about the whole thing,” Bellefeuille said. “But I definitely feel let down. My trust has been broken."

However, such has not been the case for everyone. Other Quinnipiac students are enjoying easier housing processes.

Olivia Schuellur, a freshman journalism major, is lucky enough to have a roommate with priority No. six, which will allow the group to have a top pick of all the sophomore dormitory options.

“We got really lucky, so we’re just trying to figure out which dorm to pick,” Schuellur said.

“I was leaning towards Hill, because I have a food allergy, so I would love to have a kitchen because I know that I’d use it.”

Although Schuellur may have lucked out this time around, she thinks that there could be a more effective way of assigning priority numbers in the future.

“If housing were based off GPA, people would probably work harder,” Schuellur said.

“People care a lot about housing. If you work hard all year, you should be rewarded for it.”

Schuellur wasn’t the only one who thought that the process could be improved upon.

Freshman marketing major Olivia Curtin suggests that Residential Life needs to make information about the different dorm options more accessible to students.

“They need to make it a little bit simpler to find your roommates and room options,” the freshman marketing major said. “At the beginning of the semester, they should send out

what dorms you qualify for and how many people fit in each.”

While it may be challenging to find, Residential Life does offer extensive information about housing options on the MyHousing section of MyQ. Additionally, Residential Life facilitates a series of “roommate socials” to provide an open space for students to meet potential roommates.

The roommate social on March 26, which took place in the lower cafeteira, proved quite popular among students.

“We didn't think that many people were going to come out, but tonight we probably had around 100 people were here trying to find roommates,” sophomore political science major and vice president of organization development for Resident Hall Council Austin Calvo said. “It’s awesome that we’re able to help do that.”

Mark DeVilbiss, director of Residential Life, explained that the roommate socials are only a part of their continual effort to housing as pleasant as possible for students.

“Our goal is to run a housing process that is student friendly, student oriented, that creates a lot of satisfaction and is also fair,” DeVilbiss said. “We try to balance all those things at the same time.”

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that the current system of lottery numbers is the ideal method.

“I’m always happy to hear proposals from students for any kind of system. We’ve heard it for GPA, student involvement, credits, athletic participation and scholarships,” DeVilbiss said.

As to why the system has not changed as a result of these suggestions, DeVilbiss explains that it’s simply a matter of fairness.

“Maybe if you have a 4.0 that works for you, but what if you have a 2.0 and are studying really hard,” DeVilbiss said. “I try to think of the student who may be struggling academically. Should we then add struggling in housing assignments and make it that much harder for the person?”

DeVilbiss was quick to emphasize that Residential Life is always willing to work with students, even after housing has been decided upon.

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CURRENT CRAZE A rundown on this week’s top entertainment news By: Adrianna Lovegrove JOHN CENA GOES TO PROM The WWE star stopped by “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Friday to talk about his upcoming movie, “Blockers.” The movie follows three parents as they send their children off to prom, which prompted the talk show host to ask about Cena’s own prom night.

The wrestler revealed that when he attended board-

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The Fourth Wall theater group confirmed any 'Rumors' about putting on a great performance with their most recent production

By CHARLOTTE GARDNER Associate Arts & Life Editor

The Fourth Wall theater group has hosts several performances throughout the year, and the newest production “Rumors” fits right at home as being another amazing play that has graced the black box. With jazz covers of popular music playing in the background and a set that looked like a nice living room, the show already felt inviting.

The show began with character Chris Gorman (Tess Adams) nervously pacing the set in an anxiety ridden stretch.

She keeps pacing until she gets a phone call from a Dr. Dudley when her husband Ken (Ryan Sheehan) jumps out from the staircase, warning her that she mustn’t tell Dudley what happened with Charlie. They, along with their friends, have been invited to Charlie and Myra’s 10-year anniversary when something goes awry.

This high anxiety runs throughout the play but it is cleverly separated with comedic bursts from all the characters. The audience has to wait to find out what happened to the characters’ dear friend but to help the growing impatience of wanting to figure out the problem, the jokes and witty comebacks distract the audience and allow this mystery to last longer.

Chris and Ken hilariously attempt to hide their friends from finding the truth by creating bizarre lies about where the host couple could be, making sure to be as vague as possible while their guests are completely confused.

The first couple who appear to the party after the Gormans are Claire Ganz (Jamie Ackerman) and Lenny Ganz (James Miller). At first, the Gormans attempt to conceal the truth from the Ganzs but Claire’s characteristic of gossiping and Lenny’s outright frustration make Ken confess the truth- the Charlie shot himself in the head.

But, don’t worry, he only shot himself in the earlobe and is on Valium in the upstairs bedroom while Myra is nowhere to be found. The premise of the play is to make sure this story never gets out in order to protect Charlie from the harsh people he has associated himself with. Ken makes it clear that this suicide attempt could ruin him socially, and themes of gossip run high throughout the play.

The Cuzaks (Jeremy Caulkins and Paige Parton) join the party along with the Coopers (Carleigh Peterson and Joseph Powell) where the ambiguity and weirdness of the party make everyone freak out. Cookie Cuzak is having horrible back spasms and Cassie Cooper is insecure about her relationship and brings up the fact that she has heard rumors of her husband having an affair. In this space surrounded by so much gossip, the characters reach a breaking point, completely forgetting about what to do with Charlie.

The cast of this performance was wonderful and there were many familiar faces from past shows from Quinnipiac.

Peterson previously performed in “Imaginary Invalid” as Toinette alongside Sheehan who played Cléante.

The comedic timing and delivery of the jokes was amazing and had the audience laughing. This show was labeled as a comedy and made sure to fulfill its title during its showings.

Traits of sarcasm, cluelessness and over-the-top character qualities combined beautifully, and with the continuous stress of having Charlie upstairs only made the humor better.

At one point Ken goes upstairs to “check on Charlie and Myra” who are still “getting ready” when a gunshot rings out in the theater. The audience gasped as they were scared out of their seats. Then Ken somehow has to make excuses to convince the guests that it wasn’t a gunshot, making for one

of the funniest moments.

This play is rich in dialogue and heated scenes that needed to be performed sharply and emotionally, otherwise they wouldn’t stand out amongst all of the characters in the same room. The cast did a spectacular job conveying the personality of all the bold characters and delivered every line as should.

The play was directed by senior english major Christy Dzubay.

“This was my first time directing, though I was an assistant director for Fourth Wall’s production of ‘Really, Really’ last year,” Dzubay said. “I have been involved with the QU theater department since my freshman year and grew up doing theater, so it’s been an awesome way to finish up my time at QU.”

ing school, he decided to stay on campus instead of going to his own high school prom. As a surprise, the comedian set her stage up as an “Ellen Show Prom,” fully equipped with a dance floor, disco ball, balloons and even a date. His fiancee and fellow wrestler, Nikki Bella, was there to share a slow dance with Cena, both donned with their prom king and queen crowns.

JORDYN KEEPS US UP WITH KYLIE Model Jordyn Woods made an appearance at the Boohoo Block Party in Hollywood on Wednesday night, where she gushed about how the makeup mogul is adjusting to be a new mom. "It's just a whole new experience. It's something you never have gone through and so you figure it out as you go," she told People Magazine. When she spoke with Entertainment Tonight, she mentioned that she has been with Jenner through the whole journey. It was important for her to be as supportive as possible for her best friend during the pregnancy. “They make their own decision,” Woods said. “It's just your job to be there as a friend to be supportive." She also adds that Stormi is “an angel.”

CLOONEY SPEAKS OUT George Clooney penned a heartfelt letter to the survivors of the Parkland shooting, praising them for making him “proud of this country again.”

Clooney addressed the Letter to Emma Dowd, Lauren Newman and Rebecca Schneid, three students from Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School. The letter was published in London’s “The Guardian” newspaper, where the three students are guest editing the coverage of March For Our Lives on this past Saturday. “Amal and I are 100% behind you and will be marching in DC on the 24th, but we both feel very strongly that this is your march,” he wrote. “The fact that no adults will speak on the stage in D.C. is a powerful message to the world that if we can’t do something about gun violence then you will.”

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The Fourth Wall theater company had audiences laughing during its production of "Rumors."

Since "Rumors" is the biggest production that the Fourth Wall has done, the task of directing was arduous.

“It was definitely a huge undertaking,” Dzubay said.

“Luckily, the students involved in Fourth Wall are all willing to put their blood, sweat and tears into creating a great production, which is the reason that we were able to produce such a large-scale play.”

The audience reaction to the production has proven how successful the Fourth Wall theater group has been in performing this big play.

“The reactions from the audience have all been really positive, which we were all happy to hear,” Dzubay said.

“Comedy relies heavily on audience feedback; it’s much easier for the actors to keep up full energy on stage when they hear they audience laughing.”

SEX AND THE CITY'S GOVERNOR Cynthia Nixon has officially announced that she is running for New York Governor, challenging Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in this year’s Democratic primary.

Nixon is most known for her role as Miranda in “Sex and The City.” Nixon has high hopes to make changes as governor of New York. In a two minute video, she mentions some of the changes she plans to accomplish if she wins office. “Something has to change,” the “Sex and the City” star says. “We want our government to work again on health care, ending mass incarceration, fixing our broken subway.” If she were to win office, Nixon would be the first woman and openly gay governor of New York.

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STICK IT TO THE MAC

No matter what your major is, nearly every classroom at QU has one thing in common: laptops adorned with creative stickers. Students explain why they have selected their stickers and which ones they love most. -M. Fraitag

NAME: Shannon Vobis LOOKS FOR: Things she likes to watch, read and do FAVORITE STICKER: "Cat mom"

NAME: Anthony Gualdino LOOKS FOR: Clothing brands he wears FAVORITE STICKER: "ONLY."

NAME: Taylor Bulan LOOKS FOR: Netflix shows and things that represent her FAVORITE STICKER: The pug

NAME: Eileen McCoy LOOKS FOR: Things with meaning to her FAVORITE STICKER: Long Island

NAME: Aimee Trottier LOOKS FOR: Favorite books and shows, things

that make her happy

FAVORITE STICKER: "I put the lit in literature"

NAME: Danielle Marcone LOOKS FOR: National parks she has been to FAVORITE STICKER: "YNP" PHOTOS BY MEGAN LOWE

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SERIES REVIEW

NOT 'EVERYTHING SUCKS'

Don't sleep on this new Netflix original series

By SEAN RAGGIO Staff Writer

Think you had it rough at the start of high school? Do you ever think back to your formative years and just cringe? If you answered yes then log on to Netflix and check out recent release, “Everything Sucks.” Don’t worry, there won’t be any spoilers here. Just some thoughts on one of Netflix’s newest originals.

“Everything Sucks” is an ode to your awkward formative years. You know, those years following middle school, where you were at your worst, and the years preceding the end of our senior years of high school when you were on top of the world.

The show is set in the town of Boring, Oregon during the mid-nineties and is centred around freshman Luke O’Neil, who has a stark interest in film. The main plot is surrounding Luke’s attempt at filming a movie that would be shown at Boring High School.

The show takes a different look on what would be a “jock-and-nerd” relationship.

The “jock” type characters are actually the

drama club, while the “nerds” are that of the AV club. It was refreshing to see this change-of-pace from the typical “tough-guy football player” antagonist and it definitely aided the plot.

The first couple episodes have a sort of cringy-cutesiness to them. It’s the kind of stuff that is cheesy in a clichè, kind of cute way that would make you utter an audible “awww.” At the same time, you can’t help but cringe at some of the things the characters say and do. The kind of things that make you recollect, “wow I can’t believe I did that back in ninth grade.”

The show does lose a bit of its cringiness as the season progresses and some of the sub-storylines start to play out. It does a good job of showing that disconnect between the maturity of some of the characters which easily parallels that of reality. This helps enhance the relatability to the viewer. There are some aspects of the show that aren’t as realistic, but nothing completely impossible.

The development of the characters is

definitely relatable and at the same time tackles certain topics that aren’t typical. For example, two of the characters throughout the show are living with only one parent.

The adult characters are also given their own storylines and their characters develop along with the kids’, which is a nice touch. To have this development instead of stagnant adults is atypical and helps keep the viewer into the show because it adds another interesting storyline to the story.

The show also manages to touch upon the topic of sexuality as we watch Luke’s friend Kate Messner, portrayed by Peyton Kennedy, discover her identity, and she’s not the only one.

"I think her coming-out story is a beautiful story, and it was a beautiful story that I was able to tell," Kennedy said in a TV Guide article. "And I think that [way] because so many people are able to relate to it and it's still something that's going on now. And there's still more acceptance that we can accomplish, it was really important

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The way that creators Ben York Jones and Michael Mohan infuse this in is perfect.

They let it work its way in naturally and don’t force it into the storyline like some other shows have done.

“We come from the world of independent film, and everything we do, we try to make it as honest as possible. If we’re going to make a show about high school, we wanted to set it in the time we were in high school, which was the ’90s,” Mohan said in an article with Variety. “We knew we could make it the most honest show possible.”

“Everything Sucks” definitely made me cringe several times, but I couldn’t help but binge it. The Netflix original was just released on Feb. 16, so it’ll be a while to see if there is a season two coming, but definitely don’t sleep on this show. With all these intense crime dramas and doctor dramas (I’m looking at you, "Grey’s Anatomy") it’s a nice change of pace that should definitely put some sort of smile on your face.

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College students spend weeks, sometimes evenmonths at a time, away from home. During those lengthy stretches we miss our family, hometown friends, pets and all the other familiar comforts of home. However, few things about home are missed more dearly than the food.

The food found here on campus, although satisfying, is no match for a hearty and healthy home cooked meal. However, if you’re craving comfort food but the next break is still weeks away, you’re not totally out of luck.

You can get a taste of home at Bread and Chocolate, a cozy cafe tucked away on Whitney Avenue in Hamden, whose delectable meals will give even your parents’ cooking a run for its money.

Since 2005, the small bakery and cafe has been serving fresh baked bread and pastries, along with breakfast and lunch dishes, to Quinnipiac students and Hamden residents. Its menu has something for every taste, ranging from an egg sandwich on homemade ciabatta to a salad featuring apples, tangerines and dried cranberries.

As soon as you step inside the tiny bistro you’re sure to feel right at home. The warm atmosphere, coupled with the inviting staff and the enamoring smell of fresh pastries will make you forget you’re just a couple miles from campus.

No matter what you’re craving, Bread and Chocolate can likely fix you something to hit the spot. Much of their menu, both for breakfast and

lunch, is designed so that customers can tailor-make their meals. For example, if it’s a sandwich you desire, you’re encouraged to build your own. Customers have the option to choose everything from the artisan bread to the condiments, assuring they get the perfect lunch each time.

Although you might not guess it from the name, Bread and Chocolate also has plenty of healthy options across their menu. At breakfast, customers can order their egg sandwiches with turkey bacon or turkey sausage if they so choose. Customers also have the option to customize an egg white omelette and stuff it with fresh ingredients like avocado, spinach or grilled vegetables.

Conversely, if you’re looking to indulge, Bread and Chocolate is still the spot for you. All of the cafe’s baked goods are made fresh daily, so the sweets are never in short supply. They offer over a dozen flavors of scones, muffins and croissants, so there’s sure to be something to satisfy every sweet tooth.

Of course, a trip to Bread and Chocolate is not complete without sampling their coffee. Their drink menu features a variety of espresso beverages, from lattes to cappuccinos, as well as hot chocolate. You can flavor your coffee with anything from vanilla to hazelnut, and they also have almond and soy milk readily available.

Next time you’re missing home and daydreaming about the next time you can sit down at your kitchen table to a scrumptious home cooked meal, don’t fret. A taste of home is much closer than you may think.

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Defying the odds Talented poet and Division I athlete Carly Timpson discusses writing as a release from mental illness while sharing what life is like as a deaf person PHOTO BY MORGAN TENCZA

By MADELEINE PAGANO Contributing Writer

Determination takes true form in Carly Timpson, who has been overcoming hurdles her entire life.

Walking through the halls at Quinnipiac, most people can hear the sounds of music, phones and people buzzing. Timpson cannot.

She was born deaf and is unable to hear the little things around us without extreme focus and the addition of hearing aids.

It may seem that Timpson has been at a disadvantage compared to her peers, but she never let her hearing weigh her down, according to her stepmother, Janet Timpson.

“Carly’s always been mature for her age,” Janet said. “She’s always willing to lend a hand to a friend in need. She’s a happy kid, very social and can be very funny. She’s calming, she never really gets ruffled over anything. She doesn’t seem to let things get to her.”

Aside from her studies as a junior english and secondary education major, Timpson writes poetry for Montage and is on Quinnipiac’s track and field team.

Those who know Timpson would describe her as having a bubbly personality, while also being an inspirational leader.

Timpson’s roommate, and fellow member of the track and field team Kaitlyn Herbert, notes Timpson’s contagious compassion and positive attitude that help boost team spirit.

“From the moment she stepped on to the team she has taken a major role as a leader for her teammates,” Herbert said. “Her love for the sport allows her to help her teammates in practices and at meets and make sure that they are able to perform at their best.”

Many student-athletes find it difficult to juggle personal challenges while maintaining an adequate performance both academically and athletically, and Timpson is no exception.

“If something is going on at home, one has to be able to knock that off for the three hours that we are at practice,” Timpson said. “It requires giving your full self which tends to be profoundly difficult for everyone. Sometimes you don’t want to be able to shake things off, but for the sake of your team you have to.”

With the support of her team and classmates, Timpson has been able to overcome every challenge that has attempted to obstruct her resilience.

Personal battles such as managing feelings of distress have become easier for Timpson since she joined the team because it creates a sense of stability and control in her mind.

Timpson cares not only for her teammates, but for those who hear her poetry. She wants

to help others feel secure in knowing that they athlete because you are missing a lot of school are not the only ones experiencing hardships. and constantly having to make up work while The ever-evolving themes in her writing figuring out the gaps of what you may have derive from her own personal struggles, missed,” Timpson said. “It is a personal struggle which help promote radical acceptance and of mine because I want to be doing my best.” understanding of mental illness.

After finding ways to translate the skills she She strives to create a relatable and gained in handling her own personal struggles, sensitive approach to the ideas of depression Timpson was able to apply those skills to her and anxiety that so many college students athletics and other aspects of her life. deal with. According to a survey produced Timpson has accomplished much as a

by Boston University, approximately 13.8 college athlete while juggling many other percent of students reported that depression responsibilities. During the Metro Atlantic affected their academics while 21.9 percent Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championship, of students reported that anxiety affected their Timpson faced an overwhelming amount of performances in school. pressure from those hoping for her to win.

Timpson describes precisely how being “I remember being on the line ready to open about mental illness helps in human jump while seeing connection through her poetry: my friends faces “We think at the end of the w e ' v e track watching lost our me,” Timpson r u ost o l minds, but said.

“It is a lot of e v ' we e w k n e of course pressure because i s h r "We t but of cou we haven't. those people are ace as T h e y relying on you to minds, . They surf by the t d surface as do well and be ' n n i e h v be ha e t h f t bruises left the best that you e l d s an behind by can be. When d bruise we share, l u o w e s s t l the secrets we you able to pull e e r sec o one n share, and the it off when the s t h thoug and." thoughts no pressure is on is one else would truly amazing.” nderst u understand,” Despite an impson T Timpson wrote. overwhelming y l r - Ca Timpson amount of wasn't always pressure, her comfortable performances talking about in both indoor depression. and outdoor track paid off.

Montage, Timpson placed first in weight throwing for Q u i n n i p i a c ’ s student-run literary indoor as well as first in both weight throwing magazine, publishes students’ works and holds and high jumping in outdoor track during her open mic nights throughout the year. Timpson freshman year. had gained the comfort and confidence to be During the MAAC Championship in able to share her writing with members of this Timpson’s sophomore year, she earned first creative community. place in both the weight throw and high jump “I am not afraid of sharing that information events in outdoor track. Her winning streak now even though I used to be,” she said. “I was continued into junior year for indoor track with very reserved about it. Since I joined Montage, the high jump event. they encouraged me to share more and be more “She is motivated with her sports events, open about it. Since doing so, it has been an always wanting to jump higher and throw even bigger step in relieving those feelings that I farther,” Timpson said of her step-daughter. have had to experience while knowing that other Timpson has accomplished prodigious people are dealing with the same thing.” and amazing feats as an athlete despite being Student-athletes must manage their born with the inability to hear. Her proudest time based off of a set schedule of practice moment was when she competed in the 2017 and competitions which can potentially Deaflympics in Turkey. impact their ability to thrive academically, Her two main events were throwing the according to Timpson. hammer and high jumping for the track team.

“There are a lot of challenges with being an She won the silver medal in the high jump event.

“(Deaflympics was) my first time competing on an international level,” Timpson said. “It was the largest competition I have ever been to with the largest crowd. (The stadium) was phenomenal with the events being streamed all over the world.”

In order to compete in the Deaflympics, Timpson said she had to prove that she couldn't hear at all. She had to remove her hearing aids to perform a multitude of tests to prove her disability.

“It was my first time ever even trying to compete without being able to hear which was really strange, but I practiced a lot without my hearing aids in the month leading up to the competition,” Timpson said. “I was sort of nervous at first but once I got into the mindset I wasn't thinking of anything but the event I had to do anyway.”

Through this experience, Timpson was able to prove to herself that she could still be successful without hearing aids.

Timpson’s parents placed her in speech therapy when she was three-years-old with the addition of hearing aids to prevent any difficulties she might have developed had she been raised in any other way.

“I began sitting in a room with a speech therapist who was making baby sounds at me so I knew what baby noises were supposed to sound like,” Timpson said. “I was never able to feel bad for myself or was made to think I was any different.”

Timpson’s extraordinary sense of determination to learn to speak and understand those that communicate with her are confirmed by her stepmother and audiologist’s observations.

“Speaking and listening do not come naturally to Carly, she really has to work at it,” Janet Timpson said. “Her audiologist always said she is extremely unique because she shouldn’t be able to speak the way she does.

We are very proud of her. When her hearing aids are out, she does have the ability to read lips better than most.”

Through being raised in a supportive environment, Timpson felt secure in giving up the state-provided aids in order to provide her with a challenge. This required her to pay more attention to her surroundings and not use aids.

“It isn’t reality to rely on something or someone to help me to succeed,” Timpson said.

Timpson teaches us that our limitations are only defined by the power we give to them. As an undeniable role model, she refused to allow any personal struggles interfere with her success.

“Try not to let anything limit you,” Timpson stated.

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Women’s basketball progressing into something bigger

The Quinnipiac women’s basketball team made yet another step forward for the program in the NCAA Tournament

By CONOR ROCHE

Associate Sports Editor

The Quinnipiac women’s basketball team may not have made it as far as it did last season in the NCAA Tournament, but this season proved that it is amongst the top mid-major programs in the country.

The team also felt the same sentiment following its loss to the UConn Huskies in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

“I really think this past year was the best season we’ve ever had in our program’s history and was just really proud of our effort,” Quinnipiac head coach Tricia Fabbri said.

There are many reasons why this season could be considered the best in team history.

You could start off by looking at the Bobcats non-conference schedule to start the year off, where they went 3-4 against teams that made the NCAA Tournament this season. Or you could look at what they did in conference play, where they went undefeated, beating opponents by 22.1 points per game and finished the regular season on a 19-game winning streak to give them their fourth straight MAAC regular season title.

But we all know that the success of a Bobcats season now has been determined by how they perform in the postseason. And Quinnipiac hit its first big postseason mark when it won the MAAC Tournament with wins over Monmouth and Rider before beating Marist, who was considered the class of the MAAC before Quinnipiac’s arrival in 2013, in the title game.

The next couple of weeks were what separated this Quinnipiac season from any other. On March 12, the Bobcats were selected as a No. 9 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The ninth seed gave them their highest seed in program history, which was three seeds higher than the No. 12 they received in 2015 and 2017.

This showed that the NCAA selection committee respected the Bobcats work by giving them their highest seed ever and the third highest seed for a mid-major in the tournament.

Quinnipiac also had a de facto home game

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The Bobcats finished the 2017-18 season 28-6 overall, 18-0 in the MAAC and had a 23game win streak that ended with last week’s NCAA Tournament loss to No. 1 UConn. in the first round against No. 8 seed Miami in Storrs, Connecticut. The Bobcats defeated the Hurricanes in a 2017 second round rematch game (which Quinnipiac also won), 86-72.

The win proved that the 2017 tournament run wasn’t a fluke, making the program feel validated as a Twitter user with a blue checkmark.

“This is about taking steps in a program and about winning two games last year as a 12 seed.

Now it’s about getting the nine seed and winning that game and that’s what we did,” Fabbri said. “Again, it’s validation of the program that we weren’t just a flashing pan of good matchups. This has been built, you have seen the steps and we were no underdog (against Miami). The game was an eight vs. nine matchup on a neutral court and we took care of business.”

Not only did the Bobcats win, they had six players score at least 10 points, showing that its style works in tournament play.

“Six players in double figures today in the NCAA tournament,” Quinnipiac associate head coach Mountain MacGillivray tweeted after the game. “Players who choose Quinnipiac choose to come to a place where Everyone Eats! We don’t have a star we have Stars. And they don’t

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care which one gets the shine. I love our team.”

The win set the Bobcats up with a date against the No. 1 overall-seeded UConn Huskies, who had not lost all season and were coming off a 140-52 victory in the first round. In their first round game, the Huskies broke tournament records for the most points scored in the first quarter (55), the most points scored in a half (94) and the most points scored in a game (140). The Huskies had also been averaging 89.3 points per game and defeated their points by an average margin of 37.3 points.

You get the point, the Huskies are a really good team and it would be tough for the Bobcats to stay in the game, let alone beat them.

But on that Monday night, something somewhat unexpected happened. The Bobcats only allowed 19 points in the first quarter and 33 points in the half, which was the Huskies second-lowest first half total all year by one point.

While the Bobcats held their ground defensively, they had a tough night scoring, as they only scored 18 points in the first half and shot 8.3 percent from 3-point range, way down from their 34.5 percent during the season.

The Huskies eventually pulled away from

the Bobcats late in the third quarter, but the fact that Quinnipiac was a couple of made 3-pointers away from making it a game at the half shows where this program is today, which is that the can compete with some of the nation’s best.

“Obviously we’re not thrilled with the result, but our execution and our effort was fantastic,” Fabbri said. “All game long, just loved this team how they implemented a different strategy, right from the beginning, in a day and a half…Heck of an effort. Heck of a team. So proud.”

In the Sweet 16 last year, the Bobcats lost to eventual champion South Carolina, 100-58, after trailing 16-0 in the opening minutes. So the fact that they hung around for two quarters longer this year against the nation’s best shows how the program has continued to progress.

And it looks like it will progress next season, too.

Quinnipiac only loses one player from the active roster against UConn, senior guard Carly Fabbri. It also loses senior forward Sarah Shewan, who went down with a knee injury in December that ended her collegiate career.

While Carly Fabbri is a good player, leading the MAAC in assists and assist-to-turnover ratio, the Bobcats bring back their two leading scorers for one last go round in forwards Jen Fay and Aryn McClure, who both made the All-MAAC First Team as juniors. The team’s defensive anchor, forward Paula Strautmane, also returns for her senior season and junior guard Edel Thornton emerged in the team’s final games of the season as the likely starting point guard for next season.

“That’s the goal, to get back to the sweet 16 and go even further,” Fay said following the loss to UConn. “I think we proved our self as a national powerhouse, pretty much, we’re playing against the best and that’s what we want.”

So, even though this season didn’t technically end as well as last season did, the Bobcats are in a better situation now than they were a year ago to make themselves one of the nation’s best, making it only a matter of time that more Quinnipiac fans take a left when they enter the TD Bank Sports Center.

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RUNDOWN BASEBALL Stony Brook 10, QU 4 – Saturday Dylan Lutz: 1 HR, 2 H, 2 RBI Ben Gibson: 1 HR, 1 H, 2 RBI Stony Brook 5, QU 1 – Saturday Brandon Shileikis: 6.0 IP, 5 R, 3 ER Andre Marrero: 1 H, 1 RBI Stony Brook 9, QU 2 – Sunday Marrero: 1 H, 1 RBI, 1 2B Colton Bender: 1 R, 1 H Tyler Poulin: 5.0 IP, 5 SO, 4 ER SOFTBALL Central Connecticut 11, QU 1 – Thursday Erin Larsen: 2 H Casey Herzog: 1 H, 1 2B Taylor Troyan: 1 RBI QU 6, Wagner 5 – Saturday Rachel Marchuk: 2 H, 2 RBI Brighid Douglas: 2 H, 2 RBI, 1 2B Megan Dyson: 2 H, 1 RBI, 2 2B Wagner 10, QU 7 – Saturday Larsen: 2 H, 1 RBI, 1 2B, 1 HR Keiliani Finley: 2 H, 1 RBI, 1 2B QU 2, UMass Lowell 1 – Sunday Herzog: 7.0 IP, 1 R, 3 BB, 6 K Finley: 1 H, 2 RBI UMass Lowell 9, QU 0 – Sunday Kendall Brundrett: 2.1 IP, 2 SO Lexi Courtney: 1 H MEN’S LACROSSE Holy Cross 14, QU, 13 – Saturday Brian Feldman: 4 goals Foster Cuomo: 2 goals, 1 assist Jake Tomsik: 2 goals, 3 assists WOMEN’S LACROSSE Monmouth 14, QU 8 – Saturday Jenna Henningsen: 3 goals Allison Kuhn: 2 goals, 1 assist MEN’S TENNIS QU 6, Niagara 1 – Saturday QU 5, Fordham 2 – Sunday WOMEN’S TENNIS QU 6, Niagara 1 – Saturday Harvard 6, QU 1 – Sunday

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Quinnipiac men’s lacrosse loses tight game to Holy Cross

The Bobcats finish their non-conference slate at 3-5, will open MAAC play Saturday

By SEAN RAGGIO Staff Writer

On a breezy, early Spring Saturday in Hamden, the Quinnipiac men’s lacrosse team lost to Holy Cross in its final non-conference game of the season by a final score of 14-13.

“They’re a team that was 1-7, but we knew that we couldn’t take them lightly,” Quinnipiac freshman attack Jake Tomsik said. “We knew they were going to come out with everything that they got and their one win was against Harvard so we knew it’s not like they’re a bad team, it’s just their record doesn’t show who they are. Losing the faceoffs, they won the GB (ground balls) battle by a lot I feel like. GBs win games, ground-balls are huge, I think that was our biggest downfall.”

The Bobcats (4-5) only won six out of 30 faceoffs on the day with senior midfielder Will Vitelli getting six wins in his 24 attempts. The Crusaders (2-7) won the groundball battle by more than double the Bobcats’ total. Leading the way was sophomore midfielder Dan O’Connell with 12. O’Connell also went 24-for-30 on faceoffs.

“Give them credit, they played really hard,” Quinnipiac head coach Eric Fekete said. “Defensively we have to lock it down, 14 goals against a team like this is too many, they’re averaging about five a game. Second game in a row our defensive performance struggled a little bit, but it’s

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Freshman attack Jake Tomsik has scored a goal in seven of nine games this season, including two in Saturday’s loss to go along with three assists.

He finished the day with his fivegame point scoring streak alive after registering four goals.

“We work with him every day, he’s a really good team guy and he’s got a great shot,” Fekete said.

“We try to get him the best matchup we can and he’s never afraid to pull the trigger. He’s a veteran goal scorer and that’s what he does really well and at the end of the game we wanted a play where we got the ball on his stick and want him to get the best shot.”

Feldman and the Bobcats take to the road for a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) matchup at Detroit Mercy on Saturday, March 31. The Bobcats are headed right back to work to prepare for

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a team game and we didn’t score enough to win either so we just have to clean up our game a little bit.”

Despite scoring 13 goals, this control of possession by the Crusaders helped to disrupt the Bobcats’ offense throughout the game.

“It was really just they had the ball for a lot of the game,” Tomsik said. “Then when we got on offense, you don’t want to feel rushed, but you’re down a couple goals and sometimes you have to rush and that can kind of trip teams up sometimes.”

Goals came in bunches on Saturday. Out of the 12 goal scorers on the day, eight of them registered multi-goal performances and four had hat-tricks. For the Crusaders, senior attack Logan LeBlond registered five goals, all in the first half.

However, the second half was a different story for LeBlond.

“I think we just picked up our defense a little bit,” Fekete said.

“We’re not really that personnel oriented, it’s really conceptually; ‘what are they doing to us, where are we struggling, how are they attacking us and how can we defend it.’ I think the adjustment to shutting [LeBlond down] was just at the end of the game something to try to throw them off rhythm.”

Leading the way for the Bobcats was senior midfielder Brian Feldman. Feldman came into the afternoon hot, scoring eight goals and nine points in his last four games.

the game, according to Fekete.

“We just have to get back to business,” Fekete said. “Saturday’s another day and I’m fortunate this isn’t a league game. Even though these two games adversely affected us it doesn’t affect the big picture for us with the MAAC and we just have to be proactive and not reactive and get to business.”

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Quinnipiac and UMass Lowell split softball doubleheader

By BRYAN MURPHY

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Offense was an issue for the Quinnipiac softball team, as it battled against the UMass Lowell Riverhawks on Sunday afternoon in a doubleheader matchup. Despite the lack of offense, the Bobcats (10-16) were able to get the victory 2-1 in the first game, before the Riverhawks (6-16) dominated the second game and won 9-0.

In the first game, it was a pitcher’s duel between Quinnipiac senior Casey Herzog and UMass Lowell junior Kaysee Talcik. Both pitchers held their opponent scoreless through four innings, before UMass Lowell freshman catcher Sara Siteman blasted a solo home run in the fifth inning off Herzog, the first of her collegiate career.

However, in the bottom of the

sixth inning, with two outs and two runners on, Quinnipiac senior outfielder Keilani Finley was able to smack a double over the shortstop, scoring both runners and giving Quinnipiac a 2-1 lead.

“It felt really good,” Finley said.

“We had been chipping away, we just needed to make minor adjustments, myself included. It felt good to finally move over those runners because we had been chipping away. We just had to execute and get them in.”

The Riverhawks did make it interesting at the end. After an error by Quinnipiac sophomore shortstop Rachel Marchuk, UMass Lowell had the bases loaded, with the tying run only 90 feet away from scoring. But Herzog struck out sophomore infielder Casey Harding to make the final out and get her ninth win on the season.

“I really just wanted to make sure that those errors did not affect us,” Herzog said. “I knew that those are plays that we can easily make. I also just wanted to let my team know that we have this and no matter bases loaded or not, it’s only three outs that we need to get and eventually we got it.”

GAME ONE 2 QUINNIPIAC UMASS LOWELL 1 The second game provided a much different tale. While Quinnipiac again struggled to score runs, the Riverhawks were able to take advantage of a couple of early errors and get a 9-0 win. Siteman, Harding and senior outfielder Madison Alcorn each contributed

two RBIs, while freshman pitcher Lovina Capria shut down the Bobcat bats, as she only gave up one hit and secured five strikeouts on her way to her sixth victory.

Quinnipiac junior pitcher Kendall Brundrett was chased in the third inning, after giving up six hits and nine runs (three earned). Bobcats freshman Haley Hulitt came in and was able to quiet the Riverhawks bats for the rest of the game, but the Bobcats had no answer to Capria.

“We’re still trying to iron out a few bugs, defensively and offensively,” Quinnipiac head coach Jill Karwoski said. “The object is to score more than the other team and we just did not do that in the second game.”

The bugs both offensively and defensively certainly showed. Combined for both games, Quinnipiac had only four hits and committed three errors.

“We’re trying to solidify that 2-3-4 spot [in the batting order],” Karwoski said. “And with our two players out [senior infielder Miranda Magana and junior infielder Rebecca Drake], we just haven’t been able to do that. I think this week, our goal is to get them healthy and find how do we break that pattern in the second game.”

Quinnipiac will welcome Brown (6-10) on Wednesday, March 28 for a doubleheader starting at 2 p.m.

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Clockwise from top left: Quinnipiac freshman Brighid Douglas smiles as senior pitcher Casey Herzog and senior catcher Lexi Courtney meet during Sunday’s doubleheader; Herzog pitches in Saturday’s win over Wagner; redshirt senior outfielder Keilani Finley makes contact with a pitch on Sunday; junior outfielder Erin Larsen swings in Saturday’s game.

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Quinnipiac women’s lacrosse sophomore midfielder Brianna Fitzgerald scored two goals in Saturday’s loss to Monmouth, doubling her total for the season.

The Quinnipiac baseball team will play 26 games on the road before it plays its first home game vs.

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Quinnipiac softball senior pitcher Casey Herzog became the second player in program history to record 400 career strikeouts on Sunday.

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The men’s lacrosse senior midfielder has scored five goals in the Bobcats’ last two games.

Feldman leads the team this season with 16 goals and is fifth in points with 17.

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“We are trying to find our strongest lineup going into MAAC play.”

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Ashley and Victoria Bobinski may be identical twins and lacrosse teammates, but that’s just the start of their striking similarities

By RYAN CHICHESTER Staff Writer

University of Virginia psychologist Eric Turkheimer spends his professional time studying how interactions between genes and environments shape human behavior, specifically in regards to identical twins. According to Turkheimer, identical twins start off with similar personalities, “but as time goes by, they slowly drift apart from each other.”

Ashley and Victoria Bobinski would respectfully disagree.

Identical twins, second-year teammates on the Quinnipiac women’s lacrosse team, roommates, you name it. The Bobinski sisters have spent their lives embracing their similarities that extend far beyond DNA and physical appearance.

“She’s my favorite teammate, my best friend, and it’s great to have her as a sister.”

Victoria (at least I think it’s Victoria) said as she turned toward Ashley with a smile.

The two have been inseparable since their time in the womb. The sisterly bond has only grown stronger since they stepped onto the lacrosse field as young girls and decided that no matter where they played, they would play together.

“We wouldn’t even look at a school unless they wanted both of us,” Victoria said of their college recruitment. “So we knew that we were coming together.”

Fortunately, Quinnipiac pounced on the package deal that brought the Bobinski sisters to Hamden. Ashley and Victoria could have saved paper and used one resume when they applied. After all, their experiences are exactly the same.

While playing at Kinellon High School in New Jersey, the Bobinskis posted almost identical stat sheets. Both netted their 100th career goals during their junior season, earning them both All-Area First Team honors.

Victoria finished the season with 57 goals and 15 assists. Ashley netted 56 goals with 15 helpers. Both received US Lacrosse Academic All-American Awards as well, leading them to both be named team captains as seniors. You could make a Xerox of one sister’s track record and pass it off as both of theirs.

It’s possible that the Quinnipiac Athletics website did just that, as Victoria’s player bio page describes her “playing on the same team with her identical twin sister Victoria.”

If Quinnipiac head coach Tonya Kotowicz had any trouble deciphering who was who when looking over the Bobinski’s resumes, she was in for a tougher assignment when the two first arrived to Quinnipiac campus.

“Not only was I trying to learn all the names, nicknames and numbers of 32 players, but also trying to learn who the twins were,” Kotowicz said of the Bobinski’s first season with the team, also her first season as head coach. “Thank God they have different numbers. At first, that’s all we went by.”

Kotowicz, the Bobcats and the athletics website now have other landmarks to use to decipher the twins. Last year, in their first season on the team, the duo cemented their legacy in Quinnipiac lacrosse when they were part of the one of the biggest moments in team history, a game-winning goal against Siena that clinched the program’s first-ever MAAC Tournament berth.

With the Bobcats clinging to a 10-9 lead

late in the second period, Ashley lingered behind the Siena net while her sister crashed towards the goal. Victoria took the crisp centering pass from Ashley and fired it home to give the Bobcats a two-goal cushion. The Saints responded with one of their own, but the Bobcats held on for an 11-10 win and a spot in the conference tournament.

“Not only was I trying to learn all the names, nicknames and numbers of 32 players, but also trying to learn who the twins were. Thank God they have different numbers.”

– TONYA KOTOWICZ WOMEN’S LACROSSE HEAD COACH Truth be told, Ashley could have hit Victoria in stride with her eyes closed. The two were just going off muscle (and maybe genetic) memory.

“I knew she’d be there,” Ashley said.

“Any time where I’m low and see her up top, I know she’s going to cut and catch. I think having that confidence and connection helps us play well together.”

Chalk it up to a sisterly bond, or a sixth sense that only the two of them could share together on the field.

“We definitely have our little two-man game that we’ve played for so long and carried over to here,” Victoria said. “We know what spots on the field we like best and where to find each other.”

Their teammates have grown accustomed to finding the Bobinski twins on the field (they’ve found Ashley for a team-high 20 goals, and Victoria for another four), though they may not always know which sister they’re passing to.

The freshmen on the team constantly ask the upperclassmen for tips on how to decipher the two. The seniors offer any help they can, like how Victoria’s hair flips to the left and Ashley’s to the right. Other than some microscopic differences, even those who have played with the Bobinskis since the beginning have trouble distinguishing who they’re guarding in practice.

“Ashley just cut her hair, so that helps us,” senior Kiera Kelly chuckles.

Ashley and Victoria are used to it by now.

“It’s a common thing,” Victoria says of the team’s difficulties putting a name to the face. “Our teammates know the difference between us, but on the field it gets tricky when we have goggles on and we have the same uniform on.”

So where exactly do the Bobinskis differ?

“Their positions,” Kotowicz laughed.

“That’s about it.”

That may be where the differences end for Ashley and Victoria. Away from the field, their lifestyles are more of the same.

Both are math majors looking to become high school teachers and lacrosse coaches after completing their masters in education.

“Maybe one day we’ll coach against each other,” Victoria said before Ashley cuts in to offer an alternative that is more fitting to their identical narrative.

“Or together.”