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Women’s rugby makes QU’s greatest student-run Larson 120 residents NCAA history, page 13 event on campus, page 7 living in style, page 11
Two men’s basketball players arrested Azotam, Johnson charged with assault, breach of peace Chronicle Staff Reports
Two Quinnipiac basketball players were charged with assault in the third degree and breach of peace in the second degree early Sunday morning, according to a Hamden Police report. Both players have been released after each posted a $5,000 bond and are scheduled to appear in court in Meriden Sept. 26.
Ike Azotam, 20, allegedly struck another student in an attempt to break up a fight, according to the report. The student assaulted was treated for his injuries at the University’s medical center. Police identified James Johnson, 21, as a student who struck another student in the face several times. No other students involved were mentioned in the police report or
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were available as of press time. The university is investigating
Mo Jr. ‘believes’ he made team By John Healy Sports Editor
When New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera visited campus last fall with is son Mariano Rivera Jr. to speak the baseball head coach Dan Gooley, it created buzz that grabbed national headlines. Now the famed closer’s son has been moved from a tryout to Gooley’s preseason roster. “I believe I am playing,” Rivera Jr. said. “ [Gooley] basically told me I’m on the team but there hasn’t been official cuts yet.” The official fall roster will not be finalized until Oct. 1. Rivera Jr., like his father, is a pitcher and has a repertoire that consists of a fastball, slider, curve-
ball, changeup. He said he is consistently learning as a player from the practices and tryouts he’s attended. “I’ve been working very hard with the team,” Rivera Jr. said. “We’re helping each other out and learning from each other;. It’s been a good time.” Rivera Jr. chose Quinnipiac over Fairfield, High Point, and South Florida after finding a mutual interest between himself and Gooley. He is an English major with aspirations to attend law school. He previously pitched for Iona Preparatory and an 18U club baseball team, Hank’s Yanks, which is owned by Yankees co-owner Hank Steinbrenner.
the situation and released a statement on the situation. “The university is investigating the matter,” said Lynn Bushnell, vice president for public affairs. “The students involved have been fully cooperating with the Hamden police, campus security and student affairs. The investigation will follow the university’s normal judicial process.” Quinnipiac’s athletics depart-
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Student center to open next fall By Marcus Harun Web Developer
After six months of delays in the demolition and remediation phase, construction is finally beginning on the Carl Hansen Student Center and the tentative date for reopening has been set for the start of next school year. “It will be completed in September of 2012 – and that [deadline] won’t change,” Joseph Rubertone, associate vice president for facilities administration, said. “If anything we might be better than that.” Removal of hazardous material was the reason the project was delayed for six months, but the area is safe, Rubertone said. “It’s always been safe,” Rubertone said. “The remediation of the material is regulation
ment did not have a comment as of press time. Johnson, a senior guard, led the Bobcats in scoring last year, averaging 16.1 points and was selected to the First Team All Northeast Conference. Azotam, a sophomore forward, grabbed 164 rebounds on the season, second on the team behind Justin Rutty. Stay with the Chronicle online for further updates.
that if these materials get into the ground water it is an issue if they're improperly disposed of.” The remediation phase took so long because it could only be completed in small sections at a time, Rubertone said. Then, the mason had to come in and rebuild each section of the wall after remediation. “It was that checker-boarding effect that really set us back,” Rubertone said. One section of the project has been completed and is already in use. The administrative wing on the second floor of the student center has been completed on schedule, Rubertone said. “We’re very happy with [the completed offices],” Assistant Dean & Director of the Stu-
dent Center Deniel Brown said. “We’re ready for the rest of be completed so that more students can benefit from it.” This area previously housed offices for student media and student organizations. Now campus life staff, campus ministry and the office of community service are located there. The student media offices were moved to a trailer in South Lot, and Greek life organizations do not have a home during the transition until the new student center is completed, Brown said. “It’s a trailer – it’s not perfect. But it’s working as best as it can,” Brown said. “That is where I really applaud the students and my staff for being able to make that work knowSee Construction Page 4
POLL: Did you participate in any Rush Week events?
Get QU to the Greek By Marissa Himbele Staff Writer
Senior Kyle Lewis, director of recruitment for Delta Tau Delta, kept busy this September by organizing meetings and encouraging students to meet his fraternity during Rush Week at Quinnipiac University. Rush Week, which for the first time lasted two weeks, helped Lewis and other Greek organizations begin recruiting. Students also benefited because there were more opportunities to meet or revisit chapter events. “It’s better for a student to get to know their favorite chapter,” said Courtney McKenSee Greek Page 2
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Alumna receives Fulbright Award Jenna Wallace, a 2011 Quinnipiac graduate from Merrimack, N.H., has recently been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship to Indonesia. With the program, which aims to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries, she will be teaching English as a foreign language in a school in Pekanbaru on the island of Sumatra. Wallace is one of more than 1,600 who will travel abroad for the 2011-12 academic year through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. She was chosen from a pool of more than 9,400 applicants. This is the first time a Quinnipiac student has been awarded the scholarship. – M.P.
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Greek from cover na, assistant director of the student center and campus life and adviser for Greek life. “This way a student didn’t have to choose which event to go to.” Students explored and got to know QU’s Greek organizations through meet-and-greet events. However, only sophomores and juniors are allowed to rush in the fall. Freshmen must wait until the spring to rush. “If you show interest in us we will set up an interview to get to know you better,” Lewis said. “On the last night of recruitment we all sit down as a fraternity and vote on who we will decide to extend a bid to.” When Friday night came, Lewis and other Delts chose the newest members of their fall pledge class. According to McKenna, Greek life has seen a 128 percent increase since 2008. As of that year, 411 students were involved in the organization. Now 940 QU students belong to one of the 10 Greek chapters on campus. But that still leaves 84.1 percent of the student body not involved in Greek life at QU. Chloe Sondler, a sophomore physical therapy major didn’t want to join Greek life because
While “BYOB” may be a familiar acronym for Quinnipiac students, Café Q is putting a new spin on it: Build Your Own Burger. Implemented on Aug. 29, students can order their burgers from the grill from a downloadable app on their smartphone or computer. To use the service, customers browse through the menu selections, choose a pickup time and pay online, effectively eliminating wait time in line. – M.P.
CAS launches open forum blog Launched in August 2011, “Creative Minds in Action” is a blog written for and by Quinnipiac faculty, staff, alumni and students of the College of Arts and Sciences, serving as a forum to engage in and explore ideas in the humanities.– M.P.
her experience freshman year. “I found great friends last year, the type I will keep for a long time. I just wasn’t interested in joining a sorority when I have them,” Sondler said. “My major is also pretty demanding and I did not want to lose focus on that.” Sophomore Lindsey Kelly, an athletic training major, was accepted to Alpha Delta Pi last spring. She said joining a sorority made her feel more independent and more open to talk to people. “There were so many girls and I started to get nervous but once you get through the first party you get the hang of talking to the sisters and know what to ask, get as much info as possible and base your decision on how well you connect; the type of girls, philanthropy and what types of events,” Kelly said. Each Greek organization has its own disclosed methods of selecting new members, but each student has a say in the selection process as well. If the chapter extends a bid to the student, the student can accept or deny it. Corrine Kleinberg, a senior and membership recruitment chair of Phi Sigma Sigma, called recruitment a “mutual selection pro-
cess.” During recruitment, if a student favored one chapter over the others, it would be smart to keep attending events, get to know the members and gain their friendship, Kleinberg said. Tyler Alway, a sophomore international business major, is one of the first members of the newest fraternity, Pi Kappa Phi. While he did not have to rush, Alway does not feel he missed out on the significance of Greek life. “I want to leave my legacy at Quinnipiac as it is such a rapidly expanding university and I figured the opportunity to be a founding father of Pi Kapp was the perfect way for me to do so,” Alway said. Students involved in the Greek community have gained many benefits, Lewis said, as it is great for networking and making friends through “a common bond.” “There are enumerable opportunities for both personal and professional development through membership in a fraternity or a sorority, but most importantly, the privilege to live by a set of values that guides your actions; values that hold you to a better standard and help you become the best version of yourself,” McKenna said.
NY Times columnist lectures Lahey, students
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Thomas Friedman speaks to students at Burt Kahn Court last Wednesday. By Katherine rojas Staff Writer
Pulitzer Prize-Winning New York Times Columnist Thomas Friedman lectured Wednesday night in the Recreation Center to students and guests on America’s biggest problem today: not getting “the word,” which President John Lahey seemed to not get either. “The word” is the biggest problem in America: trying to create new things when America can’t afford it, Friedman explained. America is always fixing stuff and starting stuff, continued Friedman, including Quinnipiac University. “I spoke to [President Lahey] and he
said you’re building a medical school, I said you didn’t get ‘the word,’ Mr. President?” joked Friedman. “The world is full of people too dumb to quit,” Friedman said. President Lahey was laughing along with the audience to Friedman’s comment. “I’m one of the kinds of people he wants I guess,” Lahey joked. Lahey defended the plan of building a new medical school, relating it back to Friedman’s message of needing to re-invent. “I think the medical school is going to enhance the university,” Lahey said. “If anything, think of his other messages. You have to be creative, you have to have a vision, you have to do something extra. “Leaders need to be focused on the future. One thing I think leaders need to do is not be so obsessed with the president. We need to look at the future, where the future opportunities are.” Friedman discussed his new book that he co-authored with Michael Mandelbaum: “That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back.” Friedman discussed his opinion on what America’s biggest challenges are and why they are yet to be effectively solved. Friedman said one of America’s biggest challenges is how it responds to the quickening pace of the information technology revolution and globalization because it affects every school, employer, and young person looking for a job. There is “too much going on online and not in the real world,” Friedman said.
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“Technology is a great facilitator, not a substitution.” Hyper-connection is collapsing the skills for routine jobs, therefore it’s not enough to be a creator, one must be a creative creator, Friedman said. “Employers are looking for people who can re-invent and re-engineer their job,” Friedman said. “[You] can’t do things on a routine basis.” The audience included many students who were required to attend by their professors, while some attended for their own pleasure. “I really enjoyed it,” said Marissa St. Germain, a senior physical therapy major. “It was very informative and I liked that he connected current issues to things that are going on because I feel like sometimes in college I’m in a little bubble. “It doesn’t apply to me like in the business and communications sense,” St. Germain said, “but the part that I can work hard as a student now so that I can be the best PT I can be really hit home.” Sophomore FVI major Taylour Harris found the lecture less enjoyable because she was required to attend by Professor Jennifer Sacco for her introduction to American government class. “I did feel as though he was a bit too full of himself for parts of the lecture, which put me off what he was actually saying sometimes,” Harris said. “He preached change, which is something we can all agree on, but he didn’t give very concrete ways to actually achieve that change.”
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Irma/Dana wins Hall Wars By Jenn Lepore Staff Writer
Music blasted as Boomer the Bobcat danced on the Quad Sunday for Sigma Phi Epsilon’s seventh annual Hall Wars, an event for the freshman residence halls to compete against each other in various events to benefit AIDS Project New Haven.
A few of the events included a dunk tank, a barbecue at noon and a raffle with some prizes being parking spots at Hilltop, York Hill, and permission to cut the shuttle line on a Friday or Saturday. Freshman Keira Flaherty of Irma thought this was not only a great charity event, but a great event for fellow freshmen to get to know each other. “I thought it would be a great way for me to
meet people in my building and see all of the other freshmen that go here. It’s a great social experience,” Flaherty said. Fellow freshman Danielle Murray echoed Flaherty’s enthusiasm for Hall Wars. “This is such a great thing to do on the weekend, and I love that everyone is out here together it’s a great bonding experience,” Murray said.
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Clockwise from top: Students from Irma/Dana residence halls celebrate a victory; the last Suites student remaining in dodgeball gets hit out; Sigma Phi Epsilon deejay Brad DePrima provides music for the event; students from Commons huddle up.
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York Hill complete, North Haven on track Construction from cover ing that it’s temporary. Even though it’s a long temporary.” Brown said the construction has presented some challenges with planning programs for students. “We haven’t had major programming space like we had in the past with what Alumni Hall used to be,” Brown said. “We haven’t had a lot of meeting and conference rooms so we’ve had to be creative in how we do that and how we provide programs for the students.” When the Carl Hansen Student Center is completed there will be five or six meeting and conference rooms of different sizes, a media suite for the campus media organizations, and offices for Greek life. There is a combined meeting suite for all student organizations with storage for 60 groups. There is also an area for informal programming, Brown said. Large scale events, like lectures, will continue to be held on Burt Kahn Court. “When this is all complete, this will be comparable to what we have at the Rocky Top Student Center,” Brown said. “Lots of open space, lots of meeting space, program space, and space for all the organizations to use.” Other on-going or “almost completed” projects on the Mount Carmel campus include classroom renovations in Tator Hall and Buckman Center, and the history department’s move to 554 Mount Carmel Avenue. Although there has not been Quinnipiac signage on the history building, it will be installed shortly, Rubertone said Also, 485 Sherman Avenue, formerly a nursing facility, has become the Quinnipiac psychology research center.
York Hill All major construction on the York Hill campus is now phasing out as the entire campus nears completion. “York Hill, with the opening of Eastview, is complete,” Rubertone said. “All of the major construction that the university has anticipated on York Hill is completed.” Facilities is working on some punch list items including generator and high voltage work. There are no new buildings planned for the York Hill campus in the foreseeable future, Rubertone said.
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Construction on Alumni Hall is expected to be completed by next fall, according to Joseph Rubertone. “We still have some work to do with the wind turbines and some tweaking to do with the solar but all the real construction – cranes, backhoes, masons, electricians, plumbers – is done,” Rubertone said.
North Haven Over the summer, the facilities department renovated the fourth floor of Building 1 to accommodate the new medical school dean and faculty. Construction has not begun on the School of Medicine, which will be in Building 2. Right now they are in the process of clearing out that building to begin renovations next year, Rubertone said. Quinnipiac bought the North Haven campus property from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in 2007. The university then leased back parts of Building 2, 3 and 4 temporarily. “Blue Cross is our tenant and we are the landlord,” Rubertone said. Now that Quinnipiac is expanding, it has
set a deadline for Blue Cross to move out of the Building 2 property by Sept. 30. Blue Cross will remain in Building 2 and 3 until further university expansion. Within a few weeks, crews will begin interior demolition on Building 2, Dean of the School of Medicine Bruce Koeppen said. That will be completed by January 2012; then the university will begin to seek construction bids for building the School of Medicine. Contractors will build the medical school from April 2012 to July 2013 to be ready to take its first class of 60 students in August 2013. “The building is there so we are not starting from scratch,” Rubertone said. “If you look at that school of health sciences with nursing, [physical therapy] and [occupational therapy], we renovated that building in 10 months. The fact that the building is there and we’re not running utilities and we’re not building parking lots just makes it a bit easier and someone what quicker.” Building 1 and 2 will combine into one
structure, so the university will build an atrium entryway to connect the two buildings, Koeppen said. The school of medicine will include a 330seat auditorium which will be available to the Quinnipiac community where special events will be held. The auditorium may also be used by outside groups to hold conferences, Koeppen said. Quinnipiac’s new Clinical Skills Assessment Center will have 16 patient exam rooms where actors will simulate different diseases and students will examine and interview them. Actors will teach students and assess them, Koeppen said. The facility will also be available to health science students. Building 2 will also house two 150-seat lecture halls, 20 small seminar rooms, six labs, two operating rooms and a large human anatomy lab. “It’s going to be a magnificent facility and it builds upon what already exists there in the health sciences and nursing and it adds new facilities that they can use,” Koeppen said.
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Solution: New lot or skip class Just when everybody thought the parking in North Lot into North Lot knowing there is a person leaving and a spot couldn’t get any worse … it did. This year has been pure waiting for you. This isn’t about me anymore. I’ll be gone by the time chaos. Not only are students parking in Hogan more fresomeone sets up a complex and awesome quently, but now we have the Westwoods Lot system like this up. This is about the students up and running for commuter students. What that one day will have to drive around for a a joke. I could sit here and advise you how half hour to park a mile away from campus in to beat parking situations like I did last year, 100-degree heat. like putting inflatable people in your car so Not to worry though, I’ve heard that seyou can carpool, but I think we’re past that. curity believes the reason for this parking We need a new system that works. mayhem is because the traffic flow is worse This may be a bit of a stretch, but imagin the beginning of the year, and it will only ine this. We number each parking space, one get better. What I don’t think security realizes through fifty, or however many spots it seems is that there are more than 500 new students like there are. Then we start up a website that Chris leary Staff Writer that can drive with the addition of Eastview allows you to view the parking lot and each @cjleary up at York. I’m not liking my odds of getting space through your phone. Then as you park in a space you can “check in” to a numbered spot, just like better parking spots when it’s 10 below zero and the heat in using Foursquare. This way, before you even leave your my car doesn’t work – again. In all seriousness, though, there are two solutions to this house or dorm, you can log on and view what spots are open, when people are leaving, and then … wait for it … problem. Either a new parking lot has to be built, or just shotty the space you want. That’s right, a shotty system in drive around North Lot three times. If there are no open North Lot, from your mobile devices. Imagine just pulling spots, go home, class wasn’t meant to be.
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New Facebook is stalker friendly Facebook now allows me to post With every change Facebook makes, it becomes easier for creep- to my own wall, rather than creating the original status (which remained ers to creep. at the top of the page), Most Facebook usand labels the locaers, including myself, tion from where I am would rather not admit posting. I do not want that they spend most everyone to know of their time logged on where I am. If I feel and aimlessly scrollit is important enough ing. It is the preferred for someone to know tool for procrastinawhere I am, I will tell tion and a quick cure them. for boredom especially Also, there is now during finals or those ANNA BRUNDAGE Photography Editor an option to categorize killer three-hour classa new friend as a “friend,” an “aces. Many longtime Facebook users quaintance” or a list name of your may remember the basic layout and choice. Along with becoming somethe simple photo uploader, bumper one’s friend, the ability to subscribe stickers and wall graffiti. As the old to one’s profile is now available. but fun add-ons are phased out, new You can remain friends with whomfeatures such as “Lists” and “On ever you want and subscribe to posts from only those individuals you find This Day” have been added. Not only has the look and style worthy enough to follow. I am not Facebook savvy but I of Facebook changed regularly over the years, but so has its uses. No am aware of the SMS subscription longer is Mark Zuckerberg’s idea of option, too. The fact that someone simply connecting with friends the can receive texts when I post a staprimary use of the site: More com- tus seems a bit much. In no way does monly individuals use Facebook’s it seem necessary for people to receive instant information about me, endless features to creep. Admittedly, I do find myself especially when my status refers to checking up on friends from high walking around the house sucking school or people I haven’t spoken to up spiders with the vacuum. Yes, since middle school. There is some that’s a bit ridiculous, but I think it’s level of immoral entertainment in more ridiculous that someone could comparing lives with those individu- have that information texted to one’s als whose lives have gone in the ex- phone the second I post it. As part of my regular spring act opposite direction of your own. cleaning, I freshen my Facebook. I We all know this is true. There is a difference, though, apologize to those of you who did when comparing lives with people not survive my purge of friends and you have met in person or shared lucky for those of you who did. In all a class with to friending the person honesty, if I do not speak with you you sat next to in the café or share regularly, or at all, is there a need for one brief drunk moment with. I am the online connection? I do not have guilty of accepting requests from time to categorize my friends into individuals I may not know well neat lists and I am beginning to take but generally a “friend” should be a note of the locations that are posted friend. It is borderline stalking when with my statuses. I could easily find a friend from you find and friend someone you only just met. Ironically, as I write elementary school, who has extenthis article, two friends of an ac- sive privacy settings, look at our quaintance have proceeded to friend friends in common, scroll through his page to pictures of the two of us, request me. While the security settings are or post notes on each others walls. extensive – it is possible to com- For those individuals who have pletely block a person from viewing more relaxed settings the “Friendyour entire existence online – the ship Page” is available, listing phosettings aren’t always quick and easy tos, wall posts, similar interests and to use. One important Facebook fix comments. The amount of personal informawould be to make those security settion we all willingly and unwillingly tings proactive and user-friendly. What truly bothers me is how post online could easily devastate easy it is for people to know almost anyone’s reputation. Once we post everything about an individual in to Facebook, any content becomes just a matter of seconds; much of the public domain forever. Feel free to information has always been read- delete a picture but it will always ily available but now it seems to linger online, somewhere, hidden. I would love to deactivate my be much more easily accessible by anyone searching for personal infor- Facebook account, sadly I have mation. No longer is Facebook fun fallen victim to the social network and friendly. Now it’s annoying and which keeps us all endlessly entertained. creepy.
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SEX ON FIRE
Uneasy SigEp is real Hall Wars winner about RA affection Your burning love and sex questions answered by Lovely Rita. Send in your questions to rita@quchronicle.com. We won’t give up your name. DEAR LOVELY RITA: Hey Rita, what do I do if my RA has a huge crush on me? She constantly wants to give me massages and says I look good. – Fresh Meat DEAR FRESH MEAT: Well, you’ve withheld a lot of details, but your tone suggests that your resident assistant is giving you unwanted attention and it’s making you squirm. Follow the lead of Dave from Flight of the Concords: “You gotta try honesty, it works the best.” Of course he was talking about a five-way with hot Swedish or Korean chicks, but the concept applies across all boards. Tell her it makes you feel awkward, and ask her to stop. She might just be overly friendly because she is trying to bond with her residents. Either way, just let her know you’re feeling uncomfortable by having a quick face-to-face conversation the next time you see her. – Lovely Rita ♦♦♦
I didn’t have the privilege of participating for best student-run event at QU, as it has some in Hall Wars my freshman year, but I can un- stiff competition. The Big Event, run by a comequivocally say it’s the best student-run event mittee, drew some 1,200 volunteers last year to help at 81 sites. And I’ve heard at Quinnipiac. this year’s committee is shootSunday marked the seventh ing to get even more students inannual Hall Wars, an event that volved this year – just fantastic. motivates freshmen to compete There are also Student Proin physical activities on the Quad gramming Board’s fall and for cheap medals and – far more spring concerts, both of which importantly – four years worth of usually draw huge crowds at TD bragging rights. This year, after Bank Sports Center. More than a scoring miscount, Dana second 1,000 tickets were sold the first floor east earned the title of Hall Lenny neslin day of ticket sales for Sam AdWars champions for the Irma/ Editor-in-Chief ams and 3OH!3 this fall. Again, Dana squad, but the real winners @lsneslin I tip my cap. are the brothers of Sigma Phi EpBut no concert or community service event silon. Bravo, men. You put on quite a show yet organized by Quinnipiac students matches again. My measurement of success is simple: up to Hall Wars by my quantitative measure. percentage of target audience who participat- Also, no other event produces the lasting efed. The event calls for freshmen, and you’d be fect Hall Wars does. Residents in my hallway freshman year hard-pressed to find freshmen not reppin’ Hall were particularly close. Just about everyone Wars T’s during the event. It’s hard to give an exact number, but after I kept his door open all day, and it didn’t take conferred with Alex Forman, SigEp’s president, long for everyone to know each other’s name. a safe bet would be three-quarters of freshmen We didn’t win Hall Wars, but we fought a (approximately 1,200 students) participated in good fight, and we truly became Quinnipiac this year’s event. Then add resident assistants, students that day. (I think it’s pretty obvious that Irma Deuce members of co-sponsoring organizations, and, of course, the 80-plus brothers of SigEp, and West would have beaten Dana if I had competed. I wanted to compete but missed signyou have one major campus event. I wouldn’t call Hall Wars a runaway winner ups due to golf tryouts. Yes, this school used
to have a men’s golf team and now it has a women’s golf team – both coached by John O’Connor. But I digress.) The bonding that happens during Hall Wars is undeniable. Whether you competed on the field or cheered from the sidelines, you bled the color of your hall’s T-shirt that day. I dub SigEp the real winners purely because the name is synonymous with Hall Wars, but the event’s success wouldn’t be possible without the help of several co-sponsors, namely SPB and the department of residential life. Resident assistants drill the importance of Hall Wars into the minds of freshmen from the get-go – or at least that’s what mine did. Thank you, Mark Miller. SPB provides an inflatable obstacle course, dunk tank, and popcorn and snow cone machines. So, besides face paint, intensity, and thousands of students running around all day until the final stretch of the relay race, what makes a great event? One that helps raise a lot of money for a good cause. Brothers of SigEp do that at Hall Wars, too. They raised approximately $7,000 for AIDS Project New Haven this year, Forman said. QU wouldn’t be the same without Hall Wars. My advice to other organizations looking to get featured on the front page of our university’s website, and make an impact in the Quinnipiac community: use your resources on campus, work together, and think big.
DEAR LOVELY RITA: I met this guy the other night and gave him my number, but he hasn’t texted or called me. He seemed like he was into me, and I found him on Facebook, should I message him and ask him what’s up? – Single and Looking DEAR SINGLE AND LOOKING: Messaging him on the addictive drug that is Facebook could go one of two ways. Sending him a casual private message could spark a conversation and have results like coffee dates, holding hands and/or hot makeout sessions. Or, he could be creeped out that you “stalked” him on Facebook and ignore the message, making it awkward if you met again (even more awkward if you daydreamed about those hot makeout sessions.) Don’t obsess over it – go for it if he seemed truly interested and you think he actually lost your number (I wonder what percentage of time that excuse is actually true?) If not, cross him off your list and move on to your next potential makeout partner. – Lovely Rita ♦♦♦ DEAR LOVELY RITA: My girlfriend always nags me about coming to her club’s events, but it’s not something I have any interest in at all. How do I get her to see that I love her, but not her organization? – Henpecked DEAR HENPECKED: Your woman is probably proud of her organization and wants to show off to you, as well as show you off to all of her single friends. It’s fine if you don’t share that interest. It’s impossible to have everything in common with your partner, ask any couple. Just make an effort to support her in other ways, like driving her to run an errand for her org or offering to post fliers for her meeting. Even just remembering that she has something important that day and wishing her good luck will make her go all gooey inside. Explain that you love her and you’d rather support her in those other ways. She’ll probably understand. If not, just join her club and suck it up, partner. – Lovely Rita ♦♦♦ Disclaimer: The Sex on Fire advice column is kept anonymous to avoid violating the privacy of the author.
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SGA UPDATE
Cast your vote for freshman elections Hello Bobcats, Today is one of the most exciting days for SGA and the class of 2015, it’s election day! An entire week of campaigning comes down to today. The freshman class will vote for eight new representatives, a class president and a vice president. Voting this year is being done on Collegiate Link, and polls will be open until 8 p.m. Once you log on to Collegiate Link (qu.collegiatelink.net) you will see a box on top that says “Vote.” Click that, and you’ll be
on your way. Aside from voting, the SGA meeting will be on the Quad today so anyone passing by or around at 4:15 p.m. is welcome to stop by our weekly meeting. We will be discussing more of the issues facing our campus, such as parking, shuttles and some concerns brought up by the public relations committee. Anyone who attends our meetings is able to bring up topics for discussion as well, and able to voice his or her own
opinions. As always if you have any concerns or questions for Student Government, don’t hesitate to email us at sga@quinnipiac.edu and look out for our tweets about the election all day long @ QUSGA. Have a great day, Bobcats! Live the Legend, Kaite Lovett Vice President of Public Relations Student Government Association
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PB&J AT TOAD’S
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Swedish band Peter Bjorn and John performed at Toad’s Place Saturday night. The band’s previous performances include Conan O’Brien and Jay Leno.
By STEPHANIE OSMANSKI Staff Writer
For those who pride themselves on having an ear for indie rock music, Toad’s Place was the place to be last Saturday night as Swedish band Peter Bjorn and John took the stage. As part of the six-week long United States “All You Can Eat Tour,” the Swedish indie-rock band made its way to New Haven. The band played to an intimate group of
avid show-goers and promoted its newest album “Gimme Some.” Formed in 1999, Peter Bjorn and John has put out six different fulllength releases; their major-label debut being “Writer’s Block” in 2007. Listeners might recognize the band for their token tune “Young Folks,” which continues to be their most popular and successful song. Their street credentials include Kanye West sampling “Young Folks” on his mixtape “You Can’t Tell Me
Nothing” as well as performances on Conan O’Brien and Jay Leno. Peter Bjorn and John possess the necessary staples of an obscure indie band. Their music thrives on interesting percussion and strong, almost distorted-sounding vocals. Their music videos entail everything from videos shot in reverse to cartoon interpretations to hairstyles that required a serious amount of hairspray while in production.
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ALBUM REVIEW
Lady A ‘Owns the Night’
By Brianna Quinn Contributing Writer
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Lady Antebellum (from left Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood) performs at the Country Music Association Music Festival in June. By STEPHANIE OSMANSKI Staff Writer
In 2010, the country band turned big-time trio Lady Antebellum catapulted from being an opening act to playing crowded arenas with their mega-hit single, “Need You Now.” The trio went from being virtually unknown to hearing their songs played all over the radio almost over night. It was a measure of success that nobody had expected from their sophomore album. Songs from their newly released album “Own the Night” come as close as it gets to being comparable to the tracks on “Need You Now.” Like their debut album, all of the songs on the album are relatable. It is a collection of love stories, each song representing an aspect of love and relationships that every person seems to go through at one point or another. Each song has a raw, honest feel to it that will certainly leave an impression on its listeners. The honesty in lead vocalist Hillary Scott’s voice is real and powerful, that listeners can’t help but feel emotionally connected to each and every song, something that very few artists seem able to do these days. The album’s first single, “Just a Kiss,” is what listeners expect from Lady A: a heart-
felt, emotionally-infused ballad with a soft country-rock vibe that strikes a chord with your heart. Scott sings in the single, “You just might be the one I’ve been waiting for my whole life, so baby I’m alright, with just a kiss goodnight.” Being a “stock” single from the trio propelled “Just a Kiss” to the top of the country charts soon after its release. However, the album really develops an identity of its own through the band’s most recent single, “Friday Night.” Comparable to the Rascal Flatts, country music’s other favorite trio, the song is poised to become one of those feel-good love anthems that listeners can’t seem to get enough of. Unlike the song collection
on “Need You Now,” there’s something about this album that makes it more connective, both literally as an album and emotionally to listeners’ hearts. There’s a new sense of realness in this album that is magical and refreshing, and although “Own the Night” may never top “Need You Now” in terms of sales, it will be one of those albums that stays with listeners for a while.
‘OWN THE NIGHT’ Lady Antebellum
Listen to: “Friday Night,” “Just a Kiss,” “Cold as Stone” and “Singing Me Home” Avoid: Hard to find any to skip!
Performance REVIEW
Pestle plays at Rocky Top
By caroline tufts Contributing Writer
Hana Pestle is young enough to be mistaken for an average college student. But having released a full album titled “This Way” in 2009, she is far from average. Pestle, 22, a Montana native, performed in the Rocky Top Student Center on Friday, Sept. 16 in an event sponsored by QU After Dark. The show was one of the first in an eight-month tour that will span to colleges and universities across the country, and was particularly exciting given the fact that Pestle’s EP “For The Sky” is scheduled to be released on iTunes in the next two weeks. According to Pestle, fans should check out her songs “Pinch Me,” “Trying to Get Used To You” and “For The Sky” once her new album is released. The singer-songwriter is a tal-
ented musician, with songs ranging from easy listening to sinister, but it can hardly do justice to the happy personality and effortlessly enjoyable experience of hearing her during a live performance. After enjoying the rush of large crowds while touring with musicians such as Joshua Radin, Blues Traveler and Collective Soul, Pestle said she’s looking forward to exploring the “completely different world” that college campuses represent. According to Pestle, her current tour is “just getting to a really intense part,” but she’s still been able to enjoy the “intimate” feeling that comes from singing to smaller audiences, as well as enjoying traveling to new places. In a post on her official website, Pestle wrote that she hiked Quinnipiac’s legendary Sleeping Giant mountain on Friday morning, which was a much needed break from her hectic schedule.
According to Pestle, it brought back some of the “fresh air” that she has missed since moving from Montana to Los Angeles to pursue her music career. That air and environment has provided some of the inspiration behind Pestle’s musical dreams, as well as her lyrics. But her true inspiration comes from her parents, Pestle said, who were “always listening to really cool ‘80s music.” “Artists like Incubus really sparked my interest with their interesting and inventive guitar parts,” Pestle said. But she also credits artists varying from Radiohead to Ani DiFranco, and even literary greats Edgar Allan Poe and Emily Dickinson for her melodic and thought-provoking songs. Freshman Brooke Basiliere wrote down memorable lyrics during the performance to later use as her Facebook status.
“It was amazing, I got chills,” Basiliere said of Pestle’s performance. Lynelle Ferreira, QUAD’s performance chair, originally saw Pestle perform at the National Association for Campus Activities last spring. “I loved the acoustic sound. I thought she sounded really good,” Ferreira said. It was easy to get swept up in the relaxing music and the show’s humorous vibe, because even during the darkest of songs, Pestle was there with her fresh and smiling face. With her stage presence and ability to generate such a welcoming atmosphere, it’s hard to imagine Pestle as a self-proclaimed “choir geek.” And yet here she is just a few years past her high school life, finding happiness and fulfillment as a professional musician, and spreading that joy to Quinnipiac. “I hope I come back,” Pestle said.
Were you ready to have Sam Adams, the guys of 3OH!3 and Hoodie Allen all at your fingertips? Well with the creation of Quinnipiac’s online ticket sales system, you should have been. Buying tickets to all Quinnipiac events has recently been made much easier with a new online ticket portal. Instead of wasting hours waiting in line for this fall’s Student Programming Board concert, students were able to buy tickets online from the comfort of their own dorm rooms – or wherever their Wi-Fi connection reaches. For those who didn’t experience the lines waiting for Ke$ha tickets last spring, be very grateful for this new system. Flashbacks to the week of ticket sales will haunt many of us for the rest of our undergraduate years. Students arrived hours ahead of the start of ticket sales and camped out on the floors all day like a modern day Woodstock. Friends and roommates lined up against the walls from Tator Hall all the way down to Buckman Theater, taking shifts in between classes and skipping them if deemed necessary. The floors were cluttered with homework and leftovers from multiple cafeteria runs made throughout the day. The worst part was the inevitable swarm of line-cutters, who usually only come out on Saturday nights at the shuttle stop en route to Toad’s. Needless to say, the whole process was in need of an overhaul. According to David Caprio, the group ticket sales and promotions manager, the new online ticket portal provides “a good opportunity to get tickets to all events,” making not just the fall concert, but also all sporting events at the TD Bank center much easier to access. Sophomore Courtney McMorris recalls her experience waiting in the Ke$ha line last year. “Getting all my homework done is stressful enough,” McMorris said. “I don’t have time to do that again, so I saved a lot of time and energy buying my ticket this way.” All you have to do is go on MyQ, follow the SPB link, print out your tickets and you’ll be on your way to the York Hill campus faster than ever. Students also have the option to use their Q-cards as tickets at the door by swiping for any spur-of-themoment hockey or basketball games they choose to attend. However, Caprio encourages students to access the portal early to reserve seats for any big games that will be happening later in the season. “It’s a new system and we expect some issues,” Caprio said. However, he believes that if such problems arise, they can be fixed. He said that as more students get used to the system and by “using word of mouth, students can help each other to figure it out.” Tickets for the fall concert on Oct. 1 are still on sale. Now that the online portal has replaced the Tator Hall line of hell, there is absolutely no reason to put off picking yours up.
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This is me “This is Me” is a weekly feature celebrating individuality at QU.
College Bound at 16
This is Makeda’s story.
NAME: Makeda Sutherland YEAR: Senior HOMETOWN: Brooklyn, N.Y. MAJOR: History By matt busekroos
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akeda Sutherland sits up straight in her chair with purpose. Even though she is only 4 feet 8 inches tall, Sutherland sits comfortably and confidently on the opposite side of the table. She may be small in stature, but more than makes up for it with her big personality. Sporting a blue and white tank top and jeans, Sutherland’s hair is in a messy bun. Her wrists are covered with leather bracelets. Every other Friday, Sutherland can be found swiping her debit card at the nearest mall purchasing accessories to advance her hippie chic style. She can’t stop fiddling with the gold chain that dangles from her neck. The emblem on the chain reads “Makeda.” “My dad got this for me when he went to Italy when I was five,” Sutherland said while clutching the chain. “My mom was really upset about it. But, I love my name chain.” Sutherland’s godmother gave her the name. According to Sutherland, the name comes from one of King Solomon’s wives, the Queen of Sheba. “She was the only woman he let touch his money, his gold and [was the] overseer of his kingdom with him,” Sutherland said. Even though the name Makeda is African, Sutherland is not of African descent. “You can be Hispanic like I am, and be dark-skinned,” she said. “I have friends who are of ‘AfricanAmerican’ descent and they are lighter than me. I think that stigma needs to be taken away because the color of your skin really doesn’t determine anything anymore. I feel like those stereotypes need to be broken.” Sutherland grew up as an only child for nine years until her moth-
er remarried and gave birth to two boys, Benjamin, 10, and Tyler, 2. After Benjamin’s birth, Sutherland thrived in her role as older sister. She helped prepare bottles and change diapers. “I felt like maybe I was the maternal figure when my mom wasn’t around,” she said. Sutherland counts on her mother’s strength to combat difficult times. Sutherland said there have been moments she’s wanted to give up, but pressed on because of her mother. She was raised to be independent and rely solely on herself. “She always tells me she doesn’t want me to be a slave to anyone whether it be a future husband or future mate of any sort,” Sutherland said. “That’s just how she raised me. She’s my drive.” Sutherland’s mother emphasized education at an early age. She started to read at 2 years old. When Sutherland took the entrance test for third grade, she scored high enough to begin fourth grade. At the start of fourth grade, Sutherland again grasped the material well enough to skip another grade. Therefore, Sutherland started fifth grade at 8 years old. “It was hard because I was in a new school and I knew none of them,” she said. “I cried on the first day of school when my mom left me.” During her first week of fifth grade, one student named Derek taunted Sutherland. Derek won the math award at the end of every year. He teased Sutherland and told her he would “kill her” if she did better than him. Sutherland purposely failed the next test. “But don’t worry,” Sutherland said without hesitation. “I beat him in math at the end. I got the award.” Sutherland graduated middle school as valedictorian. She was
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Makeda Sutherland will graduate before her 21st birthday.
“In my orientation group, I got ‘Most likely to be caught with a fake ID.’ People still make jokes about it. It was different because everyone was older.”
– makeda sutherland
also salutatorian at her high school graduation. At 16 years old, Sutherland was accepted into Quinnipiac University. “In my orientation group, I got ‘Most likely to be caught with a fake ID.’ People still make jokes about it,” she said. “It was different because everyone was older.” Senior Jessica Poe lived with Sutherland during their freshman year. “Living with Makeda was never a dull moment. She’s the same loud,
lovable and enthusiastic person whether it’s morning, noon or night, and that energy translates into her work ethic,” Poe said. Poe said Sutherland’s biggest critic is herself and if she’s not pleased with her work, she will continue to fix it until it’s perfect. “I’ve never seen someone get up at 5 a.m. to complete a paper for the following week simply because she wanted to get a head start,” Poe said. “Makeda just has a passion for
school unlike anyone else I’ve ever met.” Sutherland said it’s bittersweet knowing her time at Quinnipiac is coming to an end. She will graduate before her 21st birthday. Sutherland said she loves school and expects to further her education whether it’s attending law school or delving more deeply into history in a master’s program. “I feel like Quinnipiac has definitely left a mark on my heart,” she said. “Even the bad things that happened, the good things that happened, the friends I built, the friends I made, the friends I lost — it was all for a reason. “It was definitely a journey with unexpected bumps in the road and now I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.”
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Red carpet review at Emmys
A play on MTV’s “Cribs” and a new Chronicle feature that puts Quinnipiac’s best room setups on display. Think your place should be featured? Let us know: qribz@quchronicle.com ROOM: Larson 120 roommates: James Guido, Connor Powers, Andrew Adler, Max Kolligan, Bob Deatrick, Jared Casey
HIGHLIGHTS: Black lights, strobe lights, 42 inch flat screen tv
COME ON IN: “It’s the main attraction. It’s known as ‘the black light room.’ We’re open to anyone,” Guido said.
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Residents of Larson 120 watch TV under the glow of black lights.
Rave
Lana Del Rey - “Video Games”
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LMFAO’s not-so-sexy music video
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The most beautiful and gorgeously crafted song of the year (and possibly ever) goes to Lana Del Rey’s “Video Games.” “Video Games” is melancholy in both vocals and music. Del Rey’s sultry voice exudes hope that she and her partner will connect, but she is treated less than what she deserves. She accepts the fact her boyfriend loves video games just as much if not more than her. Her treatment is all but ignored. “It’s you, it’s you, it’s all for you / Everything I do / I tell you all the time / Heaven is a place on earth with you / Tell me all the things you want to do,” Del Rey sings passionately hoping to further their connection past the mundane. The quiet strumming of the harp in the background only intensifies Del Rey’s emotional response to the lyrics she’s singing. Del Rey is almost a modern day Dusty Springfield is both vocals and appearance. “Video Games” is a retreat to the ‘60s. “They say that the world was built for two / Only worth living if somebody is loving you,” Del Rey continues to suggest she needs to be loved. While only her first single, “Video Games” is a promising start to a career that is about to explode with success. “Video Games” is available on iTunes Oct. 11. – M.B.
The electro pop duo LMFAO is well-known for its catchy party lyrics and flashy fashion style. However, the band’s music video for their newest single “Sexy and I Know It” is downright offensive and disturbing in more ways than one. The video begins just as LMFAO fans would expect: with outrageous outfits and amusing dance choreography. But then, the music video crosses all boundaries when the vocalist and backup dancers all strip down to nothing but neon, multi-colored Speedos. And that’s not even the worst part. Once dressed in the ridiculous Speedos, the LMFAO boys begin to shake what their mama gave them as if they were in a Shakira music video. Unattractive men plus multi-colored Speedos does NOT equal music video magic. The music video’s worst part by far, occurs when the LMFAO men do the “wiggle” dance. I think that’s pretty self-explanatory. While the attempt at humor is clear, the execution is just very, very wrong. Plus, quick cameos from “That ‘70s Show’s” Wilmer Valderrama and has-been porn star Ron Jeremy only add to the music video’s awkwardness. The bottom line: the only place men are allowed to wear Speedos is during a swim meet or on a beach in Europe. – N.F.
By SARAH ROSENBERG Associate Arts & Life Editor
Awards season is any fashion junkie’s drug of choice. You can read a fashion magazine or window shop for hours, but the red carpet is literally where it’s at. How else would you know who Herve Leger is? Without awards season, this guy is just some French dope with a name you can’t pronounce. Yet once a celebrity wears his couture, he’s suddenly glamorous – and usually that celebrity will wear a name like his on the red carpet. Thus the Emmy’s, which aired this past Sunday, kicked off the coveted awards season and the infamous red carpet fashion. The Emmys is the ultimate prelude to the Oscars and the Golden Globes, which may just be the power couple of all awards shows and red carpet events. I only have two words for you: Sofia Vergara. At 39 years old, she killed it in a salmon pink Vera Wang gown that showed off those lovely curves. Vergara is hilarious as Gloria on “Modern Family,” and her ability to wield a BB gun on television in heels only makes her real-life fashion choices that much more fabulous and connected to her beloved character. I would venture to say that Vergara was the forerunner of the solid color trend, and a number of different celebrities resorted to wearing one single color, usually in an extremely bright hue (you may win over the hearts of America as a cute, blonde cheerleader on “Glee,” Dianna Agron, but stay away from turquoise blue satin). Stars like Katie Holmes, Lea Michele, Kate Winslet, Nina Dobrev and hostess Jane Lynch chose gowns in different shades of red, blue and purple, while other TV stars opted for embellished gowns. I seem to always have an issue with such a gown, because if it does go wrong, it can make any celebrity look like an overwhelming chandelier. Actress Julianna Margulies wore an Armani Prive dress with a crystal bust. Some may have thought that she looked elegant, but all I saw was a bejeweled piece of plastic Tupperware hanging off of her chest. “Mad Men” star Elisabeth Moss, on the other hand, gave the embellished look an antique vibe in a nude Marchesa gown that featured silver embroidery on the bodice and arms. That, ladies and gentlemen, is what I like to call class. I give the most credit to comedian and actress Kristen Wiig, who wore my favorite gown of the night. Wearing a Zac Posen ombre gown with a Grecian structure, I can now say my initial obsession with the star increased dramatically after seeing her on the red carpet. The actress simply relied on an earth tone, a little bit of skin, and red lipstick. The more natural the better, I always say, and often times the best kind of glamour lies in a simplified look like hers.
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Coach faces alma mater in historic game By Matt Eisenberg Associate Sports Editor
Walking onto Lakeside Field in Charleston, Ill. on Sunday was a surreal feeling for Becky Carlson. It wasn’t the fact she was coaching against her alma mater, Eastern Illinois University. It was that she made history to get to that point. Carlson, Quinnipiac’s women’s rugby head coach, made NCAA history when she led the Bobcats onto the field in the firstever Division I women’s rugby matchup. “Everyone at that game understood the historic significance of it,” Carlson said. “It’s a once-ina-lifetime experience for the team and for the coaching staff.” Carlson played rugby for the Panthers from 2000 to 2003, and served as assistant coach from 2004 to 2006. Carlson saw plenty of familiar faces on Sunday, from former teammates, to alumni and even her former coach and current EIU coach Frank Graziano. “The guy has taught me the game from the ground up,” Carlson said. Carlson said she styled some of the team’s playbook from what she learned from Graziano, but made a lot of adjustments to make it more original. “Our style is a lot like EIU’s,” Carlson said. “He taught me everything I know about rugby. It was like playing a mirror.” Before the team traveled more than 950 miles to Illinois, Carlson prepared her team for the pregame ceremony, which included music, running onto the field for an introduction and the singing of
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A Quinnipiac player catches the ball and runs upfield in Sunday’s game against the Panthers.
the national anthem, which Carlson said was the most touching part of the ceremony. “It was breaking me up a little bit when I was listening to the national anthem because I remember being a player and my very last game that I played for Eastern,” Carlson said with a smile. “[Assistant] coach [Michelle] Reed (who also played at EIU) and I are listening to the national anthem and we’re both coaching the program that’s coaching the first NCAA game. It was pretty surreal.” Carlson said she has drilled into her players the mantra that no matter how the season turns out, it is all about history. “They understood it, they were fired up for it,” Carlson said.
“Right before the game, we told them how proud we were and basically said that you’re standing on the field, and by standing on the field you’re making history. Not a whole lot of people can say they’ve made history just by showing up.” Despite the 24-0 loss on Sunday, Carlson said she and the team were in awe of one thing. The Bobcats held the Panthers, a team that outscored their opponents 278-0 in a four-game stretch last season, scoreless through the game’s first 30 minutes. “That hasn’t happened in many, many years,” Carlson said of the Panthers, who have won 40 of their last 41 games dating back to 2007. EIU has scored more
than 100 points on five different occasions since 2007. Carlson has stayed in contact with Graziano over the years. When she went on the field, she said it was different not being on the home team. “We were not used to being on the visitor’s side,” Carlson said. “We were always sitting on the home side and we always had the crowd cheering for the team that I was coaching and playing for.” Graziano and Carlson met before the game began, shook hands and embraced the history. “He was psyched for the competition and he shook my hand before the game and said, ‘We did it, didn’t we?’ I said, ‘Yeah, we sure did.’”
recent accomplishments that Rivera will remember most. “Obviously [Monday] when he broke the record, and when he got his 500th save. That was a big milestone in his career,” Rivera said. “I remember everybody going up to him giving him high fives. It was just a day everybody was real happy for him.” Now that his father is the all-time saves leader, Rivera Jr. has received support from plenty of friends and family. But he’s also seen tremendous outpouring support in the social network realm. Shortly after his father recorded the historic save, Rivera updated his Facebook status, which read, “Yesss!!!! That a boy dad! New leader congrats great accomplishment :) ♥.” Within four hours, the status already had 245 “likes.” “It’s always blowing up, people requesting me and liking everything,” Rivera said. “But it’s not a big deal to me. It’s just people like my stuff more. It gets annoying sometimes. I get so many friend requests I don’t even go through it I just accept people. But it’s alright.” Rivera is also a pitcher himself. According to Quinnipiac head coach Dan Gooley, he is on the team’s preseason roster, which won’t be finalized until Oct. 1. He is looking forward to being a part of the team. “So far it’s been an amazing time for me. I’ve been working very hard with the team. We’re helping each other out and learning from each other. It’s been a good time,” Rivera said. But before Quinnipiac baseball season begins, he hopes he will be seeing his dad saving the final out in the World Series. “The Yankees are a great organization and they’ve proven themselves to get better and better and the season goes on,” Rivera said. “I hope pretty soon to see them win another World Series and my dad win one too.”
Kiting kicks Bobcats to first win By Dan Brennan Staff Writer
The Quinnipiac women’s soccer team grinded out its first victory of the season, winning 1-0 behind the lone goal from sophomore Beck Kiting. The win came at the hands of
Holy Cross on Sunday. Bobcat fans packed the bleachers at Quinnipiac’s Soccer Field on a gorgeous afternoon waiting eagerly to see the Bobcats erase the goose egg occupying the win column in their record. The game was an offensive
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Beck Kiting dribbles the ball out of the Bobcats’ zone looking to make a pass.
struggle, in which both defenses were determined not to be the first to give in, but in the end the Bobcats prevailed, lifting some weight off their shoulders. “I think [the win] brings a lot of the pressure off of us, especially heading into [Northeast Conference] play next week,” Kiting said. Kiting was the hero, breaking a scoreless tie in the 79th minute. It was fitting that the only goal of the game came on a broken play. “Games just change on a little bit of luck,” Quinnipiac head coach Dave Clarke said. “They just cleared it and it ricocheted off eventually ending up in the back of the net.” After a Holy Cross foul, the ball was placed just beyond midfield, where Quinnipiac goalie Jill Kelley booted it into a pool of Bobcats and Crusaders jockeying for position in the goalie box. The ball squirted out of the scuffle where Kiting tracked it down and took a sliding shot from the right side that ended up in the left corner of the net. “I was just happy I was able to contribute to our first win,” Kiting said. “We came into the weekend
looking for our first win and we were able to get away with it today.” The goal was Kiting’s first of the season and the third of her career. Holy Cross shadowed Furtuna Velaj, Quinnipiac’s leading scorer, for the majority of the game.
“In the second half we kept on thinking that if we kept pushing for the ball, kept being competitive, we would be able to get away with a goal..” — Beck KITING Sophomore Midfielder
The Crusaders made it their priority to make somebody besides Velaj beat them. But Clarke expressed his concern about the team’s reliance on Velaj. “[Velaj] draws two or three players but we insist on giving her the ball in difficult situations,” Clarke said. “If there are three play-
ers around her there are also two open.” The Bobcats also squandered some opportunities in the first half when it looked like they might break the game open. In the 32nd minute, a header from junior Shauna Edwards was deflected out by the Crusaders’ goalie Carly McCabe. Quinnipiac’s Kristina Del Mistro got a shot off of the rebound inside the goalie box but McCabe saved that as well. “In the first half, when the goal didn’t come, we did a get a bit frustrated,” Kiting said. “In the second half we kept on thinking that if we kept pushing for the ball, kept being competitive, we would be able to get away with a goal.” Despite not capitalizing on certain opportunities, Clarke made it clear that he has had enough moral victories and was happy to get that first win, no matter how it looked. “I’ve given up trying to justify [our] performances,” Clarke said. “The win is the most important thing.” The Bobcats will look to add to their win total when they open up their NEC play on Friday at Sacred Heart.
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MEN’S SOCCER QU 4, Hartford 3 – Wednesday Ola Ogunjobi: 1 goal Borja Angoitia: 3 saves FIELD HOCKEY QU 4, Harvard 3– Sunday Amanda Danziger: 1 goals Kim Cunniff: 1 goal, 1 assist VOLLEYBALL Quinnipiac/Yale Invitational Army 3, QU 1 – Friday Kayla Lawler: 31 assists Yale 3, QU 0 – Saturday Tracy Wright: 9 digs Lawler: 16 assists UNH 3, QU 0 – Saturday Tanner Celestin: 13 kills WOMEN’S SOCCER QU 1, Holy Cross 0– Sunday Beck Kiting: 1 goal
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Cardiac ‘Cats keep winning By KERRY HEALY Staff Writer
games to watch MEN’S SOCCER QU (1-3) vs. Loyola (Md.) (4-1-1) – Saturday, 2 p.m. WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU (0-0) vs. Durham Jr. Lightning (0-0) – Saturday, 7 p.m. FIELD HOCKEY QU (5-2) at Maine (8-1) – Sunday, 2 p.m.
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Senior midfielder Ashley Gradwell handles the ball downfield late in Sunday’s 4-3 win over Harvard.
The Quinnipiac field hockey team knows how to keep its fans on the edge of their seats. The last three home games have been nail-biters, brought down to the final seconds of the game, but the Bobcats know how to find the net in these sticky situations. In their latest game against Harvard, Amanda Danziger, a sophomore forward, moved up to the forward line with 5.2 seconds left in regulation, slipped behind the Crimson defenders, and received a pass from Maria Malonoski. Danziger took the ball in the circle and went one-on-one with the goalie. She swept the ball into the net over the diving goalkeeper for the 4-3 win. “Nothing is luck,” head coach Becca Main Kohli said. “Amanda had a fantastic game. It wasn’t luck that she happened to put that ball away.” Danziger’s first goal of the season was exactly what the Bobcats’ offense has been about. “As in any sport, it takes one game, one ball and 10 seconds was all we needed,” Kohli said. The Bobcats needed an answer late in Wednesday’s game against Lehigh University. After letting the Mountain Hawks back in the game, senior captain Kim Cunniff scored her third goal of the game with no time left in regulation on a corner from the top left side of the circle to lead Quinnipiac to a 3-2 win.
“Kimmy obviously did her job,” Kohli said. “She put the ball in the net three times and put the ball in the net on corners.” Although Cunniff is a defender, she is called up for corner plays because of her quick hard shot at the goal. Corner plays have been crucial to the Bobcat offense. Five of the last seven goals came off of corners. Cunniff has scored in the last five games, leading the team in goals, while her co-captain, senior midfielder Megan McCreedy, leads in assists. The seniors have scored 11 of the 23 goals for the season, accounting for almost half the team’s offense. “My seniors got very upset that they are going to leave soon,” Kohli said. “They don’t want to end anything without being spectacular, but unfortunately we are waiting until the end of the games a lot to be spectacular.” Fellow senior Kaitlyn Notarianni played the role of hero for the Bobcats more than two weeks ago when she scored the clinching goal in a stroke-off against Yale. Cunniff, Malonoski and McCreedy also scored goals in the shootout. In five of the six games played, the Bobcat offense has scored first. The one game they did not was against Penn State University, ranked sixth in the nation. The Bobcats will continue to look toward their explosive offense as they head to Columbia University on Wednesday to take on the Lions at 6:30 p.m.
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Clockwise from top left: Michelle Dassa rips a forehand on the run on Friday at the Quinnipiac Invitational. Lavinia Cristescu also smashes a forehand. Rachel Cantor returns a backhand during Sunday’s match.
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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
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Ogunjobi recorded a hat trick in men’s soccer’s victory over Hartford. Playing in just his fourth career game, Ogunjobi scored the game-winner to complete his hat trick in the 89th minute.
Goals by Kim CUNNIFF IN FIELD HOCKEY’S LAST TWO GAMES AGAINST HARVARD AND LEHIGH. seconds remaining when Amanda Danziger scored the gamewinner for field hockey against Harvard
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Kim Cunniff Field Hockey Defender
Senior Walpole, Mass.
Cunniff, a senior defender, scored four goals over the weekend, including a hat trick against Lehigh. Cunniff started the scoring against Harvard with her fourth goal of the weekend and later in the game added an assist. The weekend brings her total to seven goals and two assists on the season.
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Right wing Diana Poulsen receives a pass from her teammate Colleen Doherty, who is being tackled in the first ever Division I women’s rugby matchup. See Rugby Page 13
Mo Jr. reacts to dad’s new record By John Healy Sports Editor
On Monday Quinnipiac freshman Mariano Rivera Jr. sat in Yankee Stadium hoping to see his father, Mariano Rivera, make history and become the all-time saves leader. Early on, it didn’t look like Rivera would have a chance at setting the record, as the Yankees had a 5-0 lead, which does not constitute a save situation. But after the Minnesota Twins scored four runs, the game became a save situation and Rivera was on the mound in the ninth to strike out Chris Parmelee for record-breaking save number 602 in a 6-4 Yankees win. “Toward the end I thought that he was going to have a chance and the excitement started building up,” Rivera Jr. said. “Just the joy of seeing my father reaching that goal, it was a proud moment for him and I was very proud for him. I’m very
thankful that I was actually there to support him and I think he was happy that I was there along with my brothers and my mom.” Rivera grew up watching his father break records and win championships, quickly becoming a legend in the Yankee community, as well as making a lasting impact in major league baseball. The fact that Rivera is now the sole record-holder means a great deal to Rivera Jr. “I’ve always said that my father is the best no matter what. The numbers didn’t prove it but now finally the numbers can back that up. That’s just such a reassuring feeling now,” Rivera said. Rivera was just 3 years old when his father made his major league debut. Fifteen years, 602 saves, plus 42 postseason saves later, it’s the most See RIVERA Page 13
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The image on the Yankee Stadium jumbotron after Rivera broke the saves record.