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CARL’S OFF THE CLOCK Student center renovation delays could mean displacement

Zach Abr ams / Chronicle

the rundown: • Student Center construction delayed four months by contr act issues • estimated completion date now november 2011 • delay may force students, employees into tempor ary tr ailers • finished student center will include student lounge, fireplace, media center, tv studio, greek life section

REMEMBERING THE ‘LAST DAYS’

Marcus Harun / Chronicle

Student center construction will begin in the next few weeks.

Contractual delays have pushed back By Marcus Harun the expected completion date of the reStaff Writer vamped Carl Hansen Student Center to November 2011, according to Associate Vice President for Facilities Administration Joe Rubertone.

Because of the delays, construction may push student organizations and student center employees into temporary trailers during the academic year, Rubertone said.

“We know we have to move them,” Rubertone said. “We have to give them suitable places where they can operate; we’re just not sure where. Construction is a pretty dynamic situation. In a matter of weeks this could change; directions can change.”

Rubertone said construction on the project will begin within the “next few weeks.” Initial delays originated in the contract bidding process.

Quinnipiac first announced in February 2010 that Alumni Hall would be renovated, and construction would begin in the summer to build a student lounge. The estimated completion date, originally set for the beginning of the 2011-2012 academic year, is now November 2011.

The contractor will be working on an “aggressive schedule” to complete the new student center in a year, Rubertone said.

The first floor of the new student center will include a Greek Life section, gallery, media center, TV studio, four meeting rooms and a two-story student lounge with a gas fireplace and small stage for performances.

Students don’t really have a place to hang out on campus, so the new student center lounge will be “Quinnipiac’s living room,” Rubertone said.

“We have certainly spoken to student government at length; they endorse this plan,” Rubertone said. “Dean of students (Manuel Carreiro) endorsed the plan. (Director of the Student Center) Daniel Brown endorsed the plan. We’ve made changes that the people wanted, but architects didn’t want. So at the end of the day here, we think we’ve got a pretty good plan.”

Work Study and student center management offices will fill the administrative office hallway. Some offices from the athletic center will also be moved there, including international affairs.

Approximately half of the second floor will be used to accommodate Quinnipiac’s growing list of student organizations.

Since there are so many, Quinnipiac cannot provide them each with an office, so groups will make use of the new shared space in the student organizations area, Rubertone said. Organizations will have DELAY, continued on page 3

Rich Hanley (pictured), director of the graduate journalism program, lifted the veil on his latest documentary Monday at the TD Bank Sports Center. “The Last Days of the Coliseum” takes a look at the rise and fall of New Haven’s premiere arena for music and hockey.

Full story at QUChronicle.com

TOAD’S INCIDENT IN COURT TODAY Senior Kenneth Hartford appeared at the New Haven County Courthouse this morning to battle charges of disorderly conduct and interfering with a police officer. Questions on police conduct arose after Hartford was told to stop filming a police encounter.

See what happened at QUChronicle.com

MARCH OF THE BOBCATS

Yes we did. On Saturday night, the Chronicle set up a video camera facing the South Lot shuttle stop, and let it roll from 9:30-10:30 p.m. We time-lapsed it down to two minutes, and the final product can be seen on our website.

See the video at QUChronicle.com

Oktoberfest dry after liquor ‘snafu’ Beer tasting nixed after liquor license problem

By Meghan Parmentier Associate News Editor Student Affairs planned to offer beer tasting on Saturday in what would have been the first school-sponsored event with alcohol since 2002. But an “unforeseen procedural snafu arose,” Vice President for Public Affairs Lynn Bushnell said.

In an e-mail statement, Bushnell told

the Chronicle that the “snafu” prevented Student Affairs from getting the liquor permit from the state.

“Going forward, Student Affairs anticipates that it will be able to secure the necessary liquor permits for future events,” Bushnell said.

Three days before the event, students planning to attend were notified via Facebook message that one of the towns needed to sign off on the liquor permit could not come through before Saturday, so beer tasting could not legally be offered.

“I want you all to know that this event has the full support of Student Affairs, Residential Life and everyone at Quinnipiac, so

please don’t assume this was a Res. Life issue,” senior Brian Walach, community assistant for Whitney Village and Quinnipiac graduate student in the M.A.T. program, wrote in the Oct. 27 message to students. “I can promise you that we are continuing plans already in place for events in November…and onward for which we intend on having alcohol at because it is something you all wanted as part of the Senior Experience.”

Associate Vice President for Public Affairs John Morgan said Chief of Security and Safety Dave Barger was unavailable to speak on the matter.

According to state records, the last time alcohol was legally offered on campus was at

the Bobcat Den in 2002, then known as the Rathskeller.

“I personally am going to do everything in my power to have a holiday beer tasting to supplement any programming we already have in place,” Walach wrote in the message.

Held Saturday, Oct. 30 in the Rocky Top Student Center, the Oktoberfest event offered caricature drawings, psychic readings, pumpkin pie and cider, pumpkin ice cream, drink cozies, a raffle of Quinnipiac vs. Yale hockey tickets, t-shirts, apple cider donuts and food catered from Ray and Mike’s Deli and Dairy, Aunt Chilada’s Mexican restaurant and Side Street Bar and Grille.

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BRIEFS Your weekly dose of Quinnipiac news in brief

SPIN ON THE

HILL

Here’s your chance to spin on the hill. On Monday, Nov. 1, the Rocky Top Student Center added a spinning room to the growing fitness center. Spinning classes are available daily. If the spin classes do not fit into your busy schedule, you can easily reserve a time and spin on your own.

Spin schedules are available on MyQ. For more information and updates about the new spinning bikes, check out the “Quinnipiac Fitness Center” Facebook group.

MINOR

BUSINESS A new opportunity has come about for students in the College of Arts and Sciences. These students can now minor in general business as long as they are given written consent by the dean of academic services. In order to minor in general business a student must have taken the following courses: AC 101, MK 101, FIN 201 and MG 210. Six credits of business electives are also needed.

HOLY NURSE!

The American Holistic Nurses’ Certification Corporation now endorses the graduate program for nursing at Quinnipiac University. Only three schools in the country have received an endorsement for both undergraduate and graduate nursing programs. To finalize the graduate study of nursing, incorporated with AHNCC, students only have to take an exam instead of the extensive work that must be done without the endorsement.

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

Nov. 2, 1995: The Chronicle reported that Attorney General Richard Blumenthal was on hand in Hamden for the dedication of Quinnipiac College’s School of Law on Oct. 12. Quinnipiac acquired the school in 1992, then the Bridgeport School of Law.

November 3, 2010

Mantopoulos, Longo join SGA Seniors fill empty rep positions

By Meghan Parmentier Associate News Editor Two Student Government Association Class of 2011 representative spots were filled by Peter Longo and Aris Mantopoulos last Wednesday at SGA’s general meeting. The spots were previously empty since two resignations last year.

During the meeting, Longo and Mantopoulos each gave their three-minute introduction, had five minutes for a question-and-answer segment and made their two-minute closing remarks to the group.

“I’ve had an exciting and successful four years here,” Longo said.

“But I didn’t get involved too much with structured activities. When I

saw the spot, I just really wanted the opportunity to get into the organization. I want to do something to give back now.”

Longo had been interested in joining Student Government Association since freshman year, but it was not until he saw an email this year, letting him know of Mantopoulos an empty spot, that he decided to join.

“Peter will be a very good fit on the board of SGA. He has tremendous vision Longo and is a very creative person, and with his creativeness and vision I think that he can contribute a lot to not only SGA but to Quinnipiac,” senior Sean Coughlin said.

Longo, a marketing major,

Mantopoulos is in the process and Mantopoulos, a management major, met freshman year when of applying to college administration they both lived on the second floor graduate programs and hopes this of Irma East Side and have stayed experience brings him a different perspective on how colleges work friends since.

Mantopoulos, a member of that will be useful in his future career.

“Because of living at WestSigma Phi Epsilon, has served as president of Quinnipiac’s Hellenic view with juniors and seniors, I Society, worked in the Office of know the needs of the students,” Multicultural Affairs and Residential Life, and has “It’s easy for me to represent the been a Resident senior class and I know what they Assistant for three want. I’ll be a voice for them. years.

Aris Mantopoulos, “I have a Class of 2011 representative broader, more diverse background than some SGA members because Mantopoulos said. “Walking to the of my experience in Res. Life,” parking garage every day, eating the Mantopoulos said. “I have a lot of same food, using the shuttle system resources at my disposal. I’m look- and using the same facilities–they ing to collaborate as much as pos- sound trivial, but they’re important sible because the more resources because it really puts me in their you have, the better the end result shoes. It’s easy for me to represent will be, whether it’s programming or the senior class and I know what getting feedback.” they want. I’ll be a voice for them.”

Gamers, TiVo-ers rejoice at QU-Enet

By Robert Grant Staff Writer Senior Tina Mongiardo previously was only able to use her TiVo through a 30-foot Ethernet cord running from her Crescent common room to her bedroom. Now, she can enjoy her service wirelessly as a result of the newly-constructed QU-Enet.

QU-Enet (“E” standing for entertainment) is designed specifically to support consumer electronics such as gaming consoles, Blu-ray players and all Internet-ready consumer devices, Information Security Officer Brian Kelly explained.

BobcatNet, on the contrary, is an enterprise network with enterprise security meant for an academic environment.

“We recognize the need and desire for these uses, especially with the popularity of gaming devices.

That’s what QU-Enet is all about,” David Vance, manager of training and communications of information services, said.

It took approximately four weeks to complete the wireless network and it was announced to undergraduates through e-mail on Monday, Oct. 18.

“We started to see a lot of requests for this type of network, so

we tried to respond as quickly as we could,” Kelly said. “But we had to do so in a way that wouldn’t have a negative impact on the real reason we are here: to learn, work and collaborate.”

Richard Narel, a network support specialist, was the primary person who constructed the network and solicited students with different consoles to test the new network.

Mongiardo participated by testing her TiVo. “It was frustrating that it wouldn’t work before,” she said.

“It’s an expensive service, and I’m happy it works now.”

The Crescent dorms were

built with limited wired ports, only one per suite, Vance said, because “we have a ubiquitous wireless campus.”

Residence Hall Director Dennis Lue Yat said Quinnipiac was trying to work with Ethernet last year at York Hill, but a lot of students requested wireless.

“Students enjoy the ability to play in their bedrooms,” Lue Yat said. “It’s more of a comfort.”

Kelly added that if students need help or have a device not already on the list, they should put in a request to the technology center.

Event Calendar Today Career fair

Rec Center, 11 a.m-2 p.m.

Open to all QU students, the career fair provides opportunities to discuss and apply for summer and part-time positions, internships,and full time positions.

Flu Clinic

North Haven, 2-6 p.m.

Free Flu shots for all QU students and staff.

Food, Inc.

RTSC, 6:30 p.m.

The controversial documentary on America’s food industry will show at the Rocky Top Student Center. Free snacks and drinks will be served...but at what cost?!?!?

Thursday Reason me this

Mancheski, 12:30-1:45 p.m.

Professors Alexander Laskin and Lauren Ross will lead a lecture on quantitative reasoning, literacy and problem-solving.

Healthcare careers

Mancheski, 12:30-1:45 p.m.

Three healthcare executives will talk about careers in the industry. Angela Mattie, associate professor of management in the School of Business, will moderate.

Friday Got S’mores?

Complex Courtyard, 5 p.m.

Come for some marshmallows and support WQAQ’s Music for Meals and sales of The Summit.

SATURDAY Music for Meals

The Space, 7 p.m.

Two cans of food or $5 equals admission to WQAQ’s yearly concert. Cymbals Eat Guitars will headline this year’s event.

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Clarke’s QU101 kicks up funds

By Marcus Harun Staff Writer While Dave Clarke was working double duty Sunday as coach and professor, his QU101 class raised $700 for charity and his women’s soccer team beat Fairleigh Dickinson 6-0.

Clarke’s class held “Halloween Bash,” an event raising money for the Children’s Center of Hamden, as a long-term class project at the women’s soccer game on Halloween.

“We were hoping that more of the student body would show up; however, we were able to raise over $500 and donate over $200 worth of food to the children’s center,” Project Manager Mary Corrado said.

The class sold baked goods, candy, hot chocolate, apple cider, and coffee as concessions at the Senior Day game. Students collected items as donations from local businesses and Quinnipiac organizations to raffle off at the game.

Prizes ranged from women’s hockey sweatshirts to Wentworth’s ice cream gift cards.

“The class is about seeing what we can gain from the community and we went out and got so many donations from the community, so we did a pretty good job on that,” Corrado said.

The class wanted to keep the event community-based, and decid-

By Andrew Timothy Staff Writer

Marcus Harun / Chronicle

In their community-based QU101 project, Dave Clarke’s students put together a “Halloween Bash” to draw money for charity. The group raised $700 in total. ed on a local charity right in town.

“I was very excited about it,” Director of Personnel and Development at the Children’s Center of Hamden Diane Surprenant said.

“We’re always excited when Quinnipiac gets involved because the students here have a lot of energy and they really want to do good for the kids.”

In addition to the money

DELAY: University plans for ‘living room’ atmosphere continued from cover meeting space and lockers available for storage.

An area of the upstairs lounge will have commuter lockers and “the game of the day,” with some arcade games, Rubertone said.

The final area will be a 44seat multi-purpose room with a large projection screen.

Along with construction comes more blue tarp. The construction fences and blue tarps will encircle Alumni Hall, again blocking one of the two walkways in the Quad leading to Tator Hall.

“We did it last year because of the construction,” sophomore Joe Mauti said. “So it won’t be too bad, maybe a little of an inconvenience, but nothing major.”

“To the world you may be one person, But to one person you may be the world.” –Anonymous

Whitney Center is looking for volunteers to: • • • • •

Traffic system refined at York Hill

Serve as companion/friendly visitor to residents.

Read to residents Help residents write their personal narratives or create scrapbooks for their families and/or the Hamden Historical Society Teach a language to residents Teach a computer class to residents

General orientation sessions for the Whitney Center Volunteer program are offered each Tuesday. Contact Susan McCann, Whitney Center Volunteer Coordinator, 200 Leeder Hill Drive, Hamden, CT 06517-2749, 203-

848-2826, or email: mccanns@whitneycenter.com.

raised, the students decided to donate all unsold food and candy.

“The community came together in order to help the Children’s Center of Hamden, and Ms. Surprenant walked away with a lot of nice Halloween candy to bring back to the kids and they’re going to be excited,” Clarke’s student Abigail Brown said.

Now that the event is completed, the students’ work is far

from over.

“The next step is having the students think about the course objectives in QU101,” Clarke said.

“They are still expected to write up a report about the project, so it’s not a case of putting it on and that’s it.

I mean, it’s part of it, but the most important thing is what they have learned. Now they’ve got to do the written portion of the event.”

Signs of civilization continue to pop up at the York Hill campus, as Quinnipiac added rising gates, stop signs and safety measures around the Rocky Top Student Center.

The additions have “better equipped” the York Hill traffic system, Assistant Chief of Security for Parking and Transportation Harry Needham said.

Stops signs, speed bumps and a 15 mile per hour speed limit sign have all been added as well.

Once the gatehouse beside the Rocky Top Student Center is operational, students will need a vehicle decal and Q-Card identification to park in the Crescent lot.

Currently, a 20-minute limit exists for students–only faculty, staff, and the handicapped are allowed parking.

Got a gripe with the York Hill traffic system? Let us know at QUChronicle.com.

LIQUOR: Oktoberfest still draws crowd continued from cover Colin Wilkinson, a first-year graduate student in Quinnipiac’s health care management program, deejayed the event under the pseud-

onym DJ Tanner.

Wilkinson, who started deejaying when he was 12 years old, attended Quinnipiac as an undergraduate and has been providing music

for school events since.

“I like to help out whenever I can,” Wilkinson said. “This is an awesome event. I wish they had the beer tasting, but it still gets people out of their dorms.”

Senior roommates and accounting majors Alicia McGlynn and Tisha Parris drove from their house in Cheshire for the event.

They agreed the postponement of the beer tasting was upsetting and would have brought more people to the event.

“It’s definitely better than most things RAs put on,” McGlynn said.

“I like that it’s a strictly senior event.”

Junior history major Jason Milde also wished the beer tasting had gone through.

“It doesn’t affect the time people are having, it’d just be extra,” Milde said.

Despite the alcohol issue, the event attracted more than 100 students.

Senior IDD major Chad Harris-Williams and senior accounting major Kareem Gentles came for the free food and to see their friends, not the beer tasting.

“It still is fun,” HarrisWilliams said. “We get to use the beautiful lodge. It’s a good Saturday morning event because no one wants to cook their food.”

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November 3, 2010

Female profs hash out women and politics

By Jenn Lepore Staff Writer What does it mean to represent women? Do Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin represent women?

Professor Jennifer Sacco posed these questions and others at Friday’s panel discussion of “Women and Politics.”

Sacco, along with professors Lisa Burns and Hillary Haldane, participated in one segment of Quinnipiac’s Scholarship Committee’s lecture series in Buckman Theater. The topics ranged from Sacco’s theories on the political representation and reputation of women and minorities to Burns’ opinion of the television show “The View,” to Haldane’s take on how to end violence against women.

Sacco’s presentation focused on descriptive representation in politics which she said is based upon sex, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion and primary language.

“This representation, which is called descriptive representation, is under-theorized amongst political scientists and political theorists, and we have particularly unsophisticated ways of talking about this representation,” Sacco said.

Those placed in the category of descriptive representation, according to Sacco, are held to higher and different standards.

The additional burden placed on these candidates makes it harder for these minority candidates to be in office.

“The conception that political scientists have now is pretty monolithic; it’s only one thing,” Sacco said. “And I think if you ask a few questions you will find that there are five different types of descriptive representation, and that they can account for a lot of the variation we can see in real life human beings.”

Burns is an associate professor of media studies in the School of Communications and author of “First Ladies and the Fourth Estate: Press Framing of Presidential Wives.”

She discussed the popular television show “The View.”

While the show is often written off as a “women’s talk show” or “gab-fest,” Burns said, it has broken new ground for female political discussion. “‘The View’ has created a space for women to engage in political debate,” said Burns.

Burns discussed the topic from a media studies point of view. She said older women (the target demographic of “The View”) are extremely desirable for politicians and marketing since they are considered “swing voters.”

“It does celebrate women’s voices and viewpoints and their differences, not just their

Zach Abr ams / Chronicle

Professor Jennifer Sacco brought a political science view to Friday’s “Women in Politics” panel in Buckman Theater. similarities,” Burns said. “So, instead of getting lumped into, sort of, all women are represented the same, it talks about how women are different.”

Haldane is an assistant professor of anthropology at Quinnipiac, and she took an anthropologist’s approach on how to deal with gender violence.

“One of the difficulties around trying

to approach the topic of gender violence as an anthropologist is that not all people in all cultures classify gender violence the same way,” Haldane said.

Haldane ended her segment with a series of questions for the audience to ponder, such as “What counts as discrimination?” and “What counts as violence?”

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Sigma Gamma Rho wigs up for breast cancer

By Amy Maciejowski Staff Writer Hidden under his suit jacket, junior Sean Kelleher wore a wristband that explained why he attended the Wig Party on Saturday night.

“My aunt died of breast cancer a few months ago, so I am rather interested in the subject myself,” Kelleher said. “If students were to come to this event they would understand that breast cancer affected people that they knew quite closely, then they might be more compassionate toward one another.”

Members of the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. held the breast cancer awareness

Wig Party in an effort to increase awareness and support of breast cancer.

“Women lose their hair and they often have to wear wigs or scarves to cope with the situation,” senior co-chair of the event Shantia Smith said. “So I was like ‘Why don’t we have a party where everyone has to wear wigs?’ The idea of the party was just to have fun and to turn it into a program that can help people, while still having a good time. So it’s a party with a cause.”

The event was similar to a high school dance party–complete with a deejay. Chartwells participated by donating dinner that was served to all guests.

“I believe it is going to a really good cause in order to help support women who have lost their hair because of the effects of chemo,” junior attendee Tashell Thompson said. “It is a really great thing because typically hair is supposed to be a women’s pride and joy and it’s a great way to say ‘we are supporting you and we will help you in any way we can.’”

Tickets for the event were sold in advance for $10 or at the door for $15. Proceeds went to the Making Strides Foundation as part of Sigma Gamma Rho’s national initiatives to support the Hattie McDaniel Cancer Awareness and Health Program.

“Women lose their hair and they often have to wear wigs or scarves to cope with the situation. So I was like ‘Why don’t we have a party where everyone has to wear wigs?’”

Shantia Smith, Co-chair

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November 3, 2010

There’s no such thing as forced diversity President John Lahey messed up.

By Joe Pelletier I hope he knows it, and I hope he Editor in chief plans to publicly acknowledge it, because his words on planning to hire a “high quality African-American” were out of line.

I understand university politics. I understand the need to diversify the student body, faculty and administrative staff. I understand the importance of having an African-American in a highpower position.

But the conscious hiring of an African-American is, inherently, a discriminatory act. It severely handicaps any other candidate, regardless of qualification. It becomes an attempt to establish diversity through discrimination.

Hiring an African-American may make the Quinnipiac community more colorful. But it does not make it more diverse.

Only hiring someone who will advocate tolerance and respect will do so.

What say you?

If that someone happens to be African-American, then splendid. But making that decision before surveying every candidate and choosing the most qualified ruins the integrity of diversity at Quinnipiac University.

Lynn Bushnell, vice president for public affairs, told the Chronicle the university wishes to make this community “open and inclusive.”

The premeditated hiring of an African-American, even a qualified one, is anything but. It is closed and discriminatory.

Lahey’s words indicate that Quinnipiac is focused on increasing the number of visible minorities on campus. This is a worthwhile goal, but it ignores the more important task of fostering a campus community where members, in Martin Luther King Jr.’s words, “will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” Racial discrimination of any sort is contrary to this goal, regardless of intention.

20% No, he’s right

President Lahey plans to hire an African-American for the diversity director position. Is he discriminating against other candidates, or is he right? (results from poll on QUChronicle.com)

80% Yes, he’s discriminating

From the Web

Unedited comments from “Lahey wants black diversity director” Posted by “Obey Trice” on Oct. 29 Alright, I can see why a nonwhite is in order to be director of diversity: only a non-white can have the life experiences and perspectives necessary to understand what life is like being non-white at a very white school, thus helping him have an idea of how to fix it.

However, Lahey sounds like he’s at the slave sale.

Posted by “Marcin Mazurek” on Oct. 27 I had to stifle a laugh when I read that headline.

So yeah, maybe we have to take names off of the applications and replace them with IDs, then cut out the “Pick your Ethnicity” section, and hold an interview in a confession booth with a voice distorter to get someone hired based on their resume.

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Posted by “Seth” on Oct. 27 Really, President Lahey? You really said that? Lahey should be ashamed of himself. Only a certain group of people can do the job properly? The way to create diversity on campus is to hire a person of only a certain race?

Yikes.

It’s a good thing I’m not a terrorist

By Matt Busekroos Managing Editor Airport security should be secure and reliable, but its inconsistent regulations are troublesome to this worried traveler.

Last Wednesday, I traveled from Bradley International Airport in Hartford to Kentucky. After arriving in Kentucky that afternoon, I opened my backpack, which I carried onto the plane, and found a full 16.9 ounce bottle of water tucked underneath some loose papers and a T-shirt. Without any word from security, I successfully managed my way past them with a full bottle in tow.

Since August 2006, the Transportation Security Administration has regulated that passengers can only carry on bottles containing 3.4 ounces or less of any liquids, aerosols or gels. After extensive explosive testing, the

TSA determined these substances are safe in limited quantities. While there are some exceptions, including medications, baby formula, breast milk, and food, my bottle of water was definitely on the prohibited items list.

These regulations were specifically put in place in 2006 after an unsuccessful terrorist transatlantic plot where liquid explosives were to be carried on airliners traveling from the United Kingdom to the United States and Canada. From then on, any liquid substances greater than 3.4 ounces carried into the airport need to be discarded before going through the security checkpoint.

But, what is the point of enforcing these regulations if security isn’t going to thoroughly check the bags?

If it weren’t my bottle of water and me, this could have been any bomber with a bottle filled with liquid to detonate the plane. This

example sounds a bit outrageous and presumptuous, but security needs to be vigilant with every person and each bag carried onto the plane.

Last Friday, authorities in the United Arab Emirates and Britain intercepted a plot to send bombs from Yemen to the United States, according to the National Civil Aviation Security Committee. John Brennan, assistant for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, said the explosives could detonate on their own and were intended for synagogues in Chicago, Ill. Consistency among airport security is essential, especially after this potential threat.

While security may have strengthened over the last decade, airports need to pay more attention to the TSA’s own regulations or else changes reinforcing the policy may need to be made.

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Please lose PUNCHED IN THE FACE the UGGs FOR BEING GAY...AT QU? and North Face jackets Last Thursday night, my friend was punched in the face after kissing his boyfriend on the shuttle.

By Christine Little Contributing Writer “Quinnipiac University can simply be described as a place where North Faces and UGGs are the unofficial uniform,” reads a definition on Urbandictionary.com. I read the ‘definition’ before stepping foot on campus this fall, and laughed it off, thinking such absurd choices could not possibly be popular among girls here. As soon as the weather turned cold, my assumption proved wrong.

A university may be expected to have a campus-wide style. However, I would never think it would consist of such a ridiculous outfit. UGG boots are not generally appealing. The common style average around $200 per pair, and if you opt for a cheaper replica, you are judged for wearing fakes. I admit to having a pair of UGGs, but I only wear them in the winter when the weather requires warm footwear.

North Face jackets were originally ski wear, but now they are commonplace on campus during the fall. I ask myself why constantly. I honestly think North Face fleece jackets are extremely tacky, as I have never been a fan of synthetic fleece material.

Rather than spending $100 for a jacket made of the same material as food and beverage containers, why not go to Marshalls and buy a more sophisticated, wool alternative for half the price?

In addition to the North Face jackets and UGG boots, there are leggings. Leggings do not look appropriate on every female body type, as they are made of nylonspandex or other stretchy material. Leggings look cute on a 5-foot-3-inch, size 2 girl, but put them on a 5-foot-9-inch girl who wears a larger size and the style becomes unattractive. The clingy material invites all of your flaws to be displayed to the public, and no self-conscious girl would subject herself to this if not for the necessity of wearing them to be accepted by her peers.

These choices are selected for comfort, as well as the conformity that comes with them. It is widely known that college is supposed to prepare students for careers. How many workplaces would allow this outfit to be worn on the job? Girls should try to dress to impress, and look classy and presentable, rather than like they just rolled out of bed.

Just exchanging the North Face for a blazertype jacket, leggings for a pair of non-ripped jeans, and UGGs for classier boots would automatically enhance your appearance, and add a touch of class to your style. Plus, these choices look good on any body type, and can be purchased at a fraction of the cost.

So please, females of Quinnipiac, take it from someone who chooses not to sport the unofficial uniform. Opt for more sophisticated clothing, and while you may get the occasional odd look from the other females on campus, you will feel better about yourself, and will command respect from those you are looking to impress.

He was escorted to Health Ser- By Catherine Boudreau vices by Security, and then to the seStaff Writer curity office for questioning. After coming out of the security office, a group of the assailant’s friends were waiting outside. They called my friend a “faggot,” among other offensive things.

The next day, my friend was harassed and threatened again on his way to Residential Life by one of the students from the night before.

Hate crimes are a serious issue, and this is no exception. I am outraged that something like this has happened at Quinnipiac University. The fact that these people felt so inclined to be violent and mali-

cious toward someone because of their sexual orientation baffles me.

I understand that people are entitled to their own opinions and beliefs, but acting upon it in this way is completely unacceptable.

The United States is slowly making progress when it comes to gay rights. Prior to hearing about Thursday night’s events, I thought that Quinnipiac was ahead of the game, for I have rarely heard of students degrading other students based on insignificant things such as sexual orientation. Unfortunately, I was proven wrong.

The Student Handbook states, “Quinnipiac prohibits and does not tolerate: personal harassment, verbal abuse or the threat of action in a manner that inflicts physical harm, physical abuse, mental distress or injury to any person.”

This principle was clearly violated last Thursday, and I hope the university takes appropriate action.

Quinnipiac has told us all over and over again that diversity and acceptance are important values of this university. Maybe it hasn’t been made clear enough to students just how serious the consequences are.

Last-Ditch Effort

SGA UPDATE

SGA wants your ideas for Commencement 2012

Hey Bobcats!

As we put away our costumes and sift through leftover sweets, we prepare ourselves for the month of November. In review, this past week has been an especially busy week for Student Government and the recognized and chartered organizations that thrive on our campus.

With a treasurer’s roundtable Monday, Oct. 25 led by Betsy Clark, vice president of finance, and the finance committee of SGA, treasurers of more than 40 organizations gathered and learned the best financial practices surrounding usage of designated funds. Additionally, a new credit card sign-up system has been put in place and will now be used regularly for those organizations looking to fund their initiatives by signing out the credit card.

Council of Presidents met on Tuesday, Oct. 26 for the first time this academic year. More than 40 representatives arrived eager to brainstorm ideas for the commencement ceremony in 2012. Commencement personnel Lynn Bushnell, JoLynn Kennedy, Karla Natale, and Keith Woodward started the conversation on what kind of ceremony or ceremonies students would want in place come graduation 2012. Although under ideal circumstances a full commencement on the Quad would be great, the commencement ceremony must be changed to accommodate the increasingly dangerous amount of students and the inevitable exponential increase of family members in attendance. The commencement committee encourages student input, so feel free to submit ideas to any of the above mentioned names, whose e-mails can be found within the Quinnipiac online directory. Immediate positive feedback was given to Vincent Bond, vice president of programming, when he pitched an idea to have a council of programmers that would aim to relieve event-scheduling conflicts and promote co-sponsorships between organizations. Furthermore, organizational representatives voiced concerns and expressed interest regarding many different aspects of student and campus life. Overall, the Council gave feedback indicating the want for more frequent meetings, which will allow for more communication across the organizations while unifying the student voice even more.

E-mail SGA@quinnipiac.edu with any concerns and know that your voice is needed to further improve the lives of Bobcats on campus.

With Bobcat Pride, Matt Hudak, vice president of public relations Follow us on Twitter @QUSGA

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THIS CENTURY preaches music appreciation -Tumblr

By Stephanie Osmanski Staff Writer Last Saturday the doors to Toad’s Place opened and in poured avid fans of Cartel and Hey Monday. As the crowd thickened and the excited screams grew louder, I was below stage, talking with lead singer Joel Kanitz and guitarist Sean Silverman of This Century, one of the opening acts.

As we sat down to begin the interview, Kanitz closed the door to shut out Cassadee Pope’s (of Hey Monday) vocal warm-up next door. (She hit every note flawlessly, I should point out.)

With several individual releases to iTunes and an album release coming this fall, the musicians of This Century propose an interesting musical request.

“Musical integrity is really important to us,” Silverman said. “It’s not something we’re willing to sacrifice.”

Pioneering a new revolution of “musical integrity” and conveying a message of music appreciation, the upcoming pop-punk band is looking to change the world of pop music, one song at a time.

“We’re trying to pull music forward slowly,” Silverman said.

Originally from Phoenix, Ariz., the band formed four years ago and recently signed with Action Theory Records. This past summer kicked off their first official tour, opening up for bands like The Maine and A Rocket to the Moon, and playing Warped Tour.

Asked to introduce them-

selves to Quinnipiac, Kanitz said, “We’re here on this lovely tour with Hey Monday and Cartel–I’m a Scorpio and Sean’s a Taurus.”

Horoscopes aside, the two discussed the joys of touring and the unique details of their label.

“Our summer tour with The Maine was specifically amazing because we were friends with everyone on tour–it was very comfortable,” Silverman said.

“This is a good second tour, as everyone is incredibly friendly,” Kanitz said.

Action Theory Records is a unique label in that it specifically targets bands with a certain form of growth in mind.

“It’s a really cool system,” Silverman said. “The way it works–it gives off a unique family vibe–a community of sharing the same resources. An indie band can get the same resources as a [headliner]. It’s pretty cool; we were actually signed with development in mind.”

They cited bands like The Strokes, The Killers, the Beatles, and Kings of Leon as musical influences.

“We’re also really into Britpop,” Kanitz said.

At the mention of their musical heroes, Kanitz and Silverman got into the importance of following in the footsteps of those who believed in “musical integrity” as well.

“We really respect the process of songwriting and the bands we look up to have those qualities,” Silverman said.

The guitarist also offered a bit

of advice to anyone who wishes to become a musician.

“As a young, aspiring musician, don’t just try to have a cool Myspace page,” Silverman said. “Learn how to play your instrument well, and learn how to write.”

During the show, I stood in the crowd as This Century began their set and noted in my head their excellent sense of stage presence, as well as Silverman’s sharp style (armed with bow tie and cardigan).

“As a band, we hope to spread joy,” Silverman said. “We want to expand music in a positive way, you know, pay it forward.”

“As a young, aspiring musician, don’t just try to have a cool Myspace page, learn how to play your instrument and write.”

-Sean Silverman, This Century guitarist

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RAVE

WRECK -MariahCarey.com

OF THE WEEK

Denny Darko’s Bobcat remix

‘Bridalplasty’: A new TV low

If you like music mixed with Quinnipiac school spirit, then you should get to know Denis Mitchell. Mitchell, aka Denny Darko, recently created a song for the basketball team titled “Blue and Yellow.” The track played at Midnight Madness to introduce the basketball team, and Mitchell hopes it will be a staple song at all home games. The song features Quinnipiac seniors Brittany Howse and Nick Cafiero. It was posted to YouTube last week and already has more than 700 views.

Last year Mitchell created a remix of Asher Roth’s college anthem, titled “I Love College QU Mix.” The track was posted on YouTube and now boasts more than 13,000 views.

“When we made it, it was really just for us and our friends to listen to when we were pregaming, or just when we were hanging out…I never imagined it to be this well-known,” Mitchell said.

Mitchell, who’s recorded music since high school, mixed the tracks at home in an improvised studio in his bedroom. He is currently working with other Quinnipiac artists such as 24Kt KidLivin, Chefboy RD, and Ryan Dzierzek.

If you like Mitchell’s tracks you can look forward to a mixtape release in late December. -NF

Superficial America is at its finest on E!’s new reality show, “Bridalplasty.” Brides don’t say “Yes to the Dress,” but they do say yes to liposuction, nose jobs and implants.

“Bridalplasty” features brides who compete in weddingthemed challenges in hopes of winning plastic surgery. Each bride has a “surgery wish list,” a record of all the plastic surgery she wants to have done before their wedding in order to be the “perfect bride.”

The brides waste no time, as they have surgery after each episode so viewers can see results each week. The challenges range from planning a honeymoon to writing vows, and every week one bride is voted off. The last bride standing also wins her dream wedding, where she can show off her new appearance to family and friends.

“Bridalplasty” is hosted by former beauty queen and spotlight seeker Shanna Moakler, and executive produced by Giuliana Rancic, Mark Cronin, and Cris Abergo.

Though all the women have fiancées who love them just the way they are, they believe they need plastic surgery in order to be the “perfect bride.” America needs a huge reality check as these women go under the knife for some superficial nips and tucks. Check out the series premiere of “Bridalplasty” on Nov. 28 at 9 p.m. on E! -ES

CULTURE

SHOCK

ALBUM REVIEW

Swift matures with ‘Speak Now’

QUOTE

WORTHY

The girl next door is telling it like it is.

By Nicole Fano On her predictable yet relatable latest, Associate A&E Editor Taylor Swift shares 14 different confessions with each track. Throughout “Speak Now” she remains loyal to the slight country beats and the touching choruses that dubbed her music royalty.

Unlike previous albums, “Speak Now” does a better job mixing up beats and tempos. Songs like “Haunted” and “Better than Revenge” resemble Paramore’s pop-punk sound; a surprising song style for Swift.

“Speak Now” is a lyrical treat, consisting of T-Swift’s usual blend of thanks, apologies, scoldings and adages. But the main difference between “Speak Now” and earlier albums like “Fearless” is the heightened maturity level of the songs.

Instead of singing woes about high school trivialities, the 20-year-old creates lyrical luxury by writing about revenge, forgiveness and bad relationships.

Undertones of secrecy and obscurity exist within each song, as tabloids and fans are kept guessing about the meaning behind each lyric. “Back to December” is a personal apology to Taylor Lautner, “Dear John” is a scold-BIG MACHINE RECORDS ing for that playboy John Mayer, and “Better than Revenge” is Swift’s way of bitching out Camilla Belle, the “other girl” in her former relationship with Joe “Speak Now” is personal and intimate.

The sound is surprisingly new, and in usual form, it’s Jonas.

Swift outdoes herself with every new album, each better than the last. beyond radio worthy.

Mariah Carey, 41, announced she’s expecting her first child with husband Nick Cannon. Carey is due this spring.

“Saw 3D” was the #1 movie this weekend earning $24.2 million.

John Stewart’s “Rally to Restore Sanity” and Stephen Colbert’s “March to Keep Fear Alive” attracted nearly 250,000 people to Washington D.C. on Saturday.

Texan songwriter Bryan Pringle is suing the Black Eyed Peas on accusations of plagiarism for his song “Take a Dive,” which closely resembles “I Gotta Feeling.”

Oprah Winfrey bans the word “bitch” from OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network, set to premiere Jan. 1.

Scottish opera singer Susan Boyle will appear on “Glee” in a special holiday-themed episode.

Taylor Swift played a surprise concert on Hollywood Boulevard on Friday to promote her new album “Speak Now.” Fans found out because of her Twitter update earlier in the day.

Kristen Stewart on preparing for the Twilight Saga’s fourth film: “I’m about to play an emaciated pregnant vampire, so I’ve stopped using as much butter as Paula Deen – just until ‘Breaking Dawn’ is over.”

-PEOPLE MAGAZINE

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Clockwise from top-left: Lee Pickwell and Vincent Brasesco as Sherlock Holmes and James Bond; Erin Burke, Laura Valickus, Allison Juckett, Carly Chubet, and Jenel Conde as Superman, Captain America, Batman, Spiderman, and Flash; Steven Timothy and Arielle Curzman as Tarzan and Jane; Andrea Rogers and Ben Shapiro as a nerd and a gladiator; Vinny Mannini as a chef with spaghetti and meatballs; Jen Dezio, Lauren Hernandez, Sarah Rauth, Cynthia Clark, and Angela Mascio as Crayola crayons.

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My time at Stewart’s rally

By Reid Engwall Staff Writer

As many of you might have heard, over the last month or so, satirical comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert planned to have a rally at the National Mall in Washington D.C. this past Saturday. The rally was initially intended to be two separate events, Stewart’s “Rally to Restore Sanity” and Colbert’s “March to Keep Fear Alive,” but the two were combined to create the “Rally to Restore Sanity and/ or Fear.” According to Stewart, the rally took place to give a voice to the majority of Americans who are often silenced by the much more vocal 20 percent who dominate the political discussion. Many in the media and public sector, though, regarded the rally as a satirical counter to Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally on Aug. 28.

For whatever reason, there is no way that Stewart or Colbert could have expected what went on at the National Mall on Oct. 30.

The stage for the rally was located at the far east end of the Mall using the Capitol as a backdrop, but the crowd stretched far beyond, nearly reaching the Wash-

ington Monument. The Rally’s lineup of “Daily Show Correspondents” - Samantha Bee, Jason Jones, Aasif Mandvi, John Oliver, and Wyatt Cenac, along with speeches and performances by Sheryl Crow, The Roots, John Legend, Kid Rock, the hosts of “Mythbusters” Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman - not to mention consistent stage time throughout by Stewart and Colbert themselves - created a group of unquestionably diverse guests to speak to an equally diverse gathering of a popularly estimated 250,000 in Washington.

People from across the country, and even the world, came to Washington to take part in the event and make sure that their voice was heard. Signs shot up everywhere, polka-dotting the crowd with both comical slogans, such as “Free the House Elves” and “The McRib is Back,” and political messages, like “Legalize Pot” and “You Can’t Stop the Movement” (whatever the movement is). Even though there was a definite sense of center to left-wing representation, individuals from all political and demographic backgrounds were in attendance.

Muslims (“Muslims Inc. We scare because we care”), appar-

Name: Ariel Scalise AGE: 20 YEAR: Junior HOMETOWN: Meriden, Conn.

WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? Black suede boots, black leggings, and a pearl necklace (all from Charlotte Russe), and an oversized sweater from Express.

STYLE INFLUENCES: “I worked at Charlotte Russe for two years, which was featured in Lucky Magazine when I worked there, so I picked up a lot of my style from that.”

—by Catherine Boudreau

THINK YOU KNOW THE CAMPUS SCENE? COME TO TH106 ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 9:15 AND SHOW US WHAT YOU’VE GOT.

ent Second Amendment Supporters (“Support Your Right to Arm Bears”), supporters of the corporate backing of candidates (“Corporations have souls too”), Christians (“Christ for Sanity”), and those in reasonable opposition to the current presidential agenda (“I disagree with your policies but I’m pretty sure that you are not Hitler”) were just a few in attendance based on their posters.

The rally was initially directed toward “Daily Show” and “Colbert Report” fans with a satirical message that can still be read from either the Stewart’s website rallytorestoresanity.com or Colbert’s keepfearalive.com. However, the event turned into so much more. It was a collection of individuals who are concerned about the direction of our country and came to Washington to voice their opinion about the “extremist media,” “socialist presidential regime,” or any number of issues in our country today.

In the end, the “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” was an event, if attendance means anything, that showed the American people, young and old, right, center, and left, still care about what happens to our country.

Sarah’s Style Corner

MOMSEN’S BEEN ‘PRETTY RECKLESS’ -The Pretty Reckless

By Sarah Rosenberg Staff Writer Everyday, I am bombarded with up-and-coming celebrities who should still be in high school, yet grace the tabloid covers for being a bit too rebellious. Instead of “Hello, Hollywood!” it’s “Hello, hot mess!” when it comes to certain movie and television stars who just can’t keep it straight once they turn 16.

Taylor Momsen of “Gossip Girl,” who played Jenny Humphrey, has been causing a scene around town lately. When I first started watching “Gossip Girl” in 2007, little Jenny was the sweet girl from Brooklyn with a knack for handling a sewing machine. Even more so, Momsen had previous fame as Cindy Lou Who in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” At that point, she was the picture of innocence.

Now 17 years old, Momsen fronts a rock-and-roll band called The Pretty Reckless, which possesses some very emotional undertones. The band has potential, and Momsen boasts some serious talent–her voice is deep and saturated, with a powerful touch of blues. Momsen could go far with what she has, but it’s as if she is going in the wrong direction. The Pretty Reckless released a single titled “Make Me Wanna Die,” accompanied by a video that was disturbing. The video itself records the process of an obviously-troubled Momsen singing about a lost lover, but stripping off her clothes piece by piece until she is scantily clad in a black lace bra and underwear in the middle of what looks like a flaming cemetery. I wonder, where has Miss Humphrey gone?

In public, Momsen displays some concerning behavior as well.

On Oct. 26, Momsen hosted the

Tokidoki x Onitsuka Tiger Sneaker collaboration in West Hollywood. Wearing a black lingerie set covered only by a sheer lace dress and a leather jacket, Momsen’s get-up was drastic. She wore platform black patent leather boots with one too many buckles, not to mention deep red lipstick and matching red eye shadow that basically obscured her face.

While performing in New York City with her band, Momsen apparently flashed the crowd to reveal X-shaped pasties covering her chest. Despite the fact that the singer is barely even legal, such behavior isn’t necessarily attractive. If you’re going to showcase that your band has guts, let the music speak, not your wildly inappropriate behavior and clothing choices.

Momsen recently posed for the cover of Revolver Magazine wearing lace knee-hugs, black lingerie, a gun holster, and a sheer black top revealing her midriff. As an added plus, she was carrying two different guns in each hand.

No one said Momsen had to be a role model. I do not believe young stars have to make decisions that benefit their fans. But swinging guns around at 17 years old on the cover of a magazine sets off an alarm in my mind.

If I am going to say anything positive about the young starlet, it is this: she is beautiful, has a wonderful singing voice, and is undeniably bold in her fashion choices and career moves. She is not a celebrity parading around town without any sort of talent to back her up. However, I do believe she needs to take it down a notch. Keeping her clothes on in videos, toning down the facial makeup, and smiling a little more might help Miss Momsen. She isn’t without potential, just fooled by the glamour of rebellion.

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Sports The Chronicle

November 3, 2010

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY

Late penalty costs ‘Cats left shoulder of a well-screened Vigilanti to give Colgate the lead.

Colgate killed a Heidi PeFor the second night in a terson cross-checking penalty just row, the Quinnipiac women’s ice before the end of the first period, hockey team found itself in the and the Bobcats did the same early precarious position of killing a in the second period after Amanda 5-on-3 disadvantage, following a Colin was called for a trip. The sin controversial call that sent a Bob- bins got crowded a few minutes cat to the box. later, when a shoving match broke Just like Cornell did the night out in front of Raiders’ netminder before, Colgate was able to capital- Lisa Plenderleith. Quinnipiac’s Kelize once the advantage ly Babstock, along with 2 Colgate’s Shannon Doyle was 5-on-4. The Raid- Colgate ers’ Jessi Waters put a Quinnipiac 1 and Rachel Walsh, served rebound past Victominors for roughing, but ria Vigilanti for the deciding goal Quinnipiac, once again, couldn’t in overtime, and Colgate defeated convert on the power play.

Quinnipiac, 2-1, at the TD Bank With just less than 13 minutes Sports Center on Saturday after- to play in regulation, the Bobcats noon. finally bested Plenderleith and the The Bobcats took the ice Raiders’ defense. Kristen Eklund’s looking to rebound and gain a week- original shot on Plenderleith was reend split, following a disappoint- jected, with the Colgate netminder ing 5-1 defeat at the hands of No. sprawling to her right to make the 2 Cornell on Friday night. Colgate save. The puck bounced to Plendercontrolled the game at both ends of leith’s left side, where freshman the ice through the early stages of a Elena Orlando was in position to penalty-free first period. The Raid- deposit her first collegiate goal. ers put solid pressure on Vigilanti, The two teams played a scorewhile shutting down the Bobcats’ less remainder of regulation, thanks offensive opportunities. in large part to a tremendous save by At the 11:39 mark of the first Vigilanti with less than three minperiod, the Raiders struck first on a utes to go. The sophomore goalie fluky goal. Amanda Kirwan’s pass stretched out and reached back to toward a crowd in front of the net her left to make the glove save. Her was redirected in midair by Jenna stop kept the scoring at bay until Klynstra, and the puck flipped end- Waters scored the game-winner at over-end, finding its way over the the 1:36 mark of overtime.

By Miles McQuiggan Contributing Writer

Matt Eisenberg / Chronicle

Freshman Amanda Colin receives a penalty after tripping a Colgate defender in an attempt to steal the puck.

MEN’S ICE HOCKEY

MEN’S TENNIS

‘Cats fall apart in 3rd period Weeden-Mikkelson duo falls St. Cloud hammers QU in second meeting in Connecticut State finals Despite outshooting St. Cloud 10-3 in the first period, Quinnipiac found itself in a 2-1 deficit.

The Bobcats reacted to the deficit by The Bobcats couldn’t complete the weekend sweep of No. 17 St. Cloud State playing their best defense in the second peas they were defeated 5-2 on Saturday in St. riod and shut out the Huskies while outshooting them 14-10. This allowed them to tie the Cloud, Minn.

Quinnipiac (4-2-0) fell behind early in game at 2-2 when Loren Barron sent the puck off the boards to John Dunbar, the first period when it lost the puck in the neutral zone. St. Quinnipiac 2 who then found Jeremy Langlois Cloud (3-4-1) went on the attack St. Cloud 5 in the slot. Langlois put the puck past Dunn to tie the game. Dunbar and Aaron Marvin put a rebound and Langlois picked up their first assists of past goalie Dan Clarke.

Bobcat freshman Kellen Jones knotted the season on the play.

Quinnipiac couldn’t keep St. Cloud the game at one with six minutes left in the first period on a power play. The goal was his off the board for another period, as three team-leading third of the year. Zach Hansen more goals were too much for the Bobcats sent the puck deep into the Huskies’ zone to handle. Leblanc and Brett Barta assisted where Kellen’s brother Connor picked it up, Cam Reid for the first goal of the period. turned and fired it to his brother who placed Another goal by Chris Hepp and then one it right over the shoulder of St. Cloud keeper by Jared Festler sealed the victory as the Huskies outshot the Bobcats 13-10 in the Dan Dunn.

Dunn recorded 29 saves on the night final period of play.

Ten penalties for 42 minutes was too while Clarke finished with 17. Quinnipiac much short-handed play for Quinnipiac as outshot St. Cloud 31-22.

Shortly after Kellen’s goal, the Hus- St. Cloud only had seven penalties for just 14 kies were on a power play of their own. minutes. The Bobcats also got beaten on the Marvin picked up his second goal of the draw as they lost 32 out of 55 face-offs.

The five goals surrendered by the Bobnight by deflecting Drew Leblanc’s shot cats were the most so far this season. from the point.

By Joe Addonizio Staff Writer

By John Healy Associate Sports Editor In its final tournament of the fall schedule the Quinnipiac men’s tennis doubles team of Andrew Weeden and Brian Mikkelson fell in the finals of the Connecticut State Championships at Yale’s Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Conn.

Fairfield University’s duo of Erik Kremheller and Joe Michalisin defeated the Bobcats 8-5 in the finals.

Weeden and Mikkelson reached the finals by defeating two Yale pairs on their home court. In the semifinals the Bobcats edged out Yale’s team of Erik Blumenkrantz and Jordan Abergal 9-7, and in the quarterfinals they defeated Zachary Dean and Tommy Ratchford 8-5.

Weeden also reached the quarterfinals of the singles competition before falling to

last season’s NEC Player of the Year Kirill Kasyanov 6-4, 6-4. Kasyanov went on to win the singles tournament.

Despite the losses, Weeden still received an award this weekend as he was honored with the Sportsmanship Award of the tournament by the officials.

Along with Weeden, senior James Kwei reached the quarterfinals of the singles competition. Kwei fell to Dan Sauter of Fairfield 6-3, 6-4.

Kwei and teammate Alex Lazerowich also went on to win the First Round Doubles Consolation Championship. The Bobcat pair defeated duos from Sacred Heart, Fairfield and UConn to claim the title. They defeated John Harvey and Nic Visinski of UConn 8-4 in the champioship match.

The Bobcats take the next few months off before they return to action on Feb. 5 at Boston University to start their spring season.

MEN’S TENNIS SCOREBOARD Singles Quarterfinals: Sauter (FAIR) def. Kwei (QU), 6-3, 6-4 Singles Quarterfinals: Kasyanov (SHU) def. Weeden (QU), 6-4, 6-4 Doubles Finals: Kremheller/Michalisin (FAIR) def. Weeden/Mikkelson (QU), 8-5 Doubles Consolation: Kwei/Lazerowich (QU) def. Harvey/Visinski (UConn), 8-4

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“The reason we’re going to the NEC Championships isn’t because isn’t because of 11 starters but instead 23 - Becca Kohli players.”

Field Hockey

November 3, 2010

FIELD HOCKEY

Bobcats batter Siena, clinch tourney berth

Veteran Liptak opens scoring frenzy on Senior Day, lifts QU to 5-1 win

By Joe Addonizio Staff Writer

Quinnipiac’s field hockey team played in a win-or-go-home game against Siena in the final regular season game of the year and the Bobcats will not be going home.

With the strength of the seniors in their last home game, they beat the Saints, scoring a seasonhigh five goals in a 5-1 victory.

Amanda DeLouise, MacKenzie Liptak, Katie Van Nostrand and Tina Watkins were all honored prior to the game with a senior day ceremony at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Turf Field.

The victory continued the season for the Bobcats as they clinched the fourth and final spot in the NEC Tournament.

Liptak gave the Bobcats (89, 4-3 NEC) an early lead with her fourth goal of the season 6:20 into the game when the Saints (2-16, 0-7 NEC) couldn’t clear the ball from their zone. Liptak stole it from the defender, took three steps and ripped the shot from the top of the circle past the Saints’ keeper.

“I had a lot of motivation today because it was my last home game and possibly the last time I ever played, we had to give it everything we had,” Liptak said.

The next Quinnipiac goal came at 17:44 when Kaitlyn Notarianni brought the ball all the way down the left side herself. She then

deked to her left past the goalie and backhanded the ball into the net.

The Bobcats went into the break with a two-goal lead and outshot the Saints 8-2. They also had four corners to Siena's three.

Three minutes into the second half, the offensive onslaught continued. Kristin Engelke assisted Notarianni as she put the ball through the goalie’s legs for her second goal of the game and seventh of the season.

Midway through the second half, DeLouise made a beautiful diving stick-save when the Bobcats defense couldn’t clear the ball from their own zone. DeLouise saved two out of the three shots put on net by the Saints.

With 19 minutes left in the game, Kimberly Cunniff notched her seventh goal of the season and Quinnipiac’s fourth goal with her shot inside the top of the circle.

Quinnipiac tallied its final goal of the day when Amanda Garzin took a shot that was blocked but still made its way into the back of the net.

The Bobcats’ defense did have one blemish when Siena midfielder Lindsay Mayo took a penalty corner that was put past DeLouise

by Sarah Szewczyk to make the game 5-1.

“You always love a game where you can play your entire team. That shows the reason we’re going to the NEC Championships isn’t because of 11 starters but in-

Charlotte Greene / Chronicle

Senior MacKenzie Liptak fires a shot in Sunday’s 5-1 win against Siena on Senior Day.

stead 23 players,” Quinnipiac head coach Becca Kohli said.

Quinnipiac will now play topseeded Rider University on Friday in the NEC semifinal. “It doesn’t

matter to us if we play Rider or Monmouth,” Kohli said. However, Quinnipiac will not have to play on field turf opposed to their home AstroTurf. “We’ve won four out of

five on field turf so I think for us that is a good thing.”

The NEC Tournament game against Rider is scheduled for Friday at 1 p.m. at Lawrence, N.J.

VOLLEYBALL

Bobcats outlasted again, LIU’s experience shines

By Joe Addonizio Staff Writer

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Quinnipiac’s Stephanie Biediger leaps for a spike in Saturday’s 3-2 loss to Long Island at Burt Kahn Court. Biediger finished the match with 10 kills.

The Bobcats continued their struggles in five-set games as Long Island edged Quinnipiac’s volleyball team, 3-2, Saturday at Burt Kahn Court.

“I think it comes down to experience, we have no seniors,” Quinnipiac head coach Robin Sparks said. “Only two players on the team have more than two years experience so we will have to learn how to play the fifth set with more experience.”

Quinnipiac (6-18, 4-6 NEC) is now 1-6 on the year in games that go to the maximum of five sets.

The first set started off well for the Bobcats, as Kelby Carey got the first point with a kill straight through the arms of two defenders. However the remainder of the set wasn’t as successful as Long Island (8-17, 7-5 NEC) won 25-22.

In the next set, Quinnipiac dominated throughout thanks to an 8-0 run to start the match behind the serves of Kayla Lawler.

She added two aces in the 25-14 set victory and five in the match to improve her national ranking in service aces per set. The team finished with 10 aces.

Lawler attributed her skills in serving to the amount of time the team focuses on serv-

ing in practice.

“During the game Coach Ron [Sparks] gives us the zone to hit based on his scouting reports of the other team which is a huge help,” Lawler said.

Lawler and Carey also registered double-doubles in the game, as Lawler finished with 10 digs and 47 of Quinnipiac’s 55 assists.

Carey had 16 kills and 11 digs.

In the must-win fourth set, the Bobcats and Blackbirds exchanged the lead several times.

Quinnipiac pulled out in front late and sealed the set with a smash into the hole of Long Island’s defense by Amanda Armstrong to win 25-23.

In the fifth and final set to 15, Quinnipiac fell in a 5-0 hole. Logan Riker’s 24 digs in the match weren’t enough to help the Bobcats out of trouble as Long Island outside hitter Artisha Jackson struck a service ace for the 15-10 match victory.

The Bobcats face NEC leading Sacred Heart Sunday. The Pioneers are a perfect 10-0 in NEC play and have won 17 straight overall.

“We’ve played them before and they aren’t anything that scares us, they are just incredibly consistent,” Sparks said. “If we can play consistent we will be okay. Its nothing we aren’t capable of doing, its just a matter of if we execute.”

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RUN DOWN

Men’s Ice Hockey

No. 17 St. Cloud 5, QU 2 - Saturday

Aaron Marrin (St. Cloud): 2 goals

Women’s Ice Hockey

Colgate 2, QU 1 - Saturday Elena Orlando: 1st career goal

Men’s Soccer

St. Francis (N.Y.) 2, QU 0 - Friday

James Caicedo (SFNY): game-winning goal LIU 3, QU 2 - Sunday Steve Jakubowski (LIU): 2 goals

Women’s Soccer

QU 1, Sacred Heart 0 - Friday

Furtuna Velaj: gamewinning goal QU 6, FDU 0 - Sunday Aine McKeever: 1 goal, 2 assists

Field Hockey

QU 5, Siena 1 - Sunday Kaitlyn Notarianni: 2 goals

Volleyball

Sacred Heart 3, QU 0 - Sunday

Kayla Lawler: 19 sets

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vs. CCSU, Friday, 3 p.m.

MEN’S ICE HOCKEY

vs.Yale, Saturday, 7 p.m.

MEN’S SOCCER

vs. Monmouth, Sunday, 1 p.m.

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Lauren Peacock (right) high-fives with Shauna Edwards after scoring Quinnipiac’s fifth goal in a 6-0 rout Sunday at the Quinnipiac Soccer Field.

GOAL-ORIENTED Late-season wins propel women’s soccer to NEC Tourney

By Cassie Comeau Staff Writer

As the regular season drew to a close, the women’s soccer team clinched a spot in the Northeast Conference Tournament and set a season record for most goals scored in a single game. The Bobcats shut out the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights Sunday afternoon, 6-0, on Senior Day at the Quinnipiac Soccer Field.

The Bobcats (7-7-3, 5-2-3 NEC) reached another milestone, as they scored three goals in the first eight minutes of the game.

Nearing the three-minute

mark, sophomore midfielder Shau- it toward the goal. Tanzi got a grip na Edwards shot the ball past FDU on the ball, but it slipped through goalie Stephanie Tanzi off a corner her hands and into the net. kick by junior forward Furtuna VeThe Bobcats didn’t stop there. laj.

At 19:33, McKeever utilized anothLess than two minutes later, er corner kick. She set the ball up Velaj added to the Bob- FDU 0 at the corner and took cats’ lead. Off a corner the shot, sending the ball Quinnipiac 6 directly into the top right kick by freshman midfielder Aine McKeever, Velaj re- corner of the net. ceived the ball on the opposite side With less than 13 minutes reof the net and sank it into the top- maining in the half, Edwards got left corner. her second point of the game when At 7:40, senior defender Kyla she assisted senior forward Lauren Miles took a free kick into FDU’s Peacock’s goal. Edwards passed the defensive zone. Sophomore Jillian ball through two FDU defenders to Strassner picked up the ball and sent Peacock, who shot the ball into the

lower-left corner.

The Knights (2-16-0, 2-8 NEC) entered the second half with renewed fervor. They had eight shots on Bobcat goalie Jillian Kelley and only allowed Quinnipiac to take four shots compared to their 10 in the first half.

Despite the revived effort, the Bobcats were able to put one more goal on the board to beat the Knights 6-0. At 63:03, McKeever headed the ball to junior midfielder Kristina Del Mistro, who then dribbled the ball through two FDU defenders and rocketed the ball over Tanzi’s head.

Last-minute LIU goal sinks ‘Cats MEN’S SOCCER

10 minutes later when sophomore forward William Daniels extended the Bobcats’ lead to two with his The Quinnipiac men’s soccer second goal of the year. Sophomore team failed to hold onto a 2-0 first defender Will Cavallo was credited half lead on Sunday, giving up three with his first assist on the goal. unanswered goals in a 3-2 loss to Jakubowski scored his first Long Island University in Brooklyn, goal of the game to put LIU on the N.Y. board in the 41st minute of the first LIU (5-10-1, 3-5-1 NEC) half. Sophomore forward Jakeem junior forward Steve Quinnipiac 2 Jackson then equaled Jakubowski broke a 2-2 the score by netting his second-half tie when Long Island 3 team-leading seventh he headed in his second goal of the goal of the season in the 77th minafternoon in the 89th minute. The ute of the second half. game-winning goal was his third of The Bobcats actually outshot the season and capped the Black- the Blackbirds 14-10 on the day but birds’ comeback. failed to score in the second half The Bobcats (3-11-1, 2-6 against LIU goalkeeper Adam JansNEC) couldn’t have asked for a sen. better start as sophomore forward Quinnipiac will conclude its Philip Suprise drilled a shot from regular season this weekend as the the top of the box to notch his third team will host Monmouth and Cengoal of the season. tral Connecticut State.

Quinnipiac struck again just

By Andrew Spero Staff Writer

St. Francis (N.Y.) trumps stumbling Bobcats, 2-0 With cold and windy weather conditions in the 50s, the Quinnipiac men’s soccer team fell 2-0 in a Northeast Conference matchup against St. Francis (N.Y.) on Friday evening at the Aviator Complex.

In the 36th minute of play, St. Francis scored its first goal as freshman midfielder James Caicedo registered his first goal of the season on a deep cross from sophomore midfielder Adam Maabdi. Maabdi notched his team-leading sixth assist of the year.

The wind at the South Brooklyn soccer complex proved to be a factor in the contest as it forced many shots to go wide and high of both nets.

Despite the wind, Quinnipiac attempted to even the score late in the first half as senior midfielder

Dominic Adams’ shot sailed over the hands of Terrier goalkeeper Curtis Julien.

At halftime, the Terriers managed to score the only goal on seven shots while the Bobcats attempted 12.

Senior forward Dwayne Mars nearly evened the score in the second half, but his shot destined for the top-right corner of the net was turned away by a two-handed save from the Terriers’ goalkeeper.

St. Francis increased its lead as senior defender Nick Baum scored the second goal of the game in the 66th minute of play. Baum headed the ball to the back of the net off a corner kick from freshman midfielder Kristoffer Lindfors.

Bobcat goaltender Josh Lavallee made six saves in the contest while Julien had five. The Bobcats outshot the Terriers 18-12.

(Kelley Davies contributed to this story)

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Clockwise from top-left: Kayla Lawler sets the ball for teammate Amanda Armstrong in Saturday’s 3-2 loss to Long Island; Brittany Lyons drops to one knee to reach for the puck in Saturday’s 2-1 loss against Colgate; Jillian Strassner breaks away from a defender in Sunday’s 6-0 rout of Fairleigh Dickinson on Senior Day; Quinnipiac’s Kimberly Cunniff takes the ball to Siena’s offensive zone to score the Bobcats’ fourth goal.

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NEC-record time by Becca White in NEC Championship race.

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Saves made by goaltender Eric Hartzell in his first start in net this season in the men’s hockey team’s 4-2 win over No. 17 St. Cloud State.

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Consecutive NEC titles won by the women’s cross country team.

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Goals scored by five different players in the field hockey team’s win over Siena.

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Assists by Kayla Lawler in the volleyball team’s match against Sacred Heart.

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Furtuna Velaj Eric Hartzell Women’s Soccer Junior, forward Stamford, Conn.

Velaj recorded five points this weekend in the women’s soccer team’s last two regular season games. She scored the game-winning goal in Friday’s game against Sacred Heart. Velaj also picked up a goal and an assist Sunday against Fairleigh Dickinson.

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NEC Tournament: Friday, 2 p.m. vs. Saint Francis (Pa.)

Men’s Ice Hockey Sophomore, goaltender White Bear Lake, Minn.

Hartzell recorded 21 saves in his first start in net this season in a 4-2 upset victory over No. 17 St. Cloud State. The win was Hartzell’s fifth of his college career and helped improve the Bobcats record to a 5-1 record before falling to St. Cloud the following day.

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Next home game: Nov. 19, 7 p.m. vs. Dartmouth

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November 3, 2010

ALL FANTASY

TEAM keep eyes on rutty, VIGI and young talent this year

By Chris Leary Online Sports Editor It’s time to bring fantasy sports back to Quinnipiac, winter style. After receiving such a positive response following the top ten fantasy athletes in the fall, I thought

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Joe Pelletier was going to step down and make me editor in chief of the Chronicle.

Instead, he just told me to rank the top 10 winter fantasy athletes. It was tough to choose between players that have been awarded NEC Player of the Year, ECAC

Justin Rutty

men’s basketball

2009 stats: 15.3 PPG,10.9 RPG, 0.9 APG (27 fantasy points) Rutty may not have registered the most fantasy points in 2009, but that doesn’t keep him from being the most soughtout fantasy player. Rutty is poised to dominate the NEC conference like Shaq used to dominate the NBA finals. A few weeks ago, Rutty destroyed a basketball hoop with a dunk. I guess I’m afraid he’ll destroy me if I don’t put him at number one.

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Goalie of the Year, and Rookie of the Year, but I am an expert.

I’m sure many people will ask why? Well, like Kramer from Seinfeld… I do nothing, mooch food of the neighbors, fall ass-backwards into money, and hook up without dating. My whole life is a fantasy.

Victoria Vigilanti women’s hockey 2009 stats:18 wins, 24.4 saves per game (42 fantasy points) After a strong freshman campaign, Vigilanti already has five wins and 24 saves per game in 2010. Experts have compared her to Julie “The Cat” Gaffney from “The Mighty Ducks.”

Those might be large shoes to fill, but there’s no doubt Vigilanti can make the same type of glove-side saves when shooters get fancy. She’s one of the safest picks in the draft, hands down.

fantasy owners believe he will dramatically improve his Scott Zurevinski Many game after a huge year in 2009, but he’s off to a slow start this men’s hockey year. Zurevinski can carry a team once he gets on a hot streak.

2009 stats: 16 goals, 14 assists, 1 GWG (31 fantasy points)

Justin Rutty will be the fantasy player to watch this year, but sophomore goaltender Victoria Vigilanti is a close second. Freshman Kelly Babstock has opened the women’s hockey season on an absolute tear.

She could shake up the fantasy standings. Check out the full list,

If you are the type of person that believes you never leave Vegas on a heater, then you would be wise not to leave Zurevinski on the board like most conservative people will.

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Courtney Kaminski women’s basketball

2009 stats: 15.5 PPG, 7.6 RPG, 1.2 APG (25 fantasy points)

including where scoring machines James Johnson and Erica Uden Johansson land, at QUChronicle.com.

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Kelly Babstock women’s hockey 2009 stats: N/A The freshman is exploding this year for the Bobcats. She already has 20 fantasy points in 2010 (5G, 13A, 2GWG). Babstock may be ranked number three right now, but there is a good chance that when it’s all said and done, she will total the most fantasy points. Not drafting Babstock with the third pick would be like passing up Sahara pizza after a night in New Haven...do the right thing.

Kaminski may be the only women’s basketball player in the top 10 this year for fantasy, but you better believe she is worth the high pick. Heading into her senior year, Kaminski will improve her totals from 2009 and be a double-double machine for the Bobcats.

Women’s XC reels off 6th straight title Record-breaker White leads Bobcats to NEC Championship

By Cassie Comeau Staff Writer

Matt Eisenberg / Chronicle

Becca White broke a new league record at the NEC Championship on Saturday.

Sophomore Becca White and the women’s cross country team raced their way to a sixth consecutive Northeast Conference Championship Saturday in New Britain, Conn. White’s first-place finish led the Bobcats, who took five of the top 12 spots.

White’s time of 17:17.1 in the

5,000-meter race set a new league record and earned her the NEC Outstanding Performer award. White broke senior grad Kristen Stevens’ record of 17:37.7 from 2007.

Quinnipiac finished with 34 points. Monmouth came in second place with 69 points and three finishers, Jennifer Nelson, Christina Nelson and Kelsey Maher, in the top 10.

“Monmouth definitely

brought a challenge today and had their three women right up there with my three,” head coach Carolyn Martin said. “We certainly weren’t handed this; they worked very hard today, but did an excellent job.”

Stevens finished in fourth place as the second Bobcat to cross the finish line with a time of 17:46.2. Junior Katie Beam finished in tenth at 18:12.5, while Amanda and Brianna Faust completed the

race at 18:02.2 and 18:20.6 for seventh- and twelfth-place finishes, respectively.

“Overall, I thought the women had a phenomenal day,” Martin said.

“Monmouth ran a great race also, but the women were able to work together and come out on top.”

Quinnipiac has kept its grasp on the NEC title since 2005, when the Bobcats were co-champions with Sacred Heart.