The Quinnipiac Chronicle, Volume 92, Issue 8

OCTOBER 27, 2021 • VOLUME 92 • ISSUE 8

The official student newspaper of Quinnipiac University since 1929

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NEWS P.2: NEW STUDENT MENTORS Quinnipiac introduces RA-like positions to help guide transfer students and first-year commuters into college

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OPINION P.4: BREAKING BINARY BOXES Contributing Writer Allison Damigella emphasizes the importance of self-expression through a personal account

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A breakdown of the men’s ice hockey team’s weekend split with North Dakota

Ex-QU president criticizes Irish museum’s closure

By CHATWAN MONGKOL News Editor

Former Quinnipiac University President John Lahey remains skeptical of reasons behind President Judy Olian administration’s decision to close Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum given the university’s “healthy” financial situation when he left.

“It’s just perplexing to me as to why (the current administration) would do something that would in any way send less than a positive signal to get a population that represents 10% of the United States,” Lahey said.

Associate Vice President for Public Relations John Morgan said Quinnipiac closed the museum because it generated funds only to cover nearly 25% of its operational budget.

He also said the university has invested time and resources pursuing philanthropic support of the museum.

Lahey said he didn’t believe it because the university was doing well financially when he left in June 2018. Quinnipiac’s endowment totaled around $530 million, and there was a $30 million surplus in the operating budget when Olian came in July 2018.

Quinnipiac announced it would end its sponsorship at the St. Patrick Day’s parade in New York City in January 2019. Lahey said it only cost $100 to affiliate in the march. The Chronicle reached out to the parade’s organizers for an updated price but did not receive any response.

“Obviously, it didn’t have anything to do with money,” Lahey said. “It was three years before COVID, so there is (nothing) to do with COVID.” Another sign Lahey noticed signaling the closure was when the museum’s former Executive Director Ryan Mahoney was let go in June 2021.

Morgan confirmed Mahoney is no longer an employee of the university. Mahoney, who now works at Springfield Museums in Massachusetts, could not be reached for comment.

For Lahey, the move was a dismissal to the student body and alumni that make up a huge part of Quinnipiac’s community. The former president confirmed that he is not privy to the current state of Quinnipiac’s financial standing and was not consulted before this decision was made.

“At least from my distant view of things looking at Quinnipiac, I teach logic and I must admit the logic of reasoning on this is lost on me,” Lahey said.

In an attempt to call for reopening, the Committee to Save Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum, which has over 1,300 members on Facebook, submitted a letter to Connecticut Attorney General William Tong asking his office to investigate it.

Tong’s office has an open and ongoing inquiry into the museum’s closure, a spokesperson confirmed. The office declined to comment further.

The letter to Tong stated that the attorney general should look into the closure because it involves selling or distributing the museum’s collection, which is in the public interest.

“Furthermore, donors want to know what happens to their gifts of artwork and money to a museum that is now closed,” the letter stated.

Michale McCabe, the group’s attorney, said he had no direct contact with Tong, but he knows that Tong’s office received and acknowledged the letter.

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Former President John Lahey is skeptical of reasons behind the museum’s closure.

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October 27, 2021

Transfers, first-year commuters supported by new program

By MELINA KHAN Associate News Editor

New roles similar to that of the resident assistant for residential students have launched this semester to support commuter and transfer students as they transition to Quinnipiac University.

In the spring, Chief Experience Officer Tom Ellett announced the creation of the commuter and transfer assistance programs.

The programs, which are run through the Office of Student Centers and Campus Life, began in August and currently features four commuter assistants (CA) and one transfer assistant (TA), as well as a graduate assistant to oversee the project. There were initially five CAs, but one student resigned at the beginning of the semester due to scheduling conflicts. The positions are paid an hourly wage similar to other jobs on campus.

Every first-year commuter student is paired with a CA, and each CA supervises about 30 students. Transfer students have the choice to opt into the TA program. The TA this semester is paired with about 10 students, out of the total 194 transfer students who joined the university this semester.

The role of the CAs and TAs is to reach out to their students to inform them of programming going on campus, and offer support to address questions or concerns students may have. They can hold meetings with the students, but the attendance of these are optional.

Emma Morales, a graduate physical therapy student and the graduate assistant managing the CAs and TAs, said she contacts the students in the program via email twice a week to inform them of upcoming events and provide resources.

In addition to notifying students of events around campus, the CA and TAs have also begun implementing their own events for the students.

The assistants have held two workshops so far this semester. The first was focusing on strategies for student success on Oct. 7, with Keith Jacobsen, an academic coach from the learning commons, which focused on study skills and other academic-related concerns. The CAs and TAs also held a workshop discussing on-campus engagement on Oct. 20.

Ellett said he decided to implement the program after running a similar program at another institution.

“The program was in response to making sure that commuter students felt that they were connected to the institution,” Ellett said.

While the program began this summer, Ellett said he hopes in the future it will begin earlier so that students would be assigned a CA or TA as soon as they are accepted to Quinnipiac. He said there is a possibility to have students double up as both orientation leaders and CAs/TAs.

LAHEY from cover “We’re not really considering any other legal options,” McCabe said. “We’re a group of private citizens, we have no real standing to challenge the decisions made by Quinnipiac. That’s why we got the attorney general involved.”

Tong’s office already reached out to Quinnipiac to inquire about the closure. Morgan said the university is being cooperative.

“We are being responsive to the Attorney General’s Office and will provide the necessary information requested about Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum, including relevant policies about gifts, any donations that were received, and the financial operations of the museum,” Morgan wrote in an email statement.

Quinnipiac began its relationship with the Irish community when Lahey was president because it hoped to increase visibility of the university since the majority of Irish Americans live in the Northeast, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Lahey said Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum was a “strategic” decision.

The late Murray Lender, former vice chair of the Board of Trustees, provided financial support to build the museum with a mission to educate the public about the Great Hunger.

Lahey said he hopes to see the collection remain at Quinnipiac, which is in between the two cities – New York City and Boston –

“This is just another way to take a bigger place and drill it down into smaller, microcommunities,” Ellett said.

However, Morales said the engagement in the program has been low so far.

“Even though it’s a small handful of students that are continuously reaching out to (the CAs/TAs), it seems to be a really good connection and working for those specific students, so I like to think of it as quality over quantity,” Morales said.

Jeremy Gustafson, a senior economics and political science double major, is a CA this semester. He said he wanted to join the program because as a commuter himself, he understands how it can feel isolating. He has also worked on commuter-related issues through his role as the vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion for the Student Government Association.

“I’m here as someone where they could come to you if they have any problems and kind of talk through them, but then I’m also here to try to help fix those problems as well for them,” Gustafson said.

In addition to holding biweekly meetings for the 28 students he oversees, Gustafson said he also tries to hold biweekly events.

Recently, he had a study session ahead of midterm exams with his students.

“I try to make them feel like they are part of the Bobcat community,” Gustafson said. “I try to help them adjust and provide them resources.”

Dylan Stella, a first-year political science major, has Gustafson as his CA this semester.

He meets with Gustafson every other week for 30 minutes and attended a dinner event that he held earlier this semester. Stella said the program provides him support as he transitions to college.

“By virtue of me just not being on campus as much as the average student, it kind of makes it so I’m almost inherently less involved and less able to transition to college life, so having a commuter assistant I think it’s helpful in that regard,” Stella said. “I think it helped me fill in the gaps that I have because I’m a commuter.”

Even though Stella has personally had success with the CA program, he said he wishes other students would engage with their CAs because they are helpful resources. He said so far, the CA program is “really invisible.”

Despite the program’s low engagement so far, Ellett said improvements will be made to increase student awareness of it. He added that low engagement does not necessarily mean low success.

“I think there’s an effect that we can’t make light of, that this kind of outreach can have an effect even though people may not participate at the level that we want,” Ellett said.

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with the largest Irish population in the world outside of Dublin, Ireland. He said if the administration proceeds with the closure, there will be a long-lasting impact.

“I would say that some of the enrollment declines, I would guess, have something to do with the current perception within the Irish, Catholic communities about Quinnipiac’s sensitivity to those groups and appreciation for their values and experiences,” Lahey said.

Morgan said the closure of the physical museum doesn’t mean that Quinnipiac no

“At least from my distant view of things looking at Quinnipiac, I teach logic, and I must admit the logic of reasoning on this is lost on me.”

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longer wants to continue the relationships with the communities. He said the university is committed to ensuring that the collection remains publicly accessible.

“Quinnipiac University wholeheartedly agrees with the importance of preserving, and continuing to raise the visibility of, the story of the Great Hunger,” Morgan wrote.

There are many options the university can consider, Lahey said, from scaling back the museum for limited openings to making up the shortfall overtime since finances go up and down.

“I think any president and any university needs to think long term,” Lahey said. “(The relationship with Irish and Catholic communities) seems to be something you’d want to continue to do even in the face of what might be some short term financial issues.”

The university has been in touch with the Consulate General of Ireland and the Irish Ambassador during the transition to keep lines of communication open with the Irish community, Morgan told The Chronicle.

The museum-saving committee will hold an event on Oct. 30, from 1-5 p.m. to salute the “unexpected” closure. The event will feature street art, Irish dancing, food, free treats, live performances and other family-friendly activities. It will take place at Woodruff Street at Whitney Avenue next to the museum.

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QU Democrats, Republicans debate political issues pacity well before the debate began at 8 p.m.

“I never could have expected the room to Quinnipiac University Democrats and fill up so quickly,” Morizio said.

Republicans debated each other on 10 issues The debate began with Republican deon Oct. 20, in front of a packed crowd at the bater Jacob Wigington, a junior finance maCenter for Communications and Engineer- jor, discussing health care. ing (CCE), moderated by the Quinnipiac Po“So, in the United States, we currently have litical Science Association (QPSA). a broken system because we have two massive The 10 issues debated were health care, cli- things: massive government and massive insurmate change, border policy, vaccine mandates, ance companies,” Wigington said. social media regulations, the Texas Heartbeat Once Wigington finished his two minutes Act, the riot on Jan. 6, minimum wage, business advocating for smaller government and the in COVID-19 and gun control. free market to take care of the issue, junior Senior philosophy and political science political science and economics double major double major and QU Democrats President Paul Cappuzzo responded for the Democrats.

Haktan Ceylan said debates such as this are “(The U.S.) claims that we’re excep“a great way for students on both sides to tional and that no one can do what we do,” express their viewpoints in a professional Cappuzzo said. “The truth is we are excepmanner while maintaining respect for the tional. Exceptional at allowing rapacious other side.” Ceylan also noted the civility of middlemen (and) profiteering people to rob both sides as they backed up their arguments the people of this nation blind.” with evidence throughout the debate.

Shortly afterward, Cappuzzo made referQU Republicans President Morgan ence to the U.S.’s shortcomings in the realm of Morizio, a junior criminal justice major, health care, noting that according to the Comwas surprised about the high turnout of the monwealth Fund, the U.S. ranked last among 11 event, as spectators filled CCE-114 to ca- high-income nations in health care outcomes.

Cappuzzo went on to advocate for a universal health care plan that would bring the U.S. up to standards with the other high-income nations while it saved more money than the status quo.

“Universal health care would cost the country less,” Cappuzzo said.

Once Cappuzzo finished his two-minute response, he and Wigington responded to points the other made for 45 seconds each, before both sat CHATWAN MONGKOL/CHRONICLE down to applause First-year business analytics major Miles Ellsworth focused his from the crowd.

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argument on minimum wage for the Quinnipiac Republicans.

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Sophomore political science major Alyssa Arends debated about border policy for the Quinnipiac Democrats.

This form of back-and-forth between debaters would become commonplace throughout the debate, as one key moment in the debate came while Sean Leggett, a senior computer information systems major, debated for the Republicans and Stephanie Suarez, a junior political science major and staff writer for The Chronicle, debated for the Democrats about social media regulations.

While the two debated, Legget remarked that the Facebook whistleblower didn’t blow the whistle on “literally anything.”

“We’ve known for years that Facebook and other social media companies and other social media platforms have been hoping that people don’t want to be looking at pictures of perfect people all the time,” Leggett said.

Suarez questioned why Congress hasn’t taken action if the information isn’t new, pointing out Leggett’s argument against taking any action against Facebook.

Another key moment came toward the end of the debate when the topic of gun control was discussed by Daniel Renter, a sophomore political science major, and Cappuzzo. Both held opposing views to each other, with Rent-

er advocating for gun laws that were more lenient than the ones Cappuzzo advocated for.

Cappuzzo used Japanese strict gun laws as an example, which resulted in “virtually no gun deaths.” In response, Renter agreed there should be background checks and that people who are convicted of a violent crime should not be able to buy a gun.

“Would that not disproportionately affect people of color… and deprive marginalized communities of their God-given rights to keep and bear arms?” Renter said.

When the debate came to a close, both sides’ debaters respectfully exchanged friendly words with each other and their opponents before taking a picture together with the QPSA moderators.

The same respect cannot be said about a few participants who watched the debate through Zoom and wrote offensive, derogatory and inflammatory comments that will not be given much attention in this publication.

As of now, there are no further debates currently scheduled between the QU Democrats and QU Republicans.

Professors: Local politics are vital to students Hamden to elect its new mayor next week

By CHATWAN MONGKOL and NICOLE MCISAAC

Ahead of the Hamden general elections on Nov. 2, Quinnipiac University professors are urging students to engage in local politics and educate themselves on the issues that could impact them.

“Many of the problems you will encounter in your life are of local creation and will have local solutions, but you will need to know how those problems came to be and who has the power to help implement a solution,” said Jennifer Sacco, professor of political science and women’s and gender studies.

Sacco emphasized the connection between local level politics and the issues that typically rise to national attention.

“Participating in local politics and elections forms good habits of citizenship, which enable you to be a better steward of your own interests, as well as of the issues you care about, at the local, state, national, and international levels,” Sacco said.

Katie Place, associate professor of strategic communication, said she remembers being a student and thinking that her “one vote would never make a difference.”

“Items on the ballot today could affect you directly,” Place said. “Down to how much you will owe in taxes, the availability and affordability of your housing, the transportation options available to you in your town and the curriculum in your area’s schools and universities.”

Hamden’s highest executive office is up for

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Democrat Lauren Garrett and Republican Ron Gambardella will face each other in general elections on Nov. 2, for Hamden’s mayoral office. grabs this election cycle. Democratic candidate Lauren Garrett and Republican candidate Ron Gambardella are running against each other, and their names will be on the ballot on election day.

Independent Al Lotto and incumbent Mayor Curt Leng, the latter of which lost to Garrett during primaries, are still in the race as write-in candidates.

Both Garrett and Gambardella are not new to the political scene as they ran unsuccessful mayoral campaigns in the past. However this year, they entered the race with the same initial goals – to take Leng out of office and solve Hamden’s financial crisis.

Quinnipiac’s relationship with the town has not been great in the past several years, both

candidates told The Chronicle. Garrett said the university and the town are “intrinsically linked” and they lean on each other for what they need.

To better the relationship between the two parties, Garrett said the town needs a mayor who shows up to Quinnipiac’s important events, referring to Leng who didn’t attend President Judy Olian’s inauguration.

“I think that it would be beneficial for the relationship between Hamden and Quinnipiac if we just had more interaction, more building bridges and working together so that we can develop a good relationship,” Garrett said.

For Gambardella, he said the town needs the university when it comes to the local economy. That’s why he is supportive of Quinnipiac’s master plan because it would bring economic development to Hamden, which would help local businesses.

“I will make myself available to both the student council and any official at Quinnipiac if they have specific issues they would like to discuss with me,” Gambardella said. “I’d be happy to participate in that.”

In terms of fundraising, Garrett has raised $24,980 while Gambardella has raised $13,260 since their campaigns began, according to the latest campaign finance filing on Oct. 10.

Town clerk, representative at-large, district representatives and board of education are also up for election. Polling will open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 2, at nine locations throughout Hamden.

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October 27, 2021

Opinion

‘She’ is not me

We should think beyond the gender binary

BY ALLISON DAMIGELLA Contributing Writer

We’ve all seen those cute little gender reveal announcements. Whether it be as simple as popping a balloon or as grandiose as setting California on fire, gender is very much something that is central to our lives.

But what if it wasn’t?

I first started thinking about my identity back in January of this year. I recall having a conversation with my sister about possibly using the pronouns “she/they,” but I wasn’t sure. So I ignored it like the “check engine” light on my dashboard.

Then came summer, and those thoughts once again bubbled up. I finally decided to face the truth and come to terms with who I am as a person.

My name is Allison Damigella, and I identify using she/they pronouns.

Everyone has their own view on gender and who they are as a person, so what feels right and makes sense for me may not be the truth for others. But I believe gender is an extremely fluid concept, hence why I like to identify as gender-fluid and nonbinary, which means I have no fixed gender or an absence of one.

We as a society love putting people into boxes: girlygirl, manly-man, tomboy, etc. But within the past couple years, there’s been a dramatic shift in the amount of people coming out and sharing their identities. Now, there’s more room to express yourself in ways that feel right.

Our generation has blurred the lines between traditionally masculine and feminine things. I think we have androgynous people to thank for this. Androgyny is a beautiful thing, people who identify as such are truly just enigmas. They are neither masculine nor feminine. They’re both, and they’re neither — they just are.

I don’t think we should group ourselves into these boxes of “man” or

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Contributing writer Allison Damigella urges people to break free from the societal norms of ‘male’ and ‘female.’

“woman.” Finding a label that suits you is one thing, but continuously gendering people and things need to stop.

Clothes are clothes, they do not categorize people.

Now that’s not to say you can’t express yourself through clothing, but we need to stop with the whole “well, this is for girls and those are for boys.” Inanimate objects like clothes have no gender. We need to let people wear what they want and be who they want without judgment.

Expressions don’t just mean the visible characteristics and clothing. We are able to express our identities through the use of pronouns, since they help people describe how they like to identify. Every person can have their own meaning with their pronouns.

For me, she/they describe the fact that, yes, I am a woman, but I’m also just a person. I have more to me than just “she” while also feeling as though there is nothing more to me than “they.”

My identity is unique to me, so other people that identify using the same terms may describe it differently. That’s the beautiful thing about gender identity and pronouns, it’s all based on who you are at the core. I’m no expert on the topic, but I know my own journey and can relate to my friends and others around me with similar stories.

That’s only a very small pool of people in comparison to the entire world. I can’t speak for the rest of the world as it’s impossible to lump everyone under one umbrella term.

Forcing people into labels or boxes based on your own previous knowledge creates more divisions, everyone’s identity and journeys are individualized and unique to them.

As humans, we have the need to categorize and place things to help us understand. My challenge to you is to let go of the boxes, and try a new, abstract way of thinking.

I don’t expect everyone to change their mindsets overnight, but I am hopeful that as time goes on and more people become comfortable with themselves, we will be able to accept others without hesitation. You don’t have to understand the concept in order to accept it.

People struggle to accept things they don’t understand. It’s in our nature as humans to want to know everything about anything.

But if we all take a step back and approach others with love and acceptance, well, the understanding will eventually come.

Bullying doesn’t end in high school

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Harassment in college is real, so let’s destigmatize being a victim However, you are never too old to be bullied or witness it happen. This month should be a reminder of the fact that bulAs we mature, there are certain things we grow out of, like lying does continue into adulthood, and we should not let it be going trick-or-treating or playing with toys. Something that ignored off of the assumption that it is simply a juvenile issue. people, unfortunately, don’t completely age out of is bullying.

If you close your eyes and try to picture a bullying situOctober is National Bullying Prevention Month, which ation, what comes to mind? Is it a middle school kid being was founded by PACER’s National Bullying Prevention shoved into a locker or a kid name-calling someone else?

Center. It has existed since 2006, but was originally only the Those are the typical scenarios we are most accustomed to, first week of the month until 2010. likely due to their prevalence in TV shows and movies. NevWriting about this information in a college newspaper may ertheless, anyone can be bullied in ways that are not as cutseem off-putting. On its face, this detail about October seems like and-dry as the aforementioned examples. it should be reserved for kids in grade school and high school since Shoving a kid in a locker is an example of physical bullyit happens most frequently in and around school environments. ing, and name-calling is an example of verbal bullying. Both are noticeable and can definitely appear in a college environment. However, there are other forms of bullying that are less overt.

Relational aggression — also known as emotional bullying — is a form of bullying that aims to manipulate and sabotage a person’s social standing, wrote Sherri Gordon, author and bullying prevention advocate. This manipulation can materialize in the exclusion of someone from a group as well as the spreading of rumors that damages the victim’s reputation.

Sexual bullying is also a possibility, no matter how old a person is. This isn’t just harmful because of the crude comments that can be made about a person’s appearance or behavior for example, but it can also be the impetus to sexual assault.

“Among undergraduate students, 26.4% of females and 6.8% of males experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence, or incapacitation,” according to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network that retrieved this data from the Report on the AAU Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct.

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ed and humiliated during an initiation into any group on campus.

The Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice published a 2018 study on hazing after gathering survey data from 5,880 students at seven U.S. research universities. There were 4,953 who confirmed that they had been involved on a team or organization and 84.1% responded to questions about behaviors that occurred to join and of that percentage, 26% indicated that experienced one behavior that meets the hazing criteria.

Due to the lack of acknowledgement of bullying on college campuses, students who are bullied are more likely to remain silent about the matter due to feelings of being embarrassed. Additionally, students in higher education may feel more pressure to handle the matter on their own compared to middle and high schoolers, believing it is something they should handle as an adult.

In college, a factor that may make bullying even more devastating is the reality that most college students live on campus and will be away from family and their support system.

“The consequences of bullying are high for anyone who is impacted,” Gordon wrote. “But research indicates that college students can feel even more alone and isolated especially if they are underclassmen at the university.”

Bystanders are also at fault when bullying takes place.

As witnesses in person and online — in the case of cyberbullying — we have the power to change the outcome of a situation. If unable to step in yourself, we can find someone of authority to intervene.

Between student loans, keeping grades up and trying to enjoy life during a pandemic, there is already enough to stress about as a college student. Bullying is another strain we shouldn’t let anyone endure.

Let’s better acknowledge that bullying occurs on college campuses and use National Bullying Prevention Month to destigmatize being a victim of bullying.

For bystanders, let’s take a lesson from the New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority campaign on safety: if you see something, say something.

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October 27, 2021

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Opinion Kyrie Irving’s choice to not get vaccinated isn’t about defiance — it’s about morality

BY BENJAMIN YEARGIN Staff Writer

I’ll never forget the disappointment and anger in Mark Phillips’ voice as he impersonated LeBron James yelling at former teammate Kyrie Irving for a 2017 skit on the RDCworld1 YouTube channel.

That same tone is what many NBA fans felt when reports surfaced that Irving, current point guard for the Brooklyn Nets, would not receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

New York City requires proof of vaccination for indoor places, including professional sports arenas. Thus, Irving cannot play in any of Brooklyn’s home games and in Madison Square Garden, home of the New York Knicks.

Irving has been criticized relentlessly for his decision to remain unvaccinated. Popular radio host Howard Stern said, “In terms of idiots, he’s gotta be the top idiot in the country right now.” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver voiced his opinion saying, “I’d tell him to get vaccinated, for himself, and his family, and his teammates, and for the league.”

A quote from Atticus Finch in the book “To Kill A Mockingbird” resonated with me when I was thinking about this situation.

“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”

Every single human being on Earth has their own set of beliefs that make sense to them and help them navigate their lives. My beliefs are different from yours, and yours are different from mine.

That’s part of what makes the world beautiful, we all have a platform to express our diverse beliefs.

“Everybody has a personal choice with their lives …

Everyone is entitled to do what is best for themselves,” Irving said on an Instagram Live on Oct. 13.

Irving remains unvaccinated not to be a hero or a contrarian, he believes it’s what’s best for himself.

He received consequences for not receiving the first vaccine, too. Instead of allowing Irving to be a part-time player available for road games in cities not requiring vaccination, the Nets have banned him from all team events — which includes practices and games — until he is fully vaccinated.

Irving is well aware of the consequences for his actions, he knows he’ll lose money and the opportunity to win a championship with this star-studded Nets team.

Along with this, Irving’s public reception is tainted for many. He’s been called an idiot and selfish.

But again, “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”

Whether you are vaccinated or not, you have to do what’s right for yourself.

I am vaccinated. My decision helps protect my family, friends and enables me to have a full college experience which I couldn’t have if I was unvaccinated.

Those that choose to remain unvaccinated are not all lunatics who purposefully detract from the efforts to stop the pandemic. Some are just hesitant. The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) releases monthly surveys where participants talk about their feelings towards the COVID-19 vaccine.

The June 2021 survey the KFF released stated that the top reasons people stay unvaccinated is that they are worried about the side effects, the vaccine is too new and some don’t think they need it for protection.

While the vaccine being new is not pertinent in October 2021, being worried about side effects and believing you don’t need it are still relevant today. Regardless of your vaccination status, you should have your reasoning for doing so, don’t blindly follow someone else’s decision.

“If you’re staying safe, you follow COVID protocols, you wear a mask and you’re unvaccinated or vaccinated, that’s on you,” Irving said. “You should stand on that.”

Some may argue that Irving not receiving the vaccine spreads misinformation and causes harm to his young fans and the public perception of the NBA. This is true when the information is in the wrong hands, but the league has made its position on vaccination clear.

The New York Times reported that approximately 90% of the league’s players and personnel have received the COVID-19 vaccine by the beginning of the season. It also reported that NBA stars Jrue Holiday of the Milwaukee Bucks and Karl Anthony-Towns of the Minnesota Timberwolves are promoting receiving the COVID-19 vaccine to their communities.

Though Irving has promoted false conspiracy theories in the past (ahem, flat Earth, ahem), his current stance on vaccination is not rooted in misinformation, it’s rooted in morality.

Irving’s stance on vaccination isn’t about proving liberals wrong, or purposefully going against the status quo, it’s about doing what’s right for him.

Regardless if you are a basketball superstar or an average Joe, “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience,” no matter the issue.

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Halloween isn’t an excuse for racism Costumes appropriating cultures need to end

BY SANIYA POWELL Staff Writer

Halloween is a time where everyone can pretend to be someone else for a night.

You can transform yourself into a big celebrity like Christina Aguilera or a fictional character like the Wicked Witch of the West — but nobody should appropriate another culture for their costume.

Cultural appropriation is the unacknowledged and inappropriate adoptions of customs, ideas and practices from minority communities into mainstream culture.

Some people dress up as the stereotype of a Black person from an impoverished neighborhood. Others appropriate Native American, Chinese and Mexican cultures portraying them as savages, and women in particular are hypersexualized.

It is embarrassing for something in your commu-

nity to be deemed provocative. In reality, these kinds of cultural appropriation on Halloween should not be taken lightly at all.

Wearing inappropriate costumes can even be more popular at colleges and universities since students are notorious for enjoying Halloween weekend. “Halloweekend” is a popular phenomenon and is an occasion where cultural appropriation tends to happen. During this time, many college students don’t care about their image or what people are thinking of them.

Some think these outfits are pretty and find it more as appreciation than appropriation. Most students do not mean any harm, while some of the student population think that wearing durags and painting themselves a different color is cool.

These actions are extremely derogatory, and it is not a joke to take lightly. As a person of color, I know that racial stereotypes can hurt the way society perceives us. These stereotypes give everyone a bad reputation even if you aren’t involved with the activity described. Hashtags started popping up like #mycultureisntyourcostume and #notyourcostume to provide people to release information about the costumes.

Other students stand by and don’t educate their friends while others may speak up before they make the ignorant decision to dress up as a different race or culture. Don’t be a bystander when someone’s culture is becoming a laughingstock of a costume.

By allowing for this wrongful appropriation, bystanders are part of the problem. They start a continuous cycle, instead of stepping in and being part of the solution.

A quick search on Amazon for costumes of any culture shows over 2,000 results. How would you feel if your culture was used for a figment of imagination for the night? It wouldn’t be a great feeling, right?

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These stereotypes hurt non-white communities. However, companies keep producing them each year.

Some think cultural appropriation isn’t real during Halloween because people can wear what they want. Anyone can wear whatever they want, but that isn’t the point.

There is a fine line between appreciation and appropriation. Appreciation is to admire another group’s customs, and appropriation is just taking away the history from a different culture for your own use.

Some celebrities and public figures don’t understand the harmful effects of cultural appropriation of costumes either. For example, actress Pamela Anderson dressed in a traditional Native American headdress for her Halloween costume in 2019.

The backlash was heard all over Twitter, with comments saying that Native Americans are not costumes and expressing disappointment toward Anderson. Celebrities should know what cultural appropriation is by now because they are in the spotlight. People look up to them, they should know what is right and what’s a bad subject to touch upon.

But most celebrities and public figures receive the fallout from these insensitive costumes.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s 1984 medical school yearbook featured a photo of him in blackface, and an unknown person next to him was in a Ku Klux Klan costume.

People from both political parties called for him to step down, but he didn’t. A lot of people didn’t forgive him, but it felt like his entire incident came and left with the daily news cycle. Cancel culture didn’t affect him at all, and he is still the governor of Virginia.

As Halloween comes and goes, you shouldn’t appropriate a culture that you are not a part of nor understand. It makes everyone look bad, just like you.

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FALLING BACK TO NORMAL Fall Fest marks a return of Quinnipiac’s on-campus traditions

By ASHLEY PELLETIER and MICHAEL LAROCCA

Walking through a giant inflatable Boomer the Bobcat head on Oct. 23, the Quad felt and looked more lively than it had since 2019.

Fall Fest is an annual Quinnipiac tradition that is a culmination of months of hard work from members of WQAQ, the on-campus radio station, and the Student Programming Board (SPB). The two organizations not only create an event complete with food and activities, they also arrange for live artists to perform right on the Quad. This year, the artists were Grayson DeWolfe, Trevor Daniel and Rebecca Black, performing from 2 to 6 p.m.

The road to Fall Fest Quinnipiac University has not had an event on this scale since the fall 2019 semester when it hosted the last Fall Fest over 740 days before.

“Fall Fest has probably been in the works since the spring semester,” said WQAQ General Manager Jack Main. “It’s a really big deal that we’re doing Fall Fest because it hasn’t happened in two years.”

Much like this year’s Fall Fest, there were three performers at the last event as well: Cale Dodds, The Sulls and Those Guys.

However, the day did not attract the same number of people that this year did.

“I remember my freshman year I actually had woken up from a nap and there was Fall Fest on the Quad,” said Carly Mac Manus, WQAQ’s show programming manager. “I didn’t even know it was happening, and they had this really crappy band … It wasn’t good … Now we had two years of essentially no events. So now we have all this time, money that we all put into it so there’s definitely a lot more effort going into it now.”

The team that worked on Fall Fest 2021 aimed to prevent the same lackluster response that the last one received.

“We had a good budget,” Mac Manus said. “We had around $30,000 for performers ... Bigger artists like people were requesting were somewhere like $100,000, which is something that is insane and out of our budget.”

Everyone involved agreed that the performers needed to be artists that students on campus would recognize and be interested in. Both Black and Daniel are known artists across social media platforms like YouTube and TikTok. However, the budget played a big role in what artists WQAQ and SPB could get to perform on campus.

A running theme of the planning for Fall Fest was comparing the coming event to 2019, but Zachary Iwatsuki, a sophomore in the entry-level master’s physician’s assistant program, helmed the project as SPB’s mainstage chair. As a sophomore, Iwatsuki never experienced a Fall Fest due to Quinnipiac’s COVID-19 restrictions preventing large-scale events last year.

“For me at least, I’m a sophomore, so I haven’t experienced an actual Fall Fest,” Iwatsuki said. “Part of the reason they chose me for the position (of mainstage chair) would be so I could bring a fresh eye to it. I can follow in the footsteps of other people, but at the end of the day, I am bringing a new, fresh eye to Fall Fest.”

On top of the artists, the organizations booked two food trucks, Silver Sands Pizza and Fork in the Road, and prepaid for 100 orders per truck. They also organized activities for students to enjoy during the opening act and throughout the afternoon, including a pumpkin painting station, an inflatable corn maze and a mechanical bull.

Andrew Menzel, a first-year film, television and media arts major, rides the mechanical bull.

A day on the Quad

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Lawn games like Connect 4 and cornhole offered a relaxed, yet competitive, option for entertainment.

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Members of WQAQ and the Student Programming Board surrounded the Quad to run Fall Fest.

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A Boomer the Bobcat archway welcomed people to Fall Fest.

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One of the activities at Fall Fest was an mechanical bull where students could test their rodeo skills.

When Oct. 23, finally arrived, everything was in place.

Members of WQAQ and SPB surrounded the Quad in bright red shirts, ready to do their part to pull off the event without a hitch.

Students began lining up around 1:45 p.m. to enter the Quad through the inflatable Boomer arch. Members from the two clubs handed out Fall Fest T-shirts and got the crowd excited for an afternoon of fun.

“Just the fact that it’s a festival, the fact that it’s an event here,” said Joe Crickmore, a first-year graphic and interactive design major. “We haven’t had anything like this since the first week of school, and I wanted to get involved, do something big, have fun.”

The two food trucks for the day were Fork in the Road and Silver Sands Pizza. Lines to get food stretched all the way to the inflatable corn maze across the Quad, but the students didn’t care.

“It’s a good event to just relax on the lawn and listen to good music and enjoy the food trucks with your friends,” said Andrew Lemire, a junior health sciences major.

Whereas most on-campus events are only for current Quinnipiac students, alumni and students from other schools came to Fall Fest as well. Lemire brought his friend Lauren Andrade, a student from the University of Rhode Island, to experience the event with him.

“He went freshman year and sent me a bunch of pictures and so when I heard that I could come with him, I got very excited,” Andrade said.

However, students were not the only people on the Quad who were eager to attend Fall Fest. The university held a preview day on Oct. 23, for prospective students and their families. As Fall Fest began to ramp up, tours moved throughout the Quad.

Julia Kropo, a prospective psychology student from Naugatuck, Connecticut, said the event made an impression on her college decision.

“I think the event going on on campus while the tour was going on really gave a sense of community with the university,” Kropo said. “They can tell you all you want how much a community this school is, but I think the concert being present really shows that the school really focuses on academic life but student life as well.”

As the first large event since 2019, Fall Fest marked a return of a community at Quinnipiac that had not been seen last year. Inperson events are a vital part of how students interact with others at their university, something that half the student body hadn’t been able to experience.

“It kinda feels like we’re having more of the college experience this year because last year was really altered because of COVID-19,” said Serena Paul, a sophomore physical therapy major.

With a Sleeping Giant bathed in multicolored trees in the background and a chill in the air, Fall Fest lived up to its name.

“We have one of the prettiest campuses in New England and for us to use it as a backdrop for an amazing event like Fall Fest is an unreal experience,” Main said.

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The stars of the show If any students were not allured by Fall Fest’s food and activities, they were certainly drawn in by the star power of this year’s slate of performing artists.

With this being the first large-scale event of the year, the SPB only had one goal when working to schedule the day’s musical acts.

“We wanted this to really kick off the semester being the biggest event of the fall so they know it’s a tradition,” SPB President Shannon Flaherty said. “We wanted Rebecca Black, Trevor Daniel, since people will know them and have recognition, even if they’re one-hit wonders, at least they know who they are.”

The performances of the day began with DeWolfe, whose soulful covers of popular songs and unique original music when combined with his friendly interaction with the crowd set up the exact atmosphere that one would expect at Fall Fest.

DeWolfe’s opening performance was followed up by a set from Daniel, who is most well-known for the popularity some of his songs have achieved on social media platforms such as TikTok. Daniel wanted to use his performance to preview what audiences will see from his upcoming EP, “that was then,” set to release Nov. 5.

“It’s basically everything that I made last year while I had writer’s block and when I had these crazy moods all over the place while sitting inside,” Daniel said. “I definitely think you’ll hear that the tones in the project are a little more rough, but I like it.”

Daniel’s performance energized the crowd, preparing them for the headliner, Black.

Despite the majority of her name recognition coming from her days as an internet sensation when she was 13, Black stepped on stage Saturday afternoon looking to show that she has evolved past her teenage days.

“I feel like I've become a lot more comfortable exploring all aspects of what I have to say and finding new ways to express them,” Black said. “I really have grown up over the course of the last 10 years, and so it’s insane to watch the internet grow.”

Black used her set to showcase her current music, as well as promote her upcoming tour alongside Canadian rapper bbno$. The crowd got into the performance during Black’s cover of the 2009 song “Bulletproof” by La Roux.

She almost was able to escape her set after only performing her recent productions. However, a raucous call for an encore by the crowd of students encouraged her to return and staged what everyone had come to see, a modernized performance of her original hit song “Friday,” which had celebrated its 10-year anniversary Feb. 10.

“It's insane to watch the way that people have changed the way that they talk about the song now that it's past this threshold into now being something, I guess a bit nostalgic,” Black said. “It's cool to see so many people have so much fun singing and dancing to it. I definitely didn't always have that experience with it, so it's brought a lot of joy back into that.

With all of the students gathered together on the Quad to watch the artists, the vision that the SPB had for Fall Fest was cemented, being the event that finally brought the Quinnipiac community together after almost two years of feeling apart.

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Rebecca Black played a number of new songs, including 'Worth It for the Feeling,' a single released in May 2021.

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Trevor Daniel's 2018 song, 'Falling,' became a popular TikTok audio, leading him to collaborate with artists like Selena Gomez, Julia Michael and blackbear.

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There was over 700 days between the last Fall Fest and this year's event.

Rebecca Black initially rose to fame in 2011, when she was 13, with her song 'Friday.'

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The perspective within you

Feeding Your Faith creates an open discussion on modern issues through religion

By NEHA SEENARINE

Associate Arts & Life Editor

Starting a conversation with someone — ranging from your friend next door to God — can help with daily obstacles.

The Center for Religion and the Peter C. Hereld House for Jewish Life hosted Feeding Your Faith on Oct. 19.

It focused on an open dialogue regarding social justice amongst the Catholic and Jewish traditions.

Feeding Your Faith has been an active conversation for seven years, with each event focusing on different topics such as immigration, death and abortion. Its purpose is to promote religious literacy and learn how your peers interact based on faith. Feeding Your Faith brings perspective between religion and topical issues to light.

Executive Director of University Religious Life Jordan Lenaghan led the conversation with a couple questions.

“We hear (about) social justice so often in our world,” Lenaghan said. “All new questions were raised on ethics and justice. How does an individual relate to another individual?

How does an individual relate to society?”

Lenaghan emphasized the book of Genesis is about the respect of human dignity. As individuals, we have different relationships from citizen to citizen and to society. People take the faith they learned and apply it to their everyday lives.

“Our religious perspective doesn’t rely on the system, it relies on the purpose,” Lenaghan said.

Rabbi Reena Judd explained there are times when the Jewish community struggled with its relationship with God. However, the Jews rationalized that God made all. Although a constant conversation with God might not be there for some, the values still remain.

“They (values and God) feed off each other,” Judd said. “We can have motivation without the direct impacts of religion.”

Haley Organ, a sophomore theater major, shared her experience at L’Taken, a program to expose public policy issues and explore Jewish values for advocacy according to the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism’s website.

At L’Taken, Organ said she is passionate about climate change issues. However, her drive to promote advocacy does not come from being Jewish. Organ is motivated by religion and the sake of having positive intentions for our society.

“Beliefs are taught,” Organ said. “There is a driving force (from religion) for being a good person.”

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Haley Organ, a sophomore theater major, celebrated her birthday at Feeding Your Faith.

There is an impression that religion is private, and people each other on a daily basis. People from different religions are bound to keep their religious views sacred. During the have linked together in many perspectives for today’s social Feeding Your Faith conversation, Lenaghan said that there is no justice issues. For example, people from a community may privacy when it comes to religion. There is a communication have different beliefs based on their environments. aspect — religion is how people relate to one another.

“No two people have the same religion,” Lenaghan said.

Currently, we see a decline in how in touch people are Although there are thousands of people practicing one with their religion. According to a Pew Research study, 43% religion, their environments are completely different. The of Americans under 40 say that "religion is very important to beauty of religion is that there is not one answer set in stone them." That is 17% less than Americans over 40. or a way of thinking. People are able to use their faith and We see people in our society passively involved in interpret it in any form. religion. It is more than a single society interacting with

A GORE-GEOUS ADDITION TO THE 'HALLOWEEN' FRANCHISE

By DAVID MATOS

Associate Arts & Life Editor

A normal reoccurrence for the people of the fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois, is a man wearing coveralls and a modified William Shatner mask seeking his next murder victim on Halloween night — something most people luckily can’t relate to.

“Halloween Kills” was released in theaters and the Peacock streaming service Oct. 15. The film’s release was delayed from fall 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2018 revival film “Halloween” was a brilliant resurgence of the franchise, which was reflected in the film’s box office sales: $255.6 million worldwide. The 2018 film was the highest-grossing in comparison to the 11 other “Halloween” films, even surpassing the sales of the original 1978 film of the same name. The muchanticipated sequel “Halloween Kills'' clearly had a lot to live up to.

Though I still prefer John Carpenter’s original, “Halloween Kills” acts as a perfect middle child to the revival series.

The movie kicks into high gear where the last film left off.

In 2018, “Halloween” left viewers wondering if the unstoppable serial killer, Michael Myers, played by James Jude Courtney, was finally killed in a fire set off by Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie Strode.

“Halloween Kills” answers that question 20 minutes into the film.

While Strode is rushed to the hospital, firefighters respond to her burning residence. As many of the annoyingly idiotic characters in the film do, they unknowingly free Myers from the fire. In return, Myers does what he knows best and slaughters all of the firefighters with their own weapons.

The scene is rather violent and everything one would hope for when watching a slasher film. However, this is probably the least gory scene, which is rather refreshing. A significant lack of horror violence was my main critique of the 2018 reboot. If I’m watching a scary movie, I want to be scared.

This film doesn’t waste too much of its time fleshing out any of its characters. Instead, it plays more to the classic “Halloween” formula of a masked Myers hunting for his next victim to murder in his hometown of Haddonfield on Halloween night. So if you’re looking for a developing storyline and quality characterization, this isn’t the movie for you.

The film begins with Strode’s daughter’s boyfriend, Cameron Elam, portrayed by Dylan Arnold, finding Will Patton’s character, Deputy Frank Hawkins, badly wounded from an attempted murder attack by Dr. Ranbir Sartain in the previous film.

This meeting immediately cuts to a flashback sequence of a mousy officer Hawkins.

Hawkins unintentionally shot and killed his partner while trying to rescue him from Myers. This revelation sets up for a continuation of the sequence later in the film that shows Hawkins intentionally stopping Myers from being executed that same night. From the firefighters to Hawkins, the characters in this film consistently fail to let the crazed murderer perish.

However, Hawkins clearly regrets this decision as anybody who could’ve prevented an unhinged serial killer from continuing his 40-year-long killing spree would.

Myers’ execution would have definitely saved Strode a lot of heartache.

Hawkins is not the only character who yearns for the death of Myers. The whole town has had enough of the psychotic killer, which pushes the residents of Haddonfield to form an angry mob to hunt and kill Myers once and for all.

Lance Tivoli, played by Ross Bacon, was one of the convicts who escaped the prison bus alongside Myers that kickstarted the murderous events in the 2018 film.

Tivoli makes a reappearance in “Halloween Kills,” but this time he is mistaken by the vengeful mob for a maskless Myers when he enters the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital. Karen Nelson, played

by Judy Greer, knows Tivoli isn’t the iconic killer but despite her attempts to save him from the rage of the townspeople, he is forced to kill himself by jumping out of a window.

Tivoli’s death is upsetting because the whole town was essentially in on it. Myers turned the townspeople into murderous monsters who collectively caused an innocent man who wasn’t actually Myers — like they presumed — to end his own life.

Also, as mentioned before, the characters’ attempts to kill Myers in “Halloween Kills” are rather futile which was very prevalent throughout most of the movie.

This shocking part in the film was beyond impactful because it finally shows the realistic consequences of Myers’ actions. The long list of people who were killed by Myers wasn’t just disposable horror movie extras. They were friends and family to the people in the town, and they’re angry about it — angry enough to push someone to jump to their death.

This film reintroduces some old faces from the franchise who all survived the deadly events in 1978. Tommy Doyle, now portrayed by Anthony Michael Hall, and Lindsey Wallace, played by Kyle Richards, are both of the children who Strode babysat while her friends were being murdered in the original film and now both seek to end the life of Myers along with the rest of the town.

The film also brings back Nancy Stephens’ Marion Chambers, who was a nurse at Myer’s psychiatric hospital.

Lastly, Lonnie Elam, now portrayed by Robert Longstreet, was a minor character in the 1978 film but now has a bigger role as Cameron Elam’s father.

As a longtime fan of the “Halloween” movies, it was nice to see some insignificant characters come back with a more dynamic role in “Halloween Kills”.

One of the final deaths, and my favorite scene in the movie, in “Halloween Kills” pays homage to the iconic shower killing of Marion Crane, played by Janet Leigh, in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho.” The character is killed with a knife, but the viewer doesn’t actually see the weapon piercing their skin. Instead, the focal point is the screams of the victim letting the viewer know that Myers has succeeded at his murderous task.

I loved all of the easter eggs and horror movie references in “Halloween Kills,” but I always appreciate a “Psycho” reference especially when Curtis, Leigh’s daughter, is involved.

Overall, the film was worth the wait. “Halloween Kills” went back to its original slasher film roots, which I can definitely appreciate as a fan of the 1978 film. I like how Strode and Myers never meet in this film leaving it open for a much more impactful climax between the two for the next one. I’m looking forward to seeing how this night finally concludes in “Halloween Ends,” which is set to release Oct. 14, 2022.

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'You' is back and better than ever The third season of the Netflix show provokes bold commentary amid a chaotic story

By LAINE HEALY Staff Writer

Close your blinds and lock your doors because Joe Goldberg is back, and he’s still watching you.

Popular romantic thriller, “You” released its highly anticipated third season Oct. 15, and if you’re anything like me, you binged it in a day.

“You” quickly climbed up the Netflix rankings, dethroning the legendary series “Squid Game” from the No. 1 spot within a day. Season three is undeniably the best yet, receiving a score of 95% from Rotten Tomatoes, four points above its last.

TV writer Sera Gamble and producer Greg Berlanti adapted “You” from the novel of the same name by author Caroline Kepnes. The story centers around its main character, Goldberg, played by Penn Badgley, in his obsessive pursuit of love. The show carries romantic undertones while following a twisted “boy meets girl” narrative that begs the question: what would you do for love?

This season Goldberg and his wife, Love Quinn, portrayed by Victoria Pedretti, take on the challenge of raising a baby in the suburbs following the mind-bending cliffhanger at the end of season two which revealed her pregnancy and sociopathic nature.

Although some critics are tired of Goldberg’s repetitive stalker routine, season three takes a detour from what we’ve seen in the past. Quinn becomes the show’s primary murderer and leaves Goldberg to clean up her mess as he desperately tries to forge a new beginning. The two are a perfect pair and they make, quite literally, a killer team with Goldberg's eerie attention to detail balancing out Quinn’s impulsivity.

The audience is introduced to a series of new characters including Cary and Sherry Conrad, played by Travis Van Winkle and Shalita Grant, respectively the king and queen of the fictional Madre Linda suburbs. As tension floods

the cracks of Quinn and Goldberg’s marriage, the highly therapized Conrads offer a steamy, polyamorous solution.

Each couple’s relationship ultimately comments on the foundations of marriage, a major point of commentary for this season.

Another major theme throughout the series is love, but season three takes it one step further by making connections between childhood experiences and relationship performance. This is portrayed through flashbacks to Goldberg’s childhood and Quinn’s relationship with her mother and deceased twin brother. Although their pasts are drastically different, both were exposed to toxic, codependent relationships in their youth that led them to become untrusting and highly protective in their marriage.

This season also investigates how society perceives criminals. In an interview with Stephen Colbert on “The Late Show,” Badgely noted the audience’s ability to “be patient and forgive” Goldberg’s sociopathic nature due to his race and gender. This is also seen in the show, where Black mother and recovered addict, Marienne, played by Tati Gabrielle, is caught up in court fighting to stay in her daughter’s life, while her drug addict ex-husband Ryan, played by Scott Michael Foster, was gifted custody on a silver platter.

Despite these changes, “You” season three hangs on to many of its core elements, most notably Goldberg’s internal dialogue. The use of his stream of consciousness as a tool to drive the storyline forward is a genius maneuver that sets it apart from other psychological thrillers.

Goldberg’s perspective nods at familiar romantic themes but adds dark twists in a conversational manner, making his character even creepier. With the ability to understand the source of his actions, he becomes more likable to the audience despite his minor flaw, being a serial killer.

“You” is already renewed for season four, though I’m not sure how its writers are going to top this one.

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Penn Badgley plays Joe Goldberg, a stalker who is obsessed with a boy-meets-girl fantasy he created in his mind.

‘DUNE’ IS A FANTASTIC FIRST INSTALLMENT

By JACK MUSCATELLO Contributing Writer

After enduring several delays at the hands of COVID-19 restrictions, the ambitious “Dune” was finally released in theaters and on HBO Max Oct. 21. Well, at least half of it.

“Dune” is a film adaption of the 1965 novel, and focuses on the life of Paul Atreides, played by Timothée Chalamet, as he is pulled into an intergalactic war over the planet Arrakis. Paul stands alongside his father in the family’s core of leaders and feels pressure throughout the film to succeed him as duke of the family.

The complex politics, large-scale battles and slightly supernatural undertones in “Dune” are comparable to “Game of Thrones” and “Lord of the Rings.” The casual space travel between several planets is also reminiscent of George Lucas’ “Star Wars” saga. It is easy to see how influential the novel has been on science fiction and fantasy genres, and this new adaptation shows how important the story has been for Hollywood.

There have been several attempts at translating the novel’s storyline into movie form over the years. The perpetually controversial director David Lynch, now known

for his popular TV series “Twin Peaks,” produced an adaptation in 1984. His version is a collection of outlandish visual effects and odd dream sequences and cemented the idea that “Dune” is unfilmable. A miniseries was also released 20 years later but was dismissed for downplaying much of the novel’s scope.

With Warner Brothers’ new adaptation, though, it is clear that the novel has found an ideal director to capture its visual nuances.

Denis Villeneuve, known for “Blade Runner 2049,” constructed each scene in “Dune” with meticulous attention to detail and a keen eye for visual splendor. The expansive sand dunes of Arrakis are always framed with the human characters in the foreground, and cinematographer Greig Fraser paints important character moments with beautiful, realistic lighting.

The performances all around are fantastic. Chalamet shines as Paul, bringing a certain tenderness and youthful gaze to the role. Rebecca Ferguson provides much of the film’s soul through Lady Jessica, who is Paul’s mother and mentor. Josh Brolin and Jason Mamoa share several of the

film’s funniest moments, and Oscar Isaac turns in an ideal portrayal of a subdued yet proud father.

The editing is flawless, Hans Zimmer’s musical score is powerful and the production design is second to none. The film’s only shortcoming is its plot, since “Dune” is presented as an incomplete story. Villeneuve and his team of writers cover the first half of the novel in the screenplay, which reserves much of the emotional payoff for an upcoming sequel. He even titled the film “Part One” in its opening scene.

This is a smart choice. The novel is too complex and intricately structured to cram into one film. However, the result is a finale that feels almost too open-ended and the definitive example of a cliffhanger.

“Dune” is cinema at its finest. Villeneuve has delivered the ideal blend of art-house imagery and action thrills, cementing himself as the definitive visionary director working today. Though the film does not reach the emotionally satisfying heights of “The Fellowship of the Ring,” it succeeds in generating high expectations for “Part Two.” As Zendaya’s character Chani says in the film, “this is only the beginning.

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Associate Arts & Life Editor

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Quinnipiac to demolish Athletic and Recreation Center for parking spots

For the first time in Quinnipiac University’s history, students got what they wanted.

Quinnipiac decided to stop production of the expansion of the Athletic and Recreation Center. In the university’s 10-year master facilities plan, a health and wellness center was coming to campus in the fall semester of 2022. However, students creating their own parking spots in North Lot put a halt to this transition.

“There are so many alternatives to being physically active, but zero alternatives for a car accident,” President Judy Olian said. “We didn’t plan to renovate the recreation center, so we might as well get rid of it.”

Olian will be hosting a bulldozing event on Nov. 2, operating the bulldozer without any prior training. Olian said using the machine is a lifelong goal of hers. The North Lot will be closed for the event.

“It’s very strange that Quinnipiac chooses to fix a problem by causing another,” sophomore biomedical marketing major Chelsea Thomas said. “I’m not surprised though. I’m sure Hogan Lot will have room for all the non-residential students.”

There will be a $5 fee to attend the bulldozing event over Zoom. The profits will go towards compensating the construction workers’ hard work being destroyed.

“It’s a part of their contract, I wish I could get out of it,” Olian said. “The $90 commuter parking fee effective in the spring will fulfill their paychecks.”

The employees of the recreation center will be relocated to the York Hill campus.

The demolition will create 300 additional parking spots in the North Lot. The administration came to the conclusion that students following other people for a parking space is creepy.

“It’s great that I won’t risk smashing into someone because a student decided to park in a blind spot,” senior gerontology major Austin Bartone said. “However, it’s disappointing I can’t show off my Poland Springs gallon off to the ladies on leg day.”

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Scores & Schedule

October 27, 2021

Bongiovanni: ‘We have some of the best fans in the country’

Wednesday 10/20 WSOC lost 2-1 vs. Iona

Friday 10/22

MXC placed 8th of 12 @ CCSU Mini Meet WXC placed 2nd of 13 @ CCSU Mini Meet FH won 5-4 OT vs. Villanova MIH won 5-2 vs. North Dakota

Saturday 10/23

RUG won 101-7 @ Northeastern VB won 3-1 vs. Canisius WSOC won 4-0 @ Rider MSOC won 2-1 vs. Monmouth MIH lost 3-1 vs. North Dakota

Sunday 10/24

VB won 3-1 vs. Niagara

Monday 10/25

GOLF 1st of 10 @ St. John’s Invitational

Tuesday 10/26

MIH vs. Holy Cross 7 p.m. (Results unavailable before publication)

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Before Friday’s win over North Dakota, it had been 601 days since the men’s ice hockey team played in front of fans at home.

FANS RETURN from Page 12 prior to the weekend series, dating back to a 2006 faceoff in Grand Forks that saw current Chicago Blackhawks and former North Dakota centerman and captain Jonathan Toews net the first hat trick of his college career.

“They’re a great team,” Lombardi said. “But we believe we’re a better team, so we’re ready to go. We’re not scared of anybody, and we’re ready to play.”

The last time the two teams faced off was in the 2016 national championship game, where the Bobcats fell 5-1 in front of 20,000 at Amalie Arena in Tampa Bay, Florida. Though, that doesn’t seem to be on the mind of the coaching staff.

“No, I mean, it’s just we’re playing North Dakota,” Pecknold said. “They’re a great team. They’re top 10 every year, or top five, if not better … they’re one of the best teams in college hockey, so we’re just looking forward to competing against them.”

Regardless of the opponent, the Bobcats are looking forward to playing at home in front of thousands of Quin-

nipiac faithful.

“I’m super excited,” Mendel said.

“Fans can always build momentum, especially when you’re at home. It’s nice when you have them on your side cheering for you whenever you make a good play …

Going to have a loud night and hopefully we can give them a good showing.”

A good showing is what they got, pulling in a full crowd both nights against the midwestern opponent. The games would rank second and third for highest attendance in the 2019-20 season, only behind the regular season finale against Yale.

“It was a great atmosphere,” said Chris Cohen, a graduate business student.

“Stadium was rocking, packed, it’s just good to be back with everyone.”

Cohen, along with Jonathan Mendez, a senior advertising and integrated communications major, attend every home game.

“My favorite part is when we do fill out the arena,” Mendez said. “The fan chemistry is really good, and it shows a lot of school spirit so it just gets everyone amped up.”

The two were in attendance for that game against Yale that marked the start of a 601-day fanless drought in the People’s United Center.

“We were the first people in line,” Cohen said. “We showed up at 5 a.m. and camped outside so we were able to get the first tickets … Got to meet coach Pecknold and it was a fun time.”

The Bobcats shared the wealth in their first home series of the year, taking Game One 5-2 Friday night before falling 3-1 on Saturday to split with the NCHC powerhouse North Dakota. But the real story of the weekend was the fans.

“It’s everything,” senior centerman and captain Wyatt Bongiovanni said following the weekend’s action. “We have some of the best fans in the country and some of these guys have never seen a packed building before, so it was really special.”

Following this week’s matchups against Holy Cross and AIC, ECAC Hockey matchups begin with away games at Yale (Nov. 5) and Brown (Nov. 6).

Upcoming Wednesday 10/27

WSOC vs. Fairfield 2:30 p.m.

MSOC @ Fairfield 7 p.m.

Friday 10/29

WIH @ Brown 6 p.m.

FH @ Providence 6 p.m.

MIH @ AIC 7 p.m.

Saturday 10/30

RUG @ Mount St. Mary’s 11 a.m.

MXC WXC MAAC Championships @ 11 a.m.

VB vs. Fairfield 1 p.m.

MSOC vs. Manhattan 2 p.m.

WIH @ Yale 3 p.m.

MIH vs. AIC 4 p.m.

Sunday 10/31

WSOC vs. TBD (MAAC Tournament) 12 p.m.

FH vs. Sacred Heart 12 p.m.

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The men’s ice hockey team drew audiences of 3,498 and 3,512 people on Friday and Saturday, respectively, this weekend.

October 27, 2021

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Pete’s pond: QU leapfrogs North Dakota in USCHO poll Bobcats No. 5, Fighting Hawks No. 6 after weekend split

By PETER PIEKARSKI Associate Sports Editor

How fun was that?

After 601 days, the People’s United Center finally held a full arena of crazed and deprived hockey fans. Not only that, but a top 10 matchup between No. 6 North Dakota and then-No. 7 Quinnipiac added to the excitement.

“These are some of the best fans in the country,” captain and senior forward Wyatt Bongiovanni said. “A lot of these guys have never seen a packed building before. It was really special and for it to be 600 days since the last time, it’s really refreshing.”

As anticipated, the weekend ended in a split, which benefits both sides mutually. There was no doubt in my mind that Quinnipiac would win Friday night’s matchup in the season’s home opener, which provided a heightened sense of normalcy to the school and community attending.

On the other end, I fully expected North Dakota to storm out of the gates Saturday and take the win. Phil Giubileo, the play-by-play commentator for Quinnipiac men’s and women’s ice hockey on ESPN+, noted in the pregame that North Dakota does not lose two games in a row frequently.

“The last time they dropped two in a row was back in the 2019 quarterfinals against the University of Denver in the NCHC tournament,” Giubileo said.

However, only one prediction ended up being true. Quinnipiac dominated both games. The only difference is that the Bobcats failed to convert on numerous high-danger scoring chances Saturday night, whereas, in the previous game, Quinnipiac pounced on rebounds and capitalized on the power play.

“I thought we had some looks tonight where we had guys open off the back post and we didn’t make the play, we shot it into somebody’s shin pads,” Pecknold said. “That was disappointing. We had our chances on the power play and we just didn’t execute. We’ll keep working on it. It’s a work in progress.”

Watching the Bobcats from the student section, trying to analyze them as if I was sitting in the press box or watching the stream, provided a unique perspective on the team’s style of play.

The Bobcats play relentlessly on the forecheck. The pressure they’ve created this season versus last season is so much more distinguished and intense. It speaks volumes about how committed this team is to its one main goal: reaching the Frozen Four.

“We’ve got an unbelievable team here,” graduate student forward Oliver Chau said. “We have really good depth up front, on the back end and in net. Before you start playing games you kind of never know what you’ve got. As we’ve kicked off the season here it’s been awesome to watch every line, every (defensive) pairing and every goalie has been lights out. Let’s just keep it going.”

Additionally, the men’s ice hockey team’s play as of late is a testament to how prepared it is under head coach Rand Pecknold. The most recent USCHO poll supports this as Quinnipiac moved ahead of North Dakota despite the split series, with the Bobcats sitting pretty at No. 5.

The physicality in both games provided a playoff-like atmosphere and ramped up the level of intensity. On Friday, big hits were being thrown the entire game, but Saturday showcased more hatred after the whistle. Scrums and battles in the crease occurred throughout Saturday’s matchup.

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Forwards Ethan de Jong (senior) and Oliver Chau (graduate student) combined for three goals and four assists this weekend.

The fans’ and the players’ energy fed off of each other and added to the excitement for the crowd.

“There’s nothing like stepping out and seeing all the yellow towels going around,” senior defenseman and assistant captain Zach Metsa said. “Having energy back in the building is the big thing, it’s unbelievable. We’re lucky to have the rink and the support that we get. I’ll never take that for granted.”

Even though Quinnipiac did not secure the sweep against North Dakota, there are plenty of positives to take away from both games.

Other than the forecheck, the best aspect of the Bobcats’ game was limiting defensive zone time and suppressing the Fighting Hawks’ shots by blocking 23 attempts and only allowing 35 pucks to reach the goal crease.

North Dakota averaged 29 shots per game entering the weekend against Quinnipiac. The Fighting Hawks did not even reach 20 shots on goal in either game.

At the other end of the rink, Quinnipiac continued to pepper the opposing goaltender with shots. The quality of those shots taken also stands out for how efficient the Bobcats are playing.

They generated shots on the rush, creating lanes from the point while others provided a screen on the goaltender, along with several opportunities from around the slot caused

by Quinnipiac takeaways.

“We’ve proven even without the power play that we’re a top five team,” Metsa said. “We can play with anybody.”

Furthermore, the Bobcats’ ability to cycle the puck and collect rebounds to create more scoring chances is arguably the best in the nation.

However, one question remains for this Bobcats team: who is the starting goaltender?

Through five games, respective graduate student and sophomore goaltenders, Dylan St. Cyr and Yaniv Perets, have split starts, and it doesn’t seem like either are the clearcut starter.

Even though Perets’ stats are better than St. Cyr to this point, both goaltenders have been solid between the pipes.

Saturday night’s loss does not change the outlook on St. Cyr. He misplayed one puck, had a strange goal get pushed in and on the third goal, blown coverage led to a wide-open one-time shot. Even though the stat line looks weak, his play certainly was better than the outcome.

Perets, on the other hand, looks sturdy in the net through his first three games. However, he’s only faced 54 total shots in those games. Until Perets gets tested further and proves that he can survive a game where he gets bombarded with shots, it doesn’t seem likely for him to take over that starting role.

In the meantime, it seems that Pecknold will return to the 2018-19 two-goaltender tandem until one outplays the other to become the starter. It’s a good problem to have, especially with one of the goaltenders being only a sophomore.

Coming up for Quinnipiac, following an Oct. 26 game hosting Holy Cross, the Bobcats will play a home-and-home set against AIC Oct. 29-30.

“They’re going to play hard,” Pecknold said. “They’ll be excited to play us. We’ve got to make sure we’re ready to respect that. Anybody can beat anybody. We’ve already seen it this year, there’s already been some huge upsets early in the season. This will be a good mental test for us.”

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Men’s ice hockey is back

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Team welcomes home crowd for the first time in almost two years, and fans couldn’t be happier

By CAMERON LEVASSEUR Staff Writer

This past weekend’s men’s ice hockey series between Quinnipiac and North Dakota was one of monumental proportions, and not just because it was a faceoff between two of the nation’s top teams.

Though the women’s ice hockey team started the season on a six-game home stand, winning all six, these games marked the first time that 3,500 fans packed the People’s United Center for the men since the Battle of Whitney Avenue in late February 2020.

“Our fan base is unbelievable,” senior winger Michael Lombardi said. “We’ve had No. 1 teams or ranked teams come in and the crowd is just bumping. It adds a lot of energy to us.”

That added energy was definitely something the team missed last season, being forced to play all 29 games with nothing but cardboard cutouts in the stands during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I think the fans play a big, big part in college hockey,” Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey coach Rand Pecknold said. “Whether at home and on the road, or a lack of fans. Sometimes you don’t have them when kids are used to them and there’s a lack of energy in the building.”

A deafening home crowd can take the life out of any team if its not ready for it.

“UMass at home my freshman year, they were the No. 1 team in the country,” Lombardi said. “Our fans led us with the energy that game, we won 4-0. They didn’t even have a chance.”

Playing in the fourth-biggest college hockey arena in the nation, No. 6 North Dakota is no stranger to the spotlight.

“It’s always a great atmosphere playing there,” Quinnipiac graduate student defenseman Griffin Mendel said. “You’ve got 11,000 people in there every game, and their students are always loud.”

Mendel, who is in his fifth year of college hockey, is the only member of the current Bobcats team to have played the Fighting Hawks in the past. He spent his undergraduate career with the University of Denver in the NCHC, the same conference as North Dakota.

“They’re heavy and a very skilled team,” Mendel said ahead of the weekend matchup. “They don’t really have many holes in their game … they’re going to grind and dump in pucks and beat you on the forecheck, so we’ve just got to be prepared.”

Quinnipiac was 0-4 all time against the Fighting Hawks See FANS RETURN Page 10

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The No. 5 men’s ice hockey team hosted No. 6 North Dakota for its first weekend series at the People’s United Center this year.