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Student center completion one year away

By Matt Ciepielowski Senior Managing Editor Once construction is done on the Carl Hansen Student Center, approximately one year from now, the largest meeting room on campus will be on the newly added second floor of Alumni Hall. The trouble for student organizations will be the meantime, when meeting space in the student center will be cut to one room, SC227, after spring break.

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“It’s changed the sequence of construction,” Rubertone said. “Things that you would have done first you’re now doing third, so that’s been the biggest difficulty.”

Such sequencing will likely affect student organizations. Student Center Director Daniel Brown plans to clear the organization offices on the Student Center’s second floor by spring break, but Rubertone said the plan is not yet set in stone.

Rubertone said the facilities department is working “hand in glove” with Brown to keep the project on schedule.

The new Greek and student media suites will be located on the first floor of the renovated Student Center, along with four meeting rooms, a large seating area named the Piazza and a fireplace. The largest meeting room, student organization workspace, and roughly 60 lockers for organizational storage RENOVATION, continued on page 3

The QUINNIPIAC Volume 80 Issue 13

February 2, 2011

Egypt in turmoil

Photo courtesy of Jennifer Griffin

Students get out of Egypt just before riots

By Matt Ciepielowski Senior Managing Editor On Jan. 25, less than 10 days after 18 Quinnipiac students returned from a trip to Egypt for their QU 301 class, the country erupted into mass protest during what some organizers called “The Day of Anger.”

The demonstrations, which coincided with Egypt’s National Police Day, were focused on perceived injustices committed by President Hosni Mubarak’s regime.

Professor Janet Bahgat, who taught the class, said, “I think this is a response to the outrageous prices, unemployment, and this regime that just seems to be out of touch.”

Bahgat has been shuttling back and forth between Egypt and the United States for 30 years, since she was hired to teach American culture and English language at the American University in Cairo.

While she insisted that she is politically neutral, she said she believed that

Mubarak’s days as president are numbered. “[The protesters] want a clean regime, they don’t want any traces of that old way of looking at things,” she said.

There were many factors that contributed to the widespread outburst against Mubarak, including economic factors, as well as a lack of political freedoms. He has served as president since assuming power after Anwar El-Sadat’s assassination in 1981.

EGYPT, continued on page 2

J-Term housing not cost-effective, officials say “Given the small number of students enrolled in the onground courses, it is not cost-effective to open residence halls for this period of time.”

Mark Thompson, Senior VP for Academic and Student Affairs

By Amy Maciejowski Staff Writer Quinnipiac did not offer housing for students taking J-Term classes over winter break, and according to academic and residential administrators, it is expected to remain that way.

According to Mark Thompson, senior vice president for academic and student affairs, opening up a housing option for the new

January term of classes would not be worth it.

“Given the small number of students enrolled in the on-ground courses, it is not cost-effective to open residence halls for this period of time,” Thompson said.

Out of the 13 courses offered in the Registrar’s course bulletin, seven courses were specified to take place on the Mount Carmel campus.

The remaining were at the North Haven campus, online or off cam-

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pus such as “Inside Washington, D.C.” that took place at the nation’s capital. SB360 gave students the opportunity to travel to Nicaragua.

Most on-campus course registration was capped at 20 students.

“There are lots of facts that would have to be considered,” Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Director of Residential Life Cindy Long Porter said of modifying J-Term housing options. “We do need to have staff and provide ser-

vices if there were individuals staying on campus.”

No housing option for JTerm will likely remain, Porter said.

“It depends on the direction the university wants to go in, and right now it doesn’t,” Porter said.

J-Term was created this year to give students an opportunity to take a class while studying abroad or take an online course the student previously failed, according to J-TERM, continued on page 3

POLL: Student center renovations hindering organizations too much?

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February 2, 2011

‘Do You QU?’ network picks up steam BRIEFS CAMPUS

Your weekly dose of Quinnipiac news in brief

WILKERSON TO RESCHEDULE Isabel Wilkerson, the first black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in journalism, was prepared to speak last Wednesday in Buckman Theater. Heavy snow, however, forced the university to close at 5 p.m., and Wilkerson’s lecture on her newest book was canceled. The lecture will be rescheduled for “later in the semester,” Associate Vice President of Public Relations John Morgan said.

By Marissa Himbele Staff Writer

Surely you saw the highlighter-neon shirts that posed the question “Do you QU?” But do you?

Quinnipiac University teamed up with CollegiateLink, a studentcentric social networking site, to form a website to manage extracurricular activities, student organizations, and campus events. According to Student Programming Board President Vincent Bond, it’s something special.

“For me, it’s one of my new favorite things to use,” Bond said.

“I check on it every morning.”

Quinnipiac’s CollegiateLink

(titled “Do You QU?”) is a personal website for students to manage organizations, events, news and “To Do” lists. The virtual bulletin board contains flyers with information including date, time, people attending and more.

“It’s a vital part of the experience here at Quinnipiac,” Bond said. “If you’re not involved, there isn’t a better way.”

Even not-so-technologically savvy students should find the site easy and maneuverable. The website works with the MyQ login. A six-minute video tutorial is also available for extra assistance.

Once logged on, a quick assessment of your interests will cat-

egorize potential organizations you might be interested in. Over time, your profile will expand as your involvement in organizations increases. CollegiateLink keeps track of co-curricular transcripts and career and graduate profiles. It also links to Facebook to post events.

“Every recognized student organization has been preloaded into the website,” Twomey said. “As for active web pages or profiles, there are approximately 75 organizations that are currently utilizing the site.”

While the site carries many of the same tools as Facebook (events and groups), Camille Cielo, former Asian/Pacific Islander Student Association president, found the

Quinnipiac personality of “Do You QU?” unique.

“When I first saw it, I thought, ‘Why would I join?’” Cielo said.

“But people are really curious–and it’s another way to publicize my organization and get some attention.”

SPB was one of the first organizations to hop aboard. Flyers for a trip to see “The Lion King” on Broadway and the showing of the newest “Jackass” movie are currently posted to the bulletin board.

“It utilizes everything we need to do,” Bond said.

Bond also recognized the fact it helps SPB go green. With access to virtual flyers, less paper is needed to spread the word about events.

HR’S NEW EGYPT: Government making a mess, Baghat says MASON continued at this point seems to be Mohamed by a police sniper, the Egyptian massive scale of the protests. He from cover

Ronald Mason has been appointed Quinnipiac’s vice president for human resources. Mason will be the first to serve in this newly-created senior management position, which also makes him a member of the President’s Cabinet. Mason has a distinguished career that started in the university setting, and most recently served as chief administrative and human resources officer at Planned Parenthood Federation of America in New York.

Q-STARS Corey Lynch and John McCarthy, accompanied by Professor Scott McLean, traveled to Washington D.C. over the winter break to participate in a program sponsored

by The Washington Center. They appeared on CSPAN Jan. 16 during the “Q&A” portion of the program.

FULBRIGHT FINALISTS Giana Gleeson and Jenna Wallace were named finalists for Fulbright Fellowships. This program gives recent graduates the chance to travel to over 140 different countries worldwide. Gleeson and Wallace will know more about their application status later this spring.

A+ PROFS Assistant Professor of Finance Surya Chelikani was honored with the award for outstanding research at the Global Conference on Business and Finance Jan. 2-5 held in Las Vegas by the Institute for Business and Finance Research. The paper, titled “The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on Market Efficiency: Evidence from M&A Activity,” was written by Chelikani as well as Frank D’Souza of Loyola University in Maryland.

The Emergency Law in Egypt has been in almost constant effect since 1967, except for an 18-month break which ended when Sadat was murdered. Emergency Law entails more power for the police, the legalization of censorship, and reduced openness of the political process. While there are still elections, opposition groups have been crippled to the point that they stand little chance.

Demonstrators have clashed with the police every day since Jan. 25, with roughly 300 deaths so far, according to the United Nations.

The opposition to Mubarak has come from diverse groups, from the Muslim Brotherhood to the April 6 Youth Movement, made up mostly of students who organize using tools like Facebook.

The leader of the opposition

ElBaradei, a Nobel prize winner and the former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

David Ives, executive director of the Albert Schweitzer Institute, briefly spoke with ElBaradei at the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Japan this past November.

“I asked him whether or not he would be willing to be president,” Ives said. “He said that he’d be willing to do anything he could to promote democracy in Egypt.”

One of the reasons that the death toll has been relatively low thus far is that the military has been very reluctant to commit violence against Egyptian citizens. The police have not shown that that same reluctance, however. After the Associated Press posted a video that showed a protester being shot dead

government cut off essentially all Internet and mobile communication across the country. It has since returned, but there have been sporadic shutdowns.

Bahgat said it is no surprise that the military seem to be siding with the people, while the police side with the regime.

Egypt has a conscriptionbased military, which results in it being very representative of the people, Bahgat said, going as far as to call them “the voice of the people.”

The police, on the other hand, swear allegiance to Mubarak and the government. “They’re there to be his guys,” Bahgat said.

Junior Andrew McDermott, a member of the class that traveled to Egypt, said that while he was not surprised that the people were protesting, he was surprised by the

said that in his experience, the police weren’t bad people.

“The citizens are upset against the government, and the police are just following orders,” he said.

Baghat said that she thought that there was little risk of extremists filling the power vacuum after Mubarak is gone.

“Their women are very educated,” she said. “Their women are university educated as well. There is no way that they are going to become an Islamic state, from what I understand.”

She was very hopeful that the violence in Egypt would end soon.

“They just want to get back to work and get things rolling,” she said. “People are beautiful wherever you go, it’s the governments that make a mess of things.”

Event Calendar Today

spring media summit

ra info session

Burt Kahn court, 4 - 6 p.m.

café q, 9:15 p.m.

Meet representatives and members from the Chronicle, WQAQ, Q30, Montage, and the Summit and learn how you can get involved with Quinnipiac’s student media.

buckman center 129, 7 p.m.

Come to the involvement fair to learn about the various campus organizations and get involved with your favorites.

greek kickoff

chinese new year

involvement fair

ra info session

rocky top room 303, 5 - 6 p.m.

The Department of Residential Life is sponsoring an informational session for all students interested in receiving more information about the RA and RHD positions.

“defying the odds”

north haven auditorium, 6 - 8 p.m.

Learn about the inspirational triumph that is guitartist Jason Crigler’s life though his multimedia presentation.

burt kahn court, 9:15 p.m.

Come meet the members of Quinnipiac’s Greek life, learn more about fraternity and sorority recruitment, and why it could be right for you!

Friday new student orgs info session

student center 227, 1 p.m.

Didn’t find the right club at the involvement fair? Come to this information session to learn more about starting a new organization on campus.

The Department of Residential Life is sponsoring an informational session for all students interested in receiving more information about the RA positions.

café q, 10 p.m.

QUAD is helping Quinnipiac ring in the Chinese New Year with Chinese food and make-your-own candy sushi.

Saturday st. baldrick’s kickoff

mancheski seminar room, 8 - 10 p.m.

Registration for this year’s St. Baldrick’s event will be available along with free hot chocolate and ice cream. All students are encouraged to come and learn more about the event.

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February 2, 2011

Sorority QU201 on the table Following positive reviews of fraternity QU201, Simeoli pushes for sorority equivalent helping develop readings for the the Greek life advisor, would teach to focus on community. course. the course. Simeoli would act as an “The Greek community is “Greek organizations are assistant facilitator. growing here at Quinnipiac, and constantly being labeled by faculty, With this as a starting place, why not embrace that?” Fischer our peers and of course the media,” Simeoli hopes to create a similarly- said. “We can’t hide from the facts.

Simeoli said. “I want members of themed QU301 course with a com- Sororities have many positive asthe Greek community pects to teach “I want members of the Greek community to challenge themselves women.” to challenge themselves to live our to live our values, to This semesvalues, to learn about the history of the learn about the history ter is the second of the organizations time a fraternityorganizations they are a part of and to gain they are a part of and themed QU201 a new perspective of the future for Greek to gain a new perspeccourse is being organizations by examining our past.” tive of the future for taught. The class, Mary Simeoli Greek organizations by titled “Fraternal President, Alpha Delta Pi examining our past.”

Organization in According to Simeoli, the munity service project that brings American History,” was held as an course would be held once a week the values of the Greek community experiment during the spring 2010 and would feature a variety of guest into the local community as the cen- semester and was taught by political speakers in addition to lectures and tral focus. science professor Seán Duffy. discussions. Simeoli would like the “Having a course like this “The course was just as rigorcourse to be open to every member would give members of the Greek ous, if not more, to ensure no one of the campus community, rather community the opportunity to start came away with the idea the section than be exclusive to sorority mem- building stronger relationships with isn’t serious,” Foery said. bers. This way, she hopes students Quinnipiac faculty and also show Junior public relations major interested in joining a Greek organi- this drive for social excellence Alex Forman, president of Sigma zation will have the opportunity to means so much more than the ste- Phi Epsilon, was a member of the learn about the sorority’s organiza- reotypes and projections that seem first fraternity-themed QU201 class. tion and history. to constantly outweigh the comForman registered for the The basis of the course would munity service, philanthropy events class, which consisted of 19 membe to explore the role women’s fra- and campus involvement that are bers of Sigma Phi Epsilon, because ternal groups have played through- also a huge part of our community,” of the unique academic opportuout history in the context of the Simeoli said. nity it offered. feminist and women's rights moveJunior public relations major “The fact that we all knew ments and the roles different Greek Caitlin Fischer, president of Alpha each other before the class started Councils have had in the history of Chi Omega, said a sorority-themed immediately cut through any of the women’s organizations. McKenna, QU201 course would be a great way tension that is usually dreaded in

By Meghan Parmentier Associate News Editor In the wake of a successful fraternity-themed QU201 section, a sorority-themed section of the class is in the works. QU201 Seminar Coordinator Raymond Foery and a committee will meet today to further discuss the proposed course.

Sororities were notified of the possibility over winter break, with an e-mail explaining the premise of the course. If the course is approved, the earliest it will be offered is next spring, Foery said.

Because the fraternity course was successful, Foery suspects a sorority section would also be successful.

But Foery fears an evolution that would place certain majors or audiences together: “It was never intended for specific classes for specific audiences,” he said. Such arrangements would detract from the point of the seminar: taking a subject of one’s interest and stepping outside of their comfort zone.

Junior political science major Mary Simeoli approached Courtney McKenna, assistant director of the student center and campus life, about starting such a course last fall.

Simeoli, president of Alpha Delta Pi, has since been researching and

QU seminar classes,” Forman said.

“We were able to have in depth and honest discussions about American society as we saw it.”

The students learned about the history of fraternal organizations in America. The class also focused on the idea of the existence of a national community. The class created a charity basketball tournament and clothing drive to donate athletic gear to a struggling youth basketball program in South Africa.

Forman found the class to be one of the best he has taken so far at Quinnipiac.

“All of the class members agreed that we had exemplified what the QU seminar program set out to do–creating a forum for honest discussions and critical thinking of the world around us,” Forman said. “There were no awkward silences or forced discussions, and even though we had the common bond of being a fraternity it was very clear that we all had different backgrounds and opinions of the national community.”

This semester, Duffy is teaching the class again to members of Sigma Phi Epsilon.

“I would love to see similar sections open up,” Forman said.

“It’s an easy way to keep the bonds strong in organizations and to keep students involved in the course.”

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Phi Sigma Sigma President Heidi Hitchen has not yet seen the plans, but is excited for the new Greek suite.

“After seeing what the architects have done with the SGA suite and the Rotunda lounge, I expect to see the same kind of craftsmanship on the Greek suite and the rest of the Student Center offices,” she

said.

According to the blueprints, the upstairs hallway of the Student Center will contain offices for Multicultural Advancement, work study, International Affairs, the Student Center staff, and the Student Programming Board. This portion of the construction is scheduled to be completed by this September.

Monica Torpey, a member of the QU Democrats, had mixed feel-

ings about the lack of office space for student organizations in the Student Center plans.

“I think that it may be a hindrance to groups because they won’t have a space that is their own where they can focus, where the e-board can meet up and where members can easily sign up for activities,” she said. “But at the same time maybe having to share a workspace will cause the various groups at our

J-TERM: Opening up housing options unlikely continued from cover Thompson.

Changing the current rule would be difficult, Porter said, but if it needed to be looked over, the school would entertain the thought.

“As a student taking a class during intercession, I believe the university should give permission for students to live in their dorm,” senior Beth King said. “I think that it is very unfair since classes taken during intercession are expensive anyway.”

Besides on-campus, online and study abroad courses in the JTerm, there were also hybrid courses available to students, consisting of a mix between online work and meeting on campus.

Visiting instructor of psychology Sandra K. Soucie offered one such hybrid course. Her “Child & Adolescent” course required students to spend 11 hours per week on campus and about four hours online.

Since the rate of enrollment

was almost full at 18 students, there seemed to be a considerable amount of student interest, Soucie said, but the winter weather made attendance difficult.

“Considering that the course takes place during a time of unfavorable weather, class cancellations seem inevitable,” Soucie said.

“In a course where we only met on-ground nine times during the whole course, multiple cancellations meant missing a significant amount of lecture time (four hours a day).”

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St. Baldrick’s crew to kick off cuts for cancer on Saturday

By Andrew Timothy Staff Writer For Morgan Farra, cancer hits close to home.

“Cancer has always had a significant impact on my life,” said Farra, a sophomore. “My grandma was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was a child and one of my close childhood friends fell to leukemia in high school.”

Farra took those experiences to heart, and as co-chair of Quinnipiac’s St. Baldrick’s annual event, hopes to make a difference.

The St. Baldrick’s Foundation raises funds for child cancer research

by encouraging students to shave their heads in honor of the young lives afflicted by the hard-to-cure disease.

For the second year, Quinnipiac will host a St. Baldrick’s event.

This Saturday, Farra and fellow co-chairs Catie Regan and Kristen Cagney will host a kickoff event to raise awareness for the March 1 fundraiser.

“It’s a simple WHAT: way for QuinnipiSt. Baldrick’s ac students to raise Kickoff money and awareWHEN: ness, as last year’s Saturday, 8-10 p.m. event showed,” WHERE: Regan said. “TraMancheski ditions are very

important to the community, and St. Baldrick’s has proven itself worthy of being a Bobcat tradition.”

The Student Programming Board raised $7,000 for St. Baldrick’s last year, greatly exceeding the original $2,000 goal. SPB hopes to raise more than $8,000 and increase participation this year.

Barbers will be on hand to shave heads, but will also be available to trim a few inches of hair from female participants supporting the cause but hesitant to sport the bald look.

“This makes the event different by adding a new dimension, which we hope will bring more peo-

ple, including females,” Farra said.

According to Cagney, SPB has contacted most of the maledominated campus organizations to encourage participation. This year, the St. Baldrick’s co-chairs reached out to co-ed organizations like orientation leaders and the Athletic Department.

“We’re using all our resources we have to network this cause as best we can,” Cagney said. “This is a simple way to raise awareness for a cause that so greatly affects children and young families across America.”

The kickoff will take place in Mancheski Seminar Room in the

Lender School of Business on Saturday from 8-10 p.m. In addition to sign-up tables, the kickoff will be replete with snacks, hot chocolate, ice cream, information pamphlets, and videos which detail the mission of the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.

SPB also hopes to host a child from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation on March 1.

Junior Neil Brown, one of last year’s participants, said going bald has never been more exciting.

“Last year, I didn’t know what to expect,” Brown said. “I knew it was a good cause, but after hearing the speakers’ powerful stories, it gave ‘haircut’ a new meaning.”

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Delohery primed for retention position Learning Center director looks to keep retention rates on the rise

By Marcus Harun Staff Writer This is the first semester he isn’t teaching a class in his 11 years at Quinnipiac, but Andrew Delohery is now taking on the duties of two administrative positions at the same time. Delohery was named associate vice president for retention and academic success last month, but is still continuing his duties as the director of the Learning Center.

“This semester is a transition period,” Delohery said.

Delohery began his post as director of the Learning Center in 2000, and he will continue to meet with 300-400 students this semester, he said.

“The position was created to ensure that we have a coordinated and effective response to students academically at-risk,” Senior Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs Mark Thompson said.

“It is intended to help identify students who may need help as early as possible and provide assistance to them as a way to increase retention and student success.”

Delohery is the first person to hold the new vice presidential position that is dedicated to studying and increasing retention and graduation rates of the university. Retention is “a student’s continuation from the first to the second year of school,” which is one of the most common times for a student to transfer from a college, Delohery said.

“If you end up with less than a 2.0 GPA, a lot of people – either themselves or their parents – think it’s time to rethink the plan,” Delohery said. “That’s consistent across the nation.”

Delohery was the chair of the Retention and Graduation Rate Task Force last school year. The team searched for possible connections between retention and factors like rank in high school class, GPA, SAT score, race, gender, financial need, or level of financial aid. Thompson showcased some of

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Andrew Delohery, recently promoted to an associate vice president position, looks over materials with Academic Specialist Tracy Hallstead in his Tator Hall office. Delohery remains the director of the Learning Center on campus.

the task force’s findings in his 2010 convocation address.

“Effective this semester, faculty teaching freshman level courses will report the names of students who miss the equivalent of one week of class and/or receive a grade of ‘D’ or ‘F’ on initial assignments to the Learning Center,” Thompson said. “Under the current early warning system, 70 percent or more of at-risk students referred are helped successfully. The problem is that only 30 percent of students that would benefit from help get referred and many students don’t get the help they need.”

In the past 11 years, Delohery has found more students are utilizing the Learning Center and are ultimately succeeding in their classes. In 2000, 660 students used the Learning Center, as opposed to more than 3,000 students last year

THE PROOF IS IN THE CENTER 70 percent of at-risk students referred to the Learning Center are helped successfully, according to Thompson.

– nearly 65 percent of the undergraduate population.

“When looking at previous early warning numbers, if a student was referred, 70 percent ended up succeeding in the class,” Delohery said. “We went from 70 percent last year to 75 percent this year. Initial indication is that we increased the students’ level of success with us.”

The task force found that low freshman GPA was one of the reasons students were leaving Quinnipiac, reinforcing the idea of directing students doing poorly in classes to the Learning Center for help.

Quinnipiac’s retention rate has been fluctuating year to year,

but is currently in an upward trend, Delohery said. In his time at the university, the retention rate has been between 85 and 88 percent.

“The national average for four-year schools is 47 percent and we’re at 86 percent,” Delohery said.

“We are in the running for being a selective university.”

Quinnipiac’s goal is to reach a retention rate of 90 percent, which is considered “highly selective.”

Although Delohery’s job is to “improve retention,” he acknowledged the fact that this university tries to provide the best opportunities for students and help them find their path to success, even if that

path leads them away from Quinnipiac.

“Following the idea of a liberal education, how can we not say somebody might come to the realization that this place is not best serving their needs?” Delohery said.

It is his job to attempt to keep students at Quinnipiac, but Delohery said after working with students for so many years, he is still caring about the students’ best interests.

“Mr. Delohery has a long track record of providing assistance to students as former director of the Learning Center,” Thompson said. “He is sincere in his desire for students to succeed and has the expertise needed to coordinate the services of the Learning Center with other areas in Student and Academic Affairs to strengthen our ability to serve our students.”

Law experts hash out hot-button jury issues

By Robert Grant Staff Writer Jurors aren’t aware of the mandatory minimum sentence that could await a guilty party in America’s justice system, and according to attorney Timothy Moynahan, that needs to change.

Moynahan gave his argument alongside Connecticut law experts at Friday’s “Juries and Justice” forum at the School of Law’s Grand Courtroom, co-sponsored by the Con-

necticut Bar Foundation along with contributions from the Criminal Law Society and Student Bar Association.

The panelists discussed whether juries should be involved in criminal sentencing. Currently, jurors are not told the defendant’s possible sentence before they deliberate in criminal trials.

“The present system is straightforward,” Connecticut’s Chief Administrative Judge Robert Devlin said. “We ask one question: Is the defendant guilty? Yes or no?”

But it’s not that simple, Moynahan said. He offered a story of a young man charged with home invasion - the jury had no idea that a guilty verdict would land the man a 10-year minimum sentence. Such knowledge could have led the jury away from what he felt was an unfair sentence.

Leonard Boyle, deputy chief state’s attorney of Connecticut, said that the issue is coming to a head and needs to be addressed.

“There should be a policy de-

termination on whether or not [the jury] wants to sentence,” Boyle said.

Advocates of the status quo would oppose, arguing that a judge is more qualified to make sentencing decisions than a jury.

Nicole Fernandes, a third-year law student who helped organize the event, offered her opinion.

“The role of a juror should be one of a fact-finder,” Fernandes said. “However, I also feel that jurors should be made aware of mandatory minimum sentences. They

should know this and assess the penalty as such.”

Fernandes said law professor Jeffrey Meyer, another event organizer, recently wrote an article dealing with the same topic. They wanted to raise awareness of this debate by holding a forum because it was such a hot issue.

“The discussion was very involved and interesting, and there was a good turnout in students who attended,” Fernandes said. “All told, it was a wonderful afternoon.”

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February 2, 2011

‘Perfect storm’ reveals poor priorities

Planned renovation will severely inhibit student organizations, leaders

I remain unconvinced that the Quinnipiac administration has their current students’ best interests at heart.

By Jamie Hill Student event Head Copy Editor space was hindered

by Alumni Hall renovation. Student organization office space will disappear after spring break.

Meeting space in the Carl Hansen Student Center will soon be whittled down to one room (SC227).

It feels like the perfect storm to impede the progress of students who are involved and motivated.

The given construction timetable very well may be the most efficient for the university, as Associate Vice President for Facilities Joseph Rubertone notioned. Spring break was “the logical time to move,” added Associate Director of Student Center and Leadership Development Nicolette Yevich said.

As student leaders for organizations, we are getting penalized for being involved. We are not getting an apology, an excuse, or even a clear and timely explanation. Different faculty members from different departments are telling students different things, while most student leaders have not been told face to face that their office spaces will be permanently dismantled.

Right on the home page of Quinnipiac’s website, the mission statement begins with “At Quinnipiac, students are our first, second and third priorities.” But it appears that future students are taking precedence over current students.

More than 8,000 currently enrolled students are being pushed and prodded from one building to the next, promised one thing and given another, forced to accomodate fewer and fewer meeting spaces, all the while being told that we are the uni-

versity’s top priority.

I was told that when we come back as alumni, we will appreciate the new student center and the completed renovations. We do not want to be seen as future alumni, but current students who have the same needs and responsibilities as future students. Of course every university must look to the future needs and wants of its students, yet it seems like this university is leaning in that direction far more than is fair to current enrollees.

The second-floor hallway in the student center, where more than 25 chartered student organizations currently hold office space, will be “renovated” during spring break – which, if it undergoes the same “renovation” as Alumni Hall, means it may sit untouched for 12 weeks.

Alumni Hall was closed “for renovation,” last semester – or at least that’s the sign we were met with on our first day back to school. But there were no signs of any construction on Alumni Hall at all until after Thanksgiving. That means 12 weeks of active school time went by when students could have been using Alumni Hall for big events like movie screenings and speakers. Alumni Hall was the only facility available outside of the Recreation Center for certain kinds of large-scale events, and it was kept closed and out of reach for a full 12 weeks. If there is a good reason, the average QU student doesn’t know it. (“Hazardous materials” were found, which delayed renovations.)

“I don’t have a background in construction, I don’t understand how all that works. Sure, it would be great if we could shut down in May and restart in September; I’ve never worked at an institution that worked that way,” Yevich said.

Quinnipiac is a blossoming university. All of these construction projects will make the university look and ostensibly work better. But only students can build the community, and we can’t forget that they are the most important construction workers for this school.

By Chris Leary Online Sports Editor

Life just hasn’t been the same without Hulas.

Well, we just wrapped up the first weekend back at school, and needless to say it was business as usual.

The thing is though, business as usual has been a little different this year. From crushing happy hours, to dice-rolling on the Toad’s dance floor, this year just hasn’t had the same weekend feel to it.

At this point you’re probably asking me, “Well where on Earth would you rather go?”

I'll tell you where. Some place warm. A place where beer flows like wine. Where beautiful women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano. I’m talking about a little place called Hula Hanks.

Hulas was, and still is, the greatest bar I have ever been to. It had literally everything a bar needed: the hottest girls from school, drink specials, dancing on the bar, a rope swing, and my personal favorite, a timely Jersey Shore ab contest where I was robbed of a win.

I’m not sure why Hulas closed shop, giving us their ugly sibling called Wicked Wolf in return, but my life just hasn’t been the same.

No more waking up fully clothed in roommates’ beds, no more fish bowls tasting like Samoa Girl Scout cookies and no more screaming at Patty about how great my night was.

For now, I will make the best of my Thursday nights, but just know that if Hulas ever re-opens, I will be the first person at the door, ready to spin the shot wheel at the back of the bar.

10% Yes

What say you?

Was the Quinnipiac bus boycott necessary?

There’s no place like...

Hula Hanks

20% I don’t know 70% No

(results from poll on QUChronicle.com)

SGA UPDATE

Tune into “Do You QU?” to keep up with semester’s latest

Hey Bobcats, One week down, 14 to go! The spring semester may be stifled by the winter weather, but SGA is coming out in full force. With most of their legwork in the fall and winter months, many SGA members come into this new year with plans to make a lot of things happen in the spring. One huge movement coming from the Office of the Student Center and Campus Life is the “Do You QU?” campaign. With many of the organizations needing a central portal for networking and promotions, the link qu.collegiatelink.net can be set up by any student with their Quinnipiac username and password. “Do You QU?” is an awesome way to find out about organizations you may not be a part of. Clubs and organizations will also have the opportunity to connect at two Council of Presidents meetings this semester (dates have yet to be determined). With the success of last semester’s meeting, the public relations committee looks forward to prompting discussions regarding the changes to the Carl Hansen Student Center, commencement plans, Quinnipiac’s Big Event, QU Spirit Group, the State of the QUnion, co-sponsorship, scheduling, and much more. If you have any issues you would like to have brought up at a Council of Presidents meeting or a regular SGA general board meeting, please feel free to contact SGA at SGA@quinnipiac.edu.

With Bobcat Pride, Matt Hudak Vice President of Public Relations

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

February 2, 2011

DEGREE OF SEPARATION?

Shuttle critique Don’t make future salary your academic priority was ‘disrespectful’ “So, if you’re planning to get a

By Christine Burroni in history, good luck finding a job.” mockery of event Ph.D.These Associate Opinion Editor not so encouraging words Dear Joe, I’m writing in response to the article posted in the Jan. 26 edition of the Chronicle titled “Shuttle boycott honorable, but misguided.” Just to begin, I will say that article was disrespectful.

Being an African American, knowing members of my family tree who died so that I could be a student at Quinnipiac, so that I can freely sit on a Quinnipiac shuttle wherever I like; it hurts me to the core to hear you publish such ignorant things. “The shuttle boycott may educate, but also devalues the concept of boycotting.” The concept of the Montgomery boycott was not merely an act of not hopping on the city bus. It was a statement, a movement, and a fight; so when you publish things that say BSU is minimalizing that commitment you are the one devaluing the fight that my family endured. Yes, opinions will always be made, but how dare you publicly disrespect the honor I’m giving my family because you don’t understand it. But because you don’t understand the sole purpose of [Wednesday’s] boycott, let me take a step back and do as Martin Luther King Jr. would have done, and try to explain it to you: Our Quinnipiac shuttle boycott was to pay tribute to what our country went through, not only in the 1955 boycott, but in the Civil Rights Era as a whole.

Wednesday’s celebration should be a personal praise from everyone, no matter your race; this isn’t about color anymore this is about exaltation. If a person never takes the time to try and feel what our country’s brave men and women felt during that fight, they will never humble themselves to it. Did you try to boycott the shuttle today, or pick up a button in support of it? Did you read the facts about the boycott that we were giving out to educate and remind everyone about the struggle? Did you even take a moment to look outside today, at all the snow, slippery roads, blocked sidewalks; and think to yourself, my family walked in this for miles and miles, day after day, for a whole year to get to where they had to go-where they had to go that day, and where they had to take us today. Did you think that today?

I did, and it brought tears to my heart that they did that just for me, and all that BSU was asking of us was to do it for them; just one day to remember them. It is not flattery, it is honor; and MLK and Rosa Parks were indeed smiling down on us today for remembering them in just one simple way that we could. So when you try to make a mockery of our celebration today, you made a mockery of the ones we are celebrating.

Quanita Jones P.S. Was the Quinnipiac Bus Boycott necessary?... Is it necessary for us to remember our veterans? Is it necessary to remember our 9/11 heroes? Is it necessary to remember our lost love ones? If you dare to say no, your heart is indeed misguided.

came from my journalism professor during his introduction to my first class of the semester.

With this abrupt and shocking statement, some students might unfortunately be rethinking their career decisions by putting their passions aside in exchange for something that offers a bit more revenue.

This immediately hit a nerve with me – a history minor. Taking two history courses this semester, I obviously have a significant interest in the subject, and have always thought how nice it would be to do research for a museum or possibly use my knowledge of my favorite subject somewhere down the road.

Well, I guess not. Thanks, professor.

Starting my second semester courses, I was excited to finally start taking classes in my major and minor, unlike the insignificant “gen-eds” that overwhelmed my schedule last semester.

It’s ironic because, according to my brutally honest professor, my minor won’t get me too far; but at the same time, these are the courses that mean the most to me. So much for being well-rounded.

I understand that maybe studying generic subjects and then expecting to find a relevant successful job is going to be very difficult in the current economy, but does this mean that we have to sacrifice what we really want to do for practicality?

It seems as if our professors are deterring us from our passions and dreams. What if there was a student in my class very well planning on getting a Ph.D. in history? I’m sure that they would be incredibly discouraged after hearing the opinion of my professor. You should be influenced to do what you want, even if it’s not the best career choice from a financial standpoint.

Life is what you make it, and if you’re content living on a smaller salary then go for it.

I would like to be making a lot of money wherever my career leads me, but I don’t want to (or won’t) settle for being miserable.

When we’re little, our dreams of being singers, painters, dancers, or even astronauts seem to be shot when we get older for the sake of practicality. The whole “reach for the stars” mentality turns into “reach for what employer will pay you the most.”

In the end, I know that we’re all going to need to financially support ourselves, but do it with integrity and happiness. Do it knowing what you’re doing is something you love, and where the money is just a benefit. Shocking, yes, but it’s possible.

Last-Ditch Effort

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Yes, we can’t forget, but our efforts were not misguided Dear Joe Pelletier (Editor-in-chief), While I appreciate your opinion and thank you for providing publicity toward our event, I whole heartedly disagree that our efforts were misguided. You are right about a few things however, we certainly cannot forget about the Montgomery bus boycott and we should honor and thank them. As one of the participates standing out in the cold giving out hot chocolate and support buttons, I felt

truly humbled being able to express my gratitude. You also failed to mention the strong sense of community that was developed amongst the 1955 Montgomery bus boycotters. The sense of community that I witnessed today and that Quinnipiac University prides itself on. As Quinnipiac students happily accepted the much needed hot chocolate and wore their support buttons with pride, I didn’t feel misguided I felt proud. In life peo-

ple can easily make inaccurate judgment calls sitting from the side lines, perhaps next time you should put yourself in the game in order to make an accurate assessment.

Sincerely, Adam A. Bernard Class of 2011 Finance Major BSU Parliamentarian

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FILM CRITIQUE

“Shore” idea of Italy doesn’t jive with QU’s proud Italians The hottest show on MTV these days is “Jersey Shore,” and it’s called that for a reason - it’s supposed to take place in Seaside, N.J. It was recently announced that the fourth season of “Jersey Shore” is set to film in Italy. According to a statement released by MTV’s executive vice president of programming and head of production Chris Linn, “The cast is headed to the birthplace of the culture they love and live by.”

However, according to Italian-Americans who have grown up with true Italian culture, the heritage has nothing to do with going to the gym, tanning or doing laundry.

Professor Dominic Corraro, teaches Italian 101, 102 and 202 and is involved with the Italian Club here at Quinnipiac.

“Last year when I was in Italy, a friend of mine asked me about the show,” Corraro said. “It had been shown in Italy, and Italians were furious and insulted about the depictions of Italian-Americans.”

Can you blame Italians for being angry?

Would you want your culture to be represented in the filthy ways that “Jersey Shore” represents Italians? To make it worse, the cast is migrating to the very place that they constantly disrespect.

It was revealed that Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, Ronnie Magro and Jenni “J Woww” Farley are not even Italian. My question is: Why burden real Italians with the people who are misrepresenting their culture?

“Italians are very refined and proud people,” Corraro said. “They are nothing like the nonsense of this show.”

Quinnipiac has its share of both ItalianAmericans and New Jersey residents. Despite the stereotypes established by “Jersey Shore,” you’ll rarely see someone on campus that has a “pouf ” like Snooki or a “blowout” like Pauly D. “I have had many [Italian Americans from New Jersey] in class and none are like the characters in this program,” Corraro said.

“They are some of the finest students I have met, with great respect and good family values. Many have voiced that they are insulted by the program.”

You can explore the sidewalks of Quinnipiac and find countless Italian-Americans that are respectable on all levels. It’s a shame when people like the “Jersey Shore” cast overshadow the reputable Italian-Americans who embrace their real culture.

Furthermore, real Italian culture does not include calling unattractive women “grenades,” or “fist pumping” at a nightclub.

With the abundance of Italian-Americans who are misrepresented by “Jersey Shore,” it’s a disgrace to further misrepresent the Italian citizens on their own territory. Yes, it’s entertaining to watch a train wreck, but Italian-Americans with true intellect do not deserve to be represented in derogatory ways - especially in the place where our beautiful culture originated.

It’s highly unlikely that native Italians will welcome the “Jersey Shore” cast to their rich, beautiful country.

12 Oscar Nominations

By Gina Faustini Staff Writer

Actor in a Leading Role Directed by: Tom Hooper Colin Firth Starring: Colin Firth, Actor in a Supporting Role Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush Geoffrey Rush Overview: Actress in a Supporting Role “The King’s Speech” is the remarkable story of Helena Bonham Carter King George VI’s struggle of becoming an icon of Art Direction hope and reassurance through the darkest moments Best Picture of World War II. The king seeks the help of a speech Cinematography therapist to rid himself of a horrific stammer in order Costume Design to overcome his insecurities about being a worthy king.

Directing Along the way, a great friendship is formed between Film Editing the king (Colin Firth) and his speech therapist, Lionel Original Score Logue (Geoffrey Rush).

Sound Mixing Original Screenplay

“BLEW ME AWAY”

8.5 out of 10

Dylan Cohen - Freshman Film Major “The King’s Speech” is a prime example of taking a true story and transforming it into a great film. It is very interesting to see into the life of King George VI. The king is usually viewed as confident and powerful, ready to take on his duties. However, the film explores the insecurities and struggles of the king, urging the viewers to sympathize. Although unusual, the unique portrayal of the king is what makes this film so intriguing.

The acting in “The King’s Speech” blew me away. Although Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter and many others put on great performances, Colin Firth’s performance is absolutely flawless. The way Firth expresses King George’s speech problems and anger issues is textbook. The constant stammering and frustrated facial expressions are very realistic. One of my favorite scenes from the film is when the king becomes extremely frustrated during a lesson with his speech therapist and begins endlessly swearing. The anger portrayed is perfect. Firth’s outstanding performance in “The King’s Speech” earned him an Oscar nomination, and I will be shocked if he does not win.

The cinematography in this film is outstanding, making it that much more enjoyable. My favorite shot in the film is when King George VI is getting ready to talk into the microphone and give his speech. The camera is set close to Firth’s face, expressing a sense of claustrophobia.

It really gives the viewer a sense of how much pressure was on King George VI at that moment in time. During the scene, I even began to feel nervous myself.

The touching story of King George VI had me leaving the movie theater very pleased. With the outstanding acting, effective cinematography and incredible history behind the film, “The King’s Speech” is a great success. Recently nominated for Best Picture of the year, I believe “The King’s Speech” has a very good chance of winning.

“TRULY BEAUTIFUL STORY” Chris Gillotte - Freshman Theater Major Tom Hooper directs an ace of a film driven at the helm by Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush. Both men appeared to flawlessly represent the friendship between King George VI and his speech therapist, Lionel Logue.

All I can really say is I was taken away by specific scenes involving King George’s internal struggle with selfconfidence and his external struggles about actually being a king.

I praise many scenes from the movie, but the one when Firth is dressed as the king coming back from an unsuccessful speech is really memorable to me. He comes back to his family disappointed and concerned for his future. As he appears in front of his two daughters he stands internally upset about his stammer and the well-being of his family. Then, one of the two daughters calls him

10 out of 10

“Your Majesty,” in awe of her father’s ornate uniform. The unbelievable pressure of what King George went through is seen and quite evident. Firth plays the troubled heir-to-the-throne to a tee.

The emotions on his face illustrated the situations at hand easily and without overacting. When Firth and Rush are on screen together, their presence is at times overwhelming. This is also a great turn for Helena Bonham Carter, who did a fantastic job, too, as King George’s wife and friend.

The story itself is very interesting and was portrayed well onscreen. “The King’s Speech” is a story of inspiration and the unbelievable journey of a man’s progression to find himself among his obstacles and flaws. Altogether, “The King’s Speech” is a truly beautiful story of human emotion and triumph. The Oscar race is definitely a crowded one this year. Many great films have appeared in 2010 and are notable contenders for the most prized awards in Hollywood. No matter what the critics say, this film is my personal favorite of 2010.

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February 2, 2011

WRECK -Jive Records

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-MTV

OF THE WEEK Makeup artists ‘Face Off’ on Syfy

Syfy is one of those often overlooked channels because of its tendency to show outlandish movies with ridiculous plots, featuring everything from oversized alligators to aliens attacking Earth.

But the Syfy channel earned some credibility with the premiere of “Face Off,” an original reality show showcasing the talents of special effects makeup artists. A competition show similar to “Top Chef ” or “Project Runway,” the contestants must tackle challenges that push their artistic limits each week. Challenges range from creating human and animal hybrids to painted villains.

Although each artist has their strong points, all contestants must master sculpting, prosthetics, and casting and molding if they want to come out on top. The panel of judges consists of professional TV and movie special effects artists including Glenn Hetrick (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”), Ve Neill (“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”) and Patrick Tatopoulos (“Godzilla”).

The “Face Off ” winner will receive a cash prize to jumpstart their future careers. Unlike other reality shows that feature catty housewives or dramatic bachelors and bachelorettes, “Face Off ” is a creative way to build art and film appreciation among viewers.

The show is intriguing, imaginative and the transformations are unbelievable. Tune in to watch the people who create movie magic Wednesday nights at 9 on Syfy. –NF

‘Jersey Shore’ goes abroad

Dear Italy, Our sincerest apologies. Love, America.

MTV has decided to send everyone’s favorite guido family to Italy for their fourth season.

Currently in the middle of its third season, the show has more entertainment value than you could imagine, but part of what makes “Jersey Shore” so unique and irresistible is the Jersey Shore itself. The clubs they frequent are the date-rapiest clubs in Seaside, and their gloriously tacky house fits their style and personalities well. So far this season, Snooki has gotten drunk and arrested in broad daylight, and JWoww has peed in a bar. To take all this, bundle it up and fly it to one of the most sophisticated and culturally rich places in the world is an abomination.

God bless Vinny and his authenticity, but only half of the cast members are actually Italian-American, and they will all be completely lost in this country they all claim to worship. Pauly D admitted to MTV News that he was nervous about the transfer: “I don’t know what the gyms are like over there, I don’t know what tanning’s like...I don’t even speak Italian.

Maybe I should get a Rosetta Stone or something.”

Italy has officially been charged with the nearly impossible task of infusing these guidos with the one thing they lack: culture. When the cast of J-Shore heads across the pond this spring, they’ll be viewed as American ambassadors. Snooki and the gang are bloated caricatures of the ugly American stereotype, and it will be impossible to look away from this Italian train wreck. –MS

TELEVISION REVIEW

MTV’s ‘Skins’ too racy for advertisers

By Bridgette Fossel and Lauren Epifanio Staff Writers

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MTV’s “Skins” has distinctions from its British predecessor, but still has drawn the ire of advertisers and parent organizations with its raunchy content.

The new American series “Skins” is originally a British television show that was born in 2007 and is currently on its fifth season. The show follows a group of risqué high school students around Bristol, England, and realistically portrays their actions from their homes to school to their crazy nightlife scene of drugs and alcohol.

MTV recently launched a censored and painfully subtle American version that has upset not only fans of the original show, but various parent organizations and major corporations.

“The MTV version of ‘Skins’ was a total disgrace to the ‘Skins’ name, and lacked

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complete originality,” said sophomore Tess Fargo, an avid fan and native of Britain.

Prior to the show’s premiere, corporations like Taco Bell, Subway and Foot Locker were going to have their commercials air during “Skins.” Yet, once the reactions of the public were made known, the companies pulled their advertisements from airing during future episodes.

“I’m never surprised when corporations cave to the demands driven by America’s puritanical impulse to keep sex, drugs and rock

and roll away from the people who might be either experiencing it already or thinking about it more often than not,” said Richard Hanley, assistant professor and director of the graduate journalism program and journalism professor at Quinnipiac University.

“If corporations want to reach that demographic, this is how to do it.”

These companies feel “Skins” is too provocative and disturbing for the purposefully targeted age group of MTV’s 18- to 34-year-old demographic.

“It isn’t us who are being provocative. I think that some of the people who object to the show are being provocative in the use of that word,” said “Skins” writer and co-creator Bryan Elsley in a recent Los Angeles Times article.

If the MTV show is going to continue to take the same frame-by-frame course as the original version, then issues regarding American television laws could arise.

CULTURE

SHOCK A marketing campaign recently leaked by Jive Records revealed that Britney Spears’ new album, which is currently untitled, will be released on March 15. It will be the pop star’s seventh album. Spears’ single “Hold It Against Me” previously debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Just as Demi Lovato checked out of rehab last week, a troubled Charlie Sheen checked in on Saturday to reclaim his sobriety. “I’m checking TMZ, as I do every day, to know if I have to go to work at all,” Sheen’s “Two and a Half Men” costar, Jon Cryer, told Conan O’Brien.

“Glee” actress Lea Michele is set to perform at the Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 6. The star will sing “America the Beautiful” before the championship game. A new episode of “Glee,” paying tribute to Michael Jackson, will air afterward.

Diddy is being sued by a woman who recently filed a $1 trillion lawsuit against the music mogul.

She claims Diddy was the cause of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and also putting her child in a wheelchair.

She alleges she once dated the entertainer and that the two have a son together.

With a lineup like Cee Lo Green, Mumford & Sons and Arcade Fire, it’s no wonder tickets to California’s Coachella Music and Arts Festival sold out in only six days. This is the fastest tickets have sold out in the event’s 12 year history, with 51,000 passes purchased.

Katy Perry, Grammy nominee, tells PEOPLE magazine:

“Whether or not I win, I’m going home with Grammy– my grandma. It’s her 90th birthday present.

We’ll probably drink some 40s afterwards.”

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Freshman perseveres despite illness

By Matt Busekroos Managing Editor

Lying in an ambulance last October, Lindsey Surette never felt so nauseous in her life.

“I’m gonna throw up on these people,” Surette thought to herself during the trip from Quinnipiac health services to Yale University Hospital.

Surette threw up more than 40 times in her room Friday night knowing exactly the cause. This wasn’t the first time, and it wouldn’t be the last.

At eight years old, Surette was diagnosed with Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome. CVS contains episodes of nausea and vomiting that last for hours, and sometimes even days.

Surette was one of the first 200 known cases of CVS. During this particular cycle in October, Surette never felt so alone, especially without her family by her side.

After missing two labs during her last cycle in October, university officials advised Surette to leave Quinnipiac.

“I was told to go to a school for students with disabilities or take classes at an online college,” she said.

Surette completely ignored this counsel.

Before coming to Quinnipiac, Surette signed a contract for the 504 plan, which falls under the Rehabilitation Act and Americans with Disabilities Act. This plan specifies that no one with a disability can be excluded from federally funded programs. Students protected include those with physical impairments, asthma, allergies, diabetes, learning problems and illness, like CVS. Surette is now re-taking the lab she was forced to withdraw from last semester.

When first diagnosed as a child, Surette found herself in the hospital every two weeks.

Surette remembers leaving the hospital with

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Lindsey Surette suffers from Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome and Quinnipiac suggested she leave.

competitively. She did well in competitions despite her sickness.

“I don’t let my illness be my shadow,” she said. “I don’t let it limit what I want to do.”

Suitemate Meghan Connelly recognized Surette’s strength, especially during her last episode in October.

“She never got upset about it,” Connelly said. “She never took advantage of it.

She never asked us to do anything for her. She always tried to get better. If she needed water, she got it herself.”

Mariel Sable also lives with Surette and thinks it took some time for her to feel comfortable about her illness to the rest of the suite.

“She took care of herself a lot,” Sable said. “Now we can recognize what will send her into an episode.”

Surette counts on her family’s support Lindsey encountered when she needs them. She mentioned obstacles throughout that her mother never left her side at the Surette moved her educational career. hospital as a child. towns in seventh grade, “When I was sick here, three of my thinking a change in louncles were already on their way without cation would make her feel better, but it didn’t work. She saw ho- telling anyone,” Surette said.

Prior to her hospital visit last Octomeopathic doctors and tried natural remedies and acupuncture, but nothing helped ease her ber, Surette had never gone by herself. This proved difficult and slightly frustrating for nausea.

In eighth grade, Surette was even pulled her because she needed to re-explain her illfrom one of her classes because of atten- ness to the doctors. Due to the rarity of her illness, they weren’t sure what medication to dance, but her grades never wavered.

“I went to a Catholic school and they give her. After consulting with her doctors in were unforgiving about it,” Surette said. Boston, Surette was treated properly.

Surette is an advocate for CVS and fo“They didn’t understand it, and thought I was cuses her attention on her non-profit organimaking it up.”

While CVS plays a significant role in zation, Hope Floats Inc. She started it a year Surette’s life, she doesn’t let the illness define and a half ago on her own and proposed it her. Since the age of three, Surette has danced to the children’s department at Tufts Medical a feeding tube after her first few trips. She was too scared to eat afterward–believing she would have another episode. She finds that with age, her episodes are less common and the recovery process is easier because she knows what to expect.

After missing two labs during her last cycle in October, university officials advised Surette to leave Quinnipiac.

Center in Boston.

When she’s in the hospital, Surette needs to remain active to take her mind off her illness. Surette hopes to create new ways to occupy her time, as well as other patients her age. While the kids play area satisfied her needs as a child, she has since outgrown it.

Surette credits her laptop, among other technology, to pass the time during her stay at the hospital.

“It was important to be able to stay connected with friends, so I wouldn’t feel so isolated,” she said.

The first fundraiser planned for Hope Floats Inc. is Connect 2 Cure set for this summer. Connect 2 Cure will raise money for laptops, which should help patients remain in close contact with friends and family while in the hospital.

“I don’t let my illness be my shadow.

I don’t let it limit what I want to do.”

- Lindsey Surette “I don’t want to look at [CVS] as a negative thing anymore,” Surette said. “I’ve made my best friends in the hospital. Seeing them overcome their struggles has helped me with my own.”

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ways

to make your

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SUPER even more super BOWL

A good breakfast One of the must crucial ways to start off Super Bowl Sunday is with a huge breakfast to help fight off that terrible Saturday night hangover. Loading up on tons of eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns and chocolate milk is extremely important if you want to put your best foot forward later in the day.

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Watch the commercials Commercials have let me down in recent years, but I’m feeling like this is the year they will live up to the hype. Commercials are huge for the neutral fan watching the game. Lately it’s been Doritos and E-Trade that have had the memorable commercials, and you know the beer commercials will be funny, but the real work has to be done by the little guys if this year is to be memorable. Michelin, Cars.com and Snickers all need to step their game up, and I expect them to do just that this year.

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Food/Beer In order to live it up on Super Bowl Sunday you must have food and beer present. The best food option has to be the six-foot sub - and not the Subway kind that falls apart as you eat it. I’m talking about the Ray & Mike’s version. Wash back a foot of sandwich with some cold beers (only for those of age, of course), and you’ll be on top of the world during the pregame coverage before it comes time to really elevate your game.

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Gambling Just like commercials, gambling gives the neutral fan something to root for, only it’s twice as intense. Not just the game either, because like they say, “anything worth doing, is worth doing right.” I’m talking about betting on the coin toss, first turnover, and whether the first touchdown will be a run or a pass.

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Drinking games (Editor in chief Joe Pelletier has forced me to advise you all to drink safely and within your limits before presenting number three.) By far the most obvious (and necessary) way to make the Super Bowl experience better. Just keep it simple; for example, every time Brett Favre is on TV, get after it. I can’t think of a better way to honor the world’s greatest American. Besides, if you’re trying to use Super Bowl Sunday as a reason to party, you might as well make some type of game out of it.

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Flirting Along with New Year’s Eve, the Super Bowl has to be one of the most successful hook up days of the year. The play is simple, just find a person that you want to hook up with and cheer for the opposite team. Root for the opposite team, and then text all week about it, finally closing in after party-hopping all night.

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Party-Hopping Speaking of party-hopping, this is the number one way to make your Super Bowl experience at Quinnipiac better. Why waste your time at one party when there might be an even better one out there? Going from party to party after each quarter will give you the chance to find the best food, beer and drinking games possible. Then after switching places each quarter, make your last stop the party with the person you’ve been hitting on all day, and go in for the kill.

name: Megan Peraino age: 19 year: Sophomore hometown: Oakland, N.J. major: Criminal Justice what are you wearing: “I paired a black and white sweater from Forever 21 with a red tank top from Macy’s and Free People jeans. I am also wearing a pair of black frame Chanel glasses and a David Yurman ring that I never leave my room without.” style influences: “I love to wear really unique pieces I find at little boutiques, and then pair them with something more modest to keep the look clean. I almost always wear something black because it keeps the outfit looking classy and organized.”

-by Ilya Spektor

Best of Spring Couture

-style.com

By Sarah Rosenberg Staff Writer Eager audiences look forward to new and old designers displaying their freshest collections on the runway, hoping to see new, creative designs or vintage looks being reinvented, particularly when it comes to couture. Couture shows contain only the most elite designers - those who have been known to supply gowns for the red carpet, gala events and high fashion cover shoots. Staples such as Armani Prive, Chanel and Christian Dior have classically couture characteristics. The pieces exhibited at these fashion shows are sure to be seen again on trendy celebrities or socialites, especially as the awards season comes to a peak.

Armani Prive has always been a reliable choice for those glamorous enough to carry themselves in couture. For this particular spring collection, the fashion house got their shine on, featuring metallic materials reminiscent of reflections on a mirror, or even sunlight hitting a window. After viewing the first few photos provided on Style. com, I began to wonder if the audience was provided with the necessary sunglasses.

The design house also played with shapes, as the structure of each dress was squarely cut or featured a triangle-shaped top. My two favorite dresses of the collection included a long, Grecian, strapless dress in navy blue that covered the model like a sheath. The waist was accented by a bright, metallic red belt that was overshadowed by an extra structure of material below the bust, as if a cave was provided for the belt to peek through. The second dress had the same long sheath effect, this time in a gray hue. The strapless bust, however, was a darker metallic gray that diagonally cut below the stomach to give a contrast between matte and metallic, but in an artistic way. These two dresses represent an attention to simplicity and de-

tail that seems to make all the difference in haute couture.

The house of Chanel, led by the always bold Karl Lagerfeld, has become one of my favorite design houses simply because it sticks to the styles and designs it knows best, but always finds a way to remodel them and spice up their previous compilations. What I love even more is that Lagerfeld tends to go with shades, rather than colors. Keeping with black, white and gray (and maybe brown and pale pink on a lucky occasion) is what has truly kept Chanel a classic. The dress that stuck out to me the most was a full-length, sheer pink tulle skirt with a sparkly, capsleeved cropped tee.

Lastly, Christian Dior’s runway presentation was nothing short of outrageous. If you can picture old 1920s Hollywood glamour, 1950s-style prom dresses and Moulin Rouge-esque vintage wear, you have envisioned the latest Dior collection. One extravagant gown featured a full, thickly layered skirt fit for a modern-day Cinderella. The strapless bust also featured large, three-dimensional adornments ruffled to mimic flowers, descending from the top down to the hem. The pale gray dress was accessorized with black, elbow-length gloves.

One black strapless gown was tapered in the front to reveal the model’s knees down to her heelclad feet, while remaining long and layered in the back. Light blue feathers started at the bust, getting darker in color as they trickled down to the hem. Other pieces included large bows, sheer tulle, layered material, plunging necklines, full triangular skirts, faux fur, and puffy sleeves.

The trinity of these designers represents different approaches to fashion, yet captures the timeless styles of couture that celebrities and fashion followers alike have learned to love and appreciate. To get a further look at these three fashion houses and more, go to Style.com for more great photos!

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February 2, 2011

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Coach’s Corner

“The offense just really needs to feed off [Goodchild’s] energy.

Kari’s been carrying us in terms of logged minutes and playing well offensively.”

- Tricia Fabbri

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Women’s Basketball

February 2, 2011

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY

QU’s shorthander swings game

By Robin Schuppert Sports Editor For two consecutive nights, Quinnipiac freshman Kelly Babstock scored a spectacular shorthanded goal. But only the one on the second night turned out to help the team.

On Friday night, Babstock scored a shorthanded goal to put the ‘Cats up, 2-0, over Clarkson. They’d go on to blow the 2-0 third-period lead and lose 3-2 in overtime.

Babstock’s shorty with 4:05 left in the second period put the Bobcats up, 2-1, and was the second of four unanswered Bobcat goals Saturday in a 4-1 victory over St. Lawrence at the TD Bank Sports Center.

Saturday’s goal was the turning point of the game.

“To be shorthanded and to be in a tie game and to come out of the penalty up 2-1, that was obviously instrumental in the victory,” Quinnipiac head coach Rick Seeley said.

It was Babstock’s 22nd goal of the season, which leads ECAC Hockey.

Sophomore forward Brittany Lyons got the eventual game winner, her eighth goal of the season, to make it 3-1 8:01 into the third period.

Lyons took a shot from the left circle with junior forward Kate Wheeler screening in front of the net. The goal was originally given to Wheeler, but after the game the scorekeeper gave the goal to Lyons, after Wheeler said she never touched the pucked.

Wheeler, a former linemate of Babstock, got her goal just 1:34 later, putting the Bobcats up 4-1 on her 11th goal of the season.

“The first half of the season I was playing with Babstock and she really worked hard and set me up a few times,” Wheeler said. “I give a lot of credit to her. Now, I’m just going to the net and shooting the puck, which has helped me out a lot.”

St. Lawrence got on the board first in the game on an unassisted Mel Desrochers goal just 3:22 into the first period.

Quinnipiac’s junior defender Melissa Perry tied it up 6:11 into the second period.

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Quinnipiac’s Kate Wheeler netted a third-period insurance goal in Saturday’s 4-2 win over St. Lawrence at the TD Bank Sports Center.

Both junior defender Jordan Elkins and senior forward Kelley Davies picked up two assists apiece in the game.

St. Lawrence pulled the goalie for good with the start of a power play with 7:27 left in the game, but would get nothing more than a Karell Emard goal to make it 4-2 with 1:10 left.

“Quinnipiac did a good job of boxing

pucks out,” St. Lawrence head coach Chris Wells said. “We weren’t able to get a lot of pucks to the net.

“We made a key mistake on the power play. You sit there thinking that you might be going up 2-1, but the human highlight real makes it 2-1.”

Quinnipiac sophomore goalie Victoria Vigilanti made 21 saves, only five in the third

period to get the win.

St. Lawrence’s Caitlyn Lahonen made 23 saves in the losing effort.

The Bobcats now sit in fourth place in the ECAC standings. This weekend they will play at Dartmouth and at Harvard, who sit in third and second, respectively. The top eight teams make the playoffs, with the top four receiving home ice advantage.

‘Lack of defense’ costly WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

couldn’t come out stronger.”

The Bobcats (10-11, 7-3 NEC) shot 6-27 during the run, The Bobcats showed why they while Saint Francis’ Samantha had the second-best offense in the Leach scored 11 of her game-high NEC on Monday.

Saint Francis 77 23 points and Brittany Lilley notched But against Quinnipiac 64 seven of her 10 asSaint Francis (Pa.), sists and scored eight of her 10 the highest-scoring offense in the points in the same timespan. conference, Quinnipiac’s women’s basketball team showed why it al“It was our lack of defense lows the most points in the confer- and their offensive fire power,” Fabence. bri said. “They are just that good of The Red Flash went on a 32- a team that any time we made a mis17 run in a 14-minute span en route take they capitalized on it, so I’m to a 77-64 win at the TD Bank going to give credit to [them].”

Sports Center.

Kari Goodchild brought “I thought [they] really came down seven rebounds and scored a to play,” Quinnipiac head coach Tri- career-high 20 points in the game, cia Fabbri said. “The game was back besting her previous high of 16, and forth through the first half, but which was set Saturday against Robin the second half I thought we ert Morris.

“The offense just really needs would rally a little bit defensively, to feed off [Goodchild’s] energy,” and they came out better and we

By Matt Eisenberg Staff Writer

Ilya Spektor / Chronicle

Quinnipiac senior center Courtney Kaminski shows frustration in Monday night’s 77-64 loss to Saint Francis (Pa.) at the Bank.

Fabbri said. “Kari’s been carrying us in terms of logged minutes and playing well offensively.”

The Bobcats raced out to a 27-26 lead in the first half, led by Courtney Kaminski’s 11 points, but the Red Flash (13-9, 8-2 NEC) held her to just two points on 1-for-5 shooting in the second.

“They were able to play us zone because they had the lead and it really took out our advantages with [Brittany] McQuain and Kaminski on the inside,” Fabbri said.

“We did not have the defensive execution that was needed to be successful tonight and we did not get many consistent stops to truly get us back in the game tonight.”

The Bobcats cut the deficit to eight with 3:16 to go, but weren’t able to cut it further. Saint Francis shot 51.7 percent in the second half and 45.3 percent in the game.

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QU sends Red Flash packing MEN’S BASKETBALL

James Johnson: 38 points, 8 rebounds, 7-for-13 3-pointers QU 75, Saint Francis 55 - Saturday

Dave Johnson: 10 assists, 6 rebounds, 3 steals

Women’s Basketball Robert Morris 75, QU 67 - Saturday

Kari Goodchild: 16 points, 8 rebounds Saint Francis 77, QU 64 - Monday

Goodchild: 20 points, 7 assists, 4-for-6 3-pointers

Men’s Ice Hockey

QU 3, Clarkson 2 - Friday Jeremy Langlois: 2 goals QU 2, St. Lawrence 2 - Saturday

Scott Zurevinski: goal, assist

Women’s Ice Hockey Clarkson 3, QU 2 - Friday

Danielle Skirrow (CLARK): 2 goals, assist QU 4, St. Lawrence 2 - Saturday

Brittany Lyon: gamewinning goal, assist

Women’s Indoor Track - Friday

Julie Lanning: 18th in 1000-meter run

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WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY vs. New Hampshire, Tuesday, 7 p.m.

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the field. James Johnson, Jamee Jackson and Deontay Twyman joined Rutty in double figures as Johnson and Jackson had 11 while If Marv Albert was the com- Twyman added 10. mentator for the Quinnipiac men’s Scott Eatherton led the Red basketball team on Saturday at the Flash with 11 points and three TD Bank Sports Center, “Look blocks. at that Tenacious D!” would have The Bobcats’ bench was been heard echoing Saint Francis 55 deeper than usual, as through the rafters both Rutty and Lance 75 Brown suited up and as Quinnipiac started Quinnipiac the game on a 22-0 run. got playing time. Brown has been Quinnipiac’s defense held recovering from a concussion but Saint Francis (Pa.) scoreless for the played eight minutes in the game. first 8:37 as it forced the Red Flash “I had five big guys to rotate into 15 first-half turnovers. In the along two spots for the first time in end they coasted to a 75-55 victory. a while and all of them deserved “We fed off of our defensive more minutes than they got,” energy to start the game,” Quinni- Moore said. piac head coach Tom Moore said.

One game changer that won’t The Bobcats (14-7, 6-4 NEC) show up in the box score was James had their best start to a game this Johnson’s ability to cover Saint season and arguably their best first Francis’s leading scorer Umar Shanhalf of the season. Unfortunately non. Shannon, who averages 15.2 for the Red Flash (7-14, 5-5 NEC), points per game was held to just their five-game winning streak three. looked non-existent.

“Only James Johnson can take When the Red Flash didn’t a 5-foot-11 two-guard, who’s the turn the ball over, they had trouble fourth leading scorer in the league finding the bottom of the net. They coming off of a 30-point night and shot just 26.3 percent from the hold him to 1-for-5, with no assists floor in the half while Quinnipiac and four turnovers,” Moore said. shot 46 percent. Quinnipiac closed With 13 minutes remaining, the half with a 35-16 lead including Saint Francis was within 17 points 28 points in the paint. and seemed ready to strike. Dave Saint Francis played much Johnson had the ball as the shot better in the second half, but clock was ticking down and was trycould not cut into the lead as the ing to find an open teammate. He points in the paint continued to then flung the ball across the court add up. After having 10 points in to James Johnson who jumped up the paint against Robert Morris and snagged the overthrown pass on Thursday, the Bobcats erupted with one hand. As the crowd countfor 46 on Saturday. ed down the clock he turned, lined Dave Johnson led the team up his shot, and drained a 3-pointer with a career-high 10 assists as well as the shot clock buzzer sounded to as three steals. put the Bobcats up 50-30 and kill “Dave’s got the highest IQ any chance of a comeback. offensively of anyone in our proThe Bobcats enjoyed their gram,” Moore said. “He’s got the biggest lead of the game with 6:39 best vision of any passer in the pro- remaining when James Johnson hit gram.” one of his three 3-pointers of the Justin Rutty, who is still see- day to give Quinnipiac a 31-point ing limited playing time because advantage. They’ll travel to Brookof his injured right elbow, had a lyn Heights, N.Y., to face NEC opgame-high of 12 points in just 17 ponent St. Francis (N.Y.) on Thursminutes, shooting 6-for-10 from day.

By Joe Addonizio Staff Writer

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QU 69, Robert Morris 61

GAMES

“[Dave Johnson’s] got the highest IQ offensively of anyone in our program. He’s got the best vision of any passer in the - Tom Moore program.”

Matt Eisenberg / Chronicle

Quinnipiac’s Dave Johnson drives past Saint Francis (Pa.) forward Will Felder for a layup to complete the Bobcats’ 22-0 run in the first half of Saturday’s 75-55 win at the TD Bank Sports Center.

MEN’S ICE HOCKEY

Bobcats boost undefeated streaks in N.Y.

By John Healy Associate Sports Editor The Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team extended two unbeaten streaks during its road trip this past weekend. On Saturday, the Bobcats continued a four-game unbeaten streak with a 2-2 tie against St. Lawrence, after defeating Clarkson 3-2 on Friday, extending their unbeaten streak of leading after two periods to 59 games, the longest active Division I streak.

In Saturday’s 2-2 tie, the Bob-

cats couldn’t hold on to two different leads. Thirty-nine seconds into the game Scott Zurevinski gave the Bobcats a 1-0 lead. Eight minutes later, St. Lawrence responded with a goal from Jacob Drewiske to tie the game.

Early in the third period the Bobcats took advantage of a 5-on3 power play with a one-timer goal from Connor Jones. But five minutes later Drewiske struck again for the Saints, and tied the game at 2-2.

The Saints appeared to have won the game when Aaron Bogosian

scored a shorthanded goal with less than two minutes left in the third period, but it was called off and he was given a penalty for holding.

Jeremy Langlois led the Bob-

Langlois’ Lucky No. 13 cats with two goals in the first period to give them an early 2-0 lead.

The goals gave him a team-leading 13 on the season and made it five in his last three games.

With a 2-1 lead heading into the third period, the Bobcats continued

to prove how tough it is to beat them in the third when Yuri Bouharevich extended QU’s lead to 3-1.

A late goal by the Golden Knights narrowed the lead to 3-2, but Quinnipiac held on for the victory.

“You're always happy to come up here and get three points on the road,” Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold said. “We would've liked to get the win [against St. Lawrence], but you have to be happy with the trip.”

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Dunk of the Year?

February 2, 2011

Matt Eisenberg / Chronicle

Quinnipiac’s Tevin Baskin slams his first of two dunks off a feed by Dave Johnson to give the Bobcats a 17-0 lead in the first half of Saturday’s victory over Saint Francis (Pa.).

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Unanswered points the men’s basketball team scored to start Saturday’s game against Saint Francis (Pa.).

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Games the men’s ice hockey team has gone unbeaten when leading after two periods.

Saves made by women’s ice hockey goalie Victoria Vigilanti over the weekend.

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Assists by men’s basketball guard Dave Johnson in Saturday’s 75-55 win over Saint Francis (Pa.), a career high.

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Points the women’s basketball team averages this season, ranking second in the NEC.

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Kari Goodchild James Johnson Women’s Basketball Junior, guard Van Horne, Iowa

Junior Kari Goodchild broke her previous career-high in points twice this week, scoring 16 against Robert Morris Saturday, then besting that with 20 against Saint Francis (Pa.) Monday. Goodchild brought down a combined 15 rebounds too, including a careerhigh eight against the Colonials.

Ilya Spektor / Chronicle

Next home game: Feb. 12, 1 p.m. vs. Sacred Heart

Men’s Basketball Junior, guard Queens, N.Y. Junior James Johnson scored 49 points over the weekend, including a career-high 38 points in a rematch from last year’s NEC conference final over Robert Morris. Johnson leads the team in scoring (16.9 points per game) and is fourth in the conference. Johnson also held RMU’s leading scorer, Karon Abraham, to just 10 points in Thursday’s 69-61 win.

Matt Eisenberg / Chronicle

Next home game: Feb. 9, 7 p.m. vs. Sacred Heart

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Coach’s Corner

“[Kelly Babstock] is definitely on the Canada National Team’s radar, so she wants to keep improving.”

- Rick Seeley Women’s Ice Hockey

February 2, 2011

KELLY BABSTOCK HEARS

CANADA CALLING Freshman leads conference in goals, 8th in nation

By Cassie Comeau Staff Writer Canada won’t have to look far when it builds its ice hockey team for the 2014 Winter Olympics. With 43 points racked up in 27 games, Quinnipiac freshman Kelly Babstock is already on Team Canada’s radar.

“Kelly has been in our program the last three years,” said Melody Davidson, who coached Team Canada in the 2010 Olympics and currently is the team’s head scout.

“We definitely have our eye on her.

“She definitely has a passion for the game, and she’s very skilled offensively.”

The Mississauga, Ontario resident has been sharpening her skates for the past 12 years in preparation for when the time comes. After years of watching her older brother, Jack, play hockey, Babstock entered a house league, where all teams play at one rink without having to travel.

“My dad got me into [hockey],” Babstock said. “I looked up to my older brother because he played hockey, and my dad’s like ‘okay, we’ll go to the house league.’”

The 18-year-old continued to tally points when she joined Team Ontario Red in the U-18 National league and the Toronto Aeros in the Provincial Women’s Hockey League.

“I don’t really think on the ice,” Babstock said. “It just happens. Sometimes I don’t even know what happens, I just, like, blackout, and whatever happens, happens.”

Quinnipiac teammates Shelby Wignall and Kate Wheeler played against and with Babstock in the PWHL and the U-18 National League.

“I was always like, ‘I got to stop her because I know she’s so good,’” Wignall said. “One time she hooked me and made me bleed. I had a really big scratch on the side

of my stomach, so I knew she was always a physical player, an aggressive player.”

Wheeler, who shares the same last name and jersey number as Babstock’s favorite player, Boston Bruins forward Blake Wheeler, played on the same line as her for the Aeros and got to know her as a player. “She was young and a little immature, but she was a good player, and she was always pushing me to get better,” Wheeler said.

Babstock currently ranks tied for eighth in the nation in goals scored.

“She’s an exceptional player,” Quinnipiac head coach Seeley said.

“The exciting part is I think both her and I realize that there’s still a lot of room for growth.”

Since arriving in Hamden, Babstock has racked up 22 goals and 21 assists and has been featured in Sports Illustrated’s “Faces In The Crowd” for her record-breaking tallies.

“I love it,” Babstock said about Quinnipiac and playing for the Bobcats. “The campus is nice, and I like the team. I had good friends on the team coming here, so

it was more comfortable to come.”

When hockey isn’t filling her schedule, Babstock admits that “just laying in bed,” listening to Ke$ha and talking about hockey and life with her roommate are her favorite pastimes.

“She has her ups and downs, but I love her to death,” Wignall said. “And she’s usually always happy with me. Because we live with each other, she hates me sometimes, but she loves me sometimes. And we tell each other when we’re being annoying to each other.”

Both Wignall and Wheeler identified Babstock as a “joker,” and the cause of many people’s smiles.

“She’s pretty quiet until you get to know her,” Seeley said. “But, generally, she’s just a good, honest person. Clearly a good sense of humor. I think at times in her life she’s been a class clown, so she’s fit in really well here.”

I don’t really think on the ice. I just, like, blackout, and whatever happens, happens.”

-Kelly Babstock

Dave Johnson dishes out 10 dimes

ECAC Hockey Statistics Goals Assists

1. Babstock 2. Johnston 3. Jenner 4. Karpenko 5. Trunzo

22 18 17 13 13

1. Babstock 2. Fortino 3. Rougeau 4. Johnston 5. Phillips

21 20 18 16 16

Ilya Spektor / Chronicle

Freshman Kelly Babstock is the heavy favorite for ECAC Rookie of the Year and could take home Player of the Year honors as well. The Bobcats are in fourth place and in position to host a playoff game.

Chelsea Illchuk zones in during women’s ice hockey’s weekend split at the Bank

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