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ARTS & LIFE Hungry for more “Hunger Games”, page 9

University to patrol offcampus housing over break

OPINION

SPORTS

Forget race, let’s talk about aliens, page 6

First-line phenom, page 12

‘No justice, no peace’

SGA funds 41 organizations via $700,000 budget

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he was shot. “People are looking at this case as if it is an isolated incident and thinking that it is just about Mike Brown and just about Darren Wilson,” said Sade Jean-Jacques, assistant director for multicultural education. “But it is really about what the case represents and that is a systematic biased that is put in place

The Student Government Association (SGA) helps fund student organizations by giving out $700,000 per year amongst its 41 groups. However, the process is not as simple as it seems, according to some students. A group must first be recognized by Campus Life and after they have been recognized for one year, SGA can charter them. In order to receive funding, a group must be chartered by SGA, according to SGA Vice President for Finance Matt Powers. Then, they cooperate with SGA to write a group constitution. Finally, the constitution has to be approved at an SGA meeting. Elizabeth Walker, the president of the Global Affairs club, successfully regained her organization’s charter in early November. The club lost its charter due to the actions of its former president. In going through the process, Walker said she liked the assistance that she got from SGA. “Everyone that I’ve had to email and try to talk to has been

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Junior Isaiah Lee leads a die-in, a form of protest where participants pretend to be dead, as part of Monday afternoon’s Ferguson ruling protest on the steps of the Arnold Bernhard library.

Students, faculty protest Ferguson ruling By STAFF REPORTS

“Hands up, don’t shoot,” students and faculty shouted from the steps of the Arnold Bernhard library on Monday. “No justice, no peace,” they yelled. The group of at least 15 students and professors made their way to the Quad around 1 p.m., the same time universities around the country also protested the grand jury de-

cision not to indict Darren Wilson, a former white police officer who shot Michael Brown, an 18-yearold African American man, in Ferguson, Mo. The students and faculty held signs that read “justice for all” and “black lives matter.” At one point the group began a die-in, where they laid on the ground, representing the four and a half hours that Brown’s body lay in the street after

Learning Commons does not anticipate finals week influx By SARAH DOIRON Associate News Editor

With finals week quickly approaching, Assistant Director of the Learning Commons Bernard Grindel does not expect a significant increase in students coming to the Learning Commons for help. There is a steady demand across the entire semester for tutors and not just during finals week, Grindel said. He also said not many students come to the Learning Center for their first time during finals week, but it does happen. “While coming to the Learning Commons for help with finals can be beneficial, I think all of our services work best when students are using them to prep from earlier on in the semester than just trying to make a last ditch effort at the end,” he said. The Learning Commons, locat-

ed in the Arnold Bernhard Library, is a resource available to students who are struggling in their academics or just need academic guidance. Grindel said there is also a peer fellow program available in the Learning Commons for students taking difficult gateway courses. Peer fellows are students who hold breakout study sessions and provide assistance for students struggling in a specific course, according to Academic Specialist and Coordinator of the Peer Fellow Program Tracy Hallstead. Hallstead said peer fellows are asked to sit in the class and take notes on what is being taught by the professor in order to better understand what students are learning in class. Grindel said all peer fellows and peer tutors are students who took a specific course and received

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Allyson Wolf (left) tutors Heyin Zhu (right) use the Learning Commons in preparation for finals week. Grindel said it is important that an A or A- as a final grade. Tutoring appointments can students know tutors take a major be made at the front desk in the reduction in hours in order to help Learning Commons two weeks in advance, according to Grindel. See LEARNING COMMONS Page 4

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Public Safety will patrol university-owned off-campus student housing over winter break to ensure the houses are safe, according to administration. The officers check to make sure no one has broken into the houses, Chief of Public Safety David Barger said. If officers see lights on or cars in the driveway over break, they investigate. The officer would check to see if the car has a parking decal. This will tell the officer if the car belongs to a student and allows him or her to check if the student is registered to be in the house. The officer would knock on the door and conduct a health and safety inspection to make sure the student is not hurt inside the house and unable to leave. Last winter break, Public Safety officers caught an individual who broke into a home on Kimberly Avenue. Senior Jason Magner lives on Washington Avenue. He said he is not too worried about his house being burglarized over winter break. “I lived there last year and nothing happened,” he said. “Our landlord has an office kind of near our house, so I feel like he takes care of it and looks after it.” When classes are in session, the four mobile Public Safety officers on each shift are required to patrol the off-campus neighborhoods at least once. Normally the officers only have time to patrol the university houses once, but when students are not on campus the officers have more time and may conduct additional patrols. “There’s not as many students, so our job isn’t here [on campus] …which will give us a little more time to patrol the neighborhoods,” Barger said. Senior Samuel Dauer said he is not worried that his universityowned off-campus house will be broken into over winter break. But he said he is still glad that Public Safety patrols these houses. “There is an increase in home break-ins around the holidays so it makes sense that they take the extra precautions to protect the houses,” he said in an email. However, Public Safety cannot patrol houses not owned by the university because it does not have

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STUDENTS SPEAK UP

Following the grand jury’s decision on Nov. 24 to not indict former police officer Darren Wilson after he fatally shot Michael Brown on Aug. 9, protests broke out in Ferguson, Mo. Students share their EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Bryan Lipiner

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Tamika Domond| Sophomore “I think everyone has their own opinions and I think everyone should express how they feel... I feel like it wasn’t a fair trial especially for Mike Brown because his family should have gotten some type of closure by giving Darren Wilson a consequence for his actions.”

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Alexandra Silva| Freshman “I don’t think being violent is the right way to protest, if people are just burning stuff down then that’s not going to help anything or make the situation better. I think that people are going overboard trying to get their point across and I think it is okay for people to protest as long as it is peaceful.”

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Vincent Guglietti| Senior “I know a lot of people are upset with what the officer did but I think it is a really messed up situation. I feel bad for the police officer because he was trying to defend himself but there are two sides to every story.”

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“In this case, the jury didn’t convict him because there wasn’t enough evidence. You can’t convict someone without the proper evidence. [Society] just needs to reform the system so that things like this don’t happen again but [violently] protesting about this isn’t doing anyone any good. Even the parents of [Mike Brown] want everyone to be peaceful so people should take into account what his family wants.”

Beyond the Bobcats

A rundown on news outside the university. By Nicole Hanson

St. Louis Rams players join Ferguson protests

Hartford police officers visit children’s hospital

Hong Kong protests take a violent turn

Five St. Louis Rams players are among the many people across the world protesting against the Grand Jury’s decision not to indict a white police officer for shooting an African American man in Ferguson, Mo. The players held their hands up on the field before their game Sunday, using the “hands up, don’t shoot” gesture protesters have been demonstrating for months, according to CNN. The St. Louis Police Officers Association has demanded the Rams and the NFL apologize. NFL Spokesman Brian McCarthy says the players will not be disciplined for their actions.

Twenty-five Hartford police officers volunteered to visit the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center on Monday. The officers are members of the shooting task force and are typically known as “the toughest beat,” according to NBC Connecticut. The deputy chief of the department initially hoped just nine members of the task force would volunteer to visit the sick children. Cancer survivor and police chief James Rovella joined the group and talked to young kids going through cancer treatments. The shooting task force plans to visit the hospital quarterly.

Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong turned violent on Monday when a large group of police officers charged protesters, according to NBC News. Protests have been relatively peaceful for the past few weeks. Police officers pushed protesters out of subway terminals and into a main protesting area, and arrested more than 40 people. The protesters’ requests for open elections and to talk with government officials have been denied. Observers described the clash as something similar to the running of the bulls.

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A home for the holidays

Some students remain on campus during breaks By NICOLE HANSON Associate News Editor

Nearly 250 students stayed on campus during Thanksgiving break this year. The majority of students who stayed in their residence halls while the university closed last week were athletes, according to Residential Life. However, students who are far from home also stayed on campus. Only freshmen, sophomores and juniors made up the number of students who stayed on campus during break, since seniors are allowed to stay without going through Residential Life procedures. Assistant Director of Residential Life Mike Guthrie said the university works with students who live several hours away, but they even get requests from students who live 15 minutes away. “We’re absolutely willing to work with the students because we are one giant family here and unfortunately sometimes we take it for granted,” Guthrie said. Residential Life sends an email to students a few weeks before Thanksgiving closing which states that students need to put in their request to stay one week before break. Guthrie said some students send in their requests on Friday morning, but this makes it more difficult for Residential Life. “For every student that needs a late stay, we actually go into the computer and

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Students who stay on campus for Thanksgiving break must have their QCards manually overridden by Residential Life. manually override [their QCards],” he said. “Many students don’t realize the extensive process on our end that we have to go through to make it happen for them.” Junior Seyma Buse Gorucu from Turkey stayed with her roommates from Massachusetts and New York for the majority of the break, but she said she worked with

Residential Life to come back the day after Thanksgiving. “They emailed us about one month ago [saying] if you want to stay on campus you need to tell us,” Gorucu said. “It was easy.” Gorucu said she does not celebrate Thanksgiving back home, but she missed spending time with her family and friends

during an earlier holiday. “In Turkey, when I first came here we had the biggest holiday,” she said. “It’s like Thanksgiving and I felt lonely in that time because I usually spend my time with family and with my friends, but here I was so alone even with my Turkish friends.” Junior Lucy Nuranto from California did not go home for the break. But she found another way to spend time with her family. “My mom flew from California to New York City and I met her there,” Nuranto said. Nuranto has gone home to California for past Thanksgiving breaks, but she said her sister starting college at Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. this year made things more difficult. “I wish that my sister and I would have been able to go home because it is nice to escape from everything,” she said. “[My mom and I] had a couple of days in New York and then we got my sister and went to my grandma’s house which is in Connecticut.” Guthrie said several students this year requested to stay on campus during the break due to hardships at home. “We assume students are gonna go home to a very traditional Thanksgiving and a very happy, healthy environment and unfortunately that’s not always the case for every student,” he said. “We don’t want any student to be without a place for the holidays.”

Barger: Students should bring electronics home during breaks OFF CAMPUS from cover the authority to do anything there. “We have an obligation to our own properties,” Barger said. “We don’t have an obligation to the other properties. We have an obligation to the students, but not to the properties.” Senior Alyssa Stalzer lives in on Whitney Avenue in a house not owned by Quinnipiac. She said it is not necessary for Public Safety to patrol non-Quinnipiac houses. “I feel like if we reached out to them if there was a situation it would be nice if they were helpful because we are still Quinnipiac students,” she said. “But I don’t think they

need to patrol the houses.” Public Safety officers call the Hamden police immediately if they see something suspicious at non-Quinnipiac owned student house or get a call from students asking for help, Barger said. Barger said Hamden police knows when students are on break and patrols these houses. “[Hamden police] will patrol [houses] just like they patrol the rest of the town,” Barger said. “But I would say they’re a little bit more observant because they know that our students are on a holiday.” Stalzer said she is not too worried about her belongings in her house because it is on a hill and her landlord put up cameras. But

she said one of her neighbors had his or her car stolen earlier in the semester. “I don’t really want to leave my car there, but I think my house is fine,” she said. Students should lock their doors, close their windows and shades, and turn off their lights, Barger said. He said it is important for students to take their electronics home as well. “A burglar knows they’re around Quinnipiac,” Barger said. “They know that students live in the houses. What would you be looking for and what would be easy pickings? Everything from an iPod all the way to a laptop.” Hamden police did not return requests for comment in time for publication.

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Public safety will be doing extra patrols of university owned housing during the winter break.

Organizations can appeal for more money from SGA BUDGET CUTS from cover helpful and supportive and has given us every opportunity that we may need to get budgets or chartering,” she said. Once a group is chartered with SGA, it is able to get a portion of the SGA funds. The amount of money each group receives tends to stay the same each year because the number of chartered organizations has stayed about the same, Powers said. The group that receives the most funding is the Student Programing Board (SPB). The groups work with SGA to designate where the money is being used, whether it’s for meetings or events. Also, the budgeting of money can be determined based on past record. “If a group put on a successful event,

using all their budget, and a lot of people came, [SGA Finance Committee] will likely grant that to them again,” Powers said. “If they had an event, and it didn’t go so well, we might cut [the budget] a little bit to let them try again and try to make it a better event.” Groups can appeal for more money if they do not like how much they received. If a group can make a good case for needing more money for an event, the budget change will be made and will be noted for the following year, Powers said. The Quinnipiac Film Society (QFS) has tried to appeal for more money on a number of accounts, QFS Secretary James Anderson said. The club has a yearly event called the Quinnies where students’ short films are judged. However, the group wishes to move

some of the money it receives for that event to its annual trip to the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. Anderson says the point of the trip is to help club members create connections that can lead to a job. QFS’s Sundance trip can get expensive because students need to pay for lodging and travel, he said. It is seeking more funds to make the trip cheaper for club members. But Powers said the Sundance trip is considered a conference, meaning SGA will only provide funds for an advisor and up to two people to go. Powers also said QFS had requested more money in the past for the Quinnies. He disagrees with what QFS is trying to do to get around SGA policy. “You can’t cancel an event and use all that money for a conference which would then make it conflict with the financial poli-

cy,” Powers said. Despite the issue, Anderson still acknowledges the need for SGA to have some control over groups’ budgets. However, he still maintains his position on the Sundance issue. “If SGA is going to give an organization money, they should be allowed to regulate it so you can’t go and buy a car or something that a club would never need,” he said. “But you should be allowed to move it in and out of those categories as your club sees fit.” Even though issues can appear from time to time for groups, Walker, who has since regained her group’s charter, remains optimistic about SGA. “SGA in general wants to see the organizations succeed, which is why I think they do a good job,” she said.

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Students provide clothes for those in need Members of the Quinnipiac University South Africa Student Association held a street store on Nov. 15 at St. Ann’s Church in Hamden. The students provided 50 people with free clothes. The street store allowed participants to donate unwanted clothes for people who cannot afford clothes themselves. In total, the students collected 56 bags of clothing that were donated from members of the Quinnipiac community. –S. Doiron

Faculty, staff to serve students at annual holiday dinner The 30th annual undergraduate holiday dinner will be on Dec. 4 from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Mount Carmel Dining Hall. Faculty, staff and administration serve holiday dishes, like roast beef and mashed potatoes, to students. The dinner is free to the more than 1,500 students who attend each year. Tickets are currently available on the student portal with five different seating times. The seating times are 4:30 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m., and 6:30 p.m. –S. Doiron

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to study for their own finals. “Finals week is much of a crunch for [peer tutors] as it is for any students they are working with,” he said. “The tutors need time for themselves as well and finals schedules get messed up for everybody because exams times are different meaning their availability will be different.” Senior Elizabeth Helenek has been a tutor at the Learning Commons for a little over a year. She said she does not work during finals week because she is stressed out over her own finals. “I usually work 11 hours a week, but during finals week I [purposely] don’t work so that I can focus on my finals,” she said. For tutors such as junior Clare Michalak, it is easier to work during finals week. “Most of my finals are project based,” she said. “Because of this I can usually alter my schedule ahead of time so that I don’t get too overwhelmed. There are some times when my schedule will get a little full but usually I can alter my schedule around my own studies.” Grindel said there are not always tutors available for specific courses. When that happens, he said it is important to use the front desk to look for tutors who may be able to help or meet with full time staff who can help you work through what you need help on. “We don’t always have the exact match, but more often than not we will be able to find a tutor that

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Students can make appointments at the Learning Commons up to two weeks in advance. can speak to the issues a student has,” he said. Grindel said it is important for students to be prepared when meeting with tutors by knowing what concepts they struggle with before the session. “When we have a student come in with a study sheet that has all the content from an entire semester and it’s not filled out, you only have an hour, we know there is going to be disappointment there.” Tutors are not the only type of academic support you can receive at the Learning Commons. Academic Specialists, such as John Goepfrich, are also available to help teach students the metacognitive skills needed to prepare for finals. “I mostly help students with non-content issues,” Goepfrich said. “I can’t teach you chemistry,

Barger: Protest was ‘peaceful’ and ‘orderly’

QUAD to host annual Moonlight Breakfast Quinnipiac University After Dark will be having their annual Moonlight Breakfast on Dec. 5 from 10 p.m. to 12 a.m. The event will be held in Cafe Q. The event will include members of QUAD serving pancakes, eggs, bacon and a cereal bar with a variety of toppings.–S. Doiron BRYAN LIPINER/CHRONICLE

RHC presents Winter Wind Down The Residence Hall Council is hosting an event called “Winter Wind Down” to help students relax before finals week. There will be winter themed activities such as making your own Olaf, bracelets, window paint art and silly putty. There will also be a therapy pig and dog as well as a hot chocolate bar. The event will be held on Dec. 4 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the piazza.–S. Doiron

but I can teach how to learn chemistry and develop skills to help you be successful in that course.” Goepfrich said he sees students who need help with time management, testing strategies, the writing process and learning new ways to study material. “Nothing is prescribed. We know things that work for most people but it doesn’t work for everyone,” he said. “Everyone is a different learner, so our conversations focus more on how students learn best and using that to help them when they study.” Goepfrich said he sees a wide range of students, from students who are doing well and want to maintain their grade, to students who are struggling with their academics. He said anyone can make an appointment with him at the front desk if they need someone to

talk to about academic advice. “It’s important for students to know that we are not the resource room from high school,” he said. “We know you all are very smart– that’s how you get in the door. But sometimes you just have to look at the material a different way and that is why we are here to help.” For many students, such as sophomore Rachel Moran, the Learning Commons is a great place to go when you need help. “I always felt more confident leaving [the Learning Commons],” she said. “I definitely recommend going to the Learning Commons for students who are struggling in a subject or just need some clarification.” Hallstead said students need to understand studying is not about using your short term memory, but instead your long term memory in order to make connections to understand the material. “Learning happens through the persistence instead of just absorbing something at the last minute because you are being tested on it,” she said. Goepfrich said it is important for students to know the Learning Commons is always a resource that will be available for students who need help. “It’s important that students remember that we don’t give grades,” he said. “It doesn’t matter how ugly it is, we don’t judge you or your work. We’re only here to help you maintain the place you’re at or help you dig yourself out of a hole.”

Students and faculty raised their hands up using the “hands up, don’t shoot” gesture that protesters have been using in Ferguson, MO. PROTEST from cover that is oppressing people of color.” Junior Isaiah Lee participated in the protest. He said the protest was meant to remind people about police brutality, especially toward the black community. “I think protests are very effective,” Lee said. “Demonstrations are used to get people informed and it sheds light on something that other people may not be concerned about otherwise.”

Associate Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer Diane Ariza heard about the protest on Monday morning. Ariza believes the protest is an opportunity for the community to come together as a whole. “What was beautiful about [the protest] was that it represented faculty, it represented students, administrators, it was well represented by different ethnicities and races,” she said. Chief of Public Safety David Barger got the call about the protest

and immediately met other officers on the library steps. “We were there only to monitor the situation and not control the situation,” Barger said. “We only wanted to make sure things didn’t get out of hand.” He said the protest was both peaceful and orderly. “I am a huge proponent of First Amendment rights and I thought it was a great way to get the word out there,” he said. Jean-Jacques said the situation in Ferguson reflects the larger issue of the relationship between the black community and the police. “It does have to do with race and it does have to do with Mike Brown but it is about a bigger picture here and that is what everyone should understand,” she said. Barger said at a time when students are stressed about classes and finals, the protest made them stop and think about Ferguson. “If you’re standing out there you can hear people around you starting to talk about it,” he said. “And probably the last thing on most people’s minds today was Ferguson.” Senior Lexie Gruber noticed the protest when she was walking on the Quad. She said she wished the Quinnipiac community showed its support for issues like this more often. She said her foster brother was killed in New Haven in August in a

similar way to Brown, but no one protested because it did not get attention from the media. “If we want to make change we have to run the narrative as the Americans, as the people, we can’t let the [media] channels tell us what to do,” she said. “There are so many struggles in our own cities and neighborhoods and when are we going to speak up for them?” Gruber said she wants people to continue this conversation. “I hope that there will be opportunities to discuss racial issues on our campus,” she said. “And perhaps this will be the impetus to have forums or other dialogues on our campus I feel this is very important especially on a campus that is not very diverse.” Ariza said she saw a quote from a black police officer in the New York Times that said, “Much has changed and nothing has changed.” She believes this quote is reflective on how our community acts towards racial tensions. “I think it means that we have come so far but we have not come far enough,” she said. “Racial tensions are not going to go away if we don’t continue to discuss them. It’s more about really connecting with one another and we need to do more of that.” Amanda Hoskins, Julia Perkins, Bryan Lipiner and Sarah Doiron contributed to this piece.

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Federally subsidized irresponsibility Let me begin with a remarkably true when Lyndon Johnson signed—at his alma statement—a statement very few can mater, of course—The Higher Education Act successfully argue against: college is of 1965 into law. The law, among other things, created Stafford Loans. Stafford Loans expensive, and it’s not getting cheaper. come in two forms: subsidized (the According to Bloomberg, government pays the accrued interest) between 1985 and 2013—a mere and unsubsidized (the individual pays 28 years—the average cost of the interest). tuition has risen 538 percent. The loans aimed to create Interestingly, the cumulative greater opportunity for the middle increase in inflation over the same and lower class by offering needstime period shows a much more based loans to potential students. manageable number: 118 percent. If the act aimed to increase college So what drives the cost of college enrollment, it did just that. Between tuition up at a pace exceedingly greater 1965 and 2005, college enrollment (nearly five times) than the inflation rose nearly 300 percent. rate? Many answers exist, but here’s ANDY LANDOLFI As college enrollment one possibility: college is fortified Staff Writer @AndyLandolfi increased, so too did the national with immense federal funding; student debt and the available college is federally subsidized. Education presents itself as a commodity funds for American colleges and universities; worth the government’s investment for a few with more money available to institutions—a reasons: An educated citizenry drives the direct result of federal loans—institutions economy, creates practical and sometimes of higher education could be less fiscally lethal (for the military) technological responsible. As student enrollment increased, innovations and helps sustain an influential institutions of higher education were role on the international political stage. guaranteed more reliable sources of financial Education (from a governmental perspective) support; with a solid flow of governmentappears to be worth the investment; with backed income, institutions began investing in more aesthetic—not educational— education comes national success. The national government’s increased commodities. Essentially, tuition could swell and funding of higher education began in 1965

enrollment would still expand thanks to federal spending—commodification became the staple of higher education. On our own campus—a university resembling more of a country club than an institution of learning—we witness the aesthetically pleasing aftermath (not aftermath in the sense that the fiscally irresponsible spending has stopped) of the federal subsidization of the American university. Tuition money funds the landscaping, the multi-million dollar fitness center and the construction of lavish new facilities, but these luxuries all come with a substantial price tag. If higher education was only the bare bone necessities in the past, today it is an insatiable glutton layered with fat—what began as a noble idea (higher education for more) quickly digressed into institutional gluttony. As more money continues to feed the increasingly fiscally irresponsible American colleges and universities, future students can expect to see even higher tuition rates. I do not purport to be above the fiscal irresponsibility, (I often utilize many of the aforementioned resources I condemn as extras) but I do realize they are extras we can all do without. A college education is worth paying for— it is the excess I worry about.

Forget race, let’s talk about aliens Imagine a moment where humans have developed a spacecraft capable of travelling through a wormhole, taking us to another galaxy where a single planet was inhabited by other life forms. Aliens, essentially. Now imagine that after we humans lived amongst these aliens--called Phagins-- for an entire year, we found their planet functions on four distinct principles. One, they have a book, locked away, containing the cardinal laws their planet was created upon. Two, their ruling body is equally divided into three groups: one group designated to forming new laws, one group designated to carrying out those laws and one group that strictly enforces the laws. Three, the planet’s leader is elected by inhabitants of a certain age and the leader has the role of representing their alien population in the decisions he or she makes on behalf of the aliens. And four, all of the aliens are created equal, born with equal rights, despite slight differences in regards to the shape of their heads. Roughly three-quarters of the aliens on the planet have circular heads while one-quarter have ovular, football-shaped heads. Based on the observations from the humans that lived amongst them for a year, both groups possess the exact same anatomical composition besides the subtle difference in head shape. However, our spacemen and spacewomen learned that those who formulated the book of cardinal laws by which the planet operates all had circular-shaped heads, and for most of the planet’s existence— beginning with the contemporaries of those who formulated the book--the ovular-headed aliens were maltreated, forced to live in the slums and for a while were even treated as personal laborers for the circle heads. It was not long before the spacemen and spacewomen arrived on their planet that the ovular-headed aliens finally broke free of this misfortune when the planet established new laws that kept ovular-headed aliens from being deprived of the same freedoms

that circular-headed aliens were entitled to. But, when the people of earth visited the slums and detainment chambers of the planet, they found they were occupied mostly by ovular-headed aliens. KYLE LIANG This confused the Contributing Writer humans of earth because @Kyle_Liang when roaming around the more densely populated parts of the alien planet, all seemed fair and equal. The circular- and ovular-headed aliens seemed to coexist quite naturally without any apparent discriminatory behavior. Yet seeing the poorer parts of the planet led them to believe otherwise. As the spacemen and women investigated further, they discovered about 3 percent of all male oval-headed aliens were detained in the planet’s chambers, whereas only .05 percent of circular-headed aliens were detained. In addition to these findings, the spacemen and women learned the circular-headed aliens earned about 55,000 groncs (the planet’s currency) per year. Meanwhile, the oval-headed aliens earned about 32,000 groncs per year. When the spacemen and women asked the circular-headed aliens what they thought of the disparity and whether they notice it on a day-today basis, a surprising number seemed confused and unaware of what the humans were indicating from their research. Many alluded to prestigious positions currently held by ovular-headed aliens and even mentioned having an ovular-headed friend or two, but did not comment on any social disparities between the two groups. When the spacemen and women raised the same topic to the ovular-headed aliens, there was a much different response. One of the ovularheaded aliens by the name of Trigone struggled to explain to the spacemen and women of earth why such social disparities have resulted on a planet where all aliens are born of the same

anatomical composition and rights. He finally said: “Me trying to explain to you or any of the other circle heads on this planet the discrimination that exists would be the same as me trying to explain to a human what it’s like to be a Phagin. Or as someone on your planet might say, ‘a fish trying to explain to a dog what it’s like to be a fish.’ No words or metaphors or similes can ever convey how discrimination feels because discrimination is something that must be felt— it must be experienced. And it does not matter how similar our lives as oval heads compared to the lives of circle heads might seem in your human eyes or in the circle heads’ eyes, but the truth is, our Phagin nature and the nature of every life form is to immediately recognize when a being is dissimilar to you. At one point in our existence, being able to distinguish dissimilarity between life forms was a survival instinct. But, unfortunately that same instinct has now become a tool for discrimination. Three quarters of our population is blind to the discrimination and because there are no immediate threats to their existence as a result and because no one tells them of their blindness, they remain blind.” Trigone said as the social imbalance on the planet continues to correct itself as slowly as it has for the past few decades, then the frustration of the ovular-headed community will build up and break out in any way it can. This could be at any opportunity, for any injustice which the ovular-headed community feels reflects the greater injustice of the circumstances that so much of their population is forced to endure. Trigone said that the trigger for an outbreak could be anything, but an outbreak should be expected; so if it happens, and if it happens unexpectedly, then it most likely came at a time when it was needed most.

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Let’s get down to business Student by day, business woman by night. Despite the fact Katheryn DeMarey runs her own landscaping business from her dorm room, the company continues to flourish. “Her business was a wonderful idea,” Perry said. “She is smart, responsible and persistent.” DeMarey didn’t just create her business and then watch as the men weeded, planted, mowed and fertilized. She goes to every job site. She delegates tasks and works alongside the men. “Literally every single day of the summer I woke up at 6:30 a.m. in the morning, made lunches for the boys,” she said. “Three or four days of the week we go and cut lawns the other days we do huge projects. It’s so nice seeing the finished project and the happy customer,” she said. The team took on its biggest project during the spring of DeMarey’s senior year of high school. “This lady wanted her whole yard flipped. We designed the garden, picked out flowers and removed bushes. We seeded, mulched and did much more,” she said.

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Sitting at a wooden table in a dimly lit dorm room surrounded by neon pink sticky notes, Katheryn DeMarey, an 18-year-old business undecided freshman is illuminated by the glow of her Samsung Galaxy S4 smart phone as she fiddles with the calculator app. Watching her, you might think she is just another typical college student doing her math homework, but you’d be wrong. She is actually calculating how much she owes her workers. At 11-years-old, DeMarey was inspired to start making money. “When I was 11 my dad lost his job,” said DeMarey, wearing an Aztec printed t-shirt with a loosely tied back pony tail. “I wanted more things like a cell phone and expensive clothes all the things a bratty teenager wants. My parents said you have to learn to deal with money and be responsible if you want these things. They suggested that I get a job.” DeMarey realized she had to step up, but this was nothing new to her. “I didn’t think it was weird at all that my parents wanted me to work,” she said. “My parents always worked for what they had, we always had a chore list.” Here the inspiration began for a new journey. “I decided to do landscaping as my business because that was the most frequent job request I seemed to always get asked. Mowing, weeding, and mulching,” she said. So she designed flyers with her father, Jeff, and put them in all her neighbors’ mailboxes.

“I don’t know how she does it, Once she has an idea in her head there is no stopping her- it’s just go, go, go. She is energetic, passionate and determined.” – JEFF DEMAREY

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Katheryn DeMarey has more than 100 clients in her business, DeMarey Landscaping. “This one guy called me and he had me do a lot of different jobs and he referred me to another person and another person and pretty soon a lot of people asked me to mow their lawn and do the weeds,” she said. When DeMarey was a freshman in high school the official business began. She named the business DeMarey Landscaping

and hired her first employee to help service a flourishing client base. Now she has five men working for her and more than 100 clients. “I just love working with the boys. We always are getting along and we joke around a lot. There another little family,” she said. Damian Perry is one of DeMarey’s employees.

But DeMarey said the bigger challenge is managing this business from her dorm room. “Everything about it is ridiculously hard,” DeMarey said. “Communication is hard here it’s like you’re living in a bubble and the weather is always different. Everyday I write the schedules, I do the billing, the taxes, I do all the invoices, and I handle all the money —it’s awesome. I work for a good three to four hours a day here on top of my job for work-study.” DeMarey’s goal is to make enough money to pay off her college debt. “I don’t know how she does it,” Jeff said. “Once she has an idea in her head there is no stopping her- it’s just go, go, go. She is energetic, passionate and determined.”

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Hungry for more ‘Hunger Games’ By JEANETTE CIBELLI Staff Writer

On Nov. 21, the third installment of “The Hunger Games” franchise, “Mockingjay, Part 1,” soared into theaters without much fanfare. Movie trailers were not heavily featured on television, and the ad campaign featuring propaganda-like posters was coolly understated, offering only a subtle reminder of the film’s release date. However, the film adaptations of Suzanne Collins’ series have always been popular, and “Catching Fire” dominated the 2013 pre-Thanksgiving weekend in theaters, so perhaps fanfare was not necessary. Currently, the film has grossed more than $480 million worldwide, according to USA Today. Forbes reports that “Mockingjay, Part 1” was not as successful as previous the “Hunger Games” films in their respective opening weekends. “Mockingjay Part 1” earned $121 million as opposed to “Catching Fire,” which earned $154 million last year and “The Hunger Games,” which earned $152 million in 2012. Still, “Mockingjay” easily enjoyed the most successful opening weekend of all films released in 2014. The film begins where “Catching Fire” left off – after the conclusion of dystopian nation Panem’s 75th annual Hunger Games competition. As heroine Katniss Everdeen and her sometimes-lover/sometimes-friend Peeta

Mellark fought to survive, a rebellious plot to corrode the dictator-like power of the Capitol and villainous President Snow was underway. “Catching Fire” ends with the revelations that the Capitol has captured Peeta and destroyed Katniss’s home, District 12. Viewers learn Katniss will now live in District 13, a rebel district that had secretly regrown in the wake of its obliteration by the Capitol. “Mockingjay, Part 1” is completely dedicated to the revolution of Panem, as “Mockingjay, Part 2” will be. The inherent problem with any story divided into two parts is that much of the action will occur in “Part 2,” after “Part 1” has set up the foundation for that action. “Mockingjay” is no exception. At some points, the film feels frustratingly slow as it explains the nitty-gritty details of the rebellion. For example, difficulties with communication between districts and the use of technology are extensively discussed. However, “Mockingjay, Part 1” is not without action-packed moments. Katniss’s exploration of a war-torn District 8 stands out as a memorable, chilling scene. Ironically, some of the best scenes in the film were not explicitly described in Suzanne Collins’ book. The novel’s depiction of the revolution is solely from Katniss’s perspective, but the film features rebellious action that Katniss is not directly involved in. Whereas the other districts’ anger with the Capitol is only

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Some people believe blogging on Tumblr is a waste of time filled with endless cat GIFs and pictures of attractive British men like a procrastinator’s paradise. And while these things make Tumblr addictive, the website reminded us last week of what really makes it special. Ever since the Ferguson grand jury decided not to indict white police officer Darren Wilson for killing African-American Michael Brown, my Tumblr dashboard has been filled with posts about Brown’s death and other prejudice acts. While many of the posts were opinionated, others seeked to inform people about what was going on in Ferguson. Users created masterposts linking to news articles and testimonies from witnesses. Popular media focused on the violence in Ferguson, but Tumblr users reminded people that many were protesting peacefully and critiqued the information coming from mainstream sources. The Stop the Parade movement, an attempt to protest the grand jury decision at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, started on Tumblr. Although the protesters did not meet their goal of being shown on national television, this represents how Tumblr helps people to fight for a better world in real life. And yes, I probably would have gotten more homework done over Thanksgiving break if I hadn’t spent the majority of the week on Tumblr. But I am a better, more informed person because of the time I spent on the website. -J. Perkins

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Katniss (left) and Gale (right) fight the Capital in “Mockingjay Part 1.” implied in the book, that anger is manifested in several vivid acts of rebellion in the film, notably in Districts 5 and 7. These scenes command the audiences’ attention because they prove that Katniss and District 13 are not alone in their desire for political change. “Mockingjay, Part 1” also poses interesting questions about society, especially about how we view power and control. The Capitol and President Snow are constructed as an obvious example of authoritarian tyranny and wealth inequality, but the leadership structure of District 13 is far from democracy. While Alma Coin, leader of District 13, claims all citizens are equal, she is ultimately in control as she dictates everyone’s daily schedules

and forbids any unnecessary actions or consumption of resources. As everyone in District 13 numbly chants in unison to praise Coin’s accomplishments, it starts to become clear that Katniss is concerned with what the future might hold if the revolution succeeds. Katniss’s worry is only one of the film’s many cliffhangers that will no doubt leave audiences anxiously anticipating Thanksgiving 2015. Luckily, if the suspense proves to be too great, the novel is only a trip to the bookstore away.

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The candy bar in the main cafeteria on the Mount Carmel campus was dismantled a few weeks ago, but to students, it seems like a much longer time. Once a popular destination for students to get their afternoon energy or their evening sugar kick, Chartwells has removed the candy bar after rumors of unsanitary conditions. Stories of bugs and students reaching their hands directly into containers have been circulating around campus, but nothing is confirmed. Other rumors have suggested the removal was to make the campus a healthier place, but students should be allowed to make their own choices on what they put into their bodies. For some, that be might a salad, for others, a handful of gummy bears. It’s up to them. However, even if any of these reasons are true, are there any plans for Chartwells to bring the candy back? There isn’t a day that goes by that I haven’t heard at least one person complain about its lacking presence, whether it be my suitemates, friends or random passerby. As a transfer student who has only been exposed to this plethora of sweets for three short months, I never understood its importance to the student body until it was gone. So, I am urging someone out there to listen to the strong opinions flowing throughout campus and just replace the candy! Hopefully, everyone keeps their hands out of it this time. -K. Novak

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RUNDOWN MEN’S ICE HOCKEY UMass 3, QU 2 – Friday Alex Barron: 2 goals Bo Pieper: 1 assist Michael Garteig: 23 saves QU 3, UMass 1 – Saturday Tim Clifton: 2 goals Sam Anas: 1 goal Justin Agosta: 1 assist Devon Toews: 1 assist Sean Lawrence: 17 saves WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 5, Yale 2 – Friday Nicole Kosta: 1 goal, 1 assist Erica Uden Johansson: 1 goal, 1 assist Megan Turner: 1 goal Emma Woods: 1 goal QU 3, Clarkson 1 - Saturday Morgan Fritz-Ward: 1 goal, 1 assist Emma Woods: 1 goal, 1 assist Taylar Cianfarano: 1 goal Chelsea Laden: 24 saves MEN’S BASKETBALL QU 89, Vermont 73 – Sunday Ousmane Drame: 33 points, 13 rebounds Evan Conti: 22 points, 4 3-pointers Zaid Hearst: 11 points Justin Harris: 8 points, 6 rebounds Kasim Chandler: 6 points, 8 assists WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU 73, Alabama 66 - Sunday Jasmine Martin: 24 points Val Driscoll: 15 points Sam Guastella: 9 points, 10 rebounds Gillian Abshire: 9 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists Nikoline Ostergaard: 4 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists

GAMES TO WATCH MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU vs. Dartmouth - Friday, 7 p.m. QU vs. Harvard - Saturday, 7 p.m. WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU at Dartmouth - Friday, 7 p.m. QU at Harvard - Saturday, 4 p.m. MEN’S BASKETBALL QU at Siena - Friday, 7 p.m. QU vs. Fairfield - Sunday, 1 p.m. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU vs. Siena - Friday, 4 p.m. QU at Fairifeld - Sunday, 2 p.m. WOMEN’S RUGBY QU vs. Penn. State (Palm Coast, Fla.) - Saturday, 1 p.m.

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Men’s basketball topples Vermont Drame, Conti net career-high in points By NICK SOLARI Sports Editor

After shooting 32.7 percent from the floor and falling to Hartford at home 54-50 on Tuesday night, the Quinnipiac men’s basketball team desperately needed a hot start Sunday afternoon against Vermont. Quinnipiac shot 54.9 percent from the field, out-rebounded the Catamounts 40-16, and the Bobcats defeated UVM 89-73 at the TD Bank Sports Center, earning their third win of the season. “I’m pleased with the way we bounced back from our performance on Tuesday night,” Quinnipiac head coach Tom Moore said. “I’m happy with the way we played today. [The win] gives us some positive momentum moving forward.” Senior big man Ousmane Drame recorded a career-high 33 points and 13 rebounds, his fourth doubledouble of the 2014-15 season. In the win, Drame became the 38th player to reach 1,000 career-points. “We didn’t miss many shots today, but when we did I was able to find the ball and put it back,” Drame said. Drame blocked Vermont’s Hector Harold in the first half of Sunday’s win, giving him a program all-time best 147 career blocks. The senior defended Vermont’s scoring leader Ethan O’Day for most of the game.

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Seniors Evan Conti and Ousmane Drame share a laugh at the conclusion of Sunday’s win over Vermont. “[Drame] took on the challenge,” Moore said. “He was very good at getting low, trying to get post position.” Moore added that Drame is “be-

tween 75 and 80 percent” recovered from his torn achilles tendon, and that the senior now has tendinitis in his ailing knee. “It will probably be weeks be-

fore he says ‘I feel good,’” Moore said. Senior Evan Conti led the way in the first half for Quinnipiac, scoring 17 of his career-high 22 points during the first 20 minutes. He also added seven rebounds and four assists. “Evan’s shots early [on] let us, as a team, exhale,” Quinnipiac head coach Tom Moore said. “Evan is a very tough-minded guy. Like everybody, he was a bit stuck in a slump. The Gods of basketball rewarded a kid who put in extra time, so he deserved it.” The Bobcats took a 43-24 lead into the break. “Our goal was just to make sure we play harder than Vermont for the whole game,” Conti said. “We wanted to make sure we played harder than them in the first four minutes, and each. four-minutes we wanted to win the energy battle.” Vermont then opened up the second half on a 9-2 run, cutting Quinnipiac’s lead to 12 points in the first 3:17 of the second half. The Bobcats were able to hold on, though, as they closed out the second half by halting Vermont’s comeback effort. With the win, Quinnipiac improves to 3-2 on the season. The Bobcats are back in action on Friday, as they travel to Siena for a 7 p.m. start.

Massachusetts skates past men’s ice hockey By TYRELL WALDEN-MARTIN Staff Writer

After winning seven of its last eight games, Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey looked to keep its hot streak on the ice rolling. Unfortunately, Massachusetts had other plans in order. Alex Barron scored twice, but Quinnipiac suffered a 3-2 loss at the hands of the Minutemen in the first part of a weekend home-andhome series that started at High Point Solutions Arena on Friday evening. “I’m disappointed in how we played tonight. I thought UMass was good,” Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold said. “They battled and played with a lot of passion and we didn’t. We have to play harder than that.”

Both teams struggled out the gate, but Quinnipiac struck first with a goal by Barron, a senior defenseman, 4:35 remaining in the first period. “It was a good cycle by our forwards and I got lucky enough to be on the receiving end on a puck in the slot,” Barron said. “I just saw an opening and I put it in.” After Quinnipiac went up 1-0, Massachusetts scored threestraight goals. The first came from Steven Iacobellis on a power play to tie things with 2:11 remaining in the first period. The Minutemen scored again as Frank Vatrano found the back of the net with 12:45 remaining in the second. Troy Power scored the third-straight goal with 19:16

remaining in the third period, and Massachusetts never looked back. Barron scored his second goal of the evening with 1:34 remaining in the game to pull the Bobcats within a goal at 3-2. “I blacked out there for a minute,” Barron said. “I just crashed the net, closed the net, shot it as hard as I could and it went in.” “He has been great,” Pecknold said of Barron. “I thought he had a great game tonight, he had a great game last weekend. He has been outstanding. I thought Alex played well outside of the two goals as well. He played with a lot of passion and energy, we need to bring that to the table with our entire team.” Quinnipiac struggled specifi-

cally on the power play, going 0-6 in that department. “I thought our power-play players on both units didn’t have a lot of fire or a lot of passion,” Pecknold said. “They were just sluggish.” The Bobcats were also without senior defenseman Dan Federico for tonight’s game. “He is one of our best players and we missed him tonight. I think he is one of the best defenseman is our league,” Pecknold said. “Danny is an elite player and hopefully we get him back out there soon.” With the loss, Quinnipiac falls to 8-4-1 on the season. The Bobcats are back in action Saturday at UMass. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m.

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WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY from page 12 while putting up six goals. In one weekend, they even outscored Rensselaer and Union by a combined score of 11-1. The first of two ties came against College Hockey America foe Penn State early in the season, when backup goalie Sydney Rossman was in the net for the Bobcats. The second tie came last week against a red hot St. Lawrence team that

has taken down Harvard and Dartmouth this past month, teams who are ranked No. 11 and No. 12 in the PairWise rankings, respectively. These Bobcats aren’t like last year’s team, which relied heavily on the playmaking of Kelly Babstock. This team is different, and it will make them more of a contender. This team’s depth is what helps them succeed. Through the first three lines, there is a scoring threat. The defense never lets up, no matter

who is on the ice, and it doesn’t hurt to have the best statistical goalie in net on a day to day basis. Quinnipiac currently sits at No. 4 in the USCHO.com Poll, and No. 3 in the PairWise rankings. They haven’t quite yet proved to be in the caliber of Boston College, Wisconsin, or Minnesota but they sure are getting close to that. On neutral ice, this Bobcat squad can compete with any team in the nation. The Bobcats still have a very

tough schedule ahead of them. They still have to travel to Clarkson and St. Lawrence for two very important ECAC matchups, and also have to play Harvard twice. Then, of course, they travel to Chestnut Hill to face No. 1 Boston College in January. This Quinnipiac squad has a difficult road ahead, but so far there is nothing but success coming out of this year’s campaign.

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Clockwise from top left: Men’s ice hockey goalie Michael Garteig saves a shot in Friday’s loss to Massachusetts, men’s basketball forward Ousmane Drame blocks a shot in Sunday’s victory over Vermont, Massachusetts goalie Henry Dill stops Tim Clifton’s shot, Justin Harris denies Ethan O’Day’s layup attempt.

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“I’m certainly proud of [winning 400 career games]. We’ve had great assistants over the years, I thank those guys. They’ve done a great job getting us good players.”

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Sam Anas leads Quinnipiac with 18 points (10 goals, eight assists) so far in the 2014-15 season.

Sophomore Sam Anas continutes to set the pace for Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey By JORDAN NOVACK Staff Writer

Sam Anas has hit the ground running as an underclassman at Quinnipiac. This year, the sophomore forward is building on the momentum that began during his awardwinning freshman season, where he earned the Tim Taylor Rookie of the Year award. Following his freshman year, in which he led the team with 22 goals and 43 points, Anas has already recorded 10 goals and eight assists for a team-leading 18 points in the 2014-15 season. Anas shared how he has been able to have such a smooth transition to the college game. “I think the coaches have given me every opportunity I could have asked for, especially as a freshman,” Anas said. “I was able to play powerplay [my freshman year], and play on a line with Connor and Kellen Jones. Now this year with [Matthew] Peca and Landon [Smith], I have just been surrounded with talented players.” Additionally, Anas credits the two years he played amateur hockey for the Youngstown Phantoms of the United States Hockey League as a key in his transition. “I loved playing junior hockey,” Anas said. “It is a good transition between playing youth hockey and making the jump to college. Had I gone from youth straight to college it would have been very tough, but instead I was able to play in the same place for two years with great coaches.” During his two-year stint in Youngstown, Anas scored 54 goals and recorded 43 assists for 97 total points in 155 games. He finished third in the league in goals during the 2012-13 season. In a conversation about his leading scorer, Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold reflected on what a special player Anas is, and how much he adds to the team. “He is a highly talented player, who has a

unique ability to create time and space for himself, but his biggest strength is his finishing,” Pecknold said. “There are players who can score goals in practice when you have the time and space with little to no pressure, but few thrive like him in game mode.” Senior captain Matthew Peca, who centers the first line with Anas and Smith, talked about what it’s like to play with the second-year wing. “[Anas] expects to score every night and he produces, it’s very fun to have him on your line,” Peca said. “You can always expect him to be open. He talks really well, you will always know where he is on the ice, and when he has the puck he makes plays.”

“He is great with the puck; there are other players who won’t even try the things he can do. – MATTHEW PECA MEN’S ICE HOCKEY FORWARD Peca added that Anas isn’t only a great scorer, but a great passer, too. “He’ll pass through defenders sticks on feeds and you always have to expect the puck,” Peca said. “He is great with the puck; there are other players who won’t even try the things he can do.” Peca said Anas is a leader off the ice, as well. “He does a good job keeping the locker room loose, with little sayings and stuff, and he is just a great teammate,” Peca said. “I roomed with him on the road last year, and he is real easy going and a great team player.” Anas first began playing hockey with his

dad, Peter, early on in life. Peter played at the University of Western Ontario, and introduced the game to Anas at a very young age. “[My dad] got me started when I was two years old shooting the ball around in the kitchen,” Anas said. Nineteen years later, Anas’ talent is drawing NHL attention. In the past few summers, he has participated in developmental camps with the Washington Capitals, and most recently with the Montreal Canadiens. Training with the Canadiens last summer was an “eye-opening experience,” he said. “To go there and see all of the history there, and all of the Stanley Cups they have won, it is such a prestigious organization,” Anas said. “It really motivates me to make that jump to the NHL one day.” Anas said that he doesn’t model his game after one specific player, but that he does enjoy watching Minnesota Wild left wing Zach Parise play because of his skill and hard-working attitude. In addition, he idolizes New York Rangers right wing Martin St. Louis. “He is a small guy who was undrafted out of college,” Anas said, “but has done everything people said he wouldn’t be able to do, and now he is going to be a Hall of Famer one day. He is a perfect role model for me.” For Anas, he is looking to improve deficiencies in his game, while Quinnipiac as a whole has lofty goals set. “As a player, I need to improve as a skater and I need to improve defensively,” Anas said. “As a team, we want to do everything. We want to win the ECAC regular season, the ECAC Tournament Championship, and hopefully the NCAA Championship, and just overall be the best team we can be.”

Almost halfway through the regular season, the Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey team looks like a legitimate contender for a National Championship. So much, in fact, that the Bobcats are poised to appear in their first National Tournament in program history, and possibly even the team’s first Frozen Four. Quinnipiac has posted a 13-0-2 record in its first 15 games of the 2014-15 season, good for the second-best record in the nation behind No. 1 ranked Boston College. In ECAC Hockey, Quinnipiac holds a 6-0-1 record and sits two points ahead of defending national champion Clarkson in the standings. Quinnipiac’s offense is buzzing so far. The team is averaging 3.20 goals-per-game, which is good for seventh in the nation and second in the conference. The Bobcats have been winning in style all season long, with a strong offensive core leading the way. Six members have already tallied double-digit points on the season. Leading the team in scoring is freshman Taylar Cianfarano, as her eight goals and seven assists is good enough for fourth-best in scoring amongst freshmen in the nation. Still, the defense and goaltending is what the Bobcats have been able to rely on all season. Quinnipiac ranks No. 1 in the nation with a 0.60 goals-against average. Senior Chelsea Laden has been on a tear all year, leading the country in just about every goalie category there is. Laden leads the nation in save percentage, goals-against average and shutouts. The Bobcats are also getting help from players that have returned to the roster. Erica Uden Johannson came back this season surging for the Bobcats. After missing a year to play in the Olympics, the senior has put up 13 points on the season, five goals and eight assists. Nicole Kosta is another Bobcat that has come back after missing last season to make an impact for the team. The redshirt junior has 12 points on the season after missing last year due to injury. This past weekend, the Bobcats won the annual Nutmeg Cup. They defeated crosstown rival Yale in the semifinal 5-2, where five different Bobcats lit up the lamp. The Bobcats then faced Clarkson in the Nutmeg Cup Championship Game and won by the score of 3-1, as Laden stopped 24 shots to secure the cup. Most of the wins for Quinnipiac thus far have been fairly dominant. They went into Cornell and downed the Big Red 3-0 while outshooting them 30-14. They shutout a talented Maine squad on back-to-back nights See WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY Page 10