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The QUINNIPIAC Volume 80 Issue 15
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FEVER University sees 33 percent increase in applications By Marissa Himbele Staff Writer Quinnipiac University’s admission saw a 32.7 percent increase in the number of applicants for the fall 2011 semester, but the class size will only expand by 60 students, according to Dean of Admissions Joan Isaac Mohr. Out of the 18,430 undergraduate applicants, a record count for Quinnipiac, class size is expected to increase from 1,643 in 2010 to about 1,700. Mohr said the number of applicants has increased due to the university broadening its search for prospective students, and students giving
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18,430 Applicants for Class of 2015
13,885
Applicants for Class of 2014
9,997
Applicants accepted for Class of 2014
themselves more options to find the best scholarship. She added that the medical and law schools and the opening of the York Hill campus also contributed to the increase in applicants. Quinnipiac’s medical school isn’t expected to welcome its first class until 2013 or 2014, but it will be only the third in Connecticut along with University of Connecticut and Yale University. Both Heidi Erickson, senior associate director of admissions, and William Romano, associate director of admisAPPS, continued on page 4
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ESPN’s “Stats,” and his humble Quinnipiac roots, page 5
QU works MacBook into laptop program By Phillip Nobile Staff Writer For the first time, Quinnipiac will officially offer Apple products for purchase, as well as a wider variety of Dell laptops. The program, which will be officially announced AN APPLE DAY... during Admitted Students A Three versions Day in March, not only of- of the MacBook fers three different models (discounted $100-$200) of MacBooks, but all Ap- will be available ple-related products as well. through Quinnipiac’s “Our interests are re- laptop program ally more in trying to have as few standards as possible,” said Fred Tarca, chief information and technology officer. Previously, students who chose to participate in the university’s program were offered a single Dell model for recommended purchase. In an attempt to cater to the varying needs of Quinnipiac students, the school hopes that offering both Dell and Apple products will create a more technologicallyunified atmosphere. “We do not have any preference in terms of the brand,” Tarca said. “Our real interests are if the student can get to their e-mail applications securely, can they get to APPLE, continued on page 4
It’s not about the money, Spike says By Marcus Harun Staff Writer Director, writer and producer Spike Lee asked the campus community to value education and focus less on money in his lecture in Burt Kahn Court last Thursday, and people listened. “You could’ve heard a pin drop in that room,” professor Raymond Foery said. “Everybody was listening to him; there was no chatter. The room was paying attention to him, so I’d like to think his message got across.” Lee advised students to find some-
thing they love “not based on how much you want to make.” “At this step many students think that when they choose their major, sometimes they base it on money – on how much you’re going to make when you come out of school,” Lee said. “That’s the wrong way to think.” Foery, a film, video and interactive media professor, teaches “Spike Lee’s America,” a QU201 section. He had the opportunity to meet the director that he’s studied for many years. “I think the single most important SPIKE, continued on page 3
POLL: Now that you have the choice ... Dell or Mac?
Acclaimed director Spike Lee listens as a student poses a question during Thursday’s Black History Month event in Burt Kahn Court. Ilya Spektor / Chronicle
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