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QUChronicle.com February 1, 2012 Volume 81 Issue 15

News

Who’s QU rooting for?, page 4

Opinion

sports

Letter: Life’s not better on the hill, page 6

The national steals leader, page 16

O.a.R. at Td bank sports center, April 22

LOVE AND MEMORIES

Town meeting concludes with contract for students By michele snow Managing Editor

The Planning and Zoning Commission meeting Jan. 24 saw heated discussion among representatives of Quinnipiac University, members of the commission and Hamden citizens, but no resolve or changes to zoning regulations.

The two issues discussed were heavy traffic between the York Hill and Mount Carmel campuses, including the issue of parking permits, and the conduct of students living off-campus in residential neighborhoods.

After debates and laments, the commission voted to do what little it could to address the clear frustraSee zoning Page 5 photo courtesy of o.a.r.

O.A.R. to headline spring concert By kim green & alex tusia

Quinnipiac students gathered in Burt Kahn Court last Thursday night awaiting the announcement of the talent for the annual Wake the Giant spring concert. The atmosphere was electric as students watched the video announcing that the band Of A Revolution, better known as O.A.R. will come to the TD Bank Sports Center on Sunday, April 22.

The Student Programing Board sent out a survey last November asking students who they desired to see perform. More than 1,800 students took the SPB spring survey, and according to SPB Mainstage Chair Jamie Kloss, the top choices included O.A.R, LMFAO, Kid Cudi and The Script.

After the results were in, the committee determined that Quinnipiac needed a good rock concert after multiple hip-hop and pop performers in the past years, Kloss said.

“Many factors go into booking each concert such as when our venue is available, when artists are touring, if they’re routing through our area, and obviously, budget considerations,” Kloss said. “O.A.R. has been a popular choice on our survey for years, and with the success of their August album, it was the perfect time to pursue this concert.”

Steve Pagios, assistant director of student center and campus life, said that O.A.R. has been a frontrunning choice among the student body for many years.

“There has been a strong desire

for this type of show that has such good crowd interaction,” Pagios said. “O.A.R. is one of the better rock shows and they love being on a college campus to perform.”

SPB has received mostly positive feedback about its choice from the student body, Kloss said. Sophomore Connor Croteau has been to many O.A.R. concerts and is looking forward to another show.

“They are a very good live act and I cannot wait to see them,” Croteau said.

Kloss, a senior, has heard complimentary comments from fellow students following the announcement.

“O.A.R. puts on a fantastic, oneof-a-kind live show, and students who have seen them before are defi-

nitely spreading the word,” Kloss said. “In particular, I’ve heard great feedback from seniors, who are excited to end on a fun, high-energy rock show.”

But, not all seniors agree.

“After having Ke$ha last year my expectations were high,” senior Samantha Baccala said. “The only songs I know are from their older CDs and I know they have a new one out so that’s all they will probably play. I wish it was someone more relevant.”

In the weeks before the announcement, SPB released a teaser video to the student body to generate discussion and interest in the spring concert announcement, Kloss said.

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Security finds 7 vandalized cars in Hilltop lot, catches culprits

By Katherine rojas Associate News Editor

Seven cars were vandalized in the Hilltop parking lot at the Mount Carmel campus Thursday morning, according to Quinnipiac Security.

Security found the vandals, but did not disclose their names.

According to Chief of Security & Safety David Barger, the vehicles weren’t targeted because of the type of cars they were.

“The vandalism ranged from spitting on cars, to breaking mirrors, to breaking radio antennas off of cars,” Barger said.

The vandalized cars had bent-up side view mirrors, bent antennas and spit and cigarette butts on the win-

dow, sophomore Rachael Kuhn said.

All cars had the same pattern of vandalizing, according to Kuhn, one of the victims.

There was no sign of a break-in to Kuhn’s car, she said.

The vandalized vehicles were on a straight path from the vehicle the four young men got out of, all in the same vicinity, Barger said.

According to Barger, the vehicles were behind the 600s; a straight line all the way to resident halls.

“In the larger picture, for the number of cars that are parked there, we really don’t suffer a great deal of vandalism,” Barger said. “But we frown upon it.”

Kuhn has parked her car in West-

woods her freshman year, but didn’t have any problems.

“When [my car] was [in Westwoods], I didn’t feel that it was unsafe there,” Kuhn said. “But I feel like it should be even safer here when it’s on campus, apparently not.”

Hilltop is under video surveillance in addition to frequent security patrols. The vandalism was found by security while on patrol.

“We run patrols on a regular basis up there,” Barger said. “We [also] staff the lot with a security officer. We were able to put all this together with what we had in between, See vandalized Page 5

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The vandalism ranged from spitting on cars, to breaking mirrors, to breaking radio antennas, according to Chief of Security & Safety David Barger.

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Frisbees fly for domesitc violence

Alpha Chi Omega’s annual philanthropic event Frisbee Fest, an ultimate frisbee tournament held on campus in October, raised $28,500 for domestic violence. The sorority donated the money in full to the Domestic Violence Services of Greater New Haven and to a shelter in Barbados. – K.G.

New housing policy for athletes Quinnipiac is developing a policy regarding the housing of student athletes, according to Lynn Bushnell, vice president for public affairs. More details will be released once the policy, which aims to keep athletes residing in only on campus or campus-owned properties, is approved. – K.R.

18 lucky Sundance-ing seniors

Members of the Quinnipiac Film Society traveled across the country this past week to attend the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The 18 seniors are enrolled in a senior seminar focusing on independent cinema taught by Professor Ray Foery. School of Communications’ professors Foery, Rebecca Abbott and Marty Lang accompanied the students. Lang worked on three films that were screened at this year’s festival. Lang said that an important aspect of the trip is the ability for students to network with filmmakers in hope of finding work on future projects and start their professional careers. – O.G.

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Marc Elliot speaks to students at Burt Kahn Court last Thursday night about his experiences as a sufferer of Tourette’s syndrome. About 70 students attended and gave Elliot a standing ovation.

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Tech center STARS shine further

The York Hill campus is now operating a full Technology Center for student use, while the Mount Carmel Technology Center now offers appointments for students and faculty to sit one-on-one with a technician to address any questions or concerns. Quinnipiac’s Technology Center is also now accepting applications for students to enter the STARS program. – J.P.

Sports arena celebrates 5th anniversary

On Jan. 27, 2007, TD Bank Sports Center opened its doors to NCAA Division 1 basketball and hockey teams as well as Bobcat fans.

Since then, Quinnipiac athletes, fans and administrators have worked to make TD Bank one of the finest venues for college athletes. In celebration of TD Bank’s fifth birthday, Bobcat fans voted for their favorite TD Bank moments. The results are available on Quinnipiac Athletics’ website. – J.P.

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Marc Elliot’s most personal confessions echoed through Burt Kahn Court last Thursday night, making 70 strangers some of his closest confidants. He drew a standing ovation.

Recipient of Campus Activities Magazine 2011 College Speaker and Diversity Artist of the Year, Elliot has toured the country for three and a half years with his presentation, “What Makes You Tic?” about his life long struggle with Hirschsprung’s disease and Tourette’s syndrome.

Elliot performed a simulation of having Tourette’s syndrome with the audience by randomly placing cards with a certain sound, word or phrase on audience members seats. Throughout his presentation “I love you” and a dogs barking were heard

throughout the court.

A consistency throughout his presentation was the idea of tolerance and the phrase, “live and let live.”

Growing up in the suburbs of St. Louis, Elliot, 26, was diagnosed with the rare intestinal birth defect, Hirschsprug’s disease, two days after he was born leaving him with only four feet of working intestines. However, this was just the beginning of his challenges. At the age of nine, Elliot was diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome which causes him to have involuntary physical and verbal tics.

Elliot said his Tourette’s manifested in obsessive compulsive disorder when he would contemplate what the riskiest thing is he could say in the setting he was in.

Ticking it was the risk. Specifically, Elliot would chomp his teeth

into his jaw and tic inappropriate words from racial and ethnic slurs to body parts.

“A tic is like an itch you can’t scratch multiplied by 10,” said Elliot, whose tics have subsided through therapies. “Once you tic, the itch goes away.”

Throughout Elliot’s life, he met people who would not tolerate his Tourette’s syndrome and would tease him for his frequent uncontrollable bowel movements due to his intestinal disease. He would involuntarily shout racial slurs in a room full of African Americans, and understood it was offensive, but even when he explained his disorder, people still would not tolerate it.

“I can recognize that we make assumptions about people who are different from us,” Elliot said.

“My whole life I was the most intolerable person because I was

making assumptions about the judgements from others. What we think other people think about us is really what we think about ourselves.”

The event, co-sponsored by the Student Programing Board and QU After Dark, was part of SPB’s Rock ‘n Road week which was the grand prize of a contest in Campus Activities Magazine. The series consisted of three days and five college artists performing on campus for free.

Elliot was a clear choice as one of the performers after his presentation on campus two years prior, Vice President of SPB Victoria Adler said.

“When I first saw him, I fell in love with Marc’s message,” Adler said. “We tend to over look this type of disorder when speaking about tolerance. It usually is focused on race and ethnicity.

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New Greek orgs prep to recruit

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Pi Kappa Phi President Michael Weiner and Pi Beta Phi President Sara Leduc are preparing their chapters for the upcoming recruitment week.

By Mackenzie Malone Contributing Writer

Pi Beta Phi and Pi Kappa Phi set their origins at Quinnipiac only one semester ago and must now look to their fellow Greek chapters to assistance them through the upcoming recruitment week.

Both chapters have been informed of the methods of recruitment through advisers as well as workshops held by the other chapters.

“The Greek community has been extremely supportive, which I can’t express how thankful I am for that,” Pi Kappa Phi President Michael Weiner said. “Every sorority and fraternity has reached out to us in some way, shape or form.”

While there might not be a difference in the recruitment process itself, the additional chapters allow perspective members to take advantage of many options when deciding which organization to join.

“If you think of it like a buffet, you can always find something,” Assistant Director of the Student Center and Campus Life Courtney McKenna said. “But then they bring out that other option and you’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, I never thought about that and that is what I really want!’

So that is how we really look at it.”

Sara Leduc, Pi Beta Phi President, is excited for Panhellenic formal recruitment.

“I think it will be a great bonding experience for not only our chapter

but for all of QU’s Panhellenic organizations,” Leduc said.

Men and women’s recruitment periods are drastically different, with women partaking in a more formal set of events than the men’s unstructured process, McKenna said.

For Panhellenic recruitment, the women go through a three-day process starting Feb. 9, when both the chapters and recruits create a “wish list” of who they would like to meet again. By the third night, students meet with only two of the five sororities in hopes of receiving a bid.

Men’s recruitment lasts 12 days, starting with an open house on Feb. 6. Instead of creating a wish list, recruits get to know each of the fraternities before making any decisions.

Each chapter has its own criteria for selecting its members, but ultimately it is as much the choice of the recruit as it is the organization’s.

At the end of recruitment, potential new members can either accept or deny a bid if the fraternity or sorority chooses to extend one.

Unlike rush week in the fall, freshmen are now allowed to join upperclassmen in the recruitment process as long as they are in their second semester, McKenna said.

Recently there has been some speculation on changes in fall recruitment, with many saying that first semester freshmen will be able to rush. McKenna confirms that the Interfraternity Council President Jaime Mor and the IFC Executive

Committee have researched peer institutions and Greek communities to gain more insight on how other IFC’s do things. The research is not based only around recruitment but includes a more holistic review.

McKenna said Greek life is keeping its focus on getting through the formal process for this spring.

Though Pi Kappa Phi and Pi Beta Phi are currently the newest chapters on campus for this recruitment period, they will soon be the experienced ones. Quinnipiac plans on expanding the number of sororities and fraternities within the next few years, according to Assistant Director of the Student Center and Campus Life for Greek Life Gregory Fink.

Peer fellows lend a hand in classes

By Jenna doleh Staff Writer

Quinnipiac offers a variety of avenues for academic assistance to its students, one of which includes a peer being an academic aide for another student inside the classroom through the Peer Study Group Program.

Peer fellows are students who are picked by their professors to act as mentors for challenging classes they excelled in. The paid fellows are given many different responsibilities such as attending all classes, holding study sessions and coordinating with professors to better serve the learning needs of the students.

There is a wide variety of courses that have the assistance of a peer fellow in the sciences, mathematics, history and business, according to Tracy Hallstead director of the peer fellows program. Students who utilize peer fellows have shown notable improvements that are reflected in their final grade for the course.

Students who attend three or more sessions of Supplemental Instruction with a peer fellow often receive a full letter grade higher than a student who does not.

“The pattern of students earning higher grades when they attend

Supplemental Instruction with a peer fellow is consistent across our program,” Hallstead said. “The difference between a C+ and a B+ may mean everything to a student, especially if he or she has a GPA requirement for their major.”

Andrew Lavoie is a peer fellow for Nita Prasad’s HS208 modern world history class. “My favorite part about being a peer fellow is working with students who are interested in the material and helping them succeed,” Lavoie said. “I also like that I get to work closely with a professor who I really enjoy.”

Peer fellow for FIN 201 Michael Sarin said that his roll is to be a model student. His job is to be attentive and focused in class and take notes during the lecture. Outside of the classroom, he holds weekly study sessions where the focus is on getting student to work through their problem areas from the weeks material.

“Our goal is not to give them the answers,” Sarin said. “We strive to teach students how to learn and be dynamic, not just memorize the material.”

Lavoie and Sarin, along with the rest of the peer fellows, are hired through the Learning Center and are

required to attend several informational and training sessions. Prasad and Lavoie both said they believe the class members benefit from having a peer fellow to mentor them.

“A lot of times students are reluctant to open up to a professor, so having someone around their age to talk about what they think of the course is helpful,” Prasad said. “The students can talk to their peer fellows in a more relaxed, casual way.”

The goal of a peer fellow is to help the students in the class understand the material for the course, develop better strategies for studying and completing assignments, and to help the students learn at a deeper level, Prasad said.

“I have never had a negative experience so far with the peer fellows I have had,” Prasad said. “The only problem I can see arising is if the peer fellow just gives the students the answers, causing the students to leave the course without gaining any skills or knowledge.”

Students who have taken courses with a peer fellow have given positive feedback of their experience. Sophomore Alex Burgos took Prasad’s HS112 class with peer fellow Giana Gleeson.

“Giana was definitely a big as-

set to the class and made the material more understandable because she was our age and able to connect with us better than the professor,” Burgos said. “She also helped out a lot during finals because she was going through them as well and had a lot of advice to give.”

Not only do peer fellows help the students and professors, but they are able to learn and help themselves as well.

“It really is an incredible opportunity for the peer fellow because they get to experience a handson way of learning,” Prasad said.

“Teaching is the most deep, meaningful way of actually learning.”

This semester, the Peer Study Group Program will be recruiting heavily as they are losing 15 seniors to graduations, said Hallstead. The classes they support include Chemistry 106, Chemistry 210, Biology 211, Math 140 and 141, Accounting 305 and 306, and Finance 201. They have also recently added new courses such as History 208, Athletic Training 215 and 338 and BMS 375 to the program. To be considered for the program, the students must have a recommendation from their former professor in the class and have earned a grade of A- or better.

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In Anthropology 101, students who attended three or more sessions of Supplemental Instruction with a peer fellow on average earned a grade of 3.43, or B+. Students who did not attend earned an average of 2.47, or C+.

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In Chemistry 210, students who attended 3 or more sessions of Supplemental Instruction with a peer fellow on average earned a grade of 2.97, or B-. Students who did not attend earned on average a grade of 1.85, or C-.

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In Finance 201, students who attended 3 or more sessions of Supplemental Instruction with a peer fellow on average earned a grade of 3.16, or B. Students who did not attend earned on average a grade of 2.61, or C+.

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The Modell’s at 2335 Dixwell Ave receives extra shipments for Super Bowl apparel this week. The store will open with new gear once the Super Bowl ends and reopens Monday at 6 a.m.

Deans, sports experts submit their picks By lenny neslin Editor-in-Chief

It’s often the most-watched TV program every year. Whether you watch for the game, the halftime show or the commercials, people watch the Super Bowl. At Quinnipiac, even more TVs will be tuned in than usual because of the teams who made it – the New York Giants and the New England Patriots.

No other matchup could have divided the university as evenly as this one has.

Slightly more than half of the Quinnipiac community wants the Giants to win, according to a poll that received 218 votes via the Chronicle’s Facebook page. Giants: 121 (56 percent), Patriots 97.

After asking many prominent figures and sports fans on campus, the consensus is that the game will be close, within a touchdown, and that the Giants, winners of their last five games, will raise the Lombardi Trophy.

More importantly to some students, the halftime show will feature Madonna and LMFAO, and Go Daddy has another Danica Patrick commercial prepared. Honda’s “Matthew’s Day Off” commercial, a play on “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” has also sparked interest among students.

Manuel Carreiro, vice president

and dean of students, said he was a little surprised by the matchup. The Giants “stunned” him and he thought the Patriots were playing “terribly.”

But he is excited for Sunday’s game, as are the students.

“People are excited because it’s two teams from here,” said Carreiro, who grew up in New Bedford, Mass., which is within an hour from the Patriots’ Gillette Stadium, and predicted the Patriots will win, 24-21.

As a Bronx, N.Y., native, Quinnipiac President John Lahey said he will root for the Giants. But in his prediction, he accounted for his Irish heritage.

“Although the Patriots have an outstanding Irishman at quarterback in Tom Brady, I think the New York Giants’ Irish Coach Tom Coughlin will devise a superior game plan that will result in the Giants once again beating the Patriots in the Super Bowl. I predict the final score will be 24-17, Giants,” Lahey said.

After the Giants beat the Patriots, 17-14, in a dramatic ending to Super Bowl XLII in 2007, some students celebrated too hard on Mount Carmel campus. Carreiro said security will be ready Sunday night, but hopes it won’t happen again.

“I always worry about situations like this,” Carreiro said. “I think that we are prepared to make sure that people have fun and do it responsi-

bly. It would be foolish to do otherwise.”

Students might think the Super Bowl will help the town of Hamden economically, as it is centered between Boston and New York, home to the two teams that will play in Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday. However, Donn Johnson, a professor of economics who teaches a sports economics course in the fall, says the Super Bowl will not impact the town as much as students expect.

“Honestly, I think the economic activity is overstated by the people who benefit from this,” Johnson said. “What you hear from the NFL is quite different, I think, from what you hear from an economist if we estimated the value.”

When the game is over, Hamden’s popular sporting goods store Modell’s will open its doors to sell championship goods, according to Dave Czajkowski, the store manager.

The store skews more toward Giants apparel, but offers some items for Patriots fans.

“It’s been great for business here,” Czajkowski said. “We’ve sold a lot of the locker room shirts, hats, hoodies, roster T-shirts. We’re constantly getting more stuff in.”

The Super Bowl will be the mostwatched ever, according to Boston Globe Media Columnist Chad Finn.

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the highest rated, but it will have the most viewers,” Finn said. “Last year’s was the most-watched Super Bowl. With these two markets, these two teams, the rematch aspect, and the popularity of the NFL, and just the fact that more people are watching, it will be the most-watched Su-

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It will not be the highest-rated television event because there are more options to watch on TV these days than there were 20 years ago, Finn said. He estimates that 125 million people will turn on the Super Bowl.

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QU alum creates University Elite

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Quinnipiac students can now save money in restaurants, bars, and other businesses in Hamden with the benefits of University Elite.

University Elite was created

by Quinnipiac MBA students Matt Goddard and Vinny Santorella and offers discounts and deals on a wide variety of local businesses and events for a select number of Quinnipiac students. “[University Elite is] like a support system,” Goddard said. “[It’s] a means for students to get involved, whether it be on campus, off cam-

pus, and you do different things and you’re really having the best college lifestyle you can have. That’s kind of the reason we wanted to do it, just to help students have that ultimate college experience.”

For $39 per semester, students can sign up online (www.universityelite.com) and get access to the three types of services that University Elite provides: travel services, discounts from local businesses and private events. Membership includes deals at Ray and Mike’s, Whitney Bar and Grille, Ixtapa, Bread and Chocolate, David Dio Hair Salon, and more. Organized

zoning from cover tion of Hamden citizens and students in their neighborhoods: A pamphlet will be distributed to inform and educate off-campus students and their landlords about the responsibility of being a member of the Hamden community.

These off-campus students will then be required to sign a document confirming that they have read and understand the policy that the town and their neighbors are trying to implement.

This “Good Neighbor Policy,” will include information on trash pickup times, noise ordinance parameters, parking limitations and responsibility reminders.

The Hamden residents in attendance were still unsatisfied with the outcome, but they had the opportunity to voice their concerns.

Most wanted more accountability for students in residential areas, or in some cases, more power to inflict discipline on those students not respecting their neighbors.

“The problem is they shouldn’t be in the neighborhoods. Period,” said one citizen from the audience.

The university acted quickly in response to the frustrated Hamden residents by emailing students the following day, living off campus or not, and warning that the university will take disciplinary actions against misbehaving students in off-campus houses.

“In an attempt to alleviate further tension I wanted to make you aware of the transgressions and communicate to you that Quinnipiac does not tolerate unacceptable student behavior in residential neighborhoods escalating to the levels it did in the fall,” Senior Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs Mark Thompson said in the email.

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trips to places such as Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Resort Casino are also offered.

“It’s going to be just for Quinnipiac students,” Goddard said. “The way we’re pitching it right now is that it’s exclusive, so not everyone can sign up for it. Only a certain amount of students will be able to sign up, making offers better because it’s only available for certain numbers of students,” Goddard said.

“But if this is encouragingly successful, we may be looking to expand to other universities down the road.”

University Elite is on a first-

come, first-served basis, with the first 300 students who sign up being entered into a drawing for the chance to win an iPad 2.

After six months of researching, talking with professors and sitting down one-on-one with businesses, Goddard and Santorella sketched out a plan and started promoting their company via Facebook, Twitter, and by word of mouth.

After receiving positive feedback, Goddard and Santorella are confident that their business will expand and go beyond offering just discounts and organized events.

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cover continuations or attending a party, students will be “held equally culpable, if the event turns into a public disturbance.”

Town Planner Leslie Creane made the same point the commission had made at prior meetings. “Zoning regulations cannot control behavior,” Creane said. “I understand the frustration that comes with that.” But the commission was limited in what they could do to satisfy residents’ complaints.

Bernard Pellegrino, Quinnipiac’s attorney, spoke on behalf of the university. He defended each inquiry that the commission had put forth, but his arguments were critiqued by members of the commission and the audience.

The university has had more difficulty in the past controlling students living off campus than regulating increased traffic between York Hill and Mount Carmel. Consequently, the commission held Pellegrino and Quinnipiac more accountable for action on the issue of parking.

Despite the fact that Quinnipiac had conducted a traffic study over the course of two days in November, the commission still had concerns about the number of student cars on the road coming from York Hill.

“I find it highly unlikely that only 15 percent of the vehicles exiting York Hill were going to Mount Carmel,” said Joe McDonough, chairman of the commission. The general assumption of the commission was that those cars were headed for the North Haven campus, clinicals or internships, though Pellegrino pointed out that cars on the York Hill campus could also belong to administrators, staff or vendors.

Of the 1,165 students living at York Hill, 191 juniors and 56 seniors have classes on

both the North Haven and Mount Carmel campuses, while 133 juniors and 24 seniors have classes in North Haven only, according to Pellegrino. Because there is no North Haven shuttle, 404 students must get to that campus by vehicle.

Assistant Town Planner Dan Kops had received a phone call from an anonymous Quinnipiac junior with that exact complaint: Her presence was required on two campuses each day, and her schedule was based on the presumption that she would be able to use her car. Having to take her car to North Haven, drive back to York Hill, then take a shuttle to Mount Carmel made it impossible to stick to her schedule, which also involved an internship Pellegrino said that Quinnipiac had talked with the student and her parents and the issue had been resolved. His response implied that the issue was an isolated case, contradicting his earlier numbers.

The commission wants less traffic congestion on Whitney Avenue, but they were unable to come to a solution. Additionally, they are concerned about the continuing growth of the student population.

“What’s the manifest destiny of Quinnipiac University?” one commissioner asked.

“I don’t know and I’m not sure the university knows, except to just grow and grow and grow.”

The commission requested a five-year plan for expansion, along with the university’s plan to fill the vacant dormitory spaces and statistics on the number of disciplined students living off campus. Since Quinnipiac is a private institution, the commission is unable to access these plans and figures.

far as what we want to bring to the table,” Goddard said. “Right now it’s kind of the social aspect, going out, having a good time, having all these opportunities, but we also want to do educational opportunities.”

These educational opportunities would include workshops on various topics such as using Microsoft PowerPoint, how to make a presentation and how to properly conduct oneself in an interview.

“There’s a lot of steps involved,” Goddard said. “It’s interesting to see because what you learn in the classroom is definitely a little bit different than real life experience.”

vandalized from cover looking at the damage, looking at the vehicles parked around where the damage occurred, and going back to the recording.”

According to Barger, the vandals met with a representative of residential life and Hamden police, deciding that a restitution would be made to the owners of the vehicles for the damage that occurred.

The cost for Kuhn’s car repairs was an estimated $900 for new side view mirrors and a new radio antenna.

Hamden police have the vandals on record but did not place them under arrest, Barger said.

Hamden police were not available to comment.

“We’re living here in a community and we need to be, as it says in the student handbook, respectful of each other’s property, I would impress that upon everyone,” Barger said.

Concert from cover The teaser gave clues to students as the video showed the organization’s mascot, “Sp Bee,” going through television channels that displayed popular ‘90s shows. The numbers in the upper-right corner represented a code of numbers: 15, 01 and 18, in order, which correspond in the alphabet to letters O, A, R. “After seeing the promo of all ‘90s stuff, it just wasn’t who I expected,” Baccala said.

“When I read an article announcing it was O.A.R. I was let down. I know we could have had someone much better because my friends who go to Wagner College got the Gym Class Heroes for their concert.”

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Letter to the editor

Life really isn’t better on the Hill While Quinnipiac has been trying to market its York Hill campus as the place to be for upperclassmen, recent troubles from the campus have proved otherwise.

First of all, anyone who has been in the rooms in Crescent can certainly agree that the common room kitchens are inadequate. There is no fan above the oven, leading every venture with the stove to be a game of chance as to whether or not the fire alarm will be set off – and students have not been winning this year.

But this makes sense, when one considers that the university initially thought that it didn’t need to put kitchens in rooms for college juniors and seniors. It’s not like 20- and 21-year-olds would want to cook.

And there was no need to put air conditioning in the brand new Crescent either. Why include comfort and convenience in this multi-mil-

lion dollar campus intended to lure upperclassmen back to dorm living?

And now the rooms with ample space that many students consider to be the hot real estate at York Hill, the townhouses, will only be available to juniors. Apparently, because one class of seniors didn’t flock to live in them and because the rising classes of juniors are so large, the university has assumed that no class of seniors will ever want to live in them again –and even if they want to do so, well, they shouldn’t be allowed. Because living on the Hill is all about creating a positive experience for seniors, right?

The cafeteria up at York Hill, while new and filled with great amenities and appetizing food choices, lacks variety. The Mount Carmel cafeteria offers Asian food, a cold cuts stand, a grill, a flatbread station and “The Kitchen” providing a daily entree. The York Hill cafeteria has

a grill, pizza stand, cold cuts stand and “The Kitchen”. While these opportunities may not be drastically less than those offered at Mount Carmel, it certainly isn’t the “better” option Quinnipiac has made it out to be. And when the cafeteria closes, which happens daily during the midafternoon, there are no other options for food – except cooking in our underwhelming kitchens.

Last, but most certainly not least, comes the most publicized issue: parking. At York Hill there is ample room in the garage, which provides protection for our cars throughout the year. But once we need to travel, things get a bit hairy. Parking at Mount Carmel is now forbidden for any junior (even those with the academic standing of a senior) before 3:30 on weekdays.

Quinnipiac claims this was the result of Hamden pressuring QU to enforce what the administration said

it would do initially – not let students drive between York Hill and Mount Carmel. Then, mid-semester, with no opportunity to amend our schedules, they dumped this change on us.

And while most students can make do without driving down, though shuttles have certainly proved troublesome at times, some students need to go back and forth between Mount Carmel and North Haven. Yet living on York Hill and therefore having to take the shuttle to York Hill and THEN drive to North Haven doesn’t leave enough time between obligations for the commute and is causing students to miss these obligations.

Many Quinnipiac faculty members, such as the dean of the North Haven campus and coaches at Mount Carmel, report not even knowing of these changes prior to implementation. And when attempts were made

to contact security by email, phone and visits to its offices, this student was turned away and completely ignored – not one response from any university employee.

These, among many other problems like poor cell phone service, insufficient hours at the Health Services Center and shower water pressure that one student called “weaker than a crying infant’s tears,” all make it clear that despite Quinnipiac promoting the phrase that “Life is Better on the Hill,” it really is not.

When visiting during Accepted Students Day four years ago, a student who worked at Friday’s in Hamden warned me of the poor housing situation at QU. I never would have imagined how accurate he would turn out to be and how much the growing pains of a fast-expanding Quinnipiac would come to impact my experience here. – Ryan Wolff

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When I think of a college conFor the first time in a year and a half, Quinnipiac’s Student Pro- cert, I imagine a good band that gramming Board has announced a chances are I wouldn’t go and see concert that isn’t hip-hop or a co- elsewhere. Affordable and fun, entertaining and different. median, and I might just make Third Eye Blind was my my third trip to TD Bank first college concert experifor the show. ence and I even brought my The songs of O.A.R. younger sister along. The are catchy and easy to Fray was my second and last follow, the voice is disconcert, the evening spent tinctively recognizwith my roommate. able for anyone who Those bands, favorites has heard the band of mine, wouldn’t have at least a couple of earned my ticket if they times and, for me, Anna Brundage were playing elsewhere. the choruses call up Photography Editor @annalilybee They were both concerts memories of lazy sumthat Quinnipiac brought to the stumer days and hazy summer nights.

Still, though, while a handful dent body, as it is unlikely that many of O.A.R. songs may frequent the students would have gone to those playlists that clutter my iPod, I am concerts on their own.

Bob Saget came out of left field by no means an avid fan. I’m familiar with a good deal of their tracks, and Ke$ha, I feel, is mainstream both mainstream and less than pop- enough that most students will go ular, yet I don’t typically call up the out of their way to attend one of band’s name in my iTunes library. I her shows or just listen to her one had no idea they released a new al- Saturday at Toad’s. Which brings me to Sammy Adams, who plays at bum in August 2011.

I am happy with the change in Toad’s repeatedly. Just like O.A.R. genre as I have never been a big fan the concert is regularly accessible to of rap, hip-hop or ‘90s comedians the student body.

I’m not interested in spending but I am less than thrilled with the more on this ticket than I do in the choice of the band.

O.A.R. spends much of their summer, so although I will most time performing for colleges across likely be attending the concert bethe U.S. and spends the summer per- cause I’m enjoying the change of forming relatively the same tour list. pace, I don’t see the need to stand Connecticut residents are aware of around the basketball court when I the regular O.A.R. concert held at can sit and listen just as easily for the end of every summer in Hart- just a little bit less money.

I commend SPB for switching up ford. I’ll admit, I’ve attended a summer concert before but it was less to the show this semester and appealing hear the band and more to socialize to the students who aren’t impressed with friends on the field, listening by glitter and awkward jokes but I to music for $15. I remember less wish they had reached a little farther of the performance and more of the to a band that would warrant more indownpour and concert goers danc- terest because of their inaccessibility for any other show. ing and sliding in the mud.

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‘They’ are not the problem We should not attack Iran

There is dangerous rhetoric cir- required to produce nuclear power, culating American society at the mo- but they are not even at that mark ment. There is a subconscious idea yet. A level of 90 percent is necessary for nuclear weapons. Yet that one’s problems can all be Matthew Kroenig, Stanton washed away once the blame Nuclear Security Fellow at is placed on “those people.” the Council on Foreign ReWho those people are diflations and former Special fers from one situation to Advisor to the Department the next. Residents of Hamof Defense, is advocating den point out students living for a preemptive strike in their neighborhoods. on Iran in his article in President Obama calls Foreign Affairs magaout the rich. It is the zine and on NPR’s On same bigoted ideology Jeremy Stull Opinion Editor Point. that dominated genera@jpstull This man now has tions past, but with a difpeople believing him that a surgical ferent focus.

The most dangerous of such strike into Iran will set back their conversations is the war monger- program six to 10 years and make ing going on among the Republican the world a safer place for everyPresidential candidates (Ron Paul, body to live. Let us go through the notwithstanding) and even among problems with that.

First off, there is no clean or so called foreign policy experts. We should not even be talking about “surgical” way to do this. It will be further aggressive action toward bloody, it will be fought by AmeriIran. Have we as a country learned cans of our generation, it will cause nothing from the promise of WMDs unknown collateral damage and it in Iraq and the 10 year occupation will not be short. I am not confident and attempted national building of in the will of the United States armed forces hierarchy to go into a country, Afghanistan?

Right now Iran is attempting to drop a few bombs and leave. There enrich uranium to a 20 percent level will be attempted regime change for

sure.

It is not safe to assume that American intervention will even make the region a safer place. “U.S. troops in Iran would destabilize the region, in my opinion, both short term and long term,” said Dr. Nita Verma Prasad, assistant professor of history and director of the Middle Eastern Studies program at Quinnipiac.

This postulated American intervention into a sovereign nation’s right to self determination will undermine the entire idea behind the Arab Spring, which surrounded non-Arab Iran. “It would give renewed fodder to those elements both in Iran and in the wider Islamic world, many of them already radicalized, whose actions are partially inspired by antiwestern sentiment,” Prasad said.

Secondly, Iran has the right to a nuclear weapon. Israel, the United States, Great Britain, Russia, China and North Korea, among a host of others, have nuclear weapons and Iran has that same right. No matter how much some people wish it to be, being elected President of the United States of America does not make you Supreme Leader of the World,

so it does not give you the right to dictate the domestic, or even foreign policy, of another sovereign nation.

As a student of history I must point out that today does not exist in a vacuum, but rather as a result of past actions. According to former United States Senator Rick Santorum, we cannot trust Iran with a nuclear weapon because they are an Islamic state. No, Rick. You are wrong. “They” do not hate us because we are Christian and free.

Some of them despise us because, on top of the harsh economic sanctions that are imposed upon them by the western world and the multitude of military installments we have surrounding their country, they have had to oust the government that the United States had illegitimately propped up for decades.

The CIA talks about the concept of blowback, which is actions that our former adversaries take against us for our foreign policy history.

Sept.11, 2001 is the finest example of blowback that I can think of.

American military action in Iran and the continued unconditional support of Israel will do nothing better than embody the anti-American fervor

that is already rampant in the region and in the world.

So what is there to do then?

According to Prasad, “In order to achieve a lasting peace in the region, the U.S. must address some of the basic inequities in the region, many of which are deepened and perpetuated by American policy.” That is to say, I would argue, that simply leaving the region alone would benefit everybody involved. For if we did, thousands of American lives, tens of thousands of local lives and trillions of American dollars would be saved.

After the region is free of American meddling, then our government can work with other legitimate governments to seriously aide, rather than bomb and sanction, the world at large.

I want to be very careful to distinguish between my non-interventionist foreign policy ideas and what some people consider antipatriotism. “Support the Troops” is not a mandate to blindly accept asinine executive policy. My problem is not with the men and women on the ground, but rather the men and women who are choosing to send them there.

SGA Update

Special elections set for Feb. 8 Hello Bobcats, and welcome back for the second semester! Student Government has already met for the first time and is constantly working on a ton of new initiatives. The Student Awareness Committee is continuing to work on the shuttles and parking issues on campus, as well as concerns within the cafeterias on campus. In addition to those continuous concerns, they are working on getting a coffee machine in the library and a Red Box on campus.

Another huge initiative going on within SGA is our public relations committee’s new campaign “Respect Your Campus.” You might have seen the poster outside the cafeteria last week, and that was the kickoff for the campaign. The overall goal is not to make students feel bad, but to make them respect Quinnipiac and represent the school positively both on and off campus. Our programming committee is working with the public relations committee in making events centered around the campaign, so look out for those coming your way soon!

As said in last week’s article, we’ve had some resignations within Student Government, and we wanted to address that personally. We want to thank the members who have put so much time and effort into the organization, and we respect their decisions. We will be holding special elections at next week’s meeting on Feb. 8. If you are a junior looking to get involved we would love to see you run.

Please contact Vincent Bond, VP of Student Concerns, for more information.

Enjoy your second week of classes, and if you ever have questions or concerns please contact Kaitlyn Lovett, Vincent Bond, or stop by the SGA office located on the second floor of the Student Center. – Student Government Association

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‘Hitch’ offers dating advice Dating tips for guys

Listen carefully before responding.

Focus your attention on your date.

Don’t go on a date with sex on the mind.

Dating tips for girls

Offer to pick up the tab out of courtesy.

Let him know if you’re having fun.

Look sexy, but not too sexy.

Tips for long distance Don’t attempt to talk every day.

Balance texts and calls, but don’t fight via text.

Don’t surprise each other with unplanned visits.

Send real mail, like quick notes, letters or care packages.

Bonus tip for couples Keep the date brief.

By lindsey ingram Staff Writer

As the month of love looms and relationships quickly become the hot topic on campus, David “The Dating Doctor” Coleman, 13-time winner of the National Speaker of the Year Award, came to Quinnipiac to share his knowledge of all things romance.

On Jan. 27, the Student Programming Board hosted its Friday night Rock ‘N Road Show, where nearly 100 Quinnipiac students attended Coleman’s presentation. “The Dating Doctor” travels worldwide, primarily to college campuses, and gives advice about love, relationships and being you. Coleman is not only a speaker, but also the author of three published novels, which are available to order on his official website.

According to his official website, Coleman received his B.S. in Speech Pathology and Audiology and his Masters in College Student Personnel from Bowling Green State University. Since then, he has worked with people of all ages who seek advice about relationships and self-esteem. Throughout his career he has given plenty of dating advice.

Coleman said he tries to emphasize the importance of being oneself in a relationship and not putting your all into someone who won’t reciprocate.

“Be complete all on your own,” Coleman said during the presentation.

Right away, Coleman connected with the audience. He encouraged audience members to contribute and get involved with the show’s various aspects. At first people seemed hesitant about Coleman, but as the show progressed, more and more were ready to open up.

Coleman said he is not afraid of tough love, and while the audience was not initially ready to accept it, by the end, people seemed to think he was right.

Kellie Pickler shines on ‘100 Proof’

Coleman did not limit the conversation.

From pick-up lines to turn-ons, he made everyone feel comfortable with the topics discussed.

His show stepped over the border and showed the audience the do’s and don’ts of the friend zone, asking someone out and how to determine if someone is cheating.

Freshman Bailey McPherson thoroughly enjoyed the program.

“My favorite part was the Q & A session because it was interesting to see how straightforward he was,” McPherson said.

The audience certainly had no problem talking about its personal issues. Whether it was a backstabbing best friend or a complicated ex, Coleman was spot on with advice.

From the beginning, the “dating doctor” was open and honest. His advice is blunt, and at times harsh, but very helpful.

SPB member Genevieve Bregoli was especially excited about the event.

“I really enjoyed how David Coleman was able to discuss relationships, sex and dating in a fun, comfortable manner,” Bregoli said.

“I was extremely happy with how the event turned out; everyone was having a fun time and was really interested in what he had to say.”

Coleman is a returning speaker at Quinnipiac, and each year has had a successful presentation.

Students thoroughly enjoyed his program and would love to see him again.

“It would be nice to see him come back,” McPherson said. “It was a really funny program, and it was different from most of the programs on campus.”

For those who have a relationship issue or are nervous about making a move, just ask Coleman. Follow him on Twitter, @D8ngDoctor, or friend his Facebook page, www.facebook.com/TheDatingDoctor.

Coleman doles out romantic advice to students in Burt Kahn Court.

SPB member advertises the events of last weekend’s Rock ‘N Road Show.

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album review

By Shannon corcoran Staff Writer

In 2006, Kellie Pickler sang her way into millions of hearts on Fox’s hit singing competition “American Idol.” After finishing in sixth place, behind the now irrelevant winnerTaylor Hicks, critics and fans were unsure of the vocal powerhouse’s future in the music industry. However, after two successful albums, Pickler has proven that she is here to stay.

Her third album “100 Proof” is no different.

Unlike her previous efforts, Pickler is pure country on “100 Proof.”

With a voice that reminds listeners of Miranda Lambert and the use of tough, country girl lyrics, it is evident that the “Idol” alum has moved away from the mainstream and into the realm where she truly belongs.

Throughout every song her sass is clearly heard and her amazing range is shown perfectly; something that few country artists manage to do.

The lead single “Tough” is a perfect representation of what the album is all about. With its honkytonk electric guitar riffs combined

with the perfect blend of banjos and string instruments, the song is 100 percent authentic country and is certainly a must-listen for any Pickler fan. Throughout the single, listeners get a sense of just how much Pickler’s voice has transformed since her “Idol” days, as the amount of conviction she possesses on the track is quite incredible. Everything about the song is perfect.

However, as powerful as Pickler may seem, the record ends with a softer ballad, reminiscent of Miranda Lambert’s “The House That Built Me.” An ode to her father, “The Letter (To Daddy)” is sure to be a tearjerker for many listeners. Accompanied by only an acoustic guitar, Pickler sings about mending her relationship with her father, a former alcoholic. Unlike any other song on the album, Pickler’s raw vocal talent is showcased in the purest form imaginable and ends the record in an unexpected but perfect way.

“100 Proof” may not have been what many were expecting from this once quiet “Idol” superstar, but it is certainly a great record. For listen-

Listen to:

“Tough” “Mother’s Day” “The Letter (To Daddy)”

Skip:

“100 Proof” “Unlock That Honky Tonk”

3 out of 5 stars ers that appreciate quality country albums, this is certainly one that will only become better as time progresses. But for those that are still holding on to the Kellie that was seen on “Idol,” it may be sub-par. However, it’s a record that is certainly worth a listen or two. Through “100 Proof,” Pickler, like many previous “Idol” contestants, proves that you don’t have to win the competition to be a superstar in the music industry.

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By MIKE TURZILLI Staff Writer

Meek Mill

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The Weeknd

Toronto native Abel Tesfaye entered the music scene in early 2011 with his debut mixtape “House of Balloons.” Unlike most debut mixtapes, which often fail to bring any attention to its respective artist, “House of Balloons” did just the opposite and made a tremendous impact on the music community.

So well-crafted and thorough in content, “House of Balloons” seemed as if it was the product of a major music label, not simply an independent release. Mainstream hip-hop and R&B artists such as Lil Wayne and Drake especially, began to echo the gritty yet beautiful style of the Weeknd. Drake, also a Toronto native, was so impressed with Tesfaye’s voice and lyricism that he recruited Tesfaye to help him work on his sophomore release, “Take Care.” Tesfaye’s fingerprints are clear on Drake’s “Take Care.” Even the songs without Tesfaye seem to possess the dark feel that he solely made popular throughout his three mixtapes: “House of Balloons,” “Thursday” and “Echoes of Silence.” Tesfaye essentially serves as Drake’s sidekick throughout the album as he helps to portray a life of lust, drugs and fame. However, Tesfaye is able to offer a different perspective of the lifestyle many artists such as Drake himself have failed to capture. Rather than sugarcoat the rock star life and attempt to make audiences jealous, Tesfaye offers a much grittier viewpoint. More often than not, it seems as if Tesfaye is telling a cautionary tale. By refusing to hold back with his lyrics, Tesfaye is able to take topics that typically serve as mere party soundtracks and spin them into emotional tales of failure, lost love and drug use. Tesfaye is straightforward with his words to make listeners realize that his life isn’t something anyone would want. As he cries out the lyric, “I think you lost your morals girl, but it’s ok ‘cause you don’t need them where we’re going” on the track “Loft Music,” listeners begin to grasp fame’s destructive side effects. “Loft Music,” off of “House Of Balloons,” seems to epitomize Tesfaye’s music; the production is dark and the lyrics are even darker, but together they meld into a beautiful sound that fills the hole that seemed to be expanding in hip-hop and R&B before Tesfaye gained attention. Fortunately for consumers, Tesfaye has the recipe for the sound that fits perfectly with today’s culture. He has been able to make music far better than the artists who have helped bring him fame. Most importantly, Tesfaye has done all of this without a single major label release. His first studio album is allegedly set to drop in 2012, so definitely keep an eye on the Weeknd.

It’s hard to listen to a local hip-hop radio station for more than three songs without hearing the notorious Maybach Music sound stamp that Rick Ross seals all of his tracks with. It seems as if the Maybach Music Group, known simply as MMG, is beginning to dominate the rap industry. Owner Rick Ross has somehow integrated his label into the mainstream rap community while labels with similar lyrical content, such as Gucci Mane’s 1017 Brick Squad, have failed to become prominent. The reason is the talent of its artists; more specifically, the talent of MMG rookie Meek Mill. It almost seems like a bad decision for Ross to sign Mill. His rapping skills are far superior to every artist on MMG, including Ross himself. Every song on MMG’s collective album, “Self Made Volume 1,” is boring when Mill isn’t the one rapping. He raps with authority and ensures the listener that he knows his subject matter thoroughly. A quick look into Mill’s history helps explain both his lyrical talent and overall attitude. A Philadelphia native, Mill has been rapping since his teenage years. YouTube is filled with freestyle battles in which the 13-year-old Mill triumphs over his older competitors in the middle of South Philly. Eleven years later, Mill’s hard work has paid off, as he is the centerpiece of most radio rap songs. Still, Mill has yet to release a studio album through MMG. As Rick Ross makes clear on his latest mixtape, “Rich Forever,” Mill will be dropping his debut album this year. Definitely keep Meek Mill on your radar in 2012. meekmilldreamteam.com

Iggy Azalea Iggy Azalea is weird, really weird. Her looks, music and general attitude all scream obscurity. However, this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. In this digital age, it helps to be obscure. If you have access to YouTube and you can manage to make a strange enough music video, people are going to come and watch. Millions of YouTube users have figured this out and attempted to use it as a gateway to fame. However, Azalea has actually made it work. Her music video for “My World” managed to go viral only hours after it was uploaded in early November. After the release of “My World,” Azalea immediately became a part of the “upcoming rapper” discussion. Although Azalea was a late bloomer in 2011, her future looks ridiculously promising. On Jan. 26, she signed a multi-album deal with Interscope. A quick look at Interscope’s artist lineup reveals that 2012 will bring major fame to Azalea. Artists such as Avicii, 50 Cent and Dr. Dre are all Interscope artists, which might tell you something about Azalea’s future. Interscope’s chairman spoke on the signing and compared Azalea to Tupac. Tupac? Maybe not, but Iggy Azalea is definitely someone to look out for, as she has the talent and resources to make great music in 2012.

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MISS CONNECTICUT

Juggling life as a pageant queen and a 23-year-old woman NAME: Morgan Amarone Undergraduate degree: Accounting HOMETOWN: Hamden, Conn.

MAJOR: MBA in Healthcare Management

By NICOLE FANO Arts & Life Editor

On a damp afternoon in late January, a brunette glides into the Starbucks on Dixwell Avenue. Her long, dark brown hair is straight yet voluminous and her eye makeup is alluring, as if they were both done by a professional. Her hair and makeup, however, contrast her casual afternoon attire, consisting of black yoga pants and a black long-sleeved zip-up. While Morgan Amarone looks like a regular Quinnipiac graduate student, her perfected smile and the Miss America 2012 logo embroidered on the top-left corner of her zip-up indicates otherwise. Crowned Miss Connecticut in June 2011, Amarone’s lifestyle now consists of juggling duties as both a pageant queen and a normal 23-year-old woman.

“It definitely is a lifestyle,” Amarone said with a hint of exhaustion in her voice. “You need to live it every day and prepare for the job, because it really is a job and not just winning a pageant.”

When her grandfather passed away from cancer in 2005, the Hamden native selected cancer education awareness as her pageant platform, a chosen issue that is relevant to society. Today, Amarone frequently visits hospitals and camps for children who are battling cancer. She also wrote and published “Madison’s Journey,” a children’s book that features a character who is diagnosed with cancer.

“It’s about leading a healthy lifestyle, community involvement and cancer awareness,” Amarone said. “It’s just a light way to talk about a difficult topic.”

All proceeds from “Madison’s Journey” are donated to the American Cancer Society, and the book has recently been used in elementary schools throughout Connecticut.

In terms of scholarship, Amarone has won more than $15,000 from her pageant participation. In order to compete for the Miss Connecticut title, participants must first win three local pageants. Amarone was crowned Miss Waterbury 2006, Miss North Haven 2008 and Miss Southington 2011.

Tom Prete, executive director of the Miss Connecticut organization, began working closely with Amarone once she became Miss Connecticut.

“I can’t take credit for her talent; she came with it. I can’t take credit for her beauty; she came with it. I can’t take credit for her intelligence; she came with it,” Prete said. “She could very easily end up being one of the better Miss Connecticut’s we’ve ever had.”

Coincidentally, Miss Connecticut 2003, 2008, 2009 and 2011 all attended Quinnipiac.

Prete says he hopes to see Quinnipiac host its own pageant in the future.

Amarone said she was “completely hooked” after competing in her first pageant, Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen, at 16.

Unlike many pageant participants, however,

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Amarone’s lifestyle is a unique one; she’s balancing her duties as Miss Connecticut and her MBA courseload.

Amarone was not a toddler in a tiara.

“I think since I didn’t grow up doing pageants, I’ve never felt like I’ve had to fit a mold or be someone I’m not,” Amarone insisted.

“I think that’s really what set me apart, I was more natural because I didn’t grow up around this and I didn’t conform myself to a mold.”

That mold is the stereotypical “beauty queen” figure that pervades media outlets. It is the repetitive image of a woman who is beautiful, but stupid and unable to think for herself.

When you wear a crown, the crown is like a microphone. You have a voice and people are willing to listen.

– morgan amarone In fact, Amarone cites improper media portrayals as the pageant industry’s “biggest problem.” By noticing the ease and eloquence with which Amarone answers every question, that stereotype effortlessly disappears within the first moments of meeting her.

“There are certain people who might not know about me personally, who may think that I’m uneducated, that I’m only there to stand and wave,” Amarone confessed. “But there are also good opinions from people who understand what the organization is about.”

The stereotype that pageant participants are uneducated could not be further from the truth in Amarone’s case. After graduating from Quinnipiac in 2010 with a degree in accounting, Amarone began working in Hartford at Deloitte & Touche, the largest accounting firm in the world. She will graduate from Quinnipiac with an MBA in health care management in December 2012. Amarone hopes to work

administratively for a hospital.

For now, Amarone keeps busy with interviews, attending events, showcasing her jazz dance talent, keeping fit and spreading awareness about cancer.

“When you wear a crown, the crown is like a microphone,” Amarone said. “You have a voice and people are willing to listen.”

According to the official Miss America website, more than 8 million television viewers and 8,000 audience members watched Amarone and 52 other women compete in the Miss America 2012 pageant in Las Vegas on Jan. 14.

Miss America is unlike any other pageant, as it is the only competition that judges using the criteria of service, scholarship and talent.

Out of the 14,000 women who competed in 2011 local and state pageants, Amarone earned a spot in the top 53.

Although Laura Kaeppeler, Miss Wisconsin, won the Miss America 2012 crown, Amarone left the Las Vegas competition with new friendships and unmatchable memories.

“Not making the top 15, of course it’s a little bit upsetting to begin with, but the fact that I was even there was incredible,” Amarone said. “For me, I kept looking down at my sash that said ‘Connecticut,’ and I was like, ‘This is just so surreal to be here.’”

Marla Prete, Miss Connecticut 2003, first met Amarone in 2005. Prete’s role quickly changed from Amarone’s mentor to close friend.

According to Prete, a mutual friend went into labor and began experiencing complications while Amarone was competing in Las Vegas.

“She sent a quick Facebook message just saying, ‘Hey, I’m thinking and praying for you,’ even though she’s competing at the biggest competition of her life,” Prete said. “I think that really exemplifies what she stands for as a person and what she’s truly made of.”

Despite those who don’t support scholarship organizations, Amarone remains proud of the Miss America Organization.

“I think that [Miss America] really showcases the fact that women can be smart, beautiful, talented, they can be the whole package and they can be extremely proud of it,” Amarone said. “It really is a scholarship organization, and it really is so empowering.”

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On Saturday, Los Angeles residents and the rest of the blues- and jazzloving world remembered legendary singer, Etta James.

The performer, famous for her wedding song anthem “At Last,” died on Jan. 13 and was laid to rest on Sunday, Jan. 28. At age 73, she had become one of the most well-known divas of the century.

The memorial celebrated James’ life and career as a performer. Christina Aguilera performed “At Last” and legendary singer/songwriter Stevie Wonder sang while accompanied by a choir during the burial.

Beyoncé was particularly devastated by the news of James’ passing and wrote on her official blog, “Her musical contributions will last a lifetime.

Playing Etta James taught me so much about myself, and singing her music inspired me to be a stronger artist.” Beyoncé portrayed James in the 2008 biopic “Cadillac Records” and performed “At Last” while Barack and Michelle Obama danced at the 2008 presidential inaugural ball.

James lived through a rough childhood and a heroine addiction, but complications from leukemia and dementia were the ultimate causes of her death.

This past weekend she was remembered in the brightest light among hundreds of A-listers and regular fans. Just as she sang in her 1960s hit, her life will be remembered forever “Like a Song.”– C. Burroni

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Apparently Demi Moore whipped-it good. So good, she landed in the hospital.

Last week, the “Ghost” actress was rushed to the emergency room after a friend called 911, stating Moore was “convulsing” and “burning up” after “smoking something,” according to a recording of the call released by the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Since her hospital visit, there have been many speculations regarding the “something” that the 49-year-old Moore was smoking. TMZ reported she had inhaled too much nitrous oxide when doing “whip-its,” while other gossip websites linked the episode to the synthetic marijuana known as “spice.”

Her downward spiral is being attributed to her divorce from her husband of six years, Ashton Kutcher, for his cheating scandal, plus the recent death of her Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor, who Moore referred to as “mum.” Moore’s rep released a statement saying the actress decided to seek treatment for exhaustion and to improve her overall health.

As if the breakup wasn’t bad enough, her stint with drugs as a desperate attempt to deal with depression just took bad publicity to another level.

Hopefully Demi Moore can channel her strong character in “G.I. Jane” and whip herself back into shape. – C. Boudreau

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Fashion disappoints at SAG Awards

By SARAH ROSENBERG Associate Arts & Life Editor

Every awards season, we always focus on who wore the best and who won the top awards. Considering I’ve written about all of those things in the past (with great zeal, of course), I’m not against the countless blogs, articles and online slideshows of these celebrity fashion shows. But, for this year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards I cannot say that anything our favorite celebrities wore truly stuck out to me.

Alas, the red carpet was no more than a runway for outdated trends that I’ve seen one too many times before. I’m tired of actresses trying to mimic old Hollywood bombshells by wearing fitted sequined dresses and red lipstick. The Greek-inspired empire-waist dress always looks wonderful, but how often can you rework the same template of a dress to make it more unique? And naturally, I will always ask myself how many times Angelina Jolie can consistently wear black and still successfully make every fashion list known to media and style insiders.

Thus, acknowledging actors and actresses that aren’t A-list mixes up the content a little bit (although I love Sofia Vergara, we already know she can rock the hell out of a mermaid dress). This year, Judy Greer made a few best-dressed lists. For those of you scratching your head, she’s the veteran actress who’s always typecasted as the sidekick or trustworthy best girlfriend alongside big names like Jennifer Garner and Katherine Heigl. She snags small parts in big pictures, but always manages to make those roles stand out. She’s talented, and finally awards aficionados got to see her tackle the pre-show in her own designer dress before she presented at the ceremony.

Next to personas like Emily Blunt, Michelle Williams and Emma Stone, Greer finally received her fashion kudos.

Obviously, I am not ignorant to the fact that fashion is the bread and butter of awards season, but why can’t there be other lists or superlatives made in conjunction with those we constantly see from Joan Rivers and People Magazine?

Just in time for the Oscars, we can start off simple – best hair, best smile, etc. Or, to deflect from anything purely physical, perhaps citing the best celebrity quotes from red carpet interviews. Usually this is where social media sites like Twitter come into play, where interviewers, journalists and news correspondents can update their followers on what’s going on behind the scenes. It might be an interesting take on what goes down before the stage lights come on and America’s housewives get to carry out their bets for Best Actress. Angelina’s typical black gown is old news to me, and, at this point, I’d rather see her assistant make the best-dressed list next year.

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There was no one sitting in the fan section (sections 109, 110 and 111) during Monday night’s women’s basketball game. Quinnipiac’s men’s basketball team is averaging 229 fewer fans at the TD Bank Sports Center than last year.

WILL THE REAL BOBCATS PLeASE SHOW UP?

Don’t take TD Bank for granted

By Matt Eisenberg Sports Editor

Step up your game, Quinnipiac. This isn’t directed at the teams, but the student body.

You have access to one of the prime sports facilities in Connecticut aside from UConn’s Harry A. Gampel Pavilion, and you are not taking advantage of it.

Tickets at the TD Bank Sports Center are free with the swipe of a Q-card and you are probably either a shuttle ride away or you’re in walking distance. So why don’t you go to the games?

It’s 7 p.m. on a Thursday. When is the last time you actually supported your school? For you Slobcats, nothing starts until 9 p.m., and most games end by then. Even for a 2 p.m. game on a Saturday, your hangover will have long faded.

This is a Division I school. The men’s basketball team almost made the national tourney two years ago. Our teams are constantly on NESN and SNY, have made an appearance on ESPN2 and will be on ESPNU later this month.

This is not about the teams, though. It is about you not supporting your school.

Some of you complain about paying more than $45,000 to go here. Newsflash: The games are free for you. Enjoy the real world

when you have to pay for games, including Quinnipiac ones.

You know it is sad when the loudest moment at the Bank was over break. It’s also sad that there were almost as many people at Burt Kahn Court for a volleyball game this year as there were at last Thursday’s men’s basketball game (no disrespect to Mr. Payne or the volleyball team, you do a great job).

Our teams do not play basketball games in Burt Kahn Court any more. This is the TD Bank Sports Center, probably the best sports arena in the Northeast Conference. Most NEC schools play in gymnasiums. We are fortunate enough to have a sports complex with a hockey rink, too.

I’m 100 percent sure that the university did not spend $52 million for a state-of-the-art building to go to waste.

I rarely get to enjoy games as a fan. I am either covering them or taking pictures at them. But when the Bank is loud and full of a sea of gold, that’s when it is the best for everyone.

I know most of you are going to be stalking your computer screens when you hear the words “Robert Morris” or “Yale game” to get tickets, and that kills me. Stop being fairweather fans. They’re the worst kind of fans.

Lack of fans give home team disadvantage

By Jon Alba Staff Writer

The Cameron Crazies. The Dog Pound.

The Bleacher Creatures.

Those are just some examples of a the most intense groups of fans in all of sports. While Quinnipiac University undoubtedly has its fair share of passionate fans, including those involved with the QU Spirit Group, it has been clear of late that student support for Bobcats sports is dwindling.

Whatever the reason may be, the lack of students at basketball and hockey games has been nothing short of shocking. With the amenities available at York Hill alongside the $52 million sports complex, it is surprising to see so many students uninterested in attending games.

The impact of small turnouts reaches further than making the arena look pretty, however. Instead, it extends towards one extremely important factor: home advantage.

Ideally, home advantage, be it on the ice or court, should give the Bobcats the upper hand against their opponents at the TD Bank Sports Center. Thus far though, that is not so certain.

“Scorecasting,” a book written by behavioral economist Tobias Moskowitz, gives an interesting look at trends in sports at the college and professional level. As it exhibits whether home advantage is legitimate or not, it supplies the reader with some interesting tid-

bits concerning hockey and basketball.

For example, on average in a typical NHL hockey game, the home team receives 20 percent less penalties than the visiting team. By the end of the season, it is possible for a team to increase its scoring average by more than .25 because of this, which could be the difference between making the playoffs and not.

The numbers can be adjusted for college play as well, with similar results.

Alongside, the referees in basketball are greatly impacted by the home court. According to the Sloan Sports Conference, a visiting team in basketball may receive one or two extra “subjective” calls than the home team would, such as traveling or loose ball fouls. For many teams, it is a single possession that may determine a game, and considering the men’s basketball has lost two home losses by two possesions or fewer, the difference is significant.

So what causes these trends? Social pressure. Pressure brought about by the deafening noise of the fans. The four teams are 26-14-4 at home this winter, a record which could be improved upon just by a couple hundred extra students making the free trip to York Hill.

Next time fans head to the arena, remember that a simple shout of “Sir!” to the referee after a call could ultimately make a difference in the win/loss column.

Seeley makes changes, preps for home stretch

By TIM O’DONNELL Web Editor

With just six games left in the regular reason, every game is crucial for the Bobcats, starting this weekend when the women’s ice hockey team travels to Harvard and Dartmouth. The Bobcats sit in a three-way tie for third place with Dartmouth and Clarkson.

The Bobcats, who have won just twice in their last six games, will need to make some adjustments if they hope to win this weekend. And it begins with head coach Rick Seeley juggling his lines.

Seeley said he is going to replace Kelly Babstock on the first line with Chelsea Illchuk, who will go back to playing with Brittany Lyons and Kate Wheeler.

“We’ve put Illchuk back with Lyons and Wheeler because they’re such a great forechecking line for us,” Seeley said. “We put [Babstock] in there thinking that Wheel and Lyons would do a phenomenal job getting to the puck. But they started thinking the game differently, as if ‘Well, we’re the first line’ or something. So they weren’t doing all the great things to create those chances anymore.”

Seeley and the coaching staff are also trying to take some pressure off Babstock, who has scored just one goal in the last nine games.

“When she’s putting pressure on herself to score, she forgets the rest of the game basically,” Seeley said.

“We want her to get in a groove. If we get those two lines going and [Babstock] gets back to her old self then we’ll be a scary team with three lines coming out.”

Sometimes it comes down to the confidence that the team has that it can win. That’s something that Seeley will be looking for this weekend.

“We just have to get the confidence that we score one goal that’s enough to win if we play solid, forecheck well [and] play good D,” Seeley said.

These adjustments will need to take hold quickly. Friday night’s game at Harvard could decide who gets second place at the end of the season. If both teams win their remaining conference games after Friday night, Friday night’s winner will have the No. 2 seed in the ECAC Hockey playoffs.

“Us and Harvard have our destinies in our own hands,” Seeley said.

“One way or another in the quarterfinals we’re going to be playing Harvard, Dartmouth, St. Lawrence or Clarkson. We just don’t want to go up to Clarkson,” Seeley said.

While the Bobcats may be struggling, Seeley is expecting better things to happen this weekend and the weeks to follow.

“For some reason our team doesn’t get as fired up for the weaker teams as they do the good teams,” Seeley said. “So I have a feeling we’ll play better hockey the next few weeks than the last couple.”

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The Rundown

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 3, Syracuse 0 – Friday Chelsea Laden: 18 saves Erica Uden Johansson: 3 points MEN’S BASKETBALL Wagner 51, QU 50 – Saturday Ike Azotam: 15 points, 13 rebounds Zaid Hearst: 9 points WOMEN’S Basketball QU 89, Mount St. Mary’s 73 – Monday Felicia Barron:19 points, 5 steals Samantha Guastella: 14 points

games to watch MEN’S BASKETBALL QU (11-10, 4-6) at Monmouth (617, 4-6) – Saturday, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU (15-10-2, 10-4-2) at Harvard (14-6-1, 11-4-1) – Friday, 7 p.m.

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MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU (13-8-5, 5-5-4) vs. Harvard (6-6-8, 5-4-6) – Friday, 7 p.m.

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Whiting: ‘I can’t be more grateful for the opportunity’ what they’re doing, see what we’re doing wrong and kind of work from there so we can make adwhiting from Page 16 justments in the game,” Whiting said.

Last season, Pecknold invited Whiting to join Whiting played high school hockey for four years at The Rivers School in Weston, Mass. and the team as the fourth goalie behind Hartzell, had been recruited by Sacred Heart and St. Mi- Clarke and Pat McGann. Even after being told he wasn’t going to play much, Whiting was still chael’s College, but chose Quinnipiac.

When he arrived in Hamden, Whiting wanted all in.

“My jaw just dropped. I was so excited to to stay connected to the game he played throughout high school. So he contacted Pecknold about hear that,” Whiting said. “I figured I was done playing hockey for the rest of my life.” the possibility of being the team manager.

While the plan was for Whiting to be on the “As soon as I decided on Quinnipiac, I emailed Coach Pecknold and Ben Syer, former assistant team for only one season and then go back to becoach, and asked if there was any way I could be a ing the manager, he impressed the coach enough part of this organization doing the manager’s job,” that Pecknold brought him back for his senior Whiting said. “I got a response back saying ‘Yep. year.

“He was so good at his role with our team Come in the first day of school and we’ll get you that we kept him around for his senior year,” Pecsituated for a manager position.’”

As manager, Whiting did a little bit of every- knold said. “We had a goaltender who was supthing, and got more and more involved every year. posed to come in but decided he wanted to play During his freshman year he helped with the another year of juniors. We let him play another travel, recruitment and other managerial tasks, year of juniors because we had Jake. We knew and he worked more with the travel plans as a we had Clarke, Hartzell and Jake could step up and be the three.” sophomore.

For Pecknold, Whiting’s knowledge of the “Every now and then there would be an alumni game or open ice for some of the pro guys who game helped convince him that the senior dewould come back, and I’d go out on the ice with served the spot. And while Whiting may have them,” Whiting said. “And I started traveling been a little rusty after not playing for three with the team doing road responsibilities and just years, Pecknold has watched the goaltender improve over the last two years. slowly evolved into what it is now.”

“He’s really improved his game. He’s worked One of his biggest duties was running the video operations for the team during the game. at it. He’s become a better athlete,” Pecknold In between each period, Whiting would bring the said.

“The big thing that he kind of didn’t figure out video to Pecknold and the assistant coaches for in-game analysis. It allows the coaches to “see until this year, I kept telling him to get out of the net and challenge more.

Now he’s a lot more aggressive with that. He’s not a huge goaltender, so when you’re smaller you need to challenge.”

— Rand Pecknold That was evident Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey head coach during a recent practice.

The team had a competition that consisted of

“He was so good at his role with our team that we kept him around for his senior year.”

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Senior goaltender Jake Whiting has dressed for every home game this season so far. He suited up just once before this season and was the team’s manager his freshman and sophomore years. groups of players playing 5-on-3 hockey. Each team was led by its goalie: Clarke, Hartzell and Whiting. The winner was the group that gave up the least amount of goals.

Whiting came out on top, defeating Pecknold’s top two choices in net.

“I always try and push the other two a little bit harder, so whenever I can get a few wins under my belt it gives me something to chirp at them for,” Whiting said. “It gives me a sense of pride, being the third goalie and beating out them for a win.”

With just eight games left in the regular season, the odds are not in Whiting’s favor of making another appearance during a game. But Pecknold won’t rule anything out if the timing is right.

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Clockwise from top left: Kevin Tarca and James Johnson do the Tebow before Saturday’s men’s basketball game vs. Wagner; Quinnipiac’s Gillian Abshire and Wagner’s Shawn-Marie Heiliger go for a rebound in the second half of Saturday’s game; starting goaltender Victoria Vigilanti looks on from the bench in the third period of Saturday’s game vs. Syracuse after she was pulled in the first.

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members of the women’s basketball team that contributed offensively in saturday’s 77-60 win over wagner.

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Sophomore Boston, Mass.

Ike Azotam scored a team-high 20 points and added nine rebounds in 43 minutes of playing time in the Bobcats’ 69-66 overtime win on Thursday. He then recorded his 10th double-double of the season with team-highs in points (15) and rebounds (13) in Saturday’s loss to Wagner.

Chelsea Laden Women’s ice hockey Goaltender

Freshman Lakeville, Minn.

Chelsea Laden made 18 saves and recorded her first-career shutout in Friday’s 3-0 win over Syracuse. She then came into the game late in the first period on Saturday and turned away 17 of 18 shots in a losing effort.

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Points recorded by sophomore Erica Uden Johansson in the women’s ice hockey team’s 3-0 win over syracuse friday.

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career-high in rebounds by rookie ousmane drame in thursday’s overtime win vs. mount st. mary’s.

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Barron leading offense and defense to second place in NEC

By JOHN Healy

Senior Managing Editor

With Quinnipiac being in the small, mid-major Northeast Conference, it is not very often you will see a player from the NEC leading a major statistical category in the NCAA, especially with the season two-thirds of the way through.

But Felicia Barron is the exception.

Barron leads the nation in steals per game (4.57) and has 96 steals total this season. She is also tied for the most steals in a single game this season when she had 12 against Bryant on Dec. 3, which was the most for a single game in program history.

“It still hasn’t hit me yet,” Barron said.

“I’m still trying to believe that. I’m very humble, I just go out and try and play my game everyday. It’s just an amazing experience to get all these steals, so it’s a really good accomplishment.”

Barron, a redshirt junior, has always considered herself a defensive player. Last season as a sophomore she had a team-high 63 steals.

She credits her aggressiveness on the defensive side of the ball and being blessed with long arms as the primary reasons for her success this season.

“I’m a very good on-ball defender. I’m good at anticipating where the ball goes,” Barron said. “And I have long arms. So it helps me get a lot of steals.”

Barron’s time at Quinnipiac has not always been as smooth as this season. Barron did not play a full season until last year as a redshirt sophomore.

During her freshman year Barron only played in eight games before missing the remainder of the season with a knee injury.

The following year as a redshirt freshman, she only played in 11 games before having her

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Quinnipiac guard Felicia Barron, the country’s leader in steals, takes the ball away from Mount St. Mary’s Jessie Kaufman in the first half of Monday’s game. Below is the time lapse of the steal. season end abruptly with another knee injury.

“I’m not used to sitting on the bench, I’m used to contributing to my team in every game,” Barron said. “This year I’m healthy, my knees are fine, I’m just back to my normal self that I was freshman year.”

This year is her first season playing without braces on her knees, and head coach Tricia Fabbri said it has been a noticeable difference.

“She said in the summer time soon as she took the knee brace off she was so much faster,” Fabbri said. “To be able to be number one in the nation I don’t think that’s something you could ever predict. She came back even faster after those knee injuries.”

Barron’s impact goes beyond just her defensive performance. She is also an offensive threat for the Bobcats, averaging 17.6 points

per game, second in the conference.

“She gives us a great opportunitiy to be really opportunistic from defense into offense with really easy scores,” Fabbri said. “And her ability to score and shoot the ball as well as she does. We’re having a good year because she’s having a fantastic year. She’s really having a ‘Player of the Year’ type season.”

Barron has also been an integral part in shaping the Bobcats’ identity as a defensiveminded team.

In Saturday’s game vs. Wagner, Quinnipiac stole the ball on Wagner’s first four possessions, two of them by Barron, and scored eight points in the first 1:42.

Barron’s performance and leadership has also helped lead the Bobcats to a recent six-game winning streak and has them in second place in the NEC, just one game behind Sacred Heart.

“You need everybody rolling in the same direction,” Fabbri said. “With her, what she’s able to do on the floor we’re just following her defensive intensity. She’s such a tremendous lift for us and when she’s putting the ball in the bucket, we’re really tough to beat. When you have a player of that caliber able to go out and play so hard on both ends of the ball and be so productive it really makes it easy for everybody to follow and really fire up with her playing ability.”

While Barron is still waiting for it all to sink in that she is the NCAA leader in steals per game, her focus remains on one thing: making the NCAA tournament.

“We have great team chemistry this year,” Barron said. “Our defense is better than years before. That’s how we win our games. We start with defense first and the offense will come to us. If our defense is down pat we’ll win every game by 30.”

Whiting trades tapes for helmet

Senior goes from team manager to walk-on goalie

By TIM O’DONNELL Web Editor

In the first period of Quinnipiac’s season-opening exhibition against Acadia on Oct. 2, Rand Pecknold found Jake Whiting sitting at the end of the bench and told the goalie to go warm up in the tunnel.

“I was just ‘uh, uh okay.’ I wasn’t really thinking at all,” Whiting said. “Slide down the bench and everyone’s starting to tap me on the pads, and I just kind of got psyched up for it.”

And with 4:50 left in the first, Whiting, a senior, relieved starter Dan Clarke for his first appearance in a game since high school.

That’s when things got interesting. With the faceoff at the opposite end of the ice, Whiting was still absorbing the atmosphere in the arena.

Just then, Acadia broke up ice on a breakaway.

“I thought ‘Oh god. We threw Jake into the fire,’” Pecknold said.

But the Acadia skater was tripped by a Bobcat on his way to-

ward Whiting and never got a shot off.

“I was praying it wasn’t going to be a penalty shot,” Whiting said.

Whiting would go on to stop all five shots he faced in the period. Clarke would go back in net to start the second, but for Whiting, that 4:50 on the ice was more than enough.

“My parents were there, a few of my roommates were there. Boys were going nuts on the bench,” Whiting said. “It was an unbeliev-

able feeling to feel that atmosphere and feel that support.”

Whiting spent his freshman and sophomore years as the team manager before joining the Bobcats as the fourth goalie his junior year.

This season, Whiting is back with the team. He wears the number 29 and is the third goalie behind Eric Hartzell and Clarke. But for a kid who thought his playing career was done, it’s a dream come true.

“For two years, hockey was purely the business side of it for me.

And I was okay with that,” Whiting said. “But when I had that first conversation with Rand junior year, I was just blown away. I can’t be more grateful for the opportunity.”

Prior to this season, Whiting had dressed for just one game. This season, Whiting has dressed for every home game and has appeared in two games (against Acadia and Canisius). He’s stopped all five shots he has seen in 8:31 of action.

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