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QUChronicle.com January 30, 2013 Volume 82 Issue 15 Proud recipient of the New England Society of Newspaper Editors' award for 2012 College Newspaper of the Year

Sports Climbing the polls, pages 11

opinion In praise of ‘GIRLS,’ page 4

B.o.B. for SPB

Grammy-nominated rapper and singersongwriter, B.o.B., will headline this year’s Wake the Giant concert on Saturday, April 13, as announced by the Student Programming Board Tuesday afternoon.

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B.o.B., whose works include “Nothin’ on You,” “Airplanes” and “Magic,” have repeatedly landed him on the Billboard Hot 100 list.

He is currently signed by Grand Hustle Records.

“It was time for a rapper,” SPB’s mainstage chair Anna McAvinchey said. “I think that’s what the QU student body wanted, and based on the SPB survey results, it was one of the top choices. I also think that everyone knows B.o.B.’s songs. They’re

B.o.B. was nominated for 5 Grammy awards in 2011, including Record of the Year. His performance at the Bank on April 13 is not part of a tour, as other spring concerts have been in the past. catchy, they’re fun, and it will be a really good show.”

Within an hour after the reveal, the response from the student body has been positive.

“I feel like a lot of people will go,” said junior Kelly Hurley, “It’s better than what we’ve ever had,” she said.

Although some students think “Nothing’s going to top Ke$ha,” said junior Anamaris Mujica, “I feel

like B.O.B. could be like that too.”

In its efforts to appeal to the student body, SPB has decided that the show’s opening act will be selected by the student body in an online survey, which will be sent out via email later today.

Tickets for the concert go on sale Feb. 25. Tickets for the undergraduate arena will cost $20, and all others will be $25.

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When students returned to campus after winter break, some living in the Crescent Residence Hall found problems with their showers and sinks.

Due to a broken mixing valve, a portion of Crescent lost hot water, according to Associate Vice President for Facilities Operations Keith Woodward. In an unrelated incident, an accumulation of food, hair, soap and grease caused a buildup in the drains of 12 Crescent suites between Jan. 19 and Jan. 24, Woodward said.

“There have been other drain backups [in the past] at the Crescent, but not this many at one time,” Woodward said.

This is likely because students were not using the showers and sinks over the winter vacation, he said.

“Items like food and grease that went down the drains … can solidify during periods when there is little water flow such as holiday breaks,” Woodward said.

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tie Thompson was among the students who experienced these problems.

“Water came out through my bathroom sink,” Thompson said. “I had residents whose water came up through their kitchen sink and ruined their rug.”

Junior Emily Schiarrizi and her roommates said they had two inches of water from their shower cover their bathroom floor because of the hair in their drain.

After students reported these issues through phone calls and work requests, facilities snaked the drain lines to break up the clogs, Woodward said. Facilities also had the broken mixing valve replaced, he said.

While Thompson said facilities came to fix her sink immediately after she put in a work order, Schiarrizi said she and her roommates had to wait a little longer.

“It was [Martin Luther King Jr. Day] so [facilities] didn’t respond at first … but once they got here they

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qunion Lahey, panel to respond to student concerns

By JULIA PERKINS Associate News Editor

Public Safety emergency plans

By ANDY LANDOLFI and JOSH BREWER

Following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newton, Conn. in which 26 students and teachers were killed, schools across the country are on high alert.

While being killed in a school setting is less than a one in a million chance according to David Finkelhor of the University of New Hampshire, Quinnipiac’s Department of Public Safety has an Emergency Guide for what to do in dangerous situations such as the one in Newtown. Brochures are available from Public Safety explaining what to do in the event of a violent intruder at Quinnipiac, hazardous material or

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CAU CAUTION CAUTION CAUT CAUTION ION In the event of a violent intruder, Public Safety outlines a few guidelines: - do not confront the intruder - calm those around you and remain quiet - draw blinds to windows and secure doors

Quinnipiac’s top line administrators, including President John Lahey, will discuss the future of Quinnipiac University, tonight at 6:30 with the Student Government Association in the Carl Hansen Student Center Piazza.

The panel will include President John Lahey, Senior Vice President for Academic & Student Affairs Mark Thompson, Senior Vice President for Administration Richard Ferguson, Vice President and Dean of Students Manuel Carreiro, and Chief of Public Safety David Barger.

The premise of the discussion is to focus on the growth of the university. The topics of the discussion include updates on the new medical school, the Great Hunger Museum, tuition, school spirit, safety and more, according to SGA’s Vice

- turn off lights and equipment - disregard any knock on the door or unfamiliar voices - be alert for students who still may be in the hallway

President of Public Relations Ryan Scanlon.

“We’re going to talk a lot about what Quinnipiac has gone through in the past few years in growth and how that affects students with their classes, living areas, even parking,” SGA’s Vice President for Student Concerns Evan Milas said.

“We’re seeing where Quinnipiac is at and if they have any plans or idea on where they want to end up in the next few years, especially with its growing classes and how the school is going to work with that,” Milas said.

The panel will also touch upon safety issues and emergency plans the school has in regards to recent events, such as school shootings and See qunion Page 3

Ranked No. 2 in both national polls, the Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team is currently riding a 17-game unbeaten streak heading into games at Brown and at Yale this weekend.

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gas being released, fire or explosion and a bomb threat.

In the case of an armed intruder, Public Safety would attempt to secure the area and set up a perimeter, according to Director of Emergency Management John Twining. Public Safety officers are not armed and would evacuate as many people as possible. The Hamden Police would then subdue the intruder upon their arrival, Twining said. The Hamden Police Department is trained to respond to violent intruder situations.

“If such a thing were to happen we hope that somebody would contact Public Safety and let us know,”

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Save a Tech Center trip; use these tips With the rush of a new semester, including moving back into dorms and adjusting to a new schedule, students often find themselves lacking time to deal with computer issues.

The Quinnipiac Technology Center, which has locations on each of the university’s three campuses, is working to ensure that technology

problems are not added stressors this semester.

The Quinnipiac Technology Center encourages students, staff and faculty members to visit the university’s online knowledge base, which consists of numerous easy-to-follow guides for technology-related questions or problems.

The knowledge base offers solutions for anything from setting up Quinnipiac email

and Wi-Fi on a mobile device, to connecting to BobcatNet or campus printing on a Mac or PC. The Quinnipiac Knowledge Base is available at kb.quinnipiac.edu.

In addition, the students who work in the Student Technology Academic Resource (STAR) program have compiled a list of some of the Tech Center’s most frequently asked questions and answers.

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Anti-Virus: The Quinnipiac Technology Center recommends that students download MalwareBytes, which is a free anti-virus protection program. It can be downloaded from www.malwarebytes.org.

By SUSAN RIELLO Staff Writer

Editor-in-chief Michele Snow SENIOR MANAGING EDITOR Anna Brundage Senior Managing Editor Samantha Epstein MANAGING EDITOR Matt Eisenberg NEWS EDITOR Katherine Rojas ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Daniel Grosso ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Julia Perkins CO-ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Catherine Boudreau Co-Arts & Life Editor Christine Burroni

Passwords: Students, staff and faculty members are prompted to change their passwords throughout the year. The password reset process can be accessed at passwordreset.quinnipiac.edu. After changing the password, the Tech Center stresses the importance of making sure the new password is synced to any other devices that are connected to the Quinnipiac email or BobcatNet, including mobile devices, iPads or iPods. If the devices are not updated with the new password, the user may also be locked out from their account. Users can change the saved password in “Settings” on whichever device they are using.

ASSOCIATE ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Anna Wagner ASSOCIATE ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Caroline Tufts SPORTS EDITOR Joe Addonizio ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR Kerry Healy ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR Bryan Lipiner PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Madeline Hardy COPY DESK CHIEF Cassie Comeau ASSOCIATE COPY EDITOR Rebecca Castagna WEB DEVELOPER Marcus Harun DESIGN EDITOR Hannah Schindler CARTOONIST Dakota Wiegand ADVISER Lila Carney The Quinnipiac Chronicle is the proud recipient of the New England Society of Newspaper Editors’ award for College Newspaper of the Year in New England for 2011-12.

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Backing up: The Tech Center recommends backing up all important documents and files, just in case of unanticipated problems. If a student does not have an external hard drive, then the Tech Center encourages students to upload their files to MyFileSpace, any cloud service similar to DropBox, or even a flash drive.

Office Suite: Microsoft Office is available to download for free in the Information Technology section of MyQ under Client Services. The Tech Center also has Office for both Mac and PC available for purchase for $12 each. Windows 7 is currently available for purchase for $20. Software purchases can only be made with Q-cash.

Printing: The main printers on the Mount Carmel campus (located on the first and second floors of the library, Buckman and Tator Hall) are labeled “MFD Printing.” Instructions to install MFD Printing on both Mac and PC can be found on the Knowledge Base.

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Students, staff and faculty members are encouraged to submit a work order at any time with their technology questions at helpdesk.quinnipiac.edu. For any other issues, students, staff and faculty members are welcome to visit one of Quinnipiac’s three Tech Centers. No appointment is necessary.

Referral program for academic alerts improved

By NELIANA FERRARO and KATHERINE ROJAS

With a two percent drop in retention rate in 2011, Quinnipiac’s Learning Center is finding new ways to improve student attendance and performance in classrooms with an updated referral program called Retention Alert, according to Associate Vice President of Retention & Academic Success Andrew Delohery.

Using a software called Datatel, the referral program betters the communication between professors and the Learning Center to connect students to their academic advisors.

If a professor senses a student may be struggling, he or she should refer the student to the Learning Center, who then contacts the student to offer any help with tutoring or time management skills, according to Delohery.

“It’s a gentle reminder of a student’s resources for help and support [at Quinnipiac],” Delohery said. “Faculty leading 100-level courses should use Retention Alert to refer students who have excessive or consecutive absences or who have earned a ‘D’ or an ‘F’ on an initial assessment.”

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a referral system known as an early warning system, Delohery said.

However, this program was improved to make it more specific for the student. Now all the information is in one place on Webadvisor, Delohery said.

Professor Jonathan Rounds, from the English Department, said the form used to report students is fast and easy to fill out. Rounds said the system lets teachers help their students and is not "just the teacher nagging the student about being absent."

As part of Quinnipiac’s goal to raise the retention rate from 85 percent to 90 percent, the referral system is directed at faculty leading 100-level courses. This is to keep students from transferring or dropping out of Quinnipiac after their freshman year, Delohery said. “[This program] is often mostly prevalent with first year students,” Delohery said. “But it is open to all level classes.”

Freshman Tinashe Mazaiwana learned about the referral program from her English 102 professor.

“I think it’s an invasion of privacy,” Mazaiwana said.

However, she said that she understands that the Learning Center wants parents to get their money’s worth and have their kids do well in college.

Freshman Jessica Wharton was surprised when she found out teachers had to report students to the Learning Center.

“I think that I know my schedule and my work load. It’s kind of my call,” Wharton said.

“What is it [the Learning Center’s] business if I’m getting A’s anyway?”

According to Delohery, 65 percent of undergraduate students used the Learning Center’s resources. There were 1,790 first year students total in Fall 2012 semester and 1,240 of them made use of Learning Center services to varying degrees.

According to Delohery, based on a student survey, the main reasons students leave Quinnipiac are for financial reasons and/or from missing their families.

The Learning Center also works closely with Student Affairs and Residential Life to create a pleasant experience at Quinnipiac. They look for ways to accommodate students’ needs, whether with tutoring or campus life activities.

Here’s a rundown on news outside the Quinnipiac campus

By RACHEL COGUT Staff Writer

Update on The Federal Budget

Republicans sought to use the need to raise the federal debt ceiling in early 2013 to force deeper spending reductions before agreeing to an extension until May. In March, Congress will face two decision points - the two-month hold on the “sequestration’’ cuts runs out on March 2, while March 27 marks the expiration of the continuing resolution that had kept the federal government in operation since the previous budget year ended last Sept. 30. Meanwhile, the debate within the Federal Reserve has shifted from whether it should do more to stimulate the economy to when it should start doing less. In a statement today, the Fed is ex-

pected to affirm previously stated policies of keeping interest rates low and increasing its holdings of securities until it sees clear signs of strength in the job market.

Gun Debate

On Monday, President Obama met with law enforcement leaders from Aurora, Colo., Old Creek, Wis. and Newtown, Conn. (all recent sites of mass shootings) to discuss gun control. The president said no group is more important than law enforcement officials in the gun debate. He said he recognizes the issue “elicits a lot of passion all across the country” but that Congress will pay attention to police. The president’s meeting comes as he tries to build support for gun control legislation that will be difficult to get through Congress; he urged Congress to pass an assault weapons ban, limit high capacity magazines and require universal background

checks. Vice President Joe Biden is also playing a lead role in the White House’s effort to talk to Americans about the gun control proposals and galvanize public support to pressure Congress to act.

Plan For Immigration Reform

A bipartisan group of senior senators has reached a deal on a blueprint for comprehensive immigration reform. The deal would create a pathway to citizenship for the nation’s 11 million illegal immigrants, but only after stricter enforcement measures are put in place. Many of the details have yet to be worked out since the plan has not been drafted as legislation. Democrats who have endorsed the plan are Sens.

Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin, Bob Menendez and Michael Bennet. Republican support came from Sens. John McCain, Marco Rubio, Lindsey Graham and Jeff Flake.

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Seniors can find all links in one place

By SAMANTHA MOORE Staff Writer

Graduation is quickly approaching, and with it, so are numerous dates and events seniors should remember. To keep students up to date and lessen the amount of emails they receive, the Senior Class Cabinet worked with the Information Technology Department to create Senior Quicklinks, a website dedicated to informing upperclassmen of all they need to know.

The exact launch date for the site, which can be accessed through My Q, will be announced soon.

“As seniors, we start getting so many different emails from different groups,” Senior Class President Andrea Rogers said. “In the past, email overload has been overwhelming for seniors who find themselves winding down their undergraduate careers with projects, a thesis and attending interviews. We hope to prove that Senior Quicklinks will increase responsiveness and participation as the undergrad career winds down.”

Senior Class Vice President Catherine Tobin described the website as a “one-stop shop” opportunity because the website will list reminders, documents and files that can be printed. There will also be a calendar, which can be synched with the Microsoft Outlook calendar, containing dates of events and deadlines.

Career Services, Summit Yearbook, Senior Gift Committee, Senior Week Committee, Commencement Committee and the Senior Class Cabinet will also have pages on the site.

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The Senior Class Cabinet knows seniors are suffering from email overload. This new site is the antidote.

Drains back up in Juniors can help Crescent over with senior week holiday break Campus briefs

Have you heard any news that you think Quinnipiac students would care about?

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The Junior Crew (J-Crew) applications are out for interested students to help the Senior Week Committee 2013. The J-Crew consist of working with organizing events and helping to make them run smoothly. Applications are due Friday, Feb. 22 by 5 p.m. and can be completed on qu.collegiatelink.net. Any questions may be forwarded to 2013 Senior Week Co-Coordinators, Tim O’Rourke and Caitlin Ziegler. -K. Rojas

Senior Week ticket sales begin Seniors may purchase their 2013 Senior Week tickets tomorrow from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Carl Hansen Student Center tables. Senior Week is scheduled for May 16 to May 19.

Tickets are $315 and can be paid by cash, QCash or check. -K. Rojas

clogs from cover were very good,” Schiarrizzi said. “The facilities lady was so nice and sterilized our whole bathroom, and was very apologetic.”

Junior Joseph Ugalde, who did not have hot water for two days, said that he was glad that the issue was resolved fairly quickly.

However, he wished that students had been better informed.

“It would have been nice getting an email about the problem,” Ugalde said. “We would all like to know that we can avoid stepping into a freezing cold shower at 7 a.m. on a Tuesday.”

Facilities is working to ensure that the drains in Crescent do not get clogged again.

“Facilities is looking at organic chemicals that can be introduced to the drains to help break up the sludge-like material when there is low water flow during holiday breaks,” Woodward said.

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“There has not been one place for seniors to go to to hold all of this information. This site, which will work like a team site, will hold all of the information for them,” Tobin said.

Andrew McDermott, a member of Quinnipiac University's Class of 2012, came up with the idea last year after hearing students complain about the amount of emails they receive. McDermott took the idea to Tobin, who was able to help launch it into effect for this year.

This year’s Senior Class Cabinet worked with Marc Saddig, an applications specialist from the Information Technology Department, to create the website based on the group’s ideas.

Rogers hopes the website becomes something “reuseable every year” and is not just a fad. She also hopes, as it gets passed down, more groups will be added to the Senior Quicklinks page.

“I hope this is something the university will be interested in and stay interested in,” Rogers said.

State of Qunion to address student concerns qunion from cover Hurricane Sandy, according to Milas.

The discussion will begin with an SGA update with President of the Student Body Ben Cloutier. Next the panelist will open up with their updates and statements. Then moderator Erik Cote, SGA’s vice president of finance, will begin the Q-and-A. Students may submit their questions to SGA through email or may bring their questions with them for an SGA member to ask.

“We thought it would be a good idea to not give a mic to students so that they won’t feel uncomfortable so they can hand write a question when they get there and hand it to us and ask them for them to take away the intimidation factor or standing up and asking a question,” Milas said.

“If [students] want to be aware of what’s going on on campus and hear it directly from the source, I mean this is their education and they won’t have another opportunity of gaining this type of insight elsewhere, if they want to see it first hand then this is the place to go,” Milas said.

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Post-Newtown, QU solidifies emergency plan emergency from cover Twining said.

According to the emergency guide brochure, direct calls to 9-1-1 block communications between the Quinnipiac University security dispatcher and the scene of the emergency.

The location of the call is seen by Hamden police as “275 Mount Carmel Avenue” and not the specific university building.

By dialing 1-1-1, the Public Safety dispatcher can see which building the caller is in and send that information to Hamden Police, who have blueprints of all Quinnipiac buildings. Students may also reach Public Safety at 203-582-8600.

When someone calls Public Safety about a situation, they will then call Hamden Police and refer them to the building using colors and numbers, instead of the names of the buildings. Ledges, for example, is Building 12 and each entrance to the school has a different color, according to Twining.

“Help gets there much faster if you call 1-1-1,” Twining said.

When there is an emergency on any Quinnipiac University campus, Public Safety will release a broadcast alert via text message to cell phones and handheld devices. To register a device, visit www.getrave.com. In addition to signing up for alerts, students may set up a panic button on their phone using the website.

By setting up this feature, a student can speed dial Public Safety. The exact location and information is directly sent to Public Safety.

To help prevent such an incident from occurring at Quinnipiac, Twining spends a lot of time with faculty and staff trying to identify students who might commit such crimes.

“We routinely remove 25 students a semester on medical removals because they just are not ready to be here. For some reason they don’t have the mental capacity to remain in the general population,” Twining said.

According to Twining, all faculty and staff are taught what to look for in a student who may be mentally ill. Some signs include students who stop daily routines such as eating and going to class. Others include students who stop shaving and stop doing work.

Seung-Hui Cho, the gunman of the Virginia Tech massacre in 2006 where 32 people were killed, had previously been diagnosed with a mental illness.

“Cho would not have been able to get back on campus if this happened at Quinnipiac,” Twining said.

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How Africa reminded me to be human TWEETs OF THE WEEK Campus copy is literally the sketchiest place at Quinnipiac @avburgos i have feeling my boyfriend is going to make me take him to see @bobatl at @Quinnipiac this april #wakethegiant @LyricalAllusion

Cool. Quinnipiac has a better record than Minnesota but won’t give us #1 team in the Nation.

Stop being biased elitists. @heyitskenisha Quinnipiac is offering free ice skating tonight located on every sidewalk. No skates needed. @jstabile14 offering free sunglasses is a good way to get em to go to a woman’s basketball game. good idea quinnipiac @tvissle4rizzle

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I’ve been told it is near impossible to concentration camps, the townships in South ple are friendly. The children follow you, reachAfrica lay over hundreds of square miles in the ing for your hand, giving a thumbs-up, asking put into words the emotions and thoughts countryside around the cities. Langa is just to have their picture taken. The adults nod at that ran through my head as I traveled over one square mile and is home to less you, usually not making conversation and often through South Africa. And I’ve been walking quickly down another side alley, but than 50 thousand Black Africans. told that even if I find words to share Strategically placed in a grid, search- still projecting a welcoming and kind smile. my experiences, few people will acI felt small in this city of tin houses and dirt lights stand more than 200 meters high. tually understand.

The height was decided because 200 me- streets. I was angry that human beings have Traveling with Professor Liam ters is past the height that a human done this to other human beings, and not only O’Brien as a field lab for the can throw or slingshot an object in South Africa, but in other countries around FVI 355 course, Single Camera the world and for hundreds of years. I have that would knock out the lights.

Production, I was given the opThe tin and plywood homes so much good in my life, a healthy family, a portunity to not only work on a Anna Brundage are so tightly packed together, house with indoor plumbing, a college educadocumentary film but to live in Senior Managing Editor @annalilybee each shares at least two walls with tion. Many of these children won’t move past another country.

When I was a sophomore I thought about the neighboring homes. The floors are packed primary school and if they do they will walk studying abroad for a semester. I considered the dirt and, in most cases, the only light inside is miles to and from school.

I am humbled by the world beyond my environment I’d want to live in, the type of peo- weak sunlight streaming through grime-covple I wanted to be around, and the culture I want- ered windows. In a few homes, electrical wires front door. By the township people offering ed to be exposed to. I settled on Europe and then have been run above the rooftops and across the me to eat lunch with them when they have so decided on Switzerland. I thought I’d be able to streets after having been rerouted from the city little of their own and the warm embrasses to wish me a Happy New Year. streets beyond the township. study abroad and still feel a little bit of home.

Africa is not only a beautiful country by cliJust days before we visited Langa, a fire I don’t regret choosing to not study abroad.

My time at Quinnipiac has been filled with a had destroyed more than 800 homes in a mate and its variety of landscapes but also bebroad spectrum of experiences and opportuni- neighboring township as a result of poor elec- cause of the people and their willingness to love.

If I could tell my sophomore year self anyties, but reflecting back on my thought pro- trical wiring, how tightly the people and their cess, I regret being close-minded and almost homes are packed together, and the limited re- thing, it would only be to go to Africa sooner or to step outside of my comfort zone and exsources to put out fires. settling for my experience abroad.

Despite the poor living conditions, the peo- perience life beyond the Quinnipiac bubble.

I’m not saying Switzerland or Europe is the wrong choice when studying outside of the United States. I’m not saying my time there wouldn’t have been fulfilling, I can’t possibly know the answer to that. What I do believe is that when given the opportunity to step beyond your comfort zone, you should take it. I took my opportunity in Africa.

South Africa as a country is still just beginning to rise above and recover from apartheid, but the effects are seen today, in every corner of every city.

Through filming we were exposed to the different branches of culture within South Africa.

With armed guards, we toured the township of Langa, just outside the city of Cape anna brundage/chronicle Town. We walked as a group, stopping oc- Children in the township of Langa play together underneath the hazardous electrical casionally to take pictures. Basically glorified wires strung throughout the township.

‘GIRLS’: The show of our generation

We’ve entered a new era. The “Girls” Era. We used to compare ourselves to Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte. Now we’re debating who’s more of a Hannah, Marnie, Jessa or Shoshanna.

“Girls” is “Seinfeld” meets “Sex and the City.” The girls are four 20-somethings living in Brooklyn, and no, they don’t go to brunch or cocktails to giggle and gush about their weekends. They represent the real women of Brooklyn, the hipsters who are basking in the glory of living on the fringe. They have weird day jobs and financially depressing liberal arts career goals. Hannah eats cupcakes out of the fridge for breakfast and doesn’t know how to respond to sexts. The very first moments of the show are made up of Hannah struggling to eat spaghetti.

Lena Dunham, the show’s creator and star, has tapped into this generation of floaters, mille-

nial, and overprotected children being released they meet up for moral support at an abortion into the world and trying their best to “do what appointment, they stalk their recent exes on Facebook. Their conversations and their they love” without ending up broke or back problems are real. Sometimes the situaat home with their parents in Michigan. tions are so awkward, they’re painful to This generation, those of us in college watch. The humor comes from the fact and freshly out of college, are struggling that we’ve all been there. Lena Dunwith conflicting messages. We’re told ham is letting us laugh at ourselves. that if we “do what we love,” going And also at her. to work won’t feel like work. And Welcome to the new era. Teleyet getting any job is hard enough, vision just got a little more honlet alone a satisfying and fulfilling MICHELE SNOW Editor-in-Chief est. In the pilot episode, Hannah one. @michenator claims to be the voice of her generBut part of our character and drive as an age group is that no matter how ation, then quickly modifies her statement. She many times we hear how awful the job mar- is “at least a (should this be quoted?) voice of ket is right now, we’re still pursuing our dream a generation”–a line that has quickly come to lives. We’re struggling, but we’re struggling define the show. Hannah really is speaking for her generation, and we’re letting her. “Girls” is uphill. And “Girls” gets this.

The girls end up at a banger in Bushwick, winning awards for a reason.

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Hello Bobcats, Hope everyone had a great first week back at school! Our winter member training took place Sunday, Jan. 20 where we discussed important SGA processes such as how to draft a proposal, how to set goals, how to effectively promote an event, etc. We have also been in the process of planning for the State of the QUnion which is taking place on tonight in the Carl Hansen Student Center Piazza. Come hear about the future of Quinnipiac from top university administrators including President John Lahey. Students have the opportunity to submit questions by emailing SGA@quinnipiac.edu

or writing them down at the event. For more information on SGA, check out our website at www.QUSGA.com. If you have a concern or a question about anything in regards to the three campuses, you can email us or check out our website at QUSGA.com and click the tab “Have A Concern?” We hope to see you all at the State of the QUnion tonight.

Stay Warm, Evan Milas Vice President of Student Concerns

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THE GENDER GAP

The effects of women outnumbering men in higher education

By catherine boudreau Co-Arts & Life Editor

It was a sunny Tuesday afternoon when Mark Gius, 48, took his kids to the nearby park. Gius hollered “be careful” as his children sprinted toward the swing set. When he looked around for the nearest bench, he noticed something: he was the only father at the playground that day.

Gius said he accepts his role as the primary caregiver. His wife is the “breadwinner” of the family, holding a position as vice president for financial services at a large company. And while Gius is a professor of economics at Quinnipiac University, his flexible schedule and smaller earnings have him spending more time at home.

“It was very rare, even in the last 10 years, for men to stay home with kids,” Gius said. “But now that more women are going to college, and fewer men are earning degrees, men will have to face up to taking on a less traditional role.”

Women have increasingly outnumbered men at universities across the nation since 1985. According to Census Bureau data, 916,000 women and 685,000 men graduated from college in 2009. This means 25 percent fewer men received college degrees that year.

A survey done by the Pew Research Center in 2011 revealed that women tend to have a more positive view of their education. Fifty percent felt their education was extremely valuable compared to 37 percent of men.

As more and more women pursue higher education and earn a

salary accompanying their degree, a debate has emerged in popular culture about whether men have a future as primary breadwinners or not.

Why the gap?

Wendy Wang, a sociologist and research associate for the Pew Research Center, said the public tends to think it’s more important for women to go to college than men if they want to get ahead. This could be a factor behind why so many pursue a degree.

“Because this is the general feeling among Americans, women feel like they need this education, and therefore do better in school. They kind of reinforce each other,” Wang said.

Wang also said that women are typically more disciplined than men, even at a young age. This makes them a good fit for a college environment, which rewards maturity, long-term strategy and a commitment to studies.

Gius has been teaching college for 21 years, and said he thinks men are more likely to enter the workforce after high school. This is because they want to earn money right away, and therefore get a job, instead of waiting four years to earn a bachelors degree.

Nicole Fano, 22, graduated from Quinnipiac University last year. She said because of her education, she acquired countless skills, including communication and professionalism. For her, college was a no-brainer, and she is thankful for this.

“Historically, women haven’t always been allowed to gain a college education,” Fano said. “If you’ve been denied chocolate in the past, it tastes that much sweeter when you can actually eat it.”

Dr. Mala Matacin, a psychology professor at the University of Hartford, held this same view. She said that because women haven’t been admitted to college until recently in American history, this trickled down into families.

“If parents had to choose who to educate, it was sons, not daughters,” Matacin said. “There are women to this day who can tell you all kinds of stories about being discriminated in education. When people struggle, they value it.”

However, Holt Trenor, a 2011 graduate from Mississippi State University, thinks that because men typically hold higher positions than women at work, this motivates women to earn a degree. They need one in order to compete for the same positions as men, similar to what Wang argued.

Jobs & Salary

Although so many women are attending college, Gius said this isn’t the only factor to consider when analyzing certain shifts. He credits the Great Recession as a major influence.

“A lot of male-dominated jobs, such as construction and manufacturing, which are like 90 percent male, took the biggest hits,” Gius said. “Men lost jobs at a faster rate than women.”

And although men have added roughly 768,000 jobs, while women have lost 218,000 from June 2009 through May 2011 according to a Pew Research study, they are still more likely to be unemployed.

Gius does see education’s impact on this, as well. He said jobs you can get without a college degree are disappearing.

“I foresee women entering male dominated fields, like engineering, simply because they’ll have to,” Gius said. “If they are the more educated gender, a shift will happen.”

Men continue to hold more positions in important industries, such as technology and politics. And women, on average, earn 78 percent of what their male counterparts do.

But according to a PayScale wage analysis, when comparing men and women who are similarly qualified and have the same job, women earn closer to 96 percent of what men do. The difference is due largely to career choice. Men typically enter fields with higher pay, such as a software developer,

where 89 percent of employees are male. Women are more likely to be a registered nurse, for example, and account for 89 percent of this field.

A flop is occurring specifically in the younger generation, however.

Wang said single women in their twenties are earning roughly 8 percent more than men, specifically in metropolitan areas such as Atlanta, Ga. (Here young women earn 20 percent more). Wang thinks this is largely due to education.

“Women are becoming the better educated gender, and are therefore more qualified for jobs that pay well,” Wang said.

The reverse only applies to unmarried, childless women under 30 working in cities. Wang said the interesting part is what will happen when these women turn 30 and perhaps have children.

“When [women] have children, they typically spend more time with their children,” Wang said. “What will happen when they have families? Will the trend continue? It’s hard to tell. Maybe once they get older and families they’ll need to focus more on balancing a work and family.”

Gender Roles

A major concern for Americans is what effect this gap in higher education will have on the traditional roles of women and men.

Wang said she foresees challenges to the typical view of what makes a good partner.

“Traditionally women wanted to marry up,” Wang said. “But, if your peers are less educated, women will have to adjust what they define as a good companion.”

Gius thinks that as women continue to become more financially independent, they may not see any reason to marry at all.

“In the past, women typically got married and left the work force because they had financial security that way,” Gius said. “Now that’s not the case. They are supporting themselves.”

According to 2010 Census data, 43 percent of all Americans over the age of 18 are single.

Fano sees the typical stereotypes for men and women disappearing, but still thinks marriage is valued by each gender.

“I think that college-educated students, while more likely to marry later in life, are getting married at least at similar rates as those who aren’t,” Fano said.

Only 51 percent of people are married, a 5 percent decrease from 2009 to 2010 as reported by the Pew

Research Center based on Census Bureau data. But marriage is more frequent for those with a college education and less prevalent among those without one.

Matacin said another shift is toward less defined gender roles. Men can be more nurturing and women can take on more leadership positions, although she still sees standard ideals.

“The view that men need to be strong and not show emotions very much is still there,” Matacin said.

“This is why many are struggling through this shift. For women, there is also still this pressure to not only be a good parent, but succeed in the workplace and look a certain way.”

Trenor feels as though one stereotype in particular has changed.

“I think our society is losing the stereotype of the male breadwinner in the family and is beginning to see men and women as equal,” Trenor said. “I think this will definitely continue if there are significantly more women going to college than men.”

Gius agreed, and thinks men will have a bigger challenge than women. They’ll have to realize that they will probably be staying home, he said.

“I think men will have to do more changing than women,” Gius said. “Women want to be independent, and now they are for the most part. For men, they’ve always been independent. They are going to have to make the adjustments.”

Despite the concerns, Matacin, Gius, Wang and both alumni all agree it’s a positive thing that more women are going to college today. Matacin said she prefers not to view it as a zero-sum game, where one gender comes out on top and the other is left in the dust.

“This reminds me of this quote: ‘You don’t have to be anti-man to be pro-woman,” Matacin said. “If women are doing well, why does that mean men are going to be negatively affected? Can’t they both do well?”

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Januar y 30, 2012

Social Media’s Affect on Rape Culture

By Anna Wagner

Associate Arts and Life Editor

In August 2012 in Steubenville, Ohio, an inebriated girl laid on the floor, her body unresponsive and her mind unconscious. Two Steubenville High School football players removed her clothes, dragged her by her wrists and ankles, snapped a photo, put it on Instagram, urinated on her and raped her for hours. During these hours other people watched and no one stopped them.

Instead, one live-tweeted the horrific event using the hashtag #rape and #drunkgirl saying: “The song of the night is Rape Me by Nirvana” A video of one of the witnesses laughing and joking surfaced and said, “He raped her harder than that cop did to Marcellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction” into the camera. This is just one example of how social media influences rape culture in American society.

Every two minutes, someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted, and each year, there are 207,754 victims, according to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network. However, 54 percent of these crimes will go unreported and 97 percent of rapists won’t spend a day in jail.

Marshall University’s women’s studies department in West Virginia defines rape culture as “an environment in which rape is prevalent and in which sexual violence against women is normalized and excused in the media and popular culture. Rape culture is perpetuated through the use of misogynistic language, the objectification of women’s bodies, and the glamorization of sexual violence, thereby creating a society that disregards women’s rights and safety.”

This attitude is conveyed through various media outlets online, including the Alpha Wolf meme howling “Take what is yours,” as well as “Be the alpha male, penetrate everything!” Reddit, the social news and entertainment site that allows users to add their own content anonymously, contributes to rape culture through the notorious misogynistic content. According to Google’s DoubleClick Ad Planner are 72 percent male as originally reported in the Huffington Post article, “Reddit Rapists Come Clean on Controversial New Thread.” One Reddit subgroup is titled “r/chokeabitch,” and another poses the question, “Reddit’s had a few threads about sexual assault victims, but are there any redditors from the other side of the story? What were your motivations? Do you regret it?”

One of the offenders stated, “I am a post-colleged age male who raped several girls through use of coercion, alcohol, and other tactics over a

course of 3 years.” The comment was soon taken down by the user because of the backlash the Huffington Post article ensued.

In addition, bloggers such as RooshV give “tips” to young men on how to get laid. This includes articles like, “When No Means Yes” and encourages young men, “Instead of asking, just do it anyway and see what happens.”

“Some media images and portrayals certainly perpetuate this sort of worldview, including news coverage that includes details that invite news consumers to blame victims or mitigate suspect culpability,” said Nancy Worthington, professor of communications and chair of the Quinnipiac Media Studies Department who is interested in how women are portrayed in the media.

In those cases, it’s usually not the reporting that’s untrue, but the contextual information included about a victim’s behavior and choices, such as substance abuse, mental health issues, or frustrations with their home life, that encourages blaming victims and discounting the perpetrator’s responsibility, Worthington said.

won’t 97% ofspendrapists a day in jail assaults 54% ofwillsexual go unreported Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network “In my own research, I’ve found a few cases where journalists did a great job of avoiding that by choosing to include comments from gender violence experts and sometimes from rape survivors in cases where they feel comfortable contributing to news stories,” Worthington said. “So, reporters had to take the initiative to go beyond the easy interviews, such as those with police working the case.”

Benjamin Goodheart, a senior film, vido and interactive media studies major from Midland Park, N.J., said that rape culture, regardless if it’s social media related, affects everyone.

“Rape as a punchline is everywhere in culture, from the literal as displayed in Daniel Tosh’s sociopathic rape ‘joke’ this summer to the lovable Neil Patrick Harris in ‘How I Met Your Mother,’” Goodheart said. “So to say rape is prevalent in college student’s lives would be selling the point short.

We perpetuate it in media and policy.”

Goodheart added that he was horrified when Cathrynn Brown, a state representative of New

Love me Tinder Is Tinder the new speed dating?

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More and more Quinnipiac students are using tinder to scope out possible love interests.

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Every two minutes, someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted, and each year, there are 207,754 victims, according to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network.

Mexico, introduced a bill proposing that rape victims see their pregnancies through or they could be punished for tampering with evidence.

She quickly amended the bill after the national outrage that resulted.

Rape culture is a contributing reason to why women carry mace when walking alone, or lock the doors at night, Goodheart said.

Rape culture resides not only in the bubble of the football worshipping town, Steubenville, but on Quinnipac’s campus, as well. On Nov. 29, 2012, the sorority Pi Beta Phi cosponsored a women’s self defense class with Alpha Delta

By Sarah Harris Contributing Writer

Tinder App for smartphones seems to be the newest rave at Quinnipiac and other college campuses. Tinder is a matchmaking app where anyone can create a profile by using his or her Facebook pictures and anonymously “like” peoples profiles. The only way that they will know if someone “liked” their own profile is if that someone “likes” them back. The app lets its users “swipe” through thousands of profiles and if they don’t like what they see, they “swipe.”

The app has been getting a lot of attention, and Tyler Melanson, a freshman at Quinnipiac, who is hopeful to find a match that will like him back, filled us in on why he uses Tinder rather than Facebook.

“Through Facebook, you don’t get randoms; I have never seen most of these people before. I see new people every time that I will hopefully meet in the future.”

I asked the boys if the attraction to the app had anything to do with the fact that it is an anonymous ‘like’ at first.

“It’s not like a Facebook ‘like’ where it’s weird if I’m the first one to like it,” freshman Greg Mayer said. “It’s a mutual interest when you find out whether they liked you back or not.”

The app allows the users to create a radi-

Pi and Sigma Phi Epsilon. The class, T.A.K.E., was created by the parents of Ali Kemp, a rape and murder victim from Kansas State University.

“I think it’s great that they are offering self defense classes for women, but I just think it is very sad that we live in a society where women have to learn how to defend themselves and it’s expected that we learn self defense because it’s that plausible that we can be threatened,” said Angelique Fiske, a junior print journalism major from Ludlow, Mass. “We teach women how to not be raped, but we don’t teach don’t rape which is really scary.” us so that you won’t be matched with someone who is in another state. While Melanson was swiping through profiles, he happened to come across a few people he recognized from Quinnipiac. This works out well for the users because if they “like” someone’s profile from campus, and they get a “like” back, their match could be down the hall. But if they aren’t interested, there is no hard feelings because the other person won’t know even know.

When asked if they would meet up with their matches or not, “I mean if I got a match, I haven’t gotten one yet, I would consider it,” Mayer said.

Some critics would say that the app could be potentially dangerous. People can make fake profiles and pretend to be someone else. This could put many people in harm if they do choose to meet up with the people that they are matched with. This goes for not only this app but many other matchmaking services as well.

Mayer also made a good point about why the app is useful for people: “It’s good for people who are busy too, because you can do it whenever you are on the go or whenever you have some free time. It’.s speed dating.”

So is it true? Is Tinder the new speed dating? We will just have to “swipe” and see.

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Januar y 30, 2013

Culture shock

Inside the mind of.... A World Traveler

By Sarah Harris Contributing Writer

By: Christina Sullivan

There’s Always a ‘Silver Lining’

Fatou Ngom

Movie star Jennifer Lawrence stunned the crowd in a red Dior dress at the Screen Actors Guild Awards Jan. 27, all while being sick with walking pneumonia. She won the award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role for “Silver Linings Playbook,” channeling her inner “Katniss” strength to stand out from the rest.

Class of 2016 Major: International Business and Finance Country of Citizenship: Senegal Hometown: Dakar, Senegal

Where have you lived throughout your lifetime?

So far I have lived in Senegal, Washington D.C., Togo, Kenya, Switzerland and New York.

Brown vs. Ocean

What are your reasons for moving around so frequently?

My father works for the United Nations. He basically does humanitarian work. This includes making sure that people whose lives were affected by major events, such as the Haiti and Japan earthquakes and the war in Jordan, have what they need to survive and rebuild their lives.

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Fatou Ngom, an international business and finance major, has traveled all over the world.

What are your favorite memories from these dif- How do you and your family feel about having lived in so many different areas? ferent places?

Each experience in itself is a memory. Being able to see things that almost nobody ever gets to see is a privilege and it’s not something one just forgets.

What are some of the major differences between the United States and these other countries?

Two big things that are very different in every country are the culture and the history. They are all often very different to one another, but they also are very similar at the same time. Traveling so much has taught me that. No matter where you go, there will be things that are different from what you are used to.

I can’t speak for my parents and my siblings, but I personally feel quite indifferent about it now. I have gotten so used to moving every few years that it would feel strange to live in one place for so long. I guess you could say that it is the norm for us. It makes us who we are and it has caused us to grow even stronger as a family.

It does not matter where we go; we are always a team. My parents used traveling and seeing the world as an opportunity to teach us life lessons. For example, I have learned to always be grateful for what you have instead of asking for what you don’t. My mom always says that there is no better way to learn about the world than seeing it for yourself.

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TMZ reported that Chris Brown and singer/songwriter Frank Ocean threw punches outside of a recording studio in L.A. Jan. 28. There’s still debate over who swung first, and some sources claim the fight began after Ocean refused and laughed about a handshake from Brown. Ocean plans to press charges according to the New York Times, and Brown’s rumored performance at the Grammys with Rihanna will most likely be canceled.

No Destiny’s Child Reunion at Super Bowl XLVII

Beyonce will perform at the Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 3, without her former bandmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. Williams shot down the rumors during a recent interview with WRUG radio. Beyonce’s going solo, per usual.

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“jOBS,” a movie about former Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ life, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 25. Steve Woziak, Apple co-founder, called the movie “embarrassing” because it didn’t portray his relationship with Jobs correctly.

Bieber’s Bad Behavior

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Attention burrito lovers! The time has finally come: Chipotle is arriving in Hamden soon. Sure we just got Moe’s, but the more Mexican food, the merrier. Chipotle is conveniently located across the street from the ShopRite plaza and next to Gap, so it’s just a shuttle ride away to your next “Mexi-coma.”

If you haven’t yet experienced the greatness that is Chipotle, you are in for a treat. It practically has a cult following, so get on board. Chipotle is known for the size of its burritos- think of the size of a premature infant. Go all out with a large burrito and a choice of fresh toppings, including chicken, beef or pork, brown or white rice, black or pinto beans, salsa ranging from mild to hot, corn, cheese, lettuce, and, for an extra cost, guacamole and chips. If you’re not a burrito fan, no problem. They also have burrito bowls, hard tacos, soft tacos, salads and quesadillas. There are delicious options for everyone.

Chipotle is the perfect cure for a bad day, night or week. So when Chipotle opens within the next month, get on over there, especially if you haven’t had it before because you’re missing out.

– J. Esposito

Given Justin Bieber’s 2013 track record, it’s safe to say that we’ve come a long way from his “Baby” days. The 18-year-old pop superstar has been featured in the news a lot lately, all beginning with his split from Selena Gomez in early January.

Rumors have been swirling around about why they broke up. According to sources, Gomez dumped Bieber because he cheated on her with a nursing student named Milyn “Mimi” Jensen last month. Then in early January the singer’s former bodyguard stepped forward with claims that Bieber assaulted him, and is suing Bieber for $420,000 in unpaid wages.

And while Bieber recently surpassed Lady Gaga in Twitter followers, he isn’t sharing just his thoughts. He recently posted a picture of his bare backside to the social networking site with the caption “#moon.” The post has since been deleted. Now the singer is being accused of taunting a fan at a gym in Charlotte, N.C. The woman, a North Carolina radio host, said that Bieber teased her, even going as far as spitting into her water bottle.

All of this drama comes hot on the heels of his pot smoking scandal, where pictures surfaced of the pop star smoking marijuana. Get your act together, Bieber. You may be a legal adult now but you’re certainly acting like a child. –M. Malone

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Tina Turner announced her official transition to a citizen of Switzerland. Fox News confirmed that the Tennessee native swapped her U.S. passport for a Swiss one after living in Zurich for more than 18 years.

K-Stew’s fling legally splits

Huffington Post confirmed that Rupert Sanders, the director of “Snow White and the Huntsman,” is getting a divorce from his wife, English model Liberty Ross. It was reported that Ross couldn’t get over the affair he had with Kristen Stewart last year.

Return of the “Powerpuff Girls”

Embrace your inner child and catch the revival of Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup. Cartoon Network announced on Jan. 29 that viewers can expect a new look and new characters, including Fibonacci Sequins, voiced by Ringo Starr as reported

by Vulture.

Clooney to star in Disney’s “Tommorowland”

Disney’s upcoming film is based off of the Disneyland and Walt Disney World properties.

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The Rundown MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 2, UConn 1 – Jan. 22 Connor Jones: 1 goal MEN’S BASKETBALL QU 85, CCSU 78 – Thursday Shaq Shannon: 18 points Ike Azotam: 17 rebounds QU 58, Fairleigh Dickinson, 56 – Saturday Azotam: 14 points WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU 66, Fairleigh Dickinson 39 – Saturday Jasmine Martin: 16 points QU 82, CCSU 73 – Monday Felicia Barron: 25 points MEN’S TENNIS Yale 7, QU 0 – Saturday

games to watch MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU (18-3-3, 11-0-1) at Brown (79-4, 3-6-4) – Friday, 7 p.m.

QU (18-3-3, 11-0-1) at Yale (12-53, 8-4-1) – Saturday, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU (14-9-2, 8-5-1) vs. Brown (414-1, 3-11) – Friday 7 p.m.

QU (14-9-2, 8-5-1) vs. Yale (4-161, 3-10-1) – Saturday 4 p.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALL QU (8-12, 4-4) at Mount St. Mary’s (7-12, 2-6) – Thursday 7 p.m.

QU (8-12, 4-4) at Wagner (11-8, 5-3) – Saturday 4 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU (17-2, 8-0) at Wagner (2-16, 1-6) – Saturday 1 p.m.

QU (17-2, 8-0) at Mount St. Mary’s (8-10, 4-3) – Monday 7 p.m.

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Game of the Week

Stonewall Jackson

Block brings season’s first consecutive wins

By Gene demaio Staff Writer

With 12.8 seconds remaining in regulation and a two-point lead, all the Quinnipiac men’s basketball team needed to do was prevent Fairleigh Dickinson from scoring. Sidney Sanders Jr. drove down the lane and went for a rather uncontested layup. As the shot neared the rim, in came Jamee Jackson from the weak side to block Sanders Jr. and seal a 58-56 victory.

The block was Jackson’s second in the past three minutes and he added to his defensive effort with two steals during the same span. Jackson led the team with 34 minutes on Saturday, and it was defensive intensity that helped the Bobcats stop the Knights.

“That was a huge block. I didn’t expect Jamee to move over there in like that setting because they might have got a tip in after,” Ike Azotam said. “But it was a big play. He makes big defensive plays all the time, so it was a smart play by him, and probably the biggest play of the game.”

The Knights rallied from a nine-point halftime deficit, following several lead changes in the second half. With the win, the Bobcats have won consecutive games for the first time this season, and it brings them back to .500 in Northeast Conference play.

While the team struggled through the first half of the season, it has now won three of its last four. Azotam said Quinnipiac head coach Moore has talked to the team about making this season “snowball.”

“Coach has been talking about making the whole season snowball, so we feel like if we pick up some steam, we’ll win a couple more games and we can have a big weekend next weekend too,” Azotam said. “We wanted to get our record

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Jamee Jackson blocked a shot with five seconds left to seal a 58-56 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday. Jackson finished with two blocks and two steals on the defensive effort. back to 4-4 in the conference...We just gotta have the same intensity next weekend at Mount and at Wagner.”

Quinnipiac (8-12, 4-4 NEC) entered halftime leading 32-23, thanks to its rebounding, which has been strong all season and is currently tied for ninth in the nation in rebounds per game averaging 41.7. Quinnipiac out-rebounded the Knights 24-14 in the first half (44-32 for the game), including 12 on the offensive side.

Fortunately for Fairleigh Dickinson, its coaching staff was able to make the necessary adjustments at halftime as the Knights went on a 12-2 run in the first three minutes of the second half to take a 35-34 lead.

“FDU did a really good job in their zone,” Moore said. “They were active and yet packed in, and they were stronger around the rim I thought in the second half.”

With 17:02 to go in the second, Moore called a timeout and the Bobcats were able to regroup.

From that point the lead changed five times. Yet, Quinnipiac’s offense continued to be a problem as it shot just 33.3 percent (32.8 percent for the game) in the second half. Offensively, it took

the ball inside more, a departure from the threepoint shooting that accounted for much of the offense in the first half.

“The afternoon would have been a little less stressful and a little more enjoyable had we played a little bit better offense in the second half,” Moore said. “In the second half, we didn’t seem to have the same swagger offensively and we looked a little tight. In the second half, I think we got a little tentative shooting the ball and with our shot selection both inside and on the perimeter once we missed a few.”

The Bobcats also committed seven turnovers in the second half, which led to 12 Knights points.

Evan Conti scored the first six points for Quinnipiac with back-to-back 3-pointers, and finished with eight points. His teammates, however, picked up the slack. Shaq Shannon, hit a pair of threes in the first half and finished with 12 points. Azotam led the Bobcats with 14 points and 10 rebounds, picking up his 25th career double-double.

The Bobcats will look to rise above .500 in NEC play Thursday at Mount Saint Mary’s.

“Cawlidge hawkey” will always be here

By BRYAN LIPINER Associate Sports Editor

The National Hockey League. Thirty teams. Eighteen nationalities represented. The best players in the world.

Cawlidge hawkey. Fifty-nine Division I programs. Six different conferences. One hidden gem.

College hockey has officially been a presence in the United States since 1948 when the first NCAA National Championship was held in Colorado Springs, Colo. Michigan won its first of nine titles in the inaugural year of the tournament, the most by any Division I program. The sport is also often overshadowed by the NHL. On the morning of Jan. 6, the NHL and the NHLPA agreed to the basic framework outlining a new collective bargaining agreement, ending the 113-day lockout and salvaging the 2012-13 season. Many proclaimed on social media that Sunday morning that “hockey was back.” For those unlucky few, they were clearly unaware that hockey never left.

I will admit, before the lockout began, I only knew the basics of college hockey. Boston College is a national powerhouse, Union is typically the best ECAC team, so on and so forth. Yet, after the lockout began that day in mid-September, I immediately turned to collegiate and Quinnipiac puck to get my fix.

Some four months later, I regard it as one of my best decisions as a sports writer and fan.

Fortunately, as Quinnipiac students, our men’s ice hockey team is in the midst of its best season in program history. Currently ranked No. 2 in the nation by USCHO.com, while also placing first in the PairWise and KRACH ratings, men’s ice hockey has a phenomenal chance of playing in its second NCAA Tournament, its only other

appearance coming in 2002. Most importantly, the Bobcats are riding a 17-game unbeaten streak dating back to Nov. 9.

With the return of the NHL, many have wondered what effect it will have on those who followed college hockey during its absence. Looking into the topic even further, how would one judge if the general public’s interest in college hockey declines when professional hockey resumes?

Perhaps the best way is to compare website hits of the past months for popular college hockey resources such as USCHO.com or CollegeHockeyNews.com. Another way to tell would be to observe attendance at college hockey games as the season progresses. Obviously, if either of these subjects decline, the interest has as well.

But, it shouldn’t be that way.

As an avid NHL fan, I thoroughly enjoy watching the league on TV or in person. Due to the nuisance the lockout caused, I told myself that I would put college and Quinnipiac hockey as priority over the NHL for the remainder of the season.* Quite frankly, there is no reason why Quinnipiac hockey fans shouldn’t do the same. Our men’s squad has 10 games remaining on the schedule, including four home contests. Four of those 10 are also against ranked teams.

Quinnipiac hockey will need all the support it can get down the stretch. Fans also need to be loyal to the sport that has never had a work stoppage, not the one that has lost countless games due to four lockouts in the past 21 years.

And remember fans, hockey isn’t back.

The NHL is back. Hockey never left. * I also told myself that I would not pay to attend an NHL game due to the lockout.

Unfortunately, I already broke that promise by attending New York Islanders at the Boston Bruins on Jan. 25. Whoops.

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The Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team has risen all the way to the No. 2 ranking in the USCHO.com poll over the past couple of weeks. The Bobcats received 22 of 50 first-place votes in Monday’s latest USCHO. com poll. One first-place vote accounts for 20 points, a second-place vote equals 19 points, and so on. In the latest poll, Quinnipiac totaled 967 points and trails Minnesota by eight points for the No. 1 ranking.

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Felicia Barron had an incredible game in Monday night’s 82-73 home win over Central Connecticut State. She recorded a team-high 25 points on 10-of-19 shooting, and was the the only Bobcat to reach double figures. Barron also managed to score 10 points in Saturday’s win over Fairleigh Dickinson to go along with five assists and three rebounds.

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Ike Azotam collected his 24th and 25th career double-doubles this past week. In Thursday night’s 85-78 win over Central Connecticut State, Azotam scored 13 points and ripped down 17 rebounds, seven of them coming from the offensive end. In Saturday’s win over Fairleigh Dickinson, Azotam continued filling up the stat sheet by recording 14 points and 10 rebounds.

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“The beauty of that is it’s 15 pieces to the puzzle, we have a really good team.”

— tricia fabbri women’s basketball

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Renowned coach, exceptional freshmen send program to new heights

By KERRY HEALY Associate Sports Editor

Men’s ice hockey and women’s basketball are not the only top teams on campus. The Quinnipiac women’s indoor track team is having a recordbreaking season of its own, registering 13 broken program records after just five meets this season.

Not only have the women performed well on the track, but junior Sam Stabile broke the ninth record of the season on the high jump as well.

“So far Sam has done a great job despite a few setbacks with sicknesses and injuries,” Quinnipiac head coach Carolyn Martin said.

“We are really excited to see how she does once we have her training and competing for a full spring season. She is a competitor and is very talented.”

Stabile has had a slow start with the team due to being a two-time transfer from Northeastern and UMass Lowell and having to sit out due to the NCAA transfer rule, but on Jan. 11 at the University of Rhode Island’s Go Rhody Invita-

tional, Stabile recorded a new program record in the high jump with a height of 5’1” (1.55 meters).

Stabile is not the only Bobcat who is breaking records. Quinnipiac had its first record-breaking day of the season at the Jay Carisella Invitational at Boston University on Dec. 1, 2012. Leading the Bobcats were five freshmen: Shameal Samuels, Kristen Ulrich, Alea Simons, Ashley Niemiec and Nadia Jarvis.

Samuels broke the program record in the 400-meter, while Ulrich broke the 200-meter and Simons broke the 60-meter sprint.

The 4x400-meter relay team broke its own record set on Jan. 11.

Niemiec, Jarvis, Samuels and sophomore Rebecca Stabile recorded a 3:56.40 relay time.

“The freshmen on the team are doing very well,” Martin said. “But we still have some even higher expectations for some of them, we have been able to break quite a few records this year and I expect that we will continue to do this for the next year as our team continues to improve.”

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By Dan dolph Staff Writer

Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold says his team’s success this year is a product of the character on his roster and an insatiable hunger to win games, which he discussed on Saturday afternoon as a phone guest on ‘The Pipeline Show,’ a college hockey radio program based in Edmonton, Canada.

“It’s an outstanding group of players,” Pecknold said. “They come every day to work and practice. That was the one thing in the spring that we talked about, being better in practice and coming to work and get better every day. We play with pace, we play with tempo and it translates into games.”

Pecknold went on to say it was a combination of factors that has carried the Bobcats up the national ranks. He first mentioned the NHLcaliber talent on his roster and highlighted goaltender Eric Hartzell and forward Jeremy Langlois as being his two most productive players.

“Those two kids have been my best two players but we’re a lot deeper than that. We’re three lines deep, the fourth line has been chipping in, and we have seven great defensemen that we’ve been rotating through. So it’s just a lot of depth, and it seems like every game it’s somebody different that finds a way to score and win for us.”

The Bobcats’ next game is

on Saturday against Brown, and launches the Bobcats on the last leg of what has been a very successful season. Their final 10 games will all be played against ECAC opponents, opponents the Bobcats have experienced success against in conference games this season and have an 110-1 record to show for it. They currently sit atop the ECAC standings, 3 ½ games ahead of second place and No. 8 Yale, who they play on the road Saturday night. As impressive as the conference record is, it is just one of many impressive statistics the Bobcats have compiled throughout the season.

Perhaps the most impressive statistic is the team’s record within the hostile confines of opponents' arenas, where it has yet to suffer a loss.

“We’ve got a veteran team, and again I go back to the character. Guys have been there, they’ve played on the road at St. Lawrence, at Clarkson, at some of these difficult places before and got used to it,” Pecknold said. “We want to get out, play hard and try to jump teams. It doesn’t work every game but sometimes you’re up one or two before you know it. It’s usually a lot easier to do that at home, but again, good character and really good leaders.”

Captain Zack Currie has carried his role well and it can be seen by his stats and smart play. Currie has

For Jarvis, the relay was not the only record she surpassed. She broke an individual record on Dec. 9 in the 60-meter hurdles, clocking in a time of 9.62 seconds.

“Running in college has been such a great experience so far,” Jarvis said. “I am happy with where I am at at the moment but of course there is always room for improvement. There are so many new learning opportunities that I’m hoping to take full advantage of. As the season continues, I would like to see a drop in my 400 time as well as in the 60m hurdles.”

Jarvis and her 4x400-meter relay team beat their own record on Saturday improving to a time of 3:56:40.

Samuels also downed her own record set on Saturday in the 400-meter clocking in at 52.77 seconds. Simons’ impressive time of 8.02 in the 60-meter now stands as a program best for the Quinnipiac women’s track team.

Adding freshmen to the roster is not the only thing helping this group of women succeed. Alongside Martin, there is a new face amongst the

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Quinnipiac women’s indoor track head coach Carolyn Martin (third from the right) aims to translate her eight consecutive cross country championships into succcess at the indoor track and field level. coaching staff, Wilton Wright.

Wright has more than 50 years of coaching experience in track and field. He has been a part of Southern Connecticut State, Southern Methodist and Springfield College’s teams.

“I cannot say how excited I am to add Wilton to our coaching staff,” Martin said. “He has seen and done everything in the sport and we are extremely fortunate to have the op-

portunity to work alongside him for the upcoming season.”

While Martin’s cross country team is used to dominating the Northeast Conference, she hopes to bring that success inside this season it the teams last year in the NEC. “We are very excited about the expansion of the program,” Martin said. “We got some great talents in so we expect to turn a few heads in the conference this year.”

“These kids are hungry, they want to win a championship”

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After a historic collapse in 2009, the seniors of the men’s ice hockey team have let their experience guide the team to the No. 2 spot in the USCHO.com poll and just eight points behind first-place Minnesota. picked up just three penalties all season none of which have come in 12 conference games. He also has a +5 rating in those conference matches.

“My captain Zack Currie has been great,” Pecknold said. “Connor, Kellen Jones and Cory Hibbeler are all wearing letters for me.

They’ve been great in getting these guys prepared and ready to go when the puck drops.”

Pecknold noted his team’s mindset throughout the season and recognized its ability to stay focused and

energized throughout the entirety of a schedule that runs five months.

“We’re just absolutely relentless,” Pecknold said. “We’re relentless in practice, the kids compete.

They guys are hungry, they’re excited, they just can’t wait to get to the rink every day. It seems like a simple thing, but it can be a grind in January and February whether it’s college, pro or junior hockey.

Whatever you play, it can be a little bit of a grind and those guys are coming to the rink with a bounce in their step.”

Pecknold was also asked how he will prepare his team mentally and physically for the ECAC playoffs, and then what seems likely to be the Bobcats’ first berth into the NCAA tournament since 2002.

“I think the big thing is that we don’t do anything different,” he added. “What we’ve been doing is working. I really don’t think we need to change anything. These kids are hungry, they want to win a championship, they want to win hockey games – that’s probably why we haven’t lost in three months.”