The Quinnipiac Chronicle Issue 18, Volume 84

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STRUGGLING IN THE SNOW

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The university delayed classes until 10 a.m. on Feb. 9 due to a winter weather advisory. Students walked to the first Monday afternoon classes of the semester in snowy conditions.

University chooses to stay open despite storm Despite several inches of snow and slippery road conditions, the university opted for a two-hour delay rather than cancelling classes Monday.

English professor Ken Cormier believes the administration is highly concerned about the safety of students when considering cancelling classes.

“It is my understanding that Quinnipiac takes school closures very seriously and that classes are canceled only when extreme weath-

New app to replace WebAdvisor

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The fall 2015 semester will bring new classes, new students and a new WebAdvisor application, according to technology services.

The university has utilized WebAdvisor for 12 years, Executive Director of Technology Services Matt Romeo said. However, technology services realized this semester that the system may not be enough to support the amount of traffic it gets.

Romeo said WebAdvisor will soon be replaced with Student Planning, which is the next version of how students access Colleague. Student Planning will allow for easier registration and course planning.

“That’s new code, new and improved hardware behind it,” he said. “It’s just another way we plan to deliver better performance to students.”

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er conditions put commuters (such as faculty, staff and students living off campus) at risk of harm,” Cormier said in an email. “Hardworking faculty and staff do their utmost to ensure that course schedules continue to move forward and that learning goals are met.”

However, some students like junior Marissa Faretta think the administration put students in danger on Monday.

“There are so many commuters and students who live off campus–myself being one of them–as well as students who have to drive to the North Haven campus as well,” Faretta

said. “This is putting not only the students in danger, but also the teachers that have to commute to work as well. It doesn’t matter if we’ve already missed so many Monday classes, our safety should be more important.”

Students have yet to have a full day of Monday classes this semester. The university was closed on Monday during the first week of classes for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Afternoon and evening classes were cancelled on Monday because of a snowstorm during the second week of classes. There was another snow day last Monday.

According to junior Rob Ciambra, the university is more concerned with the cancellations of Monday classes, than the safety of commuters like himself.

“I understand that they were probably upset about how many Monday classes were cancelled already and they didn’t want to do that again for the third week in a row,” Ciambra said. “But at the same time I think they really need to take into account the safety of the faculty and the students...It is unacceptable that See SNOW Page 3

QU to hold event on impaired driving

By TARA O’NEILL

Associate News Editor

The university is hoping to raise awareness about drunk and drugged driving, according to Director of Community Service Vincent Contrucci.

The event was originally scheduled for Feb. 3, but is being rescheduled due to the weather.

The MADD mission, according to its website, is: “To end drunk driving, help fight drugged driving, support the victims of these violent crimes and prevent underage drinking.”

The Office of Community Service reached out to MADD for a partnership in hopes of bringing awareness to the Quinnipiac campus, according to Contrucci.

“I wanted an opportunity to highlight the effects of drunk driving and having the speakers from MADD made complete sense,” Contrucci said.

Jennifer R. Owen, walk manager of MADD Connecticut, said Outreach Counselor of Hamden Youth Services Beth Chiarillo was the liai-

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son between Quinnipiac and MADD. “Our main goal was to provide an outreach program to the students to help educate them on making smarter choices revolving around alcohol and driving,” she said.

Joseph Verducci, a junior, said he thinks the event will be beneficial if students are given real facts and personal stories to leave an impact.

“Our main goal was to provide an outreach program to the students to help educate them on making smarter choices revolving around alcohol and driving.”

– JENNIFER R. OWEN

WALK MANAGER OF MADD CONNECTICUT “If [the event] is simple and juvenile, similar to the [Drugs Abuse Resistance Education] program, no one will really bat an eye,” Verducci said. “If QU shows statistics and talks about real

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life incidents that are caused by drunken driving–or maybe have a speaker talk about their own terrible experience–I’m sure it will help at least a little.”

The event will feature two speakers, Owen said, that are intended to leave a lasting effect on students.

One of the speakers, Skip Church, lost his son Dustin to an alcohol and drug related car accident. Owen said he will represent the victim side and explain how the tragedy impacted his life.

The second speaker represents the side of the offender, according to Owen. This speaker is Robin Cullen, who will speak about the night she killed her best friend in a drunken driving accident. She will address her time in prison and how it changed her life.

Representation from both sides of drunk and drugged or impaired driving is what will truly engage the students, Contrucci said.

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STUDENTS SPEAK UP

With Valentine’s Day quickly approaching, students shared their plans for this day celebrating love.

Since Cupid’s day is on a Saturday, most students raved about going to Toad’s Place in New Haven, just EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Bryan Lipiner

like any other Saturday. But, there were a few outliers.

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“My plans are kind of different. I’m going to Minneapolis with four other people from the Student Programming Board for [National Association for Campus Activities]–which is a national convention.”

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Eesha Dave| Sophomore “I don’t know where we’re going or what we’re doing yet, but I’m going out with my boyfriend.”

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“It’s going to be a very Toad’s Valentine’s Day for me. I don’t normally go with people but I’d take a date.”

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Autumn Katz| Freshman “I’ll probably be going home and playing with my cats and dogs...I don’t have a boyfriend and I don’t think any guy wants to ask me out...I’ll probably eat candy. I’ll probably go out to dinner with my family and then probably come back here to Quinnipiac.”

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Same-sex couples marry in North Korea displays its new cutting edge missiles parts of Alabama Alabama judges granted marriage licenses to same-sex couples for the first time on Monday, according to The New York Times.

But at least 50 of the 67 counties in the state refused to marry same-sex couples. A federal court ruled in January that the state’s gay marriage ban was illegal, which should have allowed same-sex couples to marry beginning on Monday, according to Reuters.

Yet, Sunday night, Roy S. Moore, the state’s chief justice, told county probate judges not to allow same-sex couples to marry. The U.S. Supreme Court intervened and ruled the state had to issue gay marriage licenses. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide whether gay marriage will be legal nationwide in June.

North Korea tested five of what it is calling a new type of “cutting-edge” missile on Sunday - with leader Kim Jong Un beaming and applauding at the launch, according to CNN. The short range missiles, described as anti-ship, have a range of 124 miles and are for North Korea to defend its waters and “strongly react to any attempt of the enemy’s fleets of warships for military attack,” according to the country’s state-run KCNA news agency. Analysts describe these North Korean rockets as similar to Russia’s Kh-35E anti-ship missile.

Uber taxi service under speculation

Uber, the Internet-based ride-sharing company, has clashed with states and cities across the country in recent years as its business has expanded, according to the Hartford Courant. Traditional cab companies argue that Uber should meet specific standards and regulations, including vehicle inspections and background checks– in order to “level the playing field” with other state transportation services. Uber representatives argue they already meet standards set by other states, and wouldn’t object to “reasonable” regulations. According to the Hartford Courant, legislators are asking for a report of Uber’s operations in the state and elsewhere.

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Students miss classes due to road conditions SNOW from cover they think the class is more important at this point because the weather... has more of an effect than they probably imagined.”

He explained how Quinnipiac, regarding cancellations, should follow what the Hamden schools do instead of making its own decision at 5 a.m.

Ciambra also said this is not the first time that the university has put students at risk due to weather conditions.

“A similar situation happened last year around this time actually when there was another bad snow storm when they didn’t cancel at all,” he said. “I wasn’t able to get out of my driveway and ended up missing two classes.

They need to take into consideration the safety of the students and faculty.”

With students slipping and falling along Bobcat Way, Ciambra said the QU News emails

stating all three Quinnipiac campuses are in excellent condition, which students received during a previous snowstorm, are not assuring.

“It makes me question the conditions of the campus when I’m not here and everyone who is on campus still says its not safe for them to walk to their classes,” Ciambra said. “It just makes me question what they are doing for students who live on campus, let alone a commuter like myself.”

This week, some students have taken it upon themselves to stay safe, according to Assistant Professor of Marketing and Advertising Erika Paulson, who had almost a third of her class absent on Monday.

“I am glad to see students evaluating their own situations and putting safety first,” Paulson said. “For example, I have had 11 students email me to report they will be unable to make it to my 3 p.m. class [on Monday]–out of 35 students–due to bad road conditions.”

Paulson said she has scheduled a make-up class to compensate for the loss of class time due to the past snowstorms this semester. While the lost time has affected her students’ progress on a major project, she thinks the snow days were necessary and important in ensuring the safety of students and faculty.

As classes have been disrupted due to the weekly cancellations, delayed openings and early closings, many professors are teaching their class through Blackboard to ensure students can keep up with the syllabus.

Freshman Anthony Arcamone, who had his once-a-week Monday class for the first time two days ago, said his law professor is doing just that.

“My professors have been putting up assignments on Blackboard so if we don’t meet in class we can still keep up with our work,” Arcamone said, “But the snow days make it harder to learn new material and ask questions.”

Although some say learning through Blackboard may be difficult and inconvenient, others say it is worth the trouble. Professor Fodei Batty had a student get into an accident as a result of the slippery conditions Monday morning.

“On the way to campus [Monday] morning, the student reported that he hit a snow bank and a garbage can and got off the road which resulted in damages to his fender. Nothing major, but an accident nonetheless,” Batty said.

Freshman Michael Green hopes the university doesn’t make the mistake of having class the next time there is a snowstorm.

“I think there should have been a snowday on Monday,” Green said. “The administration put students and faculty in danger, and many professors cancelled class anyways due to the treacherous conditions.

Hopefully, in the future, the administration will take more precautions to ensure the utmost safety for everyone.”

MADD aims to spark interest in student chapter MADD from cover “What I think is very interesting about the event is we have a perpetrator also speaking, so we have both sides of the story,” he said. “Very seldom are we going to have the experience of hearing from someone who was drunk behind the wheel, or impaired behind the wheel.”

Verducci said he thinks the event is something the school should have, but thinks the university needs to advertise the event better.

“It’d be a good idea if they send out an informational email about drunk driving with a brief summary of what will be covered during the event,” Verducci said. “Just because I know a lot of people that don’t

even go to on-campus events.”

The partnership between Quinnipiac and MADD will not deteriorate after the event, according to Owen. She said the Hamden chapter of MADD hopes to host an event at Quinnipiac every semester to continue to educate students about the dangers of drinking and driving.

“Quinnipiac used to have a very active chapter of SADD (Students Against Drunk Driving)which has not been active for a number of years and is something that I see as a detriment to our campus community and something that is really needed,” Contrucci said.

Sophomore Toni Santillo said relaunching the SADD program might not be necessary be-

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cause the university provides a shuttle system and taxis are so readily available that it prevents students from choosing to drive under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

Contrucci said the SADD chapter at Quinnipiac has not been active because of the lack of student interest. He hopes students will realize the importance of the SADD program at Quinnipiac, with some encouragement from MADD, and will choose to relaunch the program.

Santillo said she hopes the event will spark an interest in bringing back SADD despite being confident not many students would join.

“It’s weird that we wouldn’t have [SADD] anymore,” she said. “It kind of sends the message that the university doesn’t care about stu-

dents drunk driving. Although I feel like most students wouldn’t join just because everyone knows it’s bad, but people still do it anyway.”

Owen said MADD would be very interested in helping Quinnipiac relaunch the program. “[MADD] would definitely, 100 percent be interested in re-starting SADD,” Owen said.

Since the university is mid-sized, according to Contrucci, he believes there are students at Quinnipiac who would be interested in a relaunch of the SADD program.

“We have a large number of undergraduate students,” he said. “It’s likely that there are a number of students whose lives have been impacted by drunk driving and may have an interested in seeing something started here at Quinnipiac.”

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Hunger Museum to host event for children Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum is holding a crafting event on Feb. 16 at 2 p.m. for children ages 6 to 12.

There will be discussions on immigration and how it could have felt to leave Ireland and travel to America.

Children will also have the opportunity to create their own travel trunks. The museum is asking for a $5 donation from each participating family to help with the cost for art supplies. Space is limited for up to 15 children, to register email ighm@quinnipiac.edu.–S. Doiron

Zeta Beta Tau to sell chocolate The brothers of Zeta Beta Tau will be selling chocolate from Feb. 1113 at the Student Center tables inbetween 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Students and faculty can buy chocolates and candy to promote awareness for domestic violence.–S. Doiron

Hola Café to screen film and host discussion The Hola Café will screen the film “Maria Full of Grace” in LA 206 on Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 6 p.m.

The movie focuses on a 17 yearold Colombian girl who becomes a drug mule to make money for her family. The film will be discussed following the screening. Free refreshments will be provided.–N. Hanson

W.I.S.H. to present “The Vagina Monologues” Women in Support of Humanity (WISH) will present “The Vagina Monologues” this weekend. “The Vagina Monologues” is an awardwinning play written by playwright Eve Ensler, who interviewed more than 200 women to create the show. The monologues performed are meant to celebrate women’s sexuality and discuss themes like violence against women, rape, menstruation and gynecologic exams. The play will be performed Friday, Feb. 13 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 14 at 2 p.m. in Clarice L. Buckman Theater on the Mount Carmel campus. Tickets will be sold at the door for $5.–N. Hanson

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Reflecting on a 44-year career Senior VP for Finance Patrick Healy set to retire in June

By TARA O’NEILL

Associate News Editor

If you give Patrick Healy, senior vice president for finance at Quinnipiac, any day of the year, he can say what day of the week it is. This is a skill he acquired over many years of extensive scheduling.

But after this semester, his busy schedule will come to an end.

Healy is set to officially retire, effective June 30, 2015, after 44 years at the university.

During most of his time at Quinnipiac, Healy was in charge of financial management, facilities, security and personnel and administrative services.

Healy attended Quinnipiac in September 1961 when it was a commuter school with nearly no dorms and approximately 700 students.

As the oldest of five children, Healy financially supported himself through college.

After a year at Quinnipiac, he had to leave and join the army because he couldn’t afford the tuition–which was $350 per semester, at the time.

After six months of active duty, Healy returned to Quinnipiac in September 1963 and finished his three years because of the benefits provided by the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act–also known as the G.I. Bill–to war veterans after returning from duty.

Healy was a member of the graduating class for 1966 and graduated Quinnipiac with a bachelor’s degree in accounting.

“On a personal level, when I graduated from Quinnipiac as a highly idealistic student, I was going to set the world on fire and do a great job,” Healy recalled.

And so he did.

After graduating from Quinnipiac, Healy got a master’s degree in business administration from the University of New Haven and a PhD in higher education administration with a specialization in finance and leadership from the University of Connecticut.

These degrees prepared Healy for a job in Washington, D.C., working for the U.S. General Accounting Office as a financial auditor, where he handled financial mistakes and oversights.

Healy married and had two children before returning to Connecticut, when he decided he wanted to return to Quinnipiac. He reached out to contacts he knew at Quinnipiac and was hired as the director of project accounting in Feb. 1972.

In this position, he oversaw the federal programs, which were mainly focused on building the School of Health Sciences. He said the whole

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(From left) President Lahey, Irish Consul General Barbara Jones, Senior Vice President for Finance Patrick Healy and publisher of The Irish Voice Niall O’Dowd at the Irish Education 100, where Healy was recognized as a top Irish educator. school was built on a five-year federal program grant.

“We had, virtually, every program in health funded by one of those [grants] and I was administering those, financially,” he said.

Healy was promoted to vice president for finance and administration in 1980. He has been the chief financial officer at Quinnipiac for 35 years.

“Every check since 1980 has had my name on it at Quinnipiac,” Healy said. “There’s never been anybody’s name on a check that wasn’t mine in 35 years.”

During his career with Quinnipiac, he said he watched the university’s endowment go from nearly nothing to upwards of $400 million. But he was also able to watch the university expand in more than a monetary way.

“I wanted to go somewhere and feel like I was going to accomplish something, where what I did accomplish would matter. I think I did that here [at Quinnipiac].”

– PATRICK HEALY

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR FINANCE He said the university started with a plan of six buildings and throughout his time at Quinnipiac, he has seen that initial plan expand to three campuses, with millions of square feet and an upwards of 800-acres.

In an email to the university last semester, President John Lahey said Healy was responsible for acquiring the land for the York Hill campus and purchasing and developing parts of the campus to make it what it is today.

“Under his leaderships, we have

more than doubled the size of the Mount Carmel campus and added two new campuses, York Hill and North Haven,” Lahey said in the email.

Reflecting back on these additions to Quinnipiac, Healy said he is enjoying looking back and seeing all that he has helped achieve.

“It’s been a great privilege and pleasure to see the fruit of my labors,” Healy said. “It’s a great sense of having accomplished something.”

Some of his fondest memories were being able to witness architectural and academic achievements that he said have been the capstone on the development and maturity of Quinnipiac.

“I was involved in building almost every building from 1980 to a couple of years ago,” Healy said.

“Acquiring and developing the York Hill campus, building those dorms and building that athletic facility were huge accomplishments.

The [TD Bank Sports Center] really allowed [the university] to be a competitive, Division I, elite program with a phenomenal modern facility.”

Healy said his proudest accomplishment at Quinnipiac was when the university was named the No. 1 private university in the United States in a study called “Highest Average Return on Net Assets in the 10-year period from 2000 to 2010.”

“This study included all of the major private universities–Ivy League, major independents, religious,” Healy said. “For a [chief financial officer], this was a great accomplishment.”

Another accomplishment for Healy was being named a top Irish educator by The Irish Voice, a newspaper based in New York City.

He said this accomplishment was important because he is of Irish de-

scent and was very involved in setting up the study abroad program in Ireland. He also was able to be involved with Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum on Whitney Avenue.

“Through that exposure, I came to appreciate the traditions, hardships, character and strengths of the Irish people,” Healy said. “I was very proud to be honored at a reception held at the residence of the Irish Consul General [in New York City].”

Reminiscing on his time at Quinnipiac, Healy said he was glad to have taught for more than 30 years.

He said teaching was an important experience because it helped remind him why he was at Quinnipiac.

“I wanted to go somewhere and feel like I was going to accomplish something, where what I did accomplish would matter,” he said. “And I think I did that here [at Quinnipiac].”

After retiring, Healy said he intends to stay connected to Quinnipiac because he defines his family as “a Quinnipiac family” since his wife worked at the bank on campus and two of his three children attended the university.

As vice president for finance, Healy spent years attending board meetings, budget meetings and many other meetings in between.

He said a typical day is filled with meetings. The thing he said he is most excited for after retiring is the lack of structure and not having to stay within a strict schedule.

“I probably will travel because I won’t be bound to a schedule anymore,” he said. “But other than that, I have no specific plans.

When you’ve given so much of your life to one thing, it’s hard to switch gears.”

Student Planning to allow for easier registration WEBADVISOR from cover On the first day of the semester, 80 to 90 percent of students trying to use WebAdvisor were unable to access the site between 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., Romeo said.

During this period of critical load, Romeo said technology services turned off the mobile WebAdvisor app called EllucianGo. Romeo said he

has been working with Ellucian to get a new version of the mobile app running and has seen improvements.

In order to combat future issues with the app on high traffic days, Romeo said his department aims to give WebAdvisor “more horsepower.”

“We will look at the course enrollment size [when] the semester starts and we’ll get a plan for the access depending how many students will be

in class and we will throw more firepower at it” he said.

WebAdvisor is the student entry point to an application called Colleague which keeps track of virtually everything on campus, such as class registration, residence hall assignments and even payroll for faculty and staff.

Student Planning might be launched by the start of the fall se-

mester, but if not it will be out at some point during fall 2015.

Romeo said he is glad members of the Quinnipiac community continue to work with WebAdvisor, despite the recent issues with it.

“We’re happy with the amount of faith students and faculty have given us with real time data,” Romeo said.

“We really strive to give students the best experience possible.”

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR TWEETS OF THE WEEK Quinnipiac really should have thought more about their commuters and staff today. @ariannalawless arianna lawless So apparently if one path is cleared at quinnipiac then class is on... @KayleePowers Kaylee Powers And on the fourth Monday, in the freezing snow and ice, Quinnipiac said: “let there be school” @erika_leigh93 Erika Almanzar OF COURSE the one semester I’m not at Quinnipiac, @ ImShmacked is coming... @oliviagrace326 Olivia Becker Okay I understand not wanting to miss 3 mondays in a row but this is ridiculous @QuinnipiacU @alex_lamagna Alexandra LaMagna

The university should have closed Monday

By BRYAN LIPINER Editor-in-Chief

This past Sunday and Monday, a storm dumped several inches of snow across Connecticut and around the Northeast. Hamden received snow and sleet throughout the day Monday, resulting in poor travel conditions.

Four-wheel drive is usually a necessity if one wishes to drive in the snow, as anything less can increase the possibility of getting into an accident.

When I decided to buy my first car back in June, a small vehicle with two-wheel drive, I

knew driving in the snow could be an issue. I also decided not to purchase snow tires, believing that when it did snow, I likely wouldn’t need to travel.

Fast forward to Monday, when Quinnipiac students were notified that the university would open at 10 a.m. due to the storm, even though it was still snowing at the time and the roads were poor. The snow would continue until approximately 5 p.m., and the roads were still slick throughout the night.

Though the university has been closed for the first three Monday’s of the semester, staying

open this past Monday was a poor decision. It put the lives of commuting students, like myself, at risk.

On my drives to and from school Monday, my loss-of-traction light came on multiple times, indicating that I had partially lost control of my vehicle.

When making the decision to cancel classes, the university needs to take the entire student population into account, rather than most of it.

Many upperclassmen live off campus, in addition to those who commute daily from outside of Hamden. Putting lives at risk is never worth it.

The downside of counseling services The counseling services made available at health services are intended to be available for students dealing with issues or for those who simply need to talk to someone. But the hours and availability of counseling services are problematic.

One could argue when counseling services are closed a student could instead turn to a friend, a roommate or a family member.

But, the student might not feel comfortable addressing their struggles to a close friend or family member right away.

Personally, I think students struggling with mental illnesses would be more comforted to know there were counseling services on campus 24/7.

Instead, the counseling services are only available at the health center on the Mount Carmel campus from Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. But I think the most important issue with counseling services is the lack of counseling available on weekends.

As a girl, I know how quickly things can escalate on weekends–whether you’re on campus or out in Hamden or New Haven. I’ve seen the awful things that can happen and I’ve seen the way these awful things can affect students. In my nearly three years at Quinnipiac, I’ve heard

and seen a lot of scary things happen to the girls I services to fill it out–they cannot access the form under the “Student Health Services” tab on MyQ. know–and even some of the guys I know.

The online form is accessed through the One of these awful incidents that stands out to me was the time one of my friends was sexually Quinnipiac homepage, under the “student expeassaulted on a shuttle to New Haven. Being in the rience” dropdown, the “health + safety” section and then once you choose seat next to the window, she “counseling services” you had no escape and because TARA O’NEILL can access the form. the other students on the Associate News Editor If a student successfully shuttle were too busy singing @Tara_ONeill_ finds the form online and fills along to the music, no one it out, then they must wait for heard her asking for help. a counselor to contact them This situation was the to schedule an appointment. first time I realized counseling services should provide counselors for the But that isn’t always an immediate process.

Last semester specifically, I knew a girl who weekends because my friend needed someone to talk to and I felt like I wasn’t being helpful talked about being sexually assaulted on the enough because I didn’t know what would be the weekend, submitted her form to health services right or wrong thing to say. My friend needed a to see a counselor and did not get a phone call until a few weeks later. What if something had professional but there wasn’t one available.

But the process to reach counselors can be happened in those weeks while she waited for lengthy, even during the week when they’re help because she was so emotionally vulnerable?

Something should be done at this univeravailable.

In order to speak to a counselor, a student sity to better support those suffering. Rather than must fill out a form in the health center on the making these individuals feel isolated and embarMount Carmel campus or online. However, if a rassed, they should be supported and encouraged student wants to fill out the form online–which for their bravery for wanting to seek help for everyone I’ve spoken with has decided to do be- whatever they’re dealing with. cause they were uncomfortable going into health

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I’m not going to put this lightly. Are you *Reader discretion: there are curse words* I recently joined multiple undergraduate kidding me?

The purpose of these Facebook groups Facebook groups for Quinnipiac students.

There are groups called Class of 2015 (the one is to post things that would be of interest to that class. For example, for current seniors like seniors post about different myself) and there are also upcoming events in the Class groups for all the other SARA KOZLOWSKI of 2015 group. They also sell classes to follow such as Arts & Life Editor textbooks or other items of Class of 2016, 2017, etc. @sara_koz interest to college students.

I originally joined Sometimes students ask these groups for the sole about a certain class or inquire purpose of selling my about missing phones, but old textbooks. This is something a lot of students do and it’s part of the that’s pretty much it. I don’t think I’ve ever seen purpose of being a group like Class of 2015. But anything embarrassing or offensive posted in lately I’ve been seeing other types of posts, such the Class of 2015 group.

The pathetic thing is, this post got more than as the following.

“To the dumb cunt who wrote you suck 11 “likes” so far and that number I’m sure I’ll at parking on my brand NEW jeep at hilltop.. see grow even more as the days go on.

At the college level, it’s very difficult to Sorry you drive a shit box. Don’t touch my car figure out who’s a sophomore or who’s a senior. again.”

This was posted in the Class of 2017 It’s not like high school where you can easily Facebook group—AKA our university’s pick out who is an under or upperclassman. So current sophomores. Not only was I completely it makes me sad because a post like this just disgusted, but also thoroughly ashamed that screams immaturity and removes a level of I share a campus with such insensitive people respect I have for students on this campus of all who feel the need to post defamatory things in a academic levels.

Of course, I don’t have all sides of the story. forum consisting of 2,556 members just to make I don’t know if people left a small note on the a point.

windshield or if they spray painted the words all over the side of the car. But what I do know is, regardless of the severity of the incident, you should never post something so offensive without even considering the repercussions (like getting a beyond-pissed-off opinion piece written about you and published in The Chronicle).

Fresh out of high school or not—you should know better. There is no excuse.

We all make mistakes. But, sadly, this kind of thing is happening in the other Facebook groups, as well. In the Class of 2018, someone posted a picture of a QCard they found and wrote “just found it under commons bridge! lmk if you know who’s it is.” This post wasn’t bad, but the answers the person got were uncalled for.

Students responded with things like “isn’t that the girl that got with half of toads last night” and another person wrote “I heard that girl got like 6 abortions.” These responses could have been posted by the student’s “friends” who were “just joking around” but regardless of the situation, these aren’t the kind of things that should be shared on social media, especially in a group consisting of 3,553 members in this case.

To put it simply, this kind of online behavior is downright infantile. Be careful what you post.

It’s always better to be safe than sorry.

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Arts & Life Valentine’s Day Activities

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Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, but don’t freak out just yet. Whether you’re dating someone or not, The Chronicle has you covered. Below are some great ways you can celebrate, regardless of your relationship status. —C. Mecabe

SHOPPING

FLORIST

Valentine's Pop Up Shop at The Haven Collective 938 State St., New Haven, CT 06510

Open: Noon–6 p.m.

On Saturday this shop will sell candles from Northeast Nutmeg, natural beauty goodies from Poor & Pretty and kitchen products from Whisk & Brush, among others.

Indoor Winter Farmer’s Market 115 Water St., New Haven, CT 06511 Open: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Every Saturday until April this indoor market sells specialty foods from fruits to dog treats. Spend the morning browsing to pick up something sweet for yourself or a friend.

Even if you don’t have big plans, sharing a meal with someone on Valentine’s Day is great because everyone has a common love for food and there’s so many places in New Haven to try.

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“50 Shades of Grey” Rave Motion Pictures 550 Universal Drive, North Haven, CT 06473

Showtimes for Saturday: 11 a.m., 1:55 p.m., 4:50 p.m., 7:45 p.m. and 10:40 p.m.

Toad’s Place

(You know where it is…) Don’t be too down if you aren’t spending V-Day with that special someone. You never know who you can meet or run into at Toad’s.

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Kiwi Spoon 956 North Colony Road, Wallingford, CT 06492

“Kiwi Spoon is a great place for a healthy alternative on Valentine’s Day,” senior Katelyn Manning said. “Cake batter with strawberries is my favorite then I plan to volunteer at a local animal shelter to play with the puppies.”

Oaxaca Kitchen 228 College St., New Haven, CT 06510

What to get: One word: GUACAMOLE (with tortilla chips only $10).

QU Men’s Hockey Game TD Bank Sports Center, 7 p.m.

You won’t want to miss one of the last home games of the regular season against Clarkson.

“The Bobcats are having a great season, so the games are always exciting and it’s nice to cheer on your favorite team with someone by your side,” junior Sam Dzialo said.

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Students can also go to www.sendflowers.com to send someone flowers in an affordable and easy way.

ENTERTAINMENT

FOOD

HOCKEY GAME

Flowers are one of the most timeless ways to show someone you care.

•Flowers from the Farm •Hamden Florist •Lucian’s Florist & Greenhouse

For students on a tighter budget, Shop Rite in Hamden Plaza has a decent flower selection.

ACTIVE

If you love a fitness fanatic, these are some great ideas for a non-traditional date.

City Climb Gym (Rock Climbing) 342 Winchester Ave., New Haven, CT 06511

Open: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Tip: Print out your visitor liability waiver (found online) before you go to save time.

On Track Karting- Go Karts 984 North Colony Road (Rt 5) Wallingford, CT 06492

Open: Noon – 11 p.m.

An indoor go karts date is perfect when the weather is so unpredictable. This is a great date for competitive people who like to challenge each other.

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Become a serious swiper

A guide for men: how to take your Tinder game to the next level

By KELLIE MASON Staff Writer

Men, have you ever found yourself laying in bed on Sunday night staring at Monday’s homework and wondering if we’re going to have a snow day so you don’t have to do it? To further put off homework, you unlock your phone and open all social media apps.

Twitter, Instagram, Yik Yak, Trivia Crack, Tinder, repeat.

Twitter and Yik Yak allow you to share thoughts. Instagram is used to share pictures. Trivia Crack puts your brain to the test. Tinder helps you find love.

Tinder is a match-making app that connects males and females in a certain location. The app creates a profile with Facebook pictures and pages that you like. A short bio, age and mutual friends are listed.

Once you match with someone, you have the option of moving on and finding other people in the area or you can continue having conversations with of your matches.

This can be overwhelming at times, especially when you have hundreds of women’s profiles in the palm of your hand.

Fear not. The Tinder Advisor is here to help.

“Tinder for Experts” is an e-Book that offers Tinder advice for men, Max the Tinder Advisor said, who asked to keep his last name anonymous.

“Tinder for Experts” was written by a man who spent a lot of his time traveling for work. He and his girlfriend split up and while

traveling he decided to download Tinder and meet more women.

The book gives useful tips to help navigate the Tinder-verse. The advice is based on personal experience, trial and error and conversations with women on what works and what doesn’t work, the Tinder Advisor said.

“I really think people with Tinder just kind of wing it and they wonder why they don’t succeed with it,” said the Tinder Advisor.

The e-Book outlines how to create the perfect profile for women to look at and eventually match.

Although some of the tips, such as choosing profile pictures, can be applied to females, women usually expect men to initiate conversation, the Tinder Advisor said.

“Of course women don’t want to see a photo where they can’t tell who you are,” the Tinder Advisor said.

Some of you may be wondering at this point, “how can I create an irresistible profile?” You should aim to be the most interesting man in the world, according to “Tinder for Experts.” This may seem like a difficult feat, but it’s possible with the tips the book gives.

First things first: you don’t have to be the most handsome man on campus. Tinder is superficial because you are judging someone based on their looks, but that means you need to market yourself properly to get more

matches with other women.

If you’re short, don’t post pictures with much taller people. If you’re out of shape, don’t post a picture of yourself shirtless lying on the couch. If you have bad skin, consider using photo optimization tools like Instagram to minimize your flaws, according to “Tinder for Experts.”

If you are still wondering if your profile is competitive enough against the millions of other guys using the app, the experts at www.tinderadvisor.com offer personalized consulting to maximize your online image.

Once your profile is set up for optimal

“I really think people with Tinder just kind of wing it and they wonder why they don’t succeed with it.”

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AUTHOR OF “TINDER FOR EXPERTS”

matches, you will start matching with women in the radius that you have chosen, suggests “Tinder for Experts.”

Start small and once you run out of women that you find attractive, open up your radius a little more. If you were to set up your profile on Mount Carmel campus, Yale University is only eight miles away.

You will have a selection of females from that area.

If you want to take your budding relationship off Tinder, the e-Book outlines how to chat successfully, thus moving the conversation off the app and onto another messaging system.

If you are dating multiple women and want to keep it under wraps, take the conversation to Facebook and delete the person you are talking to from your Tinder, according to “Tinder for Experts.” This way you can talk to women freely and avoid the question why you logged on the app two hours before your date Friday night.

Going on a date with your Tinder match needs to be simple and relaxed, according to the book. The date should feel like the natural progression of your online conversations.

You are merely seeing if the chemistry you have online is the same in person. From then on, it’s all up to you and your match.

If you don’t say the right thing on Tinder, you probably won’t get the date, said the Tinder Advisor. Whether you are trying to boost your online-dating presence or finesse the way you take your online conversations to the next level, “Tinder for Experts” outlines how to do it.

Achieving Tinder triumph doesn’t have to be difficult as long as you put yourself out there. And don’t forget, you can always use this book as your own dating resource.

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Yik Yak app here to stay

By MEGAN ALDERMAN-PERSON Contributing Writer

Should Quinnipiac ban its students from using the popular app Yik Yak? This is the question many students and faculty may start hearing more often in light of the criticism the app has been facing over the negative, and sometimes threatening, posts that appear.

Universities in Vermont, New Mexico and Chicago have already banned Yik Yak, as they believe it motivates cyberbullying. Even though other universities across the nation have put a ban in place, Associate Vice President for Public Relations John Morgan says he is not aware of any plans for Quinnipiac to ban Yik Yak. On Yik Yak, users can post anonymous comments, which other users can then “upvote” or “downvote” based on their popularity. Users can only see other “Yaks” posted by people within a 10-mile radius.

Yik Yak was originally designed for college campuses, a Yik Yak spokesperson said via email. Yik Yak was created after its developers recognized a need to create conversations and

build communities between people who may not have had any prior connection.

“With a majority of people communicating via mobile devices, we recognized the importance of a localized forum that could be open to anyone to discuss events, issues and general happenings in the area, particularly in college campuses,” the spokesperson said.

However, because of its anonymity and open forum, some posts can become offensive, racist and occasionally threatening.

Norwich University in Vermont is among the schools deciding to ban Yik Yak, according to the Huffington Post. The article says Norwich University President Richard Schneider blocked the app because it led to cyberbullying toward some students.

Khalilah Brown-Dean, associate professor of political science at Quinnipiac, said there is an ongoing interest to ensure students are thriving in an environment that is healthy and supportive.

“The issue of whether Yik Yak supports that type of environment is important for students

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QU is about to get Shmacked

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Quinnipiac has officially reached party school status. On Feb. 6, I’m Shmacked announced via Twitter they would be coming to Quinnipiac. The announcement didn’t come as much of a surprise now that QU has been getting more press for being a party school on websites like WiGo. The channel comes out with the exact dates in March, but my prediction is that I’m Shmacked will be rolling through for May Weekend.

I’m Shmacked is a YouTube channel founded by Arya Toufanian and Jeffrie Ray. The channel travels to colleges across the country, from huge schools such as NYU to smaller schools like Quinnipiac. Three months after the founders started making videos, the channel went viral, according to Business Insider. The channel goes to Greek life parties, sporting events, concerts and clubs at universities and films students doing what they do best: partying.

Students play beer pong, take shots and roll joints all while screaming school chants into the camera. Rap or house music blares behind the clips and students jump crazily while dressed in their school colors. It is typically a big deal for something like I’m Shmacked to come to your school, especially a school like QU with such a small population.

It’s a close up look of what happens on a typical weekend at a school rather than a spring break video where the partying is expected to be extreme. I’m Shmacked has received flack in the past for portraying the dangerous parts of colleges, but they advertise their platform as a way for potential college students to see the party side of colleges.

Get ready Bobcats, because we’re about to get shmacked. ̶ S. Harris

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Some universities have banned the app from their campus, but Quinnipiac says it has no intention of making similar efforts to remove Yik Yak for good. to consider and has come up in a number of conversations,” Brown-Dean said.

Maddie Eldredge, a junior health science major who uses Yik Yak, said she has not yet noticed an issue with the Quinnipiac student body’s use of the app, but understands how negative posts could become a problem.

“If someone is victimized to the point of them becoming uncomfortable, then I think the appropriate action should be enforced,” Eldredge said.

Yik Yak has specific algorithms in place to help stop negative posts before they happen, said the spokesperson. Using the app’s GPS technology, they have geo-fenced almost all primary and secondary schools, preventing those students from accessing the app. They have also set the app to a 17+ age limit in certain stores to ensure the user base is age appropriate. Parents can also block the app on their children’s phone.

“Because of this open forum style, it’s important that the users are of a mature age to use it in positive ways,” the Yik Yak

spokesperson said.

Some students do not feel the need for the university to ban the app. Nick Mills, a junior occupational therapy major, uses Yik Yak and has seen some negative posts but says they are rare.

“There is no reason to ban it, even if there are some racist or negative comments.” Mills said.

“They never target anyone specifically.”

If a post does target an individual, is violent or threatens that individual, Yik Yak works directly with local officials to track down the user who posted it. Users can also flag or report certain posts through the app. Many negative comments receive five “downvotes” and are deleted from the app. Yik Yak monitors its conversations and posts, so any negative or harmful behavior will result in the respective user being blocked or banned from further use, the representative said.

“Negative comments are a reality but that is most often the work of a small minority,” the Yik Yak spokesperson said. “The positive posts and value far outweighs the misuse in each region.”

WRECK

Post office line never ends

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The longest line of students waiting outside the post office to pick up a package was always on Valentine’s Day. The first time I noticed this was three and half years ago when I was a freshman at Quinnipiac. Then, when I was a sophomore that line grew even more and everyone was like, “Gee whiz, this is the longest the line has ever been!”

But now I am here to tell you that the line of students waiting outside the post office on Mount Carmel has gotten exponentially worse. It’s so bad that it feels like every day is Valentine’s Day since there are always 20 to 30 people there at any given time.

I live on York Hill, so my mail is sent to the York Hill post office instead. This is fine and dandy with me because the longest line I’ve ever been in up there had two—maybe three— people ahead of me. What’s going on here?

For starters, there are way more students living on Mount Carmel in comparison to York Hill, but still. You would think something would have been done to curb this problem of a never-ending line. Perhaps an extension in the Mount Carmel post office hours would help.

If I was an underclassman, I’d be beyond annoyed about always waiting in such a massive line. And as an upperclassman, it bothers me even more to have to weave around this line of students every time I’m trying to walk through the Carl Hansen Student Center.

It’s absurd and sadly, the line for the post office on Valentine’s Day is going to be ludicrous. All I can suggest is try to get there early. Good luck. ̶ S. Kozlowski

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GAME OF THE WEEK RUNDOWN MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 1, Cornell 0 OT- Friday Travis St. Denis: 1 goal Sam Anas: 1 assist Bo Pieper: 1 assist Michael Garteig: 20 saves QU 4, Colgate 2 - Saturday St. Denis: 1 goal Andrew Taverner: 1 goal Landon Smith: 1 goal Tanner MacMaster: 1 goal WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY Cornell 4, QU 3 OT – Friday Raquel Pennoyer: 1 goal, 1 assist Nicole Kosta: 1 goal Nicole Connery: 1 goal QU 2, Colgate 0 - Saturday Morgan Fritz-Ward: 1 goal Connery: 1 goal Lindsay West: 2 assists Chelsea Laden- 24 saves MEN’S BASKETBALL QU 72, Monmouth 52 – Thursday James Ford Jr.: 18 points Ousmane Drame: 11 points, 12 rebounds Evan Conti: 13 points, 4 rebounds QU 91, Niagra 69 - Sunday Justin Harris: 15 points, 5 rebounds Conti: 21 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists Ford Jr.: 11 points, 6 rebounds WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU 96, Rider 54 - Saturday Samantha Guastella: 15 points Val Driscoll: 12 points, 7 rebounds Sarah Shewan: 13 points QU 85, Iona 74 - Monday Samantha Guastella: 23 points, 10 rebounds, 4 blocks Gillian Abshire: 8 points, 11 assists Driscoll: 14 points, 12 rebounds

GAMES TO WATCH MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU vs St. Lawrence - Friday, 7 p.m.

QU vs Clarkson - Saturday, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU at St. Lawrence - Friday, 7 p.m.

QU at Clarkson - Saturday, 4 p.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALL QU at Fairfield - Friday, 8 p.m.

QU vs. Iona - Sunday, 4 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU at Marist - Thursday, 5 p.m.

QU vs Canisius - Sunday, 1 p.m.

Follow @QUChronSports for live updates during games.

Men’s basketball cruises past Niagara Bobcats use 20-0 second-half run to win 13th game

By GABE BOTTAZZI Contributing Writer

The Quinnipiac men’s basketball team put on an offensive display on Sunday afternoon at the TD Bank Sports Center, defeating conference rival Niagara by the final score of 91-69.

The win avenges the loss that the Bobcats took at Niagara last Sunday, as they lost to the Purple Eagles 105-100 in double overtime.

Senior Evan Conti led the way for Quinnipiac, scoring 21 points off the bench. Quinnipiac had four players in total score in double figures.

“I was feeling it,” Conti said.

“Once you see one go in, you start getting confidence and lately I’ve been more aggressive which helped to give our team momentum tonight.”

Quinnipiac came out of the gate hot, grabbing a 10-0 lead early on in the first half and showed no signs of slowing down.

The Bobcats defense was swarming the opposition, only allowing Niagara to make one jump shot in the entire half.

Quinnipiac took a 36-17 lead into halftime, then came out firing on all cylinders again in the second half.

Conti and James Ford Jr. found success beyond the arc, as the Bobcats went on 20-0 run that included a string of four consecutive possessions with a 3-point field goal.

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“The defensive stops and sharing the ball especially in transition are the most contagious for our basketball team,” Quinnipiac head coach Tom Moore said. “Our guys really pulled for each other and made great offensive plays during that 20-0 run.”

The Bobcats then held off Niagara’s late run, which was led by Emile Blackman’s 20 points in the last 10 minutes. Blackman had 32 points overall.

Quinnipiac had season-high 28 assists on 37 made field goals.

The Bobcats made 14 3-point field goals as a team, which is the most they have had in a game since December of 2004 against Robert Morris.

Zaid Hearst only played 19 minutes due to the big lead and the major contributions from role players like Justin Harris, who added a career-high 15 points.

“We passed the ball great to-

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day,” Harris said. “I just tried to put myself in the right positions to score when the defense attracted Zaid, I would slide off of screens which made it easy to put the ball in the basket.”

With the win, the Bobcats improve to 13-10 overall on the season, and 7-7 in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play.

Quinnipiac looks to continue its recent winning ways in its next game against Fairfield on Friday.

Fekete: experience ‘a strength for us’ MEN’S LACROSSE from page 16 tive games, which ranked No. 14 in the nation by the end of the year.

Sagl appreciates the recognition, but adds that he has other priorities on his to-do list.

“I was honored to be selected; but I don’t think it puts any more pressure on myself,” Sagl said. “At the end of the day I don’t play to make the All-Conference list, I play to win the MAAC Conference and that’s all that really matters.”

French has enjoyed playing with Sagl for three years, and values Sa-

“I think this year will hold a special place in our hearts.

What we do this year will determine our legacy here.”

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Chaise Daniels drives to the hoop in Sunday afternoon’s win over Niagara.

– MICHAEL SAGL MEN’S LACROSSE ATTACK

gl’s playmaking ability.

“Mike is an all-around great player,” French said. “He has outstanding vision and knows when to go to the goal and when to feed the ball to the other offensive guys.

Mike has been the quarterback of

our offense for the past three years, and I’m excited to watch our offense this year.”

French’s junior campaign of 2014 was a breakout year. He finished the season tied for the team lead in caused turnovers with 11, and was fifth on the team with 28 ground balls.

French, however, doesn’t put too much stock into individual honors.

“Being an All-Conference player isn’t really on my radar,” he said.

“Although it would nice, I’m much more focused on having success as a team as opposed to individual accolades.”

Sagl has played with French for three seasons now, and values the defenseman’s contributions. He thinks French observes the game differently compared to most defensive players.

“He has a great stick and almost sees the game from an offensive perspective, which often puts him a step ahead to disrupt what offenses are doing,” Sagl said. “Playing against him everyday in practice has made me a better player.”

The Bobcats are composed of 12 seniors in total, which Fekete considers “the core” of the team.

“I think this year will hold a special place in our hearts,” Sagl said.

“It is our senior season and we are the leaders. What we do this year will determine our legacy here.”

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Junior Nate Nibbelink finished with five goals and three assists in the 2014 season.

Quinnipiac starts its season on Feb. 22 against the Brown Bears. In 2013, Quinnipiac defeated Brown 9-7. Last year, however, Brown bested the Bobcats by the final score of 13-6.

And while it will be only the first of 14 games on the schedule, Fekete says his team is currently focused

only on winning against Brown.

“The first one always helps the momentum,” Fekete said. “You have to weigh every game equally.

But, the most important game is the next one, and given that Brown is next on our schedule, they’re the most important game on the schedule.”

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Up in the air

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Clockwise from top right: Men’s basketball guard Evan Conti has the ball stripped away in the first half of Thursday’s win against Monmouth, women’s basketball center Val Driscoll attempts a layup in Saturday’s victory over Rider, James Ford Jr. leaps on defense in Sunday’s win vs. Niagara.

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Men’s ice hockey goalie Michael Garteig recorded his 11th career shutout on Friday against Cornell, the most in program history.

Twelve women’s basketball players made a shot from the field in Saturday’s victory over Rider, the most Bobcats to score in a single game all season.

The men’s basketball team made 14 3-point field goals in Sunday’s win over Niagara, the most they’ve made in a game since Dec. 4, 2004.

The women’s ice hockey team has successfully killed 59 of 66 penalties this season, good for No. 7 in the nation.

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“We always want to play uptempo. We clearly want to score in transition, and we want to score quickly in the shot clock.”

— TRICIA FABBRI WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

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Shining senior

In just two seasons, Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey forward Shiann Darkangelo has helped the Bobcats enter the national stage.

By JORDAN NOVACK Staff Writer

In just two years, Shiann Darkangelo has left her mark on the Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey program.

Despite spending her freshman and sophomore seasons at Syracuse University, the senior forward has helped elevate the Bobcats to new levels.

Last season, her first at Quinnipiac, Darkangelo registered 40 points. The total is the fifth highest in program history.

“She is part of a line that is a force for us,” Quinnipiac head coach Rick Seely said.

“She’s driven, works hard, and her ability to forecheck and maintain control of the puck during battles is huge for us.”

Darkangelo said she didn’t know what to expect when she first got to Quinnipiac, and that she didn’t even know if she’d earn playing time prior to the start of the season.

“I didn’t feel like a rookie,” Darkangelo said. “So I knew what to expect somewhat, but I came in knowing I had to work hard and prove myself so that I would be able to even earn a place on the ice.”

Now, in her second season with the team, Darkangelo’s performance both in games and in the locker room has been a major factor in Quinnipiac’s rise to a No. 5 national ranking.

“On the ice [Darkangelo] is a big, dominant player who has been scoring consistently, and she has just been invaluable,” Seeley said. “Off the ice she has been a huge leader for us. To be voted [alternate] captain by her teammates and peers despite only being here for one season is a testament to the impact she has had on our program.”

On the ice, Darkangelo plays on the first line with junior Nicole Kosta and senior Erica Uden Johansson. The line has been a consistent force for the Bobcats on both ends of the ice, as the three players lead the team

in plus/minus this year.

“I think with Kosta and UJ, we are a strong line that can be matched up against any team’s first line and keep them from scoring,” Darkangelo said. “For example, against Clarkson we were matched up with a first line that has several gifted scorers, and they didn’t get any points against us.”

Darkangelo also described the balance in the three player’s attributes, which she feels makes the line work well together.

“We have two big bodies between me and UJ, and then there is Kosta who always works hard on the ice,” Darkangelo said. “Now that we are starting to figure out where the others a r e going to be on the ice, our chemistry is continually improving.”

Despite being one of the team’s most wellrounded players, Seeley still sees areas in which Darkangelo can improve her game.

“She has to keep working on her game away from the puck,” Seely said. “She

has improved as a shot blocker for us, she consistently wants to work on good movement and smart movement away from the puck, and is able to move the puck quickly.”

I n Q u i n n i p i a c ’s Jan. 30 game against Harvard, Darkangelo put her name in the program record books once again. With her second period assist, Darkangelo became the second player in team history to register 100 points for her career.

“During the game I had an idea it was my 100th point, but that was only because people kept telling me about it,” Darkangelo said. “I don’t like to be focused on that kind of thing. If I go out there thinking ‘oh I have to score,’ typically it doesn’t happen, because it turns into forcing it instead of playing my game, and although I wish we had won the game, it was still an exciting moment.”

One of the contrasts Darkangelo has noticed about Quinnipiac in comparison to Syracuse is the general atmosphere surrounding the program.

“While I don’t want to downplay the Syracuse program, [at Quinnipiac] there are more people willing to do extra and push me to put in the extra work,” Darkangelo said. “I feel that now with the heavier focus on hockey, I am more

enabled to get to the next step.”

Growing up with five other siblings, Darkangelo’s competitive nature has been present since her youth.

“My brothers, sisters and I would always play soccer and other games in the backyard when we were younger, and that definitely made me pretty competitive,” Darkangelo said. “Now, even though my brother plays college football [at Ferris State], we train together when I’m home for summer. The competitive edge still comes out.”

The competitive relationship with her brother led to Darkangelo’s start in hockey, as well.

“My younger brother and I would always go and watch our cousins play high school hockey, and when my brother started to play, I thought, ‘hey I want to go do that,’ and I was one of the better players on the team,” Darkangelo said. “I played boy’s hockey until I was about 10 or 11, and then my dad started a team and I started to play travel hockey, and this helped me realize one day that ‘hey, maybe I could do this at a Division 1 level.”

Now, with just four games left before the conference tournament, Darkangelo and the Bobcats have big goals they hope to accomplish during the remainder of their season.

“We want to win the ECAC, and get a shot at the national championship, and I think that we are very capable of doing that. If you look at the rankings, they are very close, which makes it fair game, with only one game being able to change a season.”

In terms of her own play, Darkangelo just wants to help the Bobcats reach those goals in any way possible.

“Individually, I want to step up and continue to be a leader on this team, and do whatever it takes to help my teammates accomplish those two goals.”

Men’s lacrosse enters season with high expectations

By MICHAEL HEWITT Staff Writer

The Quinnipiac men’s lacrosse team believes the tool of experience will expedite itself onto the postseason path, an avenue averted just one year ago.

Quinnipiac head coach Eric Fekete thinks the club’s comfort and familiarity with one another will pay big dividends in the upcoming season.

“We have a pretty good amount of guys who have started over 30 or 40 games,” Fekete said. “With that being the case, I think experience is definitely a strength for us. And I think that’s an advantage we have to play off of.”

Senior defenseman Greg Pendergast says he’s seen a formidable team form during winter workouts and practices, giving him reason to feel very excited for the start of the season.

“We have an edge about us and a gritty attitude that we have been missing in past years,” Pendergast said. “Our upperclassmen know what is ahead and are focused with the

goal of a championship in mind, while the underclassmen are hungry and are working hard to meet every challenge they face.”

If there would be an essential time for the ‘gritty attitude’ to present itself, the end of games would be ideal. Opponents outscored Quinnipiac 49-31 in the fourth period last year.

Senior co-captain Michael Sagl thinks the maturity of the team will rectify last season’s late-game woes.

“Being able to finish those games strong was an issue we had, but I am confident that we have the experience to change that. We have a great team and we know we can compete with anybody on any given day,” Sagl said.

Quinnipiac went 6-8 in 2014, missing a playoff bid based on tiebreaker technicalities.

This year, the Bobcats have been voted fifth of seven teams overall in the MAAC Preseason Coaches’ Poll.

Fekete says he refuses to value preseason predictions of any kind.

“I think kids react differently to preseason predictions,” Fekete said. “Personally, I don’t put a lot of stock into preseason predictions.

It’s all a guess.”

Sagl, on the other hand, says the Bobcats can use the predictions as a driving force.

“I had heard about [the predictions],” Sagl said. “I think it has only motivated the guys here to show people that they shouldn’t have underestimated us.”

While the team as a unit is receiving lackluster expectations from its conference, Sagl and defenseman Carmen French have been selected to the MAAC Coaches’ Preseason AllConference Team.

In 14 games for the Bobcats, Sagl led the team with a total of 43 points and 26 assists in 2014. Sagl’s point streak reached 33 consecuSee MEN’S LACROSSE Page 10

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Senior attack Michael Sagl led Quinnipiac men’s lacrosse with 43 points last season.