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HOTTEST TICKET ON ICE Quinnipiac/Yale student tickets sell out within minutes

By MATT EISENBERG Managing Editor

Last year, junior Jordan Katz sat at his computer at 9:45 p.m., waiting for the clock to strike 10. Once it did, he made one click and earned one of the most coveted tickets for Quinnipiac students: the Yale game.

“I make sure that the ticket is mine,” Katz said. “I had my ticket within 30 seconds.”

The Quinnipiac vs. Yale men’s ice hockey game is always one of the most sought-after tickets out of every Quinnipiac sporting event. To the public, the game usually sells out

by Thanksgiving or Christmas. This year, it sold out in October, according to Eric Grgurich, executive director of the TD Bank Sports Center.

“Everyone wants to know when the date is when our schedule comes out,” Grgurich said. “They start buying tickets right away.”

In years past, students would wait in either the student center or in front of the Bank to get a ticket.

But over the past few years, the TD Bank Sports Center staff changed its system to allow students to get their free ticket online.

Tickets went on sale Monday at 10 p.m., and by 10:05, the game was completely sold out, according to Group Ticket Sales and Promotions Manager Dave Caprio.

“It’s the biggest game we anticipate each year with all the student involvement and interest,” Ticket Manager Matt Calcagni said. “We know it’s the first question on anybody’s mind going into it.”

Student tickets to last year’s game sold out almost immediately, and tickets to this year’s game went even faster. The staff awarded 100 fans, who attended the most games, free tickets so they did not have to go through the process of waiting for a ticket online.

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Student tickets for all Quinnipiac home sporting events are free, while the average ticket price for Friday night’s men’s ice hockey game vs. Yale is more than $100.

Nemo tests Chartwells

By CAROLINE MOSES Staff Writer

Following the university’s alert that school and campus would be closed from Feb. 8 until Feb. 12, Chartwells had no choice but to remain open and serve its customers.

Knowing that the students had no other alternative for food, Chartwells knew that they must make do with what they had, and what they could provide during the storm.

“Prior to the storm, all our vendors were contacted to ensure there would be food deliveries,” Leean Spalding, associate director of dining services for Chartwells said. “In anticipation of the storm, there was extra food ordered on Friday for the weekend.”

However, this was not enough to subsidize daily deliveries, and caused several stations to be unable to open every day and serve the numbers they needed to serve. This also caused the staff to quickly alter the opening hours for both Café Q and the Bobcat Den, in hopes of still being able to serve the See CHARTWELLs Page 3

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Quinnipiac University’s School of Law is projected to move to the North Haven campus by the summer of 2014, which will affect many current law students and those who plan to attend in the next few years.

In the State of the QUnion address on Jan. 30, President John Lahey detailed the university’s plans to move the law school to the North Haven campus.

By the fall 2014 semester, both Lahey and Senior Vice President for Academic & Student Affairs Mark Thompson are confident that the current law school will be vacated

and ready to use for undergraduate classes.

“There are a couple of reasons that we decided to make the move,” Thompson said. “We’re developing the North Haven campus to be primarily a graduate campus, and to leave the Law School on Mount Carmel wouldn’t be as effective.”

Construction will most likely begin this summer once the medical school construction is completed, according to Thompson. The focus will then shift to renovating an existing building on the North Haven campus, Building 3, for the law school.

“The current law school building is as large as three Echlin Centers,”

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Thompson said. “We need that space for so many other undergraduate programs right now, and also for faculty office space. There is no shortage of needs. It’s just figuring out how the space will be utilized.”

In addition to creating more space for undergraduate classes, the move may also relieve the parking situation on the Mount Carmel campus.

“Parking on the Mount Carmel campus will definitely become easier. There’s no question about that,” Thompson said. “Most of the current law school classes are day classes.

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Quinnipiac University’s School of Law classes are expected to move to the North Haven campus by 2014.

The School of Law’s current Mount Carmel building would be used for undergraduate classes.

Every semester approximately 25 students within the Quinnipiac student body are placed on medical leaves of absence for both physical and mental health-related issues after meeting certain criteria, Director of Emergency Management John Twining said. The leaves are either voluntary or mandatory.

According to Associate Vice President for Student Services Carol Boucher, the number of students who return from these medical leaves of absence has been going up.

“The ones who understand and accept it and embrace [their health problem], a lot of them come back,” Boucher said.

Over the past few years, the school has seen a significant increase in the number of students who have been placed on medical leaves, Boucher said. She also said the number of students who use the school counselors, but are not placed on medical leave, is much higher than one might imagine.

She went on to say that the trend is not capable of being taken at just face value.

“Now does that mean we have more problems or are we doing a better job? I think probably both,” Boucher said.

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The university runs a program called the Preemptive Assessment Team (PAT), which is dedicated to locating students who may be having mental health-related issues. The program is designed to locate students and then send them to find the proper help.

This help may entail counseling at the Student Health Services or an evaluation by the school psychiatrist.

“We try not to let anyone get lost in the shuffle,” Boucher said.

While identifying students who need to be placed on medical leaves, Boucher has encountered both angry students and parents who disagree with her decisions.

In addition to PAT, Boucher and Twining also offer classes for faculty that are designed to help faculty members understand the common symptoms of a mentally ill student.

However, the classes are not mandatory and are only given when Boucher and Twining are invited by the faculty.

According to the Quinnipiac Emergency Guide, some behaviors thought to be warning signs are changes in hygiene or appearance, excessive or unexplained absences and exhibition of intimidating or disruptive behavior.

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Quinnipiac University’s new School of Medicine is expected to open in July, around one month before classes begin, at the North Haven campus.

School of Medicine nears opening

By JOSH BREWER Staff Writer

Approximately 75 percent of the new building on the North Haven campus is fully constructed to hold the School of Medicine, Dean of the School of Medicine Bruce Koeppen said.

Faculty will begin moving into the new space March 1 and the full complex is expected to be completed by July, about one month before classes begin.

When the new school opens in July, it will make Quinnipiac one of fewer than 100 universities in the country that have both a medical and law school, President John Lahey said at “State of the QUnion.”

Currently, the schools of health science and nursing occupy building one while the new medical school will be in building two. What Koeppen calls “The Grand Connector” will link the two buildings.

“It’s going to look like a single building with two wings rather than two separate buildings … On the ground floor, [we will have] a conference center with a 315-seat auditorium and space adjacent [called the] multi-purpose room,” Koeppen said.

The multi-purpose room can be used for dinners, poster presentations and receptions.

“We’re also building a 16-room clinical skills assessment center,” Koeppen said. “We will be using actors to simulate patients with different diseases. Students from all three schools of health professions will have the opportunity to interact with these actors … but those same actors are trained to assess how well the student does.”

According to Koeppen, there will be a few large lecture halls, seminar rooms, team study rooms and a human anatomy suite so students will no longer need to travel to Yale. There will also be two simulation operating rooms and collaborative classrooms.

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was first proposed by Quinnipiac’s president John Lahey in 2009 to the senior leadership of the university, according to Koeppen. “[Lahey] asked the question of whether it was worth it for Quinnipiac to build a medical school and the response he got back was that it did make sense, particularly given the strengths of the other health profession programs,” Koeppen said.

Quinnipiac hired a consulting group that same year to complete a needs-analysis and a feasibility study to compute if a medical school would work on campus, according to Koeppen.

Next, the consulting group presented its findings to the Board of Trustees in December 2009, saying there was a need for a third medical school in Connecticut and that it made sense to focus on primary care, Koeppen said.

The other two medical schools in Connecticut belong to Yale University and University of Connecticut.

The Board of Trustees then approved what would become a nearly $100 million investment, and on Nov. 1, 2010, construction began on the new school, according to Koeppen.

The new school will feature 25 full-time faculty members and more than 200 clinical faculty at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Bridgeport, Conn., Midstate Hospital and Middlesex Hospital, according to Koeppen.

The School of Medicine located in the North Haven campus will open its doors to students this coming fall, when approximately 60 students are expected to enter, Koeppen said.

The number of students in the school will eventually reach 125.

“I have to say the last couple years building the new medical school at Quinnipiac has been the most exciting and most fun thing I’ve done in my entire career. It has been a once-in-alifetime opportunity and I’m very grateful that I was given the chance to do this,” Koeppen said.

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“[The collaborative classrooms] are the highest of high-tech rooms, Koeppen said.

“Each room has four tables; eight students can sit at [each] table and at the head of the table is a large flat screen monitor. All eight students [at a single table] simultaneously plug in their laptops and with a little toggle at their seat, they can select whose laptop gets displayed.”

“The faculty member has an iPad … and can pick any one of the 32 students and with the push of a button on the iPad project that student’s laptop on the flat screen on all four tables. So you can collaborate as a small group of eight or you can collaborate with a classroom of 32.”

There will be four of such rooms, meaning there can be up to 128 students projecting and displaying information to the rest of the class.

“We have built a medical school on an educational model,” Koeppen said. “Many of the traditional medical schools have very large research programs, very large clinical practices, and the education of medical students is the third and often lesser priority.”

The new faculty at the medical school do not hold positions in medical research or clinics so they can spend as much time as possible working with students.

“Our number one priority is the education of medical students,” Koeppen said. “Our fulltime faculty are not required to do anything to generate other sources of money, such as research grants or patient care. They are there to teach our students.”

Another appealing feature of the new school, Koeppen said, is the physical building itself.

“I think the other attraction is the building that we will be moving into is absolutely state of the art in terms of anything and everything you would want in order to teach and learn medicine,” he said. “It is high tech from top to bottom and [an] absolutely magnificent space.”

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A meteor hit Chelyabinsk, Russia, on the morning of Friday, Feb. 15, injuring 1,200 people and causing an estimated $33 billion of damage. Estimates of the meteor’s size range from 10 to 50 feet in diameter. Two days later, 24,000 people worked to clean up the city. On the same day, a 45-meter long asteroid passed relatively close to Earth. Scientists had correctly predicted that this asteroid would come close to Earth, but not hit the planet. However, the meteor that crashed into Chelyabinsk was unexpected because it was smaller than the asteroid and harder to see.

Bloomberg focuses on environment New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg hopes to ban polystyrene foam products like Styrofoam, from stores and restaurants. According to Bloomberg, plastic foam containers are bad for the environment and heighten the cost of recycling. Bloomberg also wants to add more parking spots where people can charge their electric cars. The mayor’s goal is to double New York City’s recycling rate to 30 percent by 2017.

Olympian accused of killing girlfriend The South African runner Oscar Pistorius has been accused of killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp by shooting her four times through his bathroom door on Feb. 14. Pis-

torius’ family claims that the incident was an accident. However, the police believe Pistorius may have had anger management problems. Pistorius gained worldwide fame for being the first paraplegic person to compete in the able-bodied Olympics this summer.

Both Oakley, an eyewear manufacturer, and Nike have suspended their advertising deals with Pistorius.

Cruise ship fire

On Feb. 10, the engine room of a Carnival cruise ship caught on fire, causing the ship to be stranded off of the Gulf of Mexico until Feb. 15. The ship lost power and the passengers and crew had to endure unsanitary conditions and a shortage of food and water.

Investigators discovered on Monday that the fire was due to a fuel line link. While the crew has been praised for how they handled the situation, passengers are suing Carnival cruise line.

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School of Law move means North Haven campus to focus on graduate classes dents, so the move will open up a lot of spaces for undergraduates.”

Thompson said that the reception of the plans for the law school has been positive so far, and that many of the Quinnipiac University members look forward to the move.

“Faculty and staff members have been part of the planning throughout the whole process,” Thompson said. “They have also involved students to find out their opinions.”

Erica Rocha, who is currently a first-year law student, was a member of the student panel working with architects to create the ideal building for law students.

“Coming from undergrad, we all had ideas about what we liked and would like to see in the new building,” Rocha said. “The architects were extremely open to hearing about the elements of the current law school that we wanted to keep.”

Rocha said that the panel consisted of about 10 Quinnipiac students in all years of law

school. The students and architects discussed not only the layout and private study rooms, but also even smaller details such as cubbies and the ideal amount of desk space.

“From working with the architects, we know that the campus will be very practical for our needs,” Rocha said. “But it will also be great professionally. To eventually have all of the graduate programs on one campus will create a great networking opportunity to forge strong professional relationships.”

However, not all students agree with the decision.

“I really enjoyed where the law school was,” said Chris Klepps, who graduated from Quinnipiac’s School of Law in May. “I thought it was great to have such a beautiful building on main campus, and I think the building itself is what attracts some students to attend.”

Although the location is a concern for past students, some prospective students are concerned about the undergraduate to graduate ratio.

“I don’t think it’s a good idea to move the law school to North Haven,” said junior JP Orlando, who intends to go to law school after completing his undergraduate degree in legal studies. “The legal studies majors will not have the same atmosphere that they have now while preparing themselves for law school.”

Orlando said that having the law school on the Mount Carmel campus helps undergraduates interact with law students, which creates a more welcoming and familiar environment for transitioning after completing their undergraduate degrees.

Despite the reservations that some students have about the move, Rocha said she is sure that students will warm up to the new building.

“I know students are a little nervous because they are attached to the current situation and building,” Rocha said. “I can definitely understand that, but I visited the new building and I thought it was beautiful. Students may be unsure at first, but once they see it I’m sure they will fall in love with it.”

produce and bakery,” Spalding said.

The extreme weather conditions also prevented staff from travelling through the roads of Hamden and nearby towns, hindering their ability to get to campus and serve the students. However, Chartwells put 10 workers up in a nearby hotel to guarantee their safety as well as their capability of coming to work.

“They put us up in hotel rooms so we could continue coming every day,” said Chartwells worker Geronald Smith, one of the 10 employees who worked throughout the weekend. “It wasn’t bad. The kids had to get fed, so we did what we had to do.”

Their dedication to the students and their

willingness to go above and beyond to serve Quinnipiac led Chartwells to be the only dining establishment open in Hamden on Feb. 9.

Café Q reached record sales on that day, and in only eight hours, it had completed more than 2,330 transactions. Staff members had to step in and do whatever they possibly could to ensure that everything ran smoothly.

“Many associates rose to the occasion and worked positions that were new to them,” Joseph Tobin, Chartwells’ director of dining services said.

Their jobs for the weekend were particularly demanding and stressful, yet they all continued working and with a smile on their face.

“It was one of those times,” Smith said.

“It was pretty hard because we put in so many hours, but we did what we had to do.”

However, their hard work did not go unnoticed by the students.

“I appreciated all that the Chartwells workers did, and I know that transportation for them was difficult, yet they still made it to work every day, and kept us fed,” freshman Barron Lincoln said.

Although Chartwells had to make many cuts to what food options could and could not be served, due to lack of deliveries, staff and time, the students took time to appreciate all that they did for them.

“Even though there was a limited food supply, they made it work,” Lincoln said.

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The School of Law will be moving to the North Haven campus in 2014, making it primarily for graduate classes. The current School of Law building will be used for undergraduate classes.

Chartwells the only Hamden dining establishment open on Nemo Saturday chartwells from cover students as best as possible as intended.

Due to the inclement weather and the roads being almost completely out of commission, Chartwells faced more complications than they expected.

“All of our normal Saturday deliveries did not arrive as scheduled, which included dairy,

Leaves of absence common, but beneficial for all

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“Some people behave whacky, and if that’s their norm, that’s one thing,” Boucher said. “But if someone’s been outgoing for a month and that’s how you know them, then all of a sudden they don’t want to talk to anyone and their head is down, there’s something going on.”

Quinnipiac’s Student Handbook says for a voluntary medical leave of absence, students are required to attain documentation of their serious psychiatric or physical illness. University officials will then review this documentation and decide whether or not to offer a medical leave. Return is granted once a private physician provides medical clearance. University officials must then review and accept this clearance.

Mandatory leaves of absence for psychiatric problems are given to students based on three different criteria. According to the Quinnipiac Student Handbook, a student may be placed on

medical leave if: the student may be perceived to be a threat to self or others; the student cannot withstand the rigors of the college experience; or, a student’s behavior becomes disruptive to the educational mission of the university.

Mandatory leaves of absence can also be granted for physical injuries.

“We are very conservative about those three criteria,” Boucher said. “Putting someone on a medical leave is not done lightly at all.”

Boucher cites the program as helping with smaller issues before they become something bigger.

“We try to be proactive. We try to see you’re depressed before it goes to the next level,” Boucher said.

According Twining, the real value of the program is that it works to prevent larger problems. To Twining, prevention is key.

“The more you prevent from happening, the less people are gonna get hurt,” Twining said.

“It’s what we try to do.”

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Minor in Italian The university now offers an Italian minor. To minor in Italian, students must take six classes in the language. Two of these classes must be at the 300 level. Students must also earn a C or higher in their Italian classes. – J. Perkins

Climate change discussion On Feb. 26, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences Christian Eggers, Professor of Interactive Digital Design Gregory Garvey, and Professor of Economics Donn Johnson will hold a discussion on climate change from 3-4:30 in the Mancheski Executive Seminar Room. Eggers will focus on “The Effect of Climate Change on the Spread of Infectious Diseases.” Garvey will discuss “Climate Change: Seeing is Believing.”

Johnson will report on “Benefit Cost Analysis of Climate Change.” The discussion is part of the Scholarship Across the Disciplines series and is sponsored by The Collaborative for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. – J. Perkins

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On Thursday, five members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s The First Wave Hip Hop and Urban Arts Learning Community will perform “Kingdom Bequeath” in Burt Kahn Court from 7-8 p.m. This experimental theater performance will deal with themes such as contemporary civil rights, power, purpose, respect and youth. The production is part of the university’s celebration of Black History Month. – J. Perkins

Spring break buses to Boston and Hartford BreakShuttle is providing buses from the university to Boston and Hartford so students can travel to and from campus for spring break.

The buses will depart from the Athletic Center on the Mount Carmel campus at 3 p.m. on Friday, March 8. On Sunday, March 17, the bus will leave Boston for Quinnipiac at 11 a.m. A separate bus will depart from Hartford at 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 17. BreakShuttle is the largest college break bus service in the United States. Tickets are $137 round trip and $69 one way. – J. Perkins

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By NELIANA FERRARO Staff Writer

Quinnipiac physical therapy and occupational therapy students are putting their learning into practice by running a clinic on the North Haven campus.

Volunteers in Service Impacting Our Neighborhood, or VISION, is a student-run clinic in Building One on the North Haven campus. Student occupational and physical therapists treat local residents on Tuesdays, usually between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.

All of the students that work at VISION are volunteers that work in

PT, OT students run New Haven clinic

teams of four. There is an application process to volunteer at the clinic each year. Graduate OT and PT students, as well as senior undergraduates, can apply.

Kimberly Barile, a fifth-year physical therapy major, said, the most appealing aspect of VISION was the ability to “get experience with students in different majors.”

Senior occupational therapy major Samantha Stern is an OT co-director of VISION. “It’s a lot of confidence building for students, honestly,” Stern said.

“We learn all this stuff and it’s one thing to take a test and another to be

able to actually go out and do it.”

The patients that go to VISION generally have no health insurance and are able to receive their medical treatment for free through VISION. The most common health problems the volunteers at VISION see are lower back pain and muscular or skeletal issues. Stern hopes the students will get the experience of treating more patients with other health issues, such as a stroke in the future.

Barile said the clinic will be implementing some new changes to try and get more patients in the clinic. One of these changes include accepting referrals from nearby clinics, she said.

Fe b r u a r y 2 0 , 2 0 1 3 Although the clinic is completely run by students, professors act as advisors at the clinic. Students are working under the overseeing professor’s license, according to Stern.

“For the first time, most students are probably learning alongside with their teachers,” Barile said. “When we go out on our clinicals ... our teachers aren’t there. We just need our teachers there to guide us.”

Since many of the patients only speak Spanish, there are also student translators who work at the clinic.

“It’s great to see students care about those other than themselves to help someone in need,” freshman Christian Otterman said. “[The experience] will carry over with them for the rest of their lives. I hope this will be an example that more people will follow.”

Off-campus work study takes downturn

By KATHERINE ROJAS AND AMANDA HOSKINS

There has been a significant drop in the number of students applying for off-campus work study positions from the last academic year compared to this past fall, according to Quinnipiac University administrators.

Quinnipiac University’s Office of Community Service Director Vincent Contrucci hasn’t seen a downfall this sizable since he began working at the university seven years ago.

Approximately 40 less students currently work for America Reads this year compared to 100 students last year, according to Contrucci. Meanwhile, Hamden Youth Services is facing the same issue. Last year all of the positions were filled, but this year, there were still many openings.

“I always have students that have work study and complain that they can’t find a job, so there is not an issue with the amount of students who are being awarded work study,” he said.

According to Contrucci, every college or university that receives federal funds has to devote 7 percent of work study funds in terms of community service. Quinnipiac’s Office of Community Service is responsible for developing relationships with nonprofit organizations in the area where students can have work study positions.

Quinnipiac currently offers a variety of jobs with both the America Reads and the New Haven Reads programs.

Through America Reads, students serve as tutors to younger students and work with them and their teachers during the day. At New Haven Reads, students are able to work in administrative positions and not so much in the classroom, according to Contrucci.

Other jobs are also offered at Aids Project New Haven, The Community Health Center Inc., Hamden Youth Services, IRIS (Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services) and Special Olympics Connecticut.

Unlike on-campus work study jobs that pay $8.25 per hour, these jobs pay $2 more per hour, according to Contrucci. Positions at these nonprofit organizations are paid $10.50 per hour and $11.50 per hour at America Reads.

These jobs also offer students a chance to practice the skills they are learning through the university, as well as provide opportunities for students to add to their resumes, Contrucci said. Many of the jobs have even led to paid internships for students.

“They’re not just your average work study job,” Contrucci said. “It’s almost an internship opportunity because you’re working with a functioning nonprofit, and they’re not giving

you ‘file this, make copies of that.’

You’re working with substantial issues with these entities.”

Students have come up to Contrucci after working at these nonprofit organizations expressing how they have benefited from working there.

“I have had a student who was working for New Haven Reads who was a film and video major and he was hired for one thing and as soon as they learned what his skills were, he was making videos for them, for their websites, fundraisers; he was putting together newsletters for them and redesigning their website,” Contrucci said.

The Office of Community Service had between six to seven America Reads tutors get hired by their schools as teachers within the past seven years. The Special Olympics Connecticut has also hired between three to four past work study students after they have graduated, according to Contrucci.

Senior Alba Ortega worked for an elementary school in New Haven with American Reads for four years after seeing a flyer as a freshman about the opportunities. She became highly interested in the program after learning that the job was associated with community service. She then enjoyed working with America Reads and says

she likes seeing the progression of the students she worked with.

“This job allowed me to get a sense of a community outside of Quinnipiac,” Ortega said. “These students and teachers are so happy when they see you, and knowing you are making a difference is an amazing feeling.”

The Office of Community Service still questions why so few students have applied for these jobs during this academic year. Because the program usually received a lot of applicants in the past, Contrucci looked to expand the program this past summer to other subjects.

Contrucci looked into including programs for business, health sciences and marketing because most of the jobs are currently related to education.

However, he put his expansion plans on hold because he cannot create more jobs until the current ones are filled.

“I can’t identify what the problem is from last year to this year,” Contrucci said. “Last year all my positions were filled, I didn’t have any open positions in the spring. And this year it’s like crickets.”

Students with work study may find more information regarding the off-campus opportunities on WebAdvisor.

The organizations were not available for comment.

Benedict’s bombshell

By REBECCA CASTAGNA Associate Copy Editor

In the wake of Winter Storm Nemo, junior Zack Daly woke up last Monday to a flurry of surprise and speculation at the Vatican’s announcement that Pope Benedict XVI plans to renounce his office.

Benedict’s renouncement marks the third in the history of the church, and the first in almost 600 years.

“Honestly, I was shocked,” Daly said.

Now 85 years old, Benedict released a statement that cited deteriorating “strength of mind and body” as some of the reasons behind his decision.

Daly, who is Grand Knight of Quinnipiac’s Knights of Columbus and a leader in Branches Catholic Campus Ministry, said he didn’t know what to think at first.

The pope will hold his final audience on Feb. 27, the day before his last as the spiritual leader of more than 1 billion Roman Catholics.

Senior Brian Farrell, a Roman Catholic, said he wasn’t surprised by

Benedict’s decision.

“When he first got the nod, he was so old,” Farrell said. “[As pope] you’re under so much stress all the time. Look at what happens to presidents in just four years, how much they age.”

The pope is selected by the votes of 117 cardinals in a sequestered conclave, according to Catholic tradition.

While Catholics believe the Holy Spirit guides the process of electing a pope, Benedict renouncing his position is not disrespectful to the conclave, campus priest Rev. Hugh Dyer explained.

“When [the pope’s] mind or body is no longer fit enough to carry the burden initially laid upon him, then he may step aside in good conscience,” Dyer said. “He gives back to the Church, the authority, which has been entrusted to him for the good of the Church, to choose another.”

Chris Johner, a freshman psychology major, is in agreement.

“Certainly somehow you could rationalize that the pope’s decision was also God’s will,” Johner, a Chris-

Pope Benedict XVI renounced his office on Feb. 11. tian, said. “Somehow this has to be God’s choosing.”

Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi initially said the conclave would start between March 15 to March 19, but experts are currently studying the Apostolic Constitution and protocol to see if the meeting might be happen sooner because it was not triggered by death.

Dyer said there could be more changes within the papacy, including a new precedent or “feeling of more freedom” for older popes to exercise the same option of renouncement.

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In laying aside his power, Benedict has witnessed to the world what they need to see, Dyer said. Dyer compared the impact of Benedict’s decision to how his predecessor John Paul II brought attention to the value of suffering with his own actions.

Daly expressed doubt about a precedent.

“Him stepping down is a rare occurrence,” Daly said. “There’s a reason why we haven’t seen it in 600 years and there’s a good reason why we won’t see it for another 600 either.”

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THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY TICKET TWEETs OF THE WEEK Started from the bottom now we here. #Quinnipiac? More like WINnipiac. #ECAC Champions! #1 in the Nation!! @heyitskenisha The Monday after recruitment should be a national holiday. Oh, wait. It is...... Let a sistah sleep, Quinnipiac. #Literally @fiskaliciouss If Quinnipiac wasn’t 60% girls maybe the post office line would be significantly shorter today.. @Qpacproblems #vday @blake_SLEE Trying to get a QU/Yale ticket is like Charlie trying to get the golden ticket #nearlyimpossible @karleydangelo I am probably the least sport oriented one out of a total of 10 roommates, and yet 1 out of 3 of us to have a ticket to the Yale game #WIN @sw33tpete

‘It’s your ticket;’ Do what you will with it

‘They’re free for a reason’

At 10 p.m. Monday, most of the Quin- therefore, it is yours to do with as you please.

Many claimed that their computers weren’t nipiac student body attempted to secure free tickets to the most anticipated home game on fast enough and the website crashed on them the athletic calendar, the Quinnipiac vs. Yale when attempting to claim a ticket. There are numerous locations around the Mount ice hockey game on Saturday. Only 1,000 Carmel campus where computers are tickets were given out, but a lucky connected via Ethernet cords, giving group of 100 students were given a you the best possible Internet connecticket for attending the most baskettion. One notable spot is the library, ball or hockey games at the TD Bank which is open 24 hours a day.

Sports Center in the 2012-13 season.

There are also a decent amount Predictably, the controversial of students on campus who topic blew up on social media do not have a lot of personal following the giveaway. Many spending money. For some of were thrilled to be attending the us, like myself, our parents contest. Others expressed that bryan lipiner anyone who had a ticket and didn’t Associate Sports Editor don’t give us every dollar we ask @BryanL26 for. They force us to learn the plan to go, should give it away as value of money and leave it up they did not pay for it. A few immediately raced to groups and class pages in to us on how we wish to spend money we order to alert their friends that their ticket was have earned. If we, as students, wish to sell a ticket we earned for pocket money, that is for sale.

Newsflash, people. It’s okay to sell your our choice.

Last year, I didn’t get a free ticket. So, I ticket. It is YOUR ticket. Therefore, you’re entitled to do whatever you want with it. If you bought one off a friend for $30. I didn’t comclicked the button at 10 p.m. exactly, set your- plain.

It’s your ticket, do as you please with it. self up with the best internet connection, and didn’t refresh the page a million times, then If you would like to give it away to a friend, props to you. The same goes if you were in the then that’s okay. But if you want to sell your lucky group of 100. You earned that ticket, and “golden ticket” for $30? Be my guest.

It’s no surprise that Quinnipiac lacks school spirit. Getting students to go to sporting events is like getting a cat to take a bath.

No matter what you do, you’ll just wind up with scratches on your arm, wondering why you even bother trying.

But like every rule, there’s an exception: the QU vs. Yale men’s ice hockey game. Every February, students don their gold “Beat Yale” shirts and fill the High Point Solutions Arena at TD Bank Sports Center in hopes that the Bobcats defeat the Bulldogs. That is, if they can get a ticket.

Samantha EPSTEIN Senior Managing Editor Last year was @samepstein19 the first year students could print their tickets online. Before that, students had to wait in line if they wanted to get a ticket. I remember sitting in Tator Hall for hours on end with a group of my friends during my freshman year, waiting patiently to get one of the highly-coveted QU vs. Yale game tickets.

Now that tickets are just a click away, students who have one or have no intention of going to the game are acquiring their free student tickets so they can sell them to a student who wants to go but couldn’t get to a computer in time.

Athletics also started rewarding 100 students who attend the most games at TD Bank Sports Center throughout the year with an automatic ticket to the game. However, some of these students still sign on to get their free student tickets so they can sell one of them. I’m sorry, but if you attend that many games and are a true Bobcat fan, wouldn’t you want as many of your classmates as possible at the game?

The QU vs. Yale game is supposed to be about a community coming together to support a team playing its rival. It isn’t supposed to be an opportunity for the ticketed to prey on the ticketless, searching for the highest bidder.

It’s truly disheartening to see these people salivate over the chance to exploit their friends and classmates.

Student section tickets are free for a reason. Most students don’t have money to shell out for sporting events, especially when tickets are being sold for $30 or more. Now these students have to miss out on the most energetic game of the season because they can’t afford the asking price of these jerks.

Not only does the game represent a time of school spirit, but also a time to honor the fallen heroes of Sept. 11, 2001. This year’s QU/Yale game will be the 11th anniversary of the Heroes Hat Championship, and the “Heroes Hat” will be awarded to the winning team. Using your ticket to make a quick buck disgraces the honor and valor the “Heroes Hat” stands for.

So if you’re one of these people selling your ticket, take a good look at your moral compass and do the right thing. Give your ticket to someone who wants it, whether it be a senior wanting to go to his last QU vs. Yale game or a die-hard fan that has been at every game this season.

Or better yet, actually go to the game. Support your team and your school while you still have the chance to go for free.

Find this week’s SGA Update on Spirit Week at QUChronicle.com

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Arts & Life WELCOME ODIE’S TO WHITNEY:

By HANNAH ALEGBELEYE Staff Writer

New to Whitney Avenue this semester is Odie’s Place.

Some will know this as the old Whitney Bar and Grille. Coowners Elias Defaranos and Dan Carr opened the establishment in hopes of running a successful bar and grille in this college town.

“We were both looking for an establishment,” Defaranos said. “The opportunity arose, and we jumped on it.”

Located at 3352 Whitney Ave., Defaranos and Carr hope Odie’s Place can become a local spot for Quinnipiac students

and Hamden residents, as the establishment has been in the past under a different name and different ownership.

Odie’s, like many other establishments offers theme nights including Tuesday night Trivia and Thursday night Karaoke, and happy hour runs from 4-7 p.m. and includes $2 drafts and $2.50 well-drinks.

Odie’s also comes equipped with shuffleboard and, pool tables and large, flat screen televisions.

And if you don’t want to stop by for the drinks or the entertainment, you can stop by for the food, Defaranos says.

Odie’s Place offers a full menu that opens up at 11 a.m.,

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Odie’s Place replaces Whitney Bar and Grille

which comes with an assortment of food options.

Defaranos highly recommends the specialty pizzas, which include mashed potato pizza and mac ‘n’ cheese pizza.

While Odie’s doesn’t deliver yet, it hopes to be on board within the next couple of months.

Closing times run from 1 a.m. on weekdays and 2 a.m. on weekends.

Defaranos urges students to stop by and check out the new place.

Find links to Odie’s at quchronicle.com.

Wallpaper selected as opener for B.o.B

By CATHERINE BOUDREAU Co-Arts & Life Editor

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Odie’s, like many other establishments, offers theme nights, including Tuesday night Trivia and Thursday night Karaoke, and happy hour runs.

The techno-hip-hop music project, Wallpaper, will be the opener for the annual Wake the Giant concert on Saturday, April 13, snagging 48 percent of more than 600 votes casted by the student body online from Jan. 29 until Feb. 6.

“I think the students chose Wallpaper because he’ll create such an upbeat atmosphere before B.o.B goes on,” said Anna McAvinchey, the Student Programming Board’s mainstage chair. “He puts on a fun and energetic show.”

Music producer and songwriter, Ricky Reed, who’s based in Oakland, Calif, is Wallpaper’s front man. He uses auto-tune to create an exaggerated sound and thumping beats. His most popular songs include “F*****g Best Song Ever,” released in April 2012, as well as “#STUPiDFACEDD,” an EP released in December 2010. Wallpaper has toured with Gym Class Heroes and performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live and at Coachella 2012.

McAvinchey said she thinks Wallpaper’s ability to create a dance atmosphere will compliment B.o.B’s show, which has generated a lot of positive feedback so far. And the Mainstage Committee’s decisions to let students vote for the opener this year will hopefully boost that sentiment even more.

“We wanted the student body to be more involved in the show this year,” McAvinchey said. “It’s important to give them a voice, especially with such a big event that’s catered toward the whole school.”

McAvinchey said she expects a bigger turnout than Girl Talk, which drew roughly 350 people last semester. Girl Talk isn’t as well known as B.o.B on this campus, and other events occurring on the same weekend of the fall concert took away from its hype.

B.o.B has also been a top contender on SPB surveys, McAvinchey said, so they immediately jumped on the opportunity to book.

Doors open at the TD Bank Sports Center at 7 p.m., and the show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale Thursday, Feb. 28, and can be purchased online by clicking on a link within the email sent that day. They cost $25 for graduates, guests and alumni for both floor and arena. Tickets for undergraduates cost $25 for floor and $20 for arena.

No bags, cameras or drinks will be allowed inside, and shuttles will run directly from Mount Carmel to York Hill during a time to be announced.

Will you go to Aaron’s Party at Toad’s?

By CHRISTINE BURRONI Co-Arts & Life Editor

If you were between the ages of 8 and 12 in the late 90s or were an avid J-14 Magazine reader in the early 2000s, then get ready to ‘bust out the moves like it’s MTV.’ That’s right, Aaron Carter is coming to Toad’s Place. One of our favorite tween stars will be on stage on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 8 p.m.

“Everyone’s pumped up about it,” said Brian Phelps, the owner of Toad’s Place. He specifically mentioned that the “90’s-turned-college” kids are particularly excited. “College

kids who were in grammar school [when he was out] are totally into it,” he said.

Kicking off his new tour, “The After Party,” on Feb. 22, Carter will be performing his favorite hits like “Aaron’s Party (Come Get It),” “That’s How I Beat Shaq,” and “I Want Candy.” It’s been 11 years since he’s released a new album, and according to Billboard.com, his newest one is still in the works.

Hopefully we’ll hear a new song or two and have some lyrics to doodle in our notebooks like the old days.

Tickets are selling fast, the New Haven club has already sold 400.

After a family reality show, some time in rehab, an offbroadway role and “Dancing with the Stars,” Carter has kept the party going and is ready to get back in the spotlight. Move over, Bieber. The original teen star is back!

Tickets cost $20 in advance and $25 at the door. There will possibly be a VIP package for a photo opportunity and autograph signing with Carter. Check the Toad’s Place website or call the box office for the most updated information.

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THIS IS ME

IN MY OWN WORDS NAME: Matt Busekroos HOMETOWN: Shrewsbury, Mass.

Year: Graduate, ICM Program

By Matt Busekroos Former Publisher

Throughout the last five years, I have written several articles for this newspaper featuring many Quinnipiac students. The stories of these individuals challenged everything I thought I knew about this community. I interviewed many fearless men and women who shared their personal lives with me. In doing so, they taught me courage, honesty and freedom of expression.

I wondered how I could share their stories with ease en masse, yet not feel confident enough to show that same authenticity with others in my life. Their stories inspired me to let my guard down. I always hoped to discover peace within myself to find the same truth those individuals showed me. I have constantly felt vulnerable in my life, but I am ready to uncover my own reality.

For a long time, I questioned the genuineness of anyone in my life who asked me how I was doing. I never believed friends who told me everything would be OK. I lacked assurance that I could deviate away from the person I started to become.

I don’t want to hide behind my own fear anymore. The last story I want to tell for the Quinnipiac Chronicle is my own.

September 2009 could not find the words. I felt numb from the tops of my fingers to the tips of my toes. The hoodie I wore that September night seemed like my only protection from my internal anguish and frustration.

I sat facing my friend Hannah in her room wrapped up in my own self-doubt. Hannah stared back waiting for me to talk. She knew something was wrong even though we only knew each other for a few weeks as RAs in the Suites.

I could not look anywhere else except for the ground in front of me. My mouth suffered its own paralysis as I struggled to speak. Instead, my fingers did all the talking as they fiddled on my lap.

I started to feel my tongue tingle when the words formed. My lips tensed, and I finally relented.

“I’m gay,” I said.

She stared back and smiled.

“How are you doing?” she asked.

“I’m OK. I feel better now,” I said.

Hannah handed me a book with places to travel around Europe. She encouraged me to study abroad as she did her sophomore year.

Hannah always showed me possibilities during times of hopelessness. I never expected any-

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Former publisher of The Chronicle, Matt Busekroos, turned the Residential Life initiative ‘This Is Me’ into a staple feature in this newspaper. He finishes his Chronicle career by sharing his own story in the feature he helped establish. thing but the truth from her. That reliability and genuineness made her one of the first people I could trust. She was the first person I told. did not understand my sexuality growing up. I always knew I was different, but it never phased me until classmates called attention to those differences. My stomach dropped when other children called me “gay,” “fag” or “girl” to my face. They used my perceived differences against me.

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“I disliked the person i saw on the other side of the mirror. i lived without living.

That’s when i decided to take back control of my life.”

Classmates often teased me about my voice during recess. They said I talked and screamed like a girl, and imitated it too. They might as well have thrown rocks at me — that would have hurt less.

I cried at school sometimes, which certainly did not help my cause. I let those bullies take away my dignity. I lost my voice and the ability to stand up for myself.

Name calling eventually shifted to snide comments and snickering from across the classroom. Sometimes the girls were just as mean as the boys, if not worse. Some befriended me only to humiliate me later at their own convenience.

I quit every sport and activity at the start of middle school. I surrendered my identity and kept to myself, except for the few friends I met along the way.

I am not the only one who has ever been teased, but I grew up thinking less of myself as a person. There were times I did not think I could offer anything to this world. I could not picture myself going out on a date with anyone, let alone with someone of the same sex.

I gained weight and eventually topped off around 240 pounds my junior year of high school. I disliked the person I saw on the other side of the mirror. I lived without living.

That’s when I decided to take back control of my life.

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verything turned around when I met my friend Julie freshman year. We formed a close connection when our paths collided one Saturday night. We bonded over the fact we were hired to become RAs for our sophomore year. I never really dealt with my sexuality until I became an RA. My first staff gave me the support I always needed, but never sought. Rhiannon and Mike taught me how to have fun. Kathy pushed me to become fearless. Mimi offered the most perceptive advice, and a shoulder to lean on. Kyle and Christina showed me unconditional love.

Ruben and Danielle made me laugh. Hannah instilled faith in me. My supervisor Heather recognized confidence I never thought I carried.

This may read as just a list of names, but I could not tell this story without mentioning my second family who changed everything for me. I struggled to accept my sexuality, but they helped me become the person I am today.

November 2012 felt emotionally naked and empty on the inside from the last year. Everything I built up for myself since freshman year seemed to crumble in front of me. My school work did not reflect my personal best. I disliked my position on the newspaper as a senior.

I felt disconnected from family and friends. I habitually lied to everyone. I faked a smile almost every day.

I drove home the week before Thanksgiving with purpose. My mom saw me visibly upset when I walked through the door. We sat on the couch and I stared straight at the wall in front of me. This scenario felt oddly familiar from the time I sat down with Hannah three years earlier.

“What’s wrong?” she asked.

“Well, you know I’m gay,” I said.

“OK, yeah, keep going,” she said.

I could not even continue because she acted so nonchalant about it. I could have told her I just brushed my teeth.

“So, you’re OK with it?” I asked.

“You’re my only son. I love you no matter what,” she said.

That was all I needed to hear. My dad walked in from work not too long after.

“What are you guys talking about?” he asked.

“Gay relationships,” she said.

I started to open up to them but probably overshared because they began to lecture me about alcohol.

“Matt, you need to stop drinking so much,” my mom said.

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My dad proceeded to list a series of causes and effects of alcohol. I listened to them because my actions warranted the discussion, but I would be dishonest if I did not admit that I felt trapped in some cheesy public service announcement. I went home to tell them about my sexuality, but instead we discussed my possible dependency on alcohol. Of course.

Some nights I abused alcohol to mask my own insecurities and suppress feelings I wished away. I often made a fool out of myself and acted out of character. I learned my lesson.

I made a long overdue date with an old friend a few days later. I sat across Hannah for the first time in a year and a half. It did not seem like any time passed. I missed her warm hugs and infectious laughter.

“So you have to tell me everything,” she said.

I grinned. My smile suddenly did not feel so fake anymore. y sexuality is one part of me, but it does not define me as a person.

I am gay, but I am also a son, a brother, an uncle, a cousin, a nephew, a friend, a writer, a student and so much more.

I have written several articles over the years for myself, but this is not one of them.

I wrote this for the person who does not know who they are yet. This is for the confused, lost and hopeless. I have been there before and I know there is endless possibility.

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“I wrote this for the person who does not know who they are yet. i have been there before and i know there is endless possibility.”

I wrote this for my family who has loved me when I could not love myself. I wrote this for my best friends Lauren and Erin, who have never given up on me. I wrote this for the classmates who made my life a living hell as a child. I wrote this for the friends I lost, and for those who stayed.

I do not consider myself brave. I do not wish for pity — I am the happiest I have ever been. Everyone has a story. This just happens to be mine. This is my life. This is me.

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CULTURE SHOCK

Campus Couture

Gomez and Bieber officially over

By SARAH HARRIS Staff Writer

TYLER MELANSON

By SARAH HARRIS

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Jacket: Vineyard Vines Button Down: Vineyard Vines Pants: Forever21 Shoes: Sperry

Blazer: Salvation Army Top: Forever21 Skirt: Forever21 Boots: TJ Maxx Necklace: Thrift Store “I'd say that my style is unique in the sense that it's different everyday. I like to match classic skirts with edgy jackets and boots. I don't stick to one style. Most of my stuff is thrifted as well, so if I see something I like, I just buy it and make it work.”

“My style is preppy, but I definitely like the boarder style as well. For instance, I love my Sperrys, but I also love my Vans.”

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JT’s comeback

Spring Break Gone So Wrong

Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez are reported to be done for good. According to Perez Hilton, Gomez mentioned how Bieber wouldn’t stop texting her at a Grammy after party. Sources say Gomez was fed up with the rumors about Rihanna and Bieber hanging out together.

Kris Humphries would miss NBA Playoffs to Fight Kim

The judge for Kris Humphries and Kim Kardashian scheduled their court date on the day of a possible playoff game. Humphries, according to TMZ, said that he would miss the playoffs just so he could humiliate Kim.

Jennifer Aniston finally getting married

Since Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt divorced in 2005, many have been rooting for the former “Friends” star to get married. According to Perez Hilton, she will be married within weeks to actor Justin Theroux who’s starred in the TV show “Parks and Recreation” and the 2012 film “Wanderlust.”

One Direction fighting poverty

The British boyband recently went to an impoverished area in Ghana as members of the United Kingdom’s “Red Nose Day/Comic Relief” effort to fight poverty. They enjoyed helping so much that they announced they’ll continue their work themselves.

Chris Brown coming out with new album

Chris Brown recently tweeted about how excited he is for his world tour and the release of his new single, “Home.” Apparently he’s been working very hard on his sixth album.

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If Justin Timberlake is famous for anything, it’s that he brings sexy back at the most unexpected times. This may not have been what he was planning when he started working on his new album, “The 20/20 Experience.” In an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine, JT explained that he wanted his new album to be unique and “without all the hoopla of, like expectations.” When he was working with his producer and longtime friend, Timbaland, on the album, he told him, “Let’s just make something that feels genuine from us.”

Timberlake’s comeback definitely feels genuine, as he mixes his famous pop style with a new R&B feel and catchy lyrics. His album is titled “The 20/20 Experience” because he wants his listeners to not only hear the music, but see it and feel that they are being immersed in another world created by it.

The new album, set to release March 19, features 10 songs. As this is only JT’s third solo album and the first since 2006’s “FutureSex/LoveSounds,” there is no question that he puts time and effort into every song.

The pre-release of two of his songs, “Suit and Tie” and “Mirrors,” set high expectations for the rest of his album. These songs, and hopefully the entire album, are a perfect reflection of Justin and Timbaland’s hope to create music that is reminiscent of what we already know and love, but also has a new spin. – M. Alderman-Person

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What do you get when you mix two Disney child stars, a couple of neon bikinis, and a cornrowed James Franco? No, this is not one of your awkward sexual nightmares; this is Harmony Korine’s new film “Spring Breakers.” Selena Gomez (post-Bieber, I assume), Vanessa Hudgens (who showed her boobs on the Internet after starring in a children’s movie, remember?), Ashley Benson from ABC Family’s teen thriller, “Pretty Little Liars,” and Rachel Korine (Yes, the director’s wife. Awkward.) all star in the in-your-face sexy crime thriller.

Harmony Korine is known to push the envelope, but this envelope seems to be nudged slightly. The trailer shows the girls hanging out with James Franco, drinking beer, going to court, chilling in their dorm, all in bikinis. As if this trailer isn’t annoying enough, just add Skrillex, flashing lights that can, and probably will, induce an epileptic fit, and the words “Spring Break” being said every 15 seconds.

I am all about sexy crime dramas, but could you make the trailer a little less obnoxious and strayed from the point? We get it. They’re hot now. There’s no need for this crazy trailer. – A. Wagner

Brown disses Drake

Drake recently tried getting into an LA nightclub and was not allowed in because Chris Brown was already in the building. The club owners were mostly worried about a brawl breaking out.

Phillip Phillips mom arrested for DUI

According to TMZ, “American Idol” super star Phillip Phillips’ mother was arrested for a DUI earlier this week. She was on many “American Idol” episodes, but was not able to complete her sobriety test.

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By SARA KOZLOWSKI Staff Writer

Jittery and dizzy, Anais Fournier was rushed to the hospital after her pulse failed and her heart began to palpitate erratically. The 14-year-old girl of Hagerstown, Md. passed away on Dec. 23, 2011. Her autopsy revealed she died of a heart arrhythmia, which causes irregular heartbeats, after consuming two 24 oz. cans of Monster Energy within a 24-hour period.

Fournier’s story isn’t an isolated event.

In 2011, there were 20,783 reported emergency room visits in which an energy drink was the primary cause or a contributing factor to a health problem, more than double the cases in 2007 according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Caffeine poisoning, which caused Fournier’s heart arrhythmia, is defined as a “caffeine overdose [which] occurs when someone accidentally or intentionally takes more than the normal or recommended amount of this medication” according to the National Institute of Health.

At it’s worst, caffeine poisoning, also known as caffeine toxicity, can result in death.

“You walk into the store and think that it must be safe since you don’t have to be 21,” said Rebecca Purcell, a professor of nutrition.

“Anyone can purchase [energy drinks] and a lot of people get a false impression that they are not dangerous.”

This is not the case, however. In 2010 there were 672 energy drink exposures reported to poison centers, which jumped to 3,147 in 2012 according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers.

This trend is causing some to question the ingredients within energy drinks, including Monster Energy, Red Bull, Rockstar, Amp and Full Throttle, and to reconsider their consumption.

“I’m not a fan of energy drinks,” said sophomore Brendan Latran. “They are full of sugar and chemicals that don’t do you any good.

They are bound to have weird side effects.”

A major concern with energy drinks is their high levels of caffeine and sugar combined with guanine and taurine in one can, Purcell said.

Taurine is an amino acid found in meat and fish, which helps with concentration, especially when combined with caffeine or guanine. Guanine is extracted from the gua-

rana plant, which is native to South America and considered a stimulant, given its naturally high levels of caffeine. Both are often added to popular energy drinks, including Monster Energy, Rockstar and Amp, to increase levels of total energy, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Because guanine and taurine aren’t listed on the nutrition label on energy drinks, people usually aren’t aware of the amount of caffeine they are drinking, Purcell said.

“There is typically around 6 to 9 teaspoons of added sugar per energy drink,” Purcell said.

“The caffeine and sugar content in these drinks combined can be dangerous, especially since they are not regulated by the FDA, so nothing advertised on the label is really accurate.”

This can cause problems for people with underlying heart conditions they might not be aware of, Purcell added.

Levels of caffeine in energy drinks often surpass those of a cup of coffee. An average cup of joe contains 108 milligrams of caffeine, while other drinks, such as Monster Energy and Rockstar, contain 240 milligrams. Monster Energy contains seven times the amount of caffeine found in a 12-ounce Coca-Cola.

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Dr. Philip Brewer, university medical director for Student Health Services, describes energy drinks as a youth-oriented, fad marketing trend. He suggests a limited consumption of energy drinks, if any at all. According to a report by the Journal of Pediatrics, 30 to 50 percent of people 18 to 25 consume energy drinks. And when they are combined with alcohol, a common trend among college students, their impact on the body can be even worse.

“Alcohol is a depressant, and when you combine that with a stimulant, like energy drinks, it causes problems,” Brewer said.

“Stimulants prompt the secretion of adrenaline, which makes the heart’s rhythm less stable if you’re combining that with alcohol. This can also cause cardiac arrest, particularly after binge consumption.”

Other symptoms of caffeine intoxication include nausea, anxiety, sweating and dizziness. As a general rule, energy drinks should not be taken lightly.

Instead of sipping on that Red Bull to stay awake in that three-hour night class, try something more natural without the extra unaccounted caffeine. Keep it traditional and stick with coffee.

FVI STUDENTS ‘DEFY ODDS’ WITH DOCUMENTARY Six students film the lives of those with spinal cord injuries

By CHRISTINE BURRONI Co-Arts & Life Editor

When most Quinnipiac students went home for winter break, they relaxed and soaked up the uneventfulness that filled their day. But for six film, video, and interactive media (FVI) students, their time off was spent filming and editing a documentary for a lifechanging cause.

Seniors Kristen Fajt, Taylor Montemarano, Gus Robinson, Ariel Mandell, and Dayna Schutz, and junior Lorenzo DeCampos traveled to Orlando, Fla. to record their experiences with Project Walk, an organization that seeks new paths to recovery for patients with spinal cord injuries.

The group began pre-production for its documentary entitled, “Defying The Odds,” in October 2012.

The idea for the documentary was inspired

by Barney Miller, a friend of Montemarano’s, who became a quadriplegic after a car accident. He was told he would never walk or breathe without assistance again. However, after discovering the organization Project Walk in 2009, his life was changed forever, Montemarano said.

“To say that this was a learning experience would be an understatement. Everyday they opened our eyes to something new,” Fajt said.

The group spent months in pre-production, coordinating with the director of Project Walk and contacting different clients willing to participate in the documentary. After its original plan to visit the Project Walk facility in San Diego fell through, the group set its sights on

Orlando, and over winter break, it set out for a two-week adventure.

The Orlando facility is “an environment filled with support, hope and motivation to provide those living with a spinal cord injury the opportunity to achieve their greatest recovery potential and an overall increased quality of life,” Fajt said.

They followed four different clients — Amanda, Aaron, Robert, and Cara — whose optimism and determination set an inspirational tone for the film, as well as for the students creating it.

Montemarano discussed the controversial side of Project Walk, and said many of the theories it bases its practice on have very little scientific backing, but despite that, the program seems to be working for the clients.

She learned that the program is not for everyone, and there are setbacks for the clients determined to get on their feet again.

“We saw their frustration at certain points, as well as their optimism and progress so far.

We also spoke to members of their families and felt an overwhelming sense of love and support from them. Overall, they were inspiring and we’re extremely grateful to them for letting us into their lives,” she said.

All six students returned to Quinnipiac and are in post-production process, but their experience resonates beyond a simple school project.

“They really inspired me to live my life to the fullest no matter what my situation is,” Schutz said.

The group hopes to complete “Defying the

Odds” in March, but for some of the students the work with Project Walk is far from over; Montemarano, DeCampos and Fajt plan to travel to Australia next month to film part two.

The documentary only emphasizes a few

of the many people’s lives and futures that have been changed by Project Walk, but the organization’s website details many stories of individuals who have pushed themselves to overcome their limitations.

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From left: Lorenzo DeCampos, Ariel Mandal, Kristen Fajt, Taylor Montemarano, Gus Robinson, Dayna Schutz record their experiences with Project Walk, an organization that seeks new paths to recovery for patients with spinal cord injuries.

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BRINGING HOME THE GOLD After topping the national polls two weeks in a row, we compiled a list of the trophies the men’s ice hockey team has the potential to acquire in the 2012-2013 season.

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The Bobcats have only been to the NCAA Tournament once in 2002. But if the season were to end today, the Bobcats would have a one seed for the tournament along with Minnesota, Miami and Boston College. The Bobcats lack experience in the NCAA Tournament but this season is proving to be a season of firsts for the best team in the nation.

The Whitelaw Cup is awarded to the winner of the ECAC Tournament. The winner is also given an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Bobcats have clinched the top seed for the tournament and will have a bye for the first round.

The team already has the Cleary Cup in its locker room as it was presented with the trophy this past weekend, clinching the regular season title. The Bobcats are 15-12 in conference play and are 11 points ahead of second place RPI entering this weeks action. This is the first season that the Bobcats have won the ECAC regular season title.

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The Hobey Baker Award is the Heisman of men’s ice hockey. It is given to the best player in the nation each year.

This year, Quinnipiac goaltender Eric Hartzell is on the first ballot for the award. Soon they will narrow it down to 10 finalists. Hartzell looks to be the third goalie to ever win the award. The last winner was Ryan Miller, who currently plays for the Buffalo Sabres and was the USA men’s national ice hockey starting goalie in the 2010 winter Olympics.

The Heroes Hat trophy is awarded to the winner of this Friday's matchup between No. 1 Quinnipiac and No. 13 Yale. Yale has kept the trophy for the past two seasons after beating the Bobcats 4-1 in 2010-11 and finishing in a 2-2 tie last year.

This is the 11th annual Heroes Hat game, which is an honor to fallen Connecticut firemen and policemen.

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The Ice Cats dance at center ice during the intermission of a game on Nov. 9 against Colgate.

Ice Cats carve out a new fan experience

By Dan dolph Staff Writer

There are 15 minutes until the puck drops for a Saturday night game between the top-ranked Quinnipiac Bobcats and ECAC foe Clarkson. But, you wouldn’t know it looking at the number of still unoccupied seats in Quinnipiac’s TD Bank Sports Center. The die-hards have been there almost an hour ensuring they could get the student section’s best seats, but the rest of the section looks thin. The people of Hamden, the non-students, also file in and ambivalently walk around the concourse finding their seats.

The arena suddenly goes dark.

A spotlight cuts through the abyss illuminating Boomer, Quinnipiac’s bobcat mascot, tracking him as he bolts onto the ice waving a blue Bobcat flag above his head.

Moments later, 13 uniformed women take the ice and fan out around the periphery of the rink. Facing the crowd with their yellow and blue pom poms, they work to excite the fans; telling them to get loud, then demanding they get louder.

One breaks off and skates toward the center of the ice where she flawlessly performs an array of figure skating maneuvers. The fans respond.

The once uncertain disposition of the fans has more than dissipated. They are now entranced by the scene below them. The fans, at the rink for a hockey game, have instead stumbled upon a spectacle, and they love it.

The Ice Cats, Quinnipiac’s hockey cheerleading squad, have transformed the atmosphere of hockey games in Hamden. In their first full season on ice, they have gotten fans to the games and revved up to cheer for Quinnipiac’s increasingly successful hockey team.

“Now that they’re there, I really don’t think I can imagine games without them,” Sam Catapano said, a Quinnipiac student who was in attendance for the weekend games.

“They add a lot to the intensity of the crowd, they almost give the game some authority, it makes it

seem legitimate.”

It takes more than a competitive team to incite widespread student interest at Quinnipiac, a school that once famously placed second on a Princeton Review poll ranking the nation’s most apathetic student bodies.

It has taken a No. 1-ranked team and an electric game atmosphere, and the Ice Cats have been a big part of making that happen.

“We love having them, I think it’s great,” Bobcat head coach Rand Pecknold said of the newest aspect of the game-day routine. “The fans have been excellent this year. It’s maybe the best year we’ve had with fans. If you win games, they’ll come to your games. That’s the bottom line at any level.”

“It’s funny, students show up on a Friday night and the place is crazy,” said Bill Schweizer, the broadcaster for the Quinnipiac University hockey and basketball programs.

“Then, on Saturday night, they’re all busy heading to New Haven and there aren’t as many people. But now the team, all of a sudden, is ranked No. 1 in the country, and now all of a sudden, you can’t get tickets to the game.”

Schweizer added that the athletic department in recent years has discussed ways in which to increase fan attendance and fan participation at games. Year to year the fan base grows but still, he says, not enough has been done in marketing the games to the student body.

“I think it becomes a tradition,” Schweizer said. “Once the fans show up and see how great it is and how crazy the atmosphere is, they continue to do it.”

The Ice Cats coach, Michelle Coppola, who is also the coach of the basketball cheerleaders, has made that the priority of the Ice Cats.

“What they bring to the hockey game is a lot more spirit,” Coppola said. “They really entice the crowd and bring a totally different atmosphere to the game. It’s more of a professional look.”

The concept of the Quinni-

piac Ice Cats was first theorized by Pecknold close to six seasons ago.

However, that group of cheerleaders was not led by Coppola and lasted just one game. Pecknold revisited the concept again last season when he suggested it Coppola for the first time.

“A lot of different Western schools have cheerleaders, Minnesota, St. Cloud, there are a bunch that have them. So I thought ‘why don’t we have them?’” Pecknold reasoned. “We have them for basketball, why not for hockey?”

“They really entice the crowd and bring a totally different atmosphere to the game. It’s more of a professional look.”

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The Ice Cats have more responsibilities than getting the crowd riled up in the pre-game show – once the game begins, they stand behind the student section lending their energy and cheers to the crowd, and at intermissions, they scour the crowd looking for the loudest sections to throw free T-shirts.

“The Ice Cats are here to entertain the hockey players and the fans,” Coppola said.

Coppola added that the Ice Cats get involved in the game, and in doing so, they get the crowd involved.

She says the student section is excellent this year but the Ice Cats are what connect everything together.

“You go to Maine, Boston College, University of New Hampshire, and the students there are so organized, they have an identity, a routine,” said Max Bunin, a Quinnipiac senior who regularly attends Quinnipiac hockey games. “But you have to remember, UNH and these other schools have been playing hockey for a lot more years than Quinnipiac. So tradition is something that grows as the program grows. I think the Ice Cats are a big step that Quinnipiac is taking that will head it in that direction.”

Thirty-three years at Yale, two Olympics and one World Tournament.

One decision brought Edward Maturo from an oppressed SherwinWilliams worker to the job that would keep him hungry for more than 30 years.

Maturo worked in New Haven and made a trip to the bank to deposit the cash sales of Sherwin-Williams everyday. He knew he wanted a new career path but didn’t know what direction to go.

“I marvel at people who know I want to be a doctor or I want to be a lawyer and go after it,” Maturo explained.

On his path to the bank, Maturo would pass the personnel offices of Yale University and frequently stopped in to look at the job board.

One day Maturo saw a position it was creating, which hadn’t previously existed at Yale, for an equipment manager.

“So I applied for it and I got it,” Maturo said with a smile. “That’s kind of a miraculous thing. I think I was 31 or 32 years old and I had no idea what I wanted to do. I was just bumping at the walls and I said, ‘boy, that’s exactly what I’d love to do because I love sports.’”

As equipment manager, Maturo was in charge of 35 sports and did all of the ordering and budgets for the teams. He graduated American International with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration but had no experience working in sports.

But his time at college still gave him a push in the right direction.

The Hamden native played ice hockey at American on a scholarship and played at Hamden High before that. His playing days would be what jump-started his professional life.

Maturo thought his career with hockey was over after playing at American, but that was just the beginning.

“Once I got to Yale, I started to get my foothold into hockey and because I played it, I really have a passion for it,” Maturo said.

Hockey brought him to places he never would have dreamed.

In 1994, Maturo was selected to go to the Olympics and serve as the USA men’s national ice hockey team’s equipment manager in Lillehammer, Norway. Later, in 2006, Maturo traveled to Turin, Italy with the USA women’s national ice hockey team.

“It’s like being in the traveling circus,” Maturo said on working with the national teams. “When I did the Olympics, we had a 65-game pre-Olympic schedule so you get on the bus, you go here, play a game, you pack up and then go to the next place.”

Maturo detailed how the teams wanted to play as many games on “European sheets” as possible to get used to the time changes and differences in food. He also said that some places were in such bad condition they would ship in their own water to

be safe.

In 2010, after working nearly 1,000 Yale men’s ice hockey games and traveling the world several times with NHL players, he retired at the age of 64.

The longtime Bulldog then pledged his allegiance to the Bobcats for the 2010-2011 season saying that he wanted something to do in the winter.

“I wanted my summers off, I’m a boater so I like to fish all the time,” the retired Maturo said. “Jamie (Schilkowski) had a position open, he’s been a great boss and I’ve had a lot of fun here.”

While Maturo wanted a calmer life, perhaps he also wanted to be closer to his family in coming to Quinnipiac.

Both of his daughters work at

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One of six jerseys Maturo has collected that is hanging in the TD Bank Sports Center equipment room.

Quinnipiac. Tami Reilly is the associate athletic director for the fitness center and is in her ninth year at Quinnipiac. His other daughter is Kristin DiFonzo, who is the secretary of the health and wellness center. He also has three granddaughters attending Quinnipiac, one who is a freshman on the field hockey team.

“He’s been a great addition here,” said Schilkowski, the assistant athletic director for equipment services said. “His experience obviously working 33 years at Yale in the similar role, you get endless knowledge with that.”

Schilkowski added that Maturo has helped bring success to the team in the past few years.

“With the addition of him you can see we’ve taken the program to a whole new level,” Shilkowski said.

“Not just through the coaching staff and the players but it also comes with the support staff too. The athletic trainers, equipment managers. Being able to take care of all that stuff has been good.”

Although Maturo’s loyalty has switched to Quinnipiac, Maturo still hasn’t taken off his last Yale championship ring and put it in a drawer with his estimated 15 others. But he’s waiting to put on a Quinnipiac one instead.

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By Ben dias and dan dolph

No 1 vs. No 13. Quinnipiac.

Yale. Two schools separated by less than 15 miles are looking for the upper hand this Friday night when the Bobcats and the Bulldogs battle it out for the second time this season.

This time is the 11th anniversary of the annual Heroes Hat game.

It is the most anticipated game of the year for all of Quinnipiac athletics. Although Yale’s bigger rivalries can be considered Harvard or Dartmouth, the No. 1 ranking in the Bobcats’ hands makes it all the more intriguing.

The Bobcats realize they must not get too hyped up or they could be in trouble.

“We just have to play with emotion and control our emotions at the same time and play with passion because it’s a rivalry game obviously,” sophomore forward Matthew Peca said. “We just have to play with a lot of intensity and we should be fine.”

In 2010, Yale was No. 8 in the country for the Heroes Hat

game. Both teams come into Friday’s game ranked in this week’s USCHO.com poll and Quinnipiac will set the new mark with the No. 1 ranking heading into the Heroes Hat Game (22-4-4, 15-1-2 ECAC Hockey). Yale comes into the game at No. 13 (13-9-3, 9-8-1).

Yale hasn’t been playing as hot as the Bobcats, who have been beaten just once in their last 22 games.

“It sucks to lose and it hadn’t happened in a long time. It kind of made us remember how it felt, and maybe at the end of the day, one of the better things that could've happened to us this year,” Peca said.

“Losing at not so much of an inopportune time made ourselves look in the mirror and know that we still have a lot of work to do.”

Yale was sitting pretty after a 4-2 win over Princeton on Feb. 1, the night starting goaltender Jeff Malcolm got injured. Previously, it had a five-game unbeaten streak, were No. 5 in the Pairwise, No. 8 in the national polls, and in sole possession of second in the conference.

The Bulldogs have now lost five of their last six and are tied for fourth with 19 points. Since Malcolm went out after the Princeton game, the Bulldogs have been reeling, going 0-4 and falling to fifth in the conference. Senior Nick Maricic and sophomore Connor Wilson have split time between the pipes since Malcolm’s injury.

With that being said, this game is also crucial for the conference standings. Quinnipiac leads the conference with 32 points and has also clinched the regu-

lar season title. The Bulldogs sit in a tie for fifth place, just two points ahead of eighth-place Princeton.

The War for Whitney Ave. began in 2005-06 after Quinnipiac left Atlantic Hockey to join ECAC Hockey.

The Heroes Hat previously featured UConn and Quinnipiac, but because of the switch in conferences, the Bulldogs replaced the Huskies.

Quinnipiac and Yale have met 15 times with the Bobcats posting a 8-5-2 record all-time.

One of Quinnipiac’s road wins was a 6-2 beatdown on Feb. 2 at Ingalls Rink. Quinnipiac improved to 9-0-0 on the year against opponents ranked in the USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll at that time.

“It’s doing what we do well,” Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold said. “Just competing and playing defense. Our system has worked all year and our guys buy into it, they know it works and we don’t need to veer off the course, whether we’re playing a first place team or a last place team. It works and we just stay the course.”

It was the Bulldogs who struck early in the first meeting when Trent Ruffolo and Stu Wilson scored two power-play goals just seven minutes into the game. The Bobcats dominated the contest from then on.

“We have to control our emotions and not take penalties,” Peca said. “That was huge against them last game and we gave them two great opportunities early on, and we want to eliminate penalties.”

Six different players scored while three turned in multiple-point nights. Zach Davies had a goal and an assist while Jeremy Langlois and Dan Federico had two assists apiece.

GRINDERS

By Bryan lipiner Associate Sports Editor

Every ice hockey team’s fourth line is typically composed of the more physical players on the squad.

Commonly referred to as grinders, these players are known for being pests, fighting for pucks on the boards, and bringing out the checking nature of the game.

Yet, for the Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team, their fourth line accomplishes all of the above, with one extra incentive that other fourth lines cannot offer: they can score goals and rack up assists.

Senior Kevin Bui and junior Cory Hibbeler have spent the majority of their 2012-13 season playing on the fourth line, totaling five goals and 15 points between the pair. The two have also registered plus/minuses of +6 and +9, respectively.

“Everybody knows their role on this team,” Bui said. “The biggest thing is us playing at pace. We want to set the tone. We play a very physical, gritty type of game. We wear

teams down, and it’s frustrating for them to play against us.”

Last season, Bui saw limited ice time, playing in just 15 games and recording three points. This season, however, Bui has played in 21 of Quinnipiac’s 30 games, with four additional opportunities down the stretch against Yale and Dartmouth, among others.

Hibbeler is also enjoying a more productive season than in years past.

In 2011-12, Hibbeler notched eight points in 37 games. Yet, in his junior year, Hibbeler already has nine points through 24 games, including the game-tying goal in the Feb. 2 contest at Yale.

“It’s nice when you have a good third and fourth line to go out there and give your first and second line a break,” Hibbeler said. “We’ve been putting up points too, which is an added bonus. We’re going to try and keep that going for the rest of the year.”

In addition, a selection of freshmen have filled the rotating third spot on the fourth line this season. One

Eric Hartzell stopped 30 shots in net.

The Bobcats know they can’t get overly hyped or they could be facing the same deficit again.

“We can’t get too excited,” Peca said. “Don’t grip sticks and make simple plays early on. The crowd will be really good. Don't overdo things and make cute plays and keep things simple and that will contribute to offense.”

The Bobcats lead the ECAC with a 90.8 percent penalty kill, which has helped Quinnipiac’s defense as it has allowed more than two goals in a game just once since Nov. 1, 2012, when the Bobcats allowed four in a 5-4 win over NebraskaOmaha on Dec. 29.

The Bobcats’ defense will have to slow down Yale’s top line of Kenny Agostino (12 goals, 16 assists, 28 points), Andrew Miller (12-13-25) and Antoine Laganiere (12-12-24).

“I think it’s just simple plays and we run our rotations and our defensive zone coverage well enough that we are ready for any type of forward line and any type of skill,” Peca said.

“We just have to put sticks on pucks and cover guys and we’ll be alright.”

“They have great high-end forwards,” Pecknold said. “We have to limit their shots and block shots and win the battles. They all have a really good chance to play in the NHL or at least the AHL and are NHL caliber players. Yale is deep and they are in my opinion a top-10 team.”

Jesse Root, Wilson and Ruffolo are the only current Yale players with a goal against Quinnipiac, though Miller and Agostino each have three assists.

Jeremy Langlois leads 12 Bobcat players with 10 or more points with 26 points (11 goals, 15 assists).

Peca (9-10-19), Clay Harvey (4-1216) and Jordan Samuels-Thomas (9-7-16) round out the Bobcats top four points leaders. Peca and Connor Jones both lead the Bobcats with four game-winning goals.

Mike Dalhuisen leads all defensemen with 13 points (8-5-13) and a plus/minus of +18.

The Bulldogs are 6-1-2 overall this season against teams with national rankings the week of the game. Their last win against a No. 1-ranked team was a 3-1 win on Jan. 31, 1989, against Harvard.

“We are going to have our hands full and we’ll be ready to play,” Pecknold said.

“It’s a game that you get up for more than others, and you say that you shouldn't get up for a game more than another, that every game is the same, but we approach it [with] a little more pride. We do take it to heart,” Peca said.

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notable name is Zach Luczyk, who has tallied four assists in 10 games this season. Another key piece has been Soren Jonzzon. Jonzzon, who scored his first career goal Feb. 9 at Colgate, has seen ice time in two of Quinnipiac’s past three contests after being sidelined since Nov. 6.

“It was exciting that in my third game, I was able to help the team,” Jonzzon said. “Everyone wants to get in the lineup, and I got the opportunity. The bench might have been a little more excited than I was [after scoring his first goal]. It was awesome, a real cool feeling.”

Looking toward the depth of the team, Hibbeler believes the flexibility of the fourth line has been crucial to Quinnipiac’s success.

“Guys have stepped in, like Luczyk and Soren who haven’t played every game,” Hibbeler said. “They come in, they play hard, and been doing the little things. We’ve been playing pretty well, and doing what we need to do. Hopefully we can keep that up for the rest of the year.”

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Fourth liner Kevin Bui lays out a hip check in a game against Colgate on Nov. 9. Bui has six points on the season on one goal and five assists, and has a plus/minus of +6.

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The Rundown MEN’S ICE HOCKEY St. Lawrence 2, QU 1 – Friday Jordan Samuels-Thomas: 1 goal Bryce Van Brabant: 1 assist QU 2, Clarkson 1 – Saturday Van Brabant: 1 goal Connor Jones: 1 goal Samuels-Thomas: 1 assist Women’s Ice Hockey QU 1, St. Lawrence 1 (OT) – Friday Amanda Colin: 1 goal Nicole Connery: 1 assist Clarkson 1, QU 0 – Saturday Victoria Vigilanti: 32 saves Men’s basketball QU 63, Robert Morris 61 – Thursday Evan Conti: 18 points Ousmane Drame: 15 rebounds Ike Azotam: 10 points, 10 rebounds QU 71, Saint Francis (Pa.) 55 – Saturday Azotam: 17 points Zaid Hearst: 16 points Drame: 15 rebounds woMen’s basketball QU 63, CCSU 53 – Wednesday Brittany McQuain: 21 points QU 61, Saint Francis (Pa.) 50 – Saturday Felicia Barron: 18 points QU 60, Robert Morris 46 – Monday McQuain: 21 points Jasmine Martin: 12 points WOMEN’S TENNIS QU 6, Albany 1 – Sunday

games to watch MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU (22-4-4, 15-1-2) vs. Yale (13-93, 9-8-1) – Friday, 7 p.m.

QU (22-4-4, 15-1-2) vs. Brown (911-5, 5-8-5) – Saturday, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU (17-10-4, 11-6-3) at Yale (419-3, 3-13-3) – Friday 7 p.m.

QU (17-10-4, 11-6-3) at Brown (617-1, 5-14) – Saturday 4 p.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALL QU (12-13, 8-5) at Sacred Heart (7-12, 2-6) – Thursday 7 p.m.

QU (12-13, 8-5) vs. Bryant (16-8, 9-4) – Saturday 2 p.m.

QU (12-13, 8-5) at CCSU (10-14, 6-7 ) – Monday 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU (21-2, 12-0) vs. Monmouth (11-12, 8-4) – Tonight 7 p.m.

QU (21-2, 12-0) at Sacred Heart (17-7, 9-3) – Saturday 1 p.m.

QU (21-2, 12-0) vs. Bryant (9-14, 5-7) – Monday 7 p.m.

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Game of the Week

Conti’s career performance comes up clutch

By Kerry healy Associate Sports Editor

Men’s basketball downed Northeast Conference rival Robert Morris Thursday evening at the TD Bank Sports Center, 63-61.

Evan Conti led the Bobcats with a career-high 18 points in the team’s third straight win. The Bobcats improve to 11-13 overall and now stand at 7-5 in the conference.

Conti went 7-for-11 for the night, including the winning basket with 13 seconds left, and then added a free throw with .9 seconds left on the clock. Ike Azotam chipped in with a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds, all 10 points coming in the second half to spark the offense. Ousmane Drame also scored 10 points and pulled down a game-high 15 rebounds.

“It was just a matter of him getting opportunities,” head coach Tom Moore said about Conti.

“And he forced those opportunities

by how well he played in practice.

Those threes he makes and those shots he makes are the ones he makes in practice everyday.”

The Bobcats were down as much as 14 points in the first half.

But Conti’s strong performance kept them alive helping them head into halftime with a one-point lead, 30-29.

The second half consisted of multiple lead changes until Conti scored a layup with 1:18 remaining on the clock to tie the game. This basket would be the last time the Bobcats had a lead change with the Colonials.

Conti’s basket was followed by two free throws from Azotam to give the Bobcats a 60-58 lead.

Conti’s layup gave the Bobcats a 62-58 lead but was followed by a three-pointer hit by Robert Morris with one second remaining on the clock from Coron Williams.

“Every game is so important for us right now, so we have to

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“I want to bring in a bunch of rings and see if we can design something up,” Maturo added. “I gotta go see Jack [McDonald] I think and prime the pump.”

Now in his third year serving as Quinnipiac’s assistant equipment manager for the men’s ice hockey team, the Yale-Quinnipiac rivalry has slowly gotten easier for him.

“My first year here was pretty emotional, pretty difficult because I

knew all the kids,” the longtime Bulldog equipment manager said. “Now as you become more distant from the program I only know the senior class kids, Miller, Laganiere and those guys. You become more distant and this is now my home.”

Since Maturo played his Johnny Damon card, the Bobcats are 0-1-1 in the Heroes Hat game. They will look to bring the trophy home on Friday night for the first time since the 200910 season.

Maturo can’t wait.

“We better beat the shit out of them,” he exclaimed.

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Men’s ice hockey’s equipment manager, Ed Maturo (left), stands with Assistant Athletic Director for Equipment Services Jamie Schilkowski and the Cleary Cup, which the men’s ice hockey team has in its locker room after clinching the ECAC regular season title.

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Evan Conti heads to celebrate with his teammates on the bench after hitting what would be the game-winning shot against Robert Morris on Thursday, Feb. 14 . go out there and get every one of them,” Conti said.

The Bobcats out rebounded the Colonials, 45-25, and shot 70.8 percent from the free throw line.

Caprio:

“It’s great to beat a team that is really really good when you don’t feel like you have a lot of guys playing over their heads,” Moore said.

‘It’s been pretty crazy.’

TICKETS from cover tickets to the game if it is sold out.

Regular tickets for adults at most games cost $13. For premium games (vs. Yale, Cornell and Harvard), they cost $14. On StubHub, the cheapest ticket costs $79, while the most expensive one costs $154, as of 3 p.m. Tuesday.

“It’s been pretty crazy,” Caprio said. “The demand’s been great.”

Added Grgurich: “Season tickets are almost that much money in itself.”

Student tickets for all home games are free, and now some students are selling their tickets, ranging anywhere from $20 to $60.

Once the students get the tickets, it is out of Caprio’s hands.

“If someone is getting a ticket with no intention of going to the game, they're just scamming their classmates and that's wrong,” said Nick Sczerbinski, president of the QU Spirit Group.

The Yale game is something freshmen hear about at orientation.

It’s the one game that’s guaranteed to get a full arena. Last year’s game drew 3,968 people, and two years ago it drew 3,957. In 2010, 4,267 people attended the game.

“It’s always the most sought after ticket, so we always sell out,” Caprio said. “It’s always a capacity crowd. It doesn’t seem to matter what the record is, what our standing is, what their standing is.”

The student section at the High Point Solutions Arena at TD Bank Sports Center is in sections 108, 109, 110 and 111, right behind the goal which Quinnipiac shoots twice. Because the tickets in the student section are general admission, students line up outside the arena hours before the game.

“They try and get here as early as they can so they can get the spot they want,” Caprio said. “I’ve seen them as early as 3:30 p.m.”

This year’s game features two nationally-ranked opponents,

drawing an even larger media base. The game will be televised on NBC Sports Network, and according to Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information Ken Sweeten, the press box will also be at full capacity, anticipating close to 40 people to fit up there.

“We don’t want to turn anyone away,” Sweeten said. “We appreciate the coverage we get from everyone. … The coverage this year has been unbelievable.”

The Bobcats went from a lesser-known team to the top-ranked team in both last week and this week’s USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls. They have been featured in numerous media outlets, including the New York Times, and Friday’s game will be on national television.

“Even before we cracked the top 10, it’s been great,” Sweeten said. “The higher we got in the rankings, the more it’s increased.”

The more attention the team gets, the more calls the TD Bank Sports Center staff fields. Callers often compare the prices online to the prices Quinnipiac typically sells tickets for.

“It’s kind of amazing the interest, the higher the price,” Calcagni said.

In its past three home games, Quinnipiac has averaged more than 3,840 fans at each game. The amount of standing-room tickets is determined by the fire marshal, according to Caprio.

“Every year, the Heroes Hat game shows the potential that this campus has when it comes to supporting athletics,” Sczerbinski said. “I just wish it would carry over.”

This year’s game features the No. 1 team in the country against the No. 13 team in the country.

“It’s going to be an experience that a lot of people haven’t had before,” Katz said. “It’s the biggest game of the year.”

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Driving to the hoop

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Clockwise from the left: Nikoline Ostergaard takes a layup against Saint Francis (Pa.), Jasmine Martin drives down the lane past a Red Flash defender, Zaid Hearst attempts to squeeze past two Robert Morris defenders, Ike Azotam powers to the rim.

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consecutive games the men’s basketball team has outrebounded its opponent, dating back to last season.

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iKE AZOTAM BECAME THE 10TH PLAYER IN quinnipiac’s dI history to reach the 1,000-point plateau.

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saves for women’s ice hockey goalie victoria vigilanti in two games this past weekend.

Conti scored a career-high 18 points and added six rebounds in Thursday’s 63-61 win over Robert Morris, including the game-winning jumper with 13 seconds remaining. On Saturday, Conti netted 13 more points, grabbed eight rebounds, and contributed seven assists to the Bobcats’ fourth straight victory.

McQuain had a combined 31 points in Quinnipiac’s wins over Central Connecticut State and Saint Francis this past week. She was a combined 12-17 (70.6 percent) in those games and grabbed 20 rebounds.

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men’s basketball | guard sophomore| Bayside, N.Y.

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women’s basketball is second in the country with a turnover margin of +8.45 per game.

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