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Sophomore class representative Zhuoqi Helen Dong removed from office

By KELLY RYAN & VICTORIA SIMPRI

Members of the Student Government Association (SGA) voted during the general board meeting Wednesday, Nov. 8 to remove sophomore Class Representative Zhuoqi Helen Dong from her position. In a vote of 27 for and 11 against, Dong was removed from office.

At the International Business (IB) Dinner on Monday, Oct. 23 hosted by the International Business Society, Dong took down the flag of Taiwan with permission by two professors, Professor Xiaohong He and Mohammad Elahee, who are also the advisors of the International Business Society.

Dong said there was a provincial flag of Taiwan hung at the International Business Dinner, but there was not a flag of China.

The International Business Society declined to comment.

While members of SGA have been asked to step down from their position in the past, no member has been removed in the eight years that SGA advisor, Erin Twomey, has been working with the student government, according to Vice President of SGA Jacqueline Schmedel.

Dong was informed of her im-

peachment on Wednesday, Oct. 25.

Dong said she was made aware of her impeachment papers receiving 10 signatures in two hours after reading the Nov. 1 issue of The Quinnipiac Chronicle.

During the impeachment process, an impeachment committee, made up of one representative from each class, excluding the sophomore class, the Vice President and President of SGA, met with Dong and allowed her to defend herself.

However, Dong said the impeachment committee did not understand her reasoning.

As an international student from Xi’an, China, Dong explained the history between China and Taiwan in the Chinese Civil War. “The Chinese Civil War made China and Taiwan a little bit divided,” Dong said. “That’s why in 1972 and also 1979, there was a treaty between the U.S. government and the Chinese government about the One China Principle and the U.S. recognized Taiwan as part of China.”

Dong believed that hanging only a flag of Taiwan without a flag of China would have created potential controversy.

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Helen Dong was asked to leave the SGA general board meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 8 after being removed from office. recognize Taiwan as a country,” Dong said. “I have no disrespect for Taiwan; I just want to avoid controversy. Taiwan cannot represent all of China. By only having a flag of Taiwan up, it’s more like making a statement like, ‘We saw Taiwan representing all of China.’ That creates controversy.”

Hanging both flags would have been a solution, according to Dong.

She said there was no time to have access to a flag of China in time for the International Business Dinner, so she felt it was necessary to take down the flag of Taiwan.

Members of SGA are given a list

of events that they are advised to go to throughout the academic year, the International Business Dinner being one of them. “[Dong] had helped advocate for the IB dinner and she had spread the See DONG Page 4

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On a regular Friday night, Public Safety has 15 or 16 officers on duty on campus, but Sergeant Vignola said the department called in the third shift due to the magnitude of the issue involving the evacuation of 1,600 students.

Vignola said the officers responded to each impacted area, secured it and called the fire department. Residential Life and Facilities also worked to implement the Emergency Management team’s plan.

Students in The Commons were allowed to return to their rooms around 11:30 p.m., though power was still not restored at that time. There was heat, fire protections and emergency lighting, though, according to a 11:29 p.m. QU Alert.

As of 2:39 a.m. on Saturday morning, all of The Commons, The Hill and parts of The Village had restored power, and students living in The Hill and those parts of The Village were told they could return to their rooms at 8 a.m. on Saturday morning.

The facilities team worked throughout the day on Saturday to restore power to the remaining 21 buildings in The Village still without power.

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Approximately 1,600 students living in The Commons, The Hill and The Village residential buildings on main campus were evacuated from their dorms on Friday, Nov. 11 after three transformers blew around 7 p.m., according to Public Safety Sergeant Bob Vignola.

The power outages also affected the Bobcat Den and the Health and Wellness Center.

Hamden Fire Department Chief David Berardesca said this was a rare occurrence. He said if the transformers did catch fire, it was probably quite small and probably burned out right away.

The Hamden Fire Department was called to the main campus due to smoke in some buildings after the transformers burnt out, however, there was no fire involvement.

“Whenever we have an issue with electricity, with high intensity wires or transformers like this, the first thing we do (is) isolate the area,” Berardesca said. “We want to isolate that… we want to set the power off where we can, we want to work with Quinnipiac’s maintenance people and security

people who typically are well in tuned with the infrastructure and maintenance fixtures.”

Chief Berardesca said Quinnipiac is especially good at maintenance and what they do as far as their infrastructure, so it was comforting for the fire department and the town to know that this campus is being taken care of as well as it is.

The cause of the blown transformers is unknown, but Chief Berardesca said factors such as age or overload could have caused the malfunction.

Because of the transformer malfunctions, students living in The Commons, The Hill and The Village were evacuated and forced to either spend the night with a friend or relative that had power, be assigned to an empty bed or sleep in Burt Kahn Court, where mattresses were set up, according to a QU Alert sent to students around 10:45 p.m. on Friday night. This plan was put into place by the university’s Emergency Management team.

The Carl Hansen Student Center and Arnold Bernhard Library remained open throughout the evening for students to stay in.

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Executive Vice President and Provost Mark Thompson commits up to $50,000 for student organizations’ conferences and competitions

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The Student Government Association’s overall budget was cut by $150,000 from the 2015-2016 academic year to the 2016-2017 academic year.

By HANNAH FEAKES Managing Editor

Monique Drucker, vice president and dean of students, said that a three-year analysis of The Student Government Association’s (SGA’s) budget was completed by the Finance Office.

Based on this analysis, it was evident that the total monies allocated to SGA were not fully being utilized. As a result, for the first time, SGA received a reduction in their total budget with an allocation of $600,000 based on the past three years of spending.

SGA’s overall budget had funding for $750,000 in the 2015-2016 academic year. For the following year, 2016-2017, the overall budget was cut to $600,000. Because of that, SGA had to figure out where that money would be cut. Since SGA lost $150,000, the organization thought the fairest way to keep the budget in that $600,000 range was to cut all funding for conferences and competitions, according to Ryan Hicks, vice president for finance for SGA. When SGA was originally budgeting, on-campus events and events that could benefit the whole student body on campus were most important, according to Hicks.

Because of that, off-campus conferences and competitions were removed.

On Monday, Nov. 6, Hicks got confirmation from Drucker, who said that Mark Thompson, executive vice president and provost, was willing to commit up to $50,000 for organizations to attend conferences and competitions.

After getting that confirmation, Hicks emailed every organization that had previously requested funding and said, ‘This is an incredible opportunity that we didn’t think we were going to have at the beginning of the year.’

The form to request funding was due Friday, Nov. 10 at 5 p.m.

Quinnipiac University Mock Trial Association was one of the on-campus organizations that submitted a request for more funding. Ali Munshi, the President, described a recent competition that the organization attended.

The competition took place at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts on Oct. 21 and Oct. 22. The team went undefeated at that competition and took first place, and Munshi took an outstanding attorney award.

The team is almost nationally ranked at this point, according to Munshi. They have excelled at the past three tournaments and Munshi has taken home an award at each competition.

“Competitions make this school look really good,” Munshi said.

QU Mock Trial had to pay for the competition at Clark University entirely with their own budget.

Without appropriate funding from SGA, the team does not have enough money to keep competing. Munshi said that QU Mock Trial Association would be nothing without competitions.

“Our primary purpose is to compete, Munshi

said. “If we don’t get the money that we need from SGA, we are going to be in a tight spot.

Unfortunately, we requested money earlier in the year, but because they (SGA) didn’t have enough money to fund conferences and competitions, we were not able to get any money. We’ve had to dip into our very tight budget as is. If we don’t get this money from SGA, there is really no purpose of mock trial.”

The team is registered to compete at the regional competition which is like the first round of playoffs in February.

“What Dr. Thompson has done here is phenomenal.

It is absolutely incredible and 100 percent shows his dedication to the student body, but it is not something we can bank on every year.”

– RYAN HICKS SGA VICE PRESIDENT FOR FINANCE “The hope is that we (QU Mock Trial Association) get out of the regional competition, which we think we have an 80 percent chance of doing,” Munshi said. “Once we are out of there, we are not going to have enough money to go to the open round championship series in Long Island. So, the money that we get from SGA will be for that competition.”

SGA compiled a list of all the organizations that submitted a request for funding and met with each organization on Tuesday, Nov. 14 to get an idea of what the conference or competition is, how it benefits Quinnipiac and where the money they requested is going.

On Wednesday, Nov. 15 at 4 p.m., SGA has the vote for the general board, and then they will have an exact amount of money each organization will receive.

Organizations are getting this funding through a special appeals process.

Thompson said he wanted to commit up to $50,000 after talking with Hicks at the Center for Excellence dinner about how there were several student organizations that wanted to have the opportunity to go to some conferences and competitions.

“I just asked Ryan for a little more information, some more detail about what the conferences were and which competitions students wanted to go to,” Thompson said. “They seemed important to me, so that’s why I told him (Hicks) that I would help by providing him some funding.”

‘Committed up to’ means that if only $39,000 is requested, everything gets approved and SGA

wants to fund all of that money, then SGA only gets $39,000 from Thompson to distribute to the organizations that applied for money, according to Hicks. On the other hand, if $75,000 gets requested, SGA is going to have to get that number back down to $50,000.

“We are not getting $50,000 to do what we (SGA) want,” Hicks said. “Each organization that had already applied for a conference or competition, either through special appeals or during the budgeting that happened during the spring semester for this year, they were the ones who are eligible for this funding.”

The $50,000 is coming from one of the Provost’s budgets, according to Thompson. He would not specify which budget. Wherever that money was originally allocated, he felt that the student body would benefit from it better, according to Hicks. “(Conferences and competition) are part of the learning process,” Thompson said. “Preparing for a competition and engaging in it will obviously be helpful to a student. And the conferences, particularly the ones that focus on leadership skill development I think are the most important because leadership skills are an important attribute for graduates to have and be successful once they (students) leave us.”

Hicks notes that this funding provided by Thompson is not a long-term solution to having enough funding for conferences and competitions every year.

“What Dr. Thompson has done here is phenomenal,” Hicks said. “It is absolutely incredible and 100 percent shows his dedication to the student body, but it is not something we can bank on every year.”

Thompson said that finding a long-term solution is a matter of sitting down and planning strategically what SGA and other organizations on campus want to accomplish, to have a clear understanding of what that is and then to appropriately fund that moving forward.

“We need to continue to advocate and show the importance of conferences and competitions,” Hicks said. “By continuing to show that we need this funding and we need increased funding so we are providing every opportunity possible for every student organization to do what they can to benefit the student body as best they can.”

Hicks made it clear that this funding is not open to every organization. SGA had to establish some limitations. As a result, those organizations that had already applied for funding in the past, that had already put some planning into it and had an idea of what those numbers were going to be considered.

The money has not been distributed to organizations yet. SGA is still in the middle of the process of deciding how much money each organization will get.

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Sophomore Class President Chris Montalvo steps down

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President of the Class of 2020 Chris Montalvo stepped down on Monday, Nov. 13 due to personal reasons amid alleged conduct issues.

SGA Vice President for Public Relations Victoria Johnson said Montalvo explained

to the executive board of SGA that he was stepping down due to conduct reasons.

“The executive board respected his privacy and did not ask for more information,” Johnson said in a statement.

On Wednesday, Nov. 15, SGA was going to vote on Montalvo’s impeachment pro-

ceedings and possible removal, but this will no longer take place, according to Johnson.

Montalvo has stepped down and the impeachment process has been stopped.

Montalvo was the center of controversy two weeks ago regarding his statements made at the event “Your Voice, Our Quin-

nipiac: My Culture is not a Costume.” Students including senior class representative Ali Munshi were selected to serve on a task force to execute Montalvo’s impeachment process.

Chartwells changes satisfy community cravings Campus dining offers free food, pop-up events

By OLIVIA HIGGINS Staff Writer

With the new academic year, Quinnipiac’s food service provider, Chartwells, has gone out of its way to improve the dining experience on the Quinnipiac campuses with free food, pop up events and more.

There have been several new events throughout the dining halls on campus this semester, including $5 Sunday brunches, Legacy events with various themes serving free food and popup food stations such as free hot chocolate and doughnuts on the North Haven campus last week, according to Leann Spalding, director of dining services for Chartwells.

Additionally, Chartwells adopted several new concepts such as the Chartwells interns who help the company connect with students, a free meal on student’s birthdays and a quality assurance guarantee that says students can return and exchange their meals if they are not satisfied.

Resident District Manager of Quinnipiac Dining Services Charles Couture has been working with the university for years to improve the ‘dining experience’ for the Quinnipiac community.

“We work together with the university on everything we do, did focus groups and student surveys,” Couture said. “From that we got all the feedback from faculty and students and we came up with a vision plan, which was like a three to five-year plan on what we wanted to do.”

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to stations in Café Q on the Mount Carmel Campus, to the addition of a Starbucks and a Sushi and Noodle Bar this year, Couture says the vision plan is on a path of success.

“We’ve been trying to increase student satisfaction, increase the options, decrease the lines, because a lot of students don’t realize that our facility is probably a third of what it needs to be to really do what we do every day,” Couture said.

Dining services serves about 14,000 meals per day across the three campuses and between

8,000 and 9,000 on the Mount Carmel Campus alone, according to Couture.

“Part of the dining experience is finding ways to enhance the program, have some fun, do some giveaways, some pop-ups or free food,” Couture said. “It’s just an added value thing to kind of break up the year… It’s nice to walk into a dining hall and have some free buffalo wings.”

Chartwells will continue to make plans and efforts to improve the dining experience for students in the upcoming years including renova-

tions to the Bobcat Den and continually refreshing the menu items and stations in the cafeterias.

“Everything we do is part of an effort of making it a better place to eat, a better place to go to school,” Couture said. “We’re part of an overall Quinnipiac experience too… it’s everywhere you go.”

Caroline McTague, a junior English major in the MAT program, enjoyed one of Chartwells’ pop-ups last Thursday on the North Haven campus.

“It was my first class of the day and as everyone walked in it was such a nice surprise right by the door, it was displayed creatively and made my day because I didn’t have anything to eat yet,” McTague said. “They didn’t even advertise for it and it wasn’t even in the cafeteria, it was literally a surprise.”

Nikki Dorah, a sophomore psychology major, has enjoyed the improvements made to Café Q and the new dining options on Mount Carmel Campus.

“I really like the changes that Chartwells has been making; the Starbucks is a nice addition,” Dorah said. “Even though I don’t go to the Starbucks as often, it’s nice to know that if I need it, it’s there. The free pop up samples allow a sort of interactive experience when you are walking into the cafe. What better way to get someone’s attention than with some good food.”

Herald House holds night of remembrance for victims of genocide

By STEPHEN MACLEOD Staff Writer

The Peter C. Herald House hosted remembrance services and a genocide awareness talk for the 78th anniversary of Kristallnacht, also known as the start of the Holocaust.

Rabbi Reena Judd held the event to bring awareness on genocide and the dangers of allowing history to repeat itself.

“The Holocaust is something that has unfortunately been repeated,” Judd said.

“As a Jewish people, we tend to cling onto the Holocaust, but we have to be aware of the horrible damages caused in other cultures where they are not allowed to heal.”

The night began with a short Jewish prayer ceremony. First, there was a Schma, which is the strongest prayer in the Jewish faith, similar to the Lord’s Prayer in Christianity or the Salah in Islam.

A mourner’s kaddish followed, which is a prayer in honor of the dead. Participants prayed for specific lost friends and family, as well as all victims of genocide over the years.

A toast was raised in memory of the lost.

Lastly, the Sabbath candles were lit as a way of remembering the day of rest. Hallah, a loaf of bread, was passed around to help enhance the prayer service.

“In Jewish prayer, we honor the Sabbath with prayer,” Judd said. “We welcome it with candles, sanctify it with the drinking of wine, indulge in it with bread.”

Judd invited Dr. Armen Marsoobian,

chairperson of the Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) philosophy department and the child of survivors of the Armenian genocide, to speak on his experiences.

The Armenian genocide was the Ottoman Turk’s systematic extermination of about 1.5 million Christian Armenians. Unlike the Holocaust or other genocides in history, this genocide has never been officially recognized by an international body or even the nation it took place in.

To this day, the Turkish government claims that the killings do not constitute genocide and that the death toll is greatly inflated.

“It’s hard to heal (from genocide) as it is, but when you are ignored or silenced it is even harder,” Judd said. “As Jews, the world has embraced our trauma and helped us heal with love. Even the Germans beg for Jewish forgiveness and help heal. The Armenians do not have such a lucky break.”

Marsoobian has spent the past 10 years talking about his family’s experience during the Armenian genocide. His grandfather was able to survive due to his skills as a photographer. The Turks offered Marsoobian’s grandfather a job as a propaganda photographer for World War I. He would be allowed to survive if he and his family renounced their Christian faith and converted to Islam.

They agreed, although they continued to practice their Christianity in secret. While his grandfather spent the next two years in the army taking photos, he also spent a lot of that

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Sabbath candles were lit to remember victims of the genocide at the Peter C. Herald House.

time trying to hide other Armenians. Over the course of the war, Marsoobian estimates they saved between 25 and 30 people, as well as the 10 children in the family. Amongst those 10 kids was Marsoobian’s 4-year-old mother.

He encourages anyone interested in his family’s story to read his book, Fragments of the Lost Homeland. For more information on the Armenian Genocide, he suggests the book Black Dog of Fate by Peter Balakian.

Marsoobian passed out pamphlets from

The Genocide Education Project. The pamphlets gave 10 stages of genocide and how to recognize and stop them in a society.

“Genocide begins with hate, regarding people as the other, and begin the process of dehumanizing them,” Marsoobian said.

“When we see that kind of bigotry go on, we need to say no. We get this feeling of how evil people can be, but we also see these people that resisted and said no. We have to be the people who say no to hatred.”

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There are many courses Quinnipiac has to offer for its undergraduate students, but few compare to the Death, Grief and Bereavement class Professor Kathy Livingston teaches.

Revolving around the topic of death and loss, the sociology course aims to push students out of their comfort zones while informing them on the different stages of grief and dying through a triangular format, according to Livingston.

“We look at medical caregivers first, because death is a medical event in the United States. We look at the dying person and the experience of a person who has a limited amount of time left to live. Then we look at the experience of dying,” Livingston said.

“Lastly we talk about the grief of survivors, the friends family and relatives of the dead person and what grieving is all about from a sociological view.”

The class also examines attitudes and values about death, cultural components of grief and the function of bereavement with particular attention to the social organization of “death work” and dying in bureaucratic settings, such as hospitals and nursing homes, as opposed to the non-bureaucratic structure of hospice care, according to the academic summary Self Service.

A 300-level course with a single prerequisite of Sociology 101, any student can take the class as an elective or as a requirement to their sociology major or minor. The class is offered all year, every year.

Livingston and her current students acredit the class to be entertaining and well worth the learning experience.

Along with the controversial topic of the course, Professor Livings-

Thursday 11/16 Montage & WQAQ Open Mic

The Montage Literary and Arts Magazine and WQAQ 98.1 is hosting an Open Mic as a part of the Montage Open Mic series on Thursday, Nov. 16 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Carl Hansen Student Center room 120.

The floor is open to anyone.

Tuesday 11/28 Panhellenic Grilled Cheese The Panhellenic Council will be serving grilled cheese sandwiches in order to raise money for the Panhellenic scholarships, as well as their philanthropy Circle of Sisterhood.

Students can come enjoy these grilled cheeses from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Upper Caf.

Wednesday 11/29 Black Lives Still Matter Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority, Inc. will host the ‘Black Lives Still Matter’ discussion. The discussion will feature various professors from Quinnipiac and will talk about recent political events and the racial implications they have. The event will take place in the Buckman Theater from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Wings for Wishes As part of the organization’s annual Wish Week, Chi Omega will be hosting its ‘Wings for Wishes’ fundraiser.

Ten percent of the proceeds from the event will go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The event will take place at Buffalo Wild Wings in North Haven. Students must show the organization’s flyer to participate.

Friday 12/1 A3 for Life The Sigma Beta chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. will host A3 for Life, an event held in honor of National AIDS Awareness Day. Students can learn information about HIV/AIDS and how to protect themselves against the disease. The event will take place in Carl Hansen Student Center room 120 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Saturday 12/2 Empanada Sale Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority, Inc. will host an empanada sale to raise money for the I Have A Dream Foundation. The organization provides resources and funding for underprivileged youth. The event will take place in Carl Hansen Student Center table 114C from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

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Professor Kathy Livingston’s Death, Grief and Bereavement class visited Oak Grove Crematory in West Haven.

ton and her students make two trips throughout the semester to a hospice center in Branford and the Oak Grove Crematorium in West Haven. Students tour both places and speak to representatives that work with the various patients both living and dead.

The trip to the hospice center takes place at the very beginning of the semester to introduce students to hospital versus hospice care and the significant difference between a place where death is considered failure and a place where death is expected.

“I think students are always surprised to see how beautiful it is and how it doesn’t smell or look like a hospital,” Livingston said. “Even if you go there and have apprehension about going it all goes away once you get there because it’s just so beautiful.

There’s flowers, artwork on the walls, carpeting, its very homelike.”

Contrasting almost entirely to the hospice center, the crematorium trip is where students become more apprehensive of the visuals and information they receive from the crematorium owner.

Senior sociology major, Jenna

Pellegrino was among one of the students that attended the most recent trip to the crematorium. Originally tentative about the hands on aspect of the class, Pellegrino is grateful for the opportunity the class provided as the semester starts to come to a close.

“Honestly I️ was not expecting to see what I️ saw, and it made me really uncomfortable at first. But once I️ took a step back and saw it as a learning experience, I️ felt better about it,” Pellegrino said. “Cremation is something that we all know happens, but no one wants to acknowledge it or witness it.

Though I️ probably wouldn’t want to go and see it again, I️ am thankful that I️ got to have the learning experience.”

Students are not always granted the opportunity to witness an actual cremation when they visit the crematorium. Although the director attempts to time the trip with a cremation, it does not always work out in their favor, according to Livingston.

On the most recent trip for students currently enrolled in the course, students did get to witness a cremation of a body and reacted surprisingly optimistic to the hidden aspect of death.

“One of the students asked if we could see a body and he said ‘Oh of course’ so he opens up the door and we see the incinerator and there’s just a body in there and temperatures can reach up to 1,600 degrees and he’s been in there for a couple of hours and he goes ‘Let’s just shrink this down’ and he takes this long, metal rod and hits the skull and the skull just, pile of dust,” Lewis described. “It’s always weird cause that’s a person and you don’t know that person, but that person’s dead.”

Senior health sciences major, Alyssa Wile saw the course as a crucial opportunity to learn about a topic society as a whole tends to avoid.

“As a society, we are so poorly equipped to face death, which is of course a sad and difficult event that every human will universally experience,” Wile said.

Students currently enrolled in the class have clearly developed an understanding of death and it’s many stages as it has caused students intending to take the class to express their genuine interest.

Schmedel: ‘We have no hard feelings towards Helen’ DONG from cover word to [SGA] about the IB dinner so in that sense she was an extension of SGA,” Schmedel said. “According to the president of the IB Society she wasn’t a current member. In the way that we see it, if you’re not a current member and you are there on the request of SGA, you are there as an SGA representative.”

Professor of International Business and co-advisor for the International Business Society Xiaohong He further explained the reasoning behind Dong’s action’s and why she gave permission for the flag to be taken down.

He paralleled the history between China and Taiwan to that of the American Civil War. The presence of the Taiwanese flag in the absence of the

Chinese flag would be as if the flag of Texas was hung in without the presence of the national American flag, according to He. “[Dong] was worried and she came to me and said ‘Professor He, did you notice that the Taiwanese flag is in there but no Chinese flag?’ and she said ‘should I take (the flag) down to avoid controversy?’” He said. “She asked Professor (Mohammad) Elahee and we both agreed there was no time to command a meeting to discuss this.

If there’s no flag it would be better, no controversy. So she took it down and folded it and I saw her and present it back to (a member of the IB society).”

As the event was open to the public beyond Quinnipiac, He was concerned visitors would notice the issue.

“The people do feel offended if you just put one provincial flag and not the national flag,” He said. “This

is not a national flag, that’s the issue. If you put a national flag nobody would be offended, including Taiwanese.”

While there aren’t any Taiwanese international students at Quinnipiac, there could be people of Taiwanese descent or people connected with Taiwan in different ways that could be hurt or offended by her actions, according to Schmedel.

“She was very adamant about how she did this in defense of China,” Schmedel said. “She did it to protect Quinnipiac from international warfare.”

Members of student government are held to higher standards as student leaders, according to Schmedel.

“I think the biggest thing is we have no hard feelings against Helen,” Schmedel said. “I know a lot of people in SGA were particularly close with her and we’ve known her ever

since she came to Quinnipiac. It’s sad to lose a member of our SGA family.

When she left the room, no one felt good about it.”

Dong wanted to officially say thank you to all the students who supported her during the year and a half that she served on Student Government and the members of the association who voted not to remove her.

“Being removed from office allowed me to see we have a large issue on campus which is in regards to understanding each other,” Dong said. “My freshman year was beautiful because of SGA, but sophomore year was a little bit rough. I do consider SGA as a safe space – I thought I could advocate for international students by having a voice at that table, but without that voice I do not know if SGA is still a safe space for international students to go to.”

Public Safety and Residential Life called in extra staff during power outages POWER from cover

them, they not only cooperated with, but they were actually very helpful in assisting us if we needed a hand.”

Associate Vice President for Public Relations John Morgan also thanked students, facilities and the Emergency Management Team for

their patience and understanding during the power outage.

“The Emergency Management Team mobilized on Friday night and met throughout the weekend to make sure that the university was doing all that it could to assist our students,” Morgan said. “In addition, Public Safety and Residential Life called in extra staff. We also appreciate the

prompt response and tremendous support the university received from the Hamden Police and Fire Departments as well as United Illuminating.”

Chief Berardesca said the fire department is going to have an ‘after action’ report to go over exactly what happened, what actions were taken and what could have been done better, if possible.

“I think it went very well, when I say that... I mean no one got hurt,” Berardesca said. “Students were safe, and at the end of the day, that’s what we want.”

Reporting by Kelly Ryan, Victoria Simpri and Jeremy Troetti

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Frank H. Netter School of Medicine students run free clinic in Bridgeport

By MATT GRAHN Staff Writer

Students at the Frank H. Netter School of Medicine have been running the Bobcat Community Health Alliance (BCHA), a clinic which operates in Bridgeport, since 2016. They provide health education, and two different clinics, one which checks for wellness, and another for acute care. Their most recent clinic was held on Saturday, Nov. 11.

The BCHA was started as a result of the first students of the Netter School wanting to set up the clinic, as it is a common feature for medical programs to have, second year medical student and the Director of Operations for the BCHA Britton Gibson said.

PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY MARC BIRNBACH/AMERICARES As for the location, Clark Santee, second Clinic Director Jennifer DaSilva works at the Fred Weisman Americares Free Clinic in year medical student and BCHA’s executive diBridgeport. rector, said that part of the reason is because of “It quickly becomes a passion, it becomes the Netter students regularly did their clinicals in willing to help.

Bridgeport in their later years of medical school.

“We were thrilled,” she said. “Anything in something that there’s no job you’d rather do, The other part, Santee said, is that Bridgeport is a our mind that allows us to provide more services and either that’s the case or you get out of free city that needs the services that BCHA provides. to low income, uninsured people in the commu- clinics,” she said.

Gottlieb isn’t the only one with prior experi“We recognize that Bridgeport is the largest nity is always a good thing.”

Americares is an organization that has been ence with clinics. Gibson has been involved with city in Connecticut, but it really doesn’t have a lot of the services that some other cities do,” operating since the 1970s and focuses on glob- clinics in New Haven and in South Africa, helpSantee said. “They have a really large under- al health, according to its official website. The ing those who aren’t able to access care without served population... we want to be offering more clinics were a later development, as Gottlieb drastic measures like walking into an emergency services to the community as our own organiza- has been working with Americares Free Clin- room for a non-emergency reason. tion.” ics since they started in 1994. There are a total For Gibson, being able to work the free clinKaren Gottlieb remembers when BCHA was of four clinics in Fairfield County, which are all ics is a unique learning opportunity to help those who are, as she puts it, “in the donut hole” bestarted. As the executive director of Americares near Americares’ headquarters.

Free Clinics Inc, she did not originally anticiThe reason why Gottlieb originally wanted cause they aren’t able to afford their own insurpate her organization partnering with a medical to be involved in free clinics was because of ance, but make too much money to qualify for school. However, when she was pitched the idea wanting to give back. However, she became de- programs like Medicaid or HUSKY. during a luncheon in 2015, she was more than voted to her job.

“I think you only grow from all of your expe-

riences, and I hope that I’m able to [learn] from those experiences and allow them to impact how I approach patients and approach my profession,” she said.

In terms of how BCHA is run, according to a promotional presentation, all of the positions are managed by students who are elected by their peers in the Netter School. The variety of executive roles in the organization include internal researchers, faculty and legal liaisons, and an outreach coordinator. When doing their work, they are either supervised by Netter faculty, or employees of Americares.

Some undergrad students, like Junior Margy Shah, feel that the program is mutually beneficial.

“They are providing treatment for other people, so it’s kinda getting the ready for their careers, and it’s also great for the people who can’t really afford certain types of treatment, and although it’s only once a month, it’s definitely a great program,” she said.

Freshman Anthony Gaudino thinks that the name recognition from the clinic could benefit the school as a whole. “[BHCA] definitely gets Quinnipiac’s name out there too. Anything helps,” he said.

Santee says that the free clinic work is always worthwhile.

“It’s been really exciting every time we have patients come in, and we help them out. It’s really rewarding, and being in leadership, it’s exciting to see how everyone’s been able to work as a team,” he said.

A quartet of Quinnipiac students transforms the lives of transition students through dance

By MATT DAVIES

Cheshire Transition Program

Amanda Matises, a current member of the QU Dance Company, plus students Jackie Inzalaco, Aly Lang, and Lindsay Peckham started a dance class for the QU/Cheshire Transition students in January of last year.

Due to its overwhelming success, the Dance Company members are continuing it the class for this year. The transition students are between the ages of 18-21 with disabilities who are learning a variety of life/work skills preparing them for the real world on QU’s North Haven Campus. Health and fitness is a big part of their program, so the Dance class is a perfect fit.

According to Matises, her previous ex-

perience teaching classes called dance-ability and teaching kids with various disabilities inspired her to reach out to the transition program here at Quinnipiac-North Haven and offer their students an opportunity to learn dance.

“The classes gives the students a chance to have fun, exercise, dance it out, and have a good time for 30 minutes, and just forget everything else,” stated Matises. “It opened my eyes to how truly amazing you guys are,” Matises said referring to the students.

Matises, Inzalaco, Lang, and Peckham’s proudest moment regarding the program was when the first set of students performed at the Dance Company’s recital at the Buckman Theater, and the crowd gave them a

standing ovation that moved the girls to tears.

Some of the benefits of the program are building confidence, working as a team, making positive relationships, and feeling a sense of accomplishment. This will be a lasting impact on the transition students’ lives. They teach us the proper way to warm up with different stretches and exercises.

After warm up, we do dance drills like going across the floor. After we do the dance drills, we do fun dances like the whip being one of my favorites. They do an amazing job of breaking down and changing the dance routine so all the students can participate. For example the dancers tell me to go in the middle and high five

everybody else during the line dancing. It makes me happy to be part of the dance line.

The class takes place every Wednesday from 12:00 to 12:30 in the movement lab at North Haven campus.

We are all looking forward with great enthusiasm to performing with the dancers in the Dance Company’s spring recital.

It just so happens that not only am I the author of this article but I am also a transition student participating in the dance class.

On behalf of all the transition students, I would like to thank Matises, Lang, Inzalaco, and Peckham for their time and efforts giving us this wonderful opportunity. We love you all and consider you our good friends and dance partners. Go “dancesQUad”!

The Cheshire Transition Program is a program on the North Haven Campus in which Cheshire kids kindergarten through twelfth grade with disabilities learn about independent living skills in preparation for their transition to college or work.

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After hearing the awful news that 26 people were killed in a church just outside of San Antonio, Texas on Nov. 5, I had one question: Why are mass shootings so common in the United States?

Since 1966, there have been 132 events in which four or more people were killed by a lone shooter, and three others in which two shooters were involved. To break this down even more, in 2012, the New York Times found that from 1966 to 2012, the United States had 270 million guns and 90 mass shooters, according to a study done by the University of Alabama.

No other country in the world had more than 46 million guns or 18 mass shooters, according to the study.

Yes, we have the right to bear arms in the United States. Other countries, such as Australia, Great Britain and Germany, have much stricter gun laws than us.

But the fact is, these countries have fewer mass killings.

Australia hasn’t had a mass shooting since April 1996. Germany improved its gun control laws after the Winnenden school shooting in 2009, which left 16 people dead and nine others injured. Germany has only had one mass shooting since.

The United States gun control laws simply make it too easy for people who should not possess guns to obtain them.

While many people believe strongly in the Second Amendment as a personal right, I wonder if it is worth the cost of human life?

In the past 50 years, 974 people have been killed due to mass shootings. The Washington Post found that 153 of that 974 were children and teenagers, with the youngest victim being just 8 months old.

To make matters worse, after Devin Patrick Kelley’s actions in Texas on Nov. 5, the United States now has six of the 18 deadliest mass shootings in the world since 1980, according to Adam Lankford a criminology professor at the University of Alabama. With the Texas church shooting, two of these shootings have now occurred in the past two months alone.

The situation isn’t improving; it’s getting worse. While other countries have tightened gun laws after these horrific incidents, the United States has continued to brush the issue under the table, only for it to come up again and again.

There has to be some middle ground where gun enthusiasts are willing to sacrifice some of their freedom to bear arms in order to make sure these weapons aren’t getting into the wrong hands.

Five years before the massacre, Devin Kelley had escaped a behavioral facility near El Paso. The officers who responded to the situation were told at the time that Kelley was “a danger to himself and others,” according to the Washington Post. Kelley had also been court martialed while in the Air Force, had been convicted on domestic violence and animal cruelty charges and had known mental health concerns.

Yet, because of the United States gun control laws, Kelley was able to purchase four guns, two in Colorado and two in Texas, states in which the National Rifle Association (NRA) categorizes as “Shall Issue.”

The NRA considers “Shall Issue” to be “State law that provides that, upon completion of specified requirements, a

GRAPHIC BY AMANDA PERELLI / INFORMATION FROM NYTIMES.COM

There is a shooting in nearly one city in America per day, according to The New York Times website. The graphic above only accounts for some of those and additional information on each is provided in order below.

The plotted circles increase in size as the number of deaths increase.

Sandy Hook Elementary School Newtown, Connecticut: 26 Deaths Dec. 14, 2012 Santa Monica, California: 5 Deaths June 7, 2013 Washington Navy Yard Washington, D.C.: 12 Deaths Sept. 16, 2013 Isla Vista, California: 6 Deaths May 23, 2014 Marysville, Washington: 4 Deaths Oct. 24, 2014 Charleston, South Carolina: 9 Deaths June 17, 2015 Chattanooga, Tennessee: 5 Deaths July 16, 2015 law-abiding person shall be granted a permit to carry concealed firearms.”

Kelley was far from a law-abiding citizen. The red flags were there. So how was he able to get a firearm, never mind four of them?

Kelley matches the Washington Post’s study that has found that in the 135 incidents of mass shootings over the past 50 years, shooters have brought an average of four weapons to the shooting.

This follows another concerning trend, that there are more guns than people in the United States. Compared to other developed countries, we have more than 100 guns per 100 people, while no other country surpasses 40.

When states are allowing people like Kelley to easily purchase multiple guns despite their history, it’s a recipe for disaster.

Yet, our politicians continue to insist this isn’t an issue of gun control, but rather mental health. President Trump called the Texas shooting, “a mental health problem at the highest level, not a guns situation,” according to The New York Times.

Part of that is true. It is a mental health issue. And yes, guns don’t kill people, people kill people. But it becomes a gun issue when you are allowing people who should not be able to possess any deadly weapon to obtain as many firearms as they desire.

It becomes a gun issue when the most common method of mass killing in the United States is the use of guns. It becomes

Roseburg, Oregon: 10 Deaths Oct. 1, 2015 Colorado Springs, Colorado: 3 Deaths Nov. 27, 2015 San Bernardino, California: 14 Deaths Dec. 2, 2015 Pulse Nightclub Orlando, Florida: 49 Deaths June 12, 2016 Dallas, Texas: 5 Deaths July 7, 2016 Las Vegas, Nevada: 58 Deaths Oct. 1, 2017 Sutherland Springs, Texas: 26 Deaths Nov. 5, 2017

a gun issue when most of these guns are obtained legally. Of the 274 guns used in mass shootings, the Washington Post found that 164 of them were legally purchased. Only 42 were obtained illegally and the remaining 58 are unknown.

The President, the NRA and pro-Second Amendment party can continue to preach that guns aren’t a problem, but it just simply isn’t the case. We’ve seen other developed countries tighten up their gun laws and it has worked.

How many more incidents is it going to take?

How many more innocent victims?

How many more children and young adults are going to unfairly lose their lives before we change something?

We don’t have to completely give up the freedom to bear arms, we have too many guns circulating already to do that, but at least changing the law so background checks become more thorough and people cannot just purchase guns as they please is a start.

If giving up some of our freedom to possess guns means that lives can be saved and this mass shooting epidemic can be put to a stop, I am all for it.

It’s simple: Preserving human life is more important than being able to own a gun.

In the past 50 years, 974 people have fallen victim to mass shootings in the United States. I think we owe it to them, their families and their memories to not let others suffer the same fate.

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Define your own fulfillment in your career If I had a dollar for every time somebody told me what my future career path looks like, I might actually be satisfied with my bank account balance.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m all for listening to advice, especially advice from professionals.

ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR However, I believe that one’s job doesn’t have to be one’s life.

The main purpose of attending college is to pursue a degree in a field you are interested in and to pursue a future career in that field. For me, that field is journalism.

I don’t throw the word ‘love’ around lightly, but I absolutely love to write.

Growing up, I was always a very strong writer, but didn’t quite know how to satisfy those who asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I can honestly say that up until junior year of high school, I had no idea what I wanted to do as a career. Of course, like many young men, I had the pipe dream of being a Major League Baseball player. But I soon realized that I just wasn’t good enough.

Then came the dream of being an architect. Growing up right outside of New York City, I’ve always been fascinated by the endless array of skyscrapers. I wanted to help build structures like those. This was until I realized I absolutely hate math. ‘Hate’ also isn’t a word I throw around lightly, and I try my hardest not to hate anything, but believe me when I tell you I hate math.

To make a long story short, I finally fell in love with writing, and decided to major in journalism when I came to Quinnipiac.

Whenever I tell someone I’m a journalism major, they love to tell me I’ll write for The New York Times or the Washington Post one day. Or I’m told I’ll be a TV news anchor. I know people that are still waiting for my future as a sports broadcaster.

Let me be clear: I’m very open to many different things. Maybe I will end up writing for a large, well-known newspaper one day. Or maybe I will gain a passion for being on TV. But for right now, I don’t want to think about where I’ll specifically be working.

I don’t want to think about how much money I’ll make, and what I’ll be purchasing with that money.

I like to think about my future, but not so deeply that I make myself miserable. I don’t think it’s appropriate to have my heart

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set on one specific job in one specific place, only to not achieve that and become dejected because I didn’t.

This is precisely why I don’t like others planning out my future for me. I don’t like people telling others what they specifically need to do career-wise in order to live a fulfilling life.

Just look at the American workforce.

“Of the country’s approximately 100 million full-time employees, 51 percent aren’t engaged at work – meaning they feel no real connection to their jobs, and thus they tend to do the bare minimum,” according to a 2017 article written by CBS Moneywatch.

Now, granted, a lot of these people likely have jobs that they didn’t envision themselves having growing up. But somewhere in there are likely those who followed that path to fulfillment that others set out for them, only to end up disappointed anyway.

Think about it: If you dislike your job, even if that job is what you were supposedly destined to do in life, can you ever really succeed at it? How do you define success anyway?

I believe that to be truly successful in a career, you must be happy with what you are doing.

A 2017 Business News Daily article sums this sentiment up, stating, “Your job shouldn’t just be a source of income. If you don’t enjoy what you do, you’ll end up missing out on life.”

There are studies to suggest that there is a direct correlation between job satisfaction and wealth. Eighty-six percent of wealthy people liked their jobs, while seven percent loved their jobs, according to a 2015 study from Business Insider.

But there’s something that sticks out here. Eighty-six percent of the wealthy “liked” their jobs. That’s great. But only a small fraction – seven percent – actually “loved” their jobs. My point here is, why should we just settle for a job we ‘like’ (or one we don’t), rather than strive for a job we love?

When people ask me where I’ll be working one day, they usually end up perplexed when I respond, “Who knows?” This isn’t because I don’t have any career goals. I just prefer not to limit myself to one specific goal – and I don’t think anyone else should either. I want a job that I love, not one that other people love for me.

Fulfillment can be defined as the achievement of something desired, promised or predicted.

So why shouldn’t I be the one defining my desire? Why should I follow the promise set out for me instead of my own? Why not draw up my own prediction?

A job doesn’t guarantee satisfaction in life anyway. I, or anyone else for that matter, could land a wonderful job – maybe even the job we’ve always wanted – and still not be happy or feel complete.

To me, there are many other important factors in life besides a job itself.

Say, for example, I get offered two jobs: one that pays more, and is on the other side of the country, and one that pays slightly less, but allows me to be closer to my family. Which job do I take?

I can tell you, money is great. I can also tell you that many people would call me foolish for taking less money. But money doesn’t mean everything. Personally, 10 times out of 10, I’ll take the job that pays slightly less in order to be closer to family.

While that may sound like a crazy move, my family is an extremely important part of my life. In fact, I’d say they are the most important part of my life they make me feel complete.

When I was coming out of high school, I was all about the money. Not to say that I didn’t care about my family or friends, but I loved the idea of working at a job that payed me a lot of money, regardless of where that job was. I didn’t even think about how far a job could take me away from what’s truly important to me.

Regardless of how high-paying a job is, how great of a location it is in or how prominent the company may be, there are other things in my life that mean so much more to me, even if my decisions based on these factors confuse or frustrate others.

Yes, I could end up at a huge publication or huge TV station and become a well-known journalist. Or I could work at a smaller publication, and lead just as satisfying a life. Who knows?

The one thing I do know for sure is this: Wherever I do end up, I want to do what’s best for me and my family. That’s what is really important to me, and everyone deserves to determine what is important to them in their lives. I’ve been told numerous times over the past few years that I can make so much more money working in broadcast journalism or that I’ll become more wellknown, but that doesn’t matter to me if it takes me away from what makes me happy.

Is money important in life? You bet. Not to speak for everyone, but I have a feeling that the majority of people in the world would take $1 million if someone would hand it to them. But what if that $1 million takes you away from what’s really important to you – whatever that may be?

Over the last two years, I have came to the realization that I should be the only person determining fulfillment in my career.

A job can throw all the money then want at me. But if that job doesn’t make me happy, why would I work there? I’ve learned to think of my life as a train-I am the conductor amd shouldn’t let my passengers drive the train for me.

Personality can’t be categorized by a label There are a ton of subcategories for social personalities. Except there really aren’t. There are two types of personalities we use as a societal norm—the introvert and the extrovert.

Obviously, everyone is different and you can’t simply categorize people by two generic personality STAFF WRITER labels. But for the most part, it seems like we already do.

Introverts are seen as the shy kids in the back that don’t raise their hands to answer because they’re scared of being in the spotlight. Or the quiet geek that has as many insecurities as they probably have “fidget spinners.” While extroverts are regarded as the confident socialites that always seem to have it together and always crave attention or companionship.

Well news flash psych majors and Buzzfeed staff writers; these stereotypes couldn’t be more incorrect. Confident people aren’t always social and social people, aren’t always confident.

I’m sick of seeing personality mixed up the same way people label gender. The fact that someone needs to put a classification on it is the reason these ideas are now so fluid. The more we categorize our personality, the less we actually learn anything from it.

Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, identified these default states (introversion and extroversion) as, “two opposing forces interacting dynamically within each individual.”

People seem to pick one over the other. As psychologist and introvert Laurie Helgoe writes, “though you probably will use both introversion and extroversion, one of these orientations usually will feel more like home— more comfortable, more interesting and more energizing than the other.”

Say you’re taking a personality test and the results say you are

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a specific personality type because of the way you interact with people at parties. Boom, the results say you’re introverted because you enjoy being reserved. Well, that’s not exactly high-narrowed data, now is it?

I personally know people that receive various compliments for being social and approachable. But at the end of the day, they still need their space. They still need to retreat and breathe. Needing a break doesn’t instantly classify you as an introvert, just as showing that you can be the first to start a conversation may not prove you’re an extrovert.

Often introverts are regarded for being cold, distant and unemotional. Some people would simply rather be analytical and choose not to show their feelings, than be overly emotional.

Introverts don’t have an easy time communicating those feelings, but are capable of having them. You haven’t been born introverted or extroverted; it’s how you were raised.

The environment you grow up in greatly influences who you become. So if you were raised meek, you probably grew up to be meek. There are many people that may be confused about who they are because they give off both “intro” and “extro” vibes. This is not some ground-breaking feeling revolutionary to the human spirit; it is simply being a hormonal 20-something year old who has yet to appropriately manage their insecurities and fear.

There are those who choose to have the elements of both personality types without some of the cons. This is an introvert that chooses to hang out with people outside of their friend groups, or an extrovert that can appreciate staying home alone and enjoying a good book.

This leads to those that need to evolve socially in order to adapt to a new environment, Whether it is to impress a potential mate or get a job in a specific field, the same rules apply. They become introverts working in teams, and extroverts being able to focus alone. I call this, “task-orientated“ introversion or extroversion; the ability to focus and practice elements, that are out of your comfort level, to achieve a goal.

When given a specific task, introverts can choose to show extroverted tendencies. They are standard introverts with a reason to

be social. Not all introverts are analytical, and this is where being given a task can become a tool instead of a chore.

My father moved to Philadelphia in his 20’s. It was his first time living away from home, and he was very reserved. He ends up getting a job at a shoe store and befriends a particular coworker who changes his entire life. This man taught my father to overcome his introverted stubbornness and to push for and pursue what he wanted.

Working with customers slowly helped him overcome his shyness and turned him into a person who could show he had a purpose, even if that purpose was to fit you into size shoes.

This is a firm belief on why everyone should at some point get a job in retail or customer service. It is a humbling period of your life which can shape you as an overall better communicator and train you to be socially in-depth.

These extroverted tasks can narrow down from a job in retail, to going out and making new friends. We all put on some sort of mask in order to achieve something. We’re told not to try and be someone else, but rather ourself. But that’s what experts call, “BS.” In order to evolve socially, you have to become more than what you are. It is totally normal to experiment with personality, trends, etc. as long as it betters yourself by the outcome.

Extroverts make up for 50 to 74 percent of the population, according to the online publication PsychologyToday. Meaning the other half is equally scared to talk to you as you are to them. Introversion is nothing to be ashamed of. Some of the greatest minds in human history were introverts, or at least a bit antisocial. Except they knew a secret you don’t; you can be both personality types on command.

Our personality bounces off others differently depending on who we interact with. Could be the mailman, could be your soulmate.

Slapping a label on someone that shows the least bit of introverted tendencies is what we should learn to shy away from. No one is truly one or the other, personality-wise. People are stuck living how those around them judge them to be, and the faster we shut this down, the faster we can become happy with ourselves.

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NEDA says rate of eating disorders among college students has risen

By JASMINE KOCH Contributing Writer

Chelsea Kronengold, senior program associate from the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA), said that it was found over a 13-year period that “the rate of eating disorders among college students has risen from over 7.9 percent to 25 percent for males and 23.4 percent to 32.6 percent for females.”

With these statistics, it is possible that many students at Quinnipiac University are in a similar situation.

Eating disorders are a growing problem on college campuses, according to Kronenhold. People with eating disorders often use controlled eating to deal with feelings of stress and anxiety and to feel more in control of their lives.

She said that the increased pressures from social factors, relationships, academic achievements and the “freshman 15” are all contributors that are likely to make an eating disorder arise, resurface or even worsen in young men and women.

Kronengold said that one of the ways NEDA works with

colleges and universities is “by encouraging schools to promote NEDA’s free online screening tool.”

This tool allows students to take a quick self-assessment which indicates if they are at risk for an eating disorder. From there, the students are able to talk with a counselor on campus or contact the NEDA helpline for options and support.

Not every student has access to therapists and institutions for healing. However, Sheila Van Den Broeck, with the Quinnipiac University Counseling Services, said Quinnipiac’s nursing staff supports thorough weight checks and giving feedback to the partial providers.

“We, the counselors, do assist with eating concerns and maladaptive binge or restrictive dieting with the objective of finding healthier options through coping,” Van Den Broeck said.

If the eating disorder is severe, they are referred to partial hospital programs in the community. Quinnipiac is holding an eating disorder awareness week in February, where they will have panel discussions with professionals from the area to help spread awareness and support for eating disorders.

Quinnipiac University has around 478 student-athletes according to the University’s website. Leaving plenty of room for any one of them to develop an eating disorder.

"Body image problems, disordered eating and full-blown eating disorders are common among athletes,” Kronengold said.

Kronengold expressed how important it is for not only family members and friends, but also coaches and trainers to be able to identify common symptoms.

NEDA offers toolkits on its website that guides people through the process of confronting a loved one about their disorders.

“One of our goals at NEDA is to provide information and resources for friends and families, said Kronengold. "Many treatment modalities recognize the importance of the family structure and incorporating loved ones."

Kronengold said the best way to express concern for a loved one suffering from an eating disorder is through honesty.

“It is important to discuss their worries early on, rather than waiting until a person shows physical and emotional signs of a full-blown eating disorder,” she said.

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My recovery story Narrative by Sierra Casciano

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he transition from middle school to high school hit me really hard as a kid. In 2012, I began purging about 90 percent of my meals. The pressure of trying to fit in and maintaining good grades really took its toll on me. It got to the point that my bulimia was soon diagnosed as acute anorexia. I never thought that I would be the kid to have an eating disorder. But then again, who ever does? My eating disorder came as a shock to everyone in my family, especially my mom.

My bulimia knew no boundaries. Even at school, I would take the time to excuse myself from lunch to go purge. Purging was something that held me hostage for a long time. I can still feel the burning sensation in my throat from when I was done.

The crackling of the gum package as I popped a piece in my mouth to return to the cafeteria chatter.

I became really good at hiding things from people, so good that it lasted four years before anyone truly noticed anything. The day my mom got the news that her mini-me had an eating disorder is burned into the back of my brain. It was in the middle of track practice when I had fainted from being exhausted. My body lacked all nutrients I desperately needed to keep me going. I was running the last lap of my workout, when my body had enough. I collapsed on the ground, and within seconds I could hear my teammates crying for help.

When I came to conciousness, my coach and my mom were right by my side. My mother was sitting there, looking as if she just found out someone had died. However, in a sense someone did. The care-free daughter she once had was no longer me.

This disease killed who I was as a person, and replaced me with someone I could no longer recognize. The doctor had come back in to tell me “Sierra, we’re aware of your situation. You’re bulimic, and it’s gotten so severe; you’re being diagnosed with acute bulimia.” I can’t remember the doctor actually talking to me, because the second she came in I refused to hear any of it.

Everything around me became background noise. In one ear and out the other.

From there on out, I was under constant watch. The nurse at school was made aware of the situation, everyone knew.

Nothing was ever the same after that. Walking the halls made me feel more like an outsider than ever before. All eyes were on

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me, even if they weren’t meant to be. I started getting better, but after awhile something in me clicked back again. My thought process was that if they think I’m getting better, they’ll never suspect a relapse.

My first relapse was the hardest of them all. Not only did I go back to craving the desire to control something in my life, it also brought bad habits. The lack of food soon led to being tired, all the time. The tiredness then led to depression, pulling me into the darkest parts of my life. I had become so angry with how I looked and how I felt that I turned to self-harm. It was my own way of punishing myself even more. Looking back on it now, I was punishing myself for already punishing myself.

I was angry with how I looked because deep down I knew I looked awful. Not because I thought I was “fat” or not skinny enough, but I looked awful because you could see how drained my body was. However, I still refused to change.

Everyday became the same thing over and over again, week by week. Wake up, push food around, go to school, push food around, come home, sleep. Every Wednesday I’d be in the doctor’s office at 3:30 p.m. on the dot, saying, ‘Yeah, no I feel good doc. I can really feel myself getting back to normal.’

No one caught on yet that I was relapsing. You watch enough movies that you learn how to fake eat. Throw some conversation into the dinner while putting food on your fork, and they’ll never notice you didn’t take one single bite. This was how I got by.

The summer of 2015 I was staying with my dad. I'm still not sure if he was ever let into the loop on what was happening with me or not. What I do know is the look on his face when he walked in on me self-harming in the bathroom. I had just gotten done purging. I was angry that barely anything came back up.

The sound of my own crying must have muffled the sound of the house door closing as he got home early. I didn’t bother locking any doors, no one was supposed to be here. I was too busy being angry at myself to notice he walked in. My back to the door, huddled over the bathroom sink, I hear the breath being knocked out of my father. He was beyond shocked, no words could leave his mouth. He demanded therapy.

I had already been through therapy at this point, but the second he witnessed it first-hand, he wanted me to be put into an inpatient program. Someplace I couldn’t leave so I’d have no other option but to recover. It was a long battle trying to

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Sierra has been healthy for about two years after a long battle with an eating disorder. recover. The mental battle with myself was the hardest part.

The feeling of being able to wake up and not be exhausted was amazing. However looking into the mirror and seeing myself begin to fill back out was something I could never handle.

Everyone says never be afraid to speak up and ask for help, but the second we ask for help, we’re pulled from everything we’ve ever known and talked down upon. This was one of the main reasons I stayed silent for so long.

I’ve been physically healthy for about two years now, granted I still carry some leftover baggage from the disease though. Some days are still tough to be able to accept who I am, and there are still a lot of things I need to work on. I am beyond grateful for those who kept fighting for me and with me during that time in my life to get me where I am today. Eating disorders are never something anyone should go through, especially alone. The biggest lesson I took away from it was to never be afraid to speak up. It’s more than okay to ask for help and to admit you’re not okay. Recovery takes time. It's never something that can happen over night, you have to work towards a goal in order to achieve it.

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If you or a friend may be suffering from an eating disorder, here are some resources for professional help: Quinnipiac Student Health Services (203) 582-8200 NEDA’s Helpline 800-931-2237

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Arts & Life New Haven is an enigma of a city. One block, you can pass a series of upscale coffee shops populated by lavishly-outfitted Ivy Leaguers. The next, a sequence of boarded store fronts decorated with empty bottles. It just so happens that some of the best artwork is not to be found in the finest museums proprieted by Yale, but the seemingly neglected streets of a storious city. We tried our best to capture the spirit of what seems to be a forgotten part of town through its rawest of art forms: graffiti. - M. Fortin

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The queen of the show

Sherry Vine celebrates her 10th year at Quinnipiac

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The lights go down in Buckman Theater and the outline of a slim silhouette in six-inch heels appears on stage. With her hair jacked up to heaven and her makeup precisely done, Miss Sherry Vine makes her entrance. The drag star has been coming to Quinnipiac for 10 years in support of the Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA).

“Drag is a big part of LGBTQ culture and it shows more of the fun, rebellious niche side,” GSA president Meghan Rocha said.

For Vine, it is easy to see how much progress has been made through clubs such as GSA. “It is so diverse here," Vine said. "When I was in college, I was the only openly gay kid in my theater class."

One of the main goals of GSA is making students feel comfortable and supported in their home away from home. While the community has been more accepted throughout the school and in society in general, there is still progress to be made.

“The fight (for gay acceptance) is not over,” Vine said.

Vine and other members of the drag community use their burlesque-like performances as a fun way to bring inclusion and acceptance to the LGBTQ population.

While there is a deep meaning behind the show, Vine does not stray from the routine, sexually-explicit comedy that she is known for.

“I feel like there’s so much division in the country and people need to laugh” Vine said.

Her performance consists of a wide

range of song parodies from classics such as “Hallelujah” by Jeff Buckley to “Million Reasons” by Lady Gaga. The raunchy comedy had students of all backgrounds in tears of laughter. Vine’s performance brought students, professors and campus guests together, creating an age range of 14 to 60 plus.

In her skin-tight, bedazzled, rose-gold dress, Vine strutted across the stage. When the microphone died mid-performance due to a transformer blow out, Vine simply turned down her music and turned up her voice.

Taking breaks from her parodies, Vine took the time to connect with the audience members and opened the floor up for questions.

Members of the show took advantage of that moment asking questions such as, “How long does it take you to get ready?” and “How did you start your career as a drag performer?”

Inspiring members of the audience, Vine explained that she stumbled upon drag when she was writing her Master’s thesis. The prompt asked the students to create three diverse characters and put them in the same environment; one of the characters that she created was a drag star. Surprisingly, it was not Vine’s idea to begin her career in drag, but rather her professor’s.

“When I presented my thesis my professor told me, 'You should really look into this,'” Vine said.

It is easy to tell from not only the smiles on the faces of the audience members but through their body language that Vine really is making a difference in the community. One member was comfortable enough to come dressed

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Members of GSA pose with Vine after her annual drag show performance. in drag as well, explaining that Vine is her inspiration. Taking time out of the show, Vine allowed the student to show off her work; she was radiating.

As Vine continued to interact with the audience, she decided to poll the audience on their sexuality. When Vine questioned the audience, it was clear that no one was uncomfortable with who they are, a result that pleased Vine.

“I’m happy to be here because I really believe how important the Gay Straight Alliance club is,” Vine said.

As the show came to a close, Vine continued to show her compassion for the audience as she invited fans up to converse and take pictures.

Rocha was pleased with the event turn out and could not thank Vine enough.

“She supports us so much and we love her and we appreciate her coming.” Rocha said.

GSA hopes that Vine will return to the school for 10 more years.

“Maybe we’ll do something in the future where we can incorporate students into it” Rocha said.

Hollywood comes to Hamden Hamden Native Greg Nutcher brings the magic of the holidays close to QU this year

By ALIZA GRAY Staff Writer

Hallmark is bringing Hamden to the big screen this holiday season. One of the company’s newest holiday productions, “Romance at Reindeer Lodge,” was filmed at several locations in Branford, North Haven and Hamden. Much of the plot plays out at Reindeer Lodge, the film's main locale, which is located minutes away from the Mount Carmel campus on Ridge Road in North Haven.

The sites where “Romance at Reindeer Lodge” was shot are close to the films location manager Greg Nutcher’s heart. A Hamden native, Nutcher has long harbored a passion for acting and the arts, but always envisioned himself in law enforcement.

He chose to pursue the latter as a full-time career, but never lost his enthusiasm for the arts. Over the past two decades, Nutcher has acted in, written and produced dozens of works. He even had the chance to combine his passions when he played a New York Police Department Lieutenant in the 2015 film “Bridge of Spies.”

When a close friend of his retired from the position of locations manager at Synthetic Cinema International LLC, a film production company headquartered in Hartford, he referred Nutcher for the position. Nutcher was thrilled to accept, finally having found the opportunity to focus his career in the arts.

When Nutcher first became attached to the project in late October, the plan was to film “Romance at Reindeer Lodge” in

Pomfret, Connecticut.

“As soon as they gave me the script for this movie, the first place that came to mind was right here,” Nutcher explained while gesturing at the ornately-decorated Ridge Road residence. “I knew about this house just from growing up in the area. I’d always admired it even as a kid, and I knew it’d make a great setting.”

The Branford locations are also sentimental for Nutcher, who continues to serve the town as a part‒time police officer.

The Branford Green, that was converted into a idyllic Vermont village for the film, was frequented by Nutcher as child. In the past, Nutcher has always made a point of bringing his home to the silver screen, with every work that he’s written or produced taking place in the greater New Haven area.

“That’s what’s great about the job,” Nutcher explained. “Getting the audience to see and love these places like I do.”

Nutcher was sure the million dollar colonial on Ridge Rd. in North Haven was the ideal backdrop for the upcoming holiday romance film. The homeowners, however, needed just a bit of convincing.

“When I first showed up here to talk to the homeowners about filming, I knocked on the door and got nothing,” Nutcher reminisced with a laugh. “I looked around and I could see cars parked in the driveway, so I knew they were ignoring me.”

Eventually Nutcher did get to sit down with the homeowners, who were more than willing to let their house be transformed into the picturesque Vermont lodge that

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North Haven house that has been tranformed into a picturesque Vermont lodge for the flim "Romance at Reindeer Lodge." functions as the setting for most of the film.

Since then, the sprawling estate has been completely decked out. No expense was spared in transforming the local home into a winter wonderland.

Nutcher wasn’t at liberty to divulge too many details of the plot of “Romance at Reindeer Lodge,” saying only that a couple took a holiday getaway that ended up not being quite what they had expected.

Nutcher was able to speak more about the whirlwind production, with the entire film

coming together in just under two months.

There had been talk of having the film release in December 2018, but a change of plans pushed the date up by a year, and now “Romance at Reindeer Lodge” is due to premiere on Dec. 17 of this year.

“Some companies wouldn't or even couldn’t handle it,” Nutcher said of the short time frame. “It's very atypical, but when you have a great company and a great cast it can work. It’s happening, we did it.”

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QU shops ‘til it drops Quinnipiac Night draws students to New Haven despite frigid temperature

By MATTHEW FORTIN Staff Writer

Although temperatures plunged below the freezing mark this past Friday, ever-hardy Quinnipiac students braved the cold for an evening of exclusive retail discounts in New Haven.

The first ever Quinnipiac Night, organized by The Shops at Yale, served as an experiment to see whether or not students would trek to Broadway for savings at local vendors.

Discounts could be found throughout a wide scope of retailers along Broadway and York Street, including 20 percent off at J.Crew, free churros at Tomatillo and free facials at Origins.

Participants pre-registered online before the night, and signed in at J.Crew where they received wristbands and a coupon booklet.

By the end of registration, 66 students arrived, a little over a quarter of the 200 students who signed up online.

“We wanted to do something for Quinnipiac students to expose them to the area, and hopefully they’ll come back,” Marketing Manager of The Shops at Yale and Yale University Properties Natashya Fernando said. “The merchants loved participating with students; it took no convincing.”

Fernando explained that a month ago, The Shops at Yale decided to test the waters with events targeted at specific schools, in addition to the pre-existing college nights that encompass all surrounding universities. Two marketing interns at QU have been handling promotion leading up to the event.

Fernando was more than satisfied with the turnout, as her goal of 50 attendees was more than met. The attendance goal was lowered to 50 because of the wintry temperature and gusty winds.

“When I saw the weather, I was like 'Oh my god that’s so cold,'” Fernando said. “I wasn’t sure anyone was going to come at all, actually.”

Rachael Emond, a sophomore nursing major, was one of the 66 not afraid to bare the cold.

“I saw the event on Facebook and it had a bunch of discounts, and I thought ‘why not?’” Emond said. “I think a lot more people would’ve come if it were warmer, but I think it will still have a good showing.”

Jennifer Lee, a sophomore public relations major, was another that didn’t let a little cold weather stop her from

Ashley Ponce (left) and Brian Carducci (right) perform at the first ever Quinnipiac Night. retail therapy.

“I really need, well want, sweaters and blazers from J. Crew,” Lee said. “that’s mostly why I’m here.”

By 8 p.m., as most were exhausting the last of their coupons, shoppers were treated to live music, courtesy of Ashley Ponce, a junior education major, and Brian Carducci, a senior software engineering major. Friday marked the duo’s debut performance together, as they sang several breezy folk tunes written by Ponce herself.

“I love to write about the world and experiences,” Ponce said. “I’m inspired by the people in my life.”

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on Friday, there will be plenty of other opportunities to take advantage of future savings. College Night is biannual, taking place every April and September, while Quinnipiac Night will have a reprise in the spring semester.

These events are all free to register for and all students are welcome to come. And as sophomore physical therapy major Rebecca Ferlazzo puts it, it may be the perfect change of pace for a Friday night out.

“It’s something different and relaxing for sure,” Ferlazzo said. “Anyone who wasn’t there was missing out on a new and fun experience. I can’t wait for next year.”

reigns Taylor Swift is back and better than ever in her sixth studio album "Reputation"

By LINDSAY PYTEL

Associate Arts & Life Editor

Here’s a toast to you, Taylor. That’s right―Taylor Swift has done it again, taking the world by storm with her latest album “Reputation.” Home to her hit singles “Look What You Made Me Do” and “Ready For It,” “Reputation” is better than any of her previous albums reflecting on love and revenge in an entirely new way.

Swift released her sixth album, “Reputation,” on Nov. 10 and since then has received a lot of positive feedback. This album speaks at a much louder volume than her other work.

Deciphering who the songs are about is no longer a difficult task. What used to be subtle hints are now blatant; the only thing missing is their names.

She sings about relationships and the ups and downs of feelings that go along with them.

What’s new right?

Well, the songs are edgier, honest, contain more mature content and she doesn’t hold back. Long gone are the days of “Teardrops On My Guitar.” Yeah that Taylor is seriously dead.

“Getaway Car” is a prime example. Speculation has surfaced that the song is about Tom Hiddleston and honestly no one can dispute that. Her lyrics are painstakingly honest.

“Don’t pretend it’s such a mystery,” she sings. “Think about the place where you first met me/ Riding in a getaway car/ There were sirens in the beat of your heart/ Shoulda known I’d be the first to leave/ Think about the place where you first met me/ In a getaway car.”

Here she’s supposedly referring to leaving her relationship with Calvin Harris and rebounding with Hiddleston. Despite the savage lyrics of this song, it has hints of the old Taylor, or at least the Taylor from her album “1989,” singing “Wildest Dreams.” “Getaway Car” is an upbeat song with a nice backbeat you can bop your head to. It’s got a mystical ambience to it and keeps the listener engaged until the very end.

And of course we can’t forget about the infamous feud between her and Kanye West. It’s been speculated the song “This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” is all about that disastrous friendship and when West recorded her on the phone without her knowledge.

“It was so nice being friends again,” she sings. “There I was giving you a second chance/ But you stabbed me in the back while shaking my hand/ And therein lies the issue/ Friends don’t try to trick you/ Get you on the phone and mind-twist you.”

If you’ve decided based on the first single “Look What You Made Me Do” that you don’t like her new album, don’t rule it out just yet. It most likely was the first single because it’s the farthest she’s ever gone to be different from her previous work. That one song is not reflective on how all the songs on “Reputation” are. These songs are a collection of anthems. They are powerful and the harmonies in them raise hairs on your skin.

“Don’t Blame Me,” is arguably one of the best songs on the album. The beginning is simplistic with just the use of the piano and sets the tone of the track with her sultry voice scooping the

notes up in each phrase. It sounds as if it’s going to be a ballad and then turns into a powerhouse. It makes you want to turn the volume up all the way to jam to this soulful song.

This pop anthem is everything fans have been waiting for.

It’s passionate, complex and should’ve been one of the singles Swift released.

It tells the obsession and addiction that should come with love comparing it to a drug.

“Don’t blame me,” she sings. “Love made me crazy/ If it doesn’t you ain’t doing right/ Lord save me/ My drug is my baby/ I’ll be usin' for the rest of my life.”

“Reputation” is complicated and beautiful. Its songs are incomparable and expose raw emotion. They suggest that she’s in it for the long haul with her boyfriend Joseph Alwyn and shows the world how she is in control of her life, not anybody else.

Swift just released her tour dates for 2018 on Nov. 13 and fans could not be more excited.

As she sings in “Delicate,” “My reputation’s never been worse so/ You must like me for me.” And while she was definitely talking about a boyfriend (most likely Alwyn) and not fans, they can still relate to this line and this is proven with recent sales.

Swift has sold over 950,000 albums in the first three days, according to The New York Times. Based on this number, it’s safe to say “Reputation” will surpass one million copies sold within the first week. Will you be one of the one million?

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Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey victorious over RPI Bobcats complete the weekend sweep at home with a 2-1 win

By JOE BERTALOMI Staff Writer

The Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey team (7-6 overall, 3-3 ECAC) got the job done against RPI (4-6-2, 2-0-1 in the ECAC) on Saturday, Nov. 11, beating the Engineers by a score of 2-1. This completed the weekend sweep for the Bobcats after their 4-3 overtime win over Union on Friday.

The game did not open with much excitement as the first period lacked many scoring chances. Both teams had just six shots after one period of play, none of which were grade-A opportunities.

Quinnipiac was able to put an end to the stalemate in the second period when senior forward Raquel Pennoyer put a shot on goal that was originally stopped by RPI junior goaltender Lovisa Selender. Freshman forward Taylor House planted herself just outside of the crease and was able to bury the rebound, putting the Bobcats up 1-0 in the second period.

Quinnipiac head coach Cass Turner was complimentary of House and her progression this season.

“Taylor House has been throwing pucks on net all year and now it seems like she’s doing it with a real purpose,” Turner said. “She’s a big, strong, player who has a presence and it’s nice to see her continuing to grow not just in what she’s doing as a scorer, but how she’s playing defensively, too.”

House’s goal was vital in giving the chance

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Junior forward Kenzie Lancaster protects the puck in Saturday’s win at home. to play ahead, but it certainly wouldn’t decide the game by any means.

RPI knotted the game up at one apiece late in the second period when junior Jaimie Grigsby weaved through the Quinnipiac defense and ripped a shot past Quinnipiac sophomore goaltender Abbie Ives. Turner was not happy with giving up a goal this late in the period, as it was the second time in two nights that the

Bobcats had given up a goal with less than a minute to play in the period.

“It’s all about situational awareness,” Turner said. “It is not okay to give up goals in that time frame and I think we need to find a way to make those changes moving forward.”

The Bobcats didn’t dwell on this late second period goal and came out flying in the third period. They drove possession right from the start

of the period and were rewarded with 10:19 left when junior winger captain Melissa Samoskevich scored on a low shot from the high slot on a great feed by junior center Kenzie Lancaster.

Samoskevich has been on a roll as of late, as she has scored four goals over the weekend.

“I think I just so happen to be the lucky one to be putting the puck in the net,” Samoskevich said. “My linemates are getting chances just as much as I am, so i think our line is clicking pretty well.”

Quinnipiac grinded it out for the rest of the game, killing off a penalty with just three minutes left to play. The defense, led by sophomore Kati Tabin and senior captain Alicia Barry, came up big the whole night, forcing the Engineers to the outside and not letting Ives have to face many shots.

Ives got the win in goal for the Bobcats, stopping 11 of 12 shots on goal.

Quinnipiac will be on the road next week in upstate New York for a weekend series against Clarkson and St. Lawrence.

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Volleyball team falls to Niagara in regular season finale

By MIKE DALTON Staff Writer

The Quinnipiac volleyball team lost to the Niagara Purple Eagles, 3-1, on Sunday, Nov. 12, to end its regular season.

The Bobcats found themselves down by four points early on in the contest, but bounced back and took the first set, 25-20. Sophomore outside-hitter Natalie Alechko had five kills.

The second set went back and forth, with both teams taking multiple point leads a couple times. The Purple Eagles were able to edge out the Bobcats, 25-23, to even things up going into the 10 minute break.

Sophomore Draik Banks stepped up defensively for the Purple Eagles, producing a kill and three blocks in the second set.

After the break, the Purple Eagles started coming alive in every aspect of the game, offensively and defensively.

Banks along with sophomore Caroline Leitch combined for five kills and four blocks for Niagara in the third set. Junior hitter Kat Miller carried the load for the Bobcats with five kills and three blocks, however she had several errant serves and the surging Purple Eagles were too much to handle as they took the third set, 25-21.

The fourth set was when the Purple Eagles started to take over the game. They took the first point of the set and the Bobcats were unable to tie or get the lead throughout,

ultimately losing 25-18.

The loss to Niagara snapped Quinnipiac’s three-game winning streak, but Bobcats head coach Kris Czaplinski was glad that his team played the second-seed Purple Eagles before the MAAC Tournament, which begins on Friday, Nov. 17.

“We got everyone to play today,” Czaplinski said. “We know who’s going to be ready going forward to next week. We took a lot of positives out of today.”

Over the course of the season, Quinnipiac has been forced to overcome larger obstacles than they thought.

“The expectations that we had in the beginning of the year to being the second seed [in the MAAC], then going through all the adversity that we did,” Czaplinski said. “We were playing some top 30 teams in the beginning of the year to having key injuries.”

At the beginning of the year, the Bobcats played Washington State and Baylor, who at the time were ranked 28th and 29th, respectively, in the country. The Bobcats lost to both teams in three sets.

Then, on Sept. 24, just four games into conference play, junior hitter Jen Coffey went down with an ankle injury. At one point in the season, hitters Coffey, Miller and senior Elizabeth Kloos were all injured at the same time.

Czaplinski described it as a “humbling” season overall.

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Quinnipiac volleyball enters the MAAC Tournament as the six seed and will play Iona Friday.

“It made us grow more as a team,” Czaplinski said. “We grew together a little bit more, we learned a lot about each other and ourselves.”

With the Bobcats clinching a playoff berth after defeating Canisius on Saturday, Nov. 11, the Bobcats are making the switch to playoff mode.

“It’s a whole different season, a whole different game once you get into the playoffs,” Czaplinski said. “It’s a good thing we got tested in the playoffs last year making it to the championship. But we’re ready. We have people back who know exactly what it’s going to be like. We’re excited.”

The Bobcats will enter the MAAC Tournament as the sixth seed and will take on Iona, who finished as the third seed, on Friday at 5 p.m. in Fairfield.

The Bobcats lost both matchups with the Gaels this season, falling 3-2 on Sept. 17 and 3-1 on Oct. 21.

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“Although we had a tough non-conference season, we had the spirit to come together as a team and be loyal and true to one another,” senior captain Max Rothenbeucher said.

The momentum of the Stags wasn’t the only adversity the Bobcats had to face. Former MAAC Rookie of the Year Eamon Whelan battled a groin injury for the entire season and, while he scored two goals in the final five regular season games and appeared to be on his way back to health, the sophomore didn’t factor into either conference tournament games.

The disappointing finish wasn’t without its moments. The Bobcats reached the semifinals thanks

to a circus goal from senior Will Pustari, who fielded a long entry pass off his chest with his back towards the net before turning and meeting the ball on a high bounce to send it past Manhattan goalkeeper Marcellin Gohier. Pustari made contact after the ball bounced up near the gold number two on his jersey, converting on a high-swinging, tomahawk kick that would have made Mr. Miaggi proud.

“Willie P. (Pustari) was the biggest improvement this season,” graduate captain James Doig said. “He really showed his quality this year.”

The Bobcats had no such luck in the semifinals against Fairfield netminder Gordon Botterill, who pitched a shutout after recently being named to the All-MAAC Second Team. The Bobcats outshot the Stags, but Botterill wouldn’t give. He con-

tinued his momentum into Sunday night, blanking Rider 1-0 to give the Stags the MAAC crown.

There is likely little consolation to the Bobcats in their semifinals appearance. There is no added comfort in knowing they came just a penalty kick or two from beating the regular season champs, who eventually won the whole thing. Still, there are plenty of positives to take away from the season, regardless if more may have been expected.

Doig finished his farewell season with 38 career victories in a Bobcat uniform, the most in school history. Doig’s last two seasons have ended in painful losses, but was named to the All-MAAC Second Team for the second straight season after coming back from a brutal leg injury suffered in 2015. He will end his Bobcats career as the most

successful player in Bobcats history when it comes to the stat that matters most to him: wins.

Da Costa will be looking for new leaders to step up next season as he says goodbye to Doig, Rothenbeucher, Pustari, midfielder Shaquille Huggins and midfielder Filosmar Cordeiro.

“We’re looking at the team to see who emerges now,” Da Costa said. “Those guys have been in those positions for a couple years and have been mainstays. Now it’s a really big opportunity for someone else or a group of guys to step up.”

Most of the Bobcats’ offensive production will return next fall, as the returning squad will look to finish the job that the Bobcats have come so close to accomplishing in each of the past two seasons.

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MEN’S ICE HOCKEY RPI 5, QU 3 - Friday Craig Martin: 1 goal, 1 assist Chase Priskie: 1 goal, 1 assist Union 4, QU 1 - Saturday Priskie: 1 goal WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 4, Union 3 - Friday Melissa Samoskevich: 3 goals Kenzie Prater: 1 goal QU 2, RPI 1 - Saturday Taylor House: 1 goal MEN’S BASKETBALL QU 78, Dartmouth 77 - Saturday Chaise Daniels: 21 points Rich Kelly: 11 points, 9 assists Brown 79, QU 72 - Monday Daniels: 18 points, 4 blocks Cam Young: 15 points WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Iowa 83, QU 67 - Friday Jen Fay: 23 points, 6 rebounds Vanessa Udoji: 12 points Missouri 66, QU 51 - Saturday Aryn McClure: 13 points Sarah Shewan: 14 points MEN’S SOCCER Fairfield 0, QU 0 (Fairfield wins 3-2 in PKs) – Thursday Chrys Iakovidis: 3 saves VOLLEYBALL QU 3, Canisius 1 – Saturday Maria Pansari: 45 assists, 11 digs Natalie Alechko: 19 kills, 9 digs Niagara 3, QU 1 – Sunday Pansari: 42 assists, 9 digs RUGBY QU 55, Norwich 7 – Sunday Flora Poole: 2 tries, 4 assists Ilona Maher: 2 tries, 1 assist

GAMES TO WATCH MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU vs. Brown – Friday, 7 p.m.

QU vs. Yale – Saturday, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU at Clarkson – Friday, 6 p.m.

QU at St. Lawrence – Saturday, 3 p.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALL 2017 Paradise Jam QU vs. Colorado – Friday, 6 p.m. (Lynchburg, VA) QU vs. Wake Forest/Drake – Saturday, TBD QU vs. TBD – Sunday, TBD WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU at Ohio State – Friday, 7 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL MAAC Tournament QU vs. Iona – Friday, 5 p.m. (Fairfield, CT) QU vs. Niagara (if QU wins) – Saturday, 5 p.m. (Fairfield, CT) QU vs. TBD (if QU wins) – Sunday, 2 p.m. (Fairfield, CT) RUGBY QU vs. Central Washington - Friday, 10 a.m.

QU vs. TBD (if QU wins) - Sunday, 12 p.m.

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November 15, 2017

GAME OF THE WEEK

Quinnipiac rugby rolls past Norwich in NIRA quarterfinals Bobcats dominate Cadets at home to advance in playoffs

By MAX MOLSKI Web Director

The Quinnipiac rugby team began its pursuit of a third straight national title at the Quinnipiac Rugby Field on Saturday morning. In an opening playoff game on their home field, the Bobcats turned an NIRA quarterfinals matchup with Norwich into a mere formality.

The Bobcats thrashed the Cadets, 55-7, to advance to the NIRA semifinals, where they will face Central Washington for the third time this season.

“This game was great, but now we’re moving onto the next one,” senior Flora Poole, who finished with two tries and four assists in the contest, said.

Neither team put up any points in the first 15 minutes of action, but the opening minutes set the stage for a new program record. Senior Jessica Maricich became the first Bobcat to record 200 career tackles when she made an early stop in front of the Norwich bench. While Maricich says she didn’t know she was nearing the mark until the week leading up to Saturday’s matchup, she garnered overwhelming support from the sidelines.

“I am so excited, but beyond that, I feel incredibly blessed to have a team and fans who are so supportive of an accomplishment that I was really proud of,” Maricich said.

After the initial lull in action, senior Ilona Maher got the scoring started midway through the first half when she punched in her 17th try of the season. From there, Norwich could not find any answers to stop Quinnipiac.

“It was just a weird start,” Maher said. “It was just little mistakes we kept making and we knew what we were doing and the mistakes that we were making.”

Senior Rebecca Haight drove in for the Bobcats’ second try just minutes later off an assist from senior Tayler Schussler. Quinnipiac continued its attack with a try from Schussler and sophomore Mikah Maples notched the team’s fourth try with about six minutes to go in the half.

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Senior Flora Poole tosses the ball as Quinnipiac moves up field in its win over Norwich on Saturday.

Norwich earned a try as time expired in the first half, but Quinnipiac kept all momentum heading into the second. Schussler scored her second try six minutes in to make it a 31-7 game.

While Norwich maintained possession throughout the second half, the Bobcat offense rolled as junior Emily Roskopf, Poole and Maher all found the try zone to strengthen the lead.

“That’s the kind of play you’re used to watching,” Quinnipiac head coach Becky Carlson said. “We were able to muster those plays after not having possession.”

Poole capped off the game with another score in the final minutes to cement the 55-7 win.

“Offensively, it took us a little bit to warm up,” Poole said. “Movement of ball in the second half especially was just beautiful.”

Now, Quinnipiac turns its attention to an all-toofamiliar foe in No. 3 Central Washington. The Bob-

cats and Wildcats split their season series with each team scraping a single-digit win on their home field.

“I expect for it to be a good game, some good, fast rugby, a lot of contact,” Carlson said. “We’ve seen them twice before, so we know what to expect.”

The teams have seen each other in the playoffs too, as they squared off in last year’s NIRA Championship game, in which Quinnipiac ran away for a 46-24 win and a second straight national title.

“They are going to come out full force and we’ve got to do the same and be better,” Poole said. “That’s our mindset at the end of the day.”

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Webster: ‘I work very hard to not be robotic in my thinking’ WEBSTER from Page 16 is you don’t sit down,” Webster said. “Making sure that [the athletes] are aware and that they are owning their body language rolls into the second [rule], which is the stand tall rule.”

Webster first realized her dream of being a strength and conditioning coach as an undergraduate kinesiology student at UConn.

“I was an active member of the rugby team at UConn, and that was the first time where I really felt that I can make changes physically and performance-wise if I am smart about [training],” Webster said. “That’s where the passion for me grew, [I realized] I could help other people find this edge.”

After receiving her Master’s degree in exercise science from UConn in 2014, Webster came straight to Quinnipiac. Patel hired her full time to work with teams on the Mt. Carmel Campus, while he operates from the gym at the TD Bank Sports Center.

“Our motto is to ‘Get Better.’ We share this with our student-athletes and we expect them to bring a passion to improve and get better on a daily basis,” Patel said. “[Webster] was the right person for our department to help build our mission and vision of our strength and conditioning department.”

The position at Quinnipiac provides Webster a unique opportunity to build her own strength and conditioning program from the ground up.

“I came into a situation where [Quinnipiac] didn’t have a full-time strength and conditioning department on the Mt. Carmel Campus,” Webster said.

Patel and Webster’s programs may be separated by campus, but they are connected through the same values and standards. Thanks to Patel, Webster has the autonomy to implement what she thinks is right for her athletes.

The weight room is a platform which has allowed Webster to transform the strength and

conditioning to a space that is seriously committed to sharpening Quinnipiac’s athlete’s physically and mentally.

One of the ideologies Webster and her staff have implemented for their athletes is called ‘Postural Restoration Institute’ (P.R.I). The key to this training is an emphasis on body posture and what’s called “a neutral position” for the athlete. “[P.R.I.] is a focus on posture in everything that you’re doing,” Webster said. “It’s a focus on optimal breathing patterns, being able to perform first in a neutral position, so that when sport continues to take you out of that neutral position, it puts you in more unfavorable or risky [body] positions. You have the ability to come back to the neutral position to re-establish (posture first) and then athleticism second.”

According to Webster, P.R.I. is more important than ever with this generation of athletes.

“We live in a time where…people have a phone in front of their face and their head is pulled forward,” Webster said. “We are literally dealing with a different student-athlete than 10 years ago because of the postures that we are in.”

Student-athletes are not perfect human beings, they have stresses too. Webster has made a point of her weight room mentality.

“I respect the fact that they are 18 to 22-yearold human beings who also have social, family, health stresses that are going to affect them performance wise,” Webster said. “I work very hard to not be robotic in my thinking in terms of this [session] not being the most important thing for [the athletes] that day.”

On the contrary, Webster plays devil’s advocate with stress. In the risk-versus-reward sense, some stress on an athlete’s body is a key to resiliency and growing stronger according to Webster.

“You have to apply a certain amount of stress in order to create change and adaptations. You have to induce a certain amount of physical trauma, soreness, that’s what strength training is,” Webster

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Webster is in her fifth year as assistant strength and conditioning coach at Quinnipiac

said. “But it is also how you apply that dosage in a way that [the athletes] are going to come out on the other end better for it.”

Webster’s support of the athletes reaches further than inside the walls of the weight room.

One can usually see her on the sideline behind the bench, watching games that her teams compete in.

It’s that level of support and dedication that goes above and beyond which helps Webster have a meaningful impact on the athletes at Quinnipiac.

“It’s the greatest joy of my life to get to practice and see that we have good habits,” Webster said. ”Then to get to a competition and see that some of these athletic principles are transferring in a way that helps the team.”

November 15, 2017

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Clockwise from top left: Quinnipiac senior guard Cam Young dribbles the ball and stares down a Brown defender on Monday, Nov. 13; freshman guard Rich Kelly handles the ball and surveys the court for the open man; junior guard Andrew Robinson (14) and senior center Chaise Daniels (13) attempt to stop the Brown offense; Daniels looks to retain possession as he is swarmed by the

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Men’s hockey has lost its first four ECAC games of the season for the first time in program history. Quinnipiac dropped both games on the road this weekend to RPI and Union.

In men’s basketball’s opening day win over Dartmouth on Saturday, the Bobcats held a 16-rebound edge (4832). Seven of eight Bobcats that played had at least five rebounds.

Women’s volleyball sophomore setter Maria Pansari had 87 assists over the Bobcats’ two games last weekend, a win over Canisius on Saturday and a loss to Niagara on Sunday.

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Women’s ice hockey junior captain Melissa Samoskevich led the Bobcats to a 2-0 weekend.

In Friday’s 4-3 win over Union, Samoskevich scored three goals, including the game-winner in overtime. In Saturday’s 2-1 win over RPI, she scored the go-ahead goal in the third period.

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“We seem to be battling a ton of adversity and I thought we learned a lot this weekend. To get four points is so important for us down the line in the ECAC.” — CASS TURNER WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY

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Winning in the weight room

Assistant strength and conditiong coach Emily Webster is a vital asset to Quinnipiac student-athletes

RUNNIN’ THE POINT

Tale of two games

By JONCARLO DeFEUDIS Staff Writer

The office for a strength and conditioning coach is not your typical white-walled workspace. Quinnipiac assistant strength and conditioning coach Emily Webster is more at home in a weight room anyway.

One step inside her ‘office’ and firm, but soft composite flooring greets four sturdy squat racks lined before the mirrored wall. Numerous weights, chains and rubber bands adorn the frames, while the relentless clank of metal hitting the floor, accompanied by music booming throughout, completes the beautiful chaos.

For Webster, this is a place of sanctuary for Quinnipiac’s Division I athletes to get better.

“We don’t work out in the varsity (Division I athletes’) weight room. It’s not a gym, it’s not a fitness center. It’s a weight room,” Webster said.

“Creating that hard line between working out to work out, (and) training for a specific goal, at the end of the day for performance and winning a championship, that’s one of the biggest mental and physical switches that these student athletes have to make and we help them.”

Webster turns on the lights of the weight room at 5:30 a.m. Monday through Friday for the first team session at 6 a.m. Those same lights don’t go off until 6 p.m.. Her day consists of a constant flow of Quinnipiac athletes coming in and out, one team and one hoursession at a time.

Even though it’s a daily grind, Webster doesn’t blink an eye about getting up at the crack of dawn and staying late.

“What I love about my job is that every day is different…we don’t have standing meetings or a nine-to-five work schedule,” Webster said. “I’m going to see different teams on Monday than I will see on Tuesday, which means I’m going to see different personalities and faces and people.”

Quinnipiac has 21 Division I teams in all and they compete under the bright lights for the students and fans during the season. Behind the scenes, there is the constant effort of the

The first two games of the Quinnipiac men’s basketball season should be something Bobcat fans can get used to this year.

This season will likely mirror the team’s inconsistent start to the year. They will be up Associate Sports Editor and down, hot and cold, high and low. There will be good moments and there will be bad ones.

On Saturday, the team came out of the gates firing on all cylinders. They looked fantastic, up by nine against Dartmouth at halftime, and leading by as many as 16 early in the second half.

Then, later in the second half when Dartmouth made its run, Quinnipiac responded better than anyone could have expected. They made a last-second stop to seal head coach Baker Dunleavy’s first career win.

Against Brown on Monday night, Quinnipiac struggled in a variety of areas, and ultimately fell 79-72. But for Dunleavy, the results don’t, and won’t, tell this team’s story.

“We’re never overly concerned about score or record,” Dunleavy said. “We’re concerned with how we’re doing things, and I think we have a good sample there of things we can clean up and get better at.”

Dunleavy is right to try to temper expectations with this team record-wise. They are not expected to compete for a MAAC Championship in year one. In fact, they were picked to finish dead last in the conference in the MAAC Preseason Poll.

For the Bobcats, the key to success this season will be hitting the glass and taking care of the ball.

In its win over Dartmouth, Quinnipiac dominated the boards, as it finished with a 4832 rebounding edge, but committed 15 turnovers to Dartmouth’s six.

In their loss to Brown, the Bobcats lost the rebounding battle, 45-33, and turned the ball over 14 times, 12 in the first half.

For the Bobcats to win games this year, they will have to win at least one, if not both, of these categories. If they lose both of these battles, it will be hard for Quinnipiac to win many games.

“It’s probably more on the rebounding and turnover front because when you miss free throws and threes, you can still win games,” Dunleavy said. “You can do it, as long as you take care of the things you can control.”

Something else the Bobcats can control is attitude, which is a key component in Dunleavy’s methods.

“I’m just trying to be there for my teammates,” senior guard Cam Young, who had 15 points in Monday’s loss, said. “I have to do whatever it takes to make it easier for them.”

This sort of togetherness will carry the Bobcats far, regardless of their season-ending record. If Dunleavy can start to form a culture in the hallowed halls of TD Bank Sports Center, the Bobcats can be happy with the direction of this program.

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Webster works with Quinnipiac women’s soccer freshman goalkeeper Isabel Dunning in the Mt. Carmel campus weight room. strength and conditioning coaches to put every team’s athletes in the best position to compete at the Division I level.

Webster chiefly works with the women’s rugby, volleyball, field hockey and soccer teams in the fall and the men’s and women’s lacrosse teams in the spring.

According to Webster, in-season teams usually have strength and conditioning sessions once or twice a week based on their game schedule, while offseason teams can put in as many as five sessions a week with Webster and her staff.

“It’s an investment (on the athlete’s) part where they are investing in the process,” Webster said. “If you’re focused on the consistency of your habits… then the end result is going to

come on its own. If we are obsessed with just winning… then that’s where I think some of those things can get in the way...We’re obsessed with having the best possible Monday at 6 a.m. that we can have.”

Contrary to the popular belief that strength and conditioning is all about getting stronger in a weight room, it is just as much a place where mental toughness is hard earned amongst the athletes.

That’s why Quinnipiac strength and conditioning has an intrinsic set of rules that the athletes follow unwaveringly.

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Quinnipiac men’s soccer’s season ends in penalties in MAAC semifinals

By RYAN CHICHESTER Staff Writer

Somebody had to lose.

The Quinnipiac men’s soccer team seemed to be hitting its stride. After an underwhelming start to the season where goals were a painful rarity, the Bobcats had rattled off five wins in six games, including a 1-0 victory over Manhattan in the MAAC Quarterfinals. They finally looked ready to live up to their preseason hype, needing just one more win to return to the conference finals and finish the job.

Unfortunately for the Bobcats, they ran into an immovable object in the Fairfield MORGAN TENCZA/CHRONICLE Stags, who stormed up the MAAC standings Captain James Doig is one of five Bobcats to depart after Thursday’s loss to Fairfield. down the stretch of the regular season thanks to a streak of eight straight matches without a cats home, ending their season just before they the preseason favorite, while the Stags were picked fifth before the season began, only to loss. Fairfield hadn’t lost a match in regulation seemed to be reaching their peak.

“We wish the game didn’t go into penalties ride their way to the number one seed after a since Sept. 1, and earned itself the top seed in at Fairfield, but unfortunately it did,” Quinnipiac scorching hot finish to the regular season. The the MAAC Tournament.

For the first 90 minutes, and then 110 min- head coach Eric Da Costa said. “Those are sce- Bobcats simply met the wrong team at the wrong time, despite trending upward themutes, it looked like somebody didn’t have to lose. narios that we deal with in our game.”

The semifinal match on Thursday, Nov. 9, selves after a rough start to the season.

Neither team budged an inch through regulation or the overtime periods, but Fairfield eventually was a reflection of the preseason polls, only broke through on penalty kicks to send the Bob- in reverse. The fifth-seeded Bobcats were See SOCCER Page 13