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Sam: ‘I’m not the only one in the NFL that’s gay’

By NICK SOLARI Sports Editor

Michael Sam was forthright and sincere as he spoke to Quinnipiac students and faculty on Tuesday evening in Burt Kahn Court.

Sam, the first openly gay football player to be drafted into the National Football League, revealed something to all in attendance: he’s not the only player that’s gay.

“I’m just gonna say I’m not the only one in the NFL that is gay, I’m just the only one that is out,” Sam said.

The former Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Year acknowledged that he understands why others haven’t come out publicly.

“They want to protect their livelihood,” Sam said. “But there will be a time [when they come out]. There’s going to be a day.”

Sam spoke for about an hour on a variety of topics, including his future in football, his decision to come out as gay and the recent announcement that he’ll be participating in ABC’s Dancing with the Stars.

“It was a really cool experience, it was different,” Sam told The Chronicle after the event. “It was fun, it’s already been a year since I graduated. So it was nice to be back around people my age.”

Sam talked about the upcoming NFL Veterans Combine, the first of its kind, on March 22 in Phoenix, Arizona.

“I thought I did enough in the preseason (last season), but apparently it wasn’t enough,” Sam said. “I just have to work harder. I’m certain, whatever league I’m playing in, that I’m going to be playing football somewhere next year.”

“I’ve fought adversity all my life. It helped me become me.”

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NFL defensive end and first openly gay player Michael Sam (R.) spoke at Burt Kahn Court Tuesday evening, tackling issues such as his sexuality and his future in football.

The defensive end also spoke about how his plan wasn’t to come out before the NFL Draft. Rather, he wanted to come out once he was drafted by a team.

“If I had my choice, I would have never came out in a public manner,” Sam said.

“My plan was not to come out publicly. But God had other plans, so I did what I did.”

Sam even discussed his upcoming appearance on Dancing with the Stars. He announced on Feb. 24 that he would be participating in the ABC show, but added in a series of tweets that football remained his

top priority.

“They wanted to do it last year, but it wasn’t the right time,” Sam said of the show.

“They came back this year and I said ‘hell yeah, let’s do it.’

Sam’s partner on the show will be Peta Murgatroyd, who he says ‘challenges him every single day in training.’

“I joke around and tell her not to work me too hard,” he said with a laugh.

Sam also talked about his sexuality, and specifically how it relates to his fiance Vito Cammisano.

“My fiance gave me the strength [to come out],” Sam said. “The challenge I get now is, why are you not dating a gay black guy? Why are you dating a white guy?”

“Why would I do that?” Sam asked the audience. “Why would I leave someone I fell in love with and have been through so many challenges with.”

Sam concluded by offering one last piece of advice to all the students in the room.

“College goes by too fast,” he said.

“Don’t be afraid of who you are, and keep working hard for what you truly believe.”

Cold weather causes damage in Village, Commons

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Sophomore Kelly Ledwith and her suitemates were forced to relocate to Larson after a pipe burst in her room in Village due to cold weather conditions.

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Last week, a pipe burst and a sprinkler line broke in Commons and Village residence halls, respectively. This flooded rooms and forced residents to leave their suites, according to Associate Vice President for Public Relations John Morgan.

Freezing temperatures caused both incidents, according to Facilities, via Morgan.

When a Village sprinkler line broke around 12:30 a.m. on Feb. 22, 16 of the 23 residents in the four suites were instructed to leave their residence hall so Facilities and an outside contractor could start the cleanup and repair process. In the meantime, the students in the Village 540s were relocated to another residence hall on Mount Carmel.

Two days later, a similar incident occurred in Commons, when eight students were forced to leave their rooms for approximately three hours after a pipe burst.

Most of the students living in Village 540s have returned to their suites. However, there are some students who haven’t been able to return to their rooms in Village yet.

Sophomore Connor McLeod lives in Village 543, the room below where the sprin-

place, so we were all relocated together,” McLeod said. “They expect[ed] to have us back in our room by Friday [Feb. 27] or so, but they have to replace our walls and such

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due to the damage.”

The university contacted McLeod and his roommates later last week and told them they cannot return to their room until after spring break.

Sophomore Kelly Ledwith lives in Village 541, the room in which the sprinkler line burst. Ledwith said the pipe was located in her bedroom on the second level of the suite.

“When I got out of bed, water started rushing in on the floor and you could hear the sound of it through the wall,” Ledwith said. “Within a few minutes, our bedroom had three to four inches of water, the bedroom next door had water and it went down to our common room, which had at least an inch of water.”

Ledwith said her and her roommates remained in a suite in Larson until Saturday morning.

Both Ledwith and McLeod said personal property was ruined, but Quinnipiac has been working with them to assess how much harm has been done.

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INDEX

By TARA O’NEILL

Associate News Editor

Interactive: 7 Opinion: 8 Arts & Life: 10 Sports: 14

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STUDENTS SPEAK UP

Last week, there were four accidents involving university shuttles - one at the New Road entrance, one on New Road, one in the Whitney Village driveway and one in South Lot. No one involved in the accidents sustained injuries.

By TARA O’NEILL Photography by MEGAN MAHER Design by HANNAH SCHINDLER AND KRISTEN RIELLO

MANAGING EDITOR Sarah Harris

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MANAGING EDITOR Julia Perkins

“It seems kind of sloppy to have four shuttle accidents in one week. You think we’d be better at [driving in bad conditions] by now.

I’m surprised that it happened four times. I feel like after the first time, you fix that and then it shouldn’t happen again.”

DESIGN EDITOR Hannah Schindler ASSOCIATE DESIGN EDITOR Kristen Riello CO-NEWS EDITOR Nicole Hanson CO-NEWS EDITOR Sarah Doiron ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Tara O’Neill ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Sara Kozlowski ASSOCIATE ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Jeanette Cibelli ASSOCIATE ARTS & LIFE EDITOR Kelly Novak

Erin Schirra|Freshman “Hearing about these accidents gets me concerned that the conditions on campus aren’t at the right place for the shuttles to be going.

The university really shouldn’t push it. It’s just a little concerning that [the university] doesn’t take into account the conditions because if a student is driving, you shouldn’t want them to drive in dangerous conditions.”

SPORTS EDITOR Nick Solari

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ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR Alec Turner

“I actually almost got hit by a shuttle the other day on York Hill. It was on the rotary. I was in the rotary with the shuttle and it was going over the speed bump and it started to move into my lane as we were going down the hill. I don’t think it saw me and that’s crazy.”

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Erin Seratelli|Sophomore “I think it’s on whoever is cleaning up the roads - they’re obviously not doing that great of a job. If it’s icy and there’s snow, I think that’s the problem. They need to figure that out.”

Beyond the Bobcats

A rundown on news outside the university.

By Nicole Hanson

New Haven leaders celebrate Dr. Seuss

ISIS releases Christian hostages

LAPD officers fatally shoot man on ground

Leaders from New Haven visited schools in the area on Monday to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday. The local leaders read the author’s works to children as a part of Read Across America Day, according to the New Haven Register. Among the leaders were New Haven Schools Superintendent Garth Harries, New Haven Chief Administrative Officer Michael Carter and Yale-New Haven Senior Vice President Michael Holmes. Some schools served of green eggs and ham and birthday cake with various characters while the volunteers read. United Way of Greater New Haven organized the birthday celebration.

On Sunday, ISIS released 19 Assyrian Christian hostages in northeastern Syria. The radical group abducted approximately 220 Christians in the area last month, according to the Catholic Herald. Officials expect 10 other Assyrian Christians to join the freed hostages shortly, according to CNN. Senior Official in the Assyrian Democratic Organization Bashir Saedi said the hostages who have been released were all 50 years-old or older, and thinks age might be a factor in the ISIS releases. An ISIS Sharia judge supposedly ordered the release of the hostages this past weekend.

Los Angeles police officers shot and killed a man who they pushed to the ground on Monday. The officers were responding to a report of a robbery in the area and the man they killed was the alleged suspect, according to CNN. LAPD Commander Andrew Smith said the suspect started fighting with officers when they came into contact, so the officers attempted to taser the man. Smith said the taser did not work on the man, but he allegedly reached for an officer’s gun while he was on the ground. Five shots were fired by three officers, resulting in the man’s death.

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck has defended the officers’ actions thus far.

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QU Tonight replaces Late Night with Joe Kohle

By NICOLE HANSON C0-News Editor

Crowds of people lined the Piazza on Thursday, Feb. 26 to see what Q30 producers had in store for them. After making the decision to reformat Late Night with Joe Kohle a few weeks prior, the student-run television station premiered Quinnipiac Tonight.

Senior Alyssa Goggi hosted the first episode of Quinnipiac Tonight, a show similar to Saturday Night Live.

Quinnipiac Tonight will have different hosts and guests for each episode, Goggi said. Junior Joe Berke said he’s interested to see the different people on the show.

“It’s different, which is cool,” Berke said. “I think they’ll get a lot of people back that way, with the changing of the host every week.”

Executive Producer Rebecca Castagna said the format of Quinnipiac Tonight allows more people to get involved with the show.

“The segments will be more fun to watch and more fun for the crew to make and we think it will give people more of a chance to get involved so more people will want to be interested in the show as a whole,” she said.

The first episode of Quinnipiac Tonight started off with a segment called BAE101, where Goggi practiced with the university’s Kickline team. The show then went to the live audience as Goggi sat on students’ laps and lip synced

to ‘Uptown Funk’ by Bruno Mars.

Other segments in the episode were ‘What would you do to get a Yale ticket?’ and ‘Walkward,’ where Goggi approached students and made them feel uncomfortable.

Junior Brendan Sheehan said he enjoyed the first airing of Quinnipiac Tonight.

“I thought it was funny. It kept the mood light,” Sheehan said. “I just thought it was a good show, in general.”

Associate Producer of Quinnipiac Tonight Steve Bielefield said it was a little difficult to transition between the two shows, but he felt it went well.

“I think we made the transition pretty well,” he said. “A lot of our segments from Late Night were basically the skits we created for QU Tonight so it wasn’t that hard to adjust and I think Alyssa was very happy she got to interact with the audience.”

Q30 producers chose to revamp the Late Night show when they noticed a lack of audience engagement, General Manager Jon Alba said.

Sheehan went to see every taping of Late Night in the Piazza and he said the turnout was much better for Quinnipiac Tonight.

“I was really surprised [by the turnout],” Sheehan said. “This audience blows [the one for Late Night] out of the water.”

According to Alba, changing the format of shows is something

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Senior Alyssa Goggi hosted the first QU Tonight episode in the Piazza on Feb. 26. The new show will have a new host each week with various segments.

Q30 does often to keep viewers interested and cabinet members learning.

“We’ve reformatted every show on Q30 at some point,” Alba said. “It was just one of those things where we found that the Late Night format wasn’t working anymore; it wasn’t anyone in particular’s fault.”

Alba said Late Night producers talked with audience members and had several meetings with Kohle before deciding to create Quinnipiac Tonight. However, Kohle said he was not involved in any

discussions about changing the format of Late Night. He said he thought the meetings he went to were about technical difficulties with the show.

“I had no idea talks took place and no producers or members of the Q30 cabinet ever expressed to me concerns about the show before being told of the planned changes,” Kohle said. “After being told of the plans to change the show, producers expressed to me that the Q30 cabinet crowd-sourced and received negative feedback about the show but no data or evidence

was ever presented to me to back up their claims.”

Though producers and crew invited Kohle and his co-host Charlie Doe to remain involved on Quinnipiac Tonight, the two have not said if they will return to the show.

“I know things didn’t end great with the end of Late Night’s tenure but I was really happy to see people invested in feeling rewarded after the show,” Alba said. “That’s what all this should be about: feeling rewarded, getting real world experience and having fun.”

Once united, now divided SGA and SPB decide to split

By SARAH HARRIS Managing Editor

The two organizations have been together since the 1980s and after arguing over this topic for 10 long years, Student Government Association has finally split from Student Programming Board.

SGA unanimously voted on Wednesday, Feb. 25 to remove SPB from its organization, beginning in the 2015-2016 academic year.

“This was not just an SGA move, this was made in coordination with SPB,” Carly Hviding, the SGA vice president for public relations said.

Vice president for programming is currently a dual position that serves SGA and SPB. The president of SPB has always been the VP of programming on the SGA executive board. The removal of this position is part of the split.

They are also removing the programming committee in SGA and SPB is now autonomous so they can vote on their own constitutional changes.

The serious discussion of the split for the current SGA e-Board began last spring when SPB went over their by-laws. Whatever changes they made to their consti-

tution, SGA had to vote on them to go through. Among the changes it wanted to make was how SPB chooses their e-board members.

SPB wanted to change their bylaws so that to be eligible for the position of president, you would have already had to be an e-board member of SPB. Hviding said this limited who could serve the student body on SGA. “But as SGA was voting on it, we saw a problem with the fact that because that role also serves on SGA which serves a different purpose, it was filtering the number of people that could represent the entire student body on SGA’s five person e-board,” Hviding said.

“So it was a concern to us, because it seemed like a filtering system into our organization.”

Danielle Imbriano, the Vice President for Programming felt SGA voting on their constitution had its pros and cons.

“That is effective because they can kind of open our eyes to certain things but also they don’t know all the ins-and-outs of what SPB needs to be a more effective organization,” Imbriano said.

“So the autonomy will be back in SPB’s hands which will be helpful

for their growth as well.”

Representatives from SGA and SPB came together as an ad hoc committee last semester and discussed how they see the future of these organizations and how they function. The two organizations began to wonder why they were even combined to begin with.

“It made us question, ‘well why are we connected’ as two organizations with a common role and this person serving on both.”

– CARLY HVIDING SGA VICE PRESIDENT FOR PR “It made us question ‘well why are we connected’ as two organizations with a common role and this person serving on both...so we had to explore this relationship and if it was a necessary connection,” Hviding said.

One thing that isn’t changing is the financial structure of SPB’s budget with SGA. SGA does not require SPB to submit a line by line item budget since it put on an abundance of programs. All other

organizations must submit a lineby-line item budget.

“For SGA and SPB to function to serve the whole student body, because that is what we are charged by the university to do, SPB has to have special privileges within that policy,” Hviding said.

Hviding hopes both organizations continue to serve the student body as best as they can.

“Both organizations are really excited about this change. We worked together to come up with these solutions and we hope for the future that we maintain a relationship with SPB and we can all serve the students as best as possible,” Hviding said.

But as one position goes out, another one comes in.

SGA is voting on a new e-board position, Vice president for student experience, during an emergency meeting Wednesday, March 4. The reasoning for an emergency meeting is due to the timing of elections and how close they are.

This new position would be responsible for collecting student data and working for the student body.

“Essentially, it will make the Student Government Association run more efficiently for the student

body because the vice president for programming position is really beneficial but this growth for a possible new position that will be voted on this week will make a position that can help more people out at the university,” Imbriano said.

The vice president for student experience would be an advocate of students organizations and involvement as well. It is very student-focused. The position will focus on student extracurriculars and the outside the classroom experience.

He or she would examine numbers such as the Lever report, a document that shows why people transfer from Quinnipiac. The vice president for student experience will find out what the school can do to lower that number. Certain projects that this position would take over is the potential coffee shop and bar on campus.

“It would be a more proactive position,” Hviding said. “A lot of the time SGA is working as a reactive position so people will bring in concerns to us and we react to them, this would be a proactive position of this is what students are saying, what can we do before it’s an issue.”

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New School of Nursing chairs announced The School of Nursing has appointed Lisa O’Connor as associate dean and chair of its undergraduate program. O’Connor has had 12 years of experience at Quinnipiac prior to being named Associate Dean of the School of Nursing.

Assistant Professor Susan Lynch came to the university in 2013 after teaching at St. Joseph University full-time. The two will work with Founding Dean of the School of Nursing Jean Lange to lead the undergraduate program. -N. Hanson

Sign-ups for weekly produce delivery begin Farmer Joe’s Garden is holding sign ups for a weekly produce delivery to interested students. This program is held through the Farmer Harvest Program. A medium share of produce is $19 per week and a full share is $27 per week. Each week there is a menu of produce each person can choose from. Registrations begin March 4 in the North Haven Cafe or March 6 in the Student Center tables and will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The company dropoff location is still being decided by Farmer Joe’s. Contact Kristen Richardson or Mary Ellen Lomax-Bellare with any questions.–S. Doiron

QU Idol auditions to be held The Student Programming Board is hosting auditions for QU Idol, based off of the TV show American Idol. Students who wish to audition should prepare a song of their choice to sing at the audition.

Auditions will be held March 18 from 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. in SC117.

QU Idol will be held on March 27 from 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. in Buckman Theater. The top three winners will receive prizes ranging from $100 to $300. Students with any questions can contact spb@quinnipiac.edu.–S. Doiron

UMass professor to discuss new book Professor Sonia Nieto from University of Massachusetts Amherst will discuss her new book titled “Why We Teach Now” on Wednesday, March 4 from 7 - 9 p.m. in the Center for Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences on the North Haven campus. Nieto’s book is a collection of essays written by teachers and is part of the Campus Cross-Talk series. -N. Hanson

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QTHON raises more than $55,000 for Childrens Miracle Network

By ADELIA COUSER Staff Writer

This year at the third annual QTHON, more than 900 Quinnipiac students raised $55,018.35 to provide medical treatment for children in financial need.

QTHON is a six-hour dance marathon that raises money “For the Kids” and for the Connecticut Children’s Miracle Center (CCMC) in Hartford.

It is part of a nationwide student-run movement involving more than 150 schools who support Children’s Miracle Network hospitals.

This year’s event took place on Feb. 28 in the Recreation Center. Fifty-one teams were scheduled to attend, according to the event’s registration website.

It was “life-changing,” according to junior and two-time QTHON participant Katie Lowe.

“Last year I attended QTHON not knowing what to expect, and it was an amazing experience for me,” Lowe said. “[It’s] such an amazing resource for families who have children that need medical attention.”

Both the attendance and fundraising were nearly doubled this year, since last year’s QTHON raised $31,000 and had 583 attendees.

Over the course of the six hours, 11 “miracle families” from CCMC spoke to students about how the event changed their children’s lives.

“Thank you so much for your support,” one emotional mother said. “We really couldn’t have done this without you guys.”

Junior Brittany Coda, a member of the event’s management team, was inspired by Collin, one of the CCMC

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Senior Luke Pereira (right) hugs Quinn (left,) a child who goes to the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center during QTHON. children who has autism and “came out of his shell” during QTHON. “[Collin usually] wears headphones so he cannot hear noise, and usually will hide behind his parents,” Coda said. “This was his first time in a crowd so big...he was on stage dancing with everyone, he was acting like a brand new kid. [His mother] was crying and couldn’t thank my team and I enough for all we do. It is a memory and moment I will never ever forget.”

In addition to dancing, QTHON participants could stuff a teddy bear for $5, participate in raffles, and visit the “Instagram Station,” where stu-

dents took Instagram photos with their teams, uploaded them with the hashtag #QTHON2015, and received laminated copies of the photo. There were also performances by university dance teams and acapella groups.

Junior Aldo Servello attended with his service fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega, and was impressed with the event’s growth since the first QTHON in 2012.

“The fact that it has increased four folds in the last three years is amazing,” Servello said. “Seeing the students of QU that came out for the cause was great. I think the event was absolutely a bonding experience [for

my team].”

Senior Erica Seamon, another member of Alpha Phi Omega, said that her favorite part of the event was listening to the Miracle Families talk about their experiences with the Children’s Miracle Network hospitals.

“It really allowed the participants to connect with what they were participating in even more,” Seamon said.

“I would recommend QTHON to others because it was a fun night to spend with your friends and classmates, and know that you’re doing something to make a difference for the kids.”

Town considers “College Town District” plan

By JULIA PERKINS Managing Editor

Hamden officials have proposed a different way to keep students out of residential areas.

The town is looking to create a “College Town District,” where students would shop and live off campus, away from single-family homes.

The area could be located in the Woodruff Street, Renshaw Road, Whitney Avenue and New Road section of town.

“It would be attractive for students to want to live in and attractive to other residents to go to shop or eat at,” Assistant Town Planner Daniel Kops said. “Because it wouldn’t simply be housing. It would be restaurants, shops, etc and it would be an area that would encourage development and hopefully pull students away from the single-family home areas.”

Although Kops stressed that this is a preliminary idea, he said this could alleviate issues between students and Hamden families.

Students have different lifestyles from the majority of Hamden residents, Kops said, which can cause tensions. He said he still wants the university to build more dorms and still wants more students back on campus, but that this could be a solution for the students who want to live off campus.

“The problem really arises from

the fact that there is no viable area for students to live together,” he said. “I’m sure you’ve seen in other municipalities if you visit friends [at different colleges,] there’s typically an area where lots of students live if you live off campus. It’s multi-family housing, it’s dense and it’s somewhat buffered from residential areas.”

“It wouldn’t simply be housing. It would be restaurants, shops, etc and it would be an area that would encourage development and hopefully pull students away from the single-family home areas.”

– DANIEL KOPS

ASSISTANT TOWN PLANNER Kops hopes students would want to live in this district, rather than in the neighborhoods, because they would be closer to their friends.

“Their friends are always in walking distance rather than having to get in their car,” Kops said.

“It also might be safer on a Saturday night when sometimes they go out to parties that are elsewhere and they’re driving when they

shouldn’t be.”

But freshman Tyler Rubeor said he does not like the idea of the “College Town District.”

“I don’t really think it’s fair to restrict where students live as long as they’re paying rent and remembers the society they should be able to live where they want,” he said.

Kops said students would still be allowed to live in off-campus houses outside of the district, as long as these homes were already permitted for student use. With the implementation of the “College Town District,” the commission would no longer give studenthousing permits for homes outside the district.

“It’s not forcing anyone out of where they’re living now,” he said.

“It’s not forcing property owners to sell their property because it can’t be used for a rental. But it says, if the language is approved, it would stop the issuing of new permits in the single family residential zones.”

Kops also believes the district could attract stores and restaurants, which would benefit both Hamden residents and students.

He said Quinnipiac has expressed interest in a district like this in the past. President Lahey said in an interview with The Chronicle in November 2013 that he wanted to make Northern Hamden a college town.

Freshman Nicole Monce said she liked the idea of a “College Town District.”

“The juniors or seniors who are living off campus could all be in the same area, kind of like giving them an on-campus experience living together, but it’s off campus,” she said.

Senior Wil Penn thought a “College Town District” would help eliminate conflicts between students and residents, but he said he would not want to live in this district. He said this is because he would be worried the university and the police would target this area to discipline partying students.

“I think that’s what pushes a lot of students to live off campus,” he said. “You know the fact that they don’t have a [resident assistant] 10 feet down the hallway and that the cops don’t know exactly where they live and it kind of provides that private feel of living in a home.”

To create a “College Town District,” the Hamden Planning and Zoning Commission would have to vote to change its zoning map. The town planners need to look at what other towns do and draft an amendment to present to the commission.

This may take months, Kops said.

“The devil’s in the details,” he said. “It’s going to take us a while to come up with something that makes sense to move forward.”

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MSA holds vigil for Chapel Hill shooting victims

By MATT GRAHN Staff Writer

There was the flickering of candle-lights and a sense of solidarity last Thursday night in the Grand Courtroom. The Muslim Student Association (MSA) held a vigil for the victims of the Chapel Hill shooting.

Deah Shaddy Bakarat, 23, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, 21, and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19, were killed Tuesday, Feb. 10 at their home in the Chapel Hill condominium complex, near the University of North Carolina, which they attended. The suspect in the shooting is their neighbor, Craig Steven Hicks. However, there is controversy if the shooting was motivated by a parking dispute or by religion.

Ali Munshi, freshman MSA member, disputes the parking spot theory.

“If you truly believe one man took the lives of three innocent human beings for a parking spot, I think you need to open your minds,” Munshi said. “This was clearly a hate crime, and not over some parking dispute.”

Ayah Galal, freshman and member of MSA, also believes that the victims were targeted for being Muslim because the women, Yusor and Razan, wore hijabs. Also, she doesn’t believe that the story was covered as

Students and faculty pray during a candelight vigil . well as it should have been.

“These three students were the role model students. This story didn’t ’make headlines as much as it would have if it was a Muslim behind the gun,” she said.

The vigil itself consisted of a series of speeches and a poem, followed by a moment of silence. There were members of other groups in attendance, including the Quinnipiac Christian Fellowship, the Quinnipiac

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Catholic Chaplaincy, the Jewish Student Organization and the Office of Multicultural and Global Education, all there to lend their support.

“The more people come together–in good times and bad times–the closer people become,” campus Rabbi Reena Judd said.

Galal was pleased with the turnout.

“It’s nice seeing students from different backgrounds, religions and races coming out

and coming together to show that this is just one race: the human race,” she said.

Munshi, also reflecting on the vigil, thinks that change needs to happen.

“We can’t just come together when a tragedy happens,” he said. “If every time someone died, and we’d come together and mourn their death and say, ‘Yeah, its wrong,’ how many more lives is it going to take to make us realize that it’s wrong all the time?”

Galal believes education and information can prevent events like the Chapel Hill shooting from happening again. Along with having the MSA put on more events, she thinks that students should feel comfortable with asking the Muslim students questions about their practices.

“I love answering questions. I’d rather have people know than not know,” she said.

Senior Andrew Perazella, who comes from a Catholic background, also attended the vigil. He said change can also come from addressing the wrongs of society.

“What I was always taught is that silence means consent, meaning if you don’t speak out, you’re allowing it to happen,” he said.

Thinking about the need for change Galal quoted Martin Luther King Jr. “You cannot drive out hate with hate. You can only do that with love.”

Faculty, students compete in Word War I

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Student judges critique Professor Timothy Dansdill as he performs during Word War I.

By PAUL BROSNAN Staff Writer

Professor Kimberly O’Neill opened her satirical piece at the English honors society Sigma Tau Delta and Montage’s Word War last week with her investigation of the tenure faculty conspiracy. Her diary entries were backed with evidence; professors heads photoshopped onto monsters.

“I discovered that I am part of this new

faculty conversion program during the tenure year. Soon I will be offered tenure, and with it conversion. I and other new faculty can become the monsters of our choice,” Professor O’Neill said in her performance.

Senior judge Justin Burnett thought O’Neills diary readings were intriguing.

“Seeing the picture she presented of Professor Dansdill’s true form, a silver humanoid with razor sharp claws, was both illumi-

nating and horrifying,” he said. “I thought it was awesome that she was able to engage the other contestants in her piece.”

Nearly 30 students and faculty went to Buckman Theater on Feb. 26 to witness Word War I, a literary slam co-hosted by Sigma Tau Delta, the English honors society, and Montage.

The literary battle was between four professors who competed against each other.

There were three student judges who decided who was the best writer for each round.

The competition was separated into rounds with the winning teacher moving forward. The host of Word War Tanner Celestin told attendees to throw paper airplanes at the contestants if they read for longer than the seven minute time limit.

Professor Kimberly O’Neill won the first Word War after tieing and beating Professor Ken Cormier in a bonus round.

Professor Timothy Dansdill competed in the first Word War and even came up with the name. “[The students] had the structure for it, and I put the name on it,” Dansdill said.

Dansdill talked about the difficulties of getting more professors and students interested in ongoing English department activities.

Dansdill hopes to have more students and faculty become involved in future Word Wars.

“I think we’ve got a lot of talent that I think we need to tap,” he said. “Which puts a particular pressure or responsibility on Montage and Sigma Tau Delta and reach

across to other fraternities and sororities to see who they can bring. There is a possibility of really building a community here.”

Dansdill was among three other professors who competed in the Word War. Professor O’Neill, Professor Cormier and graduate Danielle Susi also competed.

Sophomore and judge for the Word War Jessica Simpson thought the event was fun and well organized.

“I thought the event went very well for something that was put together in almost an instant,” she said. “Kira, Rachel and Tanner definitely did a fantastic job in making it a fun and entertaining event.”

Though she loved all the performances, Simpson said her favorite performance was

by Professor Dansdill.

“He made his entertaining and put on a bunch of different hats to be different characters,” she said.

The performances ranged from singing

by Professor Cormier to satirical diary entries by Professor O’Neill. Each round had it’s own theme that the contestants had to compete in, such as a “Price is Right” round where contestants answer Quinnipiac related trivia.

Sophomore Manny Gomez thought the event was entertaining and interesting.

“You know it is always fun to have this type of art displayed,” Gomez said. “To me it’s just something that is really important for college life.”

Gomez hopes to see more events like this one on campus.

Flooding in Village destroys students’ possessions LEAKS from cover said. “Our television was damaged along with several electrical devices, including chargers and fridges. Our couch, rugs and wooden stand were also ruined.”

Ledwith said she and her suitemates had similar issues with their personal property

being ruined by all of the water.

“A lot of our clothes bins and things under our bed were damaged,” Ledwith said.

“All of my shoes were kept under my bed so a lot of them were damaged. My computer was on the floor charging and got some water damage in it. Electrical things like my hair straightener, hair curler and blow dryer were under my desk and are ruined.”

When asked if the university would be reimbursing the students for their damaged property, McLeod said he believes that will be the case.

“Mostly likely,” he said. “From what they’ve been telling us, they will.”

McLeod also said he was impressed with how helpful the university has been throughout the situation.

“Quinnipiac has been pretty accommodating and responded quickly to the matter,” he said. “They are currently working with the insurance companies to cover any damages.”

None of the students affected by the pipe burst in Commons were available for comment.

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Twomey: 165 students applied for OL position

By SAL SICILIANO Staff Writer

With spring comes a new class of high school graduates choosing Quinnipiac as their college–and a new team of orientation leaders to welcome them to their new home.

In February, 165 students applied to become orientation leaders, and in less than a week 39 were hired for the upcoming summer, according to Erin Twomey, associate director of campus life & new student orientation.

Students interested–close to 300 this year–attended information sessions, where they were given applications to fill out.

Beyond this standard application, applicants are also given a grade and conduct check–they have to be clear under the university’s code of conduct and have to have a GPA of 2.75 or higher. Those who pass these checks are given a group process interview, where applicants are put into small groups to test their cooperation.

“You sit at a table with a bunch of other OL applicants and one professional staff,” said Chris Desilets, 2017 class president and an orientation leader last summer. “They’ll give you a problem… they’re not worried about if you’ll get it right, they’re just trying to see how you interact with everybody.”

Junior Alison Kalinowski, who applied to be an OL for her second time this year, her first being when she was a freshman, says that although it was, “nerve-wracking,” to know what to expect from the application process, she felt comfortable around the other applicants.

“They were all genuinely nice people and treated everyone in the room with respect.

There was no competition for who can outshine the other,” said Kalinowski.

After these group sessions, grades are given and cuts are made. According to Twomey,

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The university picked 39 new orientation leaders to welcome incoming students this summer.

about half of the applicant pool is invited back for personal interviews with professional staff.

“They typically run around 20 minutes or so,” said Twomey. “From that process we’ll make the decision of who we’ll hire on staff.”

Just four days later, Kalinowski found herself accepted into the program.

“I was really excited that I heard back four days later,” she said. “It came as a complete shock since I was expecting to heart back a week later, but it put my mind at ease and started off my midterm week on the right foot.”

Those who have been accepted will have a few more informational sessions to attend this spring. Then, the week after the end of this school year, they will have a week of training

before their first session of new Bobcats.

“The first day [of an orientation], you wake up at 5 a.m., you go get breakfast, and then you go and just start pulling kids out of their cars,” Desilets said. “We’re probably done around midnight, then we wake up around 6 a.m. the next day...There’s not much sleep once you’re actually in session.”

Despite the work-load and no past experience required, Twomey is certain that the orientation training program covers everything to ensure a smooth transition for new students.

“Theres a lot of training that they go through all in preparation on how to assist a new student that’s coming here, how to be the best guide and resource for them–how do you

navigate them to help being here,” Twomey said.

After four sessions in July and one in August, Desilets remembers a summer that was not just a lot of work, but also a lot of fun.

“I just had so much fun at my own orientation this was just something I had to be involved in,” Desilets said. “[The application process] was enjoyable, I wish we got to do it again this year because returners have a different process… the summer was exactly what I expected and it really was a great time.”

Returning OLs have always had a different process than the newcomers. Although they also need a background check and an application, they are then assessed by their fellow OLs and from there staff decides who may need to be interviewed who may need some improvement or the push to step up.

At the end of the day, whether returning or new, Twomey and her staff are looking for OLs that, “mirrors the campus body.”

“We have 6,500 students here and everyone is different, so we want a diverse staff that has different passions and different interests, different experiences and backgrounds,” Twomey said. “It’s a variety of students and it needs to be, they need to be able to relate to 1,800 new students coming in from different walks of life.”

Kalinowski wanted to be an orientation leader to, “shine a positive light on the Quinnipiac community.”

“I know how scary it is being in a completely foreign place and how hard it is adapt without having someone you trust to guide you,” she said. “I’m excited to show them how liberating it is to be out of that high school bubble... If I can make a difference in at least one person’s life, I will consider this summer session a huge success.”

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Opinion TWEETS OF THE WEEK @QpacProblems QU doesn’t cancel classes when there’s 2 ft of snow meanwhile my brother at UT Austin gets a 2 hr delay for freezing mist @StefanAleo Stefan Aleo So hamden has no school but Quinnipiac doesn’t even have a delay. Thanks for caring about our safety QU. #not #thisalwayshappens @Reegs568 Kristin idk quinnipiac maybe you could salt the sidewalks @erika_andersonn Erika Anderson My ears ALWAYS need to be popped when I come down from York Hill @Justin_Cloutier Justin Cloutier

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The limitations of apprehensive speech My friend Tom has a huge problem with the word “literally.” So as his friend, I use the word every chance I get.

“Dude, I was literally in the library for seven hours yesterday.”

Tom has said, more than once, that he doesn’t KYLE LIANG see the need to use the word. He has a point.

Staff Writer What’s different about @Kyle_Liang saying, “Dude, I was in the library for seven hours yesterday?”

If you look at the word literally, it contains the word “literal,” meaning exactly as is, or in the exact manner or form, directly translated. And if you look at where else the word “literal” can be found, we see that a similar form of the word is seen in the word “literature.” With that in mind, if we use “text” synonymously with “literature,” then apply “literal” or literally in relation to literature, we can conclude that “literally” in a “literal” or “textual” sense of the word can also mean “exactly as is in the text, as found in the text, as stated in the text, or in the same manner or form as the text” with text, in our case, referring to the context in which the word is said.

In other words, the word literally serves to add emphasis or further clarification to a sentence. So why, then, do we feel that it is necessary to emphasize a statement that is already true? It’s not like we can make the statement even truer by adding the word literally. If I was in the library for seven hours then I was in the library for seven hours. What’s there to clarify?

If you think about who uses the word literally, I bet those same people use the word

“like.” And I think that many of us, especially us college age kids, unconsciously use the word “like”and “literally.” I can almost guarantee we’ve heard someone on campus say something that sounds a little like this: “I’m literally never going to Toad’s again.

I’m like so done with that place.”

If you have never used the word “like” or “literally,” then bravo. I commend you and what I’m about to say next does not apply to you. Generally speaking, when someone does use the word “like,” it consequently makes the remainder of his or her statement ambiguous. Suddenly there’s a cloud of uncertainty formed around the sentence.

“I was waiting in the omelet line for like 30 minutes.” Were you actually in the omelet line for 30 minutes, or was it more like 25, or maybe just 15? Imagine someone else said “I was in the omelet line for 30 minutes.” Now that’s someone who I wouldn’t doubt. That person sounds like he knows exactly how long he was waiting in that line for his cheese, bacon and spinach, whatever omelet. But when someone says he was in line “for like 30 minutes,” you really don’t know how reliable that is. He could have just been there for 10 minutes and be completely exaggerating, or he has no idea how long he was waiting.

We as young people are part of a generation in which the word “like” is said so often that we have to introduce words such as “literally” to our conversational speech just to make clear when we are not exaggerating or not uncertain about our statements. The use of “like” has weakened our speech. The assertiveness

of our diction is reduced by the extensive use of a word associated with simile. Our speech has become subjective. And this subjectivity in our voice may be reflective of our timidity as a generation. Although I hate to say this because I still catch myself say “like” sometimes, perhaps the repeated use of the word insinuates that we are unsure of ourselves and it reveals our lack confidence due to a lack of knowledge.

How often do you hear a professor of yours say “like” during his/her lecture? Hardly ever I’m sure. And it’s because your professors know the material that they’re lecturing about inside and out. They don’t need to use the word “like” because they can explain the concepts well without it and therefore can avoid the risk causing more confusion.

It may be that we don’t feel confident in our own thoughts and our ability to express them. Thus we resort to the use of “like.”

The word has become our scapegoat—using it creates a comfort zone. We can avoid being wrong by instead being vague.

Think about your ability to convey information as a square room limited by the walls and the height of the ceiling. This room can grow with enough mental effort. Yet once put in the tough situation of having to express a powerfully worded opinion or idea, it’s much easier to stay within the comfort of that little room you know so well, recycling all the same words, and thus, reverting back into the little corner of the room that you love. And in that corner is the word “like.”

Unfortunately, the world and all its ideas along with your thoughts and emotions cannot be explained or understood by what’s in a little square room. So at some point you will have to push open those walls.

“The Dress” isn’t the most important thing Last Thursday, a photo of a dress went viral on Twitter, Facebook and practically every other online forum. By now, you’re probably firmly “white and gold” or “blue and black,” but what’s your stance on net neutrality? What about gun control? Or feminism?

I’m not saying it’s wrong to get caught up in the crazy things that trend on social media. When my roommates and I saw the dress, it sparked a 20 minute conversation.

It’s normal that we, especially as young college students, would want to be aware of the pop culture occurring around us. The same can be said for the Delaware cop who got caught singing Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” or llamas running free in Arizona. But what we need as a society is more of a balance between the fun yet insignificant things we see online and the more serious, difficult to understand occurrences.

Here are just a few things that are more important than “The Dress.” Coincidentally, the first is often known for its dresses, though its implications run far deeper than fashion.

There were startling levels of gender inequality at this year’s – and past years’ – Academy Awards. Throughout history, only four women have been nominated for Best Director, with the solitary win going to Kathryn Bigelow in 2009 for “The Hurt Locker.” In the past five years, no women

condominium complex in Chapel Hill, N.C. have been nominated.

Women in Hollywood are often not giv- Craig Stephen Hicks has been charged with en equal pay, opportunities or recognition. murder. There has been debate as to whether This is why after winning the Oscar for Best the deaths of Deah Shaddy Barakat, Yusor Supporting Actress for her performance in Mohammad Abu-Salha and Razan Moham“Boyhood,” Patricia Arquette announced, mad Abu-Salha were caused due to a hate crime against Muslims or “It is our time to have an alleged parking diswage equality once and pute between neighbors. for all, and equal rights JEANETTE CIBELLI Both reasons are comfor women in the United pletely unacceptable, and States of America!” Many Associate Arts & Life Editor this tragedy is another on have applauded her for @jeanettecib a growing list of gun-rethis speech. lated deaths in America.

The next should be a Yes, our second Consticoncern for anyone thriving in the technological age – students, pro- tutional amendment promises us the right to bear arms, but should that remain our right fessionals and Netflix-lovers alike.

Last Thursday, the Federal Communica- if this is the cost?

These are only three of the countless sotions Committee (FCC) voted in favor of net neutrality, which is the policy that the Inter- cial, cultural, political and financial issues net should remain equally open to all users. occurring in the world today. And I’m not If net neutrality had been voted down, phone suggesting that everyone needs to perfectly and cable companies would have been able understand all of them; that would be imposto ensure that their subscribers received fast- sible. I admit that I needed to research these er access to online information than those topics, but acquiring a basic understanding who didn’t subscribe. Essentially, this would of all three took less than 30 minutes. That’s have meant that if you didn’t pay their fees, a mere 10 minutes per problem, so the next your use of the Internet would have suffered. time you’re waiting on line at the post ofAnd finally, the most devastating of my fice or taking a study break, consider getthree examples adds fuel to the fiery debate ting caught up on the news. And to Twitter’s credit, its trending topics may actually be a about the Second Amendment.

On Feb. 10, three University of North good place to start.

Carolina students were shot and killed in a

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Take advantage of your time off With spring break approaching, every be on top of the world as college students, student at Quinnipiac is getting ready for a but instead will be 20-something year olds well deserved vacation and time away from with college debt preventing us from travelQuinnipiac. After seven weeks of slipping ing.

In my opinion, these four years are a on ice and snow, all nighters cramming for tests and waiting in shuttle lines to New Ha- time that we should try and go anywhere ven or York Hill, students are looking for- that we can. Explore the world while we can, because soon enough ward to time away from we won’t have the opporHamden.

ALEC TURNER tunity to take a week off Each student looks at Associate Sports Editor in March to go away and the upcoming break dif@alecturner39 relax. ferently. Some students For the students that will catch up the sleep that are going home and enthey missed because of joying their spring break schoolwork. Others will with their friends and spend time with family and friends from back home, while others family, enjoy that time as well. We are away will binge watch on Netflix to catch up on at school for a great chunk of the year and shows that they haven’t been able to watch. we don’t get that time with our loved ones As for myself, I am looking forward to be- as much as we should. Make sure to have ing in my hometown in Massachusetts for a a family dinner and enjoy the time sitting couple of days and then heading to Nassau, with your family like you did as a child. Go Bahamas for a much needed five-day vaca- grab a movie with some friends like you did when you were in high school. Go visit your tion.

I understand that many students will not high school and catch up with a teacher that be going to a tropical location, and some are inspired you. You are only home for a short even going to a snowy location to ski and time, you might as well take advantage of snowboard. Personally, I am excited to get the time that you have.

For the people going to a warm place, away with some of my Quinnipiac friends for what will hopefully be one of our great- enjoy the substitute of sand instead of snow. est experiences together. This will be my For the people going somewhere cold, enjoy first vacation without my family and I am the passion you have in the winter. And for excited for that. If I could give any advice to the people that are staying home, enjoy the the readers, it would be to travel while you break and rest that you deserve. See you all can. In less than four years we will no longer in a week.

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ADVICE FROM ANDY

Five suggestions for your spring break Looking back at many of my “advice” col- Whether it’s Vonnegut or Plato or Nick Sparks, umns, I came to a conclusion loaded with irony nothing is more relaxing than escaping between the covers of a book.

I cannot dispute: most of my columns do Suggestion number two: I have one not offer advice. Inword for you: Netflix. In search of a stead, I have ranted, new show? Try the AMC show Hell on raved and written Wheels; you won’t regret it. Seriously. about current issues Suggestion number three: Sleep in a tone more remiexcessively. Maybe I’m a lazy perniscent of a grumpy son or maybe I embrace my sloth old man rather than too openly or maybe I’m just tired the liberal college while writing this. Whatever the newspaper columnist— reason, using spring break to catch and I even have the grey hair to up on sleep—sleep lost completmatch the demeanor of the former ing that last minute paper or studying persona. So in this week’s column, for that one test you completely forgot I will abandon my general tone and about—is never a poor decision. comply with the conventional stanSuggestion number four: Get dards of the advice column.

ANDY LANDOLFI ahead.

Let’s face it: professors often So here it goes: the first advice Staff Writer @AndyLandolfi use spring break as a weeklong extencolumn written for the “Advice by sion of the spring semester; what is a Andy” column. Doesn’t irony taste break without course work anyway, right? If so sweet?

I like to imagine I possess some profound applicable, or, if time permits, spring break ofadvice, that I bear within my mind some pro- fers the opportunity for those constantly behind found wisdom. My imagination, however, on course work to finish all impending assignappears to be inconsistent with reality; if you ments and maybe even get ahead; it also gives are reading this expecting deep insight regard- students the chance to fall further behind. I ing the way to structure one’s life, then, well, prefer the former, but generally force myself to you’re probably going to want to put this news- endure the latter.

Suggestion number five: Enjoy some home paper down.

Rather than being philosophical, I will en- cooked meals. The end of spring break marks deavor to be practical. This week, I aim to offer the return to either Chartwells or Ramen; so get a list of suggestions to help sedate weeklong it will the getting is good.

I hope your spring break is both relaxing boredom for those of you uncertain of how to spend your rapidly approaching spring (be- and productive—if not, I hope it is whatever you need it to be. cause the weather is just so spring-like) break.

Suggestion number one: Read for leisure.

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Arts & Life Drayton dances

By SARAH HARRIS Managing Editor

Drayton Brindisi (above) was in and out of Connecticut Children’s Medical Center after he was born premature. He was delievered approximately 17 weeks early.

Drayton gets on stage with his mom and dad. He takes the microphone with his two hands and when he tries to speak, he breaks out into giggles, throws his head back and looks to his parents. The crowd follows with laughter and cheers.

“I was in the hospital for five months and five days,” he said.

Six-year-old Drayton Brindisi was born at 23 weeks, 17 weeks earlier than his expected due date. His mother, Heather Brindisi, said he weighed 15 ounces.

To put it in perspective, that’s less than a pound of deli meat.

The Brindisi’s live in Ellington and the family went to the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center when Drayton was born.

Drayton went through a series of surgeries while in the hospital. Multiple specialists worked with the Brindisi family while Drayton was in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit). Drayton went home with a feeding tube and it was finally removed when he could start eating by mouth at age.

“We want to continually tell you guys how appreciative we are for you guys doing this and raising funds for the hospital because he never would have been here if they hadn’t had all that expertise there, so thank you very much,” Heather said.

This was the Brindisi’s first time at Quinnipiac.

“We’ve done a lot of different fundraising things. This is actually our first QThon and we did HuskyThon last year. And my wife and I both work at a school and they did one this year, so we’re regulars now,” Andrew Brindisi said.

QThon is a dance marathon that raises money for the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. At this event, students and organizations on campus come together and

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dance for a cause. Different families, who have in the past or currently go to the medical center, attend the event as well.

Drayton and his family go back to the hospital every now and then to visit the nurses and to see the NICU Drayton stayed in.

“The nurses are very nice,” Drayton said.

Drayton rarely stood still in Burt Kahn Court as he weaved in and out of the crowd, going up to random students and giving them hugs.

“How many more questions? How many?” Drayton asks.

“Five more,” I said.

“Why don’t you say ‘what school do you go to?’” he said.

“What school do you go to?”

“Uh, Windermere.”

His favorite things to learn about in his elementary school, Windermere, are writing and reading. His favorite books are the howto ones, epecially ones about brushing teeth.

“He’s a very energetic and social child,” Heather said.

Drayton gets up and shows off his favorite dance moves like nobody is watching.

His QThon shirt hangs down to his knees and he jumps up and down and waves his arms in the air as he makes funny noises.

The fundraising teams that raised the most money got the privilege to spend time with a child at QThon.

Justin Capella, a team fundraiser, hung out with Drayton and ran after him as he gave out free hugs.

“The kid was full of love and it really made me appreciate everything,” Capella said. “He showed me even the smallest act of kindness, like a hug, can mean the world to someone.”

QThon raised $55,018 this year, hitting a new fundraising record for kids just like Drayton.

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By JEANETTE CIBELLI

Associate Arts & Life Editor

Your palms sweat, your heart pounds and your throat tightens. You’re feeling anxious, but why?

Maybe it’s because midterms are approaching or you’re traveling alone to a foreign place for spring break. These are normal reasons to feel anxiety. But if you feel anxious every day or can’t pinpoint a reason, you may be suffering from an anxiety disorder.

It is common to feel some anxiety when there is something nerve-wracking going on in our lives, such as an important test or job interview. Kenneth Wenning, consultant to the Quinnipiac University counseling services, said that these lower-level forms of anxiety benefit us in several ways. “[Anxiety] keeps us on our toes a little, helps us make judgments about situations and to anticipate consequences,” he said. “It can motivate us toward our goals.”

Wenning also said that anxiety keeps us out of danger, which is why we may feel uncomfortable in an unfamiliar city at night.

Freshman Sarah Schwartz said she

Attacked by anxiety

has experienced anxiety when completing schoolwork.

“Writing a big paper is like a big animal coming at you; you’re afraid of it,” she said.

“It feels like you’re being attacked… it’s overwhelming.”

However, there is a point at which anxiety is no longer considered as healthy or useful.

For some people, feelings of stress and worry are constant, upsetting and begin to interfere with daily life, according to WebMD. Wenning said if anxiety becomes all-consuming and persists for more than six months, it may be classified as an anxiety disorder. The Anxiety and Depression Association of America estimates that 40 million Americans suffer from anxiety disorders.

According to Wenning, there are a variety of anxiety disorders. Some of the most common include include generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder and panic disorder. There is also a condition called adjustment reaction with anxiety, but this is different because the anxiety is often due to one traumatic event and can be alleviated fairly quickly.

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It’s the final countdown; spring break is only two days away. The middle of the semester is always a crazy time for students, like sophomore Briana Choi.

“Midterms can be just as stressful as finals and I am ready for a break,” Choi said.

Not everyone will be going away for the week, but Quinnipiac offers many trips that can happen over spring break. There are a lot of students going on trips for Habitat for Humanity or for QU301 courses. Last year, Junior Kaitlyn Mehern went to New York with Habitat for Humanity.

“It was an amazing experience and I hope to go back to help out a community in need again,” Mehern said.

If you are going on a tropical vacation this break, it’s probably a good winter to do it. The weather has been at a record low and the piles of snow seem like they will never go away. A break from all of this would be ideal for many. While not all students from Quinnipiac will be going away to somewhere warm, there are still so many great things that can be accomplished over spring break.

“I’m excited to go home for spring break so I can relax and get away from all of the school work,” sophomore Micaela D’Antonio said.

Having time to yourself and reading a book or catching up with friends can also be a great way to spend your week. It is nice to know that it is half way through the spring semester. Try not to stress about the work that you still need to do and relax. After all, there are only eight more weeks until summer. ̶ A. Orban

(NIMH) offers extensive descriptions of each of these disorders, as well as others such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and specific phobias.

“People with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) go through the day filled with exaggerated worry and tension, even though there is little or nothing to provoke it,” NIMH stated.

Wenning added that those with this disorder often worry about personal failure at work or school in particular. Other GAD symptoms include an inability to control worry, perfectionism, restlessness, muscle tension, fatigue, and difficulties with sleep and concentration.

Social anxiety is related to the fear of receiving negative judgments from others, and panic disorder involves unanticipated episodes of extreme anxiety coupled with physical symptoms, such as dizziness, increased heart rate and tremors, according to the NIMH. Anxiety disorders and depression commonly interact, according to Wenning. The two conditions may coexist, or one could be secondary to the other. This means that sometimes people are depressed about having anxi-

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ety or anxious about having depression.

Wenning said stress and anxiety are the most common reasons why Quinnipiac students seek out counseling services at the Health and Wellness Center. However, he emphasized that not all cases of anxiety will lead to a diagnosis.

“Many of the students that come in with stress and anxiety do not have disorders,” Wenning said. “It’s just that college is not easy. It’s easy to get overwhelmed.”

Wenning offered several tips for the management of anxiety while at college.

“I find that the anxious mind is always looking for a 100 percent guarantee that everything’s going to be okay… [but] there are no guarantees,” Wenning said. “The way to calm down is to learn to talk to yourself [with a statement like] ‘Probably everything’s going to be okay.’”

Other tips include practicing yoga or meditation, going for walks and taking breaks. Even 10 or 15 minutes can do wonders for the mind. Wenning also said that students are always welcome to reach out to Counseling Services.

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Comedy Club con

A man by the name of Jeff has been intruding on classes at QU to advertise tickets for the New York Comedy Club. After saying he is a part of an on-campus club called “Quinnipiac Activities,” Jeff gives a very detailed, but questionable, sales pitch on the tickets he’s selling. Through the alleged deal, Quinnipiac students get a 90 percent discount and can therefore purchase what were initially $50 tickets for $10. It is admit two, meaning each ticket is bought for the price of $10, and two free drinks are included. Additionally, your acquired tickets can be saved for any showtime or date of your choosing. Jeff closes his speech by saying how students who have purchased tickets in the past have seen very popular comedians, such as Aziz Ansari, Kevin Hart, and Chris Rock, perform at the club.

Our question is…who is Jeff?

After doing some research, I found almost everything “Jeff” said to be a lie. First of all, the campus club he refers to is non-existent. Even if a QU club was selling tickets for an event, members would do so at the Carl Hansen Student Center tables. After doing some digging on the New York Comedy Club’s website, I found that the most expensive ticket costs about $30 and there is a two drink minimum. Most importantly, Aziz Ansari, Kevin Hart and Chris Rock have never done stand-up comedy at this club. Now that is not funny.

The Chronicle reached out to the university for comment and public safety says they are currently investigating the situation. ̶ I. Dalena

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By CHASE MONTANI Contributing Writer

(Note: Names have been changed to protect the identities of the individuals involved.)

John came back to the room with a bag of different colored pills and tablets.

He seemed relieved to have finally found someone who was holding, as were Carl and Phil, his roommates. It was a process that spanned three days, but the guys finally had their drugs.

John immediately took the biggest one, a 36-milligram white pill, and gulped it down with an open can of Arizona Iced Tea that had been sitting on his desk for the better portion of the last month. Carl took the smallest dosage, just 10 milligrams, in the form of an orange tablet. He had no intention of gulping down the pill, as he began crushing it up under a credit card. Once it was ground finely, he shaped the dust into a line and vacuumed it up with his nose. He quickly dabbed a drop of water onto his thumb and snorted that up too in order to prevent the bitter “drip,” as they called it, when the remains of the snorted pill would fall into the back of their throats. His pupils dilated and he began to space out. The drugs were kicking in.

Phil was hesitant. He had never taken the pills and was nervous of what was to come.

“Don’t be such a loser,” John said. John had been taking the pills since high school.

While this sort of peer pressure seems primitive, it was effective, and Phil was subdued into taking the drug. Carl told him to snort it up so it would hit him quicker, and John endorsed the idea. Carl crushed up the light blue 20-milligram pill for Phil, which was ironically higher in dosage than what he had taken moments before. Phil had never snorted anything and awkwardly sniffed up barely half of the line. He cursed his friends and exclaimed that is was burning his nostrils as his buddies just laughed and dubbed him a “rookie.” Within minutes Phil was zipping around the room and praising the clarity he received from the pill. He proceeded to snort up the rest of his line, this time more like a “pro.”

It might have looked like the beginning of a wild night, but these young men, all students at Quinnipiac University, weren’t gearing up for a night out on the town. They were preparing for an all-nighter in the library, cramming for their first-ever finals week at college.

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY BRYAN LIPINER

The prescribed green pills, pictured above, are Focalin and the white pills are Quillivant XR (extended release). Both are used to treat patients with Attention Defecit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), but these pills are commonly abused by people without ADHD.

*** According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 20 percent of Americans over the age of 12 have admitted to abusing prescription drugs. In addition, 17 percent of high school seniors have admitted to abusing amphetamines, which are among the plethora of study drugs available to these adolescents.

Students making the transition from high school to college are often faced with the pressure of a higher workload and lengthier study sessions. This stress contributes to the use of study drugs. Engagement in the use of study drugs raises the issues of the ease of obtaining the prescriptions, the health risks involved with the drugs, the academic integrity questions posed and the billiondollar industry the pharmaceuticals create.

According to Healthy Horns, a division of student affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, “the term ‘study drugs’ refers to prescription drugs used to increase concentration and stamina for the purpose of studying or cramming. Study drugs are prescription stimulant medications that are used improperly by a person with a prescription, or more often, illegally by a person without a prescription.

These medications are used to treat Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), which affect attention span, impulse control, self-discipline, and hyperactivity in the case of ADHD.” The prescription drugs that are most often abused when studying are Adderall, Ritalin, Concerta, Focalin and Vyvanse. While using or buying these medications without a prescription is illegal, many students admit that it is fairly easy to get their hands on these drugs.

Raja is a student at Rutgers University where he is majoring in environmental business and economics with a focus of natural resources. Raja asked that he be identified only by his first name. Raja must study for exams that span both science PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MEGAN MAHER and business, often laden with

technical terms and high-level mathematics.

He uses study drugs when he has a big exam.

“It is too easy for me to get these drugs,” Raja said. “I can simply ask one of my several housemates who are prescribed, or send a text to someone who I know usually has it.”

Many students share the same experience as Raja. A senior studying media studies at Quinnipiac University, who asked to remain anonymous (we’ll refer to him as the Quinnipiac source), also said he has no problem getting the drugs.

“I know a multitude of people to get them from and it would just take a quick phone call to get them,” the Quinnipiac source said.

“It is a little bit more insidious than if you had just smoked some weed.

I’d smell you and you’d walk with a bag of cool ranch Doritos. If you were drunk you’d be staggering in here glassy eyed. For prescription drugs I only really know if you are overdosing.”

- DAVID BARGER CHIEF OF PUBLIC SAFETY *** In a survey administered via Facebook to Quinnipiac students, 48 percent of the 50 respondents reported using prescription drugs to aid their studies during their academic career. Of the students who reported using study drugs, 41 percent said they use Adderall primarily, while 11 percent reported using Vyvanse. No respondents reported using Ritalin, Concerta or Focalin.

In addition, 67 percent of respondents strongly agreed that is was easy for them to find study drugs. Also 20 percent said that they strongly agreed that study drugs aided them in achieving higher grades.

Yet, 56 percent of the respondents said they felt using study drugs was detrimental to their health. Students reported having “anxiety, upset stomach [and an] inability to eat” or “mood swings [and being] extremely irritable and extremely sexual.”

According to Healthy Horns side effects

of abusing prescription stimulants include irregular heartbeat, increased blood pressure, anxiety, paranoia, insomnia, suppressed appetite and impotence.

“I do think about some health risks when I take these study drugs,” Raja said.

“I generally lose my appetite, which doesn’t make me feel too good after sitting for hours studying. I’m sure its not good for my heart health either. Lastly, I hate when I’m ‘coming off’ of Adderall. I tend to get anxiety, and have some difficulty sleeping, unless I drink a beer or two to take the edge off.” *** The reasons that students use these drugs are fairly clear. Making the transition from high school to college includes a significant increase in course work. In addition, the responsibility to balance social life and schoolwork is now placed solely on the adolescent. In high school, a parent has the power to allow their kin to spend time with friends or deny this to them so that they can do work. At college, the students have to manage this themselves, which accounts for lots of procrastination and cramming.

According to a Huffington Post article entitled “Many Ivy League Students Take Study Drugs and Don’t Consider it Cheating,” almost one in five Ivy League students have admitted to misusing ADHD prescriptions. As far as why they abused the prescriptions, 69 percent used stimulants to write an essay, 66 percent to study for an exam and 27 percent used them to take an exam. In addition to these findings, it was concluded that students participating in varsity athletics or Greek organizations were more likely to abuse the drugs due to the additional stresses these extra-curricular activities put on the students. *** Victoria E. Richards is an associate professor of medical sciences at Quinnipiac’s Frank H. Netter, MD School of Medicine and an expert on pharmaceuticals.

“Drugs like Adderall were first designed to treat conditions such as ADHD,” Richards said. “It is sort of a paradoxical situation that you would give a stimulant to control a hyperactive functionality. If a young individual has ADHD and are hyperactive you give them a stimulant and it levels them out.

However for older people taking stimulants increases their attention and stamina.”

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The use of study drugs is an issue on nearly every college campus across the nation. While many universities have policies in place to try to reduce the incidence of the abuse of these drugs on their campuses, the problem still persists. any person that puts an effort into finding them, whether it be through someone who is prescribed those pills and chooses to give them to others, or from someone that sells them,” Jahani said. “Students that are diagnosed with ADHD can’t automatically be considered to be cheaters. The effects aren’t drastically different for people that aren’t diagnosed with ADHD.” Raja said he feels the same way.

“I’m simply using something to enhance my performance,” he said. “As long as I am not taking answers from the professors desk, using a test bank, looking over at someone else’s exam, etc., I am not cheating.”

But Richards disagrees.

“I can’t say that it is my personal feeling that it is cheating,” Richards said. “That can lead to other consequences when you might feel pressured as a student to take these illicit medications because you have to compete.”

Aaron Vigliotti, a senior with a triple major in finance, information technology and entrepreneurship at Syracuse University, has never taken prescription to aid his studies.

- DOMINICK TULLO drugs “I do not see it as a form of cheating,” QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY Vigliotti said. “As long as it helped you then it SENIOR completes its purpose.” *** Many schools across the nation ban the use of study drugs.

The penalties at Quinnipiac for being When asked if students should just use caught with a drug without a prescription coffee or energy drinks and harness caffeine can vary from one weekend off campus to aid their studies, Richards provided a to dismissal from the university. The technical understanding on how stimulants penalties are consistent with those applied affect different parts of the brain. for being caught with alcohol underage and “Ritalin and Adderall work on a marijuana possession. different part of the brain as opposed to David Barger , chief of public safety caffeine,” Richards said. “Caffeine works at Quinnipiac, has seen an upswing in on the adenosine receptor, whereas these the possession of study drugs without a drugs work with neuro-transmitters, such as dopamine, which have specific effects on prescription in the past few years on campus.

“This is very innocuous in a way because the brain. Adenosine receptors have more how do I know that you haven’t walked in of an indirect effect on the brain which is here on Adderall?” Barger said. “I don’t, why when students drink coffee they don’t I have no idea. So it is a little bit more have the increased sense of focus they insidious than if you had just smoked some would with a study drug.” weed. I’d smell you and you’d walk with a But people can become dependent on bag of cool ranch Doritos. If you were drunk study drugs. you’d be staggering in here glassy eyed. For According to a study at the University prescription drugs I only really know if you of Michigan, 23 percent of stimulant are overdosing.” prescription drug abusers experienced Barger points out some of the risks of depression. That depression is often linked taking a drug for which a student does not to dependency and the users’ inability to have a prescription. Barger said if a student feel the same without the drug. takes drugs without a prescription and has “There have been studies that state in a bad reaction to it, Public Safety and the terms of addiction it depends on the dose and Health Center have a harder time helping route of administration,” Richards said. “So the student because they won’t know what in some of these drugs that are abused such as they took. cocaine, when it is snorted, that enhances the “It’s very important on a bigger picture addictive nature. However, there just aren’t for not me to know, for the health center to enough studies to show the effects of snorting know, so that if I find you they can get the the study drugs.” proper medical care administered to you,” *** he said. “And a lot of The issue of students don’t look at cheating is often it that way.” associated with the Barger said it is use of study drugs, but more difficult to create many students don’t initiatives that cover the feel they are violating abuse of prescription their academic medication. integrity.

“We focus certainly Alexander Jahani on alcohol as being the is a senior at Fordham No. 1 problem. I think University studying that also with alcohol English and visual arts. you cast a wider net He admits to using that covers marijuana study drugs but said and other illicit drugs,” he does not think it is he said. “The bigger cheating. problem is the script “These drugs are PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MEGAN MAHER drugs because how do essentially available to People often use study drugs with other drugs, which can have adverse side effects, according to Richards.

“When drugs are abused or misused, people tend to use other drugs, which can cause a complications,” Richards said.

“Also there is an issue of how these people are obtaining them, which could be via the Internet, or other illegal markets. In those cases it can be a case of contamination, which can cause even worse adverse effects. There haven’t been a lot of long-term studies on the abuse of these drugs long term.”

“There is absolutely a social pressure to sell them to people as soon as they are aware that you are prescribed. I think the worst part of this is fact people begin texting you asking for it and are making it seem like I promote the fact that I am selling it.”

A survey administered via Facebook to Quinnipiac University students discovered the following:

48% 41% 11%

Of students reported using prescription drugs to aid studies during their academic career

use Adderall use Vyvanse

0% use Ritalin, Concerta or Focalin.

67% Strongly agree it’s easy for them to find study drugs

20% Strongly agree study drugs aided them in achieving higher grades

56%

of the respondents said they felt using study drugs was

detrimental to their health

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I reach you to talk about prescription drugs?

How do I get across to you?”

Barger’s concerns are common across the nation with many universities struggling to find the right initiatives to prevent the abuse of prescription drugs on their campuses. *** Some students actually need the drugs for their medical conditions. Dominick Tullo, a senior entrepreneurship major at Quinnipiac, was prescribed Adderall his sophomore year of high school during a physical checkup. Tullo mentioned to his doctor that he couldn’t focus and left with a sample and no specific diagnosis.

“There is absolutely a social pressure to sell them to people as soon as they are aware that you are prescribed,” Tullo said.

“I think the worst part of this is fact people begin texting you asking for it and are making it seem like I promote the fact that I am selling it.”

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the number of

children taking medication to treat A.D.H.D. has risen from 600,000 in 1990 to 3.5 million today. This in large part is thanks to the introduction of Adderall to the pharmaceutical market in 1994.

The market for prescription stimulants has also experienced an increase in sales from just under $2 billion in 2002, to well over $8 billion in 2012 according to research done by IMS Health.

Shire, the company that controls the market and produces Adderall, markets their products directly towards both parents and children. Additionally, the Food and Drug Administration has cited Adderall, Concerta, Vyvanse, and Focalin several times since 2000 for misleading advertising.

Tullo said he only takes the drug when necessary because of the side effects.

“It only helps in the short term,” Tullo said. “In the long term it has made it incredibly difficult to do things I am not interested in doing (i.e. school work) without using it.”

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GAME OF THE WEEK

RUNDOWN MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 5, Harvard 2 - Friday Sam Anas: 2 goals Devon Toews: 1 goal, 1 assist Dartmouth 3, QU 1 – Saturday Sam Anas: 1 goal Travis St. Denis: 1 assist WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU 7, Princeton 0 – Friday Taylar Cianfarano: 2 goals Nicole Connery: 1 goal, 1 assist QU 2, Princeton 0 - Saturday Nicole Brown: 1 goal MEN’S BASKETBALL QU 73, Siena 63 – Friday Zaid Hearst: 20 points Evan Conti: 18 points, 6 rebounds Manhattan 69, QU 65 - Sunday Zaid Hearst: 22 points, 9 rebounds WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU 91, Rider 53 - Thursday Val Driscoll: 18 points, 11 rebounds QU 87, Monmouth 48 - Sunday Maria Napolitano: 17 points

GAMES TO WATCH WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU at Harvard (ECAC Semifinals) - Friday, 4 p.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALL QU vs. Marist (MAAC First Round) - Thursday, 9 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QU vs. TBA (MAAC Quarterfinals) - Friday 12 p.m.

MEN’S LACROSSE QU vs. Hartford - Saturday, 12 p.m.

QU at Massachusetts - Tuesday 4 p.m.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE QU vs. Connecticut - Wednesday, 3 p.m.

QU at Hofstra - Sunday, 1 p.m.

ACROBATICS & TUMBLING QU vs. Alderson Broaddus/ Hawai’i Pacific - Tuesday, 6 p.m.

BASEBALL QU at Belmont - Friday, 5 p.m.

QU vs. Bradley - Saturday, 11 a.m.

QU at Belmont - Saturday, 3 p.m.

Women’s ice hockey sweeps Princeton

By JORDAN NOVACK Staff Writer

Following a 7-0 victory in the first game of the ECAC Quarterfinals series against Princeton (15-13-2) the previous night, No. 6 Quinnipiac (25-7-3) looked to finish the series in Game 2 on Saturday afternoon at High Point Solutions Arena.

The Bobcats did just that, downing Princeton 2-0 to move on to the ECAC Semifinals.

“We figured out [we] needed to improve on the little things, and we then pulled it together against Princeton, arguably the hottest team in the ECAC going into the playoffs,” Quinnipiac head coach Rick Seeley said. “I’m very happy with how we played.”

The Bobcats started the game showing momentum from their previous win, outshooting the Tigers 11-3 in the first period. Shiann Darkangelo had her goal overturned with 4:03 left in the period, which would have given Quinnipiac a 1-0 lead.

Quinnipiac took advantage of a Princeton penalty early in the second, however, as Nicole Connery tucked a Taylor Cianfarano pass into the bottom right of the net for her 13th goal of the year.

Princeton goalie Kimberly Newell had 34 saves just a day after giving up seven goals to the Bobcats. Newell made an athletic grab of a would be Darkangelo goal in the second period. “[Newell] came out and played an amazing game, and made the saves I expected her to make,” Connery said.

“After playing with her in camps for years, a game like the first one surprises me. Today, she was catching all

the saves she should make, as well as stopping ones with the smallest parts of her equipment that we thought should have gone in.”

Meanwhile, the Tigers were only able to manage to get off 11 shots in the last two periods of regulation.

Nicole Brown scored her 3rd goal of the season with 12 seconds left, after Newell had been pulled, to secure a 2-0 win for the Bobcats.

“I thought we followed up yesterday’s game with a good effort, and we are real happy with a 2-0 win,” Seeley said. “When you run into slumps, you are never sure why. So we watched a lot of video, we actually showed them every goal we have scored this season, and how they made those happen.”

The game also marks senior goalkeeper Chelsea Laden’s 16th shutout of the season. The number is already an ECAC best, surpassing Erica Howe of Clarkson’s previous record of 14.

Laden is now one shutout shy of tying former Minnesota goalkeeper Noora Räty’s record of 17 in one season. Additionally, it came in Laden’s final home game in a Quinnipiac uniform.

“There were a lot of emotions tonight,” Laden said, “I was very happy, and I couldn’t have been more proud of my team, and as a senior there is no other way I would have liked to end out my home career.”

Up next, the Bobcats prepare for No. 4 Harvard (25-5-3), the one team they have yet to defeat in ECAC play this season.

The Bobcats travel to Cheel Arena in Potsdam, New York to battle with the Harvard on Saturday.

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Fountain: staying on campus over break is ‘nice and quiet’ ATHLETES OVER BREAK from Page 16 every time they need food.

Donaghue also noted the change in housing, which he said can be fun at times.

“If you’re on campus you’ll get moved up to York Hill, we only come to the [Mount Carmel Campus] to practice,” he said.

In addition to being on campus during spring break, the baseball team and softball teams often stay after school ends, as well.

“Actually the spring is the best part because you don’t have to worry about school, you only have practice and games so you get to do a lot of fun stuff,” Donaghue said. *** Women’s lacrosse senior Brianna Fountain has spent her spring break on campus for the last four years.

Like Hutton, Fountain acknowledged the challenges she faced staying on campus over winter break.

“Living on campus by yourself is hard, especially when you are living in the dorms,” Fountain said. “It was just me and one of my teammates I was rooming with at the time, and we both wanted to go home because we didn’t like how empty it felt in our room.

While on campus over break, Fountain went on a team building trip to Denver her freshman year

and stayed in her campus housing the three other years to prep for the spring sports season.

“While we are here we have practice every day, and a few games are planned, as well as scheduled meals to make sure we are on a regimented plan,” Fountain explained.

“Sometimes, especially now that I live off campus, we will have team dinner at my house or one of the other captain’s house. Regardless, [Quinnipiac women’s lacrosse head] coach [Danie] Caro always has something planned to keep us busy.”

Fountain also said that she’s enjoyed many other parts of her times on campus, and that it’s not all bad.

“It is nice and quiet here because it is kind of just us,” Fountain explained, “We don’t have to deal with the hussle and bussle of the other people on campus, especially when it comes to the gym and weight room, because we only have to plan around men’s lacrosse and other spring sports that are here.”

Fountain said, though, that the fun she has on campus doesn’t equate to the time she’s missing with her family. “[Coach Caro] did a good job keeping us busy, and keeping us from being lonely, but obviously you would like to go home and be with your family sometimes,” she said.

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Royal tumble

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Clockwise from top right: Demitra Germanakos tumbles during Sunday afternoon’s meet vs. Oregon, Quinnipiac finishes its team routine, Taylar Johnson (T.) flips over one of her teammates.

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With 16 shutouts on the season, Chelsea Laden needs just one more to tie the NCAA record for single-season shutouts in women’s ice hockey.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Quinnipiac women’s basketball averaged 20.1 team assists per game this season, which ranks fourth in the nation.

Gillian Abshire The men’s basketball team sunk 27-of-31 free throws in Friday’s game vs. Siena, the second most they’ve made in a game all season long.

The senior guard had 11 points and a program-record 14 assists in women’s basketball’s 91-53 victory over Rider last Thursday. Abshire then added five points and nine more assists in Sunday’s 87-48 win over Monmouth.

She is averaging 5.8 points and a team-best 6.1 assist this year.

Travis St. Denis St. Denis had two assists in men’s ice hockey’s 5-2 victory over Harvard on Friday night, then added the lone Quinnipiac assist in Saturday’s loss to Dartmouth. The senior has 14 goals and 15 assists on the season. The Bobcats are a plus-11 with him on the ice, which ranks second on the team.

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“I thought [Friday] might have been our best effort of the season, then to follow it up with a shutout... We’re really happy about that.

— RICK SEELEY WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY

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Home in Hamden

Four student-athletes give a firsthand perspective of how remaining on campus over university vacations make them feel

By MICHAEL HEWITT, MAX MOLSKI, ROB MCGREEVY AND JORDAN NOVACK.

For Quinnipiac men’s basketball freshman Ayron Hutton, living on a college campus during the winter recess is not only evident in the desolate dormitory, but also in a lifeless arena.

“It’s tough because nobody is here, other than the athletes,” Hutton said. “There’s not a lot to do at Quinnipiac during this time.

The shuttles do not run and everyone seems to just relax in their room all day.”

Hutton added that he enjoys the games much more when students are on campus.

“Myself, and I think the team, can really tell the difference during the basketball games at the [TD] Bank [Sports Center],” Hutton said. “You can see the crowd total drop off during the games and there are a lot more empty rows of blue seats when we play.”

Hutton, a native of Virginia Beach, VA., feels sad about the lack of activities on campus. This coincides with time away from his parents and siblings.

“Being away from my family was very difficult,” Hutton said. “It was one of the first times that I was not around with my family during New Year’s Eve. Not only that, but I miss my family in a general sense too. We’re a close bunch.”

Adjusting to the situation, Hutton followed suit with the other athletes on campus and enjoyed some leisure.

“When I was not on the basketball court, I spent a lot of time sitting in my dorm and playing video games, watching television and going to the gym,” he said.

However, Hutton also made notice of the winter holiday’s impact on the improving relationship between himself and his teammates.

“I always enjoyed spending time with my teammates. But, living with them and only them during the break made me love being around my teammates,” Hutton said. “The experience definitely helped us grow as a team and we formed a stronger bond over the winter vacation.”

Aside from participating with his teammates in actual basketball activities, Hutton and other members of the Quinnipiac men’s basketball team kept basketball as the dominant theme during their time together.

“We watched college hoops. We watched professional basketball. We also played videogames, especially NBA 2K15,” Hutton said.

But, perhaps the best part for Hutton and other Quinnipiac athletes is enjoining the Athletics and Recreation IMaGinE Committee, led by Alyssa Budkofsky, assistant athletic director and the men’s basketball team’s academic support service.

“Being a part of the IMaGinE program has been an awesome experience. I have gotten to meet the other Quinnipiac athletes.

I’ve met many of the hockey players and talk to many of the female athletes around campus,” he said.

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Cydney Roesler sits in the stands at High Point Solutions Arena in March 2014. Roesler and the women’s ice hockey team stay on campus over winter break along with the men’s ice hockey team and the men’s and women’s basketball teams.

Hutton added that student athletes on other winter teams live in his dorm, and he participates in activities with them, as well.

“I spend some of my time playing ping pong with a few of some of the student athletes that live in my dorm,” Hutton added. *** For women’s ice hockey junior Cydney Roesler, the emptiness can be nice when the only students on campus are the basketball and hockey teams.

Contrary to Hutton, Roesler actually enjoys the quietness in its entirety.

“It’s kind of nice just having the four

“Being away from my family was very difficult. It was one of the first times that I was not around with my family during New Year’s Eve...

We’re a close bunch.

– AYRON HUTTON MEN’S BASKETBALL GUARD

teams here,” Roesler said. “I like it a lot.”

The women’s ice hockey players went home this season from Dec. 16 to Christmas day. Despite coming back on the holiday, Roesler was able to spend time with her family on Christmas morning, which she said she enjoyed.

Although some athletes would come back to a room all to themselves, Roesler lives in

Westview with seven of her teammates. Despite being with her roommates for the entirety of break, Roesler said that she does not mind the common company.

“We spend a lot of time together. I’m used to them. They are good people to be around,” Roesler said.

Roesler added that the team kept her occupied during most days on the vacant campuses.

“We come to the arena and do a little special teams in the morning, do some video, have some lunch and get back on the ice for full team practice. Sometimes we would lift, too,” Roesler said.

Roesler said the four teams don’t usually intermingle with one another, largely due to the fact they are all focused on getting better in their sport for the second half of their schedules.

“Our schedules are kind of different when we’re traveling and they are home,” Roesler said. “We see them during the week, but on the weekend it is sort of tough with games.”

Roesler works at her training facility in Canada when she is back home. However, she was unable to work over her nine-day trip home and does not have a job when she is at school.

So she resorts to a common practice among college students to pass the time.

“I watched a lot of Netflix. ‘Sons of Anarchy’ is the one I watched over break,” Roesler said with a grin.

The school does not provide dining services for athletes over the winter break. and

Roesler is also without a car on campus. She relies on teammates to drive her to get food to cook in her Westview dormitory over break.

“The teammates are pretty good about giving rides to the grocery store. It’s not too bad,” Roesler said.

With all of the emptiness on campus, Roesler said it is an adjustment once other students come back to campus.

“It is weird having people around again.

Things are busier and you get back into the swing of things,” she said.

Ultimately, Roesler likes having the campus to just the winter sports teams and her teammates.

“They are like a family to me,” Roesler said.

It’s fun to hang out with them and be with them every day. I enjoy it. *** Like Roesler, staying on campus over break isn’t a problem at all for baseball’s Scott Donaghue.

Donaghue embraces the company of his teammates over Quinnipiac’s spring break every March as they wait for the snow to melt and the season to begin.

“You get to do a lot of fun things with your teammates,” Donahue said. “We go to the driving range and we go out to eat a lot, which makes it fun.”

Scott noted that the school opens the cafeteria for students when they need meals, meaning they don’t have to leave campus See ATHLETES OVER BREAK Page 14