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April 21, 2010

Student campaigns for state Rep. spot

By Glenn Taylor Staff Writer

Grammy-nominated band The Fray performed for nearly two hours on Sunday at SPB’s Spring Concert. Amanda Shulman / Chronicle

Never say never to The Fray Band takes big-time hits to the Bank

By Matt Busekroos Co-Managing Editor Colorado pop-rock band The Fray performed for Quinnipiac students at the TD Bank Sports Center on Sunday night with San Diego-based We Shot the Moon as the opener.

The Fray performed all of their most famous singles, including “Over My Head (Cable Car),” “How to Save a Life” and “You Found Me,” among several other tunes.

Freshman Emily Riddlesworth attended the show as a fan of both The Fray and We Shot the Moon.

“I heard The Fray were really good when they performed at Sacred Heart,” she said.

The Fray’s lead singer Isaac Slade provided relief between songs as he spoke about his experience on campus. He mentioned that

INSIDE: -Meet Fray frontman Isaac Slade and openers We Shot the Moon, page 8 -Questionable security presence, page 6

one female student passed him unknowingly earlier in the day. The student was sharing a story with another student about “Amanda” stealing her fake I.D. Slade reassured the audience that he changed the name for all intensive purposes.

“If you are here, this is for you,” Slade said, dedicating one song to the female student whose fake I.D. was stolen.

Slade worked the audience, asking the crowd if they wanted a song featuring the guiCONCERT, continued on page 4

We Shot the Moon frontman Jonathan Jones during the band’s performance on Sunday.

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COMMENTARY

Intimacy of The Fray concert a refreshing sight

By Matt Busekroos Co-Managing Editor If music was medicine, The Fray would be able to save a life following their performance at the TD Bank Sports Center on Sunday.

Despite barely filling half of the Bank, Quinnipiac students erupted in thunderous applause and screams as soon as lead singer of The Fray, Isaac Slade, began to play the piano at the start of the band’s first number.

The deafening noise was just as loud as if the rest of the seating was filled to capacity.

The Fray set their mark on the stage with an impressive set of songs centered on faith, love and hope. The music sounded refreshing in contrast to the current landscape of music heavily collecting spins on radio right now (oh, hey Ke$ha and Justin Bieber).

One criticism of The Fray is that all of their songs sound the same, which is a valid complaint if you are only familiar with their songs on the radio. However, several of their more intimate tunes performed at the concert could never be singles as their poignancy COMMENTARY, continued on page 3

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Michael Vitali isn’t your average law student.

While many students attending Quinnipiac Law School, or any law school, may hold aspirations to incorporate law and politics into their future, Vitali is leaps and bounds ahead of the curve.

At the ripe age of 25, Vitali, a Wallingford resident, is running for a state Representative spot for the second time in three years. He is running as a Republican candidate, looking to unseat incumbent 85th District state Rep. Mary Mushinsky. Vitali ran in 2008 when he was starting his first year Vitali at Quinnipiac Law School, coming up short in his bid for election.

So what is his biggest challenge? For starters, Vitali is running against the longestserving representative on the Connecticut General Assembly. Mushinsky was elected in 1980, and is presently serving a whopping 15th term in office. Before the previous election, no one had challenged Mushinsky in eight years. Chairman of the Connecticut Republican Party Christopher Healy and VITALI, continued on page 4

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nonproliferation is the topic of the Albert Schweitzer Institute’s latest collaborative book. Story on page 4.

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April 21, 2010

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Your weekly dose of QU happenings

HEAD START:

Less than two weeks after Quinnipiac’s Big Event, junior Melissa Trinks fired up the Facebook group “Quinnipiac’s Big Event 2011” in hopes of bringing the community service event back to the ‘Pac next year.

RAP BATTLE:

With the release of The Lost Boys’ “I Love College Quinnipiac Version” music video, two QU remixes of the Asher Roth hit are the talk of the campus. Tommy F’s “I Love College (QU Remix)” is the other. (pictured: juniors Nick Cafiero, left, and Denis Mitchell in senior Matt Stucko’s music video)

FOAM-A-LICIOUS:

There was 18,000 cubic feet of foam in the Village basketball courts on Friday night. According to many who attended, it smelled like pina coladas.

QUOTABLE:

The Fray’s lead singer Isaac Fray during SPB’s Spring Concert on Sunday at the Bank said he overheard one student talking about how she lost her fake I.D. “If you are here, this one’s for you,” he said, dedicating a song to the girl.

LET’S BOUNCE

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The weather wasn’t picture-perfect for the Student Programming Board’s Bobcat Bounce on Friday, but Quinnipiac students turned out in droves for some bouncing action, a rock wall, bungee jumping, and free food. Left to right, junior Molly Heintzelman, freshman Kelly McDonough and freshman Janelle van Luling have some inflatable fun.

Black-Jew Dialogues A two-actor play that addresses the history and absurdity of prejudice and racism. It will take place in Alumni Hall at 8 p.m.

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thursday

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Celebration of Service

Earth Day:

QU’s Third Annual Relay for Life

Alumni Hall, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Sponsored by the Service and Service Learning Committee, The Office of Community Service, The Albert Schweitzer Institute This event is to thank and recognize the QU students and faculty who have engaged in service activities in and out of the classroom, as well as the impact of service on the local community.

Students will display posters and discuss their service contributions. Winners of the essay contest, “What I Learned Through My Service Experience,” will be announced during the event.

Alumni Hall, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Alumni Hall will be filled with stations and presentations from the Roots and Shoots organization, student projects and outside vendors. Come by to learn and celebrate sustainability, “going green” and environmentalism.

QU Singers’ Annual Spring Concert

Buckman Theater, 7:30 - 9 p.m.

Under the direction of Fred Rossomando, the QU singers will perform songs from “The Wiz,” and “A Chorus Line,” among others. Additionally, the QU Jazz Ensemble will perform in the lobby at 6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Recreation Center, 6 p.m. - Saturday, 8 a.m.

The main fundraising activity for The American Cancer Society will come to the Recreation Center for a 14-hour walk to increase awareness of cancer prevention and treatments and celebrate cancer survivors while raising money for research.

We put out on Wednesdays...

But check QUChronicle.com for updates every single day. We’ll keep you busy.

CORRECTIONS

On April 14 in ‘A refrigerator box can be like heaven to the homeless,’ The Chronicle referenced a presentation by students who traveled to Nicaragua with the Albert Schweitzer Institute. The presentation was in fact by students who traveled to Pittsburgh with Habitat for Humanity.

On April 14 in Sports Extra, The Chronicle wrongly identified Mary Wilson in the Athlete of the Week headline. The Athlete of the Week was Adrienne Markison.

The Chronicle’s editorial board apologizes for any inconvenience from these errors.

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Phi Sigma Sigma remembers lost sister

toga picture PLEASE

By Amy Maciejowski Staff Writer Quinnipiac University’s chapter of Phi Sigma Sigma brought the tradition of eating ballpark franks while watching baseball to Quinnipiac’s fields in honor of a lost sister on Sunday, April 18.

Partnered with Quinnipiac Athletics, the sorority provided a barbecue and a bake sale while the Quinnipiac Baseball team played Long Island University at the Katie Vashon Memorial Baseball Game.

The sisters of Phi Sigma Sigma baked and barbecued for one of their sisters, Katie Vashon, who passed away in 2005 after a brief battle with leukemia.

“We didn’t know Katie, but we still want to support her,” said sophomore Phi Sigma Sigma Philanthropy Co-Chair Amanda Carey.

According to Carey, their efforts raised $1,426.

Katie’s father threw the ceremonial first pitch of the game, with the sisters of Phi Sigma Sigma behind him.

While cheering for the baseball teams, supporters could pay $5 for the barbecue and bake sale, or just baked goods could be purchased by donation.

“We didn’t know Katie, but we still want to support her.”

Amanda Carey, Philanthropy Co-Chair

April 21, 2010

Katie Vashon’s father, Jim, throws out the ceremonial first pitch during Quinnipiac’s baseball game against Long Island University, where Phi Sigma Sigma remembered their late sister, who died from leukemia in 2005.

--Quinnipiac Athletics

Panhellenic sponsors first toga run

By Stephanie Coppola Contributing Writer Students participated in Quinnipiac’s first Toga Run on April 18, an event sponsored by Panhellenic Council to raise money for Autism Family Tours. The run, one-and-ahalf miles long, started at Complex courtyard, looped around Hilltop parking lot and the College of Arts and Sciences parking lots, and returned to Complex courtyard.

“The idea for the event came during a Panhellenic and IFC retreat,” said Sarah Anscher, vice president of philanthropy for Panhellenic Council.

There was a minimum $5 donation to participate in the run.

An individual who donated $30 or

Raffle tickets were also sold to win a $50 gift card to the bookstore.

The proceeds of the memorial sale are donated each year to Camp Sunshine, located in Casco, Maine.

“That’s what she was passionate about,” Carey said. “She re- continued from cover ally enjoyed athletics and supported would be lost on the casual listener.

Camp Sunshine.”

Even The Fray’s cover of Kanye Camp Sunshine is a lakeside West’s “Heartless” (which they did camp that provides a haven for ter- not perform Sunday) reflects the minally ill children and their fami- creativity they possess. lies completely free of charge. It is The Fray began to heat up there that families can meet others the stage immediately when they who might be facing the same chal- infused energy in the room with lenges they are.

“She Is” from their first album “Our organization is centered “How to Save a Life.” around philanthropy,” said sopho“She Is” sounded harder live more Phi Sigma Sigma member than the recording, which made for Danielle Cascerceri. “Since Camp an even better performance.

Sunshine was very important to KaThe Fray was literally full of tie, we really wanted to help.” flash as evidenced through the hyp“It’s really important for us to notic lights on stage surrounding keep Katie’s memory alive, and by the group. The lights almost felt donating in her name we are able blinding standing so close to the to do this,” said junior Phi Sigma stage, but it only added to, and did Sigma Philanthropy Co-chair Chel- not detract from, the music. sea LaManna.

Slade showed off dynamic

more was considered a gold member, and was given a T-shirt and a gold medal.

All the money raised during the event will go to a non-profit organization called Autism Family Tours. Their goal is to provide customized, therapeutic, educational, and recreational programs for autistic children.

“I wanted to do something for autism, with April being Autism Awareness Month,” Anscher said.

The toga run was open to the entire Quinnipiac community, and students from various organizations came to support the cause including many Greeks, and students from the Physical Therapy Club.

Junior accounting major Tisha Parris came to show support for

Female winner Laura Fitzpatrick leads the way during Panhellenic’s first Toga Run. Matt Hudak was the male winner. --Jordana Centauro

Anscher, her Kappa Alpha Theta sister.

“I like to run and this was definitely for a good cause, and I wanted to support Sarah in her first event,” she said.

COMMENTARY: Absent was student apathy stage presence during the performance, going as far as standing on the piano for portions of some songs. However when Slade jumped off the stage and greeted many audience members with high fives, it just reinforced the band’s capability to personalize their performance for the students.

Gazing at the crowd throughout the show, students could be seen mouthing the lyrics or actually singing along to several of the band’s songs. While this usually happens at most Quinnipiac concerts, it was different with The Fray. It felt more intimate. The Fray genuinely connected with the crowd through interaction between both the band and students.

Perhaps fewer students in the audience played a factor. Everyone

who was there genuinely wanted to be there. For once, it was nice not to see student apathy. The evening was mellow and perfect for a Sunday. If the concert had to be on a Sunday, The Fray was the best act for SPB to acquire. Whether students were at The Fray or Stoolapalooza on Sunday, they supported artists they liked and spent time with people they genuinely cared about. This is a startlingly refreshing change of pace for this university.

Once The Fray ended their set, those donning blue T-shirts (the Student Programming Board Hospitality crew) swarmed and huddled together on the floor. They came together and embraced following the end of a rather perfect evening.

Parris participated in the event with her roommate Roxanne Righini, a junior physical therapy major.

“I really wanted to support Sarah because I know autism is really close to her heart,” Righini said.

Six individuals received awards at the end of the race, handed out

by Anscher. The male winner of the race was junior Matt Hudak and the female winner of the race was junior Laura Fitzpatrick. The best male toga award was given to two juniors, Corey Lewis and Justin Vanderhoof. The best female toga award was given to junior Amy Zurlo. The final award was given to the individual who raised the most money, junior Emily Callahan.

The winners of the awards received gift certificates to some of Quinnipiac students’ favorite places around Hamden, including Ray and Mike’s Dairy and Deli, and Whitney Donut and Sandwich Shop.

It is currently undecided whether the event will occur annually. Anscher said that no final plans have been made yet, and that there are talks of having it at the end of “Greek Week” next year.

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CONCERT:

VITALI: Hopeful in representative bid

‘I think every student who walked out of here was pleased’ continued from cover tar or piano during the encore. Students overwhelmingly preferred another piano song.

We Shot the Moon performed an hourlong set, featuring songs “Miracle” and “The Bright Side” off their latest album, “A Silver Living.” While not as well-known as The Fray, We Shot the Moon expanded their fan base with Sunday’s performance.

“I never heard of them before,” freshman Leigha Kalman said. “I would buy their CDs--they were really good.”

Frontman Jonathan Jones added humor to the set between songs and interacted several times with the audience. Jones performed double duty as the lead vocalist and pianist.

He acknowledged his too-short socks for those with an up-close view of the stage.

“I apologize for the hairy leg,” Jones joked, eliciting laughter from the crowd.

Following We Shot the Moon’s opener, The Fray appeared shortly after 8 p.m. While attendance did not match the scale of Third Eye Blind or Ludacris, Student Programming Board (SPB) Mainstage Chair Megan Doyle was satisfied with the evening’s proceedings.

“I’m just happy that everybody had a good time because that’s my goal, to please the students,” Doyle said. “And I think every student who walked out of here was pleased.”

We Shot the Moon guitarist Jason De La Torre during their perfomance at SPB’s Spring Concert. Caiti Kaminski / Chronicle

continued from cover other influential party officials asked Vitali to challenge Mushinsky for the spot in the year heading up to the 2008 elections.

“I was a little hesitant, but then I decided to give it a shot and it worked out very well,” Vitali said. “It was an excellent experience and unfortunately I didn’t win, but it gave me the confidence and the desire to try it again this year, and hopefully it turns out differently.”

In Wallingford, Vitali serves on the Republican State Central Committee, which serves as an advisory board to the Republican Party in Connecticut. He has been involved in Wallingford politics since he was 15, and as a 9-year-old was waving signs for family friends running for the state Senate.

“The biggest part of my campaign is going door-to-door,” Vitali said. “I knocked on 2,800 doors when I was running last time and I’m focusing on doing about 4,000 doors this time and really getting out to meet people… and understanding what they think should be done in this state. Jobs, taxes, spending, all those things are the major issues we are facing. I don’t think the people are being listened to in Hartford.”

Although Vitali, if victorious, would

represent Connecticut’s 85th District, which only covers a small portion of Wallingford, he would vote on matters which affect the entire state, including the budget deficit and unemployment.

Door-to-door campaigning starts July 1, so Vitali can still focus on his studies for the rest of the school year before switching focus to his political agenda. Vitali described his first campaigning experience as “a little weird” because of the amount of different reactions to his presence at neighborhood doorsteps.

Vitali graduated from Quinnipiac in May 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in political science. After taking a year off from school, he returned to Quinnipiac to study at the law school. Like many politicians, Vitali doesn’t necessarily want to practice as an active lawyer.

“The fundamentals that I’m learning here really span all throughout society and really have given me a grounding in a lot of the issues that are facing the country,” Vitali said.

“I’ve taken classes on employment law, retirement security and things like that, which is a major portion [of the problems].”

During his time at QU, Vitali helped found the Quinnipiac College Republicans on campus.

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April 21, 2010

book for nuke debate SGA New Schweitzer Institute revives call for nuclear disarmament Briefs

By Andrew Timothy Staff Writer The Student Government Association met on April 14, 2010.

Executive Board -The application review process for the Diversity Chair position has started. There are over 40 applications, and SGA members are helping out in the process.

-The Election Committee has finished reviewing election procedures, and the Student Awareness Committee has been reviewing the SGA constitution.

-Tickets to TD Bank Sports Center events will not be sold in the new Rocky Top student center for the 2010-11 school year.

-The SPB executive board has been selected for the 2010-11 school year.

-The PR committee is reviewing the organization chartering process for the coming school year.

Cabinet reports 2010 -The cord regalia for the commencement ceremony has been discussed.

-A student speaker for the ceremony has not yet been determined.

2011 -Nothing new was discussed.

2012 -The class cabinet has been working to set up its proposed shuttle line system, and is producing a student survey regarding the shuttle system and students’ opinions.

-The class cabinet hopes to meet with QU Security to discuss pertinent safety issues for the coming school year.

2013 -The class cabinet is working with the administration regarding the possibility of students withdrawing cash from their Qcash accounts.

-The class cabinet has also discussed the possibility of a new payment system on Blackboard, called “BB-Pay.” New Business -SGA voted on part of next year’s budget for SGA-chartered organizations and SGA itself. The total budget is $457,000.

For the budget breakdown by organization, see quchronicle.com.

By Meghan Parmentier Associate News Editor

Quinnipiac’s Albert Schweitzer Institute recently published a a collection of essays to mark the 50th anniversary of Dr. Schweitzer’s call for nuclear disarmament.

The book includes former President Jimmy Carter’s speech to the Quinnipiac community in 2007, as well as essays from Quinnipiac professors and internationallyknown experts such as Ira Helfand, the cofounder and physician advocate of Physicians for Social Responsibility. They were all part of a conference to celebrate the anniversary of Schweitzer’s revered speech.

David Valone, associate professor of history, and David T. Ives, executive director of the Albert Schweitzer Institute, co-edited the book, entitled “Nuclear Proliferation and the Dilemma of Peace in the Twenty-First Century.”

For 18 months, Ives and Valone have been hard at work editing the material, with one of their main tasks to remove the “ums” and “ahs” from Carter’s speech.

“When you speak off the top of your head, it’s not as fluid,” Ives said. “So it needed work.”

The book is aimed to help people understand the threat of atomic weapons. Its release came just one week after President Barack Obama and President Dmitri Medvedev of Russia signed a new arms reduction treaty on April 8, 2010, that will significantly lessen the countries’ arms and missiles stockpiles.

“It’s coming out at the perfect time,” Ives said.

Professor of Philosophy Benjamin Page contributed both to the conference and to the publication of the book.

Page has known about Schweitzer since he was a child. His grandmother, who was born the same year as Schweitzer in 1875, would often tell him stories of Schweitzer’s honorable deeds in Africa.

At Quinnipiac, Page has been involved with the Albert Schweitzer Institute since its foundation. He also contributed to the Institute’s first book, “Reverence for Life Revisited: Albert Schweitzer’s Relevance Today,”

The Albert Schweitzer Institute’s newest publication is a renewed call for nuclear nonproliferation. The book (cover, pictured) includes former President Jimmy Carter’s 2007 speech at Quinnipiac University.

--book courtesy of ASI

published in September 2007.

Because Page has radio experience, he was asked to read the Schweitzer speech at the conference.

“I got a mustache and a fake German accent,” Page said. “But I didn’t think it made much sense to read something anyone could read.”

He then added in the context of Schweitzer’s thinking, his philosophy for life, his Nobel Peace Prize and the effect Schweitzer’s call for disarmament had. From this came the third chapter of the book, “Reverence and Radiation: Reverence for Life and Albert Schweitzer’s Campaign against Nuclear Testing.”

“I hope it continues the process of alerting people of the dangers, even of the testing of nuclear weapons,” Page said. “As Schweitzer points out, it provides detrimental genetic and environmental damages to humans, other life forms, and the planet itself. The effect of that damage is very much in conflict with Schweitzer’s philosophy of ‘Reverence for Life.’”

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Assistant Professor of Education Kevin Basmadjian was also asked to participate in the conference and contribute to the book.

He wrote the 10th chapter entitled “Using Critical Pedagogy as a Lens to Understand the Language of Nuclear Weapons.”

“Over the past decade since 9/11, words like ‘terrorism’ have become ubiquitous, with little given to their meanings, and how they may be used for political or propaganda purposes,” Basmadjian said. “The chapter aims to help us develop a critical perspective toward these and other words that have become part of our culture, to examine their meanings at much deeper levels that we are traditionally accustomed to doing.”

Chair of the English department Robert Smart also contributed by writing the 11th chapter, titled “Reclaiming the Language for Peace.”

The book will be sent to United Nation diplomats and Carter, and will also be sold on Amazon.com. It will be reviewed on NPR, and a book signing will be held at the UN as well.

“If we follow Schweitzer’s lead at all, it won’t go to just big cheeses in Washington and the media,” Page said. “In his speech, Schweitzer was addressing the people of the world. His idea is that the United States and Soviet Union at that point were so locked into their own mentalities, they couldn’t break through. If the people of the world know what’s going on, the people will get mad and pressure their government to negotiate for real.”

“Ultimately, our ability to thrive as a global community will depend upon our capacity to understand and appreciate that every event must be understood from multiple, diverse perspectives,” Basmadjian said.

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April 21, 2010

EDITORIAL

Friendly would be up in arms

The Fred Friendly First Amendment Award, presented annually by the School of Communications, has been given to some of the most respectable names in journalism-Tom Brokaw, Tim Russert and Bob Schieffer, to name a few.

Quinnipiac University’s website reads: “The School of Communications presents the Fred Friendly Award each year to honor those who have shown courage and forthrightness in preserving the rights set forth in the First Amendment.”

Brokaw, Russert and Schieffer have each been absolutely qualified candidates in the past. But for 2010, The Chronicle can think of no person or organization more deserving of such an award than the Quad News, the student body’s independent news outlet.

The students of the Quad News passionately embody the description of the Fred Friendly Award on Quinnipiac’s website, displaying the rights of the First Amendment and the tenets of good journalism each and every day.

But these students have not been rewarded for their work. Much to the contrary, they have been denied recognition by the University. Most recently, Quinnipiac refused to offer the Quad News a vending table in the Student Center.

The students of the Quad News have shown unprecedented ambition in creating and maintaining an independent news outlet.

To deny campus recognition to such courageous and forthright students of journalism is an insult to Fred Friendly, and each and every journalist who has received the award with his namesake.

“It is an honor, a sacred trust and a privilege to present this award each year and keep alive the legacy of Fred Friendly,” President John Lahey said in 2005.

By denying students who possess the very qualities Fred Friendly held most dear, Quinnipiac University is not keeping alive the legacy of Fred Friendly.

It is killing it.

‘WHAT THE HELL?’ How two shady-looking kids made it backstage at the fray concert

By Mike Farrell and Andrew Greene It turns out you didn’t need to buy a ticket to get into Sunday night’s concert with The Fray at the TD Bank Sports Center. Hell, you could have even had backstage passes the whole time.

To preface the story, I had been put in touch with the members of We Shot the Moon earlier that day, as the band needed a drum kit and some amps for the show at TD Bank. I obliged, and after a few phone calls with their manager and lead singer, the band was all set to show up and grab the gear.

My roommate Andrew and I ended up driving up to the venue with them, leading a convoy of three cars loaded with equipment past the security checkpoint. The standing guard waved us on, despite my attempt to stop and let him know what we were doing.

Oddly enough, pulling into the loading area behind the basketball arena, we were finally stopped by an unmarked car. Inside sat a man and a young girl, neither of whom were wearing anything related to Quinnipiac security and did not identify themselves as such. After informing them that yes, there was an opening band, we were finally cleared to drop off the equipment. When we left the arena, the car was nowhere to be seen.

Cut to a few hours later. Andrew picks me up from work at 9 p.m. and I send a text to Jonathan from We Shot the Moon, telling him we’re ready to come grab our gear, as per a previous agreement. After getting no response for twenty minutes, we decided to just drive up ourselves and deal with security, hoping they’d let us back up to the loading area.

Sure enough, they did. Or rather, nobody stopped us. Security was absolutely nowhere to be found, which we both found

weird. Stranger still was the fact that the door to the backstage area of the basketball arena was propped open with a tire pump. There was no one stopping us from waltzing in behind the stage and catching very literally the last note of The Fray’s set.

To paint a picture, we looked sketchy. Andrew was wearing his usual black beanie and wrinkled clothes from the night before.

I was looking pretty homely myself, having driven home from Brooklyn only a few hours before all of this transpired. If you saw us backstage grabbing equipment, you probably would want to see some credentials, which we did not have. Nobody from security saw us pre-show, either.

After hanging out backstage for another 30 minutes after the end of the show and packing up all our equipment, security finally approached us. Six security guards, to be exact, with SPB Mainstage Chair Megan Doyle and a few other students. At this point, if we hadn’t been waiting around for the members of We Shot the Moon, we could have been long gone with a car full of thousands of dollars of musical equipment that may or may not have belonged to us.

In conclusion, what the hell? Even when six security guards finally addressed us, none of them actually said anything to us. I dealt exclusively with Megan Doyle, who then let them know that we were technically authorized to be there. Even then, they just sort of stood around.

We were both pretty amazed that security is quick to assault sleeping students on questionable grounds, but are scarce to question anyone who is clearly trespassing during a major event.

For something as high-profile as a concert at the TD Bank Sports Center, two students shouldn’t be able to just walk in the back door and hang out around the venue for almost an hour without being confronted.

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April 21, 2010

Something doesn’t make sense here While trying to rid myself of as much meal plan money as possible, I was accused of stealing

By Julia Bucchianeri Opinion Editor I feel that I have a pretty strong sense of respect for the security, staff and administration here at Quinnipiac University. I mind my “P’s and Q’s” toward them as often as I can, and I fully try to believe that there must be good reason behind all that they do and why they get paid so much. However, my respect for the security changed a bit one day last week.

One security guard accused me of stealing in the Café. Excuse me sir, I realize you are trying to do your job, but I’m also trying to get rid of the absurd amount of extra money put on my meal plan that Quinnipiac will take if I do not spend it by the end of the semester. Therefore, stealing is the last thing on my mind. I may actually offer to buy the security guard food before I steal something.

So with that said, aside from being offended on principle that this man actually thought I was stealing something, the funniest part of the whole ordeal was the fact that he thought I was stealing an egg. One single hard-boiled egg. Cool. Long story short, I was waiting by the salad bar with one of my friends for our three other friends, two of whom I was going to be paying for. My friend and I had already gotten our salads and chicken fingers to split and put on top of our salads. Since the grill line must have gone out,

killed the turkey, skinned it, and cooked it, we had some time to waste while we waited for our other friends.

During this waiting period we were munching on our chicken fingers. Sure, maybe we’re not supposed to do that, but we ate maybe one each which truly doesn’t matter because there is one flat price for chicken fingers - it is not one of the pay by weight items in the Café. Then, as the munching continued, I accidentally took a bite of my hardboiled egg. OH MY, CALL THE COPS. I put the egg right back into the very nice paper rectangle that we eco-friendly people here at Quinnipiac use, and stopped eating my salad.

The waiting continues. I’m bored. I realize, oops, I forgot a couple cucumbers for this soon-to-be infamous salad. So, I walk toward the box of cucumbers and throw some on, no big deal, then walk back to my friend.

At this point our other three friends are back with us and we’re heading for the cash registers, hoping to find one of the ladies that do not charge $12 for a turkey sandwich, because even though I am trying to get rid of money, let’s be real here, that is unreal. Then the confrontation occurs. Immediately, this security officer, whom I will not describe but highly doubt would be very effective in a high-threat situation, briskly approaches me and says “Miss, you cannot keep eating out of that thing and refilling it, you need to pay and get out of here.” I clearly was taken aback by

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Shuttle system is unreliable, and that’s unacceptable One of the benefits of paying roughly $49,000 a year to go Quinnipiac University is a “free” shuttle service. These shuttles can be very useful at times, especially for students without cars on campus. But what good are they when they never show up and leave you stranded in the middle of New Haven?

My roommate Avani and I had taken a trip to New York City one recent Saturday.

We had been up since 6 a.m. and walked around for twelve hours. The trip was going remarkably well, considering how long and tiring the day was, and the last thing on our to do list was to get on the 11:05 p.m. shuttle from Union Station back to campus.

The timing couldn’t have been more perfect. Our train got in at 10:55 p.m. and all we had to do was wait a few minutes for the shuttle to arrive. When the clock reached 11:15 p.m. we decided that the shuttle was just running a little late because of its routine run to pick up and drop off busloads of students in New Haven.

So, we continued to sit and wait. During our 45-minute wait, we saw three shuttles arrive. Each time we stood up and got our stuff together, only to sit right back down.

The shuttles were from Yale.

By the time it was 11:45 p.m. we decided to get a cab with our new friend, Lenny, who was equally angry about the situation. The three of us got into a cab so that we could finally get back to campus.

When we got on the highway we were all in disbelief as we saw the Quinnipiac shuttle just a few cars ahead of us. I was speechless. How helpful is a service that skips over an entire stop on its route back to campus? So in addition to the $49,000 a year to come here, the three of us had to split the cost of a $35 cab ride. Yes, $12 per person is not a huge deal, but that is not the point.

The point is that the shuttle should have stopped at the train station like it was supposed to. The shuttle is not reliable if it just skips over stops where there are several students waiting for the scheduled transportation to arrive.

What would we have done if we had no money? What if our cell phones were dead? What would we have done then?

-Jessica Joline

this accusation and responded with “I’m not eating and refilling I haven't eaten this food.”

He continues to argue with me that he saw me eat the egg. Well, said egg is still sitting in that nice rectangle for all to see, with a small bite out of it. Shoot me. The argument continues. Sure, I could have stopped responding, but at this point I find this whole egg ordeal just comical. He proceeds to escort me and my friends to the cash register, as if to impose his intimidation factor, while we’re all laughing. I then point out all of the food items I will be paying for, which includes four of our meals, snacks and waters. Now we’re just making a scene.

Mr. Security continues to go off on a rant about how students here steal all the time and that's why the prices are so high and blah, blah, blah. No. The prices are high because Chartwells has some sort of pricing stick up their you-know-what and feels that it is neces-

sary for a cup of blueberries to be something ridiculous like $5. If you want to really talk prices, then let’s talk about how one single hard-boiled egg costs 29 cents according to one cashier, but that would be different to each one you go to, which therefore means they would be paying about $3.50 for a carton of eggs and I doubt that. But a discussion about prices in the Café could really be a whole article in itself, so the moral of the story here is don't bite your hard-boiled egg before you cash out.

Too harsh, or just right? Let us know at quchronicle.com.

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SPB disappointed with coverage

The Student Programming Board (SPB) is a group of dedicated members who share the common goal of having diverse and engaging programming on campus for the student body. The events we program occur every weekend and occasionally during the week. The priority of SPB is not to be recognized or credited for every program we bring to campus, but when a program that we do bring is featured in The Chronicle, it would be appreciated if our name was associated with it. I am the current multicultural chair for the organization, and my committee and I brought Marc Elliot for an ability awareness event. The event was additionally supported by Student Affairs and the Occupational Therapy Department. We worked very hard to make this event a success, and it upset me to see that SPB did not receive any recognition for the effort we put into this program. I was also quite disappointed in the fact that The Chronicle emphasized that Marc Elliot was a former brother of Sigma Phi Epsilon when that had nothing to do with the reasons for bringing him to our campus. The lack of acknowledgment for SPB in regards to events featured in The Chronicle has become an ongoing issue. I request that this no longer becomes a problem. Thank you.

Victoria Adler SPB Multicultural Chair

SGA Update Interested in knowing where your tuition dollars go? Check out one of our newly developed tuition breakdown brochures. The Finance Committee of the Student Government Association has recently distributed the brochures into the Quinnipiac community. Contact Betsy Clark, Vice President of Finance, if you have any questions or if you would like to see a brochure!

The Student Government Association is currently completing the transition process for the newly elected officers. I would like to congratulate all of those who are taking on new leadership roles within the Student Government. I would also like to thank all of those student leaders who have dedicated much of their time to the Student Government Association – their hard work and passion for serving the student body has been critical in keeping Quinnipiac University a student centered environment.

I look forward to another seamless and successful year for the student body, and I hope you find comfort in knowing that we are always doing our best.

The freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior class cabinets of the Student Government Association have recently held their events – Freshman Field Day, Softballin’ with sophomores, Junior Jam Fest @ York Hill, and Food, Fun, and Kusina during the commencement fair. The turnout for the events was great and we thank all those who attended.

The executive board of the Student Government Association is working on securing another York Hill Sneak Peak during the summer recess. If access is granted, we will be able to video tape and share photos of the new Rocky Top Student Center, West View of the Crescent, and Town Houses to provide a Sneak Peak to the student body through an organized Facebook group. Please be on the lookout for those updates during the summer!

Again, please know that the Student Government Association is here to serve YOU! We look forward to serving you for another year and we are so proud to represent such a dynamic student body. Thank you for making Quinnipiac such an amazing place to live, learn, and grow.

Live the legend, Lou Venturelli

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April 21, 2010

Get to know Isaac Slade

By Nicole Fano Associate A&E Editor

Isaac Slade, lead singer/pianist for The Fray, during SPB’s Spring Concert on Sunday at the TD Bank Sports Center.

Amanda Shulman / Chronicle

If you could play with any musician, dead or alive, who would it be?

“Was Jesus a musician? If Jesus played anything, I’d probably play with him. If not, Springsteen.”

If you think you have The Fray all figured out, you’re wrong.

Isaac Slade (lead vocalist and pianist), Joe King (guitarist and backup vocalist), Ben Wysocki (drummer) and Dave Welsh (lead guitarist) currently make up The Fray, which Slade and King founded in 2002.

Slade spoke to The Chronicle in a phone interview on Saturday.

He admitted to playing many colleges with random names before and Quinnipiac is no exception.

The Fray’s first college tour included opening for Ben Folds five years ago. Slade describes college performances as “a different mentality.”

“Everybody in the crowd is coming from the same dorm room usually or same campus at least,” Slade said. “Everybody has that sense of identity that you rarely get.”

The Fray burst on to the music scene in 2005 with their debut album “How to Save a Life.” Ever since, Slade’s goals have changed drastically. Early on, Slade’s goals consisted of quitting Starbucks, selling out 1,200 seats at the Gothic Theater where he used to work, and having a photo shoot with renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz. Eventually he quit Star-

“If you stop now, you’re definitely not going to make it to where you want to be.”

bucks and sold out The Gothic.

“Still haven’t gotten that phone call from Annie yet,” he said.

While The Fray has been compared to piano-based British bands Keane and Coldplay, the foursome considers Counting Crows, Radiohead, U2 and Better Than Ezra as musical influences. Faith is another poignant musical influence, since all four members grew up Protestant.

Critics have praised the group for their emotional vocals and lyrics, and soft-rock ballads.

“I think tension is probably at the seam in a lot of things that we write about,” Slade said. “They’re not just happy, not just sad. There’s an element of hope and despair, and there’s an element of sadness.”

Slade’s younger brother Caleb was the group’s original bass player, but he was later asked to leave for unnamed reasons. Isaac and Caleb’s strained relationship led to the inspiration for the band’s hit single “Over My Head (Cable Car).” The Fray’s single “How to Save a Life” was inspired by Slade’s experiences working at a camp for troubled teens. He worked closely with a 17-year-old musician who faced several problems at a young age.

“No one could write a manual on how to save him,” Slade said in a USA Today interview. Once The Fray composed that manual, “How

to Save a Life” secured the No. 3 spot on the Hot 100 chart in 2005.

Slade defined The Fray as “fighting for meaning.” He explained that in the midst of national fame, it can be difficult to understand your identity and place in the world.

“We know that we’re here, we know that for sure,” Slade said. “No one really knows why we’re here, and you can’t just go to your local bookstore and pick up a paperback and figure it out.”

The Fray will tour on their self-titled second album for three more months, and then open for U2 in June. According to Slade, the band plans to “close up shop for a while,” and put out a new record next spring.

Despite having achieved worldwide fame and success, Isaac Slade is still your everyday man.

When he was younger he wanted to work for NASA, he hates public restrooms, and all he really wants is to connect with people and their personal stories. To top it off, he offers professional advice to aspiring singers and musicians at QU. “Keep going, Quinnipiac,” Slade said. “If you stop now, you’re definitely not going to make it to where you want to be because its plenty harder once you get through the local scene, into the regional scene, and then to the national scene.”

A California sensibility

Meet Fray opener We Shot the Moon

By Matt Busekros Managing Editor

The members of We Shot the Moon don’t take themselves too seriously, and they will be the first ones to tell you.

Formed as the Honor Roll when lead vocalist and pianist Jonathan Jones’ band Waking Ashland split up, the San Diego quartet renamed themselves We Shot the Moon in 2007.

“It’s a reference to the card game Hearts,” Jones said. “We wanted to call our band Shoot the Moon, but there was a band that had the name Shoot the Moon at the time.”

We Shot the Moon has a funky sense of style and carry themselves well. They have no pretense. They are who they are.

The band characterizes their music as pop and rock with influences from Jimmy Eat World, Jack’s Mannequin and The Fray.

“I grew up listening to country,” drummer Trevor Faris said. “I really liked No Doubt, Led Zeppelin and The Police. I guess No Doubt is kind of the oddball there, but they

were my favorite band in school at the time.”

Listen to We Shot the Moon live and one will see the Californian sensibilities that shot Gwen Stefani and company to worldwide acclaim.

Songs from their latest album, “A Silver Lining” like “The Bright Side” or “Miracle” are perfect for Top 40 radio and should be storming up the charts.

Unfortunately for the band, touring has been difficult the last few months after their trailer was wrecked last November. The band considers this one of the greatest challenges they have faced thus far.

“It was a financial burden that has made it difficult to continue touring the way we used to,” guitarist Jason De La Torre said.

Jones adds that the band cannot perform every day anymore. In the past, the band would be on the road between 200 to 250 days of the year or more, but now they only perform a few days in any given month.

“For the hand that has been dealt to us, what we’ve been dealing with, we have been playing really nicely,” Jones said. “It was a terrible

thing that happened to our band, but it opened some other doors.”

Despite any and all hardships, We Shot the Moon has a refreshing and relaxed demeanor with entertaining sense of humor that makes them cool to be around.

Minutes away from opening for Grammy-nominated band The Fray, We Shot the Moon appeared cool and collected. “[The Fray] is a band that I personally listen to, so that’s kind of cool,” Jones said. “I can’t say that every night when we play on the road.”

We Shot the Moon playfully jokes around and seemingly know how to have a good time, but it is all business when it comes to the performance.

“When we are on stage we take ourselves very seriously,” Jones said. “We want to make sure we sound the best that we can sound.

We want to make sure everyone in the crowd is engaged in our show.”

Check out QUChronicle.com to see how you can download some of We Shot the Moon’s music for free.

We Shot the Moon frontman Jonathan Jones. Amanda Shulman / Chronicle

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April 21, 2010

RAVE of the week

Miranda Lambert sweeps ACM Awards

--CBS

Country fireball Miranda Lambert finally earned long overdue recognition from the country music community at the 45th Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM) on April 18. Lambert won her second ACM Album of the Year Award for “Revolution.” She previously won the award in 2008 for “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” and is the first female to win the award twice.

“Revolution” features hit singles “Dead Flowers,” “White Liar,” and her latest, “The House That Built Me.” Lambert beat out notable artists such as Carrie Underwood, Lady Antebellum and Brad Paisley. However, it was Lambert’s victory in Female Vocalist of the Year that garnered the most surprise, defeating three-time recipient Carrie Underwood and Country Music Association Awards winner Taylor Swift. It’s about damn time. Lambert has been working steadily since placing third during the first season of “Nashville Star” in 2003. She is easily the show’s breakout success story.

Lambert recently received her first No. 1 hit on country radio with “White Liar,” a scorching tune of cheating and betrayal. Not only does Lambert perform with unmatched swagger when performing hits like “Kerosene” and “Gunpowder & Lead,” but she evokes delicate emotion during songs “More Like Her” and “Dead Flowers,” among countless others. Times are changing in country music and Lambert’s time is finally here. --MB

WRECK

of the week

Whitney Houston

--Irish Times

Whitney Houston needs to get it together. Houston has been touring ABCto promote her latest album, “I Look to You,” throughout the world. Fans have come out of concerts disappointed, even booing the R&B songstress for her lackluster performances. During a recent performance of “I Will Always Love You” in Birmingham, U.K., Houston lazily spoke most of the lyrics. She had the tenacity to stop mid-performance for almost an entire minute before heading into the final chorus. Clearly, Houston’s voice is not what it used to be given years of alleged recreational drug use. Houston needs to recognize that her capabilities are not what they used to be and she must learn to work with the voice she has now. It may not be the worst idea for her to change the arrangements of her hit songs, so she can find it easier to hit the high notes. Often sending her brother to perform songs for her, Houston cannot even make it through a full concert performing her own songs. Unusually long breaks for water consumption during the middle of songs are also a common occurrence. Whoever pays to see Houston live may need to re-think their decision and watch recent performances on YouTube. Houston’s vocals are oftentimes inaudible due to heavy panting and breathing. She sounds like an 80-year-old in desperate need of an oxygen mask. For the love of music, Whitney: Please stop. --MB

Nicole Celli / Chronicle

The ‘Stool’ was hard...core Stoolapalooza lives up to hype, students say

By Nicole Celli News Editor Toad’s Place was packed wall to wall for the Barstool Sportssponsored event, Stoolapalooza, on Sunday night.

The concert featured local acts 1-2 Kidz, tAllent, Scott Danuliuk, and 1st Class, with Quinnipiac senior Colin “DJ Tanner” Wilkinson deejaying the whole night. Boston-based rapper Sam Adams was the headliner.

According to David “El Pres” Portnoy, both the Providence and New Haven shows sold out, and he is confident that the rest will too.

“Toad’s is already sold out for tomorrow and I’m 100 percent positive every place we go is going to sell out too,” Portnoy said in his blog. “We probably had 2,000 people get shut out at Lupos trying to get tickets at the door, and I’ve already gotten a shit-ton of e-mails from people begging for tickets to

Toad’s.”

The night kicked off at a pre-party event at a local house in Hamden, where concert-goers had the opportunity to meet Portnoy and play beer pong before taking a VIP bus to Stoolapalooza later that night.

“We just knew it was going to be a ridiculous party that we wouldn’t miss for anything else,” junior Kevin Dawber said of the pre-party.

Doors opened at 7:30 p.m., and within the hour Toad’s Place was filled with students not only from Quinnipiac, but Yale and Sacred Heart, along with locals from the Greater New Haven area.

The crowd grew restless as the opening acts’ performances lasted more than two hours, keeping Adams off the stage until nearly 11 p.m.

University of Rhode Island sophomore Jaymie McCanna made the trip down to New Haven just to

Quinnipiac students pose with “El Pres” of Barstool Sports.

quoteworthy

--barstoolsports.com

Brittany (Heather Morris) educates on “Glee”

“Did you know that dolphins are just gay sharks?”

(Source: FOX)

see Adams perform, and was disappointed with the wait.

“It was a pretty crazy show-kind of frustrating how long [Sam Adams] took to come on, but DJ Tanner did a great job keeping the crowd hyped up for the show,” she said. “When he finally did come on, he didn’t disappoint. It was just all around so much fun and definitely all it was built up to be - definitely worth coming down for.”

Wilkinson received an overwhelming amount of QU support through e-mails and blog posts, and succeeded in keeping the crowd pumped up for Adams.

“They were all really into it, which helped me get into it,” he said. “Such an amazing energy in the place.”

Junior Dina Celeste agreed.

“I really liked the energy in Toad’s,” she said. “Everyone was just so excited to be there and get crazy.”

The audience pushed right up against the speakers and pumped their fists as Adams opened up his set with “Comin’ Up.” He performed other songs off his debut album, “Boston’s Boy,” including “Tab Open” and “Coast 2 Coast,” and also “Pokerface (Remix)” and “Heads Will Roll (Remix).”

The crowd responded the most to “Driving Me Crazy” and crowd favorite “I Hate College (Remix),” which Adams performed again for the encore.

“Bottom line is Stoolapalooza is rapidly becoming the toughest ticket to get in New England,” Portnoy said of the concert’s continued success. “Deal with it.”

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April 21, 2010

must-haves for spring 2010

Sarah’s Style Corner

By Stephanie Osmanski

The fashion industry gains most of its reputation from the predictably over-the-top, avant-garde garments and accessories that walk the runways each season. Realistically, only washed-up, watered-down versions of these exaggerated fashions make it to mainstream stores and lines targeted for the average, everyday person. With these seven must-haves for spring, you can be price-conscious while still radiating the same appeal of the runway’s most fashionable looks.

1.

The Romper:

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While BCBG charges close to $100 for their version, you can find something like the one pictured here for about $30 at Forever 21.

Lace cut-outs:

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YOUR

A $348 dress from BCBG? Try 16 bucks at Forever 21 for the same basic look.

3.

2.

Aviators:

A nice set of Ray-Bans will set you back close to $140. Get an imitation (pictured) for six bucks at Forever 21.

Hair pieces:

A floral piece from Betsey Johnson

goes for $60. Forever 21, again, six dollars.

5. The color block dress:

4.

We’re talking upwards of $90 at Macy’s for this stylish formalist outfit. Delia’s will give you a deal at about $40.

The flannel boyfriend shirt: Check out Urban Outfitters for a $20 version (pictured), a nice price reduction from the like at Delia’s, $40.

7.

6.

Masculine suit jacket:

The spring business attire will cost you upwards of $100 at Anthropologie. Try a comparable style at Kohl’s for $30.

Campus Couture NAME: Johana Gutierrez AGE: 19 YEAR: Freshman HOMETOWN: Stamford, Conn.

WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?

Beige American Eagle cardigan, gray Forever 21 dress, and black flip-flops from Lord and Taylor.

STYLE INFLUENCES: “I like taking really seemingly simple pieces and dressing them up with unexpected jewelry. Jewelry makes it more fun.”

---- by Stephanie Osmanski

CLOTHING

By Sarah Rosenberg Staff Writer If you are a well-equipped fashion know-it-all, then you will know that fashion isn’t simple. It never has been.

Call it what you’d like, but fashion is its own entity in the world of art. Fashion is complex, and with each new year the realm of fashion seems to expand more and more to accommodate new fashion discoveries. This time, it’s what Elle magazine is calling psychoanalytic prints. No, this isn’t a lost Psychology 101 vocabulary word—it’s Freudian fashion. You can only imagine the designs of this new style. Think of a more sophisticated version of the ‘70s psychedelic prints we have all come to know and love, yet abandoned because of the decadesBarbie feel we get from wearing them. Psychoanalytic prints are much more than that. Psychoanalytic prints are smart.

The prints are like tools for fashion therapy. As Elle

magazine said, these designs are all too similar to the Rorschach Inkblot tests psychiatrists give to their patients. Now, wearing blouses or button-down shirts while carrying a clutch, you can give passersby a psychoanalytical test of your own, created by the highest fashion designers. The clothing is printed with double image figures, splashes of color, and silhouetted figures printed on heavy button-down shirts. A smoke-inspired black-and-white clutch is also mind-warping, but you can pair the accessory with almost anything.

High-end fashion brands such as Miu Miu, Brian Reyes, and Jason Wu have employed these age-old psychology theories to their fashion designs. Silk blouses, leather clutches and black-and-white minidresses are such examples of these psychoanalytic prints that will make you think. If anything, these prints will make you look a little deeper into a piece of clothing. No loncontinued on page 11

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BSU reveals elements of fashion

By Ebony Walmsley Staff Writer

Another night of fabulous fashion was put on by the students of Quinnipiac University on April 10. The Black Student Union hosted their annual fashion show in Alumni Hall.

This year’s theme was a collaborative idea: “Elements of Fashion.” Originally the theme was based on horoscopes, but the coordinators of the show, sophomores Vanessa Scafe and Terrell Allen, noticed a common theme within the horoscopes: they all contained the elements of fire, earth, air and water. The coordinators decided to

make those elements the backdrop of their show.

The models took to the runway in outfits from designers such as RoyalT Apparel, created by last year’s BSU President Carla Brown, and Brooke’s Touch tutus, by Brooklyn designer Tiffany. The group also had clothes donated from local New Haven boutiques.

“Having everyone’s hard work pay off and have the show come together was good enough for me,” model Nia Blackmon, a sophomore said. “We all worked really hard and put in a lot of hours to make a successful show.”

Seniors Shana Bennett and

Xavier Bishop hosted the event.

The show not only exhibited fashion, but showcased talent.

Senior Maria Boxill and sophomore Nailah Rahman graced the stage with a ballet duet, and Sigma Gamma Rho provided a step performance.

“I was amazed there wasn’t enough seats--there were people standing up in the back,” Allen said.

After the show, the party continued with food catered by Eli’s on Whitney and music from DJ Doug.

Half of the proceeds from the show will be going to a charity of the organization’s choice.

Style Corner, continued continued from page 10 ger is an outfit simply fabric and design. With these new prints, each piece has a message unique to anyone who witnesses these designs firsthand.

Being educated in fashion requires much more than wearing psychoanalytic prints, however. According to Elle, “smart” trends are popping up to make you look a little brighter and feel more intelligent, adhering to classic looks we’ve long appreciated. Dainty cardigans accentuated with lace, navy blue patent leather flats, and polka-dotted shirtwaist dresses are just the pieces to smarten up the schoolgirl style. As featured in Elle magazine, earrings cut to match the shapes of quotation marks are extra sharp. Buy into classic looks—stripes, plaid prints, blazer jackets, cropped dress pants, leather belts, and polka dot trends are certainly smart, and will never go out of style.

You may not want to pair all of these accruements of the school-girl style together for fear of looking too “preppy,” but each of these looks has the potential to be mixed with any piece of clothing you might own. Striped boat-neck shirts with ripped jeans, a slim-fitting blazer jacket with black leggings

and knee high boots, or a polka-dotted scarf tied into your hair are all styles that can be tested and tried with your current closet habitants.

Checking out new looks such as the strangeyet-stylish psychoanalytic prints or sticking to tried and true trends of the prep school theme are two ways to be smart in this world of fashion. Fashion is indeed complex—designers can employ sailor emblems and stripes one minute and resort to Rorschach Inkblot patterns the next. However, it’s all for the sake of being smart. You can get your fashion education through any of these styles.

Whether you’re bold like Lady GaGa or a classic devotee to Ralph Lauren’s preppy yet charming fashion, smart is the way to dress. Psychoanalytic prints are a fresh and new take on fashion. It just goes to show you that fashion designers can be inspired by anything these days. It also proves that you can turn fashion into almost anything. Although classic trends and school-girl trends will always be in style, the most popular school subjects may be featured in fashion’s future before you know it. Psychology had its run this year, but history, drama, literature, and even math may have their turn next.

Above, students perform in a Sigma Gamma Rho presentation during the Black Student Union’s annual fashion show. Pictured, freshman Kara Gaskina and sophomore Emmanuel Blankson on the runway. Tashell Thompson / Summit

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Seychelles throws college party for lingerie line

signing a lingerie line with my mom for the fall. The new line is called Intima.”

Kelsey Tarczanin, a junior public relaWhat college girl wouldn’t love a night tions major at Quinnipiac and a frequent cusof fun, friends and some cute lingerie? tomer of Seychelles, works for Yale UniverSeychelles Dresses, an upscale clothing sity Properties, the same building Seychelles is boutique in downtown New Haven, hosted a located in. She decided to team up with SeyLingerie Party for local sororities on Friday, chelles and reach out to everyone.

April 17.

“I really love the new line, especially A free gift bag and a raffle entry to win all the bright colors. And I don’t think that a pink, lacy negligee greeted girls at the door. people associate lingerie with Seychelles, and Hors d’oeuvres and beverages were served I wanted to help spread the word,” Tarczanin while everyone shopped around and took ad- said.

This new line includes thongs, boyshorts, bras and negligees ranging from “Not every woman is comfortable $5 to $36. Not only is the underwear going to Victoria Secret, for comfortable and fun, but also extremely affordable, which is great for any college example, and trying on bras. We girl on a budget. offer a more intimate atmosphere.”

“Not every woman is comfortable Keisha Blake going to Victoria Secret, for example, Co-owner, Seychelles and trying on bras. We offer a more intimate atmosphere,” Blake said.

“The staff and the owners were so vantage of the discounts. friendly and helpful, and I loved the lingerie.

This was the first lingerie party that Sey- It was all such a good price. I would definitely chelles held in celebration of their recently go back and buy another piece,” Alpha Chi expanded lingerie line, but from the looks of Omega freshman Carly Chubet said. its success, it sure won’t be the last.

Seychelles has been in business for “The new line is very feminine, pretty about 20 years and has hosted many parties. and sexy, and we introduced bold colors, like Last year they did a party series where uphot pink, purple and yellow for summer. And coming designers did a trunk show and talked since we are in a college community, we fig- with those who attended. They plan to host ured targeting college girls would be the per- future lingerie events as they continue to exfect way to get feedback on the line,” Keisha pand their intimate apparel line.

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“Having that fifth year gave [Katie Latonick] a leg up on getting to being a [dominating player].”

- Danie Caro Women’s Lacrosse

April 21, 2010

LATONICK: Still feeding team OPPENHEIMER: Scoring in bunches continued from back cover “We knew we wanted to go to school together,” Latonick said.

At Quinnipiac, Latonick completed her undergraduate degree in communications and is working toward a masters degree in Interactive Communications.

“I love talking to people, I love communicating with people,” Latonick said.

She did an internship with the Chesapeake Bayhawks the summer after her junior year in Annapolis, Md., doing public relations work for the team such as feature writing and compiling statistics.

Latonick has compiled some stats of her own as captain of the Bobcats, leading the Bobcats with 62 points (22 goals and 40 assists). She also leads the Northeast Conference with 5.13 points per game and 3.38 assists per game. She also ranks first in assists (2.77 apg) and second in scoring (4.38 ppg).

“We had some go-to people last year,” Latonick said. “This year a few of us had to put points on the board every game.”

She registered 53 points, nine goals and 44 assists as a junior in 2009 when she established her role as a feeder.

“Teams in our conference know that I feed, so they play me as a feeder,” Latonick said. “It’s easier now for me to go to the goal because they think I’m going to pass it.”

With seven seniors graduated, Latonick has had to relish new roles on the team as a graduate student.

“Danie said I needed to be someone that my team loved but feared,” Latonick said.

“We asked her to do a little more in actual scoring herself,” Caro said. “She always had that ability within her but she was able to hide in the past. We have had other really strong players so we didn’t need her to be our leader on offense.”

Latonick’s position has changed this season from attack to midfield. She has played center for the team and takes the faceoffs.

“We moved her onto the circle for the draw,” Caro said. “We needed her to do that.”

Latonick has taken on new

roles as a leader on the team this year but has not been able to share her roles with her sister.

“This is the first time we’ve been completely apart,” Latonick said. “We’ve always played together.

I’ve always had someone there.”

In field hockey during high school, they both played on the same line.

“Our coach really thought we could read each other’s minds,” Latonick said.

The twin sisters competed against each other in practice at Quinnipiac.

“They’re really close and they support each other,” Caro said.

The sisters have always played lacrosse together but this year Latonick has proved she can perform without her sister on the field.

“This year she’s changed her game and become a more dominating player,” Caro said.

“Having that fifth year gave her a leg up on getting to that point.”

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continued from back cover gave me a lacrosse stick for the first time,” Oppenheimer recalled. “I immediately fell in love with the game.”

He continued to play both hockey and lacrosse throughout middle school and high school. His lacrosse game began to evolve at a rapid pace and for the first time he began to have visions of playing after high school.

“I began getting looks from Division I schools as a junior and I figured if I kept working on my game I definitely would have a chance to play at the Division I level,” Oppenheimer said.

After a relatively quiet freshman year with the Bobcats in which he only appeared in five games, Oppenheimer responded in a big way in 2009. As a sophomore he led his team in points (26), goals (20), extra-man goals (4) as well as shots (65). Midfielder Zach Pall, a freshman at the time, was very impressed with what he saw.

“Jack is an extremely physical player who uses his big body to get in close to the net and finish,” Pall said. “At the same time, he has a great shot from the wing and is not afraid to let it fly.”

After such an impressive breakout sophomore season, Oppenheimer entered the offseason fully understanding that he had to continue to improve because his teammates would count on him to be their leader on and off the field.

MEN’S & WOMEN’S LACROSSE

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Women lose home-field for tourney Crusaders cruise against men, 17-10

By Tim Pelrine Associate Sports Editor The Quinnipiac men’s and women's lacrosse teams both fell short in their games Saturday. The men's team lost 17-10 to Holy Cross in an away game in Worcester, Mass., while the women's team fell to Sacred Heart, 9-5, in their final regular season game in Fairfield, Conn.

Since Sacred Heart and Quinnipiac both entered Saturday's game at 8-0, the Pioneers secured the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage in the Northeast Conference Tournament this weekend.

Sophomore Devon Gibney had a strong performance in the loss to the Pioneers, scoring two goals on eight shots. The two goals brought her season total to 38, 13

goals ahead of the next best scorer on the team. Lauren Matuszczak, Laura Ionnotti, and Brittany Hauser each tallied a goal as well.

The team was plagued by fouls late in the game, dampening any chances to hang with the Pioneers. Quinnipiac committed 24 fouls in the game, 15 in the second half alone. Sacred Heart committed less than half with only 11 fouls in the game.

In the men's game, the Bobcats struggled early against Holy Cross. Quinnipiac entered the second half trailing 10-1 and never staged a comeback against Holy Cross, who saw a strong offensive performance.

Although they outshot their opponent 50-33, the Bobcats lost by seven goals. Junior attack Jack Oppenheimer registered

three goals, extending his teamleading total to 20, and also added an assist. Colin McGeehin of Holy Cross scored five goals on six shots and gave the Bobcat defense trouble all game.

Holy Cross dominated the ground ball game, scooping up 49 to QU’s 28. The Crusaders also won 16 of the 30 faceoffs. The loss marks the team's fourth in the past five games, and drops the Bobcats’ record to 5-5 on the season.

The men return to action Saturday at 1 p.m. when they host Bellarmine, while the women will be heading back to Sacred Heart as the No. 2 seed in the NEC Tournament to face No. 3 Monmouth on Friday at 2:30 p.m.

This new role of added leadership remains a work in progress but one that he has not shied away from.

“I’ve definitely taken on more of a leadership role this year,” Oppenheimer said. “It’s kind of tough because I have to balance being a team player and also having to contribute in a big way every game. I can’t let it get to my head though because it still is a team game.”

Playing a Division I sport, especially one as physically demanding as lacrosse, will generally present various challenges and obstacles for every athlete.

Having to wake up at 6:30 every morning for practice tops the list for Oppenheimer. However, he will also tell you that the benefits of playing here at QU greatly outweigh the few sacrifices.

Competing each week against a top flight national schedule including the likes of Ohio State, Notre Dame and Denver, is without a doubt a big-time perk. Oppenheimer revels at the opportunity to play against the top talent in the country on a game-to-game basis. Yet one aspect of playing on this team stands out as the most important to the highly talented junior attacker.

“Our coach always says he recruits the best people and I’m surrounded by a great group of guys every day,” Oppenheimer said.

“And to have 40 guys who have my back no matter what and are my best friends, it’s just a great time.”

Somber semifinal

By Michael Desjardins Staff Writer

Despite a dominating performance by Adrienne Markison in both singles and doubles competition, the No. 2 Long Island Blackbirds were too much to handle in the semifinal match of the NEC Tournament, as the Bobcats lost 4-1.

After an impressive overall performance against No. 6 Saint Francis (Pa.), 5-0, in the quarterfinals, the Bobcats looked poised to win and reach the conference finals for the 10th straight year. However, the Blackbirds had other ideas.

Markinson and Mary Wilson won the first doubles match 8-4, but the two other Bobcat pairings couldn't help nab the doubles point.

Bobcat duo senior Shawna Sarson and sophomore Natalie Duckor fought a tight battle against Dara

Lahens and Stephanie Elie, but lost 9-8.

In singles competition, the Bobcats fell behind as Long Island's Babic won the first match against Wilson 6-1, 6-4. Matches two and six went unfinished but saw the Bobcats winning the first set in both contests. Rachel Cantor won the first set 6-4 against Linn Sjorgen, before tying in the second set 4-4.

Lisanne Steinert was also 6-4 in the first set of her match against Elie, and was 3-1 in the second set.

Markinson made her mark in her match against Aleksandra Pavlovic, winning handily, 6-1, 6-1.

However, Long Island secured the win in matches four and five, as the Blackbirds’ Taysha Blessington defeated Sarah Viebrock 6-2, 6-4, and H’Ann Johnson won against Duckor 6-1, 6-4.

With the loss, the Bobcats end their season at 9-8.

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“The horse came out of the track first and we got out in front.”

- Dan Gooley Baseball

April 21, 2010

SOFTBALL

Stags eke out win at QU Alba’s gem wasted with no run support With the bases loaded and two out in the bottom of the seventh, Alba (2-for-5) grounded out to Quinnipiac freshman pitcher shortstop to end the game, wasting Alex Alba shut down her own dominance the Fairfield Stags’ Fairfield 1 on the mound. offense, striking out “I had eight over six innings, Quinnipiac 0 confidence throughout but was unable to the whole game,” Alba deliver with the bat in a crucial said. “I was actually talking to the seventh-inning rally as the QU third baseman, I was telling her, we softball team was shut out 1-0. are going to win this, we’re going

By Curtis Conroy Contributing Writer

The Rundown Baseball

QU 9, Long Island 5 -Friday Mickey Amanti: 4-for-5, 2 R, 4 RBI Long Island 9, QU 0 -Saturday Amanti: 2-for-2 QU 5, Long Island 0 -Saturday Kyle Birdsall: W, 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 5 K QU 11, Long Island 10 -Sunday Kyle Nisson: 2-for-5, 3B, R, 3 RBI

Softball

Fairfield 1, QU 0 -Thursday Alex Alba: L, 6 IP, 4 H, R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K QU 14, Monmouth 11 -Saturday Heather Schwartzburg: W, 4 1-3 IP, H, 2 BB, 7 K QU 4, Monmouth 3 -Saturday Heather Maffeo: 2-for-5, 3 RBI Mount St. Mary’s 7, QU 3

to come back. I mean we’ve come back from a lot of behind games, so I had confidence in my team.”

The freshman only gave up four hits, but Quinnipiac couldn’t get a run across against Fairfield starter Kelli Panter (5-4), who scattered eight hits in a completegame effort.

QU took three of four over the weekend to improve their NEC rank to fourth in the NEC. They swept Saturday’s doubleheader against Monmouth and then split against Mount St. Mary’s.

Thursday’s game got off to a rocky start for Alba during the

first inning. An error, a steal and an RBI single resulted in Fairfield’s only run. After another single and a brief conference on the mound, Alba began to find her spots, ending the inning with two strikeouts.

“She pitched amazing.

I’m really, really proud of her,” Quinnipiac head coach Germaine Fairchild said. “She understood she had to keep the ball down, and the couple of times she didn’t, she was able to make a quick adjustment and got it back down.”

The Bobcats’ offensive fell short several times throughout the game as eight hits failed to

BASEBALL

Bobcats hang on in wild 11-10 win

This sparked players from both sides to start screaming at each other, which resulted in Quinnipiac The Quinnipiac men’s head coach Dan Gooley sprinting baeseball team pulled ahead 6-0, out to settle down his ballclub. and held on late for a wild and Gooley first went to the mound and thrilling 11-10 win over Long Island then out to second base as order University on Sunday afternoon for was soon restored. a 3-1 series win.

“When I went out there I was Sophomore catcher Kyle going to make a change,” Gooley Nisson went 2-for-5 with three RBIs said. “[Rinaldi] told me you can’t and junior reliever take me out because Andrew Rinaldi Long Island 10 I’m going to win this pitched the last 3 1-3 game, so I went with Quinnipiac 11 my instinct and let innings for the save.

Ahead 11-10 in him go back.” the eighth, Rinaldi hit Tito Marrero When play continued, Rinaldi with a one-out pitch. Marrero and got back-to-back outs to end the Rinaldi both exchanged terse words inning. as the Long Island hitter was slow “[Long Island] fired us up,” to get to first base. the reliever said. “Stuff like that

By Michael Radomski Contributing Writer

doesn’t fly here and we needed to take care of business.”

Quinnipiac couldn’t add to its one-run lead in the ninth, and Long Island loaded the bases with two out in the ninth, but couldn’t push the tying run across.

Sophomore Drew Walsh worked the count full to 3-2, fouled off another pitch, but then lined out to shortstop Mickey Amanti to end the game. Rinaldi’s teammates stormed the field as Quinnipiac secured the 11-10 victory and the series win.

“We battled through everything that went on with every inning,” Rinaldi said. “This puts us up higher in the standings, and gets us motivated and ready to go work harder.”

-Sunday

Wall: 1-for-3, HR QU 6, Mount St. Mary’s 5 -Sunday

Emily Bellush: 2-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI

Men’s Lacrosse

Holy Cross 17, QU 10 -Saturday

Jack Oppenheimer: 3 goals, assist

Women’s Lacrosse

Sacred Heart 9, QU 5 -Saturday Devon Gibney: 2 goals

Men’s Tennis

NEC Championship QU 4, Sacred Heart 3 -Sunday John Hughes: W, 6-1, 6-0

Women’s Tennis

NEC Semifinals Long Island 4, QU 1 -Saturday Adrienee Markison: W, 6-1, 6-1

produce a single run. Quinnipiac left runners on base in five innings, including leaving runners in scoring position in the first, fourth, fifth and seventh.

The Bobcats nearly rallied in the bottom of the seventh. Heather Maffeo’s single followed by two fielders’ choices left Alex Murray on first. Lauren Salgado and Katie Allendorfer both singled to load the bases for Alba, giving her the chance to avoid a tough luck loss.

However, the freshman, like the rest of her teammates, could not produce the big hit with runners in scoring position.

Freshman Alex Russow fires a pitch in Sunday’s thrilling 11-10 win over the Long Island Blackbirds to take the weekend series, 3-1.

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Gooley was very pleased with the way his team finished.

“We hung tough and it’s part of the metal you wear and the intrinsic strength that you have,” Gooley said. “It’s all about mental strength.”

Quinnipiac (6-23, 6-6 NEC) now has sole possession of fifth place in the conference, leaving Long Island (6-10, 9-24) in eighth place.

Nisson singled home the first run of the game in the second inning, but the Bobcats poured it on in the third with five runs to take a commanding lead. The Bobcats batted around against Blackbird starter Chris Franzese, as senior center fielder Brian Monack delivered with a two-run single to left field. Joe Poletsky and Gabe Guerino added RBI hits later in the inning as well.

“I thought we were pretty good getting out in front,” said Gooley. “The horse came out of the track first and we got out in front.”

Freshman Alex Russow, starting pitcher, extended his scoreless streak to 18 innings as he shutdown Long Island over the first three innings, but the Blackbirds didn’t stay quiet for long as they rallied for four runs. Julian Castro snapped Russow’s streak with a three-run double to right field.

The Bobcats responded with a three-run fourth inning fueled by Gabe Guerino’s two-run single.

Russow’s day was done after a scoreless fifth, as Kevin Castodio took over for the sixth. Castodio was charged with four runs and Rinaldi took over with two out to complete the inning and hold a 9-8 lead.

The two teams exchanged two-run innings in the sixth and seventh.

Quinnipiac won the series opener on Friday, 9-5, and the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader, 5-0, as the Bobcats showed their toughness and resilience in securing the final contest.

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NEC CHAMPS

- April 18

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BTN BYTHENUMBERS

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NEC Championships the men’s tennis team has won in the past seven years.

The Bobcats picked up their fourth on Sunday afternoon playing top-ranked Sacred Heart.

Baseball

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Strikeouts for Softball’s Heather Schwartzburg breaking Quinnipiac’s single season record she set as a freshman last year.

vs. Yale (16-17-1, 3-9 Ivy) Today, 3 p.m.

Softball

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vs. Wagner (13-24, 7-5 NEC) Saturday, 1 p.m. (DH)

Save percentage for men’s ice hockey goaltender Dan Clarke, who was named MVP at the team’s banquet on Saturday.

Men’s Lacrosse

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vs. Bellarmine (8-5, 2-3 ECAC) Saturday, 1 p.m.

Clockwise from top-left: Charlie Feldman and teammates ecstatic after winning the NEC Championship; James Kwei rips a forehand; the whole team poses with the championship trophy; Garrett Lane preps for a backhand; Coach Mike Quitko watches from the fence; Seniors John Hughes and Feldman pose with the championship trophy. -northeastconference.org

Batting average for baseball shortstop Mickey Amanti over the four-game weekend series against Long Island.

Athletes of the Week Mickey Amanti Alex Alba Baseball Junior Infielder #7 Waterford, Conn.

Charlotte Greene / Chronicle

Junior infielder Mickey Amanti went 4-for-5 with homer, a double and four RBIs in the Bobcats’ 9-5 win over NEC-opponent Long Island on Friday. He is the first player since last season to drive in four runs in a game. Amanti finished the series with 10 hits in 14 at-bats with four runs and six RBIs. In conference play, he leads the team in batting average (.432), on-base percentage (.511) and slugging percentage (.676).

Next home game: Saturday, 1 p.m. vs. Wagner

Softball Freshman Utility #22 Sylmar, Cali.

Freshman utility player Alex Alba allowed one unearned run over six innings in a 1-0 loss to Fairfield on Thursday. She only allowed four hits, and two walks, while striking out a careerbest eight batters. She also collected six hits in doubleheaders against Monmouth and Mount St. Mary’s over the weekend out of the cleanup spot. She also scored five times and drove in three in the doubleheaders, as the Bobcats climbed to 8-4 in the NEC.

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Next home game: Today, 3 p.m. vs. Yale

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“It’s where we belong.

Hopefully we stay there for a while.”

- Mike Quitko Men’s Tennis

April 21, 2010

‘Cats capture NEC crown MEN’S TENNIS

By Michael Desjardins Staff Writer The Quinnipiac men's tennis team won the NEC Championship for the first time since 2006 on Sunday afternoon, coming from behind and beating cross-town rival Sacred Heart 4-3 at the Mercer County Tennis Center in West Windsor, N.J. After the Bobcats dropped the doubles point, seniors Charlie Feldman and John Hughes and sophomores James Kwei and Garrett Lane won their singles matches to secure the title.

"I'm extremely pleased with my men coming from behind by working diligently to get the job done," Quinnipiac head coach Mike Quitko said. "We faced a very wellcoached, talented team in Sacred Heart, which gave us quite a battle. It took a group effort to pull this one out and I'm very proud of my men for doing so."

Sacred Heart earned the doubles point as they took matches two and three, both 8-3.

They also took the No.1 singles match, as the Pioneers’ Kirill Kasyanov took down junior Brian Mikkelson 6-3, 6-0.

However, the Bobcats won four of the

other five singles "We lost matches, including to Fairleigh a dominating Dickenson and performance by Sacred Heart; they Hughes in match both are great two, 6-1, 6-0. teams," Feldman Feldman lost the said. "They played first set of his well in the regular match, but then season, they came back to win played well in the 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 to tournament. We secure the title for came out here the Bobcats. and we knew that "I knew I we could win this had pressure on tournament, we me," Feldman said. The men’s tennis team celebrates after winning its first just needed to NEC Tourney since 2006.

-quinnipiacbobcats.com "I was hoping that put it all together.

Garrett, who played four, would pull out his We fought with everything we had, and we match. I thrived on the pressure, that's what won two tight matches 4-3 against FDU and I like, that's what makes me go. I knew there Sacred Heart, and both those treams played was pressure on me, and I wanted to be there amazing, but I think we really deserved it." on out there."

Seeded third in the tournament, The Bobcats had faced the Pioneers Quinnipiac rolled by No. 6 Saint Francis (Pa.) one week earlier, losing 4-3 in that match. But 4-0 in the quarterfinals, but then had to face before making it to the title game, the Bobcats No. 2 Fairleigh Dickinson, who they had lost already had revenge on their mind for another to 4-1 on March 31. team.

The Bobcats earned the doubles point

Katie Latonick League-leader in points and assists

By Kelley Davies Katie Latonick has played lacrosse side-by-side with her twin sister for seven years, but this year she was on her own. After red-shirting her freshman year, Katie Latonick came back this season without her sister, Meghan, as a graduate student on the Quinnipiac women’s lacrosse team. After toying with just graduating and not playing her fourth eligible season, but then “a lot of convincing from (head coach) Danie (Caro)” Latonick decided to come back, which seems to have been the right choice.

After a year of ineligibility her freshman year, in which she could only practice with the team, the 2009-10 season is Latonick’s fifth season with the Bobcats.

Latonick is a native of Severna Park, Md. She received a Catholic college-preparatory education at Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn, Md. There, she played field hockey, basketball, and lacrosse.

“Meghan and I started playing lacrosse when we were 13,” Latonick said. “In Maryland, lacrosse is everything.”

Both sisters were recruited to come to Quinnipiac their senior year of high school.

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against FDU as Mikkelson and Kwei won the first match 8-5, while Hughes and freshman Andrew Weeden won the second match 8-6.

However, the Knights wouldn’t give up without a fight, winning in singles matches one, three and six.

Quinnipiac prevailed in the end, though, as Hughes won the second singles match 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. Garrett Lane made quick work against Yuri Gricheno in match four, 6-0, 6-2, and Kwei sealed the deal in match five, 6-4, 6-3.

Now, with the NEC Championship in their hands, the Bobcats look toward the NCAA Tournament, which begins on May 14. Their opponent and destination will be announced on ESPN News on May 4. With the tournament victory, the Bobcats have improved their season record to 10-4.

The team won their fourth NEC title in seven years, and are happy to be on top after winning their first title in the last four years.

"It's where we belong," Quitko said.

"Hopefully we stay there for a while."

Read how the women fared in the NEC Tournament on page 13.

Jack Oppenheimer Team-leader in goals and shots on goal

By Andrew Spero

The date was April 26, 2008 and the Quinnipiac men’s lacrosse team was hosting Bellarmine in desperate need of a win in order to qualify for the upcoming Great Western Lacrosse League playoffs in Detroit. With the game tied at five in the waning minutes of the contest, the Bobcats were granted a critical manup opportunity. Coach Eric Fekete decided to throw his seldomused freshman attacker Jack Oppenheimer into the fire and the kid responded with the game-winning goal, a moment he still regards as the highlight of his Bobcat career.

While growing up in Pennsylvania, Oppenheimer fell in love with the game of hockey at the tender age of two and played on a regular basis.

A few years later, however, hockey had to make room for another passion in his life.

“When I was in the first grade, someone OPPENHEIMER, continued on page 13